Editing 1983 in music (section)

===January–April deaths===
====January deaths====
*[[January 5]] – [[Amy Evans]], operatic soprano and actress, 98
*[[January 7]] – [[Edith Coates]], operatic mezzo-soprano, 74
*[[January 12]] - [[Rebop Kwaku Baah]], rock and jazz percussionist with [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] and [[Can (band)|Can]], 38
*[[January 28]] – [[Billy Fury]], singer, 42 (heart attack)
*[[January 31]] – [[Lorraine Ellison]], soul singer, 51

====February deaths====
*[[February 4]] – [[Karen Carpenter]], singer and drummer, 32 (cardiac arrest due to [[anorexia nervosa]])
*[[February 8]]
**[[Charles Kullman]], operatic tenor, 80
**[[Alfred Wallenstein]], cellist, 84
*[[February 12]] – [[Eubie Blake]], pianist, 96
*[[February 18]] – [[Leopold Godowsky, Jr.]], violinist and chemist, 82
*[[February 22]] – Sir [[Adrian Boult]], conductor, 93
*[[February 23]] – [[Herbert Howells]], organist and composer, 90
*[[February 28]] – [[Winifred Atwell]], Trinidadian pianist, 69

====March deaths====
*[[March 6]] – [[Cathy Berberian]], singer and composer, 57
*[[March 7]]
**<!--March 7-->[[Igor Markevitch]], Ukrainian composer and conductor, 70
**<!--March 7-->[[William Walton]], British composer, 80

====April deaths====
*[[April 4]] – [[Danny Rapp]] ([[Danny and the Juniors]]), 41 (suicide by gunshot)
*[[April 5]] – [[Cliff Carlisle]], country and blues singer, 79
*[[April 13]] – [[Dolo Coker]], jazz pianist and composer, 55
*[[April 14]] – [[Pete Farndon]] ([[The Pretenders]]), English bassist, 30 (drug overdose)
*[[April 17]] – [[Felix Pappalardi]], American producer and bassist, 43 (gunshot)
*[[April 23]] – [[Earl Hines]], American jazz pianist, 79
*[[April 30]]
**<!--April 30-->[[Muddy Waters]], blues singer and guitarist, 70 (heart attack)
**<!--April 30-->[[George Balanchine]], Russian-American choreographer, 79