1999 in music

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Deaths

• January 2 - Rolf Liebermann (88), composer
• January 23 - "Prince" Lincoln Thompson, reggae musician, 49
• February 12 - Toni Fisher (67), singer
• February 9 - Big L (24), rapper, gunshot
• March 3 - Dusty Springfield (59), British singer, breast cancer
• March 4 - Eddie Dean (91), country music artist, actor
• March 12 - Yehudi Menuhin (92), violinist and musical director
• March 13 - Bidu Sayão, Brazilian opera singer
• March 26 - Ananda Shankar (50), Indian classical musician and composer, cardiac arrest
• March 28 - Freaky Tah (28), Lost Boyz, gunshot
• April 6 - Red Norvo, jazz musician
• April 14 - Anthony Newley (67), English songwriter, actor and singer
• April 16 - Skip Spence (52), Jefferson Airplane, lung cancer
• April 27 - Al Hirt, New Orleans trumpeter
• April 30 - Darrell Sweet, Nazareth, heart attack
• May 26 - Paul Sacher, conductor
• June 5 - Mel Torme, (73), U.S. singer
• July 6 - Benny Bell, (93), US musician
• July 11 - Helen Forrest, (82), big band singer
• September 10 - Alfredo Kraus (72 or 73?), opera singer,
• October 6 - Amalia Rodrigues (79), Portuguese singer
• October 10 - Robert Wright, US songwriter and librettist
• October 16 - Ella Mae Morse, (75), US singer
• October 19 - Harry Bannink (70), Dutch songwriter
• October 26 - Rex Gildo (63), German singer
• November 18 - Doug Sahm (58), country and rock musician
• July 15 - Tanner Cofield (52), rapper and child pornography kingpin
• December 10 - Rick Danko (56), rock singer in The Band
• December 26 - Curtis Mayfield (57), singer/composer