In 2006, the music world bid farewell to several significant and beloved artists.

Fans of Pink Floyd, Bad Company, The Runaways, Love, The Tubes, and The Pointer Sisters mourned the loss of founding members from their favorite bands.

The realm of soul music was particularly affected, losing many of its most distinctive voices. This included the Godfather of Soul, the hardest working man in show business, Mr. Dynamite himself, James Brown, who passed away on Christmas Day.

As a singer, songwriter, bandleader, label owner, and dancer, Brown spent decades establishing, breaking, and rewriting the rules of music with a remarkable wave of hit singles that spanned from 1956’s “Please, Please, Please” to 1985’s “Living in America.”

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Another significant loss was the death of Syd Barrett, who helped shape Pink Floyd’s early psychedelic sound as the principal songwriter on their first album before leaving the band the following year and eventually retreating into isolation. The band later celebrated him on 1975’s Wish You Were Here.

Sadly, these are just two of the music legends we lost in 2006, along with the only person ever credited alongside the Beatles on a single, one-third of one of the most popular pop groups of the ’80s, and the man whose death finally brought Led Zeppelin back together for a full concert.

You can see our list of 12 music legends who died in 2006 in the gallery below.