1) "Damn the Torpedoes: Deluxe Edition," Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Nov. 9)

  Mike Waterson (British folk group The Watersons)
  Fred Steiner ("Star Trek," "Star Wars" composer)
  Clarence Clemons (E Street Band)
  Larry "Wild Man" Fischer (Rhino's first recording artist)
  Bill "Buddy Gask" (Showaddywaddy singer)
  Seth Putnam (Anal Cunt frontman)
  Benny Spellman (R&B singer)
  Steve Popovich (founder of Cleveland International Records)
  Andrew Gold (singer-songwriter)
  Martin Rushent (Human League producer)
  Frankie Toler (former Allman Bros. Band drummer)
  Gil Scott-Heron ("Godfather of Rap")
  Montae "M Bone" Talbert (Cali Swag District)
  Bob Flanigan (The Four Freshmen)
  Jack Richardson (Guess Who producer)
  Lloyd Knibb (original Skatalites drummer)
  Cornell Dupree (R&B guitarist)
  David Mason (trumpeter on "Penny Lane")
  John Walker (The Walker Bros.)
  Nigel Pickering (Spanky and Our Gang guitarist)
  Sir Lattimore Brown (soul singer)
  Arthur Laurents (Broadway composer)
  Phoebe Snow ("Poetry Man" singer)
  Poly Styrene (X Ray Spex)
  Tom King (The Outsiders)
  Joe Pennell (The Rivieras' guitarist)
  Hazel Dickens (bluegrass-folk singer)
  Orrin Tucker (big band leader)
  Randy Wood (founder of Dot Records)
  Gil Robbins (The Highwaymen)
  Mel McDaniel (country singer)
  Ralph Mooney (steel guitar pioneer)
  Loleatta Holloway (disco singer)
  Pinetop Perkins (Delta blues legend)
  Ferlin Husky (country legend)
  Nate Dogg ("G Funk Era" rapper)
  Ronnie Hammond (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
  Bernard St. Clair Lee (The Hues Corporation)
  Joe Morello (drummer in Dave Brubeck Quartet)
  Owsley "Bear" Stanley (psychedelic icon)
  Johnny Preston ("Running Bear")
  Mike Starr (Alice in Chains bassist)
  Eddie Serrato (? & The Mysterians drummer)
  Terry Clements (Gordon Lightfoot guitarist)
  Marvin Sease (blues-gospel singer)
  Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)
  Milton Babbitt (credited with developing the first electronic synthesizer)
  Buddy Charleton (Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours)
  Doc Williams (country bandleader)
  John Barry (James Bond composer)
  Gladys Horton (The Marvelettes)
  Charlie Louvin (country legend)
  Alex Kirst (The Nymphs)
  Don Kirshner (legendary music publisher)
  Steve Prestwich (Cold Chisel)
  Craig Balzer (American Noise)
  Tommy Crain (former guitarist for the Charlie Daniels Band)
  Trish Keenan (Broadcast)
  Margaret Whiting (jazz-pop singer)
  Debbie Friedman (Jewish folk singer)
  Jesus "Jess" Porras (The Mixtures)
  Gerry Rafferty (singer-songwriter; Stealers Wheel)
  Mick Karn (Japan)

R.I.P. 2010

  Bobby Farrell (Boney M)
  Bernie Wilson (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
  Teena Marie (R&B singer)
  Dorothy Jones (The Cookies)
  Bob Demon (The Astronauts)
  Robin Rogers (blues singer)
  Myrna Smith (The Sweet Inspirations)
  Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet)
  Henryk Gorecki (classical composer)
  Woolly Wolstenholme (Barclay James Harvest)
  Jesse Rich (vocalist-guitarist of Broken Bottles)
  James Moody (jazz saxophonist and flutist)
  James "Jimy" Rogers (The Mauds)
  Peter Christopherson (Coil, Throbbing Gristle)
  J.P. Toulon (Old Skull)
  Tony West (The Searchers)
  Jim Clench (former bassist for April Wine and Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
  Jerry Bock ("Fiddler on the Roof" composer)
  Weldon A. McDougal III (credited with discovering The Jackson 5)
  James Phelps (The Soul Stirrers)
  Linda Hargrove (country songwriter)
  Gregory Isaacs (reggae legend)
  Denis Simpson (The Nylons)
  Billy "Teddy" Shelton Jr. (The Spaniels)
  Ari Up (The Slits)
  General Johnson (Chairmen of the Board)
  Dame Joan Sutherland (Australian opera singer)
  Solomon Burke (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame soul singer)
  Albertina Walker ("Queen of Gospel")
  Dick Griffey (founder of Solar Records)
  Eddie Fisher (1950s singer)
  Leonard Skinner (namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  Alphonsus "Arrow" Cassell ("Hot Hot Hot" singer)
  Carlton "King" Coleman (R&B pioneer)
  Rich Cronin (LFO)
  Mike Edwards (Electric Light Orchestra)
  George David Weiss (songwriter; "Can't Help Falling in Love," "What a Wonderful
    World," "The Lion Sleeps Tonight")
  Charles Haddon (Ou Est Le Swimming Pool)
  Michael Been (lead singer-guitarist of The Call)
  Kenny Edwards (The Stone Poneys)
  Richard "Scar" Lopez (Cannibal & the Headhunters)
  Robert Wilson (bassist for The Gap Band)
  Esteban "Steve" Jordan (virtuoso accordionist)
  Abbey Lincoln (jazz singer-songwriter)
  Richie Hayward (Little Feat drummer)
  Phelps "Catfish" Collins (James Brown and Funkadelic guitarist)
  Bobby Hebb (singer; "Sunny")
  Derf Scratch (bassist for Fear)
  Mitch Miller (musician, producer)
  Al Goodman (The Moments)
  Ben Keith (guitarist, longtime Neil Young sideman)
  Phillip Walker (blues guitarist)
  Andy Hummel (Big Star bassist)
  Fred Carter Jr. (studio musician, father of Deana Carter)
  Hank Cochran (country songwriter-performer)
  Tuli Kupferberg (The Fugs)
  Sugar Minott (reggae singer)
  Walter Hawkins (gospel singer)
  Harvey Fuqua (The Moonglows; writer, producer and executive)
  Benny Powell (jazz trombonist)
  Pete Quaife (Kinks bassist)
  Deborah Jo White (former Lynyrd Skynyrd backup singer)
  Fred Anderson (free-jazz saxophonist)
  Larry Jon Wilson (outlaw country singer)
  Gary Shider (Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist)
  Jimmy Dean (country singer; "Big Bad John")
  Anita Humes (The Essex)
  Crisipan St. Peters ("The Pied Piper")
  Dana Key (The DeGarmo & Key Band)
  Marvin Isley (The Isley Brothers)
  Stuart Cable (ex-Stereophonics drummer)
  Ali-Ollie Woodson (The Temptations)
  Judy Lynn (country singer)
  Paul Gray (Slipknot bassist)
  Hank Jones (jazz pianist)
  Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio)
  Dave Fisher (lead singer of the 1960s folk group the Highwaymen)
  Lena Horne (legendary performer)
  Bob Mercer ("NOW" compilation guru)
  Will Owsley (Nashville-based musician)
  Guru (Gang Starr)
  Devon Clifford (You Say Party! We Say Die! drummer)
  Peter Steele (Type O Negative singer)
  Malcolm McLaren (Sex Pistols manager and impresario)
  Johnny Maestro (The Crests, Brooklyn Bridge)
  Marva Wright (New Orleans blues and gospel singer)
  Cherie DeCastro (The DeCastro Sisters)
  Charlie Gillett (influential world music DJ)
  Alex Chilton (The Box Tops, Big Star)
  Ron Lundy (New York rock DJ)
  Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse)
  Lolly Vegas (Redbone singer)
  Johnny Alf (father of bossa nova)
  Ron Banks (The Dramatics)
  Robert Crafton III (Newcleus bassist-rapper)
  Fred Wedlock (British singer; "The Oldest Swinger in Town")
  T-Bone Wolk (Hall & Oates bassist)
  Doug Fieger (The Knack)
  Richard Delvy (surf-rock drummer)
  Sir John Dankworth (British saxophonist)
  Pauly Fuemana (OMC / "How Bizarre")
  Robert "Squirrel" Lester (The Chi-Lites)
  Earl Wild (pianist-composer)
  Apache (rapper)
  Kate McGarrigle (Canadian folk singer)
  Ed Thigpen (jazz drummer)
  Carl Smith ('50s country legend)
  Teddy Pendergrass ('70s soul great)
  Bobby Charles (singer-songwriter; wrote "Walking to New Orleans" and
    "See You Later Alligator")
  Jay Reatard (Memphis punk rocker)
  Mick Green (guitarist for Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
    and Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
  Tony Clarke (longtime Moody Blues producer)
  Gregory Slay (Remy Zero drummer)
  Willie Mitchell (musician, Al Green's producer)
  Tony Bellamy (Redbone guitarist-singer)
  Lhasa (Canadian singer)