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James Rado (James Alexander) - co-wrote Hair with Gerome Ragni; cardiac arrest; 90
Randy Rand - founding bassist with hair-metal band Autograph; 62
Raymond Raposa - Indiana-born leader of Castenets; 41
Re Styles (Shirley Macloud) - singer and dancer with the Tubes; 72
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - blind Tennessee-born C&W keyboardist, played with Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan and more; 84
Garry Roberts - guitarist with Irish rockers the Boomtown Rats; 72
Marty Roberts - L.A. lounge singer with his wife in Marty & Elayne; 89
Beverly Ross - Brooklyn-born singer/songwriter, performed "Lollipop" as Ronald & Ruby in 1958, wrote "Judy's Turn to Cry" (recorded by Lesley Gore) and several tunes for Elvis Presley; dementia; 87
Richard Ross - guitarist with L.A. band Dick and Jane Family Orchestra; 70
Zachary Ross - drummer with Minnesota band Cresecent Moon; car accident; 28
Jamie Roy - Scottish DJ/producer; 33
Badal Roy (Amerenda Roy Chowdhury - Pakistani tabla player, played with Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman; 82
Art Rupe (Arthur Goldberg) - rock & roll pioneer who founded Specialty Records and signed Little Richard, Sam Cooke and others; 104
Bobby Rydell - teen idol pop-rock singer, starred with Ann-Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie; pneumonia; 79
Paul Ryder - co-founder/bassist with '90s British acid-house band, Happy Mondays; brother of lead singer Shaun; 58
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Sad Frosty (Sam Hernandez) - Houston rapper and social media star; 24
Ferrell "Pharoah" Sanders - Arkansas-born powerhouse jazz saxophonist played with John Coltrane and had a stellar solo career; 81
Mike Schank - Milwaukee-born guitarist featured in American Movie
Jim Schwall - Indiana-born blues guitarist with The Siegel-Schwall Band; 79
Jim Seals - half of the popular '70s Texas duo, Seals and Crofts with Dash Crofts; 80
Donald "Tabby" Shaw - founding member of the Mighty Diamonds reggae group; killed in drive-by shooting in Jamaica; 67
Marty Shelley - New Jersey-born Latin jazz trumpeter/arranger; 82
Sidhu Moose Wala (Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu) - East Indian-based rapper; drive-by shooting; 28
Kim Simmonds - founder/guitarist of British blues band, Savoy Brown; cancer; 75
Calvin Simon - original member of The Parliaments with George Clinton, inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Parliament-Funkadelic; 79
Joanna and Lucy Simon - Carly Simon's older singing sisters died one day apart; both suffered from cancer; Joanna was 85, Lucy was 82
Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson - founding member of the Mighty Diamonds; diabetes; 70
Tom Smith - co-founder of experimental noise group To Live and Shave in L.A.; cancer; 65
Snootie Wild (nee LePreston Porter) - Memphis rapper shot in Houston; 36
Elza Soares - Brazilian samba singer; 91
Jim Sohns - co-founder/lead singer with Chicago garage band, Shadows of Night; stroke; 75
Ronnie Spector - lead singer of The Ronettes, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee; cancer; 78
Cecil "Skelly" Spence - co-founder of reggae group Israel Vibration; cancer; 69
Willie Spence - American Idol runner-up; car crash; 23
Pat Stay - Canadian battle rapper; stabbed in Halifax; 36
Jim Stewart - Tennessee-born co-founder of Memphis soul/R&B label, Stax; member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; 92
Trevor Strnad - Michigan-born co-founder/vocalist of death-metal band the Black Dahlia Murder; 41
Alec John Such - New Jersey-born founding bassist with Bon Jovi, member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; 70
Earl Swavey - L.A. rapper; shot and killed ; 26
Robin Sylvester - British-born bassist with Bob Weir's RatDog band; 72
