1997 in music

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Deaths

• January 5 - Burton Lane, composer and lyricist
• January 21 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager
• January 22 - Richard Berry, songwriter (Louie, Louie)
• February 10 - Brian Connolly, Sweet, kidney failure
• March 9 - The Notorious B.I.G.
• March 24 - Kenny Moore, Keyboardist for Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Billy Preston and others
• April 9 - Laura Nyro, songwriter, ovarian cancer
• May 29 - Jeff Buckley, accidental drowning
• June 2 - Doc Cheatham, jazz trumpeter
• August 1 - Sviatoslav Richter, pianist
• August 2 - Fela Kuti, AIDS-related heart failure
• August 10 - Conlon Nancarrow, composer
• September - Derek Taylor, Press agent for The Beatles
• September 19 - Rich Mullins, singer, car accident
• October 12 - John Denver
• November 22 - Michael Hutchence, singer (INXS), suicide