Editing 1990 in music (section)

==Deaths==
*[[January 3]] – [[Arthur Gold (pianist)|Arthur Gold]], American pianist, 72
*[[January 7]] – [[Jimmy Van Heusen]], composer and songwriter, 77
*[[January 18]] – [[Melanie Appleby]] of British duo [[Mel and Kim]], 23 (liver cancer)
*[[January 19]] – [[Semprini]], pianist and broadcaster, 81
*[[January 28]] – [[Puma Jones]], American singer, 36 (breast cancer)
*[[January 23]] – [[Allen Collins]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] guitarist, 37 (complications from pneumonia)
*[[February 1]] – [[Peter Racine Fricker]], composer, 69
*[[February 2]] – [[Mel Lewis]], drummer and bandleader, 60 (cancer)
*[[February 8]] – [[Del Shannon]], singer-songwriter, 55 (suicide by shotgun)
*[[February 14]] – [[Tony Holiday]], German singer, 38 (AIDS-related illness)
*[[February 15]] – George Suranovich, drummer ([[Love (band)|Love]], [[Eric Burdon]], [[Chuck Berry]]), 45 (heart attack)
*[[February 16]] – [[Keith Haring]], iconic graffiti artists and AIDS activist
*[[February 24]] – [[Johnnie Ray]], singer, 63 (liver failure)
*[[February 26]] – [[Cornell Gunter]], R&B singer, 53 (gunshot wound)
*[[March 6]] – [[Mala (Pakistani singer)|Mala]], singer, 50
*[[March 11]] – [[Muriel Dickson]], operatic soprano, 86
*[[March 17]] – [[Ric Grech]], bassist ([[Family (band)|Family]], [[Blind Faith]]), 43 (brain haemorrhage)
*[[March 19]] – [[Andrew Wood (singer)|Andrew Wood]], singer ([[Mother Love Bone]]), 24 (heroin overdose)
*[[April 3]] – [[Sarah Vaughan]], American jazz singer, 66 (lung cancer)
*[[April 25]] – [[Dexter Gordon]], jazz saxophonist, 67
*[[May 1]] – [[Sergio Franchi]], Italian-American tenor/actor, 64 (brain cancer)
*[[May 8]] – [[Luigi Nono]], composer, 66
*[[May 16]] – [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]], American entertainer, 64
*[[June 3]] – [[Richard Sohl]], pianist ([[Patti Smith|Patti Smith Group]]), 37 (heart failure)
*[[June 4]] – [[Stiv Bators]], punk musician, 40 (concussion)
*[[June 6]] – [[Joe Loss]], English bandleader, 80
*[[June 14]] – [[Erna Berger]], operatic soprano, 89
*[[June 15]] – [[Jim Hodder (musician)|Jim Hodder]], [[Steely Dan]] drummer, 42 (drowning)
*[[June 16]] – Dame [[Eva Turner]], operatic soprano, 98
*[[June 21]]
**[[June Christy]], American singer, 64 (renal failure)
**[[Elizabeth Harwood]], operatic soprano, 52 (cancer)
*[[June 22]] – [[Kripp Johnson]], American singer ([[The Del-Vikings]]), 54
*[[June 25]] – [[Peggy Glanville-Hicks]], composer, 77
*[[July 2]] – [[Snooky Lanson]], American singer, 76
*[[July 7]] – [[Cazuza]], singer and composer, 32 (AIDS-related)
*[[July 15]] – [[Trouble T Roy]], hip-hop dancer, 22 (fall from stage)
*[[July 16]] – [[Sidney Torch]], pianist, [[Theatre organ|cinema organist]], conductor, orchestral arranger and composer
*[[July 18]] – [[Gerry Boulet]], Canadian singer-songwriter ([[Offenbach (band)|Offenbach]]), 44 (colon cancer)
*[[July 26]] – [[Brent Mydland]], keyboardist ([[Grateful Dead]]), 37 (drug overdose)
*[[August 3]] – [[M. Ranga Rao]], Indian film composer and music director
*[[August 14]] – [[Lafayette Leake]], blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer, 71
*[[August 15]] – [[Viktor Tsoi]], Russian singer of [[Kino (band)|Kino]], 28 (car accident)
*[[August 15]] – [[Ingrid Lang-Fagerström]], Swedish harpist, 92
*[[August 17]] – [[Pearl Bailey]], singer, 72
*[[August 27]] – [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], American blues guitarist performer, 35 (helicopter crash)
*[[September 2]] – [[Sari Biro]], pianist, 78
*[[September 6]] – [[Tom Fogerty]] ([[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]), 48 (AIDS-related)
*[[September 13]] – [[Phil Napoleon]], jazz trumpeter, 89
*[[October 3]] – [[Eleanor Steber]], operatic soprano, 76
*[[October 4]] – [[Ray Stephens (singer)|Ray Stephens]], a onetime member of The [[Village People]], 35
*[[October 6]]
**<!--October 6-->[[Asser Fagerström]], pianist, composer and actor, 78
**<!--October 6-->[[Danny Rodriguez]], Christian rap artist, 22 (shot)
*[[October 8]] – [[B. J. Wilson]], drummer of [[Procol Harum]], 43 (pneumonia after three years in a coma)
*[[October 14]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]], American composer and conductor, 72 (pneumonia and a pleural tumor)
*[[October 16]]
**<!--October 16-->[[Art Blakey]], jazz drummer, 71
**<!--October 16-->[[Jorge Bolet]], pianist, 75
*[[October 27]] – [[Xavier Cugat]], violinist, bandleader and arranger, 90
*[[October 31]] – [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]], Carnatic musician and playback singer, 62
*[[November 3]] – [[Mary Martin]], US singer and actress, 76
*[[November 10]] – [[Ronnie Dyson]], soul singer and actor
*[[December 2]] – [[Aaron Copland]], American composer
*[[December 7]] – [[Dee Clark]], singer, 52 (heart attack)
*[[December 18]] – [[Paul Tortelier]], cellist, 76