30 Soul Music Stars We Lost in 2019

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    ne of our saddest jobs at SoulTracks is to inform SoulTrackers about the deaths of soul music artists.  

    We feel it is part of our mission to pay tribute to the legacies of these all time greats. On this page we provide a list of those artists who have died during 2019, and a link to our tributes to them. They are shown in the order of the date we reported on their deaths during the year. 

    Each artist's name or picture is a link to our written tribute to him or her.

    Rest in Peace, friends. 

     

    ne of our saddest jobs at SoulTracks is to inform SoulTrackers about the deaths of soul music artists.  

    We feel it is part of our mission to pay tribute to the legacies of these all time greats. On this page we provide a list of those artists who have died during 2019, and a link to our tributes to them. They are shown in the order of the date we reported on their deaths during the year. 

    Each artist's name or picture is a link to our written tribute to him or her.

    Rest in Peace, friends. 

     

      Patt Casion (saxophonist)
      Clydie King (singer)
      Larry Cunningham of the Floaters
      James Ingram (singer)
       Lonnie Simmons (Record Executive) 
       Robert Lurch Jackson of New Birth
       Harvey Scales (singer and songwriter)
       Kofi Burbridge of Tedeschi Trucks Band
       Michael Wycoff (singer)
       Zephire Andre Williams (singer)
       Bill Isles of the O'Jays
       Barry Paul (producer / engineer)
       Kim English (Gospel singer)
       Kent Boogaloo Harris (songwriter)
       Chuck Barksdale of The Dells
       Melvin Edmonds of After 7
       Willie Ford of The Dramatics
       John Gary Williams of The Mad Lads
       Bushwick Bill of The Geto Boys
       Jerry Lawson of The Persuasions
       Al McKenzie of The Temptations' band
       Al Broomfield  (singer)
       Pedro Bell (P-Funk album artist)
       Clay McMurray (Motown producer)
       Diahann Carroll (singer and actress)
       Molly Duncan of AWB
       Vanessa Bley of Twin Danger
       Jackie Moore ("Precious Precious" singer)
       Ruby Collins (singer)