2003 in music

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Deaths

• January 1 - Giorgio Gaber, singer
• January 8 - Ron Goodwin, composer and conductor
• January 12 - Maurice Gibb, 53, singer and bassist
• January 23 - Nell Carter, 54, US singer and actress
• February 2 - Lou Harrison, composer
• February 19 - Johnny Paycheck, singer
• March 3 - Malcolm Williamson, composer
• April 2 - Edwin Starr, singer
• April 15 - Little Eva, singer
• April 21 - Nina Simone, singer and pianist
• April 22 - Felice Bryant, Hall of Fame songwriter
• May 11 - Noel Redding, bassist of the Jimi Hendrix Experience
• May 15 - June Carter Cash, 57, musician and singer
• May 27 - Luciano Berio, composer
• May 30 - Mickie Most, producer
• July 1 - Herbie Mann, musician
• July 4 - Barry White, 58, singer
• July 6 - Buddy Ebsen, 95, US actor and singer
• July 12 - Benny Carter, 95, US jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader
• July 17 - Rosalyn Tureck, pianist
• July 27 - Bob Hope, English-born US actor, comedian and singer
• August 8 - Julius Baker, flautist
• September 4 - Lola Bobesco, violinist, 82
• September 5 - Gisele MacKenzie, 76, Canadian singer
• September 7 - Warren Zevon, 56, singer
• September 12 - Johnny Cash, 71, singer
• September 19 - Slim Dusty, Australian country singer
• September 26 - Robert Palmer, 54, singer
• October 21 - Elliott Smith, 34, singer
• October 29 - Franco Corelli, operatic tenor
• November 15 - Dorothy Loudon, US singer
• November 18 - Michael Kamen, composer
• December 30 - Anita Mui, 40, Hong Kong pop queen