Musicians That Died In 2012: Great Artists We Lost This Year

Music Greats We Lost In 2012
FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2011 file photo, singer Whitney Houston performs at the pre-Grammy gala & salute to industry icons with Clive Davis honoring David Geffen in Beverly Hills, Calif. Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Usher will pay tribute to the late Whitney Houston in a one-hour TV special. We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston will tape Oct. 11 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live and will feature performances by Dion, Hudson and Usher. It will air Nov. 16 on CBS. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)
FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2011 file photo, singer Whitney Houston performs at the pre-Grammy gala & salute to industry icons with Clive Davis honoring David Geffen in Beverly Hills, Calif. Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Usher will pay tribute to the late Whitney Houston in a one-hour TV special. We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston will tape Oct. 11 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live and will feature performances by Dion, Hudson and Usher. It will air Nov. 16 on CBS. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)

Johnny Otis
Dec. 28, 1921 — Jan. 17, 2012
R&B Pioneer. The bandleader, composer and radio and TV host wrote "Willie And The Hand Jive" and discovered many of R&B's greatest voices.

Etta James
Jan. 25, 1938 — Jan. 20, 2012
Matriarch of the Blues. The “At Last” singer had grit in her voice that could melt like sugar or rub salt in a wound.

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