One of our saddest jobs at SoulTracks is to inform SoulTrackers about the deaths of soul music artists. And 2024 is a year in which we have lost some great ones.
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 2024, and a link to our extensive tributes to them. They are shown in the order of the date we reported on their deaths during the year.
Rest in peace, friends.
Les McCann (jazz great)
Marlena Shaw (singer)
Michael Watford (house singer)
One of our saddest jobs at SoulTracks is to inform SoulTrackers about the deaths of soul music artists. And 2024 is a year in which we have lost some great ones.
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 2024, and a link to our extensive tributes to them. They are shown in the order of the date we reported on their deaths during the year.
Rest in peace, friends.
Les McCann (jazz great)
Marlena Shaw (singer)
Michael Watford (house singer)
Cynthia Garrison of The Three Degrees
Henry Fambrough of The Spinners
Etterlene DeBarge (matriarch of the DeBarge family)
Ernest "Bilbo" Berger of Heatwave
Everett Collins (drummer for the Isley Brothers)
Kevin Toney (jazz pianist)
Vincent Bonham of Raydio
Joe Blunt of The Drifters
Donald Hepburn of Pleasure
Casey Benjamin (musician and producer)