One of our saddest jobs at SoulTracks is to inform SoulTrackers about the deaths of soul music artists.
We feel it is part of our mission to pay tribute to the legacies of these all time greats. On this page we provide a list of those artists who have died during 2018, and a link to our tributes to them. They are shown in the order of the date we reported on their deaths during the year.
Each artist’s name is a link to our written tribute to him or her.
Rest in Peace, friends.
| Rick Hall (record producer) | |
| Denise LaSalle (blues singer) | |
| Betty Willis | |
| Danny Woods of The Chairmen of the Board | |
| Edwin Hawkins (Gospel legend) | |
| Fred Bridges of the Brothers of Soul | |
| Dennis Edwards of The Temptations | |
| Ndugu Chancler (drummer) | |
| Abraham McDonald (soul singer) | |
| Ron Dunbar (Motown songwriter) | |
| Yvonne Staples of The Staples Singers | |
| Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers | |
| Reginald McArthur of The Controllers | |
| John “Jabo” Starks (drummer) | |
| Reggie Lucas (songwriter and producer) | |
| Eddy Clearwater (blues singer) | |
| Ghalib Ghallab (pianist and singer) | |
| Joe Jackson (Jackson family patriarch) | |
| Eugene Pitt of the Jive Five | |
| Tony Showtime Riley of the Persuaders | |
| Anita Poree (legendary songwriter) | |
| Gil Small (songwriter and producer) | |
| Dedry Jones (media and retail personality) | |
| Blue Miller (guitarist and producer) | |
| Aretha Franklin (legendary singer) | |
| Danny Pearson (singer) | |
| Eddie Willis (Motown guitarist) | |
| Johnny Dawson of the Elgins | |
| Al Matthews (singer and actor) | |
| Otis Rush (Blues legend) | |
| Joel Razorsharp Johnson (P-Funk Keyboardist) | |
| Gary Young of The New Birth | |
| Keith Haines of The Dazz Band | |
| Wah Wah Watson (legendary guitarist) | |
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Roy Hargrove (R&B and jazz trumpeter) |
| Chuck Weldon of the Paradons | |
| Nancy Wilson (soul and jazz singer) |
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| Tony Joseph (producer and DJ) |
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