1993 in music

See also:

Deaths

• March 3 - Carlos Montoya, guitarist, 89
• March 28 - Buddy Red Bow (44), Lakota country and western singer
• March 31 - Mitchell Parish, 92, US lyric writer
• April 30 - Mick Ronson, guitarist, liver cancer
• May 30 - Sun Ra, jazz composer
• June 5 - Harold Jenkins a.k.a Conway Twitty country rock singer
• July 14 – Léo Ferré, French singer, songwriter and composer
• September 9 - Helen O'Connell
• September 22 - Maurice Abravanel, conductor
• October 23 - Elena Nicolai, opera singer
• October 31 - River Phoenix, 23, actor and singer of Aleka's Attic
• November 3 - Léon Theremin, inventor of the Theremin musical instrument
• December 4 - Frank Zappa, U. S. rock musician/composer
• December 5 - Doug Hopkins, guitarist and songwriter for Gin Blossoms