2005 Rock & Roll Deaths
- ADKINS, HASIL
- ATWOOD, GEORGE (Norman Petty Studios session bassist)
- BALDRY, LONG JOHN
- BASSETT JR., CLARENCE (Shep & The Limelites)
- BELL, RICHARD (last surviving member of The Silhouettes)
- BENSON, RENALDO "OBIE" (Four Tops)
- BOTTS, MIKE (Bread)
- BRAID, LES (Swinging Blue Jeans)
- BROWN, CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH"
- BYRD, JOHNNY
- CADMAN, CHUCK (The Fringe)
- CAPALDI, JIM (Traffic)
- COWSILL, BARRY (The Cowsills)
- CURTIS, CHRIS (Searchers)
- DALZIEL, DENNIS (aka Denis D' Ell - The Honeycombs)
- DAVIS TYRONE
- DENNY, MARTIN
- DIXON, HUGH (Rhythm Jesters, guitarist)
- DOWNING, BIG AL
- DRYDEN, SPENCER (Jefferson Airplane)
- FISHER, SONNY
- FRAZIER, AL (Rivingtons)
- FRED, JOHN (John Fred Gourrier) of John Fred & His Playboy Band
- GIBBINS, MIKE (Iveys/Badfinger)
- GIBSON, JODY (Joe D. Gibson)
- GOODMAN, SHIRLEY (Shirley & Lee)
- GRIFFIN, JIMMY (Bread)
- GRIFFITHS, ERIC (Quarrymen)
- HARRINGTON, BOB (Canadian group "The Esquires")
- HERRERA, RENE (Rene & Rene)
- HUMPHRIES, GERRY (The Loved Ones)
- HUTCH, WILLIE
- JOHNSON, ERNIE (Eddie & Ernie)
- JONES, JOE
- KALIN, HAROLD (Kalin Twins)
- KELLY, JIMMY (Rock-A-Beats)
- KING, SOLOMON (She Wears My Ring)
- KNIGHT, BAKER
- LERCHEY, DAVID (Del Vikings)
- LITTLE, CARLO (drummer)
- MARTIN, JOSEPH (Willows)
- MEEHAN, TONY (The Shadows)
- PARKS, CARSON (Clarence Carson Parks II - songwriter, Greenwood County Singers)
- PASH, JIM (Surfaris)
- PATTEN, EDWARD (member of Gladys Knights' PIPS)
- PETERSON, RAY (Corrina Corrina)
- PITTMAN, BARBARA
- REDDING, NOEL (Jimi Hendrix bassist)
- REED, JOHNNY (last surviving member of The Orioles)
- REGAN, KERAY
- RUFF, RAY (Marvin Ray Ruffin)
- STANKEY, DARRON (of Kathy Young's "Innocents")
- TAX, WALLY (The Outsiders, Holland)
- TROIANO, DOMENIC (Canadian guitar legend)
- WILLIAMS, DANNY ("Moon River"/"White On White")
- WRAY, LINK (Frederick Lincoln Wray Jr.)
- YOUNGS, HARRY (The Noblemen)
If we've missed anyone - please let us know!