The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in the United States.
Notable events
January
February
- 5 â Luke Bryan performed the National Anthem, and Lady Gaga performed during halftime at Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium in Houston. Lady Gaga's halftime set garnered 117.5 million television viewers, becoming the second most-watched Super Bowl halftime show in history.
- 6 â Jipsta released his third studio album, Ban2oozle, marking his return to the industry since recovering from the injuries sustained during a hate crime attack in March 2014.
- 12 â The 59th Annual Grammy Awards, hosted by James Corden, took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Adele won the most awards of the night with five wins including Album of the Year for 25. This is the second time she has won Album of the Year after winning for her previous album in 2012, and is the second female to win the award more than once after Taylor Swift. She also won both Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Hello". Adele ties Paul Simon for the most Grammys won in the general categories, with 7. Chance the Rapper becomes the first ever unsigned artist to win a Grammy. The awards he won are Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance, and Best Rap Album.
- 17 â Alison Krauss released her first solo studio album in seventeen and a half years, Windy City.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Bands reformed
Bands formed
Bands on hiatus
Bands disbanded
Albums released in 2017
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Top songs on record
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs
Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits
All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.
Deaths
- January 6 â Sylvester Potts, 78, singer (The Contours)
- January 8 â Buddy Bregman, 86, arranger, producer, and composer
- January 9 â Crazy Toones, 45, hip-hop record producer and DJ (WC and the Maad Circle)
- January 10 â Buddy Greco, 90, jazz and pop singer and actor
- January 11 â Tommy Allsup, 85, rockabilly and swing musician
- January 13 âÂÂ
- Dick Gautier, 85, actor and singer
- Richie Ingui, 69, singer (Soul Survivors)
- Alan Jabbour, 74, fiddler and folklorist
- January 15 â Greg Trooper, 61, singer-songwriter
- January 16 âÂÂ
- Charles "Bobo" Shaw, 69, jazz drummer
- Steve Wright, bassist (The Greg Kihn Band)
- January 18 â Roberta Peters, 86, coloratura soprano
- January 20 âÂÂ
- Ronald "Bingo" Mundy, 76, singer (The Marcels)
- Joey Powers, 82, singer-songwriter
- Tommy Tate, 71, singer-songwriter
- January 21 âÂÂ
- Karl Hendricks, 46, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Karl Hendricks Trio)
- Walter "Junie" Morrison, 62, keyboardist (Ohio Players)
- Maggie Roche, 65, singer-songwriter (The Roches)
- January 23 âÂÂ
- Bobby Freeman, 76, singer
- Marvell Thomas, 75, keyboardist, record producer and arranger
- January 24 âÂÂ
- Gil Ray, 60, drummer (Game Theory, The Loud Family)
- Butch Trucks, 69, drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
- January 27 â Stan Boreson, 91, comedian, accordionist and singer
- January 28 â Guitar Gable, 79, blues guitarist and singer
- February 5
- David Axelrod, 85, arranger, composer and record producer (The Electric Prunes)
- Sonny Geraci, 70, singer (The Outsiders, Climax)
- February 12
- Barbara Carroll, 92, jazz pianist and singer
- Robert Fisher, 59, singer (Willard Grant Conspiracy)
- Al Jarreau, 76, singer
- February 17 â Dave Yorko, 73, guitarist (Johnny and the Hurricanes)
- February 18 â Clyde Stubblefield, 73, drummer
- February 19 â Larry Coryell, 73, jazz guitarist
- February 23 â Leon Ware, 77, singer-songwriter and record producer
- February 28 â Ric Marlow, 91, songwriter and actor
- March 3 â Jim Fuller, 69, guitarist (The Surfaris)
- March 4
- Valerie Carter, 64, singer-songwriter
- Tommy Page, 46, singer-songwriter
- March 6
- Ritchie Adams, 78, songwriter and singer (The Fireflies)
- Robbie Hoddinott, 62, guitarist (Kingfish)
- March 8 â Dave Valentin, 64, jazz flutist
- March 10 â Joni Sledge, 60, singer (Sister Sledge)
- March 11 âÂÂ
- Evan Johns, 60, guitarist (The LeRoi Brothers)
- Don Warden, 87, country musician and manager
- March 12 âÂÂ
- Joey Alves, 63, guitarist (Y&T)
- Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, 69, singer (Bootsy's Rubber Band, Sweat Band)
- March 13 â Tommy LiPuma, 80, music producer
- March 16 â James Cotton, 81, blues harmonica player
- March 18 â Chuck Berry, 90, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- March 20 âÂÂ
- Tony Terran, 90, trumpeter, and session musician
- Buck Hill, 90, jazz saxophonist
- March 22 â Sib Hashian, 67, drummer (Boston)
- March 24 â Avo Uvezian, 91, Armenian-American jazz pianist, and cigar manufacturer
- March 26 â Jimmy Dotson, 83, blues musician
- March 27 â Arthur Blythe, 76, jazz alto saxophonist, and composer
- March 28 â Terry Fischer, 70, singer (The Murmaids)
- March 30 â Rosie Hamlin, 71, singer (Rosie and the Originals)
- April 1 âÂÂ
- Lonnie Brooks, 83, blues singer and guitarist
- Bob Cunningham, 82, jazz bassist
- April 3 â Brenda Jones, 62, singer (The Jones Girls)
- April 5 â Paul O'Neill, 61, producer, composer and songwriter (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
- April 6 â David Peel, 74, musician and political activist
- April 8 â Keni Richards, 60, drummer (Autograph)
- April 9 â Bob Wootton, 75, guitarist (The Tennessee Three)
- April 10 âÂÂ
- Linda Hopkins, 92, actress and blues and gospel singer
- Banner Thomas, 62, bassist (Molly Hatchet)
- April 11 âÂÂ
- J. Geils, 71, guitarist (The J. Geils Band)
- Scotty Miller, 65, drummer (Instant Funk)
- April 12 âÂÂ
- Tom Coyne, 62, Grammy award-winning mastering engineer (21, 25)
- Barry "Frosty" Smith, 71, drummer (Sweathog, Soulhat)
- April 14 â Bruce Langhorne, 78, folk musician
- April 15 âÂÂ
- Matt Holt, 39, singer (Nothingface)
- Sylvia Moy, 78, songwriter
- April 19 â Dick Contino, 87, accordionist
- April 20 â Cuba Gooding Sr., 72, singer (The Main Ingredient)
- May 2 â Kevin Garcia, 41, bassist (Grandaddy)
- May 9 â Michael Parks, 77, actor and singer
- May 10 â Pierre DeMudd, 64, trumpeter and singer (Dazz Band)
- May 14 â Keith Mitchell, drummer (Mazzy Star)
- May 17 â Chris Cornell, 52, singer-songwriter and musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
- May 21
- Kenny Cordray, 62, guitarist and songwriter
- Jimmy LaFave, 61, folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Curtis Womack, 74, singer (The Valentinos)
- May 22 â Mickey Roker, 84, jazz drummer
- May 27 â Gregg Allman, 69, singer-songwriter and musician (The Allman Brothers Band)
- May 29 â Arleen Lanzotti, 73, pop singer (The Delicates)
- May 31 â Bern Nix, 69, jazz guitarist (worked with Ornette Coleman)
- June 8 â Norro Wilson, 79, singer-songwriter and record producer
- June 20
- Prodigy, 42, rapper (Mobb Deep)
- Bo Wagner, 72, marimba player (Starbuck)
- June 22 â Jimmy Nalls, 66, guitarist (Sea Level)
- June 28 â Gary DeCarlo, 75, singer-songwriter (Steam)
- July 9 â Erik Cartwright, 66, guitarist (Foghat)
- July 13 â Chris Wong Won, 53, rapper (2 Live Crew)
- July 14 â David Zablidowsky, 38, bass guitarist
- July 20 â Chester Bennington, 41, singer, songwriter, musician (Linkin Park)
- July 25 â Michael Johnson, 72, singer-songwriter
- July 27 â Billy Joe Walker Jr., 64, record producer
- July 28 â D.L. Menard, 85, Cajun singer
- July 31 â Chuck Loeb, 61, drummer (Fourplay)
- August 8 â Glen Campbell, 81, country singer, songwriter, actor
- August 20 â Jerry Lewis, 91, actor and singer
- August 21 â Sonny Burgess, 88, rockabilly singer
- August 22 â John Abercrombie, 73, jazz guitarist
- August 29 â Larry Elgart, 95, jazz bandleader and alto saxophonist
- September 2 â Dave Hlubek, 66, guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
- September 3 â Walter Becker, 67, jazz guitarist, songwriter, record producer (Steely Dan)
- September 8 âÂÂ
- Troy Gentry, 50, country singer (Montgomery Gentry)
- Don Williams, 78, singer
- September 13 â Grant Hart, 56, drummer and songwriter (Hüsker Dü)
- September 22
- Eric Eycke, 41 heavy metal singer (Corrosion of Conformity)
- Ammon Tharp, 75, drummer (Bill Deal and the Rhondels)
- September 23 â Charles Bradley, 68, soul singer
- September 27 â CeDell Davis, 91, blues guitarist
- September 30 â Tom Paley, 89, folk guitarist and banjoist
- October 2 â Tom Petty, 66, rock singer and songwriter
- October 4 â Janis Hansen, 74, singer (Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, The Carnival)
- October 5 â Alvin DeGuzman, 42, hardcore guitarist
- October 6 â Bunny Sigler, 76, singer songwriter and record producer
- October 7 â Jimmy Beaumont, 76, doo-wop singer (The Skyliners)
- October 8 â Grady Tate, 85, jazz drummer and singer
- October 22
- Al Hurricane, 81, folk singer and songwriter
- Scott Putesky, 49, guitarist (Marilyn Manson)
- October 24
- Fats Domino, 89, soul singer
- Larry Raye, 63, guitarist
- October 27 âÂÂ
- Mike Hudson, 61, punk rock singer
- Dick Noel, 90, big band singer
- October 28 â Bruce Black, 56, heavy metal drummer (Meliah Rage)
- October 29
- Billy Mize, 88, steel guitarist, band leader and singer-songwriter
- Keith Wilder, 65, funk singer (Heatwave)
- November 1
- Katie Lee, 98, folk singer
- Scott Wily, singer
- November 5
- Danny Anaya, 52, heavy metal drummer (MX Machine)
- Robert Knight, 72, singer-songwriter
- November 9
- Fred Cole, 69, garage singer and guitarist
- Chuck Mosley, 57, singer-songwriter (Faith No More)
- November 12 â Chad Hanks, 46, bassist (American Head Charge)
- November 15 â Lil Peep, 21, Swedish-American rapper and singer
- November 18 â Ben Riley, 84, jazz drummer
- November 19
- Warren "Pete" Moore, 79, singer-songwriter (The Miracles)
- Della Reese, 86, singer and actress
- Mel Tillis, 85, country singer
- November 21
- David Cassidy, 67, singer and actor
- Wayne Cochran, 78, singer-songwriter
- November 22 â Tommy Keene, 59, singer-songwriter
- November 23 âÂÂ
- John Coates Jr., 79, jazz pianist
- Jon Hendricks, 96, jazz singer
- November 24 â Mitch Margo, 70, singer-songwriter (The Tokens)
- November 27 â Robert Popwell, 66, jazz and rock bassist
- November 29 â Robert Walker, 80, blues guitarist
- November 30 â Jim Nabors, 87, actor and singer
- December 2 â Mundell Lowe, 95, guitarist
- December 8 â Gloria Ann Taylor, 73, soul singer
- December 12 â Pat DiNizio, 62, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Smithereens)
- December 13
- Dave Christenson, 54, singer (Stabilizers)
- Willie Pickens, 86 jazz pianist
- Warrel Dane, 56 heavy metal singer
- December 16
- Ralph Carney, 61 Rock and jazz saxophonist and clarinetest
- Richard Dobson, 75 country singer and songwriter
- Keely Smith, 89 Jazz Singer
- December 17 â Kevin Mahogany, 59 jazz singer
- December 19
- Jim Forrester, 43 American hard rock guitarist
- Leo Welch, 85 American gospel blues singer and guitarist
- December 21
- Roswell Rudd, 82 American jazz trombonist
- Marylin Tyler, 91 American opera singer
- December 22 â Pam the Funkstress, American hip hop DJ
- December 28 â Curly Seckler, 98 American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist
See also
References