2011 in British music

none September 2020 April 2013 2011 2011 British music This is a summary of 2011 in music in the United Kingdom. Events 1 January – Musicians honoured in the Queen's New Year Honours list include mezzo-soprano Felicity Palmer (CBE) and composer Howard Goodall (CBE), Richard Thompson (OBE) and Annie Lennox (OBE). 14 April – On his sixtieth birthday, Julian Lloyd Webber gives the première of American composer Eric Whitacre's "The River Cam", written specially for the occasion.September 2020 29 April – The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton includes original music by Paul Mealor and John Rutter as well as traditional works by British composers such as Hubert Parry's setting of the anthem "I was glad" and William Walton's "Crown Imperial". 10–12 June – The Download Festival 2011 takes place at Donington Park. The main stage is headlined by Def Leppard, System of a Down and Linkin Park, the second stage by Pendulum, Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie, the Pepsi Max stage by Danzig, Funeral for a Friend and Frank Turner, the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage by Modestep, Dangerous! and H.E.A.T., and the Jägermeister Acoustic stage by Skindred, Bowling for Soup and Dave McPherson. 11 June – Musicians honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours list include Bryan Ferry (CBE), broadcaster Bob Harris (OBE) and jazz singer Claire Martin (OBE). 6 September – PJ Harvey wins the Mercury Prize for her album Let England Shake, becoming the first (and to date, only) artist to win the accolade twice. 10 September – Edward Gardner conducts the Last Night of the Proms for the first time. The programme includes works by Béla Bartók and Franz Liszt as well as the traditional Elgar, and the soloist for "Rule Britannia" was Susan Bullock. A highlight is the première of Peter Maxwell Davies's Musica benevolens.BBC Two – BBC Proms, 2011. Accessed 14 April 2013 9 October – Sir Paul McCartney marries Nancy Shevell.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15230730 Sir Paul McCartney marrying for the third time BBC News 9 October 2011 5 May 2012 18 October – Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani and Reni announce the reformation of the Stone Roses at London's Soho Hotel. 11 December – Little Mix emerge as winners of the 2011 X Factor series. They are the first group to win in the programme's eight-year history.ITV Little Mix 2011 http://xfactor.itv.com/2011/finalists/little-mix The X Factor ITV 21 December 2011 Marcus Collins is named runner-up, while Amelia Lily and Misha B finish in third and fourth place, respectively. Publications Ian Bostridge – A Singer's Notebook Classical music New works Karl Jenkins – The Bards of Wales (cantata) Paul Mealor – Ubi Caritas et Amor Graham Waterhouse – Rhapsodie Macabrehttp://www.gasteig.de/veranstaltungen-und-tickets/veranstaltungen/hommage-a-liszt-.html,v10153 Hommage à Liszt 2011 Gasteig 9 October 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120404021809/http://www.gasteig.de/veranstaltungen-und-tickets/veranstaltungen/hommage-a-liszt-.html%2Cv10153 4 April 2012 Eric Whitacre – The River CamSeptember 2020 Opera Peter Maxwell Davies – Kommilitonen! Jonathan Dove – Mansfield Park Mark-Anthony Turnage – Anna Nicole Albums Nicola Benedetti – Italia Alfie Boe – Alfie Bond – Play Katherine Jenkins – Daydream Paul Lewis – Schubert: Piano Sonatas Julian Lloyd Webber – The Art of Julian Lloyd Webber (compilation) Field recordings Chris Watson – El Tren Fantasma Film and incidental music Lorne Balfe – Ironclad Neil Brand – Underground'Neil Brand’s score for Underground: a preview' (28 September 2011) Silent London, silentlondon.co.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2011. Jonny Greenwood – We Need to Talk About Kevin British music awards BRIT Awards The 2011 BRIT Awards were hosted by James Corden on 15 February 2011. The most notable winners were Tinie Tempah and Arcade Fire, both winning two awards.Brit Awards 2011: Winners BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12187205 15 February 2011 25 June 2014Alexandra Topping Brit awards 2011: Take That win best British group 21 years after their debut The Guardian London, England https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/15/brit-awards-2011-take-that 15 February 2011 25 June 2014 British Male Solo Artist: Plan B British Female Solo Artist: Laura Marling British Breakthrough Act: Tinie Tempah British Group: Take That MasterCard British Album: Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons British Single: "Pass Out" – Tinie Tempah International Male Solo Artist: Cee Lo Green International Female Solo Artist: Rihanna International Breakthrough Act: Justin Bieber International Group: Arcade Fire International Album: The Suburbs – Arcade Fire British Producer: Markus Dravs Critics' Choice: Jessie J Classical BRIT Awards The 2011 Classical BRIT Awards were held on 12 May 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall, London and hosted by Myleene Klass.Violinists dominate Classic Brit Awards BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13376530 13 May 2011 25 June 2014 Male Artist of the Year: Antonio Pappano Female Artist of the Year: Alison Balsom Newcomer Award: Vilde Frang Composer of the Year: Arvo Pärt Critics' Award: Tasmin Little Artist of the Decade: Il Divo Album of the Year: Moonlight Serenade – André Rieu and His Johann Strauss Orchestra Outstanding Contribution to Music: John Barry (posthumous) Ivor Novello Awards The 56th Ivor Novello Awards were held on 19 May 2011 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.Liam Allen Plan B wins three awards at Ivor Novellos BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13452075 19 May 2011 25 June 2014Alexandra Topping Plan B aka Ben Drew takes top honours at Ivor Novello awards The Guardian London, England https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/may/19/plan-b-ben-drew-ivor-novello-awards 19 May 2011 25 June 2011 Best Song Musically and Lyrically: "Becoming a Jackal" – Villagers (written by Conor O'Brien) Best Contemporary Song: "Pass Out" – Tinie Tempah (written by Timothy McKenzie, Patrick Okogwu and Marc Williams) Album Award: The Defamation of Strickland Banks – Plan B Best Original Film Score: How to Train Your Dragon (composed by John Powell) Best Original Video Game Score: Napoleon: Total War (composed by Richard Beddow, Richard Birdsall and Ian Livingstone) Best Television Soundtrack: Any Human Heart (composed by Dan Jones) Songwriter of the Year: Benjamin Drew Most Performed Work: "She Said" – Plan B (written by Eric Appapoulay, Richard Cassell, Benjamin Drew and Tom Wright-Goss) Classical Music Award: Michael Nyman Inspiration Award: Dizzee Rascal Outstanding Song Collection: Steve Winwood Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Paul Rodgers International Achievement: Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard & Christopher Wolstenholme (Muse) Special International Award: Stephen Sondheim Mercury Prize The 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize was awarded on 6 September 2011 to PJ Harvey for her album Let England Shake. Harvey became the first artist to win the Mercury Prize twice.PJ Harvey wins Mercury Prize for second time BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14815129 6 September 2011 25 June 2011Alexandra Topping PJ Harvey wins Mercury music prize for the second time The Guardian London, England https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/07/pj-harvey-mercury-music-prize 6 September 2011 25 June 2014 Popjustice £20 Music Prize The 2011 Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded on 6 September 2011 to The Saturdays for their song "Higher".http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5674&Itemid=9 2011 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Congratulations to The Saturdays Popjustice 7 September 2011 19 September 2011 British Composer Awards The 2011 British Composer Awards were held on 30 November 2011 at Stationers' Hall, London and hosted by BBC Radio 3 presenters Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Andrew McGregor, with the awards presented by Michael Berkeley. There was no award in the Sonic Art category in 2011. Instrumental Solo or Duo: Sonata for Cello & Piano – William Sweeney Chamber: String Quartet No. 2 – Anthony Payne Vocal: Five Larkin Songs – Huw Watkins Choral: Allele – Michael Zev Gordon Wind Band or Brass Band: In Pitch Black – Lucy Pankhurst Orchestral: Fantasias – Julian Anderson Stage Works: A Ring A Lamp A Thing – Orlando Gough Liturgical: Bell Mass – Julian Anderson Contemporary Jazz Composition: The Green Seagull – Tommy Evans Community or Educational Project: Consider the Lilies – John Barber Making Music Award: I can't find brumm... – Richard Bullen International Award: La Mattina – Bent Sørensen Outreach: PK – Graham Fitkin The Record of the Year The 2011 Record of the Year was awarded on 10 December 2011 to Lady Gaga for her song "Born This Way". Charts and sales Number-one singles Chart date(week ending) Song Artist Sales 1 January "When We Collide" Matt Cardle 262,953 8 January 113,037 15 January "What's My Name?" Rihanna featuring Drake 53,018 22 January "Grenade" Bruno Mars 149,834 29 January 109,960 5 February "We R Who We R" Ke$ha 90,139 12 February "Price Tag" Jessie J featuring B.o.B 84,076 19 February 95,697 26 February "Someone Like You" Adele 111,739 5 March 114,792 12 March 116,347 19 March 95,654 26 March "Don't Hold Your Breath" Nicole Scherzinger 98,090 2 April "Someone Like You" Adele 82,357 9 April "On the Floor" Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull 133,179 16 April 91,749 23 April "Party Rock Anthem" LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock 91,421 30 April 85,744 7 May 73,076 14 May 64,508 21 May "The Lazy Song" Bruno Mars 67,837 28 May "Give Me Everything" Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer 71,309 4 June 95,848 11 June 82,210 18 June "Changed the Way You Kiss Me" Example 115,046 25 June 75,252 2 July "Don't Wanna Go Home" Jason Derülo 76,581 9 July 60,316 16 July "Louder" DJ Fresh featuring Sian Evans 140,750 23 July "Glad You Came" The Wanted 117,165 30 July 73,769 6 August "She Makes Me Wanna" JLS featuring Dev 98,016 13 August "Swagger Jagger" Cher Lloyd 66,316 20 August "Promises" Nero 46,700 27 August "Don't Go" Wretch 32 featuring Josh Kumra 76,495 3 September "Heart Skips a Beat" Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks 109,151 10 September "Stay Awake" Example 73,402 17 September "All About Tonight" Pixie Lott 88,893 24 September "What Makes You Beautiful" One Direction 153,965 1 October "No Regrets" Dappy 96,639 8 October "Loca People" Sak Noel 75,161 15 October "We Found Love" Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris 87,573 22 October 106,553 29 October 92,689 5 November "Read All About It" Professor Green featuring Emeli Sandé 153,007 12 November 85,302 19 November "We Found Love" Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris 79,834 26 November 66,941 3 December 79,804 10 December "Wishing on a Star" X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS & One Direction 98,932 17 December "Dance with Me Tonight" Olly Murs 46,584 24 December "Cannonball" Little Mix 210,129 31 December "Wherever You Are" Military Wives & Gareth Malone 555,622 Number-one albums Chart date(week ending) Album Artist Sales 1 January Progress Take That 350,328 8 January Loud Rihanna 76,237 15 January 50,088 22 January 44,827 29 January Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars 86,243 5 February 21 Adele 208,090 12 February 135,585 19 February 134,241 26 February 188,764 5 March 173,718 12 March 180,493 19 March 161,580 26 March 159,895 2 April 156,162 9 April 257,731 16 April 114,476 23 April Wasting Light Foo Fighters 114,557 30 April 21 Adele 91,803 7 May 73,771 14 May 80,922 21 May 70,362 28 May 51,183 4 June Born This Way Lady Gaga 215,639 11 June 67,615 18 June Suck It and See Arctic Monkeys 82,424 25 June Progress Take That 77,720 2 July Born This Way Lady Gaga 47,150 9 July 4 Beyoncé 89,211 16 July 44,929 23 July 21 Adele 43,555 30 July 46,648 6 August Back to Black Amy Winehouse 44,076 13 August 63,070 20 August 43,726 27 August Welcome Reality Nero 30,640 3 September Echoes Will Young 65,773 10 September I'm With You Red Hot Chili Peppers 71,858 17 September Playing in the Shadows Example 56,224 24 September + Ed Sheeran 102,350 1 October Velociraptor! Kasabian 94,088 8 October The Awakening James Morrison 62,181 15 October 36,411 22 October The Ultimate Collection Steps 34,200 29 October Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 122,530 5 November Mylo Xyloto Coldplay 208,343 12 November Ceremonials Florence and the Machine 94,050 19 November Someone To Watch Over Me Susan Boyle 72,745 26 November Christmas Michael Bublé 85,787 3 December Talk That Talk Rihanna 163,819 10 December In Case You Didn't Know Olly Murs 148,532 17 December Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amy Winehouse 194,966 24 December Christmas Michael Bublé 269,665 31 December 317,114 Number-one compilation albums Chart date(week ending) Album 1 January Now 77 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 January 5 February 12 February 19 February Love Songs – The Ultimate Collection 26 February BRIT Awards 2011 With MasterCard 5 March 12 March Anthems Hip Hop 19 March 26 March Massive R&B – Spring 2011 2 April 9 April 16 April Ultimate Floorfillers 23 April Now 78 30 April 7 May 14 May 21 May 28 May 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 June The Old Grey Whistle Test – 40th 2 July Now 78 9 July Clubland 19 16 July 23 July 30 July 6 August Now 79 13 August 20 August 27 August 3 September 10 September 17 September 24 September 1 October 8 October Now R&B 15 October 22 October Now 79 29 October 5 November Pop Party 9 12 November BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge – Vol 6 19 November Clubland 20 26 November Pop Party 9 3 December Now 80 10 December 17 December 24 December 31 December Best-selling singles of 2011 The Official Singles Chart 2011 Top 100 Music Week Intent Media London, England 15 13 January 2012 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition Sales 1 "Someone Like You" Adele 1 1,242,917Paul Williams Singles Music Week Intent Media London, England 14–15 13 January 2012 2 "Moves Like Jagger" Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera 2 1,040,000http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/chart-day-every-end-of-year-chart-from-2005-2014__9958/ Chart Day: Every end of year chart from 2005–2014 Official Charts Company 5 July 2015 Justin Myers 3 "Party Rock Anthem" LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock 1 900,000 4 "Price Tag" Jessie J featuring B.o.B 1 900,000 5 "We Found Love" Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris 1 900,000 6 "Give Me Everything" Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer 1 7 "Grenade" Bruno Mars 1 8 "The A Team" Ed Sheeran 3 800,000 9 "Rolling in the Deep" Adele 2 10 "On the Floor" Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull 1 11 "Jar of Hearts" Christina Perri 4 12 "S&M" Rihanna 3 13 "Wherever You Are" Military Wives & Gareth Malone 1 14 "Born This Way" Lady Gaga 3 15 "The Lazy Song" Bruno Mars 1 16 "Beautiful People" Chris Brown Chris Brown (American entertainer) featuring Benny Benassi 4 17 "Changed the Way You Kiss Me" Example 1 18 "I Need a Dollar" Aloe Blacc 2 19 "Sweat" Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta 4 20 "What Makes You Beautiful" One Direction 1 21 "Heart Skips a Beat" Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks 1 22 "Mr. Saxobeat" Alexandra Stan 3 23 "Earthquake" Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah 2 24 "Glad You Came" The Wanted 1 25 "Louder" DJ Fresh featuring Sian Evans 1 26 "Do It Like a Dude" Jessie J 2 27 "The Edge of Glory" Lady Gaga 6 28 "Yeah 3x" Chris Brown Chris Brown 6 29 "Set Fire to the Rain" Adele 11 30 "Super Bass" Nicki Minaj 8 31 "Sexy and I Know It" LMFAO 5 32 "Where Them Girls At" David Guetta featuring Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj 3 33 "Don't Hold Your Breath" Nicole Scherzinger 1 34 "Best Thing I Never Had" Beyoncé 3 35 "Bounce" Calvin Harris featuring Kelis 2 36 "E.T." Katy Perry featuring Kanye West 3 37 "Read All About It" Professor Green featuring Emeli Sandé 1 38 "Champion" Chipmunk featuring Chris Brown 2 39 "Paradise" Coldplay 2Reached number 1 in 2012 40 "Lego House" Ed Sheeran 5 41 "Cannonball" Little Mix 1 42 "Just Can't Get Enough" The Black Eyed Peas 3 43 "Who's That Chick?" David Guetta featuring Rihanna 6 44 "Marry You" Bruno Mars 11 45 "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" Katy Perry 9 46 "Feel So Close" Calvin Harris 2 47 "Don't Wanna Go Home" Jason Derulo 1 48 "Good Feeling" Flo Rida 2Reached number 1 in 2012 49 "What's My Name?" Rihanna featuring Drake 1 50 "Without You" David Guetta featuring Usher 6 Best-selling albums of 2011 The Official Albums Chart 2011 Top 100 Music Week Intent Media London, England 14 13 January 2012 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition Sales 1 21 Adele 1 3,772,346Paul Williams Albums Music Week Intent Media London, England 13–14 13 January 2012 2 Christmas Michael Bublé 1 1,292,762 3 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars 1 1,214,425 4 19 Adele 2Reached number 1 in 2008 1,210,417 5 Mylo Xyloto Coldplay 1 907,000http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-20-biggest-selling-albums-of-2011-revealed-__1722/ The Top 20 biggest selling albums of 2011 revealed! Lane Dan 2 January 2012 Official Charts Company 10 February 2016 6 Loud Rihanna 1 876,000 7 Born This Way Lady Gaga 1 821,000 8 Who You Are Jessie J 2 805,000 9 + Ed Sheeran 1 791,000 10 Talk That Talk Rihanna 1 655,000 11 Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amy Winehouse 1 638,000 12 In Case You Didn't Know Olly Murs 1 597,000 13 The Lady Killer Cee Lo Green 3 560,000 14 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 1 492,000 15 Progress Take That 1 484,000 16 Up All Night One Direction 2 468,000 17 No More Idols Chase and Status 2 461,000 18 4 Beyoncé 1 451,000 19 Greatest Hits Westlife 4 423,000 20 Crazy Love Michael Bublé 3Reached number 1 in 2009 410,000 21 The Defamation of Strickland Banks Plan B 2Reached number 1 in 2010 22 Ceremonials Florence and the Machine 1 23 Echoes Will Young 1 24 Wasting Light Foo Fighters 1 25 Teenage Dream Katy Perry 8Reached number 1 in 2010 26 Heaven Rebecca Ferguson singer 3 27 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons 2 28 Disc-Overy Tinie Tempah 4Reached number 1 in 2010 29 Jukebox JLS 2 30 The Fame Lady Gaga 7Reached number 1 in 2009 31 Build a Rocket Boys! Elbow 2 32 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 1 33 Someone to Watch Over Me Susan Boyle 1 34 Good Ol' Fashioned Love The Overtones 4 35 Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor Caro Emerald 4 36 The Awakening James Morrison James Morrison (singer) 1 37 Velociraptor! Kasabian 1 38 Seasons of My Soul Rumer 4Reached number 3 in 2010 39 Lights Ellie Goulding 5Reached number 1 in 2010 40 Fallen Empires Snow Patrol 3 41 Nothing But the Beat David Guetta 2 42 Last Night on Earth Noah and the Whale 8 43 Playing in the Shadows Example 1 44 Bring Him Home Alfie Boe 9 45 Greatest Hits... So Far!!! Pink 12Reached number 5 in 2010 46 Alfie Alfie Boe 6 47 Olly Murs Olly Murs 4Reached number 2 in 2010 48 Classic Joe McElderry 2 49 Letters Matt Cardle 2 50 Suck It and See Arctic Monkeys 1 Notes: 30em Platinum records For a record to be certified platinum, it must sell a minimum of 600,000 copies. However, not every song that sells 600,000 copies is given platinum certification and so this is not a complete list of songs that have sold 600,000 copies in 2011. Also note that a song certified platinum could have sold its 600,000th copy long before it is given certification. ArtistSongDate releasedDate certifiedplatinumCee Lo Green"Forget You"4 October 20107 January 2011Rihanna"Only Girl (In the World)"25 October 20107 January 2011Rihanna featuring Drake"What's My Name?"20 December 20106 March 2011Tinie Tempah"Pass Out"17 April 201011 March 2011Katy Perry"Firework"26 November 201011 March 2011Adele"Someone Like You"24 January 20111 April 2011 Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Afrojack/Nayer"Give Me Everything"1 April 201116 September 2011 Deaths 4 January Mick Karn – English multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter, 52 Gerry Rafferty – Scottish singer-songwriter, 63 14 January – Trish Keenan, singer (Broadcast), 42 (swine flu).Pat Long https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/17/trish-keenan-obituary Trish Keenan obituary The Guardian 18 January 2011 16 January – Steve Prestwich, British-born Australian drummer and songwriter (Cold Chisel, Little River Band), 56 26 January – Eddie Mordue, saxophonist, 83 28 January Raymond Cohen, violinist, 91 Dame Margaret Price, operatic soprano, 69 30 January – John Barry, British film composer, 77 31 January – Mark Ryan, guitarist (Adam and the Ants), 51 3 February – Tony Levin, jazz drummer, 71 6 February Gary Moore, guitarist and songwriter, 58 James Watson, trumpeter, 59 14 February – George Shearing, jazz pianist, 91 27 February – Margaret Eliot, music teacher, 97 8 March – Richard Campbell, cellist, 55 15 March Smiley Culture, reggae singer and DJ, 48 (stabbing)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23146121 BBC News Reggae star Smiley Culture stabbed himself during police raid 2 July 2013 Keith Fordyce, radio DJ and TV presenter, 82 17 March – J. B. Steane, music critic, 83 18 March – Jet Harris, guitarist (The Shadows), 71 20 March – Johnny Pearson, pianist, arranger and TV composer, 85 29 March – Robert Tear, operatic tenor, 72 31 March – Ishbel MacAskill, Scottish Gaelic singer and heritage campaigner, 70 25 April – Poly Styrene – singer, (X-Ray Spex), 53 (cancer)https://www.nme.com/news/x-ray-spex/56316 X-Ray Spex's Poly Styrene dies of cancer NME 26 April 2011 29 April – David Mason, trumpeter, 85 7 May – Big George, arranger, 53 (heart attack) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13327591 BBC London radio presenter Big George dies 8 May 2011 BBC News 8 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110512235425/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13327591 12 May 2011 live 19 May – Kathy Kirby, singer, 72 29 May – Simon Brint, musician, composer, actor and comedian (Raw Sex), 60 (suicide) 10 June – Kenny Hawkes, DJ and music producer, 42 (liver failure) 22 June Cyril Ornadel, conductor and composer, 86 Mike Waterson, folk singer, 70 24 June – Goff Richards, English composer, 66 9 July – Würzel, guitarist, 61 14 July – Eric Delaney, percussionist and bandleader, 87 15 July – Cuddly Dudley, rock and roll singer, 87 23 July – Amy Winehouse, singer, musician, 27 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14262237 Amy Winehouse found dead, aged 27 BBC BBC News 23 July 2011 23 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723170633/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14262237 23 July 2011 live (alcohol poisoning) 3 August – Andrew McDermott, singer (Threshold), 45 (kidney failure) 15 August – Betty Thatcher, lyricist, 67 10 September – Graham Collier, jazz bassist, 74 21 September – John Du Cann, guitarist (Atomic Rooster), 66 2 October – David Bedford, composer, 74 5 October – Bert Jansch, singer, musician, 67 15 October – Betty Driver, singer and actress, 91 18 October – Bob Brunning, blues musician (Fleetwood Mac), 68 21 October – Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian band leader, 100 28 October – Beryl Davis, singer, 87 29 October – Sir Jimmy Savile, DJ, 84 6 November – Gordon Beck, jazz pianist and composer, 75 24 November – Ross MacManus, trumpeter, 84 26 November – Keef Hartley, drummer and bandleader, 67 6 December – Tony Fell, music publisher, 79 12 December – John Gardner, composer, 94 See also 2011 in British radio 2011 in British television 2011 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 2011 References 2011