Musicians, Singers & Dancers Chronology

Angelo Notari composer, is born.

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Alessandro Piccinini composer, is born.

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David Riccio Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered.

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Antonio de Cabezon composer, dies.

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Manuel Cardoso composer, is born.

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Alessandro Piccinini composer, is born.

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1567

Jacob Vaet Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37.

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Black Box [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation), is born.

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Thomas Campion England, composer/poet/physician, is born.

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Aurelio Signoretti composer, is born.

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Nicolas Forme composer, is born.

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Leonhard Paminger composer, dies at 72.

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Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo), is born.

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Christoph Demantius composer, is born.

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1568

Christoph Thomas Walliser composer, is born.

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1569

Giovanni Battista Massarengo composer, is born.

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Jakob Hassler composer, is born.

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Georg Quitschreiber composer, is born.

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1571

Michael Praetorius Kreuzberg Germany, music theorist/composer (Syntagma music), is born.

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1572

Hans Christoph Haiden composer, is born.

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1573

Ambrosius Metzger composer, is born.

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Giulio Cesare Monteverdi composer, is born.

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Gemignano Capilupi composer, is born.

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1574

Christoph Buel composer, is born.

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Robert Fludd composer, is born.

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Christoph Buel composer, is born.

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John Wilbye composer, is born.

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Samuel Besler composer, is born.

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1576

Hans Sachs, German meistersinger, dies at age 81.

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Marsilio Casentini composer, is born.

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1578

Valentin Dretzel composer, is born.

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Agostino Agazzari composer, is born.

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1579

Heinrich Steuccius composer, is born.

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1580

Antonio Scandello Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63.

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Hendrik Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies.

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1581

Daniel Selich composer, is born.

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1582

Thomas Simpson composer, is born.

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Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, is born.

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Severo Bonini composer, is born.

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1584

Melchior Teschner composer, is born.

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1585

Heinrich Schutz, German composer, is born.

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1586

Johann Hermann Schein German composer (Fontana d'Israel), is born.

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Jacob Praetorius composer, is born.

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Pietro Della Valle composer, is born.

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1587

Marco Ivan Lukacic composer, is born.

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1588

Nicolaus Erich composer, is born.

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1590

Gioseffo Zarlino composer, dies at 73.

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1591

Jacobus de Kerle French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59.

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Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck composer, is born.

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1592

Pierre de La Barre composer, is born.

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Pierre de La Barre composer, is born.

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1594

Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina Italian composer, dies at 68.

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Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern composer, is born.

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Benedikt Lechler composer, is born.

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Giovanni Battista Gagliano composer, is born.

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1595

John Wilson composer, is born.

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Pietro Pontio composer, dies at 63.

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1596

Henry Lawes English composer, is born.

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Nicolo Amati Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri), is born.

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1598

Laurentius Erhard composer, is born.

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Johann Cr�ger German organist/composer/music theorist, is born.

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1599

Cristofano Malvezzi composer, dies at 51.

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Thomas Selle composer, is born.

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1601

Jose Ximenez composer, is born.

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1602

Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62.

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Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer, is born.

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Johann Neukrantz composer, is born.

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1603

Michael Trumper composer, is born.

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Stephan Otto composer, is born.

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William Smith composer, is born.

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Francesco Nigetti composer, is born.

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1604

Santino Garsi composer, dies at 61.

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Claudio Merulo Italian organist/composer, dies at 71.

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Ambrosius Reiner composer, is born.

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1605

Orazio Tiberio Vecchi composer, dies at 54.

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Philip IV, king of Spain and Portugal (1621-65), is born.

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Giacomo Carissimi composer, is born.

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Orazio Benevoli composer, is born.

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Juan de Padilla composer, is born.

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1606

Christoph Schultze composer, is born.

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1607

Abraham Megerle composer, is born.

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Giovanni Francesco Milanta composer, is born.

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Johann Rist composer, is born.

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1609

Paul Sartorius composer, dies at 39.

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Michael Franck composer, is born.

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1610

Giovanni Battista Chinelli composer, is born.

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1611

Giacomo Maria Predieri composer, is born.

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Carlo Rainaldi composer, is born.

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1612

Paul de La Pierre composer, is born.

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1613

Jacques Huyn composer, is born.

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Johann Jakob Wolleb composer, is born.

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Johann Steuerlein composer, dies at 66.

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1614

Nicolas Saboly composer, is born.

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Marc'Antonio Pasqualini composer, is born.

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Melchior Bischoff composer, dies at 67.

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1616

Jacques de Saint-Luc composer, is born.

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Kaspar Forster composer, is born.

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Malachias Siebenhaar composer, is born.

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Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer, is born.

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Johann Froberger, German composer, organist and harpsichordist, is born.

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Johann Jacob Froberger German singer/organist/composer, is born.

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Pietro Andrea Ziani composer, is born.

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1617

Hans Christoph Haiden composer, dies at 44.

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Arcangelo Crivelli composer, dies at 70.

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Antimo Liberati composer, is born.

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1620

Johann Weichmann composer, is born.

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Johann Weichmann composer, is born.

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Thomas Campion, English poet,composer and musical theorist, dies at age 53.

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1621

Michael Praetorius German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at age 50.

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Georg Neumark composer, is born.

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Heinrich Schwemmer composer, is born.

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1622

Alfonso Fontanelli composer, dies at 64.

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Jan Campanus composer, dies at 50.

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1623

Adam-Nicolas Gascon composer, is born.

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Jan Adam Reincken composer, is born.

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Johann Adam Reincken composer, is born.

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Pietro Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, is born.

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Thomas Weelkes composer, dies at 47.

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1624

Francois Roberday composer, is born.

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Tomas Micieres composer, is born.

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1625

Nicolo Rubini composer, dies at 50.

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Erhard Buttner composer, dies at 32.

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1626

John Dowland English musician/lyric poet (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at about 63.

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John Dowland composer, dies.

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1627

Alfonso Marsh composer, is born.

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Johann Caspar Kerll composer, is born.

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Johann Kaspar Kerll composer, is born.

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1628

Christoph Bernhard German composer, is born.

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Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer, dies at 64.

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Gregor Aichinger German composer/organist, dies at about 63.

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Constantin Christian Dedekind composer, is born.

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Samuel Friedrich Capricornus composer, is born.

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1629

Hieronymus Praetorius composer, dies at 68.

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Girolamo Giacobbi composer, dies at 61.

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Hieronymus Praetorius composer, dies at 68.

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1630

Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno.

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William Brade composer, dies.

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Ercole Porta composer, dies at 44.

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Johannes Schein, German composer, dies at age 44.

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Olof Rudbeck composer, is born.

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1631

Philipp Dulichius composer, dies at 68.

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Vincenzo De Grandis composer, is born.

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Christoph Buel composer, dies at 57.

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1632

Giovanni Battista Vitali composer, is born.

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Jean-Baptiste Lully Florence Italy, composer, is born.

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Georg Caspar Weckler composer, is born.

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Jean Baptiste Lully musician, opera composer: Cadmus and Hermione, Amadis de Gaule, Roland, Armide et Renaud; is born.

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1633

Gabriel Schutz composer, is born.

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Werner Fabricius composer, is born.

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Joseph de La Barre composer, is born.

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Jacopo Peri, Italian composer, dies at age 71.

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1634

Adam Krieger German composer, is born.

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1635

Melchior Teschner composer, dies at 51.

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1636

Esaias Reusner composer, is born.

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Esaias Reusner composer, is born.

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1637

Valentin Molitor composer, is born.

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Barnardo Pasquini composer, is born.

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1638

Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, is born.

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Nicolas Forme composer, dies at 71.

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Johann Ulrich Sultzberger composer, is born.

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1640

Guillaume van Messaus composer, dies at 50.

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Agostino Agazzari Italian composer, dies at 61.

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1642

Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, dies at about 66.

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Georg Schmezer composer, is born.

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1643

Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, dies at 60.

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Girolamo Frescobaldi Italian composer/organist, dies at 59.

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Jose Solana composer, is born.

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Christian Demelius composer, is born.

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Christoph Demantius composer, dies at 75.

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1644

Gottfried Wegner composer, is born.

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Thomas Eisenhut composer, is born.

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Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco composer, is born.

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1645

Gottfried Vopelius composer, is born.

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William Smith composer, dies at 42.

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1646

Harald Vallerius composer, is born.

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1647

Konrad Hoffler composer, is born.

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Giovanni Maria Trabaci composer, dies.

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1648

Louis Bouteiller composer, is born.

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Christoph Thomas Walliser composer, dies at 79.

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Giovanni Maria Capelli composer, is born.

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1649

Pascal Collasse composer, is born.

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John Blow composer of first English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized), is born.

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Johann Philipp Krieger composer, is born.

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Joseph-Fran�ois Salomon composer, is born.

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Andreas Kneller composer, is born.

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Johann Valentin Meder composer, is born.

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1650

Paul Hallman composer, dies at 49.

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Francesco Sacrati composer, dies at 44.

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Gilles Hayne composer, dies at 59.

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1651

Giovanni Battista Gagliano composer, dies at 56.

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Zaccaria Tevo composer, is born.

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Domenico Gabrielli composer, is born.

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Cristobal de Isla Diego composer, dies at 65.

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Wolfgang Schonsleder composer, dies at 81.

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1652

Johann Krieger composer, is born.

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Gregorio Allegri Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67.

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Pietro Della Valle composer, dies at 66.

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Johann Philipp Fortsch composer, is born.

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Jacques Huyn composer, dies at 39.

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Giovanni Maria Casini composer, is born.

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1653

Johannes Schultz composer, dies at 70.

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Arcangelo Corelli Fusignano Italy, violinist/composer (Concerto Grosso), is born.

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Luigi Rossi composer, dies.

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Georg Motz composer, is born.

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1654

Michael Lohr composer, dies at 62.

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Heinrich Georg Neuss composer, is born.

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Johann Neukrantz composer, dies at 51.

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Samuel Scheidt German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66.

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1655

Angelo Predieri composer, is born.

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Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer, dies at 39.

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1656

Johannes Schenck German/Netherlands composer, baptised, is born.

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Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at 64.

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Marin Marias composer, is born.

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1657

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni Italian composer, is born.

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Jacques Danican Philidor composer, is born.

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Michel-Richard Delalande composer, is born.

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1658

Valentin Dretzel composer, dies at 79.

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Giuseppe Torelli Italy, composer (Concerti Grossi op 8), is born.

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1659

Antonio Veracini composer, is born.

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Benedikt Lechler composer, dies at 64.

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Henry Purcell English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas), is born.

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1660

Johann Sigismund Kusser composer, is born.

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Johann Kuhnau composer, is born.

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Sebastian Duron composer, is born.

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Matthias Henriksen Schacht composer, is born.

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Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane), is born.

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Andre Campra composer, is born.

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1661

Maria Henri�tte Stuart (of Orange) English Princess Royal/eldest daughter of the English king Charles I/mother of English king William III, dies of smallpox at 29.

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Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer, is born.

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1662

Giuseppi Vignola composer, is born.

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Johann Cr�ger German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at 63.

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Davis Mell composer, dies at 57.

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1663

Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer, is born.

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Nicholas Siret composer, is born.

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Heinrich Pape composer, dies at 53.

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Severo Bonini composer, dies at 80.

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1664

Georg Osterreich composer, is born.

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1665

Domenico Mazzocchi composer, dies at 72.

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Tarquinio Mercula composer, dies.

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1666

Johann Andreas Herbst composer, dies at 77.

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Nicholas Lanier composer, dies at 77.

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Johann Heinrich Buttstett composer, is born.

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Paul Siefert composer, dies at 79.

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Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti composer, is born.

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1667

Georg Bronner composer, is born.

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Johann Froberger, German composer, organist and harpsichordist, dies at age 50.

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Michel Pignolet de Monteclair composer, is born.

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Ludwig Ernst composer, is born.

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Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, is born.

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1668

Jean Gilles composer, is born.

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Francesco Gasparini composer, is born.

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Clemens Thieme composer, dies at 36.

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Francois Couperin Paris France, composer/organist (Concerts Royaux), is born.

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Casimir Schweizelsperg composer, is born.

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1669

Miguel Lopez composer, is born.

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Louis Marchand composer, is born.

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Philipp Buchner composer, dies at 54.

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Pietro Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, dies at age 46.

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1670

Georg Gabriel Schutz composer, is born.

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Loreto Vittori composer, dies at 69.

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Christian Ludwig Boxberg composer, is born.

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1671

Charles-Hubert Gervais composer, is born.

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Giacomo Cesare Predieri composer, is born.

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Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia composer, is born.

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Francesco Stradivari Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, is born.

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1672

Francesco Mancini composer, is born.

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Andre Cardinal Destouches composer, is born.

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Johann Philipp Kafer composer, is born.

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Heinrich Schutz, German composer, dies at age 87.

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1673

Kaspar Forster composer, dies at 56.

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Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich composer, is born.

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Pedro Vaz Rego composer, is born.

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Francesco Feroci composer, is born.

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Johann Valentin Eckelt composer, is born.

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John Weaver, English dancer, is born.

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Juan de Padilla composer, dies at 68.

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1674

Reinhard Keiser composer, is born.

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Giacomo Carissimi Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68.

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Johann Augustin Kobelius composer, is born.

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John Wilson composer, dies at 78.

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Friedrich Erhard Niedt composer, is born.

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1675

Johann Melchior Conradi composer, is born.

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Johann Philipp Treiber composer, is born.

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Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss composer, is born.

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1676

John Weldon composer, is born.

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Ernst Chreistian Hesse composer, is born.

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Johann Georg Ebeling composer, dies at 39.

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Johann Georg Weichenberger composer, is born.

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1677

Nicola Fago composer, is born.

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Alexandre de Villenueve composer, is born.

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1678

Johannes Flittner composer, dies at 59.

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Antonio Vivaldi, late Baroque violin virtuoso and composer, is born in Venice, Italy.

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Joseph de La Barre composer, dies at 44.

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Gotthard Wagner composer, is born.

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William Croft composer, is born.

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1679

Pietro Filippo Scarlotti composer, is born.

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Werner Fabricius composer, dies at 45.

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Girolamo Chiti composer, is born.

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Werner Fabricius composer, dies at 45.

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Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer, is born.

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Domenico Natale Sarro Italian opera composer, is born.

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Esaias Reusner composer, dies at 43.

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Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer, is born.

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Domenico Natale Sarro composer, is born.

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1680

Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz composer, is born.

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Baron Emanuele d' Astorga Italian composer (Stabat mater), is born.

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Giuseppe Porsile composer, is born.

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Frederich Karl Erbach composer, is born.

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Abraham Megerle composer, dies at 73.

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1681

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti composer, is born.

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Francesco Nigetti composer, dies at 77.

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Georg Philipp Telemann Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer, is born.

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Anne Danican Philidor composer, is born.

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1682

Alessandro Stradella Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37.

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Johann Valentin Rathgeber German benedictine/composer, is born.

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Jean-Joseph Mouret composer, is born.

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1683

Fran�ois de La Croix composer, is born.

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Gasparo Visconti composer, is born.

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Johann Christoph Graupner German composer, is born.

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Giovanni Veneziano composer, is born.

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Johann David Heinichen composer, is born.

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Jean-Philippe Rameau Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized), is born.

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1684

Pietro Andrea Ziani composer, dies at 67.

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Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky Czechoslovakian monk/composer, is born.

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Johann Graf composer, is born.

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Francesco Durante composer, is born.

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Henri Dumont composer, dies.

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Johann Gottfried Walther Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer, is born.

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1685

Malachias Siebenhaar composer, dies at 68.

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George Friedric H�ndel, Halle Germany, organist/baroque composer (Messiah), is born.

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Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is born in Eisenach, Germany.

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Domenico Scarlatti, virtuoso harpsichordist, composer of over 550 clavier sonatas and son of composer Alessandro Scarlatti, is born in Naples.

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Lodovico Giustini composer, is born.

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1686

Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare), is born.

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Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare), is born.

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Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and voice teacher, is born.

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Giovanni Battista Somis composer, is born.

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1687

Johann Adam Birkenstock composer, is born.

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Jean-Baptiste Lully Paris, composer.

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Jean Baptiste Lully musician, opera composer: Cadmus and Hermione, Amadis de Gaule, Roland, Armide et Renaud; dies at age 54.

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Johann Balthasar Freisslich composer, is born.

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Francesco Xaverio Geminiani composer, is born.

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Johann Georg Pisendel German violinist/composer, is born.

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1688

Johann Gotthilf Ziegler composer, is born.

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Johann Friedrich Fasch composer, is born.

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Christian August Jacobi composer, is born.

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Jean-Louis Lully composer, dies at 21.

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1689

Ferdinand Zellbell composer, is born.

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Joseph Bodin de Boismortier composer, is born.

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1690

Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel composer, is born.

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Francesco Maria Veracini Italian opera composer, is born.

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Christoph Stoltzenberg composer, is born.

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Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel composer, is born.

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Miguel Gomez Camargo composer, dies at 71.

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Gottlieb Theophil Muffat composer, is born.

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Giovanni Legrenzi Italian composer, dies at 63.

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1691

Christian de Placker composer, dies at 77.

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Johann Balthasar Konig composer, is born.

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Jean-Henri D'Anglebert composer, dies.

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1692

Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer, is born.

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Antimo Liberati composer, dies at 74.

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Giuseppe Tartini Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo), is born.

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Giuseppe Tartini composer, Istria, is born.

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1693

Gregor Joseph Werner composer, is born.

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Johann Kaspar von Kerll German composer, dies at 65.

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Benedict Schultheiss composer, dies at 39.

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1694

Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster composer, is born.

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Coelestin Praelisauer composer, is born.

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Ceslav Vanura composer, is born.

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1695

Giuseppe Sammartini composer, is born.

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Andre Cheron composer, is born.

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Georg Caspar Weckler composer, dies at 63.

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1696

Michael de Ronghe composer, dies at 75.

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Johann Melchior Molter composer, is born.

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Baron Ernst Gottlieb composer, is born.

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Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer, is born.

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Andres de Sola composer, dies at 61.

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Johann Caspar Vogler composer, is born.

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Heinrich Schwemmer composer, dies at 75.

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Johann David Mayer composer, dies at 60.

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1697

Johann Pfeiffer composer, is born.

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Carlo Mannelli composer, dies at 56.

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Johann Joachim Quantz German royal flautist/composer, is born.

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Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer, is born.

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Nikolaus Bruhns composer, dies.

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Pierre Prowo composer, is born.

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Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer, is born.

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Jean Marie I'aine Leclair composer, is born.

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Carlo Arrigoni composer, is born.

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Giuseppe de Majo composer, is born.

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1698

Gaetano Maria Schiassi composer, is born.

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Georg Gottfried Wagner composer, is born.

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1699

Johann Adolf Hasse composer, is born.

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Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer composer, is born.

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Joseph Gibbs composer, is born.

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1700

Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer, dies at 39.

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Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, dies at 61.

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James Kent composer, is born.

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Michel Blavet composer, is born.

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Giuseppe Sellitto composer, is born.

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Georg Abraham Schneider composer, is born.

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1701

Pietro Sanmartini composer, dies at 64.

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Johann Caspar Simon composer, is born.

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Adam Drese German composer, dies at 80.

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Johann Schelle composer, dies at 52.

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Charles Emanuel I King of Sardinia, is born.

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1702

Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu composer, is born.

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Johann Valentin Gorner composer, is born.

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Christian Gottlieb Ziegler composer, is born.

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Johann Ernst Eberlin composer, is born.

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Jacob Hintze composer, dies at 79.

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1703

Columban Praelisauer composer, is born.

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Matteo Coferati composer, dies at 64.

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Joseph-Hector Fiocco composer, is born.

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Carlmann Kolb composer, is born.

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Dieudonne Raick composer, is born.

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Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castra singer/duke, is born.

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Georg Christoph Leuttner composer, dies at 58.

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Gottlob Harrer composer, is born.

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1704

Georg Muffat French/German organist/composer, dies at 50.

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Hubert Renotte composer, is born.

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier French composer (church music), dies.

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59.

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Carl Heinrich Graun composer, is born.

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1705

Farinelli, Italian castrato singer, is born.

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Jean Gilles composer, dies at 37.

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Johann Matthias Leffloth composer, is born.

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Michael Schevenstuhl composer, is born.

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Johann Lohner composer, dies at 59.

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Balthasar Schmid composer, is born.

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Gallus Zeiler composer, is born.

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1706

Guillaume Poitevin composer, dies at 59.

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Johann Pachelbel organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52.

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Johann Pachelbel German organist/composer, dies at 52.

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Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian composer, music theorist and teacher, is born.

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1707

Carl Hockh composer, is born.

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Carl August Thielo composer, is born.

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Dietrich Buxtehude German organist/composer, dies at about 69.

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Antonio Teixeira composer, is born.

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Jeremiah Clarke composer, dies.

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1708

Thomas Bullis composer, dies at 80.

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William Hayes composer, is born.

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Vaclav Jan Kopriva composer, is born.

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Egidio Romoaldo Duni composer (op�ra-comique), is born.

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Caspar Ruetz composer, is born.

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George Reuter composer, is born.

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Georg Zarth composer, is born.

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Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theorist/composer, is born.

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Jacques Danican Philidor composer, dies at 51.

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Marianus Konigsperger composer, is born.

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1709

Joseph Reipel composer, is born.

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Giuseppi Torelli Italian composer, dies at 50.

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Charles Avison composer, is born.

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Josef Antonin Gurecky composer, is born.

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Franz Xaver Richter composer, is born.

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Jean-Noel Hamal composer, is born.

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1710

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo), is born.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt composer, is born.

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Josef Antonin Sehling composer, is born.

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Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer, is born.

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William Boyce English organist/composer of Cathedral music, is born.

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Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli composer, is born.

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Thomas Augustine Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), is born.

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Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco composer, is born.

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Marie A C de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, is born.

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Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at 75.

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Georg Dietrich Leiding composer, dies at 46.

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach composer, son of JS Bach (Sinfonias 64), is born.

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach composer, son of J.S. Bach, is born.

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1711

Gaetano Latilla composer, is born.

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Giuseppe Bonno composer, is born.

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Joseph Umstatt composer, is born.

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Peregrinus Pogl composer, is born.

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Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville composer, is born.

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1712

John Stanley composer, is born.

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Isfrid Kayser composer, is born.

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Yusuf Nabi Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77.

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Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles composer, dies at 67.

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Bernhard Christian Weber composer, is born.

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1713

Arcangelo Corelli composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at age 59.

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Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas composer, is born.

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Christian Friedrich Schale composer, is born.

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Raphael Weiss composer, is born.

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Jean-Baptiste Canavas composer, is born.

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Pal Esterhazy composer, dies at 77.

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Pierre de Jelyotte composer, is born.

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1714

Gottfried August Homilius composer, is born.

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach, is born.

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Carlo Giovanni Testori composer, is born.

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Philipp Heinrich Erlebach composer, dies at 56.

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Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck, composer, is born in Erasback, Upper Palatinate. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Johann Siebenkas composer, is born.

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1715

Jacques Duphly composer, is born.

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Georg C Wagenzeil Austria (court)composer/pianist, is born.

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Vaclav Kalous composer, is born.

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Georg Christoph Wagenseil Austrian (court)composer/pianist, is born.

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Gottfried Vopelius composer, dies at 70.

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Charles-Joseph van Helmont composer, is born.

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John Alcock composer, is born.

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Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer, is born.

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James Nares composer, is born.

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Johann Friedrich Doles composer, is born.

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Franz Sparry composer, is born.

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Daniel Dal Barba composer, is born.

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Vaclav Kalous composer, is born.

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Georg Gottfried Petri composer, is born.

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Gennaro Manna composer, is born.

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1716

Gaspard Fritz composer, is born.

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Harald Vallerius composer, dies at 69.

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Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, dies at 48.

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Georg Gabriel Schutz composer, dies at 46.

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger composer, is born.

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John Evangelist Schreiber composer, is born.

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Johann Georg Zechner composer, is born.

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Felice de' Giardini composer, is born.

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Johann Heinrich Rolle composer, is born.

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1717

Antonio Maria Mazzoni composer, is born.

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Pierre de La Garde composer, is born.

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Bernhard Hupfeld composer, is born.

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John Randall composer, is born.

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Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer, is born.

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Florian Wrastill composer, is born.

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Georg Matthias Monn composer, is born.

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Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer, is born.

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1718

Emanuele Barbella composer, is born.

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1719

Jean-Joseph Vade composer, is born.

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Giovanni Maria Casini composer, dies at 66.

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Sir John Hawkins England, wrote first history of music, is born.

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Johann Friedrich Treiber composer, dies at 76.

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Christian Gottfried Krause composer, is born.

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Johann Christoph Altnikol composer, is born.

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1720

Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composer/organist, is born.

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Georg Bronner composer, dies at 53.

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Antonio Corbisiero composer, is born.

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Jean-Jacques Robson composer, is born.

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1721

John Reid composer, is born.

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Pieter Hellendaal Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees), is born.

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Johann Philipp Kirnberger German composer, baptised, is born.

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1722

Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer, is born.

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Johann Ernst Bach composer, is born.

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Pietro Nardini composer, is born.

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Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle composer, is born.

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Johannes Schmidlin composer, is born.

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1723

Christian Friedrich Gregor composer, is born.

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John Wainwright composer, is born.

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Giovanni Marco Rutini composer, is born.

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Carl Friedrich Abel German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer, is born.

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1724

Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger composer, is born.

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Francisco Jose Coutinho composer, dies at 43.

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Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz composer, is born.

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Dismas Hatas composer, is born.

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Joseph Friebert composer, is born.

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Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel composer, is born.

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1725

Johann Philipp Krieger composer, dies at 75.

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Johann Philipp Krieger, German composer, dies at age 75.

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Armand-Louis Couperin Paris France, composer/organist (Notre Dame), is born.

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Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder composer, is born.

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Fran�ois Bainville composer, is born.

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Johann Friedrich Kloffler composer, is born.

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Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer, dies at age 65.

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1726

Domenico Zipoli composer, dies at 37.

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Josef Antonin Stepan composer, is born.

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Giuseppi Paolucci composer, is born.

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Johann Ernst Hartmann composer, is born.

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1727

Franz Sebastian Haindl composer, is born.

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Johann Christoph Schmugel composer, is born.

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Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer, is born.

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Francesco Gasparini composer, dies at 58.

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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg composer, is born.

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Pasquale Ankossi composer, is born.

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Henri Hardouin composer, is born.

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Gaspare Gabellone composer, is born.

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Jean-Georges Noverre French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action), is born.

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Johann Heinrich Buttstett composer, dies at 61.

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1728

Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier composer, is born.

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Niccol� Piccinni, Italian composer (Buona Figliuola), is born.

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Johann Gottfried Muthel composer, is born.

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Giacomo Insanguine composer, is born.

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Franz Asplmayr composer, is born.

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Johann Christoph Schmidt composer, dies at 63.

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Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco composer, dies at 83.

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Pietro Alessandro Guglieli composer, is born.

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Hermann Friedrich Raupach composer, is born.

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Johann Adam Hiller composer, is born.

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1729

Giuseppe Luigi Tibaldi composer, is born.

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Manuel de Egues composer, dies at 71.

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Gaetano B Vestris Italian/French ballet dancer, is born.

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Florian Johann Deller composer, is born.

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Florian Leopold Gassmann composer, is born.

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Giuseppe Sarti composer, is born.

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Christian Ludwig Boxberg composer, dies at 59.

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Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler Olot Spain, composer (Fandango), is born.

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Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny composer, is born.

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1730

Johann Joachim Christoph Bode composer, is born.

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John Malchair composer, is born.

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Christian Joseph Lidarti composer, is born.

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Antonin Kammel composer, is born.

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Fedele Fenaroli composer, is born.

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William Jackson composer, is born.

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Capel Bond composer, is born.

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1731

Gasparo Angiolini, Italian choreographer/composer, is born.

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Frederich Karl Erbach composer, dies at 50.

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Angelo Predieri composer, dies at 76.

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Jean-Louis Laruette composer, is born.

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Francisco Morera composer, is born.

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Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich composer, dies at 58.

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Johann Gottfried Seyfert composer, is born.

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Orazio Mei composer, is born.

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Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori Italian piano builder, dies at 75.

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Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, is born.

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Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, is born.

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1732

Franz Xaver Brixi composer, is born.

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Jean-Guillain Cardon composer, is born.

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Nathanael Gottfried Gruner composer, is born.

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Louis Marchand composer, dies at 63.

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Robert Hudson composer, is born.

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Joseph-Fran�ois Salomon composer, dies at 82.

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Gian Francesco de Majo composer, is born.

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Johann Christian Schieferdecker composer, dies at 52.

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Cajetan Kolberer composer, dies at 63.

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Theodor Schwartzkopff composer, dies at 72.

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Francesco Pasquale Ricci composer, is born.

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Jean-Claude Trial composer, is born.

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Johann Philipp Fortsch composer, dies at 80.

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Johann Valentin Eckelt composer, dies at 59.

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1733

Joseph Lederer composer, is born.

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Thomas Linley composer, is born.

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Johann Adam Birkenstock composer, dies at 46.

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Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer, is born.

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Giacomo Tritto composer, is born.

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Johann Heinrich Zang composer, is born.

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Georg Bohm German organist/composer, dies at 71.

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Francois Couperin, French composer, dies at age 64.

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1734

Luca Sorkocevic composer, is born.

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Fran�ois-Joseph Gossec Belgian-French composer (Les P�cheurs, Mirza), is born.

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Julien-Amable Mathieu composer, is born.

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Franz Ignaz Beck composer, is born.

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Carolomannus Pachschmidt composer, dies at 33.

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Joseph Schmitt composer, is born.

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Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus composer, dies at 48.

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Louis Lully composer, dies at 69.

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Georg Peter Weimar composer, is born.

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Jean-Baptiste Rey composer, is born.

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Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz composer, dies at 54.

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1735

Johann Gottfried Eckard composer, is born.

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Johann Christoph Kuhnau composer, is born.

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Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer, dies at 56.

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Ernst William Wolf composer, is born.

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August Bernhard Valentin Herbing composer, is born.

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Christian Gotthilf Tag composer, is born.

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Franz Volrath Buttstett composer, is born.

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Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye composer, is born.

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Ildephons Haas composer, is born.

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Horace Coignet composer, is born.

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Johann Christian Bach composer, son of JS Bach (English Bach), is born.

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1736

Ceslav Vanura composer, dies at 41.

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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian organist/composer, is born.

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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, dies at age 26.

Ref: 70

Georg Balthasar Schott composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Pedro Vaz Rego composer, dies at 63.

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John Weldon composer, dies at 60.

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Juan de Sesse y Balaguer composer, is born.

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Antonio Caldara composer, dies.

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1737

Brizio Petrucci composer, is born.

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Hercule Brehy composer, dies at 63.

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Josef Myslivecek composer, is born.

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Francesco Zannetti composer, is born.

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Fran�ois Giroust composer, is born.

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Friedrich Schwindl composer, is born.

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Louis Fran�ois Chambray composer, is born.

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Robert Kimmerling composer, is born.

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The most renowned violin maker in history, Antonio Stradivari, died in Cremona, Italy at 93.

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Violin maker Antonio Stradivari died in Cremona, Italy at age 93.

Ref: 70

1738

Franz Xaver Murschhauser composer, dies at 74.

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Jean-Francois Dandrieu composer, dies.

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Georg Reidel composer, dies at 61.

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James Sherard composer, dies at 71.

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Philip Hayes composer, is born.

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Josef Kohaut composer, is born.

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Bonaventura Furlanetto composer, is born.

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Gotthard Wagner composer, dies at 59.

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Johann Antonin Kozeluch composer, is born.

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Jean-Joseph Mouret composer, dies at 56.

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Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, is born.

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1739

Joseph Pouteau composer, is born.

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Eligio Celestino composer, is born.

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Jan Krtitel Vanhal composer, is born.

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Johann Baptist Wanhal composer, is born.

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Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer, writer and poet, dies at age 53.

Ref: 68

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, German composer, is born.

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1740

Johann Georg Weichenberger composer, dies at 63.

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Antonio Lotti Italian opera composer, dies at about 72.

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Guillaume Lasceux composer, is born.

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Vincenz Lubeck composer, dies at 85.

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Matej Sojka composer, is born.

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Ernst Eichner composer, is born.

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Johann Georg Roser composer, is born.

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Joseph F Weigl Germany, violin cellist, is born.

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John Antes composer, is born.

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Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen composer, is born.

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Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville), is born.

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Franz Xaver Schnitzer composer, is born.

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1741

Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry composer, is born.

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Henri-Joseph Rigel composer, is born.

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Franz Adam Veichtner composer, is born.

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Andre-Ernest Gretry, French operatic composer, is born.

Ref: 68

Johann Joseph Fux Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80.

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Johann Andre composer, is born.

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Peter Burmannus [Peter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72.

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Johann Gottlieb Naumann composer, is born.

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Johann Michael Schmidt composer, is born.

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Andrea Lucchesi composer, is born.

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Johann Gottfried Krebs composer, is born.

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Birth of Francois H. Bartholomon, French Swedenborgian composer. Two of his many works later became hymn tunes: AUTUMN (Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus) and BALERMA (Oh, fora Closer Walk with God).

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Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer and violinist, dies at age 63.

Ref: 70

Maximilian JLP Gardel French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine), is born.

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Bartolomeo Giacometti composer, is born.

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1742

Johann Georg Reinhardt composer, dies.

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Eugene Godecharle composer, is born.

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Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers composer, is born.

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Johann Heinrich Egli composer, is born.

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P. D. Q. Bach is born at 12:01 AM.

Ref: 62

Giovanni Veneziano composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Mihael Omerza composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Roman Hoffstetter composer, is born.

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Francesco Stradivari Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70.

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1743

Pascal Boyer composer, is born.

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Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni Italian composer, dies at 85.

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Lodovico Giustini composer, dies at 57.

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[Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini Italian composer, cellist (Minuet), is born.

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Bendix Friedrich Zinck composer, is born.

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Jean-Baptiste Lully Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77.

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Franz Nikolaus Novotny composer, is born.

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1744

Charles-Hubert Gervais composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Domenico Natale Sarro Italian opera composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Amos Bull composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frantisek Antonin Mica composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Freidrich Wilhelm Weis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marianne von Martinez composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Beer Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap), is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Joseph Candielle composer, is born.

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1745

Nicolas Roze composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Coelestin Praelisauer composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Nicola Fago composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Johann Peter Salomon composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joao de Sousa Carvalho composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Silverius Muller composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolas Sejan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolas Etienne Framery composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Druschetzky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Philipp Stamitz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Christoph Forster composer, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Jan Dismas Zelenka composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

1746

Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer composer, dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Frantisek Adam Mica composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gottfried Kirkhoff composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Gian Francesco Fortunati composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Maurus Haberhauer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan David Holland composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Augustin Ullinger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Oliver Brownson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Peter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

William Billings, Boston Mass, hymn composer (Rose of Sharon), is born.

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1747

Narciso Casanovas, composer, is born.

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Justin Morgan composer, is born.

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Johann Abraham Peter Schulz German composer (Moon has Risen), is born.

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Alexandre-Auguste Robineau composer, is born.

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1748

Giovanni Furno composer, is born.

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Stefan Paluselli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lewis Edson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Emmanuel Aloys Forster composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Gottfried Thomas composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Henri Madin composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Christian Gottlob Neefe German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven, is born.

Ref: 5

Stefan Paluselli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Shield composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottfried Walther German composer/musicologist, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Georg Wenzel Ritter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Michael Telemann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Guillaume Albert Teniers composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lorenz Justinian Ott composer, is born.

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Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes composer, is born.

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William Marshall composer, is born.

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1749

Andre Cardinal Destouches composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Johann Nikolaus Forkel musicologist/1st biographer of Bach, is born.

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Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bernard Jumentier composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Michael Malzat composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Frederic Edelmann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Domenico Cimarosa Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto), is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Antonio Bonporti composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Johann Lukas Schubaur composer, is born.

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1750

Johann Jakob Walder composer, is born.

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Tomaso Albinoni Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 78.

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Johann Gottfried Vierling composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Graf composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Stanislao Mattei composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pietro Filippo Scarlotti composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Johannes Matthias Sperger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Stafford Smith composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Ignaz Kurzinger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Elias Mann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Porsile composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach dies at age 65 in Leipzig, Germany.

Ref: 68

Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare), is born.

Ref: 68

Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel composer, is born.

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John "Christmas" Beckwith composer, is born.

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1751

Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter composer, is born.

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Ferdinand Kauer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josephus Andreas Fodor composer, is born.

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Blas de Laserna composer, is born.

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Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Haack composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Krtitel Kuchar composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gaetano Manna composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas composer, dies at 38.

Ref: 5

Josef Blazej Smrcek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1752

Muzio Clementi Italian composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Matthias Kracher composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Broche composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jose Mauricio composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Georg Joseph Spangler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Edward Jones composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolo Antonio Zingarelli composer (Andromeda), is born.

Ref: 5

Sebastien Erard piano/harp manufacturer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Kranz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ludwig August Lebrun composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Braz Francisco de Lima composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg-Friederich Fuchs composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1753

Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer, dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Peter Fuchs composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lambert-Fran�ois Godecharle composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gerhardus Havingha composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Battista Viotti violonist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johan Wikmanson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1754

Jan Jachym Kopriva composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Silvestro Palma composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vicente Martin y Soler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Anton Hoffmeister composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Dutillieu composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Hans Gram composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giacomo Conti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Etienne Ozi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1755

Gallus Zeiler composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Florido Tomeoni composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Christoph Dies composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Alexander Sallantin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antoine-Frederic Gresnick composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philipp Christoph Kayser composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre-Louis Couperin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Theodor Christleib Reinhold composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Vincenc Masek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gabriele Prota composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Maurice Greene composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Caspar Ruetz composer, dies at 47.

Ref: 5

1756

Vincenzo Righini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Theophilus) composer: Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Symphony #41, Requiem, A Little Night Music; is born in Salzburg, Austria.

Ref: 68

Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Preindl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Linley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Melchior Conradi composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Johann Christoph Vogel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Gottfried Wagner composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Joseph Gehot composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giacomo Antonio Perti Italian composer, dies at 94.

Ref: 5

Alexander Reinagle composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wojciech Zywny composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Anton Kunz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pavel Vranicky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1757

Johann Abraham Sixt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ignaz Malzat composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Paul Kunzen composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Richard John Samuel Stevens composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

Ferenc Verseghy composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alessandro Rolla composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wojciech Boguslawski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Knowil Jackson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Claus Nielsen Schali composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Domenico Scarlatti composer: over 550 clavier sonatas; son of composer Alessandro Scarlatti; dies at age 71.

Ref: 4

Charles Wesley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1758

Johann Chrysostomus Drexel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre-Gabriel Gardel French ballet dancer/choreographer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bernhard Christian Weber composer, dies at 45.

Ref: 5

Benedikt Emanuel Schack composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Ignatius Latrobe composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Daniel Ferstenberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Balthasar Konig composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Florian Wrastill composer, dies at 41.

Ref: 5

Jan Francisci composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Josef Gelinek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Fasch composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Carl Friedrich Zelter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Othon Joseph Vandenbroek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1759

Maria Rosa Coccia composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Devienne composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois de La Croix composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Organist/baroque German-born English composer George Frideric Handel dies in London at age 74.

Ref: 68

Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Friedrich H�ndel buried in Westminster Abbey.

Ref: 5

Maria Theresia von Paradis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Duquesnoy composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gervais-Fran�ois Couperin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antoinio da Silva Leite composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1760

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Claudio Casciolini composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Melchor Lopez Jimenez composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Xaver Partsch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Ladislav Dussek Bohemia, pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Collin de Blamont composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Jean-Fran�ois Le Sueur composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Anton Filtz composer, dies at 26.

Ref: 5

Ishmail Spicer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

MJ Auguste Vestrius French ballet dancers, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Manuel Olivares composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf Austrian composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Johann Christoph Graupner composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer, is born.

Ref: 68

John Weaver, English dancer, dies at age 87.

Ref: 70

Joseph Graetz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1761

Willem de Fesch Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Domenico Perotti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carlo Cecere composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Erik Eriksson Tulindberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacob Kimball composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Palella composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Johann Ludwig Steiner composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1762

Leonhard Trautsch composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Jerome-Joseph de Momigny composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Antonio Silvani composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Tobias Krebs composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Laurent Belissen composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Franz Hurka composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marcos Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo), is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Giuseppi Pollini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Stephen Storace composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Friedrich Horn composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Samuel Endler composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Joseph Umstatt composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Franz Wilhelm Tausch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg.

Ref: 5

1763

Jean Xavier Lefevre composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Domenico Dragonetti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Stanislaus Spindler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Danzi, German composer of operas, lieder and symphonies, is born.

Ref: 70

Carl August Thielo composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

John Davy composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1764

Joseph Leopold von Eybler Austrian composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alexander Campbell composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pietro Antonio Locatelli Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Johann Mattheson German composer/musicologist, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Bernhard Anselm Weber pianist/conductor/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jaime de Casellas composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Gottfried Rieger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Louis-Sebastien Lebrun composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1765

Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

Johann Melchior Molter composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Carlmann Kolb composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Elisabetta de Gambarini composer, dies at 33.

Ref: 5

Charles Dibdin England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized), is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre-Joseph Le Blan composer, dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Jean Baptiste Cartier composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Mazzinghi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Tonelli composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

1766

Louis Massonneau composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Samuel Wesley Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo), is born.

Ref: 5

August Bernhard Valentin Herbing composer, dies at 30.

Ref: 5

Gregor Joseph Werner composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Johannes Ritschel composer, dies at 26.

Ref: 5

Joseph Weigl Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline), is born.

Ref: 5

Tiberius Hemsterhuis Dutch classicist, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Rodolphe Kreutzer France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv), is born.

Ref: 5

1767

Johann Franz Volkert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Heinrich Domnich composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leonhard von Call composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Sparry composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Andreas Jakob Romberg German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock), is born.

Ref: 5

Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, dies at 28.

Ref: 5

Joseph Ignaz Schnabel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand Franzl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Johann Eck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer of the late Baroque period, dies at age 86.

Ref: 70

Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1768

Jean-Laurent Krafft composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

John Wainwright composer, dies at 44.

Ref: 5

Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer, dies at age 81.

Ref: 5

Carolus Antonius Fodor composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier mathematician/Egyptologist, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Theodor Toeschi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Michel Mathieu composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Johann Baptist Henneberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1769

Ole Andreas Lindeman composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Alois Ladurner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Salvatore Vigano composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Antonin Gurecky composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Johann Georg Lickl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Agostino Perotti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Hague composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Farinelli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1770

Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinando Carulli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antoine Reicha composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Hanot composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Tartini Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Carl Friedrich Ebers composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Marie AC de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Christian Gottfried Krause composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Charles Avison composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Charles Avison composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Antoine-Charles Glachant composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat German court organist/composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

John Clarke-Whitfeld composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ludwig von Beethoven, composer, is born in Bonn Germany (Ref: The World Book Encyclopedia, 1999). Other sources say he was christened on this date and that his real birthday is unknown.

Johann Friedrich Schubert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1771

Daniel Belknap composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Christian Ruppe composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Baptist Cramer German/British pianist/composer/publisher, is born.

Ref: 5

Armand-Emmanuel Trial composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Isfrid Kayser composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Cartufo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Matthaus Stegmayer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Guest composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1772

Joseph Lipavsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Jacob Wagner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Caspar Furstenau composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Reuter composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Liverati composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Wilhelm Wilms composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Peter Kellner composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Henri-Jean Rigel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottfried Seyfert composer, dies at 41.

Ref: 5

1773

Johann Peter Heuschkel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tommaso Marchesi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Florian Johann Deller composer, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Jan Zach composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Hans Georg Nageli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Wolfl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1774

Karl Moser composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Jean-Pierre Guignon composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Florian Leopold Gassmann composer, dies at 44.

Ref: 5

Pierre Rode composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Braham composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek organist/pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1775

Giovanni Battista Sammartini composer, dies.

Ref: 5

Manuel Garcia composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garc�a Spanish tenor/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles-Fran�ois Dumonchau composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garc�a Spanish tenor/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolas Isouard composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Francois Boieldieu, French composer, is born.

Ref: 70

Antun Sorkocevic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Heinrich Carl Ebell composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1776

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann German writer/judge/composer (Undine), is born.

Ref: 5

John Parry composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vincenzo Lavigna composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Thaddaus Weigl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theroist/composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Giuseppi Paolucci composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

James Kent composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

George Thomas Smart composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Bros y Bertomel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Ots composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Friedrich Struck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1777

Micah Hawkins composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Emanuele Barbella composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Filippo Traetta Italy, composer/musicologist, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Christoph Wagenzeil Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Ignac Ruzitska composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Janos Fusz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1778

Fortunato Santini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Anton Fischer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Joseph Volkert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fernando Sor composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fernando Joseph Maria Sor composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Thomas A Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Friedrich August Kanne composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Funk composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Balthasar Kehl composer, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Johann Gansbacher composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Westenholz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1779

John White composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Coralli, French dancer/choreographer, is born.

Ref: 70

Stefano Pavesi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Philipp Kress composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Frans van Campenhout Belgian vocalist/composer (Braban�onne), is born.

Ref: 5

William Boyce composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

William Boyce English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies.

Ref: 5

Joachim Nicolas Eggert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacob Gottfried Weber composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philipp Roth composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Oliver Shaw composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alexis Garaude composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Angelo Maria Benincori composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tommaso MFS Traetta Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Louise Reichardt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Knyvett composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Birth of Dorothy Ann Thrupp, English devotional writer and author of the hymn, 'Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us.'

Ref: 5

Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Gennaro Manna composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

1780

Francesco Antonio Vallotti Italian organist/composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Francois-Joseph Dizi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Walenty Karol Kratzer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Jose Landaeta composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand Zellbell composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Peter Lichtenthal composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Frohlich composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1781

Fran�ois-Antoine Habeneck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Siebenkas composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Josef Myslivecek composer, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Anthony Philip Heinrich composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gustave Vogt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Garret Wesley Mornington composer, dies at 45.

Ref: 5

Louis-Fran�ois Dauprat composer/horn player, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Philippe Lafont composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Simon Lohlein composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

1782

Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozart's tutor, son of Johann Sebastian Bach, dies at age 46.

Ref: 5

Daniel-Fran�ois-Esprit Auber French opera composer (Fra Diavolo), is born.

Ref: 5

Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Adrien Trudo Sale composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Louis-Henry Paisible composer, dies at 33.

Ref: 5

Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer, dies at 90.

Ref: 5

Carlo Coccia composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Carlo Giovanni Testori composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Christoph Gottlieb Schroter composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Joseph Drechsler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Farinelli, Italian castrato singer, dies at age 77.

Ref: 70

Niccolo Paganini, Genoa It, composer/violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca), is born.

Ref: 5

1783

Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday.

Ref: 5

James Nares composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Johann Nepomuk Poissl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gottfied Wilhelm Fink composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gaspard Fritz composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Johann Baptist Weigl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Birth of English churchman and hymnwriter Reginald Heber. Heber published his first hymn at 28, and among his best remembered today are: "Holy, Holy, Holy," "The Son of God Goes Forth to War" and "From Greenland's Icy Mountains."

Ref: 5

Niccola Benvenuti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Forbes Walmisley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Christoph Kienlen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Adolf Hasse Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Robert Gallenberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1784

William Beale composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Martin-Joseph Mengal composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand Ries composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Wilhelm Henning composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Fane graaf van Westmorland English (opera)composer/diplomat, is born.

Ref: 5

Anton Laube composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Job Plimpton composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois-Joseph F�tis Belgian musicology/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Leclair composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Ludwig Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust), is born.

Ref: 5

Birth of Carl G. Glaser, German music teacher. Of his many choral pieces, Glaser is primarily remembered today for his hymn tune AZMON, to which the Church today sings: "O For a Thousand Tongues."

Ref: 5

Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian composer, music theorist and teacher, dies at age 78.

Ref: 70

Birth of Thomas Hastings, American sacred composer. Hastings was an albino afflicted with extreme nearsightedness, yet from his pen came such enduring hymn tunes as TOPLADY ("Rock of Ages") and ORTONVILLE ("Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned").

Ref: 5

Martin-Joseph Mengal composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1785

Johann Christoph Richter composer, dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski composer, is born.

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Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann composer, is born.

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Alexandre Pierre Fran�ois Boely composer, is born.

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Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff composer, dies at 40.

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Franz Xaver Schnitzer composer, dies at 44.

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Etienne Joseph Floquet composer, dies at 36.

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Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, dies at 29.

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Antonio Maria Mazzoni composer, dies at 68.

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Johann Heinrich Rolle composer, dies at 69.

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1786

Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider composer, is born.

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Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer, dies at 70.

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Frantisek Benda composer, dies at 76.

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Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee composer, is born.

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John Stanley composer, dies at 74.

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Carl Weber composer: Der Freischutz, Euryanthem Oberon, Invitation to the Dance; began the era of German romantic music; is born.

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Birth of Konrad Kocher, German chorister and composer of the hymn tune DIX ("For the Beauty of the Earth"). Kocher did much to popularize four_part singing in the churches.

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Karl Maria von Weber opera composer: Der Freischutz; is born.

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Pietro Raimondi composer, is born.

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1787

Johann Ludwig Bohner composer, is born.

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James P Carrell composer, is born.

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Maximilian JLP Gardel French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45.

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Johann Michael Malzat composer, dies at 38.

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Johann Georg Leopold Mozart Austrian composer, dies at 67.

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Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck, composer, dies in Vienna, Austria at age 73. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov composer, is born.

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1788

Kaspar Ett German organist/composer, is born.

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Johann Schneider composer, dies at 85.

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Erik Drake composer, is born.

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Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz composer, is born.

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Gaetano Latilla composer, dies at 77.

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Alessio Prati composer, dies at 37.

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Francesco Zannetti composer, dies at 50.

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Johann Peter Pixis composer, is born.

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Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel composer, dies at 63.

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Mateo Ferrer composer, is born.

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Orazio Mei composer, dies at 56.

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Johann Erik Nordblom composer, is born.

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Carl Joseph Toeschi composer, dies at 56.

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Carlo Antonio Campioni composer, dies at 67.

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Giuseppi Bonno composer, dies at 77.

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Joseph Gibbs composer, dies at 88.

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Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer and son of J. S. Bach, dies at age 74.

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Camille Pleyel Austria, piano builder/composer, is born.

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John Logan Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40.

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1789

Christleib Siegmund Binder composer, dies at 65.

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Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee composer, dies at 68.

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Johann Christoph Oley composer, dies at 50.

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George Augustus Kollmann composer, is born.

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Hippolyte-Andr�-Baptiste Chelard composer, is born.

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Armand-Louis Couperin French composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63.

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Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer composer, is born.

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Friedrich Fesca composer, is born.

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Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer, dies at 72.

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John Fawcett composer, is born.

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Maria Agata Szymanowska composer, is born.

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1790

Johann Trier composer, dies at 73.

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Antonio Corbisiero composer, dies at 69.

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Ignaz Assmayer composer, is born.

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Capel Bond composer, dies at 59.

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Chretien Urhan composer, is born.

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Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle composer, dies at 67.

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Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz composer, dies at 47.

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Johann Friedrich Kloffler composer, dies at 64.

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Nicola Vaccai composer, is born.

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Vaclav Vilem Wurfel composer, is born.

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Ludwig August Lebrun composer, dies at 38.

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1791

Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer composer, is born.

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Louis-J-Ferdinand H�rold France, opera composer (Zampa), is born.

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Carl Czerny Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen), is born.

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Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki composer, is born.

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Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek composer, is born.

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Joseph Schmitt composer, dies at 57.

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Pietro Romani composer, is born.

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Ildephons Haas composer, dies at 56.

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Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, is born in Berlin, Germany. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Johann Gottlob Topfer composer, is born.

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Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner composer, is born.

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1792

Lowell Mason, Medfield MA, organist/composer (Zebulo), is born.

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Jean-Louis Laruette composer, dies at 60.

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Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville), is born.

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Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann composer, dies at 54.

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Johann Friedrich Schwencke composer, is born.

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Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth composer, dies at 36.

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Carlo Zuccari composer, dies at 87.

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Birth of Lowell Mason, Presbyterian pioneer of congregational singing. He composed over 1,000 hymn tunes, including BETHANY ('Nearer, My God, To Thee'), DENNIS ('Blest Be theTie That Binds'), and HAMBURG ('When I Survey the Wondrous Cross').

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Birth of Joseph Mohr, the Austrian Roman Catholic vicar who, along with the Oberndorf Church organist Franz Gruber, on Christmas Eve of 1818, authored the enduring Christmas hymn, "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night").

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Joseph Martin Kraus composer, dies at 36.

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1793

William Henry Havergal composer, is born.

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Pietro Rovelli composer, is born.

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Bernhard Joseph Klein composer, is born.

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Augustin-Philippe Peellaert composer, is born.

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Johann Michael Schmidt composer, dies at 51.

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Ernestus Weinrauch composer, dies at 62.

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Lorenzo Fago composer, dies at 88.

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Pietro Nardini composer, dies at 71.

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Martin Gerbert composer, dies at 72.

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Pietro Coppola composer, is born.

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Johann Joachim Christoph Bode composer, dies at 63.

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Joseph Legros composer, dies at 54.

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Franz Hunten composer, is born.

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1794

Kaspar Masek composer, is born.

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Theobald B�hm flautist/composer, is born.

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Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier composer, dies at 59.

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Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles composer, is born.

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1795

Fran�ois-Joseph Krafft composer, dies at 73.

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Maria Teresa Agnesi composer, dies at 74.

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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach composer, dies at 62.

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Giacomo Insanguine composer, dies at 66.

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Francisco Manuel da Silva composer, is born.

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Josef Reicha composer, dies at 42.

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Rubert Lucas Pearsall composer, is born.

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Leopold Jansa composer, is born.

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Adolf B Marx German music theorist, is born.

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Jacques Fran�ois Gallay composer, is born.

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1796

Bernhard Hupfeld composer, dies at 78.

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Giovanni Pacini composer, is born.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Rust composer, dies at 56.

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Stephen Storace composer, dies at 33.

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Gaspare Gabellone composer, dies at 68.

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Death of Joseph Swain, 35, author of the hymn, "O Thou in Whose Presence My Soul Takes Delight."

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Auguste-Matthieu Panseron composer, is born.

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Jacob Wilhelm Lustig composer, dies at 89.

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Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley composer, is born.

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Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne composer, dies at 45.

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1797

Johann Abraham Sixt composer, dies at 40.

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Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Austria, composer (Unfinished Symphony), is born in Vienna, Austria.

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Johann Friedrich Doles composer, dies at 81.

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Antoine Dauvergne composer, dies at 83.

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Henry Engelhard Steinway piano maker (Steinway), is born.

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Antoine d'Auvergne French opera composer (Coquette Tromp�e), dies at 83.

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Samuel Lover composer, is born.

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Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele composer, dies at 61.

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Juan Manuel Olivares composer, dies at 36.

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Karl Schwencke composer, is born.

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Philip Hayes composer, dies at 58.

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Nonnosus Madlseder composer, dies at 66.

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Josef Antonin Stepan composer, dies at 71.

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Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque Belgian composer/conductor, is born.

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Johann Hermann Kufferath composer, is born.

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Johann Christian Lobe composer, is born.

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Carl Ludwig Junker composer, dies at 48.

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Gaetano Donizetti, composer, is born in Bergamo, Italy. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Josef Theodor Krov composer, is born.

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Giovanni Marco Rutini composer, dies at 74.

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Hans Skramstad composer, is born.

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1798

Ferdinand Simon Gassner composer, is born.

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Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66.

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Christian Gottlob Neefe German organist/composer, dies at 49.

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Karl Gottlieb Reissiger composer, is born.

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Niels Schiorring composer, dies at 54.

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Justin Morgan composer, dies at 51.

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Giuditta Pasta [Negri], soprano, is born.

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Franz Joseph Glaser composer, is born.

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Josef Dessauer composer, is born.

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1799

Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Maurus Haberhauer composer, dies at 52.

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Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky composer, is born.

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John Randall composer, dies at 82.

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Constantin Reindl composer, dies at 60.

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Narciso Casanovas composer, dies at 52.

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Vincenzo Fioravanti composer, is born.

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Heinrich F L Rellstab German music theorist, is born.

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Joseph Rastrelli composer, is born.

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Pieter Hellendaal violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78.

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Fran�ois Giroust composer, dies at 62.

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Henri-Joseph Rigel composer, dies at 58.

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Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer, dies at 72.

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Jacques-Fran�ois-Fromental-Elle Halevy [Elie Levy], composer, is born.

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Birth of Alexis F. Lvov, Russian church musician who composed the tune to the hymn, 'God, the Almighty One! Wisely Ordaining.'.

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Birth of Alexander R. Reinagle, English church organist. He penned many sacred compositions, including ST. PETER, which afterward became the melody to the hymn, "In Christ There is No East or West".

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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, German composer, dies at age 59.

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Robert Kimmerling composer, dies at 61.

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David Traugott Nicolai composer, dies at 66.

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Thomas Taglichsbeck composer, is born.

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1800

Sydney Nelson composer, is born.

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Vaclav Horak composer, is born.

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William Jones composer, dies at 73.

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Johan Wikmanson composer, dies at 46.

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Ludwig A F Ritter von K�chel Austrian musicologist (Mozart, Fux), is born.

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Christian Friedrich Schale composer, dies at 86.

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Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi composer, dies at 64.

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Dominique Della-Maria composer, dies at 30.

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Jozef Stefani composer, is born.

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John Evangelist Schreiber composer, dies at 84.

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Ferdinand Marcucci composer, is born.

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Niccol� Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72.

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Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov composer, is born.

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Carl Friedrich Zollner composer, is born.

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Georg Peter Weimar composer, dies at 66.

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John Goss composer, is born.

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1801

John Lodge Ellerton composer, is born.

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Domenico Cimarosa Italian composer (Matrimonio segreto), dies at 51.

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Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer, is born.

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Johannes Bernardus van Bree Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis), is born.

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Adolf Fredrik Lindblad composer, is born.

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Johann Chrysostomus Drexel composer, dies at 43.

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Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda composer, is born.

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Christian Friedrich Penzel composer, dies at 63.

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Juan de Sesse y Balaguer composer, dies at 64.

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Andrea Lucchesi composer, dies at 59.

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Josef Franz Karl Lanner Austria, composer/violist, is born.

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Johann Ernst Altenburg composer, dies at 66.

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Heinrich Gottfried Reichard composer, dies at 58.

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Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer, is born.

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1802

Feliks Ostrowski composer, is born.

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Marie Allard French ballerina, dies at 59.

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Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, dies at 42.

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Charles-Auguste de Beriot Belgian violinist/composer, is born.

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Johann Georg Witthauer composer, dies at 50.

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Frederic Thieme composer, dies at 51.

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Hubert Reis composer, is born.

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Abraham Louis Niedermeyer composer, is born.

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Cesare Pugni composer, is born.

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Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, dies at 42.

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Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen composer, dies at 53.

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1803

Ignaz Franz von Beecke composer, dies at 69.

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Henri Herz composer, is born.

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Georg von Pasterwiz composer, dies at 72.

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Gasparo Angiolini, Italian choreographer/composer, dies at age 71.

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Jan V clav Stich Bohemian composer, dies at 56.

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Friedrich Theodor Frohlich composer, is born.

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Candido Jose Ruano composer, dies at 42.

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Franz Paul Lachner composer, is born.

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Alfred Julius Becher composer, is born.

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Johan Peter Cronhamm composer, is born.

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Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova composer, is born.

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Hector Berlioz, French composer and conductor (Symphonie Fantastique, La Damnation de Faust), is born.

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August Freyer composer, is born.

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1804

Hippolyte Monpou composer, is born.

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John Park composer, is born.

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Karl August Krebs composer, is born.

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Leopold Eugen Mechura composer, is born.

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Christian Ernst Graf composer, dies at 80.

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Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen composer, dies at 63.

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Karl Leopold Rollig composer, dies.

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Johann Strauss the Elder Viennese violinist/composer (Radetzky March), is born.

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Ignaz Malzat composer, dies at 47.

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Salomon Sulzer composer, is born.

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Joseph Fischhof composer, is born.

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Hans Gram composer, dies at 49.

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Jeanne-Louise Farrenc composer, is born.

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Mikhail Glinka Novosspaskoye Russia, composer (Jota Aragonesa), is born.

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Sir Julius Benedict Stuttgart Germany, opera composer (Protoghesi), is born.

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1805

Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh composer, is born.

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Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier composer, dies at 43.

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Vaclav Pichl composer, dies at 63.

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Giacomo Conti composer, dies at 50.

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Georg Andreas Henkel composer, is born.

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Stefan Paluselli composer, dies at 57.

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Theodore Labarre composer, is born.

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Adrien de La Fage composer, is born.

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Lorenz Justinian Ott composer, dies at 56.

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Charles Edmond-H�nri de Coussemaker Belgian musicologist/historian, is born.

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Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann composer, is born.

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Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62.

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August Bournonville, Danish director of the Danish Royal Ballet, is born.

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Friedrich Franz Hurka composer, dies at 43.

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Joseph-Leon Gatayes composer, is born.

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Tomas Genoves y Lapetra composer, is born.

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1806

Vaclav Jindrich Veit composer, is born.

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Juan Cris�stomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer, is born.

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Vicente Martin y Soler composer, dies at 51.

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John Alcock composer, dies at 90.

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Giuseppe Colla composer, dies at 74.

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George Frederic Pinto composer, dies at 20.

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Josef Slavik composer, is born.

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Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer, dies at 84.

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Ludwig Schuberth composer, is born.

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Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch composer, is born.

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Jan Bedrich Kittl composer, is born.

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Charles-Joseph Tolbecque composer, is born.

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Juan Cris�stomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer, is born.

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Louis-Gilbert Duprez composer, is born.

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1807

Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki composer, is born.

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Baltasar Saldoni composer, is born.

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Ludwig Erk composer, is born.

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Hans Matthison-Hansen composer, is born.

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John Reid composer, dies at 85.

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Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski composer, is born.

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Fran�ois Guichard composer, dies at 61.

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Anton Eberl composer, dies at 41.

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Louis Fran�ois Chambray composer, dies at 69.

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Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner composer, dies at 61.

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Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata composer, is born.

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1808

Paul "the Great" Taglioni Vienna, ballet choreographer, is born.

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Francesco Gomez da Rocha composer, is born.

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Gaetano Gaspari composer, is born.

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Auguste Franchomme composer, is born.

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Alois Luigi Tomasini composer, dies at 66.

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Gottfried Herrmann composer, is born.

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Michael Balfe, Irish singer and composer; wrote "The Bohemian Girl", is born.

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Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel composer, is born.

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Joaquim Casimiro Jr composer, is born.

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Gaetano Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at age 79.

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Birth of American Baptist clergyman Samuel Francis Smith. Credited with writing over 100 hymns, Smith is best remembered as the author of "America" ("My Country, 'Tis of Thee"), written at age 23, while a student at Andover Seminary.

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Anton Fischer composer, dies at 30.

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Johann Christian Gebauer composer, is born.

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Albert Grisar composer, is born.

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1809

Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns composer, is born.

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Bartolomeo Giacometti composer, dies at 67.

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Sebastian de Iradier Spanish composer (La Paloma), is born.

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Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Felix Mendelssohn), the composer, is born in Leipzig, Germany.

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Johann Joseph Emmert composer, dies at 76.

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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian composer, dies at 73.

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Fredrik Pacius composer, is born.

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Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes composer, dies at 60.

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Gabriele Mario Piozzi composer, dies at 68.

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Otto Jonas Lindblad composer, is born.

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Eugene-Prosper Prevost composer, is born.

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William Walker composer, is born.

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Composer Franz Joseph Haydn dies on his 77th birthday in Vienna, Austria. (Also: Almanac of Famous People, ISBN 0-7876-0044-X, 1998)

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Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt composer, is born.

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Franz Ignaz Beck composer, dies at 75.

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1810

Auguste Mermet composer, is born.

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Joseph Lipavsky composer, dies at 37.

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Robert Schumann Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik), is born.

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Ole Bull composer, is born.

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Norbert Burgmuller composer, is born.

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Loisa Puget composer, is born.

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Johann Friedrich Kranz composer, dies at 57.

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Fr�d�ric F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, is born. (and Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

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Holger Simon Paulli composer, is born.

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Johann Ernst Rembt composer, dies at 60.

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Jean-Georges Kastner composer, is born.

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Konrad Back composer, dies at 60.

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Jakob Zupan composer, dies at 75.

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F�licien C David French composer (Perle du Br�sil, D�sert), is born.

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Hans Christian Lumbye composer, is born.

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Robert Schumann, Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer (Fantastiesticke), is born.

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Otto Nicolai, German opera composer, is born.

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Birth of Samuel S. Wesley, grandson of Methodist hymnwriter Charles Wesley. Himself a sacred composer, Samuel Wesley penned over 130 original hymn tunes. The best remembered of these today is AURELIA, to which is sung "The Church's One Foundation".

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Joseph Gungl composer, is born.

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Johann Heinrich Egli composer, dies at 68.

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Ludwig Schuncke composer, is born.

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1811

George Washington Hewitt composer, is born.

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Carl Schuberth composer, is born.

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Christian Heinrich Hohmann composer, is born.

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Frantisek Adam Mica composer, dies at 65.

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Camille Marie Stamaty composer, is born.

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Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert composer, is born.

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Angelo Catelani Italian composer/conductor, is born.

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Ernest Louis Muller composer, dies at 70.

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Ann Sheppard Mounsey composer, is born.

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Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey composer, dies at 52.

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Ambroise Thomas Metz, France, composer (Mignon), is born.

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Franz Liszt, Raiding, Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist, is born.

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Ignaz Spangler composer, dies at 54.

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Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser composer, is born.

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John Antes composer, dies at 71.

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Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny composer, dies at 54.

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1812

Sigismond Fortune Fran�ois Thalberg composer, is born.

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William Henry Holmes composer, is born.

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Carl Gradener composer, is born.

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Johannes Herbst composer, dies at 76.

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Eligio Celestino composer, dies at 72.

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Franz Schneider composer, dies at 74.

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Franz Anton Hoffmeister composer, dies at 57.

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Lauro Rossi composer, is born.

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Hermann Hirschboch German composer, is born.

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Jakob Eduard Schmolzer composer, is born.

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William Vincent Wallace composer, is born.

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Jan Ladislav Dussek Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52.

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Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin composer, is born.

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Louis-Antoine Julien conductor, is born.

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Franz Sebastian Haindl composer, dies at 85.

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Friedrich von Flotow, German-born French composer, is born.

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Johann Matthias Sperger composer, dies at 62.

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Gustav Adolf Mankell composer, is born.

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Joseph Wolfl composer, dies at 38.

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John Malchair composer, dies at 82.

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Marianne von Martinez composer, dies at 68.

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Isidor Dannstrom composer, is born.

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Wiktor Kazynski composer, is born.

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Achille Peri composer, is born.

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William Hauser composer, is born.

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Michel Delalande composer, dies at 73.

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Henry Russell composer, is born.

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Wilhelm Volkmar composer, is born.

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Julius Reitz composer, is born.

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1813

Franz Commer composer, is born.

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Jan Joseph Rosler composer, dies at 41.

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Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, is born.

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Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky composer, is born.

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George Alexander Macfarren composer, is born.

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Matthias Keller Ulm Germany, hymn writer (O Farther un High), is born.

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Joachim Nicolas Eggert composer, dies at 34.

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Christian Danner composer, dies at 55.

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Stephen Heller composer, is born.

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Richard Wagner, Leipzig Germany, composer (Ring, Flying Dutchman), is born.

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Andre-Ernest Gretry, French operatic composer, dies at age 72,

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Giuseppe Verdi, composed operas (Rigoletto, Aida, Otello), is born in Le Roncole, Italy.

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Birth of Henry T. Smart, English sacred organist. Though largely self-taught, Smart published many compositions, two of which are still popular as hymn tunes: LANCASHIRE ("Lead On, O King Eternal") and REGENT SQUARE ("Angels From the Realms of Glory").

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Ferdinando Bertoni composer, dies at 88.

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Jacob Rosenhaim composer, is born.

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Errico Petrella composer, is born.

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Henry Wellington Greatorex composer, is born.

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Etienne-Joseph Soubre composer, is born.

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1814

Johann Gottfried Krebs composer, dies at 72.

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Johannes Josephus Viotta composer, is born.

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Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer, is born.

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Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf composer, dies at 52.

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Johann Antonin Kozeluch composer, dies at 75.

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Augustin Holler composer, dies at 69.

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Nicolo Gabrielli composer, is born.

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Henryk Oskar Kolberg composer, is born.

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Charles Kensington Salaman composer, is born.

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Jules Eugene Abraham Alary composer, is born.

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Beni Egressy composer, is born.

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Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst composer, is born.

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George Joseph Vogler composer, dies at 64.

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Franz Volrath Buttstett composer, dies at 79.

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Adolph von Henselt composer, is born.

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August Rockel composer, is born.

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Jose Angel Lamas composer, dies at 39.

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1815

William Jackson composer, is born.

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Adolph Trube composer, is born.

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Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger composer, is born.

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William Jackson composer, is born.

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Franz Gotz composer, dies at 59.

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Leonhard von Call composer, dies at 47.

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Antonio Buzzolla composer, is born.

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Jean Delphin Alard French violinist/composer, is born.

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Josephine Lang composer, is born.

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Wincenty Studzinski composer, is born.

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Friedrich Robert Volkmann composer, is born.

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Klara Fey German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein), is born.

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Henry Hugo Pierson composer, is born.

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Birth of New England musical artist Ithamar Conkey. In addition to being a well-known church organist and bass soloist, Conkey also penned the hymn tune RATHBUN, to which we sing today, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory."

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Roman Hoffstetter composer, dies at 73.

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Daniel Decatur Emmett composer: Dixie [Dixie�s Land]; is born.

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Michel Woldemar composer, dies at 65.

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Robert Hudson composer, dies at 83.

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Lucien Petipa French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader, is born.

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Temistocle Solera composer, is born.

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1816

Fran�ois Alexander Sallantin composer, dies at 60.

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Henry Harington composer, dies at 88.

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Meingosus Gaelle composer, dies at 63.

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Johann Paul Aegidius Martini composer, dies at 74.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Markull composer, is born.

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Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski composer, is born.

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Johann Paul Schulthesius composer, dies at 67.

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Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst composer, is born.

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Ignaz Vitzthumb composer, dies at 95.

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George Elvey composer, is born.

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Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer, is born.

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Gualtiero Sanelli composer, is born.

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Birth of Edward F. Rimbault, the English church organist who composed the hymn tune to which is sung 'O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice.'.

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Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz composer, dies at 44.

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Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli] Italian dancer/choreographer, dies at 73.

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1817

Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny composer, dies at 87.

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Antonin Josef Alois Volanek composer, dies at 55.

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Jacques Gregoir composer, is born.

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Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen composer, dies at 55.

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Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura composer, is born.

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Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent composer, is born.

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Franz Wilhelm Tausch composer, dies at 54.

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Martin de Ron composer, dies at 27.

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Niels Wilhelm Gade Danish violinist/composer/conductor, is born.

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Luigi Gatti composer, dies at 77.

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Matej Sojka composer, dies at 77.

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Johann Jakob Walder composer, dies at 67.

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Aime Maillart composer, is born.

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Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras composer, is born.

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Teodulo Mabellini composer, is born.

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Bonaventura Furlanetto composer, dies at 78.

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Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky composer, is born.

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Fanny Cerrito, Russian-born American composer for stage and screen musicals, is born.

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Johann Friedrich Christmann composer, dies at 64.

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Edouard Deldevez composer, is born.

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Joseph Mohr, 25, began serving as pastor of the St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, Austria. (It was Christmas Eve, 1818, when Mohr and church organist Franz Gruber, together, produced the enduring Christmas carol, "Stille Nacht"/"Silent Night.").

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Justin Heinrich Knechtl composer, dies at 65.

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1818

Fedele Fenaroli composer, dies at 87.

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Giuseppi Gazzaniga composer, dies at 74.

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Nicolas Isouard composer, dies at 42.

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Jakob Axel Josephson composer, is born.

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Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi composer, dies at 62.

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Francis Henry Brown composer, is born.

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Marek Konrad Sokolowski composer, is born.

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Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh composer, dies at 70.

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Franz Ignaz Kaa composer, dies at 78.

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Charles Gounod, composer, is born in Paris, France. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

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Birth of Henri F. Hemy, English church organist. Of his several original compositions, best known is the tune ST. CATHERINE, to which we commonly sing the hymn, "Faith of Our Fathers."

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Jean-Pierre Duport composer, dies at 77.

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1819

Christian Gottlob Saupe composer, dies at 55.

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Fabio Campana composer, is born.

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Richard Storrs Willis composer, is born.

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Samuel Parkman Tuckerman composer, is born.

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Joseph Philbrick Webster composer, is born.

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Bernardo Calvo Puig composer, is born.

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Charles Oberthur composer, is born.

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Janos Fusz composer, dies at 41.

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Marius Petipa French ballet dancer/choreographer (Don Quiotte), is born.

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Nicolas Sejan composer, dies at 73.

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Birth of Joseph P. Webster, American sacred music writer. During his lifetime, Webster composed over 1,000 pieces of music, including the still_popular hymn tune SWEET BY AND BY ("There's a Land That is Fairer Than Day").

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Francisco Eduardo da Costa composer, is born.

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Hubert Leonard composer, is born.

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Franz von Supp� Spalato Dalmatia, composer (Light Cavalry Over), is born.

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Nicola De Giosa composer, is born.

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Stanislaw Moniuszko Polish composer, is born.

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Caspar Furstenau composer, dies at 47.

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Johann Nepomuk Kafka composer, is born.

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Julius Hopp composer, is born.

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Julia Ward Howe, American author and reformer; wrote "Battle Hymn of the Republic", is born.

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Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann), is born.

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Carlotta Grisi, Italian ballerina, is born.

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Lucile Grahn, Danish choreographer and ballerina, is born.

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Birth of Josiah G. Holland, American writer who in 1874 authored the Christmas hymn, 'There's a Song in the Air'.

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Clara Schumann (n�e Wieck) Leipzig, Germany, pianist/composer, is born.

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Edwin George Monk composer, is born.

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Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis composer, dies at 50.

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Franz Wilhelm Abt German composer/choir conductor, is born.

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1820

Pavel Krizkovsky composer, is born.

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Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov composer, is born.

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Joseph F Weigl German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79.

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Samuel Adams Holyoke composer, dies at 57.

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Pavel Krizkovsky composer, is born.

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Guillaume Albert Teniers composer, dies at 71.

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Bela Albrecht Pal Keler composer, is born.

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Henri Vieuxtemps Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons), is born.

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Adolf Schimon composer, is born.

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Richard Redhead composer, is born.

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Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman composer, is born.

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Frank Mori composer, is born.

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Jean-Etienne Despreaux composer, dies at 71.

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Gottfried Conradi composer, is born.

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Matthaus Stegmayer composer, dies at 49.

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Paul Friedrich Struck composer, dies at 43.

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Alexander Ernst Fesca composer, is born.

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Sir George Grove, English writer of the Dictionary of Music and Musicians, is born in London, England.

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Birth of George F. Root, American sacred music editor and composer. Root helped edit 75 musical collections, as well as composing several hundred original sacred melodies. One of these, JEWELS, is the tune to which is commonly sung the hymn, "When He Cometh."

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The Swedish Nightingale Jenny (Johanna) Lind is born.

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Birth of John H. Hopkins, a leader in the development of Episcopal church hymnody during the mid-19th century. Today, he is better remembered as the author and composer of the Christmas hymn, "We Three Kings of Orient Are."

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Charles-Fran�ois Dumonchau composer, dies at 45.

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1821

Nikolai Afanisev composer, is born.

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Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg composer, is born.

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Paul Anton Wineberger composer, dies at 62.

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Charles Scribner US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog), is born.

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Giovanni Bottesini composer, is born.

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Bernhard Anselm Weber pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56.

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Felix Maximo Lopez composer, dies at 78.

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John Wall Calcott composer, dies at 54.

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Diederich Krug composer, is born.

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Birth of Henry W. Baker, compiler of 'Hymns Ancient and Modern' � the unofficial Anglican church hymnal. He also authored the hymn based on Psalm 23: 'The King of Love My Shepherd Is.'

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Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil composer, is born.

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Gian Francesco Fortunati composer, dies at 75.

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Giovanni Bottesini composer, is born.

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Angelo Maria Benincori composer, dies at 42.

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1822

Theodor Aufrecht German indologist (Rigveda's Hymns), is born.

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Alfredo Carlo Piatti composer, is born.

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Nicholas Mori composer, is born.

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Jean-Baptiste Davaux composer, dies at 79.

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Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide composer, is born.

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Theodor Uhlig composer, is born.

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Jeronymo Francisco de Lima composer, dies at 78.

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Johann Ignaz Walter composer, dies at 66.

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Eugene Gautier composer, is born.

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Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber composer, dies at 40.

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Franz Adam Veichtner composer, dies at 81.

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Victor Masse composer, is born.

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Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano.

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Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna.

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Rafael Hernando composer, is born.

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Franz Xaver Partsch composer, dies at 62.

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Gaetano Valeri composer, dies at 61.

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Jan Albert van Eyken composer/organist, is born.

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Charles Duquesnoy composer, dies at 62.

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Christian Ludwig Dieter composer, dies at 64.

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Eduard Hille Dutch composer/conductor, is born.

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Henry Wylde composer, is born.

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Josef Joachim Raff composer, is born.

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C�sar Franck, Liege Belgium, composer (Rebecca), is born.

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Edward Stephen composer, is born.

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Ferenc Verseghy composer, dies at 65.

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Charles Edward Horsley composer, is born.

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John Roberts composer, is born.

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Albert Christoph Dies composer, dies at 67.

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1823

Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens Flemish composer, is born.

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William Rockstro, composer, is born.

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Alexandre Edouard Goria composer, is born.

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Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole), is born in Lille, France.

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Richard Genee composer, is born.

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Johann Gottfried Schict composer, dies at 69.

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William Henry Monk composer, is born.

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Coelestin Jungbauer composer, dies at 75.

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Birth of Anna L. Waring, Welsh Anglican hymnwriter. "In Heavenly Love Abiding" is one of her best-known hymns, and is still sung today.

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Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer, dies at 69.

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Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby contralto/composer, is born.

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Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole), is born.

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Ernest Reyer composer, is born.

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Joseph Pouteau composer, dies at 84.

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Johann Gottlieb Schwencke composer, dies at 79.

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Wilhelm Kuhe composer, is born.

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Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin composer, is born.

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Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke composer, is born.

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Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel composer, dies at 67.

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Alexandru Flechtenmacher composer, is born.

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Philipp Christoph Kayser composer, dies at 68.

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1824

Per August Olander composer, is born.

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Victor Emanuel I king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64.

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Ignacy Marceli Komorowski composer, is born.

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Josef Leopold Zvonar composer, is born.

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Karl von Perfall composer, is born.

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Maria Theresia von Paradis composer, dies at 64.

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John Davy composer, dies at 60.

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Bedrich Friedrich Smetana Bohemian composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau), is born.

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Giovanni Battista Viotti Italian violist/composer, dies at 70.

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Heinrich Carl Ebell composer, dies at 48.

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Johann Melchior Dreyer composer, dies at 76.

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Edward Jones composer, dies at 72.

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Anselmo Clave composer, is born.

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William Richard Bexfield composer, is born.

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Alexander Campbell composer, dies at 60.

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Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, conductor and teacher, is born.

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Birth of Anna B. Warner, American hymnwriter. She never married, but lived with her sister Susan in New York state. In 1860, a novel they co-authored contained a poem which became one of the most beloved of all children's hymns: I Know.'.

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Anton Bruckner, composer, is born in Ansfelden, Austria. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Peter Cornelius composer, is born.

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1825

Pierre Gaveaux composer, dies at 64.

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Crystobal Oudrid y Segura composer, is born.

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George Gerson composer, dies at 34.

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Hans Balatka composer, is born.

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George William Martin composer, is born.

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Giovanni Domenico Perotti composer, dies at 64.

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Adolf Rzepko composer, is born.

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Josef Gelinek composer, dies at 66.

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Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74.

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Rudolf Viole composer, is born.

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Elias Mann composer, dies at 75.

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Stanislao Mattei composer, dies at 75.

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Domenico Corri composer, dies at 80.

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Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza composer, is born.

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Johann Strauss (the younger) composer (Waltz King), is born.

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Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek composer, is born.

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Robert Prescott Stewart composer, is born.

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George Frederick Bristow composer, is born.

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Esteban Salas y Castro composer, is born.

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Reinhold Finsterbusch composer, is born.

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Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini composer, dies.

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Peter Gronland composer, dies at 64.

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1826

Juan Cris�stomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer, dies at 19.

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Franz von Holstein composer, is born.

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John Thomas composer, is born.

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Jean Joseph Bott German violinist/composer, is born.

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Gervais-Fran�ois Couperin composer, dies at 66.

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William Fisk Sherwin composer, is born.

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Leon Minkus composer, is born.

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Jakob Haibel composer, dies at 63.

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Johann Hermann Berens composer, is born.

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Franz Danzi, German composer of operas, lieder and symphonies, dies at age 62.

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Birth of Erastus Johnson, American hymnwriter. A lifelong student of the Bible, Johnson, at age 47, penned the hymn, "O Sometimes the Shadows are Deep" (a.k.a. "The Rock That Is Higher Than I").

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Alexander Stadtfeld composer, is born.

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Giuseppe Sigismondo composer, dies at 86.

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Friedrich Fesca composer, dies at 37.

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Christian Friedrich Ruppe composer, dies at 72.

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Carl Weber, German composer: Der Freischutz, Euryanthem Oberon, Invitation to the Dance; began the era of German romantic music, dies at age 39.

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Karl Maria von Weber opera composer: Der Freischutz; dies.

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Stephen Foster song writer of about 200 songs including: Oh! Susannah, Camptown Races, Old Folks at Home [Swanee River], Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair, Beautiful Dreamer; is born.

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Edmond van der Straeten Belgian lawyer/musicologist, is born.

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Benedikt Emanuel Schack composer, dies at 68.

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Ernst Pauer composer, is born.

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Ignacy Krzyzanowski composer, is born.

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Franz Coenen composer, is born.

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Henry Hiles composer, is born.

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1827

Carlos Guido y Spano Argentina, conductor (R�fagas), is born.

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Johann Philipp Christian Schulz composer, dies at 53.

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Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer, dies at 62.

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Franz Anton Dimmler composer, dies at 73.

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David Moritz Michael composer, dies at 75.

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Franz Xaver Gerl composer, dies at 62.

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Septimus Winner composer, is born.

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Emanuel Kania composer, is born.

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German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven dies in Vienna at age 56. He had been deaf for the later part of his life, but said on his death bed "I shall hear in heaven."

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Composer Ludwig van Beethoven is buried in Vienna amidst a crowd of over 10,000 mourners.

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Edward Mollenhauer composer, is born.

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Julius Tausch composer, is born.

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Pierre Joseph Candielle composer, dies at 82.

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Bernardo Ottani composer, dies at 90.

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Frantois Leonard Rouwyzer composer, dies at 90.

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Jan David Holland composer, dies at 81.

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1828

Alexandre-Auguste Robineau composer, dies at 80.

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Karol Studzinski composer, is born.

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Louis Schubert composer, is born.

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Antonio Cagnoni composer, is born.

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Karl Collan composer, is born.

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Johann Gungl composer, is born.

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Johann Anton Sulzer composer, dies at 75.

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Pietro Plantania composer, is born.

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Guilherme Antonio Cossoul composer, is born.

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Birth of American lawyer Horatio Gates Spafford. In 1873, upon learning of the drowning of his four daughters following a ship collision in the Atlantic, Spafford penned the lines to the hymn, "It is Well With My Soul".

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In Vienna, Composer Franz Schubert dies of syphillus at age 31.

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Louis Schubert composer, is born.

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Waldemar Thrane composer, dies at 38.

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1829

Robert Archibald Smith composer, dies at 48.

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Michael Gottard Fischer composer, dies at 55.

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William Mason composer, is born.

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William Shield composer, dies at 80.

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Fran�ois-Joseph Gossec Belgian/French composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95.

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Jan Krtitel Kuchar composer, dies at 77.

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Charles Albert White composer, is born.

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Death of Carl G. Glaser, 45, German choral master and composer of the hymn tune AZMON, to which we today sing, "O For a Thousand Tongues."

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk first internationally recognized US pianist, is born.

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Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani composer, dies at 47.

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Ciro Pinsuti pianist/composer, is born.

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Paul Karrer composer, is born.

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Bernardo Bittoni composer, dies at 72.

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Anton Rubinstein Vykhvatinetz Podolia, composer (Omitri Donskoy), is born.

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Johann Christoph Kienlen composer, dies at 45.

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Luigi Marchesi composer, dies at 74.

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Bernard Jumentier composer, dies at 80.

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Benjamin Ipavec composer, is born.

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Jose Rogel composer, is born.

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Patrick S Gilmore composer, is born.

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1830

Alexander Ewing composer, is born.

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Hans von B�low, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer, is born.

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Wenzel Thomas Matiegka composer, dies at 56.

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Michal Bogdanowicz composer, dies at 50.

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Georg Hellmesberger composer, is born.

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Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal Portuguese composer, dies at 67.

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Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf composer, is born.

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Peter Arnold Heise composer, is born.

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John Rogers Thomas composer, is born.

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Auguste Tolbecque composer, is born.

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Carl Borromaus Neuner composer, dies at 51.

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Eduard Lassen composer, is born.

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Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia composer, dies at 62.

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Karl Goldmark Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala), is born.

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Karoly Filtsch composer, is born.

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Georg Hellmesberger composer, is born.

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Francesco D'Arcais composer, is born.

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Adam Minchejmer composer, is born.

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Adrien-Joseph van Helmont composer, dies at 83.

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1831

William Joseph Westbrook composer, is born.

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Rodolphe Kreutzer France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv), dies at age 64.

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Franz Vinzenz Krommer composer, dies at 71.

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Francisco Salvador Daniel composer, is born.

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Eduard Rappoldi composer, is born.

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Filippo Marchetti composer, is born.

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Georg Michael Telemann composer, dies at 82.

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Johann Franz Volkert composer, dies at 64.

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Leon Leopold Lewandoski composer, is born.

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Ferdinand Kauer composer, dies at 80.

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Friedrich Ludwig Seidel composer, dies at 65.

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Richard Hoffman composer, is born.

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Benjamin Carr composer, dies at 62.

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Joseph Joachi, Kittsee Germany, violinist (Hungarian Concerto), is born.

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Birth of William H. Cummings, English musicologist. In 1855 he adapted a theme from Mendelssohn's "Festgesang," which afterward became the melody of the Christmas carol, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing".

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Traugott Maximilian Eberwein composer, dies at 56.

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John George Schetky composer, dies at 55.

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Johann Herbeck composer, is born.

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1832

Ferdinand Laub composer, is born.

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Salvador Giner y Vidal composer, is born.

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Franz Wullner composer, is born.

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Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini composer, dies at 84.

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Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck composer, dies at 85.

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Friedrich Grutzmacher composer, is born.

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Muzio Clementi Italian composer, dies at 79.

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Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45.

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Alberto Randegger composer, is born.

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Vaclav Vilem Wurfel composer, dies at 41.

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Carl Friedrich Zelter composer, dies at 73.

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Bonafacio Asioli composer, dies at 62.

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Fran�ois-Louis Perne composer, dies at 59.

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Charles Lecocq, French composer of operettas, is born.

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Birth of Carolina (aka Lina Sandell) Berg, hymnwriter. Known as the "Fanny Crosby of Sweden," her most enduring songs which survive today are: "Day by Day (And With Each Passing Moment)" and "Children of the Heavenly Father."

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Birth of Charles Converse, American lawyer and sacred composer. Converse penned the hymn tune CONVERSE, to which we sing today "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."

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Ishmail Spicer composer, dies at 72.

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1833

Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba composer, dies at 55.

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Antoinio da Silva Leite composer, dies at 73.

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Louis-J-Ferdinand H�rold French composer (Pr� aux clercs), dies at 41.

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Georg Johann Schinn composer, dies at 64.

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Ignac Ruzitska composer, dies at 55.

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Josef Foerster composer, is born.

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Fridolin Weber composer, dies at 71.

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Henry Southwick Perkins composer, is born.

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Antoni Henryk Radziwill Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at 57.

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Johannes Brahms, the composer, born in Hamburg. Works include Brahms Lullaby. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Boleslaw Dembinski composer, is born.

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Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow composer, dies at 88.

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Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner composer, dies at 74.

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William Marshall composer, dies at 84.

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Josef Slavik composer, dies at 27.

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Birth of William G. Tomer, American Civil War veteran and Methodist hymnwriter. It is to his tune, FAREWELL, that today we sing the hymn, "God Be With You Till We Meet Again."

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Aleksandr Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable), is born. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Aleksandr Borodin Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable), is born.

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Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain composer, dies at 79.

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Friedrich August Kanne composer, dies at 55.

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1834

William Cleaver Francis Robinson composer, is born.

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Pablo Hernandez Salces composer, is born.

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Amelie Julia Candielle composer, dies at 66.

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Franz Xaver Witt composer, is born.

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Albert Heinrich Zabel composer, is born.

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Aleksander Zarzycki composer, is born.

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Peter Nicolai von Wilm composer, is born.

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Julius Reubke composer, is born.

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Isidore Edouard Legouix composer, is born.

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Birth of Horatio R. Palmer, American Congregational clergyman. From his books of religious verse came two hymns which are still sung today: "Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts" and "My Faith Looks Up to Thee".

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Charles Wesley composer, dies at 76.

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Amilcare Ponchielli Paderno Italy, composer (I Lituani), is born.

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Francois Boieldieu, French composer, dies at age 58.

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Ludwig Schuncke composer, dies at 23.

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1835

Friedrich Richard Faltin composer, is born.

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Johan Filip von Schantz composer, is born.

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Luigi Manzotti Milano, ballet choreographer, is born.

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Ludwik Grossman composer, is born.

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Manuel Fernandez Caballero composer, is born.

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Eduard Strauss Austria, composer (318 Dance), is born.

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Bernhard Scholz composer, is born.

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Jose Marraco y Ferrer composer, is born.

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Edmund Hart Turpin composer, is born.

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Birth of John T. Grape, American Methodist layman. He composed a number of hymn tunes during his life, including ALL TO HRIST, to which we sing today, "Jesus Paid It All."

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Henryk Wieniawski Lubin Poland, violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou), is born.

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Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer, dies at age 33.

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Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, is born.

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Dom Joseph Pothier French monk/musicologist, is born.

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Georges Jean Pfeiffer composer, is born.

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Phillips Brooks, Episcopal clergyman who wrote the lyrics for "O Little Town of Bethlehem", is born.

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Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus composer, dies at 82.

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Charles-Joseph Tolbecque composer, dies at 29.

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1836

Friedrich Witt composer, dies at 65.

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Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte composer, is born.

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Henryk Szulc composer, is born.

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Benjamin Edward Woolf Dutch composer, is born.

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L�o Delibes Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer (Copp�lia), is born.

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Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes composer, is born.

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Emil Hartmann composer, is born.

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Eduard Wachmann composer, is born.

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John Clarke-Whitfeld composer, dies at 65.

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Charles Eastlake, English museologist and art writer, is born.

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Henrique Alves de Mesquita composer, is born.

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Jesus Monasterio composer, is born.

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Jerome Hopkins composer, is born.

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Christian Ignatius Latrobe composer, dies at 78.

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Norbert Burgmuller composer, dies at 26.

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Isidor Vorobchievici composer, is born.

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Anton Reicha composer, dies at 66.

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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, comic opera libretto writer: team: Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance; is born in London England.

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Daniel Read composer, dies at 79.

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Giuseppe Farinelli composer, dies at 67.

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Hans Georg Nageli composer, dies at 63.

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Johann Baptist Schenk composer, dies at 83.

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1837

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara), is born.

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John Field Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54.

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Adolf Jensen composer, is born.

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Carlos Troyer composer, is born.

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John Field composer, dies at 54.

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Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea composer, is born.

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Felix Alexandre Guilmant composer, is born.

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Joseph Wieniawski composer, is born.

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Joseph Lincke composer, dies at 53.

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Felix Mendelssohn marries C�cile Jeanrenaud.

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William Charles Levey composer, is born.

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Alfred Gaul composer, is born.

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Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85.

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Birth of Charles W. Fry, the English musician who, along with his three sons, formed the first Salvation Army brass band. Fry also authored the hymn, "Lily of the Valley."

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Luca Fumagalli composer, is born.

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Charles �mile Waldteufel Strasbourg France, waltz composer (Skaters), is born.

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Cosima Liszt wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, is born.

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Benjamin Johnson Lang composer, is born.

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1838

Max Bruch K�ln (Cologne), Germany, composer, is born.

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Ferdinand Reis composer, dies at 53.

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Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges composer, dies at 64.

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Philippe Libon composer, dies at 62.

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Friedrich Johann Eck composer, dies at 70.

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Wendelin Weissheimer composer, is born.

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Birth of William J. Kirkpatrick, American Methodist sacred composer. He edited his first collection of hymns at age 21, and is still remembered today for composing the melodies to such hymns as: "He Hideth My Soul," "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus," "Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It" and "Lord, I'm Coming Home."

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David Duffle Wood composer, is born.

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Paul Lacome composer, is born.

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Thomas Attwood composer, dies at 72.

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Birth of Edward Kremser, German chorister. Included among his numerous vocal and instrumental works is the enduring hymn tune KREMSER ("We Gather Together").

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Joseph Leopold Rockel composer, is born.

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Karel Bendl, composer, is born.

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Alfred Humphreys Pease composer, is born.

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Thomas Busby composer, dies.

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Birth of Philip P. Bliss, American gospel singer and songwriter. His best-remembered hymns include 'Wonderful Words of Life,' 'It is Well with My Soul' and 'Let theLower Lights Be Burning.'.

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Birth of Joseph Barnby, English organist and choirmaster. He composed nearly 250 hymn tunes during his life. Of these the most enduring include LAUDES DOMINI ("When Morning Gilds the Skies"), LONGWOOD ("Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart"), MERRIAL ("Now the Day is Over") and ST. ANDREW ("We Give Thee But Thine Own").

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Composer (of "Carmen" and others) Georges Bizet is born.

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Melesio Morales composer, is born.

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Whitney Eugene Thayer composer, is born.

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Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor composer, is born.

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Berthold Tours composer, is born.

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1839

John Knowles Paine Portland ME, composer, is born.

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Emil Bohn composer, is born.

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Bohumil Pazdirek composer, is born.

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Georg Abraham Schneider composer, dies at 38.

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Birth of John Julian, famed English authority on sacred music. His undoubted masterwork is the monumental "Dictionary of Hymnology" which he published in 1892 (later revised, updated and reissued in 1957).

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John Knowles Paine Portland ME, composer, is born.

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Ignace Antoine Ladurner pianist/composer, dies at 72.

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Modest P Mussorgsky Russian composer (Boris Godunov), is born.

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Birth of Phoebe Palmer Knapp, American Methodist hymnwriter. She published more than 500 hymn tunes during her lifetime; her most famous melody comprises the tune to Fanny Crosby's hymn, "Blessed Assurance."

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Dudley Buck Hartford CT, organist/church composer, is born.

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Robert Gallenberg composer, dies at 55.

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Josef Rheinberger Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser), is born.

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Modest Mussorgsky composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mountain), is born.

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Stanislaw Pilinski composer, is born.

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Victorin de Joncieres composer, is born.

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Frantz Jehin-Prume composer, is born.

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Giuseppe Rossini father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies.

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Ferdinando Paer composer, dies at 67.

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Alice Mary Smith composer, is born.

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Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek composer, dies at 69.

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Charles-Henri Plantade composer, dies at 75.

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1840

Ernst Rudorff composer, is born.

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Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray composer, is born.

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Georg Jacobi composer, is born.

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Alexis Hollander composer, is born.

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Franco Faccio Italian composer/conductor, is born.

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Carli Zoeller composer, is born.

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John Conrad Nordqvist composer, is born.

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Edmond Audran composer, is born.

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Franz Xaver Haberl German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis), is born.

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Gottlob Benedikt Bierey composer, dies at 67.

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Matthaus Fischer composer, dies at 76.

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Peter I. Tchaikovsky, composer, is born. Works include Marche Slave, 1812 Overture, Swan Lake and the Nutcracker Suite.

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Filippo Capocci composer, is born.

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Niccolo Paganini composer, dies at 57.

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Niccol� Paganini composer/violinist, dies at 57.

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Birth of American sacred composer James McGranahan. His most enduring melodies include CHRIST RETURNETH, MY REDEEMER, NEUMEISTER ('Christ Receiveth Sinful Men') andSHOWERS OF BLESSING.

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Hermann Goetz composer, is born.

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Christian Frederik Emil Horneman composer, is born.

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1841

Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier France, composer (Le Roi Malgr� Lui), is born.

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Viktor Ernst Nessler composer, is born.

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Walter Parratt composer, is born.

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Antun Sorkocevic composer, dies at 65.

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Ferdinando Carulli composer, dies at 70.

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Samuel Prowse Warren composer, is born.

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Felipe Pedrell composer, is born.

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Romualdo Marenco composer, is born.

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Birth of James R. Murray, American sacred music editor. A veteran of the American Civil War, Murray is better remembered today as composer of the hymn tune MUELLER, to which we sing the Christmas carol, "Away in a Manger."

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Pauline Lucca soprano, is born.

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John Thomson composer, dies at 35.

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Giovanni Bolzoni composer, is born.

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Joseph Parry composer, is born.

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Tito Mattei pianist/composer, is born.

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Giovanni Sgambati composer, is born.

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Antonin Dvorak composer: Slavonic Dances, Fifth Symphony, The Water Nymph, Carnival, Gypsy Melodies; is born. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Birth of William A. Ogden, American sacred composer. A student of Lowell Mason, Ogden became a well-known music teacher, and penned the hymns "Bring Them In" and "He is Able to Deliver Thee."

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Birth of Clara H. Scott, American music teacher and composer.

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Johann Daniel Ferstenberg composer, dies at 83.

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Felice Blangini composer, dies at 60.

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1842

Johan Lindegren composer, is born.

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Charles Henri Marechal composer, is born.

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Sidney Clopton Lanier US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame), is born.

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Wojciech Zywny composer, dies at 85.

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Carl Rosa Hamburg Germany, founder (Rosa opera company), is born.

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Arrigio Enrico Boito composer, is born.

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Christian Theodor Weinlig composer, dies at 61.

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Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian-born French composer of opera and sacred music (Dies Irae), dies at 81.

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Carl A N Rosa German violinist/composer, is born.

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Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko composer, is born.

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Sven August Korling composer, is born.

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Karl Mill�cker Austria conductor/composer (Beggar Student), is born.

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Johann Nepomuk Fuchs composer, is born.

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Jules Emile Massenet, composer, is born in Montaud, France. (also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

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Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, London England, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan), is born.

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Composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, who collaborated with Sir William Gilbert in writing 14 comic operas, is born in London.

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MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancer, dies at 82.

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Henry Gadsby composer, is born.

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Nicola d' Arienzo composer, is born.

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Bedrich Divis Weber composer, dies at 76.

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Calixa Lavallee composer, is born.

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1843

Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky composer, is born.

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Franz Schoberlechner composer, dies at 45.

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Christiaan A Ulder Cura�ao, composer (waltzes/tumbas), is born.

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Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg composer, is born.

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Christiaan A Ulder Cura�ao, composer (waltzes/tumbas), is born.

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Adelina Patti Madrid Spain, operatic coloratura (Lucia), is born.

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William F Sudds composer, is born.

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Artur Napoleao dos Santos composer, is born.

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Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom composer, is born.

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Hans Richter Gy�r (Raab/Gyoer) Hungary, conductor (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), is born.

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Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], composer, is born.

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Gustave Leon Huberti composer, is born.

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Joseph Franz Karl Lanner Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42.

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Carl Eilhardt composer, is born.

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Carl Michael Ziehrer composer, is born.

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Johann Georg Lickl composer, dies at 74.

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Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia composer, is born.

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Emile Pessard composer, is born.

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Edvard Grieg, composer, is born in Bergen, Norway. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

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Birth of Ralph E. Hudson, sacred composer and music publisher. His most enduring hymns include 'At the Cross' and 'Blessed Be the Name.'

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George Stephanescu, composer, is born.

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1844

Thomas H Rollinson composer, is born.

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Clara Kathleen Rogers composer, is born.

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Joseph Mazzinghi composer, dies at 78.

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Johan Peter Selmer composer, is born.

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Frederick E Kitziger composer, is born.

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Leander Schlegel composer, is born.

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Charles-Marie Widor Lyons France, composer/professor (Paris Conservatory), is born.

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Kazamierz Julian Kratzer composer, is born.

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Thaddaus Weigl composer, dies at 67.

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Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, the composer, is born in Russia.

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Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez composer (Spanish Dancing), is born.

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Nicolai Andreevich Rimski-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee, Scheherazade), is born.

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Eugene Gigout composer, is born.

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Joseph Ludwig composer, is born.

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Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer, dies at 72.

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Henri-Montan Berton composer, dies at 76.

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Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe), is born.

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Hermann Gradener composer, is born.

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Guiseppi Baini composer, dies at 68.

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Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur composer, is born.

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Louis Varney composer, is born.

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Alfred Cellier composer, is born.

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John Frederick Bridge composer, is born.

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Izydor Lotto composer, is born.

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1845

Heinrich Vogl composer, is born.

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Francesco Ruggi composer, dies at 77.

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Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov composer, dies at 57.

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Aleksander Rozycki composer, is born.

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Alfonse Hasselmans composer, is born.

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George Augustus Kollmann composer, dies at 56.

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Franz Joseph Volkert composer, dies at 67.

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Wilhelm Gericke composer, is born.

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Karoly Filtsch composer, dies at 14.

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Gabriel Urbain Faur�, composer, is born in Pamiers, Ariege, France. (also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

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Birth of Thomas Koschat, Austrian sacred composer. One of his scores became the hymn tune POLAND, to which is commonly sung "The King of Love My Shepherd Is".

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Johannes Simon Mayr composer, dies at 82.

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Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi composer, is born.

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Augusto de Oliviera Machado composer, is born.

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Homer Newton Bartlett composer, is born.

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1846

Sandor Erkel composer, is born.

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Albert Cahen composer, is born.

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William Wallace Gilchrist composer, is born.

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Joseph Weigl Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79.

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Giovanni Liverati composer, dies at 73.

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Carolus Antonius Fodor composer, dies at 77.

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Luigi Denza composer, is born.

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Birth of George C. Stebbins, American Baptist music evangelist. A composer of over 1,500 songs during his lifetime, Stebbins is still remembered today for writing the melodies to such hymns as: "I've Found a Friend," "Take Time to Be Holy," "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" and "Jesus is Tenderly Calling Thee Home."

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Joaquin Valverde composer, is born.

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Domenico Dragonetti composer, dies at 83.

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Zygmunt Noskowski composer, is born.

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Federico Chueca Madrid Spain, composer (La Gran Via), is born.

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Giacomo Cordella composer, dies at 59.

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Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov composer, is born.

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Arthur Coquard composer, is born.

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Birth of William R. Featherstone, Canadian Methodist hymnwriter. He penned thewords to 'My Jesus, I Love Thee' before age 16.

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Henryk Jarecki composer, is born.

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Andreas Hallen composer, is born.

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Richard Kleinmichel composer, is born.

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1847

Georges-Julien Sieber composer, dies at 71.

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Jules Fran�ois Blasini Cura�aos pianist/composer, is born.

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Ernst Franck German composer/conductor, is born.

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Robert Fuchs composer, is born.

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Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka German composer (Album polonaise), is born.

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Constantin Dimitrescu composer, is born.

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Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma composer, dies at 67.

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Birth of Winfield Scott Weeden, American sacred chorister and hymnwriter. During his life he led music and singing schools for the YMCA and Christian Endeavor. Of his several musical compositions, Weeden is best remembered today for the hymn, "I Surrender All."

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Jarolslaw Zielinski composer, is born.

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Gavriil Musicescu composer, is born.

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Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti composer, is born.

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Francis William Davenport composer, is born.

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Charles Swinnerton Heap composer, is born.

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Erik Gustaf Geijer composer, dies at 64.

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Johannes Haarklou composer, is born.

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Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel composer, dies at 41.

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Kaspar Ett German organist/composer, dies at 59.

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Alphonse Goovaerts composer, is born.

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Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Felix Mendelssohn), the composer, dies in Hamburg, Germany.

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Birth of Will L. Thompson, American songwriter. With a major interest in sacred music, Thompson's pen has left the Church two enduring hymns: "Jesus is All the World to Me" and "Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling."

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Agathe Grondahl composer, is born.

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Augusta Mary Anne Holmes composer, is born.

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William Crotch composer, dies at 72.

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1848

Ferdinando Orlandi composer, dies at 73.

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Henri Duparc French composer, is born.

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Luigi Mancinelli composer, is born.

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Thomas Paine Westendorf composer, is born.

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Frans van Campenhout Belgian singer/composer (Braban�onne), dies at 69.

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Charles Hubert H Parry England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), is born.

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Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick composer, is born.

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Cyrill Kistler composer, is born.

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Horace Wadham Nicholl composer, is born.

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John Henry Roberts composer, is born.

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Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer, dies in Bergamo, Italy at age 50. (also Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

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Fran�ois van Campenhout Belgian composer (Braban�onne), dies at 69.

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Ludvig Schytte composer, is born.

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Adalbert von Goldschmidt composer, is born.

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Death of Joseph Mohr, 56, Austrian Roman Catholic vicar and author in 1818 of the enduring Christmas hymn, "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night").

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Frederick Grant Gleason composer, is born.

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Karl Schroder composer, is born.

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Edward Everett Rice composer, is born.

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Johann Erik Nordblom composer, dies at 60.

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Mary Frances Allitsen composer, is born.

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Oliver Shaw composer, dies at 69.

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1849

Fran�ois-Antoine Habeneck composer, dies at 68.

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Corneille Vander Planken composer, dies at 76.

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Christian Rummel composer, dies at 61.

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Alexander Ernst Fesca composer, dies at 28.

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Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer/conductor, dies at 38.

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"Blind" Tom Bethune pianist/composer, is born.

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L�onard du Bus de Gisignies Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies, dies at 69.

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Johann, elder Strauss, Austrian composer of Viennese waltzes, dies at age 45.

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Composer and pianist Frederic Chopin dies in Paris of tuberculosis at the age of 39.

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Conradin Kreutzer composer, dies at 69.

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1850

Raphael G Kiesewetter Austria musicologist, dies at 76.

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Franz Xaver Scharwenka German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), is born.

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Leon Francis Victor Caron composer, is born.

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Jean de Reszke [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor, is born.

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Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev St Petersburg Russia, composer, is born.

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Philipp Roth composer, dies at 70.

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Anton Urspruch composer, is born.

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Ludwig Bonvin composer, is born.

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George Henschel composer, is born.

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Birth of Daniel B. Towner, American music evangelist. An associate of D.L. Moody, Towner composed over 2,000 hymn tunes, including AT CALVARY ("Years I Spent in Vanity and Pride"), MOODY ("Marvelous Grace of our Loving Lord") and TRUST AND OBEY ("When We Walk With the Lord").

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Alexandre Luigini composer, is born.

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Emilio Serrano y Ruiz composer, is born.

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Adalbert Gyrowetz composer, dies at 87.

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Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75.

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Herman Zumpe composer, is born.

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Louis Alexandre Piccinni composer, dies at 70.

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Birth of Arthur H. Mann, English church organist. In addition to being an authority on Handel, Mann also composed a number of sacred hymn tunes, including ANGEL'S STORY, to which we sing today, "O Jesus, I Have Promised".

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Antonio Scontrino composer, is born.

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Eaton Faning composer, is born.

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Johann Schrammel composer, is born.

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Philipp Roth composer, dies at 70.

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Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller composer, is born.

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Iver Paul Fredrik Holter composer, is born.

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Zdenek Fibich composer, is born.

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Tomas Breton y Hernandez composer, is born.

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1851

Giuseppi Gallignani composer, is born.

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Gustav Albert Lortzing composer, dies at 49.

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Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini Italian composer, dies at 76.

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Jan Blockx Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg), is born.

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Karl Moser composer, dies at 77.

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Giuseppi Gallignani composer, is born.

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Josef Alois Ladurner composer, dies at 81.

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Ferdinand Simon Gassner composer, dies at 53.

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Michael Henkel composer, dies at 70.

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Alexander Aliabiev composer, dies at 63.

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Jozef Surzynski composer, is born.

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Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, is born in Paris. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

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Ruperto Chapi y Lorente composer, is born.

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Otto Adolf Klauwell composer, is born.

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John Parry composer, dies at 75.

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Antoine-Charles Glachant composer, dies at 80.

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Emil Liebling composer, is born.

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Antoni Stolpe composer, is born.

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Birth of Eliza E. Hewitt, American Presbyterian church worker and devotional author. Four of her hymns still endure: 'Will There Be Any Stars?', 'More About Jesus I Would Know,' 'When We All Get to Heaven' and 'Sunshine in the Soul.'.

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Birth of Charles A. Tindley, African-American Methodist preacher and songwriter. His most enduring gospel hymns include 'Stand By Me,' 'Nothing Between,' 'Leave It There'and 'By and By.'.

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Karl Moser composer, dies at 77.

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Birth of E.O. Excell, American sacred chorister. Excell published 50 gospel songbooks and wrote and composed 2,000 hymns, including "Since I Have Been Redeemed, "Count Your Blessings" and "I'll Be a Sunbeam for Jesus."

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1852

George Rodwell composer, dies at 51.

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Frederick Corder composer, is born.

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Frederick Hymen Cowen composer, is born.

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Joseph Drechsler composer, dies at 69.

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Frederic Hymen Cowen composer, is born.

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Joseph Bayer composer, is born.

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Juan Bros y Bertomel composer, dies at 75.

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Alexis Garaude composer, dies at 73.

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Henrique Oswald composer, is born.

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Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens composer, dies at 75.

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Emile Sauret composer, is born.

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Jindrich z Albestu Kaan composer, is born.

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Birth of Franklin L. Sheppard, Presbyterian organist and hymnbook editor. It was Sheppard who composed the hymn tune TERRA PATRIS, to which we sing "This is My Father's World".

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Sir Charles Stanford, Irish-born English composer, conductor and teacher, is born.

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Thomas Linnemann Laub composer, is born.

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Henri-Jean Rigel composer, dies at 80.

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Gaetano Coronaro composer, is born.

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Dom Jo�o G da C�mara Portuguese journalist/songwriter, is born.

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1853

Hans Koessler composer, is born.

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Iwan Knorr composer, is born.

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Theodor Uhlig composer, dies at 30.

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Nikolai Arkas composer, is born.

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Bertram Luard-Selby composer, is born.

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Arthur W Foote Salem MA, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E), is born.

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Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels Flemish composer (Parisina), is born.

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Alfonso Randano composer, is born.

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Louis Emmanuel Eadin composer, dies.

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Johann Leopold Fuchs composer, dies at 67.

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Charles-Theodore Malherbe composer, is born.

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Charles Lee Williams composer, is born.

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Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt composer, dies at 73.

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Monroe A Althouse composer, is born.

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Karl Fritjof Valentin composer, is born.

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Johann Peter Heuschkel composer, dies at 80.

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Joseph Sickman Corsen Curarao, musician/composer/screenwriter, is born.

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Giacomo Puccini Italy, composer, is born.

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Maria Teresa Carreno composer, is born.

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Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager composer, is born.

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1854

Filippo Traetta [Philip Trajetta], Italian composer, dies at 77.

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Peter Gast composer, is born.

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Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz composer, dies at 66.

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Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine.

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Filippo Traetta [Philip Trajetta], Italian composer, dies at 77.

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Oscar Fetras composer, is born.

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Louis F M van Westerhoven actor/singer/opera director (Youth), is born.

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Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine.

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Juliusz Zarebski composer, is born.

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Braulio Dueno Colon composer, is born.

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Edgar Tinel Flemish composer (Le Chant Gr�gorien), is born.

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Vicente Goicoechea Errasti composer, is born.

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Seaborn M Denson composer, is born.

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Jozef M T Orelio baritone, is born.

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Gottlob Wiedebein composer, dies at 74.

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Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner composer, dies at 84.

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Wladyslaw Rzepko composer, is born.

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Jean Coralli, French dancer/choreographer, dies at age 75.

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William Beale composer, dies at 70.

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Antonio Smareglia composer, is born.

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Paul Klengel composer, is born.

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Bernard Zweers Dutch composer (To My Fatherland), is born.

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Vatroslav Lisinski composer, dies at 34.

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Leos Jan cek Hukvaldy Moravia Czech, composer (Foster Suite), is born.

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Engelbert Humperdinc, opera composer: Hansel and Gretel; (name borrowed by pop singer Arnold Dorsey) is born.

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Composer, bandleader, John Phillip Sousa is born in Washington, D.C.

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George Whitefield Chadwick Lowell MA, composer (Judi Van Winke), is born.

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Pekka Hannikainen composer, is born.

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1855

Amedee-Ernest Chausson, Paris France, composer (Po�me for Violin & Orchestra), is born. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Ernst Kullak composer, is born.

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Birth of Carrie Ellis Breck, American Presbyterian poet. Several of her verses later became hymns, including "Help Somebody Today" and "Face to Face with Christ My Savior."

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Arthur Hervey composer, is born.

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Gustav Hollaender composer, is born.

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John White composer, is born.

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Ramon Carnicer y Batlle composer, dies at 65.

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Josef Gruber composer, is born.

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Walenty Karol Kratzer composer, dies at 75.

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Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy.

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Anatol K Liadov Russian composer (Bewitched Lake), is born.

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Edmund van der Straeten composer, is born.

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Henry Rowley Bishop British composer/conductor, dies at 68.

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Cecilia Beaux, American portrait painter, is born.

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Theodore Moses Tobani composer, is born.

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Camille Pleyel Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66.

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Julius Rontgen composer, is born.

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Arthur Nikisch Szent-Mikl�s Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic), is born.

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Julian Edwards composer, is born.

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Alan Gray composer, is born.

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Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn composer, is born.

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1856

Giuseppe Martucci composer, is born.

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Stevan Mokranjac composer, is born.

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Christian August Sinding Kongsberg Norway, composer, is born.

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Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer, dies at 41.

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John Hyatt Brewer composer, is born.

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Makar Grigori Ekmalyan composer, is born.

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Stevan Mokranjac composer, is born.

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Willem Kes Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam), is born.

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John Braham singer/composer, dies at 81.

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Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov composer, dies at 76.

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Adolfo Fumagalli composer, dies at 27.

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Adolphe Charles Adam French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52.

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George Templeton Strong composer, is born.

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Robert Schumann, German Romantic composer, dies at age 46.

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Birth of Charles Gabriel, American sacred music artist. He edited a great number of hymnbooks, and wrote several hymns, including "More Like the Master," "I Stand Amazed in the Presence" and "Send the Light".

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Sergei Taneyev Russia, composer (Oresteia), is born.

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Robert Kajanus composer, is born.

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Andre Gedalge composer, is born.

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1857

Wilhelm Kienzl Austrian composer (Evangelimann), is born.

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Edward Francis Fitzwilliam composer, dies at 32.

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Johannes B van Bree Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56.

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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka Russian composer, dies at age 53.

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Ole Andreas Lindeman composer, dies at 88.

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Gustave Adolph Kerker composer, is born.

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Alfred Bruneau composer, is born.

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Ruggiero Leoncavallo Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza), is born in Naples, Italy.

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Adolph Trube composer, dies at 42.

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Edgar Stillman Kelley Sparta WI, composer (Gulliver), is born.

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Ruggero Leoncavallo Naples Italy, composer (I Medici), is born.

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Frantisek Ondricek composer, is born.

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Frederic Cliffe composer, is born.

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Juan Morel Campos composer, is born.

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Sir Edward Elgar, composer of Pomp and Circumstance is born in Worcester, England.

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Nicola van Westerhout composer, is born.

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Fran�ois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze composer, dies at 73.

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Eugeniusz Pankiewicz composer, is born.

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1858

Rachel [Elisabeth Rachel-F�lix], French singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36.

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Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt composer, dies at 48.

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Giuseppe Radiciotti composer, is born.

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Charles Beach Hawley composer, is born.

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Ernest Ford composer, is born.

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Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini composer, dies at 78.

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Arnold Dolmetsch Le Mans, musician, is born.

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Peter Christian Lutkin composer, is born.

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Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm Austrian composer, dies at 79.

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Anton Diabelli Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76.

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Anton Diabelli Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76.

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Johann Baptist Cramer German/British pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87.

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Siegfried Ochs composer, is born.

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Auguste Chapuis composer, is born.

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Ethel Mary Smyth composer, is born.

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Anthony Johnson Showalter composer, is born.

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Georges Adolphe Hue composer, is born.

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Frederick Zech Jr composer, is born.

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Frank Lynes composer, is born.

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Hanus Trnecek composer, is born.

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Giacomo Puccini Italy, operatic composer (Madama Butterfly), is born.

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Eug�ne Ysa�e Belgium, violinist/conductor/composer (Pierill Hou�ou), is born.

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Jakab Gyula Major composer, is born.

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Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees composer, dies at 81.

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Composer of "La Boheme", and "Madame Butterfly", Giacomo Puccini, is born.

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Alexandre Pierre Fran�ois Boely composer, dies at 73.

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1859

Bettina Brentano composer, dies at 73.

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Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski composer, is born.

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Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky composer, is born.

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Victor Herbert cellist, conductor: Pittsburgh Symphony; composer: operettas: Babes in Toyland, Naughty Marietta; songs: Ah Sweet Mystery of Life [At Last I�ve Found You]; is born in Dublin Ireland.

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Johannes Josephus Viotta composer, dies at 45.

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Ferdinand Lukas Schubert composer, dies at 64.

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Josef Theodor Krov composer, dies at 61.

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Otto Taubmann composer, is born.

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Josef Cyril Sychra composer, is born.

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Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov composer, is born.

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Reginald De Koven composer, is born.

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Wilhelm Harteveld composer, is born.

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Basil Harwood composer, is born.

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Bohuslav Jeremias composer, is born.

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Eugene D'Harcourt composer, is born.

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Eugust Enna composer, is born.

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Dame Nellie Melba [Heal Mitchell] Australian soprano (Peach Melba), is born.

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Mildred J. Hill teacher, musician, composer [lyrics by her younger sister Patty Smith Hill]: Happy Birthday to You, originally: Good Morning to All; is born.

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Katharine Lee Bates, American author and educator; wrote "America the Beautiful", is born.

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Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody), is born.

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Algernon Ashton composer, is born.

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Cecil [James] Sharp London England, folk musician, is born.

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Roman Statkowski composer, is born.

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Raoul Gunsbourg composer, is born.

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William Henry Hadow composer, is born.

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Gerard Brucken Fock composer, is born.

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Josef Bohuslav Foerster composer, is born.

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Max Fiedler composer, is born.

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Luigi Ricci composer, dies at 54.

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1860

Emanuil Mandlov composer, is born.

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Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto composer, dies at 44.

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Salvatore Di Giacomo composer, is born.

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Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Windisch-Gr�z Austria, composer of late romantic period, is born.

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Johann Ludwig Bohner composer, dies at 73.

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Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana), is born.

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Johannes Frederick Frohlich composer, dies at 53.

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Isaac [Manuel F] Alb�niz Spanish pianist/composer (Iberia), is born.

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Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan), is born.

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Ignace Jan Paderewski Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot, is born.

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Ignace Jan Paderewski composer: musician: piano: Minuet in G; Polish patriot: first Premier of Poland [1919]; brought white Zinfandel wine grapes to U.S. for the first time; is born.

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Alexander von Fielitz composer, is born.

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1861

Heinrich Gottlieb Noren composer, is born.

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Raymond Huntington Woodman composer, is born.

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Karel Stecker composer, is born.

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Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler Mulhouse Alsace, composer, is born.

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Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard composer, dies at 72.

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Pierre Breville composer, is born.

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Josepf Fran�ois Snel composer, dies at 67.

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Abraham Louis Niedermeyer composer, dies at 58.

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Petter Conrad Boman composer, dies at 56.

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Heinrich August Neithardt composer, dies at 67.

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Georgy L'vovich Catoire composer, is born.

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Anthony Philip Heinrich composer, dies at 80.

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Ivan Caryll English composer (Pink Lady), is born.

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Christian Heinrich Hohmann composer, dies at 50.

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Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto, is born.

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Birth of Jesse Brown Pounds, American hymnwriter. During her lifetime she published nine books, 50 cantatas and over 400 religious song texts. Three of her hymns remain popular today: "Anywhere With Jesus," "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" and "The Way of the Cross Leads Home."

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Heinrich August Marschner composer, dies at 66.

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Gualtiero Sanelli composer, dies at 45.

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Karol Joseph Lipinski composer, dies at 71.

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Fritz Volbach German musicologist/conductor/composer, is born.

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Edward Alexander MacDowell New York NY, composer (Indian Suite, Cairo), is born.

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Lionel Monckton composer, is born.

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1862

Joseph Frohlich composer, dies at 81.

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Frederick Delius, English/French composer, is born in Bradford, England.

Ref: 70

Walter Johannes Damrosch, Prussian-bn.American conductor, is born.

Ref: 70

Felipe Villanueva y Guti�rrez Mexico, composer, is born.

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Frantisek Jan Skroup composer, dies at 61.

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Karel Weis composer, is born.

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Edward German (Jones) Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer, is born.

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Adrien de La Fage composer, dies at 56.

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Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov composer, is born.

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Fromental Halevy [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62.

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George William Louis Marshall-Hall composer, is born.

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Louis Ganne composer, is born.

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Sydney Nelson composer, dies at 62.

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Vittorio Mario Vanzo composer, is born.

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Marie F M Emmanuel French composer/musicologist (Salamine), is born.

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Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki composer, dies at 71.

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Carrie James Bond, songwriter who wrote "I Love You Truly" and "A Perfect Day, is born.

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Claude Debussy, composer, is born near Paris, France.

Ref: 68

Alberto Williams Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo), is born.

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Birth of Adelaide Pollard, Presbyterian hymnwriter. Plagued with frail health most of her life, she lived the life of a mystic. Of the several hymns she penned, "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" is still popular today.

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Karel Kovarovic composer, is born.

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Joseph Funk composer, dies at 84.

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Joaquim Casimiro Junior composer, dies at 54.

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1863

Ferdinand Huber composer, dies at 71.

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Henry Charles Tonking composer, is born.

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Armand Parent composer, is born.

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Mieczyslaw Soltys composer, is born.

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Ferdinand Huber composer, dies at 71.

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Emanuel Moor composer, is born.

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Ernesto Nazareth composer, is born.

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Hugo Kaun composer, is born.

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Joseph Netherclift composer, dies at 70.

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Jan Nepomuk Kanka composer, dies at 90.

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Johannes P Boskaljon Cura�ao composer/conductor, is born.

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Felix Blumenfeld composer, is born.

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Felix Blumenfeld composer, is born.

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Charles Bordes composer, is born.

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Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent composer, dies at 46.

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Felix Weingartner, Austrian conductor and composer, is born.

Ref: 70

Birth of Howard E. Smith, American church organist and composer of the melody tothe popular hymn, 'Love Lifted Me.'.

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Fannie Zeisler, Austrian-born American pianist, is born.

Ref: 70

Gabriel Piern� Metz France, composer (Edith), is born.

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Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91), is born.

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Gustav Wohlgemuth composer, is born.

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Pietro Mascagni Italian composer/fascist (Cavalleria Rusticana), is born. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

John Ebenezer West composer, is born.

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Ion Vidu composer, is born.

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E Fern�ndez Arbos Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, is born.

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1864

Mateo Ferrer composer, dies at 75.

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Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen composer, dies at 83.

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Stephen Foster, song writer of about 200 songs including: Oh! Susannah, Camptown Races, Old Folks at Home [Swanee River], Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair, Beautiful Dreamer; dies in a New York hospital at age 37.

Ref: 68

Anton Schindler German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68.

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Michele Puccini composer, dies at 50.

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Otto Jonas Lindblad composer, dies at 54.

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Adolf Philipp composer, is born.

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Carl Tieke composer, is born.

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Arthur Collins singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), is born.

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Ricardo Castro Herrera composer, is born.

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Vaclav Jindrich Veit composer, dies at 58.

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Johan Halvorsen composer, is born.

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Leslie Stuart composer, is born.

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Hjalmar Borgstrom composer, is born.

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Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser composer, dies 52.

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Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert German pianist/composer (Golem), is born.

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Johann Schneider composer, dies at 74.

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Flora Batson, African-American soprano-baritone singer, is born.

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Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies in Paris, France at age 72. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953), dies at age 72.

Eleanor Everest Freer composer, is born.

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Louis Glass composer, is born.

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Richard Strauss, Munich Germany, composer (Till Eulenspiegel), is born.

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Sidney Homer composer, is born.

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John Felix August Korling composer, is born.

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Adolf Sandberger composer, is born.

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William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51.

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Alessandro Longo composer, is born.

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1865

Giuseppe Ferrata composer, is born.

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Harvey Worthington Loomis composer, is born.

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Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler composer, is born.

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John Park composer, dies at 61.

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Heinrich Reinhardt composer, is born.

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Felicjan Szopski composer, is born.

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August de Boeck composer, is born.

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Enrique Morera composer, is born.

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Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige), is born.

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Birth of Peter P. Bilhorn, sacred composer. He produced over 1,400 hymns in hislife, including 'I Will Sing the Wondrous Story' and 'Sweet Peace, The Gift of God's Love.'

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Alexander Glazunov St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana), is born.

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Paul Dukas, Paris France, composer (Vell�da), is born.

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Sebastian de Iradier Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56.

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Jean Sibelius Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia), is born.

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Gustav Luders composer, is born.

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Francisco Manuel da Silva composer, dies at 70.

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1866

Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov composer, is born.

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Rossetter Gleason Cole composer, is born.

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Bror Beckman composer, is born.

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Johann Strauss Austria, composer (Waltz King), is born.

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Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini composer, dies at 87.

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Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu composer, is born.

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Louis Clapisson composer, dies at 57.

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Rikard Nordraak composer, dies at 23.

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Ferruccio D M B Busoni Italy, pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino), is born.

Ref: 5

Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer, dies at 98.

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William Jackson composer, dies at 51.

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Victor Hollaender composer, is born.

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Ottokar Eugen Novacek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, Honfleur France, composer (M�moirs d'un Amb�sique), is born.

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Adolf Bernhard Marx composer, dies at 70.

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Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov composer, is born.

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Birth of Civilla D. Martin, teacher and songwriter, in Nova Scotia. A pastor's wife, she penned in 1904 the hymn, "Be Not Dismayed, Whate'er Betide" (a.k.a. "God Will Take Care of You").

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Henry Thacker Burleigh Erie PA, black composer (Springarn Medal), is born.

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Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda composer, dies at 65.

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Mieczyslaw Surzynski composer, is born.

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1867

Georges Martin Witkowski composer, is born.

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Jacques Urlus Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), is born.

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Herbert Bedford composer, is born.

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Claude Antoine Terrasse composer, is born.

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Jacques Urlus Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), is born.

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Edward Naylor composer, is born.

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Joe Howard New York NY, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), is born.

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Otto Hermann Kahn Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Company, is born.

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George Thomas Smart composer, dies at 90.

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Wilhelm Peterson-Berger composer, is born.

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Gustav Strube composer, is born.

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Wiktor Kazynski composer, dies at 54.

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Will Rossiter composer, is born.

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Ferdinando Giorgetti composer, dies at 70.

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Arturo Toscanini Parma Italy, temperamental conductor, is born.

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Edyth Walker US singer, is born.

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Death of Ithamar Conkey, 52, a popular 19th century English bass vocalist. He also composed the hymn-tune RATHBUN to which we sing today, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory."

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Dynam-Victor Fumet composer, is born.

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Thomas Tertius Noble composer, is born.

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LaVerne Andrews singer: contralto, group: The Andrews Sisters, dies.

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Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque composer, is born.

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Frances Densmore, ethnomusicologist, is born.

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Enrique Granados Lerida Spain, composer (Maria del Carmen), is born.

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Charles Koechlin Paris France, composer (Jacob Chez Luban), is born.

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Claude Antoine Terrasse composer, is born.

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Giovanni Pacini composer, dies at 71.

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Rudolf Viole composer, dies at 42.

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Jean-Georges Kastner composer, dies at 57.

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Fini Valdemar Henriques composer, is born.

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John Winter Thompson composer, is born.

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1868

Moritz Hauptmann composer, dies at 75.

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Vittorio Monti composer, is born.

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William Batchelder Bradbury composer, dies at 51.

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Heinrich Schenker Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66.

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Cyril Metodej Hrazdira composer, is born.

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Moritz Ganz composer, dies at 61.

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Juventino Rosas composer, is born.

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Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera), is born.

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Frederick Archibald Lamond composer, is born.

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Julian Aguirre composer, is born.

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Damaso Ledesma composer, is born.

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Lodewijk Mortelmans composer, is born.

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Leonard Borwick British pianist, is born.

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Carl Eberwein composer, dies at 81.

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Hamish MacCunn composer, is born.

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Patty Smith Hill author/songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), is born.

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Wojciech Gawronski composer, is born.

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Eduard Jacobs singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret), is born.

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Franz Adolf Berwald Swedish composer, dies at 71.

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John Blackwood McEwen composer, is born.

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Joel Angel Russian musicologist/composer, is born.

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Max Von Schillings German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag), is born.

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Jose Vianna da Motta composer, is born.

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Olof Wilhelm Udden composer, dies at 68.

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Paolo Gallico composer, is born.

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Fr�deric baron d'Erlanger French composer/banker, is born.

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Gioacchino (Antonio) Rossini composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76.

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Scott Joplin US, entertainer/composer (The Entertainer), is born.

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Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera), is born.

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Louis Victor Saar composer, is born.

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Ernst Henrik Ellberg composer, is born.

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Richard Batka composer, is born.

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1869

Paul Charles Rene Landormy composer, is born.

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Percy Pitt composer, is born.

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Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky composer, dies at 55.

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Carlo Felice Boghen composer, is born.

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Will Marion Cook composer, is born.

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Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley composer, dies at 72.

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Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer, is born.

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Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati composer, is born.

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Henry J Wood English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms), is born.

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Louis Hector Berlioz French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at age 65.

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Charles Lucas composer, dies at 60.

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Albert Roussel Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamende), is born.

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Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe composer, dies at 72.

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Piotr Studzinski composer, dies at 42.

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Karl Prohaska composer, is born.

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William Victor Harris composer, is born.

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Hans Erich Pfitzner Moscow Russia, composer (Krakquer Begr�s), is born.

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Wilhelm Bernard Molique composer, dies at 66.

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Francisco Lacerda composer, is born.

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Armas J�rnefelt Vyborg Finland, composer (Berceuse)

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Birth of E. O. Sellers, American Baptist musician. At various times the song evangelist for R.A. Torrey, Gipsy Smith, A.C. Dixon and J. Wilbur Chapman, Sellers is remembered today for his two original hymns: "Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart" and "Wonderful, Wonderful Jesus".

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Will Marion Cook composer, is born.

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Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli composer, is born.

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk composer, dies at 40.

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Harry Redman composer, is born.

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1870

Henry Eichheim composer, is born.

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Karl Schwencke composer, dies at 72.

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Adolf Ganz composer, dies at 73.

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Henryk Opienski Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko), is born.

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Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu composer, is born.

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Charles Arnold Tournemire composer, is born.

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Cesare Pugni composer, dies at 67.

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Leopold Eugen Mechura composer, dies at 66.

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Marie Lloyd (Matalida Alice Wood) British musical entertainer known for her impersonations, is born.

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Leopold Godowsky, Russian-born American pianist and composer, is born.

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Louis Coerne composer, is born.

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Oscar Straus Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum), is born.

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Theodore Labarre composer, dies at 65.

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Alfred Kastner composer, is born.

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Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles composer, dies at 75.

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Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide composer, dies at 48.

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Joseph Ryeland Belgian composer/Baron, is born.

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Charles-Auguste de Beriot Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68.

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Camille Marie Stamaty composer, dies at 59.

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William Henry Havergal composer, dies at 77.

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Simeon Roncal composer, is born.

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Hermann Suter composer, is born.

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Franz Leh�r, Hungarian operetta composer (Naughty Marietta), is born.

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Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski composer, is born.

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Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer, dies at 69.

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Gustave Vogt composer, dies at 89.

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John Lomax Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist, is born.

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Florent Schmitt Bl�mont France, composer (Fr�d�gonde), is born.

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Michael Balfe, Irish singer and composer; wrote "The Bohemian Girl", dies at age 62.

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Francis Louis Casadesus French violinist/composer/conductor, is born.

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Viteslav Augustin Rudolf Nov�k Slovak composer (Quasi una ballata), is born.

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Stanislaw Duniecki composer, dies at 31.

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Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante composer, dies at 75.

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Rosario Scalero composer, is born.

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Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov composer, dies at 72.

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1871

Frederick Shepherd Converse Newton MA, composer, is born.

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Bertram Shapleigh composer, is born.

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Leon Jessel composer, is born.

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Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco composer, is born.

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Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov composer, dies at 51.

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Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer composer, is born.

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Henry Steinway, German-bn. American piano builder, dies at age 73.

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Antonio Buzzolla composer, dies at 56.

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Fran�ois-Joseph F�tis Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 87.

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Willem Mengelberg Utrecht Netherlands, conductor (New York Philharmonic 1922-30), is born.

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F Melius Christiansen composer, is born.

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Georg Andreas Henkel composer, dies at 66.

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Charles-Louis Hanssens composer, dies at 68.

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Arthur Fickenscher composer, is born.

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Martin Lunssens composer, is born.

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Leo Blech composer, is born.

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Vojtech Rihovsky composer, is born.

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Arthur Finlay Nevin composer, is born.

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Sigismond Fortune Fran�ois Thalberg composer, dies at 59.

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Louise Homer opera singer: contralto: NY Metropolitan Opera House [1900-1919]; is born.

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Alberto Cametti composer, is born.

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August Reusner composer, is born.

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Daniel-Fran�ois-Esprit Auber French opera composer, dies at 89.

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Sigurd Lie composer, is born.

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Francisco Salvador Daniel composer, dies at 40.

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Aime Maillart composer, dies at 54.

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Death of Charlotte Elliott, 82, English devotional writer and author of the enduring hymn, "Just As I Am." (A serious illness at 33 had left her an invalid her remaining 50 years.)

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Alexander von Zemlinsky Vienna Austria, composer (Der Schneeman), is born.

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Henry Kimball Hadley composer, is born.

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Ferdinand Marcucci composer, dies at 71.

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1872

Alexander N Scriabin Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus), is born.

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Paul Graener composer, is born.

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Henri-Paul Busser composer, is born.

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Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov composer, is born.

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Paul Juon Russian/Swiss violinist/composer, is born.

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Felix Borowski composer, is born.

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Frank Hoyt Losey composer, is born.

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Sergei Diaghilev Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director, is born.

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Bernhard Seklas composer, is born.

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Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko composer, is born.

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Nicolaos Mantzaros composer, dies at 76.

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Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), is born.

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Tadeusz Joteyko composer, is born.

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Nikolai Amani composer, is born.

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Pauline de Haan-Manifarges Dutch singer, is born.

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Eyvind Alnaes composer, is born.

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Hugo Alfv�n Stockholm Sweden, composer (Midsommarvaka), is born.

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Thomas Hastings composer, dies at 87.

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Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski composer, dies at 63.

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Lowell Mason, organist/composer (Zebulo), dies.

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Darius Milhaud Aix-en-Provence France, composer (Maximilien)

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Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer: is born.

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Frederick A Stock Julich, Germany, conductor (Theodore Thomas Orchestra), is born.

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Mikulas Moyzes composer, is born.

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Johann Babtist Thaller composer, is born.

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Lorenzo Perosi Italian composer, is born.

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1873

John Lodge Ellerton composer, dies at 71.

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Karl Straube German organist/conductor, is born.

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Lucien Capet composer, is born.

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Fran�ois Rasse composer, is born.

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Henry Hugo Pierson composer, dies at 57.

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Clara Butt Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory), is born.

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Leopold Fall Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess), is born.

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Birth of George Bennard, American Methodist evangelist. He penned over 300 Gospel songs during his lifetime, but is primarily remembered today for one: "The Old Rugged Cross."

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Feodor Chaliapin, Russian operatic bass, is born.

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Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg composer, dies at 52.

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Dmitri Arakishvili composer, is born.

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Enrico Caruso opera singer: tenor: Canio in Pagliacci, Rodolfo in La Boh�me, Metropolitan Opera debut in Rigoletto; sang nearly 70 roles; appeared in nearly every country of Europe and North and South America; final performance: La Juive: the Met [1920]; is born in Naples, Italy.

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Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor composer, dies at 34.

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David Vaughan Thomas composer, is born.

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Max Reger Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/professor (Leipzig University), is born.

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Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis composer, dies at 52.

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Sergei Rachmaninoff, musician: pianist, composer: Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Second Piano Concerto; is born in Novgorod Province, Russia.

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Theodore Morse composer, is born.

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Carlo Coccia composer, dies at 90.

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Viktor Joseph Keldorfer composer, is born.

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Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky composer, dies at 60.

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Jean Roger-Ducasse composer, is born.

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Harold Bauer English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association), is born.

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Clarence Dickinson composer, is born.

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Kaspar Masek composer, dies at 79.

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Federico Gerdes Tacna Per�, orchestraestra director, is born.

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Otto Harbach songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes), is born.

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Leo Slezak,Austrian opera singer and film comedian, is born.

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Henri Rabaud Paris France, composer (Le Premer Glaire), is born.

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W. C. Handy, the American composer known as the "father of the blues", is born.

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Daniel Gregory Mason Brookline MA, composer (Chanticker), is born.

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Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen composer, is born.

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Pongrac Kacsoh composer, is born.

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Adolf Vogl composer, is born.

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Hubert Cuypers Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels), is born.

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Karel Moor composer, is born.

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1874

Hugo Leichtentritt composer, is born.

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Josef Suk Czech violinist/composer (Asrael), is born.

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Robert Lach composer, is born.

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Fritz Bennicke Hart composer, is born.

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Emilis Melngailis composer, is born.

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Mary Garden Aberdeen Scotland, opera star, is born.

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Anselmo Clave composer, dies at 49.

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Carl Vogler composer, is born.

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Max Ettinger composer, is born.

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Johann Richard Ohlsson composer, is born.

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Edmund Eysler Austrian composer, is born.

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Hans Christian Lumbye composer, dies at 63.

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Oskar Nedbal composer, is born.

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Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes composer, is born.

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Julius Bittner Austrian composer (Little Violet), is born.

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Vilem Blodek composer, dies at 39.

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Henry Clough-Leiter composer, is born.

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Francesco Paolo Neglia composer, is born.

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Serge Koussevitzky Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp), is born.

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Arnold Schonberg Vienna Austria, composer (Second Quartet), is born.

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Gustav Holst Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets), is born.

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Dominicus Johner composer, is born.

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Franz Schmidt composer, is born.

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Johann Peter Pixis composer, dies at 86.

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Ernest Austin composer, is born.

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1875

Baldassare Galuppi Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68.

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George Bizet composer, dies.

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Reinhold Gliere Kiev Ukraine, composer, is born.

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Joseph Philbrick Webster composer, dies at 55.

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Leopold Jansa composer, dies at 79.

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Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo composer, is born.

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Eddie Pola composer (Lullabye of Broadway), is born.

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Sir William Sterndale Bennett, English pianist, conductor and composer, dies at age 58.

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Fritz Kreisler, violin virtuoso/composer: Caprice Viennois, Tambourin Chinois, Liebesfreud, La Gitana; is born in Vienna, Austria.

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Raymond Moulaert composer, is born.

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Erkki Gustav Melartin composer, is born.

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Walter Courvoisier composer, is born.

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Sidney Hugo Nicholson composer, is born.

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Sara Wennerberg-Reuter composer, is born.

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Jean B Vuillaume French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76.

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Richard Wetz composer, is born.

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Viliam Figus composer, is born.

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Composer of Bol�ro, Maurice Ravel is born in Cibourne, France.

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Martin Fallas Shaw composer, is born.

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Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser composer, is born.

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Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul composer, dies at 84.

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Julio Garreta composer, is born.

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Norman Houstoun O'Neill composer, is born.

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Ferdinand Laub composer, dies at 43.

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Paul Rubens composer, is born.

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Marie Moke Pleyel composer, dies at 63.

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Pierre Monteux Paris France, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919-24), is born.

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Jozef Szulc composer, is born.

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Jeno Huszka composer, is born.

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Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura composer, dies at 58.

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Guido Alberto Fano composer, is born.

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Johann Wilhelm Mangold composer, dies at 78.

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Italo Montemezzi composer, is born.

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Georges Bizet, composer of Carmen and The Pearl Fishers, dies at age 36.

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Sir Donald Francis Tovey Eton England, musicologist, is born.

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Albert William Ket�lbey Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker), is born.

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast), is born.

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Dobri Khristov composer, is born.

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Friedrich Niggli composer, is born.

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Antoine Mariotte composer, is born.

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Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov composer, dies at 75.

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1876

William Yeates Hurlstone composer, is born.

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Charles EH de Coussemaker Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70.

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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Venice Italy, composer, is born.

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Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen composer, is born.

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Havergal Brian Dresden Staffordshire, composer, is born.

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Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls composer, is born.

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Johan August Soderman composer, dies at 43.

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Fyodor Akimenko composer, is born.

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Henry John Gauntlett composer, dies at 70.

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Wadi' Sabra composer, is born.

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Jean Poveigh composer, is born.

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John Alden Carpenter Chicago IL, composer (Sea Drift), is born.

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Charles Edward Horsley composer, dies at 53.

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Alfred Holmes composer, dies at 38.

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Franco Alfano Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio), is born.

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Carl Ruggles, Marion MA, composer (Evocations), is born.

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Frederic Ayers composer, is born.

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Jozef Stefani composer, dies at 75.

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Jan Ingenhoven composer, is born.

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Viktor Patrick Vretblad composer, is born.

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Augustin-Philippe Peellaert composer, dies at 83.

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Samuel Sebastian Wesley composer, dies at 65.

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Ruben Marcos Campos composer, is born.

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Franz count of Pocci German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69.

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Raoul Laparra composer, is born.

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John Owen Jones composer, is born.

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Ernest Schelling Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball), is born.

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Bruno Walter (B.W. Schlesinger), Berlin Germany, conductor (NY Phil), is born.

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Yekaterina Geltzer, Russian ballerina, is born.

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Manuel de Falla, composer, is born in Cadiz, Spain. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Hermann Goetz composer, dies at 35.

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Ludwig Schiedermair German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv), is born.

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Mieczyslaw Karlowicz composer, is born.

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Carlo Gatti composer, is born.

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Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, cellist/conductor/composer, is born.

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Popular American hymnwriter Philip P. Bliss, 38, died when the train in which he and his wife were riding plunged off a bridge into a ravine 60 feet below. Bliss had penned such enduring hymns as: "Wonderful Words of Life, "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning," "I Will Sing of My Redeemer" and "I Gave My Life for Thee."

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1877

Pietro Romani composer, dies at 85.

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Hans Jelmoli composer, is born.

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Ruth St Denis Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), is born.

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Thomas Frederick Dunhill composer, is born.

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Joseph-Leon Gatayes composer, dies at 71.

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Feliks Nowowiejski composer, is born.

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Jazeps Medins composer, is born.

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Louis Fran�ois-Marie Aubert French composer (Habanera), is born.

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Rudolf Ganz composer, is born.

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Russell Alexander composer, is born.

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Sergei Bortkiewicz composer, is born.

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Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike composer, is born.

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Crystobal Oudrid y Segura composer, dies at 52.

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Vincenzo Fioravanti composer, dies at 77.

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Arnold Schering German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik), is born.

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Errico Petrella composer, dies at 63.

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Arthur Farwell composer, is born.

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Charles Cuvillier, composer, is born.

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Vernon Castle, ballroom dancer, is born.

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Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar composer, is born.

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John Roberts composer, dies at 54.

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Billy Murray singer, is born.

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Ernst von Dohnanyi, composer, is born in Pressburg, Hungary. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Paul Emile Ladmirault composer, is born.

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Federico Ricci composer, dies at 68.

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Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych composer, is born.

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Lieven Duvosel Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys), is born.

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Endre Ady Hungary, lyric poet, is born.

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Alberto Mazzucato composer, dies at 64.

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1878

Edwin Franko Goldman composer, is born.

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Fran�ois Ambrosiny French dancer/choreograph (L'oiseau enchant�), is born.

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Johanna Muller-Hermann composer, is born.

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Rutland Boughton composer, is born.

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Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski] German composer (Der Juxbaron), is born.

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Waclaw Gieburowski composer, is born.

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Ossip Gabrilovich composer, is born.

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Selim Palmgren Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl), is born.

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Fritz Cortolezis composer, is born.

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Franz Hunten composer, dies at 84.

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Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont composer, is born.

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Joseph Gustav Mraczek composer, is born.

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Thurlow Weed Lieurance composer, is born.

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Franz Schrecker composer, is born.

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Albin Masek composer, dies at 73.

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Theodore Samuel Holland composer, is born.

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Dobri Voynikov composer, dies at 44.

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Eugene Gautier composer, dies at 56.

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Wilhelm Speyer composer, dies at 87.

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Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg composer, is born.

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Rudolf Nelson composer, is born.

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Temistocle Solera composer, dies at 62.

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Francisco Pujol composer, is born.

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Adam von Ahn Carse composer, is born.

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Franz von Holstein composer, dies at 52.

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Vaudeville dancer Bill �Bojangles� (Luther) Robinson is born.

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Isadora Duncan, San Fransisco CA, free form/interpretative dancer, is born.

Ref: 68

Carlo Marsili composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Albert Siklos, Hungarian cellist, composer and musicologist, is born.

Ref: 70

George M. Cohan, American entertainer and songwriter, is born.

Ref: 2

George M Cohan entertainer, Give my regards to Broadway, is born.

Ref: 5

Arrigo Pedrollo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Anton Lajovic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jose Bernardo Alcedo composer, dies at 90.

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1879

Adolf Jensen composer, dies at 42.

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Sydney Baynes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Natanael Berg composer, is born.

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Franz Carl Bornschein composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Gilbert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Otakar Ostrcil composer, is born.

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Frank Bridge English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten, is born.

Ref: 5

Jose Sancho Marraco composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Justus Hermann Wetzel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Haas German (opera) composer (Tobias Wunderlich), is born.

Ref: 5

Otakar Zich composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gabriel Groulez composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ernst Friedrich Richter composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Sir Thomas Beecham England, composer, founded London Philharmonic, is born.

Ref: 5

Johan H T Norlind Swedish musicologist, is born.

Ref: 5

Eastwood Lane composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Emile Paul Cras composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Hambourg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne), is born.

Ref: 5

Ottorino Respighi Bologna, Italy, composer (Pines of Rome), is born.

Ref: 5

August Bournonville, Danish director of the Danish Royal Ballet, dies at age 74.

Ref: 2

Herbert Hamilton Harty composer, is born.

Ref: 5

(Charles) Rudolf Friml, Czechoslovakian/US composer (Bohemian suite), is born.

Ref: 4

Percy Fletcher composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolf von Laban Czechoslovakian/German choreographer (modern dance), is born.

Ref: 5

Otto Emanuel Olsson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Armen Tigran Tigranyan composer, is born.

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Julius Weismann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1880

Nicolai Karlovich Medtner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolf T Palm Cura�ao, pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Francis George Scott composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Guarnieri composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Balilla Pratella composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Aida Overton Walker US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome), is born.

Ref: 5

Edgar Leslie Bainton composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eric De Lamarter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Shepherd composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Edgar Istel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Guillermo Uribe Holguin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gustav Adolf Mankell composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Joseph Rummel composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Rosina Lh�vinne Kiev Ukraine, pianist/professor (Juilliard Graduate School), is born.

Ref: 5

Achille Peri composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Jakob Axel Josephson composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Henryk Wieniawski Polish violist/composer, dies at 44.

Ref: 5

Diederich Krug composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Victor Schertzinger, composer/director (Uptown NY), is born.

Ref: 5

Michel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer

Ref: 70

Mikhail Fokine Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Hermann Berens composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

John Goss composer/organist, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Karl August Krebs composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Pablo Luna y Carne composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Curwen composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Ernest Bloch Geneva, Switzerland, composer (MacBeth), is born.

Ref: 68

Jacques Thibaud Bordeaux France, violinist (Caf� Rogue), is born.

Ref: 5

Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann), dies.

Ref: 68

Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann), dies at age 61.

Ref: 70

Josephine Lang composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Alexander Schmuller Russian/Netherlands violinist/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Nemesio Otano y Eugenio composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alessandro Nini composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alfred Einstein German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein, is born.

Ref: 5

1881

Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gustave Frederic Soderlund composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens Flemish composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Jose Ignacio Quinton composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Weigl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Armin Knab German composer (Eichendorff-cycle), is born.

Ref: 5

Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer who wrote "Boris Godunov", dies at age 42.

Ref: 70

Paul Le Flem composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hermann Sandby composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nikolay Rubinstein composer, dies at 45.

Ref: 5

B�la Bart�k, composer, is born. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Ref: 5

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky composer, dies at 42.

Ref: 5

Gaetano Gaspari composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Fernand Lamy composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Harvey Bartlett Gaul composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George William Martin composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Hermann KJ Zilcher German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart), is born.

Ref: 5

Nikolai Miaskovsky Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us), is born.

Ref: 5

Sem Dresden composer/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Otakar Sini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan van Gilse composer/resistance fighter (Frau Helga von Staveren), is born.

Ref: 5

Pascual Rogatis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ilona Durigo Hungarian singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georgi Atanasov composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frederik Septimus Kelly composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georges Enesco, composer, is born in Dorohoiu, Rumania. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Wakefield Cadman composer, is born.

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1882

Anton Emil Titl composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Peter Singer composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Fabio Campana composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Guglielmo Quarenghi composer, dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Felice Lattuada composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gheorghe Cucu composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gustav Schmidt composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Ignaz Friedman composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Kurt Schindler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ladislav Vycpalek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Geraldine Farrar US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Heinrich Stein composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Louis Kufferath composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Gian Francesco Malipiero composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bascom Lamar Lunsford Appalachian folk song writer: Good Old Mountain Dew; started first folk music festival in 1928: annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival at Asheville, N.C.; responsible for formation of the National Clogging and Hoedown Council; died in 1973, is born.

Ref: 4

Haydn Wood composer, is born.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Mary Howe composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Seth Bingham composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas), is born.

Ref: 5

Leopold Stokowski London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony), is born.

Ref: 5

Birth of George S. Schuler, American music educator. Affiliated with Moody Bible Institute for 40 years, Schuler is remembered today for composing the melody to the hymn, "Make Me a Blessing."

Ref: 5

Albert Coates St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Marx Austrian composer/critic, is born.

Ref: 5

Eduardo Fabini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Igor (Fedorovich) Stravinsky composer: The Firebird, Petrouchka, The Rite of Spring, The Wedding, The Soldier�s Tale; is born in Oranienbaum, Russia.

Ref: 68

Percy Grainger Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs), is born.

Ref: 5

Death of Charles W. Fry, 45, English Salvation Army worker. It was Fry who penned the words to the lyric hymn, "I Have Found a Friend in Jesus" (a.k.a. "Lily of the Valley").

Ref: 5

Karol Szymanowski, Timoshovka Ukraine, composer (Stabatmater), is born.

Ref: 5

Amelita Galli-Curci opera soprano: "If not the greatest coloratura soprano of all time, she must surely be recognized as among the world?s finest examples of true operatic artistry", is born.

Ref: 4

Manuel Mar�a Ponce Fresnillo M�xico, composer (Estrellita), is born.

Ref: 5

Joaqufn Turina Seville Spain, composer (Rima), is born.

Ref: 5

Zoltan Kodaly, Kecskemet Hungary, composer (Psalmus Hungaricus), is born.

Ref: 5

Walter Braunfels composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1883

Nicolas Ledesma composer, dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Josue Teofilo Wilkes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Henrik Ibsen's "En Folkefiende" premieres in Oslo.

Ref: 5

Hermann Abendroth German conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacopo Tomadini composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Friedrich von Flotow, German-born French composer, dies at age 70.

Ref: 5

Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eubie Blake ragtime composer/pianist (I'm Just Wild About Harry, Memories of You), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul August von Klenau Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith), is born.

Ref: 5

Bainbridge Crist composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wilhelm Richard Wagner German composer (Die Walk�re), dies in Venice at 69.

Ref: 5

Napoleon Coste composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Jaroslav Kocian composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Deis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel Gomez Carillo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Judge Jackson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Enrico Toselli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Manen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karol Studzinski composer, dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Josef Matthais Hauer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Hasse composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jules van Nuffel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Kunc composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William H Harris composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Aleksander V Aleksandrov Russian composer/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Renzo Bossi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alexander Alexandrov composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hermann Darewsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Agnes Tyrrell composer, dies at 36.

Ref: 5

Octave Fouque composer, dies at 38.

Ref: 5

David John de Lloyd composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leopold Samuel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Petar Konjovic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gino Roncaglia composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Stanley Robert Marchant composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mamie Smith, blues singer, is born.

Ref: 2

George Dyson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Luigi Perrachio composer, is born.

Ref: 5

August Freyer composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

William Beatton Moonie composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Riccardo Zandonai composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alfredo Casella Turin Italy, composer (La Giara), is born.

Ref: 5

Lord Berners (Gerald Tyrwhitt) England, composer (1st Childhood), is born.

Ref: 5

Birth of C. Harold Lowden, American sacred composer. His most enduring hymn tunes today are GENEVA ("God Who Touchest Earth with Beauty") and LIVING ("Living for Jesus a Life That is True").

Ref: 5

Sir Arnold Bax London, England, composer (Farewell My Youth), is born.

Ref: 5

Ernest Ansermet Vevey Switzerland, conductor (Ruilles de Printemps), is born.

Ref: 5

Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Anton [Friedrich Wilhelm] von Webern Vienna Austria, 12-tone composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manolis Kalomiris Greek opera composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Louis Davids [Simon David] Dutch cabaret performer/chorus performer, is born.

Ref: 5

Edgard Victor Achille C Var�se Paris France, composer (Innisation), is born.

Ref: 5

Fran Lhotka composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marek Konrad Sokolowski composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

1884

George W Meyer Boston MA, composer/lyricist (Bells of St. Mary's, Broadway Babies), is born.

Ref: 5

Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Taglioni "the Great", Italian/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

James Philip Dunn composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Louis Horst, American pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sophie Tucker [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas, is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Louis Wolff composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Auguste Franchomme composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Johann Christian Gebauer composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Edward Kilenyi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Juhan Aavic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Pike Hullah composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Christina A A [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alfred Sendrey composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leon Jongen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Winter Haynes Watts composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolf Piskacek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Glauco Velasquez composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gino Marinuzzi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wilhelm Backhaus Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905), is born.

Ref: 5

Hans Hampel composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Franco Vittadini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Armas Emmanuel Launis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Israel Elkus composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Felipe Boero composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bedrich Smetana, Bohemian composer of operas and symphonic poems, dies at age 60.

Ref: 70

Louis Brassin composer, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Arthur Meulemans Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10), is born.

Ref: 5

Alceo Toni composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bax Brod composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John McCormack, Irish tenor, is born.

Ref: 70

Louis Gruenberg near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Tomlinson Griffes Elmira NY, composer (White Peacock)

Ref: 5

Alice Mary Smith composer, dies at 45.

Ref: 5

Evert Cornelis Dutch conductor/pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinando Liuzzi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bernard van Dieren composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Heinrich David composer, is born.

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1885

Roland Diggle composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eduard Yosif Kotek composer, dies at 29.

Ref: 5

Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jerome Kern the father of the American musical: composer: Show Boat, Ol� Man River, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Lovely to Look At, The Way You Look Tonight, The Last Time I Saw Paris; is born in New York, NY.

Ref: 4

Eduard K�nneke German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda), is born.

Ref: 5

Leadbelly (Huddie William Ledbetter) American guitarist, blues singer, songwriter: The Rock Island Line, The Midnight Special, Goodnight Irene; is born in Mooringsport LA.

Ref: 68

Anna Pavlova, St Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer, is born.

Ref: 68

Licinio Refice composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Wurz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leopold Damrosch composer, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Lili Green [Alice Sally Mary], Netherlands/England dancer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tamara Karsavina, Russian-English ballerina, is born.

Ref: 70

Giacomo Benvenuti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Adriano Lualdi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jakabs Medins composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Julius Harrison composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman composer, dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Franz Wilhelm Abt German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Philipp Fahrbach composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Dimitrie Cuclin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carlos Leon Salzedo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dimitrios Levidis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leo Weiner Hungary, composer (Fasching), is born.

Ref: 5

Cecil Burleigh composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Henry Holmes composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Wallingford Riegger Albany GA, composer (Bacchangle), is born.

Ref: 5

Luigi Russolo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lauro Rossi composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Pavel Krizkovsky composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Edward Stephen composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

"King" Joseph Oliver, jazz cornetist and bandleader, is born.

Ref: 2

Otto Klemperer Breslau Germany, conductor/composer (Das Ziel), is born.

Ref: 5

Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Julio Fonseca composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Werner Josten Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle), is born.

Ref: 5

Elisabeth Schumann, soprano with the Vienna State Opera, is born.

Ref: 68

Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe (Jelly Roll) Morton, American jazz musician and composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Martinelli Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met), is born.

Ref: 5

Birth of Haldor Lillenas, American hymnwriter. He penned nearly 4,000 Gospel texts and hymn tunes during his lifetime, including "It Is Glory Just to Walk With Him," Wonderful Grace of Jesus" and "Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace."

Ref: 5

Jerome Kern New York City NY, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta), is born.

Ref: 5

Eduard K�nneke German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda), is born.

Ref: 5

Guy de Lioncourt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Janos Hammerschlag composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mario Varvoglis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Edgard Var�se Paris France, composer (Innisation), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Deems Taylor composer: operas: The King�s Henchman, Peter Ibbetson; writer; music critic: New York World [1921-25], New York American [1931-32]; intermission commentator for Sunday radio broadcasts of NY Philharmonic [1936 to 1943]; president of ASCAP; married to poet and playwright Mary Kennedy; is born in New York, NY.

Ref: 4

1886

Jakob Eduard Schmolzer composer, dies at 73.

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Jose Antonio de Donostia composer, is born.

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Amilcare Ponchielli Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Amilcare Ponchielli Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51.

Ref: 5

John Joseph Becker composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wilhelm F�rtw�ngler Berlin Germany, conductor/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Erwin Kroll composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jakob Eduard Schmolzer composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Michel Brusselmans composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Luther Foote composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Edward Sammons composer, is born.

Ref: 5

James Friskin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Reginald Owen Morris composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Henri D Gagnebin Swiss organist, is born.

Ref: 5

Jaroslav Novotny composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Rossi composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Casimir von Paszthory composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacques Handschin Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter), is born.

Ref: 5

Ethel Leginska composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karoly Thern composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Jekabs Graubins composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Konstantin Mostras composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ma Rainey (Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett) "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Merrik composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Marcel Dupr�, French organist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel Borguno composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jef van Hoof composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hermann Grabner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Achron Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite), is born.

Ref: 5

Alfonso XIII Borb�n King of Spain (1902-31), is born.

Ref: 5

Ole Windingstad composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Paray Le Tr�port Normandy, conductor/composer (Artemis Trouble), is born.

Ref: 5

Al Jolson [Asa Yoelson] jazz singer/silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee), is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolai Sokoloff near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symphony), is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Liszt composer: The Hungarian Rhapsodies, Les Preludes, Orpheus, Tasso, Faust, Hungarian Fantasy, Sonata in B Minor; dies at age 74 in Bayreuth, Bavaria.

Ref: 4

Eric Coates Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pedro Sanjuan San Sebastian, Spain, composer (Castilla), is born.

Ref: 5

Rex Maupin St Joseph MO, orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV), is born.

Ref: 5

Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski composer, dies at 27.

Ref: 5

Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Norman Peterkin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

(Edward) Kid Ory, US musician, exponent of New Orleans jazz, is born.

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1887

Alfred Henry Ackley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lily Theresa Strickland composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carlo Jachino composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ernst "Putzi" Hanfst�ngl German/US pianist/politician (NSDAP), is born.

Ref: 5

Alexander Borodin composer, dies.

Ref: 5

Leevi Antti Madetoja composer, is born.

Ref: 5

David McKinley Williams composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Oskar Frederik Lindberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Wilhelm Troszel composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Heitor Villa-Lobos Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz), is born.

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Henri Gagnon composer, is born.

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Heino Eller composer, is born.

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Carlos Isamitt composer, is born.

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Lawrence Collingwood composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Emanuel Kania composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Anthony van Hoboken Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog), is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolf F W Boskaljon Cura�ao, musician/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jose Maria Usandizaga composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Heinz Tiessen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Carl Ferdinand Pohl composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Wilhelm Markull composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Vernon Castle dancer, actor: The Whirl of Life; is born.

Ref: 4

G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence.

Ref: 5

Nandor Zsolt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ludwig Mathias Lindeman composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Gino Tagliapietra composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Finley Williamson Canton Ohio, conductor (Westminster Choir), is born.

Ref: 5

Marcel Tabuteau Compi�gne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54), is born.

Ref: 5

Sigmund Romberg Nagykanizsa Hungary, operetta composer (Blossom Time), is born.

Ref: 5

Jenny (Johanna) Lind �The Swedish Nightingale�: singer; dies.

Ref: 4

Paul Wittgenstein Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Lamb composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ernst Toch Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre), is born.

Ref: 5

Vicente Emilio Sojo Guatire Venezuela, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Kurt Magnus Atterberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jules Fran�ois Blasini Cura�ao pianist/composer, dies at 40.

Ref: 5

Kiyoshi Nobutoki composer, is born.

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Henry George Ley composer, is born.

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1888

Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday.

Ref: 5

Claude Delvincourt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Stephen Heller composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Candelario Huizar composer, is born.

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Matthijs Vermeulen Dutch composer/music critic, is born.

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Lotte Lehmann Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello), is born.

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Krsto Odak composer, is born.

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Ciro Pinsuti Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57.

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Hall Johnson composer, is born.

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Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan composer, dies at 74.

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Gertrude Bridget "Ma" Rainey, American singer, "the mother of the blues., is born.

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Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, Russian-born American impresario; popularized classical ballet and music in America, is born.

Ref: 17

Leon Blum, Russian-born impresario; popularized classical ballet and music in America, is born.

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Florence Smith Price US composer (Wanamaker Prize 1932), is born.

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William Fisk Sherwin composer, dies at 62.

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William L Axt composer, is born.

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Max(imilian Raoul Walter) Steiner Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind), is born.

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Irving Berlin [Isadore Balin] Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas), is born.

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May Aufderheide composer, is born.

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Louis Durey composer, is born.

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Actor, singer Maurice (Auguste) Chevalier is born.

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Burnet Corwin Tuthill NYC, composer (Laurentia), is born.

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Franz Xaver Witt composer, dies at 54.

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Ion Nonna Otescu composer, is born.

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Aleksandar I Karadordjevic king of Yugoslavia (1921-34), is born.

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Askell Snorrason composer, is born.

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Ernst Toch, composer and pianist, is born.

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Mariano Obiols composer, dies at 79.

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Fritz Reiner Budapest Hungary, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony 1938-48), is born.

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Gabriel von Wayditch composer, is born.

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1889

Alexander Smallens St Petersburg, Russia, conductor, is born.

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Tadeusz Jarecki composer, is born.

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Tito Schipa Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine), is born.

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Martin Andreas Udbye composer, dies at 68.

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Vincenzo Davico composer, is born.

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer, is born.

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Francisco Santiago composer, is born.

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Rudolf Mauersberger composer, is born.

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Joseph Gungl composer, dies at 78.

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Ioan Dumitru Chirescu composer, is born.

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John Mills musician: guitar, singer: bass: group: The Mills Brothers [father of the four Mills brothers, took youngest son John, Jr.�s place after his death in 1935]: Paper Doll, You Always Hurt the One You Love, I Love You So Much It Hurts, I�ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, Someday [You�ll Want Me To Want You], Be My Life�s Companion, Glow-Worm; is born.

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Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov composer, is born.

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Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky composer, is born.

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Fritz Behrend composer, is born.

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Edward Sydney Smith composer, dies at 49.

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William Henry Monk composer, dies at 66.

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Vaclav Kapral composer, is born.

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Moritz Furstenau composer, dies at 64.

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Grigoras Dinicu composer, is born.

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Sir Adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra), is born.

Ref: 5

Efrem Zimbalist Rostov on the Don Russia, composer/concert violinist, is born.

Ref: 5

Nick La Rocca US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag), is born.

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Acario Cotapos composer, is born.

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Rudolph Hermann Simonsen composer, is born.

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Marcel Moyse Saint-Amour, France, flutist (20 Exercises et �tudes), is born.

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Felix Arndt composer, is born.

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Birth of Mary Susanne Edgar, a Canadian YWCA leader who wrote a number of hymns during her years of leading a Christian camping ministry with girls. Her best-remembered hymn: "God, Who Touchest Earth with Beauty."

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Gilardo Gilardi composer, is born.

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Sverre Jordan composer, is born.

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Jose Padilla composer, is born.

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Amelita Galli-Curci Italy, operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds), is born.

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Albert J Sylvester England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977), is born.

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Baltasar Saldoni composer, dies at 82.

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Heathcote Dicken Statham composer, is born.

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Vaclav Stepan composer, is born.

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Clarence Loomis composer, is born.

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Vaslav F Nijinski Ukraine/US ballet dancer (l'apr�s-midi d'une faune), is born.

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Bozidar Sirola composer, is born.

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1890

Hans Matthison-Hansen composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Francesco D'Arcais composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Salomon Sulzer composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Franz Paul Lachner composer, dies at 86.

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Marguerite Canal composer, is born.

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Karl Merz composer, dies at 53.

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Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov composer, is born.

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Antonio Massana composer, is born.

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Dame Myra Hess, London England, concert pianist, is born.

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Russian Dancer Vaslav Nijinsky is born in Kiev, Ukraine. Also Ref

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Vaslav Najinsky, Russian ballet dancer, is born.

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Michael Taube composer, is born.

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Henry Wylde composer, dies at 67.

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Harold Morris composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lauritz Melchior Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (National Symphony), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Whiteman, Denver CO, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club), is born.

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John Barnett composer, dies at 87.

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Donald Nichols Tweedy composer, is born.

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Hubert Leonard composer, dies at 71.

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Philip James composer, is born.

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Beniamino Gigli Italy, tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde), is born.

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Albert van Raalte conductor (AVRO-orchestra), is born.

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Viktor Ernst Nessler composer, dies at 49.

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Francis de Bourguignon composer, is born.

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Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46), is born.

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Al Goodman Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), is born.

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Jacques Ibert Paris France, composer (Escales), is born.

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La Argentina, Spanish dancer, is born.

Ref: 70

Frank Martin Geneva Switzerland, composer (In Terra Fax), is born.

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Cesar Franck, Belgian-French Romantic composer, dies at age 67 in Paris, France.

Ref: 70

Bohuslav Jan Martinu Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti), is born.

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Niels Vilhelm Gade Danish composer, dies at 73.

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Maurice Schoemaker composer, is born.

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1891

Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert composer, dies at 79.

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Bronislava Nijinska ballet choreographer, is born.

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Fredrik Pacius composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakm�), dies at age 54.

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Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Mischa Elman Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist, is born.

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Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov composer, is born.

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Timothy Mather Spelman composer, is born.

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Calixa Lavallee composer, dies at 48.

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Karel Boleslav Jirak composer, is born.

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Max Drischner composer, is born.

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James Price Johnson composer, is born.

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Joachim Stutschewsky composer, is born.

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Edgar Palm Cura�ao, pianist/composer, is born.

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Maurice Yvain composer, is born.

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Lucien Cailliet composer, is born.

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Georges E Migot French composer, is born.

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Federico Moreno Torroba composer, is born.

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Catherine Murphy Urner composer, is born.

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Paul Whiteman, US musician, bandleader, is born.

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Erich Walter Sternberg composer, is born.

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Alvin P[leasant Delaney] Carter Maces Springs VA, vocalist (Carter Family), is born.

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Vaino Raitio composer, is born.

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Stephen Albert Emery composer, dies at 49.

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Jules Eugene Abraham Alary composer, dies at 77.

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Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Sontsovka Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf), is born.

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Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev composer, is born.

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Frederick Jacobi composer, is born.

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Egon Kornauth composer, is born.

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Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach composer, dies at 73.

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Frederick Bowen Jewson composer, dies at 67.

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Claude Adonai Champagne composer, is born.

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Ted Lewis (Theodore Leopold Friedman) clarinettist, singer, bandleader: Ted Lewis & His Band: Somebody Stole My Gal, Alexander�s Ragtime Band; is born.

Ref: 4

Hermann Scherchen Berlin Germany, conductor (Nature of Music), is born.

Ref: 5

Sir Arthur Bliss (Edward Drummond) London, composer (Olympians), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Munch Strasbourg, Alsatian conductor (French Legion D'Honeur), is born.

Ref: 5

Ted Shawn, American dancer, is born.

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Holger Simon Paulli composer, dies at 81.

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Alfred Cellier composer, dies at 47.

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1892

Artur Rodzinski Spalato Dalmatia Poland, conductor/composer, is born.

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Miklos Radnai composer, is born.

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Rudolf Moser composer, is born.

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Werner Wehrli composer, is born.

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Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn composer, dies at 91.

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Charles Albert White composer, dies at 62.

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Frank Hutchens composer, is born.

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Alexandre Levy composer, dies at 27.

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Mitya Stillman composer, is born.

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Charles Trowbridge Haubiel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

K Rudolf Mengelberg composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall), is born.

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Yrl� Henrik Kilpinen Finnish composer, is born.

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Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Nikolaj A Orloff Russian/British pianist (Chopin), is born.

Ref: 5

Rui Coelho composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Oscar Honegger, Le Havre France, composer (King David), is born.

Ref: 5

Eva Turner British soprano, is born.

Ref: 5

Alec Rowley composer, is born.

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Sayed Darwish composer, is born.

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Robert Denzler composer, is born.

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Arthor Goring Thomas composer, dies at 41.

Ref: 5

Anton Wallerstein composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolf von) Grof� New York NY, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Adolf Rzepko composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Mateusz Glinski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Victor de Sabata Trieste Italy, conductor (Il Macigno), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Dodds early jazz clarinettist, is born.

Ref: 5

Germaine Tailleferre [Les Six] Pau-St-Maur France, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jaroslav Kvapil composer, is born.

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Nikolai Obouhov composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies in Paris, France at age 69. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Ref: 5

John Jacob Niles, American folk singer and folklorist, is born.

Ref: 2

Georges Antoine composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Howard Barlow Plain City OH, conductor (Voice of Firestone), is born.

Ref: 5

Wilhelm Rust composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Jan Nepomuk Skroup composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Ernest Guiraud composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Ezio Pinza Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Eric Westberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Arthur Vincent Lourie composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Felix Petyrek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Tauber [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass (New York Metropolitan-South Pacific), is born.

Ref: 5

Louis van Tulder Dutch tenor (From Office Stool to High C), is born.

Ref: 5

Birth of Earl B. Marlatt, American religious educator and hymnologist. In 1926 Marlatt penned the hymn, "`Are Ye Able?' Said the Master," to be sung in a consecration service at Boston University's School of Religion.

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Louis Fourestier composer, is born.

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Willem Ravelli baritone singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist, is born in Indiana.

Ref: 68

Hilding Rosenberg Bosjkloster Sweden, composer (Babels Torn), is born.

Ref: 5

Hubert Julian (Jay) Stowitts the first American star in the Russian ballet, and Anna Pavlova's only American partner, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Szigeti Budapest Hungary, violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933), is born.

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Birth of Harry Dixon Loes, sacred music educator. A writer of gospel songs and choruses, it was Loes who composed the hymn tune REDEEMER ("Up Calvary's Mountain, One Dreadful Morn").

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Mitya Stillman composer, is born.

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Leo Ornstein composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leo Ornstein Kremenchug Russia, composer (Bio in Sonata Form), is born.

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David Guion composer, is born.

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Jose Maria Castro composer, is born.

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Charles Balmer composer, dies at 75.

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Feliks Roderyk Labunski composer, is born.

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Jaromir Fiala composer, is born.

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1893

Manuel Palau Boix composer, is born.

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Friedrich Blume German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik), is born.

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Jan Evangelista Zelinka composer, is born.

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John Lawrence Seymour composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Julius Eichberg composer, dies at 68.

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Vincenz Lachner composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Phillips Brooks lyricist: O Little Town of Bethlehem; dies.

Ref: 4

Elliot Griffis composer, is born.

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Edric Cundell composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Martian Negrea composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bernard Rogers New York NY, composer (Warrior, Marriage of Aude, Passion), is born.

Ref: 5

Walter Donaldson US pianist/composer (Girl Crazy, Whoopee), is born.

Ref: 5

Andr�s Segovia Linares Spain, classical guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Messner composer, is born.

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Maxime Dumoulin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Samuel Hughes composer, dies at 37.

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[Walter] Furry Lewis father of the blues, is born.

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Hans Munch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karel Komzak composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Clemens Krauss Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orchestra-1937), is born.

Ref: 5

Irene Castle (Foote) dancer, costume designer, actress: The Whirl of Life, The First Law, The Broadway Bride, French Heels, Broadway After Dark; subject of movie: The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle [1939]; is born.

Ref: 4

Edgar "Yip" Harburg, lyricist ("Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?," "Over the Rainbow"), is born.

Ref: 2

Disma Fumagalli composer, dies at 66.

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Federico Mompou composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Yasser composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gyula Beliczay composer, dies at 57.

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Josef Rudolf Zavrtal composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

George Washington Hewitt composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Ivan Alexandrovich Vishnegradsky composer, is born.

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Michel Gusikoff composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Amadeus Pisk composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sir Eugene Goossens London England, conductor/composer (Perseus), is born.

Ref: 5

William "Big Bill" Broonzy, blues singer and guitarist, is born.

Ref: 2

Douglas Stuart Moore Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard), is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Benjamin Sydney Australia, composer (Jamaican Rumba), is born.

Ref: 5

Fabien Sevitzky Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor (Phila Orch), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Gounod, composer, dies in Paris, France. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, dies of cholera in St. Petersburg, Russia, at age 53 after knowingly drinking unboiled water

Ref: 68

Eduard Franck composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Louis Freeman band leader, is born.

Ref: 5

George Elvey composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Walter Rein composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vladimir Golschmann Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat, is born.

Ref: 5

Benedikt Randhartinger composer, dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Harry Warren (Salvatore Guaragna) composer: Song Writer�s Hall of Famer: Best Song Oscars: Lullaby of Broadway [1935], You�ll Never Know [1943], On the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe [w/Johnny Mercer-1946]; You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby, That�s Amore; is born.

Ref: 4

Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky composer, is born.

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Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin composer, is born.

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1894

Wesley La Violette composer, is born.

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Jose Rozo Contreras composer, is born.

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Jaroslav Vogel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Walter Hamor Piston Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis), is born.

Ref: 5

Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu composer, dies at 24.

Ref: 5

Adolphe (Antoine-Joseph) Sax musician: inventor: saxophone, saxotromba; dies at age 79.

Ref: 68

Alfonso Leng composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Hans Guido von B�low German conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Hans von B�low Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer, dies at age 64.

Ref: 68

Andres Segovia, Spanish classical guitar virtuoso, is born.

Ref: 17

Ernesto Camillo Sivori composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Robert-Lucien Siohan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Renaat Veremans Flemish composer/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Schelb composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Slava Vorlova, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacob Rosenhaim composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Robert Prescott Stewart composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Erik William Gustav Leidzen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ernest Kanitz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ludvig Irgens Jensen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

(date uncertain) Bessie Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs), is born.

Ref: 68

Nicolas Slonimsky composer, is born.

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Filip Lazar composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Klara Fey German orchestra leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Dimitri Tiomkin Russia, composer (Academy Award 1954-High & Mighty), is born.

Ref: 5

Martha Graham, Allegheny PA, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), is born.

Ref: 5

William Joseph Westbrook composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Robert Russell Bennett Kansas City, composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Wirges Buffalo NY, orch leader (Growing Paynes), is born.

Ref: 5

Bernard Wagenaar Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for the Chinese), is born.

Ref: 5

Roy Bargy Mich, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show)

Ref: 5

Eugen Zador Bataszek, Hungary, Hungarian/American composer (Diana), is born.

Ref: 5

Ture Rangstrom Stockholm Sweden, composer/critic (Kronbruden), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Dessau composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie Dowling Woonsocket RI, composer (Anywhere USA), is born.

Ref: 5

Joaquin Zamacois Soler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Fiedler, the American conductor who conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra, is born in Boston MA.

Ref: 70

Paul Dessau Hamburg Germany, composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Molina composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ernest John Moeran British composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1895

Nathaniel Shilkret New York City NY, conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Rafael Mart�nez Zaragoza Spain, composer (Nuestra Natacha, Ana Mar�a), is born.

Ref: 5

Red Allen, US Dixie-land trumpet player, is born.

Ref: 17

Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mihail Andricu composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard composer, dies at 45.

Ref: 5

Fortunio Bonanova Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Edward Solomon composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

Harry Ruby (Rubinstein) musician: composer: Duck Soup; is born.

Ref: 4

Joseph Rosenstock Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936-41), is born.

Ref: 5

Claudio Carneyro composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Faustina Hasse Hodges composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ignaz Lachner composer, dies at 87.

Ref: 5

Henri Martelli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Guiomar Novaes Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), is born.

Ref: 5

Alexander Nicholas Voormolen Dutch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Jose Castro composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dane Rudhyar composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alberta Hunter African-American blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues), is born.

Ref: 5

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Firenze (Florence) Italy, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bjarne Brustad composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eduardo Toldra composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sigurdur Thordarson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mance Lipscomb, Navasota TX, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper), is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolf Kattnigg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Olga Rudge violinist, is born.

Ref: 5

Wiktor Labunski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Malcolm Sargent English conductor (Promenade Concerts), is born.

Ref: 5

Lorenz Hart composer, lyricist: half of famous team of (Richard) Rodgers & Hart: I Wish I Were in Love Again, Where or When, With a Song in My Heart, I Could Write a Book, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, There�s a Small Hotel, Little Girl Blue, The Lady is a Tramp, Blue Moon, My Funny Valentine; died Nov 22, 1943

Ref: 4

William Grant Still Woodville MS, composer (Africao-American), is born.

Ref: 5

Feliks Jaronski composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Renato Lunelli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Hay Malotte composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Cecil Gray composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz von Suppe Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Marij Kogoj composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Orff Munchen (Munich) Germany, composer (Antigonae), is born.

Ref: 5

Oscar (Greeley Clendenning) Hammerstein II, lyricist, songwriter w/Richard Rodgers: OK!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song, Sound of Music; is born.

Ref: 68

Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer, is born.

Ref: 2

Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike", Hannibal Mo, singer (54th Street Revue), is born.

Ref: 5

Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano, is born.

Ref: 70

Hans Rosbaud Graz Austria, conductor (Tonhalle Orch Z�rich), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul White Bangor Maine, composer (Adante & Rondo for Cello)

Ref: 5

Doris Humphrey, modern dance choreographer, is born.

Ref: 2

Sir Charles Halle, German-born English pianist and conductor, dies at age 76.

Ref: 70

Paul Hindemith composer: Gebrauchsmusik; operas: Cardillac, Matthias the Painter; concertmaster: Frankfurt Opera; conductor & viola soloist: Amar-Hindemith String Quartet; organized Turkey?s symphony orchestra; teacher: Berlin Conservatory, Yale University, University of Zurich; is born in Hanau, Germany.

Ref: 5

Wilhelm Kempff Juterbog Germany, pianist (Unterdem Zimbelstern), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Rosenstock Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936-41), is born.

Ref: 5

Claudio Carneyro composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jos� Iturbi musician, pianist, conductor: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; is born in Valencia Spain.

Ref: 4

Henri�tte H Bosmans Dutch cellist/pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Hoffer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vincent Lopez bandleader: played at NYC�s Astor Hotel, some of the greats started with him: Artie Shaw, Buddy Morrow, Buddy Clark; is born.

Ref: 4

1896

Maurice Jacobson composer, is born.

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Yitzhak Edel composer, is born.

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Ernst-Lothar von Knorr composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jaromir Weinberger Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera), is born.

Ref: 5

Jacobo Ficher composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Harry Reser Ohio, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Elmer R Diktonius Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Barnby composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Henry David Leslie composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at age 84.

Ref: 5

Karl Reinthaler composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Alexander Brailowsky Russia, pianist (Chopin), is born.

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Charles A L Panz�ra French baritone (L'horizon Chim�rique), is born.

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Nacio Herb Brown US composer, is born.

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Eduard Flipse Dutch conductor/composer, is born.

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Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel composer, is born.

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Dimitri Mitropoulos Athens Greece, conductor/composer

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Erwin Bodky composer, is born.

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Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller San Francisco Blues Great, is born.

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Richard Flury composer, is born.

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John Rogers Thomas composer, dies at 66.

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Juan Tomas Perez composer, is born.

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Karl Hermann Pillney composer, is born.

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Alexander Ritter composer, dies at 62.

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Jacques Leon Wolfe composer, is born.

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Reverend Gary Davis Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith), is born.

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Antonio Cagnoni composer, dies at 68

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Josip Slavenski composer, is born.

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Juan Morel Campos composer, dies at 38.

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Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere composer, is born.

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Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann composer/pianist, dies at 76.

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Marius Monnikendam Dutch choir composer, is born.

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Wilfred Pelletier Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone), is born.

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Jean Rivier Villemomble France, composer (V�nitienne), is born.

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Ernesto Lecuona Havana Cuba, composer (Malague�a)

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Leonide Massine choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20), is born.

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Anton Bruckner, composer, dies in Vienna, Austria at age 72. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield CA, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50), is born.

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Petko Staynov composer, is born.

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Boleslaw Szabelski composer, is born.

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Ira Gershwin (Israel Gershvin) lyricist: Lady Be Good, The Man I Love, The Man That Got Away, Someone to Watch Over Me, I Got Rhythm; is born.

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Arnold Foster composer, is born.

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Juan Maria Thomas Sabater composer

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Leroy Robertson composer, is born.

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Alberto Hemsi composer, is born.

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Roger Huntington Sessions Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Maskers)

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1897

Theo Mackeben German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami), is born.

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Luis Gianneo composer, is born.

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Albert Moeschinger composer, is born.

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Josef Stanislav composer, is born.

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Rosa Ponselle opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino), is born.

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Quincy Porter New Haven CT, composer, is born.

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Luis Gianneo composer, is born.

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Yves de La Casiniere composer, is born.

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Jorgen Bentzon composer, is born.

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Woldemar Bargiel composer, dies at 68.

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Marian Anderson opera diva; is born.

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Jose Moreno Gans composer, is born.

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Knud�ge Riisager Port Kunda Estonia, Danish composer (Quaarrtsiluni), is born.

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Teodulo Mabellini composer, dies at 79.

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Henry Dixon Cowell Menlo Park CA, composer (New Musical Resources), is born.

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Berthold Tours composer, dies at 58.

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Johannes Brahms, composer: Brahms Lullaby, Requiem, Symphony #1 in C Minor, Symphony #4 in E Minor; dies at age 63.

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Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud composer, is born.

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Herbert Eimert German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel), is born.

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George Garrett composer, dies at 62.

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Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree composer, is born.

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Jaap Vranken Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater), is born.

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Harald Saeverud Bergen Norway, composer (Saline), is born.

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Clement Harris composer, dies at 25.

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Gyorgy Kosa composer, is born.

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Haro Levoni Step'anyan composer, is born.

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William Cleaver Francis Robinson composer, dies at 63.

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William Thomas Best composer, dies at 70.

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Sidney Bechet US, jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader, is born in New Orleans LA.

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Casper H�weler Dutch music critic, is born.

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Walther Geiser composer, is born.

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Karol Mikuli composer, dies at 77.

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold Brno Austria, movie composer (Violanta), is born.

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Ignace Lilien composer, is born.

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George Szell, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45), is born.

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Alexandre Tansman Lodz Poland, composer (Dyptique), is born.

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Paul Ben-Haim (Frankenburger), Munich, Germany, Israeli composer

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Jimmie (James Charles) Rodgers �The Blue Yodeler�: Country Music Hall of Famer: �T� for TX, Brakeman�s Blues, Blues Yodel , Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues; first country singer to be in a film: Singing Brakeman; member: Country Music Hall of Fame; is born in Mendoza MS.

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Jules Buffano St Louis MO, pianist (Jimmy Durante Show), is born.

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Willie "The Lion" Smith, jazz and ragtime pianist, is born.

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John Axel Fernstrom composer, is born.

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Leslie Heward composer, is born.

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Hermann Heiss composer, is born.

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1898

Viktor Ullmann opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis), is born.

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Roger Vuataz composer, is born.

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Frantisek Pivoda composer, dies at 73.

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Geronimo Baqueiro Foster composer, is born.

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Gaetano Capocci composer, dies at 86.

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Jose Forns y Cuadras composer, is born.

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Avery Claflin composer, is born.

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Alexander Abramsky composer, is born.

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Gustaf Paulson composer, is born.

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W A Remy composer, dies at 66.

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Vittorio Rieti composer, is born.

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Alexandru Flechtenmacher composer, dies at 74.

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Fernand Quinet Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre), is born.

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Leroy "Roy" Harris Oklahoma, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home), is born.

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Jimmy Yancey, American blues pianist, is born.

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Vassily Vainonen Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh), is born.

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Rutkowski Bronislaw composer, is born.

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Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent Dutch soprano (Matth�us Passion), is born.

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Otto Jochum composer, is born.

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Renzo Massarani composer, is born.

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Julius Patzak Austrian tenor singer

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Nini de Bo�l Flemish operette singer (White Horse), is born.

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Louis Theodore Gouvy composer, dies at 78.

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Lyricist Lorenz Hart is born.

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Herbert Elwell Minneapolis MN, composer (Happy Hypocrite), is born.

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Bonifacio Gil Garcia composer, is born.

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Zutty Singleton US jazz drummer is born in Bunkie LA.

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Charles H�ba Czechoslovakia, violinist/composer, is born.

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Mischa Levitzki composer

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Ernst Bacon composer, is born.

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Gerard Bertouille composer, is born.

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Andy Kirk jazz musician, is born.

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Johan Brouwer Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter, is born.

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Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild NYC, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), is born.

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Morris Stoloff Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey), is born.

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George Gershwin [Jacob Gershvin], composer (Rhapsody in Blue), is born in Brooklyn, NY.

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Vincent Youmans, songwriter best known for musical scores such as No, No Nanette and Flying Down to Rio, is born.

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Alfred Wallenstein Chicago IL, conductor (Chic Symph 1922-29), is born.

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Joris Ivens Nijmegen Netherlands, director (Rain), is born.

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Lev Konstantinovich Knipper composer, is born.

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Daniel Lazarus composer, is born.

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George Frederick Bristow composer, dies at 72.

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Frederick Douglass Hall composer, is born.

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Fernando Remacha composer, is born.

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Baby Dodds, American jazz musician, is born.

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Eugeniusz Pankiewicz composer, dies at 41.

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Jeanne Leleu, composer, is born.

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Georg Goltermann composer, dies at 74.

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Vincent Lopez, Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), is born.

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1899

Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa composer, is born.

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Raymond Loucheur composer, is born.

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Alexander Tcherepnin St Petersburg Russia, composer, is born.

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Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches), is born.

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Alexander Tcherepnin St Petersburg Russia, composer

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[John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion organist/composer, is born.

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Alexander Tcherepnin St Petersburg Russia, composer, is born.

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Granville, English composer, is born.

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Zilner T Randolph jazz trumpeter/arranger, is born.

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Albert Huybrechts composer

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Georges Auric Lod�ve France, composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), is born.

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Leon Woizikowski Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)

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Sulo Nikolai Salonen composer

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Patrick Hadley composer

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Finn Hoffding, composer, is born.

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Pancho Vladigerov composer, is born.

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Ruth Page, American dancer and choreographer, is born.

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William Baines, composer, is born.

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Duke Ellington bandleader (Take the A Train), is born.

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Robert Marcel Casadesus French pianist/composer (Prix Di�mer)

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Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko composer, is born.

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Hans Balatka composer, dies at 74.

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Randall Thompson New York NY, composer (Trip to Nahant), is born.

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Clement D'Hooghe composer, is born.

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Jazz legend Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington is born in Washington D.C.

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Karl Yngve Skold composer, is born.

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J�n Leifs Iceland, composer/conductor

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Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) is born in Omaha, Nebraska

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Dimitri Tiomkin conductor, composer: film scores: The Alamo, Dial �M� for Murder, Friendly Persuasion, High Noon, It�s a Wonderful Life, Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; died Nov 11, 1979

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Carlotta Grisi, Italian ballerina, dies at age 79.

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Frantz Jehin-Prume composer, dies at 60.

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Werner Janssen NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY)

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Johann Strauss �The Waltz King�: composer: On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Emperor Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Wine, Women and Song; operettas: Die Fledermaus, A Night in Venice, The Gypsy Baron; dies at age 73.

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Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer (Po�me for Violin & Orchestra), dies in Limay, Seine-et-Oise, France. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Carlos Chavez Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfon�a India)

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Helen Traubel opera singer: St. Louis Symphony, New York Metropolitan Opera [�The Met�s premier Wagnerian soprano.�]; actress: Deep in My Heart, The Ladies� Man, Gunn; is born.

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Helen Traubel St Louis, Missouri, soprano (or 6/16/1903), is born.

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Thomas A. (Andrew) Dorsey �Father of Gospel Music�: musician: pianist; blues composer; gospel music composer: composed over 1,000 gospel songs; died Jan 23, 1993

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Harl McDonald near Boulder Colorado, composer (Santa Fe Trail)

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Gerald Moore England, pianist (Am I Too Loud)

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William Steinberg Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71), is born.

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Russell Markert choreographer: founded, directed: Radio City Music Hall Rockettes; is born.

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Billy Rose, songwriter famous for "It's Only a Paper Moon," and "Me and My Shadow", is born.

Ref: 68

Hans Swarowsky Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50), is born.

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Music conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra), Eugene Ormandy is born in Budapest, Hungary.

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Hoagy (Hoagland Howard) Carmichael, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer: Stardust, Lazybones, Two Sleepy People, Skylark, Georgia on My Mind, Ole Buttermilk Sky, Rockin? Chair, [Up a] Lazy River, One Morning in May, The Nearness of You, Lamplighter?s Serenade, How Little We Know, Memphis in June, In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, New Orleans; singer, piano player, band leader, attorney; is born in Bloomington IN.

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Granville English composer

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John Barbirolli English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra), is born.

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Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller] blues player

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Antoni Katski composer, dies at 82.

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James "Pigmeat" Jarrett pianist, is born.

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Frans van Amelsvoort Dutch choir conductor, is born.

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Yusef Greiss composer, is born.

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John William Glover composer, dies at 84.

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Silvestre Revueltas Santiago Papasquiaro M�xico, composer (Sensemaya)

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Karl Mill�cker Austrian conductor/composer (Try-out Kiss), dies at 57.

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1900

Xavier Cugat (Francisco de As�s Javier Cugat Mingall de Brue y Deulofeo) violinist, composer, band leader: The Lady in Red, Perfidia, Brazil, Begin the Beguine; married to Abbe Lane, Charo; is born.

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Zasu Pitts actress: Busby Berkeley�s 1933 musical: Dames; is born.

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Maurice Jaubert composer, is born.

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Edwin George Monk composer, dies at 80.

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Pierre-Octave Ferroud French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse), is born.

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Joseph Frederick Wagner composer, is born.

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Vaino Hannikainen composer, is born.

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Yasuji Kiyose composer, is born.

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Boris Semyonovich Shekhter composer, is born.

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Franz Salmhofer composer, is born.

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Michael Dewar Head composer, is born.

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Marco Tajcevic composer, is born.

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Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky composer, is born.

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Mabel Mercer English cabaret singer (Fly Me to the Moon), is born.

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Ottokar Eugen Novacek composer, dies at 33.

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Roy Smeck guitarist/banjoist, is born.

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Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack composer, is born.

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Joseph Frederick Wagner composer, is born.

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Wingy (Joseph Matthews) Manone musician: trumpet: Tar Paper Stomp; singer, bandleader: Nickel in the Slot, Flat Foot Floogie, Annie Laurie; is born.

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Antonio Veretti composer, is born.

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Evald Aav composer, is born.

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Elinor Remick Warren composer, is born.

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Donald Keith Falkner singer, is born.

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Kurt J Weill, Dessau Germany, composer/Brecht collaborator (Mahogany), is born.

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Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann composer, dies at 94.

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Zoltan Vasarhelyi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alfred Newman New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Klecki/Kletzki Polish violinist/composer/conductor, is born.

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Jose Antonio Calcano composer, is born.

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June [Algeria Junius] Clark musician trumpet, is born.

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Isadore Freed composer, is born.

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Achille Longo composer, is born.

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Ted (Edward) Heath musician: trombone, bandleader: played big band concerts every Sunday at the Palladium in the 1940s and 1950s; is born.

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Heinrich Besseler German musicologist, is born.

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Andr�s Sas Per�, composer, is born.

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Fred Raymond composer, is born.

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Mabel Mercer popular British singer, dies.

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Heinrich Vogl composer, dies at 55.

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Ary Verhaar composer, is born.

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Henry Barraud composer, is born.

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Helen Morgan singer/actress (Applause, Frankie & Johnny), is born.

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Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt), is born.

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Richard Storrs Willis composer, dies at 81.

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Leo Smit composer, is born.

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Nicolai Berezowsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Sir George Grove, English writer of the Dictionary of Music and Musicians, dies at age 79.

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Otto Clarence Luening Milwaukee Wisconsin, composer (Sonority Canon), is born.

Ref: 5

Jennie Tourel [Jennie Davidson], St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano, is born.

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Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong New Orleans LA, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), is born.

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George Antheil Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata), is born.

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Don Redman Piedmont WV, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times), is born.

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Helen Morgan (Riggins) singer, actress: Frankie and Johnny, Show Boat, Applause; is born.

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Victor Young Chic Ill, orch leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old Calif), is born.

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Alexander Mosolov Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod), is born.

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Walter O'Keefe Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), is born.

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Ernst Krenek Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf), is born.

Ref: 5

Ethel Waters, American jazz and blues singer and film actress, is born.

Ref: 70

Efrem Kurtz St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symphony 1948-54), is born.

Ref: 5

Sir Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan operetta composer [w/Sir William Gilbert]: H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance; dies at age 58.

Ref: 4

Leon Barzin Brussels Belgium, conductor (NY City Ballet 1948-58), is born.

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Henry Russell composer, dies at 87.

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Jonel Perlea composer, is born.

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Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lucijan Marija Skerjanc Yugoslavia, composer/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Alan Dudley Bush composer pianist/teacher, is born.

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Gladys Swarthout Deepwater MO, mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), is born.

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Willie Humphrey jazz Clarinetist, is born.

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1901

Torsten Ralf Swedish tenor (Daphne), is born.

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Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer, dies at 34.

Ref: 5

Kurt Jooss Wurttemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer, is born.

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Carlo Angeloni composer, dies at 66.

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Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky composer, is born.

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Hans-Erich Apostel Austrian composer (Sonata Ritmica), is born.

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Simon Hassler composer, dies at 68.

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Ervin Major composer, is born.

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Giuseppe Verdi, composer of "La Traviata and Rigoletto", dies in Milan at age 87.

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Blaz Arnic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jascha Heifetz Vilna Lithuania, Russian-born US violin virtuoso (Carnegie Hall), is born.

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Benjamin Edward Woolf composer, dies at 64.

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Edward John Hopkins composer, dies at 82.

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Wayne King Savannah IL, saxophonist/bandleader (the Waltz King), is born.

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Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin composer, dies at 38.

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Federico Ghisi composer, is born.

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Jose Rogel composer, dies at 71.

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Peter Benoit Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66.

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Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell composer, dies at 38.

Ref: 5

Colin McPhee Montr�al Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), is born.

Ref: 5

Theo Uden Marsman Dutch orchestra leader, is born.

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Piotr Perkowski composer, is born.

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Albert Henneberg composer, is born.

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John Stainer composer, dies at 60.

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Boris Koutzen composer, is born.

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Anis Fuleihan composer, is born.

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Richard D'Oyly Carte, English impresario; founded the Savoy Theatre, dies at age 56.

Ref: 70

Willem Pelemans Flemish composer/music reviewer, is born.

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Theodor Rogalski composer, is born.

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Ivar Christian Hallstrom composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Karel Albert Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), is born.

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Julian Bautista composer, is born.

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Ernst Gernot Klussmann composer, is born.

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Richard Redhead composer, dies at 81.

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Marcel Poot Belgian baron/composer, is born.

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Hyam Greenbaum composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Werner Egk Auchsesheim Germany, composer (Die Zaubergeige), is born.

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Harry Robert Wilson composer, is born.

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Henri-Pierre Sauguet Bordeaux France, composer (La Chotte), is born.

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Ivo Cruz composer, is born.

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Horace Heidt Alameda CA, orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon), is born.

Ref: 5

Edmund Rubbra Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch), is born.

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Milenko Zivkovic composer, is born.

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Frederick Loewe, songwriter, is born.

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Jimmy Dale Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher), is born.

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Harry Partch Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus), is born.

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Sir Reginald Goodall, English opera conductor, is born.

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Charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide), is born.

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Rudy (Hubert Prior) Vallee singer: My Time is Your Time; actor: Live a Little, Love a Little, The Admiral was a Lady, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Second Fiddle; is born.

Ref: 4

Jazz great, (Daniel) Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) is born (not on July 4th, 1900 as sometimes claimed).

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Henri Tomasi Marseilles France, composer (Don Juan de Ma�ara), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Henry Lang Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune), is born.

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Ted Weems (Wilfred Theodore Weymes) orchestra leader: Ted Weems Orchestra, is born.

Ref: 4

Adelaide Hall, cabaret singer, is born.

Ref: 2

Morton Downey Wallingford CT, singer (Star of the Family), is born.

Ref: 5

Joaquin Rodrigo Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, composer (Juglares), is born.

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Tibor Serly Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy), is born.

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Dorothy James composer, is born.

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Staf Gustaf Frans Nees Flemish organist/composer (Simon Peter), is born.

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Grace Moore US, soprano (One Night to Live), is born.

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Hanns Jelinek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg M Rimski-Korssakov Russian musicologist/theory, is born.

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Elias Alvares Lobo composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Andre Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrait), is born.

Ref: 5

Joaquin Rodrigo Spain, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov composer, is born.

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Victor Hely-Hutchinson composer, is born.

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1902

Dimiter Nenov composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Palla Dutch pianist/organist, is born.

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Mark Brunswick composer, is born.

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Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gret Palucca German dancer/choreography (Silent Song), is born.

Ref: 5

Sir Rudolph Bing opera manager (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72), is born.

Ref: 68

Maurice Durufle French organist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Evelyn Levine composer, is born.

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Filippo Marchetti composer, dies at 70.

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Benny Waters saxophonist, is born.

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Carlo Borbolla composer, is born.

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Salomon Jaoassohn composer, dies at 70.

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Emanuil Mandlov composer, dies at 42.

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Bronislaw Kaper composer, is born.

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Blanche Calloway US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy), is born.

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William D Revelli Spring Gulch CO, band leader, is born.

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Valentin Ruiz Azner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fred Scott Fresno CA, singer/actor (Vincent Lopez), is born.

Ref: 5

Marian Anderson Philadelphia PA, operatic contralto (banned by D A R), is born.

Ref: 5

John Bubbles (John William Sublett) actor: Porgy and Bess [1935 Broadway version], films: Cabin in the Sky, Variety Show, A Song is Born, No Maps on My Taps; dancer: credited with creating �rhythm tap�; is born in Louisville KY.

Ref: 4

Bob [Hijman] Scholte Dutch vocalist, is born.

Ref: 5

Hanns Neupert German piano builder/author (Das Klavichord), is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Rudolf Moralt German conductor (Vienna Philharmonic), is born.

Ref: 5

Marian Anderson singer, banned by D A R, is born.

Ref: 5

Zarah [Stina Hedberg] Leander Karlstad V�manland Sweden, singer/actress (Gabriela), is born.

Ref: 5

George William Warren composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Eddie James "Son" House folk blues musician (Delta Blues), is born.

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Sten Broman composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Godwin [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violinist, is born.

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Sir William Walton, Oldham Lancashire England, composer (Troilus & Cressida, Wise Virgins), is born.

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Danilo Svara composer, is born.

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Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson composer, is born.

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Josef Krips Vienna Austria, conductor (London Symphony 1954-63), is born.

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Frantisek Suchy composer [or April 21, 1891], is born.

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Anton Beuving lyricist (Ketelbinkie), is born.

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Vesselin Stoyanov composer, is born.

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Theodore Chanler composer, is born.

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Andre-Fran�ois Marescotti composer, is born.

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Rudolf Wittelsbach composer, is born.

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Hugo Friedhofer composer, is born.

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Cvjetko Rihtman composer, is born.

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Bid� Sayao Niteroi Brazil, soprano (Mimia-La Boh�me), is born.

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Jan Kiepura Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie), is born.

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John Vincent composer, is born.

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Composer Meredith Wilson (Reiniger), Mason City IA, composer (Music Man), is born.

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Mark Lothar composer, is born.

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Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska composer, is born.

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Celius Dougherty composer, is born.

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Billy Mayerl composer, is born.

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Ralph Walter Wood composer, is born.

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Jimmie Lunceford, American jazz band leader, is born.

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Max Rudolf Frankfurt Germany, conductor (G�teberg Symphony Orch), is born.

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Sammy Fain (Samuel Feinberg) Oscar-winning musician, composer: Secret Love [1953], Love is a Many-Splendored Thing [1955]; April Love, A Certain Smile, A Very Precious Love, Tender is the Night, I�ll Be Seeing You, I Can Dream Can�t I, Let a Smile be Your Umbrella [most w/Irving Kahal]; is born.

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Bandleader Guy Lombardo, leader of the Royal Canadians, is born.

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Antonia Brico, Rotterdam Holland, conductor/pianist (Antonia), is born.

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Richard Rodgers Academy Award-winning composer: half of Rodgers and (Lorenz) Hart and Rodgers and (Oscar) Hammerstein: is born.

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Ray Bloch orchestra leader: TV shows: Blind Date, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Gay Nineties Revue, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Larry Storch Show, Songs for Sale; is born.

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Zino Francescatti Marseilles France, violinist (NY Phil-1939), is born.

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Stefan Wolpe Berlin Germany, composer (Zeus & Elidco), is born.

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Alice Tully Corning, NY, singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall), is born.

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William Edmundson Spokane Wash, vocalist (Southernaires), is born.

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Eddie Lang, American musician, is born.

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Eugen Jochum Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor (Hamburg Orchestra), is born.

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Jesus Maria Sanrom, Carolina PR, pianist (Boston Symphony), is born.

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Emanuel Feuermann Kolomea Galicia, cellist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), is born.

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Miroslav Ponc composer, is born.

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Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe composer, is born.

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Henry Stephen Cutler composer, dies at 78.

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Virgilio Mortari composer, is born.

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Paul Kurzbach composer, is born.

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Leonard Hirsch British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symphony Orchestra), is born.

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Ferenc Szabo composer, is born.

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1903

Leighton Lucas composer, is born.

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Tel�sforo A Palm Cura�ao, composer/pianist, is born.

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Boris Blacher Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament), is born.

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Maurice Abravanel Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer, is born.

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Shalva Azmayparashvili composer, is born.

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Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov composer, is born.

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Jean Morel Abbeville France, conductor, is born.

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Berthold Goldschmidt German/British (opera)composer (Beatrice Cenci), is born.

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Boris Blacher Newchwang China, German composer, is born.

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Erwin Nyiregyhazi Budapest Hungary, pianist, is born.

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Robin Humphrey Milford composer, is born.

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"Sleepy" John Estes rocker, is born.

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Augusta Mary Anne Holmes composer, dies at 55.

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Jean Robert Planquette composer, dies at 54.

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Priaulx Rainier composer, is born.

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Frederick E Kitziger composer, dies at 59.

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Siro Cisilino composer, is born.

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Ivan Galamian Tabriz Persia, violinist, is born.

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Claudio Arrau Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), is born.

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Georg Trexler composer, is born.

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Matvey Isaakovich Blanter composer, is born.

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Hans Redlich composer, is born.

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Henryk Szulc composer, dies at 67.

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Joseph Parry composer, dies at 61.

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Karel Janacek composer, is born.

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Eric Fogg composer, is born.

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Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Austrian composer (Corregidor), dies at age 42.

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Albert Cahen composer, dies at 57.

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Friedrich Grutzmacher composer, dies at 70.

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Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist), is born.

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Lowell Peters Cleveland TN, vocalist (Southernaires), is born.

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Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist and composer, is born in Davenport IA.

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Lawrence Welk bandleader: Calcutta, Tonight You Belong to Me, Weary Blues, Moritat; TV: The Lawrence Welk Show; developer: senior citizen retreat near San Diego, The Lawrence Welk Theater; is born in Strasburg ND.

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Nicolai Lopatnikoff Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto), is born.

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Frankie Carle (Carlone) pianist, bandleader [w/Horace Heidt], led own band: Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Year, wrote: Oh What It Seemed to Be, Falling Leaves, Lover�s Lullaby; is born in Providence RI.

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Rudolf Serkin Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro School of Music), is born.

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Thomas Baron Pitfield composer, is born.

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Nick Stuart Romania, bandleader, is born.

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Gregor Piatigorsky Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist, is born.

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Nicolas Nabokov Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer (The Holy Devil), is born.

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Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin composer, is born.

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Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen composer, is born.

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Frank Parker New York NY, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party), is born.

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G�nther Raphael German composer (Symphony Breve), is born.

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Luigi Arditi violist/composer, dies at 80.

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Oivin Fjeldstad composer, is born.

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Rudolf Serkin Bohemian/US pianist, dies.

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Lennox R F Berkeley British composer (Castaway), is born.

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Eduard Rappoldi composer, dies at 72.

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Jerzy Fitelberg composer, is born.

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Aram Katchaturian Armenian composer, (Earth), is born.

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Hilding Hallnas composer, is born.

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Aram (Ilyich) Khachaturyan musician, composer: Sabre Dance, Spartacus, is born in Tiflis Georgia, Russia. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

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Arthur Tracy street singer (Vincent Lopez Show), is born.

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Flor Peeters Antwerp Belgium, organist (Lied Symphony), is born.

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Donald Voorhees Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour), is born.

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Death of Caroline (Lina) V. Sandell Berg, 71. Known as the 'Fanny Crosby of Sweden,' her most beloved hymns (in their English translation) include 'Day by Day' and'Children of the Heavenly Father'.

Ref: 5

William Primrose Glasgow Scot, violist (Method for Violin & Viola), is born.

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Roy Acuff �The King of Country Music�: Country Music Hall of Famer: Wabash Cannonball, Pins and Needles [In My Heart], Night Train to Memphis, The Great Speckled Bird, Freight Train Blues; group: Smoky Mountain Boys; publisher: Acuff-Rose Publishing; died Nov 23, 1992

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Ford Lee Buck Washington, American jazz musician

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Alexandra Danilova, Russian ballerina, is born.iiuiuiyiiy7y7yiyuyiyytutyyuy7tutyyt8y7yu8uyuuiuuiioopllkmnhhjghhhgugtgygyg

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Victor Roger composer, dies at 50.

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Frederick Grant Gleason composer, dies at 54.

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Cleo Brown pianist, is born.

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Irene Eisinger singer, is born.

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Zoltan Szekely composer, is born.

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Carlos Montoya, the Spanish-American guitarist who popularized flamenco guitar music, is born.

Ref: 70

Gavriil Musicescu composer, dies at 56.

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Marc Lavry composer, is born.

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Antiochos Evanghelatos composer, is born.

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Clyde McCoy jazz trumpeter/bandleader, is born.

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Nathan Milstein, Russian-born American violinist, is born.

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1904

Sally Rand (Helen Gould Beck) dancer, stripper: inventor of the fan dance; actress: The Texas Bearcat, Bachelor Brides, The Night of Love, Getting Gertie�s Garter, Bolero, Sunset Murder Case; is born in Hickory County MO.

Ref: 68

James Melton Moultrie GA, opera tenor (Ford Festival), is born.

Ref: 5

Boris Kochno Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte), is born.

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Erica Morini concert violinist; died in 1995, is born.

Ref: 4

George Balanchine dancer/choreographer/ballet producer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jesus Garcia Leoz composer, is born.

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Mississippi Fred McDowell jazz artist, is born.

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Richard Addinsell London England, composer (Taming of Shrew), is born.

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Eduard Lassen composer, dies at 73.

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Max Vredenburg composer, is born.

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Alexandra Danilova Peterhof Russia, ballerina (Turning Point), is born.

Ref: 5

George Balanchine (Georgi Balanchivadze) choreographer: Apollo, Orpheus, Firebird, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker; founded School of American Ballet and New York City Ballet; is born.

Ref: 4

Theodor Schaefer composer, is born.

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Franz Coenen composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

G�za Frid Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Adam Minchejmer composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Jose Enrique Pedreira composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Luigi Dallapiccola Pisino Istria, Italian composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Predrag Milosevic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Claudio Arrau Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), is born.

Ref: 5

Igor' Fyodorovich Belza composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Balanchine dancer/choreographer/ballet producer, is born.

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Armin Loos composer, is born.

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Gustav Adolf Heinze composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Armand Preud'homme Flemish organist/poet, is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Dorsey Shenandoah PA, orchestra leader (Stage Show), is born.

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Alan Richardson composer, is born.

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Glenn Miller bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood), is born in Clarinda IA.

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Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern composer, is born.

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Nikolaos Skalkottas composer, is born.

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Hermann Schroeder composer, is born.

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Akarova [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Les Biches), is born.

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Peter Van Steeden Amsterdam Neth, orch leader (Break the Bank), is born.

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John Antill composer, is born.

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Lily (Alice) Pons soprano singer, actress: I Dream Too Much, That Girl from Paris; is born.

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Sonia Gaskell Russian/Netherlands choreographer, is born.

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Lily Pons Draguignan France, soprano/diva (Hitting a New High), is born.

Ref: 5

Dorothy Alexander, American ballet dancer, choreographer and founder of the Atlanta Ballet, is born.

Ref: 70

Russ Morgan Scranton PA, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), is born.

Ref: 5

Antonin Dvorak, Czechoslovakia, composer: Slavonic Dances, Fifth Symphony, The Water Nymph, Carnival, Gypsy Melodies; dies at age 62.

Ref: 4

Georgi Dimitrov composer, is born.

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Harry Lillis 'Bing' Crosby is born at home, 1112 North J Street, Tacoma, Washington, fourth child of Harry Lowe Crosby and Catherine Helen 'Kate' (nee Harrigan) Crosby. Young Harry's date of birth was usually incorrectly given as May 2, 1904 (sometimes 1901) from 1933 onwards. May 2 was used from childhood so that a younger sister, Mary Rose would have a birthday to herself. Ref

Richard Hol Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Lily Pons opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris), is born.

Ref: 5

Fats [Thomas Wright] Waller New York NY, jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin'), is born.

Ref: 5

George Formby [William Booth], British singer/comic (Let George Do It), is born.

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Kurt George Hugo Thomas composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Peerce (Jacob Pincus Perlemuth) opera singer: tenor; actor: Goodbye, Columbus; is born.

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Frederick Loewe composer/partner of Learner, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel Rosenthal Paris France, composer (Bootleggers), is born.

Ref: 5

Daniel Decatur Emmett composer: Dixie [Dixie�s Land]; dies at age 88.

Ref: 4

Robert Whitney Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma), is born.

Ref: 5

Goffredo Petrassi Zagarolo Italy, composer (Beatitudines), is born.

Ref: 5

Anton Dolin dancer (Girl From Petrovka), is born.

Ref: 5

Set Svanholm Vesteras Sweden, tenor (London Convent Garden 1948-57), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Mohaupt Breslau Germany, composer (Bucolica), is born.

Ref: 5

Sir Frederick Ashton, English choreographer and director of the Royal Ballet, is born.

Ref: 70

Dame Anna Neagle, English actress and dancer, is born.

Ref: 70

Eddie Condon Goodland IN, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Coleman Hawkins, virtually created the tenor saxophone for jazz, solo w/Fletcher Henderson band: The Stampede, St. Louis Shuffle, Queer Notions, Hocus Pocus; jazz bandleader: Body and Soul; jazz sax solo: Picasso; is born.

Ref: 68

Adam Minchejmer composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Eve Denise Curie French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie, is born.

Ref: 5

Dmitri B Kabalevsky St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire), is born.

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Wilf Carter country singer, is born.

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Daniel K Womack singer/guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Dmitri B Kabalevsky St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire), is born.

Ref: 68

Nathan Milstein Odessa Russia, concert violinist (Philadelphia Orchestra 1942), is born.

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1905

Sir Michael Tippett composer: String Quartet No. 1, A Child of Our Time, The Midsummer Marriage, Fourth Symphony, The Mask of Time, The Rose Lake; writer: Those Twentieth Century Blues [autobiography], Tippett on Music, Caliban�s Song; is born.

Ref: 4

Michael Kemp Tippett English composer/conductor (Child of our Time), is born.

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Giacinto Scelsi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Percy Humphrey musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Ernesto Halffter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Stanislaw Pilinski composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Maria Augusta von Trapp Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music", is born.

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Vilko Ukmar composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ignacy Krzyzanowski composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Harold Arlen, composer, arranger and pianist ("Stormy Weather," "It's Only a Paper Moon"), is born.

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Jose Munoz Molleda composer, is born.

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Luis Sandi composer, is born.

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Leonidas Zoras composer, is born.

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Guillaume Landre composer, is born.

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Marc Blitzstein Philadelphia PA, composer (Cradle Will Rock), is born.

Ref: 5

Lili Kr�us Budapest Hungary, pianist (Austrian Cross of Honor 1978), is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Wills, Kosse TX, fiddler, composer, actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle), is born.

Ref: 5

Rene Bernier composer, is born.

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John Kirkpatrick New York NY, pianist (Concord Sonata), is born.

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Makar Grigori Ekmalyan composer, dies at 49.

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Carlo Alberto Pizzini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ruth Page US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion), is born.

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Pablo Garrido composer, is born.

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Annunzio Mantovani Venice Italy, orchestra leader (Mantovani), is born.

Ref: 5

Winfried P I Zillig German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica), is born.

Ref: 5

Serge Lifar, Kiev Russia, dancer, choreographer (Paris Op�ra Ballet), is born.

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Kurt Adler, American conductor, is born.

Ref: 2

Eugene Bozza composer, is born.

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Jef Maes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Benford drummer: with Jelly Roll Morton�s Red Hot Peppers; died in 1994, is born.

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Karel Komzak composer, dies at 54.

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Philip Radcliffe composer, is born.

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Ignacio Cervantes composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Alan Rawsthorne Haslingden England, composer (Cort�ges), is born.

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M�ty�s Seiber Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando), is born.

Ref: 5

Norman De Tar composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Inglis Gundry composer, is born.

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Birth of Merrill Dunlop, American sacred chorister and hymnwriter. He directed the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle for many years, and is author of the hymn, "My Sins Are Blotted Out, I Know."

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Ernst Pauer composer, dies at 78.

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Eric Zeisl composer, is born.

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Edward Lockspeiser composer, is born.

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Zdenek Blazek composer, is born.

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Hans Holewa composer, is born.

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Fela Sowande composer, is born.

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Leon Francis Victor Caron composer, dies at 55.

Ref: 5

John Gart Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show), is born.

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Ivie Anderson, jazz singer, is born.

Ref: 2

Dorothy Fields lyricist: w/Cy Coleman: Sweet Charity, Seesaw; w/Jimmy McHugh: I Can�t Give You Anything But Love, I�m in the Mood for Love, On the Sunny Side of the Street; daughter of comedian Lew Fields; is born.

Ref: 4

Boyd Neel Blackheath, Kent England, conductor (Story of an Orch), is born.

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Andre Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque), is born.

Ref: 5

Jack Teagarden, American jazz trombonist, is born.

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Constant Lambert London England, composer (King Pest), is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, blues singer, a major influence on Elvis Presley, is born.

Ref: 2

Agnes De Mille NYC, choreographer (OK), is born.

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Mantovani Venice Italy, orchestra leader (Mantovani), is born.

Ref: 5

Albert �Eddie� Condon musician: guitar, bandleader, promoter of Dixieland Jazz; is born.

Ref: 4

Irene Wicker singer/actress (Singing Lady), is born.

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Ida Carroll musician, is born.

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Osvaldo Pugliese musician/composer, is born.

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Charles Cushing composer, is born.

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Ernst Hermann Meyer composer, is born.

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Henry Holmes composer, dies at 66.

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Koos van de Griend composer, is born.

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Sydney Lipton bandleader/violin, is born.

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Ferenc Farkas composer, is born.

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Richard Sturzenegger composer, is born.

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Charles Robert Owen Medley dancer/choreographer, is born.

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Arn Bjornsson composer, is born.

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Earl �Fatha� Hines musician: piano: classic duet with Louis Armstrong: Weather Bird; songwriter: Blues in Thirds, A Monday Date; bandleader; is born in Duquesne PA.

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Jule Styne England, songwriter/composer (1954 Academy Award, 1968 Tony), is born.

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1906

Joseph Miroslav Weber composer, dies at 51.

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Johannes Paul Thilman composer, is born.

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Maxime Jacob composer, is born.

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Walter Knape composer, is born.

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Rezso Kokai composer, is born.

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Lanny Ross Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Igor Alexandrovich Moiseyev, Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, director, Ballet Master for the Bolshoi Theatre, 1924-1929, is born.

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Radames Gnattali composer, is born.

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Benjamin Frankel composer, is born.

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Hildegarde Adell WI, night club singer (I'll Be Seeing You), is born.

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Pierre Cardevielle French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs), is born.

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Ludvig Nielsen composer, is born.

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Artur Balsam Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein), is born.

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Gwen Catley British soprano, is born.

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Ramon Tapales composer, is born.

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Grace Mary Williams composer, is born.

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Hendrik W C Spruit Dutch conductor, is born.

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Edmund von Borck composer, is born.

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Boris Papandopulo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Anton Stepanovich Arensky Russian composer/conductor, dies at 44.

Ref: 5

Manuel Fernandez Caballero composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Alejandro Garcia Caturla composer, is born.

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Hans Lachman composer, is born.

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Aasan Ferit Alnar composer, is born.

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Ulvi Cemal Erkin composer, is born.

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Tamara Geva dancer, is born.

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Normand Lockwood composer, is born.

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Martin Wegelius Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59.

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George Posford composer, is born.

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Jean Sablon crooner, is born.

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Pee Wee Russell, jazz clarinetist, is born.

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E Power Biggs Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS), is born.

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Lauri Saikkola composer, is born.

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Antal Dorati Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dressden Opera 1928-29), is born.

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Fud Livingston composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Budd [Lawrence] Freeman US jazz saxophonist (Eel), is born.

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Hunter Johnson composer, is born.

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Little Brother Montgomery, American jazz pianist and vocalist, is born.

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Eric William Fenby composer/president (Delius Society), is born.

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Zoltan Gardonyi composer, is born.

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John Knowles Paine US composer, dies at 67.

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Leopold Spinner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Maurice Thiriet composer, is born.

Ref: 5

David Van Vactor Plymouth IN, composer (Chaconne), is born.

Ref: 5

Nicholas Beriozoff ballet master, is born.

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Hellmuth Christian Wolff composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Phil Regan singer (My Wild Irish Rose), is born.

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Hans Joachim Schaeuble composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Yeates Hurlstone composer, dies at 30.

Ref: 5

Josephine Baker, American-born French dancer and singer, is born.

Ref: 70

Bob Howard Newton Mass, singer/pianist (Sing it Again), is born.

Ref: 5

Harry Sosnik Chicago, orch leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard W. Armour, humorist and author (Twisted Tales from Shakespeare), is born.

Ref: 2

Klaus Egge Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer (Noregsonger), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Hodges, American jazz saxophonist; soloist in Duke Ellington's orchestra, is born.

Ref: 70

Kathryn Murray Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party), is born.

Ref: 5

Dimitri Shostakovich composer: Symphony No.5, No. 7, No. 11, No. 13, is born.

Ref: 4

Paul Creston [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony), is born.

Ref: 5

Louise Talma Arcachon France, composer (Summer Sounds), is born.

Ref: 5

Conrad Thibault Northbridge MA, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Eastlake, English museologist and art writer, dies at age 70.

Ref: 70

Radames Gnattali composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Cartan composer, is born.

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George Richard James saxophonist, is born.

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Greet Koeman Dutch singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Freddy Martin �Mr. Silvertone�: musician: tenor sax; bandleader: I�ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, April in Portugal, I Saw Stars, Then I�ll Be Tired of You, Isle of Capri, Piano Concerto in B Flat, Tonight We Love, Bumble Boogie, Sabre Dance Boogie, Warsaw Concerto, Rose O�Day, Miss You; is born in Cleveland OH.

Ref: 4

Harold Adamson lyricist: Time on My Hands, Daybreak; is born.

Ref: 4

Ingemar Liljefors composer, is born.

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Helmut Bornefeld composer, is born.

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Fernando Lopez-Garcia composer, is born.

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Edwin H "Buddy" Morris music publisher, is born.

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Adalbert von Goldschmidt composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Ross Lee Finney Wells MN, composer (Landscapes Remembered), is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Waxman Knigshoette, Germany, composer (Day at the Races), is born.

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Ivan Brkanovic composer, is born.

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1907

Erich Schmid composer, is born.

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Cyrill Kistler composer, dies at 58.

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Salvador Ley composer, is born.

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Josef Foerster composer, dies at 73.

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Nicanor Zabaleta San Sebastian, Spain, harpist, is born.

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Anton Urspruch composer, dies at 56.

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Karl von Perfall composer, dies at 82.

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Phillip Humphrey Vellacott classicist, is born.

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Henk H Badings Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes), is born.

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Janos Ferencsik Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera), is born.

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Eddie Ballantine Chicago IL, orchestra leader (Don McNeill TV Club), is born.

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Constantin Regamey composer, is born.

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Camargo Guarnieri Brazil, composer/conductor, is born.

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Mozart Camargo Guarnieri composer, is born.

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S�ndor Veress Hungarian pianist/composer, is born.

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Ludwig Thuille composer, dies at 45.

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Jean Langlais composer, is born.

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Fernando Previtali composer, is born.

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Alec Wilder Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award), is born.

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Nadine Conner California, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute), is born.

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Otto Goldschmidt composer, dies at 77.

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Juan Francisco Giacobbe composer, is born.

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Victor Alphonse Duvernoy composer, dies at 64.

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Henry Leland Clarke composer, is born.

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Robert de Roos composer, is born.

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Jimmy McPartland jazz musician: cornetist; played for the Wolverine Orchestra, Embassy Four; bandleader; actor: The Magic Horn; played at Newport Jazz Festival with wife, Marian; is born.

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Elizabeh LeFanu Maconochy composer, is born.

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Marc Vaubourgoin composer, is born.

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Lucia Chase US ballerina/co-founder (American Ballet Theater), is born.

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Leigh Harline composer, is born.

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Louis Saguer composer, is born.

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Herbert "Herb" Hall clarinetist/saxophonist, is born.

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Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg composer, dies at 65.

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Walter Kaufmann composer, is born.

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Lucile Grahn, Danish choreographer and ballerina, dies at age 87.

Ref: 70

William Henry Swinburne music teacher, is born.

Ref: 5

Mikl�s R�zsa Budapest Hungary, movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), is born.

Ref: 5

Gino Contilli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Dollar St Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer, is born.

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Beatrice Kay New York NY, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Colonel), is born.

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Antoni Szalowski composer, is born.

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Vaclav Trojan composer, is born.

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Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy composer, is born.

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Pietro Plantania composer, dies at 79.

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Tino Rossi Ajaccio France, singer (Deux Amours, Marlene), is born.

Ref: 5

Lincoln Kirstein, American dance impresario; director of the New York City Ballet (1948-89), is born.

Ref: 70

Yoritsune Matsudaira composer, is born.

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Jef van Durme composer, is born.

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Harilaos Perpessas composer, is born.

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John Albert Delany composer, dies at 54.

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Josef Alexander composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Clifford Curzon London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal), is born.

Ref: 5

Felix de Nobel Dutch orchestra leader, is born.

Ref: 5

Benny Payne Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Benny Carter NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter), is born.

Ref: 5

Enoch Light Canton Ohio, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), is born.

Ref: 5

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer: Peer Gynt Suite; composer, dies in Bergen, Norway at age 64. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Ref: 4

Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs Ark, singer/actor (Tip-Waterfront), is born.

Ref: 5

Allan Jones singer: The Donkey Serenade; actor: Showboat, Rose Marie, Firefly, One Night in the Tropics, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races; father of singer, Jack Jones; is born.

Ref: 4

Gyorgy R nki Budapest Hungary, composer (H�emberek), is born.

Ref: 5

Burrill Phillips Omaha Nebraska, composer (Play Ball), is born.

Ref: 5

(Ellen) Jane Froman singer: I Only Have Eyes for You, I�ll Walk Alone, I Believe; is born in St Louis MO.

Ref: 4

Merle Travis country singer (16 Tons), is born.

Ref: 5

Connee Boswell New Orleans LA, singer (Pete Kelly's Blues), is born.

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Tony Aubin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Norbert Rosseau composer, is born.

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Fred Elizalde composer, is born.

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Roy Douglas composer, is born.

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Yoshio Hasegawa composer, is born.

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Cab Calloway (Cabell Calloway III) �Highness of Hi-De-Ho�: bandleader, singer: Minnie the Moocher, Blues in the Night; films: Stormy Weather, St. Louis Blues; The Cotton Club Comes to the Ritz; is born.

Ref: 68

Jan Willem Van Otterloo Winterwijk Holland, conductor (Melbourne 1967-71), is born.

Ref: 5

Nils-Eric Ringbom composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Roman Palester Polish composer: The Weichsel, is born.

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1908

Janis Kepitis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Menahem Avidom composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Henry Allen, American jazz musician, is born.

Ref: 70

Jos� Lim�n Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus), is born.

Ref: 5

Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo US singer/actor (Miracle of Women), is born.

Ref: 5

Roberta Bitgood composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ethel Merman (Zimmerman) singer, Tony Award-winning actress (musical): Call Me Madam [1951]; It�s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, There�s No Business Like Show Business, Alexander�s Ragtime Band; Musical Theater Hall of Famer; is born.

Ref: 68

Ish Kabibble (Merwyn Bogue) (comic singer: Three Little Fishies; sang and played trumpet with Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge; big bandleader; combo: The Shy Guys), is born.

Ref: 3

Wilfred Conwell Bain composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Edward Alexander MacDowell US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47.

Ref: 5

Stephane Grappelli French jazz violinist, is born.

Ref: 5

Edward Staempfli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pavel Sivic composer, is born.

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Renzo Rossellini Italian composer, is born.

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Emmanuel "Manny" Klein trumpeter, is born.

Ref: 5

Grigor Eghiazaryan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Coulthard composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josh White rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Gerald Strang Claresholm Canada, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georges Jean Pfeiffer composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Anatol' Vakhnyanyn composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Riccardo Nielsen composer, is born.

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Tomas de Manzarraga composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Luiz Cosme composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Milne composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Helen Sinclair Glatz musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Nikolay Petrovich Rakov composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Radie Britain composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Louis Gaste songwriter, is born.

Ref: 5

Maurice Stans rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Hank Sylvern Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), is born.

Ref: 5

Camille Schmit composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Kurt Bruggemann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antony Tudor, English-born American dancer, teacher and choreographer, is born.

Ref: 70

Josef Sucher composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Herbert von Karajan, Austria, Berlin Philharmonic conductor/Nazi, is born.

Ref: 5

George Schick Prague Czechoslovakia, conductor (Chicago Symphony), is born.

Ref: 5

Gaetano Coronaro composer, dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Vano Il'ich Muradov [Muradeli] Russia, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Percy Faith Grammy Award-winning orchestra leader, composer: The Theme from "A Summer Place" [1960]; My Heart Cries for You [Guy Mitchell hit], Delicado, Song from Moulin Rouge, Theme for Young Lovers; is born in Toronto, Canada.

Ref: 68

Fred Lohse composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karel Ancerl Czechoslovakia, conductor (Prague/Toronto), is born.

Ref: 5

Eden Ahbez songwriter, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Keilberth German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele), is born.

Ref: 5

Lionel Hampton singer, songwriter, jazz musician: vibes, drums, piano, bandleader: On the Sunny Side of the Street, Hey! Hot Mallets, Ba-Ba-Re-Bop, Rag Mop; played with Benny Goodman; is born.

Ref: 4

Frederick Hawkins dancer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philippe Brun jazz trumpeter, is born.

Ref: 5

Necil Kazim Akses composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wouter Paap composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Melesio Morales composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden), is born.

Ref: 5

Sigismund Toduta composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Zinka Milanov Zagreb Yugoslavia, soprano (Ljublama Opera 1927), is born.

Ref: 5

Kresimir Fribec composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Malando [Arie Maasland] composer/orchestra leader (Ol� Guapa), is born.

Ref: 5

Harold Rome composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles), is born.

Ref: 5

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and editor, dies at age 64.

Ref: 70

John Scott Trotter Charlotte NC, orch leader (George Gobel Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Nikolai (Nikolay Andreyevich) Rimski-Korsakov composer: Scheherazade, Song of India, The Flight of the Bumblebee; dies.

Ref: 4

Leroy Anderson, American conductor, arranger and composer, is born.

Ref: 70

Louis (Thomas) Jordan, musician: alto sax, singer: Is You or is You ain�t My Baby, Open the Door Richard, G.I. Jive, Baby It�s Cold Outside, Ain�t Nobody Here But Us Chickens; actor: Five Guys Named Moe; Fuzzy Wuzzy, Beware, Swing Parade of 1946, Reet, Petite, and Gone, Look-Out Sister; died Feb 4, 1975

Ref: 4

Cootie (Charles) Williams musician: trumpet: Echoes of Harlem, Concerto for Cootie, Carelessly [w/Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman]; band leader: Cootie Williams Sextet and Orchestra: Tess� Torch Song, Cherry Red Blues; is born.

Ref: 4

Death of Ira D. Sankey, 68. He was Dwight Moody's song evangelist from 1870. During their revival crusades, Sankey penned many hymn tunes, of which the most enduring today are HIDING IN THEE ("O Safe to the Rock That is Higher Than I") and SANKEY ("Faith is the Victory").

Ref: 5

Willie Bryant New Orleans La, singer (Sugar Hill Times), is born.

Ref: 5

Joaqu�n Nin-Culmell Berlin, Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Lavalle Beacon NY, bandleader (Cities Service Band of America), is born.

Ref: 5

Bernie Green NYC, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show), is born.

Ref: 5

David Oistrakh, Russian violin virtuoso, is born.

Ref: 70

David Oistrakh Odessa Russia, violinist/prof (Moscow Conservatory), is born.

Ref: 5

Sammy Price, jazz pianist, is born.

Ref: 2

John Green NYC, composer (Body & Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger), is born.

Ref: 5

Birth of Stuart Hamblen, country songwriter who flourished during the 1950s. His best-remembered Christian songs include "Known Only to Him," "Beyond the Sunset," and "It Is No Secret."

Ref: 5

Alexander Schneider Vilna (Lithuania) Russia, violinist (Budapest String Quartet), is born.

Ref: 5

Ray Carter Chicago IL, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party), is born.

Ref: 5

Halsey Stevens Scott NY, composer (Triskelion), is born.

Ref: 5

Oliver Messian, French composer (Quartet for the End of Time), is born.

Ref: 2

Elliott Cook Carter Jr New York NY, composer (Tom & Lily), is born.

Ref: 5

Victor Babin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Brocklesby Wordsworth composer, is born.

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Dennis Morgan (Stanley Morner) singer; actor: 21 Beacon Street, Pearl of the South Pacific, It�s a Great Feeling, Christmas in Connecticut, The Great Ziegfeld, Two Guys from Milwaukee, Desert Song, Kitty Foyle, My Wild Irish Rose; died Sep 7, 1994

Ref: 4

Giulio Cesare Brero composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Norman Hackforth broadcaster, is born.

Ref: 5

Eduard Wachmann composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Francois-Auguste Gevaert Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Jan Seidel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jonah Jones (Robert Elliott Jones) musician: trumpet, singer: played with Cab Calloway; threw spitball that got Dizzy Gillespie fired from band; is born.

Ref: 4

Marko Rothmuller composer, is born.

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1909

Victor Borge (Borge Rosenbaum) pianist, comedian: phonetic punctuation: "bpft"; is born.

Ref: 68

Herva Nelli soprano, is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolf Kubin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gunnar Johnsen Berg composer, is born.

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Quentin �Butter� Jackson musician: trombone: played with Duke Ellington; died Oct 2, 1976

Ref: 4

Danny Barker jazz guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Elie Siegmeister New York City NY, composer (Plough & the Stars), is born.

Ref: 5

Enrique Sasal y Chapi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gene Krupa drummer: Sing Sing Sing; bandleader: Let Me Off Uptown, Knock Me a Kiss, Chickery Chick, Boogie Blues; films: Some Like it Hot, Ball of Fire, The Gene Krupa Story; is born.

Ref: 4

Ernest Reyer composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Todor Skalovski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Norman Fulton composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tiny Winters musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Mihaly Hajou composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Georg Herzog composer, dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Grazyna Bacewicz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Israel Citkowitz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Edouard Silas composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz composer, dies at 32.

Ref: 5

Herva Nelli soprano, is born.

Ref: 5

Carmen Miranda [Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha] Marco de Canavezes Portugal, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy), is born.

Ref: 5

Harald Genzmer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Barry Wood New Haven CT, singer (Your Hit Parade), is born.

Ref: 5

Marjorie Lawrence Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannh�user), is born.

Ref: 5

George G F van Renesse Dutch pianist/music director, is born.

Ref: 5

Elisabeth Welch singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard de Guide, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hanoch Jacoby composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Clark music promoter/songwriter, is born.

Ref: 5

Anthony Donato composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ljubica Maric composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gyula Erkel composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Jay Blackton New York NY, conductor/arranger (Guys & Dolls), is born.

Ref: 5

Ruperto Chapi y Lorente composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Chris[tiaan R] Reumer Dutch opera singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nikolai Arkas composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Ben[jamin F] Webster US tenor saxophonist, is born.

Ref: 5

Moon Mullican hillbilly pianist (7 Nights of Rock), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie Duchin Mass, society pianist/bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch), is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Kurt Forest composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Benjamin Johnson Lang composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

George Dixon trumpet/sax, is born.

Ref: 5

Olavi Pesonen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hermann Kotzchmar composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Lionel Hampton orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below), is born.

Ref: 5

Jaroslav Doubrava composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Kate Smith Greenville AL, singer (God Bless America)/Philadelphia Flyer luck charm, is born.

Ref: 17

George Melachrino composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lew Christensen, American dancer, teacher and choreographer, is born.

Ref: 70

Fanny Cerrito, Russian-born American composer for stage and screen musicals, dies at age 91.

Ref: 70

Mother Maybelle Carter (Addington), Nickelsville VA, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Herbert Murrill composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rodolfo Cornejo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Isaac M F Alb�niz Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48.

Ref: 5

Schlomo Joffe composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Isador Goodman composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Benny Goodman Chicago IL, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Nordoff Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince), is born.

Ref: 5

Archie Bleyer Corona NY, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey), is born.

Ref: 5

Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) Ives, Hunt Ill, (singer: A Holly Jolly Christmas, A Little Bitty Tear, Funny Way of Laughin�, Call Me Mr. In-Between; Academy Award winning actor: The Big Country [1958], Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, East of Eden, Smokey, Our Man in Havana, The Bold Ones, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; radio series: The Wayfaring Stranger [1944]; is born.

Ref: 4

Milton Katims NYC, conductor/violist (WOR-NYC), is born.

Ref: 5

Leroy Anderson US, composer (Syncopated Clock), is born.

Ref: 5

Alec Templeton Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer (Concertino Lirico), is born.

Ref: 5

Leo Fender, inventor of the first mass-produced electric guitar, is born.

Ref: 2

Hugo Winterhalter (orchestra leader: Canadian Sunset, Rhapsody in Blue) is born.

Ref: 4

Larry Clinton bandleader: Deep Purple, My Reverie, On a Slow Boat to China; composer: The Dipsy Doodle, Satan Takes a Holiday, Tap Dancer�s Nightmare, Dusk in Upper Sandusky; is born.

Ref: 4

Actress, dancer Ruby (Ethel Hilda) Keeler is born.

Ref: 4

Raymond Scott, Bkln NY, orch leader (Your Hit Parade), is born.

Ref: 5

Cozy (William Randolph) Cole musician: drums: played w/Cab Calloway, Louie Armstrong; is born.

Ref: 4

Johnny (John Herndon) Mercer Academy Award-winning composer, lyricist: On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe [1946], In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening [w/Hoagy Carmichael] [1951], Moon River [1961], Days of Wine and Roses [1962]; Autumn Leaves, One for My Baby, Charade, Satin Doll, You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby, Come Rain or Come Shine, Hooray for Hollywood, Jeepers Creepers, I?m An Old Cowhand, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive; wrote or co-wrote over a thousand songs; is born in Savannah GA.

Ref: 5

Phia [Sophia R] Berghout harpist/founder Eduard of Beinumstichting, is born.

Ref: 5

Francisco Tarrega y Eixea composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Vagn Holmboe composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Benjamin Ipavec composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Adam Popovich composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Williams Waco TX, singer (Your Show of Shows), is born.

Ref: 5

1910

Erica Morini Vienna Austria, concert violinist, is born.

Ref: 5

Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Soviet prima ballerina is born.

Ref: 17

Dick Henry Jurgen bandleader, is born.

Ref: 5

Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century, is born.

Ref: 70

Jean Martinon Lyons France, conductor/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Izler Solomon St Paul MN, conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Renier van der Velden composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ennio Porrino composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nina Verchinina dancer choreographer/teacher, is born.

Ref: 5

Django Reinhardt Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Hendrik Willem Hans Osieck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marijan Lipovsek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jose Garcia Robles composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Blas Galindo Dimas San Gabriel M�xico, composer (A la Patria), is born.

Ref: 5

Alfred Mendelsohn composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dick Henry Jurgen bandleader, is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Fuchs composer, dies at 51.

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Miguel Bernal Jiminez composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Heinrich Zabel composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Al Sears jazz performer, is born.

Ref: 5

Roman Maciejewski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Samuel Barber, West Chester PA, composer (School for Scandal), is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, German pianist, composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Joaquin Valverde composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Nick Castle Brooklyn NY, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), is born.

Ref: 5

Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson Bremerhaven Germany, singer/actress (Der Pott), is born.

Ref: 5

Jacques Chailley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mario Peragallo Italian composer, is born.

Ref: 5

David Duffle Wood composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Edouard [Judas] Colonne French violinist/conductor, dies.

Ref: 5

Abu-Bakr Khairat composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eddy Duchin Cambridge MA, society pianist/bandleader (Eddy Duchin Orchestra), is born.

Ref: 5

Werner Wolf Glaser composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sylvia Fisher soprano (Albert Herring Opera), is born.

Ref: 5

Erland von Koch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ernst Tittel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alceo Galliera composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mary Lou Williams US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite), is born.

Ref: 5

Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gordon Jenkins Webster Grove MO, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), is born.

Ref: 5

Flor van Duyse composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin composer, dies at 88.

Ref: 5

Artie Shaw [Arthur Jacob Arshawsky] NY NY, bandleader (Come'on my House), is born.

Ref: 5

Margers Zarins composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nils-Eric Fougstedt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

T-Bone Walker Linden TX, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), is born.

Ref: 5

Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev Russian composer (Islamej), dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], rocker (Evil, Big City Blues), is born.

Ref: 5

Nappy (Hilton Napoleon) Lamare (musician: guitar: group: Bob Cats; solo: Nickel in the Slot) is born.

Ref: 4

Rudolf Kempe Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72), is born.

Ref: 5

David Rose London England, orch leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper), is born.

Ref: 5

Red (Clyde Julian) Foley, Blue Lick Ky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), is born.

Ref: 5

Ray McKinley musician: drummer: Big Boy, Hard-Hearted Hannah, Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume, You Came Along Way [from St. Louis]; led Glenn Miller Band for estate [1956-66]; is born in Ft Worth TX.

Ref: 4

Chester Arthur Burnett, blues singer, is born.

Ref: 2

Jennie Tourel Montreal Canada, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47), is born.

Ref: 5

Katherine Dunham US, dancer/choreographer/anthropologist, is born.

Ref: 5

Sir Peter Pears Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice), is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Loesser songwriter: Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, Baby It�s Cold Outside, On a Slow Boat to China, Once in Love with Amy, Luck Be a Lady, Thumbelina; is born.

Ref: 4

Dorothy Kirsten, opera singer, is born.

Ref: 2

Lou Busch (Joe �Fingers� Carr) musician: piano, arranger, composer: Sam�s Song, Down Yonder, Portuguese Washerwoman; died Sep 19, 1979

Ref: 4

Pierre Schaeffer, French composer, acoustician and electronics engineer, is born.

Ref: 70

Dame Peggy van Praagh, English-born ballet dancer; founder of the Australian Ballet, is born.

Ref: 70

Dorothy Maynor Norfolk Va, soprano (founded Harlem School of Arts), is born.

Ref: 5

Lehman Engel Jackson Miss, conductor/comp (Streetcar Named Desire), is born.

Ref: 5

Rolf Liebermann, Zurich Switzerland, composer (Leonore), is born.

Ref: 5

Soulima Stravinsky, Lausanne Switz, Russian pianist (Igor's son), is born.

Ref: 5

Phil Hanna River Forest Ill, singer (Once Upon a Tune), is born.

Ref: 5

Art Tatum, American jazz pianist, is born.

Ref: 70

Julia Ward Howe composer (Battle Hymn of the Republic), dies at age 91.

Ref: 70

Alwin Nikolais, choreographer, is born.

Ref: 2

Dame Markova [Alicia Lilian Alice Marks] London, ballerina, is born.

Ref: 5

Alex North Chester PA, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf), is born.

Ref: 5

Edmundo Ros English orchestra leader, is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Franko Goldman composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Hammond Sr NY NY, rock/jazz producer (I Can Tell, So Many Roads), is born.

Ref: 5

Pablo Hernandez Salces composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Robert Noehren composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Stanojlo Rajicic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sy (Melvin James) Oliver trumpeter, singer, arranger, bandleader, composer: Easy Does It, Swing High, Well, Git It, Opus No. 1; is born.

Ref: 2

Mitchell Ayres Milwaukee WI, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), is born.

Ref: 5

David Lichine [Lichtenstein] Russian/US dancer (Make Mine Music), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Frederic Bowles US composer/writer (Shelting Sky), is born.

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1911

Endre Szervanszky composer, is born.

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Yannis Andreou Papaioannou composer, is born.

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Andrej Ocenas composer, is born.

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Edwin Arthur Jones composer, dies at 57.

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George Amadee Tremblay composer, is born.

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Helmut Degen composer, is born.

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Wilhelm Berger composer, dies at 49.

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Hermann Pfrogner Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus), is born.

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Gabor Darvas composer, is born.

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Bruno Kreisky Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83), is born.

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Roberto Garcia Morillo composer, is born.

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Dan Smith harmonica player/gospel singer, is born.

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Carl Eilhardt composer, dies at 67.

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Julia Frances Smith composer, is born.

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Norbert Schultze composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bernard Herrmann New York City NY, composes film music, is born.

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(David) Roy �Little Jazz� Eldridge trumpeter: soloist with Gene Krupa�s Band; Let Me Off Uptown [w/Anita O�Day]; U.S. President Carter�s White House jazz party [1978]; is born in Pittsburgh PA.

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Jean-Jacques Grunenwald French organist/composer, is born.

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Johan J "Jussi" Bj�rling Swedish tenor, is born.

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Jehan [Ariste] Alain French organist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jesse Thomas blues singer, is born.

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Edwin Arthur Jones composer, dies at 57.

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Nikola Hercigonja composer, is born.

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Robert Guyn McBride Tucson AZ, composer (Mexican Rhapsody), is born.

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Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov composer, dies at 56.

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Peter Nicolai von Wilm composer, dies at 76.

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Konrad Lechner composer, is born.

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Francesco Siciliani opera composer, is born.

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Roland Jacobi Leich composer, is born.

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Stefan Kisielewski composer, is born.

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Alan Hovhaness Somerville MA, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo), is born.

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Ramon Campbell Batista composer, is born.

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Jose Ardevol composer, is born.

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Raffaele d' Alessandro composer, is born.

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Jean-Theodore Radoux composer, dies at 75.

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Enrique Jord� San Sebastian Spain, conductor (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1970), is born.

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Myfanwy Piper librettist, is born.

Ref: 5

Felix Alexandre Guilmant composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Dennis Gomm musician, is born.

Ref: 5

G�nther Rennert Essen Germany, opera director/producer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles "Honi" Coles tap dancer (Tap), is born.

Ref: 5

Harold Watkins Shaw musicologist, is born.

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Goddard Lieberson Hanley Staffordshire England, recording exec, is born.

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Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Martin Denny composer, arranger, pianist: Quiet Village, The Enchanted Sea, is born.

Ref: 4

Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis composer, dies at 35.

Ref: 5

Nino Sanzogno composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Maria Saraceni composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leonard Warren New York NY, baritone (Metropolitan Opera 1939-60) died on stage, is born.

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Sigursveinn David Kristinsson composer, is born.

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Hans Studer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lillian Rambach teacher violinist, is born.

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John Rhea "Yank" Lawson trumpeter, is born.

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Robert Johnson blues singer (King of the Delta Blues Singer), is born.

Ref: 5

Harry Simeone Newark NJ, choral director (Kate Smith Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Maxine Sullivan [Marietta Williams], US singer/actress (Going Places), is born.

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Hans Vogt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner, Kansas City MO, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll), is born.

Ref: 5

Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50 in Vienna, Austria.

Ref: 68

Boris Kremenliev composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sir William Gilbert, English lyricist for comic operas; collaborated with Sir Arthur Sullivan, dies at age 74.

Ref: 70

Alvino Rey Cleve Ohio, orch leader (King Family), is born.

Ref: 5

Mitch Miller record company executive, producer, arranger: Columbia, Mercury; musician & instrumentalist: Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, The Yellow Rose of TX, March from The River Kwai; Sing Along with Mitch LPs and TV show

Ref: 4

Dancer Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath) is born in Independence MO.

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George Liberace musician: violinist, conductor; administrator of Liberace Museum; brother of pianist/entertainer Liberace; is born in Menasha WI.

Ref: 4

Lester Lanin orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits), is born.

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Bill Monroe �Father of Bluegrass Music�: Country Music Hall of Famer: singer: Blue Moon of Kentucky; band: The Bluegrass Band; songwriter: Kentucky Waltz, A Letter from My Darling; is born.

Ref: 4

Irwin Kostal Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Vaughn Monroe Akron Oh, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), is born.

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�Papa� Jo (Jonathan) Jones musician: drums: the first to minimize use of bass drum, keeping time on top cymbal; piano, reeds, trumpet: played with Count Basie, Bennie Goodman sextet, led trio: LPs: The Essential Jo Jones, The Drums, The Main Man, Our Man Papa Jo; is born.

Ref: 4

Ticker Freeman Paterson NJ, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), is born.

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George Cates NYC, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.

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Sonny Terry (Saunders Terrell) singer, harmonica player: LPs: Sonny�s Story, Sonny is King, At the Second Fret, At Sugar Hill, Back to New Orleans, Midnight Special, California Blues; Spirituals to Swing concerts at Carnegie Hall; is born.

Ref: 4

Comedienne, singer Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley) is born.

Ref: 4

Vladimir Ussachevsky Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation), is born.

Ref: 5

Buck Clayton, jazz trumpeter, is born.

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Dana Suesse songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), is born.

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Nino Rota Milan Italy, composer (Torquemada), is born.

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Louis Prima musician: trumpet, bandleader: Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang, Gleeby Rhythm Orchestra; songwriter: Sing, Sing, Sing, Christopher Columbus, It�s the Rhythm in Me, Sunday Kind of Love, Robin Hood, Bell-Bottom Trousers, Civilization, Oh, Babe; singer: [w/wife Keely Smith]: Just a Gigolo, That Old Black Magic, I Ain�t Got Nobody, I�ve Got You Under My Skin; solo: Wonderland by Night; voice of Orangutan: The Jungle Book; died Aug 24, 1978

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Louis Prima musician: trumpet, bandleader: Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang; is born.

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Anna Russell composer, is born.

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Spike (Lindley Armstrong) Jones, musician, drummer. Band leader, is born in Long Beach CA.

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Stan (Stanley Newcomb) Kenton songwriter: No Longer a Prisoner; Grammy Award-winning bandleader: West Side Story [1961], Adventures in Jazz [1962]; theme: Artistry In Rhythm; How High the Moon, September Song, Laura; is born.

Ref: 4

Alberto Randegger composer, dies at 79.

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Paul Burkhard composer, is born.

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Karl L Hoschna composer, dies at 34.

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Endre Szervanszky composer [or Jan 1], is born.

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1912

Barbara Pentland Winnipeg Canada, composer, is born.

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Andre Ameller composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolf G Escher Dutch composer (True Face of Peace), is born.

Ref: 5

Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov composer, is born.

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Burton Lane (Levy) composer: How Are Things in Glocca Morra, That Old Devil Moon, Look to the Rainbow, How About You, I Hear Music, Come Back to Me, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, How Could You Believe Me?; Broadway musicals: Finian�s Rainbow [collaboration with Yip Harburg], On a Clear Day You Can See Forever [collaboration with Alan Jay Lerner] contributed songs to over 30 films: Babes on Broadway, Royal Wedding, Ship Ahoy, St. Louis Blues; credited with discovering Judy Garland; is born.

Ref: 4

Erich Leinsdorf Vienna Austria, available conductor & banana eater, is born.

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Zoltan Pongracz composer, is born.

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Simon Jurovsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolf Firkusny Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard), is born.

Ref: 5

Machito "Frank Grillo" Florida, bandleader (created salsa music), is born.

Ref: 5

Stan Kenton [Newcomb], Wichita KS, jazz musician/orchestra leader (Music 55), is born.

Ref: 5

Nikita Magaloff Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert), is born.

Ref: 5

Julius Kowalski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hugues Panassi� French jazz saxophonist/author (Hot Club of France), is born.

Ref: 5

Xavier Montsalvatge Spanish composer (El gato con botas), is born.

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Paul Weston (Wetstein) orchestra leader, arranger: Nevertheless [I�m in Love with You], Theme from Shane; songwriter: I Should Care, Shrimp Boats for wife: Jo Stafford; is born in Springfield MA.

Ref: 4

Ernst Hess composer, is born.

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Igor Youskevitch dancer, is born.

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Les Brown, the bandleader of "Les Brown and His Band of Renown", is born in Reinerton PA.

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Death of Albert L. Peace, 68. One of the noted Scottish organists of his day, Peace composed many cantatas, organ pieces and hymn tunes __ including the enduring ST. MARGARET, to which the Church today sings George Matheson's "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go."

Ref: 5

Sam [Lightnin'] Hopkins Centerville TX, blues stylist (Ball of Twine), is born.

Ref: 5

Russ Case Hamburg IA, orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Reuel Lahmer composer, is born.

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Robert Watson Hughes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Herbert Mills singer: group: The Mills Brothers: Paper Doll, You Always Hurt the One You Love, Glow-Worm; is born.

Ref: 4

Endre Szekely composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Martin Denny rocker/actor (Forbidden Island), is born.

Ref: 5

John Levy jazz musician: bass: played with George Shearing quintet

Ref: 4

Herbert Mills singer, (Mills Brothers), is born.

Ref: 5

Piet van Egmond Dutch organist/conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra), is born.

Ref: 5

Frederick Craig Riddle violist, is born.

Ref: 5

Feike P Asma Dutch organist, is born.

Ref: 5

Kathleen Mary Ferrier England, contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice), is born.

Ref: 5

Gavalda Miguel Querol composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frantisek Kmoch composer, dies.

Ref: 5

Anna Pollak mezzo-soprano, is born.

Ref: 5

Felipe Padilla de Leon composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Virgil Fox organ virtuoso: credited for bringing the organ �to the forefront among classical concert instruments.�; died Oct 25, 1980

Ref: 4

Lou Brown Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Erik Jorgensen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marshall Royal jazz sax/clarinet, is born.

Ref: 5

Gil Evans, jazz pianist and composer, is born.

Ref: 2

Arthur Victor Berger New York NY, composer (Ideas of Order), is born.

Ref: 5

Sandor Vegh violinist teacher conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Perry [Pierino] Como, Canonsburg PA, singer/TV host (Perry Como Show), is born.

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Jean Fran�aix Le Mans France, composer (Le Rui Nu), is born.

Ref: 5

Joan Hammond British operatic soprano, is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie Maxwell singer (Yes We Have No Bananas), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Blockx Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Ingolf Dahl Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso), is born.

Ref: 5

Don Gillis Cameron Missouri, composer (Symphony #5�), is born.

Ref: 5

Jerry Jerome Bkln NY, saxophonist (Words & Music), is born.

Ref: 5

Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara Mexico, composer (Huapango), is born.

Ref: 5

Woody (Woodrow Wilson) Guthrie �father of modern American folk music�: singer, songwriter: This Land is Your Land, Hard Travelin�, Union Maid, So Long It�s Been Good to Know Yuh, Dirty Overhalls, Pretty Boy Floyd, The Sinking of the Reuben James, more than 1,000 original songs; father of folk singer Arlo Guthrie, is born.

Ref: 4

Ray Barr NYC, pianist (Vincent Lopez Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Igor Markevitch Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Le Paradis Perdo), is born.

Ref: 5

Eleazar de Carvalho Iguat�, Brazil, conductor/tuba (Tiradentes), is born.

Ref: 5

David Raksin Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times), is born.

Ref: 5

Jules Massenet, composer, dies at age 70 in Paris, France. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Ref: 70

Gene (Eugene Curran) Kelly, dancer and actor who starred in "An American in Paris" and "Singing in the Rain" is born in Pittsburgh.

Ref: 68

John Cage composer: experimental music and performance with non-traditional instruments: Bacchanal, Anthems of the Sun, Living Room, Water Music, Third Construction, 4�53"; is born in Los Angeles CA.

Ref: 4

Kurt Sanderling Arys Germany, conductor (E Berlin Symph 1960-77), is born.

Ref: 5

Hugo Weisgall Ivancice Moravia, composer (4 Impressions), is born.

Ref: 5

Sir Georg Solti orchestra leader: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; first complete recording of Wagner�s Der Ring des Nibelungen; is born in Budapest Hungary.

Ref: 4

Conlon Nancarrow Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4), is born.

Ref: 5

Eleanor Powell Springfield MA, actress/tap dancer (Broadway Melody), is born.

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Teddy Wilson jazz pianist: Carelessly, Where the Lazy River Goes By, My Melancholy Baby, Remember Me?, You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming, Honeysuckle Rose, Ain't Misbehavin'; bandleader, arranger; is born.

Ref: 4

Terence Beckles pianist/teacher, is born.

Ref: 5

Louis Prima New Orleans LA, singer (That Old Black Magic), is born.

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Daniel Jones composer, is born.

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Tony Martin (Alvin Morris) singer: It�s a Blue World, To Each His Own, Kiss of Fire, Stranger in Paradise, Here; actor: Casbah, Hit the Deck; married to dancer Cyd Charisse, is born in Oakland CA.

Ref: 4

Leighton Noble singer/bandleader, is born.

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Werner Fussan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Peggy Glanville-Hicks Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad), is born.

Ref: 5

1913

Gardner Read Evanston, Illinois, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lavad "Dr Hepcat" Durst vocal/piano, is born.

Ref: 5

Haywood Frank Henry sax player, is born.

Ref: 5

Vido Musso musician: reed instruments, played with Benny Goodman; bandleader: Stan Kenton was his pianist; is born.

Ref: 4

Carl Baermann composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

David Emlyn Evans composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Verdina Shlonsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Norman Dello Joio [Dello Ioio], New York City NY, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gustav Luders composer, dies at 47.

Ref: 5

Witold Lutoslawski Warsaw Poland, composer (Jeux V�nitiens), is born.

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Jimmy Van Heusen (Edward Chester Babcock) Academy Award-winning composer: Swinging on a Star [1944], All the Way [1957], High Hopes [1959], Call Me Irresponsible [1963]; wrote the music to over 75 songs for Frank Sinatra with lyricists Johnny Burke and Sammy Cahn: My Kind of Town, Second Time Around; is born.

Ref: 4

Milton Adolphus composer, is born.

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Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky composer, is born.

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Jan Masseus composer, is born.

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Hector Iglesias Villoud composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rozelle Claxton pianist/arranger, is born.

Ref: 5

Lavad "Dr Hepcat" Durst vocal/piano, is born.

Ref: 5

Lucio Diestro San Pedro composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Oskar Danon composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rene Leibowitz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alvin Derold Etler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jozef Kresanek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nadine Conner US, opera singer (Carmen, La Boh�me), is born.

Ref: 5

Felix Draeseke composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Margaret Bonds US pianist/composer/arranger, is born.

Ref: 5

Yulian Grigor'yevich Kreyn composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Jacob Weinzweig Toronto Canada, composer (Enchanted Hill), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Bayer composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Sammy Kaye Lakewood OH, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), is born.

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Witold Rudzinski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Thomas composer, dies at 87.

Ref: 5

Christian Barnekow composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Martha M�dl German singer/soprano (Wagner), is born.

Ref: 5

Godfrey Turner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frankie Laine [Frank Paul LoVecchio] Chicago IL, singer (Hey, Good Lookin', That's My Desire)/ actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide), is born.

Ref: 5

George Barati composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frances Langford (Frances Newbern), Lakeland Fla, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time), is born.

Ref: 68

Jose Marraco y Ferrer composer, dies on 78th birthday.

Ref: 5

Lionel Hampton, musician, is born in Birmingham AL. (TWA, 1998)

Ref: 95

Gabor Jodal composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Everhard van Royen Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica), is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Fournet French conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Constance Shacklock opera singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Kent Wheeler Kennan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Milos Sokola composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Meyerowitz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Earl Bostic, alto sax player, bandleader: Flamingo, Sleep, You Go to My Head, Cherokee, Temptation; is born.

Ref: 4

Jack Alexander Bently trombonist, is born.

Ref: 5

Walter Susskind Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Gyula David composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Clare Grundman composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tutti Camarata Glen Ridge NJ, orchestra leader (Vic Damone Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Woody Herman jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), is born.

Ref: 5

Otto Reubke composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Ion Dumitrescu composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pee Wee (George) Erwin musician: trumpet: Tommy Dorsey Band, Isham Jones Band; is born.

Ref: 4

Cedric Thorpe Davie composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bert Farber Bkln NY, orch leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone), is born.

Ref: 5

Thor Johnson Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor (Cin Symph 1958), is born.

Ref: 5

Ris� Stevens (Ris� Steenberg) mezzo-soprano: New York Metropolitan Opera: Orpheus; Mozart�s Cherubino and Dorabella; Delilah of Biblical fame; La Giocanda�s Laura; Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus; Carmen [her role described as �voluptuous, earthy, and white-hot in her alternating moods of passion and anger.�]; resident: of Mannes College of Music, New York; radio: frequent guest appearances; actress: The Chocolate Soldier, We Must Have Music, Going My Way, Journey Back to Oz, is born.

Ref: 4

Sammy Cahn (Samuel Cohen) composer; is born.

Ref: 4

Smiley Lewis Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin'), is born.

Ref: 5

Ljuba Welitsch Borisovo, Bulgaria, soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci), is born.

Ref: 5

Cowboy (Lloyd) Copas country singer: Alabam, Goodbye Kisses, Signed, Sealed and Delivered; is born. He is killed in plane crash with singer, Patsy Cline on Mar 2, 1963.

Ref: 4

Charles Teagarden trumpeter, bandleader, brother of Jack

Ref: 4

Lucia Albanese soprano (NY Met Opera), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny McAfee Dallas TX, singer (Sammy Kaye Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Jerome Moross Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny), is born.

Ref: 5

Axel Stordahl Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Harry Mills singer (Mills Brothers-Paper Doll), is born.

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(Franck) Frank Pourcel (composer, violinist: group: The French Fiddles: Only You) is born.

Ref: 4

Bob Crosby, Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orch leader (Bob Crosby Show), is born.

Ref: 68

Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker],Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera), is born.

Ref: 5

Henry Dreyfus Brant Montreal Canada, composer (Great American Goot), is born.

Ref: 5

Leroy Holmes Pittsburgh Pa, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), is born.

Ref: 5

Vivian Fine Chicago Ill, composer (Women in the Garden), is born.

Ref: 5

Walter Schumann NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish), is born.

Ref: 5

David Carroll musician, conductor, arranger: Melody of Love, It�s Almost Tomorrow; record producer for The Diamonds, The Platters, is born.

Ref: 4

"Grandpa" Louis M Jones, Niagra KY, country singer/banjoist (Hee Haw), is born. (Also TWA, 1986)

Ref: 5

Charlie Barnet musician: saxophone; bandleader: Cherokee, We�re All Burnt Up, Where Was I?, Pompton Turnpike, I Hear a Rhapsody, Skyliner; autobiography: Those Swinging Years; is born.

Ref: 4

Benjamin Britten, English composer, pianist and conductor, is born in Lowestoft Suffolk England.

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Milton Adolphus composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hal Dickinson singer (Modernaires), is born.

Ref: 5

Eve Lister actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), is born.

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Stanley Bate composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Carroll NY NY, pianist (Most Important People), is born.

Ref: 5

Dan Dailey singer, dancer, actor: When My Baby Smiles at Me, State Fair, There's No Business like Show Business; is born.

Ref: 4

Stefano Gobatti composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Donald Phillips pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Saburo Takata composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Andor Foldes pianist: played with Budapest Philharmonic at eight years of age, is born.

Ref: 4

Benjamin Britten Suffolk England, opera composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hans Henkemans composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leo A Ketelaars Dutch oratorio vocalist, is born.

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Karl Michael Komma composer, is born.

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Singer Tony Martin is born.

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Svend Simon Schultz composer, is born.

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1914

Jean Louvel Flemish pianist/conductor/composer, is born.

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Stephane Raoul Pugno composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Arnold Richardson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Borromeo Mills composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Kenny (Klook) Clarke Pittsburgh PA, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop), is born.

Ref: 5

Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea composer, dies 76.

Ref: 5

Emil Liebling composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Henry Southwick Perkins composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Dimitri Dragatakis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Suzanne Danco Belgian singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frederik Rung composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Hans Z�lig, Swiss dancer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jules van Ackere Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music), is born.

Ref: 5

Country Music Hall of Famer Ernest Tubb is born.

Ref: 4

Kenny (Klook) Clarke Pittsburgh PA, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop), is born.

Ref: 5

Ralph Herman Milwaukee WI, orchestra leader (Circus Time), is born.

Ref: 5

Larry Adler Baltimore MD, harmonica player (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer), is born.

Ref: 5

Menelaos Pallantios composer, is born.

Ref: 5

(Gordon) Tex Beneke bandleader, singer, tenor sax: Glenn Miller Orchestra: Chattanooga Choo Choo, Don�t Sit Under the Apple Tree; is born.

Ref: 4

George Kleinsinger San Bernardino CA, composer (Tubby the Tuba), is born.

Ref: 5

Pee Wee King Milwaukee WI, country singer (Pee Wee King Song), is born.

Ref: 5

Witold Rowicki composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin composer, dies at 47.

Ref: 5

Kirill P Kondrashin Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Kapr composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Haggart musician: bass: groups: Bob Cats; Peanuts Hucko�s Pied Piper Quintet, Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, composer, is born.

Ref: 4

Carl-Olof Anderberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jiri Reinberger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Cesar Guerra Peixe composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sviatosiav Richter Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Tortelier composer, is born.

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Robert Gross composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Snooky Lanson Memphis TN, singer (Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee), is born.

Ref: 5

Hanus Trnecek composer, dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Sonny Boy Williamson [John Lee] blues musician (Down & Out Blues), is born.

Ref: 5

Carla van Neste Belgian violinist, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Nesvera composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

John Gregory dancer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wilfred Howard Mellers composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Skuli Halldorsson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sid Weiss bassist, is born.

Ref: 5

Edward Mollenhauer composer, dies at 87.

Ref: 5

Hank Snow (Clarence Eugene), Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding), is born.

Ref: 5

Carlo Maria Giulini conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Chacksfield arranger/orchestra leader, is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny �Johnnie� Wright country singer: duo: Johnnie and Jack: Poison Love, Crying Heart Blues; solo: Hello Vietnam; married to singer Kitty Wells since 1937, is born.

Ref: 4

Pierre Froidebise composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Guido Masanetz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Boris Christoff Bulgaria/Italian bass (Boris Godunov), is born.

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Sun Ra (Herman Blount) jazz musician: piano, organ, synthesizer; is born.

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Travis Kemp dancer/teacher, is born.

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Paolo Giorza composer, dies at 81.

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Hugh Le Caine composer, is born.

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Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld composer, dies at 76.

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Bobby Sherwood Indpls IN, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), is born.

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Akira Ifukube composer, is born.

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Richard Maltby orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), is born.

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Wolfgang Windgassen Annemasse Germany, tenor (Stuttgart Opera), is born.

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Lester Flatt country musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top), is born.

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Rafael Kubelik Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli), is born.

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Billy Eckstine jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love), is born.

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Gavin Maxwell, Scottish writer and naturalist (Ring of Bright Water), is born.

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Erskine Hawkins, trumpeter, is born.

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Carmen Dragon classical music conductor, bandleader; father of singer, �Captain� Daryl Dragon; is born.

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Alexei Haieff Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer (Princess Zondilda), is born.

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Glenn Osser Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue), is born.

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Tom Glazer singer: On Top of Spaghetti [w/Do-Re-Mi Children�s Chorus]; composer: film score: A Face in the Crowd, is born.

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Gail Kubik South Coffeyville, Okla, composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), is born.

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Andrzej Panufnik, Warsaw Poland, composer (Tragic Overture), is born.

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Alfred Drake (Capurro) Tony Award-winning actor: Kismet [1954]; Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma; is born.

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Ivory Joe Hunter singer, musician: piano: Since I Met You Baby, I Almost Lost My Mind, I Need You So; songwriter: Ain�t That Loving You Baby, My Wish Come True, Blues at Sunrise; died Nov 8, 1974

Ref: 4

Ken Carson Coalgate OK, singer (Garry Moore Show), is born.

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Jorge Bolet Havana Cuba, pianist (C'eurties Instituka), is born.

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Dame Alicia Markova ballerina (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32), is born.

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Johnny Johnston St Louis MO, singer (Make that Spare), is born.

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Eddie Sauter musician: drums, trumpet, arranger: for Benny Goodman: Superman, Benny Rides Again, All the Cats Join In, Clarinet A La King; for Artie Shaw: The Maid with the Flaccid Air, composer; orchestra leader: Sauter-Finegan Orchestra; is born in Brooklyn NY.

Ref: 4

Irving Fine Boston MA, composer (Toccata), is born.

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Eduard Jacobs Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47.

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Dan Dailey New York NY, dancer/actor (Governor Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), is born.

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Rosalyn Tureck Chicago IL, pianist (Bach & Rock), is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Sgambati composer, dies at 73.

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Ivan Zajc composer, dies at 82.

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Dezider Kardos composer, is born.

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Ralph Marterie �Caruso of the trumpet�: musician, bandleader: Pretend, Caravan, Skokiaan; is born.

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Tony Martin [Alvin Morris] San Francisco CA, singer (It's a Blue World, To Each), is born.

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Karl Goldmark Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84.

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Uta Graf singer/teacher, is born.

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Dean Dixon Zug Switzerland, conductor, is born.

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Guillaume Couture composer, dies at 63.

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Alvy West Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show), is born.

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Vitezslava Kapralova composer, is born.

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Jack Brymer clarinettist, is born.

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Pierre Wissmer Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno), is born.

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Bobby Hackett Providence RI, trumpeteer/orchestra leader (Air Time '57), is born.

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Richard Bales composer, is born.

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Wladyslaw Gorski composer, dies at 68.

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Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou singer, is born.

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Josh White �The Singing Christian�: blues/folk singer, guitarist; is born.

Ref: 4

Haakon Stotijn Dutch oboist (VARA Orchestra, Orkestgebouw Orchestra), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Emile Waldteufel composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Irving Gordon songwriter, is born.

Ref: 5

Emil Waldteufel [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies.

Ref: 5

Homer Keller composer, is born.

Ref: 5

David van de Woestijne Flemish pianist/composer (Les A�ronautes), is born.

Ref: 5

Marcel Landowsky composer, is born.

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Lee Castle (Castaldo) trumpet, bandleader: led Jimmy Dorsey�s band during time of smash hit: So Rare; is born.

Ref: 4

Carlos Surinach Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo), is born.

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Eunice Catunda composer, is born.

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Alexander Brott composer, is born.

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Carlos Surinach Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo), is born.

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Patricia Morison (Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison) musician: bass; singer; actress: The Magnificent Fraud, The Roundup, One Night in Lisbon, The Song of Bernadette, Lady on a Train, Song of the Thin Man, Tarzan and the Huntress, is born.

Ref: 4

Jay Livingston composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy), is born.

Ref: 5

George Chisholm Scottish jazz trombonist, is born.

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Eliseo Morales Pajaro composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Art Lund Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Willy Dixon blues artist (Mellow Down Easy), is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Joseph Abert composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), is born.

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Billie Holiday [Eleanora Fagan] Philadelphia PA, singer (Ain't Nobody's Business), is born.

Ref: 5

Dorian Le Gallienne composer, is born.

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Andor Kovach composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sal Franzella jazz musician: alto sax, clarinet: group: Sal Franzella & the Accordionaires: Yesterdays, Oh Marie, Paradise, is born.

Ref: 4

Nicola d' Arienzo composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Alexander N Skriabin Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Donald Mills singer (Mills Brothers), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Hanus composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Van Alexander New York NY, orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show), is born.

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Evencio Castellanos composer, is born.

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Pedro Saenz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Perle Bayonne NJ, composer (12 Tone Tonality), is born.

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Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor, is born.

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Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers), is born.

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Wolfgang Schneiderhan violinist, is born.

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Igor Buketoff Hartford CT, conductor (Iceland Symphony 1964-65), is born.

Ref: 5

Vincent Persichetti Phila Pennsylvania, composer (Sibyl), is born.

Ref: 5

Oscar Comras Bronx, drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park), is born.

Ref: 5

Stringbean [David Akeman], Ky, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), is born.

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Willie Dixon blues musician: bass: Big Three Trio; songwriter, producer: 1950s Chicago sound; is born in Vicksburg MS.

Ref: 4

Jerry Gray arranger, bandleader: The Glenn Miller Orchestra

Ref: 4

Timmie Rogers Detroit Mich, singer (Sugar Hill Time), is born.

Ref: 5

LaVerne Andrews singer: contralto, group: The Andrews Sisters, is born

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Dorothy Kirsten Montclair NJ, soprano (A Time to Sing), is born.

Ref: 5

David Diamond Rochester NY, composer (Paderewski Prize-1943), is born.

Ref: 5

Milt Buckner musician: piano, organ, composer: Hamp�s Boogie Woogie, The Lamplighter, Count�s Basement; is born.

Ref: 4

Laverne Andrews Minneapolis, Andrew Sister (or 0706), is born.

Ref: 5

Frankie Yankovic Grammy Award-winning musician: accordion: Just Because, Blue Skirt Waltz; bandleader: polka band; is born.

Ref: 4

Irving Fields NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Walter Trampler Munich Germany, violist (Beaux Arts Trio), is born.

Ref: 5

Jack Fascinato Bevier Mo, pianist/orch leader (Kukla Fran & Ollie), is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Daniels Jacksonville Fla, singer (Billy Daniels Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Cy Walter Minneapolis Mn, pianist (3's Company), is born.

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Martha Tilton singer: And the Angels Sing, A Stranger in Town; actress: The Benny Goodman Story, Sunny, is born.

Ref: 4

Billy Strayhorn, composer, arranger and pianist who wrote "Take the A Train., is born.

Ref: 2

Earl Wild Pittsburgh PA, pianist (Caesar's Hour, NBC Symphony 1942), is born.

Ref: 5

Jack Brymer clarinettist, is born.

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Dick Vance musician: trumpet, is born.

Ref: 4

Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer, is born.

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Brownie McGhee, singer and guitarist, is born.

Ref: 2

Nico Richter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Adolph Green songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Malat composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Eddie Heywood Jr. pianist, composer: Canadian Sunset, is born.

Ref: 4

Gustav Hollaender composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields drummer, is born.

Ref: 5

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Jarotschin Germany, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier), is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Sinatra Hoboken NJ, singer/actor (old blue eyes/chairman of board), is born.

Ref: 5

Clay Warnick Tacoma WA, choral director (Jimmie Rodgers Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Georgy Vasilevich Svirdov composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Turk Murphy (Melvin Edward Alton Murphy) trombonist: first to play jazz version of Mack the Knife; is born.

Ref: 4

Edith Piaf, internationally famous French cabaret singer, best remembered for her songs "La Vie en rose" and "Non, je ne regrette rein., is born.

Ref: 2

Noelle de Mosa Netherlands/British dancer/teacher (Brigadoon), is born.

Ref: 5

Pete Rugolo bandleader/arranger (Fugitive), is born.

Ref: 5

Una Mae Carlisle US pianist/vocalist (Walkin' at the River), is born.

Ref: 5

Roebuck "Pops" Staples US gospel/singer (Staple Singers), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Beach Hawley composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

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Maxene (Angelyn) Andrews singer [w/sisters LaVerne and Patti]: group: The Andrews Sisters: Why Talk About Love?, A Simple Melody, Bei Mir Bist Du Sch�n, Rum and Coca Cola; solo: I Suppose; on Broadway with Patti: Over Here; died Oct 21, 1995

Ref: 68

Antonio Estevez composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philip Bezanson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vic Mizzy Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Bella Lewitsky choreographer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joel Herron Chicago IL, orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Henri Dutilleux Angers France, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Iwan Knorr composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Lothar Jensch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Milt (Milton W.) Raskin pianist, composer: Twenty Mule Train [Death Valley Days], Exotic Percussion [Kapu], Look Out Up There [w/Pete Rugolo], I Never Wanna Look Into Those Eyes [w/Johnny Mercer], Mileka; arranger: Naked City, The Fugitive, The Agony and the Ecstacy, Lawrence of Arabia; is born.

Ref: 4

Peter Crossley-Holland composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Anton Simon composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

David Vassall Cox composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Doggett musician: Honky Tonk, Slow Walk; is born.

Ref: 68

Vic Mizzy Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek composer, dies at 90.

Ref: 5

Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske Austrian composer (Vom Tode), is born.

Ref: 5

Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

William Ballard Doggett jazz musician, is born.

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Julius Juzeliunas composer, is born.

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Martindale Sidwell organist/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

George Clement Martin composer, dies at 71.

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Mordecai Seter composer, is born.

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Dinah (Frances Rose) Shore Emmy Award-winning singer, entertainer: The Dinah Shore Show [1951], Dinah�s Place [1970]; Daytime Emmy: Dinah�s Place [1970], Dinah! [1974]; The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, Oh, God!, Death Car on the Freeway; singer: Yes, My Darling Daughter, The Breeze and I, Blues in the Night, I�ll Walk Alone, Buttons and Bows; sponsored Dinah Shore Classic pro golf tournament for over twenty years; died Feb 24, 1994

Ref: 4

Edward H J Keurvels Flemish conductor/composer (Parisina), dies at 62.

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Bernard George Stevens composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ina Ray Hutton (Odessa Cowan) tap dancer; Ziegfeld Follies; pianist, bandleader; singer: Every Man a King; actress: The Big Broadcast of 1938, Ever Since Venus; is born.

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Horace Ian Parrott composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill record producer, is born.

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Harry (Haag) James trumpeter, bandleader: Sweet Georgia Brown, Chiribiribin, And the Angels Sing, Two O�clock Jump, You Made Me Love You, Music Makers, Strictly Instrumental, I�ll Get By; married to Betty Grable (second of four wives); is born in Albany GA.

Ref: 4

Louis Toebosch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Wyle New York NY, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show), is born.

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Enrique y Campina Granados Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48.

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Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko composer, is born.

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Harry Rabinowitz British composer/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Vic Schoen Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show), is born.

Ref: 5

�Pappy� Wade Ray country entertainer/musician: Grand Ol� Opry; is born.

Ref: 4

Julian Dash jazz musician: tenor sax: No Soap, Midnight Stroll, Double Shot, Gin Mill Special, Weddin� Blues, My Silent Love, Long Moan, Creamin�, Goin� Along; is born.

Ref: 4

Vicente Goicoechea Errasti composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Alberto E Ginastera Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi), is born.

Ref: 5

Russ Garcia musician, composer, orchestra leader: Waiter, Make Mine Blues [w/Anita O�Day]; Royal Wedding Suite [w/Oscar Peterson], is born.

Ref: 4

Denis ApIvor composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Emerson Buckley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Yehudi Menuhin violinist: child prodigy: solo with San Francisco Orchestra at age of 7, played with New York Symphony Orchestra at ten; is born.

Ref: 4

Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk composer, is born.

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Jan Rychlik composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Shaw Red Bluff CA, chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale), is born.

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Maurice "Moe" Purtill jazz drummer, is born.

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Mutal' Burkhanov composer, is born.

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Earl Ross Drake composer, dies at 50.

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Bernard William George Rose composer/organist, is born.

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Douglas Guest organist, is born.

Ref: 5

Max [Johann] Reger German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Ellis Bonoff Kohs composer, is born.

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Skip (Lloyd) Martin bandleader, composer, arranger: Hammer Blow [from Mike Hammer], Singin� in the Rain, Guys and Dolls, April Love, Funny Face, Silk Stockings, Les Girls; died in Feb 1976, is born.

Ref: 4

Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre composer, dies at 68.

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Gordon Binkerd composer, is born.

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Virginia "Ginny" Simms actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band), is born.

Ref: 68

Carl M Story fiddler, is born.

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Les Paul (Polfus), Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar), is born.

Ref: 68

Dick Cary jazz musician: trumpet, arranger; first pianist in Louis Armstrong�s All-Stars [1947-48]; is born.

Ref: 4

Eleanor Steber Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940), is born.

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Ben Weber St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965), is born.

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Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), is born.

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Moura Lympany Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979), is born.

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Dick (Richard Benjamin) Haymes singer: I�ll Get By, It Can�t Be Wrong, You�ll Never Know, Till the End of Time, Mamselle, Little White Lies; actor: State Fair, All Ashore, Irish Eyes are Smiling; is born.

Ref: 4

Emil Gilels Odessa Russia, pianist (Brussels Competition-1938), is born.

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Ray Conniff choral/orchestra director: theme from Dr. Zhivago; LP: S�wonderful, Somewhere My Love; musician: trombone; is born.

Ref: 4

Joe Bushkin NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes), is born.

Ref: 5

Billy May composer, bandleader: many of Sinatra�s Capitol hits, is born in Pittsburgh PA.

Ref: 4

Guido Turchi Rome Italy, composer (Invettiva), is born.

Ref: 5

Charlie Ventura musician: tenor sax: played w/Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton, Charlie Parker, Count Basie; band leader; is born.

Ref: 4

Francesco Paolo Tosti composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Hans Richter composer, dies at 73.

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(Damaso) Perez Prado musician: piano, organ: Patricia, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, Mambo No. 5, Mambo No. 8, is born.

Ref: 4

Buddy (Edwin) Cole pianist: group: The Buddy Cole Trio; sang with Rosemary Clooney: LP: Swing Around Rosie; is born.

Ref: 4

Hal Hastings New York NY, orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel Giro composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

William Wallace Gilchrist composer, dies at 70.

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Daniel Devoto composer, is born.

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Helmut Eder composer, is born.

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Bernhard Scholz composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Eduard Strauss Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81.

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Ernst Rudorff composer, dies at 76.

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Vera Zorina (Eva Brigitta Hartwig) dancer, actress: Star-Spangled Rhythm, is born.

Ref: 4

Reginald Smith Brindle composer, is born.

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Wieland Wagner German opera director, is born.

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Ulysses Sipmson Kay composer, is born.

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Jerry Wexler music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan), is born.

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Walter Hendl West New York NJ, conductor, is born.

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Felix Guerro Diaz composer, is born.

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Billy Butterfield (Charles William Butterfield) musician: trumpet; founding member of World�s Greatest Jazz Band; is born.

Ref: 4

Oskar Morawetz Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer, is born.

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Ulyses Simpson Kay composer, is born.

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Rudolf Maros composer, is born.

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Billy Maxted pianist, songwriter, arranger: many arrangements for Ray Eberle, Red Nichols, Will Bradley, Benny Goodman; bandleader: LP: Bourbon Street Billy Blues [w/Manhattan Jazz Band], is born.

Ref: 4

Albert "Pud" Brown clarinetist/saxophonist, is born.

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Jose Maceda composer, is born.

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Paul Rubens composer, dies at 41.

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Arthur Gold Toronto, Canada, pianist, is born.

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Liberato Firmino Sifonia composer, is born.

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Emile Pessard composer, dies at 73.

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Thomas K Scherman New York NY, conductor (Little Orchestra Society 1947-75), is born.

Ref: 5

Joel Angel Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48.

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John Gardner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lee Young, jazz musician: drummer: Nat King Cole Trio, Lee Young Band, is born.

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Janet Collins ballerina, is born.

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Robert Erickson composer, is born.

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Brian Boydell composer, is born.

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Dino Lipatti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dame Vera Lynn, British singer (Anniversary Waltz), is born.

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Johnny Guarnieri New York NY, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Rufus Thomas Cayce MS, singer (Walking the Dog), is born.

Ref: 5

Fran Gerbic composer, dies at 76.

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Els Aarne composer, is born.

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Rudolf Bruci composer, is born.

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Johnny Andrews Boston, singer/host of Songs at Twilight, is born.

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Scott Joplin, King of ragtime music, composer, musician: guitar, piano, bugle: Original Rags, Maple Leaf Rag, The Ragtime Dance, The Entertainer, operas: The Guest of Honor, Treemonisha; dies at age 48.

Ref: 4

Lou Monte NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse), is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Finegan Newark NJ, (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue), is born.

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Tibor Andrasovan composer, is born.

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Richard Yardumian Philadelphia PA, composer (Come Creator Spirit), is born.

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Walter "Shakey" Horton Mississippi, harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), is born.

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Mongo (Ramon) Santamaria bandleader, composer, musician: conga drums: Afro Blue, Watermelon Man; appeared in film: Made in Paris; played with Perez Prado and Tito Puente; is born.

Ref: 4

Spyridon Filiskos Samaras composer, dies at 53.

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Pietro Grossi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Hoes Dutch musician/producer (Wished I'd stayed with my Mom), is born.

Ref: 5

Emanuel Vardi Jerusalem Israel, violist (San Diego Symphony 1978-82), is born.

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Mile Yvette Chauvir� France, ballerina assoluta (Sleeping Beauty), is born.

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Bea Wain US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade), is born.

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James Penberthy composer, is born.

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Edward Toner Cone composer, is born.

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Otto Adolf Klauwell composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Andr� A Rieu Dutch conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Lou Harrison Portland OR, composer (Rapunzel), is born.

Ref: 5

Norman Luboff choral leader: The Norman Luboff Choir; is born.

Ref: 4

Geraint Jones conductor/organist, is born.

Ref: 5

Enyss Djemil composer, is born.

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Dennis Day New York NY, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), is born.

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Jimmy Hamilton saxophonist, is born.

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Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur composer, dies at 72.

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Papa John Creech rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane), is born.

Ref: 5

Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti) singer/comedian (partner for Jerry Lewis), is born.

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Si (Simon) Zentner bandleader, trombonist: Boyd Raeburn Orchestra; is born.

Ref: 4

Leon Payne country artist, songwriter: I Love You Because, Lost Highway, They�ll Never Take Her Love, I Heard My Heart Break Last Night, The Blue Side of Lonesome; is killed.

Ref: 4

Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti) straight man of comedy-team: Martin and Lewis; singer: Memories are Made of This, Return to Me, Everybody Loves Somebody, The Door is Still Open to My Heart, Houston; actor: My Friend Irma, Hollywood or Bust, Airport, Bells are Ringing, The Caddy, Cannonball Run, Ocean�s 11, Rio Bravo; died Dec 25, 1995

Ref: 4

Ben Homer composer/songwriter: Sentimental Journey [w/Bud Green, Les Brown], is born.

Ref: 4

Lena Horne, singer, is born in Brooklyn NY.

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Buddy Rich Bkln NY, drummer/orch leader (Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go), is born.

Ref: 5

Dorothy Kirsten Montclair NJ, opera singer (The Chevy Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Elton Britt Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), is born.

Ref: 5

Ted Steele Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars), is born.

Ref: 5

Homer (Henry D. Haynes), comedy singer of Homer and Jethro, is born.

Ref: 4

Charlie Shavers musician: trumpet: group: John Kirby Sextet; composer: Pastel Blue, Undecided, is born.

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Roque Cordero Panama, composer (Sonata Breve), is born.

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John Lee Hooker Mississippi, blues musician (Canned Heat), is born.

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Tex (Sol) Williams singer: Smoke, Smoke, Smoke [That Cigarette], Shame on You, The Rose of the Alamo, Bluebird on Your Windowsill, Bottom of a Mountain; is born.

Ref: 4

Laurindo Almeida Grammy Award-winning composer, musician: guitar: Guitar from Ipanema [1964]; Viva Bossa Nova; underscore: Viva Zapata; is born.

Ref: 4

Robert Ward Cleveland Ohio, composer (Pantaloon), is born.

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Michael Somes England, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet in London), is born.

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Composer, jazz musician Thelonious (Sphere) Monk is born.

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Musician, trumpeteer, Dizzy (John Birks) Gillespie is born.

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Merle Travis songwriter: 16 Tons, Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette, Petal from a Faded Rose, Cincinnati Lou, Information Please; singer: Re-enlistment Blues in From Here to Eternity, John Henry Junior, Barbara Allen; is born.

Ref: 4

Sylvia Syms singer: �world�s greatest saloon singer�; is born.

Ref: 4

Leon Minkus composer, dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Rufo I Wever Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Street Los Angeles CA, actor/singer (Broadway Open House), is born.

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Louis Salvador Palange composer, is born.

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Alicia Alonso Havana Cuba, ballerina (American Ballet Theatre), is born.

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Andre Eglevsky choreographer (Limelight), is born.

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1918

Buddy Weed Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party), is born.

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Michael Hertz composer, dies at 73.

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Albert Weisser composer, is born.

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Lester Sill pioneer music publisher/record producer, is born.

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Bohuslav Jeremias composer, dies at 58, is born.

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Gottfried von Einem Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer (Dantons Tod), is born.

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Skitch (Lyle) Henderson bandleader: musical director of NBC-TV�s The Tonight Show with Steve Allen, Johnny Carson; conductor: Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, is born in Birmingham England.

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Elmore James musician (Dust My Broom), is born.

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Kara Abulfazogli Karayev composer, is born.

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Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev composer, dies at 68.

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Hank Locklin (Lawrence Hankins Locklin) country singer: Please Help Me I�m Falling, Send Me the Pillow You Dream On, is born.

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Vernon Castle, dancer, actor: The Whirl of Life; dies at age 30.

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Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren composer, dies at 64.

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Frank Wigglesworth composer, is born.

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Eugene D'Harcourt composer, dies at 58.

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Karel Stecker composer, dies at 57.

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Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte composer, dies at 82.

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Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger composer, dies at 24.

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Lili Boulanger composer, dies at 24.

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Howard Boatwright composer, is born.

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D Arendo [Arend Honhoff] Dutch pianist/composer (Eleonora), is born.

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Willem Coenen composer, dies at 80.

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Marian McPartland (Margaret Marian Turner) musician: After Hours, Ambiance, Personal Choice, In My Life; founded Halcyon Records; songwriter: There?ll Be other Times, Twilight World; National Public Radio show: Marian McPartand's Piano Jazz, is born.

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Bernd-Alois Zimmermann German composer (Soldiers), is born.

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Sir Charles Thompson musician: pianist, organist: w/Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Buck Clayton, Jimmy Rushing; composer: Robbins Nest [tribute to DJ Fred Robbins], is born.

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Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen composer, is born.

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Cesar Cortinas composer, dies at 27.

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Theophile Ysaye composer, dies at 53.

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Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris France at 55.

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C�sar A Cui Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83.

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Youly Algaroff ballet dancer, is born.

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Pearl (Mae) Bailey jazz singer: Takes Two to Tango, A Little Learnin� is a Dangerous Thing [w/Sinatra]; actress: St. Louis Woman, Variety Girl, Porgy and Bess, lead in black cast of Hello Dolly; TV series; is born in Newport News VA.

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Karl Fritjof Valentin composer, dies at 64.

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Sixten Ehrling Malm� Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm), is born.

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Enrique Iturriaga composer, is born.

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Louis Applebaum composer, is born.

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Peanuts Hucko Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.

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Tony Mottola guitarist: played with Al Caiola, George Hall�s orchestra, CBS radio studio orchestra, worked w/Raymond Scott backing up young Frank Sinatra and Perry Como, arranger for Como�s TV variety show; composer: films: Running on Empty, Violated, is born.

Ref: 4

Astrid Varnay Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Metropolitan Opera 1941-56), is born.

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[Ibolyka] Astridm Varnay Hungarian/US singer (Walk�re), is born.

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Kirby Stone New York NY, jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles & Beads), is born.

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Willem N "Pim" Koot pianist of Concert building (Oh, Lady! Lady!), is born.

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Erbie Bowser pianist, is born.

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Godfrey Ridout composer, is born.

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Argeliers Leon composer, is born.

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Margo, singer (Golden Irish Favorites), is born.

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Eddy Arnold Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime), is born.

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Birgit Nilsson, Karup Sweden, operatic soprano (Elektra, Salome), is born.

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Toivo Kuula composer, dies at 34.

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Bulent Arel composer, is born.

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Bumps Blackwell rocker, is born.

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Bob Carroll singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, The Stranger), is born.

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Stuart Foster Binghamton NY, singer (Galen Drake Show), is born.

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Buster Davis Johnstown Pa, choral director (Garry Moore Show), is born.

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George Rochberg Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet), is born.

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Eugene List Phila Penn, pianist/prof (Eastman School of Music), is born.

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Ruggiero Ricci SF CA, violinist (Paganini), is born.

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Leonard Rose Washington DC, concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51), is born.

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Hank Jones pianist: accompanied Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald; led Hank Jones Trio, is born.

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Les Elgart musician: lead trumpet, bandleader: w/brother Larry; is born.

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Leonard Bernstein conductor: NY Philharmonic Orchestra; composer: West Side Story, On the Town, My Sister Eileen, On the Waterfront , Jeremiah, The Age of Anxiety, Kaddish, Chichester Psalms, Mass, Songfest; is born.

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Alan Jay Lerner lyricist composer (Lerner & Leowe-My Fair Lady), is born.

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Gerald Wilson Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx), is born.

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Ray Charles Chicago, orch leader (Perry Como), is born.

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Henryk Szeryng Zelazowa Wola Poland, violinist (Brahms Concerto), is born.

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Bobby Byrne Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven), is born.

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Jerome Robbins choreographer/composer (Tony-West Side Story), is born.

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Charles Lecocq, French composer of operettas, dies at age 86.

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Howard Shanet Brooklyn NY, conductor (Night of the Tropics), is born.

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Elmore James musician (Dust My Broom), is born.

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Skitch Henderson Birmingham England, orchestra leader (Tonight Show), is born.

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Milton DeLugg bandleader: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; Milton DeLugg and His Orchestra: Abe Burrows� Almanac, The Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show, Dagmar�s Canteen, Doodles Weaver, The Gong Show, Judge for Yourself, Your Hit Parade; musician: accordion: The Milton DeLugg Quartet: Broadway Open House; songwriter: Orange Colored Sky, is born in Los Angeles CA.

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Jorunn Vidar composer, is born.

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G�rard Souzay Angers France, baritone (Le Nozze di Figaro), is born.

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Professor Longhair king of New Orleans music, is born.

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Joe Williams Cordele GA, jazz singer (Everyday I Have the Blues), is born.

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Henryk Jarecki composer, dies at 72.

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Jos� Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer (Holiday for Lovers), is born.

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Eddie Safranski Pittsburgh PA, orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show), is born.

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Bertram Luard-Selby composer, dies at 65.

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Bernard Drukker Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader (Devil's Wheel), is born.

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Al "Jazbo" Collins New York City NY, disk jockey (Tonight! America After Dark), is born.

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Sylvia Syms US singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes), is born.

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Bob Boucher, Kent OH, orchestra leader (Music on Ice), is born.

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Jaroslav Jeremias composer, dies at 19.

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Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas Santiago Chile, composer, is born.

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Royalton Kisch British conductor, is born.

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Stepan Lucky composer, is born.

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Leon Kirchner Brooklyn NY, opera composer (Lily), is born.

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Nina Milkina pianist, is born.

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Robert Suter composer, is born.

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Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa Swiss vocalist, is born.

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Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux composer, dies at 55.

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Buddy Morrow (Moe Zudekoff) bandleader: Night Train, Hey Mrs. Jones, theme from Man with the Golden Arm, is born.

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Joan Edwards New York NY, singer (Joan Edwards Show), is born.

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Tennessee Ernie Ford Bristol TN, country singer/actor (pea picker), is born.

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Giovanni Bolzoni composer, dies at 77.

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Jiri Pauer composer, is born.

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Josephine McGill composer, dies at 41.

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Luc-Andre Marcel composer, is born.

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Roman Haubenstock-Ramati composer, is born.

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Tamara Toumanova dancer, is born.

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Jozef Surzynski composer, dies at 67.

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Death of Julia H. Johnston, 70, American Presbyterian Sunday School leader. She penned about 500 hymns during her lifetime, one of which is still sung today: "Grace Greater Than Our Sin" (a.k.a. "Marvelous Grace of our Loving Lord").

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Ivor Keys musician/teacher, is born.

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Auguste Tolbecque composer, dies at 88.

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Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington/bandleader/songwriter: Blue Serge, Things Ain�t What They Used to Be; owned Mercer record label; bandleader: only son of Duke Ellington: led the Duke�s band after he died and for musical Sophisticated Ladies; is born.

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Harald Fryklof composer, dies at 36.

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Luther Henderson Jr Kansas City MO, orchestra leader (Polly Bergen Show), is born.

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Erno Kiraly composer, is born.

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Sigurd von Koch composer, dies at 39.

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Nat "King" Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles), Montgomery AL, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), is born in Montgomery AL.

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Jacob Avshalomov Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon), is born.

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Paul Geisler composer, dies at 62.

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Antony Tudor England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957), is born.

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Stefan Surzynski composer, dies at 63.

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Ralph Flanagan, pianist/arranger: Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron, Charlie Barnet, Gene Krupa, Tony Pastor, Boyd Raeburn, Alvino Rey, Tony Martin, Mindy Carson, Perry Como Supper Club radio show; bandleader: Nevertheless, Rag Mop, Harbor Lights, Slow Poke, Hot Toddy; theme song: Singing Winds, is born in Loraine OH.

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Istvan Anhalt composer, is born.

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Merce Cunningham choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus), is born.

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Don Cornell (Louis Varlaro) singer: It isn�t Fair, I�ll Walk Alone, I�m Yours, Heart of My Heart, This is the Beginning of the End, Hold My Hand, The Bible Tells Me So, Most of All, Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, is born.

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Talivaldis Kenins composer, is born.

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Heinz Wunderlich composer, is born.

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Pete Seeger NY NY, folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene), is born.

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Dimiter Petkov composer, is born.

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Mary Ann McCall singer, is born.

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George London Montr�al Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto), is born.

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Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov composer, is born.

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Tibor Sarai composer, is born.

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[Wladziu Valentino] Liberace West Allis WI, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), is born.

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Bohumil Pazdirek composer, dies at 80.

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Dame Margot Fonteyn Surrey England, ballerina (Giselle/partner of Nureyev), is born.

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Georgie Auld (John Altwerger) musician: saxophones: bandleader; actor: The Rat Race, dubbed soundtrack for Robert DeNero in New York, New York; is born.

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Gino Negri composer, is born.

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Chet Gierlach music publisher/composer, is born.

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Emmanual Tettey Mensah musician, is born.

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Robert Merrill (Moishe Miller) Metropolitan Opera singing star, is born in Brooklyn, NY.

Ref: 68

Akeo Watanabe Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68), is born.

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Rusty Gill St Louis Mo, singer (Polka Time), is born.

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Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian opera composer, dies at age 62 in Montecatini, Tuscany.

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Michael Kidd [Milton Greenwald] choreographer (7 Brides for 7 Bros), is born.

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George Shearing (jazz pianist: September in the Rain, I�ll Take Romance, Changing with the Times; composer: Lullaby of Birdland, Conception, Consternation), is born.

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Kitty Wells Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry), is born.

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Marge Champion LA Calif, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), is born.

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Blanche Thebom Monessen Penn, mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida), is born.

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Jack Russell, Saratoga Springs NY, singer (Your Show of Shows), is born.

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Vaclav Nelhybel Polanka Czechoslovakia, composer (Everyman), is born.

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Patricia Neway Bkln NY, soprano (Consul, Maria Golovia), is born.

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Art Blakey Pitts Pa, drummer (Billy Eckstine Band), is born.

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Jane Randolph singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn), is born.

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Myron Floren Webster San Diego CA, accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.

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Hershy Kay Philadelphia PA, composer/arranger (Olympic Hymn), is born.

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David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian], Fresno CA, (Alvin & Chipmunks), is born.

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Nina Milkina pianist, is born.

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Ike Isaacs guitarist, is born.

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Charles Craig opera singer, is born.

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Hans-Dieter Hosalla composer, is born.

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Moyssey Samuilovich Vaynberg composer, is born.

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Sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson composer, is born.

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Amintore Galli composer, dies at 74.

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Manke Nelis [Cornelis Pieters] Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy), is born.

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Anita O�Day (Anita Belle Colton) jazz singer: Chickery Chick, Boogie Blues; films: The Gene Krupa Story, Jazz on a Summer�s Day, Zigzag, The Outfit, is born in Chicago IL.

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Horatio William Parker composer, dies at 56.

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Achilles Alferaki composer, dies at 73.

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Inocenti Carreno composer, is born.

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Roman Vlad composer, is born.

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David Valentine Willcocks composer, is born.

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1920

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Brescia Italy, pianist, is born.

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Earl Kim composer, is born.

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Reginald De Koven composer, dies at 60.

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Nora Kaye New York City NY, prima ballerina, is born.

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George Handy (George Joseph Hendleman) George Joseph Hendleman) (pianist, composer, arranger: Boyd Raeburn band, Alvino Rey band, Paramount Studios; died Jan 8, 1997

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Torsten Nilsson composer, is born.

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William Warfield singer (Show Boat), is born.

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Ray Abrams jazz/be-bop tenor saxophonist, is born.

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Don Saddler Van Nuys CA, dancer (Holiday Hotel), is born.

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George Skibine Russian/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona), is born.

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Oscar Brand folk singer, composer: Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads; music director: NBC-TV Sunday; host: Let�s Sing Out, is born in Winnipeg Canada.

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Emile Sauret composer, dies at 67.

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Bryant Boudleaux Shellman GA, rock writer (Bye Bye Love), is born.

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Eileen Farrell, Willimantic CT, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody), is born.

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Ingmar Milveden composer, is born.

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Lee Russell Cleveland OH, singer (Vincent Lopez), is born.

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Patty Andrews (Patricia Marie Andrews) lead singer: group: The Andrews Sisters: Bei Mir Bist Du Schon, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Rum and Coca Cola, Beer Barrel Polka; solo: I Can Dream Can�t I, is born in Minneapolis MN.

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Paul Fetler composer, is born.

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Armin Schibler Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace), is born.

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Bettina Vernon-Warren dancer, is born.

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Del Wood singer, is born.

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Hall Overton Bangor MI, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), is born.

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Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky composer, dies at 61.

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Jose Melis Havana Cuba, orchestra leader (Jack Paar Program), is born.

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Edward Kassner music publisher, is born.

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Alfred Grant Goodman composer, is born.

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Enrique Franco composer, is born.

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James Daniel "Danny" Turner saxophonist, is born.

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Jethro Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), is born.

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John Addison Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Academy Award), is born.

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Marian McPartland jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland), is born.

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Fanny Waterman concert pianist & teacher, is born.

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Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan composer, is born.

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Geoffrey Bush composer, is born.

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Richard Hayman bandleader/conductor/pianist (Theme of 3 Penny Opera), is born.

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Stan Freeman, Waterbury CT, pianist (Melody Tour), is born.

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Homer Newton Bartlett composer, dies at 74.

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Ravi Shankar sitarist: played at Woodstock [1969] and with George Harrison in the Bangla-Desh Benefit concerts [1971]; was George Harrison�s sitar teacher; was resident lecturer at CCNY, is born in Benares India.

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Charles Tomlinson Griffes US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35.

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Art Van Damme Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz), is born.

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Robert Fizdale Chicago IL, pianist (Misia), is born.

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Eduardo Maturana composer, is born.

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Jim Timmens Grammy Award-winning composer: Aren�t You Glad You�re You [1977: Best Recording For Children, w/Christopher Cerf]; jazz musician, musical director of New York�s Radio City Music Hall, is born.

Ref: 4

John Conrad Nordqvist composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Bruno Maderna Venice Italy, conductor/composer (Hyperion), is born.

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Louis Barron composer, is born.

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Death of Eliza P. Hewitt, 69, American Presbyterian S.S. teacher and hymnwriter. Many of her verses are still sung today, including "More About Jesus," Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus" and "Sunshine in My Soul."

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Juan C Lampe Aruba, pianist/composer, is born.

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Nan Merriman US/Netherlands singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra), is born.

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Harold Samuel Shapero Lynn MA, composer (9 Minute Opera), is born.

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Leen 't Hart Dutch organist/composer, is born.

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Jacob Gilboa composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Lewis, jazz pianist, is born.

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Beryl Bryden, jazz singer, is born.

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Helen O'Connell Lima OH, singer (Green Eyes, Amapola), is born.

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Peggy Lee [Norma Egstrom] Jamestown ND, singer (Fever, Why Don't You Do Right), is born.

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George London, baritone singer: group: Bel canto Trio [w/Frances Yeend and Mario Lanza]; member: Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan Opera; Artistic Dir: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Director: National Opera Institute; head: Washington Opera; established George London Foundation for Singers [1971]; is born in Montr�al Canada.

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Hazel Scott Trinidad, singer/pianist (Hazel Scott), is born.

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Shelly Manne composer, musician: drummer: Peter Gunn score; actor: Man with the Golden Arm; is born.

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Robert Mann Portland Oregon, violinist (String Quartet 1952), is born.

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Isaac Stern Kremenetz, Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph), is born.

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William Masselos Niagara Falls NY, pianist/prof (Juiliard 1976), is born.

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George Shearing London, blind pianist/composer (Lullabye of Byrdland), is born.

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Georgia Gibbs Worcester Mass, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire), is born.

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Charlie Parker, jazz guitarist, was born

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Charlie "Bird" Parker famous African-American jazzman, is born.

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Al Caiola musician: guitar: themes from The Magnificent Seven and Bonanza, is born.

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Johnny Desmond (Giovanni Alfredo de Simone) singer: Yellow Rose of Texas, Play Me Hearts and Flowers; group: Bob-O-Links w/Bob Crosby Band; solo: ?G.I. Sinatra?: Glenn Miller AAF band, Don McNeill?s Breakfast Club, Your Hit Parade, Face the Music; actor: Escape from San Quentin, China Doll, Hawk of the Caribbean; is born in Detroit MI.

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Robert Moevs composer, is born.

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Dave Brubeck jazz musician: Take Five, LPs: Jazz Goes to College, Dave Brubeck at Storyville, Time Out, Two Generations of Brubeck, Last Set at Newport, All the Things We Are, is born in Concord CA.

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Karel Kovarovic composer, dies at 57.

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Paul Lacome composer, dies at 82.

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Frits Noske Dutch musicologist (Signifier & the Signified, is born.

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Clark Terry musician: trumpet, flugelhorn: with Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, is born.

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Rita Streich German singer, is born.

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�Little� Jimmy Dickens, Country Music Hall of Famer: Country Boy, My Heart�s Bouquet, May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose, is born in Bolt WV.

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Dave Bartholomew Louisiana, jazz artist/songwriter (Blueberry Hill), is born.

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Gote Carlid composer, is born.

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1921

John Lanigan tenor, is born.

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Luis Villalba Munoz composer, dies at 48.

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Seymour Barab composer, is born.

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Leo Smit Philadelphia PA, pianist/composer, is born.

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Mark Lawrence Washington DC, pianist (Alice Pearce), is born.

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Todor Popov composer, is born.

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Andre Hodeir composer, is born.

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Wlasyslaw Zelenski composer, dies at 83.

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Alfred Reed composer, is born.

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Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych composer, dies at 43.

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Frantisek Chaun composer, is born.

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Johannes Driessler composer, is born.

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Bernie Leighton West Haven CT, orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime), is born.

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Luigi Mancinelli composer, dies at 72.

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Max Wilhelm Zach composer, dies at 56.

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Sir John Pritchard London England, conductor, is born.

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Wilma Lee Cooper (Leary) country singer: Come Walk with Me with husband, Stoney; group: Clinch Mountain Clan with daughter, Carol Lee, is born.

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Seymour Barab composer, is born.

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Adrian Cruft composer, is born.

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Jeanne Demessieux composer, is born.

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Hans Haym composer, dies at 60.

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Claude Rene Georges Pascal composer, is born.

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Nurv Shiner singer, is born.

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Ruth Gipps British conductor/composer, is born.

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Ingvar Lidholm composer, is born.

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Andras Szollosy composer, is born.

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Vladimir Sommer composer, is born.

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Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson composer, is born.

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Junior Parker Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train), is born.

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Halim El-Dabh composer, is born.

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Julius Rudel Vienna Austria, conductor (NYC Opera 1957), is born.

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Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson trumpeter, is born.

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Astor Piazzolla Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo), is born.

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Gordon MacRae actor: Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Desert Song; singer: I Still Get Jealous, It�s Magic, Hair of Gold Eyes of Blue, C�est Magnifique, The Secret [with Jo Stafford]; is born in East Orange NJ.

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Ralph Shapey Philadelphia PA, composer (Fantasy, Rituals), is born.

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Primoz Ramovs composer, is born.

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Antony Hopkins composer, is born.

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Arthur Grumiaux Belgian violinist, is born.

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Deodat de Severac composer, dies at 48.

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Joe Loco (Jose Esteves Jr.) jazz musician, arranger: credited with introducing the mambo [Tenderly: 1951] and cha-cha-cha [1953] to the US; is born.

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Kan Ishii composer, is born.

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Oto Ferenczy composer, is born.

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William L Bergsma, Oakland CA, composer (Fortunate Island), is born.

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Douglas Allenbrook composer, is born.

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Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58.

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Andrew Welsh Imbrie composer, is born.

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Jan Novak composer, is born.

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Virginia O'Brien Los Angeles CA, actress/singer (Gus, Ziegfeld Follies, Thousands Cheer), is born.

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Sheb Wooley Erick Okla, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw), is born.

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Dorothy Shay (Sims) �The Park Avenue Hillbilly�: singer: Feudin� and Fightin�; actress: Comin� Round the Mountain; is born.

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Carlo Prosperi composer, is born.

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Norman Ewart Thurston musician, is born.

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Will Ogdon composer, is born.

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Candido Camero musician: bongos, congas, tres, bass: performed/recorded w/George Shearing, Stan Kenton, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Tito Puente, Machito, is born.

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Jimmy Giuffre jazz musician, is born.

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Louis Campbell-Tipton composer, dies at 43.

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Joe Ames singer (of The Ames Brothers) is born.

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John van Kesteren Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin), is born.

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Sonja Oosterman Dutch singer (Marketensters), is born.

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Freddy Randall jazz trumpeteer, is born.

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Bert Weedon rocker, is born.

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(Otis W.) Joe Maphis country singer with wife, Rose Lee: entertainer: Hometown Jamboree, Town Hall Party, Hee Haw; songwriter: Dim Lights Thick Smoke and Loud, Loud Music; is born.

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Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan composer, is born.

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Erroll Garner Pittsburgh PA, jazz pianist (Misty), is born.

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Bob Merrill songwriter: If I Knew You Were Comin� I�d�ve Baked a Cake, Doggie in the Window, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Funny Girl [w/Jules Styne]; is born.

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Dennis Brain London England, french-hornist (Serenade), is born.

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Humphrey Lyttelton jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young), is born.

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Hal David Oscar-winning songwriter [w/Burt Bacharach (music)]: Raindrops Keep Fallin� on My Head [1969]; The Four Winds and the Seven Seas, American Beauty Rose, Broken-Hearted Melody; w/Burt Bacharach: The Story of My Life, Magic Moments; president of ASCAP, is born.

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Redd Stewart Ashland City TN, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show), is born.

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Nelson Riddle Oradell NJ, musical conductor (Batman, Frank Sinatra), is born.

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Frank Scott Fargo ND, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.

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Gower Champion, choreographer (42nd Street), is born.

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George Barnes Chicago Hgts, guitarist (Skip Farrell Show), is born.

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Billy Taylor Greenville NC, orch leader (David Frost Show), is born.

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Billy Taylor jazz pianist: leader: Billy Taylor Trio, Orchestra; co-founder of Jazzmobile �65; music director: The David Frost Show; jazz segments: Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, is born.

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Grant Johannesen Salt Lake City Ut, pianist (Ost�nd first prize 1947), is born.

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Tenor Enrico Caruso dies in Naples, Italy of pleurisy at age 48.

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Richard Adler composer, lyricist [w/Jerry Ross]: scores: Pajama Game, Damn Yankees; solo: scores: Kwamina, A Mother�s Kisses, is born.

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Herb (Mitchell) Ellis musician: guitarist, singer: group: Soft Winds: I Told You I Love You, Now Get Out; Oscar Peterson Trio, is born.

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Buddy (William) Collette musician: reeds, piano, composer: LPs: Now and Then, Blockbuster, is born.

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Warren Covington bandleader: trombone: played with Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights; is born.

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Karel Husa Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Trojan Women), is born.

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Webb Pierce singer: In the Jailhouse Now, Honky Tonk Song, Tupelo County Jail, I�ve Got Leaving on My Mind, Back Street Affair, There Stands the Glass; is born.

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Arthur Ferrante, musician: pianist: duo: Ferrante and Teicher: Exodus, Tonight, Theme from The Apartment, Midnight Cowboy, is born.

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Billy Ward singer, musician: piano: group: Billy Ward and His Dominoes: Sixty-Minute Man, Have Mercy Baby, Star Dust, Deep Purple, St. Therese of the Roses, is born.

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Engelbert Humperdinck opera composer: Hansel and Gretel; name borrowed by pop singer Arnold Dorsey; dies at age 67.

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Harper MacKay Boston Mass, orch leader (NBC Follies), is born.

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Sir Malcolm Arnold composer: screen scores: David Copperfield, The Chalk Garden, Suddenly, Last Summer, Solomon and Sheba, Island in the Sun, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Trapeze, I Am a Camera, The Belles of St. Trinian�s series, Eye Witness, is born.

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Jerome Hines Hollywood CA, basso (I am The Way), is born.

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Nicolas A Pi�a Venezulian/Aruban songwriter, is born.

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Arne Dorumsgaard composer, is born.

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Johnny Otis California, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up), is born.

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Terence Weil cellist/teacher, is born.

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Viktor Jacobi composer, dies at 38.

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Charles Camille Saint-Saens French composer (Carnival of the Animals), dies at 86.

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Ludvik Podest composer, is born.

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Alica Alonso Havana, ballerina, is born.

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Joan Dickson cellist, is born.

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Hawkshaw Hawkins Huntington WV, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), is born.

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Robert Frank Kurka composer, is born.

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Gerard Thomas Victory composer, is born.

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Hans Huber composer, dies at 69.

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Johnny Otis (Veliotes) `inventor of R&B': composer, song writer, musician: drums, vibes: group: The Johnny Otis Show: Willie and the Hand Jive, Every Beat of My Heart, Roll [Dance] with Me Henry

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Eddy Doorenbos Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist, is born.

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Nico Schuyt composer, is born.

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Renata Tebaldi, Pesaro Italy, lyric soprano, is born.

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Jacques Wildberger Swiss composer (In My End is My Beginning), is born.

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Frank Wess flutist/saxophonist/composer, is born.

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Finn Einar Mortensen composer, is born.

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Jean-Pierre [Louis] Rampal, Marseilles France, flutist, is born.

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Antonio Scontrino composer, dies at 71.

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Abbey Simon New York City NY, pianist, is born.

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Tony Charmoli Minnesota, choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrew), is born.

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Yehezkiel Braun composer, is born.

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Ray Anthony, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme), is born.

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Page (Walter) Cavanaugh pianist: Page Cavanaugh Trio: That�s How Much I Love You

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Luigi Denza composer, dies at 75.

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Pal Jardanyi composer, is born.

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Heinrich Reinhardt composer, dies at 56.

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Renata (Ersilia Clotilde) Tebaldi operatic diva, lyric soprano: debuted as Elena in Boito's Mefistofele [1944]; debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in Verdi's Otello [1955], is born.

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Jean-Pierre Rampal flutist (Italian Flute Concertos), is born.

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James William Tate composer, dies at 46.

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Tudor Jarda composer, is born.

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Geraint Evans British opera vocalist (Knaben Wunderhorn), is born.

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Tommy Edwards rock vocalist (It's All in the Game), is born.

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Josef Matej composer, is born.

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Uros Krek composer, is born.

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Andre Asriel composer, is born.

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Felix Werder composer, is born.

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Dmitri B Shostakovich father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies.

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Matti Rautio composer, is born.

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Vicente Lleo composer, dies at 51.

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Michael Flanders songwriter, comedian: duo: Flanders and [Donald] Swann: made humorous mockery of English and American failings; Flanders quote, �Always remember that if it hadn�t been for the English, you�d all be Spanish.�; is born.

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Eric Feldbush composer, is born.

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Mario Zafred composer, is born.

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Kazimierz Serocki composer, is born.

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Arthur Hervey composer, dies at 67.

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Horace Wadham Nicholl composer, dies at 73.

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Thom Kelling Dutch singer/guitarist (Programa de Manha), is born.

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Thomas Hugh Eastwood composer, is born.

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Les Baxter US, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again), is born.

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Larry Elgart New Haven CT, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orchestra), is born.

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Dave Appell arranger for big bands: Benny Carter, Earl �Fatha� Hines; TV music director: The Ernie Kovacks Show; record producer: The Twist, Let's Twist Again, Bristol Stomp, South Street, In the Midnight Hour [w/Hank Medress]; singer, songwriter, musician: group: Dave Appell and the Applejacks, is born.

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Dave Appell singer/musician/songwriter (In the Midnight Hour), is born.

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Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov composer, dies at 63.

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German Germanovich Galinin composer, is born.

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Peter Jona Korn composer, is born.

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Elmer Bernstein, Academy Award-winning composer of film scores: Thoroughly Modern Millie [1967]; Sudden Fear, The Man with the Golden Arm, Ten Commandments, Sweet Smell of Success, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Walk on the Wild Side, The Magnificent Seven, is born in New York City.

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Harry Freedman composer, is born.

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Kenneth Howard Peacock composer, is born.

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Ralph Blaze guitarist: played with Stan Kenton, is born.

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Alexander Raichev composer, is born.

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Tiny Tim (Herbert Buchingham Kauhry) singer with the falsetto warble and ukulele ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips" ), is born.

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Frantisek Ondricek composer, dies at 64.

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David Alexandrovich Toradze composer, is born.

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Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz musician (Pithecanthropus Erectus), is born.

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Lou Stein Philadelphia PA, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark), is born.

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(Samuel) Aaron Bell jazz musician: bass: played w/Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Andy Kirk, Lucky Millinder, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young; composer, teacher, is born.

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Richard Batka composer, dies at 53.

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Paul-Andre Gaillard composer, is born.

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Hans Sommer composer, dies at 84.

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Toots [Jean] Thielemans Belgian/US jazz musician/composer, is born.

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Marina Svetlova ballerina/choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), is born.

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Jay D Miller record producer, is born.

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Eddie Bert jazz musician: trombone, is born.

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Kai Winding jazz musician: trombone: More [theme from Mondo Cane]; is born.

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Sadao Bekku composer, is born.

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Carl Tieke composer, dies at 58.

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Iannis Xenakis Braila Romania, composer/architect/mathematician, is born.

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Irwin Bazelon Evanston Illinois, composer (Duo for Viola), is born.

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Gordon �Specs� Powell musician: bongos: LP: Movin� In; CBS staff musician, is born.

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Actress, singer Judy Garland (born Frances Gumm) is born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

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Jerry Fielding Pitts Pa, orch leader (Lively Ones), is born.

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Francis Thorne Bay Shore NY, composer (Burlesque Overture), is born.

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Manny Albam composer: Drum Suite, La Vie en Rose, Afro-Dizzyac, Country Man; music educator: Eastman School of Music, is born.

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Roy Elihu Travis NYC, composer (Passion of Dedipus), is born.

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Johnny Smith jazz musician: guitar: Moonlight in Vermont, is born.

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George Walker Washington DC, composer (In Praise of Lillies), is born.

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Elmer J. �Mousey� Alexander musician: drums: group: Alexanders the Great; is born.

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Ralph Burns musician: piano; composer, arranger: Apple Honey; is born.

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Artie Malivn NYC, music director (Julie LaRosa, Steve Lawrence), is born.

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Kay Starr (Katherine Starks), Dougherty Okla, singer (Rock & Roll Waltz, Club Oasis), is born.

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Lukas Foss (Fuchs) Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie), is born.

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Regina Resnik NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth), is born.

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Frank Comstock SD CA, orch leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show), is born.

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Oscar Pettiford, musician, is born.

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Marie Lloyd (Matalida Alice Wood) British musical entertainer known for her impersonations, dies.

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Alan Scott Haddonfield NJ, TV host/songwriter (Spin the Picture), is born.

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Neal Hefti composer: TV�s Batman theme, The Odd Couple theme; score: Sex and the Single Girl; Neal Hefti and His Orchestra: The Kate Smith Show, is born in Hastings NE.

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Illinois (Battiste) Jacquet, musician: tenor saxophone: Flyin� Home, I Didn�t Know About You; played with Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway, Count Basie; in film: Jammin� the Blues, is born.

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George S Irving Springfield MA, singer/actor (Dumplings), is born.

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Al Hirt New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World), is born.

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Fikret Dzhamil Amirov Kirovabad Russia, Azerbaijani composer (Shur), is born.

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Don Robertson Nashville Songwriters Association Hall of Famer: I Really Don�t Want to Know, I Don�t Hurt Anymore, Please Help Me I�m Fallin�, I Love You More and More Each Day; whistler: The Happy Whistler, is born.

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Jean Ritchie rocker, is born.

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Allen Dwight Sapp composer, is born.

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Peter Birch Bronx, choreographer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), is born.

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Halina Czerny-Stef�nska Polish pianist (Chopin), is born.

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Alan Freed disc jockey credited with coining the term "rock'n'roll": WJW, Cleveland, WINS & WABC, NY: The Moondoggy Show; fired on air at WABC for alleged involvement in the payola scandal of the late 1950s; is born.

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Hubert H A Beckers Curacao opera singer, is born.

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Kitty Kallen, Philadelphia PA, singer (Judge For Yourself), is born.

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Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75.

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Milt Jackson musician: �Bags�: vibes: group: The Modern Jazz Quartet: LP: Opus de Funk, Ballads and Blues, Plenty, Plenty Soul, Bags and Flutes, Soul Brothers [w/Ray Charles], Bean Bags, Bags and Trane [w/John Coltrane], Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson [w/Quincy Jones� string arrangement], Bags Meets Wes [w/Wes Montgomery]; is born.

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Dragutin Gostuski composer, is born.

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Flavio Testi composer, is born.

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Charles Russell Woolen composer, is born.

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Giorgio Tozzi Chicago IL, basso, is born.

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Danil Shafran cellist, is born.

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Roy Lanham rocker (Sons of the Pioneers), is born.

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Friedrich Zehm composer, is born.

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Leslie Bassett composer, is born.

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Simeon ten Holt composer, is born.

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Maurice Le Roux composer, is born.

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Cesare Siepi Milan Italy, basso (New York Metropolitan Opera), is born.

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Mel Powell pianist, composer: Mission to Moscow for Benny Goodman; music educator: Dean of Music at California Institute of Arts; is born.

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Cesare Siepi opera basso; LP: Cesare Siepi sings Cole Porter and Italian Songs; video: Don Giovanni [Siepi Version], is born.

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Buddy (Boniface) DeFranco clarinetist, bandleader: won all modern jazz music polls in the early 1950s, is born.

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Donald Lybbert composer, is born.

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Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido composer, dies at 68.

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Lucille Bremer dancer/actress (Ruthless, Ziegfeld Follies), is born.

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Dexter Gordon US, tenor saxophonist/actor (Connection), is born.

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Viktor Kalabis composer, is born.

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Charles Francis Abdy Williams composer, dies at 67.

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(Arthel Lane) Doc Watson Grammy Award-winning singer, musician: flat-picking guitarist: LPs: Then and Now [1973], Two Days in November [1974], is born.

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Erhard Karkoschka composer, is born.

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Mahlon Clark musician: clarinet/reeds: Lawrence Welk�s band, is born.

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Cyd Charisse, dancer, actress, is born.

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Don Abney jazz pianist, studio musician; is born.

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Jethro (Kenneth C. Burns) entertainer, musician: mandolin, banjo: Homer & Jethro: The Battle of Kookamonga, Don�t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyeballs; is born in Conasauga TN.

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Death of Mary Ann Thomson, 89, American hymnwriter. Among her most enduring contributions to the Church were the lyrics to "O Zion, Haste, Thy Mission High Fulfilling," which she wrote at age 34.

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Norbert Brainin violinist, is born.

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Red Garland jazz musician: reeds, pianist: ,Alone with the Blues Red Alone; is born.

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Janine Dacosta French pianist, is born.

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Mort Lindsey Newark NJ, orchestra leader (Merv Griffin Show), is born.

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Lee Hale Tacoma WA, choral director (The Entertainers), is born.

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Clifton Williams Traskwood AR, band master (Sinfonians), is born.

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Thad Jones (Thaddeus Joseph Jones) musician: trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn: played with Count Basie, Thelonious Monk; bandleader: Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra; composer: A Child is Born; is born.

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Franco (Dario) Corelli, Anconia Italy, tenor (Don Jos�-Carmen), is born.

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Bruno Kiefer composer, is born.

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Maria Callas opera singer (Carmen), is born.

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Bennie Green trombonist, lyricist: The Diamond and the Goose; journalist; is born.

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Thomas Paine Westendorf composer, dies at 75.

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Tito Puente Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania), is born.

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Nathan "Dambuzza" Mdledle singer (played a major role in the evolution of South African music), is born.

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Freddy Scott singer: Hey Girl, Are You Lonely for Me

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Albert King (Nelson), Indianola MS, blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues), is born.

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Melissa Hayden Toronto Ontario Canada, ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl), is born.

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Wolfgang Steffen composer, is born.

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Percy Heath jazz musician: bass: founder of Modern Jazz Quartet; group: The Heath Brothers, is born.

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Christina Spierenburg Dutch singer, is born.

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Ed �Cass� Cassidy musician: drums: groups: New Jazz Trio, Taj Mahal, Spirit: I Got a Line on You, Nature�s Way, is born.

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Ewart G Abner record company executive, is born.

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Ellis Larkins pianist: favorite accompanist of: Mildred Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams; is born.

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Peter Mennin[i] Erie PA, composer (Moby Dick), is born.

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Doris Mae Akers gospel singer/songwriter, is born.

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Alicia de Larrocha Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica), is born.

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Gy�rgy Ligeti Dics�szentmartin Transylvania Hungary composer, is born.

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Eugene Wright jazz musician: bass: led 16-piece band: Dukes of Swing; played w/Dave Brubeck, Gene Ammons, Count Basie, Arnett Cobb, Buddy DeFranco, Red Norvo, is born.

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Camille Chevillard composer, dies at 63.

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Wolfgang Lesser composer, is born.

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Daniel Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac), is born.

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Elmo Hope musician: piano: group: The Elmo Hope Trio; is born.

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Pete (Walter) Candoli musician: trumpet: Superman with a Horn, is born.

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Chou Wen-Chung Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang), is born.

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Eduardo Fal� Argentine guitarist (Zamba de Vargas), is born.

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Jack Parnell London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show), is born.

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William B Williams Babylon NY, DJ (WNEW, Sammy & Company), is born.

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Jimmy Witherspoon singer: Ain�t Nobody�s Business, Some of My Best Friends are the Blues, You�re Next; is born.

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Jimmy Witherspoon, blues singer, is born.

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Country singer �Gentleman� Jim Reeves is born.

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Wolfgang Sawallisch Munich Ger, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70), is born.

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William Kraft Chicago, Ill, composer/percussionist, is born.

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Hank Williams country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin'), is born.

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Fred Robbins Balt Md, DJ (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest), is born.

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Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Lwow Poland, conductor (Die Zauberfl�te), is born.

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Bert Kaempfert musician: Wonderland by Night, Red Roses for a Blue Lady, Three O�Clock in the Morning, is born.

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Robert Craft Kingston, NY, conductor, Stravinsky-follower, is born.

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Victoria de Los Angeles, Spanish opera soprano, is born.

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Tomas Breton y Hernandez composer, dies at 72.

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Dom Joseph Pothier French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88.

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Abelardo Quinteros composer, is born.

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Giuseppi Gallignani composer, dies at 72.

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Werner Haentjes composer, is born.

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Pongrac Kacsoh composer, dies at 50.

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Arthur H Bird composer, dies at 67.

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Milt Okun Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Starland Vocal Band Show), is born.

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Louis Lane Eagle Pass TX, conductor (Oere Orchestra 1968-73), is born.

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Earl Scruggs NC, bluegrass musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top), is born.

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Benjamin Lees (Lysniansky) Harbin Manchuria, composer, is born.

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Robert Starer Vienna Austria, composer, is born.

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Antai Ribari composer, is born.

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Juli�n B Coco Cura�ao guitarist/bassist (Utrecht Symphony Orchestra), is born.

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Ludmilla Chiraeff ballet dancer, is born.

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Max Roach, jazz drummer, composer: Freedom Now Suite; educator: taught at Lennox, MA School of Jazz and Yale; Professor of Music at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is born. (TWA, 1997)

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Don Cherry Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show), is born.

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Slim Harpo musician, is born.

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Geza Zichy composer, dies at 74.

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Slim Whitman singer: Indian Love Call, Secret Love, Rose-Marie, Cattle Call, More Than Yesterday, Guess Who, Something Beautiful [To Remember]; has sold 70,000,000 records worldwide, is born.

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Yvonne Loriod Houilles France, pianist, is born.

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J.J. (James Louis) Johnson musician: trombone, composer, bandleader; one of first to use the trombone in modern jazz; os bprm/

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Margaret Whiting big band singer, is born.

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David Craighead composer, is born.

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Klaus George Roy composer, is born.

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Warren Frank Benson composer, is born.

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Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev composer, is born.

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Luigi Nono Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations), is born.

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Joseph Ludwig composer, dies at 79.

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Alexis Hollander composer, dies at 83.

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Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist, is born.

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Juli�n B Coco Cura�ao guitarist/bassist (Utrecht Symphony Orchestra), is born.

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George Guest British organist, is born.

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Randy Van Horne El Paso TX, singer (Nat King Cole Show), is born.

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Arghyris Kounadis composer, is born.

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Lionel Monckton English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62.

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Oskar Merikanto composer, dies at 55.

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Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi composer, dies at 78.

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Lejaren Hiller composer, is born.

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Mark Bucci New York NY, composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award), is born.

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Sarah Caldwell Maryville MO, conductor/opera director (Flagstaff), is born.

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Konstantin Iliev composer, is born.

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Lockrem Johnson composer, is born.

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Stephen Dodgson composer, is born.

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John Frederick Bridge composer, dies at 79.

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Charles Villiers Stanford Irish composer/author, dies at 71.

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Karl Heinz Fussl composer, is born.

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Julia A Perry Lexington KY, US composer (Cask of Amontillado, Selfish Giant), is born.

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Augusto de Oliviera Machado composer, dies at 78.

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Victor Herbert, American composer, dies at age 65.

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Sarah Vaughan �The Divine One�: jazz singer: Broken-Hearted Melody; Make Yourself Comfortable, Whatever Lola Wants, Passing Strangers [w/Billy Eckstine]; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award [1989]; is born in Newark NJ.

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Walter Parratt composer, dies at 83.

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Jules de Corte blind Dutch ballad singer, is born.

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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish-born English composer, conductor and teacher, dies at age 71.

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Milko Kelemen composer, is born.

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Gunther Becker composer, is born.

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Murray Dickie opera singer/director, is born.

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Dorothy Donegan jazz pianist: At the Embers; appeared in film: Sensations of 1945; is born.

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Nick Perito Denver Colo, orch leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show), is born.

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Ikuma Dan composer, is born.

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Harald Heilmann composer, is born.

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Sergiu Natra composer, is born.

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Shorty Rogers (Milton Rajonsky) musician: trumpet, bandleader, songwriter: Keen and Peachy, Martians Go Home, Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud; composer, arranger: film: That Certain Girl; is born.

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Eduardo Caudella composer, dies at 82.

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Henry Mancini (Enrico Nicola Mancini), Cleveland OH, composer/conductor (Pink Panther), is born.

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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Vinton La, blues singer (Mary is Fine), is born.

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Buxton Daeblite Orr composer, is born.

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Gerhard Samuel composer, is born.

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Ira Louvin Rainsville AL, country singer (Louvin Brothers), is born.

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Clara Ward gospel singer: group: Clara Ward Gospel Troupe; is born.

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Arthur Frackenpohl Irving NJ, composer (Natural Superiority of Music), is born.

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Yehoshua Lakner composer, is born.

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Erzsebet Szonyi composer, is born.

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Franco Mannino composer, is born.

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(Theodore Marcus) Teddy Edwards jazz musician: tenor sax: Me and My Lover

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Russell Nype Zion IL, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy), is born.

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Josef Labor composer, dies at 82.

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Ren�e Jeanmaire Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson), is born.

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Sheldon Harnick Chicago IL, Broadway lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof), is born.

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Earl George composer, is born.

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Enrico Josif composer, is born.

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Aafje Heynis Dutch singer, is born.

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Theodore Bikel Austrian/US folk singer/actor (The Russians Are Coming), is born.

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Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva composer, is born.

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Theo Olof German/Netherlands violinist/prodigy/concert master, is born.

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Mimi (Miriam) Benzell, Bridgeport CT, operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto), is born.

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Connie Russell New York NY, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large), is born.

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Charles Henri Marechal composer, dies at 82.

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Joly Braga Santos composer, is born.

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Dick Hixson trombonist, studio musician, is born.

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Frantisek Kovaricek composer, is born.

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Robin Howard, English balletomane; promoted modern dance in Britain, is born.

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Sandy Galbraith Wilson composer, is born.

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Robert Parris Philadelphia PA, composer (Book of Imaginary Beings), is born.

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Claude Andre Francois Ballif composer, is born.

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Theodore Morse composer, dies at 51.

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Johann Heinrich Beck composer, dies at 67.

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Victor Herbert cellist, conductor: Pittsburgh Symphony; composer: operettas: Babes in Toyland, Naughty Marietta; songs: Ah Sweet Mystery of Life [At Last I�ve Found You]; dies at age 65.

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Victor Herbert Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65.

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Chet (Chester Burton) Atkins, Luttrell TN, guitarist (Me & My Guitar), is born.

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Rosalie Allen (Julie Bedra) country singer/yodeler: Guitar Polka, Yodel Boogie, He Taught Me How to Yodel; Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Famer, is born.

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Ezra Laderman NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), is born.

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Janos Starker (Grammy Award-winning cellist [Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra: 1997]: Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1�6; Grand prix du disque [France: 1948]), is born in Budapest Hungary.

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Mary Ford (Iris Colleen Summers) singer w/Les Paul: How High the Moon, Vaya Con Dios, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise; is born.

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Leonard Pennario Buffalo NY, pianist (LA Philharmonic), is born.

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Howard Roberts Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show), is born.

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Margaret Whiting Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family), is born.

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Louie Bellson (Balassoni) musician: drummer: Duke Ellington Band: drum solo: Skin Deep; composer: The Hawk Talks, I Need Your Key, Carnaby Street; music director for wife Pearl Bailey; also played with Dorsey Brothers and Count Basie bands, is born in Rock Falls IL.

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Joe Harnell conductor/arranger: Fly Me To the Moon

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Georges Pretre Waziers France, conductor (NY Met), is born.

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Louis Teicher pianist (Ferrante & Teicher-Exodus), is born.

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Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones), Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), is born.

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Leonard Rosenman Bkln NY, TV composer (Marcus Welby MD), is born.

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Ella Mae Morse singer: Cow Cow Boogie, Shoo Shoo Baby, House of Blue Lights, The Blacksmith Blues; first artist to record for Capitol Records; is born.

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Maurice Jarre Lyons France, composer (Dr Zhivago-Acad Award 1966), is born.

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Bobby Short pianist, singer: regular on first Playboy TV series; autobiography: Black & White Baby, is born. (TWA, 1986)

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Paddy Stone Winnipeg Manitoba, choreographer (Piccadilly Palace), is born.

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Gogi Grant (Audrey Brown) singer: The Wayward Wind, Suddenly There?s a Valley; dubbed vocals for Ann Blythe: The Helen Morgan Story, is born.

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Bud Powell, jazz pianist, is born.

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Terry Gibbs Brooklyn NY, orch leader (Steve Allen Comedy Hour), is born.

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Colin Romoff NYC, orch leader (Andy Williams Show), is born.

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Allyn Ferguson San Jose CA, orch leader (Andy Williams Show), is born.

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Victoria de los Angeles Spain, soprano (Mimi-La Boheme), is born.

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Gabriel Faure, composer, dies in Paris, France at age 79. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

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Leonid Kogan Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist (Lenin Prize-1952), is born.

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Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev composer, is born.

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Italian composer Giacomo Puccini dies, at age 65, in Brussels before he could complete his opera "Turandot." (It was finished by Franco Alfano.) (XDG, p 4A, 11/29/2002)

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Allan Sherman (Copelon) parody singer/songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah), is born.

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Franz X Scharwenka German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74.

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Bernard Zweers Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70.

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Ken Albers bass singer: group: The Four Freshmen: LPs: And Five Trumpets, And Five Saxes, In Person, Voices in Love, And Five Guitars, is born.

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Francis Miroglio composer, is born.

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Nevit Kodali composer, is born.

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Marion Morgan singer (Stop the Music), is born.

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Ida Haendel Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin), is born.

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Rita Reys [Maria Reijs] Dutch jazz singer, is born.

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Frank Corsaro New York harbor, opera director, is born.

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[Irving] Lee Dorsey New Orleans LA, vocalist (Working in the Coal Mine), is born.

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Carol Haney dancer: member of Jack Cole dance company, worked with Bob Fosse; in film: Pajama Game; is born.

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Johnny Otis [Veliotes] composer (Every Beat of My Heart), is born.

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Rex Allen, Wilcox AZ, cowboy singer (Dr Baxter-Frontier Doctor), is born.

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Andry Maryanovich Nikodemovich composer, is born.

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Laurentiu Profeta composer, is born.

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Ruth Slenczynska Sacramento CA, pianist, is born.

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Annie Delorie Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias), is born.

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Marty Paich Oakland CA, orchestra leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell), is born.

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Maria (Betty Marie) Tallchief prima ballerina: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, New York City Ballet; formed ballet troupe and school (1974) which became Chicago City Ballet [1980]; wife of choreographer George Balanchine, is born in Fairfax OK.

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Barbara Carroll jazz pianist, arranger, occasional vocalist: LPs: Everything I Love, This Heart of Mine, Live at the Carlyle, Old Friends, is born.

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Jakab Gyula Major composer, dies at 66.

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Michel Paul Philippot composer, is born.

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Marius Constant Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost), is born.

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Alvin Brehm composer, is born.

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Gene Ames singer: group: The Ames Brothers: You Are the One, Rag Mop, Sentimental Me, Undecided, You You You, The Man with the Banjo, The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane, Tammy, Melodie d�Amour, is born.

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Elliot Lawrence Philadelphia PA, orchestra leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell), is born.

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Jindrich Feld composer, is born.

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Alfred Baldwin Sloan composer, dies at 52.

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(Elsie) Lisa Kirk singer, actress: The Producers, Gypsy; is born.

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Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia composer, dies at 81.

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James Moody US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader, is born.

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Guy Mitchell Detroit MI, singer/actor (Guy Mitchell Show), is born.

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Enzo Stuarti Italy, singer (Yesterday), is born.

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Moritz Moszkowski Polish/German composer, dies at 70.

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Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis composer, is born.

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Billy Ford singer: group: Billy & Lillie: La Dee Dah, Lucky Ladybug, is born.

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Andreas Hallen composer, dies at 78.

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Georges Delerue composer, is born.

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Anthony Milner composer, is born.

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Roy Haynes US jazz drummer (Trio Music with Chick Corea), is born.

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Claudio Spies composer, is born.

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Pierre Boulez, Montbrison France, composer/conductor (Visage Nuptial), is born.

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Ivo Malek composer, is born.

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Francis William Davenport composer, dies at 77.

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Erna Spoorenberg Dutch singer, is born.

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Stan Levey musician: drums: in band with Charlie Parker; one of the Lighthouse All-Stars; composer, is born.

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Oldrich Flosman composer, is born.

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Hilda Dianda composer, is born.

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Bill Harris US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin'), is born.

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Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor musician, is born.

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Robert Caldwell Crawford composer, is born.

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Tito (Ernest) Puente jazz musician, bandleader: Abanaquito, Para Los Rumberos, Jumpin� with Symphony Sid, Fancy Feet; is born.

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Henri Renaud French jazz musician: pianist; record producer

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Richard Hoffmann composer, is born.

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Andr� Caplet French composer (Le miroir de J�sus), dies at 45.

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George Stephanescu composer, dies at 81.

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Danny Davis (George Nowland) Grammy Award-winning bandleader: group: Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass: Best Country Instrumental Performance [1969]; Country Music Awards Instrumental Group of the Year [1969 1974], is born.

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Svatopluk Havelka composer, is born.

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Artur Napoleao dos Santos composer, dies at 82.

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Patrice Munsel, Spokane WA, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show), is born.

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Tristram Ogilvie Cary composer, is born.

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Al Porcino jazz musician: trumpet: played with Louis Prima, Tommy Dorsey, Georgie Auld, Gene Krupa, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Don Costa, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Jerry Lewis, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Buddy Rich, Chuck Mangione, Mel Torme, is born.

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Andrey Yakoulevich Eshpay composer, is born.

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Emmanuel Ghent composer, is born.

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Aldo Clementi composer, is born.

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Zehlendorf Germany, baritone (Doktor Faust), is born.

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Claude Prey composer, is born.

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Bill Hayes singer, entertainer: The Ballad of Davy Crockett, Wringle, Wrangle; actor: Days of Our Lives, is born in Harvey IL.

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Dorothy Claire LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney), is born.

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Clifton Chenier blues singer (Bayou Blues, Bon Ton Roulet), is born.

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Ziggy Talent Manchester NH, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show), is born.

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(Jerome) Doc Pomus songwriter: Boogie Woogie Country Girl, Lonely Avenue; w/Mort Shuman: A Teenager in Love, Turn Me Loose, Can�t Get Used to Losing You, Save the Last Dance for Me, This Magic Moment; Jerry Wexler [Atlantic Records co-owner]: �If the music industry had a heart, it would be Doc Pomus.�; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ,[1992]; died Mar 14, 1991

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George Morgan singer: Candy Kisses, Rainbow in My Heart, Room Full of Roses, Crybaby Heart, I�m in Love Again; DJ: WSM, Nashville; is born.

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Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer, dies at age 59.

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Marvin (Karlton) Rainwater, Wichita KS, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), is born.

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Rocker Bill Haley (of the Comets) is born.

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Alan Dale Bkln NY, singer (Alan Dale Show), is born.

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Cal Tjader (Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr.) Grammy Award-winning musician: vibes, piano, percussion; composer: Cast Your Fate to the Winds [1962], La Onda VA Bien [1980]; soundtracks for Peanuts TV cartoons; is born.

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Nat Pierce musician: jazz rhythm pianist; cobandleader: Capp-Pierce Juggernaut; is born.

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Mikis Theodorakis Chios Greece, composer (Raven), is born.

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Felice Bryant songwriter [w/husband Boudleaux]: Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, All I Have to Do is Dream, Bird Dog, Devoted to You, Problems, Only the Lonely, is born.

Ref: 4

Oscar Peterson (jazz pianist: jazz trios, solos, played with all jazz greats, composer; biography: Oscar Peterson: The Will to Swing), is born.

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Bill Pinkney (musician: bass: group: The Drifters: Money Honey, Such a Night, Lucille, Honey Love, Bip Bam, What�cha Gonna Do, White Christmas), is born.

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Billy (William Wayne) Grammer singer: Gotta Travel On, Bonaparte�s Retreat

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Country singer Hank (Henry Williams) Thompson is born. (XDG, p 4A, 9/3/2000)

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Jimmy Reed Mississippi, blues singer (Soulin', Big Boss Man), is born.

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Mel Torme �The Velvet Fog�: Grammy Award-winning singer: LP: An Evening with George Shearing and Mel Torme [1982]; Comin� Home Baby, Careless Hands, Bewitched; songwriter: The Christmas Song; is born in Chicago IL.

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B.B. (Riley B.) King musician, singer: The Thrill Is Gone, I Like to Live the Love, Rock Me Baby; appeared in films: Into the Night, Amazon Women of the Moon; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award [1987], is born.

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Charlie Byrd guitarist (Desafinado), is born.

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Marty Robbins (Robertson), Glendale Az, singer (Devil Woman, I Walk Alone), is born.

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Roger Williams (Louis Weertz) pianist: 18 gold/platinum albums, charted Billboard hits in four different decades: Autumn Leaves, Born Free, The Impossible Dream, Till, Almost Paradise, Two Different Worlds, Near You, Lara�s Theme from Dr. Zhivago, Theme from Somewhere in Time; in October 2000 Williams celebrated his 75th birthday by playing a 12-hour marathon at the opening of Steinway Hall in Phoenix, is born.

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Mickey (McHouston) Baker musician: guitar, singer: duo: Mickey & Sylvia: Love is Strange, There Oughta Be a Law, Baby You�re So Fine; solo: session player: Losing Hand, [Mama] He treats Your Daughter Mean, is born.

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Luciano Berio Oneglia Italy, composer (Chemins), is born.

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Zoot (John Haley) Sims musician: tenor/alto sax: groups: Benny Goodman Band, Woody Herman Orchestra, Stan Kenton, Gerry Mulligan, Birdland All-Stars, Jazz at Carnegie Hall; died Mar 23, 1985

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Sir Charles Mackerras Schenectady NY, Australian conductor, is born.

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Maya Plisetkaya prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet), is born.

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June Christy (Shirley Luster) singer: My Heart Belongs to Only You; sang with Stan Kenton band; is born.

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Gunther Schuller, composer and French Horn player, is born.

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Al Cohn jazz composer, musician: tenor sax; is born.

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Eugene Istomin NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award-1943), is born.

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Derroll Adams folk musician: banjo; singer: Feelin� Fine [w/Wiz Jones]; songwriter: Portland Town, Wish I was a Rock; in film: Don�t Look Back; is born.

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Jaime Mendoza-Nava composer, is born.

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Vicente Arregui Garay composer, dies at 54.

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Julio Garreta composer, dies at 50.

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James E "Jimmy" Smith US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side), is born.

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Eugene Gigout composer, dies at 81.

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Wayne Walker songwriter: first big hit: I've Got a New Heartache [performed by Ray Price]; Are You Sincere, Leaving on Your Mind, Memory No. 1; is born.

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Jose Ignacio Quinton composer, dies at 44.

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Vlastimir Nikolovski composer, is born.

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Gunther Schuller New York NY, jazz composer, is born.

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Thomas Christian David composer, is born.

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Allan Blank composer, is born.

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Claire Polin [Schaff] composer flautist/musicologist, is born.

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Danny Overbea blues singer/guitarist, is born.

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Evelyn Lear [Shulman], Brooklyn NY, soprano, is born.

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Jani Christou composer, is born.

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Emile Paladilhe composer, dies at 81.

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Alexander Gibson conductor, is born.

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Morton Feldman New York City NY, composer, is born.

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Ray Price country singer (For The Good Times), is born.

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Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Anderson Berry) Rock and Roll Hall of Famer [inducted 1986]; Lifetime Achievement Grammy [1985]; Maybellene, Roll Over Beethoven, School Day, Rock & Roll Music, Sweet Little Sixteen, Johnny B. Goode, My Ding-A-Ling; in films: Rock, Rock, Rock, London Rock and Roll Show, American Hot Wax, Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music, Christmas in Washington; is born in St Louis MO.

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Enrico Toselli composer, dies at 42.

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Moira Shearer Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes), is born.

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David Eugene Tudor Philadelphia PA, composer, is born.

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Franco Evangelisti Italian composer, is born.

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Joseph Carl Breil composer, dies at 55.

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Ronnie Hilton singer (Moonraker), is born.

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Glen Tetley US choreographer, is born.

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Andre Gedalge composer, dies at 69.

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Alexander Gibson British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), is born.

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Barney Childs composer, is born.

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Lee Hoiby Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts & Letters), is born.

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Friedrich Cerha composer, is born.

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Harry "Little" Caesar blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer & Eddie), is born.

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Gyorgy Kurtag composer, is born.

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Regine Crespin French vocalist (Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete), is born.

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Arsene Souffriau composer, is born.

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Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller composer, dies at 75.

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Seymour Shifrin composer, is born.

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Stanley Glasser composer, is born.

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Cyril Metodej Hrazdira composer, dies at 58.

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Jon Nordal composer, is born.

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Miroslav Klega composer, is born.

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Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan composer, dies at 73.

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Celso Garrido Lecca composer, is born.

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Ilhan Mimaroglu composer, is born.

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Rolv Berger Yttrehus composer, is born.

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Roy Haynes modern jazz drummer, bandleader: Hip Ensemble

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Fran�ois d'Assise Morel composer, is born.

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Benjamin Burwell Johnson composer, is born.

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Martha Wright Seattle WA, singer (Let's Dance, The Martha Wright Show), is born.

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Francis Burt composer, is born.

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John Heddle Nash singer, is born.

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Werner Torkanowsky Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symphony), is born.

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Jacques Casterede composer, is born.

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Gervase de Peyer clarinettist, is born.

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Robert Hall Lewis composer, is born.

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Jan Carl Christian Maegaard composer, is born.

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Bob Flannigan Greencastle IN, singer (4 Freshmen), is born.

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Paul Walter Furst composer, is born.

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Bambi Linn (Linnemier) dancer, actress: Your Show of Shows, Oklahoma!, is born.

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Oldrich Frantisek Korte composer, is born.

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Blossom Dearie singer: group: Blue Stars: French version of Lullaby in Birdland; own record label: Daffodil Records, is born.

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Jimmy Cleveland composer, musician: trombone: group: Jay & Kai Octet, played with Quincy Jones, Thelonious Monk, is born.

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Marguerite Piazza (Luft), New Orleans LA, operatic soprano (Young Broadway), is born.

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Cestmir Gregor composer, is born.

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Clermont Pepin composer, is born.

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Jan Zimmer composer, is born.

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Paul Cooper composer, is born.

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Vic Ames (Urick) singer with The Ames Brothers, is born.

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Joseph Horovitz composer, is born.

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Georgy L'vovich Catoire composer, dies at 65.

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Elaine Leighton drummer: played w/Billie Holiday, is born.

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Hans Koessler composer, dies at 73.

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Jazz musician Miles (Dewey) Davis III is born.

Ref: 4

Kitty Kallen (Genevieve Agostinello) singer: Little Things Mean a Lot, Go on with the Wedding [w/George Shaw], If I Give My Heart to You, My Coloring Book, is born.

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Maria de Lourdes Martins composer, is born.

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Iannis Xenakis composer/architect/engineer, is born.

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Edouard Van Remoortel Brussels, conductor (1958-62 St Louis Symphony), is born.

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Klaus Tennstedt Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio), is born.

Ref: 5

Dick Williams Wall Lake Iowa, choral director (Andy Williams Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Carlisle Floyd Latta SC, composer (Slow Dusk), is born.

Ref: 5

Hans Werner Henze Guttersloh Germany, composer (Das Floss Medusa), is born.

Ref: 5

Lee Allen Pittsburg, Ks, tenor sax (Walkin' With Mr Lee), is born.

Ref: 5

Meyer Kupferman NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres), is born.

Ref: 5

Sue Thompson (Eva McKee) singer: Norman, Sad Movies [Make Me Cry], is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Benedetto) is born. (TWA, 1997)

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Jeri Southern (Genevieve Hering) singer: You Better Go Now, When I Fall in Love, Fire Down Below; is born.

Ref: 4

Urbie (Urban) Green musician: trombonist: played w/Cab Calloway, is born.

Ref: 4

Webb Pierce West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), is born.

Ref: 5

Buddy (Armando) Greco, Phila Pa, singer (Away We Go, Broadway Open House), is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Rosolino musician: trombone: with Stan Kenton, Harold Land, Bob Cooper, Clarke-Boland Big Band; dies.

Ref: 4

Bob Flanigan singer: group: The Four Freshmen: It�s a Blue World, is born.

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Bill Black musician: bassist: group: Bill Black Combo: White Silver Sands, Smokie Pt. 2; played in Elvis Presley band, backup for Elvis; died Oct 21, 1965

Ref: 4

John (William) Coltrane composer, musician: tenor & soprano sax: is born.

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Max Morath musician: piano: wrote, performed on NET: The Ragtime Era, Turn of the Century, is born.

Ref: 4

Alan Copeland LA Calif, orch leader/singer (Your Hit Parade), is born.

Ref: 5

Ray Brown, jazz bass player, is born.

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Son Thomas, blues guitarist and singer, is born.

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Bill (William E.) Justis (Jr.) musician: is born.

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Jimmy Heath musician: reeds: group: Heath Brothers, is born.

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Galina Vishnevskaya Russia, soprano (Madama Butterfly), is born.

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Jon(athan Stewart) Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor, is born.

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Lou Donaldson musician: alto saxophone: LPs: New Faces New Sounds, The Time is Right, Midnight Sun, Here �Tis, The Natural Soul, Sweet Lou, Sassy Soul Strut; singer: Whiskey Drinkin� Woman, is born.

Ref: 4

Charlie Walker singer: Pick Me Up on Your Way Down, Don�t Squeeze My Sharmon, is born.

Ref: 4

Joan Sutherland Sydney Australia, operatic soprano (Met Opera), is born.

Ref: 5

Leonie Rysanek dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54), is born.

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Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler) singer: My Boy Flattop, Your Hit Parade, sang with Benny Goodman band; actress: Follies; is born in Windsor Ontario.

Ref: 5

Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg composer, dies at 83.

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Hans Gunther Franz Otte composer, is born.

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Lee Doraey rocker, is born.

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Wolfgang Ludewig composer, is born.

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Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe composer, is born.

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Eddie Jones "Guitar Slim" rocker, is born.

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James McCracken Gary IN, dramatic tenor (Rodolfo-La Boh�me), is born.

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Alfred Koerppen composer, is born.

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Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky composer, dies at 70.

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John Herbert McDowell composer, is born.

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Freddie Hart country singer: Easy Loving; TV: Home Town Jamboree; quote: �I try to put down in my songs what every man wants to say, and what every woman wants to hear.�, is born.

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Dusan Kostic composer, is born.

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Earle Brown composer, is born.

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Zlatko Pibernik composer, is born.

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Stanley Tracey composer, is born.

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1927

Juliusz Luciuk composer, is born.

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Maurice B�jart France, ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring), is born.

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Yuri Grigorovich Leningrad Russia, choreographer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gisele MacKenzie Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnnie Ray singer: Cry, Please, Mr. Sun, The Little White Cloud That Cried, Walkin� My Baby Back Home, Just Walking in the Rain; is born in Dallas OR.

Ref: 4

Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair saxophonist, is born.

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Salvatore Martirano composer, is born.

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Francis Routh composer, is born.

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Eartha Kitt singer: singer: C�est Si Bon, Santa Baby; actress: stage play: Faust, film: New Faces of 1952, Boomerang; note: Kitt�s birth certificate [found in 1997] lists her actual birthdate as Jan. 17, 1927.

Ref: 4

Donald Erb Youngstown OH, composer, is born.

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Antonio Carlos Jobim composer, is born.

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(actual date) Eartha Kitt singer: singer: C�est Si Bon, Santa Baby; actress: stage play: Faust, film: New Faces of 1952, Boomerang; is born in South Carolina, according to her birth certificate found in 1997. Her alleged birthdate was Jan 26, 1928.

Ref: 5

Ronnie Scott (Schatt) jazz musician: tenor sax, bandleader; jazz club owner in London; is born.

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Friedrich Ernst Koch composer, dies at 64.

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Stan Getz Philadelphia PA, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey), is born.

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Richard Vance Maxfield composer, is born.

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Thomas Linnemann Laub composer, dies at 74.

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Dani�l F Scheurleer Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71.

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John Buller composer, is born.

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Zdenek Zouhar composer, is born.

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Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel MS, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess), is born.

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Gottfrid Grasbeck composer, is born.

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Tabe Bas actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka), is born.

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Robert Fuchs composer, dies at 80.

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Pierre Mercure composer, is born.

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David Ahlstrom composer, is born.

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Ivan Hrusovsky composer, is born.

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Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson composer, dies at 79.

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Ren� Thomas jazz guitarist: LPs: Guitar Groove, Who Cares?, The Italian Session; �A musician for musicians.�; is born.

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Jacques Monod composer, is born.

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Ralph Stanley country singer, is born.

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Donald Gramm Milwaukee WI, bass-baritone, is born.

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Guy Mitchell [Al Cernick], Detroit MI, rocker/actor (Red Garters), is born.

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Harry Belafonte Harlem New York NY, calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher), is born.

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Lusine Amara opera/concert singer, is born.

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Siegfried Kohler composer, is born.

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Witold Szalonec composer, is born.

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[Herman] Junior Parker rocker (Driving Wheel, In the Dark), is born.

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Robert Di Domenica composer, is born.

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Wes (John Leslie) Montgomery jazz guitarist: Windy, Goin� Out of My Head, Wes� Tune, Sunny; is born.

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Norman Treigle New Orleans LA, bass-baritone, is born.

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Dick Hyman pianist: Moritat; music director for Arthur Godfrey

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Jaromir Podesva composer, is born.

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Joseph Berg composer, is born.

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Hans Ludwig Schilling composer, is born.

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John Beckwith composer, is born.

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Donn Trenner New Haven CT, orchestra leader (ABC's Nightlife), is born.

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Carl Smith country singer: Let�s Live a Little, Loose Talk, Trademark, Satisfaction Guaranteed; actor: The Badge of Marshall Brennan, Buffalo Guns; member: Grand Ole Opry, is born in Maynardville TN.

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Ruby (Reuben) Braff modern jazz musician: trumpet, cornet; actor: Pipe Dream, is born.

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Kenneth S Goldstein folklorist/enthomusicologist, is born.

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Maurice Ingvar Karkoff composer, is born.

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Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze composer, is born.

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James Scott Skinner composer, dies at 83.

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John Harold Kander composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs Kramer), is born.

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John Pierre Herman Joubert composer (Chamber Music for brass quintet), is born.

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Osvaldo Lacerda composer, is born.

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Janos Decsenyi composer, is born.

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Mstislav Leopold Rostropovich, Baku USSR, cellist/conductor/teacher (Moscow Conservatory), is born.

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Karl Prohaska composer, dies at 57.

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Amos Milburn rocker, is born.

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Gerry Mulligan jazz musician, composer: Disc Jockey Jump, Boplicity, Venus de Milo, Godchild; is born.

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Domenico Guaccero composer, is born.

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Christopher Whelen composer, is born.

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Don Barbour, singer: group: The Four Freshmen [1953-1960]: Graduation Day, Charmaine, Blue World, is born in Greencastle IN.

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Pascal Bentoiu composer, is born.

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Russell Smith composer, is born.

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Ernst Widmer composer, is born.

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Connie Kay jazz drummer, is born.

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Country and rockabilly artist Johnny Horton is born in Los Angeles CA.

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Harry [Harold George Jr] Belafonte, NY NY, calypso singer (The Banana Boat Song), is born.

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William Mitchell Byers musician, is born.

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Charles Rosen New York NY, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms), is born.

Ref: 5

Jim Lowe songwriter/singer: Green Door; songwriter: The Gambler�s Guitar, Close the Doors They�re Coming in the Windows; DJ: WCBS, WNBC, WNEW; syndicated host: Jim Lowe and Friends, is born.

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David Frederick Barlow composer, is born.

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Walter Aschaffenburg composer, is born.

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Birth of Ralph Carmichael, a popular sacred composer whose works flourished most during the 1960s-1970s. Among his oft�sung arrangements are "The Savior is Waiting" and "He's Everything to Me."

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Bernhard Lewkovitch composer, is born.

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Carl Butler country entertainer, songwriter: Don�t Let Me Cross Over, I Never Got Over You, Loving Arms, Just Thought I�d Let You Know; is born.

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Al Fairweather jazz musician: groups: Al Fairweather-Ralph Laing All Stars, Fairweather-Brown all Stars, is born.

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Bob (Robert Louis) Fosse, Chicago Ill, choreographer/director (Cabaret, Damn Yankees), is born.

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Doc (Carl) Severinsen trumpeter, bandleader: The Tonight Show Band, The Doc Severinsen Band; played with Charlie Barnet and Tommy Dorsey Orchestras; owner: trumpet factory, is born in Arlington OR. (TWA, 1997)

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Charlie Louvin (Loudermilk), Rainsville AL, country singer (Louvin Brothers), is born in Arlington OR.

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Jim McReynolds folk singer [w/brother]: group: Jim & Jesse: Cotton Mill Man, Ballad of Thunder Road, Freight Train, Diesel on My Tail, is born.

Ref: 4

Ed Ames, Malden Mass, singer (The Ames Brothers), actor (Mingo-Daniel Boone), is born.

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Herbert Blomstedt Springfield Mass, conductor (Oslo Phil 1954-61), is born.

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Conte (Secondo) Candoli musician: trumpet: bandleader; toured with Stan Kenton et al.; with brother Pete in film: Bell Book and Candle, is born.

Ref: 4

Mindy Carson singer: You�re Not in My Arms Tonight, The Touch of Your Lips, Let�s Go to Town [w/The Dorsey Brothers], is born.

Ref: 4

Bob Morse singer: group: The Hi-Lo�s, is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Jimmie Rodgers recorded his first sides for Victor Records in Bristol, TN. He sang Sleep Baby Sleep and Soldier�s Sweetheart.

Ref: 4

Raymond Leppard London England, conductor (St Louis Symphony Orch), is born.

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Singer Porter Wagoner is born.

Ref: 4

John Cranko, South African-born dancer and director of the Stuttgart Ballet, is born.

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Joya Sherrill singer: Long, Strong and Consecutive, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, is born.

Ref: 4

Fannie Zeisler, Austrian-born American pianist, dies at age 64.

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Marion Williams, gospel singer, is born.

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Yma Sumac (Zoila Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo) Peruvian singer, of Inca descent, w/4-octave range: LPs: Voice of the Xtabay, Legend of the Sun Virgin, Legend of the Jivaro, is born.

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American dancer Isadora Duncan was driving in a 16-valve Bugatti when her trademark long scarf caught in the rear wheel of the vehicle and she was instantly strangled to death.

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Isadora Duncan dancer: revolutionized the concept of dance: changing ballet into interpretive dance; is killed in freak accident Sep 15, 1927 [strangled when her scarf became entangled in a wheel of the car she was riding in.

Ref: 68

Johnny Dankworth musician: alto sax, band leader, composer: Experiments with Mice, African Waltz, What the Dickens, The Avengers theme song, is born.

Ref: 4

Sir Colin Rex Davis Weybridge England, conductor (NY Met 1967-71), is born.

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Red Rodney, trumpeter, is born.

Ref: 2

Paul Badura-Skoda Vienna Austria, pianist (Mozart Interpretation), is born.

Ref: 5

Al Martino, Phila, singer (Here in My Heart)/actor (Godfather), is born.

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Gigi Durston Balt Md, singer (Sonny Kendis Show), is born.

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Anita Kerr Memphis TN, singer (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), is born.

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Sonny (William) Criss musician: saxophone: LP: The Bop Masters, Saturday Morning, Criss Craft, Out of Nowhere, Warm and Sonny; is born.

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Barbara Cook, Tony Award-winning actress, singer (Music Man), is born in Atlanta GA.

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Dominick Argento York Penn, composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), is born.

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Cleo Laine Middlesex England, singer (Flesh to a Tiger), is born.

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Anita Kerr musician: piano, singer, record producer: group: The Anita Kerr Singers: The Sea, The Earth; Mexicali Singers; Anita & Th� So-And-So�s: Joey Baby; composer: The Sky [w/poet, Rod McKuen and The San Sebastian Strings], is born.

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Florence Mills dancer/singer, dies at 32 in NYC.

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Patti Page (Clara Ann Fowler) singer: Tennessee Waltz, Old Cape Cod, I Went to Your Wedding, Doggie in the Window, Allegheny Moon, Steam Heat, Cross over the Bridge; in film: Elmer Gantry, is born Claremont OK.

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Chris Conner singer: I Miss You So, Trust in Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Mose Allison MS, jazz artist (Black Country Suite), is born.

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Narciso Yepes Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947), is born.

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Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor (La Scala), is born.

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Grant Beglarian composer, is born.

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Phyllis Curtin singer: soprano: New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, La Scala, Teatro Colon; coordinator of Voice Dept and Opera at Yale School of Music, Dean Emerita of Boston Univ School for the Arts, is born.

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Ferlin Husky (aka: Simon Crum, Terry Preston) singer: Gone, A Fallen Star, Wings of a Dove, The Waltz You Saved for Me, is born.

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Jacques Bondon composer, is born.

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Vlastimir Pericic composer, is born.

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Pierre Henry composer, is born.

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Joe Olivier musician: guitar: group: Bill Haley and His Comets [1957, 1958]; solo as Cappy Bianco; is born.

Ref: 4

Heinrich Reitsch composer, dies at 67.

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Hugh Archibald Clarke composer, dies at 88.

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Joseph Castaldo composer, is born.

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Teresa Stich-Randall US soprano (Vienna State Opera), is born.

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Tiberiu Olah composer, is born.

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Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu composer, dies at 61.

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Domenico Modugno Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare), is born.

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Wallace Berry composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gerald Arpino Staten Island NY, choreographer, is born.

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Singer Eartha Kitt is born.

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Ezra Sims composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Barraqu� French composer, is born.

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Edward Gerard Schurmann composer, is born.

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Ken Errair singer, musician: group: The Four Freshmen, is born.

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(alleged date) Eartha Kitt singer: singer: C�est Si Bon, Santa Baby; actress: stage play: Faust, film: New Faces of 1952, Boomerang; is born. (Note: Kitt�s birth certificate [found in 1997] lists her actual birthdate as Jan. 17, 1927)

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Jean-Michel Damase composer, is born.

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Bengt Hambraeus composer, is born.

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Ruth Brown R&B and jazz singer: So Long, Teardrops from My Eyes, Hours, Mambo Baby, Lucky Lips, This Little Girl�s Gone Rockin�, is born.

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Mitch Leigh composer, is born.

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Chuck Willis rock vocalist (C C Rider), is born.

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Ursula Mamlok composer, is born.

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Frankie Vaughn (Abelson) singer: Garden of Eden, Tower of Strength; died Sep 17, 1999

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Domenico Modugno Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare), is born.

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Raoul Cita rocker, is born.

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Aldonis Kalnins composer, is born.

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Antoine "Fats" Domino New Orleans LA, rhythm & blues pianist/singer (Blueberry Hill), is born.

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Alan Loveday British violinist, is born.

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Albert Herbert Brewer composer, dies at 62.

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Jacob Adolf Hagg composer, dies at 77.

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Dave Dudley singer (Six Days on the Road), is born.

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Don Gibson singer/writer (I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me), is born.

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Samuel Adler composer, is born.

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Lou Levy pianist: band: Supersax; recorded with Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Anita O�Day; is born.

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Ronald Stevenson composer, is born.

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Frank Michael Beyer composer, is born.

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Judy Johnson Norfolk VA, singer (Your Show of Shows), is born.

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Nicolas Flagello composer, is born.

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Christa Ludwig Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera), is born.

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Ramon Barce composer, is born.

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Edino Krieger composer, is born.

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Evelyn Ruth Anderson composer, is born.

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Byron Janis (Yanks) pianist: NBC Symphony Orchestra; well-known piano performance on Hugo Winterhalter�s Rhapsody in Blue recording, is born.

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Byron "Yanks" Janis McKeesport PA, pianist (NBC Symphony Orchestra), is born.

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Carole Carr singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), is born.

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Leslie Stuart composer, dies at 64.

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Jose Luis de Delas composer, is born.

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Giuseppe Ferrata composer, dies at 63.

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Vaclav Felix composer, is born.

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Diether de la Motte composer, is born.

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Lefty (William Orville) Frizzell Country Music Hall of Famer: If You�ve Got the Money, I�ve Got the Time, Always Late, Saginaw Michigan; is born.

Ref: 4

Serge Gainsbourg [Ginsburg] Russian/French singer (Ford Mustang), is born.

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Don Gibson songwriter: I Can�t Stop Loving You, Sweet Dreams, Too Soon To Know, Guess Away the Blues, Country Green; singer: Oh Lonesome Me, Blue Blue Day, Just One Time, Sea of Heartbreak, is born.

Ref: 4

Monty Norman composer/writer, is born.

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Will Gaines jazz dancer, is born.

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Tony Williams singer: group: The Platters: Only You, The Great Pretender, Twilight Time, My Prayer, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Harbor Lights; is born in Elizabeth NJ.

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David Farquhar Andress composer, is born.

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Tom Lehrer songwriter: Vatican Rag, Werner Von Braun, The Old Dope Peddlar, Be Prepared, Lobachevsky, The Masochism Tango, New Math, National Brotherhood Week, I Wanna Go Back to Dixie, We Will All Go Together When We Go, is born.

Ref: 4

Teddy Charles (Theodore Charles Cohen) vibraphonist, songwriter: Blue Greens; group: Teddy Charles Quintet; composer, arranger; worked w/modern jazz artists like Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, is born.

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Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre composer, dies at 36.

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Jean-Fran�ois Pailliard Vitry-le-Fran�ois France, conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski composer, dies at 58.

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Alexis Korner Paris France, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him), is born.

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Johnny Griffin jazz musician: tenor sax: Chicago Riffin�, Flying Home, Soft and Furry, Honeybucket, is born.

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Gustav Krivinka composer, is born.

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Ferdinand B Hummel composer, dies at 72.

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Gordon Downey British Comptroller General/Reader Representative (Independent), is born.

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Big Jay McNeely rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Gardner Tyler TX, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Dudley (Pedruska) country singer: groups: The Dave Dudley Trio, The Country Gentlemen, The Roadrunners: Six Days On the Road, Mad, Truck Drivin� Sun of a Gun, Vietnam Blues, is born.

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Maynard Ferguson, musician: trumpet, trombone, other horns; bandleader: LPs: Primal Scream, Conquistador, New Vintage, Carnival, Hot, It�s My Time, Hollywood, High Voltage, is born in Verdun Qu�bec Canada.

Ref: 4

Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan composer, dies at 56.

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William Jay Sydeman composer, is born.

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Pall Pampichier Palsson composer, is born.

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Constantin Dimitrescu composer, dies at 81.

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Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert composer, dies at 59.

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Jackie (Jacqueline) Cain singer: duo: Jackie & Roy [Kral]: Flamingo, Over the Rainbow, Euphoria, I�m Forever Blowing Bubbles, is born.

Ref: 4

Roscoe Robinson US gospel singer, is born.

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Rosemary Clooney Maysville KY, singer/Coronet paper towels spokeswoman, is born.

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Frigyes Hidas composer, is born.

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Thea Musgrave Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scots), is born.

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Jacob R Druckman composer, is born.

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Jacob Lateiner Havana Cuba, pianist/professor (Juiliard), is born.

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Charles Strouse musician: composer: Golden Boy; TV/films: The Mating Game, Bye Bye Birdie, Bonnie and Clyde, All in the Family, Annie, A Child�s Garden of Verses, is born.

Ref: 4

Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (the Street Where You Live), is born.

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Sergiu Comissiona Buch Romania, conductor (Haifa Symph 1959-64), is born.

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James Brown rocker (Hot Pants), is born.

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Judith Raskin NYC, soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro), is born.

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Jacob Druckman Philadelphia, composer (Animus I Auerole), is born.

Ref: 5

Carol Henry Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Bella Davidovich Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel), is born.

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Leon Fleisher SF Calif, pianist/conductor (Annapolis Symph 1973-77), is born.

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Horace Silver, jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, is born.

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Horace Silver, jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, is born.

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Jimmy Dean (Seth Ward) TX, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever), is born.

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Eddie Fisher, Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain), is born.

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Art Farmer musician: trumpet, flugelhorn: worked w/Horace Henderson, Johnny Otis, Lionel Hampton Band; recorded be-bop classic Farmer�s Market; developed musical instrument called �flumpet�; is born.

Ref: 4

Karlheinz Stockhausen M�drath, Germany, composer (Kontrapunkte), is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Stewart San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio), is born.

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Johnny Mann Balt Md, music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer), is born.

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Evgeny Svetlanov Moscow Russia, conductor (Siberian Fantasy), is born.

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Julian �Cannonball� Adderly musician: Alto/Soprano Saxophone: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; is born in Olyphant PA.

Ref: 4

Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer (Natl Ballet of Canada), is born.

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Einojuhani Rautavaara Helsinki Finland, composer (Kaivos), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Graffman NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Matz Pittsburgh PA, orchestra leader (Hullabaloo, Carol Burnett Show), is born.

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C.W. McCall (William Fries) singer, songwriter: Convoy, Old Home, Filler-up, Keep on Truckin� Cafe, Wolf Creek Pass, Classified, There Won�t be No Country Music, Roses for Mama, is born.

Ref: 4

Jerry Bock US, Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof), is born.

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Jean-Michel Damase composer, is born.

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Raymond Henry Charles Warren composer, is born.

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Lonesome Sundown blues singer/guitarist, is born.

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America's original Funny Girl, Fanny Brice, recorded If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain), a song from the play, My Man -- on Victor Records.

Ref: 4

Ernest Ashworth Country Music Hall of Famer: Talk Back Trembling Lips; Member of Grand Ole Opry

Ref: 4

Jerry Wallace singer: Primrose Lane, Shutters and Boards, A Touch of Pink, If You Leave Me I�ll Cry; actor: Hec Ramsey, is born.

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Lucien Capet composer, dies at 55.

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Galt MacDermot composer: Hair, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Take This Bread, Karl Marx Play, Isabel�s a Jezebel, is born in Montreal Canada.

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Michael Hurd composer, is born.

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Singer Bo Diddley is born. (XDG, p 4A, 12/20/2000)

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Charles Donald Adams singer, is born.

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Thomas Rajna composer, is born.

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Kamillo Lendvay composer, is born.

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Bo Diddley [Ellas Bates], Mississippi, blues composer and singer famous for his Mockingbird song, is born.

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Ross Barbour Columbus IN, singer (4 Freshmen), is born.

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Art Prysock jazz musician, is born.

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Wilbert Harrison singer, is born.

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Wilbert Harrison R&B singer (Kansas City), is born.

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Nicolas Nikolayevitch grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72.

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Wanda Wilkomirska Warsaw, Poland, violinist, is born.

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Joseph Anthony Pass guitarist, is born.

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Billy Walker Ralls TX, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), is born.

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"Queen Ida" Guillory Ziadaco music, is born.

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Eva Badura-Skoda composer, is born.

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Tage Nielsen composer, is born.

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G.T. (Granville) Hogan jazz drummer: played with Elmo Hope, Earl Bostic, is born.

Ref: 4

Marilyn Horne opera singer: Carmen Jones [v/o for Dorothy Dandridge], is born.

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Acker (Bernard) Bilk clarinetist, composer: Stranger on the Shore

Ref: 4

August Otto Halm composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Reiner Bredemeyer composer, is born.

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Russell Arms Berkeley CA, singer (Your Hit Parade), is born.

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Val Doonican Irish singer/entertainer, is born.

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Paul Burlison, rocker, is born.

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Siegfried Ochs composer, dies at 70.

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James Mulcro Drew composer, is born.

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Willem Kersters Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song), is born.

Ref: 5

Jerry Goldsmith pianist/composer (Twilight Zone), is born.

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Leonard Gregory Kastle composer, is born.

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Agustin Gonzalez Acilu composer, is born.

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Jesse McReynolds guitar, folk singer: group: Jim & Jesse: Freight Train, Diesel on My Tail, Ballad of Thunder Road, Golden Rocket, is born.

Ref: 4

Toshiro Mayuzumi Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme), is born.

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Marni Nixon singer (for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood & Deborah Kerr), is born.

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R�gine Crespin Marseilles France, operatic soprano, is born.

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Richard Moryl composer, is born.

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Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager composer, dies at 75.

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Tommy Newsom Virginia, musician/bandleader/saxophonist (Tonight Show), is born.

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Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry composer, dies at 65.

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John Ebenezer West composer, dies at 65.

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Sonny James singer (Young Love, Running Bear), is born.

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Nicos Mamangakis composer, is born.

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Bernard Haitink Amsterdam Netherlands, conductor (London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969-78), is born.

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Josep Mestres-Quadreny composer, is born.

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Francisco Bernardo Pulgar Vidal composer, is born.

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Will Eisma composer, is born.

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Tiezo Matsumura composer, is born.

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Pine-Top Smith jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24.

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Edwin London composer, is born.

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Ctirad Kohoutek composer, is born.

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Kai Winding rocker, is born.

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Herman van San composer, is born.

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Robert Muczynski composer, is born.

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Sonny (Santo) Russo jazz musician: trombonist: group: Sonny Russo Jazz Ensemble, is born.

Ref: 4

Anton Beer-Walbrun composer, dies at 64.

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Gerrit den Braber Dutch composer/producer, is born.

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Maurice Simon jazz musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Katharine Lee Bates, American author and educator; wrote "America the Beautiful", dies at age 69.

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Andr� (Ludwig) Previn pianist, composer; Oscar-winning film scores: Gigi, Porgy and Bess, Irma La Douce, My Fair Lady; conductor: Pittsburgh Symphony, London & LA Philharmonic Orchestras, is born in Berlin Germany.

Ref: 4

Arthur S Taylor Jr US drummer/band leader (Taylor's Wailers), is born.

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Edison Vasalievich Denisov composer, is born.

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Jacques Brel, Brussels Belgium, songwriter/singer/actor (Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Pain in the A__), is born.

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Walter Berry Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig, is born.

Ref: 5

Harvey Lichtenstein, president (Brooklyn Academy of Music), is born.

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Dusan Radic composer, is born.

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Antonio Smareglia composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Roy Hamilton singer (You'll Never Walk Alone), is born.

Ref: 5

James Last orchestra leader/composer/arranger, is born.

Ref: 5

Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich composer, dies at 86.

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Ferit Tuzun composer, is born.

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Peter Joshua Sculthorpe composer, is born.

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Vaclav Kucera composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sonny James [James Loden] Hackelburg AL, rocker (Young Love), is born.

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Edward Levy Irving composer, is born.

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Luc Ferrari composer, is born.

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Henry Morton Dunham composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Fats Domino rocker (Blueberry Hill), is born.

Ref: 5

Burt Bacharach Kansas City MO, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again), is born.

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Betty Carter, jazz singer, is born.

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Osmo Uolevi Lindeman composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lilli Lehmann soprano, dies.

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Roger Matton composer, is born.

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Michael Adamis composer, is born.

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Charles Wadsworth Barnesville GA, pianist (Lincoln Center), is born.

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Asher Ben-Yohanan composer, is born.

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Julian Euell jazz/studio musician: bass, is born.

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Beverly Sills (Belle Silverman) opera soprano; chairperson of Lincoln Center; National Chair of March of Dimes� Mothers� March on Birth Defects, is born in Brooklyn NY.

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Donald Howard Keats composer, is born.

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Aladar Zoltan composer, is born.

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Cy Coleman [Seymour Kaufman], songwriter (Witchcraft, Sweet Charity), is born.

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Helen Merrill (Jelena Ana Milcetic) jazz singer: LPs: Helen Merrill, Brownie, Clear Out of This World, Dream of You; Swing Journal readers� poll: Best American Jazz Singer [1989], is born.

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Henri Pousseur Malm�dy Belgium, composer (Homo Habitis), is born.

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June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), is born.

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Johnny Ace Memphis, ballad singer (My Song), is born.

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Lee Hazelwood Ok, country singer/songwriter (Summer Wine, Jackson), is born.

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Hermann Prey Berlin Germany, baritone (Wolfram-Tannha�ser), is born.

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Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American blues singer, is born in Cleveland OH.

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Alexis Weissenberg Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948), is born.

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Christine McGuire Middletown Oh singer (McGuire Sisters-Sugartime), is born.

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Josef Suk Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977), is born.

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Alun Hoddinott Bargoed Wales, composer (Floriture), is born.

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Country Western Singer Buck Owens (Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.) is born.

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Bill Evans, jazz pianist, is born.

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Serge Diaghilev, Russian impresario; created Ballets Russes in 1909, dies at age 57.

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Sonny (Theodore) Rollins musician: saxophone: Oleo, Airegin, composer: score for Alfie and Alfie�s Tune, Soloscope; awarded Guggenheim Fellowship [1972], is born.

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Christoph von Dohn nyi Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, is born.

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Sil Austin musician, tenor saxophone: Slow Walk; composer: Ping-Pong; is born.

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Teddi King singer: Mr. Wonderful; is born.

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Leroy Van Dyke singer: Walk on By, Auctioneer, If a Woman Answers; film: What am I Bid? Is born in Spring Fork MO.

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Harold Farberman NYC, conductor/composer (Medea), is born.

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Benny Andersen, Danish writer, poet and jazz musician, is born.

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Dick Clark Mt Vernon NY, TV host (American Bandstand), is born.

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Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn Schenectady NY, conductor (American Ballet), is born.

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Eileen Barton Brooklyn, singer (Broadway Open House), is born.

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Berry Gordy Jr. founder: Motown Records, is born.

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Dick Clark TV producer, host: American Bandstand, New Year�s Rockin� Eve, The $25,000 Pyramid, TV�s Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Dick Clark Presents the Rock and Roll Years, The Dick Clark Show, Dick Clark�s Golden Greats, Dick Clark�s Live Wednesday, Dick Clark�s Nighttime, Dick Clark�s World of Talent, Puttin� on the Hits, Live! Dick Clark Presents, The Challengers; executive producer: Keep on Cruisin�, In Person from the Palace; former Philadelphia DJ, is born.

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Leon Biriotti composer, is born.

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Harvey Phillips Aurora MO, tubist (NYC Ballet Orchestra), is born.

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Clarence Ford sax player, is born.

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Paul Harris Turok composer, is born.

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Werner Rackwitz German musicologist (H�ndel-Renaissance), is born.

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Mark Kopytman composer, is born.

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Michel Fano composer, is born.

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Knut Algot Hakanson composer, dies at 42.

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Ron Nelson composer, is born.

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Jack Philip Cannon composer, is born.

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Noel Da Costa composer, is born.

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Billy Horton rocker (The Silhouettes-Get a Job), is born.

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Chris Kenner rocker, is born.

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Werner Heiden composer, is born.

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Julius LaRosa, Brooklyn NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air), is born.

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Richard Hayes Passaic NJ, singer/emcee (Name That Tune), is born.

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Frederick Charles Tillis composer, is born.

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Jack Greene The Green Giant: singer: CMA Male Vocalist, Album, Single and Song of the Year: There Goes My Everything [1967], is born.

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Doreen Wilber US, archer (Olympics-gold-1972), is born.

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Byron "Wild Child" Gipson blues singer, is born.

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Jack Nimitz jazz �reed� musician: toured with Herman, Kenton, helped found Supersax, played w/Oliver Nelson, Bill Berry and Gerald Wilson, is born.

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Glenn Yarborough singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee), is born.

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Robert �Squirrel� Lester singer: groups: The Moonglows, The Flamingos, The Chi-Lites; is born.

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Liz Anderson rocker, is born.

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Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan composer, is born.

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Robert Ceely composer, is born.

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Ken Errair singer (Four Freshmen), is born.

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Bobby �Blue� Bland (Robert Calvin Brooks) singer: That�s the Way Love Is, Call on Me, Turn on Your Love Light, Ain�t Nothin� You Can Do; original group: The Beale Streeters with Johnny Ace, is born in Rosemark TN.

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Jean Hure composer, dies at 52.

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Luis de Pablo composer, is born.

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Don Goldie trumpeter: Basin Street Blues [vocal by Jack Teagarden], is born.

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Manuel Castillo composer, is born.

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Emil Petrovics composer, is born.

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John Gilpin English ballet dancer (�tudes, Alice in Wonderland), is born.

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Peter Phillips composer, is born.

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C H Dearnley organist, is born.

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Dorothy McGuire, Middletown OH, singer (McGuire Sisters), is born.

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Peggy King Greensburg PA, singer/actress (George Gobel Show), is born.

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Usko Merilainen composer, is born.

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Horst Wessel German Nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22.

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Lazar Berman Leningrad Russia, pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956), is born.

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Benny Powell jazz musician: trombone: Ernie Fields band, Lionel Hapton; Count Basie veteran [1951-1963], is born.

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Pierre Max Dubois composer, is born.

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Lorin Maazel Neuilly France, conductor (NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941), is born.

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Ornette Coleman, jazz saxophonist, is born.

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Thomas Schippers Kalamazoo MI, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors), is born.

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Raymond Rasberry pianist/singer, is born.

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Stanko Horvat composer, is born.

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Liz Anderson (Haaby) country singer, songwriter: Pick of the Week, The Fugitive, [My Friends are Gonna Be] Strangers, Ride, Ride, Ride; mother of country/pop singer Lynn Anderson, is born.

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Dieter Schnebel German vicar/composer, is born.

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Minoru Miky composer, is born.

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Paul Horn composer, jazz musician: reeds: Green Jelly Beans, Dancing Children, Inside [recorded in Taj Mahal]; TV documentary: The Story of a Jazz Musician, is born.

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Maurice Peress New York NY, conductor (Kansas City Philharmonic 1974-80), is born.

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Ornette Coleman jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966), is born.

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Michel Magne composer, is born.

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Stephen Sondheim New York NY, lyricist/composer (Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods, West Side Story, A Little Night Music), is born.

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Stephen Sondheim composer: Send in the Clowns, A Little Night Music; scores for West Side Story, Reds, Gypsy, Dick Tracy, is born.

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David Russell Burge composer, is born.

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Cristobal Halffter composer, is born.

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Richard Hayman Cambridge MA, orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), is born.

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Eric Dixon musician: saxophonist/flutist: Count Basie orchestra

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Bill Anthony jazz musician: bass: played with Stan Getz

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Robert Ashley composer, is born.

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Donny Conn rocker (Playmates), is born.

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Rolf Harris Bassendean Western Australia, Australian/British cartoonist/singer (Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport)/actor (The Little Convict), is born.

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Joan Franks-Williams composer, is born.

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Cosima Liszt wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92.

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Girolamo Arriego composer, is born.

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John Reardon NYC, baritone (Falke-Die Fledermaus), is born.

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Kazuo Fukushima composer, is born.

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Betty Clooney Maysville KY, singer (Jack Paar Show), is born.

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Herb Pomeroy musician: trumpet: teacher at Berklee in Boston, bandleader; directed radio Malaysia Orchestra, is born.

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Herbie Mann (Soloman), Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin'), is born.

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Chris Barber jazz trombonist, is born.

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Genevieve Paris France, singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples), is born.

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Christopher John Magenis Headington composer, is born.

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Little Walter [Marion Walter Jacobs] rocker, is born.

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David Evatt Tunley composer, is born.

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Roberta Peters (Peterman) opera soprano: Metropolitan Opera; Rigoletto [Gilda], Il Barbiere di Siviglia [Rosina]; films: City Hall, Tonight We Sing; Jewish Cultural Achievement Awards in Performing Arts [1997], is born in New York, NY.

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Heather Harper soprano, is born.

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Lvar Henning Mankell composer, dies at 61.

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Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) jazz singer: toured with Lionel Hampton & Miles Davis; dies.

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Friedrich Gulda Austrian pianist/composer (Hangman's Songs), is born.

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Joao Marcellino Arroyo composer, dies at 68.

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Hans Kox composer, is born.

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Tommy Bryant jazz/studio musician: bassist: played w/Dizzy Gillespie, Jo Jones, Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson; [brother of Ray Bryant], is born.

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Hans-Martin Linde composer, is born.

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Eino Tamberg composer, is born.

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Julian Penkivil Slade composer, is born.

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Eleanor Fazan opera/show choreographer (Lassiter, Ruling Class), is born.

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Morgana King jazz singer, actress: The Godfather, The Godfather Part 2, A Time to Remember

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Roy Drusky DJ, songwriter: Alone with You, Country Girl, Anymore; singer: Three Hearts in a Tangle, Peel Me a Nanner, Another, Yes Mr. Peters [w/Priscilla Mitchell]; films: The Golden Guitar, Forty-Acre Feud, is born.

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June Valli Bronx NY, singer (Your Hit Parade), is born.

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Bobby Day (Byrd) singer: Rockin� Robin; groups: Hollywood Flames, Bob & Earl; is born.

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Ahmad Jamal jazz musician: But Not for Me, is born.

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Carlos Kleiber Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968), is born.

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Pete Fountain New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59), is born.

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Buddy Bregman Chicago, orch leader (Eddie Fisher Show), is born.

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Maureen Forrester Montreal Canada, contralto (Ressurection Symphony), is born.

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Paul Taylor dancer & choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company), is born.

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Don Ho, Hawaii, ukulele player (Tiny Bubbles), is born. (TWA, 1997)

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Johnny Preston Port Arthur, TX, rocker (Feel So Fine), is born.

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Tiny Little Jr Worthington Minn, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.

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Mitzi Gaynor (Franchesca Mitzi Marlene de Charney von Gerber) singer, dancer, actress: South Pacific, Anything Goes, There�s No Business like Show Business, For Love or Money, is born in Chicago IL. (also TWA, 1998)

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Sonny Rollins NYC, jazz saxophonist (Blue Room), is born.

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Joni James (Joan Carmello Babbo) singer, is born.

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Ray Charles (Robinson) �The Genius�: Grammy Award-winning singer, is born in Albany, Georgia.

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Fritz Wunderlich Kusel Germany, tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58), is born.

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Igor Kipnis Berlin Germany, harpsichordist/professor (Fairfield), is born.

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Tommy Collins (Leonard Sipes) singer, is born.

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Bing Crosby, America�s premier crooner for decades, married Dixie Lee.

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Richard Bonynge Sydney Australia, conductor (Aust Orch Sydney-1976), is born.

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Toru Takemitsu Tokyo Japan, composer (Ki No Kyoko), is born.

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J.P. (Jiles Perry) Richardson The Big Bopper: singer: Chantilly Lace, Big Bopper�s Wedding; songwriter: Running Bear; is born. killed in plane crash Feb 3, 1959

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David Amram Philadelphia PA, composer (Splendor in the Grass), is born.

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Bobby "Blue" Bland Rosemark TN, blues singer (Call on the Drummer), is born.

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Jean Hure composer, dies at 52.

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Phyllis Curtin Clarksburg WV, soprano (NYC Opera), is born.

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Andy (Howard Andrew) Williams Emmy Award-winning entertainer: The Andy Williams Show [1962-63]; singer: Can�t Get Used to Losing You, [Where Do I Begin] Love Story, Days of Wine and Roses, Canadian Sunset, Moon River, Born Free, Butterfly, I Like Your Kind of Love [w/Peggy Powers], Are You Sincere, Lonely Street, In the Village of St. Bernadette, is born in Wall Lake IA. (also TWA, 1998)

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Paul-Heinz Dittrich composer, is born.

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Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou composer, is born.

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Larry Kert actor, singer, dancer: West Side Story original cast [1957]; is born.

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Richard Felciano composer, is born.

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Alain Weber composer, is born.

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Leonard Friedman violinist, is born.

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Friedrich Voss composer, is born.

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Makoto Moroi composer, is born.

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Peter Warlock composer, dies at 36.

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Robert Joffrey [Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan] US, choreographer (Joffrey Ballet), is born.

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Oskar Nedbal composer, dies at 56.

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Harvey Worthington Loomis composer, dies at 65.

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Jacqueline Fontijn Flemish composer, is born.

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Willy Giefer composer, is born.

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Odetta (Holmes Felious Gordon) Birmingham AL, folk singer/actress (Sanctuary), is born.

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Carel Brons composer, is born.

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Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist, is born.

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Alvin Ailey choreographer: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: 79 ballets in repertoire establishing a place for blacks in modern dance; is born.

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Bill Graham Germany, rock promoter (Fillmore), is born.

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Oscar Fetras composer, dies at 76.

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Caterina Valente singer: The Breeze and I, Malaguena

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Juraj Pospisil composer, is born.

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Murad Kazhlayev composer, is born.

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Frederick Alfred Fox composer, is born.

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Felix Blumenfeld composer, dies at 67.

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Anna Pavlova Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies at age 49.

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Ib Norholm composer, is born.

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Stikkan Stig Anderson, music entrepreneur, is born.

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Rudi Maugeri rocker (Crew Cuts), is born.

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Leslie Bricuse English/US composer (Stop the world I want to get off), is born.

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Ion Vidu composer, dies at 67.

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Xavier Benguerel composer, is born.

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Gerhard Rosenfeld composer, is born.

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Makoto Shinohara composer, is born.

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Phyllis McGuire Middletown OH, singer (McGuire Sisters), is born.

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Dirk Sch�fer Dutch pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57.

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Dieter Schonbach composer, is born.

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Dame Nellie Melba [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies.

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Francisco Kroepfl composer, is born.

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Gennady Rozhdestvensky composer, is born.

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Anthony Headges composer, is born.

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Barry Tuckwell Melbourne Australia, horn player (London Symphony Orchestra 1955-68), is born.

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Carmen Delavallade US dancer/singer/actress (Aida), is born.

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C W Stubblefield music promoter, is born.

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Clara Kathleen Rogers composer, dies at 87.

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Rosalind Elias Lowell MA, mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde-Die Walkuere), is born.

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Phil Phillips (Baptiste) singer: Sea of Love, is born.

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Phil Phillips [Baptiste] rock vocalist (Sea Of Love), is born.

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Betty Johnson Guilford County NC, singer (Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed), is born.

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Antonio Tauriello composer, is born.

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Thelma Kalama US, 4 X 100 meter relay swimmer (Olympics-gold-1948), is born.

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Burt Collins, jazz musician: trumpet, flugel horn: played w/Jess Roden Band, Lalo Schifrin, T. Rex, is born.

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Yoriaki Matsudaira composer, is born.

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Harold Burrage US singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver), is born.

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Sandor Szokolay composer, is born.

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Imre Olsvai composer, is born.

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George Whitefield Chadwick composer, dies at 76.

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Joan Carlyle British soprano, is born.

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Giuseppi Radiciotti composer, dies at 73.

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Paul Antonin Vidal composer, dies at 67.

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Martin Boykan composer, is born.

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Billy (Richard) Vaughn musician, orchestra leader: Melody of Love, The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Sail along Silver Moon; baritone singer with The Hilltoppers; music director: Dot Records; is born in Glasgow KY.

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Florian Zabach Chicago IL, violinist (Hot Canary, Club Embassy), is born.

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Carl (Robert) Belew country singer: Welcome Back to My World, songwriter: Am I That Easy to Forget?, Stop the World and Let Me Off, Lonely Street, What�s He Doing in My World?; is born.

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Ronald Hynd British choreographer (English National Ballet), is born.

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Igor Oistrach Russian violinist/son of David Oistrach, is born.

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Krzystzof Komeda composer, is born.

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(Anthony James) Lonnie Donegan folk singer, musician: guitar, banjo: Rock Island Line, Gambling Man, Cumberland Gap, Lost John, Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour [On the Bedpost Overnight]; died Nov 3, 2002

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Joseph Layton (Lichtman) choreographer: Thoroughly Modern Millie; director: Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, The Littlest Angel, Androcles and the Lion; died May 5, 1994

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Frank Hoyt Losey composer, dies at 59.

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Otto Winter-Hjelm composer, dies at 93.

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Ed Cassidy Chicago IL, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You), is born.

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Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio), is born.

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Teresa Brewer Toledo OH, singer (Put Another Nickel In), is born.

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Charles M Wilson composer, is born.

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Dick Garcia guitarist: LPs: A Message from Garcia, Four Most Guitars [w/Jimmy Raney, Chuck Wayne, Joe Puma]; played w/George Shearing Quintet, is born.

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Eugene-Auguste Ysaye composer, dies at 72.

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Josif Marinkovic composer, dies at 79.

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Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr composer, is born.

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Dewey Redman jazz musician, is born.

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Ruben Radica composer, is born.

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Kenny Ball musician: trumpet: bandleader: Midnight In Moscow, is born.

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Kenny Price Florence KY, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), is born.

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Veroslav Neumann composer, is born.

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Ervin Junger composer, is born.

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Peter Talbot Westergaard composer, is born.

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Shirley Verrett New Orleans, mezzo-soprano (Cassandra-Les Troyens), is born.

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Arne Nordheim Larvik Norway, conductor/composer (Aftonland), is born.

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Jerry Vale (Genaro Vitaliano), singer (Arriverderci Roma), is born. (also TWA, 1998)

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Tab Hunter (Arthur Gelien) singer: Young Love, Ninety-Nine Ways, Apple Blossom Time; actor: Battle Cry, Damn Yankees, Island of Desire, Judge Roy Bean, Ride the Wild Surf, is born.

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Thurston Harris Indpls, vocalist (Little Bitty Pretty One), is born.

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Anna (Pavlovna) Pavlova, Russia�s premier ballerina, dies.

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�Papa Dee� (Thomas) Allen musician: keyboards: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Can�t We Be Friends?; is born.

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Kenny Burrell guitarist: played with Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman; own combos, is born.

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(Leon) Bix Beiderbecke �young man with a horn�: jazz cornetist: groups: Wolverine Orchestra: Fidgety Feet, Jazz Me Blues; Bix Beiderbecke and His Rhythm Jugglers: Davenport Blues; Charlie Straight Orchestra; Breeze Blowers; Jean Goldkette Orchestra; Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra: Singin� the Blues, Clarinet Marmalade, Clementine; Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang: At the Jazz Band Ball, Royal Garden Blues; Adrian Rollini and the New Yorkers; Paul Whiteman Orchestra: From Monday On, China Boy, Oh, Miss Hannah; jazz pianist: In A Mist, Candlelights, Flashes, In the Dark; dies.

Ref: 4

Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist and composer, dies at age 28.

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Frank Capp musician: drums: big jazz band: Capp-Pierce Juggernaut, is born.

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John Shirley-Quirk Liverpool England, baritone (Death in Venice), is born.

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Boxcar Willie (Lecil Martin) �The Singing Hobo�: songwriter, singer: Not the Man I Used to Be; is born.

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George Jones country singer (White Lightning, He Stopped Loving Her Today, I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair), is born.

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Brook Benton Camden, SC, singer (Frankie & Johnny), is born.

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George Chambers musician: bass, singer: group: The Chambers Brothers, is born.

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Carl Nielsen composer: Maskarade; conductor: Danish Royal Opera [1908-1914]; director: Royal Conservatory [Copenhagen, 1915]; dies at age 66.

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Rafael Puyana BogotaColombia, baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957), is born.

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Ike Turner musician: piano, singer: duo: Ike & Tina Turner Revue: It�s Gonna Work Out Fine, Poor Fool, Tra La La La, I Idolize You, Proud Mary; owner: recording studio, is born.

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Bob Gibson singer, songwriter, leader of folk music movement in late '50s: John Riley, Old Blue, Daddy Roll 'Em, Wayfaring Stranger; duo: Gibson and [Bob] Camp; is born.

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Gloria Lynne singer: I Wish You Love, is born.

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Nat Adderley musician: cornet, mellophone, French horn, trumpet: Sermonette, Work Song; brother of Cannonball Adderley: is born.

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Rudi Maugeri rocker (Crew Cuts), is born.

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Davey Jones rocker (Monkees-Daydream Believer, Last Train To Clarksville, I'm A Believer), is born.

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Thurman �Teddy� Wilburn singer: group: Wilburn Brothers: Which One is to Blame; Grand Ole Opry [1941], is born.

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Gunther Herbig Usti-nad-Labem Czech, conductor (East Berlin Orchestra), is born.

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Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies in Paris at age 80.

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Jaye P. (Mary Margaret) Morgan singer: That�s All I Want from You, The Longest Walk; performer: Stop the Music, Perry Presents, The Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show, The Jaye P. Morgan Show; panelist: The Gong Show, is born in Mancos CO.

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James Cleveland, considered the "King of Gospel., is born.

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Bobby Osborne musician: mandolin, singer: duo: Osborne Brothers: Rocky Top, Up This Hill and Down, Tennessee Hound Dog, Georgia Pinewoods, is born.

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Rudolf Komorous composer, is born.

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Rita Moreno (Rosita Alverio) dancer, Academy Award-winning actress: West Side Story [1961]; The Wharf Rat, I Like It Like That, Portrait of a Showgirl, The Four Seasons, Anatomy of a Seduction, Carnal Knowledge, Summer and Smoke, The King and I, Singin� in the Rain; Emmy Award-winning actress: The Muppet Show [1976-77], The Paper Palace, The Rockford Files [1/20/78], is born.

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Shelby Singleton record executive: SSS International record company, Plantation label: Harper Valley PTA; bought Sun Records [1969]; Shelby Singleton Music, is born.

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David Baker, Indpls IN, composer (Reflections), is born.

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Caroline Kaart [Paterson Raitt] Dutch alto singer, is born.

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Mauricio Kagel Argentina/German composer, is born.

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Ray Bryant pianist, composer: Slow Freight, Little Susie, Cubano Chant, The Madison Time, Sack of Woe, After Hours, is born.

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Thomas Eden Binkley musician, is born.

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Walter Norris pianist, composer: Drifting

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Peter Christian Lutkin composer, dies at 73.

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Walter Courvoisier composer, dies at 56.

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John de Mol Dutch vocalist/composer/producer, is born.

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Skeeter Davis (Mary Frances Penick) singer: I Forgot More Than You�ll Ever Know, The End of the World, I Can�t Stay Mad at You, is born in Dry Ridge KY.

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Giuseppe Patane Naples Italy, conductor, is born.

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Sacha Distel French singer, is born.

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Catarina Valente Paris France, singer (The Entertainers), is born.

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Enrique Raxach composer, is born.

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Werner Steger composer, is born.

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Claude Gray (The Tall Texan) country singer: I�ll Just Have Another Cup of Coffee, My Ears Should Burn, is born.

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Franz Xavier Arens composer, dies at 75.

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Rick Hall country/R&B singer, is born.

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Arthur Lyman jazz musician: vibraphone: Yellow Bird; played w/Martin Denny Orchestra; is born.

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Ivan Davis, Electra TX, pianist/writer (Hunger, Corn is Green), is born.

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John Towner Williams Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops), is born.

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Rockin Dopsie Sr [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), is born.

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Otis Blackwell composer/singer, is born.

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Buck Trent Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw), is born.

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Jean-Pierre Ponnele Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana), is born.

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Michel Legrand Academy Award-Winning composer for Best Original Score: Yentl [1983]; Brian�s Song, Ice Station Zebra, is born.

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Faron Young country singer/actor (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone), is born.

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Martin William Karlins composer, is born.

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Johnny Cash Kingsland AR, country singer (I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Boy Named Sue), is born.

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Jacques Leduc composer, is born.

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Eugene Francis Charles D'albert composer, dies at 67.

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Miriam (Zensile) Makeba Empress of African Song: singer: first black South African to attain international stardom, is born in Johannesburg South Africa.

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Guido Baggiani composer, is born.

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John Philip Sousa, the American band conductor and composer of popular marches, dies at age 77.

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Frank Morelli jazz musician: baritone sax, is born.

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Keely Smith (Dorothy Jacqueline Keely) singer: That Old Black Magic, How Are Ya� Fixed for Love?; former Mrs. Louis Prima, is born.

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Leroy Jenkins violinist: groups: Creative Construction Company, Revolutionary Ensemble; composer: Mother of Three Sons, Fresh Faust, The Negro Burial Ground, is born.

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Jan Howard country singer: The One You Slip Around With, Evil on Your Mind, My Son; toured with Carter sisters, is born.

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Betty Johnson singer: I Dreamed, Little White Lies, The Little Blue Man, Dream

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Dick Curless One-Eyed Baron of Trucker Country: singer: A Tombstone Every Mile, Six Times a Day, All of Me Belongs to You, Big Wheel Cannonball, Loser�s Cocktail; is born.

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Tod Dockstader composer, is born.

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Joseph Silverstein Detroit MI, violinist (Denver Symphony Orchestra), is born.

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Jean Cartan composer, dies at 25.

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Junior Parker blues musician (Driving Wheel, Outside Man), is born.

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Jiri Smutny composer, is born.

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Hugo Kaun composer, dies at 69.

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Billy Bland singer: Let the Little Girl Dance, My Heart�s on Fire, is born.

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Louis "Mr Bo" Collins Indianola MS, blues singer (If Trouble Was Money), is born.

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Carl Perkins (Carl Lee Perkings) singer: Blue Suede Shoes, Your True Love, Honey Don�t, Pink Pedal Pushers, Shine Shine, Cotton Top, Restless; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987; is born in Jackson TN.

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Nathaniel Nelson rocker (Flamingos), is born.

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Max Schubel composer, is born.

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Henri Lazarof composer, is born.

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Tiny Tim (aka Darry Dover, Larry Love) (Herbert Butros Khaury) ukulele playing, falsetto singer: Tiptoe Through the Tulips, Sonny Boy; film: You Are What You Eat, TV: Laugh In; is born. died Nov 30, 1996

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Karl Kroeger composer, is born.

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Vince Hill singer (Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose), is born.

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Graziella Sciutti Italian opera singer, is born.

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Wladyslaw Rzepko composer, dies at 77.

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Michael Colgrass Chicago IL, composer (Best Wishes), is born.

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Willis �Gator� Jackson composer, tenor sax: invented the gator horn: Chuck�s Chuckles, Dance of the Lady Bug, Back Door, Later Gator; married to singer Ruth Brown; is born.

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Casey Kasem Detroit, radio personality (American Top 40), is born.

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Fran�ois Bayle composer, is born.

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Maxine (Ella) Brown rocker (Browns), is born.

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Petar Ozgijan composer, is born.

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Marek Kopelent composer, is born.

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Anton Larrauri composer, is born.

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Malcolm Leyland Lipkin composer, is born.

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Fausto Razzi composer, is born.

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Aurel Stroe composer, is born.

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Gunther Hauk composer, is born.

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Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich marries Nina Varsar.

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Death of John Hughes, 59, Welsh rail official and church worker. During his life, Hughes composed a number of hymns, including CWM RHONDDA, to which the Church today still sings "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah."

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Isaac "Redd" Holt US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd), is born.

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Jackie (John) McLean jazz musician: alto sax; composer, playwright; educator: University of Hartford, CT, is born.

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Robert Sherlaw Johnson composer, is born.

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Elaine Malbin opera singer, is born.

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Jeffrey Bernard singer, is born.

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Henning Christiansen composer, is born.

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Pauline Oliveros Houston TX, composer (Sound Patterns), is born.

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Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi composer, is born.

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Sammy Turner (Samuel Black) singer: Lavender-Blue [Dilly Dilly], Always, Paradise; LPs: Lavender Blue Moods, Soul of Jesus Christ Superstar, is born in Patterson NJ.

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Dakota Staton (Aliyah Rabia) jazz singer: No Man is Going to Change Me, The Late Late Show, Dynamic!, Crazy He Calls Me, Time to Swing, is born.

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Pete Jolly (Cragioli) musician: pianist: in films: I Want to Live!, The Wild Party, This World, Then the Fireworks; group: Pete Jolly Trio, is born.

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Jackie Wilson, American singer, is born.

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O.C. (Ocie Lee) Smith singer: (Little Green Apples) is born.

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Lalo (Boris) Schifrin Buenos Aires Argentina, composer, is born.

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Bobby Day [Robert Byrd), Fort Worth TX, rock vocalist (Rockin' Robin), is born.

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Sammy Turner Paterson NJ, vocalist (Lavender Blue), is born.

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Mel Tillis country singer/stutterer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel), is born.

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Porter Wagoner country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come), is born.

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Eydie Gorme (Edith Gormezano), Bronx NY, singer (Tonight Show, Bossa Nova), is born. (TWA, 1997)

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Duke Pearson composer, band leader, musician: piano: How Insensitive; is born.

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Patsy Cline (Virginia Petterson Hensley) Country Music Hall of Famer: Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Walkin� After Midnight, She�s Got You, Heartaches, Sweet Dreams (Of You), Faded Love; is born.

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Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-born prima ballerina, is born.

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Glenn Herbert Gould, Toronto Canada, pianist (sued Steinway Piano), is born.

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Albert Collins Grammy Award-winning musician: blues guitarist, songwriter: LP: Showdown! [1985]; LPs: Love Can Be Found Anywhere Even in a Guitar, Ice Pickin�, Frostbite, Frozen Alive!, Don�t Lose Your Cool, Live in Japan, Cold Snap; Blues Hall of Famer [1989]; is born.

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Dottie West (Dorothy Marie Marsh), Tenn, country singer (Here Comes My Baby), is born.

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Henry Lewis LA CA, conductor/bass (LA Philharmonic 1955-59), is born.

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Stonewall Jackson singer: Waterloo, Me and You and a Dog Named Boo, Help Stamp Out Loneliness, B.J. the D.J., Why I�m Walkin�, is born.

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Paul Bley pianist, composer: LP: Open to Love, Fragments, My Standard; founding member: Jazz Composers Guild, is born.

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Singer Stonewall Jackson, is born. Ref

Petula Clark Grammy Award-winning singer [1965]: Downtown, I Know a Place, This is My Song, My Love, is born.

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Ed Bickert musician: jazz guitarist: group: Paul Desmond Quartet, is born.

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John Gary (Strader) singer; diver, inventor: holds two patents on underwater propulsion devices [diving buddy and aqua-peller], is born.

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Bob Moore instrumentalist: group: Moby Grape: LP: Truly Fine Citizen

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Amadeo Vives composer, dies at 61.

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Corry Brokken Dutch singer, is born.

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Edgar Valcarcel composer, is born.

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�Little� Richard (Pennimann) singer: Good Golly Miss Molly, Tutti Frutti, Slippin� and Slidin�, Long Tall Sally, Rip It Up, Ready Teddy, The Girl Can�t Help It, Lucille, Keep a Knockin�; preacher, is born in Macon GA.

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Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill jazz musician, is born.

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Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich, Colt AR, singer (Behind Closed Doors), is born.

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Elaine Barkin composer, is born.

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Igor Stuhec composer, is born.

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Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin Moscow, composer (Humpback Horse), is born.

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Ilja Zeljenka composer, is born.

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Eyvind Alnaes composer, dies at 60.

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Dorsey Burnette Memphis, rocker (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One), is born.

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Anders Bo Leif Linde composer, is born.

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Ray Starling musician: arranger for Stan Kenton, is born.

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Sylvia Syms singer (You Go To My Head, Them There Eyes), is born.

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Akira Miyoshi composer, is born.

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Goldie Hill, Karnes County TX, country singer (Grand Ole Opry), is born.

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Vaclav Suk composer, dies at 71.

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Earl Grant singer: [At] The End [Of a Rainbow], Ebb Tide; killed in car crash June 11, 1970

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Ron Townson St Louis MO, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Up Up & Away), is born.

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Joel Spiegelman composer, is born.

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Zeke Carey US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Only Have Eyes For You), is born.

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Sacha Distel Paris France, French singer, is born.

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Richard Dufallo Chicago IL, clarinetist/conductor, is born.

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Claude King singer: Wolverton Mountain, All for the Love of a Girl; actor: The Blue & The Gray, is born.

Ref: 4

Ron Wilson US percussionist (Joy of Cooking), is born.

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Elly Ameling Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo), is born.

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Henri Duparc French composer, dies at 85.

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Andrey Mikhaylovich Volkonsky composer, is born.

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Bertram Jay Turetzky composer, is born.

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Bobby Lewis rocker (Tossin' & Turnin'), is born.

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Henri[cus A] Viotta Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84.

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Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling Dutch soprano, is born.

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Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn composer, dies at 77.

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Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon], Tyron NC, singer/pianist ("I Loves You Porgy"), is born.

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Antonio Nicolau Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 74.

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Istvan Lang composer, is born.

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Paul Clayton folk singer, songwriter: �Paul was just an incredible songwriter and singer. He must have known a thousand songs.� Bob Dylan; is born.

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Marco Antonio Mu�iz Mexico, Spanish singer (Murmullos), is born.

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Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz], singer, is born.

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Willie Walker US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36.

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Norbert Linke composer, is born.

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Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins folk musician/composer, is born.

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Johnny Dollar singer, is born.

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Lloyd Price, Kenner LA, singer (Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Misty, Just Because, Come to Me), is born.

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William Francis McBeth composer, is born.

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Bernadetta Matuszczak composer, is born.

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Mike Stoller record producer, songwriter with Jerry Leiber: Smokey Joe�s Caf�, Up on the Roof, On Broadway, score for Jailhouse Rock, is born.

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Quincy Jones composer: film scores, TV show themes; bandleader; record producer; arranger; 25 Grammys, Grammy�s Trustees Award [1989], Grammy�s Legends Award [1990]; Musical Director for Mercury Records, then VP; established Qwest Records, is born in Chicago, IL.

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Roy Clark, country singer (Hee Haw), is born.

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Ronald Roseman composer, is born.

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Cecil Taylor jazz pianist, international concert artist, composer; taught black music and led Black Music Ensemble at U. of Wisconsin, Antioch, N.J. Glassboro State, is born.

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Jacquez Guyonnet composer, is born.

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Norman Bailey British bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman), is born.

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David Harries composer, is born.

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Eddie Lang, American musician, dies at age 30.

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Alexander Schmuller Russian/Dutch violinist/conductor, dies at 52.

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Seoirse Bodley composer, is born.

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Fred Ebb lyricist (Cabaret), is born.

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Jaroslav Smolka composer, is born.

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Sigfrid Karg-Elert composer, dies at 55.

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Philip Corner composer, is born.

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Montserrat Caball� Barcelona Spain, soprano (Mimi-La Boheme), is born.

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Shani Wallis Ireland, singer/actress (Oliver), is born.

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Buddy Knox Happy TX, rock vocalist (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey), is born.

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Morton Subotnick Los Angeles CA, composer (Wild Bull), is born.

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Roy Clark musician: guitar, banjo; CMA Entertainer of the Year [1973], Comedian of the Year [1970, 1971, 1972], co-host: Hee Haw; country singer: Tips of My Fingers, Through the Eyes of a Fool, Yesterday, When I Was Young, Come and Live with Me, Somewhere Between Love and Tomorrow, Thank God and Greyhound [You�re Gone], is born in Meherrin VA.

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Perry Botkin Jr New York NY, orchestra leader (Bert Convy Show), is born.

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Easley Blackwood Indpls IN, composer (Un Voyage � Cythere), is born.

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Rod McKuen, American poet, singer, is born.

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Freddie Scott US songwriter/singer (Cry to Me), is born.

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Jerry Leiber songwriter/record producer (Leiber & Stoller), is born.

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Calvin Newborn jazz/blues guitarist; brother of piano wizard Phineas Newborn Jr.

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Karl Heinz Wahren composer, is born.

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Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson drummer, is born.

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Darijan Bozic composer, is born.

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Raymond Earl Hill saxophonist, is born.

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Rod [Marvin] McKuen Oakland CA, singer/composer (Alone, Beatsville), is born.

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Willie Nelson Abbott TX, country singer (On the Road Again), is born.

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Bunk Gardner rocker (Mothers Of Invention), is born.

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Alden Ashforth composer, is born.

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Stig Gustav Schonberg composer, is born.

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John Browning Denver CO, pianist (Leventritt Award-1956), is born.

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Jimmie (James Charles) Rodgers �The Blue Yodeler�: Country Music Hall of Famer: �T� for Texas, Brakeman�s Blues, Blues Yodel , Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues; first country singer to be in a film: Singing Brakeman; member: Country Music Hall of Fame; dies at age 35.

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Shirley Verrett opera singer: soprano: New York Met

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Bob Rozario Shanghai China, orch leader (Tony Orlando, Marie), is born.

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Jud Strunk Jamestown NY, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), is born.

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Claudio Abbado Milan Italy, conductor (London Symph-1982), is born.

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Jerry Herman Broadway composer (Hello Dolly), is born.

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Del (Franklin Delano) Reeves singer: Slow Hand, Be Quiet Mind, The Girl on the Billboard, Looking at the World through a Windshield, The Philadelphia Phillies; films: Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar, Forty Acre Feud, is born.

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Julian Bream musician: classical guitar, lute, is born.

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Mimi Hines pop singer, actress: duo: Ford & Hines [w/husband, Phil Ford]; Broadway singer, actress: Funny Girl, Grease, is born.

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R Murray Schafer Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria), is born.

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Chuck Cassey Chicago, choral director (Jimmy Dean Show), is born.

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Nick Reynolds folk singer: group: The Kingston Trio: Tom Dooley, is born.

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Randy Sparks folk singer, songwriter: groups: New Christy Minstrels: Green, Green, Saturday Night, Today; The Back Porch Majority, Randy Sparks and the Patch Family, is born.

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Joe Tex singer/songwriter (Hold What You've Got), is born.

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Bobby Helms (singer: My Special Angel, Jingle Bell Rock, Fraulein), is born.

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Dame Janet Baker York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave), is born.

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Wayne Shorter, jazz saxaphonist and composer, is born.

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Conway Twitty (Harold Lloyd Jenkins) songwriter: Walk Me to the Door; singer: It�s Only Make Believe, Danny Boy, Lonely Boy Blue, What Am I Living For, Next In Line, Hello Darlin�, 15 Years Ago, You�ve Never been this Far Before, Don�t Cry Joni; CMA Male Vocalist of the Year [1975], Grammy Award-winner [w/Loretta Lynn]: After the Fire is Gone [1971]; owns ooking agency, music publishing company, Twitty Burgers, Twitty City theme park; is born.

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Tompall (Tom Paul) Glaser singer: group: The Glaser Brothers: Lovin� Her Was Easier, Just One Time, I Still Love You, Gone on the Other Hand, Through the Eyes of Love, One of These Days, California Girl, Gone Girl, Rings, Ain�t It All Worth Living; songwriter: Running Gun, Stand Beside Me, Streets of Baltimore; solo: Musical Chairs, It�ll Be Her; sang backup on El Paso, is born.

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Rafael Frobeck de Burgos Burgos, Spain, conductor (World of Song), is born.

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Jimmie Rodgers singer: Honeycomb, Kisses Sweeter than Wine, Oh-Oh, I�m Falling in Love Again, Secretly, Are You Really Mine; TV host: The Jimmie Rodgers Show, is born.

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Bob Banas NYC, choreographer (Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show), is born.

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Erik Darling folk singer: groups: The Weavers; The Tarriers; Rooftop Singers, is born.

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Floyd Cramer, LA, country pianist (Last Date, On the Rebound), is born.

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John Barry Academy Award-winning composer: soundtracks: Born Free [1966], The Lion in Winter [1968], Out of Africa [1985], Dances with Wolves [1990]; The Cotton Club, The Day of the Locust, Eleanor & Franklin, Indecent Proposal, Midnight Cowboy, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shampoo, Somewhere in Time, James Bond movies, The Persuaders theme, is born.

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Clyde (Lensley) McPhatter singer: Treasure of Love, Long Lonely Nights, A Lovers Question, Lover Please; groups: Dominoes: Do Something for Me, Sixty Minute Man, Have Mercy Baby; Drifters: Money Honey, Such a Night/Lucille, Honey Love; is born.

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Jean Shepard country singer: Satisfied Mind, Beautiful Lies, Slippin' Away, Satin Sheets, w/Ferlin Husky: A Dear John Letter, is born in Pauls Valley OK.

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Krzysztof Penderecki Grammy Award-winning composer: Devils of Loudan, is born.

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Robert Goulet (Stanley Applebaum) singer: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, My Love Forgive Me, Camelot; actor: Mr. Wrong, Camelot, I�d Rather be Rich, Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, Scrooged, Blue Light, is born in Lawrence MA.

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Blues singer-musician John Mayall is born.

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Josef Gruber composer, dies at 78.

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Richard Henry Warren composer, dies at 74.

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Bernard van Beurden Dutch composer/music educator, is born.

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Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki composer, is born.

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Auguste Chapuis composer, dies at 75.

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Theodore Moses Tobani composer, dies at 78.

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Leo N Wright US saxophonist (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), is born.

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Jesse Belvin Texarkana AR, rock vocalist (Mr Easy), is born.

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Miklos Kocsar composer, is born.

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Prez "Kidd" Kenneth blues singer/guitarist, is born.

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Bryan George Kelly composer, is born.

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Bobby Lord Sanford FL, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), is born.

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Richard Wernick Boston MA, composer, is born.

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Marilyn Horne, Bradford PA, mezzo-soprano, is born.

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Annie Patterson composer, dies at 65.

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Sydney Phillip Hodkinson composer, is born.

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Armand Parent composer, dies at 70.

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Huey "Piano" Smith pianist (Having a Good Time), is born.

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Paul Gutama Soegijo composer, is born.

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Ron Weatherburn jazz pianist, is born.

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Bob Shane singer: group: The Kingston Trio: Tom Dooley, M.T.A., Greenback Dollar, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, is born.

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[Clyde] Skip Batten Los Angeles CA, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn), is born.

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Ernesto Nazareth composer, dies at 70.

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Jouko Sakari Linjama composer, is born.

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Earl King [Solomon Johnson], rocker, is born.

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King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], Forth Worth TX, US saxophonist (Memphis Soul Stew), is born.

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Elly Ameling Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo), is born.

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Francesco Pennisi composer, is born.

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Austin "Ted" Taylor US gospel/R&B-singer (Be Ever Wonderful), is born.

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Aldo Ceccato Milan Italy, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973-77), is born.

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Thomas Paul Chicago IL, bass (NYC Opera 1963-70), is born.

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Willem Kes violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 78.

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Sir Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode, Pomp and Circumstance), dies at age 76.

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Shuko Mizuno composer, is born.

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Renata Scotto, opera soprano: made operatic debut at age 18; best known for performances as Violetta in La Traviata, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Mimi [and the occasional Musetta] in La Boh�me, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and Francesca in Francesca da Rimini; opera director, is born in Savona Italy.

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Daniel Protheroe composer, dies at 67.

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Willie Bobo New York NY, jazz drummer (Cos), is born.

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Jim "Ed" Brown Sparkman AR, country singer (Nashville on the Road), is born.

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Bernard Rands Sheffield England, composer (Wildtrack), is born.

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Doug Watkins jazz musician: bass: Pepper-Knepper Quintet, Hank Mobley Quartet, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers; is born.

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Birthday of Dottie Rambo, contemporary gospel singer and songwriter. She has authored such country gospel favorites as "In the Valley He Restoreth My Soul," "Build My Mansion Next Door to Jesus" and "I Just Came to Talk With You, Lord."

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Norman Houstoun O'Neill composer, dies at 58.

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John Duffey bluegrass musician, is born.

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Mario Davidovsky Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Synchronisms), is born.

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Barbara McNair singer; TV hostess: The Barbara McNair Show; actress: The Organization, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!, Change of Habit, Dead Right, is born in Racine WI.

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King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], rocker, is born.

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Christian Wolff composer, is born.

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Joep [Joseph Willem Frederik] Straesser composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri), is born.

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Dick Katz pianist, composer: Tony Scott Quartet, J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding groups

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Fritz Cortolezis composer, dies at 56.

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Shirley Scott swinging, blues-oriented organist: recorded mostly with former husband Stanley Turrentine [they were married from 1961 to 1971]

Ref: 4

Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar composer/songwriter, is born.

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Wolfgang Hufschmidt composer, is born.

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Erhard Grosskopf composer, is born.

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Q T Macon blues vocal/guitar, is born.

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Pavle Despalj composer, is born.

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Franz Schreker composer, dies at 55.

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Johnny Burnette Memphis, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16), is born.

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Arthur Mitchell choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem), is born.

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Siegfried Thiele composer, is born.

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Ernstalbrecht Stiebler composer, is born.

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John D Loudermilk rock drummer/vocalist (Language of Love, Norman), is born.

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Jim Ed (James Edward) Brown singer: group: The Browns: The Three Bells, Scarlet Ribbons; solo: Morning; CMA Country Duo of the Year [w/Helen Cornelius 1977]: I Don�t Want to Have to Marry You, is born in Sparkman AR.

Ref: 4

Braulio Dueno Colon composer, dies at 80.

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Stanley Turrentine, jazz musician: tenor sax; one of the �Pittsburgh Brethren�; played with Tommy Turrentine [his brother], Lowell Fulson, Tadd Dameron, Earl Bostic, Max Roach; his hits included: The Look of Love, Midnight Special, Look Out, Pieces of a Dream, Straight Ahead, Wonderland, La Place; is born.

Ref: 4

Salvatore Di Giacomo composer, dies at 74.

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Reijo Jyrkiainen composer, is born.

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Zsolt Durko composer, is born.

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Horace Kay US singer (Tams-You Lied to Your Daddy), is born.

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Siegfried Matthus composer, is born.

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Warren Chiasson jazz musician: vibes: group: Warren Chiasson Duo: LP: Point Counterpoint, is born.

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Don Kirshner music publisher: Aldon Music with Al Nevins, Brill Building mogul: Screen Gems Music: started Bubblegum music fad with creation of The Monkees, is born.

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Jan Klusak composer, is born.

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Dickie Goodman parody singer (Flying Saucer), is born.

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Jan Helge Guttorm Bark composer, is born.

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Shirley (Lee Foley) Boone singer: married to singer Pat Boone since 1953; daughter of singer, Red Foley; group: The Boones [w/Pat and daughters Cherry, Linda Lee, Debby and Laura Gene], is born.

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Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko composer, dies at 35.

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Georg Kroll composer, is born.

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James Brown The Godfather of Soul is born in Augusta GA.

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�Ace� Cannon (John Henry Cannon Jr.) saxophonist: Tuff, Blues [Stay Away From Me]

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Donald Russell Holler composer, is born.

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Heinz Marti composer, is born.

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Edward Naylor composer, dies at 67.

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Roy Massey Master of Choristers (Hereford Cathedral), is born.

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Frederik von Pallandt singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Wijn Dutch pianist, is born.

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Al Brown entertainer: group: Al Brown & The Tunetoppers: LP: The Madison Dance Party, is born.

Ref: 4

Peter Nero (Nierow), New York NY, conductor/pianist (A Sunday in New York), is born.

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Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Julian Slade composer, is born.

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Rob du Bois composer, is born.

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Karl-Erik Welin composer, is born.

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Singer Pat Boone (Charles Eugene Boone) is born in Florida.

Ref: 4

Philippe Entremont France, pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orch), is born.

Ref: 5

Wynn Stewart singer: It�s Such a Pretty World Today, Wishful Thinking, After the Storm; is born.

Ref: 4

Jackie Wilson Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops), is born.

Ref: 68

Frederick Delius, English/French composer, dies at age 72.

Ref: 70

Dave Grusin composer: film scores: On Golden Pond, Heaven Can Wait, Tootsie, is born.

Ref: 4

Anna Moffo opera singer: Metropolitan Opera [1959-1969], is born.

Ref: 4

Tom Springfield folk singer: group: Springfields: Silver Threads and Golden Needles, Island of Dreams, is born.

Ref: 4

Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958), is born.

Ref: 5

Harrison Birtwistle Accringto, Lancashire, composer (Trombeau), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Lacy (Lackritz) jazz musician: soprano sax: Ask Me Now, Pannonica; composer, is born.

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Rudy Collins musician: drums: group: Dizzy Gillespie quintet, is born.

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Don Ellis Grammy Award-winning jazz musician: trumpet, composer: Theme from the French Connection [1973]; New Nine, 3-3-2-2-2-1-2-2-2, Tears of Joy, Milo�s Theme, Star Children; soloist: NY Philharmonic; is born.

Ref: 4

Jacques D'Amboise dancer/educator (NYC Ballet Company), is born.

Ref: 5

Merle Kilgore Songwriter Hall of Famer: Ring of Fire, More and More, Johnny Reb, Wolverton Mountain, Dear Mama, Love Has Made You Beautiful, Fast Talking Louisiana Man, is born.

Ref: 4

Russ Columbo singer, bandleader, songwriter: You Call It Madness, Let�s Pretend There�s A Moon, Prisoner of Love; dies.

Ref: 4

Carol Lawrence (Laraia) singer, actress: West Side Story, General Hospital

Ref: 4

Peter Maxwell Davies Manchester England, composer (Prolation), is born.

Ref: 5

George Chakiris Academy Award-winning actor, dancer: West Side Story [1961]

Ref: 68

Leonard Cohen Montreal, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man), is born.

Ref: 5

Freddie King Gilmer TX, blues singer (Hideaway), is born.

Ref: 5

Donald McIntyre Auckland NZ, Bass-Baritone (Wotan-Das Rheingold), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert E Hughes NYC, orch leader (Rich Little Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Alfred Schnittke Russia, composer (St Florian), is born.

Ref: 5

Martin Charnin Broadway lyricist (Annie, West Side Story), is born.

Ref: 5

Ethel Ennis singer: w/Benny Goodman Orchestra, is born.

Ref: 4

Billy Paul (Paul Williams), Philadelphia PA, singer (Me & Mrs Jones), is born.

Ref: 5

Bernhard Seklas composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

[Amos] Junior Wells Memphis TN, blues singer (In My Younger Days), is born.

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Alan Ridout composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Curtis Williams singer: group: The Penguins: Earth Angel, is born.

Ref: 4

Habib Hassan Touma composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Birth of Kurt Kaiser, contemporary American Christian songwriter and composer.

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McKinley Mitchell US gospel/singer (The Town I Live In), is born.

Ref: 5

1935

Harold Martina Netherlands Antilles, pianist/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Nino Tempo Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Wilson US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye), is born.

Ref: 5

Noam Sheriff composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Kenneth "Buddy" Scott blues guitarist/Singer, is born.

Ref: 5

-Blues artist Eddy Clearwater is born.

Ref: 64

Ronnie Hawkins Ark, rocker (The Band-Who Do You Love?), is born.

Ref: 5

Sherrill Milnes Hinsdale IL, baritone, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Katzer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Chuck Barksdale US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow), is born.

Ref: 5

Malcolm Frager St Louis MO, pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Wetz composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Buddy Blake (Buddy Cunningham) recording artist: recorded for Sun Records as B.B. Cunningham and Buddy Blake; record executive: Cover Record Co., Sam Phillips� Holiday Inn label, is born.

Ref: 4

Peter Ronnefeld composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Zbigniew Penherski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leonid Grabovsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov Russian composer, dies at 75.

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Bojidar Dimov composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny "Guitar" Watson rock guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Martti Talvela Hiitola Karelia Finland, operatic basso, is born.

Ref: 5

Alex Harvey rocker (Just Visiting This Planet), is born.

Ref: 5

Kenneth "Buddy" Scott blues guitarist/Singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Nef Swiss musicologist, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Salvator Pueyo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Theodore Antoniou composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bent Lorentzen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gene Vincent Craddock) Norfolk VA, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula), is born.

Ref: 5

Ray Manzarek keyboardist (The Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier), is born.

Ref: 5

Gene McDaniels US vocalist/bandleader/actor (Young Swingers), is born.

Ref: 5

Sonny (Salvatore) Bono singer, entertainer [Sonny & Cher]: I Got You Babe, Baby Don�t Go, The Beat Goes On; TV: The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour; mayor: Palm Springs, CA; U.S. Congressman; is born.

Ref: 4

Johnny Bush country singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sonny Bono (Representative-R-CA)/singer (Sonny & Cher), is born.

Ref: 24

Mirella Freni Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly), is born.

Ref: 5

Alberto Remedios opera/concert singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Keely Smith Norfolk VA, singer (Mrs Louis Prima), is born.

Ref: 5

Helga Pilarczyk German soprano (Salome, Lulu), is born.

Ref: 5

Jo van den Booren composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Adam Wade Pittsburgh PA, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn), is born.

Ref: 5

Ruby Murray Irish pop singer (Softly Softly), is born.

Ref: 5

Gordon Mumma composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Charles Eaton composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Herb Alpert bandleader: Tijuana Brass: The Lonely Bull, Taste of Honey, The Work Song, This Guy�s in Love with You, Rise; record company executive: the "A" of A&M Records, is born.

Ref: 4

Fran�ois-Bernard Mache composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Grant rock band manager, is born.

Ref: 5

Emil Mlynarski composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Bobby Bare Grammy Award-winning country singer: Detroit City [1964]; All America Boy [as Bill Parsons], Shame on Me, 500 Miles Away from Home; actor: A Distant Trumpet, is born in Irontown OH.

Ref: 4

Aulis Sallinen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jorge Mester M�xico City M�xico, conductor (Louisville Orchestra 1967-79), is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Kartner [Father Abraham], Dutch singer (Smurf Song), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Berry musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Loretta Lynn, Butcher's Hollow KY, country singer (Coal Miner's Daughter), is born.

Ref: 5

Gene Cherico bassist, is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Vinton (Stanley Vintulla), Pittsburgh PA, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue), is born.

Ref: 5

Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler blues singer/guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul A Rothchild record producer, is born.

Ref: 5

Glen Campbell Delight Ark, actor/singer (Time I Get to Phoenix), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Klengel composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Alexander Campbell Mackenzie Scottish composer, dies at 87.

Ref: 5

Otto M Zykan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leroy Carr rocker, dies.

Ref: 5

Link Wray rocker (Link Wray & His Ray Men), is born.

Ref: 5

Nokie Edwards musician: guitar: group: The Ventures: Walk Don�t Run, Perfidia, Hawaii Five-O Theme, is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Larry Williams (Lawrence E. Williams) (Short Fat Fannie, Bony Maronie, Dizzy Miss Lizzie) is born.

Ref: 4

Henry Fambrough US singer (Spinners), is born.

Ref: 5

Nigel Butterley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Yizhak Sadai composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Abraham Dukas, French composer, dies at age 69 in Paris, France.

Ref: 70

Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler French composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Terry Lightfoot clarinetist/bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen), is born.

Ref: 5

Ramsey Lewis musician: group: Ramsey Lewis Trio: The In Crowd, Hang on Sloopy, Wade in the Water, is born in Chicago.

Ref: 4

Elias Gistelinck Flemish composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Suk Czechoslovakia, violinist/composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Lothar Windsperger composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Terry Riley Colfax Calif, composer (Spectra), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie Floyd singer: group: Falcons: You�re So Fine; solo: Bring It on Home to Me, Knock on Wood, I�ve Never Found a Girl [To Love Me like You Do], is born.

Ref: 4

Gilbert Kalish Brooklyn NY, pianist/professor (SUNY Stony Brook), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Lawrence (Sidney Leibowitz), Brooklyn, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy), is born.

Ref: 5

P.D.Q. Bach [Peter Schickele], IA, composer (5th of Beethoven), is born.

Ref: 5

Kaye Stevens US, singer (Jerry Lewis Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Cleveland Duncan singer: group: Penguins: Earth Angel, is born.

Ref: 4

Peter Schreier Meissen Germany, tenor (Dressden State Opera 1961), is born.

Ref: 5

Hank Cochran songwriter: A Little Bitty Tear, Funny Way of Laughing, Make the World Go Away, I Fall to Pieces, is born.

Ref: 4

Justin Tubb San Antonio TX, country singer (Grand Ole Opry), is born.

Ref: 5

Singer John Phillips (Mommas and the Pappas) is born.

Ref: 5

Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra), is born.

Ref: 5

-Blues singer Little Milton is born.

Ref: 6

Nick Massi (Macioci) musician: bass, singer: group: The Four Seasons: is born.

Ref: 4

Les McCann musician, singer, is born.

Ref: 4

Jill Corey (Norma Jean Esperanza), Avonmore Pa, singer (Your Hit Parade), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Mathis singer (Chances are, 12th of Never), is born.

Ref: 5

Margie Singleton singer: Keeping Up with the Joneses [w/Faron Young], Eyes of Love, Old Records; TV performer: Louisiana Hayride, is born.

Ref: 4

Luciano Pavarotti Emmy Award-winning opera star: Pavarotti in Philadelphia: La Boheme [1982-1983]; actor: Yes, Giorgio, is born.

Ref: 4

Samuel Moore singer: group: Sam & Dave Emmy Award-winning opera star, is born.

Ref: 4

La Monte Young Bern Idaho, composer (Compostion in 1990), is born.

Ref: 5

Al Jackson Jr. drummer: groups: Booker T. and the M.G.�s, Roy Milton Band; is born.

Ref: 4

Jack Reno country singer: Repeat After Me, Hitchin� a Ride, I Want One, is born.

Ref: 4

Lou Rawls (Louis Allen) Grammy Award-winning singer: Dead End Street [1967], A Natural Man [1972]; You�ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Your Good Thing is about to End, You�ve Made Me So Very Happy, Love is a Hurtin� Thing, Budweiser commercials, TV regular: Dean Martin Presents; group: Soul Stirrers, is born in Chicago IL.

Ref: 4

Jurg Wyttenbach composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Singer �Little� Richard (Pennimann) is born.

Ref: 4

Johan Halvorsen composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Jean-Claude Casadesus composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tom Brumley musician: steel guitar: group: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Stone Canyon Band, is born.

Ref: 4

�Little� Esther Phillips (Esther Mae Jones) pianist, singer: Release Me, What a Diff�rence a Day Makes; Grammy nomination: Best female R & B vocalist [1973], Aretha Franklin won but gave award to Esther; is born.

Ref: 4

Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Gunter Friedrichs composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Abdul �Duke� Fakir singer: group: The Four Tops: Baby I Need Your Loving, I Can�t Help Myself, Reach Out I�ll Be There, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Seven Rooms of Gloom, Bernadette, Keeper of the Castle, Ain�t No Woman like the One I�ve Got, When She Was My Girl, Don�t Walk Away, is born.

Ref: 4

Bruno Canino composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1936

Eve Queler New York City NY, conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Roger Miller, Fort Worth TX, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Jos Kunst composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eldee Young US bassist (Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Fletcher music teacher, is born.

Ref: 5

Ami Maayani composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Clarence Carter US singer (Thread the Needle), is born.

Ref: 5

Elliott Schwartz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Louis Glass composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Dame Clara Butt alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Doug Kershaw Louisiana, plays electric fiddle, is born.

Ref: 5

Daniel Goode composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jack Scott (Scafone) singer: My True Love, Goodbye Baby, What In the World�s Come Over You, Burning Bridges, is born in Canada.

Ref: 4

Jack Scott vocalist (My True Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Suderburg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Malcolm Binns concert pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Horst Jankowski pianist: A Walk In The Black Forest; is born.

Ref: 4

Marvin Junior singer (Dells-Oh What a Night), is born.

Ref: 5

Otis Williams rocker (Charms), is born.

Ref: 5

Larry Verne, singer (Please Mr. Custer), is born.

Ref: 5

Arnost Parsch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Engemann singer: group: The Lettermen: When I Fall In Love, Goin� Out of My Head, Can�t Take My Eyes Off You, is born.

Ref: 4

Ernie K-Doe [Ernest Kador Jr], New Orleans LA, rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Norman Orville Scribner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Chuck Glaser Spalding NB, singer (Glaser Brothers-Getting to Me Again), is born.

Ref: 5

Aribert Reimann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eric Allandale rocker (Foundations), is born.

Ref: 5

Ruben Mattias Liljefors composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Josef Stransky composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Rubin Goldmark composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Gabor Szabo Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), is born.

Ref: 5

Ladislaw Kupkovic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Lee Smith US singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy), is born.

Ref: 5

Amancio D'Silva musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Marek Stachowski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Roger Whittaker Nairobi Kenya, country singer (Durham Town), is born.

Ref: 5

Fredrick Kaufmamn composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales bassist, is born.

Ref: 5

Erich Urbanner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fred Paris rocker (Five Satins), is born.

Ref: 5

Malcolm Goldstein composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Birth of Bill Gaither, contemporary Gospel songwriter and vocal artist. Together with his wife Gloria, he wrote some of the most popular Christian songs of the 1960s-1970s, including "Because He Lives," "The King is Coming," "The Longer I Serve Him" and "Something Beautiful."

Ref: 5

Richard Rodney Bennett Broadstairs Kent England, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Margo J Sylvia rocker (Tune Weavers), is born.

Ref: 5

John White composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manfred Schoof composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jerzy Maksymiuk composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bobbie Smith singer: group: The Spinners, is born.

Ref: 4

Mitya Stillman composer, dies at 44.

Ref: 5

Judy Lynn country singer: Footsteps of a Fool; entertainer: Las Vegas; The Judy Lynn Show; Snake Valley Jamboree Queen [1952]; U.S. Champion Yodeler [1953]; Miss Idaho [1955], is born.

Ref: 4

Hector Quintanar composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pete Graves rocker (Moonglows), is born.

Ref: 5

Ottorino Respighi Italian composer (Belkis), dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Seaborn M Denson composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Csaba Szabo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ruby Johnson US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away), is born.

Ref: 5

Ottorino Respighi viola-player, pianist, composer: Fontane di Roma [Fountains of Rome], Pini di Roma [Pines of Rome], and Feste romane [Roman Festivals]; dies.

Ref: 4

Beaver Harris (William Godwin Harris) musician: drums: co-led 360 Degree Music Experience [w/Roswell Rudd, Marion Brown, Grachan Moncur III]; is born.

Ref: 4

Anthony Joseph Gnazzo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Glen Campbell Delight AR, actor/singer (Rhinestone Cowboy, By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston, Wichita Lineman), is born.

Ref: 5

Roy Orbison, Vernon TX, rocker (Oh Pretty Woman, Only The Lonely), is born.

Ref: 5

Alphons Diepenbrock composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Bernard van Dieren composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

John Martin Tchicai composer, is born.

Ref: 5

April Stevens (Carol Lo Tempio) singer: Deep Purple, Whispering, Stardust, is born in Niagara Falls NY.

Ref: 4

Zubin Mehta Bombay India, conductor (New York Philharmonic), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Rabin New York NY, violinist (In Memorium), is born.

Ref: 5

Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey] Madras India, singer (After The Lovin', Release Me, Quando, is born in Madras India.

Ref: 68

Sylvia Robinson rocker (Mickey & Sylvia-Love is Strange), is born.

Ref: 5

Hans Jelmoli composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Cornelius Cardew composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Darin [Walden Waldo Cassotto] Bronx NY, singer (Mack the Knife), is born in New York City.

Ref: 5

Jean Balissat composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philippe Boesmans composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alick Maclean composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Harold Budd composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tom T Hall, Olive Hill KY, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Levoslav Bella composer, dies at 92.

Ref: 5

Maki Ishii composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Galina Shostakovich daughter of Russian composer Dmitri, is born.

Ref: 5

Levi Stubbs (Stubbles) lead singer: group: The Four Tops: Baby I Need Your Loving, I Can�t Help Myself, Reach Out I�ll be There, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Seven Rooms of Gloom, Bernadette, is born.

Ref: 4

James Darren (Ercolani) singer: Goodbye Cruel World, Her Royal Majesty; actor: The Guns of Navarone, Because They�re Young, Gidget; host: Time Tunnel, is born.

Ref: 4

Tommy DeVito singer: group: The Four Seasons: Sherry, Big Girls Don�t Cry, Walk like a Man, Rag Doll, is born.

Ref: 4

Billy Guy singer: group: The Coasters: Down in Mexico, Searchin�, Young Blood, Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown, Along Came Jones, Poison Ivy, Little Egypt, is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Kris Kristofferson is born. (XDG, p 4A, 6/22/2000)

Ref: 83

Cathy Carr singer: Ivory Tower, is born.

Ref: 4

David Zinman NYC, conductor (Balt Symphony-1983), is born.

Ref: 5

Gloria Lambert Worcester Mass, singer (Sing Along With Mitch), is born.

Ref: 5

Buddy Merrill Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.

Ref: 5

La Argentina, Spanish dancer, dies at age 45.

Ref: 70

Buddy (George) Guy musician: blues guitar, singer: Stone Crazy, LPs: A Man and His Blues, This is Buddy Guy, Hold That Plane, Hot and Cool, Buddy and the Juniors, In the Beginning; in films: The Blues is Alive and Well in Chicago, Out of the Blacks and into the Blues; on BBC-TV: Supershow, Chicago Blues, is born.

Ref: 4

Rudy Lewis singer: group: Drifters: Up on the Roof, On Broadway, is born.

Ref: 4

Rock legend Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, TX.

Ref: 68

Edward Villella US, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Reich NYC, composer (My Name is), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Dutoit symphony orchestra conductor/director: Orchestre Symphonique de Montr�al, Orchestre National de France, NHK Symphony Orchestra, is born.

Ref: 4

Bill Wyman England, rocker (Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb), is born.

Ref: 5

Bruce Belland Chicago, singer (Tim Conway Hour), is born.

Ref: 5

Charlie Daniels, CMA Award-winning musician [1979]: guitar, fiddle; singer: group: Charlie Daniels Band: The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Uneasy Rider, Still in Saigon; in film: Urban Cowboy, is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Sherrill songwriter, musician: saxophone: Tipsy; record producer: Almost Persuaded; VP/Executive Producer: CBS Nashville, is born.

Ref: 4

Gwyneth Jones, Pontnewyndd Wales, soprano (Die Walkyre), is born.

Ref: 5

Mary Travers singer: Mary of Peter, Paul and Mary: Leaving on a Jet Plane, Blowin� in the Wind, Puff the Magic Dragon, I Dig Rock �n� Roll Music; solo: LP: No Easy Walk to Freedom, is born.

Ref: 4

Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto, dies at age 75.

Ref: 70

Hank Ballard Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer, songwriter: group: The Midniters: The Twist, Finger Poppin' Time, Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go, Work with Me Annie, Sexy Ways, Annie Had a Baby, is born in Detroit MI.

Ref: 5

James De Preist Philadelphia PA, conductor (Mitropolos 1964), is born.

Ref: 5

Lou Rawls (Louis Allen), Chicago IL, singer (Dean Martin's Gold-diggers, Natural Man), is born. (also TWA, 1998)

Ref: 5

Peter Michael Braun composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Larry Davis blues singer/guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Chad Mitchell singer: group: Chad Mitchell trio, is born.

Ref: 4

Bengt Emil Johnson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Steele London, singer/actor (� a Sixpence, Finian's Rainbow), is born.

Ref: 5

Claude Albert Coppens composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Maurice composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1937

Grace Ann Jaeckel Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannh�user), is born.

Ref: 5

Doris Troy [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Moran composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Shirley Bassey Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker), is born.

Ref: 5

John Felix August Korling composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Billie Jo Spears country singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Conny Vandenbos Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose), is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Bogle (Robert Lenard Bogle) musician: guitar, bass: group: The Ventures: Walk, Don�t Run, Perfidia, theme from Hawaii Five-O, is born in Portland OR.

Ref: 4

Bobby Scott singer, pianist: Chain Gang; songwriter: A Taste of Honey, is born.

Ref: 4

John Ogdon Manchester England, pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Scott jazz singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philip Glass Baltimore MD, composer (Einstein on the Beach), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Karmen Bronx NY, jingle writer (I Love NY, This Bud's for You), is born.

Ref: 5

Don Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Brothers-Wake Up Little Susie), is born.

Ref: 5

Ray Sawyer [Dr Hook] Alabama, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Martina Arroyo New York NY, operatic soprano (New York Met), is born.

Ref: 5

Tom Smothers New York NY, comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial), is born.

Ref: 5

Cocky van Oost [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides), is born.

Ref: 5

Joe Raposa composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Sayles US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle), is born.

Ref: 5

Don Wilson rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme), is born.

Ref: 5

Lodewijk Boer Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family), is born.

Ref: 5

Magic Sam rocker (Chicago Bluesman), is born.

Ref: 5

Erkki Gustav Melartin composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Zoltan Pesko composer, is born.

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Mickey McGill US vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue), is born.

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David Ackles Illinois, singer/songwriter (American Gothic), is born.

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Nancy Wilson Chillicothe OH, jazz singer (Feel Like Making Love), is born.

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Dubravko Detoni composer, is born.

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Gustav Wohlgemuth composer, dies at 73.

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Barbara McNair Racine WI, singer/actress (Barbara McNair Show), is born.

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[Bernard Barney Jean] Wilen musician, is born.

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Ron Carter jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach), is born.

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Merle Haggard country singer, is born.

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Paul Mefano composer, is born.

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Raynoma (Liles) Gordy [Mayberry], US orchestra leader (Rayber Voices), co-founder of Motown [with husband Berry Gordy], is born.

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Mickey Gilley, country singer: Academy of Country Music Top New Male Vocalist [1974], 1976 awards: Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year: Gilley�s Smoking, Song of the Year: Don�t the Girls Get Prettier at Closing Time, Single of the Year: Bring It on Home; owned Gilley�s Club [honky-tonk that inspired movie Urban Cowboy]; owner: Mickey Gilley�s Theatre, Branson MO; Jerry Lee Lewis� cousin, is born in Ferriday LA.

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Paul Scheinpflug composer, dies at 61.

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Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria), is born.

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Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor French organist/composer, dies at 93.

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Jeno Hubay composer, dies at 78.

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Constanca Capdeville composer, is born.

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Galina Samsova ballerina, is born.

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Clarence "Frogman" Henry musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love), is born.

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Joe Rivers rocker (Johnnie & Joe), is born.

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Jerry Reed (Hubbard) singer: Amos Moses, When You�re Hot, You�re Hot, She Got the Goldmine, I Got the Shaft; songwriter: U.S. Male, Guitar Man; actor: Gator, Smokey & the Bandit, is born in Atlanta GA.

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Johnny Ferguson singer: Angela Jones, is born.

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Jon Hassell composer, is born.

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Johnny Ferguson singer: Angela Jones, is born.

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Benjamin Luxon Redruth England, baritone (Owen Wingrave), is born.

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Billy Stewart US R&B singer (I Do Love You), is born.

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Johnny "Clyde" Copeland US blues guitarist/singer (Lion's Den), is born.

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Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54.

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Willem Duyn [Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal), is born.

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Merle Haggard, CMA Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year: [1970]; songwriter: Okie from Muskogee, If We Make It Through December, Hungry Eyes, Workin� Man Blues, Mama Tried, is born in Bakersfield CA. (also TWA, 1997)

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[Big] Charlie Thomas New York NY, jazz/rock singer (Drifters), is born.

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Arthur William Foote US organist/composer, dies at 84.

Ref: 5

William Henry Hadow composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77.

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Algernon Ashton composer, dies at 77.

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Bob Luman singer: Let�s Think About Living, Every Day I Have to Cry Some, The Pay Phone, Proud of You Baby; is born.

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Nikolai Artzibushev composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Galina Samsova ballerina, is born.

Ref: 5

Jack Nitzsche composer/songwriter (An Officer & a Gentleman), is born.

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Joe Henderson composer/musician: tenor sax: played in sextet at San Francisco�s Keystone Korner; also played with Blood Sweat and Tears; is born.

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Jean Redpath, Scottish folk singer.

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Richard Farina, American folksinger and novelist, is born.

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Bo Nilsson Swedish composer (Doppelspiel), is born.

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Arthur Somervell composer, dies at 73.

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Frankie Valli [Castelluccio] Newark NJ, singer (Four Seasons-Sherry), is born.

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Hans Ulrich Lehmann composer, is born.

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Dave Prater Ocilla GA, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave), is born.

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Sonny Curtis Meadow TX, guitarist (of Buddy Holly and the Crickets), is born.

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Viliam Figus composer, dies at 62.

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Judith Somogi New York NY, conductor (Frankfurt Opera-1982), is born.

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Peter Frederic Williams composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Trini Lopez Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer), is born.

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Teddy Randazzo songwriter/producer: Goin� Out of My Head, Hurt So Bad, I�m on the Outside [Looking In]; singer: Way of a Clown; actor: Rock, Rock, Rock, Mister Rock and Roll, Hey, Let�s Twist, is born.

Ref: 4

Yehuda Yannay composer, is born.

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Irmin Schmidt rocker (Can), is born.

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Peter Kolman composer, is born.

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Freddy Fender (Baldemar Huerta) singer: Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Before the Next Teardrop Falls, is born in Mexico.

Ref: 4

Waylon Jennings Littlefield TX, country singer (Dukes of Hazzard), is born.

Ref: 5

Neeme J�rvi Tallinn Estonia, conductor (Estonia Opera 1971), is born.

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Waylon Jennings Littlefield TX, country singer (Dukes of Hazzard), is born.

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Jerry Keller singer: Here Comes Summer, is born.

Ref: 4

Ray Pillow singer: Take Your Hands Off My Heart, Thank You Ma�am, I�ll Take the Dog, Volkswagon, Gone with the Wine, is born.

Ref: 4

Gene Chandler [Eugene Dixon], Chicago, rocker (Duke of Earl), is born.

Ref: 5

Vladimir Ashkenazy Gorkey Rus, pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961), is born.

Ref: 5

Sandy Stewart (Galitz) Phila PA, singer (Sing Along With Mitch, Mr President), is born.

Ref: 5

George Gershwin (Jacob Gershvin), American composer of operatic music and Broadway musicals, dies at age 38.

Ref: 70

Chuck Jackson singer: Any Day Now, I Don�t Want to Cry, is born.

Ref: 4

Chuck Jackson Latta SC, singer (Any Day Now), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Duchin NYC, pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orch), is born.

Ref: 5

Garth Hudson musician: keyboard: group: The Band: Up on Cripple Creek, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, is born.

Ref: 4

Tommy Sands singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me), is born.

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Tommy Overstreet singer: Gwen [Congratulations], Don�t Go City Girl on Me, is born.

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Bessie Smith, �Empress of the Blues�: blues singer: sang with Louis Armstrong in 1925: early version of St. Louis Blues, My Man�s Blues, Dixie Flyer Blues, I Ain�t Got Nobody, A Good Man is Hard to Find, Poor Man�s Blues; dies of injuries sustained in car crash in Mississippi.

Ref: 68

Barry McGuire Oklahoma City, singer (Eve of Destruction), is born.

Ref: 5

Wanda Jackson singer: Right or Wrong, Let�s Have a Party, In the Middle of a Heartache; songwriter: [Let�s Stop] Kickin� Our Hearts Around, is born in Maud OK.

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Santo Farina musician, steel guitar: group: Santo & Johnny, is born.

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Jeanne (Gloria) Black singer, is born.

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Sonny Osborne musician: 5-string banjo, singer: baritone: group: Osborne Brothers, is born.

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Michael Ponti Freiburg Germany, pianist (Boston Competition 1964), is born.

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Tom Paxton folk singer, songwriter, musician: guitar: is born.

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�Whispering� Bill (James) Anderson songwriter: City Lights, I Missed Me, Happy Birthday to Me; singer: Three Times a Lady, Still, My Life, 8x10; [w/Jan Howard]: For Loving You, If It�s All the Same to You, Someday We�ll be Together; member of Grand Ole Opry, is born.

Ref: 4

Earl �Speedoo� Carroll singer: groups: Carnations; Cadillacs: Speedoo, Peek-A-Boo; Coasters: Let�s Go Get Stoned, is born.

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Eugene Pitt singer: group: The Genies: Who�s that Knockin�; group: Jive Five: Never Never, What Time is It?, I�m a Happy Man; solo: My True Story, is born.

Ref: 4

Little Willie John (William Edward John) singer: Sleep, Talk to Me Talk to Me, Fever; convicted of manslaughter, is born.

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Ray Collins, songwriter: Memories of El Monte [w/Frank Zappa for the Penguins], is born.

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Ruth Laredo (nee Meckler) Detroit MI, concert pianist, is born.

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John Ogdon Manchester England, pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Stookey Baltimore MD, singer (Peter, Paul & Mary-Wedding Song), is born.

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Jimmy Bowen singer: I�m Stickin� with You, Party Doll, is born.

Ref: 4

Gordon Crosse Bury Lancashire England, composer (Grace of Todd), is born.

Ref: 5

Don Sebesky Perth Amboy NJ, orchestra leader (Jimmy Dean Show), is born.

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Joe Farrell rocker, is born.

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Jim Glaser singer: group: Tompall and the Glaser Brothers: backup for Marty Robbins� El Paso; solo: The Man in the Mirror; songwriter: Woman, Woman, is born in Spalding NE.

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Art Neville New Orleans LA, vocalist (Neville Brothers), is born.

Ref: 5

Nat Stuckey country singer: Got Leaving on Her Mind, Days of Sand and Shovels, She Wakes Me Every Morning with a Kiss, Young Love [w/Connie Smith]; songwriter: Sweet Thang, Oh Woman, Waitin� in Your Welfare Line, is born.

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O�Kelly Isley singer: Grammy Award-winning group: The Isley Brothers: It�s Your Thing [1969]; Shout, Twist and Shout, That Lady, This Old Heart of Mine; is born.

Ref: 4

Ivor Gurney composer, dies at 47.

Ref: 5

Maurice J Ravel Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62.

Ref: 5

John Hartford New York NY, singer/songwriter (Smothers Brothers Hour, Gentle on My Mind), is born.

Ref: 5

[Noel] Paul Stookey Baltimore MD, singer/musician/comedian (Peter, Paul, & Mary), is born.

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1938

Jasperina de Jong Dutch cabaret performer (Jan Rao en z'n Maat), is born.

Ref: 5

Narvel Felts country singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paavo Johannes Heininen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Allen Toussaint [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter (Ride Your Pony, Wild Sign of New Orleans), is born.

Ref: 5

Jack Jones (John Allan Jones) singer: Lollipops and Roses, Wives and Lovers, The Impossible Dream, Lady, The Race is On, Love Boat theme, is born in Los Angeles CA.

Ref: 4

Paul Revere Harvard Nebraska, pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders), is born.

Ref: 5

Phil Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie), is born.

Ref: 5

Eskil Hemberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eugene Church singer: How Long, is born.

Ref: 4

Julius Arthur Hemphill saxophonist, is born.

Ref: 5

Etta James [Jamesette Hawkins], US singer (Roll With Me Henry), is born.

Ref: 5

Kim Gardner rocker (Byrds), is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Phillips country singer: Put It Off till Tomorrow, Georgia Town Blues [w/Mel Tillis]

Ref: 4

Norma Jean (Beasler) country singer: LP: Norma Jean, Heaven Help the Working Girl; TV: Ozark Jubilee, is born.

Ref: 4

Jimmy Carl Black rocker (Mothers Of Invention), is born.

Ref: 5

Dick van Niehoff Dutch vocalist (Fouryo), is born.

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Ellsworth Milburn composer, is born.

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Robert Frank Baksa composer, is born.

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Ray Sharpe singer, is born.

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Willy Correa de Oliveira composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Corigliano New York NY, composer (Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles), is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Huybrechts composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

Bobby Hendricks US soul vocalist (Itchy Twitchy Feeling), is born.

Ref: 5

Simon Estes Centerville IA, bass/baritone (Wonton, Don Carlos), is born.

Ref: 5

Douglas Leedy composer, is born.

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Lew De Witt singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall), is born.

Ref: 5

Willie Chambers guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Evans singer/pedal guitarist (Damascus Road), is born.

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Lovelace Watkins singer, is born.

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Lew DeWitt Roanoke VA, country singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall), is born.

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Sydney Baynes composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Lew Dewitt singer: group: The Statler Brothers: Flowers on the Wall, Bed of Roses; is born.

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Dimitri Terzakis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tona Scherchen-Hsiao composer, is born.

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Hans-Joachim Hespos composer, is born.

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Jean-Claude Risset composer, is born.

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Dick Higgins composer, is born.

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Rudolf Nureyev Russia, ballet dancer/choreographer (Kirov), is born.

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Cyril Rootham composer, dies at 62.

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Singer Glen Campbell is born.

Ref: 4

Hoyt Axton singer, musician, songwriter: Greenback Dollar, The Pusher, Joy to the World, Never Been to Spain [Axton�s mother, Mae Boren Axton, wrote Elvis Presley�s Heartbreak Hotel]; actor: The Rousters, Gremlins, Disorganized Crime, The Civil War, Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, King Cobra; is born.

Ref: 4

Warner Mack (Warner MacPherson) country singer, songwriter: Is it Wrong, is born.

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Jeff Barry Bkln NY, rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her), is born.

Ref: 5

Philippe Wynne Detroit MI, US soul singer (Spinners, Parliament, Ghetto Child), is born.

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After seven years of singing on the radio, Kate Smith began a new noontime talk show.

Ref: 4

Norro Wilson singer, composer, producer: Surround Me with Love, Men [for Charly McClain]; sang duets with Margo Smith, is born.

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Ronald Anthony White Jr singer, is born.

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Spencer Dryden musician: drums: group: Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship: Somebody to Love, White Rabbit, is born.

Ref: 4

Freddie Hubbard Indpls, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey), is born.

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Barton Keith McLean composer, is born.

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Feodor Chaliapin, Russian operatic bass, dies at age 65.

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Frederic Rzewski Westfield MA, composer (Spacecraft), is born.

Ref: 5

Hal Galper jazz pianist: group: Hal Galper Quintet; played with Cannonball Adderley, Donald Byrd, Stan Getz, Chuck Mangione, Joe Henderson; author: The Touring Musician, is born.

Ref: 4

Richard Runciman Terry musicologist, dies.

Ref: 5

Jonathan Tunick composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Duane Eddy, Phoenix AZ, guitarist (Peter Gunn, Cannonball), is born.

Ref: 5

Maurice Williams rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Tyrone Davis US R&B singer (Are you serious), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnnie Taylor US gospel singer (I Believe in You), is born.

Ref: 5

Nokie Edwards rocker (Ventures), is born.

Ref: 5

Henry Fambrough singer: group: Spinners: I�ll Be Around, Could It Be I�m Falling in Love, The Rubberband Man, is born.

Ref: 4

Maxim Shostakovich Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symphony), is born.

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Philip Gordon Winsor composer, is born.

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Carla Bley [Carla Borg] Oakland CA, musician (Escalator Over the Hill), is born.

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Harvey Sollberger Cedar Rapids IA, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Troping), is born.

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Lenny Welch Asbury Park NJ, (Breaking up is Hard to Do), is born.

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Pervis Jackson rocker (Spinners), is born.

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Singer Ray Eberle signed on as vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra for $35 a week. Eberle�s first session with Miller included, Don�t Wake Up My Heart, for Brunswick Records.

Ref: 4

Jackie Liebesit rocker (Can), is born.

Ref: 5

Teresa Stratas [Anastasia Stratakis] Toronto Ontario Canada, soprano (Salome), is born.

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William Elden Bolcom Seattle WA, composer (Oracles), is born.

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Prince Buster Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness), is born.

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Peter Yarrow New York NY, (Peter, Paul & Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon), is born.

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Billy Storm singer (Valiants-This is the Night), is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Withers WV, rhythm & blues singer (Lean on Me), is born.

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Paul Chihara Seattle Washington, US/Japanese composer, is born.

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Jo Ann Campbell Jacksonville Fla, Lawrence Welk's champagne lady, is born.

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George Cummings musician: guitar: group: Dr. Hook: Sylvia�s Mother, The Cover of Rolling Stone, [Freakin� At] The Freakers� Ball, A Little Bit More, Only Sixteen, When You�re in Love with a Beautiful Woman, Sharing the Night Together, Sexy Eyes, Better Love Next Time, is born.

Ref: 4

Connie Stevens (Concetta Ingolia), Bkln, singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Johnson Blues Hall of Famer: singer, songwriter, guitarist: Sweet Home Chicago, Cross Road Blues, Me and the Devil Blues; subject of film, Crossroads; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1986]; is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Kenny (Kenneth Donald) Rogers is born. (TWA, 1997)

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David Freiberg musician: bass guitar: group: Jefferson Starship: We Built this City; Quicksilver Messenger Service: Dino�s Song, The Fool, Who Do You Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Joan Tower New Rochelle NY, composer (Breakfast Rhythms), is born.

Ref: 5

Tatiana Troyanos NYC, mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier), is born.

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Singer, songwriter Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl Nelson) is born.

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Koko Taylor, blues singer.

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Eddie (Ray Edward) Cochran, Okla City, rocker (C'Mon Everybody), is born.

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Johnny Duncan singer: She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed [Anytime], Slow Dancing, He�s Out of My Life, Hello Mexico [And Adios Baby to You]; with Janie Fricke: It Couldn�t Have Been Any Better, Thinkin� of a Rendezvous, Stranger, Come a Little Bit Closer, is born.

Ref: 4

Carlo Mastrangelo singer: group: Dion and The Belmonts, is born.

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Melba Montgomery singer, is born.

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Marv Johnson singer: You Got What it Takes, I Love the Way You Love, Come to Me, I Miss You Baby [How I Miss You]; in film: The Teenage Millionaire [1962]; is born.

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Fred E Finn SF CA, pianist (Mickie Finn's), is born.

Ref: 5

Jay Black (David Blatt) singer: group: Jay and The Americans: Only in America, Come a Little Bit Closer, This Magic Moment, is born.

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Harry Elston musician: group: Friends of Distinction, is born.

Ref: 4

P.J. Proby (James Smith) singer: Hold Me, Together, Somewhere, Maria, Niki Hoeky, Love Will Tear Us Apart; actor: �Jet Powers�, Catch My Soul, Elvis on Stage, is born.

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Dee (Delectus) Clark singer: Just Keep It Up, Raindrops, Ride a Wild Horse; is born.

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Roger Lavern (Jackson) musician: keyboards: group: The Tornados, is born.

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Gordon Lightfoot, singer: Sundown, If You Could Read My Mind, Carefree Highway, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald; songwriter: Early Morning Rain, Ribbon of Darkness, is born in Ontario Canada. (also TWA, 1998)

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Hank Medress singer: group: The Tokens: The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Tonight I Fell in Love; record producer [w/Dave Appell]: In the Midnight Hour; executive: EMI Publishing Canada, is born.

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Leopold Godowsky, Russian-born American pianist and composer, dies at age 68.

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Ray Brown singer: group: The Four Freshmen, is born.

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Tina Turner (Annie Bullock) Grammy Award-winning Pop Singer of the Year [1985]; What�s Love Got to Do with It, Private Dancer, We Don�t Need Another Hero, Theme from Goldeneye; w/Ike Turner: A Fool in Love, Proud Mary; Ike�s ex, is born in Brownsville TX.

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Kim Gardner rocker (Byrds), is born.

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Sandy Nelson musician: drums: Teen Beat, Let There be Drums; w/Teddy Bears: To Know Him is to Love Him, is born in Santa Monica CA.

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Jos� Serebrier Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon), is born.

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Lynn Blessing vibes Player, is born.

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Dina Appeldoorn Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54.

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[John] J J Cale Oklahoma City OK, rock guitarist (After Midnight), is born.

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Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn pianist/composer, dies at 54.

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William Thomas McKinley composer, is born.

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David Houston Grammy Award-winning singer: Almost Persuaded [1966]; Mountain of Love, Livin� in a House Full of Love, With One Exception, You Mean the World to Me, Have a Little Faith, Already It�s Heaven, Baby Baby [I Know You�re a Lady], So Many Ways; actor: Carnival Rock, Cottonpickin� Chickenpickers; is born.

Ref: 5

Yuri Temirkanov Nalchik Russia, conductor (Kirov), is born.

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Mario Pilati composer, dies at 35.

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Connie Francis (Concetta Franconero) Newark NJ, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are), is born.

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Joel Chadabe composer, is born.

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Alvin Curran composer, is born.

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Tony Gomez rocker (Foundations), is born.

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Marie Emmanuel French composer/musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76.

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[Bryan] Chas Chandler rocker (The Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.

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John Harris Harbison Orange NJ, composer, is born.

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David Borden composer, is born.

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Charles Neville musician: saxophone, flute, percussion: group: The Neville Brothers: Mardis Gras Mambo, Cha Booky Doo, Zing Zing, Oooh-Whee Baby, Sitting in Limbo, Iko Iko, Brother John, The Ten Commandments of Love, is born.

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Jon Appleton composer, is born.

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David Buchan ethno-musicologist, is born.

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Welsh singer Shirley Bassey, is born.

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Johann Strauss Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72.

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Julius Bittner Austria composer (Missa Austriaca, Little Violet), dies at 64.

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William Lee Golden Brewton AL, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys), is born.

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Charles Christopher Steel composer, is born.

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Phil Everly singer: The Everly Brothers [w/brother, Don]: Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, All I Have to Do is Dream, Bird Dog, Cathy�s Clown; solo: When Will I Be Loved; radio host: In Session, is born.

Ref: 4

Doug Kershaw musician: Cajun fiddle, songwriter, singer: Louisiana Man, Diggy Liggy Lo, is born.

Ref: 4

Ray Stevens (Harold Ray Ragsdale) singer, entertainer: Everything Is Beautiful, Mr. Businessman; #1 novelty recording artist: Ahab, the Arab, Gitarzan, The Streak, is born in Clarksdale GA.

Ref: 4

Marshall Lieb rocker (Teddy Bears), is born.

Ref: 5

Tigran Yegiayi Mansuryan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Del McCoury bluegrass singer/musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Ray Sawyer rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Barry Mann songwriter: with Cynthia Weil on dozens of �60s & �70s �Brill Building� hits; singer: Who Put the Bomp [in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp], is born.

Ref: 4

Johann Strauss Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Barbara Kolb Hartford CT, composer (Trobar Jus), is born.

Ref: 5

Roberta Flack Black Mountain (Asheville) NC, vocalist (The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face), is born.

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Gerry Goffin lyricist: w/Carole King: Will You Love Me Tomorrow, You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman; w/Michael Masser: Tonight I Celebrate My Love, Saving All My Love for You, is born in Queens NY.

Ref: 4

Franz Schmidt Austrian composer, dies at 64.

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Ray Manzarek musician: keyboards: group: The Doors: The End, Light My Fire, People are Strange, Love Me Two Times, Riders on the Storm, is born.

Ref: 4

Chris Pyne trombonist, is born.

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Herbie & Harold Kalin singers: group: The Kalin Twins: When, Forget Me Not, are born.

Ref: 4

Ludwig Bonvin composer, dies at 89.

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Roy George Elroy Josephs jazz dance teacher, is born.

Ref: 5

Ron Nagle rock producer (Riding with the King), is born.

Ref: 5

E Fernandez Arb�s Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Antoinette Sibley ballerina (Turning Point), is born.

Ref: 5

John Fahey singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death), is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Tune Wichita Falls TX, dancer/choreographer (The Boyfriend), is born.

Ref: 5

Leo Brouwer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Warren Davis rocker (Monotones), is born.

Ref: 5

Gerard van Tongeren Dutch singer (Buffoons), is born.

Ref: 5

Jerry Naylor Stephenville TX, rock vocalist (Crickets), is born.

Ref: 5

Marion Marlowe St Louis MO, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends), is born.

Ref: 5

Amadeo Roldan composer, dies at 38.

Ref: 5

Robert Tear Barry Wales, tenor (Welsh National Opera 1970), is born.

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Yannis Vlachopoulos composer

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Neil Sedaka songwriter, singer: Oh! Carol, The Diary, Stairway to Heaven, Calendar Girl, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, Bad Blood, Laughter in The Rain, is born in Brooklyn NY.

Ref: 4

Charley Pride, Sledge MS, country singer (Just Between You And Me, Sweet Country), is born in Sledge MS. (TWA, 1998)

Ref: 95

Travis Pritchett rocker (Travis & Bob), is born.

Ref: 5

Evald Aav composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

Boris Ivanovich Tischenko composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolph Isley Cincinnati OH, rocker (Isley Brothers-Shout), is born.

Ref: 5

Marvin (Pentz) Gaye, Jr. singer: Pride & Joy, How Sweet It Is, I�ll Be Doggone, Ain�t That Peculiar, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, What�s Going On, Let�s Get It On, Sexual Healing; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1987]; died Apr 1, 1984

Ref: 4

Hugh Masekela, Wilbank South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid), is born.

Ref: 5

David Winters London England, choreographer (Steve Allen Comedy Hour), is born.

Ref: 5

Lonnie White vocalist (Smokey Robinson & Miracles-Shop Around), is born.

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Emilio Serrano y Ruiz composer, dies at 89.

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Jennifer Fowler composer, is born.

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Marti Wilder father of rocker Kim Wilde, is born.

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Dusty Springfield [Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien], London England, rock vocalist (Growing Pains), is born.

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John DeLaFose zydeco Musician, is born.

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Glen Hardin rocker, is born.

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Ernie Maresca singer/songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer), is born.

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John McCabe composer, is born.

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Herman Finck composer, dies at 66.

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Mel Carter singer: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me; actor: Quincy, Sanford and Son, Marcus Welby, M.D., Magnum P.I., is born.

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Ray Peterson Denton TX, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her), is born.

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John Foulds composer, dies at 58.

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Jerry Mercer Montr�al Qu�bec Canada, rock drummer (April Wine), is born.

Ref: 5

Judy Collins, Seattle WA, singer (Send in the Clowns, Both Sides Now, Clouds), is born.

Ref: 5

Jonathan David Harvey English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen), is born.

Ref: 5

Herbie Cox rocker (Cleftones), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Ruffin singer: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, Hold on to My Love, There Will Never be Another You, is born.

Ref: 4

Johnny Maestro New York NY, rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge), is born.

Ref: 5

Nokie Edwards musician: guitar: group: The Ventures: Walk Don�t Run, Perfidia, Hawaii Five-O Theme

Ref: 4

Bruce Mather composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nokle Edwards rocker, is born.

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Nokie Edwards musician: guitar: group: The Ventures, is born.

Ref: 4

Glen Hardin Texas, rocker (Crickets), is born.

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Richard Lowe Teitelbaum composer, is born.

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Tomasz Sikorski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Heinz Holliger musician: oboe virtuoso, composer, conductor: Siebensgesang for oboe voices and orchestra, is born.

Ref: 4

Don Williams Floydada TX, country singer (I Believe in You), is born.

Ref: 5

Jerry Mercer Montr�al Canada, rock drummer (April Wine-Just Between You and Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Drain singer, is born.

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Charles Miller musician: saxophone, clarinet: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Can�t We be Friends?, is born.

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Ian Hunter (Patterson) guitar, singer, songwriter: group: Mott the Hoople: All the Young Dudes, Ballad of Mott, All the Way to Memphis, The Golden Age of Rock �n� Roll, Saturday Gigs; book: Diary of a Rock Star, is born.

Ref: 4

Gary "US" Bonds [Anderson] singer/songwriter (New Orleans), is born.

Ref: 5

Wilma Burgess country singer: Baby, Misty Blue, Don�t Touch Me, Tear Time, is born.

Ref: 4

Dickie Doo (Gerry Granahan) singer: group: Dickie Doo and The Don�ts: Click Clack, No Chemise Please, is born.

Ref: 4

Al Wilson musician: drummer, singer: Show and Tell

Ref: 4

Frank Sinatra made his first appearance with Harry James� band. Sinatra was center stage at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, MD, where he sang My Love for You.

Ref: 4

Delaney Bramlett musician: guitar, singer: duo: Delaney & Bonnie: Never Ending Song of Love, Only You Know and I Know, LP: Delaney and Friends: Class Reunion, To Delaney from Bonnie, Accept No Substitute: The Original Delaney and Bonnie; TV performer: Shindig, is born.

Ref: 4

Spencer Davis Wales, vocalist (Gimme Some Lovin), is born.

Ref: 5

Dion DiMucci Bronx, rocker (Dion & the Belmonts-Teenager in Love), is born.

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Brian Auger London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis), is born.

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John West musician: keyboards: group: Gary Lewis and the Playboys: This Diamond Ring

Ref: 4

Edward Patten singer: group: Gladys Knight & The Pips: is born.

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Frankie Ford (Guzzo), Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise), is born.

Ref: 5

Ron Holden singer: Love You So; is born.

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Phil Balsley Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall), is born.

Ref: 5

Rhythm-and-blues singer Billy Henderson (The Spinners) is born.

Luther Allison Arkansas, guitarist (Bad News is Coming), is born.

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Johnny Preston singer: Running Bear, Cradle of Love

Ref: 4

Ginger [Peter] Baker England, drummer (Cream-White Room), is born.

Ref: 5

Harold Reid singer: group: The Statler Brothers: Flowers on the Wall, Bed of Roses, Class of �57, is born.

Ref: 4

Clem Cattini musician: drums: groups: Tornados: Telstar, Globetrotter; Johnny Kidd & The Pirates: Please Don�t Touch, You�ve Got What It Takes, Shakin� All Over, Restless, Linda Lu, is born.

Ref: 4

Rock musician Jerry Allison (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is born.

Seiji Ozawa, conductor, is born.

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Sam Gooden singer: group: Roosters; The Impressions: It�s All Right, For Your Precious Love, is born.

Ref: 4

John Stewart San Diego Ca, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind), is born.

Ref: 5

David Allan Coe country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy), is born.

Ref: 5

Singer LaMonte McLemore (of The Fifth Dimension) is born. (XDG, p 4A, 9/17/2000)

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Frankie (Frances) Avalon (Avellone) singer: Venus, Bobby Sox to Stockings, A Boy Without a Girl, Just Ask Your Heart, Why, Dede Dinah; actor: Disc Jockey Jamboree, Guns of the Timberland, The Carpetbaggers, Beach Party series, Back to the Beach, is born in Philadelphia PA. (also TWA, 1998)

Ref: 4

Benita Valente Delano Calif, soprano (Pamina-Die Zauberfl�te), is born.

Ref: 5

Jay Siegel singer: groups: The Tokens: Tonight I Fell in Love, The Lion Sleeps Tonight; Cross Country: In the Midnight Hour, is born.

Ref: 4

Ray Jones musician: bass: group: Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, is born.

Ref: 4

Charlie Foxx singer: Mockingbird [w/sister Inez], is born.

Ref: 4

Eddie Holland songwriter: writing team: Holland-Dozier-Holland, is born.

Ref: 4

Grace Slick (Wing), Chicago IL, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit), is born. (TWA, 1986)

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-Singer Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) is born.

Lucia Popp UhorskVes Czechoslovakia, soprano (Die Zauberflute), is born.

Ref: 5

Wendy (Walter) Carlos Pawtucket RI, composer (Switched on Bach), is born.

Ref: 5

-Singer Kim Weston is born.

Ref: 64

Betty Everett singer: Shoop Shoop Song [It�s in His Kiss], There�ll Come a Time, You�re No Good, I Can�t Hear You, is born.

Ref: 4

Jim Yester musician: guitar, sax, singer: group: The Association: Along Comes Mary, Cherish, Windy, Never My Love, Everything That Touches You, is born.

Ref: 4

Tigran Yegiayi Mansuryan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Troxel singer: group: The Fleetwoods: Mr. Blue, Come Softly to Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Meco (Domenico Monardo) musician: Star Wars Theme; music producer: Never Can Say Goodbye, is born.

Ref: 4

(Dianne) �Dee Dee� Lennon singer: group: The Lennon Sisters: The Lawrence Welk Show, Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters, is born.

Ref: 4

Max Fiedler composer, dies at 79.

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Frederik van Rossum composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tom�s Svoboda Paris France, Czechoslovakian composer (Etude), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Alaimo singer: Every Day I Have to Cry Some; actor: The Wild Rebels, Stanley, is born.

Ref: 4

Jerry Butler singer: For Your Precious Love, He Will Break Your Heart, Find Another Girl, I�m Telling You, Moon River, Never Give You Up, Hey Western Union Man, LP: Only the Strong Survive; group: The Impressions, is born.

Ref: 4

James Galway Belfast Ireland, flutist (18k gold flute, Royal Philharmonic), is born.

Ref: 5

Ernest Schelling composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Wilhelm Grosz composer, dies at 45.

Ref: 5

Cindy Birdsong Camden NJ, rock vocalist (Labelle-Rainbow, Supremes), is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolaus A Huber composer, is born.

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Eddie Kendricks singer: group: The Temptations: My Girl, I Can�t Get Next To You; solo: Keep on Truckin�, Boogie Down, Shoeshine Boy; is born.

Ref: 4

James Booker New Orleans, R & B musician (Gonzo), is born.

Ref: 5

Henrica M L "Wiesje" Backer Dutch dancer/actress/playwright, is born.

Ref: 5

Eric Fogg composer, dies at 36.

Ref: 5

Agatha N "Kim" Weston US gospel/singer (It Takes Two), is born.

Ref: 5

Klaus Schweizer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ma Rainey "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer/composer, dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Johnny Kidd (Frederick Heath) singer, songwriter: Please Don�t Touch; group: Johnny Kidd & The Pirates: You�ve Got What It Takes, Shakin� All Over, Restless, Linda Lu, A Shot of Rhythm and Blues, I�ll Never Get Over You, Hungry for Love, Always and Ever; is born.

Ref: 4

Bob James rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

[Harvey] Phil Spector record producer (Wall of Sound), is born.

Ref: 5

Del Shannon [Charles Westover] Coopersville MI, rocker (Runaway), is born.

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Laszlo Sary composer, is born.

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Richard Henry Orton composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Cristy Lane US, country/gospel singer, is born.

Ref: 5

-Country singer Big Al Downing is born.

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Barbara Buczek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mark DeVoto composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jorge Peixinho composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Addie "Micki" Harris Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy), is born.

Ref: 5

Tilo Medek German composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Russell country singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Emile van Bosch revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

David Johnson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indpls (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra).

Ref: 5

Alan "Tea" Caddy rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter), is born.

Ref: 5

Angelo D�Aleo singer: group: Dion and The Belmonts: I Wonder Why, A Teenager in Love, Where or When, is born.

Ref: 4

Talib Rasul Hakim composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Smokey Robinson (of the Miracles) is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Bennett musician: drums: group: The Shadows: Don�t Cry for Me Argentina, is born in London England.

Ref: 4

Barbara Buczek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Merchant rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools), is born.

Ref: 5

Hamish Imlach folk singer/comic, is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (singer: The Monster Mash) is born.

Ref: 3

Smokey (William) Robinson Rock �n� Roll Hall of Famer: group: The Miracles: Shop Around, I Second That Emotion, Tears of a Clown; songwriter: My Guy, My Girl; solo: Cruisin�, Bein� with You; Motown VP, is born in Detroit MI.

Ref: 4

Bobby Rogers US vocalist (Miracles-You Really Got a Hold on Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Christoph Eschenbach Breslau Germany, pianist/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Barbara Laine Ellis Olympia WA, singer (Fleetwoods), is born.

Ref: 5

Jes�s Lopez-Cobos Toro Spain, conductor (International Conductor Competition), is born.

Ref: 5

Joe South Atlanta GA, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play), is born.

Ref: 5

Gretchen Christopher Olympia WA, American Pop Singer/Songwriter, Founder and Female Lead of The Fleetwoods (Come Softly To Me, Mr Blue), is born.

Ref: 5

Ralph Towner Chehalis WA, rocker (Oregon, Weather Report), is born.

Ref: 5

Dean Torrence Los Angeles CA, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady from Pasadena), is born.

Ref: 5

Francis Schwartz composer, is born.

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Al Jarreau Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting), is born.

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Phil Lesh (Chapman) musician: bass: group: Grateful Dead: St. Stephen, China Cat Sunflower, Dark Star, Uncle John�s Band, New Speedway Boogie, Truckin�, Box of Rain, Alabama Gateway; composer: electronic music, is born in Berkeley CA.

Ref: 4

Vito Picone rocker (Elegants), is born.

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Luis Gasca rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Ion Nonna Otescu composer, dies at 51.

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Rod Lauren rocker (If I Had a Girl), is born.

Ref: 5

Raymond Davis US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), is born.

Ref: 5

Astrud Gilberto Brazil, singer (Girl From Ipanema), is born.

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Tommy Cash songwriter: You Don�t Hear; country singer: Six White Horses, Rise and Shine, One Song Away, I Recall a Gypsy Woman; brother of Johnny Cash, is born.

Ref: 4

Andres Isasi composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Jan Wilhelm Morthenson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Patricia Paay Dutch singer (You are not hip), is born.

Ref: 5

Herbie Hancock Oscar-winning jazz/fusion musician, composer of original score: Round Midnight [1986]; TV score: Rockschool; singles: Riot, Cantaloupe Island, Rockit, Dolphin�s Dance, is born in Chicago IL.

Ref: 4

Lester Chambers singer, musician: harmonica: group: The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today, is born in Flora MS.

Ref: 4

Phil Lesh Berkeley CA, bassist (Grateful Dead-Truckin'), is born.

Ref: 5

Stephen Lawrence Pruslin composer, is born.

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Florrie Forde music hall artist, dies.

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O B McClinton [Burnett] Senatobia MS, country singer (Keep your arms around me), is born.

Ref: 5

Giorgio Moroder Ortisei Italy, composer/producer/singer (Top Gun, Metropolis, Electric Dreams, Cat People, Let it Ride), is born.

Ref: 5

Murray Sidlin Baltimore MD, conductor (National Symphony 1973-77), is born.

Ref: 5

Armando Krieger composer, is born.

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Rick [Eric Hilliard] Nelson Teaneck NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party), is born.

Ref: 5

Dick Morrissey saxophonist, is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Alexander US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Ronald Anthony Pellegrino composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Brooks singer (Impressions), is born.

Ref: 5

Mickey Newbury rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Shorty Long soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), is born.

Ref: 5

Andrej N Rimsky-Korssakov Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies.

Ref: 5

Levon Helm musician: drums, singer: groups: The Band, Hawks, Levon and the Hawks, Crackers, Canadian Squires, is born.

Ref: 4

Rene Koering composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hans Dulfer tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso), is born.

Ref: 5

Theodor Streicher composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Augie Meyers musician: keyboards: groups: Sir Douglas Quintet: She�s About a Mover; Texas Tornados: It was Fun While It Lasted; operates his studio north of San Antonio TX, is born.

Ref: 4

Tom Jones (Thomas Jones Woodward), Pontypridd Wales, singer (What's New Pussycat), is born.

Ref: 5

Nancy Sinatra, Jersey City, singer, her boots were made for walkin', is born.

Ref: 5

Joey Dee (Joseph DiNicola) singer: group: Joey Dee and The Starliters: Peppermint Twist, Shout, Hot Pastrami with Mashed Potatoes; films: Hey, Let�s Twist, Two Tickets to Paris, is born in Passaic NJ.

Ref: 4

Bobby Freeman SF, rocker (Do You Want to Dance), is born.

Ref: 5

Billy "Crash" Craddock, Greensboro NC, singer, is born.

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Adam Faith England, singer (Poor Me, What Do You Want?), is born.

Ref: 5

Diana Trask Australia, singer (Sing Along With Mitch), is born.

Ref: 5

Clint Warwick (Eccles) musician: bass: The Moody Blues: Go Now, LP: The Magnificent Moodies, is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Billy Davis Junior (The Fifth Dimension) is born.

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Fontella Bass singer: Rescue Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Tommy Dee (Thomas Donaldson) singer: The Three Stars; record company executive; DJ: KFXM, San Bernardino, CA, is born.

Ref: 4

Tony Jackson musician: bass, singer: group: Searchers: Sweets for My Sweet, Needles & Pins, Don�t Throw Your Love Away, When You Walk into the Room, Goodbye My Love, is born.

Ref: 4

George Clinton (aka Dr. Funkenstein, also Maggot Overlord) singer: groups: The Parliaments: [I Just Wanna] Testify; Funkadelic: LP: Funkadelic, Maggot Brain, One Nation Under a Groove, Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome, Trombipulation, The Electric Spanking of War Babies; Parliament: Mothership Connection; Brides of Funkenstein; Parlet; Bootsy�s Rubber Band; solo: LP: Computer Games: single: Atomic Dog; Parliament/Funkadelic motto: Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Followomic Dog

Ref: 4

Gary Stites singer: Lonely for You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Starry Eyed, is born.

Ref: 4

Timi (Rosemarie) Yuro singer: Hurt, What�s A Matter Baby [Is It Hurting You], Gotta Travel On, Down in the Valley, is born.

Ref: 4

Damita Jo (DuBlanc) singer: I�ll Save the Last Dance for You, If You Go Away; is born.

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Singer Bobby Hatfield (The Righteous Brothers) is born in Beaver Dam WI.

Ref: 68

Dash Crofts Cisco TX, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Nash singer: I Can See Clearly Now, Stir It Up, Hold Me Tight, A Very Special Love, is born in Houston, TX.

Ref: 4

Jose Van Dam Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone (Fran�ois d'Assisif), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave White (Tricker) singer, songwriter: group: Danny & The Juniors: At the Hop, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay, is born.

Ref: 4

Jimmy Clanton Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream), is born.

Ref: 5

Roy Ayers LA, disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Bellamy musician: guitar: group: The Tornados, is born.

Ref: 4

Jimmy Gilmer singer: group: Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs: Sugar Shack, Daisy Petal Pickin�, is born.

Ref: 4

LaMont McLemore singer: group: The 5th Dimension: Up Up and Away, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, [Last Night] I Didn�t Get to Sleep at All, Wedding Bell Blues, Stoned Soul Picnic, is born.

Ref: 4

Frankie Avalon (Frances Avellone), Philadelphia PA, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus), is born.

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Bill Medley Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong), is born.

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Paul Williams songwriter: themes: The Love Boat, The Muppet Movie; Academy Award-winning lyricist: A Star Is Born [1976: w/Barbra Streisand]; actor: Smokey and the Bandit series, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, The Wild Wild West Revisited, The Paul Williams Show, The Night They Saved Christmas, The Doors, Hart to Hart Returns, is born in Omaha NB.

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Barbara Allbut singer: group: Angels: My Boyfriend�s Back, is born.

Ref: 4

Jerry Lee Lewis Rock and Roll Hall of Famer [1986]: singer: Whole Lot of Shakin� Going On, Great Balls of Fire, Breathless; cousin of singer Mickey Gilley, and evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, is born in Ferriday LA.

Ref: 68

Alan O�Day songwriter: Angie Baby, Rock and Roll Heaven; singer: Undercover Angel, is born.

Ref: 4

Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], England, rocker (Suddenly), is born.

Ref: 5

Musician Manfred Mann (Michael Lubowitz) is born.

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(Eleanor) Ellie Greenwich (Ellie Gay, Ellie Gee) songwriter [w/Jeff Barry]: Be My Baby, Chapel of Love, Da Do Ron Ron, Then He Kissed Me, River Deep, Mountain High; singer: group: Raindrops: What a Guy, The Kind of Boy You Can�t Forget; solo: LP: Let It Be Written, Let It Be Sung; on Broadway: Leader of the Pack, is born.

Ref: 4

Lee Greenwood country singer (God Bless the USA), is born.

Ref: 5

Balladeer Barry Sadler ("The Ballad of the Green Berets") is born.

Ref: 4

Delbert McClinton songwriter, singer: I Received a Letter [w/Glen Clark], Sandy Beaches; musician: harmonica: Hey Baby [w/singer, Bruce Channel]; solo: Giving It Up for Your Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Freddie Garrity, singer: group: Freddie and the Dreamers, is born.

Ref: 4

Tony Butala singer: group: The Lettermen: When I Fall in Love, Goin' Out of My Head, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, is born.

Ref: 4

Natalia Makarova ballerina: Kirov Ballet [now Saint Petersburg Ballet]: 1959-1970], defected 1970, is born in Leningrad, USSR.

Ref: 4

Dr. John (�Mac� Malcolm John Rebennack) musician: organ, guitar, singer: Right Place Wrong Time; songwriter: Lights Out, What?s Goin' On, Lady Luck, Losing Battle, is born.

Ref: 4

Freddy Marsden drummer, singer: group: Gerry and the Pacemakers: Don�t Let the Sun Catch You Crying, Ferry Cross the Mersey, How Do You Do It?, I Like It, is born.

Ref: 4

Johnny Carver singer: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, You Really Haven't Changed, Afternoon Delight, Don't Tell [That Sweet Ole Lady of Mine], Tonight Someone's Falling in Love, Living Next Door to Alice, Your Lily White Hands, Hold Me Tight, Sweet Wine, is born.

Ref: 4

Bruce Channel singer: Hey! Baby, Going Back to Louisiana, Keep On, is born.

Ref: 4

Chuck Mangione Grammy Award-winning composer: Bellavia [1976]; theme for 1980 Winter Olympics: Give It All You Got; musician: flugelhorn: Feels So Good, Land of Make Believe, The Hill Where the Lord Hides, is born.

Ref: 4

Freddy Cannon [Picariello] Lynn MA, rocker (Palisades Park), is born.

Ref: 5

John Cale Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Velvet Underground), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Kubelik composer, dies at 60.

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Steve Alaimo Rochester NY, rocker (Mashed Potatoes), is born.

Ref: 5

Graham Knight rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Sammy Strain US singer (Imperials-Hurt So Bad), is born.

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David Gates musician: guitar, keyboard, singer: solo: Goodbye Girl; group: Bread: Make It With You, If, Baby I�m-A Want You, Diary, Aubrey, is born in Tulsa OK.

Ref: 4

Dionne Warwick East Orange NJ, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose), is born.

Ref: 5

Dimitri van Toren Dutch vocalist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Wallace composer, dies at 80.

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Phil Ochs folk singer, songwriter: There But for Fortune, Doesn�t Lenny Live Here Anymore?, Here�s to the State of Richard Nixon; is born in El Paso TX.

Ref: 4

Larry Willis rock keyboardist (Blood, Sweat & Tears), is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Zappa musician, songwriter, singer: group: Mothers of Invention; Valley Girl [w/daughter Moon]; is born in Baltimore MD.

Ref: 4

Paul [Ray Hildebrand] TX, singer (Hey Paula), is born.

Ref: 5

Jorma Kaukonen musician: guitar: groups: Jefferson Airplane: It�s No Secret, Runnin� Round This World, Somebody to Love, White Rabbit, Triad, Greasy Heart, Lather, Meadowlands, Wooden Ships, We Can Be Together; Hot Tuna: LPs: Thirty Seconds Over Winterland, Early Flight, Flight Log, Black Kangaroo, is born in Washington DC.

Ref: 4

Eugene Record singer: group: Chi-Lites: Give It Away, [For God�s Sake] Give More Power to the People, Have You Seen Her, Oh Girl, Homely Girl, Too Good to Be Forgotten, is born.

Ref: 4

Jorma Kaukonen rock guitarist/vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Brown Chicago IL, rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Singer Al Jolson and actress Ruby Keeler were divorced after 12 years of marriage. They had separated a year earlier; but Jolson talked Keeler into co-starring with him in the Broadway show, Hold on to Your Hats. She left the show before the opening and then left the marriage.

Ref: 4

Pete Brown rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Alvin Elliot Singleton composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lonnie Liston Smith US jazz performer (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady), is born.

Ref: 5

Ed Buce Keiser AR, country singer (Texas), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Koelewijn Dutch writer/vocalist (Come off that Roof), is born.

Ref: 5

Fritz Volbach composer, dies at 79.

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Mischa Levitzki composer, dies at 42.

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John Bennett Perry Williamstown MA, singer/actor (Falcon Crest), is born.

Ref: 5

Grady Thomas US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain), is born.

Ref: 5

Sandy Denny country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Hicks rocker (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Robby Krieger rocker (Doors), is born.

Ref: 5

[Little] Anthony Gourdine singer: group: Little Anthony and The Imperials: Tears on My Pillow, Hurt So Bad, is born.

Ref: 4

Joan Baez Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate, is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Bridge English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Long John Baldry England, blues vocalist (Don't try to Lay No Boogie), is born.

Ref: 5

Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) singer: group: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Diddy Wah Diddy, Hair Pie, Old Fart at Play; artist, is born.

Ref: 4

Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna FL, singer (Honey), is born.

Ref: 17

David Ruffin Mississippi, vocalist (Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone), is born.

Ref: 5

Tom Bailey rock vocalist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor), is born.

Ref: 5

Ron Townson singer: group: The 5th Dimension: Up Up and Away, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, One Less Bell to Answer, [Last Night] I Didn�t Get to Sleep at All; is born.

Ref: 5

Placido Domingo, Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Madame Butterfly), is born.

Ref: 17

Richie Havens Brooklyn NY, folk singer (Here Comes the Sun), is born.

Ref: 5

Edwin Starr [Charles Hatcher], US singer (War), is born.

Ref: 5

Dobri Khristov composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Michael Chapman Leeds England, rocker (Looking for 11), is born.

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Neil Diamond Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer), is born.

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Aaron Neville Grammy Award-winning singer: Healing Chant [w/Neville Brothers: 1989], Don�t Know Much [w/Linda Ronstadt: 1989], All My Life [w/Linda Ronstadt: 1990], I Fall to Pieces [w/Trisha Yearwood: 1994]; singer: Tell It Like It Is; solo: LPs: Warm Your Heart, The Grand Tour, Aaron Neville�s Soulful Christmas, is born.

Ref: 4

Iver Paul Fredrik Holter composer, dies at 90.

Ref: 5

Joe Terranova singer: Danny and the Juniors: At the Hop, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay, is born.

Ref: 4

Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Angelo D'Aleo Bronx, tenor (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Chuck Tharp rock vocalist (Fireballs), is born.

Ref: 5

John Steel rock drummer (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Laird jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece), is born.

Ref: 5

Barrett Strong singer: Money [That�s What I Want]; songwriter: Just My Imagination, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Ball of Confusion, is born in Detroit MI.

Ref: 4

Stephen Albert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tom Rush New Hampshire, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going), is born.

Ref: 5

Carole King (Klein) songwriter, singer: Loco-motion, It Might as Well Rain Until September, It�s Too Late, Jazzman, is born.

Ref: 17

Joan Baez Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate, is born.

Ref: 5

Sergio Mendes jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88), is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Holland songwriter: Motown�s Holland-Dozier-Holland: Baby Love, Stop! In the Name of Love, solo: Don�t Leave Me Starvin� for Your Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Gene Pitney singer: Town Without Pity, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Only Love Can Break A Heart, It Hurts to be in Love; songwriter: Hello Mary Lou, He�s a Rebel, is born in Hartford CT.

Ref: 4

Herman Santiago singer: group: Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers: Why Do Fools Fall in Love?, The ABCs of Love, is born.

Ref: 4

David Blue [Cohen], Providence RI, rocker (Cupid's Arrow), is born.

Ref: 5

Herb Santiago vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall), is born.

Ref: 5

Irma Thomas [Lee], US vocalist (It's Raining), is born.

Ref: 5

Carlos Roque Alsina composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hamilton Hamilton Harty composer/conductor, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Buffy (Beverly) Sainte-Marie singer: I�m Gonna Be a Country Girl Again, Mister Can�t You See, Up Where We Belong, He�s an Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo; songwriter: Universal Soldier, Until It�s Time for You to Go; Married to Jack Nitzsche, is born.

Ref: 4

Ramon Pagayon Santos composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marty Sanders rock vocalist, is born.

Ref: 5

Edoardo Mascheroni composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Arnold Schering German musicologist, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Ivana Loudova composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Carlos Pedrell composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Daniel Kirkland Lentz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Piotr Warzecha composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Walford Davies British organist/composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Charles Sanford Skilton composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Mike Love Los Angeles CA, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beach Boys-In My Room, Surfin' USA), is born.

Ref: 5

Clarence Collins US singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow), is born.

Ref: 5

Edward Harper composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gene Pitney Hartford CT, rock singer (Town without Pity), is born.

Ref: 5

Margie Bowes country entertainer: Grand Ole Opry; married to Doyle Wilburn of the Wilburn Brothers, is born

Ref: 4

Margie Bowes country entertainer: Grand Ole Opry; married to Doyle Wilburn of the Wilburn Brothers, is born.

Ref: 4

Glenn Miller began work on his first motion picture for 20th Century Fox. The film was Sun Valley Serenade.

Ref: 4

Charlie McCoy Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw), is born.

Ref: 5

Alf Clausen Minneapolis MN, orchestra leader (Mary, Simpsons), is born.

Ref: 5

Graeme Edge musician: drums: group: The Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin, LP: Kick Off Your Muddy Boots, Long Distance Voyager, is born.

Ref: 4

Leon Russell, Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Berry songwriter, singer: group: Jan and Dean: The Little Old Lady from Pasadena, Dead Man�s Curve, Heart and Soul, Linda, Baby Talk, Surf City; is born.

Ref: 5

Eric Burdon, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born in England.

Ref: 68

David LaFlamme, New Britain CT, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Swarbrick rocker (Fairport Convention), is born.

Ref: 5

Peggy Lennon Los Angeles CA, singer (Lennon Sisters), is born.

Ref: 5

Julio B Euson Aruban singer (I Use the Soap), is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Fury Liverpool England, vocalist/guitarist (When Will You Say I Love You), is born.

Ref: 5

Adolphus Hailstork composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Vickers musician: guitar, reeds: group: Manfred Mann: Why Should We Not, Cock-A-Hoop, 5-4-3-2-1, Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Oh No Not My Baby, If You Gotta Go, Go Now, Just like a Woman, The Mighty Quinn, Pretty Flamingo, Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James, The One in the Middle, is born.

Ref: 4

Alan Price musician: keyboards, singer: groups: Alan Price Combo, The Animals: House of the Rising Sun, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, is born in Fatfield Durham England.

Ref: 4

Johanna Muller-Hermann composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Ed Stewart British DJ, is born.

Ref: 5

John Williams Melbourne Australia, guitarist (Academy Award), is born.

Ref: 5

Chris Augustine rocker (Every Mother's Son), is born.

Ref: 5

Claudine Clark singer: Party Lights, is born.

Ref: 4

Judith Blegen Missoula MT, opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute), is born.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Goldmann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Farina rocker (Santo & Johnny), is born.

Ref: 5

Wilfried Jentzsh composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Juraj Hatrick composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Fred rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Heinrich Zollner composer, dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Pete Birrell musician: bass: group: Freddie & The Dreamers, is born.

Ref: 4

Danny Rapp Philadelphia PA, rocker (Danny & Juniors), is born.

Ref: 5

Eric Burdon, Walker-on-Tyne England, rock vocalist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.

Ref: 5

Anthony Newman Los Angeles CA, harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb), is born.

Ref: 5

Little Jayotis Washington US R&B singer (Persuasions), is born.

Ref: 5

Ruud de Wolff singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds), is born.

Ref: 5

Singer Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela) is born. (Died in the "American Pie")

Ref: 24

Imca Marina [Bijl], singer (Viva Espa�a, Bella Italia, Oh Brazil), is born.

Ref: 5

Joe Brown singer/guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

K T Oslin Crossett AR, country singer (80's Ladies), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Edward Wilson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Maurice Henry Weddington composer, is born.

Ref: 5

David Howell Cope composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Malcom Hale trumpeter, is born.

Ref: 5

Marc-Antonio Consoli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Isley (The Isley Brothers) is born in Cincinnati OH.

Sebastian Forbes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jackson Hill composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Slavko Osterc composer, dies at 45.

Ref: 5

Bob Dylan [Zimmerman] Duluth MN, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind), is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Dennis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Konrad Boehmer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Valentino rocker (Standells-Dirty Water), is born.

Ref: 5

Imants Kalnins composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Roy Crewsdon Manchester, rocker (Freddie & The Dreamers), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Paycheck (Donald Eugene Lytle), Greenfield OH, singer (Take This Job & Shove It), is born.

Ref: 68

Edo de Waart Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976), is born.

Ref: 5

Charlie Watts musician: drummer: groups: Rolling Stones, is born.

Ref: 4

William Guest singer: group: Gladys Knight & The Pips, is born in Atlanta GA.

Ref: 4

Floyd Butler singer: groups: The Hi-Fis, Fifth Dimension, Friends of Distinction: Grazing in the Grass; died in 1990, is born.

Ref: 4

Martha Argerich Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949), is born.

Ref: 5

Jaime Laredo Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959), is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Hatton musician: bass: group: The Fourmost: Hello Little Girl, I�m in Love, A Little Loving, is born.

Ref: 4

Jon Lord musician: keyboards: groups: Artwoods, Flowerpot Men, Deep Purple: Black Night, Strange Kind of Woman, Fireball, Smoke on the Water, is born.

Ref: 4

Shirley Alston Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy), is born.

Ref: 5

Chick Corea Chelsea Mass, jazz musician (Delhpi I, Toy Dance), is born.

Ref: 5

Roy Harper Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus), is born.

Ref: 5

Harry Nilsson [Johnny Niles], laid-back singer/songwriter, is born.

Ref: 5

Lamont Dozier, Detroit MI, songwriter (Dozier-Holland-Dozier), is born.

Ref: 5

Ignace Jan Paderewski composer: musician: piano: Minuet in G; Polish patriot: first Premier of Poland [1919]; brought white Zinfandel wine grapes to U.S. for the first time; dies at age 80.

Ref: 68

Twyla Tharp Indiana, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe), is born.

Ref: 5

Karin von Aroldingen Germany, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Co), is born.

Ref: 5

Ian Whitcomb England, rocker (You Turn Me On), is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA.

Ref: 5

Singer Martha Reeves (of Martha and the Vandellas) is born in Detroit MI.

Ref: 4

Lonnie Mack Aurora IN, rocker (Baby What's Wrong), is born.

Ref: 5

Natalya Bessmertnova Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970), is born.

Ref: 5

Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta deCasilla Martinez Cardona), singer: It Must be Him, With Pen in Hand, The Lesson, is born in El Paso TX. (also TWA, 1998)

Ref: 4

Thomas Wayne (Perkins) singer: Tragedy

Ref: 4

George Clinton rocker (Testify, Funkadelics), is born.

Ref: 5

Barbara Jean Love singer: group: Friends of Distinction: Grazing in the Grass, Going in Circles, Love or Let Me Be Lonely is born.

Ref: 4

Manuel Charlton musician: guitar, singer: group: Nazareth: Love Hurts, is born.

Ref: 4

Bobby Hebb Grammy Award-winning songwriter: A Natural Man [1971]; singer: Sunny; Grand Ole Opry at age 12, is born in Nashville TN.

Ref: 4

Brenton Wood Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign), is born.

Ref: 5

Riccardo Muti Napoli Italy, conductor (Philadelphia Orch), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Anka Ottawa Ontario, singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder), is born.

Ref: 5

Beverly Lee singer: group: The Shirelles: I Met Him on a Sunday, Dedicated to the One I Love, Tonight�s the Night, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Mama Said, Soldier Boy, is born.

Ref: 4

Connie Smith Elkhart, Indiana, singer (Dream Painter, New Horizons), is born.

Ref: 5

David Crosby (Van Cortland), rocker (Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross), is born. (TWA, 1988)

Ref: 95

Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw, one of Buck Owens� Buckaroos), is born.

Ref: 5

Ernest Wright singer: group: Little Anthony and the Imperials: Tears on My Pillow, Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop, Hurt So Bad, is born.

Ref: 4

Paul Peter Plishka Old Forge Penn, bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens), is born.

Ref: 5

John McNally singer, musician: guitar: The Searchers: Needles and Pins, Love Potion Number 9, is born.

Ref: 4

Dante Drowty singer: group: Dante and The Evergreens: Alley-Oop

Ref: 4

Les Braid England, bass (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good), is born.

Ref: 5

Otis Redding musician, singer: [Sittin� on] The Dock of the Bay; is born in Dawson GA.

Ref: 4

David Clayton-Thomas singer: group: Blood Sweat and Tears: You Made Me So Very Happy, Spinning Wheel, is born.

Ref: 4

Priscilla Mitchell singer: Yes Mr. Peters [w/Roy Drusky], is born.

Ref: 4

Les (William) Braid musician: bass, organ: group: The Swinging Blue Jeans: Hippy Hippy Shake, is born.

Ref: 4

Dickey Lee (Lipscomb) singer: Patches, I Saw Linda Yesterday, Never Ending Songs of Love, Rocky; songwriter: She Thinks I Still Care, is born.

Ref: 4

Joe Bauer musician: drums: group: The Youngbloods, is born.

Ref: 4

Don Nix musician: baritone sax: group: The Mar-Keys, Booker T and the M.G.�s, Memphis Horns, is born.

Ref: 4

Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans) singer: The Twist, Pony Time, Let�s Twist Again, The Fly, Limbo Rock, Slow Twistin� [w/Dee Dee Sharp], is born.

Ref: 4

George Bellamy musician: guitar: The Tornados, is born.

Ref: 4

Helen Morgan (Riggins) singer, actress: Frankie and Johnny, Show Boat, Applause; dies.

Ref: 4

Paul Simon songwriter, singer, musician: guitar: duo: Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound, I Am a Rock, Mrs. Robinson, Scarborough Fair, The Sounds of Silence, Cecilia; solo: Mother and Child Reunion, Me and Julio, Kodachrome, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Slip Slidin� Away; LP: Graceland; Wonderful World [w/Art Garfunkel, James Taylor]; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer; in film: Annie Hall, is born.

Ref: 68

Alan Howard musician: bass: Brian Poole & The Tremeloes: Twist and Shout, Do You Love Me, Someone, Someone, is born.

Ref: 4

Steve Cropper musician: guitar: group: Blues Brothers; Booker T and The MG�s: Green Onions, Hang �Em High, Time is Tight, is born.

Ref: 4

Greg Ridley bassist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About), is born.

Ref: 5

Helen Reddy Melbourne Australia, singer (I Am Woman), is born.

Ref: 5

Curtis Lee singer: Pretty Little Angel Eyes, Under the Moon of Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Hank Marvin (Brian Rankin) musician: guitar: group: The Shadows: Apache, Kon Tiki, Wonderful Land, Dance On, Foot Tapper, Don�t Cry for Me Argentina, is born.

Ref: 4

Otis Williams singer: group: The Temptations: I Can�t Get Next to You, Cloud Nine, Runaway Child, Running Wild, Just My Imagination, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Masquerade, is born.

Ref: 4

Bruce Welch (Cripps) musician: guitar: group: The Shadows: Apache, Kon Tiki, Wonderful Land, Dance On, Foot Tapper, is born.

Ref: 4

Art Garfunkel singer: duo: Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound, I Am a Rock, Mrs. Robinson, Scarborough Fair, The Sounds of Silence, Cecilia; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer; solo: All I Know, Second Avenue, I Only Have Eyes for You, Wonderful World [w/James Taylor, Paul Simon]; actor: Catch-22, Carnal Knowledge, Bad Timing is born in Forest Hill, NY.

Ref: 68

Doug Sahm singer: group: founded Sir Douglas Quintet: She�s about a Mover; is born.

Ref: 4

Rodney Slater musician: saxophone, trumpet: group: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: I�m the Urban Spaceman, Look at Me I�m Wonderful, Bad Blood, Straight from My Heart, is born.

Ref: 4

Tom Fogerty musician, songwriter, singer: group: Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising, Down on the Corner, Proud Mary, Lookin? Out My Back Door, Up Around the Bend; solo: Goodbye Media Man, Lady of Fatima, Beauty is Under the Skin, Joyful Resurrection; is born.

Ref: 4

Gene Clark singer, musician: guitar: group: The Byrds: Turn, Turn, Turn; New Christy Minstrels, is born.

Ref: 4

Gary Karr Los Angeles CA, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic), is born.

Ref: 5

Donald �Duck� Dunn musician: bass: groups: Mar-Keys; Booker T & The MG�s

Ref: 4

Percy Sledge singer: When a Man Loves a Woman, Warm and Tender Love, It Tears Me Up, Take Time to Know Her, I�ll Be Your Everything, is born.

Ref: 4

Iver Paul Fredrik Holter composer, dies at 90.

Ref: 5

Jody Miller Grammy Award-winning singer: Queen of the House [1965]; There�s a Party Goin� On, Look at Mine, He�s So Fine, Baby I�m Yours, Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home, Be My Baby, is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Percy Sledge is born. (Ref: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, ISBN 0-333-74134-X, 1998)

Pop singer Dennis Dougherty (of the Mamas and the Papas) is born. (XDG, p 4A, 11/29/2000)

Ref: 83

Tom McGuinness musician: bass, guitar: groups: Manfred Mann, McGuinness Flint, Blues Band, is born.

Ref: 4

Johann Christian August Sinding composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

John Nelson San Jos� Costa Rica, conductor (Les Troyens of Berlioz), is born.

Ref: 5

Helen Cornelius singer: There�s Always a Goodbye, [w/Jim Ed Brown]: I Don�t Want to Have to Marry You, Born Believer, If It Ain�t Love By Now, If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight, Lying in Love with You, Fools, is born in Hannibal MO.

Ref: 4

Cecil Forsyth composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Dan Hicks rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Rogier van Otterloo Dutch composer/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Dionne Warwick Grammy Award-winning singer

Ref: 4

Tim Hauser jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Covington drummer/singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Terry Kirkman Salina KS, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Association), is born.

Ref: 5

Sam Andrew rocker (Big Brother & the Holding Company-Cheap Thrills), is born.

Ref: 5

Maurice White singer, musician: drummer; founder of group: Earth, Wind & Fire: Shining Star, Sing a Song, Got to Get You into My Life, After the Love Has Gone, Best of My Love, is born in Memphis TN

Ref: 4

Leopoldo Mugnone composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Tim Hardin singer, composer: If I Were a Carpenter, Reason to Believe, Hang on to a Dream, Misty Roses, Tippy-Toein�; is born.

Ref: 4

Don Pullen pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ronald Perera composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Pinder rocker (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin), is born.

Ref: 5

Sarah Miles, Essex England, actress (Ryan's Hope, Big Sleep, Venom), is born. (also TWA, 1998)

Ref: 5

Sigwart Aspestrand composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

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Country Joe McDonald singer: group: Country Joe & the Fish: The F-I-S-H Cheer from Woodstock, is born.

Ref: 4

George Couroupos composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jaroslav Jezek composer, dies at 35.

Ref: 5

John McLaughlin rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy), is born.

Ref: 5

Leon Jessel composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Maurizio Pollini Milan Italy, pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

John Peterson rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Arvo Hannikainen composer, dies at 44.

Ref: 5

Clarence Clemons rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Edward "Sonny" Bivins US singer (Manhattans-Kiss & Say Goodbye), is born.

Ref: 5

Barbara Lynn rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Francis musician: keyboard, singer: group: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: When You�re in Love with a Beautiful Woman, Sharing the Night Together, Sexy Eyes, Better Love Next Time, The Cover of Rolling Stone, is born in Mobile AL.

Ref: 4

Barbara Lynn [Ozen], US singer (You'll Lose a Good Thing), dies.

Ref: 5

Frederick Jerome Work composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Shelley Fabares singer: Johnny Angel, Johnny Loves Me; comedienne-actress, Nanette Fabray�s niece, is born in Santa Monica CA. (TWA, 1986)

Ref: 95

Slim Whitman yodeler/country singer (Home on the Range), is born.

Ref: 5

Mac (Scott) Davis singer: Baby Don�t Get Hooked on Me; Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife; actor: North Dallas Forty; host: The Mac Davis Show; songwriter: In the Ghetto, Memories; ACM Entertainer of the Year [1975], is born in Lubbock TX.

Ref: 4

Henryk Opienski Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Eugene Samuel-Holeman composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Petr Kotik composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pablo Luna y Carne composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Claudine Longet singer: LPs: Claudine, The Look of Love, Love is Blue, Colours; actress: McHale�s Navy, Hogan�s Heroes, The Party, How to Steal An Airplane, Only One Day Left Before Tomorrow; formerly married to Andy Williams

Ref: 4

Claudine Longet France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal composer, dies at 92.

Ref: 5

Marty Balin Cincinnati OH, singer (Jefferson Starship-Miracles), is born.

Ref: 5

Andres [Dries Holten], Dutch singer (Sandra & Andres), is born.

Ref: 5

Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Gerald Chamberlain jazz musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) is born in Lancashire, England.

Ref: 5

Johnny Gamble rocker (Classics), is born.

Ref: 5

Cory Wells singer: group: Three Dog Night: Mama Told Me Not to Come, Pieces of April, Celebrate, Joy to the World, Shambalaya, is born in Buffalo NY.

Ref: 4

John London bassist (Michael Nesmith band), is born.

Ref: 5

Terry Melcher, Rip Chords, Doris Day's son, is born.

Ref: 5

Carole King (Klein) songwriter, singer: Loco-motion, It Might as Well Rain Until September, It�s Too Late, Jazzman, is born in Brooklyn NY.

Ref: 4

Charlie Morrow composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Milos Stedron composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leon Haywood US vocalist/keyboardist (It's Got to be Mellow), is born.

Ref: 5

Otis Clay US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Colton rock producer (On the Boards), is born.

Ref: 5

Lionel Grigson professor of jazz, is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Frank rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Tork [Peter Halsten Thorkelson] Washington DC, singer/actor (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville), is born.

Ref: 5

Guido Adler Austrian musicologist, dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Stanislav Binicki composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Gabriel Brncic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charlie Gillett Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City), is born.

Ref: 5

Guido Gasperini composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Paul Jones England, rocker (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn), is born.

Ref: 5

Stuart Henry British disc jockey, is born.

Ref: 5

Joe South (Souter) guitarist, singer: Walk a Mile in My Shoes, Games People Play; songwriter: Down in the Boondocks, Rose Garden, is born.

Ref: 4

Brian Jones (Lewis Hopkin-Jones) singer, musician: rhythm guitar: group: The Rolling Stones: [I Can�t Get No] Satisfaction; is born.

Ref: 5

Jerry Fischer rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears), is born.

Ref: 5

(Long Island) Lou Reed [Louis Firbank] Freeport NY, vocalist/guitarist (Walk on the Wild Side, Velvet Underground), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Meehan [Daniel Meehan] London England, rocker (Drifters, Vipers), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Pender (Michael John Prendergast) musician: guitar, singer: group: The Searchers: Sweets for My Sweet, Needles and Pins, Don�t Throw Your Love Away, Love Potion No. 9, is born in Liverpool England.

Ref: 4

Birth of Gloria Gaither, wife of songwriter Bill Gaither, and female vocalist in the Bill Gaither Trio. Gloria is also co�author of the contemporary Christian songs, "Because He Lives," "Something Beautiful" and "The King is Coming."

Ref: 5

Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Ralph Ellis musician: banjo, singer: group: The Swinging Blue Jeans: Hippy Hippy Shake, is born.

Ref: 4

John Cale Welsh/US bassist/violinist/singer (Velvet Underground), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Lindsay musician: saxophonist, singer songwriter: group: Paul Revere & The Raiders: The Great Airplane Strike, Good Thing, Him or Me What�s It Gonna Be, Indian Reservation; solo: Arizona, Silver Bird, is born in Eugene OR.

Ref: 4

Brian O�Hara musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fourmost: Hello Little Girl, I�m in Love, A Little Loving, Baby I Need Your Loving; is born.

Ref: 4

Paul Kantner, San Francisco CA, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit, Somebody To Love), is born.

Ref: 68

Enrique Morera composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Jerry Jeff Walker Oneonta NY, country singer (Mr Bojangles), is born.

Ref: 5

Hughie Flint London England, rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Alexander van Zemlinsky Austrian/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Jerry Jeff Walker (Paul Crosby) country singer, guitarist: Mr. Bojangles, Good Loving Grace, My Old Man, Hill Country Rain, Charlie Dunn, is born.

Ref: 4

Alexander van Zemlinsky Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Jeff Neighbour US bassist (Joy of Cooking), is born.

Ref: 5

Robin Luke rocker (Susie Darlin'), is born.

Ref: 5

Ross Valory rocker (Journey), is born.

Ref: 5

Theodoro Valcarcel composer, dies at 41.

Ref: 5

Jon Arthur English composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Miller US pop drummer (Rolling Stones, Mot�rhead), is born.

Ref: 5

Aretha Franklin �Lady Soul�: Grammy [15] Award-winning singer; Respect, Baby I Love You, Natural Woman, Chain of Fools, Think, Day Dreaming; first woman inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1987]; actress: The Blues Brothers, is born in Memphis TN.

Ref: 4

Brian Jones [Lewis B Hopkin] Cheltenham Gloucestershire England, pop guitarist (Rolling Stones), is born.

Ref: 5

Samuel Ramey Colby KS, bass (La Scala), is born.

Ref: 5

Graeme Edge Rochester Staffordshire England, rock drummer (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin, Your Wildest Dreams) is born.

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Bobby Wright country artist: Lay a Little Happiness on Me, Here I Go Again, is born.

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Alan Blakley musician: guitar: group: Brian Poole and The Tremeloes: Twist and Shout, Do You Love Me, Someone Someone, Silence is Golden, is born.

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Phil Margo, singer: group: The Tokens: The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Tonight I Fell in Love; Cross Country: In the Midnight Hour, is born in Brooklyn NY.

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Danny Brooks rocker (Dovells), is born.

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Leon Russell singer: Tight Rope, Lady Blue; songwriter: Superstar [Carpenters], This Masquerade [George Benson], is born.

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(Carson) Wayne Newton singer: Danke Shoen, Red Roses for a Blue Lady, Daddy Don�t You Walk So Fast, is born.

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Billy Joe Royal Valdosta GA, country singer (Down in the Boondocks), is born.

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Albert Siklos, Hungarian cellist, composer and musicologist, dies at age 63.

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Paul Gilson composer, dies at 76.

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Kris Jensen singer: Torture, is born.

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Allan Clarke Salford Lancashire England, rock vocalist (Hollies-The Air That I Breathe), is born.

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Roger Chapman singer: groups: Shortlist, Streetwalkers, Family: Hung Up Down, The Weaver�s Answer, No Mule�s Fool, In My Own Time, Burlesque, is born.

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Daniel Winslow Schmidt composer, is born.

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Bill Conti Providence RI, composer (For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV), is born.

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Alan Price rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.

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Larry (Hilario) Ramos Jr. musician: guitar, singer: group: The Association: Everything that Touches You, soundtrack for film, Goodbye Columbus, is born.

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Bobby McClure US gospel singer (Don't Mess Up a Good Thing), is born.

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Barbra Streisand Bkln NY, singer/actress/award winner (People)

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John Martin Dalby composer, is born.

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Bobby Rydell Philadelphia PA, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie), is born.

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Klaus Voorman rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn), is born.

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Catherine Murphy Urner composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Ronnie Bond drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing), is born.

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Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh) Grammy Award-winning country singer: I Don�t Wanna Play House [1967], Stand By Your Man [1969]; D-I-V-O-R-C-E, Near You, Apartment #9; is born in Redbay AL.

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Colin Earl rocker, is born.

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Lorrie (Lawrencine May) Collins country singer: rockabilly group [w/Larry Collins]: The Collins Kids: Rock Away Rock, In My Teens, Rock Boppin� Baby, Hop Skip & Jump; featured on TV: Town Hall Party, Grand Ole Opry, Steve Allen Show, is born.

Ref: 4

Felix Paul von Weingartner Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood rocker (Mothers Of Invention), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Millward rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Roe Atlanta, rocker (Hooray for Hazel), is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Coday US singer (You're Gonna Then Me), is born.

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Ingram Douglas Marshall composer, is born.

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Joseph M Weber comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Ian Dury Upminster Essex, rocker (Blockheads)/actor (Judge Dredd), is born.

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Jim Douglas jazz guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Hyam Greenbaum composer, dies at 41.

Ref: 5

Gerald Mark Shapiro composer, is born.

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Lainie Kazan Brooklyn NY, singer/actress (Lust in the Dust, Beaches), is born.

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Taj Mahal (Henry St. Claire Fredericks) entertainer, songwriter: for film, Sounder; singer: urban folk-blues, is born in New York, NY.

Ref: 4

Albert Hammond rocker, is born.

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Rodney Dillard rocker (Glittergrass), is born.

Ref: 5

Jill "Paula" Jackson McCamey TX, singer (Paul & Paula-Hey Paula), is born.

Ref: 5

Calvin Simon US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-1 Nation Under a Groove), is born.

Ref: 5

Malika A Sabirova Russian dancer, is born.

Ref: 5

Derek Quinn, guitarist for Freddie and the Dreamers, is born.

Ref: 4

Sarah Dash Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade), is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Young rocker, is born.

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Brian "Blinky" Davison rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Levon Helm drummer/singer (Band), is born.

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Ray Ennis England, guitar (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good), is born.

Ref: 5

Priscilla Anne McLean composer, is born.

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Lenny Davidson London England, rock guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over), is born.

Ref: 5

Curtis Mayfield singer (Freddie's Dead, Superfly), is born.

Ref: 5

Chuck Negron singer (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), is born.

Ref: 5

Len Barry (Leonard Borisoff) singer: 1-2-3, Like a Baby; group: The Dovells: The Bristol Stomp, You Can�t Sit Down, is born.

Ref: 4

Eddie Levert singer: group: The O�Jays: Love Train, Back Stabbers, is born.

Ref: 4

Norman Kuhlice England, rocker (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good), is born.

Ref: 5

Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane rocker (Spanky & Our Gang-Lazy Day), is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Wilson Inglewood CA, singer (Beachboys-In My Room), is born.

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Musician Mick Fleetwood is born.

Ref: 68

Larry Taylor rocker (Canned Heat-On the Road Again), is born.

Ref: 5

Bruce Johnston rocker (Beachboys-In My Room), is born.

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Frank Mills musician: piano: Music Box Dancer, is born.

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Birth of Andrae Crouch, African-American sacred music artist. His most enduring gospel songs have been 'Soon and Very Soon,' 'My Tribute' and 'Through It All.'.

Ref: 5

Mike Abene composer: score: Goodbye, New York

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Richard Stoltzman Omaha Nebraska, clarinetist (Tashi), is born.

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Stephen Jo Bladd musician: drummer: group: J. Geils Band: Centerfold

Ref: 4

Roger McGuinn rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man), is born.

Ref: 5

Desmond Dekker (Dacris) reggae musician (The Aces-Israelites), is born.

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Heinz Burt musician: bass: group: The Tornados: Telstar, Globetrotter; solo: Just like Eddie; is born.

Ref: 4

Dobie Gray Brookshire TX, singer (In Crowd), is born.

Ref: 68

Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, is born.

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Garth Hudson keyboardist (The Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Huxley guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over), is born.

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B.J. (Billy Joe) Thomas singer, is born: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, Hooked on a Feeling, [Hey Won�t You Play] Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, I Just Can�t Help Believing, I�m So Lonesome I Could Cry.

Ref: 4

Mike Hugg drummer (Manfred Mann), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter York (musician: drums: group: Spencer Davis Group: Gimme Some Lovin�, Keep on Runnin�, Somebody Help Me), is born.

Ref: 4

Barbara George singer: I Know [You Don�t Love Me No More], is born.

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Birth of Don Wyrtzen, contemporary Christian songwriter. Among his most enduring sacred compositions are "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" and "Worthy is the Lamb".

Ref: 5

Singer Isaac Hayes is born. (TWA, 1988)

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Joe Chambers musician: guitar; singer: group: The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today, is born.

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Michel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at age 62.

Ref: 70

Patricia McBride ballerina: New York City Ballet, is born. For many years she was Mikhail Baryshnikov�s only partner.

Ref: 4

Walter Williams singer: group: The O�Jays: Love Train, Back Stabbers, is born.

Ref: 4

Vic Dana Buffalo, singer/dancer (Talent Scouts), is born.

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Musician Daryl Dragon (The Captain and Tennille) is born. (TWA, 1988)

Ref: 95

Sterling Morrison musician: bass, guitar, singer: group: The Velvet Underground: Heroin, I�m Waiting for the Man, Venus in Furs, I�ll Be Your Mirror, Sister Ray, is born.

Ref: 4

Al Jardine rocker (Beachboys-In My Room), is born.

Ref: 5

Singer Merald "Bubba" Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) is born.

Ref: 4

Eduardo Mata Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Improvisaciones), is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Cole musician: bass, singer: group: The Association: Along Comes Mary, Cherish, Windy, Never My Love, Everything That Touches You, Pandora�s Golden Heebie Jeebies, is born.

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Luther Simmons singer: group: Main Ingredient: Everybody Plays the Fool, is born.

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Inez Foxx Greensboro NC, rocker (Mockingbird, Hi Diddle Diddle), is born.

Ref: 5

Danny Hutton singer: group: Three Dog Night: One, Easy to be Hard, Eli�s Coming, Mama Told Me [Not to Come], Joy to the World, Black & White, Shambala, is born.

Ref: 4

Frankie Lymon singer, songwriter: group: Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers: Why Do Fools Fall in Love; is born.

Ref: 4

Gerry Marsden singer: group: Gerry & The Pacemakers: Don�t Let the Sun Catch You Crying, I�m the One, Ferry Cross the Mersey, is born.

Ref: 4

Jean-Luc Ponty France, fusion violinist (Frank Zappa), is born.

Ref: 5

Dewey Martin musician: drums, singer: group: Buffalo Springfield: For What It�s Worth, is born.

Ref: 4

Frankie Lymon NYC, rocker (& Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Herb Fame (Feemster) singer: Herb of Peaches & Herb, is born.

Ref: 4

Buzz (Reese) Clifford singer: Baby Sittin� Boogie, is born.

Ref: 4

Paul Simon Newark NJ, singer/actor (Kodachrome, 1 Trick Pony), is born.

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Billy Harrison musician: guitar: group: Them, is born.

Ref: 4

Don Stevenson musician: drums, singer: group: Moby Grape, is born.

Ref: 4

Dave Lovelady musician: drums: group: The Fourmost: Hello Little Girl, I�m in Love, A Little Loving, Baby I Need Your Loving, is born.

Ref: 4

Gary Puckett vocalist (& the Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl), is born.

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Elvin Bishop musician: guitar, singer: group: Paul Butterfield Blues Band, is born.

Ref: 4

George M. (Michael) Cohan actor, singer, composer: Over There, The Yankee Doodle Boy, Give My Regards to Broadway, Mary�s a Grand Old Name, You�re a Grand Old Flag, Harrigan; subject of movie: Yankee Doodle Dandy, and Broadway show: George M!; dies.

Ref: 4

Johnny Rivers (John Ramistella) singer: Poor Side of Town, Memphis, Secret Agent Man, Slow Dancin�, Baby I Need Your Lovin�, is born.

Ref: 4

Daniel Barenboim Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Donna McKechnie Pontiac Michigan, actress/dancer (Company), is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Gaudio singer: group: The Royal Teens: Short Shorts; The Four Seasons: Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk like a Man, Rag Doll, is born.

Ref: 4

Jeffrey Siegel, Chicago IL, pianist (Chicago Symphony), is born.

Ref: 5

Norman Greenbaum Massachusetts, folk singer (Spirit in the Sky), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimi (James Marshall) Hendrix musician, singer: Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, All Along the Watch Tower, The Wind Cries Mary, Manic Depression, Spanish Castle Magic; is born.

Ref: 4

Petr Kotik composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ted Bluechel San Pedro CA, rock vocalist/drummer (Association), is born.

Ref: 5

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Bob Mosley Paradise Valley CA, rock bassist (Moby Grape), is born.

Ref: 5

Chris Hillman musician: guitar, bass, mandolin: groups: The Byrds: Turn! Turn! Turn!; Golden State Boys, Hillmen, Green Grass Group, Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, Desert Rose Band; solo: LPs: Slippin� Away, Clear Sailin�, The Hillman, Morning Sky, Desert Rose, Ever Call Ready, is born in San Diego CA.

Ref: 4

Len Barry [Leonard Borisoff] Philadelphia PA, rocker (Bristol Stomp), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Handke Austrian songwriter (Ritt �ber den Bodensee), is born.

Ref: 5

Jonathan D Kramer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Elliott musician: drums: group: The Hollies: Searchin�, Stay, Just One Look, Here I Go Again, We�re Through, Yes I Will, I�m Alive, Look Through Any Window, I Can�t Let Go, Bus Stop, He Ain�t Heavy, He�s My Brother, The Air That I Breathe, is born.

Ref: 4

Bear Bossu [Berend F Gertenbach] actor/vocalist (Pub Chantant), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Heron rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Pindar musician: keyboards: group: The Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin; solo: LP: Thomas from Mighty Oaks, The Promise, Hopes Dreams and Wishes, is born in Birmingham England.

Ref: 4

Eleanor Everest Freer composer, dies at 78.

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Dave Clark singer: group: The Dave Clark Five: Bits and Pieces, Do You Love Me, Glad All Over, Everybody Knows, Red Balloon, Good Old Rock & Roll, Everybody Get Together; TV producer: Hold On It�s the Dave Clark Five, Ready Steady Go!; actor: Time; stunt man, is born in London England.

Ref: 68

Paul Butterfield Chicago IL, blues musician (Better Days), is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Gilbert [Max Winterfield] German composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Carla Thomas singer: B-A-B-Y, I�ll Bring It on Home to You, What a Fool I�ve Been, Let Me Be Good to You, Knock on Wood, Lovey Dovey, is born.

Ref: 4

Friedrich Schenker composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Klose composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Vojislav Vuckovic composer, dies at 32.

Ref: 5

Earl Cate Fayetteville AR, country singer/twin of Ernie (Cate Brothers-Fire on the Tracks), is born.

Ref: 5

Ernie Cate Fayetteville AR, country singer/twin of Earl (Cate Brothers-Fire on the Tracks), is born.

Ref: 5

Rob de Nijs Dutch singer (Put a candle in your window), is born.

Ref: 5

Jerry Summers rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Nesmith Houston, rocker/actor (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Quine rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Andy Summers Blackpool England, rock guitarist (Police-Roxanne), is born.

Ref: 5

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Leona Williams singer/songwriter (Ladies Get the Blues), is born.

Ref: 5

Lee Jackson rocker (Nice), is born.

Ref: 5

Marcus Hutson rock vocalist (Whispers), is born.

Ref: 5

Dick Yount rocker (Harpers Bizarre), is born.

Ref: 5

Kenneth Kelley US singer (Manhattans, One Life to Live), is born.

Ref: 5

Rob Hoeke Dutch pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed), is born.

Ref: 5

Jim Croce Philadelphia PA, singer/songwriter (Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown), is born.

Ref: 5

William Albert Penn composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ray Manzarek rock pianist (Doors-Light my Fire, People are Strange), is born.

Ref: 5

William Duckworth composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jos� Luis Rodriguez Caracas Venezuela, singer (Dueno De Nada), is born.

Ref: 5

Adolf Sandberger composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Brian Ferneyhough composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gavin Bryars composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Chris Montez singer: She�s My Rockin� Baby, Call Me, There Will Never Be Another You, Some Kinda Fun, Let�s Dance, is born.

Ref: 4

Dave Greene rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Joe Butler rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Janis Joplin singer: with Big Brother and The Holding Company: Piece of My Heart, How Hard It Is; formed Kozmic Blues Band, then Full Tilt Boogie Band: Pearl, Me and Bobby McGee; is born in Port Arthur TX.

Ref: 4

Giacomo Benvenuti composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Otakar Sini composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Jean Knight vocalist (Mr Big Stuff), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Kenton Winkler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dick Taylor musician: bass, guitar: group: The Pretty Things: Don�t Bring Me Down, is born.

Ref: 4

Jean Knight rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Timothy Andrew James Souster composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marty Balin (Buchwald) musician, singer: group: Jefferson Airplane/Starship; solo: Hearts, Atlanta Lady, is born.

Ref: 4

Sandy Deane rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Peter MacBeth rocker (Foundations), is born.

Ref: 5

Dennis Edwards rocker (Temptations-Ain't Too Proud To Beg, My Girl), is born.

Ref: 5

Eric Haydock bassist (Hollies-He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Winfield, Pennsylvania, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel), is born.

Ref: 5

Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Larry Tamblyn rock guitarist (Standells-Dirty Water), is born.

Ref: 5

Sven Johnson rocker (Tangerine Dream, is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Sinatra made his debut as vocalist on radio�s Your Hit Parade this night. Frankie had left the Tommy Dorsey Band just four months prior to beginning the radio program. He was described as, �...the biggest name in the business.�

Ref: 4

Fabian Forte Philadelphia PA, singer (Turn Me Loose, Tiger), is born.

Ref: 5

Creed Bratton musician: guitar, banjo, sitar: group: The Grass Roots: Sooner or Later, Let�s Live for Today, is born.

Ref: 4

Jose de Almeida Prado composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dick Yount rocker (Harpers Bizarre), is born.

Ref: 5

Kenneth Kelley US singer (Manhattans, One Life to Live), is born.

Ref: 5

Rob Hoeke Dutch pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed), is born.

Ref: 5

Barbara Lewis US vocalist (Hello Stranger), is born.

Ref: 5

Ryland Davies tenor, is born.

Ref: 5

Ral Donner singer: You Don�t Know What You�ve Got, She�s Everything; narrator and Presley�s voice in film: This is Elvis; is born in Black Mountain NC.

Ref: 4

Eric Anderson Pittsburgh PA, singer (Avalanche, Be True to You), is born.

Ref: 5

Maceo Parker US tenor saxophonist (King's One, Mo' Roots), is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas "Fats" Waller US jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38.

Ref: 5

William Victor Harris composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Anthony Dowell London, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet), is born.

Ref: 5

"Mama" Cass Elliot actress (Mamas & Papas-Monday Monday), is born.

Ref: 5

Lou Christie [Lugee Sacco], Pennsylvania, rock vocalist (Lightning Striking Again), is born.

Ref: 5

Duncan Swift jazz pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Louise Lopez singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Maryann Amacher composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bob "The Bear" Hite California, singer (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Cotton, Los Angeles CA, rocker (Poco), is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Jones, of the Rolling Stones, is born.

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Barbara Acklin [Allen], Chicago IL, R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman), is born.

Ref: 5

Donny Iris, singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Piet Veerman Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Cats-Sailin' Home), is born.

Ref: 5

George Benson jazz/blues guitarist (Breezin', This Masquerade), is born.

Ref: 5

Stephen Dickman composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Zoltan Jeney composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Chris White musician: bass: group: The Zombies: She�s Not There, You Make Me Feel Good, Tell Her No, She�s Coming Home, I Want You Back Again, Time of the Seasons, is born.

Ref: 68

Alfred Whitford Lerdahl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Stephen Montague composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jim Pons Santa Monica CA, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together), is born.

Ref: 5

Vicente Ripolles composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Viv[ian] Stanshall Shillingford Oxon England, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-I'm the Urban Spaceman), is born.

Ref: 5

George Benson Pittsburgh PA, singer/guitarist (Greatest Love of All), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Schwantner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Keith Relf Richmond London England, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger composer, dies at 47.

Ref: 5

George Benson singer: This Masquerade, On Broadway, Give Me the Night; session guitarist: CTI Records, is born.

Ref: 4

Ronald Jeffers composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Composer Sergei Vasilyevichi Rachmaninoff dies in Beverly Hills at age 69.

Ref: 68

Vangelis [Evangelos Papathanassiou] Valos Greece, composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire), is born.

Ref: 5

Glen Dale (Richard Garforth) musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fortunes, is born.

Ref: 4

Larry Coryell Galveston TX, guitarist (11th House), is born.

Ref: 5

Raoul Laparra composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Mick Abrahams rock guitarist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick), is born in Luton Bedfordshire England.

Ref: 5

Spencer Dryden rocker (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Bennett aids victim/choreographer (A Chorus Line), is born.

Ref: 5

Terry Knight singer: Groups: Terry Knight and the Pack: I Who Have Nothing; founded Grand Funk Railroad: On Time, is born.

Ref: 4

Eve Graham rocker (New Seekers), is born.

Ref: 5

Geoffrey Turton Shaw composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Riem de Wolff Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds), is born.

Ref: 5

Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Roy Estrada rocker (Morthers Of Invention), is born.

Ref: 5

Eve Graham (Evelyn May Beatsom) singer: group: The New Seekers: Look What They�ve Done to My Song Ma, I�d Like To Teach The World To Sing, is born.

Ref: 4

Czeslaw Bartkowski jazz composer, musician: drums: has recorded over 80 LPs, is born.

Ref: 4

Mike Kelly rocker (Duprees), is born.

Ref: 5

Gustave Doret composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Mel Carter singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Hugh Davies composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fr�deric baron d'Erlanger French composer/banker, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Richard Sterban Camden NJ, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Wright Creskill NJ, singer/keyboardist (Dream Weaver, Spooky Tooth-Love Is Alive), is born.

Ref: 5

Eugene Polyakov dancer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fantastic Johnny C[orley] US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway), is born.

Ref: 5

Duane Allen Taylortown TX, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Achron Latvian violinist/composer (Golem suite), dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Karl Adrian Wohlfart composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Bobby Vee Fargo ND, (Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes), is born.

Ref: 5

Mickey (Lee Oddis) Bass III jazz composer, musician: group: New York Powerhouse Ensemble

Ref: 4

Leslie Heward composer, dies at 45.

Ref: 5

Ronnie Bond (Ronald Bulls) musician: drums: group: The Troggs: Wild Thing, With a Girl like You, I Can�t Control Myself, Any Way that You Want Me, Give It to Me, Night of the Long Grass, Hi Hi Hazel, Love is All Around, Little Girl, is born.

Ref: 4

Nickolas Ashford Fairfield SC, singer (Ashford & Simpson-Solid as a Rock), is born.

Ref: 5

Stella Parton sister of Dolly Parton/singer (A Woman's Touch), is born.

Ref: 5

Christopher Taylor White rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Rick West [Richard Westwood] rocker (Brian Poole & Tremeloes), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Samwell-Smith London England, rocker (The Yardbirds-For Your Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Toni Tennille (of The Captain and Tennille), Montgomery AL, female Beachboy (Captain & Tennille), is born.

Ref: 5

Bruce Milner rocker (Every Mother's Son), is born.

Ref: 5

Donovan [Leitch] Glasgow Scotland, guitarist/folk singer (Mellow Yellow), is born.

Ref: 5

Les (John) Chadwick, musician: bass: group: Gerry & The Pacemakers, is born in Liverpool England.

Ref: 4

Arnie Satin rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

George Edwards composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Swan Cape, Giradeau LA, rocker (I Can Help), is born.

Ref: 5

David Walker rock keyboardist (Gary Lewis & Playboys-Diamond Ring), is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Stoessel composer, dies at 48.

Ref: 5

Mary Wells Detroit MI, singer (My Guy), is born.

Ref: 5

Dereck "Lek" Leckenby, Leeds England, guitarist with Herman's Hermits, is born.

Ref: 5

Jack Bruce Lanarkshire Scotland, bassist (Cream-White Room), is born.

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Tison Street composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hilton Valentine rock guitarist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.

Ref: 5

General George Norman Johnson US singer (Down at the Beach Club), is born.

Ref: 5

James Levine British conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Leslie Uggams New York NY, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots), is born.

Ref: 5

Jessi Colter (Mirian Johnson) country singer: I�m Not Lisa; widow of singer Waylon Jennings, is born.

Ref: 4

Cilla Black (Priscilla Maria Veronica White) singer: You�re My World, is born.

Ref: 4

Dennis Riley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Mansfield [Anthony Bookbinder], rock drummer (Billy J Kramer), is born.

Ref: 5

Hermann Hans Wetzler composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Richard Goode Bronx, concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award), is born.

Ref: 5

Joe Stampley country singer: Soul Song, There�s Another Woman, Whiskey Chasin�, Back Slidin�, Double Shot of My Baby�s Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Reg Presley rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing), is born.

Ref: 5

Muff Mervyn Winwood singer (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Castor NYC, rocker (Troglodyte), is born.

Ref: 5

James Levine conductor: Cleveland Orchestra, New York Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, is born.

Ref: 4

Georgie Fame (Clive Powell) singer: The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde, is born.

Ref: 4

Roger Ruskin Spear rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman), is born.

Ref: 5

Florence Ballard singer: group: The Supremes: Baby Love, Stop! In the Name of Love, Come See About Me, You Can�t Hurry Love, My World is Empty Without You, The Happening; is born.

Ref: 4

Al �Blind Owl� Wilson musician: guitar, harmonica, singer: group: Canned Heat: On the Road Again, Going Up the Country, Let�s Work Together; is born.

Ref: 4

Bon Scott vocalist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell), is born.

Ref: 5

Jerry Miller musician: guitar: group: Moby Grape: LPs: Moby Grape, Wow, Grape Jam, Truly Fine Citizen, 20 Granite Creek, Grape Live; The Jerry Miller Band: LP: Life is like That, is born.

Ref: 4

Christie McVie rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Got A Hold on Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Sherman Santa Monica CA, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides), is born.

Ref: 5

Robin McDonald musician: guitar: group: Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas: From a Window, Little Children, Trains and Boats and Planes, Bad to Me, is born.

Ref: 4

John Lodge bassist (Moody Blues), is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Sherman singer: Little Woman, Julie, Do Ya Love Me; actor: Shindig, Here Come the Brides, Getting Together; founder of TAC-5, a paramedics group, is born.

Ref: 4

Jim McCarty rocker (The Yardbirds-For Your Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Mick [Michael Phillip] Jagger, musician, member of the Rolling Stones.

Ref: 2

Dobie Gray (Leonard Ainsworth) singer: Drift Away, Look at Me, Loving Arms, You Can Do It; singer, songwriter: The �In� Crowd, is born.

Ref: 4

Al Ramsey musician: guitar: group: Gary Lewis & The Playboys: This Diamond Ring, is born.

Ref: 4

Mike Bloomfield blues musician (Analine), is born.

Ref: 5

Kathy Lennon singer: group: The Lennon Sisters: The Lawrence Welk Show, is born.

Ref: 4

David Carr musician: keyboards: group: The Fortunes, is born.

Ref: 4

Sammi Smith singer: Help Me Make It Through the Night, So Long Charlie Brown, What a Lie, You Just Hurt My Last Feeling, is born.

Ref: 4

Lana Cantrell Sydney, Australia, singer (Those Were the Days), is born.

Ref: 5

Ronnie Spector [Veronica Bennett], NYC, singer (Be My Baby), is born.

Ref: 5

Jim Kale musician: bass: group: The Guess Who: No Time, American Woman, No Sugar Tonight, Hand Me Down World, Share the Land, Albert Flasher, Rain Dance, Star Baby, Clap for the Wolfman, Dancin� Fool, is born.

Ref: 4

Guy Vallari singer: group: The Regents: Barbara Ann, is born.

Ref: 4

Billy J. Kramer (William Ashton) singer: group: The Dakotas: Little Children, Bad to Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Kathy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is born in Santa Monica CA. (TWA, 1988)

Ref: 95

John Cipollina musician: guitar: group: Quicksilver Messenger Service: Dino�s Song, Who Do You Love?, The Fool, is born.

Ref: 4

Rhythm-and-blues singer Rosalind Ashford (Martha & the Vandellas), is born.

Roger Waters rocker (Pink Floyd-The Wall), is born.

Ref: 5

Mickey Hart musician: drums, songwriter: group: Grateful Dead: St. Stephen, China Cat Sunflower, Dark Star, AL Getaway; scored part of film: Apocalypse Now, is born.

Ref: 4

Maria Muldaur (d�Amato) singer: Midnight At The Oasis, I�m a Woman, is born in Greenwich Village, NY.

Ref: 4

Bernie Calvert musician: bass: group: The Hollies, is born.

Ref: 4

Julio Iglesias singer; soccer: professional goalie [Spain], is born

Ref: 4

Steve Boone musician: bass, singer: group: The Lovin� Spoonful, is born.

Ref: 4

John Locke LA, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Alexander musician: guitar, singer: group: The Association: Along Comes Mary, Cherish, Windy, Never My Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Randy Bachman Winnipeg, rocker (Bachman-Turner Overdrive-Roll On), is born.

Ref: 5

Marilyn McCoo Jersey City NJ, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension), is born.

Ref: 5

Rock musician Jerry Martini, of Sly and the Family Stone, is born. (XDG, p 4A, 10/1/2000)

Ref: 83

Steve Miller singer, songwriter: group: The Steve Miller Band, is born.

Ref: 4

Gene Watson country singer (Heartaches, Love & Stuff), is born.

Ref: 5

C.F. (Fred) Turner musician: group: Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Takin� Care of Business, Let It Ride, You Ain�t Seen Nothing Yet, Looking Out for Number One, Hey You, is born.

Ref: 4

Susan Davenny Wyner New Haven Ct, soprano (Walter Naumberg Prize), is born.

Ref: 5

Russ Giguere musician: guitar, singer: group: The Association, is born.

Ref: 4

Ron Elliott musician: guitar: group: Beau Brummels: Laugh, Laugh, Just a Little, You Tell Me Why; solo: LP: The Candlestick Maker, is born.

Ref: 4

Paul Zukofsky Brooklyn NY, violinist (Cappricio), is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Fuller singer, musician: guitar: group: Bobby Fuller Four:

Ref: 4

(Melvin) Lee Greenwood singer, musician: sax, piano: band leader: Trick, is born.

Ref: 4

Mike Clifford singer: Close to Cathy, is born.

Ref: 4

Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson), songwriter: Willy, Big Yellow Taxi, Woodstock; singer: Help Me, Free Man in Paris, Both Sides Now, is born in Alberta, Canada

Ref: 2

Brian Hyland Queens NY, rocker (She Wore an Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini), is born.

Ref: 5

John Maus musician: bass, singer: trio: The Walker Brothers: My Ship is Coming In, Make It Easy on Yourself, The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, is born.

Ref: 4

John Paul Hammond, NYC, blues singer (So Many Roads), is born.

Ref: 5

Fred Lipsius musician: piano, sax: group: Blood Sweat & Tears: You've Made Me So Very Happy, Spinning Wheel; LP: Child is Father to the Man, is born.

Ref: 4

Floyd Sneed musician: drums: group: Three Dog Night: Try a Little Tenderness, One, Easy to Be Hard, Eli?s Coming, Lady Samantha, Mama Told Me [Not to Come], Liar, Joy to the World, Black & White, Shambala, is born.

Ref: 4

Lorenz Milton Hart, lyricist, collaborator with Richard Rodgers, dies in New York City at age 48.

Ref: 68

Randy (Randall Stuart) Newman composer: scores for Toy Story, Avalon, Parenthood, The Natural, Ragtime; singer, songwriter: Short People, theme from The Marshall Chronicles: Fallin� in Love, theme from Cop Rock: Under the Gun; songwriter: Love Story, Mama Told Me Not to Come, Sail Away, is born.

Ref: 4

-Singer Rob Grill (The Grassroots) is born.

Ref: 64

Leo Lyons musician: bass: groups: Jaybirds, Ten Years After: I�m Going Home, Love Like a Man, is born.

Ref: 4

David Munden rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Smith London England, rocker/pianist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over), is born.

Ref: 5

Hermann Lohr composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Jim (James Douglas) Morrison �The Lizard King�: singer: group: The Doors: Light My Fire, Love Her Madly, Riders on the Storm, When the Music�s Over, People are Strange, Love Me Two Times, Touch Me; is born in Melbourne FL.

Ref: 4

Kenny Vance rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Danko Canada, rocker (The Band-Islands, Stage Fright), is born.

Ref: 5

Jessica Cleaves rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Chad Stuart musician: guitar, lyricist, singer: duo: Chad & Jeremy: Yesterday�s Gone, A Summer Song, Willow Weep for Me, If I Loved You, Before and After, I Don�t Wanna Lose You Baby, Distant Shores; emcee for The Smothers Brothers Show, is born.

Ref: 4

Mike Smith musician: organs, singer: group: The Dave Clark Five, is born.

Ref: 4

Grover Washington Jr jazz artist (Mr Magic), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Munden rock drummer (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes), is born.

Ref: 5

Dickey Betts West Palm Beach FL, guitarist (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man), is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Allen rock vocalist (Searchers-Needles & Pins), is born.

Ref: 5

Famed composer, blues singer, piano and pipe organ player, Fats (Thomas Wright) Waller dies in Kansas City MO at the age of 39 from pneumonia.

Ref: 4

Anthony Hicks musician: lead guitar, songwriter: group: The Hollies: Stop, Stop, Stop, The Air that I Breathe, He Ain�t Heavy, He�s My Brother, is born.

Ref: 4

William Brooks composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Dee (Harmon) musician: tambourine, singer: group: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich: You Make It Move, Hold Tight, Hideaway, Bend It, Save Me, Touch Me Touch Me, Okay, Zabadak, Legend of Xanadu, Last Night in Soho, Wreck of the Antoinette; solo: My Woman�s Man; record promoter, is born.

Ref: 2

Keith Richards guitar: group: The Rolling Stones: Time is on My Side, (I Can�t Get No) Satisfaction, Get Off of My Cloud, Start Me Up, is born.

Ref: 4

Bobby Keyes rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Lee rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Harry Shearer Los Angeles CA, comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live, Simpsons, Pure Luck), is born.

Ref: 5

Derek Small rocker (Spinal Tap), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Quaife Devon England, rock bassist (Kinks-Long Tall Sally), is born.

Ref: 5

Ross Edwards composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Trevor Lucas rocker (Fairport Convention), is born.

Ref: 5

Ilona Durigo Hungarian singer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Raymond Huntington Woodman composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Dave Rowberry Newcastle, rocker (Animals), is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Comstock singer: Tennessee Waltz, I Want To Do It, is born.

Ref: 4

Rolf Gehlhaar composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Denver [Henry John Deutschendorf Jr] Roswell NM, singer/songwriter/actor (Rocky Mountain High, Thank God, is born.

Ref: 5

Pete Quaife musician: bass: group: The Kinks: You Really Got Me, All Day & All of the Night, Tired of Waiting, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, A Well Respected Man, Sunny Afternoon, Dead End Street, Waterloo Sunset, Harry Rag, David Watts, Death of a Clown, Two Sisters, Autumn Almanac, Wonderboy, Days, Last of the Steam-Powered Trains, Do You Remember Walter?, is born.

Ref: 4

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Peter Eotvos composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Volker Hornback rocker (Tangerine Dream), is born.

Ref: 5

Van McCoy US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), is born.

Ref: 5

James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) born (Middlesex, England) is born.

Ref: 68

Scott (Noel) Engel singer: group: The Walker Brothers: My Ship is Coming In, Take It Easy on Yourself, The Sun Ain�t Gonna Shine Anymore, LP: Take It Easy; solo as Scott Walker: Joanna, is born.

Ref: 4

Frank Sinatra Jr Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddiggers), is born.

Ref: 68

York Georg Holler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jim Stafford Eloise FL, singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill), is born.

Ref: 5

Larry "Legs" Smith rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman), is born.

Ref: 5

Pehr Henrik Nordgren composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Harold Fraser-Simson composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

John Kenneth Tavener composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Neely Bruce composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jerry Lawson US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk), is born.

Ref: 5

Nick Mason musician: drums: group: Pink Floyd: Arnold Layne, Let There be More Light, Atom Heart Mother, Echoes, Wish You Were Here, Shine on You Crazy Diamond; LP: Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, is born.

Ref: 4

Kevin Coyne rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Keenan musician: drums: groups: Manfred Mann; The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today, is born in New York City.

Ref: 4

Martin Fried rocker (Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball), is born.

Ref: 5

Arnold M�hren Dutch pop bassist/singer (The Cats-Sailin' Home), is born.

Ref: 5

John Tavener composer (The Whale), is born.

Ref: 5

Lynn Harrell New York City NY, cellist, is born.

Ref: 5

Charley Musselwhite blues musician (Stand Back, Louisiana Fog), is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Duffy rocker (Echos), is born.

Ref: 5

Martin Lunssens composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Andrew Davis Ashbridge England, conductor (New Philharmonic Orchestra-London), is born.

Ref: 5

Ursula Oppens New York NY, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC), is born.

Ref: 5

Florence LaRue (Gordon) singer: group: The Fifth Dimension: Up, Up and Away, Stoned Soul Picnic, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, Wedding Bell Blues, One Less Bell to Answer, is born in Pennsylvania.

Ref: 4

Al Kooper rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die), is born.

Ref: 5

J R Cobb Birmingham AL, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV), is born.

Ref: 5

Jim Capaldi rocker (Traffic), is born.

Ref: 5

Barbara Lewis singer: Make Me Your Baby, Hello Stranger, Baby I�m Yours, is born.

Ref: 4

Scott Engel vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Page London England, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Allen Australia, singer/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond), is born.

Ref: 5

Ivan Sollertinski friend of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies.

Ref: 5

Moe Bandy singer: Americana, Where�s the Dress, Till I�m Too Old to Die Young; ten #1 hits, 45 top-ten hits; LP: Good Ol� Boys [w/Joe Stampley, is born in Meridian MS.

Ref: 4

Mick Avory musician: drums: group: The Kinks: You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night, A Well Respected Man, Sunny Afternoon, Lola, Celluloid Heroes, is born.

Ref: 4

Edmund von Borck composer, dies at 37.

Ref: 5

Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Lew Soloff Brooklyn NY, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Winter [John Dawson], Leland MS, guitarist (Silver Train), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Maxfield musician: guitar: group: Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas: Little Children, Trains and Boats and Planes, Bad to Me; solo: The Cruel Sea, is born.

Ref: 4

Nicky Hopkins rock pianist (Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Jeff Beck, Quicksilver), is born.

Ref: 5

David Briggs, record producer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mike D'Abo rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn), is born.

Ref: 5

Roger Daltrey Hammersmith London England, rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy), is born.

Ref: 5

Leif Segerstam composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lou Reed, singer, songwriter, is born.

Ref: 17

Jance Garfat musician: bass, singer: group: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: Sylvia�s Mother, The Cover of �Rolling Stone�, A Little Bit More, When You�re in Love with a Beautiful Woman, Sharing the Night Together, Sexy Eyes, Better Love Next Time, is born.

Ref: 4

Bobby Womack songwriter: I�m a Midnight Mover, I�m in Love; singer: Lookin� for a Love, Harry Hippie, If You Think You�re Lonely Now, is born in Cleveland OH.

Ref: 4

Dave Gilmour singer, musician: group: Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother, Echoes, LP: The Dark Side of the Moon, is born.

Ref: 4

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Gisborne New Zealand, operatic soprano (Don Giovanni), is born.

Ref: 5

Mary Wilson Detroit MI, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go), is born.

Ref: 5

Townes Van Zandt musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Carole Bayer Sager NY, aka Mrs Burt Bachrach, singer (Arthur), is born.

Ref: 5

Trevor Burton musician: guitar: groups: The Move: Night of Fear, I Can Hear the Grass Grow, Flowers in the Rain, Fire Brigade, Wild Tiger Woman, Blackberry Way; Uglys, is born.

Ref: 4

Ric Rothwell drummer (Mindbenders-Games of Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Pavel Grigor'yevich composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

David Costell Pittsburgh PA, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-This Diamond Ring), is born.

Ref: 5

Ralph MacDonald rock percussionist (Graceland), is born.

Ref: 5

Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) musician, singer: group: Sly & The Family Stone: Dance to the Music, Everyday People, Hot Fun in the Summertime, Thank You, Family Affair; Former San Francisco DJ, is born in Dallas TX.

Ref: 4

John Sebastian New York NY, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter), is born.

Ref: 5

Pat McCauley N Ireland, rock drummer (Them), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Celli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Myung-Wha Chung Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters), is born.

Ref: 5

Felix Woyrsch composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Henrik Colding-Jorgensen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jamary Oliveira composer, is born.

Ref: 5

T S "Tony" McPhee rocker (Sad Go Round), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Nyman composer (Mesmer, Carrington), is born.

Ref: 5

Patti Labelle singer (Phoenix, Tasty, Chameleon), is born.

Ref: 5

Diana Ross [Earle] Detroit MI, (Supremes, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany) is born.

Ref: 5

James Diggle FBA, classicist, is born.

Ref: 5

Mick Ralphs musician: guitar: groups: Mott The Hoople: All the Young Dudes, Bad Company: Can�t Get Enough, Ready for Love, Feel like Makin� Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Rod Allen [B Rodney Bainbridge] rock bassist/vocalist (Fortunes), is born.

Ref: 5

Mikulas Moyzes composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Barry Pritchard musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fortunes: You've Got Your Troubles

Ref: 4

Richard Manuel rocker (Band-Cripple Creek), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Orlando (Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis), singer: Halfway to Paradise, Bless You; group: Tony Orlando and Dawn: Knock Three Times, Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, Candida, is born in New York City.

Ref: 4

Karel Weis composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Dave Holland heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law), is born.

Ref: 5

Crispian St Peters rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicholas Caldwell rocker (Whispers), is born.

Ref: 5

Willy Derby [Dieben] singer (Hello Bandoeng), dies.

Ref: 5

John Stax rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down), is born.

Ref: 5

[Holly] Michelle [Gilliam] Phillips, Long Beach CA, singer (Mama & Papas)/actress (Knots Landing), is born.

Ref: 5

Felicity Palmer British mezzo-soprano, is born.

Ref: 5

Roger Chapman, Leicester Leicestershire England, rock vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment), is born.

Ref: 5

Santiago Jimenez Jr US accordionist (El Mero Mero, Viva Seguin), is born.

Ref: 5

Gene Parsons Los Angeles CA, rock drummer (Byrds, Gene Clark Group), is born.

Ref: 5

Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Danny Woods US musician (CEO of the Board), is born.

Ref: 5

Karel Kryl folk singer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Kay [Joachim F Krauledat] Tilsit East Prussia Germany, rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World), is born.

Ref: 5

Jack Casady musician: bass: groups: KBC Band, Hot Tuna; Jefferson Airplane: It�s No Secret, Runnin� Round this World, Somebody to Love, White Rabbit, is born in Washington DC.

Ref: 4

Brian Pendleton Wolverhampton West Midlands England, rocker (The Pretty Things), is born.

Ref: 5

Cecile Chaminade composer, dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Dave Edmunds Cardiff Wales, singer/guitarist (Rockpile-Baby I Love You), is born.

Ref: 5

Gerard Schoenaker Dutch singer (Les Baroques), is born.

Ref: 5

Dennis Russell Davies composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Curtola singer: one of Canada�s early teen idols: Hand In Hand With You, Don�t You Sweetheart Me, Three Rows Over, Fortune Teller; TV host: After Four, Shake, Rock, Roll, is born.

Ref: 4

John Lill professor/pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Rudy Shackelford composer, is born.

Ref: 5

C�cile Chamindale composer, dies.

Ref: 5

Mark "Flo" Volman rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK), is born.

Ref: 5

Bernard Worrell US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), is born.

Ref: 5

Mezio Agostini composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

[Bernard] St Clair Lee [Calhoun] US singer (Rock the Boat), is born.

Ref: 5

Cuba Gooding US singer (Everybody Plays the Fool), is born.

Ref: 5

Herb Pedersen Berkley CA, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Shoff singer: group: The Sandpipers: Guantanamera, Come Saturday Morning, is born.

Ref: 4

Rita Coolidge Nashville TN, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone), is born.

Ref: 5

John Verity rocker (Argent), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Staples rocker (Troggs-Wild Thing), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave [Otto Levenbach] Dutch singer (Du cot� the Chez Swann), is born.

Ref: 5

Peggy Santiglia McGannon New Jersey, rocker (Angels), is born.

Ref: 5

Ronnie Bond drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing), is born.

Ref: 5

Alison Margaret Bauld composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Glitter [Paul Gadd] Banbury Oxfordshire England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II), is born.

Ref: 5

Don Dannemann rocker (Cyrkle), is born.

Ref: 5

Ethel Mary Smyth composer, dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Judith Jamison dancer: American Ballet Theatre [debut: 1964], Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre; starred in Broadway musical Sophisticated Ladies; choreographer: created works for many companies, Rift, Hymn, Riverside, Sweet Release; autobiography: Dancing Spirit, is born.

Ref: 4

Jackie Lomax Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want), is born.

Ref: 5

James Purify US singer (I'm Your Puppet), is born.

Ref: 5

Carolyn Franklin US singer/songwriter (Baby Baby Baby, Angel), is born.

Ref: 5

Troy Shondell rocker (Many Sides of Troy Shondell), is born.

Ref: 5

Gene Cornish, musician: guitar: group: The Young Rascals: Good Lovin�, Groovin�, A Girl like You, How Can I be Sure, People Got to be Free, Music Music, is born in Ottowa Canada.

Ref: 4

Tich rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Cobham Panam�, jazz artist (Same Ole Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Leone Sinigaglia composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Jesse Winchester Shreveport LA, singer/songwriter (Learn to Love it), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Crossley concert pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Joe (John Robert) Cocker singer, songwriter: With a Little Help from My Friends, She Came in through the Bathroom Window, The Letter, Up Where We Belong [w/Jennifer Warnes], You are So Beautiful, When the Night Comes, Cry Me a River, is born in Sheffield, England.

Ref: 4

Boudouin de Groot Dutch singer (Good night mister president), is born.

Ref: 5

Cipa Dichter Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter, is born.

Ref: 5

Marcie Blane singer: Bobby�s Girl, is born.

Ref: 4

Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep), is born.

Ref: 5

Patti LaBelle [Holt] Philadelphia PA, singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade), is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Brown rock vocalist (Fire) [or Jun 24], is born.

Ref: 5

Verden Allen musician: keyboards: group: Mott the Hoople: All the Young Dudes, Ballad of Mott, All the Way to Memphis, is born.

Ref: 4

Billy Vera musician (& the Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night), is born.

Ref: 5

Gladys Knight Atlanta GA, singer, leader of the Pips (Last train), is born.

Ref: 5

Lenny Davidson musician: group: The Dave Clark Five: Do You Love Me, Glad All Over, Bits and Pieces, Everybody Knows, Red Balloon, Good Old Rock & Roll, Everybody Get Together; film: Catch Us if You Can, is born.

Ref: 4

Mick Ralphs guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company), is born.

Ref: 5

Marvin Hamlisch Academy Award-winning pianist, composer: for adapted score: The Sting [1973], is born.

Ref: 4

Mike Clarke (Michael Dick) musician: drummer: group: The Byrds, is born.

Ref: 4

Mike Clarke (Michael Dick) musician: drummer: group: The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man, Turn! Turn! Turn!; died Dec 19, 1993

Ref: 4

Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) singer: group: The Mamas and the Papas, is born.

Ref: 4

Roger Ball saxophonist (Average White Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Albin musician: bass, guitar & vocals: group: Big Brother and The Holding Company: Piece of My Heart, is born.

Ref: 4

Monty Alexander jazz musician: piano: So What?, is born.

Ref: 4

Clarence White guitarist (The Byrds-Turn! Turn! turn!), is born.

Ref: 5

William Royce "Boz" Scaggs, Dallas TX, rocker (Steve Miller Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Price musician: bass: groups: The Move, Wizzard: LPs: Wizzard Brew, Introducing Eddy and the Falcons, See my Baby Jive, is born.

Ref: 4

Reg Presley singer: group: Troggs: Wild Thing, Give It to Me, Love is All Around, is born.

Ref: 4

Reg Presley singer (Troggs-Wild Thing), is born.

Ref: 5

Rock singer-musician Ray Davies (The Kinks) is born.

Ref: 68

Peter Asher London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love), is born.

Ref: 68

Rosetta Hightower singer: group: The Orlons: The Wah Watusi, Don�t Hang Up, South Street, is born.

Ref: 4

Arthur Brown (Wilton) singer: group: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: Fire; actor: Tommy, is born.

Ref: 4

John �Charlie� Whitney musician: guitar: group: Family: Hung Up Down, The Weaver�s Answer, No Mule�s Fool, In My Own Time, Burlesque, is born.

Ref: 4

Bruce Johnston rocker (Beachboys-Surfin' Girl), is born.

Ref: 5

Jeff Beck Surrey England, singer/songwriter (Jeff Beck Group), is born.

Ref: 5

Bruce Johnston Grammy Award-winning song writer: I Write the Songs [1976]; musician: group: The Beach Boys, is born.

Ref: 4

Glenn Shorrock singer: group: The Little River Band: It�s a Long Way There, Help is on Its Way, Reminiscing, Lady, Lonesome Loser, Cool Change, The Night Owls, Take It Easy on Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Robbie (Jamie) Robertson (composer, musician: guitar: group: The Band: Up on Cripple Creek, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Shape I�m In, River Hymn, Life is a Carnival), is born.

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Warren Entner musician: guitar, singer: group: The Grass Roots, is born.

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Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson drummer (Allman Brothers), is born.

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Bobby Rice singer: Sugar Shack, You Lay So Easy on My Mind, is born.

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T.G. Sheppard country singer (Only 1 You, Without You), is born.

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Richard Davies musician: keyboard, singer: group: Supertramp, is born.

Ref: 4

Estelle Bennett NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Baby), is born.

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Jim McCarty musician: drums: groups: Renaissance, Shoot, Box of Frogs, The Yardbirds: For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul, I�m a Man, Shapes of Things, Over Under Sideways Down; songwriter [w/Samwell-Smith]: Still I�m Sad, is born.

Ref: 4

Bobbie Gentry MS, what did Billi-Jo throw off the bridge, is born.

Ref: 5

Robyn Smith Astaire jockey/wife of Fred Astaire, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Wayne singer: group: The Move: Night of Fear, I Can Hear the Grass Grow, Flowers in the Rain, Fire Brigade, Wild Tiger Woman, Blackberry Way, is born.

Ref: 4

Jackie DeShannon (Sharon Myers) Hazel Kentucky, singer (What the World Needs Now), is born.

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Jim Brady singer: group: The Sandpipers: Guantanamera, Come Saturday Morning, is born.

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Tim Bogert musician: bass: groups: Showmen, Cactus, Vanilla Fudge: People Get Ready, Ticket to Ride, Bang, Bang, You Keep Me Hangin� On, Take Me for a Little While, is born.

Ref: 4

Leonard Slatkin LA Calif, conductor (Concert Orch, Neth), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Leeds musician: drums: group: The Walker Brothers: My Ship is Coming In, Make It Easy on Yourself, The Sun Ain�t Gonna Shine Anymore , No Regrets, is born.

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Gene Parsons musician: drums: group: The Byrds; solo: Kindling, is born.

Ref: 4

Roger Waters musician: bass, songwriter: group: Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall [Part II]

Ref: 4

Phil May singer: group: The Pretty Things: LP: Parachute; group: Fallen Angels, is born.

Ref: 4

Barry White, Galveston TX, singer (Love's Theme), is born. (TWA, 1998)

Ref: 95

Peter Cetera Chicago, lead singer (Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days), is born.

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Joey (Davenie) Heatherton actress: Dean Martin Presents, Cry-Baby, Bluebeard; daughter of Ray Heatherton of Tropicana Orange Juice fame, is born in Rockville Center NY.

Ref: 4

Betty Kelly singer: group: Martha and the Vandellas: Dancing in the Street, is born.

Ref: 4

Eugenia Zukerman Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist (Deceptive Cadence), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Post Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger, musician, is born.

Ref: 4

Scott McKenzie (Phillip Blondheim) singer: San Francisco [Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair], Like an Old Time Movie; co-writer: Kokomo [Beach Boys], is born.

Ref: 4

Patti LaBelle singer (LaBelles-Lady Marmalade), is born.

Ref: 5

Susan Raye singer: I�ve Got a Happy Heart, Willie Jones, is born.

Ref: 4

John Entwistle rocker (The Who-Tommy), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Tosh (Winston McIntosh), Jamaica, reggae musician (Mystic Man, Mama Africa), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Lamm singer, musician: keyboards: group: The Big Thing: Chicago Transit Authority: Chicago:, is born.

Ref: 4

Jon Anderson singer: group: Yes: Roundabout; solo: LP: Olias of Sunhollow, Song of Seven; duo: Jon and Vangelis: I Hear You Now, I�ll Find My Way Home, is born.

Ref: 4

Kathy "Taffy" Danoff Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Piano singer: group: The Sandpipers: Guantanamera, Come Saturday Morning, is born.

Ref: 4

Denny Laine (Brian Hines) musician: guitar, singer: groups: The Moody Blues: Go Now; Wings: My Love, Live & Let Die, Helen Wheels, Jet, Band on the Run, is born.

Ref: 4

Kinky (Richard) Friedman singer, bandleader: Texas Jewboys: Let Saigons be Bygones, We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You, They Ain�t Making Jews like Jesus Anymore, Asshole from El Paso, is born in Palestine TX.

Ref: 5

Singer Keith Emerson England of Emerson, Lake & Palmer is born.

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Chris Morris musician: guitar: group: Paper Lace: The Night Chicago Died, is born.

Ref: 4

Keith Emerson, musician: keyboards: groups: Emerson, Lake & Powell; Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Lucky Man, From the Beginning; solo Tonk Train Blues; film scores: The Inferno, Nighthawks, is born.

Ref: 4

Bonnie Bramlett songwriter, singer: group: Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, is born.

Ref: 4

Tim Rice lyricist: with Andrew Lloyd Weber: Jesus Christ, Superstar, Evita, Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; film scores: Gumshoe, Odessa File, is born.

Ref: 4

Dave Loggins singer (Please come to Boston), is born.

Ref: 5

Jesse Colin Young (Perry Miller), NY, rocker (The Youngbloods-Soul of a City Boy), is born.

Ref: 5

Singer Booker T. Jones (of Booker T and the MG�s) is born.

Ref: 4

Susan Sullivan actress: It's a Living, Falcon Crest, Rich Man Poor Man Book II, Having Babies, The George Carlin Show, The Dark Ride, The Incredible Hulk, Deadman's Curve; commercial spokesperson: Tylenol, is born.

Ref: 4

Bob Lind singer, songwriter: Elusive Butterfly, Remember the Rain, Truly Julie's Blues, Cheryl's Goin' Home, is born.

Ref: 4

-Singer Jean Terrell is born.

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Alan Henderson musician: bass: group: Them, is born.

Ref: 4

Dozy (Trevor Davies) musician: bass: group: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, is born.

Ref: 4

Eddie Rabbitt Brooklyn, country singer (I Love a Rainy Night), is born.

Ref: 5

Kevin Coyne rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Felix Cavaliere singer, group: The (Young) Rascals: Groovin�, Good Lovin�, Beautiful Morning, People Gotta Be Free; solo: LPs: Destiny, Treasure, Castle in the Air, is born in Pelham NY.

Ref: 4

Rob Grill musician, singer: group: The Grass Roots: Midnight Confessions, Let�s Live for Today

Ref: 4

Luther Ingram musician, singer: [If Lovin� You is Wrong] I Don�t Want to be Right, is born.

Ref: 4

Eric Bloom singer, musician: guitar: group: Blue Oyster Cult, is born.

Ref: 4

John Densmore Los Angeles CA, drummer (Doors-Light My Fire), is born.

Ref: 5

Dennis Wilson Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-In My Room, CA Dreaming), is born.

Ref: 5

Jonathan (Kenneth) King singer: Everyone�s Gone to the Moon, Let It All Hang Out; songwriter, producer: Good News Week, is born in London England.

Ref: 4

George Baker [Hans Bouwens] Dutch vocalist (G B Selection), is born.

Ref: 5

Neil Innes musician: keyboard, singer, songwriter: group: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, is born.

Ref: 4

Brenda Lee (Tarpley) singer: I�m Sorry, All Alone Am I, I Want to Be Wanted, Sweet Nothin�s, That�s All You Gotta Do, is born in Lithonia GA.

Ref: 4

Booker T Jones US organist (Booker T & MGs-Green Onions) [or Nov 12], is born.

Ref: 5

David Ashley White composer, is born.

Ref: 5

A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Major Glenn Miller disappeared over the English Channel while en route to Paris.

Ref: 4

John Abercrombie rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Alvin Lee, musician: group: Ten Years After, is born.

Ref: 4

Zal Yanovsky, musician: guitar, singer: group: The Lovin' Spoonful, is born.

Ref: 4

Birth of Andrew Robert Culverwell, American sacred music songwriter. This contemporary music artist has written such popular Christian songs as "Born Again" and "Come On, Ring Those Bells."

Ref: 5

Bobby Colomby (musician: drums, singer: group: Blood, Sweat & Tears: And When I Die, You Made Me So Very Happy, Spinning Wheel, Hi De Ho), is born in New York NY.

Ref: 4

Michael Tilson Thomas, Los Angeles CA, conductor (NY Philharmonic for Young People), is born.

Ref: 5

Barry Jenkins rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.

Ref: 5

Antoine Mariotte composer, dies on 69th birthday.

Ref: 5

Mike Curb music executive: producer: Oscar-winner: You Light Up My Life [1977]; Curb Records; The Mike Curb Congregation: United We Stand, Sweet Gingerbread Man, is born.

Ref: 4

Joseph Gustav Mraczek composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Henry Vestine musician: guitar: group: Canned Heat: On the Road Again, Going Up the Country; sideman for Frank Zappa; is born.

Ref: 4

Mick Jones musician: guitar: group: Foreigner: Feels like the First Time, Cold as Ice, Long Long Way from Home, Hot Blooded, Blue Morning Blue Day, Double Vision, Waiting for a Girl like You, I Want to Know What Love Is, That Was Yesterday, is born.

Ref: 4

Tracy Nelson Madison WI, singer (In The Here And Now), is born.

Ref: 5

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

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Vit Nejedly composer, dies at 33.

Ref: 5

Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Crosby Stills & Nash), is born. (also TWA, 1998)

Ref: 5

Fyodor Akimenko composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Jay Dee Maness Loma Linda CA, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited), is born.

Ref: 5

John Peters rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre), is born.

Ref: 5

Rod Stewart London, England, singer (Maggie Mae, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy), is born.

Ref: 17

Ronny Light songwriter, Nashville studio musician

Ref: 4

Frank Sinatra Jr Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddiggers), is born.

Ref: 5

Maggie Bell Glasgow Scotland, rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Sandor Vandor composer, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

William Hart US singer (4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry), is born.

Ref: 5

Rod Evans rocker (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Amirkhanian composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eric Stewart guitarist: group: Mindbenders: Game of Love; Hotlegs then 10cc: Donna, I�m Not in Love, The Things We Do for Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Chris Britton rocker (Troggs-Rock & Roll Goldmine), is born.

Ref: 5

Oliver rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Carlo Felice Boghen composer, dies a day before 76th birthday.

Ref: 5

Jacqueline du Pr� Oxford England, cellist, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicholas Berkeley Mason drummer (Pink Floyd-The Wall, Money), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Wittinger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Busch composer, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Noah Creshevsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ole Buck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ronnie Goodson rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Cymbal rocker (Mr Bass Man), is born.

Ref: 5

Willeke Alberti [Verbruggen], Dutch vocalist/actress (Small Truth), is born.

Ref: 5

Jose Rolon composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Bob Marley, Jamaican musician who popularized reggae music, is born.

Ref: 17

Bob Marley Jamaican reggae vocalist (Bob Marley & Wailers-Roots Rock Reggae), is born.

Ref: 5

Juan de Hernandez composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Al Dubin Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Joe Schermie Madison WI, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), is born.

Ref: 5

Keith Nichols jazz pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

King Floyd rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Roy Dyke Liverpool, rock drummer (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), is born.

Ref: 5

Vic Briggs England, rocker (Animals), is born.

Ref: 5

John Anthony Helliwell musician: saxophone: group: Supertramp: Dreamer, Bloody Well Right, is born.

Ref: 4

Zina Bethune dancer, choreographer, actress: Sunrise at Campobello, Who�s that Knocking at My Door?, The Nurses, Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder, is born.

Ref: 4

Alan Hull singer/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Newton rock bassist, is born.

Ref: 5

Oliver (Swofford), singer (Good Morning Starshine, Jean), is born.

Ref: 5

Elkie Brooks Manchester England, rocker (Pearl's a Singer), is born.

Ref: 5

Mitch Ryder (William Levise) singer: group: Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels: Devil with a Blue Dress On, Little Latin Lupe Lu, is born.

Ref: 4

Ronnie Rosman rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion), is born.

Ref: 5

Burning Spear [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Koos Speenhoff Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75.

Ref: 5

Dieter Meier Swiss singer/children book writer (Yello), is born.

Ref: 5

Hugh Grundy Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There), is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolph Karel composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Arthur Lee rocker (Vindicator), is born.

Ref: 5

Mickey Dolenz Los Angeles CA, actor (Circus Boy) singer (Monkees), is born.

Ref: 5

Keith Jarrett pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Laura Lee [Rundless] singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights), is born.

Ref: 5

Ray Royer rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale), is born.

Ref: 5

Robin Trower London England, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale), is born.

Ref: 5

Harvey Mandel rock guitarist (Drei Amerikanische LP's), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Stein vocalist/organist (Vanilla Fudge-You Keep Me Hanging On), is born.

Ref: 5

Hans van Emden Dutch guitarist (Les Baroques), is born.

Ref: 5

Herbert Bedford composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Herman[us J] van Veen Netherlands, cabareter/singer/composer/writer, is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Martin Murphey Dallas TX, country singer (Wildfire), is born.

Ref: 5

Walter Parazaider Chicago IL, rock saxophonist (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now), is born.

Ref: 5

Eric Woolfson Glasgow Scotland, composer/musician (Alan Parsons Project, Woolfson Entertainment Group), is born.

Ref: 5

Vernon Guy US gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees), is born.

Ref: 5

Rose[mary] Stone Dallas TX, vocalist/pianist (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People), is born.

Ref: 5

Alan Opie baritone (Boughton Bethlehem, Britten 5 Canticles), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles "Chuck" Jackson US singer (Playboy, Independents), is born.

Ref: 5

Chuck Portz Santa Monica CA, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together), is born.

Ref: 5

Eric Clapton [Eric Patrick Clapp] Ripley England, legendary guitarist/singer (Yardbirds, Cream, Tears in Heaven), is born.

Ref: 5

Karel Moor composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Al Nichol musician: guitar, keyboards: group: The Turtles: It Ain�t Me Babe, Let Me Be, You Baby, Happy Together, She�d Rather Be with Me, Elenore, You Showed Me, is born.

Ref: 4

John Barbata musician: drums: groups: The Turtles: Happy Together; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Jefferson Starship: LP: Dragonfly, Red Octopus, Spitfire, Earth; Miracles, We Built This City, Sara, Tomorrow Doesn�t Matter Tonight, Nothing�s Gonna Stop Us Now, is born.

Ref: 4

Richard Manuel pianist/vocalist (Up on Cripple Creek), is born.

Ref: 5

Huldreich Georg Fruh composer, dies at 41.

Ref: 5

Bob Marley reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman), is born.

Ref: 5

Gus Hardin [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa OK, country singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Fripp guitarist (King Crimson), is born.

Ref: 5

Lowell George rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Time is a Hero), is born.

Ref: 5

Raymond van Geytenbeek Dutch singer/drummer (Les Baroques), is born.

Ref: 5

Stacy Johnson US singer (Sharpees-Tired of Being Alone), is born.

Ref: 5

Ritchie Blackmore musician: guitar: solo: Getaway, Little Brown Jug, LP: Rainbow; groups: Deep Purple: Black Night, Strange Kind of Woman, Fireball, Smoke on the Water; LPs: Deep Purple in Rock, Made in Japan, Who Do We Think We Are?, Machine Head; Rainbow: Since You�ve Been Gone, All Night Long, I Surrender, Stone Cold, LPs: Rainbow Rising, Straight Between the Eyes, Bent Out of Shape, is born.

Ref: 4

Derek Leckenby rocker/actor (Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter), is born.

Ref: 5

Stefan Grossman New York NY, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Winston (Langwith) musician: organ: groups: Moments, Small Faces, is born in London England.

Ref: 4

Rock musician Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is born.

Doug Clifford Palo Alto CA, rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary), is born.

Ref: 5

Eugene O'Brien composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Knight Franklin TN, rocker (Everlasting Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Hubert Bath composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Bj�rn Ulvaeus Gothenburg Sweden, guitarist/songwriter (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen), is born.

Ref: 5

Stu Cook Oakland CA, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Kogel rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

John Wolters musician: drums: group: Dr. Hook, is born.

Ref: 4

[Thomasina] Tammi Terrell [Montgomery] singer (Ain't No Mountain High Enough), is born.

Ref: 5

Hugh Hopper rocker (Soft Machine), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Beacon rocker (Ox), is born.

Ref: 5

Mimi Farina rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind), is born.

Ref: 5

Rita Coolidge Nashville TN, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone), is born.

Ref: 17

Desider Antalffy-Zsiross Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Bianca P�rez Morena de Macias Jagger Nicaragua, model/Mick's ex-wife, is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Henrit English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset), is born.

Ref: 5

Randy Cain US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics), is born.

Ref: 5

Goldy McJohn musician: organ: group: Steppenwolf: Born to be Wild, The Pusher, Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me, is born.

Ref: 4

George Wadenius rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears), is born.

Ref: 5

Jiri Svoboda composer (Accumulator 1), is born.

Ref: 5

Raphael Spain, Spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano), is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Seger Dearborn MI, rocker (Silver Bullet Band-Shake Down), is born.

Ref: 5

Victoria Bond composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Keith Jarrett jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Katz New York NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears), is born.

Ref: 5

Pamelo Mounk'a musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Ian McLagan musician: keyboards: solo LPs: Troublemaker, Bump in the Night; group: The Faces: Stay with Me, Debris, Cindy Incidentally, Pool Hall Richard, You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything, is orn

Ref: 4

Jayotis Washington rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Willie Parnell US singer (Archie Bell & the Drells), is born.

Ref: 5

Magic Dick [Richard secondalwitz], harmonicaist (J Geils Band-Centerfold), is born.

Ref: 5

Nicky Chinn English songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Townshend England, rock guitarist/vocalist/composer (The Who-Tommy), is born.

Ref: 5

Misty Morgan country keyboardist (duo with Jack Blanchard), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Lee Travis DJ, is born.

Ref: 5

Garry Peterson musician: drums: The Guess Who: These Eyes, Laughing, No Time, American Woman, Share the Land, Clap for the Wolfman, is born.

Ref: 4

Bruce Cockburn Ottawa Canada, folk rock vocalist (Waterwalker), is born.

Ref: 5

John Fogerty songwriter; singer: group: Creedence Clearwater: Proud Mary, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Bad Moon Rising, Lookin� Out My Back Door; group: The Blue Ridge Rangers: Jambalaya, Hearts of Stone, The Old Man Down the Road, Centerfield, is born in Berkeley CA.

Ref: 4

Gary Stewart Latcher County KY, country singer (She's Actin' Single), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Rossi rocker (Status Quo), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Brooker musician: keyboards, singer: solo: Say It Ain�t So Joe, Switchboard Susan, LPs: No More Fear of Flying, Lead Me to the Water, Echoes in the Night; groups: Procol Harum: Whiter Shade of Pale; The Paramounts

Ref: 4

Frederica Von Stade Somerville NJ, mezzo-soprano (Die Zauberfl�te), is born.

Ref: 5

Linda Scott singer (Hey Look at Me Now), is born.

Ref: 5

Anthony Braxton, jazz composer and saxaphonist, is born.

Ref: 2

Gordon Waller Scotland, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Don Reid Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall), is born.

Ref: 5

Rod Argent (keyboard: group: Argent: Hold Your Head Up; group: The Zombies: She�s Not There, Tell Her No, Time of the Season), is born.

Ref: 4

Rod Argent England, keyboardist (The Zombies-She's Not There), is born.

Ref: 5

Ian Matthews (McDonald) musician: guitar, singer: groups: Fairport Convention: Book Song; Matthew�s Southern Comfort: Woodstock; solo: I Survived the �70s, LPs: If You Saw Through My Eyes, Tigers Will Survive, Stealin� Home, Spot of Interference, Discreet Repeat, is born.

Ref: 4

Anne Murray Nova Scotia, Canada, singer (Snow Bird), is born.

Ref: 5

Chris Britton musician: guitar: group: The Troggs: Wild Thing, Any Way that You Want Me, Give It to Me, Night of the Long Grass, Little Girl, is born.

Ref: 4

Colin Blunstone rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought), is born.

Ref: 5

Carly Simon NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain), is born.

Ref: 5

David Knights bassist (Pocol Harum), is born.

Ref: 5

�Little� Eva Boyd singer: The Loco-motion, is born.

Ref: 4

Debbie (Deborah Ann) Harry singer: group: Blondie: The Tide is High, Rapture, Heart of Glass, Call Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Johnny Lee country singer: Lookin� for Love, One in a Million, Bet Your Heart on Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Mike Corby guitarist (Babys), is born.

Ref: 5

Rik Elswit musician: guitar, singer: group: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: Sylvia�s Mother, [Freakin� At] The Freaker�s Ball, Queen of the Silver Dollar, Ballad of Lucy Jordan, The Cover of Rolling Stone, When You�re in Love with a Beautiful Woman, Sharing the Night Together, Sexy Eyes, Better Love Next Time, is born.

Ref: 4

Matti Salminen Turku Finland, bass player (King Philipp-Don Carlos), is born.

Ref: 5

Deborah Harry singer (Blondie) actress (Videodrome, Hairspray), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Lewis musician: guitar, singer: group: Moby Grape: LPs: Moby Grape, Wow, Grape Jam, Truly Fine Citizen, 20 Granite Creek, Grape Live, is born.

Ref: 4

Bobby Sherman actor/singer (Seattle), is born.

Ref: 5

Dino Danelli musician: drummer: group: The (Young) Rascals: Good Lovin�, Groovin�, How Can I Be Sure, A Beautiful Morning, People Got to Be Free; group: Bulldog, is born.

Ref: 4

Donna Theodore Broadway singer (Hollywood Talent Scouts), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Wright rocker (Pink Floyd-The Wall), is born.

Ref: 5

David Sanborn saxophonist (David Letterman), is born.

Ref: 5

Pietro Mascagni, composer, dies in Rome, Italy at age 81. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies.

Ref: 68

Suzanne Farrell, Cincinnati, dancer (Don Quioxote), is born.

Ref: 5

Kevin Ayers England, progressive rocker (Joy of a Toy), is born.

Ref: 5

Ian Gillian heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor), is born.

Ref: 5

Ron Dante Staten Island NY, rocker (Archies-Sugar, Sugar), is born.

Ref: 5

Ken Hensley musician: guitar, keyboard, composer: group: Uriah Heep: July Morning, Easy Livin�, is born.

Ref: 4

Itzhak Perlman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim, is born.

Ref: 5

Van Morrison songwriter, singer: group: Them: Gloria; solo: Brown Eyed Girl, Domino, Blue Money, She Gives Me Religion, is born.

Ref: 4

-Singer Archie Bell is born.

Ref: 6

George Biondo musician: group: Steppenwolf: Born to Be Wild, is born.

Ref: 4

Mike Harrison keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About), is born.

Ref: 5

Al Stewart Glasgow Scotland, rocker (The Year of the Cat), is born.

Ref: 5

Dee Dee Sharp (Dione LaRue) singer: Mashed Potato Time, Gravy [For My Mashed Potatoes], Ride!, Do the Bird, Slow Twistin� [w/Chubby Checker], is born.

Ref: 4

Jose Feliciano Lares PR, singer/songwriter (Light my Fire), is born in Lares PR.

Ref: 5

Leo Kottke Athens Ga, guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse), is born.

Ref: 5

John Mauceri NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera), is born.

Ref: 5

Jesse Norman, soprano, is born.

Ref: 2

Anton von Werbern, Austrian composer, dies at age 61.

Ref: 70

John McCormack, Irish tenor, dies at age 61.

Ref: 5

David Bromberg Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise), is born.

Ref: 5

Freda Payne Detroit Mich, singer (Band of Gold), is born.

Ref: 5

Ronald Bushy musician: drums: group: Iron Butterfly: In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, is born.

Ref: 4

Onnie McIntyre musician: guitar: group: Average White Band, is born.

Ref: 4

Brian Ferry England, rocker (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together), is born.

Ref: 5

Bela Bartok composer: Mikrokosmos, Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, Solo Sonata for Violin, Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra; dies. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Ref: 4

Misha Dichter Shanghai China, pianist (Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966), is born.

Ref: 5

Donny Hathaway Chicago, singer/songwriter (Where is the Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Don McLean singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent), is born.

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Neil Frances Tennant rocker (Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl), is born.

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Kevin Godley musician: drums, singer: group: 10cc:, is born.

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Jeannie C Riley TX, singer (Harper Valley PTA, Hee Haw), is born.

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Jeannie C. Riley (Stephenson) Grammy Award-winning singer: Harper Valley P.T.A., is born.

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Ric Lee musician: drums: group: Ten Years After, is born.

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Kathy Young rocker (Thousand Stars in the Sky), is born.

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Leslie West [Weinstein] rocker (Mountain-Mississippi Queen), is born.

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Eddie Brigati singer, musician: group: The [Young] Rascals, is born.

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Wayne Fontana (Glyn Ellis) singer: group: The Mindbenders: Game of Love, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um; solo: Come on Home, Pamela Pamela, is born in Manchester England.

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Melba Moore singer: You Stepped into My Life; actress: The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show, is born.

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Rick Grech musician: bassist, violinist: groups: Family; Blind Faith; Traffic; Crickets, is born.

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Donna Fargo (Yvonne Vaughn) Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter: The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. [1972]; Funny Face, is born in Mt Airy NC. (TWA, 1998)

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Vince Martell musician: guitar, singer: group: Vanilla Fudge: You Keep Me Hanging On, Take Me for a Little While, is born.

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Jerome Kern the father of the American musical: composer: Show Boat, Ol� Man River, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Lovely to Look At, The Way You Look Tonight, The Last Time I Saw Paris; dies.

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Neil Young singer, songwriter, musician: Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Heart of Gold, Philadelphia; group: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: LP: d�j� vu; Buffalo Springfield: For What It's Worth, is born in Canada.

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Anni-Frid Lyngsdtad [Fryeda Anderson] Sweden, rocker (ABBA), is born.

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Martine van Hamel Belgium, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co), is born.

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John McVie rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk), is born.

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Nicholas Berkeley Mason drummer (Pink Floyd-The Wall, Money), is born.

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R.B. Greaves singer: Take a Letter Maria; singer Sam Cooke�s nephew, is born.

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Roger Glover musician: bass: groups: Episode Six, Rainbow, Deep Purple: Black Night, is born.

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Radu Lupu Galati Romania, pianist (Enesco first prize-1967), is born.

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Bette Midler Grammy Award-winning singer: LP: The Divine Miss M [1972], You are the Wind Beneath My Wings [1989]; Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The Rose; Emmy Award-winning entertainer: Bette Midler-Old Red Hair is Back [1977-1978], The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson [5/21/1992]; actress: From a Distance, Beaches, For the Boys, Down and Out in Beverly Hill Business, Ruthless People, Hawaii, Fiddler on the Roof, Tommy, The Edge of Night, is born either in Aiea HI or Paterson NJ.

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John (Paul) Densmore musician: group: The Doors: Light My Fire, People are Strange, Love Me Two Times, Riders on the Storm, is born.

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Harvey Bartlett Gaul composer, dies at 64.

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Laura Dean Staten Island NY, composer/choreographer (Drumming), is born.

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Eric Boom Dutch guitarist/producer, is born.

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Robert Pickett rocker, is born.

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Alan Ward rocker, is born.

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Tony Williams jazz musician, is born.

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Vittorio Mario Vanzo composer, dies at 83.

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Constantino Gaito composer, dies at 67.

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Bennie Andersson pianist, singer: groups: Hep Stars [Sweden�s Beatles]; Abba: I Have a Dream, Dancing Queen, Waterloo, is born.

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John McEuen rocker (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), is born.

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Peter Criss (Crisscoula) (musician: drummer: group: Kiss [Beth, the cat]), is born.

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Ronald Bushy rocker (Iron Butterfly-In A Gadda Da Vida), is born.

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Georges Aperghis composer, is born.

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Lemmy [Ian Kilminster] rocker (Hawkwind, Motorhead-Built for Speed), is born.

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Francisco Pujol composer, dies at 67.

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Noel Redding musician: bass: Noel Redding Band; group: The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hey Joe, Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary, Burning of the Midnight Lamp, All Along the Watchtower; is born.

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Steve Mancha [Clyde Wilson] US singer/songwriter (Too Many Cooks), is born.

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Dwight Bement rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl), is born.

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Adje Roland Dutch disc-jockey, is born.

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[David] Davy Jones Manchester England, singer/actor (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville), is born.

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Preston Andrew Trombly composer, is born.

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John Paul Jones, rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven), is born.

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Arthur Conley singer: Sweet Soul Music, is born.

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Bernard Sumner rocker (New Order-Round & Round), is born.

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Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett Cambridge England, lead guitarist (Pink Floyd-The Piper at the Gates of Dawn), is born.

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Andy Brown rock drummer (Fortunes Birmingham), is born.

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Jann S Wenner publisher (Rolling Stone), is born.

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Robbie Kreiger Los Angeles CA, guitarist (Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire), is born.

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Aynsley Dunbar rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship), is born.

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Bob Lang rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders), is born.

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Naomi Judd [Diana Ellen], Ashland KY, singer (Judds-Why Not Me), is born.

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Tony Kaye rocker (Yes), is born.

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Cynthia Robinson rock trumpeteer (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People), is born.

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George Duke San Rafael CA, rocker, is born.

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Gottfried Rudinger composer, dies at 59.

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Dolly Rebecca Parton, songwriter, singer: ACM Entertainer of the Year [1977], CMA Entertainer of the year [1978]: Jolene, Coat of Many Colors, Here You Come Again, 9-to-5, You�re the Only One, [w/Kenny Rogers]: Islands in the Stream; Grand Ol� Opry member; actress: 9-to-5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias; owns Dollywood amusement park in Tennessee, is born in Sevierville TN.

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Feliks Nowowiejski composer, dies at 68.

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Ronnie Brandon rocker (McCoys), is born.

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Nedra Talley singer: group: The Ronettes: Be My Baby, Baby I Love You, Do I Love You, Walking in the Rain, [The Best Part of] Breaking Up, is born.

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Kim Gardner England, rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), is born.

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Rick Allen Arkansas, rock bassist (Box Tops-Letter), is born.

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Sidney James Jones composer, dies at 84.

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Terry Kath rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now), is born.

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Howard Bellamy Darby FL, vocalist (Bellamy Brothers-Let Your Love Flow), is born.

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Roy Yeager Doraville GA, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section), is born.

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Lawrence Ascott rocker (Isotope), is born.

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Sammy Johns rocker (Politics, Religion & Her), is born.

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Paul Wheatbread rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl), is born.

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"Fito" Adolpho De La Parra Los Angeles CA, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money), is born.

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Donovan [P Leech] Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow), is born.

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Gregory Hines dancer, actor: Renaissance Man, Tap, The Cotton Club, Eubie!, is born.

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Dodie Stevens (Geraldine Ann Pasquale) singer: Pink Shoe Laces, is born.

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Paul Dean rock guitarist/vocalist (Loverboy), is born.

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Pierre van der Linden Dutch drummer (Brainbox), is born.

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J[erome] Geils New York NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (J Geils Band-Freeze-Frame, Centerfold), is born.

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Hugh Allen musician, dies.

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Rusty Young CA, rock steel guitarist (Poco-Heat of the Night), is born.

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Tony Ashton Blackburn England, rocker (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), is born.

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Ralph Kirshbaum Denton TX, cellist (RNCM Manchester International Festival), is born.

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Robert Raymond rocker, is born.

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Murray Head singer, is born.

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David Jon Gilmour Cambridgeshire England, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-The Wall), is born.

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Tony Klatka rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears), is born.

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Matthew Fisher London, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum), is born.

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Peter Wolf (Blankfield), rock singer: group: J. Geils Band: Centerfold; Lights Out, Freeze-Frame; married Faye Dunaway, is born.

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Randy Meisner rock bassist/vocalist (Poco, Eagles-Take it Easy), is born.

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Jim Cregan musician: guitar: group: Family: It�s Only a Movie; Stud; Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, is born.

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Gaylord Birch drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper), is born.

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Liza Minnelli Academy Award-winning actress: Cabaret [1972]; The Sterile Cuckoo, Arthur, Liza with a �Z�!; daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, is born in Los Angeles.

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Thomas Frederick Dunhill composer, dies at 69.

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David Wall English ballet dancers/director (Royal Academy of Dancing), is born.

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Howard Scott musician: guitar, singer: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Can�t We be Friends? is born in San Pedro CA.

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Harold Brown Long Beach CA, rock drummer (War-Summer, Galaxy), is born.

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Michael Peter Finnissey composer, is born.

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Paul Atkinson musician: guitar: group: The Zombies: She�s Not There, You Make Me Feel Good, Tell Her No, She�s Coming Home, I Want You Back Again, Time of the Season; CBS A&R, is born.

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Ruth Pointer singer: group: The Pointer Sisters: Fire, He�s So Shy, Jump [for My Love], Automatic, Neutron Dance, I�m So Excited, Dare Me, is born.

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Ranger Doug [Douglas Green], Illinois, singer (Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way), is born.

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Ray Dorset rocker (Cold Blue Excursion), is born.

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Serge [Ruud Schaap] Dutch singer/guitarist (Saskia & Serge), is born.

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Lee Oskar (Oskar Hansen) musician: harmonica: group: War, is born.

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Alexandru Zirra composer, dies at 62.

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Lee Oskar Copenhagen Denmark, rock harmonicist (War-Why Can't We Be Friends), is born.

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Gustaf Heintze composer, dies at 66.

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Richard Sussman rocker, is born.

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Al Nichol, musician: guitar, keyboards: group: The Turtles: It Ain�t Me Babe, Let Me Be, You Baby, Happy Together, She�d Rather Be with Me, Elenore, You Showed Me, is born in Winston Salem NC.

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John Barbata drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor), is born.

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Arthur Conley US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music), is born.

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Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, London England, rock bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl), is born.

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Kurt Winter rocker (The Guess Who), is born.

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Dee Murray rocker (Elton John Band), is born.

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Jennifer Penney ballerina, is born.

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Larry Frederick Wendt composer, is born.

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Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies from tuberculosis at 47.

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Bill Kreutzmann Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots), is born.

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Barbara Benary composer, is born.

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Les Gray vocalist (Mud-The Cat Crept In), is born.

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Philip Wright rocker (Paper Lace), is born.

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Armand [Herman van Loenhout] singer (Blommenkinders), is born.

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Ren� Krijnen Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques), is born.

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Al Green, Forest City AR, singer (Lets Stay Together), is born.

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Jim Pons rocker (Mothers Of Invention), is born.

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Roy Loney rocker (Flaming Groovies), is born.

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William Henry Bell composer, dies at 72.

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Patrick Fairley guitarist (Marmalade-Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da), is born.

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[Alexander] Skip Spence Windsor Ontario Canada, guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape-Omaha), is born.

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Anne Boyd composer, is born.

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Harvey Kagan rocker, is born.

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Lenny Baker rocker (Sha Na Na), is born.

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Jesus Castillo composer, dies at 68.

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Bruce Stuart Saylor composer, is born.

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Digby Fairweather jazz trumpeter, is born.

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Ronnie Gilbert rocker (Lifeline, Harp), is born.

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Nick Fortune (Fortuna) musician: bass: The Buckinghams: Kind of a Drag, is born.

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Jerry Weiss New York NY, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears), is born.

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Tony Ashton rocker, is born.

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Edward Cuthbert Bairstow composer, dies at 71.

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Percy William Whitlock composer, dies at 42.

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Lesley Gore Tenafly NJ, singer (It's My Party), is born.

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Bill Danoff Springfield MA, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band), is born.

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Donovan (Leitch) singer: Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman, is born.

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Dave Mason songwriter, musician, singer: Alone Together, Hole in My Shoe, Just for You, Feelin� Alright, We Just Disagree, So High

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Jimmy Ponder jazz guitarist: Smokin�, Mama Roots, Infant Eyes

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Graham Gouldman Manchester England, bassist (10cc-No Milk Today), is born.

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Ian McLagen rocker (Faces), is born.

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Danny Klein (musician: bass: group: The J. Geils Band: Give It to Me, Must Have Got Lost, One Last Kiss, Freeze-Frame, Centerfold, Angel in Blue, Land of a 1000 Dances), is born in New York City.

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Alan David Marks pianist/composer, is born.

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Roger Earl rocker (Foghat), is born.

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George Alexander rocker, is born.

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Phillip Rudd Melbourne Australia, rock drummer (AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation), is born.

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Actress/singer Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre) is born in El Centro CA.

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Steve Upton rock drummer (Wishbone Ash-There's the Rub, Locked In), is born.

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Patty Smith Hill songwriter: Good Morning to All [predecessor of Happy Birthday to You]; dies at age 78.

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Carol Neblett Modesto California, soprano (NYC Opera), is born.

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Leo Slezak, Austrian opera singer and film comedian, dies at age 72.

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Singer Eddie Holman is born. Credits: Hey There Lonely Girl; made first singing appearance at age of two at Metropolitan AME Zion church, Norfolk, VA; ordained Baptist minister since the early 1980s.

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Eddie Holman singer: Hey There Lonely Girl; made first singing appearance at age of two at Metropolitan AME Zion church, Norfolk, VA; ordained Baptist minister since the early 1980s, is born.

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Ian Hunter England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes), is born.

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Freddie Stone (singer: group: Sly and the Family Stone: Everyday People, Thank You [Falettinme be Mice Elf Agin]), is born.

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Bill Kreutzman drummer (Grateful Dead-Uncle John's Band), is born.

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Matthew Fisher England, keyboardist (Procal Harum-Conquistador), is born.

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John Lawton singer: solo: LP: Take No Prisoners; groups: Rough Diamond, Uriah Heep, Lucifer�s Friend, is born.

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Janet Lennon singer: group: Lennon Sisters: Lawrence Welk Show, The Andy Williams Show

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Barry Manilow (Barry Alan Pincus) Grammy Award-winning singer: I Write the Songs [1975]; Mandy, Looks Like We Made It, Can�t Smile Without You, Copacabana, is born in New York City.

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Andre Watts (musician: classical pianist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra), is born.

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Allen Lanier musician: guitar, keyboards: group: Blue Oyster Cult: Don�t Fear the Reaper, LPs: Revolution by Night, Fire of Unknown Origin, Cultosaurus Erectus, Spectres, Secret Treaties, Agents of Fortune, ETI, Some Enchanted Evening, On Your Feet or on Your Knees, is born.

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Ian McDonald musician: instrumentalist: group: Foreigner: Feels like the First Time, Cold as Ice, Long Long Way from Home, Double Vision, Hot Blooded, Blue Morning Blue Day, is born.

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William Brown singer: group: The Moments: Love on a Two-Way Street, Look at Me [I�m in Love], is born.

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Cynthia Gregory LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co), is born.

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Bon (Ronald) Scott singer: group: AC/DC, is born.

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Mitch Mitchell drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience), is born.

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Linda Ronstadt singer: group: The Stone Poneys: Different Drum; solo: Blue Bayou, You�re No Good, When Will I Be Loved, It�s So Easy, Ooh Baby Baby, Hurt So Bad; actress: Pirates of Penzance, is born.

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Alan Gorrie musician: bass, singer: group: Average White Band: Pick Up the Pieces, Work to Do, Let�s Go Around Again; solo: LP: Sleepless Nights, is born.

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Kim Carnes singer (Bette Davis Eyes), is born.

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John Almond musician: reeds, keyboards, vibes: group: Johnny Almond and the Music Machine, is born.

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Estelle Bennett, rocker (The Ronettes).

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Andy Mackay musician: saxophone, woodwinds: group: Roxy Music: Virginia Plain, Pyjamarama, Do the Strand, Editions of You, In Every Dream a Heartache, Street Life, A Hard Rain�s A-Gonna Fall, All I Want is You, Out of the Blue, Dance Away, Angel Eyes, Jealous Guy; solo: LPs: In Search of Eddie Riff, Resolving Contradictions, is born.

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Neal Doughty keyboardist ( REO Speedwagon), is born.

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Gary Lewis (Levitch) singer: group: Gary Lewis and the Playboys: This Diamond Ring; entertainer Jerry Lewis� son, is born.

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Bob Welch rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well), is born.

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Gary Lewis, Jerry's son, singer, (& The Playboys-This Diamond Ring), is born.

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Larry Graham rocker (One in a million, you), is born.

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Jimmy Webb, Elk City Okla, songwriter (MacArthur Park, Up Up & Away), is born.

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Keith Moon singer, drummer: group: The Who: is born in Wembly England.

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Barry Gibb musician: rhythm guitar, songwriter, singer: group: The Bee Gees: Stayin� Alive, Night Fever, How Deep Is Your Love, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, Tragedy , Lonely Days; What Kind of Fool [w/Barbra Streisand], Emotion [w/Samantha Sang]; score: Saturday Night Fever; 29 hits: 7 gold, 4 platinum, is born.

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Greg Errico musician: drums: group: Sly and The Family Stone: Everyday People, [I Want to Take You] Higher, Dance to the Music, Hot Fun in the Summertime, Thank You [Falettinme be Mice Elf Agin], is born.

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Marty Grebb musician: keyboards: group: The Buckinghams: Don�t You Care, Kind of a Drag, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Susan, is born.

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Gary Duncan (Grubb) musician: guitar: group: Quicksilver Messenger Service: Dino�s Song, Who Do You Love?, The Fool, is born.

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Greg Elmore musician: drums: group: Quicksilver Messenger Service: Dino�s Song, Who Do You Love?, The Fool, is born.

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Loudon Wainwright III songwriter, singer: Dead Skunk; actor: M*A*S*H, The Slugger�s Wife, Jackknife, is born.

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Freddie Mercury rock vocalist (Queen-We are the Champions), is born.

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Alfa Anderson singer: groups: Brown Sugar, Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance, Everybody Dance, Le Freak, I Want Your Love, Good Times, is born.

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Doug Ingle musician: keyboard, singer: group: Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, is born.

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Lola Falana singer, actress: The New Bill Cosby Show, Ben Vereen Comin� at Ya, Lady Cocoa, The Klansman, is born in Philadelphia PA. (TWA, 1998)

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Dennis Tufano musician: guitar, singer: group: The Buckinghams, is born.

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Pete Agnew musician: bass, singer: group: Nazareth: Love Hurts, is born.

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John Coghlan musician: drums: group: Status Quo:, is born.

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Helen Shapiro singer, is born.

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Sylvia Peterson singer: group: The Chiffons, is born.

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Millie Small (Smith) singer: My Boy Lollipop; known as �The Blue Beat Girl� in her native Jamaica, is born.

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Aleksandr Gorshlov ice dancer (holds 6 titles), is born.

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Ben Vereen, Miami Fla, actor/dancer (Pippin, Roots, Webster), is born.

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John Prine singer, songwriter, is born.

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Daryl Hall, American singer, is born in Pottstown PA.

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Lacy J Dalton country singer (Blue Eyed Blues), is born.

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Justin Hayward guitarist, singer: group: The Moody Blues: Go Now!, Nights In White Satin, Tuesday Afternoon, Question, Your Wildest Dreams; solo: Forever Autumn, LP: Songwriter, Moving Mountains, Other Side of Life, Sur la Mer, is born.

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Richard Carpenter New Haven Ct, vocalist (Carpenters-Close to You), is born.

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Jim Tucker musician: guitar: group: The Turtles [until 1965], is born.

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Lee Loughnane musician: brass: group: Chicago: If You Leave Me Now, Hard to Say I�m Sorry, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?, is born.

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Jerry Edmonton musician: drums: group: Steppenwolf: Born to be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me; duo: Manbeast; is born.

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Keith Hopwood singer, musician: guitar: group: Herman�s Hermits, is born.

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Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer, is born.

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Peter Green musician: guitar: group: Fleetwood Mac: Man of the World; solo: LP: The End of the Game, is born.

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Giuseppe Sinopoli Venice Italy, conductor (Sunnyata), is born.

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Gram Parsons (Cecil Ingram Connors) singer: group: The Byrds: LP: Sweetheart of the Rodeo; The Flying Burrito Brothers: LP: The Gilded Palace of Sin, Burrito Deluxe; songwriter: She, How Much I�ve Lied, The New Soft Shoe, Grievous Angel, Hickory Wind, Las Vegas, In My Hour of Darkness; is born.

Ref: 4

Roy Wood (Ulysses Adrian Wood) musician, singer, songwriter: formed Electric Light Orchestra: 10538 Overture; group: Wizzard: See My Baby Jive, Angel Fingers, Dear Elaine, Forever, is born.

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Chris Dreja musician: guitar: group: Yardbirds, is born.

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Manuel de Falla, composer, dies in Alta Garcia, Argentina. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Janet Lennon Culver City CA, singer (Lennon Sisters), is born.

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Martin Barre musician: guitar: Jethro Tull, is born.

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Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), is born.

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(Howard) Duane Allman musician: lead guitar: group: Allman Brothers Band; is born.

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Ray Stiles musician: bass, singer: group: Mud: The Cat Crept In, Crazy, Myna-Mite, L-L-Lucy, Lean on Me, Lonely This Christmas, Moonshine Sally, Oh Boy, Rocket, The Secrets That You Keep, Shake It Down, Show Me You're a Woman, Tiger Feet; The Hollies, is born.

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Aston Barrett �Family Man�: musician: bass: group: Bob Marley & The Wailers, is born.

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Lee Michaels singer: Do You Know What I Mean, is born.

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Kim Gardner England, rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), is born.

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Gilbert O�Sullivan (Raymond Edward O�Sullivan) singer: Alone Again [Naturally], Clare, Get Down, What�s in a Kiss?; LP: Back to Front, is born.

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Andy Kim [Andrew Joachim] rocker, is born.

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Jos� Carreras, Barcelona Spain, opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors), is born.

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Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg composer, dies at 63.

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Graham Knight rocker (Marmalade), is born.

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Walter "Clyde" Orange Florida, rocker (Commodores-Too Hot to Trot), is born.

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Christopher �Ace� Kefford musician: bass: group: The Move: Night of Fear, I Can Hear the Grass Grow, Flowers in the Rain, Fire Brigade, Blackberry Way, is born.

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Clive Bunker musician: drums: group: Jethro Tull, is born

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Pop singer Joyce Vincent-Wilson (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is born in Detroit MI.

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Pat McCauley musician: keyboards: group: Them

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Jackie McCauley North Ireland, rock pianist (Them Coleraine), is born.

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Harry Ray, Hackensack NJ, rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown), is born.

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Carmine Appice composer, drummer: groups: Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, KGB, King Kobra; co-wrote [w/Rod Stewart]: Da Ya Think I�m Sexy, is born.

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Gordon Frederic Norton composer, dies at 77.

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Benny Andersson Stockholm Sweden, singer (ABBA-Money! Money! Money!, Dancing Queen), is born.

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Marianne Faithfull Hampstead England, singer (Money, As Tears Go By), is born.

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Patti Smith singer/songwriter, is born.

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Christopher Keene Berkeley CA, conductor (La Traviata), is born.

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Carl Dean Wilson, musician: guitar, group: The Beach Boys: I Get Around, Help Me Rhonda, Good Vibrations, California Girls, Surfin� USA, Little Deuce Coupe, Surfer Girl, Be True to Your School; brother of Brian and Dennis; original group: Carl and the Passions; is born in Hawthorne CA.

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Rick Nielsen musician: guitar, singer: group: Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me, Ain�t That a Shame, Dream Police, Voices, is born in Rockford IL.

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John Akkerman Dutch guitarist/composer (Focus-Can't Stand Noise), is born.

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Jimmy Buffett songwriter, singer: Margaritaville, Come Monday, Changes in Latitudes Changes in Attitudes; main �Parrot Head�, is born in Mobile AL.

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Gordon Edwards rocker, is born.

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Edgar Winter musician: keyboards, saxophone, singer: group: Edgar Winter�s White Trash: Hangin� Around, Frankenstein, Free Ride, LP: They Only Come Out at Night, is born in Beaumont TX.

Ref: 68

Carrie Jacobs Bond American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85.

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Marianne Faithfull Hampstead England, vocalist (Money), is born.

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Patti Smith songwriter, singer: Career of Evil, Piss Factory, Because the Night; playwright: Cowboy Mouth, is born.

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Charles Wakefield Cadman composer, dies at 65.

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Patti Smith Chicago IL, singer (Radio Ethiopia), is born.

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Gary "BB" Coleman blues vocal/guitarist/producer, is born.

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David Porcelijn, Dutch composer/conductor, is born.

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David Bowie (Jones) singer: Space Oddity, Fame, Changes, Ziggy Stardust, Peace on Earth-Little Drummer Boy [w/Bing Crosby]; actor: The Man Who Fell to Earth, Just a Gigolo, The Last Temptation of Christ, is born in London England.

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Terry Sylvester musician: Groups: Swinging Blue Jeans: Hippy Hippy Shake, Hollies: He Ain�t Heavy He�s My Brother, Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress, The Air That I Breathe, is born.

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John Lees England, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man), is born.

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Pete Waterman rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block), is born.

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Ulysses Dove dancer/choreographer, is born.

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George Grantham drummer: group: Poco: Crazy Eyes, A Good Feelin� to Know

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Malcolm McLaren founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen), is born.

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Jimmy Ibbotson Penn, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), is born.

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Warren Zevon Chicago IL, rocker (Excitable Boy), is born.

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Nedra Telley New York City NY, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby), is born.

Ref: 5

Reynaldo Hahn composer, dies at 72.

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David Byron singer: groups: Uriah Heep: Gypsy, Salisbury, July Morning, Easy Livin�; Stalkers and Spice, is born.

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Steve Marriott singer, songwriter, musician: guitar: groups: The Small Faces: Watcha Gonna Do, Hey Girl, All or Nothing, My Mind�s Eye, Swinging London, Itchycoo Park, Tin Soldier, Lazy Sunday, Moments, Humble Pie, Packet of Three; child actor: Oliver!; is born.

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Martin Christoph Redel composer, is born.

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Jim Nollman composer, is born.

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Derek Shulman rocker, is born.

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Peter Lucia musician: drums: group: Tommy James and The Shondells: I Think We�re Alone Now, Mirage, Mony Mony, Crimson and Clover, Sweet Cherry Wine, Crystal Blue Persuasion, is born.

Ref: 4

Melanie [Safka], Astoria, singer/songwriter (Candles in the Rain), is born.

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Chose Alberts [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years), is born.

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Dave Davies London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola), is born.

Ref: 5

Koos Alberts [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Many More Years to Come), is born.

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Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74.

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Claude King singer, is born.

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Allen Jones musician: saxophone: group: Amen Corner

Ref: 4

Luigi Russolo composer, dies at 61.

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Ernest Samuel Williams composer, dies at 65.

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Joe Ely Amarillo TX, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade), is born.

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Major Harris US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait), is born.

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Guus Willemse Dutch bassist/singer (Solution), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Butler rock bassist (Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland), is born.

Ref: 5

John Adams Worcester MA, composer (Nixon on China), is born.

Ref: 5

David Brown musician: bass: group: Santana: Soul Sacrifice, Samba Pa Ti, Black Magic Woman, Evil Ways, Oye Como Va, is born.

Ref: 4

Ben Cramer Dutch vocalist (Clown), is born.

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Dennis DeYoung musician: keyboard, singer: group: Styx: Lady, Sweet Madame Blue, Come Sail Away, Babe, The Best of Times; solo: Desert Moon, is born in Chicago IL.

Ref: 4

Lonnie Turner bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra), is born.

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Rupert Holmes, musician, songwriter: over 300 songs & jingles;, singer: Escape [The Pina Colada Song], Him, Answering Machine; arranger, producer: Barbra Streisand, is born in Tenafly NJ.

Ref: 4

Sandi Shaw [Sandra Goodrich], Dagenham Essex England, rocker (Always Something There To Remind Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Gidon Kremer Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970), is born.

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Dave Mount Carshalton Surrey England, rocker (Mud), is born.

Ref: 5

Alfredo Casella Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Kiki Dee Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart), is born.

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Ludwig Weber composer, dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Donna Loren Boston MA, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo), is born.

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Carole Bayer Sager, singer, songwriter: That�s What Friends are For; w/Tony Wein: Groovy Kind of Love; w/Albert Hammond: When I Need You; w/Bruce Roberts: You�re the Only One; w/Marvin Hamlisch: Break It to Me Gently, Looking Through the Eyes of Love, Nobody Does It Better, is born.

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Mike Allsup musician: guitar: group: Three Dog Night: Try a Little Tenderness, Easy to be Hard, Eli�s Coming, Mama Told Me [Not to Come], Joy to the World, Black & White, Shambala, is born in Modesto CA.

Ref: 4

Tom Scholz musician: guitar, keyboards, singer: group: Boston: More than a Feeling, Long Time, Peace of Mind, Don�t Look Back, Man I�ll Never Be, Amanda, is born.

Ref: 4

Blue (Derek) Weaver musician: keyboards: group: Amen Corner: Gin House Blues, Bend Me Shape Me, [If Paradise Is] Half As Nice, Natural Sinner; Bee Gees, Strawbs, is born.

Ref: 4

Mark Stein Bayonne NJ, rocker (Vanilla Fudge-You Keep Me Hanging On), is born.

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Victor Hely-Hutchinson composer, dies at 45.

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Lesley Collier British ballet dancer, is born.

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Jimmy O'Rourke rocker, is born.

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Stomu Yamash'ta composer, is born.

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Ry (Ryland) Cooder musician: guitar: Sister Morphine, Ditty Wah Ditty [w/Earl Hines]; composer: Mama Don�t Treat Your Daughter Mean, UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto, I�m Drinking Again, Hard Workin� Man, is born in Los Angeles CA.

Ref: 4

Ian Gomm rock guitarist, is born.

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Barry Wilson England, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale), is born.

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Robert Harrison rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale), is born.

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B.J. (Barrie James) Wilson musician: drummer: group: Procol Harum: Whiter Shade of Pale; is born.

Ref: 4

Willem F J Pijper Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Carl Palmer drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer), is born.

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Harry Vanda [Vandenberg] Hague Netherlands, rock guitarist (Easybeats), is born.

Ref: 5

Patrick Olive percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Kellie rock drummer (Spooky Tooth-It's All About), is born.

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Paul McCandless rocker (Torches on the Lake), is born.

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Harry Vanda musician: guitar: group: The Easybeats: She�s So Fine, Wedding Ring, Sad and Lonely and Blue, Woman, Come and See Her, Friday on My Mind, Hello How are You, Good Times, is born.

Ref: 4

Elton John [Reginald Kenneth Dwight] Pinner Middlesex England, singer (Rocketman, Your Song, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road), is born.

Ref: 5

Carmen Krolis Suriname/Netherlands singer, is born.

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Barry Miles musician: drums, keyboards: group: Silverlight; Roberta Flack�s musical director, is born.

Ref: 4

Rudolph Hermann Simonsen composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Bobby Kimball [Robert Toteaux] Vinton LA, rocker (Toto-Roseanna. Africa), is born.

Ref: 5

Al Goodman rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown), is born.

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Jon-Jon Poulos Chicago IL, rocker (Buckinghams), is born.

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Larry Coryell jazz guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Emmylou Harris singer: Grammy Award-winning singer: Elite Hotel [1976], Blue Kentucky Girl [1978], That Lovin� You Feeling Again [w/Roy Orbison 1980], Trio [1987], At the Ryman [w/the Nash Ramblers - 1992], Wrecking Ball [1996]; Mr. Sandman, The Last Waltz, Pledging My Love, In My Dreams, Amarillo, �Till I Gain Control Again, is born in Birmingham AL.

Ref: 68

Salvatore Sciarrino composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Connor Romford Essex England, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing), is born.

Ref: 5

Vaclav Kapral composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Patricia Bennett singer: The Chiffons: Tonight�s the Night, He�s So Fine, One Fine Day, A Love So Fine, I Have a Boyfriend, Sweet Talkin� Guy, is born.

Ref: 4

Steve Howe, musician: guitar, singer: groups: Asia: Heat of the Moment, Only Time Will Tell; Bodast; Yes: Roundabouts; Tomorrow: My White Bicycle, Real Life Permanent Dream, Auntie Mary�s Dress Shop, An Excerpt from a Teenage Opera, Sam, is born in London England.

Ref: 4

Peter Banks England, guitarist (Yes), is born.

Ref: 5

Konrad Friedrich Noetel composer, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Bunny Livingston Wailer (Neville O�Riley) musician: percussion, singer, songwriter: group: Bob Marley and the Wailers: Simmer Down, Rude Boy; solo: LPs: Blackheart Man, Protest, Sings the Wailers, is born.

Ref: 4

Karl Russell rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Michael DeBello singer (Maniac), is born.

Ref: 5

Wooly Wolstenholme keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest), is born.

Ref: 5

Bojoura [Raina GB van Melzen] Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver, is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Chapman Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman), is born.

Ref: 5

Wolstenholme rocker, dies.

Ref: 5

Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Volman musician: saxophone, singer: groups: Nightriders, Crossfires, The Turtles: It Ain�t Me Babe, Let Me Be, You Baby, Happy Together, She�d Rather be with Me, Elenore, You Showed Me; duo: Phlorescent Leech and Eddie aka Flo and Eddie: LP: Rock Steady with Flo and Eddie, is born.

Ref: 4

Iggy Pop [James Newell Osterberg] Ypsilanti MI, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse), is born.

Ref: 5

Alan Warner rocker (Foundations), is born.

Ref: 5

John Weider musician: bass: group: Family: No Mule�s Fool, Weaver�s Answer, In My Own Time, Burlesque, LPs: Fearless, Bandstand, is born.

Ref: 4

Barry Guy composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Saskia [Trudy van den Berg] singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel), is born.

Ref: 5

Glenn Cornick rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick), is born.

Ref: 5

Hubert Ann Kelly US singer (Hues Corporation/Rock the boat), is born.

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Bill Fontana composer, is born.

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Dave Peel punk rocker: group: The Lower East Side: LP: The Pope Smokes Dope, is born.

Ref: 4

Ann Peebles St Louis MO, soul singer (I Can't Stand the Rain), is born.

Ref: 5

Pete Ham Swansea South Wales, rock guitarist/pianist/vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It), is born.

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Herbie Murrell US singer (Stylistics-You are My Everything), is born.

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Peter Gena composer, is born.

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Steve Khan jazz musician (Christmas Waltz), is born.

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Tommy James singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver), is born.

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Carlos Ward rocker (B T Express), is born.

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Dennis Cowan London, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Louise Homer opera singer: contralto: NY Metropolitan Opera House [1900-1919]; dies.

Ref: 4

Felicity Lott English soprano (We come to the river), is born.

Ref: 5

Phil Sawyer rocker (Spencer Davis Group), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Zehringer Celina OH, rocker (McCoys), is born.

Ref: 5

Jay (John) Ferguson singer: group: Spirit: I Got a Line on You, Nature�s Way; group: Jo Jo Gunne, is born.

Ref: 4

Dave Mason Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree), is born.

Ref: 5

Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks drummer (Allman Brothers), is born.

Ref: 5

Else JT Rangstr�m Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies at 62.

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Overend Pete Watts rock bassist (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes), is born.

Ref: 5

Al Ciner Chicago IL, rock guitarist (American Breed), is born.

Ref: 5

Graham Goble Adelaide Australia, rock guitarist (Little River Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Barbara Lee (Jones) singer (with the Chiffons), is born. Credits: He's So Fine, One Fine Day, Sweet Talkin' Guy, is born.

Ref: 4

Darrel Sweet musician: drums, singer: group: Nazareth: LPs: Love Hurts, Snaz; is born.

Ref: 4

Jerry Hyman Brooklyn NY, rock singer/trombonist (Blood Sweat & Tears), is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Champlin Oakland CA, rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Reid, Altoona PA, country singer (Walk on Faith), is born.

Ref: 5

Jessi Colter [Miriam Johnson] Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa), is born.

Ref: 5

Mitch Margo Brooklyn NY, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight), is born.

Ref: 5

Liana Alexandra composer, is born.

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Sidney Hugo Nicholson composer, dies at 72.

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William H Campbell Jr rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Henri G Casadesus Fr altviolist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Ron Wood rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones [after 1975]), is born.

Ref: 5

Laurie (Laura) Anderson (singer: O Superman, Language is a Virus from Outer Space, LPs: Big Science, Mr. Heartbreak, United States, Home of the Brave), is born.

Ref: 4

Mick Box musician: guitar, songwriter: group: Uriah Heep: Gypsy, Salisbury, July Morning, Easy Livin�, is born.

Ref: 4

Mitch Mitchell drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze), is born.

Ref: 5

John Clifford choreographer: New York City Ballet, Artistic Director of LA Ballet, ballet master/repetiteur for George Balanchine Trust, is born.

Ref: 4

Don Henley drummer/singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer), is born.

Ref: 5

Howard Kaylan rocker (The Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor), is born.

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Arlo Guthrie folk singer: The City of New Orleans, Alice�s Restaurant; son of legendary folk singer, Woody Guthrie, is born.

Ref: 4

Jeff Hanna rock vocalist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Mr Bojangles), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmie Lunceford, American jazz band leader, dies at age 45.

Ref: 70

Bernie Leadon guitarist/vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy), is born.

Ref: 5

Brian May guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions), is born.

Ref: 5

Gerard Schwarz Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch), is born.

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Carlos Santana Mexico, musician (Santana-Black Magic Woman), is born.

Ref: 5

Don Henley drummer (Eagles-Desparado), is born.

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David Essex (Cook) singer: Rock On, Lamplight, I�m Gonna Make You a Star; actor: Godspell, Evita, That�ll be the Day, is born.

Ref: 4

Peter Serkin NYC, pianist (Tashi), is born.

Ref: 68

Marc Bolan (Feld) singer: group: T. Rex: Bang a Gong; is born.

Ref: 4

Karl Green musician: guitar, harmonica: group: Herman�s Hermits: I�m into Something Good, Mrs. Brown You�ve Got a Lovely Daughter, I�m Henry VIII, I Am, Listen People, A Must to Avoid, Leaning on the Lamp Post, is born.

Ref: 4

Rick Anderson musician: bass: group: The Tubes, is born.

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Rick Coonce singer, drummer: group: The Grass Roots: Let�s Live for Today, Midnight Confessions, is born.

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Rick Derringer rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan's theme), is born in Union City IL.

Ref: 68

Rock singer-musician Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is born.

Ref: 68

Jeff Hanna singer/guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Gerald Velez congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Talley musician: guitar: groups: Big Star, The Box Tops: The Letter, Neon Rainbow, Cry like a Baby, Choo-Choo Train, I Met Her in Church, Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March, Soul Deep, is born.

Ref: 4

Jim Pankow trombonist, song writer; group: Chicago: Make Me Smile, Colour My World, is born.

Ref: 4

Carl Giammarese musician: guitar: The Buckinghams: Kind of a Drag, A&E: Biography, is born.

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Rex Allen Jr Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road), is born.

Ref: 5

Roger Waters singer (Pink Floyd), is born.

Ref: 5

Freddy Weller musician: guitar: Paul Revere and The Raiders [1969]; solo: Games People Play; songwriter: Dizzy, is born.

Ref: 4

Jon �Bowzer� Bauman singer: group: Sha Na Na: LP: Rock & Roll is Here to Stay!; is born in Queens NY.

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Lol Cr�me musician: guitar, singer: groups: 10cc, is born.

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Don Felder musician: guitar, singer: group: The Eagles: One of These Nights, Lyin' Eyes, Best of My Love, New Kid in Town; solo: LP: Airborne, is born.

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Lynn Anderson ND, country singer (I Never Promised you a Rose Garden), is born.

Ref: 5

Marc Bolan London England, rocker (T-Rex-Bang a Gong), is born.

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Lindsey Buckingham rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk), is born.

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Jim Fielder musician: bass: groups: Buffalo Springfield; Mothers of Invention; Blood, Sweat & Tears: Spinning Wheel, You�ve Made Me So Very Happy, And When I Die, is born.

Ref: 4

Tony Wilson musician: bass, singer: group: Hot Chocolate, is born.

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Sammy Hagar singer, musician: group: Van Halen, is born.

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Bob Weir guitarist (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Laura Nyro Bronx, singer/songwriter (Eli's Coming, Stoney End), is born.

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Greg Ridley musician [bass], singer: groups: Dino of Dino and The Danubes; The Dakotas; The Ramrods; VIPs, is born.

Ref: 4

Timothy B. Schmit musician: bass guitar, singer: group: Poco: Crazy Love, Heart of the Night; Eagles: Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, Heartache Tonight, The Long Run, I Can�t Tell You Why, is born.

Ref: 4

Russ Ballard singer, songwriter: musician: guitar: group: Argent: Hold Your Head Up; Roulettes, Unit 4+2, is born.

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Mike Smith musician: saxophone: groups: Judas Jump; Amen Corner: Gin House Blues, Bend Me Shape Me, [If Paradise Is] Half as Nice, is born.

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Peter Noone (Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone) musician [guitar, piano], singer: Herman of Herman�s Hermits: Mrs. Brown, You�ve Got a Lovely Daughter, I�m Henry VIII, I Am; solo: Oh You Pretty Thing; actor: The Pirates of Penzance, is born.

Ref: 4

George Young musician: guitar: group: The Easybeats: She�s So Fine, Wedding Ring, Sad and Lonely and Blue, Woman, Come and See Her, Friday on My Mind, Hello How are You, Good Times; AC/DC, is born.

Ref: 4

Minnie Ripperton Chicago, singer (Loving You), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Loggins singer: Please Come to Boston; cousin of singer Kenny Loggins, is born.

Ref: 4

Pat Daugherty musician: bass: group: Black Oak Arkansas: Jim Dandy to the Rescue, Memories at the Window, is born.

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Joe Walsh musician: guitar, singer: groups: James Gang; The Eagles: Hotel California, New Kid in Town, In the Fast Lane, Heartache Tonight; solo: Life?s Been Good, A Life of Illusion, All Night Long, is born in Wichita KS.

Ref: 5

Nedra Telley New York City NY, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby), is born.

Ref: 5

Jim Messina musician: duo: Loggins and Messina: Your Mama Don�t Dance, Danny�s Song, Thinking of You, My Music; groups: Buffalo Springfield, Poco; solo: LPs: Oasis, Messina, is born.

Ref: 4

Miroslav Vitous rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Walter �Clyde� Orange musician: drums, singer: group: The Commodores: Machine Gun, Just to Be Close to You, Sweet Love, Easy, Sail On, Three Times a Lady, Still, Nightshift, is born.

Ref: 4

Ralph Scala rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Christopher Parkening Los Angeles CA, guitarist (transcribed sacred music), is born.

Ref: 5

Simon Bates English DJ, is born.

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Janie Fricke South Whitley IN, country singer (It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy), is born.

Ref: 5

Gigliola Cinquetti Italian singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Criss[coula] Brooklyn NY, rocker (Kiss-Beth), is born in New York City.

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Peter Criss rocker (Kiss-Beth), is born.

Ref: 5

Dick [Richard] Diamonde [Van Der Sluys] Hilversum Holland, rock bassist (Easybeats-Friday on My Mind), is born.

Ref: 5

Cozy Powell England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP), is born.

Ref: 5

Jeff Lynne singer, guitar: group: The Electric Light Orchestra: Livin� Thing, Telephone Line, Evil Woman, Hold on Tight, Calling America; songwriter: Mr. Blue Sky, Last Train to London, is born.

Ref: 4

Burton Cummings rock guitarist (Guess Who-These Eyes), is born.

Ref: 5

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Hermann K J Zilcher German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66.

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Willem Louis Frederic Landre composer, dies at 73.

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Larry McNeeley Lafayette IN, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour), is born.

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Thom Mooney rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Kaz Lux Poland/Netherlands, singer, is born.

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Kenny Loggins, Everett WA, singer (Loggins & Messina-This is it, Footloose), is born.

Ref: 5

Mel Pritchard rocker, is born.

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Paul King rocker (Blue Oyster Cult), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Tauber Austria/British tenor/composer (L�har), dies at 55.

Ref: 5

William Cowsill Newport RI, rock guitarist/vocals (Cowsills-We Can Fly), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul King rocker (Blue Oyster Cult), is born.

Ref: 5

Cyril Neville US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon), is born.

Ref: 5

Donald Fagen Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg), is born.

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T Bone' Burnett rocker, is born.

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Tim Harris rocker (Foundations), is born.

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T-Bone Burnett musician/producer, is born.

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Ronnie Van Zant rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), is born.

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Mick Taylor rock bassist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar), is born.

Ref: 5

Harvey Hinsley musician: guitar: groups: Outlaws, Cliff Bennett�s Rebel Rousers, Hot Chocolate: Emma, Disco Queen, You Sexy Thing, So You Win Again, I�ll Put You Back Together Again, Every 1�s a Winner, Girl Crazy, Chances, is born.

Ref: 4

Melvyn John Pritchard England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest), is born.

Ref: 5

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Anita Pointer Oakland, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy), is born.

Ref: 5

Corky Laing rocker (Mountain), is born.

Ref: 5

Ignaz Friedman composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Chuck Larsen rocker (Snuff), is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Kirchen singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen), is born.

Ref: 5

Felice Taylor R&B singer (I Feel Love Comin' On), is born.

Ref: 5

Alan McKay rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony DeMeur rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge), is born.

Ref: 5

Alice Cooper [Vincent Furnier], Detroit MI, rocker (School's Out), is born.

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David Denny rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra), is born.

Ref: 5

Nigel Tufnel rocker (Spinal Tap), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Greenspoon Los Angeles CA, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), is born.

Ref: 5

"Red" McKenzie blues-jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies.

Ref: 5

Dan Seals McCamey TX, vocalist (England Dan & John Ford Coley-I'd Really Love to See You Tonight, Nights Are Forever Without You, Meet Me in Montana), is born.

Ref: 5

William Cowsill Newport RI, rock guitarist/vocals (Cowsills-We Can Fly), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul King rocker (Blue Oyster Cult)

Ref: 5

Conrad Cummings composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joe Schermie musician: bass: group: Three Dog Night: One, Easy to be Hard, Eli�s Cooming, Mama Told Me [Not to Come], Joy to the World, Black & White, Shambala, is born.

Ref: 4

Wally Tax Dutch guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Keith Knudsen musician: drums, singer: group: The Doobie Brothers: What a Fool Believes, Real Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Tony Iommi rock guitarist (Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Iron Man), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Andes Philadelphia PA, rock bassist (Spirit, Heart, Fireball), is born.

Ref: 5

Barry Wordsworth conductor, is born.

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Billy Zoom musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Frederick Archibald Lamond composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Eddie Gray rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion), is born.

Ref: 5

Norman Connors singer (You Are My Starship), is born.

Ref: 5

Larry Carlton rock composer (Against All Odds, Who's the Boss), is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Gibbons rock guitarist (ZZ Top-Cheap Sunglasses, Legs, Fandango), is born.

Ref: 5

Chris Squire London, rock bassist (Yes-Fish Out of Water), is born.

Ref: 5

Shakin' Stevens [Mike Barrett], Ely Wales, rocker (You Drive Me Crazy), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddy Grant, Guyana, reggae performer (Electric Avenue), is born.

Ref: 5

Jacques Kloes singer (Dizzy Man's Band), is born.

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[Little] Peggy March [Margaret Battavio] Lansdale PA, vocalist (I Will Follow Him), is born.

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Ralph Ellis Liverpool England, rhythm guitarist (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good), is born.

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Country musician Jimmy Fadden (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is born.

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Jeffrey Osborne Providence RI, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love), is born.

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Jimmie Fadden singer, musician: harmonica, guitar: group: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Mr. Bojangles, An American Dream, Make a Little Magic, Modern Day Romance, Long Hard Road [The Sharecropper�s Dream], is born in Long Beach CA.

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Eddie Grundy rocker, is born.

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George Kooymans The Hague Netherlands, guitarist/singer (Golden Earring-Radar Love, Twilight Zone), is born.

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James Taylor singer: You�ve Got a Friend, Handy Man, Fire & Rain, How Sweet It Is [To Be Loved By You]; formerly married to Carly Simon, is born in Boston MA.

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Dana Walden rock keyboardist (Champaign), is born.

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Les Holroyd Oldham England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest), is born.

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Michael Bruce rocker/actor (Rudy-Rainbow Drive), is born.

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Fran Byrne rocker, is born.

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Pat Lloyd rocker, is born.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber London England, composer (Evita, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar), is born.

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Randy Hobbs rocker (Johnny Winter Band, McCoys), is born.

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Randy Hobbs musician: bass: group: The McCoys: Hang on Sloopy

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Michael Stanley Cleveland OH, rocker (Michael Stanley Band), is born.

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Kyung-Wha Chung Seoul Korea, violinist (Chung Sisters), is born.

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Steven Tyler (Tallarico), New York NY, rock vocalist (Dream On, Walk This Way, Aerosmith-Janie's Got a Gun), is born.

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Richard Tandy musician: bass: group: Electric Light Orchestra, is born.

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Karel Candael Flemish composer, dies at 64.

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John Evans [Evan] rock drummer (Jethro Tull, Blades-A Song for Jeffrey), is born.

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Dave Ball rocker (Procul Harum), is born.

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Jim Dandy Mangrum vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy), is born.

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Thijs van Leer Dutch singer/flutist (Focus, Introspection), is born.

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Mick Ralphs Hereford & Worcester England, guitarist (Bad Company, Mott the Hoople), is born.

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Jimmy Cliff Reggae singer, is born.

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Simon Crowe rock drummer (Boomtown Rats-Maxinguaye), is born.

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Kerry Minnear rocker (Gentle Giant), is born.

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Garrick Ohlsson Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969), is born.

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Berry Oakley rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man), is born.

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Gail Davies Broken Bow OK, country singer (Blue Heartache), is born.

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Pick Withers rocker (Dire Straits), is born.

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Chico Ryan rocker (Sha Na Na), is born.

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Kathleen Battle US soprano (Tannh�user), is born.

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Peter Swevel rocker, is born.

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Larry Ferguson musician: keyboards: group: Hot Chocolate: Emma, Disco Queen, You Sexy Thing, So You Win Again, I�ll Put You Back Together Again, Every 1�s a Winner, Girl Crazy, Chances, is born.

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Ty Grimes rocker (Captain Beefheart Band Drums, is born.

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Jan Hammer composer (Escape from TV, Miami Vice), is born.

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Catherine Malfitano New York NY, soprano (Metropolitan Opera), is born.

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Craig Frost musician: keyboard: group: Grand Funk: We�re an American Band, The Loco-Motion, Some Kind of Wonderful, Bad Time, is born.

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Joe Bonner jazz pianist, composer

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Paul Davis Meridian MI, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy), is born.

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Carlos Lopez Buchardo composer, dies at 66.

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Joseph Wihtol composer, dies at 84.

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Manuel Marua Ponce Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65.

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Kate Pierson Weehawken NJ, vocals/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack), is born.

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Wayne Kramer jazz artist (Dangerous Madness), is born.

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James Wise US soul singer (Archie Bell & the Drells), is born.

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Larry Gatlin Seminole TX, country singer (Gatlin Brothers-Broken Lady), is born.

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Bill Ward Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath), is born.

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Frank Esier-Smith rocker, is born.

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Lolita [Abr�zame] Spanish singer (Esp�rame), is born.

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-Singer Peggy March is born.

Ref: 6

Peter Wingfield Wales, rocker/actor (Methos-Highlander), is born.

Ref: 5

Alfred Holy composer, dies at 81.

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Steve Winwood Birmingham England, singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist (Higher Love, Roll With It), is born.

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Isidor Achron composer, dies at 55.

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Brian Eno (Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno) musician: synthesizer: Roxy Music [cofounder]; record producer: Seven Deadly Finns; songwriter [w/David Bowie]: Once in a Lifetime, is born.

Ref: 4

Bill Bruford Sevenoaks Kent England, drummer (Yes, King Crimson, Genesis), is born.

Ref: 5

Country singer Joe Bonsall (The Oak Ridge Boys) is born.

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Joe Bonsall Philadelphia PA, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira), is born.

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Grace Jones [Mendoza] Spanishtown Jamaica, singer/actress (Vamp), is born.

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Tom Scott Los Angeles CA, saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show), is born.

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Leo [Gerard] Sayer Shoreham-on-Sea England, singer (When I Need You), is born.

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Leo Sayer, Britsh singer, is born in Shoreham, England.

Ref: 68

Alfred Kastner composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Klaus Meine Hanover Germany, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You), is born.

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Stevie [Stephanie Lynn] Nicks Phoenix AZ, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Bella Donna), is born.

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Pete Sears bassist (Jefferson Starship), is born.

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Ray Laidlaw British rock drummer (Jack the Lad), is born.

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Linda Esther Gray opera singer, is born.

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Michael Berkley composer/broadcaster, is born.

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John �Bonzo� Bonham musician: drums: group: Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant Song; is born.

Ref: 4

Jose Vianna da Motta composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Nathaniel Rosen Altadena Calif, cellist (Tchaikovsky Gold 1978), is born.

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Dennis Locorriere musician: guitar, singer: group: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: Sylvia�s Mother, Sexy Eyes, The Cover of "Rolling Stone", When You�re in Love with a Beautiful Woman, is born.

Ref: 4

Brian Eno rocker (Here Comes the Warm Jets), is born.

Ref: 5

Joey Molland musician: guitar, keyboards, singer: groups: Natural Gas, Badfinger: Day After Day, No Matter What, Baby Blue, is born.

Ref: 4

Leo Sayers rocker (You Make Me Feel Like Dancing), is born.

Ref: 5

Todd Rundgren rock singer (Hello it's Me, Bang on the Drum All Day), is born.

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Ian Paice musician: drums: groups: Paice Ashton Lord, Whitesnake, Deep Purple: Hush, Kentucky Woman, Hey Joe, We Can Work It Out, Help, Black Night, Strange Kind of Woman, Fireball, Smoke on the Water, is born.

Ref: 4

Paul Berrere rocker (Little Feat-Truck Stop Girl), is born.

Ref: 5

Jeremy Spencer musician: guitar: group: Fleetwood Mac: Black Magic Woman, Need Your Love So Bad, Albatross, Man of the World, The Green Manalishi [With the Two-Pronged Crown], is born.

Ref: 4

Raffi Cavoukian singer, songwriter: children�s songs: Everything Grows, is born.

Ref: 4

Walter Egan rocker (Not Shy, Fundamental Roll), is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Matola rock manager/CEO (CBS records), is born.

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Pinchas Zukerman Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967), is born.

Ref: 5

Ruben Blades, salsa singer/actor (Critical Condition, Last Fight), is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Glascock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.

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Keith Godchaux keyboardist (Grateful Dead), is born.

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Cat Stevens (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, Muslim name: Yusuf Islam) singer: Wild World, Moon Shadow, Peace Train, Oh Very Young, is born in London, England.

Ref: 68

Steve Goodman Chicago, singer/songwriter (Somebody Elses Trouble), is born.

Ref: 5

Patti Austin singer (The Real Me), is born in New York City. (TWA, 1998)

Ref: 95

Kathleen Battle, Portsmouth Ohio, soprano (Shephard-Tannh�user), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Plant rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven), is born.

Ref: 5

Jet Black rocker (Stranglers-Dreamtime), is born.

Ref: 5

Valerie Simpson Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner (Like a Rock), is born.

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Daniel Seraphine musician: drums: group: Chicago: If You Leave Me Now, Hard to Say I�m Sorry, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?, is born.

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Donald Brewer musician: drums, songwriter: groups: Silver Bullet Band, Flint, Grand Funk Railroad: We�re an American Band, Walk like a Man, Shinin� On, Some Kind of Wonderful, Bad Time, is born.

Ref: 4

Claydes (Charles) Smith musician: guitar: group: Kool & The Gang: Ladies Night, Celebration, I.B.M.C.; LPs: Wild and Peaceful, Kool Jazz, Light of Worlds, Spirit of the Boogie, Love & Understanding, Something Special, As One, In the Heart, Emergency, is born.

Ref: 4

Kenny Jones musician: drums: group: Small Faces, Faces: Stay with Me; group: The Who, is born.

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Chuck Panozzo musician: bass: group: Styx: Lady, Suite Madame Blue, Come Sail Away, Miss America, Castle Walls, Superstars, Renegade, Babe, The Best of Times, Too Much Time on My Hands, Mr. Roboto, is born.

Ref: 4

John Panozzo musician: drums: group: Styx: Lady, Suite Madame Blue, Come Sail Away, Miss America, Castle Walls, Superstars, Renegade, Babe, The Best of Times, Too Much Time on My Hands, Mr. Roboto; is born.

Ref: 4

Olivia Newton-John Cambridge England, singer (I Honestly Love You, Physical), is born.

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(year questionable) Meatloaf aka Marvin Lee Aday, Dallas, rocker (Bat Out of Hell), is born.

Ref: 5

Helen Shapiro London England, rocker (Straighten Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Farner Mich, guitar/vocalist (Grand Funk Railroad-Locomotion), is born.

Ref: 5

Ellen McIlwaine Nashville, blues singer (Honky Tonky Angel), is born.

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Johnny Ramone (Cummings) musician: guitar: group: The Ramones, is born.

Ref: 4

Dave Samuels vibraphonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.

Ref: 5

Jackson Browne Germany, rocker (Lawyers in Love), is born.

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Daryl Hall rocker/songwriter (Hall & Oates-Sara Smile), is born.

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Rick Parfitt singer, musician: guitar: group: Status Quo, is born.

Ref: 4

Lacy J. Dalton (Jill Byrem) songwriter, singer, is born.

Ref: 4

Leona Mitchell Enid Okla, soprano (Musetta-La Boh�me), is born.

Ref: 5

Marcia Barrett singer: group: Boney M: Daddy Cool, Brown Girl in the Ring, Rivers of Babylon, is born.

Ref: 4

Chris De Burgh (Christopher John Davidson) singer, songwriter: The Lady in Red, A Spaceman Came Travelling, Ship to Shore, Don�t Pay the Ferryman, High on Emotion, The Ecstacy of Flight [I Love the Night], Transmission Ends, is born.

Ref: 4

Glenn Tipton musician: guitar: group: Judas Priest, is born.

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Telma Hopkins singer: group: Dawn: Candida, Knock Three Times, Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree; actress: A New Kind of Family, Getting By, Family Matters, Bosom Buddies, Gimme a Break, Tony Orlando and Dawn, is born in Louisville KY.

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Rick Reynolds musician: guitar: group: Black Oak Arkansas: Memories at the Window, Jim Dandy to the Rescue, is born.

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Lulu (Marie Lawrie) singer: To Sir with Love, Boom Bang-A-Bang, Oh Me Oh My [I�m a Fool for You Baby], I Could Never Miss You, is born in Glasgow Scotland.

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Glenn Frey musician, songwriter, singer: group: The Eagles: Take It Easy, One of These Nights, Lyin� Eyes, Hotel California, New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane, Heartache Tonight; solo: Smuggler�s Blues; LP: No Fun Aloud, The Allnighter, The Heat is On, You Belong to the City, is born in Detroit MI.

Ref: 4

Joe Bouchard musician: bass, singer: group: Blue Oyster Cult: Don?t Fear the Reaper; LPs: Agents, Revolution by Night, is born.

Ref: 4

Alan Gratzer musician: drums: group: REO Speedwagon: Keep on Loving You, Take It on the Run, is born.

Ref: 4

Greg Lake musician: bass, singer: group: Emerson, Lake and Palmer: From the Beginning, Lucky Man; solo: I Believe in Father Christmas, is born.

Ref: 4

Errol Brown songwriter [w/Tony Wilson]: Think About Your Children, Bet Your Life I Do; singer: group: Hot Chocolate: Give Piece a Chance, Love is Life, I Believe in Love, Brother Louie, Cicero Park, Emma, Disco Queen, You Sexy Thing, So You Win Again, I'll Put You Back Together Again, Every 1's a Winner, Girl Crazy, Chances, is born.

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Musician Glenn Frey, is born. Ref

Lonnie (LeRoy) Jordan musician: keyboard, singer: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Can?t We Be Friends, Galaxy, The Music Band, is born.

Ref: 4

Chuck Larsen rocker (Snuff), is born.

Ref: 5

Beeb Birtles musician: guitar: group: The Little River Band: It�s a Long Way There, Help is on Its Way, Reminiscing, Lady, Lonesome Loser, Cool Change, The Night Owls, Take It Easy on Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Diane Kurys [Emir Kusturica] Sarajevo, bass guitarist, is born.

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Ozzy (John) Osbourne songwriter, singer: groups: Rare Breed, Black Sabbath: Paranoid; solo: Blizzard of Oz; dead bat-head biter, is born in England.

Ref: 4

Southside Johnny (Lyon) singer: group: Southside Johnny and The Asbury Dukes: I Don�t Wanna Go Home, The Fever, This Time It�s for Real, Hearts of Stone, is born in Neptune NJ.

Ref: 5

Jonathan King London, singer (Everyone's Gone to the Moon), is born.

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Marius Mueller-Westernhagen Duesseldorf Germany, rocker (Stinker), is born.

Ref: 5

Yoko Morishita prima ballerina (Baterina No Habataki), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Morris Fort Worth TX, singer/actor (Les Mis�rables, Colbys), is born.

Ref: 5

Godfrey Turner composer, dies at 35.

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Dennis Dunaway rocker, is born.

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Jessica Cleaves singer: group: Friends of Distinction, is born.

Ref: 4

Brendan Harkin rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Ralph Tavares rocker, is born.

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Ray Jackson rocker, is born.

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Jeff �Skunk� Baxter musician: guitarist: groups: Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers: What a Fool Believes

Ref: 4

Ted Nugent Detroit MI, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees), is born.

Ref: 5

Reginald Owen Morris composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Jim Bonfanti rocker (Raspberries-Go All the Way), is born.

Ref: 5

Jim Alexander rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Edgar Istel composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Bryan �Chas� Chandler musician: bass: group: Animals: House of the Rising Sun; manager: Jimi Hendrix, then Slade, is born.

Ref: 4

Little Stevie Wright (singer: group: The Easybeats: She�s So Fine, Wedding Ring, Sad and Lonely and Blue, Woman, Come and See Her, Friday on My Mind, Hello How are You, Good Times; solo LP: Hard Road), is born.

Ref: 4

Alan Parsons England, musician/producer/engineer (Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, Beatles), is born.

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Merry Clayton rocker, is born.

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Barbara Mandrell CMA Entertainer of the Year [1980, 1981], Female Vocalist of the Year [1979]; Standing Room Only, I Was Country When Country Wasn�t Cool, Sleeping Single in a Double Bed, If Loving You Is Wrong, is born in Houston TX.

Ref: 4

Larry Byrom rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World), is born.

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Donna Summer Boston MA, singer (Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio), is born.

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Tony Hamilton rocker (Aerosmith), is born.

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Chick Churchill Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home), is born.

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Chris Stein Brooklyn NY, rock guitarist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Call Me), is born.

Ref: 5

George �Funky� Brown musician: drums: group: Kool and The Gang: Ladies Night, Celebration, I.B.M.C., LPs: Wild and Peaceful, Kool Jazz, is born.

Ref: 4

Richard Horowitz composer, is born.

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John Christopher Parry rocker (Cure), is born.

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Marshall Chapman Spartanburg SC, country singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Amilcare Zanella composer, dies at 75.

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Tom Netherton Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.

Ref: 5

[Frederick] Dennis Greene rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon), is born.

Ref: 5

Joaqu�n Turina Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66.

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Robert Palmer, Batley England, rocker (Addicted to Love, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley), is born.

Ref: 5

James P Pennington rocker (Exile), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Perry musician: drums: group: Radio Stars; Journey: Who�s Crying Now, Open Arms; solo: Oh Sherrie, Don�t Fight It [w/Kenny Loggins], is born Hanford CA.

Ref: 4

Emil Axman composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Derek Holt rocker (Climax Blues Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Boris Asafiev composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist composer, dies at 62.

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Tommy Ramone (Erdelyi) musician: drums: group: The Ramones: Beat on the Brat, Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue, is born.

Ref: 4

William King musician: trumpet, keyboard: group: The Commodores: Just to be Close to You, Sweet Love, Easy, Sail On, Three Times a Lady, Still, Nightshift, is born in Alabama.

Ref: 4

Herbert Stothart composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Tom Tripplehorn rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring), is born.

Ref: 5

Jetty Weels Surinamese/Dutch vocalist (Mai Tai), is born.

Ref: 5

Ross Valory San Francisco CA, rock bassist (Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms), is born.

Ref: 5

Oscar Benton Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij), is born.

Ref: 5

Nigel Olsson rock guitarist/drummer (Elton John Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa composer, dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Alan Lancaster musician: bass: group: Status Quo: LPs: Picturesque Matchstickable, Piledriver, Hello, On the Level, Blue for You, is born.

Ref: 4

Franco Leoni composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Amilcare Zanella composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Nigel Olsson musician: drums: backup for Elton John, is born.

Ref: 4

Charlie Hargrett rock guitarist (Blackfoot), is born.

Ref: 5

Stanley Knight country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Randell rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Christopher Rouse composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fred Frith English guitarist/violinist/bassist (Skeleton Crew), is born.

Ref: 5

Edward Hardin New York NY, rocker (Spencer Davis Group), is born.

Ref: 5

Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Jerry Harrison Milwaukee WI, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads-And She Was), is born.

Ref: 5

Ernest Walker composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Larry Demps US R&B vocalist (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones), is born.

Ref: 5

Terry "Tex" Comer Burnley Lancashire England, bassist/guitarist (Ace-How Long), is born.

Ref: 5

Emma Kirkby British soprano, is born.

Ref: 5

Stanley Robert Marchant composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Sido Martens Dutch guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus), is born.

Ref: 5

Rory Gallagher Ballyshannon Ireland, rock guitarist (See Here)

Ref: 5

David Pritchard jazz/classical guitarist: group: Contraband: LP: Time and Space; solo: LPs: Lightyear, City Dreams, Air Patterns; author: Music for the Contemporary Guitarist, composer: Four Clockworks, is born.

Ref: 4

Donald York rocker (Sha Na Na), is born.

Ref: 5

Kalevi Aho composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Richard de Bois Dutch drummer/producer, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Lamonte de Grignon composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Mike Gibbins, musician: drums: group: Badfinger: Maybe Tomorrow, No Matter What, Day After Day, Feel like Makin� Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Bill Payne musician: keyboards: group: Little Feat: Willin�, LPs: The Last Record Album, Time Loves a Hero; songwriter w/wife Fran Tate, is born in Waco TX.

Ref: 4

Donny York singer: group: Sha Na Na.

Ref: 4

Elliott Murphy US singer/songwriter, is born.

Ref: 5

Starr Danias New York NY, ballerina (Turning Point), is born.

Ref: 5

Ric Ocasek (Richard Otcasek) musician: guitar, singer: group: The Cars: My Best Friend�s Girl, Just What I Needed, Let�s Go, You Might Think, Magic, Drive, Tonight She Comes; solo: LP: Beatitude, is born in Baltimore MD.

Ref: 4

Nick Lowe vocalist/producer (I Knew the Bride), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Lang Montr�al Canada, rock bassist (April Wine-Just Between You and Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Neil Jones musician (Bend Me Shape Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Nick Lowe Woodchurch Suffolk England, rocker (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind), is born.

Ref: 5

Fran Sheehan Boston MA, rock bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling), is born.

Ref: 5

Milan Williams, musician: keyboards, drums, trombone, guitar: group: Commodores: Machine Gun, Just to be Close to You, Sweet Love, Easy, Sail On, Three Times a Lady, Still, Nightshift, is born

Ref: 4

Grigoras Dinicu composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Michael Brecker jazz musician (The Brecker Brothers), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Gambaccini British disc jockey, is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Thompson vocalist/guitarist (Shoot out the Lights), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Keizer Dutch singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart), is born.

Ref: 5

Basil Harwood composer, dies at 89.

Ref: 5

Larry Lingle rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

John Oates songwriter, singer: group: Hall and Oates: She�s Gone, Sara Smile, Rich Girl, I Can�t Go for That, Private Eyes, Maneater, is born.

Ref: 4

Steve Gadd jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz), is born.

Ref: 5

Frank de Leeuw Dutch rock guitarist (Bob Color), is born.

Ref: 5

Dennis Bryon musician: drums: groups: Amen Corner; Bee Gees: Jive Talkin�, Fanny [Be Tender with My Love], How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, How Deep is Your Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Bill Spooner musician: guitar: group: The Tubes: LPs: Young and Rich, T.R.A.S.H., Love Bomb, is born.

Ref: 4

John Oates New York NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl), is born.

Ref: 5

Michal Israel, rocker (Sky with Stars), is born.

Ref: 5

John Miles vocal/guitar/keyboards (John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon), is born.

Ref: 5

Wilfrido [Radam�s] Vargas [Mart�nez] Altamira Puerto Plata Dominican Republic, Spanish singer (El Barbarazo�), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Brown (Lookofsky), New York NY, keyboardist/songwriter (The Left Banke-Walk Away Renee), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Hall rocker (Wet Willie), is born.

Ref: 5

Francis Rossi musician: guitar, singer: group: Status Quo: LPs: Picturesque Matchstickable, Piledriver, Hello, On the Level, Blue for You, is born.

Ref: 4

Joey Phillips percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.

Ref: 5

Larry Wayne Gatlin, singer with The Gatlin Brothers, is born.

Ref: 17

Zal Cleminson rocker (Alex Harvey Band), is born.

Ref: 5

(Long Island) Billy Joel, Hicksville NY, singer/songwriter/piano player (Pianoman, Captain Jack, Bridge), is born. (TWA, 2003)

Ref: 95

Steve Winwood. British musician with Traffic, is born.

Ref: 17

John Glover conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

William Sputnik Spooner rock guitarist (Grateful Dead, Tubes), is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Bruford drummer: LPs: Feels Good to Me, One of a Kind, The Bruford Tapes, Gradually Going Tornado, Masterstrokes; [w/Patrick Moraz: Music for Piano and Drums, Flags; groups: Earthworks, Gong, Genesis, Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart; UK: Danger Money, Night after Night, is born.

Ref: 4

Bill Wallace rocker (Guess Who), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Wakeman rock keyboardist (Yes-Fish Out of Water), is born.

Ref: 5

Dusty Hill musician: bass, singer: group: ZZ Top, is born.

Ref: 4

Arno Hintjens Belgian singer (T C Matic), is born.

Ref: 5

Rosalind Plowright British soprano (Aida, Senta), is born.

Ref: 5

Hans Erich Pfitzner Russian/German composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

John Illsley rocker (Dire Straits), is born.

Ref: 5

Singer Hank Williams Jr. is born.

Ref: 4

Wendy O[rleans] Williams Rochester NY, punk rocker (Plasmatics), is born.

Ref: 5

Francis Rossi London England, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down, Picture of a Matchstick Man), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Brooker Essex England, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum), is born.

Ref: 5

Emanuel Ax Lvov Poland, pianist (Artur Rubinstein Comp -1974), is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Beard rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Lets, Fandango), is born.

Ref: 5

Alan White (musician: drummer: group: Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart; group: Plastic Ono Band), is born.

Ref: 4

Russ Hitchcock singer: group: Air Supply: The One that You Love, Love and other Bruises, is born.

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Rhythm-and-blues singer Lionel Richie is born. (TWA, 1988)

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Alan Osmond singer: group: The Osmonds/The Osmond Brothers, is born.

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John Illsley musician: bass: group: Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing, Romeo & Juliet, Tunnel of Love, Skateaway, Telegraph Road, Private Investigation, Money for Nothing, Walk of Life, The Man�s Too Strong, Goin� Home, Smooching, is born.

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(Andrew) Andy Scott musician: guitar: group: The Sweet: Funny Funny, Co-Co, Little Willy, Wig Wam Bam, Blockbuster, Hell Raiser, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage, Fox on the Run, is born.

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Singer Courtney Love is born. (XDG, p 4A, 7/9/2000)

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Ronnie James Dio (Padavona) singer, songwriter: groups: Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio: Mystery, Stars, LPs: Holy Diver, The Last in Line, Dream Evil, is born.

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John Wetton musician: bassist, singer: group: Asia: Heat of the Moment, Only Time Will Tell, is born.

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Mike Vale musician: bass: group: Tommy James and the Shondells: Say I Am [What I Am], I Think We're Alone Now, Mirage, Mony Mony, Crimson and Clover, Sweet Cherry Wine, Crystal Blue Persuasion, is born.

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Terence 'Geezer' Butler musician: bass: group: Black Sabbath: Paranoid, is born.

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Mick Tucker musician: drums: group: Sweet: Funny Funny, Co-Co, Little Willy, Wig Wam Bam, Blockbuster, Hell Raiser, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage, Fox on the Run; is born.

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Singer Harry Belafonte began recording for Capitol Records on this day. The first sessions included They Didn�t Believe Me and Close Your Eyes. A short time later, Capitol said Belafonte wasn�t �commercial enough,� so he signed with RCA Victor (for a very productive and commercial career).

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Roger Taylor rocker (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody), is born.

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Maureen McGovern Youngstown Oh, singer (Got to be a morning after), is born.

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Peter Doyle singer: group: The New Seekers: I�d like to Teach the World to Sing, Look What They�ve Done to My Song Ma, is born.

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Simon Kirke musician: drums: groups: Free: All Right Now; Bad Company: Can�t Get Enough, Ready for Love, Feel like Makin� Love, is born.

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B.B. (Morris) Dickerson musician: bass, singer: group: War, is born.

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Eric Carmen Cleveland, Ohio, rocker (All by Myself), is born.

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Mark Knopfler guitar/vocals (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing), is born.

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Cliff Fish (musician: bassist: group: Paper Lace: The Night Chicago Died)

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Sheralee Ft Lauderdale Fla, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)

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Rick Springfield Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl), is born.

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Gene Simmons Queens, NY, rocker (KISS-Beth), is born.

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Bob Cowsill singer: group: The Cowsills: The Rain, the Park and Other Things, is born.

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Jeff Cook singer, musician: guitar: group: Alabama: Love in the First Degree, Feels So Right, is born

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Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY.

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Hugh Cornwell rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime), is born.

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Gloria Gaynor Newark NJ, disco singer (I Will Survive), is born.

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Richard Strauss composer: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Don Quixote, Till Eulenspiegel; dies at age 85.

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Kerry Livgren musician: guitar, keyboards: group: Kansas, is born.

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David Coverdale rocker (Whitesnake-Here We Go Again), is born.

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Bruce Springsteen �The Boss�: singer: group: E-Street Band: Born in the U.S.A., Born to Run, Hungry Heart, Dancing in the Dark, Cover Me, I�m on Fire, Glory Days, My Hometown, War; songwriter: Blinded by the Light [Manfred Mann�s Earth Band], Fire [The Pointer Sisters]; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [3-15-99], is born.

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Richard Hell (Myers) musician: bass: groups: Television; Heartbreakers; Neon Boys:, is born.

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Lindsey Buckingham musician: guitar: group: Fleetwood Mac, is born.

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Brian Connolly singer: group: The Sweet: Little Willy, Funny Funny, Co-Co, Wig Wam Bam, Blockbuster, Jell Raiser, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage, Fox on the Run; is born.

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B.W. Stevenson singer: Shambala; songwriter: My Maria, is born.

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Bobby Farrell singer: group: Boney M: Daddy Cool, Brown Girl in the Ring, Rivers of Babylon, is born.

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David Hope musician: bass: group: Kansas, is born.

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Hamish Stuart musician: guitar, singer: group: Average White Band, is born.

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Daryl Hall (Hohl) singer: group: Hall & Oates, is born.

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Sammy Hagar singer-musician (Van Halen-Jump), is born.

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Country songwriter Stuart Hamblen, 31, underwent a spiritual conversion. Author of the popular 1954 hit "This Old House," Hamblen later wrote such Christian favorites as "It Is No Secret What God Can Do," "How Big is God?" and "They That Wait Upon the Lord".

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Country singer Ronnie McDowell is born.

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Bonnie Raitt Grammy Award-winning singer [1990]: Runaway, The Boy Can�t Help It, Something to Talk About, Sweet Forgiveness; actress: Urban Cowboy; musician: guitar; daughter of actor, John Raitt, is born is Los Angeles CA.

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Alan Berger musician: bass: group: Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes: I Don�t Wanna Go Home, The Fever, This Time It�s for Real, Love on the Wrong Side of Town, When You Dance, Hearts of Stone, is born.

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Ann Reinking dancer, actress: Pippin, All that Jazz, Annie, Mickey and Maude, is born in Seattle WA.

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Terry Reid guitarist (River, Bang Bang You're Terry Reid), is born.

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James Young musician: guitar: group: Styx: Lady, Suite Madame Blue, Come Sail Away, Miss America, Castle Walls, Superstars, Renegade, Babe, The Best of Times, Too Much Time on My Hands, Mr. Roboto, is born.

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Vaudeville dancer Bill 'Bojangles' (Luther) Robinson dies at 71.

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Boris Asafiev composer, dies at 64.

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Paul Shaffer band leader: Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with David Letterman; comedian, is born. Alexander Godunov (Boris Alexandrovich Godunov) ballet dancer; actor: Die Hard, The Money Pit, Witness; is born.

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Alexander Godunov (Boris Alexandrovich Godunov) ballet dancer; actor: Die Hard, The Money Pit, Witness; is born.

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Mickey Thomas Cairo GA, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Starship), is born.

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Tom Waits singer: Shiver Me Timbers, Diamonds on My Windshield, Small Change, The Piano Has Been Drinking, Tom Traubert�s Blues, Burma Shave, Potter�s Field, Jersey Girl, LP: Foreign Affairs, Swordfishtrombone; songwriter: I Never Talk to Strangers; actor: Short Cuts, Paradise Alley, Bram Stoker�s Dracula, Ironweed, The Cotton Club; playwright [w/wife, Kathleen Brennan]: Frank�s Wild Years

Ref: 4

Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, "King of the String Guitars", dies at age 64.

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Tom Waits California, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine), is born.

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Ray Shulman rocker, is born.

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Rock musician Frank Beard (ZZ Top) is born.

Paul Rodgers musician: piano, vocals: Cut Loose; groups: Free, Bad Company, The Firm, is born.

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Randy Owen musician: guitar, singer: group: Alabama: I Want to Be with You, I Wanna Come Over, My Home�s in Alabama, Tennessee River, Why Lady Why, Old Flame, Feels So Right, Love in the First Degree, Mountain Music, Close Enough to Perfect, The Closer You Get, Dixieland Delight, When We Make Love, Roll on Eighteen Wheeler, 40 Hour Week, is born in Fort Payne AL.

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Tom Verlaine [Miller] Mount Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television), is born.

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Walter "Clyde" Owen rocker, is born.

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Cliff Williams musician: guitar: group: AC/DC: LPs: Powerage, Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, For Those about to Rock, Fly on the Wall, Who Made Who, Blow Up Your Video, is born.

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Billy Gibbons musician: guitar, singer: group: ZZ Top: Salt Lick, Jesus Just Left Chicago, La Grange, Tush, Gimme All Your Lovin�, Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Sleeping Bag, is born in Houston TX.

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Paul Rodgers England, rocker (Bad Company-Feel Like Makin Love, The Firm), is born.

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David Stanley Smith composer, dies at 72.

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Lenny White rocker, is born.

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Alan Parsons (musician: keyboards; music engineer: worked on The Beatles� Abbey Road LP and early Wings LPs; producer: The Alan Parsons Project: Eye in the Sky, Games People Play), is born.

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Maurice Gibb, Manchester England, rocker/twin of Robin (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Osborne rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe), is born.

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Robin Gibb, Manchester England, rocker/twin of Maurice (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever), is born.

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Luther Grosvenor rocker (Spooky Tooth), is born.

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Ira Newborn New York NY, orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer), is born.

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Morgan Fisher rock keyboardist (British Lions), is born.

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Lou Gramm rocker (Foreigner-Midnight Blue, Ready Or Not), is born.

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Beth Anderson composer, is born.

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Chris Stein musician: guitar: group: Blondie: In the Flesh, Denis, [I�m Always Touched by Your] Presence Dear, Picture This, Hanging on the Telephone, Sunday Girl, Heart of Glass, Dreaming, Union City Blue, Atomic, The Tide is High, Rapture; solo: French Kissin�; scored theme: Fifteen Minutes, is born.

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Rio Reiser rock singer, is born.

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Koos van de Griend composer, dies at 44.

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David Lynn Jones Bexar AR, country singer (Bonnie Jean), is born.

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Debbie Allen, dancer, actress: Fame, Roots: The Next Generation, Ragtime, The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh; choreographer; sister of actress Phylicia Rashad, is born in Houston TX.

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Claudia de Colombia Bogato Columbia, Spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti), is born.

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Henk Batenburgh cabaret performer/singer (Waaldrecht), is born.

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Billy Ocean [Leslie S Charles], Trinidad, singer (Suddenly, Caribbean Queen), is born.

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Richie Ranno rocker, is born.

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Patrick Simmons guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute), is born.

Ref: 5

William Cunningham rock bassist/pianist (Box Tops-Letter), is born.

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Danny Federici rocker (E Street Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Cotton rocker (Tubes), is born.

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James Dunn US vocalist (Stylistics-You make me feel Brand New), is born.

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Philip Ehart rock drummer (Kansas), is born.

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Robert-John Stips rock keyboardist/singer (The Nits), is born.

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Ann Sexton US vocalist (You're Gone too Long), is born.

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Natalie Cole, Los Angeles CA, singer (Unforgettable, Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy), is born.

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Mike Batt composer/arranger, is born.

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Punky Meadows Washington DC, rock guitarist (Angel), is born.

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Michael Goodroe rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.

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Ted Turner rocker (Wishbone Ash), is born.

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Rio Reiser rock singer, is born.

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Mike Rutherford rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics), is born.

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Armen Tigran Tigranyan composer, dies at 70.

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Rochelle Fleming US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants), is born.

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Steve Hackett rock guitarist (Genesis-Against All Odds/GTR), is born.

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Roger Christian singer: group: The Christians, is born.

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Peter (Brian) Gabriel singer: group: Genesis; solo songwriter, singer: Sledgehammer, Big Time, is born.

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Roger Fisher musician: guitar: group: Heart: Crazy on You, Magic Man, Barracuda, Straight On, is born.

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Rick Medlocke rock guitarist/vocalist (Blackfoot), is born.

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Andy Powell rocker (Wishbone Ash), is born.

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Edyth Walker US singer, dies at 82.

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Walter Becker New York NY, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg), is born.

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Steve Priest London, rock bassist (Sweet Hayes), is born.

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Emitt Rhodes musician (The Merry-go-Round), is born.

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Jonathan Cain Chicago IL, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Journey, Bad English, Babys), is born.

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Stephen Chatman composer, is born.

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Karen Carpenter New Haven CT, vocalist/drummer (We've Only Just Begun), is born.

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Re Styles rock vocalist (Tubes), is born.

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Emilio Estefan Cuba, rocker (Miami Sound Machine-1 2 3), is born.

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Eugene Fodor Turkey Creek CO, violinist (1972 Paganini Award, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award), is born.

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Jaroslav Kocian composer, dies at 67.

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Ted McKenna rocker (Alex Harvey Band), is born.

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Bobby McFerrin singer (Don't Worry Be Happy-1989 Grammy), is born.

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Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III.

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Danny Kirwan London, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac), is born.

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Steve Hill country vocalist (A Winning Hand), is born.

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Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul" premieres at Barrymore Theater NYC for 269 performances.

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James Conlon New York NY, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979), is born.

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Brad Dourif actor: Phoenix, Color of Night, Wild Palms, Final Judgement, Jungle Fever, Body Parts, Mississippi Burning, Blue Velvet, Dune, One Flew Over the Cuckoo�s Nest, Studs Lonigan, is born.

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John Hartman musician: drums: group: The Doobie Brothers: Listen to the Music, Long Train Runnin�, China Grove, Black Water, What a Fool Believes; veterinarian, is born.

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Carl Palmer musician: drums: groups: Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Lucky Man, From the Beginning; Asia: Heat of the Moment, Only Time Will Tell, is born.

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Roger Hodgson London England, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again), is born.

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Teddy Pendergrass Philadelphia PA, singer (Turn Off the Lights) is born.

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Ronnie McDowell Fountain Head TN, country singer (King is Gone), is born.

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Maria Ewing opera singer, is born.

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Tony Banks, East Heathly Sussex England, rock keyboardist (Genesis-Invisible Touch, Misunderstanding), is born.

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Eugene Bowen composer (Wonder's Edge), is born.

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Rupert Greenall rock keyboardist (Fixx), is born.

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Richard Hughes rocker (Johnny Winter Band), is born.

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Billy Currie musician: synthesizer, keyboards, violin: group: Ultravox: Vienna, All Stood Still, The Thin Wall, The Voice, is born.

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Curtis Stone North Hollywood CA, singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry), is born.

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Kurt Weill, German-born American composer (The Threepenny Opera), dies at age 50.

Ref: 70

Death of American hymnwriter Ira B. Wilson, 70. Associated with Lorenz Publishing in Dayton, Ohio for over 40 years, Wilson's most enduring sacred composition was "Make Me a Blessing" (aka "Out of the Highways and Byways of Life").

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Adolf Wiklund composer, dies at 70.

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Agnetha Faltskog, Jonkoping, Sweden, rocker (ABBA-Waterloo), is born.

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Anna Ulvaeus rocker (Aha-Take on Me), is born.

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Mildred Douglas Surinames/Dutch singer (Mai Tai), is born.

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Janis Ian [Janis Fink], NYC, folk singer (Society's Child, At 17), is born.

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Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky dies in London at age 60.

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Dave Peverett rocker (Foghat), is born.

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Eddie Hazel US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You), is born.

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David Cassidy New York NY, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family), is born.

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Riff West rock bassist (Molly Hatchet), is born.

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Bill Sudderth III trumpeter (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover), is born.

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Tyrwhitt-Wilson 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66.

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Peter Frampton guitarist, singer: Show Me the Way, Do You Feel Like We Do, I Can�t Stand it No More, is born.

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Peter Frampton, Kent England, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive), is born.

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Steve Ferrone Brighton England, drummer (Average White Band), is born.

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Howard "Leon" Reeder rock guitarist (Champaign), is born.

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Peter Schaufuss director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin), is born.

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Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski composer, dies at 70.

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Karl Straube German organist/conductor, dies.

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Lou Gramm Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-I Want to Know What Love Is), is born.

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Mary Hopkin South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days), is born.

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Darryl Hunt English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes), is born.

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Maggie MacNeal Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star), is born.

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Robbie McIntosh drummer (Average White Band-Show your Hand), is born.

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Janis Ian [Janis Eddy Fink] New York NY, rock vocalist (At 17, Society's Child), is born.

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Prairie Prince rocker (Tubes), is born.

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Tom Petersson musician: bass, singer: group: Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me, Ain�t That a Shame, Dream Police, Voices, is born.

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Billy Squier Wellesley Hills MA, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No), is born.

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Jocko Marcellino rocker (Sha Na Na), is born.

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Stevie Wonder [Steveland Morris] Saginaw MI, singer/songwriter (I Just Called To Say I Love You, Superstition, You are The Sunshine of My Life, My Cherie Amour), is born.

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Danny Kirwan rocker (Fleetwood Mac), is born.

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John "Jocko" Marcellino rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man), is born.

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Peter Gabriel London England, rocker (Sledgehammer, Shock the Monkey, Solsbury Hill, Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway), is born.

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Jock Bartley rocker (Firefall), is born.

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Eduardo Fabini composer, dies at 67.

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Roger Hodgson London, rocker (Supertramp-The Logical Song), is born.

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Bernie Taupin lyricist, writes with Elton John, is born.

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Antonina Neshdanova Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies.

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Rebbie (Maureen Reilette) Jackson singer: LPs: Centipede [written by brother, Michael], Reactions; oldest member of the Jackson family, is born.

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Graham Russell singer: group: Air Supply: Lost in Love, All Out of Love, The One that You Love, is born.

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Suzi Quatro Detroit, singer (Stumblin' In)/actress (Happy Days), is born.

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Laurie (Laura) Anderson singer: O Superman, Language is a Virus from Outer Space, LPs: Big Science, Mr. Heartbreak, United States, Home of the Brave, is born.

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Elmar Oliveira Waterbury Connecticut, violinist (Naumburg 1978), is born.

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Trevor Bolder musician: bass: groups: Spiders from Mars, Uriah Heep: LP: Equator, is born.

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Noddy (Neville) Holder musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: group: Slade: Get Down and Get with It, Coz I Love You, Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Cum On Feel the Noize, Skweeze Me Pleeze Me, Merry Xmas Everybody, We�ll Bring the House Down, My Oh My, Run Run Away, is born.

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Lionel Richie singer (Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover), is born.

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Joey Kramer NYC, rock drummer (Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun), is born.

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David Jensen rocker British DJ, is born.

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Michael Monarch (musician: guitar: group: Steppenwolf: Born to Be Wild, The Pusher, Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me), is born.

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David Hodo singer: group: The Village People: YMCA, is born.

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Bonnie Pointer singer (Pointer Sisters), is born.

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Eric Carr drummer (Kiss-Beth), is born.

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Singer Glenn Hughes (the biker of The Village People) is born.

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Blair Thornton musician: guitar: group: Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Takin� Care of Business, You Ain�t Seen Nothin� Yet, Roll On Down the Highway, is born.

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Duncan Mackay musician: keyboards: groups: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, 10CC: Dreadlock Holiday, is born.

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Michael Vaughn musician: guitarist: group: Paperlace: The Night Chicago Died, is born.

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Rodney Crowell singer/guitarist (for Emmylou Harris), is born.

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Andy Fairweather Low musician: guitar, singer: group: Amen Corner: Gin House Blues, Bend Me Shape Me, [If Paradise Is] Half as Nice, Natural Sinner, is born.

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Erik Braunn musician: guitar, singer: group: Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, is born.

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Dennis Elliott musician: drums: group: Foreigner: I Want to Know What Love Is, Waiting for a Girl like You, is born.

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Sam Neely singer: Love You Just Crossed My Mind, is born.

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Mick Moody musician: guitar: group: Whitesnake: Fool for Your Loving, Don�t Break My Heart Again, is born.

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Ronald LaPread musician: bass: group: Commodores: Still, Three Times a Lady, Nightshift, is born.

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Chrissie Hynde Akron Oh, rocker (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement), is born.

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Don Powell musician: drums: group: Slade: Get Down and Get With It, Coz I Love You, Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Cum on Feel the Noize, Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me, Merry Xmas Everybody, We�ll Bring the House Down, My Oh My, Run Run Away, is born.

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Joe Perry Boston, rocker (Aerosmith-Walking the Dog), is born.

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Paul Kossoff musician: guitar: group: Free: All Right Now; is born.

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David Bellamy singer: duo: The Bellamy Brothers, is born.

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Fee Waybill (John Waldo) singer: group: The Tubes

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Michael Rutherford musician: guitarist: group: Mike & The Mechanics:, is born.

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Eddie Clarke musician: guitar: group: Motorhead, is born.

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Thomas McClary musician: guitar: group: The Commodores, is born.

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Robert "Kool" Bell rocker (Kool & the Gang-Joanna), is born.

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Andrew Woolfolk musician: reeds: group: Earth, Wind and Fire, is born.

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Tom Petty singer: group: The Traveling Wilburys; Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Don�t Come Around Here No More, Don�t Do Me Like That, Refugee, Stop Draggin� My Heart Around [w/Stevie Nicks]; in film: Made in Heaven, is born.

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�The World�s Greatest Entertainer� (a billing he gave himself), Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson), passes away at the age of 64.

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Dan Peek musician: guitar, singer: group: America, is born.

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Ronnie Hammond singer: group: Atlanta Rhythm Section: So in to You, Imaginary Lover, is born.

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Jim Peterik musician: keyboard: group: Survivor: Eye of the Tiger, Burning Heart; singer: group: Ides of March: Vehicle, is born.

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Barbara Fairchild singer: The Teddy Bear Song, Kid Stuff, is born.

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Graham Parker singer: group: Graham Parker and The Rumour: Between You and Me, Back to Schooldays, Hey Lord Don?t Ask Me Questions, Discovering Japan, Local Girls, Passion is No Ordinary Word, Stupefaction, The Beating of Another Heart; solo: LPs: Another Grey Area, The Real Macaw, Steady Nerves, The Mona Lisa's Sister, is born.

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Livingston Taylor singer; brother of singer James Taylor, is born in Boston MA.

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Steve �Miami� Van Zandt singer, songwriter, musician: guitar: group: E Street Band, is born.

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Tina (Martina) Weymouth musician: bass: group: Talking Heads: Love Goes to Building on Fire, Psycho Killer, Take Me to the River, I Zimbra, Life During Wartime, is born.

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Little Steven rocker (Springsteen-Born to Run), is born.

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Tina Weymouth rocker (Talking Heads-& She Was), is born.

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Ernest John Moeran British composer, dies at 55.

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John Wesley Ryles singer

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Merrill Ashley St Paul MN, ballerina (NYC Ballet), is born.

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Dino Lipatti composer, dies at 33.

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Daniel Sahuleka Moluks/Dutch singer/guitarist (Viva la Libertad), is born.

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Dan Hartman Harrisburg PA, singer (Sometimes When We Touch), is born.

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Joan Armatrading singer, songwriter: Me, Myself, I, Love and Affection, Down to Zero, Water in the Wine, Drop the Pilot, is born.

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Davey O'List rocker (Roxy Music), is born.

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Robert Muller-Hartmann composer, dies at 66.

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Otto Vrieslander composer, dies at 70.

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Carlton Barrett Jamaicans reggae drummer (Bob Marley & Wailers), is born.

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Martha Johnson Toronto Ontario, rocker (M+M), is born.

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Walter Damrosch, Prussian-bn.American conductor, dies at age 88.

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Julius Weismann composer, dies at 70.

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Walter Johannes Damrosch, Prussian-bn.American conductor/composer, dies at age 88.

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Vincenzo Tommasini composer, dies at 72.

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Libbi Larsen composer, is born.

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Peter te Bos Dutch singer (Claw Boys Claw), is born.

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Michael Jones rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express), is born.

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Emile Enthoven composer, dies at 47.

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Terry Bozzio rock drummer (Missing Persons-Hello I Love You), is born.

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Alex Chilton Memphis TN, rock guitarist/vocalist (Box Tops-Let Me Get Close to You, The Letter), is born.

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Charles Koechlin French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83.

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Jaco Pastorius rocker, is born.

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Fred Barlow composer, dies at 69.

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Kim Wilson rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds), is born.

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Paul Dresher composer, is born.

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Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb), Kentucky, country singer (Don't it make my brown eyes blue), Loretta Lynn�s sister, is born.

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Rosalyn Kind Brooklyn, singer (� sister of Barbra Streisand), is born.

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Athos Palma composer, dies at 59.

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Larry Hoppens rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me), is born.

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Chris Bell Memphis TN, rock guitarist (Big Star), is born.

Ref: 5

William Risrook rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express), is born.

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Martha Davis California, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame), is born.

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Charo (Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza) �The Hootchy Cootchy Girl�: actress: Chico and the Man, Airport �79; singer, is born in Murcia, Spain.

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Richard Thompson rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express), is born.

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Dewey Bunnell Yorkshire England, rock guitarist (America-Daisy Jane, Sister Golden Hair), is born.

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Martha Davis vocals/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.

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Constantin Nottara composer, dies at 60.

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Eastwood Lane composer, dies at 71.

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David Briggs rock guitarist (Little River Band-Help is on it's Way), is born.

Ref: 5

Andy Hummell Memphis TN, rock bassist (Big Star), is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Downey musician: drums: group: Thin Lizzy: Still in Love with You, Killer on the Loose, Whiskey in the Jar, The Rocker, Little Girl in Bloom, is born in Washington DC.

Ref: 4

Seth Justman musician: keyboard, singer, composer: group: The J. Geils Band: Give It to Me, Must Have Got Lost, One Last Kiss, Freeze-Frame, Centerfold, Angel in Blue, Land of 1000 Dances, is born.

Ref: 4

William Nelson Jr US bassist (Connections & Disconnections), is born.

Ref: 5

Phil Collins singer, musician: drums: group: Genesis; solo: In the Air Tonight, I Missed Again, You Can�t Hurry Love, Sussudio, One More Night, Two Hearts; actor: Oliver, A Hard Day�s Night, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is born.

Ref: 68

Marv Ross rocker (Quarterflash), is born.

Ref: 5

Clifford Leon Anderson rocker (Cure), is born.

Ref: 5

Harry Casey [KC], rock vocalist (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It), is born.

Ref: 5

Phil Collins England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds), is born.

Ref: 5

Phil Manzanera rock guitarist (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together), is born.

Ref: 5

Alphonso Johnson jazz bassist, is born.

Ref: 5

Elizabeth Swados Buffalo NY, composer/playwright (1972 TONY), is born.

Ref: 5

Crystal Gayle Kentucky, country singer (Don't it make my brown eyes blue), is born.

Ref: 5

Rosalyn Kind Brooklyn, singer (� sister of Barbra Streisand), is born.

Ref: 5

Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas saxophonist (Kool & the Gang-Celebration), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Bovet composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Gil "The Bird" Moore rocker (Triumph), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Doucet singer/musician (Beausoleil), is born.

Ref: 5

Melissa Manchester singer: Don�t Cry Out Loud, Midnight Blue, You Should Hear How She Talks About You, is born in Bronx NY.

Ref: 4

Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan composer, dies at 94.

Ref: 5

Kathy Baillie Morristown NJ, country vocalist (Baillie and the Boys-Oh Heart), is born.

Ref: 5

Randy California [Wolfe], Los Angeles CA, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You), is born.

Ref: 5

Howard Brockway composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Michael Cotten rock synthesizer (Tubes), is born.

Ref: 5

Vince Welnick rock keyboardist (Tubes), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Harley (Nice) singer: group: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel: Judy Teen, Mr. Soft, Make Me Smile [Come Up and See Me]; solo LPs: Hobo with a Grin, The Candidate, is born in London England.

Ref: 4

Chris Rea Middlesborough England, rock guitarist (Fool If You Think It Is Over, Heaven), is born.

Ref: 5

John Winter Thompson composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Jack Green rocker, is born.

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Ray Benson Philadelphia PA, country singer (House of Blue Lights), is born.

Ref: 5

Ritchie Teeter rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Scott Gorham Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns, Jailbreak), is born.

Ref: 5

-Rock musician Jimmie Vaughan is born.

Ref: 64

Guy Perry rock guitarist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmie Vaughan guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds), is born.

Ref: 5

John Wetton rocker (Asia, UK, King Crimson), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Ingenhoven composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Kathleen Lockhart Manning composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Russell Thompkins Jr US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing), is born.

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Howard Reitzes Southgate CA, rocker (Iron Butterfly), is born.

Ref: 5

Dougie Thomson musician: bass: group: Supertramp: Dreamer, Bloody Well Right

Ref: 4

J Willem Mengelberg Dutch conductor (Matth�us Passion), dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Dougie Thompson rocker (Supertramp-Bloody Well Right), is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Pelander rock keyboardist/vocalist (Michael Stanley Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Maisie Williams Montserrat, rock vocalist (Boney M), is born.

Ref: 5

Barry Goudreau rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Clement D'Hooghe composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

-Rock musician Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born.

Ref: 64

Simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall.

Ref: 5

Mel Schacher bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Gatlin singer: group: The Gatlin Brothers: Sweet Becky Walker, The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall, Delta Dirt, Broken Lady, Statues without Hearts, Night Time Magic, I�ve Done Enough Dyin� Today, All the Gold in California, Take Me to Your Lovin� Place, It Don�t Get No Better Than This, Sure Feels like Love, Houston [Means I�m One Day Closer to You], Denver, is born in Olney TX.

Ref: 4

Everett Morton rocker (English Beat), is born.

Ref: 5

Ralph Cooper drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Halfdan Cleve composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

John Dittrich Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels), is born.

Ref: 5

Mel Schachter rocker (Grand Funk Railroad), is born.

Ref: 5

Robbie House rocker (Snuff), is born.

Ref: 5

Alex Briley singer: group: The Village People: YMCA

Ref: 4

Jakson Spires rock drummer/songwriter (Blackfoot), is born.

Ref: 5

Harold Vincent Milligan composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Max Weinberg musician: drummer: E Street Band; bandleader: The Max Weinberg 7 [Late Night with Conan O�Brien], is born.

Ref: 4

Robert (Peabo) Bryson, American singer, Underground Music, I Can Make It Better, Just Another Day, Do It with Feeling, Tonight I Celebrate My Love, If You�re Ever in My arms Again, is born in Greenville SC.

Ref: 4

Matima Kinuani Mpiosso musician, is born.

Ref: 5

John Bentley rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Luther Vandross singer, songwriter: Never Too Much, How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye, is born in Bronx NY.

Ref: 4

Paul Carrack musician: piano, singer, songwriter: groups: Noise to Go, Mike and the Mechanics, Ace: How Long; Squeeze: Goodbye Girl, Up the Junction, Cool for Cats; solo: LPs: Paul Carrack, Suburban Voodoo, is born in Sheffield England

Ref: 4

Nicoel Barclay rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Jerzy Fitelberg composer, dies at 47.

Ref: 5

John Alden Carpenter US composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Paul Daniel �Ace� Frehley musician: group: Kiss [the spaceman]: Rock and Roll All Nite, Beth, Forever and I Was Made for Lovin� You; formed Frehley�s Comet, is born.

Ref: 4

Ace Frehley Bronx NY, heavy metal rocker (Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet), is born.

Ref: 5

Boris Kinberg rock percussionist (Mink Deville), is born.

Ref: 5

Christopher Cross [Geppert] San Antonio TX, singer (Sailing, Arthur's Theme), is born.

Ref: 68

Jackie [Sigmund Esco] Jackson Gary IN, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC), is born.

Ref: 68

Rex Goh rock guitarist (Air Supply), is born.

Ref: 5

Davey Johnstone musician: guitar, in trio backing Elton John: Rocket Man, Honky Cat, Crocodile Rock, Daniel, Bennie and the Jets, Island Girl, The Bitch is Back, Don�t Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, is born.

Ref: 4

Janis Ian (Janis Eddy Fink) Grammy Award-winning songwriter, singer: At Seventeen [1975]; Society�s Child, is born.

Ref: 4

Chris Frantz Fort Campbell KY, rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club), is born.

Ref: 5

Philip Bailey rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover), is born.

Ref: 5

Ron Banks US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get), is born.

Ref: 5

Kid Creole [August Darnell], rocker/actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Thompson musician: drums: group: Roxy Music: Virginia Plain, Pyjamarama, Do the Strand, Editions of You, In Every Dream a Heartache, Street Life, All I Want is You, Out of the Blue, is born.

Ref: 4

Jay Beckenstein saxophonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.

Ref: 5

Dennis Frederiksen rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa), is born.

Ref: 5

Jonathan Richman rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae), is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Heinrich David composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman] Forest Hills NY, punk rocker (Ramones-Baby I Love You), is born.

Ref: 5

Judy Rodman Riverside CA, country singer (Girls Ride Horses Too), is born.

Ref: 5

Rob Baker rock drummer (Red Rider), is born.

Ref: 5

Clifford Archer bassist (Atlantic Starr-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.

Ref: 5

Dimitrios Levidis composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Josef Bohuslav Foerster composer, dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Robert Kahn composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Christopher Cross Texas, singer (Sailing), is born.

Ref: 5

Deniece Williams singer (Love Wouldn't Let Me Wait), is born.

Ref: 5

Dwight Twilley country singer (Twilley Don't Mind), is born.

Ref: 5

Bonnie Tyler singer: Total Eclipse of the Heart, It�s a Heartache, is born.

Ref: 4

Bonnie Tyler [Gaynor Hopkins], rocker (Total Eclipse of the Heart), is born.

Ref: 5

Brad Delp guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling), is born.

Ref: 5

Bun Carlos (Brad Carlson) musician: drums: group: Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me, Ain�t That a Shame, Dream Police, Voices, is born.

Ref: 4

Howard Leese musician: guitar, keyboards: group: Heart: Crazy on You, Magic Man, Barracuda, Straight On, is born.

Ref: 4

Ann Wilson, San Diego, singer (Heart-What About Love), is born.

Ref: 68

Nils Lofgren musician: guitar, keyboards, singer, songwriter: Back It Up, Keith Don�t Go [Ode to the Glimmer Twin], Beggars Day, No Mercy, Secrets in the Street, Delivery Night; groups: Grin, E Street Band, is born.

Ref: 4

Stanley Clarke bass (New Barbarians-Find Out Hideaway), is born.

Ref: 5

Fred Schneider musician: keyboards, singer: groups: Shake Society, The B-52s: Rock Lobster, Quiche Lorraine, 606 0842, Dance This Mess Around, is born.

Ref: 4

Joe Puerta musician: bass, singer: group: Bruce Hornsby & The Range, Ambrosia: Hold on to Yesterday, How Much I Feel, You�re the Only Woman, Biggest Part of Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Huey Lewis rocker (& the News-Need a New Drug), is born.

Ref: 5

Andy Fletcher rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough), is born.

Ref: 5

Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-born American composer, dies at age 76.

Ref: 70

Lynval Golding musician: guitar: groups: The Specials: Gangsters, A Message to You Rudy, Too Much Too Young, Ghost Town; Fun Boy Three: LPs: Fun Boy Three, Waiting, is born.

Ref: 4

Verdine White musician: bass, singer: group: Earth, Wind & Fire: Shining Star, Sing a Song, Got to Get You into My Life, After the Love Has Gone, Boogie Wonderland, Let�s Groove, Best of My Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Jim Carroll, musician and writer of The Basketball Diaries, is born.

Ref: 2

Andrew Gold Burbank, rocker (Lonely Boy), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Graham musician: guitar: group: Earth, Wind & Fire: Shining Star, Sing a Song, Got to Get You into My Life, After the Love Has Gone, Best of My Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Dan Fogelberg Peoria Ill, rocker (Same Auld Lang Syne), is born.

Ref: 5

Artur Schnabel, Austrian pianist and teacher, dies at age 69.

Ref: 70

John Deacon rocker (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody), is born.

Ref: 5

Philip Parris Lynott musician: bass, singer: [w/Gary Moore]: Parisienne Walkways, Out in the Fields; group: Thin Lizzy: Whiskey in the Jar, The Rocker, Little Girl in Bloom, Still in Love with You, Killer on the Loose; solo: Sarah, Yellow Pearl, Nineteen, is born.

Ref: 4

Constant Lambert, English composer, conductor and critic, dies at age 45.

Ref: 70

Jimi Jamison singer: group: Survivor: I Can�t Hold Back, Burning Heart, is born.

Ref: 4

Rob Halford heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Got Another Thing), is born.

Ref: 5

Wayne Osmond Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie), is born.

Ref: 5

Martin Chambers musician: drums: group: The Pretenders: Kid, Brass in Pocket, Back on the Chain Gang, is born.

Ref: 4

Chrissie Hynde musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: group: The Pretenders: Kid, Brass in Pocket, Precious, Private Life, Lovers of Today, 2000 Miles, Back on the Chain Gang, is born.

Ref: 4

David Clayton-Thomas singer (Blood Sweat & Tears-You've Made Me So Very Happy, Spinning Wheel), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Yancey, American blues pianist, dies at age 53.

Ref: 70

David Coverdale singer: groups: Deep Purple, Whitesnake, is born.

Ref: 4

Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) musician, singer, is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Sting (Gordon Sumner) is born.

Ref: 4

Mike Rutherford rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics), is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Geldof pop musician (Boomtown Rats, Band Aid), is born.

Ref: 5

Kevin Cronin singer: group: REO Speedwagon, is born.

Ref: 4

John Cougar Mellencamp Seymour IN, rocker (Jack & Diane), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Ramone LI, rock guitarist (Road to Ruin), is born.

Ref: 5

John Ford Coley singer: duo: England Dan and John Ford Coley: I�d Really Love to See You Tonight, It�s Sad to Belong, Love is the Answer, Gone Too Far, We�ll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again, is born.

Ref: 4

Al Greenwood musician: keyboard: group: Foreigner, is born.

Ref: 4

Ransom Wilson Tuscaloosa AL, flutist (Soliste NY), is born.

Ref: 5

Bootsy Collins Cin, rocker (Parliaments-We Got the Funk), is born.

Ref: 5

Ronald (Kool) Bell musician: saxophone: group: Kool & The Gang, is born.

Ref: 4

Nick Guilder singer (Hot Child in the City), is born.

Ref: 5

Sigmund Romberg operetta composer: Blossom Time, The Student Prince, The Desert Song, Up in Central Park; songs: When Hearts are Young, Deep in My Heart Dear, Golden Days, Lover Come Back to Me, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, When I Grow Too Old to Dream; founding member of ASCAP; dies at age 64.

Ref: 4

Paul Cowsill, singer: group: The Cowsills: Hair, Indian Lake, is born.

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Stephen Bishop singer: It Might Be You; musician: guitar; singer, songwriter: On and On, Save It for a Rainy Day, Everybody Needs Love, This is the Night, Living in the Land of Abe Lincoln, theme for Animal House, Dream Girl, theme for China Syndrome: Somewhere In Between, Don?t You Worry, LPs: Careless, Bish, is born.

Ref: 4

Brian Downey rock drummer (Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town), is born.

Ref: 5

Seth Justman Washington DC, rock vocalist/keyboardist (J Geils Band-Centerfold), is born.

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Barry Goudreau musician: guitar: groups: Orion the Hunter, Boston: More Than a Feeling, Long Time, Peace of Mind, Don�t Look Back, Man I�ll Never Be, LP: Boston, is born.

Ref: 4

Eric Bloom rock vocalist/guitarist (Blue Oyster Cult), is born.

Ref: 5

Jaco Pastorius US jazz guitarist (Weather Report-Word of Mouth), is born.

Ref: 5

Felix Petyrek composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Mike Stock rocker (Stock, Aitken & Waterman-Road Block), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Rossington rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Henk Temming Dutch vocalist/keyboardist (Good Cause), is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Beard US country rock drummer (ZZ Topp), is born.

Ref: 5

Selim Palmgren Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Ken Knox rock vocalist (Chairmen of the Board), is born.

Ref: 5

Wanda Hutchison rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Nick Gilder (singer: Hot Child in the City), is born.

Ref: 4

Powell Weaver composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Johnny Contardo singer: group: Sha-Na-Na, formerly Eddie and The Evergreens, Dirty Dozen, is born.

Ref: 4

Alfreds Kalnins composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Johnny Contardo rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon), is born.

Ref: 5

Ria Thielsch Dutch singer (Luv), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Skinner British DJ, is born.

Ref: 5

Laurel Masse Holland MI, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Operator), is born.

Ref: 5

Nancy LaMott singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fermin Goytisolo rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It), is born.

Ref: 5

Tom Hamilton Colorado Springs CO, rock bassist (Aerosmith-Dream On), is born.

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Ricky Van Shelton Grit VA, country singer (Wild-Eyed Dream), is born.

Ref: 5

Scott Thurston keyboardist/guitarist (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.

Ref: 5

Pat Benetar (Patricia Andrzejewski), singer, is born.

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Lee Ritenour Los Angeles CA, jazz musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Ricky Van Shelton Danville VA, country musician (Somebody Lied, From a Jack to a King, Rockin' Years), is born.

Ref: 5

Cornelius Bumpus keyboardist (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute), is born.

Ref: 5

Melvyn Gale rocker (ELO), is born.

Ref: 5

Ryuichi Sakamoto Japan, rocker (Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orchestra), is born.

Ref: 5

Dewey Bunnell singer, musician: guitar: group: America: A Horse with No Name, You Can Do Magic, is born.

Ref: 4

Paul Stanley (Eisen) singer: formed group: Kiss [the clown]: Rock and Roll All Nite, is born.

Ref: 4

Ian Hill bass guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin the Law), is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Farwell composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Teddy Gentry Fort Payne AL, country music star (Alabama-Mountain Music, Take Me Down), is born.

Ref: 5

Robin Zander rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Garland composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Ramone [Thomas Erdelyi], Budapest Hungary, rock drummer/bassist [Ramones-Rock & Roll High School), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick James [James Johnson], rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super Freak), is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Babtist Thaller composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Jerry Shirley rock drummer (Humble Pie-Hot N Nasty, Eat It), is born.

Ref: 5

Hans Van de Lubbe Dutch bassist/singer (Dike), is born.

Ref: 5

Ed Gagliardi New York NY, rock bassist (Foreigner-Cold As Ice), is born.

Ref: 5

Alfred Einstein German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein, dies at age 71.

Ref: 70

Juice Newton [Judy Cohen], Virginia, singer (Angel of the Morning), is born.

Ref: 5

Veronica "Randy" Crawford US vocalist (One Day I'll Fly Away), is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Jacques Brunel rock bassist (Stranglers-Dreamtime), is born.

Ref: 5

Welsh poet Dylan Thomas records first audio book Child's Christmas in Wales for Caedmon.

Ref: 10

Brad Whitford Massachusetts, rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun), is born.

Ref: 5

Henk Westbroek Dutch singer (Good Cause), is born.

Ref: 5

Kevin Raleigh rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie Manion saxophonist, is born.

Ref: 5

Robyn Hitchcock rocker (Moss Elixir), is born.

Ref: 5

Alan Clark, musician: keyboards: group: Dire Straits: Telegraph Road, Private Investigation, Money for Nothing, Walk of Life, The Man�s Too Strong, Goin� Home, Smooching, is born.

Ref: 4

Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Ernie Isley US vocalist/guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On), is born.

Ref: 5

Wolfgang Hihm composer, is born.

Ref: 5

David Byrne guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads-Burning Down the House), is born.

Ref: 5

Susie Allanson singer: Baby Don�t Keep Me Hangin� On, Baby, Last Night Made My Day, Maybe Baby, We Belong Together, Words, Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back, is born.

Ref: 4

Chris Brubeck composer, musician: trombone; Dave Brubeck�s son, is born.

Ref: 4

Chris Brubeck composer, musician: trombone; Dave Brubeck's son

Ref: 4

Derek Longmuir Edinburgh Scotland, rock drummer (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night), is born.

Ref: 5

Chris O'Connell rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Elizabeth Schumann, German-born American soprano, dies at age 66.

Ref: 70

Rocky Maffit rocker (Champaign), is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Currie rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance), is born.

Ref: 5

Leon Wilkerson rocker (Lynard Skynard), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Hill rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You), is born in England.

Ref: 5

Gary Moore Irish rock guitarist ("Still Got the Blues", Thin Lizzy, Skid Row), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Haycock rock guitarist (All Along the Watchtower), is born.

Ref: 5

Udo Dirkshneider heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo), is born.

Ref: 5

Adam Woods rock drummer/pianist (Fixx), is born.

Ref: 5

Magnar Am composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wadi' Sabra composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

J D Nicholas English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores), is born.

Ref: 5

Kenny Aaronson rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Jim Scholten Midland MI, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad), is born.

Ref: 5

Adny Shernoff rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Narada Michael Walden Kalamazoo MI, rocker/producer (I Don't Want Nobody Else, I Shoulda Loved Ya), is born.

Ref: 5

Elisabeth Schumann, soprano with the Vienna State Opera, dies.

Ref: 68

Cory Day Bronx NY, rock vocalist, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Radoux-Rogier composer, dies.

Ref: 5

Louis Cortelezzi rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille), is born.

Ref: 5

Alberto Savinio Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Derek Taylor rocker (Let it Be, Beatles Anthology), is born.

Ref: 5

Sly Dunbar Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie), is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Tebaldini composer, dies at 87.

Ref: 5

David Byrne singer: group: Talking Heads: Love Goes to Building on Fire; composer for film: True Stories, is born in Dunbartin Scotand

Ref: 4

Italo Montemezzi composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Jody Pijper Dutch (background) singer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Strait, Pearsall TX, country singer (All My Ex's Live in Texas, Beyond the Blue Neon), is born.

Ref: 5

Rossetter Gleason Cole composer, dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Grace Jones (Mendoza) singer: Slave to the Rhythm; actress: A View to a Kill, Conan the Destroyer, Deadly Vengeance, is born.

Ref: 4

Barbara Loomis rocker (BT Express), is born.

Ref: 5

Warren Cann musician: drums: group: Ultravox: Vienna, All Stood Still, The Thin Wall, The Voice, Reap the Wild Wind, Hymn, Visions in Blue, is born.

Ref: 4

James Mankey rocker (Concrete Blonde), is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Alfred Schumann composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Zoltan Kocsis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Powell musician: keyboards: group: Lynryd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama, is born.

Ref: 4

Russell Hitchcock rocker (Air Supply-All out of Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Donnie Van Zandt musician: guitar, singer: group: .38 Special: Hold on Loosely, Fantasy Girl, Caught Up in You, You Keep Runnin� Away, LPs: Tour De Force, Strength in Numbers, is born.

Ref: 4

Ben E Carlos drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police), is born.

Ref: 5

Dale Krantz singer (Crossings-Collis Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Oliver Knussen Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara), is born.

Ref: 5

Jim Lea (musician: bass, violin, keyboards, vocals, songwriter: group: Slade: Get Down and Get With It, Coz I Love You, We�ll Bring Home the Dawn, My Oh My, Run Run Away), is born.

Ref: 4

Gino Vanelli singer (Living Inside Myself), is born.

Ref: 5

Tim Finn (Te Awamutu) musician: keyboard, singer: group: Split Enz, is born.

Ref: 4

Johnny Colla musician: saxophone, guitar: groups: Soundhole, Huey Lewis & The News: Do You Believe in Love, Heart and Soul, I Want a New Drug, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Walking on a Thin Line, Bad is Bad, If This is It, Power of Love, Trouble in Paradise, Stuck with You, is born.

Ref: 4

Liz Mitchell singer: group: Boney M: Daddy Cool, Brown Girl in the Ring, Rivers of Babylon, is born.

Ref: 4

Chris Cross rock singer (Arthur), is born.

Ref: 5

Stewart Copeland drummer (The Police-Roxanne), is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolette Larson singer: Lotta Love; is born.

Ref: 4

Phoebe Snow singer (Theme from "It's a Different World"), is born.

Ref: 5

Alan Collins guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), is born.

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Janis Siegel NYC, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction), is born.

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Pat MacDonald musician: groups: Essentials, Barbara K, Cat�s Away, Timbuk 3: The Future�s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades, All I Want for Christmas, is born.

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Ashley Putnam NYC, soprano (NY City Opera 1978), is born.

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Gianna Rolandi NYC, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier), is born.

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Doug Fieger musician: guitar, singer: group: The Knack: My Sharona, Good Girls Don�t, Baby Talks Dirty, is born.

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Rudy Gatlin singer: group: The Gatlin Brothers: Night Time Magic, I�ve Done Enough Dyin� Today, All the Gold in California, is born.

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Joe Strummer (John Mellors) musician: guitar, singer: group: The Clash: 1977, Capital Radio, Career Opportunities, I�m So Bored with the USA, Police and Thieves, Complete Control, [White Man] in Hammersmith Palais, English Civil War, Stay Free, Brand New Cadillac, Death or Glory, Jimmy Jazz, is born.

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Rudolf Schenker heavy metal rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You), is born.

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Dave Stewart rocker (Eurythmics-Here Comes the Rain Again), is born.

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Tommy Shaw musician: guitar: group: Styx: Come Sail Away, Miss America, Castle Walls, Superstars, Renegade, Babe, The Best of Times, Too Much Time on My Hands, Mr. Roboto, is born.

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Gerry Beckley singer: Grammy Award-winning [1972] group: America: A Horse with No Name, is born.

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Neil Peart musician: drums: group: Rush: is born.

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Randy Jones singer: group: The Village People: Y.M.C.A., is born.

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Karen Wyman Bronx NY, singer (Long & Winding Road), is born.

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Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) musician: drums: group: The Ramones: is born.

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Nile Rogers musician: group: Honeydrippers, is born.

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Bernard Edwards musician: bass: group: Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance, Le Freak, Everybody Dance, I Want Your Love, Good Times, is born.

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Maxine Nightingale singer: Lead Me On; actress: Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell; Right Back Where We Started From, is born.

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Lorna Luft singer, actress; daughter of singer-actress Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft; sister of singer-actress Lisa Minelli, is born in Scarsdale NY.

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Peter Garland composer, is born.

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Michael McDonald St Louis MO, rock keyboardist/vocals (Doobie Brothers), is born.

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Don Barnes rock guitarist (38 Special), is born.

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Duane Roland rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet), is born.

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Bobby Barth rocker vocalist/guitarist (Axe), is born.

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Richie Morales drummer (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.

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Jim Kerr Radio Personality, NY City morning radio for 22 years, is born.

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Neil Peart rocker (Rush), is born.

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Tamara Danz singer, is born.

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Olav Fartein V�len Norwegian composer, dies at 65.

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Mickey Jones Washington DC, rock bassist, is born.

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Jeff Davis, musician: bass: group: Amazing Rhythm Aces, is born.

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Janie Fricke, singer: CMA Female Vocalist of the Year [1982 and 1983], is born.

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Hans Abrahamsen composer, is born.

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Andr�-Michel Schub Paris France, pianist (Van Cliburn-1981), is born.

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Karla Bonoff rock singer (New World, Restless Nights), is born.

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Gelsey Kirkland dancer: ballerina, author: The Little Ballerina and Her Dancing Horse, Dancing on My Grave: An Autobiography, Shape of Love, is born in Bethlehem PA.

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Beryl Rubinstein, composer, dies at 54.

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1953

Alpha Blondy [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem), is born.

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Kevin Hangon composer, is born.

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Rochelle S Abramson violinist, is born.

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Country singer Hank (Hiram) Williams Senior, 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose while en route to a concert date in Canton, Ohio.

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Ludomir R�zycki Polish composer/conductor (Casanova), dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Malcolm Young, musician: guitar: group: AC/DC: Let There Be Rock, Powerage, Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, For Those About to Rock, Fly on the Wall, Who Made Who, Blow Up Your Video, is born in Glasgow Scotland.

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Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo rocker (Bob Marley & the Wailers), is born.

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Heinrich Kaspar Schmid composer, dies at 78.

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Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski], Brooklyn NY, singer (Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Hell Is for Children), is born.

Ref: 5

Theo Mackeben German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56.

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Simeon Roncal composer, dies at 82.

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Boris Blank rocker (Yello), is born.

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Viktor Patrick Vretblad composer, dies at 76.

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Sheila Hutchinson rocker, is born.

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Myung-Whun Chung Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor, is born.

Ref: 5

Malcolm Green rocker (Split Enz-I Got You), is born.

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Bert Heerink Amsterdam, rock vocalist, is born.

Ref: 5

Lucinda Williams singer, is born.

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Michael Day rocker, is born.

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Aart Mol Dutch bassist (Catapult), is born.

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Gustav Strube composer, dies at 85.

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Carl Joseph Stone composer, is born.

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Alan Rubin music figure (Blues Brothers), is born.

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Wayne Siegel composer, is born.

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Derek Pellicci rock drummer (Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way), is born.

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Nico Arzbach rock guitarist/singer (Stampei, Dike), is born.

Ref: 5

Robin Bachman Winnipeg, guitarist (Bachman Turner Overdrive-You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet), is born in Winnipeg, Canada.

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Riccardo Chailly Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symphony Orchestra), is born.

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Jesus Garcia Leoz composer, dies at 49.

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Singer Michael Bolton is born in New Haven CT. (TWA, 1998)

Ref: 95

Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies.

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William Simmons sax/keyboardist (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.

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Cowboy (Lloyd) Copas country singer: Alabam, Goodbye Kisses, Signed, Sealed and Delivered; killed in plane crash with singer, Patsy Cline, dies.

Ref: 4

Dave Amato rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can't Fight this Feeling), is born.

Ref: 5

Sergei S Prokoviev Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Sergey Prokofiev, Russian composer, dies at age 62.

Ref: 68

Jules Shear rock musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Labamba [Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes), is born.

Ref: 5

Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Jamie West-Oram rocker (Fixx), is born.

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Billy Sheehan rocker (Mr Big-Lean Into It), is born.

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Ricky Wilson Athens GA, rock guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack), is born.

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Robert "Shotgun" Johnson Miami FL, rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band-Give it Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Chaka Khan [Yvette Marie Stevens] Great Lakes IL, rocker (Rufus-I'm Every Woman), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Bonagura Newark NJ, country singer (Baille & Boys-Oh Heart), is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Spalding composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Narciso Garay composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar composer, dies at 75.

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Greg Martin Louisville KY, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett), is born.

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Sean Hopper, musician: keyboards: groups: Clover; Huey Lewis and The News: Do You Believe in Love, Heart and Soul, I Want a New Drug, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Walking on a Thin Line, Bad is Bad, If This is It, Power of Love, Trouble in Paradise, is born in California.

Ref: 4

David Robinson drummer (Cars), is born.

Ref: 5

Huub van der Lubbe Dutch rock singer (Stampei-The Dike), is born.

Ref: 5

Hal Ketchum Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night), is born.

Ref: 5

Terre Roche rocker (Roches), is born.

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Porter Carroll Jr drummer (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.

Ref: 5

Coke Time with Eddie Fisher began its TV and radio run on NBC-TV and Mutual radio. Fisher, a popular performer, was seen and heard on more TV and radio stations in 1954 than any other entertainer.

Ref: 4

Merrill Osmond Ogden UT, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie), is born.

Ref: 5

Felix Hanemann rocker (Zebra), is born.

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Bruce Hall Champaign IL, rock bassist (Reo Speedwagon), is born.

Ref: 5

Van McLain rocker (Shooting Star), is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Tertius Noble composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Billy Burnette Memphis TN, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac), is born.

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Steve Thomas rocker (Shooting Star), is born.

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Tom Cochrane musician: guitar: group: Red Rider: White Hot, Lunatic Fringe, Young Thing, The Untouchable One, Good Times; solo: Life is a Highway, Sinking Like a Sunset, I Wish You Well, is born in Toronto Canada

Ref: 4

Mike Oldfield England, composer (Tubular Bells), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Page Los Angeles CA, rocker (Mr Mister), is born.

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George Johnson Los Angeles CA, rocker (Brothers Johnson), is born.

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Eric De Lamarter composer, dies at 73.

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[Feliciano] Butch Tavares rocker (Tavares), is born.

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Vaclav Klicka composer, dies at 70.

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Rich Alves Pleasanton CA, singer (Pirates of the Mississippi-Fred Jake), is born.

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Arto Lindsay rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan), is born.

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Danny Elfman Los Angeles CA, composer (Simspon Show Theme), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Henderson Beaumont TX, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around), is born.

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Ronnie Dunn country singer: duo: Brooks & Dunn: LPs: Brand New Man, Hard Workin� Man, Waitin� on Sundown, Borderline, If You See Her, Tight Rope, Steers & Stripes; songwriter: Boot Scootin� Boogie, is born.

Ref: 4

Bonnie Tyler (Gaynor Hopkins), Welsh singer, is born.

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Rocky Burnette Memphis, rocker (Towing the Line), is born.

Ref: 5

Jerome Smith musician: guitar: group: KC & The Sunshine Band: Get Down Tonight, That�s the Way [I like It], [Shake, Shake, Shake] Your Booty, I�m Your Boogie Man, Keep It Comin� Love, I like to Do It, Boogie Shoes, It�s the Same Old Song, Please Don�t Go; is born.

Ref: 4

Larry Dunn musician: keyboards: group: Earth, Wind & Fire: Shining Star, Sing a Song, Got to Get You into My Life, After the Love Has Gone, Boogie Wonderland, Let�s Groove, is born.

Ref: 4

Cyndi Lauper Brooklyn, singer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Vibes), is born.

Ref: 5

Alan Longmuir musician: bass: group: Bay City Rollers: Keep on Dancing, Bye Bye Baby, Give Me a Little Love, Saturday Night, is born.

Ref: 4

Cyndi Lauper (Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper) is born.

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Colin Hay singer: group: Men at Work: Who Can It Be Now, Down Under; solo: LP: Looking for Jack, is born.

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Hal Lindes musician: guitar: group: Dire Straits: Telegraph Road, Private Investigation, Money for Nothing, Walk of Life, The Man�s Too Strong, is born.

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David Pack singer: group: Ambrosia: The Biggest Part of Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Geddy Lee lead singer (Rush-Tom Sawyer), is born.

Ref: 5

Hugh McDowell chelloist (ELO-Telephone Line), is born.

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Robert Cray Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy), is born.

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Ian Bairnson Shetland Isles Scotland, guitarist (Alan Parsons Project, Pilot), is born.

Ref: 5

Samantha Sang singer (Emotion), is born.

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James Taylor rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna), is born.

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Kevin Rowlands rocker (Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen), is born.

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Joe Strummer [John Mellor], rocker (Clash-Rock the Casbah), is born.

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Bobby Gubby rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies), is born.

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Alex Lifeson musician: guitar: group: Rush: Rivendell, By-Tor and the Snow Dog, Necromancer, The Fountain of Lamneth, Distant Early Warning, is born.

Ref: 4

Kenny Starr musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: Blind Man in the Bleachers, Me & the Elephant, Tonight I'll Face the Man [Who Made It Happen], is born.

Ref: 4

John Locke musician: keyboards: group: Spirit: I Got a Line on You, Nature�s Way, is born.

Ref: 4

Greg Ham musician: saxophone, flute, keyboards: group: Men at Work, is born.

Ref: 4

Deborah Allen (Thurmond), Memphis Tn, country singer (Jim Stafford Show), is born.

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Tico Torres musician: drums: group: Bon Jovi: You Give Love a Bad Name, is born.

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Midge Ure rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance), is born.

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Tito Jackson singer (Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Carey musician: keyboards: group: Rainbow: LPs: Rainbow Rising, Long Live Rock �n� Roll, is born.

Ref: 4

Tom Petty, Gainesville Fla, singer (Heartbreakers-Refugee), is born.

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Charlotte Caffey musician: guitar, singer: group: The Go-Gos, is born.

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Julian Keith Strickland musician: drums: group: The B-52s: Rock Lobster, Quiche Lorraine, 606-0842, Dance This Mess Around, is born.

Ref: 4

Andy Partridge guitars/vocal (XTC-Oranges & Lemons), is born.

Ref: 5

Alexander O'Neal (James Hearsky Harris III), British songwriter, singer, personality, is born.

Ref: 5

Herman Rarebell musician: drums: group: Scorpions: LPs: Taken by Force, Tokyo Tapes, Lovedrive, Animal Magnetism, Blackout, Love at First Sting, World Wide Live, is born.

Ref: 4

Craig Hundley musician: pianist: group: Craig Hundley Trio; actor: Tammy and the Millionaire, Days of Our Lives, Knots Landing, Schizoid, The Acorn People, is born.

Ref: 4

Boris Grebenshikov Russian rock musician, is born.

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Shuggie (Johnny) Otis Jr. musician: guitar, bass, harmonica, keyboards: LPs: Here Comes Shuggie Otis, Freedom Flight, Inspiration Information, Omaha Bar-B-Que, is born.

Ref: 4

Meg Griffin DJ (WNEW-FM, WPLJ-FM, WKRK-FM)/VJ (V-1), is born.

Ref: 5

Myung-Whan Chung Seoul Korea, pianist (Chung Sisters), is born.

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Daniel Gregory Mason composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Jonathan Lewis trombonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.

Ref: 5

Bruce Kulick Brooklyn NY, rocker (Kiss-Beth, Rock and Roll All Nite), is born.

Ref: 5

Kishio Hirao composer, dies at 46.

Ref: 5

Ikue Ile Mori drummer/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Gane Toronto Ontario, rocker (M+M), is born.

Ref: 5

Elliot Easton (Shapiro) musician: guitar: group: The Cars: My Best Friend�s Girl, Just What I Needed, Let�s Go, You Might Think, Magic, Drive, Tonight She Comes, is born in Brooklyn NY.

Ref: 4

Andras Schiff Budapest Hungary, pianist (Tchaikovsky-1974), is born.

Ref: 5

Betty Wright US gospel/singer/TV hostess (Little Miss Broadway), is born.

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David Leisner composer, is born.

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Richard Clayderman pianist (Amour, Romantic America), is born.

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1954

Fr David Paris France, rocker, is born.

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Ross The Boss rocker, is born.

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Bryan Hitt rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You), is born.

Ref: 5

Lance Hoppens rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Fred Raymond composer, dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Oscar Straus Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Roland Diggle composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Edward Ka-spel English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots), is born.

Ref: 5

Franco De Vita Caracas Venezuela, Spanish singer (Extranjero), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Finch rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Finch rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It), is born.

Ref: 68

Paul-Marie Masson composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Shawn Murray rock drummer (Mink Deville), is born.

Ref: 5

Dick Manitoba vocalist (Dictators), is born.

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Alides Hidding singer/guitarist (Time Bandits), is born.

Ref: 5

Adrian Vandenberg Amsterdam Netherlands, rock guitarist (Whitesnake), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Campbell guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown), is born.

Ref: 5

Theodor Rogalski composer, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Vaclav Vackar composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Vittorio Gnecchi composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Scott Kempner "Top Ten" rocker (Del Lords), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Adam Maklakiewicz composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Lance Hoppens rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me), is born.

Ref: 5

David Lombardo rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Frances Bucholz rocker (Scorpions-Wind of Change), is born.

Ref: 5

Jamie West-Oram rock guitarist (Fixx), is born.

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Jon Brant rock bassist (Cheap Trick), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Bolton New Haven CT, rock vocalist (How Am I Supposed To Live Without You, That's What Love Is All About), is born.

Ref: 5

Neal Schon rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English), is born.

Ref: 5

Janis Gill Torrance CA, singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight Girl), is born.

Ref: 5

Merrick [Chris Hughes] rock drummer (Adam & The Ants), is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Gohler composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Noel Gay [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer, dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Louis Zimmermann violinist, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Matt Frenette rock drummer (Loverboy), is born.

Ref: 5

Cheryl Baker (Rita Crudgington) singer: group: Bucks Fizz: Making Your Mind Up, Land of Make Believe, My Camera Never Lies, Now Those Days are Gone, If You Can�t Stand the Heat; TV host, is born.

Ref: 4

Charmain Elaine Sylvers rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Jann Browne country singer (Mexican Wind), is born.

Ref: 5

Ludomir Michal Rogowski composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Arthur Fickenscher composer, dies at 82.

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Jimmy Nail singer/actor (Evita, Spender, Howling II), is born.

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Nancy Wilson (Nancy Lamoureux Wilson) musician: guitar, singer: group: Heart: Crazy on You, Magic Man, Barracuda, Straight On; actress: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Wild Life, is born in San Francisco, CA.

Ref: 4

Rena Jones rock vocalist, is born.

Ref: 5

Wally Stocker London England, rock vocalist/guitarist (Babys-Missing You), is born.

Ref: 5

Walter Braunfels composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Jim Seales Hamilton AL, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South), is born.

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Harry Lawrence Freeman composer, dies at 84.

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Tony Brock England, rock drummer (Babys-Missing You), is born.

Ref: 5

Jeff Porcaro Los Angeles CA, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa), is born.

Ref: 5

Stan Ridgeway rocker (Mosquito-Garage Sale), is born.

Ref: 5

Claude Delvincourt composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Philip Greeley Clapp composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Chris Difford rocker (Squeeze), is born.

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Pat Travers Toronto Ontario Canada, rock guitarist (Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Destri rock keyboardist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Rapture), is born.

Ref: 5

Emmanuel M�xico City M�xico, Spanish singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Vicente Lecuna composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Kim Stone bassist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.

Ref: 5

Captain Sensible [Raymond Burns] Balham London England, rocker (Women & Captains First), is born.

Ref: 5

Rob Crosby Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural), is born.

Ref: 5

Deborah Iyall rocker (Romeo Void), is born.

Ref: 5

Ray Parker Jr Detroit MI, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters-Who You Gonna Call?), is born.

Ref: 5

Pauline de Cock-Manifarges singer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Julie Budd Brooklyn NY, singer (Child of Plenty), is born.

Ref: 5

Angelo Kimball Boston MA, rock guitarist (Face To Face), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Erskine jazz drummer (Weather Report), is born.

Ref: 5

Edgar Riley Jr rocker (Axe K), is born.

Ref: 5

Judith Weir composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Clemens Krauss Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Wreckless Eric rocker (Waxworks, Be Stiff), is born.

Ref: 5

Phil Rudd musician: drums: group: AC/DC: LPs: Let There Be Rock, Powerage, Highway to Hell, Dirty Deeds Done Cheap, For Those About to Rock, is born.

Ref: 4

James Henderson country singer (Black Oak Arkansas), is born.

Ref: 5

Janos Hammerschlag composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed.

Ref: 5

Jerry Dammers keyboardist (Specials-The Special), is born.

Ref: 5

Achille Longo composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Dan Hill singer: Sometimes When We Touch, is born.

Ref: 4

Terri Gibbs Augusta Ga, blind singer (Somebody's Knockin'), is born.

Ref: 5

David Paich musician: keyboards, singer: group: Toto: Hold the Line, Make Believe, Roseanna, Africa

Ref: 4

Ava Barber Knoxville Tn, country singer (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.

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Pete Briquette musician: bass, singer: group: The Boomtown Rats: Looking After No. 1, She�s So Modern, Rat Trap, I Don�t Like Mondays, Banana Republic, is born.

Ref: 4

Nanci Griffith Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter: LP: Other Voices/Other Rooms [1993]; From a Distance, Love at the Five and Dime, Fly by Night, Daddy Said, Ford Econoline, LP: There�s a Light Beyond These Woods, is born.

Ref: 4

Cherry Boone singer; daughter of singer Pat Boone, sister of singer Debby Boone, is born.

Ref: 4

Debbie Sledge Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family), is born.

Ref: 5

Neil Francis Tennant rocker (Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices), is born.

Ref: 5

Louise Mandrell Corpus Christi TX, country singer (Mandrell Sisters), is born.

Ref: 5

Ricky Skaggs singer (Toy Hearts, 2 Different Worlds), is born.

Ref: 5

Jay Jay French NYC, guitarist (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda Bx, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It), is born.

Ref: 5

Pat Metheny jazz guitarist (As Wichita Falls), is born.

Ref: 5

Elvis Costello [Declan Patrick McManus], rocker (Allison), is born in London England. (TWA, 1998)

Ref: 5

Martin Jourard keyboardist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.

Ref: 5

Chet Catallo guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.

Ref: 5

Banner Thomas musician: bass: group: Molly Hatchet, is born.

Ref: 4

Benmont Tench musician: keyboards: backed Elvis Costello in live performances; group: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: American Girl, Don�t Do Me like That, Jammin� Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Barry Cowsill singer: group: The Cowsills: Indian Lake, Hair, The Rain, the Park and Other Things, is born.

Ref: 4

Philthy Animal (Philip Taylor) musician: drums: group: Motorhead, is born.

Ref: 4

Craig Chaquico musician: guitar, singer: group: Jefferson Starship, is born.

Ref: 4

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Grammy Award-winning blues guitarist, is born.

Ref: 4

Bob Geldof, singer, songwriter: group: Boomtown Rats, organizer of Live-Aid (food for Africa) is born in Dublin Ireland.

Ref: 68

Adam Ant (Stuart Goddard) singer: Goody Two Shoes, Prince Charming, Stand and Deliver, Apollo Nine, is born.

Ref: 4

Chris Difford guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted), is born.

Ref: 5

Rickie Lee Jones Chicago, singer (Chuck E's in Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Dennis Stratton musician: guitar: group: Iron Maiden: Eddie the Head, Run to the Hills, Running Free; LPS: Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Power Slave, Somewhere in Time, is born.

Ref: 4

Yanni (Chrysomallis) musician: piano: LP: Optimystique; music used on broadcasts of: Tour de France, Olympic Games, World Series; swimmer: Greek National Swim Team, is born.

Ref: 4

Tony Thompson musician: drums: group: Chic: Dance Dance Dance, Everybody Dance, Le Freak, I Want Your Love, Good Times; played with Led Zeppelin: Live Aid; drummer with Patti LaBelle, is born.

Ref: 4

Sammy Davis, Jr. was involved in a serious auto accident in San Bernardino, CA. Three days later, Davis lost the sight in his left eye. He later referred to the accident as the turning point of his career.

Ref: 4

Curtis Armstrong actor (Moonlighting), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul-Marie Masson composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

George McArdle musician: bass guitarist: group: Little River Band: Help is on Its Way, Reminiscing, Lady, Lonesome Loser, Cool Change, The Night Owls, Take It Easy on Me, is born.

Ref: 4

June Pointer singer: group: The Pointer Sisters: Fire, He�s So Shy, Slow Hand, Jump [For My Love], Automatic, Neutron Dance, I�m So Excited, Dare Me, Yes We Can Can, How Long [Betcha Got a Chick on the Side]; solo: LP: Baby Sister, is born.

Ref: 4

Danielle Alexander Fort Worth TX, country music pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Gregg country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels), is born.

Ref: 5

Enrique Soro Barriga composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Nina Vasar wife of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies.

Ref: 5

Chris Stamey rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Dmitri Shostakovich appointed honored guest of Swedish Royal Music Academy.

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Jack Hues singer: group: Wang Chung: Everybody Have Fun Tonight, is born.

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Herman Finkers Dutch cabaret performer, is born.

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Singer Jermaine Jackson, sister of Michael Jackson, is born in Gary IN.

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John Anderson Apopka FL, country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade), is born.

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Steve Forbert rocker, is born.

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Ib Anderson Copenhagen, ballet dancer, is born.

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Emilis Melngailis composer, dies at 80.

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Annie Lennox Aberdeen Scotland, singer (Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Here Comes The Rain Again), is born.

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Steve Wariner Noblesville IN, country singer (Small Town Girl), is born.

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Robin Campbell musician: guitar, singer: group: UB40: King, Food for Thought, My Way of Thinking, I Think It�s Going to Rain, Dream a Lie, The Earth Dies Screaming, Red Red Wine, Sing Our Own Song, is born.

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Johnny Ace ballad singer, dies at 25 in a game of Russian Roulette.

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Rosario Scalero composer, dies at 84.

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Peter Woods rocker (Romeo Void-Girl in Trouble), is born.

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Rosie Vela British singer (Zazu, Fools Paradise), is born.

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Roger Voudouris Sacramento CA, rock vocalist, is born.

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Peter Van Anrooy conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75.

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1955

Kathy Forester Lookout Mountain GA, country singer (Forester Sister-Men), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Hollis English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl), is born.

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Dominicus Johner composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Rasse composer, dies at 81.

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Mike Reno Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy-Get Lucky, Heaven in Your Eyes), is born.

Ref: 5

Luci Martin rocker vocalist (Chic), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Schenker heavy metal rocker (McAuley Schenker Groups-Coming on Strong, Scorpions), is born.

Ref: 5

Fred White rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover), is born.

Ref: 5

Trevor Rabin rocker (Yes), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Earle San Antonio TX, country singer (Guitar Town), is born.

Ref: 5

Simon Rattle England, orchestra conductor (Birmingham Symphony Orchestra), is born.

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Michael Anthony rock bassist/singer (Van Halen-Pretty Woman, Jump, 1984), is born.

Ref: 5

Reginald Calloway trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.

Ref: 5

Alexander O'Neal R&B singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Julian Holland rocker (Squeeze), is born.

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Eddie Van Halen Grammy Award-winning musician: guitar, singer: group: Van Halen: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge [1991]; owns recording studio: 5150, is born.

Ref: 4

Lucia Mendez Mexico, Spanish singer (Lucia es Luna Moreno), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Young Glasgow KY, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Thompson guitarist (Afterburn, Fresh, Sahara, Gridlock'd), is born.

Ref: 5

Ford Lee Buck Washington, American jazz musician, dies at age 51.

Ref: 5

Jan de Ligt Dutch saxophonist (I've Got the Bullets), is born.

Ref: 5

Scott Smith rock bassist (Loverboy-Get Lucky), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Cuvillier composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Jeff Clayton US jazz saxophonist/composer (Groove Shop), is born.

Ref: 5

Otto J Gombosi Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Howard Jones rock pianist/vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better), is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Abrams Ohio, rocker (Buckinghams), is born.

Ref: 5

Marij Kogoj composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Garry Christian singer: group: The Christians, is born.

Ref: 4

Randy Jackson New Orleans LA, guitarist (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Fortune Newport News VA, singer (Statler Brothers-Class of '57), is born.

Ref: 5

Dale Bozzio Boston MA, rock vocalist (Missing Persons-Destination Unknown), is born.

Ref: 5

Jay Osmond Ogden UT, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donny & Marie), is born.

Ref: 5

Fernando Bujones Miami FL, ballet dancer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bunny DeBarge Grand Rapids MI, rocker (Debarge), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Fortune singer: group: Statler Brothers: LPs: Today, Atlanta Blue, Pardners in Rhyme, Four for the Show, Radio Gospel Favorites, Maple Street Memories, is born.

Ref: 4

Charlie "Bird" Parker, self-taught jazz saxophonist, pioneer of the new "cool" movement, dies in New York NY at age 34.

Ref: 70

Boon Gould musician: guitar: group: Level 42: The Chinese Way, The Sun Goes Down [Living It Up], Hot Water, is born.

Ref: 4

(Long Island) Dee Snider, Massapequa NY, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It), is born.

Ref: 5

Mayhew Lake composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Paul Overstreet Van Cleave MS, country singer (Daddy's Come Around), is born.

Ref: 5

Derek Longmuir musician: drums: group: The Bay City Rollers: Keep On Dancing, Remember [Sha-La-La], Bye Bye Baby, Give Me a Little Love, Saturday Night, is born.

Ref: 4

Dean Dillon Lake City TN, country singer (Chair), is born.

Ref: 5

Reba (Nell) McEntire, McAlester OK, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues), is born. (also TWA, 1998)

Ref: 5

Randy Van Warmer Indian Hills CO, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most), is born.

Ref: 5

Harl McDonald US composer (Santa F� Trail), dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Stan Ridway rocker (Wall Of Voodoo), is born.

Ref: 5

Mick Mars [Bob Allen Dale], musician: guitar: group: Motley Crue: LPs: Too Fast for Love, Shout at the Devil, Theatre of Pain, is born in Terra Haute IN.

Ref: 4

Oskar Frederik Lindberg composer, dies at 68.

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Louis Johnson Los Angeles CA, rock bassist/vocalist (Brothers Johnson), is born.

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Pete Shelley (McNeish) musician, singer: group: The Buzzcocks: Totally from the Heart, Alright O.K., Going Steady, Love Bites, What Do I Get, Orgasm Addict, Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn�t Fall in Love With, I Don't Mind, Promises, is born.

Ref: 4

Rob Bolland Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland), is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Baker rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock), is born.

Ref: 5

Captain Sensible bassist (Damned-Happy Talk), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Smith British DJ, is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie Jobson rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure), is born.

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Jay Osmond rocker (Osmond Brothers), is born.

Ref: 5

Joe Callis rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Tadeusz Jarecki composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Steve Jones English pop guitarist (Sex Pistols-Mercy), is born.

Ref: 5

Danny Brubeck drummer: Two Generations of Brubeck, In Your Own Sweet Way, The Duke; Dave Brubeck�s son, is born.

Ref: 4

Georges Enescu Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Rock musician Alex Van Halen (brother of Eddie) is born in Nijmegen Netherlands.

Ref: 68

Jos Haagmans Dutch singer (Frank Boeijen Group), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Herndon Springfield MA, drummer (Alabama-Take Me Down), is born.

Ref: 5

Kix Brooks Shreveport LA, singer (Brooks & Dunn-Brand New Man), is born.

Ref: 5

Hazel O'Connor Coventry England, singer/actress (Breaking Glass), is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Balilla Pratella composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov is found dead at age 45. (XDG, p 4A, 5/18/2000)

Ref: 83

Steve George rock keyboardist (Mr Mister), is born.

Ref: 5

John Glavin rock keyboardist (Molly Hatchet, is born.

Ref: 5

Stan Lynch Gainesville FL, rock drummer (Tommy Petty & Heartbreakers), is born.

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Iva Davies musician: guitar, singer: group: Icehouse, is born.

Ref: 4

Rosanne Cash Memphis TN, country singer (Runaway Train, Seven Year Ache, I Wonder), is born.

Ref: 5

Jerry Dengler Colorado Springs CO, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around), is born.

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Mike Porcaro rock bassist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa), is born.

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(Nicky) Topper Headon, English musician: drums: group: The Clash: White Man, English Civil War, Stay Free, I Fought the Law, Brand New Cadillac, London Calling, Death or Glory, Jimmy Jazz; songwriter: Rock the Casbah, is born.

Ref: 4

Raoul Gunsbourg composer, dies at 95.

Ref: 5

Joey Scarbury Ontario Calif, singer (Greatest American Hero), is born.

Ref: 5

Rock musician Michael Anthony (Van Halen) is born.

Ref: 68

Mick Jones musician: guitar, singer: groups: Big Audio Dynamite, The Clash: 1977, Capitol Radio, Career Opportunities, I�m So Bored with the USA, Police and Thieves, Complete Control, Remote Control, [White Man] In Hammersmith Palais, English Civil War, Stay Free, I Fought the Law, Brand New Cadillac, Death or Glory, Jimmy Jazz, Rock the Casbah, is born.

Ref: 4

Neil Clark musician: guitar: group: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, is born.

Ref: 4

John Waite singer: Missing You, Tears; group: The Babys: Isn�t It Time, Everytime I Think of You, Back on My Feet Again, is born.

Ref: 4

Joey Scarbury singer: The Greatest American Hero [Believe It or Not], is born.

Ref: 4

Terry Chambers musician: drums: group: XTC: Making Plans for Nigel, Sgt Rock [Is Going to Help Me], Senses Working Overtime, is born.

Ref: 4

Henry Preistman rocker (The Christians-Harvest the World), is born.

Ref: 5

Tacho Ocheriski singer (Putting on the Ritz), is born.

Ref: 5

Carmen Miranda (Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha) �Brazilian Bombshell�: singer: Mama Eu Quero, The Lady with the Tutti Frutti Hat; dancer, actress: Copacabana, Springtime in the Rockies, Down Argentine Way; Chiquita Banana; dies.

Ref: 4

Benjamin Orr (Orzechowski) musician: bass guitar, singer: group: The Cars: My Best Friend�s Girl, Just What I Needed, Let�s Go, You Might Think, Magic, Drive, Tonight She Comes; solo: LP: The Lace; died Oct 3, 2000

Ref: 4

Joe Jackson England, singer (Steppin' Out), is born.

Ref: 5

Jeffrey Daniel singer: group: Shalamar: Take that to the Bank, The Lover in You, is born.

Ref: 4

Martin Jackson rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out), is born.

Ref: 5

Anthony Thistlethwaite musician: saxophone: group: The Waterboys, is born.

Ref: 4

Bruce Foxton musician: guitar: band: 100 Men; group: The Jam: Down in the Tube Station at Midnight, David Watts, Eton Rifles, Little Boy Soldiers, Saturday�s Kids, Going Underground, Town Called Malice, Beat Surrender, Man in the Corner Shop, Set the House Ablaze, Start, The Planner�s Dream Gone Wrong, is born.

Ref: 4

Pat Mastelotto musician: drums: group: Mr. Mister, is born.

Ref: 4

Steve Severin (Bailey) musician: bass: group: Siouxsie & The Banshees:

Ref: 4

Carlene Carter singer: I Fell in Love, Every Little Thing, Do It in a Heartache; June Carter�s daughter, is born.

Ref: 4

Philip Oakey singer: group: The Human League, is born.

Ref: 4

Leo Barnes musician: group: Hothouse Flowers, is born.

Ref: 4

Yo-Yo Ma Paris France, world famous Chinese cellist, is born.

Ref: 5

David Lee Roth rock singer (Van Halen-Jump), is born.

Ref: 5

Lindy (Linda) Boone singer: group: The Boone Family; singer Pat Boone�s daughter, is born.

Ref: 4

Eric Faulkner musician: guitar: group: Bay City Rollers: Saturday Night, Bye Bye Baby, Give Me a Little Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Kevin Dubrow singer: group: Quiet Riot: Cum on Feel the Noize, Bang Your Head [Metal Health], Skweeze Me Pleeze Me, is born.

Ref: 4

Leslie McKeown singer: group: The Bay City Rollers: Bye Bye Baby, Give Me a Little Love, I Only Wanna Be With You, Saturday Night, is born.

Ref: 4

Frankie Banali musician: group: Quiet Riot, is born.

Ref: 4

Peter Cox rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down), is born.

Ref: 5

Bruce Hornsby musician: piano, singer: group: The Range, is born.

Ref: 4

Rock musician Clem Burke (Blondie) is born.

Richard Young Glasgow KY, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett), is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Honegger composer: film scores: Crime and Punishment; dies.

Ref: 4

Billy Idol (Broad) musician: guitar, singer: Mony, Mony, Eyes Without a Face, Dancing with Myself, White Wedding, Rebel Yell, To Be a Lover, Speed, Cradle of Love; songwriter: Hot in the City, is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Prout Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle), is born.

Ref: 5

Cassandra Wilson jazz singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bill Lloyd Bowling Green Ky, singer (Foster & Lloyd-Crazy Over You), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Buckler [Paul Richard Buckler] rock drummer (Jam), is born.

Ref: 5

Tish Hinojosa San Antonia TX, country singer (Something in the Rain), is born.

Ref: 5

Jacques Handschin Swiss musicologist, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Franz Adolf Syberg composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Paul Simonon musician: bass: group: The Clash: 1977, Capital Radio, Career Opportunities, I�m So Bored with the USA, Police and Thieves, Complete Control, [White Man] in Hammersmith Palais, English Civil War, Stay Free, Brand New Cadillac, Death or Glory, Jimmy Jazz, Rock the Casbah, Train in Vain [Stand by Me], is born.

Ref: 4

Ed Kuepper German/Australian, singer/songwriter (Saints), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Murray English pop guitarist (Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Pijnenburg Dutch rock drummer (Doe Maar-Bomb), is born.

Ref: 5

Neil Giraldo rocker (Pat Benatar Band), is born.

Ref: 5

1956

Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov Russian/US composer, dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Barney Sumner aka Bernie Albrecht (Dicken) musician: guitar, singer: groups: Joy Division; Transmission: Love Will Tear Us Apart, New Order: Blue Monday, Confusion, Shellshock

Ref: 4

Bernard Albrecht English pop guitarist (Joy Division), is born.

Ref: 5

Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov composer, dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Trudie Styler England, wife of Sting/sponsor (Rainforest Concert), is born.

Ref: 5

Malcolm Foster rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Young rock vocalist/keyboardist (Every Time You Go Away), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Collie Waynesboro TN, country singer (Another Old Soldier), is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Brill New York City NY, drummer (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away), is born.

Ref: 5

Andy Cox Birmingham England, rock guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy), is born.

Ref: 5

Lisa Boray [Schulte Nordholt], Dutch singer (Lovers Until the End), is born.

Ref: 5

Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and composer, dies at age 65.

Ref: 70

Peter Schilling Stuttgart Germany, rocker (Major Tom-Coming Home), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Rotten [John Lydon], rocker (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen), is born.

Ref: 5

Lloyd Cole rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Peder Gram composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Peter Hook, English musician: bass: group: Joy Division: Transmission, Love Will Tear Us Apart; New Order: Blue Monday, Confusion, Shellshock, is born.

Ref: 4

James Ingram singer (On the Wings of Love), is born.

Ref: 17

Gustave Charpentier French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95.

Ref: 5

Dave Wakeling rock singer/guitarist, is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Holsapple rocker (Continental Drifters), is born.

Ref: 5

Edwin Franko Goldman composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Frank Dailey orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54.

Ref: 5

G�nther Ramin German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Randy Jackson rocker (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Evans Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC-Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Warrior Soul-Last Decade of The Century), is born.

Ref: 5

John Cowsill singer: group: The Cowsills: The Rain, The Park and Other Things, We Can Fly, Hair, Indian Lake, is born in Newport RI.

Ref: 4

Erich Itor Kahn composer, dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko Russian opera composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Joseph John Richards composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Will Rigby rock percussionist (Amy Rigby Diary of a Mad Housewife), is born.

Ref: 5

George Luther Foote composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Charly McClain Jackson TN, country singer (Radio Heart), is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup vocalist, dies of a heart attack.

Ref: 5

LaToya Jackson singer (If You Feel the Funk)/posed for Playboy, is born.

Ref: 5

Miguel Bos� Aries Panam�, Spanish singer (Lo Mejor del A�o)/actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot), is born.

Ref: 5

Evelyn Hart prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet), is born.

Ref: 5

Bozidar Sirola composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Jozef Szulc composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Neville Staples singer: group: The Specials: Gangsters, A Message to You Rudy, Too Much Too Young, Ghost Town, is born.

Ref: 4

Alexander Briley vocalist (YMCA-Village People), is born.

Ref: 5

Jaap Vranken organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies.

Ref: 5

Lieven Duvosel Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Ron Verlin rocker (Shooting Star), is born.

Ref: 5

Nemesio Otano y Eugenio composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Richard Farina folk singer (Reflections in a Crystal Wind), is born.

Ref: 5

Dick Kemper Amsterdam Netherlands, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg), is born.

Ref: 5

Vladimir Ambros composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Darius Rucker lead vocalist (Hootie & the Blowfish-Let Her Cry), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Hogarth Kendal England, vocals (Marillion-Clutching at Straws), is born.

Ref: 5

Martyn Ware musician: synthesizer: groups: The Human League: LP: Reproduction; Heaven 17: We Don�t Need This Fascist Groove Thang, Temptation, Crushed by the Wheels of Industry, is born.

Ref: 4

Joanna M C "Annemarie" Henselmans singer/cabareti�re (School Desk), is born.

Ref: 5

Helen Terry rocker (Now You're Mine), is born.

Ref: 5

LaToya Jackson singer (If You Feel the Funk)/posed for Playboy, is born in Gary IN. (TWA, 2002)

Ref: 95

Greg R rocker (Bad), is born.

Ref: 5

Larry Blackmon rocker (Cameo-Alligator Woman), is born.

Ref: 5

Hermann Abendroth German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Bart van Poppel Dutch bassist/guitarist/singer (Tambourine), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard �Butler Rep� Butler singer, songwriter: group: Psychedelic Furs: We Love You, Love My Way, Heaven, Pretty in Pink, is born.

Ref: 4

Kenny G saxophonist (Duotones), is born.

Ref: 5

Russell Christian sax, keyboards, vocals: group: The Christians: LPs: The Christians, Colour, Happy in Hell, is born.

Ref: 4

Green Gartside singer: group: Scritti Politti: LPs: Anomie & Bonhomie, Cupid & Psyche 85, Provision, Songs To Remember, is born.

Ref: 4

Derek Forbes rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front), is born.

Ref: 5

Philip Adrian Wright musician: synthesizer: group: Human League: Don�t You Want Me, [Keep Feeling] Fascination, Mirror Man, The Lebanon, Life on Your Own, Louise, is born.

Ref: 4

Jeffrey Cooper guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.

Ref: 5

Kenny G (Kenneth Gorelick) jazz musician: saxophone: Songbird, Silhouette, Forever in Love, Everytime I Close My Eyes, Sentimental, is born.

Ref: 4

Russell Christian rocker (The Christians-Harvest the World), is born.

Ref: 5

Marc Almond rocker (Everything I Want Love to Be), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark "Animal" Mendoza rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Cook drummer (Sex Pistols), is born.

Ref: 5

Patty Scialfa singer: backup vocalist for Bruce Springsteen on 1988 tour, is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Brenda Lee recorded her first hit for Decca Records. Jambalaya and Bigelow 6-200 started a new career for the petite 11-year-old from Lithonia, GA (near Atlanta). Brenda Mae Tarpley (Brenda Lee) had been singing professionally since age six. She recorded 29 hit songs in the 1960s and became a successful country singer in 1971. Brenda Lee had a pair of number one tunes with I�m Sorry and I Want to be Wanted. She recorded a dozen hits that made it to the top 10.

Ref: 4

Phil Fearon rocker (Galaxy, Kandidate-I Don't Want to Lose You), is born.

Ref: 5

Isabel Pantoja Spain, spanish singer (Genio y Figura), is born.

Ref: 5

Kirk Brandon rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland), is born.

Ref: 5

Vinnie Vincent heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes), is born.

Ref: 5

Chris Foreman guitar (Madness-1 Step Beyond), is born.

Ref: 5

David Grant rocker (Heaven Knows), is born.

Ref: 5

Sharon Bryant vocalist (Atlantic Starr Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.

Ref: 5

Matt Aitken rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block), is born.

Ref: 5

Glen Matlock musician: bass: group: The Sex Pistols: Anarchy in the UK, is born.

Ref: 4

Michael J Feinstein pianist (Isn't It Romantic), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnnie Fingers (Moylett) musician: keyboards, singer: group: The Boomtown Rats: Looking After No. 1, She�s So Modern, Rat Trap, I Don�t Like Mondays, Banana Republic, is born.

Ref: 4

Barry Andrews musician: keyboards: groups: League of Gentlemen, XTC, is born.

Ref: 4

Brian Robertson musician: guitar: groups: Wild Horses, Thin Lizzy: Still in Love with You, is born.

Ref: 4

Joni Sledge Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family), is born.

Ref: 5

Debby Boone Grammy Award-winning singer: Best New Artist [1977], You Light Up My Life [1977], With My Song I Will Praise Him [1980], Keep the Flame Burning [w/Phil Driscoll 1984]; group: The Boone Family; daughter of singers Pat and Shirley Boone

Ref: 4

Freddie Jackson singer, songwriter, is born.

Ref: 4

Dave Vanian (Letts) singer; group: The Damned, is born.

Ref: 4

Nino DeFranco singer: group: The DeFranco Family, is born.

Ref: 4

Dwight Yoakum country singer (If There Was a Way), is born.

Ref: 5

Mathias Jabs musician: guitar: group: Scorpions, is born.

Ref: 4

Tony Bowers musician: bass: group: Simply Red: Money�s Too Tight to Mention, Holding Back the Years, The Right Thing, is born.

Ref: 4

Art Tatum, black American jazz pianist, dies at age 46 in Los Angeles.

Ref: 70

Ian Craig Marsh musician: keyboards: group: Heaven 17: We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang, Ball of Confusion, Temptation, Crushed by the Wheels of Industry, Soul Deep, The Foolish Thing to Do, Steel City; Human League: LP: Reproduction, is born.

Ref: 5

Victor Young orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Alec John Such rocker (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name), is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane PA, orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany), dies at the age of 51.

Ref: 4

Erich Kleiber Austrian conductor, dies.

Ref: 5

Stuart Kimball rock guitarist (Face To Face), is born.

Ref: 5

Herbert Groenemeyer Germany, rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick (Paul) Buckler musician: drums, singer: group: The Jam, is born.

Ref: 4

Peter Buck musician: guitar: group: R.E.M.: Stand, So Central Rain, Seven Chinese Brothers, Radio Free Europe, is born.

Ref: 4

Randy Rhoads Santa Monica CA, rocker (Ozzy Osbourne-Flying High Again), is born.

Ref: 5

Warren Cuccurullo rock guitarist (Missing Persons), is born.

Ref: 5

Edgar Leslie Bainton composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Sylvia (Sylvia Hutton) singer: Nobody, You Don�t Miss a Thing, The Drifter, The Matador, Heart on the Mend, Sweet Yesterday, is born in Kokomo IN.

Ref: 4

Hans Barth composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Lorenzo Perosi composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Lee Roy Parnell Abilene TX, country singer (Oughta be a Law), is born.

Ref: 5

Kenneth Gant rocker (Midnight Star-Freak-A-Zoid, Operator, No Parking On The Dance Floor), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Gibbons rocker (Bo Donaldson & Heywoods-Billy Don't be a Hero), is born.

Ref: 5

Nigel Kennedy English violinist, is born.

Ref: 5

Suzy Bogguss Aledo IL, singer (I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart), is born.

Ref: 5

1957

Patty Loveless [Ramey], Pikeville KY, singer (Blue Side of Town), is born.

Ref: 5

Vincent Calloway Kentucky, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.

Ref: 5

Al White choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies.

Ref: 5

Mary Carr Moore composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Don Snow rocker (Squeeze), is born.

Ref: 5

Arturo Toscanini Italy, American conductor, dies in New York City NY at 89.

Ref: 68

John Crawford singer, musician: bass: group: Berlin: Take My Breath Away

Ref: 4

Tom Bailey rock vocalist/keyboardist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael "Mickey" Virtue Birmingham England, rock keyboardist (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.

Ref: 5

Earl Falconer musician: bass: group: UB40: Food for Thought, If It Happens Again, Red Red Wine, Don�t Break My Heart, Sing Our Own Song, is born.

Ref: 4

Edmund Theodore Sylvers rocker (Sylvers), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie Van Halen, Nijmegan Netherlands, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984), is born.

Ref: 68

Irlene Mandrell Corpus Christi TX, country singer (Mandrell Sisters), is born.

Ref: 5

Jac Bico Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Butler rocker (Big Country-Wonderland), is born.

Ref: 5

Jerry Marotta rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time), is born.

Ref: 5

Rudolph Reti composer, dies at 71.

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Mary Carr Moore composer, dies at 83.

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Tony Butler musician: bass: group: Big Country: Harvest Home, Fields of Fire, In a Big Country, Chance, Wonderland, East of Eden, Where the Rose is Sown, is born.

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Doris King Nashville TN, vocalist (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel), is born.

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Jake E Lee rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark), is born.

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James Ingram singer: [w/Patti Austin]: Baby Come to Me, How Do You Keep the Music Playing; Just Once, is born.

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Falco (Johann H�lzel) singer, songwriter: Rock Me Amadeus, The Sound of Musik, All Vienna, is born.

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Paul Dean guitarist, is born.

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Stuart �Woody� Wood musician: guitar: group: Bay City Rollers: Saturday Night, Bye Bye Baby, Give Me a Little Love, is born in Scotland.

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Kurt von Wolfurt composer, dies at 76.

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Adrian Smith, musician: guitar: group: Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, Running Free, LPs: Killers, Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Somewhere in Time, is born.

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Phil Gould rock percussionist (Level 42-Hot Water), is born.

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Cindy Wilson Athens GA, rock vocalist (B-52's-Love Shack), is born.

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Ian Stanley keyboardist, is born.

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Jon Carroll Washington DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight), is born.

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Mark E Smith English rock vocalist (Fall-Fall in a Hole), is born.

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Clive Burr musician: drums: group: Iron Maiden [1979-1983]: Eddie the Head, is born.

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Othmar Schoeck composer, dies at 70.

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Marlon D Jackson Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow), is born.

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Steve Harris London England, hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden--Number of the Beast, Gypsy's Kiss), is born.

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Melvin Gentry vocalist/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.

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Fud Livingston composer, dies at 50.

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Billy MacKenzie rock vocalist (The Associates-Affectionate Punch), is born.

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Graeme Kelling British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid), is born.

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Ednita Nazario Ponce PR, spanish singer, is born.

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Vince Gill Grammy Award-winning singer: When Love Finds You [1994], I Still Believe in You [1992], When I Call Your Name [1990], Restless [w/Steve Wariner and Ricky Skaggs] [1991]; Grammy Award-winning musician: guitar: Red Wing [w/Asleep at the Wheel] [1993]; songwriter: If It Weren�t for Him [w/Roseanne Cash]; groups: Bluegrass Alliance, Sundance, The Cherry Bombs, Pure Prairie League, is born in Norman OK. (also TWA, 1997)

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Wayne Lewis keyboardist, (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.

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[Boaz] Boo Watson keyboardist (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.

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Belinda Lipscomb vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.

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Rod Morgenstein rocker (Winger), is born.

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Richenel [Hubertus R Baars] singer/performer (Dance Around The World), is born.

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Richie C Robertson rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles), is born.

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Otallo Morales composer, dies at 82.

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Ludwig Schiedermair German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80.

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Steve Farris musician: guitar: group: Mr. Mister: Broken Wings, Kyrie, Is It love, is born.

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Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern composer, dies at 53.

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Cactus Moser Montrose CO, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry), is born.

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Thereza Bazaar rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me), is born.

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Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer, dies at 74.

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Ezio F Pinza Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Metropolitan Opera), dies at age 64.

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Punk Rocker Sid Vicious is born. Ref

Shalva Azmayparashvili composer, dies at 54.

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Michael Cretu rocker (Enigma), is born.

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Jimmy McShane Pop singer (Baltimora-Tarzan Boy), is born.

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Siouxsie Sioux (Janet Susan Ballion) singer: group: Siouxsie and the Banshees: Helter Skelter, Israel, Lord�s Prayer, Christine, Happy House, is born.

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George Bacovia [Vasiliu] Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies at 75.

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Chris Van Jaarsveld guitarist (Sleeze Beez), is born.

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Jimmy Dorsey, American musician and orchestra leader, dies at age 53.

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Tom Bailey musician, singer, keyboardist: The Thompson Twins: Hold Me Now, is born.

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Mark Brzezicki rocker (Big Country-Wonderland), is born.

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Gary Beers musician: bass, singer: group: INXS: Just Keep Walking, The One Thing, Original Sin, Melting in the Sun, This Time, is born.

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Astro rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.

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Mike Anger rocker (The Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways), is born.

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Laura Branigan singer (Gloria), is born.

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Michael Rose rocker (Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive), is born.

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Pete Murphy rocker (Love Hysteria), is born.

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Phil Hanna singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46.

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Rat Scabies (Chris Millar) musician: drums: group: The Damned: Neat, Neat, Neat, New Rose, Love Song, Grimly Fiendish, Shadow of Love, LP: Phantasmagoria, is born.

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Daniel Ash musician: guitar, singer: groups: Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, is born.

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Tim Farriss rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt), is born.

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Ron Strykert musician: guitar: group: Men at Work: Who Can It Be Now, Down Under, is born.

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Kim Sledge Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family), is born.

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Budgie rocker (Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing), is born.

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John O�Neill musician: guitar: groups: That Petrol Emotion: Keen, V2; The Undertones: Teenage Kicks, Jimmy, Jimmy, Here Comes Summer, My Perfect Cousin, Julie Ocean, Forever Paradise, It�s Going to Happen, is born.

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Glenn Tilbrook guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted), is born.

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Gloria Estefan (Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo) �Queen of Latin Pop�, is born.

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Steve Porcaro musician: keyboards, singer: group: Toto: Hold the Line, 99, Make Believe, Rosanna, Africa, is born.

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Margot Chapman Hawaii, vocals (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight), is born.

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Siobhan Fahey rocker (Bananarama-Venus), is born.

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Jon Moss rocker (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me), is born.

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Hans Zimmer Academy Award-winning composer: The Lion King [1994]; Moonlighting, Wild Horses, Rain Man, Driving Miss Daisy, Bird on a Wire, Days of Thunder, Thelma & Louise, Backdraft, A League of Their Own, Drop Zone, Crimson Tide, Broken Arrow, The Rock, Scream 2, The Prince of Egypt, Gladiator, Mission: Impossible II, Hannibal, Pearl Harbor, Black, is born.

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Jean Sibelius Finnish composer, dies at 91.

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Karl Wallinger musician: keyboards, guitar; group: World Party, is born.

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Julian Cope musician: bass, guitar, singer: groups: Crucial Three, Nova Mob, A Shallow Madness, The Teardrop Explodes: Sleeping Gas, Bouncing Babies, Reward, Treason, You Disappear from View; solo: Competition, World Shut Your Mouth, is born.

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Steve Lukather musician: guitar: group: Toto: Rosanna, Africa, Hold the Line; songwriter: Turn Your Love Around, is born.

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Stephen Morris rocker (New Order-Round & Round), is born.

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Lyle Lovett Grammy Award-winning singer: Best Male Country Vocal [1989]; Cowboy Man, songwriter: This Old Porch [w/Robert Earl Keen], You Can�t Resist It, Closing Time, If I Had a Boat; actor: Ready to Wear, Short Cuts, The Player, is born.

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Kevin Eubanks musician: guitar: bandleader: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; composer: film scores: Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault, Psalms from the Underground, The Dinner, The Week that Girl Died, is born.

Ref: 4

Jenny Burton NYC, rocker (Nobody Loves Me Like You Do), is born.

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Jimmy Brown musician: drums: group: UB40: King, Food for Thought, My Way of Thinking, I Think It's Going to Rain, Dream a Lie, The Earth Dies Screaming, If It Happens Again, Red Red Wine, Don't Break My Heart, Sing Our Own Song, Amandla Awethu [The Power is Ours], is born.

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Jim Brown rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.

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Sharon Bailey rocker (Amazulu-Excitable), is born.

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Chris Hayes musician: guitar: group: Huey Lewis & The News: Do You Believe in Love, Heart and Soul, I Want a New Drug, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Walking on a Thin Line, Bad is Bad, If This is It, Power of Love, Trouble in Paradise, Stuck with You, is born.

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John Aston musician: guitar: groups: Photons, Psychedelic Furs: We Love You, Love My Way, Heaven, Pretty in Pink, is born.

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Richard Barbieri musician: drums: group: Japan: Don�t Rain on My Parade, The Unconventional, The Tenant, All Tomorrow�s Parties, Taking Islands in Africa, I Second That Emotion, Cantonese Boy, Bamboo Houses, Forbidden Colours; composer: for Ballet Rambert, is born.

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Phil Collen English rocker (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages), is born.

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Donny Osmond singer: Go Away Little Girl, Puppy Love; [w/sister, Marie]: I�m Leaving It All Up to You; group: Osmond Brothers: One Bad Apple; TV host: Donny and Marie; actor: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, is born in Ogden UT. (also TWA, 1998)

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Paul Hardcastle Jazz musician

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Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra.

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Jerry Lee Lewis weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown, 13, while still married to his first wife, Jane Mitcham.

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Cy Curnin London England, rock vocalist (Fixx-Sign of Fire), is born.

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Sheila E[scovedo] San Franciso CA, disco drummer (Krushgrove, Holly Rock), is born.

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Robert Frank Kurka composer, dies at 35.

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John Webster rocker (Red Ryder-Light in the Tunnel), is born.

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Doug Johnson rock keyboardist (Loverboy-Get Lucky), is born.

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Billy (Steven) Bragg (songwriter, musician: guitar, singer: The Milkman of Human Kindness, A New England, Man in the Iron Mask, St. Withins Day, Island of No Return, Between the Wars, World Turned Upside Down, Which Side are You On?, Levi Stubbs� Tears), is born in Barking Essex England.

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Anita Baker [Ward] Detroit MI, vocalist (Rapture), is born.

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Mike Watt US bassist (Rockband Firehose), is born.

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Eric Coates composer, dies at 71.

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Ricky Ross British rock vocalist (Deacon Blue-Raintown), is born.

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Ian Burden keyboards: group: Human League: Don�t You Want Me, [Keep Feeling] Fascination, Mirror Man, The Lebanon, Life on Your Own, Louise, is born in Sheffield England.

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Jan Rot Dutch composer/writer (Wrong Nights), is born.

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Shane MacGowan songwriter, musician: guitar, singer: group: The Pogues: Transmetropolitan, Streams of Whiskey, Dark Streets of London, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, Dirty Old Town, Sally MacIennane, A Pair of Brown Eyes, is born.

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Artur Malawski composer, dies at 53.

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Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married. They became popular singers on the The Tonight Show with Steve Allen, and as Las Vegas showroom regulars and recording artists. They are still together in one of Hollywood�s most enduring marriages.

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1958

Grandmaster Flash [Joseph Saddler], New York City, NY, rocker (Message), is born.

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David Broekman musician (Think Fast), dies at 55.

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Shawn Colvin singer/guitarist, is born.

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Vicki Peterson Los Angeles CA, rock guitarist/vocalist (Bangles), is born.

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Alec Rowley composer, dies at 65.

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Arthur Shepherd composer, dies at 77.

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Jez Strode rocker (Kajagoogoo), is born.

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Jools (Julian) Holland musician: keyboard: group: Squeeze: Goodbye Girl, Up the Junction, Cool for Cats; solo: LP: Jools Holland & The Millionaires, is born.

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Gary Brian Tibbs London, rock bassist (Adam & The Ants, Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together), is born.

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Anita Baker Toledo OH, singer (Giving You the Best That I Got), is born.

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B James Lowry rocker (Boys Band), is born.

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Norman Lamont Hassan British reggae musician (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.

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Charles Waltz rocker (Shooting Star), is born.

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Rob van Zandvoort Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist (Jack of Hearts), is born.

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Tom Schuman pianist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.

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Lee Crystal rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind), is born.

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Manuel Mijares Mexico, Spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita), is born.

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Mark Fox congas/percussionist (Haircut 100-Nobody's Fool), is born.

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Ice-T (Tracy Marrow), rap singer/actor (New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six), is born.

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Mary Chapin Carpenter Grammy Award-winning singer: LP: Stones in the Road [1994], Shut Up and Kiss Me [1994], Passionate Kisses [1993], I Feel Lucky [1992], Down at the Twist and Shout [1991]; He Thinks He�ll Keep Her, LP: Hometown Girl; musician: guitar, songwriter: Girls with Guitars, co-wrote: Sally�s Pigeon; daughter of Life magazine executive Chapin Carpenter, is born in Princeton NJ.

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Ria Brieffies Dutch vocalist (Dolly Dots), is born.

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David Sylvian (Batt) musician: guitar, singer: group: Japan: The Unconventional, The Tenant, Taking Islands in Africa, I Second that Emotion, Ghosts, Cantonese Boy, Bamboo Houses, Forbidden Colours, is born.

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Sammy Kershaw Kaplan LA, country vocalist (Cadillac Style), is born.

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Nik Kershaw Bristol England, singer/songwriter (Wouldn't it be Good), is born.

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Andy (Andrew Roy) Gibb singer: group: The Bee Gees; solo: Love is Thicker than Water, I Just Want to be Your Everything, Shadow Dancing, [Our Love] Don�t Throw It all Away; host of TV�s Solid Gold; is born in Manchester England.

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Gary Numan (Webb) singer: Cars, Are Friends Electric, I Die You Die, We Take Mystery to Bed, Music for Chameleons, White Boys and Heroes, Warriors, Sister Surprise, Berserker; songwriter: I Dream of Wires, is born in Hammersmith England.

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Martin Fry singer: group: ABC: Tears are Not Enough, Poison Arrow, Be Near Me, When Smokey Sings, King Without a Crown; founded magazine: Modern Drugs, is born.

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Eugeen Van de Velde Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64.

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Pete Wylie Liverpool England, rocker (Sinful), is born.

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Emerson Whithorne, composer, dies at 73.

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Shaun Cassidy rocker/actor (Hardy Boys, Texas Guns), is born.

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W.C. (William Christopher) Handy composer: �Father of the Blues�: St. Louis Blues; dies at age 84.

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Pat McGlynn Edinburgh, rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers), is born.

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Tony Aire rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love), is born.

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Judge Jackson composer, dies at 75.

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Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov composer, dies at 58.

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Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds Indpls IN, singer/producer/songwriter (Boyz II Men, Bobby Brown), is born.

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Dick Clark devoted an hour of his "American Bandstand" afternoon TV show to the memory of Chuck Willis who had died earlier in the day from peritonitis. Willis was from Atlanta, GA and recorded hits that included: "C.C. Rider", "Betty and Dupree", "What Am I Living For" (his biggest hit) and "Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes".

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W C Handy composer/musician, dies at 84 in NY.

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[William] Stuart Adamson Manchester England, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland), is born.

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Tony James rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.

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Will Sergeant rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon, Heaven Up Here), is born.

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Randy Piper heavy metal rocker (Wasp-Wildchild), is born.

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Matt Reid rock keyboardist (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away), is born.

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Les Pattinson Ormskirk Merseyside England, rock bassist (Echo & the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here), is born.

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Fish [Derek William Dick] Edinburgh Scotland, rock vocalist (Marillion-Real to Reel), is born.

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Flab, rocker, is born.

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Keith Denunzio rocker, is born.

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Simon Edwards rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love), is born.

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Glenn Gregory rock vocalist (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams), is born.

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Vincent Henar Surinam, bassist (Fra Fra Sound), is born.

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Toyah Wilcox Birmingham England, rocker (I Want to Be Free), is born.

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Bruno Sturmer composer, dies at 65.

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Jane Wiedlin Oconomowoc WI, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour), is born.

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Mike Barson rock keyboardist (Madness), is born.

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Shelly West Cleveland OH, country singer (Red Hot, West by West), is born.

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Paul Weller guitar (Jam-This is the Modern World, Style Council), is born.

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Neil Finn rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House), is born.

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Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Marie Fredriksson Ostra-Ljuajak Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love), is born.

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Prince [Rodgers Nelson], rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain), is born.

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Daniels Koran saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.

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Esa-Pekka Salonen Helsinki Finland, conductor (Giro), is born.

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Kirk Pengilly Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt), is born.

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Ray Dodds rocker (Fairground Attraction-You Send Me), is born.

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Michael Flatley, dancer, performer: Lord of the Dance

Ref: 4

Nigel Twist rocker (The Alarm-In the Summertime), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael McNeill rocker (Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me), is born.

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Henry Priestman singer: group: The Christians, is born.

Ref: 4

Kate Bush Plumstead England, singer/songwriter (Wild Things), is born.

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Bill Berry musician: drums: group: R.E.M.: Radio Free Europe, Talk about the Passion, So Central Rain, [Don�t Go Back To] Rockville, Seven Chinese Brothers, is born.

Ref: 4

Randy DeBarge musician: bass, vocals: group: DeBarge: Rhythm of the Night, I Like It, All this Love, Time Will Reveal, is born.

Ref: 4

Bruce Dickinson heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden-Run to Hills), is born.

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Greg Chaisson heavy metal rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark), is born.

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Feargal Sharkey rocker (Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart), is born.

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Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) singer: Material Girl, Like a Virgin; actress: Dick Tracy, Desperately Seeking Susan, Shanghai Surprise, A League of Their Own, is born in Bay City MI.

Ref: 4

Belinda Carlisle Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth), is born.

Ref: 5

Walter Schumann choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44.

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Jet Black (Brian Duffy) musician: drums: group: The Stranglers: Grip, Peaches, No More Heroes, Walk on By, Golden Brown, Skin Deep, Nice in Nice, is born.

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Singer Michael Jackson is born in Gary Indiana.

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Fritz McIntyre musician: keyboards: group: Simply Red: Money�s Too Tight to Mention, Holding Back the Years, The Right Thing, is born.

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Michael Lardie musician: group: Great White, is born.

Ref: 4

David Lewis guitarist (Atlantic Starr-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.

Ref: 5

Mick Talbot rocker (Style Council-You're the Best Thing), is born.

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Lee Thompson sax (Madness-Baggy Trousers), is born.

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Tanya Tucker, Seminole TX, country singer/actress (Follow that Car), is born.

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Thomas Dolby rocker (She Blinded Me With Science), is born.

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Alan Jackson rocker (Don't Rock the Jukebox, Here in the Real World), is born.

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Mark King musician: bass, singer: group: Level 42, is born.

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Ivo Pogorelich Belgrade Yugoslavia, pianist (1978 Casagrande winner), is born.

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Simon LeBon singer: group: Duran Duran, is born.

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Hazell Dean rocker (Always Doesn't Mean Forever), is born.

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Terry Lee Miall musician: drums: group: Adam & The Ants: Goody Two-Shoes, Apollo Nine, is born.

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Carmel (McCourt) England, rocker (Storm, More More More)

Ref: 5

Charles Waltz rocker (Shooting Star), is born.

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David Van Day rocker (Dollar-Loves Gotta Hold on Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Erwin Bodky composer, dies at 62.

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Paul Hardcastle keyboardist (Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money), is born.

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Nikki Sixx (Frank Ferranno) musician: bass: group: Motley Crue: LPs: Too Fast for Love, Theatre of Pain, is born in San Jose CA.

Ref: 4

Leo Kenter Dutch drummer (Tr�ckener Kecks-More! More! More!), is born.

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Dana Strum Washington DC, rock bassist (Slaughter-Stick it Live), is born.

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Mike Scott musician: guitar, singer: group: The Waterboys, is born.

Ref: 4

Jan Dijksma Dutch bassist (Weekend at Waikiki), is born.

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Spider Tracy English rock vocalist (The Pogues), is born.

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Mike Mills musician: bass: group: R.E.M.: Radio Free Europe, Talk About the Passion, So Central Rain, Seven Chinese Brothers, [Don�t Go Back to] Rockville, is born.

Ref: 2

Limahl British rocker (Kajagoogoo-Too Shy), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Murray musician: guitar: group: Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, Running Free: LPs: Killers, Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Power Slave, Live After Death, Somewhere in Time, is born.

Ref: 4

Harry Redman composer, dies on 89th birthday.

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Joe Diffie Tulsa OK, country singer/guitarist (Home), is born.

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Mike McGuire Haleyville AL, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South), is born.

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Doris Humphrey US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63.

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Gustav Hermann Unger composer, dies at 72.

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1959

Rusty Golden rocker (Boys Band), is born.

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Kathy Sledge Philadelphia PA, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family), is born.

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Jose Enrique Pedreira composer, dies at 54.

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Kathy Valentine rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat), is born.

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Paul Malengreau composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Don Letts rocker (Big Audio Dynamite), is born.

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Kirk & Curtwood musician (Meat Puppets), is born.

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Per Gessle Halmstad Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love), is born.

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Carl Chas Smash Smyth rock bassist (Madness-Our House), is born.

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Geoff Tate vocalist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence), is born.

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Pete Trewavas Middlesbrough, rock bassist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws, Real to Reel), is born.

Ref: 5

Sad� [Helen Folsade Ady] Ibadan Nigeria, rocker (Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer), is born.

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Billie Holiday, who is considered to have been one of the great American jazz singers, was born. Following her death on July 17, 1959, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)

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Bob Rosenberg rocker (Will To Power), is born.

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Lamar Stringfield composer, dies at 61.

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Earl Falconer British reggae bassist (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.

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Dave Sharp musician: guitar: group: The Alarm: 68 Guns, Where were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?, The Bells of Rhymney, is born.

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Viktor Joseph Keldorfer composer, dies at 85.

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Jody Watley Chicago IL, dancer (Solid Gold)/singer (Looking For a New Love), is born.

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Lol (Laurence) Tolhurst musician: drums, keyboard: group: The Cure: A Forest, Charlotte Sometimes, Let�s Go to Bed, Love Cats, The Caterpillar, In-Between Days, is born.

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"The Day The Music Died". Buddy Holly (22), Ritchie Valens (17), JP (Jiles Perry) Richardson ("The Big Bopper") (28) and the pilot, Roger Peterson, are killed when their small private plane, American Pie, took off from Clear Lake, Iowa, crashed en route to Fargo, N.D. Reportedly, Waylon Jennings gave his seat up to Richardson. Jennings still doesn't talk about that night. Some say Dion didn't want to spend the $35, his pro rata share. What is known is that Valens and Tommy Allsup flipped a coin to see who got the remaining seat on that plane. Valens wins the toss.

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Brian Travers musician: saxophone: group: UB40: King, Food for Thought, My Way of Thinking, I Think It�s Going to Rain, Dream a Lie, The Earth Dies Screaming, Red Red Wine; short film producer: Labour of Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar rocker, dies at 32.

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Paul Malengreau composer, dies at 71.

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Omar Hakim drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report), is born.

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Per Gessle rocker (Roxette-Joy Ride), is born.

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George Antheil US pianist/composer (Ballet M�canique), dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Ali Campbell rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.

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William L Axt composer, dies at 70.

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Baby Dodds, American jazz musician, dies at age 60.

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Ali (Alistair) Campbell musician: guitar, lead singer: group: UB40: Food for Thought, My Way of Thinking, I Think It�s Going to Rain, Dream a Lie, Red Red Wine, Don�t Break My Heart [w/Chrissie Hynde], Orchestral Dub, is born.

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Alfred Alessandrescu composer, dies at 65.

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Eric Zeisl composer, dies at 53.

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Jaroslav Kvapil composer, dies at 66.

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Ray McDonald dancer, dies of barbiturate overdose at 38.

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Mike Peters rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime), is born.

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Andrew Farriss, Australia, rock keyboardist (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt), is born.

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Larry Stewart Paducah KY, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels), is born.

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Yrl� Henrik Kilpinen Finnish composer, dies at 67.

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Haydn Wood composer, dies at 76.

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Ronnie Rogers guitarist (T'Pau-Heart & Soul), is born.

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Patrick Dupond Paris France, dancer (La Bayadere), is born.

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Stan Thorn Kenosha WI, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South), is born.

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Mike Lindup musician: keyboards, singer: group: Level 42: The Chinese Way, The Sun Goes Down [Living It Up], Hot Water, Something About You, Leaving Me Now, is born.

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Raffaele d' Alessandro composer, dies on 48th birthday.

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Terry Hall singer: group: The Specials: Gangsters, A Message to You Rudy, Too Much Too Young, Ghost Town; Fun Boy Three: It Ain�t What You Do It�s the Way That You Do It, Really Saying Something, Tunnel of Love, Our Lips are Sealed, is born.

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Irene Cara singer: Fame, The Dream; actress: Fame, Ain�t Misbehavin�, Caged in Paradiso, City Heat, For Us the Living, Killing �Em Softly, is born.

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Richard Drummie rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down), is born.

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Billy Mayerl composer, dies at 56.

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Andrew Farriss musician: keyboards: group: INXS: Just Keep Walking, The One Thing, Original Sin, Me, Melting in the Sun, This Time, is born.

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Sara Wennerberg-Reuter composer, dies at 84.

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Angus Young musician: guitar: group: AC/DC: LPs: Let There be Rock, Powerage, Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, For Those about to Rock, Fly on the Wall, is born in Glascow Scotland.

Ref: 4

Dean Townson, St Petersburg FL, singer (Pirates of the Mississippi-Fred Jake), is born.

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Dave Innis Bartlesville OK, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels), is born.

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(Long Island) Brian Setzer, Massapequa Park NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Stray Cats), is born.

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Ernest Willem Mulder composer, dies at 60.

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Eduard A van Beinum Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57.

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Stephen Singleton, musician: saxophone: group: ABC: Tears are Not Enough, Poison Arrow, Be Near Me, When Smokey Sings, King Without a Crown, is born.

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Robert Smith musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: group: The Cure: A Forest, Charlotte Sometimes, Let�s Go to Bed, Love Cats, The Caterpillar, Inbetween Days, is born.

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Jef van Hoof composer, dies at 72.

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Billy Rankin Glasgow, Scotland, rocker, is born.

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Sheena [Shirley Orr] Easton, Belshill Scotland, singer (Morning Train, For Your Eyes Only), is born.

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Marco Pirroni London, rock guitarist (Adam & The Ants), is born.

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Armand Louis Joseph Marsick composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Phil Smith musician: saxophone: group: Haircut 100: Favourite Shirts [Boy Meets Girl], Love Plus One, Fantastic Day, Nobody�s Fool, is born.

Ref: 4

Yrl� Henrik Kilpinen Finnish composer, dies at 67.

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David Ball musician: keyboards: group: Soft Cell: Tainted Love, Bed Sitter, Torch, What, is born.

Ref: 4

Country singer Randy Travis is born. (TWA, 1997)

Ref: 95

Ian McCullough rocker (Echo & The Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here), is born.

Ref: 5

Sidney Bechet US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Andrew Eldritch rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet), is born.

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Paul Di'Anno Chingford London, rocker (Iron Maiden-Run To The Hills), is born.

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[Steven Patrick] Morrissey, Manchester England, rocker (The Smiths-Hand in Glove, & solo artist-November Spawned a Monster), is born.

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Wayne Hussey musician: guitar, singer: group: The Mission: LPs Gods Own Medicine, The First Chapter, Salad Daze, Neverland, Ever After, is born.

Ref: 4

Beverly Lee rocker, is born.

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Leon "The Bop" Klaasse rock drummer/singer (The Pilgrims-Red), is born.

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Mel Gaynor Glasgow Scotland, rock drummer (Simple Minds-Water Front), is born.

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Thomas Carl Whitmer composer, dies at 85.

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Alan "Wild"er rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough), is born.

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Tony Hadley singer: group: Spandau Ballet: To Cut a Long Story Short, The Freeze, Musclebound, Chant No. 1, Instinction, True, Gold, Only When You Leave, is born.

Ref: 4

Bob Zimmerman graduated from high school in Hibbing, MN. Zimmerman was known as a greaser to classmates in the remote rural community, because of his long sideburns and leather jacket. Soon, Zimmerman would be performing at coffee houses at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and later, in Greenwich Village in New York City. He would also change his name to Bob Dylan (after poet Dylan Thomas, so the story goes).

Ref: 4

Michael Winans gospel singer (The Winans), is born.

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Sade is born in Ibadan, Nigeria. (TWA, 1998)

Ref: 95

Mark DeBarge rocker (DeBarge-Who's Johnny), is born.

Ref: 5

Andy McCluskey singer: group: Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark: Electricity, Red Frame, White Light, Messages, Enola Gay, The More I See You, Souvenir, Joan of Arc, Genetic Engineering, Talking Loud & Clear, Telsa Girls, Forever [Love & Die], is born.

Ref: 4

Lorrie (Loretta Lynn) Morgan singer, songwriter; daughter of country singer George Morgan, is born.

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Marc Cohn singer (Walking in Memphis), is born.

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Jon Keeble musician: drums: group: Spandau Ballet: True, To Cut a Long Story Short, The Freeze, Musclebound, Chant No. 1, is born.

Ref: 4

Marc (Peter) Almond singer: duo: Soft Cell: Tainted Love; group: Marc & the Mambas: LP: Torment and Toreros; solo: Stories of Johnny, LP: Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters, is born.

Ref: 4

Jim Kerr rocker (Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me), is born.

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Richie Sambora guitarist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name), is born.

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Suzanne Vega rocker (My Name is Luka), is born.

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Ernest Bloch Geneva, Switzerland, composer (MacBeth), dies.

Ref: 68

Billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC.

Ref: 5

Pete Burns rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round), is born.

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Joyce Sims rocker (All & All), is born.

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Rikki Rockett rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn), is born.

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Kurtis Blow NYC, rapper (Krushgroove-The Breaks), is born.

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Mark Price bass/vocals (All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged), is born.

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Suzanne Vega musician: folk-guitar, singer, songwriter: Luka, Marlene on the Wall, Small Blue Thing, Calypso, Tom�s Diner, is born.

Ref: 4

Mark Nevin rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Wanda A Landowska, Polish-born harpsichordist, dies at age 80.

Ref: 70

Steve Grimmett heavy metal rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Croucier heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddi Reader rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love), is born.

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Tony DeFranco singer: group: The DeFranco Family: Heartbeat, It�s a Lovebeat, is born.

Ref: 4

Mick Talbot musician: keyboards: group: The Style Council: Speak like a Child, Money Go Round, Solid Bond in Your Heart, Long Hot Summer, My Ever Changing Moods, You�re the Best Thing, Welcome to Milton Keynes, Walls Came Tumbling Down, is born.

Ref: 4

Morten Harket singer: group: a-ha: Take on Me, is born.

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Alannah Currie rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor, Doctor), is born.

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Corrinne Drewery rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out), is born.

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Lita Ford musician: guitar: group: The Runaways, is born.

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Basia Trzetrzelevska Poland, jazz singer (Time & Life), is born.

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Chris Lowe musician: keyboards: group: Pet Shop Boys: LP: What Have I Done to Deserve This, is born.

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Mario Lanza (Alfred Cocozza) actor: That Midnight Kiss, The Great Caruso, Because You�re Mine, The Student Prince; singer: Be My Love, The Loveliest Night of the Year, Because You�re Mine, dies at 38 of a heart attack.

Ref: 4

Chris Lowe rocker (Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices), is born.

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Marie (Olive) Osmond singer: Paper Roses, Who�s Sorry Now, This is the Way That I Feel; TV host: Donny and Marie, Ripley�s Believe It or Not, is born in Ogden UT.

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A.J. Pero Staten Is, drummer (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It), is born.

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Gary Kemp musician: guitar: group: Spandau Ballet: To Cut a Long Story Short, The Freeze, Musclebound, Chant No. 1, True, Gold, Only When You Leave; brother of musician Martin Kemp, is born.

Ref: 4

Singer, comedian �Weird� Al Yankovic is born.

Ref: 4

Neville Henry rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie MacDonald musician: bass: group: The Alarm; Guns, Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke, The Bells of Rhymney, is born.

Ref: 4

Bryan Adams singer: Heaven, Summer of �69; songwriter: Everything I Do; songwriter: Tears are Not Enough, is born in Vancouver BC, Canada.

Ref: 4

Rob Fisher rocker (Climie Fisher-Love Changes), is born.

Ref: 5

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian musician and composer, dies at age 72.

Ref: 70

Steve Rothery rocker (Marillion-Real to Reel), is born.

Ref: 5

Charlie Burchill musician: guitar: group: Simple Minds: Changeling, Premonition, The American, Love Song, Don�t You [Forget About Me], is born.

Ref: 4

Paul Rutherford vocalist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax), is born.

Ref: 5

Marty Raybon Sanford FL, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South), is born.

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Paul Rutherford singer: group: Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax!, Two Tribes, The Power of Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Belouis Some rocker (Neville Keighley-Some People), is born.

Ref: 5

Franco Iglesia Cuba, Spanish singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Steven Irvine rock drummer (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions), is born.

Ref: 5

Robin Humphrey Milford composer, dies at 56.

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Paul Westerberg singer (The Replacements), is born.

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1960

Michael Stipe Grammy Award-winning singer: Out of Time [1991]; group: R.E.M.: Losing My Religion [1991], Radio Free Europe, Talk About the Passion, So Central Rain, [Don�t Go Back to] Rockville, Seven Chinese Brothers, is born.

Ref: 4

Edith Barstow choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Luis da Costa composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Vicki Peterson Los Angeles CA, rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian), is born.

Ref: 5

Sad� [Helen Folsade Ady] Ibadan Nigeria, rocker (Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer), is born.

Ref: 17

John Crawford Palo Alto CA, bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Hutchence Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Need You Tonight, Dogs in Space), is born.

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Jacques de Menasce composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Cho-Liang Lin Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia first prize), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie Jackson bassist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence, The Warning), is born.

Ref: 5

Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress/singer Phyllis Newman in New York City NY.

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Jeno Huszka composer, dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Richard Kotzen rocker, is born.

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Rudolf Nelson composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter Jesse Belvin dies at 26 in a car crash in Little Rock, AR.

Ref: 5

Steve Bronski rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy), is born.

Ref: 5

Holly Johnson vocalist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax), is born.

Ref: 5

Ernst von Dohnanyi US composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Lionel Cartwright Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Craig rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Want to Hurt Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Mikey Craig rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Holly Johnson England, rock vocalist (Frankie Goes To Hollywood), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Reilly [Matt Bianco], rocker (Indio-Big Harvest), is born.

Ref: 5

Kee Marcello rocker (Europe-Final Countdown), is born.

Ref: 5

Hubert Cuypers composer/choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Jean Binet composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Paul Humphreys rock keyboardist/synthesizer player (OMD-Crush, Pacific Age), is born.

Ref: 5

Bolik Dahan Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC), is born.

Ref: 5

Leonard Warren, baritone (Metropolitan Opera 1939-60) dies on stage at age 49.

Ref: 70

Adam Clayton, Oxfordshire, England, rock bassist (U2-I Will Follow), is born.

Ref: 5

Guy Chadwick English singer/songwriter (House of Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Laurie Sargent rock vocalist (Face To Face), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Norman London England, rock saxophone player (Spandau Ballet-True), is born.

Ref: 5

Ian Whyte composer, dies at 58.

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Joseph Haas German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Joseph Haas German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Simon Climie rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher-Love Changes), is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Setzer rock guitarist (Lobos-La Bamba, Stray Cats-Sexy & 17), is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Benjamin Australian composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Brian Forster rocker (Partridge Family Drums), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie (Ray Edward) Cochran Rock and Roll Hall of Famer [1987]: singer, is killed in car crash at age 21.

Ref: 4

Steve Clark musician: guitar: group: Def Leppard: Photograph, Rock of Ages, Foolin�, LPs: On Through the Night, High�n�Dry, Pyromania, Hysteria; is born.

Ref: 4

Paula Yates London England, Mrs Bob Geldof/rocker/writer (Blondes), is born.

Ref: 5

Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn composer, dies at 92.

Ref: 5

Roger Taylor England, rock drummer (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf), is born.

Ref: 5

Wally Langdon bassist (Bob Color), is born.

Ref: 5

Gerard Joling Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes), is born.

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Sulho Ranta composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Bart de Boer Dutch guitarist (Ivy Green), is born.

Ref: 5

Larry Steinbacheck keyboardist (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Abraham Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Hugo Alfven Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88.

Ref: 5

Jim Reilly rocker (Red Rockers), is born.

Ref: 5

Bono (Paul Hewson) singer: group: U2: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride [In the Name of Love], With You or Without You, is born.

Ref: 4

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Susan Cowsill Newport RI, rock vocalist (Cowsills-We Can Fly), is born.

Ref: 5

Theo Vogelaars pop bassist (Tr�ckener Kecks/Paid Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy rocker (Lilac Time-Paradise Song), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Hadley rocker (Spandau Ballet-True), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Vai musician: guitar: group: David Lee Roth Band: California Girls, is born.

Ref: 4

Mick �Red� Hucknall singer: group: Simply Red: Money�s Too Tight to Mention, Holding Back the Years, The Right Thing, is born.

Ref: 4

John Taylor rocker (Duran Duran-Girls on Film), is born.

Ref: 5

Evelyn "Champagne" King Bronx NY, singer (Shame, I'm In Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Lawrence Tibbett Bakersfield CA, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50), dies at age 63.

Ref: 70

Robbin Crosby heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Nocito rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock), is born.

Ref: 5

Jacquie O'Sullivan rocker (Bananarama-Venus), is born.

Ref: 5

Morty Black heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas), is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man), is born.

Ref: 5

Debbi Peterson musician: drums, singer: group: Bangles: Walk like an Egyptian, Manic Monday, is born.

Ref: 4

Oscar (Greeley Clendenning) Hammerstein II, lyricist, songwriter w/Richard Rodgers: OK!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song, Sound of Music; dies at age 65 in Doylestown PA.

Ref: 68

Branford Marsalis musician: saxophone: bandleader: The Tonight Show; toured with Sting, is born.

Ref: 4

David Steele rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-Drive Me Crazy), is born.

Ref: 5

David Steele musician: keyboards, bass: group: Fine Young Cannibals, The Beat: Stand Down Margaret, Wha�appen, Can�t Get Used to Losing You, is born.

Ref: 4

Jussi Bjorling, Swedish tenor, dies at age 49.

Ref: 70

Siobhan Fahey singer: group: Bananarama, is born.

Ref: 4

Neal X rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.

Ref: 5

Joan Jett, Philadelphia PA, singer (Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll), is born. (TWA, 1998)

Ref: 95

Joey Belladonna heavy metal vocalist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born.

Ref: 5

Woody rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee), is born.

Ref: 5

Lyle Lovett country singer (Desert Rose Band, Give Back My Heart), is born.

Ref: 5

James Prime (musician: keyboards: group: Deacon Blue), is born.

Ref: 4

Country and rockabilly artist Johnny Horton dies in an auto accident in Milano TX.

Ref: 68

Kim Wilde England, rocker (You Keep Me Hanging On), is born.

Ref: 5

Rock musician Matt Sorum (The Cult; Guns N' Roses) is born.

Eg White rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret), is born.

Ref: 5

Amy Grant gospel singer (Glory of Love, Baby Baby), is born.

Ref: 5

Kasey Smith Queens NY, heavy metal artist (Danger Danger-Screw It), is born.

Ref: 5

Ion Vasilescu composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Rick Savage bass player (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages), is born.

Ref: 5

Hermann Stephani composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Les Nemes musician: bass: group: Haircut 100, is born.

Ref: 4

Jack Russell singer: group: Great White, is born.

Ref: 4

Jaap van Sweden Dutch violinist/concert master, is born.

Ref: 5

Doug Phelps Leachville AR, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett), is born.

Ref: 5

William Sinnot Scottish pop musician (Shamen-Move Any Mountain), is born.

Ref: 5

Amy Grant singer (That's What Love Is, Baby Baby), is born.

Ref: 5

Marty Roe Lebanon OH, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle), is born.

Ref: 5

Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

1961

Erwin Blom Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop), is born.

Ref: 5

Dirk de Vries Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff), is born.

Ref: 5

Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg Rome Italy, concert violinist, is born.

Ref: 5

Janet Jones-Gretzky dancer, actress: Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach, Dance Fever, The Beastmaster, The Flamingo Kid, A League of Their Own, The Firm: Total Body Low Impact Aerobics; wife of hocky great Wayne Gretzky, is born.

Ref: 4

Graham "Suggs" McPherson Sussex, rock vocalist (Madness-Our House), is born.

Ref: 5

Henry Geehl composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Iris DeMent Paragould AR, country singer (Our Town), is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Maria Saraceni composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Janos Viski composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

John Joseph Becker composer, dies a day before 75th birthday.

Ref: 5

Gillian Gilbert musician: keyboard: group: New Order: Shellshock, Confusion, Blue Monday, is born in Manchester England.

Ref: 4

Martin Degville rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.

Ref: 5

Margo Timmins singer (Cowboy Junkies), is born.

Ref: 5

Eddie Jackson musician: bass, singer: group: Queensryche: LPs: Queensryche, The Warning, Rage for Order, Operation: Mindcrime, Empire, The Promised Land, Operation: Livecrime, is born.

Ref: 4

Lloyd Cole guitar/vocals (& the Commotions-Rattlesnakes), is born.

Ref: 5

Adolf Vogl composer, dies at 87.

Ref: 5

Archibald T Davison composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Sammy Llanas rocker (Bodeans), is born.

Ref: 5

Vince Neil [Wharton] California, rock vocalist (M�tley Cr�e-Girls Girls Girls), is born.

Ref: 5

Becky LeBeau Los Angeles CA, vocalist (Mischief), is born.

Ref: 5

Les Warner rocker (Cult-Fire Woman), is born.

Ref: 5

Henry Rollins US vocalist/poet (Black Flagg, Rollins Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Andy Taylor Dolver-Hampton England, rock guitarist (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf), is born.

Ref: 5

Percy Aldridge Grainger Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Ranking Roger rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning), is born.

Ref: 5

Don Van Spall guitarist (Sleeze Beez), is born.

Ref: 5

Persijn "Dakota" Joling Dutch rock guitarist/singer (Pilgrims-Red), is born.

Ref: 5

John-Jon (John Andrew Foster) musician: group: Bronski Beat: LPs: Age of Consent, Hundreds & Thousands, Truthdare Doubledare, is born.

Ref: 4

Joris Vriamont Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Percy Grainger, Australian-born American composer, pianist and conductor, dies at age 78.

Ref: 70

Davis Daniel Arlington Heights IL, country singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dan Stuart US singer/songwriter (Green on Red), is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Beecham English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Mike Percy rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round), is born.

Ref: 5

Bruce Watson musician: guitar: group: Big Country: Harvest Home, Fields of Fire, In a Big Country, Chance, Wonderland, East of Eden, Where the Rose is Sown, is born in Ontario Canada.

Ref: 4

Edric Cundell composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Slim Jim Phantom [Jim Mcdonnell] rock drummer (Stray Cats-Stray Cat Strut), is born.

Ref: 5

Slim MacDonnell Jim Phantom rock percussionist (Stray Cats), is born.

Ref: 5

Jack Kane orchestra leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37.

Ref: 5

Mark White musician: guitar: group: ABC: Tears are Not Enough, Poison Arrow, Be Near Me, When Smokey Sings, King Without a Crown, is born.

Ref: 4

Keren Jane Woodward, Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus), is born.

Ref: 5

Wallingford Riegger US composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Melissa Etheridge rock guitarist/vocalist (Come to My Window), is born.

Ref: 5

Jesus Guridi composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Yusef Greiss composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Mark Kelly Dublin Ireland, rock keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel), is born.

Ref: 5

Francis de Bourguignon composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

D D Verni heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter), is born.

Ref: 5

Nils-Eric Fougstedt composer, dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Tammy Stephens Arlington TX, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel), is born.

Ref: 5

Kelly Hansen heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You), is born.

Ref: 5

James Melton Moultrie GA, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at age 57.

Ref: 4

Tenor Luciano Pavarotti makes opera debut in "La Boheme"at Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Ref: 10

Doctor Robert [Bruce R Howard] rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways), is born.

Ref: 5

Jay Aston singer: group: Bucks Fizz: Making Your Mind Up, Land of Make Believe, My Camera Never Lies, Now Those Days are Gone, If You Can�t Stand the Heat, is born.

Ref: 4

Cecile Licad Manila Philippines, pianist (Leventritt Award-1981), is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Duffy rocker (The Cult-Hell's Kitchen), is born.

Ref: 5

Ray Gillen Cliffside Park NJ, rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark), is born.

Ref: 5

Enya [Eithne N� Bhraon�in] Gweedore Ireland, vocalist (Watermark), is born.

Ref: 5

Henri Gagnon composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Joe Howard singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94.

Ref: 5

Nick Heyward musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: Favourite Shirts [Boy Meets Girl], Love Plus One, Fantastic Day, The Day It Rained Forever, Whistle Down the Wind, Take That Situation; group: Haircut 100, is born.

Ref: 4

Kit Clarke rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer), is born.

Ref: 5

Tim Lever keyboard/sax (Dead or Alive-You Spin Me Round), is born.

Ref: 5

Dana Williams Dayton OH, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle), is born.

Ref: 5

Singer, Johnny Cash turned TV actor. He appeared on the NBC drama, The Deputy.

Ref: 4

Roland Gift Birmingham England, rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy), is born.

Ref: 5

David Palmer heavy metal drummer (ABC, AC/DC), is born.

Ref: 5

Melissa Etheridge US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough), is born.

Ref: 5

Uuno Kalervo Klami composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Trey Parker rapper/actor (Newsies, Hull High), is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Hart Broadway lyricist: Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, is born.

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El (Eldra) DeBarge singer: group: DeBarge: I Like It, All This Love, Time Will Reveal, Rhythm of the Night, is born.

Ref: 68

Terri Nunn Calif, singer (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away), is born.

Ref: 5

Maxi Priest rocker (Wide World), is born.

Ref: 5

Boy George (George Alan O�Dowd) androgynous rock musician & druggie (Culture Club), is born.

Ref: 5

Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West while his troupe was in Paris.

Ref: 70

Jimmy Somerville musician: keyboards, singer: groups: The Committee, Communards: You are My World, Don�t Leave Me This Way; Bronski Beat: Smalltown Boy, Why, It Ain�t Necessarily So, I Feel Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Curt Smith musician: bass, singer: group: Tears For Fears: Suffer the Children, Mad World, Change, Pale Shelter, is born.

Ref: 4

Terri Nunn singer: group: Berlin: Take My Breath Away, is born.

Ref: 4

Vince Clarke songwriter: group: DePeche Mode: Just Can�t Get Enough, See You; musician: keyboards: groups: Yaz: Only You, Don�t Go, Nobody�s Diary; The Assembly: Never Never; Erasure: Sometimes, is born.

Ref: 4

Andy Fletcher musician: group: Depeche Mode: Enjoy the Silence, New Life, Shake the Disease, is born.

Ref: 4

Graham Jones musician: guitar: group: Haircut 100, is born.

Ref: 4

Lawrence Donegan, musician: bass: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, is born.

Ref: 4

Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Jim Martin musician: guitar: group: Faith No More

Ref: 4

Martin Gore rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Cherone Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words), is born.

Ref: 5

Andy Connel rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout), is born.

Ref: 5

The Edge (Dave Evans) London, rocker (U2-I Will Follow), is born.

Ref: 5

John Farriss rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt), is born.

Ref: 5

Pete De Freitas rocker (Echo & the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here), is born.

Ref: 5

Roy Hay guitarist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Matt Johnson rocker (The The-Infected Soul Mining), is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Rael heavy metal rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Roland Orzabal singer (Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Bedford musician: bass: group: Madness: The Prince, Don�t Quote Me on That, Our House, My Girl, Baggy Trousers, Embarrassment, Return of the Los Palmos Seven, Cardiac Arrest, House of Fun, Tomorrow�s Just Another Day, Starvation, Ghost Train, is born.

Ref: 4

Singer Billy Ray Cyrus is born. (TWA, 1997)

Ref: 95

Kim Appleby rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Macalpine heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity), is born.

Ref: 5

David Chastain heavy metal rocker (Chastain-Rule of Wasteland), is born.

Ref: 5

Bob Dylan gave one of his first performances at the Gaslight Cafe in Greenwich Village. The Gaslight was originally a �basket house�, where performers were paid from the contents of a basket that had been passed around.

Ref: 4

Paul Waaktaar musician: guitar, singer: group: a-ha, is born.

Ref: 4

Phil Oakey rocker (Human League-Human), is born.

Ref: 5

Robbie Nevil rocker (A Place Like This), is born.

Ref: 5

Martin Kemp rocker (Spandau Ballet-True), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Tramp Denmark, heavy metal rocker (White Lion-Mane Attraction), is born.

Ref: 5

Wynton Marsalis New Orleans La, jazz trumpeter (Grammy 1983), is born.

Ref: 5

Randy (Steven Randall) Jackson, singer in The Jackson Five, is born.

Ref: 3

Larry Mullen Jr. Grammy Award-winning musician: drums: group: U2, is born.

Ref: 4

Mags Furuholmen Norway, rocker (Aha-Take on Me), is born.

Ref: 5

k.d. (Kathryn Dawn) Lang singer: LPs: Angel with a Lariat, Shadowland, Absolute Torch and Twang, Ingenue, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, All You Can Eat, Drag, Invincible Summer, Live by Request, is born.

Ref: 4

Sandra 'Pepa' Denton Grammy Award-winning rap singer: Pepa of Salt-N-Pepa: None of Your Business [1994]; actress: Oz, First-Time Felon, is born.

Ref: 4

Junior [Norman Giscombe], R&B singer (Mama used to Say), is born.

Ref: 5

Janice Lynn Kuehnemund St Paul MN, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Princess rocker (Desirez Heslop, All For Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Martin Degville rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.

Ref: 5

Gillian Gilbert Manchester England, rocker (New Order-Round & Round), is born.

Ref: 5

Margo Timmins singer (Cowboy Junkies), is born.

Ref: 5

Jekabs Graubins composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

William Beatton Moonie composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Boris Semyonovich Shekhter composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93.

Ref: 5

Sarah Dallin rocker (Bananarama-Venus), is born.

Ref: 5

Ken Foreman rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymn), is born.

Ref: 5

Guy de Lioncourt composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Mark Day musician: guitar: group: Happy Mondays

Ref: 4

1962

Martin McAloon rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good), is born.

Ref: 5

Phil Lewis London England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now), is born.

Ref: 5

LeRoy B Shield US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Richard de Guide composer, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Patrica Morrison rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Koster Dutch drummer (Sleeze Beez-Powertool), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Webb rocker (TalkTalk), is born.

Ref: 5

Raymond Moulaert composer, dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Tom Keifer rock guitarist/vocalist (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station), is born.

Ref: 5

Fran Lhotka composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Michael Collins clarinettist, is born.

Ref: 5

Fritz Kreisler Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at age 86.

Ref: 5

Clint Black, Long Branch NJ, country vocalist (A Better Man), is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Skeoch rock vocalist (Tesla-Five Man Acoustical Jam), is born.

Ref: 5

Doug Watkins jazz musician: bass: Pepper-Knepper Quintet, Hank Mobley Quartet, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers; is killed in a car crash.

Ref: 5

Jacques Ibert French composer (Escales), dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Axl Rose [William Bailey] Lafayette IN, rocker (Guns & Roses), is born.

Ref: 5

David Bryan rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name), is born.

Ref: 5

(Troyal) Garth Brooks, Tulsa OK, country singer (No Fences, Ropin' the Wind), is born. (also TWA, 1998)

Ref: 5

Phil Lewis London England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now), is born.

Ref: 5

LeRoy B Shield US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Cliff Burton rocker (Metallica), is born.

Ref: 5

Sheryl Crow Kennett MO, singer/songwriter (All I Wanna Do, If It Makes You Happy), is born.

Ref: 5

Tony Kiley rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways), is born.

Ref: 5

David McComb Australia, vocalist/songwriter (Triffids), is born.

Ref: 5

Bruno Walter symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Albert Israel Elkus composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Joel Ellis rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Wilton rock guitarist (Queensr�che-The Warning), is born.

Ref: 5

Michelle Shocked singer/musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Foster Emerson Sylvers rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Bill Leen rocker (Gin Blossoms), is born.

Ref: 5

Jon Bon Jovi [Bongiovi], Perth Amboy NJ, rocker (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name), is born. (also TWA, 1998)

Ref: 5

Otakar Jeremias composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Rezso Kokai composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Taylor Dayne [Leslie Wunderman], Long Island NY, vocalist (I'll Always Love You), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Clark rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Coy rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round), is born.

Ref: 5

Terrence Trent D'Arby New York NY, rock vocalist (Wishing Well), is born.

Ref: 5

John Owen Jones composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Clare Grogan rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday), is born.

Ref: 5

Janet Patricia Gardner Juneau AK, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Roxy Dora Petrucci Rochester MN, rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Coles rocker (Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way), is born.

Ref: 5

Ged Grimes [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer), is born.

Ref: 5

M C Hammer [Stanley Kirk Burrell] Oakland CA, rapper (U Can't Touch This), is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Dean Quincy FL, country singer (Billy the Kid), is born.

Ref: 5

John Gruffith rocker (Red Rockers), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Ness rocker (Social Distortion), is born.

Ref: 5

Manolis Kalomiris Greek opera composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Stan Cullimore bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There), is born.

Ref: 5

Izzy Stradlin [Jeff Isabelle], Lafayette IN, guitarist (Guns N' Roses-Welcome to the Jungle), is born.

Ref: 5

Ian MacKaye rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac), is born.

Ref: 5

Mick Sweda heavy metal (Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike), is born.

Ref: 5

Shirlie Hollman rocker (Pepsi & Shirley-All Right Now), is born.

Ref: 5

Arthur Harmat composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Solomon Pimsleur composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Graham "Skin" Skinner rocker (Hipsway), is born.

Ref: 5

Gary Daly singer: group: China Crisis: Wishful Thinking, is born.

Ref: 4

Kevin Mooney musician: bass: group: Adam & The Ants: LPs: King�s of the Wild Frontier, Prince Charming, is born.

Ref: 4

Paul Heaton rocker (The Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There), is born.

Ref: 5

Garry Daley keyboard (China Crisis-Christian), is born.

Ref: 5

C C Deville rocker (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Ian Astbury, Heswall Merseyside England, rock vocalist (Cult-Fire Woman), is born.

Ref: 5

Martin Rongen Dutch pop drummer (Rowwen H�ze-Boem), is born.

Ref: 5

Tracey Bryn rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee), is born.

Ref: 5

Iain Harvie Scottish rock guitarist (Nothing Ever Happens), is born.

Ref: 5

Colin Vearncombe rocker (Black-Wonderful Like), is born.

Ref: 5

Roland Gift singer: group: Fine Young Cannibals: Johnny Come Home, is born.

Ref: 4

Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show".

Ref: 5

Corey Hart Montr�al Canada, vocalist (I Wear My Sunglasses at Night), is born.

Ref: 5

Eduardo Toldra composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Paddy McAloon rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good), is born.

Ref: 5

Nick Rhodes (Bates) musician: keyboards: group: Duran Duran: Planet Earth, Hungry like the Wolf, Save a Prayer, Rio, Is There Something I Should Know, Union of the Snake, Wild Boys, is born.

Ref: 4

A decade after making his first hit song, Because of You, singer Tony Bennett debuted in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Ref: 4

Eddie Lundon rocker (China Crisis-Christian), is born.

Ref: 5

Sir Eugene Goossens composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Paula Julie Abdul Van Nuys CA, singer/choreographer (Straight Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Ruby Turner rocker (No Where to Run), is born.

Ref: 5

Julianne Regan rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet), is born.

Ref: 5

Clive "Doctor" Jackson rocker (Dr & the Medics-Laughing at Pieces), is born.

Ref: 5

Dan Donovan rocker (Bad)

Ref: 5

Shaun Ryder singer: group: Happy Mondays, is born.

Ref: 4

Mazzi Rawd heavy metal rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Vivian Campbel, heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again), is born.

Ref: 5

Joanne Catherall singer: group: Human League, is born.

Ref: 4

Tracey Thorn rocker (Everything But the Girls), is born.

Ref: 5

Luis Enrique spanish singer (Luces del Alma), is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Lee (Bass) musician: drums: group: Motley Crue, is born.

Ref: 4

Ken Noda NYC, pianist (Rivalry), is born.

Ref: 5

Flea (Michael Balzary) musician: bass guitar: group: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, is born.

Ref: 4

Rick Allen musician: drums: group: Def Leppard, is born.

Ref: 4

Mags Furuholmen musician: keyboards, singer: group: a-ha, is born.

Ref: 4

Marilyn rocker (You Don't Love Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Mic Michaeli musician: keyboard: group: Europe, is born.

Ref: 4

Kirk Hammett musician: guitar: group: Metallica: Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Alexander rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret), is born.

Ref: 5

John Squire musician: guitar: group: The Stone Roses: Fool's Gold, What the World is Waiting For, Elephant Stone, One Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Calvin Hayes rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock), is born.

Ref: 5

Charlie Benante Bronx NY, rock drummer (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Collins clarinettist, is born.

Ref: 5

Ben Watt rocker (Everything but the Girls-Sir Idlewood), is born.

Ref: 5

Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano, dies at age 67.

Ref: 70

Curtis Williams rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Yekaterina Geltzer, Russian ballerina, dies at age 86.

Ref: 70

Erik William Gustav Leidzen composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Luis Abraham Delgadillo composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Christy Forester Lookout Mountain GA, country singer (Forester Sister-Men), is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Ray rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Crowder rocker (The Adventures-Sea of Love), is born.

Ref: 5

1963

Oscar Backing Austria/Netherlands viola player, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Rick Ambrose singer (Jewel), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Brindley English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure), is born.

Ref: 5

Tadeusz Szeligowski composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Tim Patrick Kelly Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live), is born.

Ref: 5

Gustav Regler writer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Gilardo Gilardi composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Caron Wheeler English singer (Soul II Soul-Keep on Movin'), is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Fysh rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret), is born.

Ref: 5

Suzanne Klemann Dutch singer (Lo�s Lane-I Wanna Be), is born.

Ref: 5

Jazzie B (Beresford Romeo) rap artist: group: Soul II Soul, is born.

Ref: 4

Andrew Ridgeley England, rock guitarist (Wham-Wake Me Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Danny Spitz heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born.

Ref: 5

Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches), dies at age 64.

Ref: 70

(Long Island) Scott Ian Rosenfeld, Bayside NY, rocker (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born.

Ref: 5

Werner Erich Josten German composer (Jungle), dies at 77.

Ref: 5

(James) Travis Tritt Grammy Award-winnning singer: vocal collaboration w/Marty Stuart [1993]; Anymore, Can I Trust You with My Heart, Help Me Hold On; appeared in: Rio Diablo, The Cowboy Way, Sgt. Bilko, Tales From The Crypt, half-time show at 1993�s Super Bowl, is born in Marietta GA.

Ref: 4

D'Wayne Wiggins singer (Tony! Toni! Tone!), is born.

Ref: 5

Laszlo Lajtha composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Dan Reed rocker/actor (HOTS, Lake Consequence), is born.

Ref: 5

Seal, English vocalist/songwriter (Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose), is born.

Ref: 5

Ian Brown English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Collins keyboard player, is born.

Ref: 5

June (Algeria Junius) Clark musician: trumpet; dies.

Ref: 4

Robert James Affuso Newburgh NY, rock drummer (Skid Row-Psycho Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Jason Newsted US heavy-metal bassist (Metallica-Kill 'em All), is born.

Ref: 5

MDV [Michiel de Vos] Dutch pop bassist (Burma Shave-Stash), is born.

Ref: 5

Country singer Patsy Cline (Virginia Petterson Hensley) (31), Cowboy Copas and Hankshaw Hawkins (41) are killed in a plane crash at Camden, TN, near Nashville.

Ref: 4

Suzanne Crough rocker (Partridge Family), is born.

Ref: 5

Bret Michaels Harrisburg PA, guitarist (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me), is born.

Ref: 5

Frans Koenn Dutch rock bassist (Lo�s Lane-Precious), is born.

Ref: 5

William Henry Squire composer, dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Paul Mirkovich rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love & Affection), is born.

Ref: 5

Sharon June Howe Pederson Glencoe MN, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Suzanne Sulley Sheffield South Yorkshire, rocker (Human Leauge-Human), is born.

Ref: 5

Susan Sulley rocker (Human League-Human), is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Koz saxophonist, is born.

Ref: 5

Alec A Templeton composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52.

Ref: 5

M.C. Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell) Grammy Award-winning singer: U Can�t Touch This [1990], Please Hammer Don�t Hurt �Em: The Movie [1990]; Ring �Em, Adam�s Groove [Addams Family Theme]; dancer, actor: Amen, is born.

Ref: 4

Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

David Gavurin English pop guitarist/composer (Sundays, Blind), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Osmond singer (Donny & Marie Show), is born.

Ref: 5

Julius Harrison composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Warren DeMartini heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Osmond, Ogden UT, singer (Donnie & Marie), is born.

Ref: 5

Brett Edward Garsed Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist (Nelson), is born.

Ref: 5

Kal Swan heavy metal rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Joey Vera heavy metal rocker (Armored Saint-Aftermath), is born.

Ref: 5

Billy Gould Los Angeles CA, rock bassist (Faith No More), is born.

Ref: 5

Arther van Dijk drummer (Ivy Green), is born.

Ref: 5

Tomas Vackar composer, dies at 17.

Ref: 5

Heinrich Gebhard composer, dies.

Ref: 5

Alessandra Ferri British ballerina (American Ballet Theater), is born.

Ref: 5

Ted Weems (Wilfred Theodore Weymes) orchestra leader: Ted Weems Orchestra, dies.

Ref: 4

Stanislaw Wiechowicz composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Julian Brookhouse rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Osmond rocker (Osmond Brothers), is born.

Ref: 5

Yazz [Yasmin Evans] Mrs Simon La Bon/rocker (Fine Time, The One Way is Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Brian Nash musician: guitar: group: Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax!, Two Tribes, The Power of Love, Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, is born.

Ref: 4

Gene Anthony Ray Harlem NY, dancer/actor (Leroy-Fame), is born.

Ref: 5

Elmore James blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack.

Ref: 5

Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Wendy Smith rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good), is born.

Ref: 5

Mike Joyce rocker (The Smiths-Ask, Panic, London), is born.

Ref: 5

Barbra Striesand appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show".

Ref: 5

Anne-Marie Ruddock rocker (Amazulu-Excitable), is born.

Ref: 5

George Michael (Yorgos Panayiotou) singer: duo: Wham!: Wake Me Up before You Go-Go; Ivor Novello Songwriter of the Year Award [1985]; solo: Careless Whisper, Faith, A Different Corner, I Want Your Sex, is born.

Ref: 4

Andy Cousin rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet & Other Stories), is born.

Ref: 5

Anne-Sophie Mutter Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil), is born.

Ref: 5

Roddy Bottum musician: keyboards: group: Faith No More, is born.

Ref: 4

Taylor Dayne singer: Don�t Rush Me, Love Will Lead You Back; LPs: Tell It to My Heart, Can�t Fight Fate, is born.

Ref: 4

Perry Richardson SC, bassist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Rock Houston TX, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection), is born.

Ref: 5

Dino Esposito singer: I Like It, Romeo, is born.

Ref: 4

Paul Geary Boston Mass, heavy metal drummer (Extreme-More Than Words), is born.

Ref: 5

Andrew C Timmons Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It), is born.

Ref: 5

Norman Cook rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There), is born.

Ref: 5

Coolio (Artis Ivey Jr.) rapper: LPs: It Takes a Thief, Gangsta�s Paradise, My Soul, is born.

Ref: 4

James Hetfield heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless), is born.

Ref: 5

Marcus Lewis Pontiac Mich, singer (Sing me a Song), is born.

Ref: 5

Whitney Houston Newark NJ, singer (One Moment in Time), is born.

Ref: 5

Tigg Ketler Chula Vista Ca, drummer (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), is born.

Ref: 5

Joey Tempest rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown), is born.

Ref: 5

John Bush heavy metal rocker (Armoured Saint-Can U Deliver), is born.

Ref: 5

Greg Steele rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)

Ref: 5

Axel Stordahl orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Reb Beach heavy metal rocker (Winger-17), is born.

Ref: 5

Carol Decker rocker (T'Pau-Heart & Soul), is born.

Ref: 5

David Titlow rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Marx, Chicago IL, rocker (Hold on to the Night), is born.

Ref: 5

Edith Piaf (Edith Giovanna Gassion) French cabaret singer, actress; dies at age 47.

Ref: 4

Johnny Marr musician: guitar: group: The Smiths: Hand in Glove, This Charming Man, What Difference Does It Make, Heaven Knows I�m Miserable Now, William, It Was Really Nothing, Reel Around the Fountain, Suffer Little Children, is born.

Ref: 4

Rick Allen rocker (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages), is born.

Ref: 5

Fritz Reiner conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Amelita Galli-Curci opera soprano: "If not the greatest coloratura soprano of all time, she must surely be recognized as among the world?s finest examples of true operatic artistry", dies.

Ref: 4

Rapper Jalil (Whodini) is born.

Ref: 64

Karl Amadeus Hartmann composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Barbara Weathers vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.

Ref: 5

6 year old Donny Osmond's singing debut on the Andy Williams Show.

Ref: 5

Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped.

Ref: 5

Dinah Washington singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39.

Ref: 5

Winifried P I Zillig German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Paul Constantinescu composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Singer Terry Weeks is born.

Ref: 64

Mary Ramsey singer (10,000 Maniacs), is born.

Ref: 5

Lars Ulrich Gentofte Denmark, rock drummer (Metallica-Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Hindemith, German composer: Gebrauchsmusik; operas: Cardillac, Matthias the Painter; concertmaster: Frankfurt Opera; conductor & viola soloist: Amar-Hindemith String Quartet; organized Turkey?s symphony orchestra; teacher: Berlin Conservatory, Yale University, University of Zurich; dies at age 68.

Ref: 4

Scott Ian US heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-I'm the Man), is born.

Ref: 5

1964

Otto Emanuel Olsson composer, dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Ted Harris Poley Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark O'Toole bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax), is born.

Ref: 5

Colin C McPhee composer (H2O, Mechanical Principles), dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Krista Tesreau St Louis MO, actress (Mindy-Guiding Light, Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings), is born.

Ref: 5

Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Jan Rychlik composer, dies at 47.

Ref: 5

Marc Blitzstein US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Louis Horst, American pianist/composer, dies at age 80.

Ref: 70

Migi [Miguel Drummond] rock (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance), is born.

Ref: 5

Lieb Glantz composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Roddy Frame musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: group: Aztec Camera: Oblivious, Walk Out to Winter, All I Need is Everything, Birth of the True, Knife, Just like the USA; solo LP: Love, is born.

Ref: 4

Jani Lane rocker (Warrant-Cherry Pie), is born.

Ref: 5

Dwayne Rudolph Goettel musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Duff [Michael] "Rose" McKagan rocker (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child of Mine), is born.

Ref: 5

Skip Ewing Redlands CA, country vocalist (Coast of Colorado), is born.

Ref: 5

Rachel Bolan rocker (Skid Row), is born.

Ref: 5

Willie Bryant singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Doug Aldrich rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Terry Ilous rock vocalist (XYZ, Cannibal Jacket), is born.

Ref: 5

John Norum rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Ewen Vernal British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town), is born.

Ref: 5

Jennifer McCarter Sevierville TN, singer (McCarter-The Gift), is born.

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Sergius Kagen composer, dies at 54.

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Reniet Vrieze rock singer/guitarist (Pilgrims-White Men), is born.

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Peter Gill musician: drums: group: Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax, Two Tribes, The Power of Love, Ferry Cross the Mersey, is born.

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Neneh Cherry (Neneh Mariann Karlsson) songwriter, rap singer: groups: Rip Rig + Panic, The Slits; solo: Buffalo Stance, LPs: Homebrew, Nearly God, Raw Like Sushi, Man, Woman; British Music Awards: Best Single, Best Female Vocalist [1990], Best Video [Woman: 1996]; World Music Awards: Best African Single [7 Seconds: 1995], is born in Stockholm Sweden.

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Tony Terry rock producer (Tony Terry), is born.

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Rockwell (Kennedy William Gordy) singer: Somebody�s Watching Me; son of Motown founder, Berry Gordy, is born in Detroit MI.

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Jean Rogister composer, dies at 84.

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Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of New York Times Magazine section.

Ref: 5

Vassily Vainonen Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66.

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Clark Datchler vocalist (Johnny Hates Jazz-Shattered Dreams), is born.

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Ted Collins pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63.

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Tracy Chapman Grammy Award-winning folk, pop singer-songwriter: Fast Car [1989], Give Me One Reason [1997], is born.

Ref: 4

Willem CN Andriessen Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Erik Turner Omaha NE, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie), is born.

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Bozidar Kunc composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Johnny Dee heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra), is born.

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Biz Markie rocker (Meteor Man, Townsend Television), is born.

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Alan "Reni" Wren English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools Gold), is born.

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Felicia Collins Albany NY, guitarist (David Letterman), is born.

Ref: 5

Philadelphia singer Chubby Checker married former Miss World, Catherina Lodders.

Ref: 4

Bill D'Angelo heavy metal rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Dave Pirner rocker (Soul Asylum), is born.

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Albe Vidakovic composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Gen [Simon Matthews] English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & Ones), is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Ryder musician: bass: group: Happy Mondays: Step On, Kinky Afro, is born.

Ref: 4

Andy Bell rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour), is born.

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Bruno Ravel Paris France, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It), is born.

Ref: 5

Lorraine McIntosh British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums), is born.

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Harold Morris composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Eric Brittingham rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station), is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Gill rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or Mar/Jan 8], is born.

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Ignace Lilien composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Carol Haney dancer: member of Jack Cole dance company, worked with Bob Fosse; in film: Pajama Game; dies at age 35.

Ref: 4

Lorraine McIntosh singer: group: Deacon Blue: Dignity, Real Gone Kid, Raintown, Twist And Shout, Your Town, Love And Regret, is born.

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Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov composer, dies at 92.

Ref: 5

Lenny Kravitz singer/guitar (911 is a Joke, Are You Gonna Go My Way?), is born.

Ref: 5

John Finley Williamson conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Wynonna [Christina Judd] Ashland KY, singer (Judds-Why Not Me, Love Can Build A Bridge), is born.

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DMC rocker, is born.

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Scotti Hill Manhasset NY, rock guitarist (Skid Row-Psycho Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Chris Kavanagh rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.

Ref: 5

Mags rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue), is born.

Ref: 5

Dee C Lee [Diane Sealey], rocker (Style Council-You're Best Thing), is born.

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Kevin Sargeant rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm), is born.

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Joey Allen Ft Wayne Indiana, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie), is born.

Ref: 5

Stedman Pearson singer: group: Five Star: System Addict, Can't Wait Another Minute, Rain or Shine, The Slightest Touch, is born.

Ref: 4

Poi Burton rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen), is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Monteux, French conductor, dies at age 89.

Ref: 70

Dave Parsons rocker (Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That's Life), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Allen Slaughter Las Vegas, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)

Ref: 5

Chris Cornell Grammy Award-winning musician: drums, singer, songwriter: group: Soundgarden: Spoonman [1994], Black Hole Sun [1994], is born.

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Country Music Hall of Famer Jim Reeves died when his single-engine Beechcraft crashed near Nashville, TN. Gentleman Jim started as a DJ, first at KGRI in Henderson, TX; then at KWKH in Shreveport, LA (the home of the Louisiana Hayride in the early 1950s). His first hit was Mexican Joe in 1953. Reeves became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. He had his own TV series on ABC in 1957. He was in the 1963 film, Kimberley Jim. Reeves bought a radio station in Henderson, TX, which became very successful. Hits by Jim Reeves include Four Walls, He�ll Have to Go, I�m Getting Better, Am I Losing You, Welcome to My World and I Guess I�m Crazy.

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Country Music Hall of Famer "Gentleman" Jim (James Travis) Reeves died when his single-engine Beechcraft crashed near Nashville, TN. Gentleman Jim started as a DJ, first at KGRI in Henderson, Texas; then at KWKH in Shreveport, LA (the home of the Louisiana Hayride in the early 1950s). His first hit was Mexican Joe in 1953. Reeves became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. He had his own TV series on ABC in 1957. He was in the 1963 film, Kimberley Jim. Reeves bought a radio station in Henderson, Texas, which became very successful. Hits by Jim Reeves include Four Walls, He�ll Have to Go, I�m Getting Better, Am I Losing You, Welcome to My World and I Guess I�m Crazy.

Ref: 4

Rob Camilletti Cher's boyfriend, is born.

Ref: 5

Nick Christian Sayer rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen), is born.

Ref: 5

(Mary) Flannery O'Connor, novelist and short story writer, dies at age 39.

Ref: 70

Hamish rocker (The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train), is born.

Ref: 5

Ian Haughland heavy metal rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown), is born.

Ref: 5

Johnny Burnette �The Master�: singer: Dreamin�, You�re Sixteen; brother of singer Dorsey Burnette; is killed in a boating accident.

Ref: 4

MCA (Adam Yauch) rocker (The Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight), is born.

Ref: 5

Pebbles rocker (Girlfriend), is born.

Ref: 5

Carole Coleman singer (Face the Music), dies at 42.

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David Michael Sabo Perth Amboy NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love), is born.

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Marq Torien rocker (Bullet Boys-For the Love of Money), is born.

Ref: 5

Matthew Sweet musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: Girlfriend, is born.

Ref: 4

Russ Case orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Lyricist Cole Porter dies at age 73.

Ref: 68

Joe Leste San Diego Cal, rock vocalist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), is born.

Ref: 5

Buddy (Edwin) Cole pianist: group: The Buddy Cole Trio; sang with Rosemary Clooney: LP: Swing Around Rosie; dies.

Ref: 4

Liam O'Maonlai rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go), is born.

Ref: 5

Andrew rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train), is born.

Ref: 5

Migi [Miguel Drummond] rock (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance), is born.

Ref: 5

Lieb Glantz composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Don Redman orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Duncan Miller rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous), is born.

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Mike Nolan rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies), is born.

Ref: 5

Justin Currie Scottish rock vocalist/bassist (Del Amitri), is born.

Ref: 5

Sam Cooke US, singer (You Send Me, Sad Moon), is shot to death at a motel at age 33.

Ref: 5

Rockin' Jeff rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train), is born.

Ref: 5

C[arl] J[eff] Snare Washington DC, vocalist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), is born.

Ref: 5

Ed Jongsma Dutch pop bassist (Sleeze Beez-Look Like Hell), is born.

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Bonifacio Gil Garcia composer, dies at 66.

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Eddie Vedder (Mueller) songwriter, singer: group: Pearl Jam: LP: Ten

Ref: 4

Arrigo Pedrollo composer, dies at 86.

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Miroslav Krejci composer, dies at 73.

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1965

Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Staf Gustaf Frans Nees composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

David Glasper rocker (Breathe-All I Need), is born.

Ref: 5

Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Nathan rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret), is born.

Ref: 5

Mark Moore rocker (S'Express-Winter Course), is born.

Ref: 5

Vanity [Dee Dee Williams], singer/actress (Action Jackson), is born.

Ref: 5

Jeanette (Anna) MacDonald singer with Nelson Eddy, actress: Love Me Tonight, The Firefly, Cairo, The Cat and the Fiddle, One Hour with You, The Merry Widow, Naughty Marietta, Rose Marie; dies at age 63.

Ref: 4

Derek B rocker (Bullet from a Gun), is born.

Ref: 5

John Michael Montgomery country singer: CMA Single of the Year [I Swear: 1994], ACM Song of the Year [I Love The Way You Love Me: 1994], is born.

Ref: 4

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Cordell Crockett rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad), is born.

Ref: 5

Jazzy Jeff Townes rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand), is born.

Ref: 5

Ray Mayhew rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.

Ref: 5

Steven Adler Cleveland OH, drummer (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child), is born.

Ref: 5

Staff Nees Flemish composer (Maria-oratorio), dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Theo Uden Marsman Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Jef van Durme composer, dies at 57.

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Michael Spisak composer, dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Richard Wurz composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Jerry Burke pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies.

Ref: 5

Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht French composer/conductor, dies at 84.

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Nat �King� Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles) jazz pianist, bandleader: King Cole Trio; songwriter: Straighten Up and Fly Right; actor: St. Louis Blues; singer: Mona Lisa, Too Young, Unforgettable, Pretend, Ballerina, Ramblin� Rose, The Christmas Song; actor: Cat Ballou; first black entertainer to host a national TV show; father of singer, Natalie Cole; dies in Santa Monica, CA at age 45.

Ref: 4

Dr Dre [Andre Young], rap singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sylvie Guillem France, ballerina (Royal Ballet), is born.

Ref: 5

Boleslav Vomacka composer, dies at 77.

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Carlo Gatti composer, dies at 88.

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Ruvim Pergament composer, dies at 58.

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Anthon van der Horst Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Rolling Stones fined �5 each for public urination.

Ref: 5

Jeff Labarr rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station), is born.

Ref: 5

Giorgio Federico Ghedini composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Peter O'Toole Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People, Home, Don't Go), is born.

Ref: 5

Renzo Bossi composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Black Francis [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies), is born.

Ref: 5

Zwart Francis [Charles Thompson] US singer/songwriter (Pixies), is born.

Ref: 5

Tim "Herb" Alexander US funk metal drummer (Primus-Prok soda), is born.

Ref: 5

Gerardo, rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Contralto Marian Anderson ended her 30-year singing career with a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Ref: 4

Diana Villegas M�xico, rocker (Triplets-You Don't Have To Go), is born.

Ref: 5

Sylvia Villegas M�xico, rocker (Triplets-You Don't Have To Go), is born.

Ref: 5

Vicky Villegas M�xico, rocker (Triplets-You Don't Have To Go), is born.

Ref: 5

Aaron Avshalomov composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Leo Spies composer, dies at 65.

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Spike (Lindley Armstrong) Jones musician: drummer; band leader: City Slickers: Cocktails for Two, Der Fuhrer�s Face; dies at age 53.

Ref: 4

Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance), is born.

Ref: 5

Trent Reznor Grammy Award-winning singer, musician: Wish [1992]; LP: Pretty Hate Machine; band: Nine Inch Nails, is born.

Ref: 4

Dave Davies of the Kinks stumbles & is knocked unconscious on stage.

Ref: 5

Mark Knight California, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), is born.

Ref: 5

Remco Prins Dutch rock guitarist/vocalist (Burma Shave-Stash), is born.

Ref: 5

Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller] blues player, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

David Whyte rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret), is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Platus NYC, rocker (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know This), is born.

Ref: 5

Ira Louvin country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41.

Ref: 5

Tommy Cunningham rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was), is born.

Ref: 5

Frank Bello Bronx NY, rock bassist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born.

Ref: 5

Tex Axile rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen), is born.

Ref: 5

Kyle Kyle Kensington Pa, rock bassist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), is born.

Ref: 5

Steve Gorman musician: drums: The Black Crowes, is born.

Ref: 4

Glen Goldsmith rocker (What You See is What You Get), is born.

Ref: 5

Julie Brown MTV VJ (approx), is born.

Ref: 5

Harry Reser orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Cherelle rocker (Affair-First Bite), is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Hoff orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Bill Black musician: bassist: group: Bill Black Combo: White Silver Sands, Smokie Pt. 2; played in Elvis Presley band, backup for Elvis; dies.

Ref: 10

Nick Thorpe rocker (Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance), is born.

Ref: 5

Earl Bostic alto sax player, bandleader: Flamingo, Sleep, You Go to My Head, Cherokee, Temptation; dies.

Ref: 4

Steven Sweet Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist (Warrant-Cherry Pie), is born.

Ref: 5

Annabella Lwin (Myant Aye) singer: group: Bow Wow Wow, is born.

Ref: 4

Jeanette Jurado singer: group: Expose, is born.

Ref: 4

Mike D (Diamond) rap singer: group: The Beastie Boys: No Sleep Till Brooklyn, She?s On It, [You Gotta] Fight for Your Right [To Party], is born.

Ref: 4

Bj�rk (Gu�mundsd�ttir) singer, songwriter: group: The Sugarcubes, is born.

Ref: 4

Dame Myra Hess, English pianist, dies at age 75.

Ref: 70

Fiachna O'Broanain rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go), is born.

Ref: 5

Theo Uden Marsman Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Composer, lyricist, and singer, Jacques Brel made his American debut in concert at Carnegie Hall in NY City. Brel composed Jackie, You�re Not Alone, If You Go Away and more.

Ref: 4

Rob Smits pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm), is born.

Ref: 5

J Mascis, Rock musician, is born.

Ref: 76

Henry (Dixon) Cowell US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Hermann Sandby composer, dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Chuckii Booker rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Gabrielle Glaser musician (Luscious Jackson), is born.

Ref: 5

Claude Adonai Champagne composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Rock singer Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) is born. (TWA, 1997)

Ref: 95

Slash rocker (Guns N' Roses), is born.

Ref: 5

Kusaku Yamada composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

1966

Deana Carter country singer (Strawberry Wine), is born.

Ref: 5

Kate Schellenbach musician (Luscious Jackson), is born.

Ref: 5

Haro Levoni Step'anyan composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Rexton Gordon "Shabba Ranks" Jamaican dj/rapper (Extra Naked), is born.

Ref: 5

Tracii Guns rock guitarist (LA Guns-It's Over Now), is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Mercure composer, dies at 38.

Ref: 5

Al Jaworsky [Alan Doughty], pop bassist (Jesus Jones), is born.

Ref: 5

Spike, rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Rick Astley rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Johan Algot Haquinius composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

James "Rachel" Bolan Point Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love), is born.

Ref: 5

Amanda Roocroft opera singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sophie Tucker (Abuza) singer, vaudeville: �Last of the Red Hot Mamas�; �I�ve been poor, I�ve been rich. Believe me, rich is better.�; dies at age 79.

Ref: 4

Haro Levoni Step'anyan composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Freedom Williams rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory-Everybody Dance Now), is born.

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Melissa Brooke-Belland rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee), is born.

Ref: 5

Casimir von Paszthory composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Prince Markie D [Mark Morale], rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock), is born.

Ref: 5

Tommy Hendricks rocker, is born.

Ref: 5

Wendy James London England, vocalist (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen), is born.

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Suave singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Clinton Gregory singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Stevie Rachelle rock vocalist (Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around), is born.

Ref: 5

Anthony Terrell Smith Los Angeles CA, rocker (Tone Loc-Let's Do It), is born.

Ref: 5

Tone-Loc [Anthony Terrell Smith], Los Angeles CA, rocker (Let's Do It), is born.

Ref: 5

Patrick Hannan English pop drummer (Sundays-Can't Be Sure), is born.

Ref: 5

Janis Medins composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Richard Hageman composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Paul Davis musician: keyboards: group: Happy Mondays, is born.

Ref: 4

Edie Brickell (Mrs Paul Simon)/rocker (& New Bohemians), is born.

Ref: 5

Heinrich Lemacher composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Walter Lang composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Jerry Cantrell US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt), is born.

Ref: 5

Marti Pellow rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was), is born.

Ref: 5

Jeff Healey Canada, blind pop guitarist (See the Light), is born.

Ref: 5

Harry Daugherty trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers), dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Mike McCready musician: guitar: group: Pearl Jam

Ref: 4

Lisa Stansfield singer, songwriter: All Around the World, You Can�t Deny It, This is the Right Time, is born.

Ref: 4

Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck.

Ref: 5

Graeme Clark bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around), is born.

Ref: 5

Samantha [Karen] Fox East End London England, singer (Touch Me, I Wanna Have Some Fun), is born.

Ref: 5

Richard Farina rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident at age 29.

Ref: 5

Johnny Colt Cherry Point NC, rock bassist (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker), is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Maria Thomas Sabater composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Alfred Mendelsohn composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Fab[rice] Marvan France, Lip Syncher (Milli Vanilli), is born.

Ref: 5

Janet Jackson Gary IN, singer, Michael's sister (Control), is born. (TWA, 2002)

Ref: 95

Mike Inez US rock bassist (Alice in Chains-Facelift), is born.

Ref: 5

Sean Kinney US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young), is born.

Ref: 5

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano: Rossina [Il barbiere di Siviglia], title role of La Cenerentola, Zerlina [Don Giovanni], Despina and Dorabella [Cosi fan tutte], Susanna and Cherubino [Le nozze fi Figaro], Euridice and Genio in Haydn's Orfeo ed Euridice; in films: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Mozart: Requiem, La Cenerentola, Cos� fan tutte), is born.

Ref: 4

Claudette Orbison wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash.

Ref: 5

Doris Pearson rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel), is born.

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Mel Appleby rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America), is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Fuller rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead.

Ref: 5

Frank Sinatra married actress Mia Farrow this day. Sinatra, 50, married the 20-year-old actress and was photographed after the ceremony by 14 motion-picture cameras and 37 still cameras.

Ref: 4

Martina McBride country singer: The Time Has Come, The Way I Am, Wild Angels, Evolution, Live from the Crazy Horse [Radio Show], is born.

Ref: 4

Earl "Bud" Powel, American jazz pianist and composer, dies at age 37.

Ref: 70

Mark Michaels heavy metal guitarist (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar), is born.

Ref: 5

Country singer Shania Twain (Eilleen Regina Edwards) is born. (TWA, 2002)

Ref: 95

Jerry Fehily rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go), is born.

Ref: 5

Spike, vocal/guitar (Ian Spice Breathe, Flash Cadillac-R&R Forever), is born.

Ref: 5

Nuno Bettencourt Azores, rock guitarist (Extreme-More Than Words), is born.

Ref: 5

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Kevin Paige vocalist (Don't Shut Me Out), is born.

Ref: 5

Sinitta rocker (Omn Sinitta), is born.

Ref: 5

Fred Coury Johnston NY, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station), is born.

Ref: 5

Ad-Rock [Adam Horowitz], rocker (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight), son of playwright Israel Horowitz, is born.

Ref: 5

Kool Rock [Damon Wimbley], rapper (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock), is born.

Ref: 5

Stacy Lattisaw singer: Let Me Be Your Angel, Jump to the Beat, Love on a Two-Way Street, Miracles, Attack of the Name Game, is born.

Ref: 4

Patricia Kaas French pop singer (Mademoiselle Chant), is born.

Ref: 5

Hermann Heiss composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Si�ead O'Connor Dublin Ireland, singer (Nothing Compares 2 U), is born in Dublin, Ireland.

Ref: 95

Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Boris Koutzen composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Terry Sharpe rocker (The Adventures, Starjets-Starjets), is born.

Ref: 5

Gustaf Paulson composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Steve Dullaghan rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal), is born.

Ref: 5

Tracy Byrd country singer (Keeper of the Stars), is born.

Ref: 5

Chris Robinson Atlanta GA, rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker), is born.

Ref: 5

Gaspar Cassado Moreu composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Noel Gallon composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

1967

Moon Mullican rocker, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Mary Garden, Scottish-born American opera singer/star, dies at 92.

Ref: 5

Peter Loran Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good), is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Schuricht composer, dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Dave Matthews singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven.

Ref: 5

Mick Hankers Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown), is born.

Ref: 5

Micky Michelle [Ingrid Hankers], Dutch dancer (Josephine), is born.

Ref: 5

Vilem Petrzelka composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Renato Lunelli composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Lisa Lisa (Velez) rock vocalist (& Cult Jam), is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Szirmai composer, dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Maxine Waters Jones rocker (En Vogue), is born.

Ref: 5

M C Tab [Sharon Richard], New York City NY, rapper, is born.

Ref: 5

Joe Pasquale rocker (Prey), is born.

Ref: 5

Wlodzimierz Pozniak composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Bill Leverty Richmond VA, guitarist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), is born.

Ref: 5

Joe Meek rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide.

Ref: 5

Dave Matthews singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band), is born.

Ref: 5

Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs.

Ref: 5

Manuel Palau Boix composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Kurt Cobain rock vocalist (Nirvana)/husband of Courtney Love, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Waxman German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Marcus Lillington rock guitarist (Breathe-All I Need), is born.

Ref: 5

Georges Lonque composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Nelson Eddy US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65.

Ref: 68

Zolt�n Kod�ly Hungarian composer (H�ry Janos), dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Geraldine Farrar, American operatic soprano, dies at age 85.

Ref: 70

James Friskin composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Van Conner rocker (Screaming Trees), is born.

Ref: 5

Jimmy Blaine singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42.

Ref: 5

Marc Lavry composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Hieronim Feicht composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Mischa Elman Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Mellow Man Ace [Ulpiano Sergio Reyez] Havana Cuba, Spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong), is born.

Ref: 5

Barret Martin rocker (Screaming Trees), is born.

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Liz Phair singer, songwriter: LPs: Exile in Guyville, whitechocolatespaceegg

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Henry Allen, American jazz musician, dies at age 59.

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Red Allen, US Dixie-land trumpet player, dies.

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Jayce Fincher Jr heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel), is born.

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Brent Muscat rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over), is born.

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Turbo B (Durron Butler) rap singer: group: Snap, is born.

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Bengt Axel von Torne composer, dies at 75.

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Laverne Andrews singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 51

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Philippa Duke Schuyler composer, dies at 35.

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Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges

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Julius Kalas composer, dies at 64.

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Jaromir Fiala composer, dies at 74.

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John Wesley Work composer, dies at 65.

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Elmo Hope musician: piano: group: The Elmo Hope Trio; dies.

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Heavy D rapper, is born.

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Steve McDonald rocker (Redd Kross), is born.

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Geronimo Baqueiro Foster composer, dies at 69.

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Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer, dies at age 51.

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2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors.

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David M. Navarro musician: guitar: Jane�s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers: LP: One Hot Minute, is born.

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Neil Mitchell rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was), is born.

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Human Beatbox (Darren Robinson) rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock), is born.

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Joseph William Cathcart rock guitarist (Nelson-Love & Affection)

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Tim Simenson rocker (Bomb the Bass), is born.

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John Entwistle of the rock group Who weds Alison Wise.

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Jeff Cease musician: guitar: group: The Black Crowes, is born.

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Keith Richards, of the Rolling Stones, is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge.

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John (William) Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer, dies at age 40.

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Jimi Hendrix quits as the open ing act of the Monkees' tour.

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Pat Badger heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words), is born.

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Lorraine Pearson rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel), is born.

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Lorraine Pearson singer: group: Five Star, is born.

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Blas Elias Gomez Kennedy TX, rock drummer (Slaughter-Stick it Live), is born.

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Tracy Tracy rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal), is born.

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Harry Connick Jr. Grammy Award-winning singer: We are in Love; actor: Copycat, When Harry Met Sally, is born.

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Jerry Dixon heavy metal bassist (Warrant-Cherry Pie), is born.

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Ricky Bell singer: group: New Edition, is born.

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Rock singers Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson are born.

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Faith Hill singer: LPs: Take Me as I Am, It Matters to Me, Faith; sold eleven million records, eight #1 singles, ten #1 videos, is born.

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Harry Connick Jr singer (We Are in Love), is born.

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Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents.

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Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie, folk singer, dies at age 55.

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Sir Malcolm Sargent, English orchestra conductor, dies at age 72.

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Sophie B. Hawkins musician, singer: LPs [hit singles]: Tongues and Tails [Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover], Whaler [As I Lay Me Down], Timbre [Walking In My Blue Jeans], is born.

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Charlie �Steele� Pennachio (singer: group: Linear:) is born.

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Charlie Pennaelino Queens NY, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way), is born.

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Mari Fernandez singer: group: Sweet Sensation: If Wishes Came True, Love Child, Purely by Coincidence, Sad Sweet Dreamer, is born.

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Ronnie DeVoe singer: groups: New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe, is born.

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Singer Jimmie Rodgers (Honeycomb, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine) was found in a car in Los Angeles, near death, suffering from a fractured skull. He had been the victim of a �mysterious assault�.

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Ren� Shuman [Shumans] rockabilly-bandleader/singer, is born.

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Musician, singer Otis Redding, 26, is killed in a private plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin.

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Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere composer, dies at 71.

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Carl Cunningham rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash.

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Jimmy King rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash.

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Phalin Jones rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash.

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Ron Caldwell rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash.

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Richard Stohr composer, dies at 93.

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Victor De Sabata composer, dies at 75.

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Richard Flury composer, dies at 71.

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Niels Meijer Dutch rock keyboardist (Bob Color), is born.

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Orchestra leader Paul Whiteman died on this day at the age of 76. Known as the King of Jazz, Whiteman had 28 #1 hits between 1920 and 1934 including, Three O'Clock in the Morning, My Blue Heaven, All of Me and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.

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Paul Whiteman US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77.

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Bert Berns US songwriter/producer (Twist & Shout), dies at about 38.

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1968

Louis-Fran�ois-Marie Aubert French composer (Habanera), dies at 90.

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Josue Teofilo Wilkes composer, dies at 85.

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Louis-Fran�ois-Marie Aubert French composer (La Momie), dies at 90.

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L L Cool J [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer), is born.

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Whitfield Crane rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad), is born.

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Mike Patton singer: group: Faith No More, is born.

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Tracy Lawrence Atlanta TX, country singer (Sticks & Stones), is born.

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Sarah McLachlan folk singer (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy), is born.

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Chris Barron rocker (Spin Doctors), is born.

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Luckey Roberts composer, dies at 80.

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Stuart Foster singer (Galen Drake Show), dies at 49.

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Louis-Fran�ois-Marie Aubert French composer (Habanera), dies at 90.

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Chynna Phillips singer: group: Wilson Phillips; daughter of singers John and Michelle Phillips; half-sister of actress Mackenzie Phillips; married to actor Billy Baldwin, is born.

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Ildebrando Pizzetti Italian composer, dies at 87.

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Little Walter rocker, dies at 37.

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Healey Willan composer, dies at 87.

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Patrick Uterwijk pop guitarist (Pestilence, Consuming Impulse), is born.

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Frank Watkins US heavy metal bassist (Obituary, Cause of Death), is born.

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Ludvik Podest composer, dies at 46.

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Frankie Lymon singer, songwriter: group: Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers: Why Do Fools Fall in Love; dies.

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Frankie Lymon singer, dies at 25.

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Country music stars Johnny Cash (36) & June Carter (38) wed.

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Evan Dando rocker (Lemonheads), is born.

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Evan Dando rocker (Lemonheads), is born.

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Alexandre Cellier composer, dies at 84.

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Isa Krejci composer, dies at 63.

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John Tardy US heavy metalist (Obituary, Slowly We Rot), is born.

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco composer, dies at 72.

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Manuel Gomez Carillo composer, dies at 85.

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Little Willie John (William Edward John) singer: convicted of manslaughter, dies in Washington State Prison.

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Celine Dion Qu�bec Canada, singer (I'm Your Woman), is born.

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Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach, Bahamas, rock (Skid Row-Psycho Love), is born.

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Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshynsky composer, dies at 73.

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Marion Weeks singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81.

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Norman Demuth composer, dies at 69.

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Aaron Comes rocker (Spin Doctors), is born.

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Carnie Wilson Los Angeles CA, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On), is born.

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Frankie Lymon rocker (& Teenagers), dies of a drug overdose at 25.

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Paulo Jr Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions), is born.

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Frankie Lymon rocker, dies of a heroin overdose.

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Mark Scott Paramus NJ, rock drummer (Trixter-Give It To Me Good), is born.

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Jay Darlington London England, keyboardist (Kula Shaker), is born.

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Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev composer, dies at 86.

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Ralph Tresvant Boston MA, singer (New Editon), is born.

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Merle Kendrick orchestra leader (Window on the World), dies at 72.

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Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession.

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Bernard Rogers composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75.

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William E "Little Willie" John US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30).

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Little Willie John rocker, dies at 30.

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Kylie Minogue Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion), is born.

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Tim Burgess English rock vocalist (Charlatans-Only One I Know), is born.

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Jason Donovan singer: popular in Australia & Great Britain; actor: Neighbours, Rough Diamonds, The Sun, the Moon and the Stars; son of actor, Terence Donovan, is born.

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Deniece (Lisa Marie) Pearson singer: group: Five Star: System Addict, Can�t Wait Another Minute, Find the Time, Rain or Shine, Stay Out of My Life, The Slighest Touch, is born.

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Wes (John Leslie) Montgomery jazz guitarist: Windy, Goin� Out of My Head, Wes� Tune, Sunny; dies of a heart attack at 48.

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Ruth St Denis Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at age 91.

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Michael Bivins singer: groups: New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe, is born.

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Cy Walter pianist (3's Company), dies at 52.

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Nick Castle choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58.

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Kyle Stevens NJ, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), is born.

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Big Daddy Kane rap artist, songwriter: Long Live the Kane, is born.

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Trugoy the Dove (David Jolicoeur) musician: group: De La Soul, is born.

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Luke Goss rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing), is born.

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Matt Goss rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing), is born.

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Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on �50 bail.

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Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle) singer: Ice Ice Baby; first rap singer to have a #1 song on the Billboard singles chart, is born.

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Charles Munch, German-born conductor, dies at age 77.

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Ronnie Devoe singer: group: New Edition, is born.

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Jo Kittsee Germany, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue), is born.

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Wyatt Pauley Ecuador, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies), is born.

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Rhythm-and-blues singer Chauncey Hannibal (BLACKstreet) is born.

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Mike Patton Eureka CA, rocker (Faith No More-The Real Thing), is born.

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Tracy Lawrence Atlanta TX, country singer (Sticks & Stones), is born.

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Jonathan (Rashleigh) Knight singer, dancer: group: New Kids on the Block: You Got It (The Right Stuff), This One�s for the Children, is born.

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Michael Foster Richmond VA, drummer (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), is born.

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Tatianna, Philadelphia PA, Spanish singer (Baile Commigo, Chicad de Hoy), is born.

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Siegfried Reda composer, dies at 52.

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George Louis Francis Lewis composer, dies at 16.

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Sabin V Dragoi composer, dies at 74.

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1969

Nikki Nelson Topaz Lake NV, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry), is born.

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Montague Fawcett Phillips composer, dies at 83.

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Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner) rock singer/performer: is born. �I picked Marilyn Manson as the fakest stage name of all to say that this is what show business is, fake. Marilyn Monroe wasn�t even her real name, Charles Manson isn�t his real name, and now, I�m taking that to be my real name. But what�s real?�

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R Kelly singer (I Wish I Could Fly), is born.

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Ladislav Vycpalek composer, dies at 86.

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Doug E Doug rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever), is born.

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Dave Grohl drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), is born.

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Vernon Duke composer, dies at 65.

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Grazyna Bacewicz composer, dies at 59.

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Jaroslav Kricka composer, dies at 86.

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Pauline Hall composer, dies at 78.

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Jesse Harte Rome GA, heavy metal vocalist (Southgang-Tainted Angel), is born.

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Heidi Wolfgramm rocker (Jets), is born.

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Hanns Jelinek composer, dies at 67.

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Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok composer, dies at 77.

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Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert.

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Giovanni Martinelli opera singer (New York Met), dies at 83.

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Bainbridge Crist composer, dies at 85.

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Ladislav Vycpalek composer, dies at 86.

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Pee Wee Russell, American jazz clarinetist, dies at age 62.

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Ernest Ansermet Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85.

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Joseph Messner composer, dies at 75.

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Elisa Fiorillo singer (Forgive Me For Dreaming), is born.

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Chastity Bono Los Angeles CA, daughter of Sonny & Cher, is born.

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Ricky Seagall rocker (Partridge Family), is born.

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Graham Coxon singer (Blur), is born.

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Theodor Schaefer composer, dies at 65.

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Cheryl "Salt" James rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang), is born.

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James Atkin rocker (EMF-Unbelievable), is born.

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Perry Farrell rocker (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros), is born.

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Marco Foddis pop drummer (Pestilence), is born.

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Arthur Walter Kramer composer, dies at 78.

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Ludvig Irgens Jensen composer, dies at 74.

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Harold Pruett rocker (Outsiders-Time Won't Let Me), is born.

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Casper H�weler music critic, dies at 71.

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Craig Logan Scotland, rock bassist (Brothers Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey), is born.

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Krzystzof Komeda composer, dies at 37.

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Mica Paris rocker (So Good), is born.

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Johannes Rontgen composer, dies at 70.

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Sir Duke, Duke Ellington, celebrated his 70th birthday. He was honored with the presentation of the Medal of Freedom, the U.S. government�s highest civilian honor.

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Joey Restivo Brooklyn, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies), is born.

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Roy Rosello singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.

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Imre Vincze composer, dies at 42.

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David William Wood Boston MA, rocker (New Kids-Lovin' You Forever), is born.

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The Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault.

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Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute.

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Martika [Marta Marrero] Whittier CA, singer (Toy Soldiers), is born.

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Coleman Hawkins, the pioneering American jazz saxophonist, dies.

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Jimmy McHugh composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at 74.

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Rich Robinson Atlanta GA, rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker), is born.

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Gaston Brenta composer, dies at 66.

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John Cipollini guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45.

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Nicky Hopkins quits rock & rolls, Jeff Beck Group.

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Douglas Lee Mitchell Miles Mi, heavy metal artist (Southgang), is born.

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Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones

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Brian Jones quits the Rolling Stones.

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Mitch McLee [Douglas Lee Mitchell], Miles Mi, drummer (Southgang), is born.

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John Scott rocker with the Pretenders, dies at 25.

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Kevin Thornton vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), is born.

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Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance.

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Brian Jones founder of the Rolling Stones, drowns.

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Brian Jones (Lewis Hopkin-Jones) singer, musician: rhythm guitar: group: The Rolling Stones: [I Can�t Get No] Satisfaction; drowns to death at age 25.

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Michael Grant vocalist (Musical Youth), is born.

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Roy Hamilton singer: You�ll Never Walk Alone, If I Loved You, Ebb Tide, Unchained Melody, Don�t Let Go, You Can Have Her; dies.

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Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing the peace in Detroit.

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Frank Loesser songwriter: Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, Baby It�s Cold Outside, On a Slow Boat to China, Once in Love with Amy, Luck Be a Lady, Thumbelina; dies at age 59.

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Russ Morgan orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65.

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Donald E Wahlberg Jr, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)

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Dweezil Zappa musician: guitar: MTV; son of musician Frank Zappa, brother of singer Moon Unit Zappa, is born.

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Josh White �The Singing Christian�: blues/folk singer, guitarist; dies.

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Mitchell Ayres orch leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58.

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Leon Payne country artist, songwriter: I Love You Because, Lost Highway, They�ll Never Take Her Love, I Heard My Heart Break Last Night, The Blue Side of Lonesome; dies.

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Kathi Wolfgram Minneapolis, rocker (Jets-You Got it All), is born.

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Tiny Tim announces his engagement to Miss Vicki Budinger on the Tonight Show. The couple were wed on December 17th.

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Wendy Wilson singer: group: Wilson Phillips: daughter of Beach Boys singer, Brian Wilson, is born.

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Giovanni Martinelli opera singer: tenor: with Metropolitan Opera for 30 seasons; dies.

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Brooke Theiss CA, actress (Wendy-Just the 10 of Us, Good & Evil), is born.

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Pepa rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang), is born.

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Butch Walker Rome GA, heavy metal guitarist (Southgang-Tainted Angel), is born.

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Bryan Abrams vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), is born.

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Ted (Edward) Heath musician: trombone, bandleader: played big band concerts every Sunday at the Palladium in the 1940s and 1950s; dies.

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Hanns Jelinek composer, dies at 67.

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Alceo Toni composer, dies at 85.

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Vincenzo Davico composer, dies at 80.

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Jakob Dylan NY NY, singer/guitarist/Bob Dylan's son (The Wallflowers-One Headlight), is born.

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Franco Capuana composer, dies at 75.

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Leigh Harline composer, dies at 62.

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Kenny "Damn" Kelly Paterson NJ, rapper (Riff-Judy had a Boyfriend), is born.

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Salvatore Baccaloni opera singer/actor (Full of Life), dies at 69.

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1970

Piotr Rytel composer, dies at 85.

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Roberto Gerhard composer, dies at 73.

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Jani Christou composer, dies on 44th birthday.

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Billy Stewart singer (I Do Love You), dies in auto-accident at 32.

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James "Shep" Shepherd rocker (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death.

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Donald Tardy US, death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death), is born.

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Slim Harpo [James Moore], rocker, dies at 28.

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Blaz Arnic composer, dies at 69.

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Jaroslav Vogel composer, dies at 76.

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Emil Abranyi composer, dies at 87.

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Andre Souris composer, dies at 79.

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Gloria Trevi Mexico, sexy Spanish vocalist (A Gatas), is born.

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Alfred Newman US composer, dies at 69.

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Albert Louis Wolff composer, dies at 86.

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Ethel Leginska composer, dies at 83.

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Rick Besoyan composer, dies at 45.

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Tammi Terrell singer (Ain't No Mountain High Enough, You're All I Need), dies from brain tumor at 23.

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Queen Latifah [Dana Owens] Newark NJ, rap singer/actress (Khadijah James-Living Single), is born.

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Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl

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Mariah Carey New York NY, singer (Vision of Love, Love Takes Time, Hero), is born.

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Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn oboist/conductor, dies at 78.

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Delroy Pearson Romford Essex England, rocker (Five Star-Between the Lines), is born.

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Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis is freed.

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Luis Miguel Vera Cruz M�xico, Spanish singer, is born.

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Hall Johnson composer, dies at 82.

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Candelario Huizar composer, dies at 82.

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Carlos Estrada composer, dies at 60.

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Percy Brier composer, dies at 84.

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Johnny Hodges, American jazz saxophonist; soloist in Duke Ellington's orchestra, dies at age 63.

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Prince Be rapper (PM Dawn), is born.

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Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight, Worcester MA, rocker (New Kids on the Block-Hangin' Tough), is born.

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Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult.

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Tommy Page West Caldwell NJ, singer (I'll Be Your Everything), is born.

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Earl Grant singer: [At] The End [Of a Rainbow], Ebb Tide; is killed in car crash.

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Rocker Chubby Checker arrest for marijuana pocession.

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Glenn Medeiros singer: [w/Bobby Brown]: She Ain�t Worth It, is born.

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Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky.

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Steven J Brown Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)

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Mandy Smith England, rocker (I Just Can't Wait) wife of Bill Wyman, is born.

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Patrick Dancy TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)

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Barry Wood singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61.

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Sam Waters vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), is born.

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Sir John Barbirolli, English conductor and cellist, dies at age 70.

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George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor, pianist and composer, dies at age 73.

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Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness.

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Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac as the group�s first female member. McVie was married to bass player John McVie. She quit touring with the group in 1991.

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Donnie Wahlberg singer: group: New Kids on the Block; brother of Marky Mark, is born.

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M.C. Eric rap artist: group: Technotronic, is born.

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Debbie Gibson Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams), is born.

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Al �Blind Owl� Wilson musician: guitar, harmonica, singer: group: Canned Heat: On the Road Again, Going Up the Country, Let�s Work Together; dies.

Ref: 4

Jimi (James Marshall) Hendrix musician, singer: Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, All Along the Watch Tower, The Wind Cries Mary, Manic Depression, Spanish Castle Magic; dies from an overdose of sleeping pills in London at age 27.

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Mark Caldero vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), is born.

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Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose in her Hollywood hotel room. She was 27. Joplin, known for her passionate, bluesy, vocal style, was the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company. She became a superstar with hits like, Down on Me, Pearl (her nickname) and Every Little Piece of My Heart; but Me and Bobby McGee was her only certified top 40 hit. The Bette Midler movie, The Rose, was based on Joplin�s life.

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Tiffany [Renee Darwisch], rocker (I Think We are Alone Now)

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�Lady Soul�, Aretha Franklin, won a gold record for Don�t Play that Song.

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Derry Brownson rock keyboardist (EMF-Unbelievable), is born.

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Hal Dickinson singer (Modernaires), dies at 56.

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Des�ree singer: I Ain�t Movin�, is born.

Ref: 4

Dora Paulen German/Dutch cabareti�re, dies at about 72.

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David Kersh Humble TX, country singer (If I Never Stop Loving You), is born.

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Kevin Sharp Country singer, is born.

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Zac Foley rock bassist (EMF-Unbelievable), is born.

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John de Mol Dutch accordionist, dies at 58.

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Michel Brunet Gatineau Qu�bec, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd), is born.

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Cyril M Scott English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91.

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1971

Adriano Lualdi composer, dies at 85.

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Mary J Blige singer, is born.

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Henri Tomasi French composer (Don Juan de Ma�ara), dies at 69.

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Robert Still composer, dies at 60.

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Ethel Glenn Hier composer, dies at 82.

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China Slick rocker (daughter of Grace Slick), is born.

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Marian Viktorovich Koval composer, dies at 63.

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Adolph Weiss composer, dies at 79.

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Lea Salonga Manila Philippines, singer/actress (Miss Saigon), is born.

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Rudolf Mauersberger composer, dies at 82.

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Erykah Badu singer, is born.

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Jean-Pierre Guezek composer, dies at 36.

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Mabel Wheeler Daniels composer, dies at 92.

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Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca P�rez Morena de Macias.

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Piero Coppola composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Armin Loos composer, dies at 67.

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Felix Wolfes composer, dies at 78.

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Igor (Fedorovich) Stravinsky composer: The Firebird, Petrouchka, The Rite of Spring, The Wedding, The Soldier�s Tale; dies in New York City at age 88.

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Selena [Quintanilla Perez] Lake Jackson TX, tejano singer (Grammy-1994), is born.

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Roberto Lupi composer, dies at 62.

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Masao Oki composer, dies at 69.

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Max Drischner composer, dies at 80.

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Chris Wolf actor/musician (Guys Next Door), is born.

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Mihail Jora composer, dies at 79.

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Shukichi Mitsukuri composer, dies at 75.

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Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Perez Morena de Macias at St Tropez Town Hall.

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Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident.

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Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky composer, dies 67.

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Danny Wood singer: group: New Kids on the Block: Hangin� Tough, Please Don't Go Girl, I�ll Be Loving You Forever, is born.

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Raphael Wiggins Oakland CA, rapper (Lifelines), is born.

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Bernard Wagenaar Netherlands/US composer, dies at 76.

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Mark Brunswick composer, dies at 69.

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Max Trapp composer, dies at 83.

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Marcel Dupr�, French organ virtuoso and influential teacher, dies at age 85.

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Mark Wahlberg musician: guitar, singer: group: Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch: Good Vibrations; actor: Renaissance Man, Calvin Klein commercials

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Mark Wahlberg Mass, rapper, is born.

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Nathan Morris [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men), is born.

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(Daniel) Louis Armstrong Satchmo: jazz musician: trumpet; Grammy Award-winning singer: Hello, Dolly! [1964], Lifetime Achievement Award [1971]; It�s a Wonderful World, Mack the Knife, Blueberry Hill; appeared in films: The Five Pennies, The Glenn Miller Story, Hello Dolly!, High Society; American ambassador of good will; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1990]; dies at age 70.

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Bobby Leslie TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You), is born.

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Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76.

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Homer (Henry D. Haynes), comedy singer of Homer and Jethro, dies.

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Ted Lewis (Theodore Leopold Friedman) clarinettist, singer, bandleader: Ted Lewis & His Band: Somebody Stole My Gal, Alexander�s Ragtime Band; dies.

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Chesney Lee Haskes England, singer (Feels So Alive)

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"Tiffany" Renee Darwich Norwalk Cal, singer (I Think We're Alone Now), is born.

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Gene Vincent (Craddock) singer: Be-Bop-A-Lula, Lotta Lovin�, Dance to the Bop; actor: The Girl Can�t Help It; dies.

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Chris Kirkpatrick singer: group: *N Sync, is born.

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Jade Jagger, daughter of Mick Jagger, is born.

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Midori (Goto) musician: violin; created Midori and Friends foundation [musicians travel to NY public schools to give concerts and classes], is born.

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Musician Duane Allman (of the Allman Brothers Band) is killed in motorcycle crash in Macon GA. He was 24 years old.

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John Francis Zingg Boston MA, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), is born.

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Hugo Godron composer, dies at 71.

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Scot Alexander, Rock musician (Dishwalla), is born.

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Miguel Angel Martinez Soto mariachi, is born.

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Michael S McCary [Boss] Philadelphia PA, rapper (Boyz II Men), is born.

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Carlo Jachino composer, dies at 84.

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Ricky Martin Puerto Rico, singer (Menudo)/actor (General Hospital), is born.

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Noel Hogan musician (Cranberries), is born.

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Byron Arnold composer, dies at 70.

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Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner composer, dies at 83.

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Jan Mul composer, dies at 60.

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1972

Maurice (Auguste) Chevalier actor, singer: Gigi, Fanny, Can-Can; dies at age 83.

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Deborah Carter WNBA forward (Utah Starzz), is born.

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Jacques Wildberger composer, is born.

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Carl-Olof Anderberg composer, dies at 57.

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John Denver received a gold record for the album, Aerie, this day.

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Al Goodman Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81.

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Sverre Jordan composer, dies at 82.

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David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian) (of the Chipmunks) dies in Beverly Hills, CA at age 52.

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Rudolf Wittelsbach composer, dies at 69.

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Mahalia Jackson singer: God�s Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares, Move on Up a Little Higher, The Lord�s Prayer; in film: St. Louis Blues; LP: I Sing Because I�m Happy, The World�s Greatest Gospel Singer; dies.

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Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81.

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Howard Barlow conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79.

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Istvan Szelenyi composer, dies at 67.

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Norbert Rosza Hungarian swimmer (100 meter freestyle record), is born.

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Mayne One rocker (Young Nation), is born.

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Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65.

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Billie Joe Armstrong singer/musician (Green Day), is born.

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Gavril Nikolayevich Popov composer, dies at 67.

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Herbert Menges composer, dies at 69.

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Michael Taube composer, dies at 81.

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Victor Babin composer, dies at 63.

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Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party.

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Nils Bjorkander composer, dies at 78.

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Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grof� composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80.

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Stefan Wolpe German composer (Zeus & Elidco), dies at 69.

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Henri Potiron composer, dies at 89.

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Jeroen Thesseling pop bassist (Pestilence, Spheres), is born.

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Margaret A R Bonds US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59.

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Les Harvey rocker, dies.

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Reverend Gary David vocalist, dies at 76.

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Maxime Dumoulin composer, dies at 79.

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Eero Aukusti Sipila composer, dies at 53.

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The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) rapper: LPs: Ready to Die, Life After Death, Born Again; shot and killed in Los Angeles Mar 9, 1997 [his killer has not been identified], is born.

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Margaret Ruthven Lang composer, dies at 104.

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Maureen McGovern quit her job as a full-time secretary for a new career as a full-time singer. Maureen was part of a trio before recording as a solo artist in July, 1973. Her first song, The Morning After, from the movie, The Poseidon Adventure, was a million-seller. She also sang the theme, Different Worlds, from ABC-TV�s Angie, and Can You Read My Mind from the movie, Superman. Ms. McGovern starred in Pirates of Penzance for 14 months on Broadway.

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P(eter) J(ason) Farley Hackensack, bass (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)

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Sammy Davis Jr. earned his place at the top of the popular music charts for the first time, after years in the entertainment business. His number one song, The Candy Man, stayed at the top for three consecutive weeks. The Candy Man was truly a song of fate for Sammy. He openly did not want to record the song, but did so as a favor to MGM Records head Mike Curb, since it was to be used in the film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Davis said he would give the tune one take, "and that�s it!" Sure enough, in that one-time recording, Sammy nailed it. The Candy Man stayed on the pop charts for 16 weeks. The best the legendary performer had done before was 12 weeks for Love Me or Leave Me in 1955 and 11 weeks for I�ve Gotta Be Me (from Golden Rainbow) in 1969. After The Candy Man became a hit, Davis included it in his stage shows and concerts -- and collected huge royalties from it.

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Elton Britt country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54.

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Mindy Carson NYC, vocalist (Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue)

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Bobby Ramirez drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl.

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Helen Traubel opera singer: St. Louis Symphony, New York Metropolitan Opera [�The Met�s premier Wagnerian soprano.�]; actress: Deep in My Heart, The Ladies� Man, Gunn; dies.

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Brian Cole rocker with the Association, dies of heroin OD at 28.

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Geri Halliwell singer: group: Spice Girls: is born.

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Merald Knight Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knights & Pips), is born.

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Shann Stockman [Slim], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)

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Rory Storm lead singer of Rory Storm & Hurricane, commits suicide.

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Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) (rapper), is born.

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Snoop Doggy Dogg (Cordozar Broadus) rapper, is born.

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Louis Michael Anthony Sassin Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun), is born.

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Alan Roth orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68.

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Singers Carly Simon and James Taylor were married in Carly�s Manhattan apartment. The couple was said to be the highest-paid couple in the world -- next to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Carly and �Sweet Baby� James would divorce years later, but we hear they are still good friends.

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Berry Oakley musician: bass: group: The Allman Brothers Band: Ramblin� Man; dies.

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(Charles) Rudolf Friml, American musician, composer; dies at age 92.

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Shom-Rock rocker (Young Nation), is born.

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T-Haxx rocker (DYC), is born.

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Mahalia Jackson gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60.

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Jos� Lim�n Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64.

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Puff Johnson, Singer, is born.

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Herbert Eimert German composer (Glockenspiel), dies at 75.

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Erwin Dressel composer, dies at 63.

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Fantasia [Tonya Manley] Detroit MI, dancer/actress (Pump it Up), is born.

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Fritz Behrend composer, dies at 83.

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Joe [Joseph Mulrey] McIntyre rocker (New Kids on the Block-Lovin You Forever), is born.

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1973

Rudolf Kubin composer, dies a day after 64th birthday.

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Jef Alpaerts Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68.

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Clara Ward gospel singer: group: Clara Ward Gospel Troupe; dies.

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Crispian Mills London, vocalist/guitarist (Kula Shaker), is born.

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(Edward) Kid Ory, US musician, exponent of New Orleans jazz, dies.

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Johannes Paul Thilman composer, dies at 67.

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Sergio Gonzalez rocker (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.

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Edward Lockspeiser composer, dies at 67.

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Max Yasgur owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53.

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Benjamin Frankel composer, dies at 67.

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Joseph Szigeti Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80.

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James Michael Kennedy Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), is born.

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"Pooh" Clark rocker (High-5), is born.

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Lucijan Marija Skerjanc Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72.

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Paul Klecki/Kletzki Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72.

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Ron "Pigpen" McKernan rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots), dies at 27.

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Eva Herzigova Litvinov Czechoslovakia, model (Guess Jeans, Wonderbra), is born.

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Esther Williamson Ballou composer, dies at 57.

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Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), (Lebrecht Hommel) opera: "The Heroic Tenor", "The Premier Heldentenor of the 20th Century"; dies at age 82.

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Antoni Szalowski composer, dies at 65.

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Safford Cape US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67.

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Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding & LSD possession.

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Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov composer, dies at 72.

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Kurt George Hugo Thomas composer, dies at 68.

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Nick Stuart bandleader, dies of cancer at 69.

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Istv�n Kert�sz Hung/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43.

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Manfred Gurlitt composer, dies at 82.

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Ernest MacMillan composer, dies at 79.

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Kristian Lundin record producer, is born.

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Shanice [Wilson] Pittsburgh PA, vocalist (Discovery, Loving You), is born.

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Vaughn Monroe singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61.

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Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt German composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at 73.

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Hal Hastings orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66.

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Murray Wilson father of beachboys Brian, Carl & Dennis, dies at 55.

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John Cranko, South African-born dancer and director of the Stuttgart Ballet, dies at age 45.

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Otto Klemperer, who was one of the foremost German conductors, dies.

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Clarence White guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car.

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Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide.

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Wanya Morris [Squirt], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)

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Jerry Rivera Puerto Rico, spanish singer, is born.

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Albert �Eddie� Condon musician: guitar, bandleader, promoter of Dixieland Jazz; dies at age 68.

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Paul Williams singer: groups: The Primes, The Temptations: The Way You Do the Things You Do, My Girl, It�s Growing, Get Ready, Beauty is Only Skin Deep, [I Know] I�m Losing You, You�re My Everything, All I Need, I Wish It Would Rain, Cloud Nine, Runaway Child, Running Wild, I Can�t Get Next to You, Just My Imagination; dies.

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Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge were married in Los Angeles, CA.

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Hugo Winterhalter (orchestra leader: Canadian Sunset, Rhapsody in Blue) dies.

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Ben Webster, American jazz musician, dies at age 64.

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Singer Jim Croce, 30, (Time In A Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown), his lead guitarist, Maury Muehleisen, and four others died when their plane crashed into a tree while taking off for a concert in Sherman, Texas.

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Gene Krupa drummer: Sing Sing Sing; bandleader: Let Me Off Uptown, Knock Me a Kiss, Chickery Chick, Boogie Blues; films: Some Like it Hot, Ball of Fire, The Gene Krupa Story; died Oct 6, 1973

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Stringbean [David Akeman], banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58.

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Gene Krupa, American jazz drummer, dies at age 64.

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Spanish cellist, conductor and composer Pablo Casals dies in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, at age 96.

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Khiry Abdulsamad Los Angeles CA, rocker (Boys-Dial My Heart, Lucky Charm)

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Stringbean (David Akeman), 58, country comedian: Grand Old Opry, Ozark Jubilee, Hee-Haw; Akeman and wife, Estelle, are murdered in their home by burglars.

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Steve Christopher Petree OK, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See), is born.

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Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover is born.

Ref: 68

Allan Sherman (Copelon) comedian: Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!; associate producer: I�ve Got a Secret; dies.

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Allan Sherman singer, dies at 48 (Goodbye Muddah, Goodbye Faddah).

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Justus Hermann Wetzel composer, dies at 94.

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Yitzhak Edel composer, dies at 77.

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Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov composer, dies at 61.

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Patrick Hadley composer, dies at 74.

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Giulio Cesare Brero composer, dies at 64.

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Singer Bobby Darin died following open-heart surgery at the age of 37. He left a legacy of memories in rock �n� roll and pop tunes, as well as on television and in movies (even an Oscar nomination for his role in Captain Newman, M.D.). The story of Darin being groomed to replace Frank Sinatra at Capitol Records is absolutely true. Unfortunately, Capitol didn�t think the grooming was going so well, and withheld many of Darin�s songs for many years; releasing them in a compilation CD in 1995. Good stuff to listen to: Splish Splash, Queen of the Hop, Dream Lover, Mack the Knife, Beyond the Sea, If I Were a Carpenter, etc. At the end, Darin, who had recorded for Atco, Capitol and Atlantic Records had just begun recording for Motown.

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Singer Bobby Darin (Cassotto) dies following open-heart surgery at the age of 37.

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Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia composer, dies at 87.

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Henri-Paul Busser composer, dies at 101.

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1974

Karel Janacek composer, dies at 70.

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John Drew Nichols Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See), is born.

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Roy Bargy orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79.

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Melanie Jayne Chisholm "Sporty Spice", Widnes, vocalist (Spice Girls), is born.

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Karel Salmon composer, dies at 76.

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Jonathan Bryan Colling Boston MA, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), is born.

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Wiktor Labunski composer, dies at 78.

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Jean Absil Belgian composer (B�n�dictions), dies at 80.

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Mihail Andricu composer, dies at 79.

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Kurt Magnus Atterberg composer, dies at 86.

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Kimberly Dawn Whipany Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See), is born.

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After a decade of marriage, Cher filed for separation from husband Sonny Bono. Not long afterwards, she filed for divorce and the accompanying alimony. This time she sang, I Got You Babe, for real ... before becoming a successful solo singer and movie actress in films such as Moonstruck (Best Actress Oscar in 1987).

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David Monrad Johansen composer, dies at 85.

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Harry Ruby (Rubinstein) musician: composer: Duck Soup; dies.

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Julian Dash jazz musician: tenor sax: No Soap, Midnight Stroll, Double Shot, Gin Mill Special, Weddin� Blues, My Silent Love, Long Moan, Creamin�, Goin� Along; dies.

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Leon Blum, Russian-born impresario; popularized classical ballet and music in America, dies at age 86.

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Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, Russian-born American impresario; popularized classical ballet and music in America dies at age 86.

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Quinto Maganini composer, dies at 76.

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Hakeem Abdul-samad rocker (Boys), is born.

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Dorothy Fields US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68.

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Alfred Ernest Whitehead composer, dies at 86.

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Herbert Elwell US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75.

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Vinnie Taylor rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose.

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Israel Citkowitz composer, dies at 65.

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Graham Bond rocker, dies jumping under a train.

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Lyubomir Pipkov composer, dies at 69.

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Ahmet Rodan Zappa son of Frank/rocker (Z, 2 Hip 4 TV), is born.

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Jewel [Kilcher] St George UT, folk/rock vocalist (Pieces of You), is born.

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Duke Ellington, jazz composer, band leader and pianist, dies at age 75.

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Pam Morrison wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose.

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Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits the rock group "Yes".

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Georgi Zhukov Russian Marshal (WW II), dies at 78.

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Lightning Slim blues singer, dies at 61.

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�Mama� Cass Elliott (Ellen Naomi Cohen) singer: group: The Mamas & The Papas: CA Dreamin�, Monday, Monday, Creeque Alley; solo: Dream a Little Dream of Me, It�s Getting Better, Make Your Own Kind of Music; group: The Mugwumps; chokes to death at 30 in London.

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Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers.

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Musician Peter Wolf married actress Faye Dunaway in Beverly Hills, CA.

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Matt Bongiovi heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi) is born.

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Natalie Maines singer: group: Dixie Chicks, is born.

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David Oistrakh, Russian violin virtuoso, dies at age 66.

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Ivory Joe Hunter singer, musician: piano: Since I Met You Baby, I Almost Lost My Mind, I Need You So; songwriter: Ain�t That Loving You Baby, My Wish Come True, Blues at Sunrise; dies.

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Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte composer, dies at 72.

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Hugues Panassi� French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62.

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Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos composer, dies at 64.

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Erich Walter Sternberg composer, dies at 83.

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Andr� Jolivet French composer (L'eunuque), dies at 69.

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Knudage Riisager composer, dies at 77.

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Robert Levine Sanders composer, dies at 68.

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1975

Ren� Thomas jazz guitarist: LPs: Guitar Groove, Who Cares?, The Italian Session; �A musician for musicians.�; dies.

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Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61.

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Shannon Kavanaugh Boston MA, rocker (Ivory Soul), is born.

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Chase Hampton Oklahoma City OK, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), is born.

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Franz Andr� Belgian conductor, dies at 81.

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Boris Blacher German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72.

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Robert Evett composer, dies at 52.

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Louis (Thomas) Jordan, American singer, saxophonist and bandleader, dies at age 66.

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Eric Harding Thiman composer, dies at 74.

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Luigi Dallapiccola composer, dies.

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Paul Frey Boston MA, dance skater (& Ponte-1995 Eastern Jr champion), is born.

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Luigi Dallapiccola Italian 12-tone composer, dies at 71.

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Brian (Thomas) Littrell singer: group: Backstreet Boys: LPs: Backstreet Boys, Star Profile, Millennium, is born.

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Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76.

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Gregory Maddalone Schenectady NY, dance skater (& Demkowski), is born.

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Istvan Kardos composer, dies at 83.

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Jean Kurt Forest composer, dies at 65.

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Albert Fields Gary IN, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), is born.

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Leopold Samuel composer, dies at 91.

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Philip Bezanson composer, dies at 59.

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Sammy Spear orchestra leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65.

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T-Bone Walker blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64.

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Berend Giltay composer, dies at 64.

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Oscar Rasbach composer, dies at 86.

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Arthur Bliss English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83.

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Renzo Massarani composer, dies at 77.

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Deedee Magno rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)

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Damon Phillip Pampolina rapper/drummer (Party), is born.

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Victoria Adams "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist (Spice Girls), is born.

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Josephine Baker, American-born French dancer and singer, dies at age 69.

Ref: 70

Jack Allan Westrup composer, dies at 70.

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Pete Ham rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27.

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Ruben Gomez rocker (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.

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Pablo Ruiz Buenos Aires Argentina, Spanish singer, is born.

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Bob Wills, fiddler, composer, bandleader: Light Crust Doughboys, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys: San Antonio Rose; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [Early Influence category: Mar 15, 1999]; dies at age 69.

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Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches.

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Leroy Anderson, American conductor, arranger and composer, dies at age 66.

Ref: 70

Jacques Stehman composer, dies at 62.

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Melanie Janine Brown "Scary Spice", Leeds, vocalist (Spice Girls), is born.

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Damon Pampolina rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), is born.

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Rocker Alice Cooper falls of stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs.

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Sonny and Cher (Bono) called it quits as husband and wife. They were divorced soon after their CBS-TV variety show was canceled. Sonny went on to become mayor of Palm Springs and then a US Congressman from CA. (He was killed Jan. 5, 1998 in a skiing accident.) Cher married rocker Gregg Alman just days after saying �bye-bye� to Sonny. She continued her recording career and became an Academy Award-winning actress.

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Cher married rock star Greg Allman. Cher announced her divorce from Allman just days after the couple tied the knot.

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George Morgan singer: Candy Kisses, Rainbow in My Heart, Room Full of Roses, Crybaby Heart, I�m in Love Again; DJ: WSM, Nashville; dies.

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Cher files for divorce from rocker Greg Allman, just ten days after the couple had married. She said that Allman had been moonlighting with an old flame.

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Charles Weidman, American dancer and choreographer, dies at age 73.

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Lefty (William Orville) Frizzell Country Music Hall of Famer: If You�ve Got the Money, I�ve Got the Time, Always Late, Saginaw Michigan; dies.

Ref: 4

Tifini Hale Palm Springs Calif, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), is born.

Ref: 5

Julian "Cannonball" Alderly sax player, dies of a stroke.

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Julian �Cannonball� Adderly musician: Alto/Soprano Saxophone: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; dies.

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Dimitri Shostakovich, composer: Symphony No.5, No. 7, No. 11, No. 13, dies at age 68.

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Vincent Lopez bandleader: played at NYC�s Astor Hotel, some of the greats started with him: Artie Shaw, Buddy Morrow, Buddy Clark; dies.

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Al Jackson Jr. drummer: groups: Booker T. and the M.G.�s, Roy Milton Band; dies.

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Rocker Bruce Springsteen appeared on the cover of both TIME and Newsweek.

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John Scott Trotter orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67.

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Nick Kenny US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80.

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Mukhtar Ashrafi composer, dies at 63.

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Noble Sissle jazz musician, dies at 86.

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Casual [Jon Owens] rapper, is born.

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Vincent Lopez orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76.

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Bernard Herrmann US movie composer, dies at 64.

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Donal Michalsky composer, dies at 47.

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1976

Mateusz Glinski composer, dies at 83.

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Georges E Migot French composer, dies at 84.

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Howlin� Wolf (Chester Burnett) blues musician: rhythm guitar, singer: How Many More Years, Smoke Stack Lightning, Evil; dies following brain surgery at 65.

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Emma Lee Bunton "Baby Spice", Finchley London, vocalist (Spice Girls), is born.

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Paul Robeson singer: Ol� Man River; actor: The Emperor Jones, Show Boat, Othello, Porgy and Bess, The Hairy Ape, King Solomon�s Mines, Song of Freedom; dies in Philadelphia at age 77.

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Shae-Lynn Bourne Chatham Ontario, ice dancer (Bourne & Kraatz 1995 World Champions-4th), is born.

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Chris Kenner rocker (I Like it Like That), dies.

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Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller San Francisco Blues Great, dies at 80.

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Mance Lipscomb rocker, dies at 80.

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Maurice Jacobson composer, dies at 80.

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Edward Benjamin Britten composer, dies at 62.

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Vince Guaraldi jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43.

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Percy Faith, singer, Grammy Award-winning orchestra leader, composer: The Theme from "A Summer Place" [1960]; My Heart Cries for You [Guy Mitchell hit], Delicado, Song from Moulin Rouge, Theme for Young Lovers; dies in Los Angeles CA.

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James Clifton Williams composer/band master (Sinfonians), dies at 52.

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Lily (Alice) Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71.

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Eddie Dowling composer (Anywhere USA), dies at 81.

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Florence Ballard rocker (Supremes), dies in Detroit MI of a heart attack at age 32. (TWA, 1977)

Ref: 95

Charles Wilfred Orr composer, dies at 82.

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Chris Pitman rocker (Zaum, Tool), is born.

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Jean Martinon French conductor/composer, dies at 66.

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Alfred Sendrey composer, dies at 92.

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Erwin Kroll composer, dies at 90.

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Stephen Gately Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone), is born.

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Robert de Roos composer, dies at 69.

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Paul Kossoff musician: guitar: group: Free: All Right Now; dies of heart failure at 25.

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George Sklavos composer, dies at 87.

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Miroslav Ponc composer, dies at 73.

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Maurice Johnstone composer, dies at 75.

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Phil Ochs rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35.

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Phil Ochs, folk singer, songwriter: There But for Fortune, Doesn�t Lenny Live Here Anymore?, Here�s to the State of Richard Nixon; commits suicide at age 35.

Ref: 4

Akio Yashiro composer, dies at 46.

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Frutuoso de Lima Viana composer, dies at 79.

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Wilhelm Maler composer, dies at 73.

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Edvard Fliflet Braein composer, dies at 51.

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Raymond Chevreuille Belgian composer, dies at 74.

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Valentino Bucchi composer, dies at 59.

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Camille Schmit composer, dies at 68.

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Singer Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm (Spice Girls) is born.

Keith Relf rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted while tuning his guitarat 33.

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Sulo Nikolai Salonen composer, dies at 77.

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Adrian Carlos Olivares Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.

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Rock duo Loggins & Messina break-up after 6 years.

Ref: 5

Gregor Piatigorsky Russian-born cellist: performed worldwide; teacher: Univ. Southern California; dies.

Ref: 4

J.C. Chasez singer: group: �N Sync: I Want You Back, Tearin� Up My Heart, Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday, God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You, I Drive Myself Crazy, Music Of My Heart, is born.

Ref: 4

Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses & is hospitalized in Miami.

Ref: 5

Lotte Lehmann, German opera singer, dies at age 88.

Ref: 70

Andres Javier Blazquez PR, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.

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Mary Ford (Iris Colleen Summers) singer w/Les Paul: How High the Moon, Vaya Con Dios, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise; dies.

Ref: 4

Quentin �Butter� Jackson musician: trombone: played with Duke Ellington; dies.

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Alexander Gray singer (This is Music), dies at 74.

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Connee Boswell singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68.

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Connie Boswell singer: dies.

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Walter Piston, American composer/teacher, dies at age 82.

Ref: 70

Tommy Bolin rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose.

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Benjamin Britten Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at age 63.

Ref: 70

Freddie King rocker, dies at 42.

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The Smothers Brothers, Tom and Dick, played their last show at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas and retired as a team from show business. Each continued as a solo artist. They reunited years later for another stab at TV (on NBC) plus concert appearances that proved very successful.

Ref: 70

1977

Erroll Garner ASCAP Award-winning jazz pianist: Misty [1984]; Dreamy, That�s My Kick, Moment�s Delight, Solitaire; dies at age 53.

Ref: 4

Alexey Kozlovsky composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Paul Nordoff US composer (Frog Prince), dies at 67.

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John Vincent composer, dies at 74.

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Zoltan Vasarhelyi composer, dies at 76.

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Joey Fatone Jr. singer: group: �N Sync: I Want You Back, Tearin� Up My Heart, Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday, God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You, I Drive Myself Crazy, Music Of My Heart, is born.

Ref: 4

Alexey Kozlovsky composer, dies at 71.

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Grace Mary Williams composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Nathan Osmond Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys), is born.

Ref: 5

Brook Wackman rocker, is born.

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Alexis Jose Grullon New York NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.

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Bukka White rocker, dies at 43.

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Maxime Jacob composer, dies at 71.

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Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada.

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Debbie Koegel Norristown PA, dance skater (& Oleg Fediukov), is born.

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Ronan Keating Bayside Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone), is born.

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Lockrem Johnson composer, dies at 52.

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Moses Pergament composer, dies at 83.

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E Power Biggs English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70.

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Bennie Green trombonist, lyricist: The Diamond and the Goose; journalist; dies.

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Saburo Moroi composer, dies at 73.

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Lodewijk de Vocht composer, dies at 89.

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Angelo Garcia Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.

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Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky composer, dies at 88.

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Jeno Zador composer, dies at 82.

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Charles Sanford orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71.

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Clive Martin Douglas composer, dies at 73.

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Irwin Fischer composer, dies at 73.

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Walter Kraft composer, dies at 71.

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Marius Monnikendam Dutch choir composer, dies at 80.

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William Powell rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35.

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Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord Miami FL, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.

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Jiri Reinberger composer, dies at 63.

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Goddard Lieberson composer, dies at 66.

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Paul Desmond US jazz saxophonist, dies at 52.

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Norman Paris orch leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41.

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Tony Orlando announced his retirement from show business. Orlando was performing in Cohasset, MA when he said that he had finally decided to call it quits. Orlando had two solo hits in 1961 (Halfway to Paradise and Bless You) and 14 hits with his backup singers (known as Dawn) through the mid-1970s. He also hosted a weekly TV variety show with Dawn (Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent) from 1974-1976.

Ref: 4

Milt Buckner musician: piano, organ, composer: Hamp�s Boogie Woogie, The Lamplighter, Count�s Basement; dies.

Ref: 4

Fiona Apple,singer, songwriter: LPs: Tidal, When The Pawn, is born.

Ref: 4

Leopold Stokowski symphonic conductor, dies in England, at 95.

Ref: 5

Maria Callas, the American-born prima donna famed for her lyric soprano and fiery temperament, died in Paris at age 53.

Ref: 70

Maria Callas (Calogeropoulous) singer: opera: dramatic soprano; dies in Paris at 53.

Ref: 4

Marc Bolan (Feld) singer: group: T. Rex: Bang a Gong; is killed in car crash.

Ref: 4

Alexander Tcherepnin St Petersburg Russia, composer, dies.

Ref: 68

Crooner Bing (Harry Lillis) Crosby �der Bingle suffered a fatal heart attack while playing golf at a course near Madrid, Spain. Crosby, 73, had just completed a tour of England that had included a sold-out engagement at the London Palladium.

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Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, including Ronnie Van Zandt, were killed in the crash of a chartered plane near McComb, Miss.

Ref: 70

Guy Lombardo orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75.

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Teddi King singer: Mr. Wonderful; dies.

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Sonny (William) Criss musician: saxophone: LP: The Bop Masters, Saturday Morning, Criss Craft, Out of Nowhere, Warm and Sonny; dies.

Ref: 5

Andre Eglevsky, Russian-born American ballet dancer and instructor, dies at age 59.

Ref: 70

Johann Nepomuk David composer, dies at 82.

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Ivan Rezak composer, dies at 53.

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1978

Don Gillis US composer (Symphony #5�), dies at 65.

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Zeb Turner country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at 62.

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Nancy Spungen stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious.

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Robert Heger composer, dies at 91.

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Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Vic Ames (Urick) singer: group: The Ames Brothers: You, You, You are the One, Rag Mop, Sentimental Me, Undecided, You, You, You, The Man with the Banjo, The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane, Tammy, Melodie d�Amour; is killed in a car crash.

Ref: 4

Marguerite Canal composer, dies at 87.

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Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife.

Ref: 5

Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Douglas Osmond Provo UT, vocalist (Osmonds 2ndG)

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Tolchard Evans composer/conductor, dies.

Ref: 5

David McKinley Williams composer, dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Gino Contilli composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Nicolas Nabokov composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Ernest Kanitz composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Bilal Abdul-samad rocker (Boys), is born.

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Sandy Denny country singer, dies at 37.

Ref: 5

Aram (Ilyich) Katchaturian Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Fee Waybill of the Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage.

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Bjarne Brustad composer, dies at 83.

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Tamara Karsavina, Russian-English ballerina, dies at age 93.

Ref: 70

Krassmira Todorava Miss Bulgaria Universe (1997), is born.

Ref: 5

Enoch Light orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Queenie Smith actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79.

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Keith Moon, singer, drummer with The Who, dies in London England.

Ref: 68

Jacques Brel singer, songwriter: Jackie, Next, If You Go Away, I�m Not Afraid; appeared in his own French version of Man of La Mancha and in film: Montdragon; dies.

Ref: 4

Ralph Marterie �Caruso of the trumpet�: musician, bandleader: Pretend, Caravan, Skokiaan; dies.

Ref: 5

Abel Talamantez TX, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.

Ref: 5

Dorothy Shay (Sims) �The Park Avenue Hillbilly�: singer: Feudin� and Fightin�; actress: Comin� Round the Mountain; dies.

Ref: 4

Mother Maybelle Carter (Addington), musician: played melody on bass strings of guitar, rhythm on treble, singer: group: The Carter Family: Keep on the Sunny Side, Foggy Mountain Top; member Grand Ole Opry: A Jilted Love, Don�t Wait; dies at age 69.

Ref: 4

Frank Rosolino musician: trombone: with Stan Kenton, Harold Land, Bob Cooper, Clarke-Boland Big Band; dies.

Ref: 4

Marguerite Canal composer, dies at 87.

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William Grant Still, American composer and conductor, dies at 83.

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Kate Robinson Peoria IL, dance skater (& Peter Breen)

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Kuniva, Rapper (D12), is born.

Ref: 76

Clifton Chenier US accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Blanche Calloway US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76.

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Naomi Lang Arcata CA, dance skater (& Peter Tchernyshev), is born.

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Chris Bell rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash.

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Bob Luman singer: Let�s Think About Living, Every Day I Have to Cry Some, The Pay Phone, Proud of You Baby; dies.

Ref: 4

1979

Wayne Walker songwriter: first big hit: I've Got a New Heartache [performed by Ray Price]; Are You Sincere, Leaving on Your Mind, Memory No. 1; dies.

Ref: 5

Charles Mingus jazz bassist, dies of heart attack.

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Charles Mingus US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56.

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Marjorie Lawrence opera soprano: �One of the truest Wagnerian interpreters of our time, unchallenged for the stirring magnificence of her Brunnhilde and the tender simplicity of her Sieglinde, or the stately loveliness of her Elsa and the compelling malevolence of her Ortrud.�; dies.

Ref: 4

Zbigniew Turski composer, dies at 70.

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Avery Claflin composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Sara Carter vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Chris H E Smith [Daddy Mack], Atlanta, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up), is born.

Ref: 5

Donny Hathaway Chicago IL, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33.

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Donny Hathaway singer: Where is the Love, You�ve Got a Friend, The Closer I Get to You [w/Roberta Flack]; dies.

Ref: 4

Fred Elizalde composer, dies at 71.

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Cyril Mockridge composer, dies at 82.

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Diva Zappa daughter of Frank, is born.

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Punk rock musician Sid Vicious [John Simon Ritchie] of the Sex Pistols died at age 31 of a drug overdose (suicide?) in New York.

Ref: 70

Avery Claflin composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Sara Carter vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Brandy Norwood, Grammy Award-winning singer: The Boy Is Mine [w/Monica: 1999]; I Wanna Be Down, Baby, Best Friend, Brokenhearted, Sittin� Up in My Room, Never S-A-Y Never, Top of the World, Have You Ever?, Almost Doesn�t Count, U Don�t Know Me (Like U Used To), What About Us? is born.

Ref: 4

Ray Whitley composer, dies.

Ref: 5

Vicente Ascone composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Guiomar Novaes pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Klaus Egge Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Leonide Massine, Russian dancer and choreographer of over 50 ballets, dies at age 82.

Ref: 70

Anton Heiller composer, dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Milton Ager US composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Nino Rota Italian composer (Torquemada), dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Feliks Roderyk Labunski composer, dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Julia A Perry US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Elton John becomes first pop star to perform in Israel.

Ref: 5

Lance Bass singer: group: �N Sync: I Want You Back, Tearin� Up My Heart, Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday, God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You, I Drive Myself Crazy, Music Of My Heart, is born.

Ref: 4

Lan Adomian composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Lester Raymond Flatt, bluegrass musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett), dies at 64.

Ref: 68

Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd.

Ref: 5

Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy

Ref: 5

Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion.

Ref: 5

Lowell George rocker (Mothers of Invention. Little Feat), dies at 34.

Ref: 5

Conductor Arthur Fiedler, who had led the Boston Pops orchestra for a half-century, died in Brookline, Mass., at age 84.

Ref: 70

Minnie Ripperton singer (Lovin' You), dies of cancer at 30.

Ref: 5

Keith Godchaux rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 32.

Ref: 5

Dorsey Burnette singer: Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One; brother of singer Johnny Burnette; dies.

Ref: 4

Singer Vikki Carr & Michael Nilsson wed.

Ref: 5

B.B. King celebrated his 30th year in show business at a special celebration held at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

Ref: 4

Stan (Stanley Newcomb) Kenton, the American bandleader who was an innovator in the progressive jazz style of the 1950's, dies at age 57.

Ref: 70

Sally Rand (Helen Gould Beck) dancer, stripper: inventor of the fan dance; actress: The TX Bearcat, Bachelor Brides, The Night of Love, Getting Gertie�s Garter, Bolero, Sunset Murder Case; dies.

Ref: 68

Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) weds Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque.

Ref: 5

Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect.

Ref: 5

Lou Busch (Joe �Fingers� Carr) musician: piano, arranger, composer: Sam�s Song, Down Yonder, Portuguese Washerwoman; dies.

Ref: 4

[Gregory] Chad Petree Shawne Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See), is born.

Ref: 5

Fleetwood Mac receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Ref: 4

Mya (Marie Harrison) singer: LPs: Mya, Fear Of Flying; in films: Bulworth, The Rugrats Movie, Moulin Rouge!, Atlantis: The Lost Empire), is born.

Ref: 4

Dimitri Tiomkin conductor, composer: film scores: The Alamo, Dial �M� for Murder, Friendly Persuasion, High Noon, It�s a Wonderful Life, Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; dies.

Ref: 2

Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion.

Ref: 5

Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Richard Rodgers Academy Award-winning composer: half of Rodgers and (Lorenz) Hart and Rodgers and (Oscar) Hammerstein: dies at age 77.

Ref: 4

1980

Singer Larry Williams (Lawrence E. Williams) (Short Fat Fannie, Bony Maronie, Dizzy Miss Lizzie) dies at age 44.

Ref: 4

Amos Milburn rocker, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Carl White rocker, dies.

Ref: 5

Andre Kostelanetz music conductor: with Perry Como: Prisoner of Love; arranger: Broadway show tunes; dies at age 79.

Ref: 4

Richard Franko Goldman composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Nick Carter singer (Backstreet Boys), is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Molina composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Professor Longhair king of New Orleans music, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Ernst Kunz composer, dies at 88.

Ref: 5

Jerry Fielding orchestra leader (Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes, Lively Ones), dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Bon Scott Australian rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33.

Ref: 5

Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI.

Ref: 5

John Jacob Niles composer, dies at 87.

Ref: 5

Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Rudolf G Escher Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Gideon Fagan composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Jon-Jon Poulos rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32.

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[Annunzio Paolo] Mantovani orchestra leader, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

(Ellen) Jane Froman singer: I Only Have Eyes for You, I�ll Walk Alone, I Believe; dies.

Ref: 4

Jane Froman US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Tommy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies.

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Wilhelm Weismann composer, dies at 79.

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Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis.

Ref: 5

Former Buggles members Geoff Downes & Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman in Yes.

Ref: 5

Ian Curtis English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commits suicide at 23.

Ref: 5

Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss.

Ref: 5

Carl Radle bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment.

Ref: 5

Timmy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies.

Ref: 5

Barbra Striesand appears at an ACLU Benefit in CA

Ref: 5

Bert Kaempfert musician: Wonderland by Night, Red Roses for a Blue Lady, Three O�Clock in the Morning; dies.

Ref: 4

Steve Peregrin Took percussionist (T-Rex), dies at 31.

Ref: 5

Jos� Iturbi musician, pianist, conductor: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; dies.

Ref: 4

Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement

Ref: 5

John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges

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John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges.

Ref: 5

Duke Pearson composer, band leader, musician: piano: How Insensitive; dies.

Ref: 4

Harold Adamson lyricist: Time on My Hands, Daybreak, dies.

Ref: 4

Gower Champion, American choreographer, dancer and director, dies at age 59.

Ref: 70

John �Bonzo� Bonham musician: drums: group: Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant Song; dies of alcohol poisoning.

Ref: 4

Robert �Squirrel� Lester singer: groups: The Moonglows, The Flamingos, The Chi-Lites; dies.

Ref: 4

Virgil Fox organ virtuoso: credited for bringing the organ �to the forefront among classical concert instruments.�; dies.

Ref: 70

Clarke Isaac Hanson Tulsa OK, guitarist-Hanson (MMMBop)

Ref: 5

Darby Crash rocker, dies at 22.

Ref: 5

Sarah Chang, violinist, is born.

Ref: 76

Christina Aguilera, Staten Island, NY, singer (Genie in a Bottle, What A Girl Wants)

Ref: 5

Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Louis Neefs Belgian singer, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Tim Hardin, US singer, composer: If I Were a Carpenter, Reason to Believe, Hang on to a Dream, Misty Roses, Tippy-Toein�, dies of a drug overdose at age 39.

Ref: 5

1981

David Lynch singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Jose Ardevol composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Kazimierz Serocki composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Ray J singer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bobby Sherwood orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Samuel Barber US composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Jonny Lang blues musician, is born.

Ref: 5

Cozy Cole rocker (Topsy Part II), dies.

Ref: 5

Cozy (William Randolph) Cole musician: drums: played w/Cab Calloway, Louie Armstrong; dies.

Ref: 4

Ernst Pepping composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Nils Geirr Tveitt composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Orchestra leader Hugo Montenegro died in Palm Springs, California of emphysema. His arrangement of the spaghetti western theme The Good, the Bad and the Ugly went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 June 1, 1968.

Ref: 4

Bill Haley (William John Clifton Haley Jr.) musician, singer: group: Bill Haley and His Comets: Rock Around the Clock, Mambo Rock, Dim, Dim the Lights, Shake, Rattle and Roll, Crazy Man Crazy, See You Later Alligator; dies at age 55 in Harlingen TX of a heart attack.

Ref: 4

Kazimierz Serocki composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Mike Bloomfield rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at 36.

Ref: 5

Thomas Beversdorf composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Howard Hanson composer, dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Frank Merrik composer, dies at 94.

Ref: 5

Lyricist E.Y. �Yip� Harburg dies in an auto accident in Hollywood, CA at the age of 82. Two of his most successful hits were Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz and It�s Only a Paper Moon, popularized by Nat King Cole and many others.

Ref: 4

Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Bob "Bear" Hite rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36.

Ref: 5

Bob "The Bear" Hite singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies.

Ref: 5

Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen.

Ref: 5

Hans Chemin-Petit composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Hendrik F Andriessen Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88.

Ref: 5

Ernst Levy composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession.

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Mieczyslaw Kolinski composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Bob Marley, Jamaican musician who popularized reggae music, dies of brain & lung cancer at age 36 in a Miami hospital.

Ref: 5

Carl Weinrich composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson.

Ref: 5

Hugo Freidhofer composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Rosa Ponselle, American coloratura soprano, dies at age 84.

Ref: 70

Roy James Brown rocker (Good rockin' tonight), dies of a heart attack at 55.

Ref: 5

Mary Lou Williams black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC.

Ref: 5

Pee Wee (George) Erwin musician: trumpet: Tommy Dorsey Band, Isham Jones Band; dies.

Ref: 5

Harry Chapin, 38, songwriter, singer: Taxi, W-O-L-D, Cat�s in the Cradle; Recipient of Special Congressional Gold Medal: Worldwide Humanitarian for the Hungry, Needy and Homeless; is killed when his car was struck by a tractor-trailer on NY's Long Island Expressway.

Ref: 4

Ray Harrison dancer (American Song), dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Robert Russell Bennett musician: orchestration: Victory at Sea series; dies.

Ref: 4

Joan Edwards singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62.

Ref: 5

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Hazel Scott singer/pianist (Hazel Scott), dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Jud Strunk singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48.

Ref: 5

Bob Eberly (Robert Eberle) singer: The Breeze and I, Besame Mucho [w/Kitty Kallen]; sang w/Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra & on TV�s Top Tunes; brother of singer Ray Eberle; dies at age 65.

Ref: 68

Jonny Lang blues musician

Ref: 5

Lotte Lenya (Karoline Blamauer) Tony Award-winning singer, actress, dies at age 81.

Ref: 4

Britney Jean Spears, Kentwood, LA, singer (Baby One More Time, You Drive Me Crazy, Oops I Did It Again), is born.

Ref: 5

Hershy Kay composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Hershy Kay composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Walter "Shakey" Horton harmonica stylist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64.

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Tonny Til rocker, dies at 56.

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Cornelius Cardew composer, dies at 45.

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Frantisek Chaun composer, dies at 60.

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1982

Vido Musso musician: reed instruments, played with Benny Goodman; bandleader: Stan Kenton was his pianist; dies.

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Lazar Weiner composer, dies at 84.

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Burnet Corwin Tuthill US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93.

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Lightning Hopkins rocker, dies of cancer at 69.

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Riccardo Nielsen composer, dies at 73.

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Eleanor Powell tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies of cancer at 69.

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Thelonious (Sphere) Monk composer, jazz musician: piano: dies of a stroke in Englewood, NJ at age 64.

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Singer Pat Benatar married musician-producer Neil Geraldo in Hawaii.

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Gabor Szabo Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45.

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Malika A Sabirova Russian dancer, dies at 39.

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Charles Borromeo Mills composer, dies at 68.

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Albert Weisser composer, dies at 64.

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Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov composer, dies at 59.

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Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident.

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Randy Rhoads heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), dies in plane crash at 25.

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Ray Bloch orchestra leader: TV shows: Blind Date, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Gay Nineties Revue, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Larry Storch Show, Songs for Sale; dies.

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Carl Orff German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at 86.

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Jessica Joseph Royal Oak MI, dance skater (& Butler-1997 National)

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Tsvetan Tsvetanov composer, dies at 50.

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Wilfred Pelletier symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85.

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Mark Mizzark [Marlis Pugh], Akron OH, rapper (Another Bad Creation)

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Mark Pugh rocker (Another Bad Creation), is born.

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Rod Stewart is mugged, the gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche.

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Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66.

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Piet van Egmond organist/conductor, dies at 70.

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Kara Abulfazogli Karayev composer, dies at 64.

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Renzo Rossellini Italian composer, dies at 74.

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John Honeyman-Scott guitarist of the Pretenders, overdoses on drugs

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Marie Osmond marries Steve Craig.

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Wingy (Joseph Matthews) Manone musician: trumpet: Tar Paper Stomp; singer, bandleader: Nickel in the Slot, Flat Foot Floogie, Annie Laurie; dies.

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Bill (William E.) Justis (Jr.) musician: saxophone: Raunchy; dies.

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Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson.

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Glenn (Herbert) Gould pianist, composer: films: Spheres, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Wars; wrote piano essay about Petula Clark; , dies at age 50.

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Dorothy James composer, dies on 81st birthday.

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David Blue rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41.

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Marty Robbins (Robertson) Country Music Hall of Famer; Grammy Award Winner: El Paso [1960], My Woman, My Woman, My Wife [1970]; A White Sport Coat, Don�t Worry, Devil Woman; actor: Road to Nashville, Ballad of a Gunfighter, Hell on Wheels, The Drifter; last Grand Ole Oprey singer to perform in Ryman Auditorium, first to perform in new Opryland; dies.

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Paul Godwin [Goldfein] Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80.

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Roger Danneels Flemish accordionist, dies at 55.

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Roy Webb composer, dies at 94.

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Leonid B Kogan Russian violist, dies at 58.

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Philipp Jarnach composer, dies at 90.

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Tibor de Machula Hungary/Netherlands cellist, dies at 70.

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Jean-Jacques Grunenwald French organist/composer, dies at 71.

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Lawrence Collingwood composer, dies at 95.

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Artur Rubinstein American pianist: played solo for the Berlin Symphony at the age of 12; , dies in Geneva Switzerland at 95.

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Norman Dinnerstein composer, dies at 45.

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Frederick Douglass Hall composer, dies at 84.

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1983

Bernard George Stevens composer, dies at 66.

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Sam Chatman elder statesman of the blues, dies.

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Singer/drummer Karen Carpenter (of The Carpenters) dies at her parent�s home at age 32 in Los Angeles of heart failure caused by chronic anorexia nervosa. Her death, at the age of 32, brought about more public awareness of the disease, characterized by a loss of appetite brought on by mental illness.

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Eubie (James Hubert) Blake, ragtime composer/pianist (I'm Just Wild About Harry, Memories of You), dies at age 100.

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Christina E "Christine" Auwen singer/wife of John Kelly, dies at 75.

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Sir Adrian Boult, English conductor; led the B.B.C. Symphony, dies at age 94.

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Herbert Norman Howells composer, dies at 90.

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Igor Markevich composer, dies at 70.

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Sir William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80.

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Jordan Taylor Hanson Tulsa OK, singer-Hanson (MMMBop), is born.

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Janis Ivanovs composer, dies at 76.

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P�l Kadosa Hungarian composer/pianist, dies at 79.

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Danny Rapp singer: group: Danny & The Juniors: At the Hop, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay; dies.

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Pete Farndon rock bassist (Pretenders), dies.

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Willem F Bon Dutch composer, dies at 42.

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Felix Pappalardi rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies.

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Peter Potter DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78.

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George Balanchine, Russian-bn. American choreographer, dies at age 79.

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Earl `Fatha' Hines musician: piano: classic duet with Louis Armstrong: Weather Bird; songwriter: Blues in Thirds, A Monday Date; bandleader; dies.

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Bronislaw Kaper composer, dies at 81.

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George Balanchine (Georgi Balanchivadze) choreographer: Apollo, Orpheus, Firebird, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker; founded School of American Ballet and New York City Ballet; dies at age 78.

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Nino Sanzogno composer, dies at 72.

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Kai Winding jazz musician: trombone: More [theme from Mondo Cane]; dies.

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Carel Brons composer, dies at 52.

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Finn Einar Mortensen composer, dies at 61.

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Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk composer, dies at 67.

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Walter O'Keefe songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82.

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Bo Gentry songwriter/producer dies.

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Joe Tex (Arrington, Jr.) singer: I Gotcha, Hold What You�ve Got, Skinny Legs and All, Ain�t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman; dies.

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Ira Gershwin (Israel Gershvin) lyricist: Lady Be Good, The Man I Love, The Man That Got Away, Someone to Watch Over Me, I Got Rhythm; dies in Beverly Hills CA at age 86.

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LeRoy Prinz choreographer, dies at 88.

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Willie Bobo jazz drummer (Cos), dies at 49.

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George Liberace musician: violinist, conductor; administrator of Liberace Museum; brother of pianist/entertainer Liberace; dies at age 72.

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Alfredo Antonini conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82.

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Fifi D'Orsay "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79.

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Szymon Laks composer, dies at 82.

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Walter Scott rocker, dies.

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The Beach Boys� Dennis Wilson, 39, drowns in Marina Del Ray, CA while diving at the location where his boat Harmony was docked. Autopsy reports showed Wilson was legally drunk. He had been diving to bringing up personal items that he had previously thrown overboard. Some accounts say that Dennis brought up a wedding photo of him and ex-wife Karen Lamm from their first wedding, and then he dove again, but didn�t resurface.

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1984

Alexis Korner musician: guitar, singer: Whole Lotta Love; dies.

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Fritz Geissler composer, dies at 62.

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Paul Ben Haim composer, dies at 86.

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Jackie Wilson rocker, dies at 49 from a heart attack.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jackie Wilson dies. On Sep 29, 1975, while performing at the Latin Casino near Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Wilson had suffered a massive heart attack that left him in a coma. He remained hospitalized until his death this day, at the age of forty-nine. Wilson�s first hit was Reet Petite, written by a then-unknown Berry Gordy, who would later create the Motown Records empire. Jackie Wilson�s biggest hit was his 1960 double-sided smash Doggin� Around b/w Night.

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Samuel Gardner composer, dies at 92.

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Michael Jackson�s hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in Los Angeles. Pyrotechnics did not operate on cue, injuring the singer. Jackson was hospitalized for a few days and fans from around the world sent messages of concern.

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Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras.

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British rocker Elton John married sound engineer Renate Blauel in Sydney, Australia on this day. (The couple divorced Nov 18, 1988.)

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Ethel Merman (Zimmerman) singer/actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76.

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Ina Ray Hutton orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66.

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Fikret Dzhamil Amirov composer, dies at 61.

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Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze composer, dies at 79.

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Harry Salter orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85.

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Tito Gobbi Italian baritone (Scarpia in Tosca), dies at 68.

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Pierre Cochereau composer, dies at 59.

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Paul Frances Webster lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76.

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Carmen Dragon classical music conductor, bandleader; father of singer, �Captain� Daryl Dragon; dies.

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Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in Los Angeles CA at age 44.

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Ral Donner [Ralph Stuart], singer (Starfires), dies at age 41.

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Jimmy Kenndy British songwriter (South of the Border), dies.

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Nate Nelson R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday.

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Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musicologist and harpsichordist, dies at age 72.

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Michael Jackson faced surgery in Los Angeles. Doctors performed scalp surgery to repair damage done after the megastar�s hair caught fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial on January 27. Jackson was hospitalized and recuperated for months before he could return to work. His single recording of Thriller had been certified platinum in February, 1984.

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Mabel Mercer English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84.

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Red Garland jazz musician: reeds, pianist: ,Alone with the Blues Red Alone; dies.

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William "Count" Basie, American band leader and composer, dies at age 78.

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Marvin Gaye rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father at 45.

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Muddy Waters blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68.

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Gordon Jenkins orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73.

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Larry Stock songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies.

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Piet Ketting Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79.

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Meredith Wilson (Reiniger) composer: The Music Man, The Unsinkable Molly Brown; dies at age 82.

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Emil Coleman orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Party), is born.

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Randall Thompson, American composer of choral music, dies at age 85.

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Billy Williams singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73.

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J Delos Jewkes singer/actor, dies of a heart attack at 89.

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Ilona Massey, Hungarian movie actress and singer, dies at age 64.

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Country-music star Ernest Tubb, the TX Troubadour, dies at the age of 70.

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Ernest Tubb Country Music Hall of Famer: Walking the Floor Over You; headlined first country music show at Carnegie Hall; dies at age 70.

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Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident

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June Preisser dancer/actress, dies at 61 in an auto accident.

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Shelly Manne composer, musician: drummer: Peter Gunn score; actor: Man with the Golden Arm; dies.

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Lew Christensen, American dancer, teacher and choreographer, dies at age 75.

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Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perlemuth] operatic tenor, dies at age 80 following a stroke.

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Michel Magne composer, dies at 54.

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Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84.

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Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash.

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1985

Lucien Cailliet composer, dies at 93.

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Johnny Guarnieri musician: piano: played with Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw; played at the Tail O� The Cock in LA for a decade; dies at age 67.

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Jo Juda Dutch musician, dies at 75.

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Barbara Cowsill rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema.

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Kenny Clarke, American drummer, dies at age 71.

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Heinz Eric Roemheld composer, dies of pneumonia at 83.

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Ulysses Sipmson Kay composer, dies at 68.

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Willy Alberti [Carel Verbruggen], Dutch singer, dies at 58.

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Efrem A Zimbalist Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95.

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Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center.

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Eugene List US concert pianist, dies at 66.

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George Schick Czechoslovakian conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76.

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Eugene Ormandy (Jeno Blau), Hungarian-born American conductor, dies at age 85.

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Roger Huntington Sessions US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88.

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Jack Miller orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89.

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Boy George said he would never marry, settle down, or become a father because he was "too eccentric!" He made this revealing statement in, what else? Women's World magazine!

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Salvador Ley composer, dies at 78.

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Singer Billy Joel married supermodel Christie Brinkley in private ceremonies held in New York City. (They were divorced Aug 25, 1994.)

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Zoot (John Haley) Sims musician: tenor/alto sax: groups: Benny Goodman Band, Woody Herman Orchestra, Stan Kenton, Gerry Mulligan, Birdland All-Stars, Jazz at Carnegie Hall; dies.

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Reginald Beane pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63.

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Hal LeRoy dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after cardiac surgery.

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Larry Clinton bandleader: Deep Purple, My Reverie, On a Slow Boat to China; composer: The Dipsy Doodle, Satan Takes a Holiday, Tap Dancer�s Nightmare, Dusk in Upper Sandusky; dies.

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Karl Marx German composer/conductor, dies at 87.

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�The Boss�, Bruce Springsteen, married actress/model Julianne Phillips in ceremonies in Lake Oswego, OR. The couple went their separate ways in 1989. Springsteen�s hit, I�m on Fire, was in the top ten when the couple tied the wedding knot. Springsteen remarried in June of 1991, this time to a member of his E Street Band, Patti Scialfa. Despite his popularity, Springsteen has never had a number one song. His closest to the top of the pop music charts was a four-week stay at number two with Dancing in the Dark (June/July, 1984). Springsteen has had 11 hits in the top ten.

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Alexander Godunov (Boris Alexandrovich Godunov) ballet dancer; actor; dies.

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Harold Hecht choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer.

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Philly Joe Jones, American jazz percussionist, dies at age 62.

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Wayne King �The Waltz King�: saxophonist, bandleader: The Waltz You Saved for Me; dies at age 84.

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Wynn Stewart singer: It�s Such a Pretty World Today, Wishful Thinking, After the Storm; dies.

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Kay (James King Kern) Kyser bandleader: Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge: Three Little Fishes, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition; dies.

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Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn.

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Johnny Desmond (Giovanni Alfredo de Simone), singer, dies.

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Jane Frazee singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia.

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Little Brother Montgomery, American jazz pianist and vocalist, dies at age 79.

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Orchestra leader Nelson Riddle dies at age 64 in Los Angeles. (TWA, 1986)

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Nelson Riddle Grammy Award-winning orchestra leader: Cross Country Suite; Lisbon Antigua; arranger: for Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole; dies.

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Tex Williams country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer.

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Zachary Walker Hanson Tulsa OK, drummer-Hanson, is born.

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Morton Downey singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83.

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Big Joe (Joseph Vernon) Turner rhythm & blues singer: Corrine Corrina, Cherry Red, Still in the Dark, Chains of Love, Sweet Sixteen; dies.

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Marcel Boereboom Belgian musicologist, dies at 83.

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Ian Stewart keyboardist/road manager (Rolling Stones), dies at 47.

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George Rhodes orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66.

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Ricky (Eric Hilliard) Nelson, his fiancee, Helen Blair, and five members of the Stone Canyon Band were killed in a plane crash a mile southeast of DeKalb, TX. Nelson was 45. Fire in the pasenger cabin forced the pilots of Nelson�s DC-3 to attempt an emergency landing in a field. The aircraft hit wires and a pole, then crashed into trees where it was extensively damaged by impact and fire. The crew escaped through the cockpit windows, but none of the pasengers got out.

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1986

Barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up.

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Alexa Ray Joel daughter of Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley, is born.

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Jens Bjerre composer, dies at 82.

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Phil Lynott rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34.

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Gordon MacRae singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64.

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Ticker Freeman pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74.

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Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland.

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Armand Preud'homme Flemish organist/lyricist, dies at 81.

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Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack composer, dies at 86.

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Francisco Paolo Mignone composer, dies at 88.

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Charlotte Church singer: LPs: Voice of an Angel, Charlotte Church, Dream a Dream, Enchantment, is born.

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Richard Manuel rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40.

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Benno Ammann composer, dies at 81.

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Jozef Kresanek composer, dies at 73.

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O�Kelly Isley singer: Grammy Award-winning group: The Isley Brothers: It�s Your Thing [1969]; Shout, Twist and Shout, That Lady, This Old Heart of Mine, dies of heart attack at 48.

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Erik Bruhn ballet dancer, choreographer; dies.

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Peter Pears English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75.

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Richard Manuel rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday.

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Dag Ivar Wiren composer, dies at 80.

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Harold Arlen (Hyman Arluck) composer w/Ted Koehler: Stormy Weather, It�s Only a Paper Moon; w/Gershwin & Mercer: That Old Black Magic; Oscar-winning songwriter: Somewhere Over the Rainbow [1939]; is murdered at age 81.

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Jon William Haussermann Jr composer, dies at 76.

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Rui Coelho composer, dies at 94.

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Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Cr�e marries Heather Locklear

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Bernard Naylor composer, dies at 78.

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Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy Mahl.

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Hank Mobley US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55.

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Dame Anna Neagle, English actress and dancer, dies at age 81.

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Tony Desimone combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66

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Benny Goodman, the clarinet playing King of Swing, dies in NY at 77.

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Alan Jay Lerner Broadway librettist, dies in NY at 67.

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Kate Smith singer (God Bless America), dies in Raleigh NC at 78.

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(Otis W.) Joe Maphis country singer with wife, Rose Lee: entertainer: Hometown Jamboree, Town Hall Party, Hee Haw; songwriter: Dim Lights Thick Smoke and Loud, Loud Music; dies.

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Mikhail Baryshnikov, considered by many to be the world�s greatest ballet dancer, became a US citizen in ceremonies at Ellis Island, NY Harbor.

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Rudy (Hubert Prior) Vallee singer: My Time is Your Time; actor: Live a Little, Love a Little, The Admiral was a Lady, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Second Fiddle; dies at age 84.

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Leroy Holmes orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72.

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Thad Jones (Thaddeus Joseph Jones) musician: trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn: played with Count Basie, Thelonious Monk; bandleader: Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra; composer: A Child is Born; dies.

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Dorothy Alexander, American ballet dancer, choreographer and founder of the Atlanta Ballet, dies at age 82.

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Scatman Crothers [Benjamin], Terre Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining), dies.

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Horace Heidt bandleader: Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights; radio show host: Pot O� Gold; talent show host: Youth Opportunity; dies at age 85.

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Lee Dorsey R&B singer, dies at 59.

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Carmol Taylor country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer.

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Kate Wolf folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44.

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Kenny Rogers cut himself a deal with the Dole Food Company. The singer became the highest-paid celebrity pitchman, �doling� out nice words about pineapple and other Dole products for 17 million dollars.

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Wayne Danke Schoen Newton won a $19.2 million judgment against NBC News, which had aired reports linking Newton to mob figures. The reports were proven to be false.

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Celius Dougherty composer, dies at 84.

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Cliff Burton bass player (Metallica), dies in a bus crash at 24.

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Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson composer, dies at 78.

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John Antill composer, dies at 82.

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Jiri Jaroch composer, dies at 66.

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Lester Albert Trimble composer, dies at 63.

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1987

Larry Carr pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72.

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Dolores Hawkins singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58.

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Emil Hlobil composer, dies at 85.

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Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski composer, dies at 73.

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Alfred Lion record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78.

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Patrick "Spike" Hughes British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78.

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(Wladziu Valentino) Liberace pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies in Palm Springs CA at age 67 of AIDS.

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David Savoy Jr rock manager (H�sker Du), commits suicide at 24.

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Bola Sete guitarist, dies at 63.

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Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky composer, dies at 82.

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Jimmy Holiday US singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42.

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Osmo Uolevi Lindeman composer, dies at 57.

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Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky composer, dies at 82.

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Dmitri B Kabalevsky St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire), dies.

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Ivan Brkanovic composer, dies at 80.

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Nora Kaye, American ballerina, dies at age 67.

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Finn Videro composer, dies at 80.

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Gerald Moore England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87.

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Norman Harris guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure.

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Dean Paul Martin musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29.

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Maria von Trapp, whose life inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," dies in Morrisville VT, at age 82.

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Buddy Rich drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at age 69.

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Maxine Sullivan (Marietta Williams) singer: Loch Lomand, Cockles and Mussels, If I Had a Ribbon Bow; films & stage: Goin� Places, St. Louis Blues, Swingin� the Dream, Midsummer Night�s Dream [w/Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman]; dies at age 75.

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Francis C Denebrink US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90.

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Karl Holler composer, dies at 79.

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Anthony Tudor dancer/choreographer (American Ballet Theater) dies at 78.

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Carlton Barrett Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36.

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Antony Tudor, English-born American dancer, teacher and choreographer, dies at age 79.

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Paul Butterfield singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44.

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Victor Feldman pianist/drummer, dies at 53.

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Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles.

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Mario Zafred composer, dies at 65.

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Karel Albert Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86.

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Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains.

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Turk Murphy (Melvin Edward Alton Murphy) trombonist: first to play jazz version of Mack the Knife; dies at age 71.

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Sammy Kaye bandleader: Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye: Too Young, "A" You�re Adorable, Harbor Lights; dies at age 77.

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And�s Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist, dies at age 94.

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Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz), American dancer and actor, dies at age 88.

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The first celebrity cover girl to grace Cosmopolitan magazine since Elizabeth Taylor in 1969 was Madonna and she did it on this day.

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Michael Bennett, American dancer, choreographer, and stage director, dies of AIDS at age 44.

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Bananarama's Siobhan Fahey marries Eurythmics Dave Stewart.

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Norman Luboff choral leader: The Norman Luboff Choir; dies.

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Bob (Robert Louis) Fosse, Oscar Award-winning director: Cabaret [1972]; Tony Award-winning choreographer: Big Deal [1986], Dancin� [1978], Sweet Charity [1966], Little Me [1963], Bob Fosse [1959], Damn Yankees [1956], The Pajama Game [1955]; director/choreographer: Pippin [1973]; Emmy Award-winning director: Singer Presents Liza with a �Z� [1972-73]; autobiographical film: All That Jazz; dies.

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Dana Suesse songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), dies at 75.

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Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies.

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Willis �Gator� Jackson composer, tenor sax: invented the gator horn: Chuck�s Chuckles, Dance of the Lady Bug, Back Door, Later Gator; married to singer Ruth Brown; dies.

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Woody (Woodrow Charles) Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74.

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Entertainer Lola Falona is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

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Irene Wicker singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81.

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"Fat" Larry James US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38.

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Jascha Heifetz, Russian born-US violinist, dies at age 86.

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Louis de Meester composer, dies at 83.

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Leonidas Zoras composer, dies at 82.

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Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx overdoses from Heroin.

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1988

Jordy French singer, is born.

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Bantcho Bantchevsky US opera singer, commits suicide.

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Rogier van Otterloo Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46.

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Al Cohn jazz composer, musician: tenor sax; dies.

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Kurt Adler, Austrian-born American conductor and administrator of the San Francisco Opera, dies at age 82.

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The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, purchased a Santa Ynez CA ranch. He later named it Neverland and it now houses an amusement park, a full size movie theatre, and a zoo.

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Frederick Loewe US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84.

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Frederick [Fritz] Loewe composer, dies.

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Joe Loco (Jose Esteves Jr.) jazz musician, arranger: credited with introducing the mambo [Tenderly: 1951] and cha-cha-cha [1953] to the US; dies.

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Konstantin Iliev composer, dies at 63.

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William Brocklesby Wordsworth composer, dies at 79.

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Billy Butterfield (Charles William Butterfield) musician: trumpet; founding member of World�s Greatest Jazz Band; dies.

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Gil Evans Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75.

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Robert Joffrey (Khan) choreographer: The Joffrey Ballet; dies.

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Talib Rasul Hakim composer, dies at 48.

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Cesar Bresgen Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74.

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Brook Benton (Benjamin Franklin Peay) singer, dies at age 56 of meningitis.

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Dave Prater rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50.

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David Prater US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50.

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Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs CA.

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Herbert Reynolds Inch composer, dies at 83.

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Johan Franco composer, dies at 79.

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Boris Kremenliev composer, dies at 76.

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Carolyn Franklin singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43.

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James McCracken, American operatic tenor, dies at age 61.

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Jan Kapr composer, dies at 74.

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James McCracken US tenor, dies at 61.

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Nappy (Hilton Napoleon) Lamare (musician: guitar: group: Bob Cats; solo: Nickel in the Slot) dies.

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Chet Baker jazz trumpeter, falls to death out of a hotel window at 59.

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Melvin J "Cy" Oliver US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77.

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Sy (Melvin James) Oliver trumpeter, singer, arranger, bandleader, composer: Easy Does It, Swing High, Well, Git It, Opus No. 1; dies.

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Bruce Springsteen seperates from Juliette Phillips.

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Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie.

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Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992.

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Ellin Berlin (MacKay) Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at 86

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Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo.

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Jean-Pierre Ponnele opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56

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Sir Frederick Ashton, English choreographer and director of the Royal Ballet, dies at age 83.

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Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen.

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Screamin' Jay (Jalacy) Hawkins R&B singer, pianist: I Put a Spell on You [Rolling Stone magazine voted it one of 50 greatest songs of the 1950s]; died Feb 12, 20001931 - 'Papa Dee' (Thomas) Allen musician: keyboards: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Can't We Be Friends?; dies.

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�Papa Dee� (Thomas) Allen musician: keyboards: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Can�t We Be Friends?; dies.

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Peter Tosh reggae singer shot dead at 43 in Jamacia

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Billy Daniels singer, dies of cancer at 73.

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Elmer J. �Mousey� Alexander musician: drums: group: Alexanders the Great; died Oct 9, 1988

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Antal Dorati symphony orchestra conductor; dies.

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Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges.

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Roy Orbison US Rock singer (Pretty Woman, Only the Lonely), dies of a massive heart attack at 52.

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Bill Harris US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63.

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Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad US singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44.

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James Brown, charged with numerous offences, including illegal possession of drugs and firearms, aggravated assault and failure to stop for the police, was sentenced to six and a half years� imprisonment. He was released from the South Carolina prison in 1991, having reportedly written new material while locked up.

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Tucker Smith singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies.

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1989

Eddie Heywood Jr. pianist, composer: Canadian Sunset; dies.

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Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64.

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Yasushi Akutagawa composer, dies at 63.

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Jethro (Kenneth C. Burns) entertainer, musician: mandolin, banjo: Homer & Jethro: The Battle of Kookamonga, Don�t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyeballs; dies at age 69.

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Joe Raposa composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51.

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Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen.

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(David) Roy �Little Jazz� Eldridge trumpeter: soloist with Gene Krupa�s Band; Let Me Off Uptown [w/Anita O�Day]; U.S. President Carter�s White House jazz party [1978], dies at age 78.

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Julianne Phillips & Bruce Springsteen divorce.

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Herbert Mills singer: group: The Mills Brothers: Paper Doll, You Always Hurt the One You Love, Glow-Worm; dies.

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Keith Whitley country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33.

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Marcelle de Manziarly composer, dies at 89.

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John Waldo Green composer, dies at 80.

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Zinka Milanov Metropolitan Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83.

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Rolling Stones Bill Wyman marries Mandy Smith.

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Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone.

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Robin Howard, English balletomane; promoted modern dance in Britain, dies at age 65.

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Lou Monte singer: Pepino the Italian Mouse, Lazy Mary, At the Darktown Strutter�s Ball; dies.

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Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame.

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Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself out

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Herbert von Karajan, Austrian-born conductor, dies at age 81.

Ref: 70

Songstress Anne Murray opened the Anne Murray Centre in her hometown of Springhill, Nova Scotia. Packed with awards, photographs, memorabilia and audio-visual highlights of her life and career, the Centre is open every day from mid-May to mid-October.

Ref: 4

Antonia Brico, Dutch-born American conductor and pianist, dies at age 87.

Ref: 70

(Damaso) Perez Prado musician: piano, organ: Patricia, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, Mambo No. 5, Mambo No. 8 dies.

Ref: 4

Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher.

Ref: 5

Irving Berlin, Russian-born American composer for stage and screen musicals, dies in NY City at age 101.

Ref: 70

Virgil Thompson, American composer (Four Saints in Three Acts, The Mother of Us All), at age 92.

Ref: 70

Balladeer Barry Sadler ("The Ballad of the Green Berets"), dies at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn.

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Vladimir Horowitz, the Russian-born pianist considered one of the most accomplished players of the 20th century, dies.

Ref: 70

Dickie Goodman (Richard Dorian Goodman) parody singer: group: Buchanan and Goodman: Flying Saucer [Parts 1 & 2], Mr. Jaws; dies.

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Alvin Ailey Jr., American choreographer and dancer; founded Ailey American Dance Theater, dies at age 58.

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John M Pritchard British conductor, dies at 68.

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Jan Cikker composer, dies at 78.

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Josef Alexander composer, dies at 82.

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Lennox Berkeley composer, dies at 86.

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1990

Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78.

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Georgie Auld (John Altwerger) musician: saxophones: bandleader; actor: The Rat Race, dubbed soundtrack for Robert DeNero in New York, New York; dies.

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Boris Kochno, Russian-born French ballet librettist, dies at age 86.

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Paul Amadeus Pisk composer, dies at 96.

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Dame Peggy van Praagh, English-born ballet dancer; founder of the Australian Ballet, dies at age 79.

Ref: 70

Melanie Appleby rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23.

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Miloslav Istvan composer, dies at 61.

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Allen Collins musician: guitar: group: Lynyrd Skynyrd: Freebird, Sweet Home AL; dies of respiratory failure due to a 1986 car crash which killed his girfriend and left him paralyzed.

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Singer Del Shannon (Charles Westover), 55, shot himself in the head with a .22 caliber rifle at his home in Santa Clarita, California. He was 50. Shannon�s first and biggest hit was Runaway, which hit number one in the U.S. April 24, 1961. His other top-20 singles included Hats Off to Larry, Little Town Flirt and Keep Searchin� (We�ll Follow the Sun).

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Johnnie Ray Dallas OR, pop singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at age 61in Los Angeles CA.

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On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children & no man can stand her for long.

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Cornell Gunther US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53.

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Scott Jarvis musician (Great Expectationa), dies.

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Max Neuhaus composer, dies at 50.

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Ernst Bacon composer, dies at 91.

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Rick Grech rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44.

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Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident.

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Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames.

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Gloria Estefan released from the hospital after her accident.

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Sarah Vaughn jazz singer, dies at 68.

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Dexter Gordon jazz saxophonist, dies in Philadelphia of kidney failure at 67.

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Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle.

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Guns & Roses' Axl Rose marries Erin Everly (annulled same year).

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Sergio Franchi, tenor, dies in Stonington CT at age 57. (TWA, 1991)

Ref: 95

William Levi Dawson composer, dies at 90.

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Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger.

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Sir Reginald Goodall, English opera conductor, dies at age 88.

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Luigi Nono Italian composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66.

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Andre Ameller composer, dies at 78.

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Liberty Irene Kasem daughter of Casey & Jean Kasam

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Art Lund singer: Mamselle, actor: The Most Happy Fella, Donnybrook, Black Caesar, Bucktown, The Last American Hero; dies.

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Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains

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Two members of the band 2 Live Crew are arrested in Hollywood, FL for obscenity. They, and a third member of the band, are later acquitted. (XDG, p 4A, 6/10/2000)

Ref: 83

Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame.

Ref: 5

June Christy (Shirley Luster) singer: My Heart Belongs to Only You; sang with Stan Kenton band; dies.

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Snooky Lanson (Roy Landman) singer: By the Light of the Silvery Moon; vocalist on Your Hit Parade on radio and TV; dies.

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Troy Dixon rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 from a fall.

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Joe Turner jazz pianist, dies at 82 of cardiac arrest

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Evan James Springsteen LA CA, rocker Bruce Springsteen's son is born.

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Evan James Springsteen son of Bruce

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Brian Mydland keyboardist (Grateful Dead), dies at 38

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Bobby Day (Byrd) singer: Rockin� Robin; groups: Hollywood Flames, Bob & Earl; dies of cancer at age 60.

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Soul singer/songwriter Curtis Mayfield ("Superfly", "Freddie�s Dead") is paralyzed from the neck down after a lighting tower fell on him at a concert in Brooklyn, New York. Mayfield died Dec 26, 1999.

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Lew Dewitt singer: group: The Statler Brothers: Flowers on the Wall, Bed of Roses; dies.

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David Rose Grammy Award-winning [22] composer: The Stripper; scores: Little House on the Prairie, Bonanza, Sea Hunt, Highway Patrol; David Rose and His Orchestra: The Red Skelton Show, The Tony Martin Show; dies.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan, Grammy Award-winning blues guitarist, is killed in a helicopter crash at age 35.

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Hermes Pan, choreographer, dies in Beverly Hills CA at age 79. (TWA, 1991).

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Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame.

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B.J. (Barrie James) Wilson musician: drummer: group: Procol Harum: Whiter Shade of Pale; dies.

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Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York at age 72.

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Art Blakey musician: drums, bandleader: Messengers, Jazz Messengers; composer [w/Benny Golson]: film score: Des Femmes Disparaissente; dies of cancer at age 71.

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Carl (Robert) Belew country singer: Welcome Back to My World, songwriter: Am I That Easy to Forget?, Stop the World and Let Me Off, Lonely Street, What�s He Doing in My World?; dies.

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(Elsie) Lisa Kirk singer, actress: The Producers, Gypsy; dies.

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(Elsie) Lisa Kirk singer, actress: The Producers, Gypsy; dies.

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Lee Castle (Castaldo) trumpet, bandleader: led Jimmy Dorsey�s band during time of smash hit: So Rare; dies.

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Russell Markert choreographer: founded, directed: Radio City Music Hall Rockettes; dies.

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Composer Aaron Copland died in North Tarrytown, N.Y., at age 90.

Ref: 70

Dee (Delectus) Clark singer: Just Keep It Up, Raindrops, Ride a Wild Horse; dies.

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Pony Sherrell Metcalf New York, singer, dies of heart attack.

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Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter.

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Paul Tortelier composer, dies at 76.

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Cecil Effinger composer, dies at 76.

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1991

Leo N Wright US saxophonist (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), dies at 57.

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Steve Clark guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at age 30.

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Jan Od� Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies.

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Dame Margot Fonteyn ballet dancer: Sadler Wells Company; danced with Rudolph Nureyev, dies of cancer at age 71.

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Country music star Webb Pierce died in Nashville of cancer at age 65. The official cause of death was heart failure, but he also suffered from pancreatic cancer. Pierce racked up 13 #1 singles on the Billboard country chart, with 97 singles on the chart between 1952 and 1982.

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Singer James Brown is released from prison.

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H J of Royen manager Dutch (Concertgebouw Orchestra), dies at 52.

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Scott Huston composer, dies at 74.

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Serge Gainsbourg composer/actor (Fury of Hercules), dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Arthur Murray dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia.

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Harry Hamlin & Nicollette Sheridan wed.

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Jimmy McPartland jazz musician: cornetist; played for the Wolverine Orchestra, Embassy Four; bandleader; actor: The Magic Horn; played at Newport Jazz Festival with wife, Marian; dies.

Ref: 4

Jimmy McPartland US, jazz cornetist, dies.

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Howard Ashman song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40.

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Jerome "Doc" Pomus lyricist (Save Last Dance for Me), dies at 65.

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Budd [Lawrence] Freeman US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84.

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Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Eddie Van Halan & Valerie Bertinelli, is born.

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Seven members of country singer Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash near San Diego. (XDG, p 4A, 3/16/2001)

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Conor Clapton, 5, son of Eric Clapton, falls out of 53rd floor window.

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Dave Guard, singer, founder of the Kingston Trio, dies at age 56. (TWA, 1992)

Ref: 95

Eileen Joyce pianist, dies at 78.

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Lee Donn pianist, dies of stroke at 96.

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New Kids on the Block's Donnie Wahlberg arrested on arson charges in Kentucky.

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Elinor Remick Warren composer, dies at 91.

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John Carter US jazz clarinetist (Roots & folklore), dies.

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Martha Graham modern dancer: Denishawn dance school and performing troupe, Graham company, established school of modern dance at Bennington College; choreographer: Cave of the Heart, Appalachian Spring; �The center of the stage is where I am.�; dies.

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Ruth Page, American dancer and choreographer, dies at age 92.

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Willi Boskovsky Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81.

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Carmine Coppola composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies.

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Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass.

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Dennis Crosby son of Bing, commits suicide at 54

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Rudolf Serkin, Austrian-born American pianist and teacher, dies at age 88.

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Jean Langlais composer, dies at 84.

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Rudolf Serkin concert pianist: �An artist of unusual and impressive talents in possession of a crystalline technique, plenty of power, delicacy, and tone pure and full.�; �A masterly musician � a scholar of profound art without pedantry, with the loftiest conceptions of beauty, whose every thought and emotion is for the glory of his art.�; dies,

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Jimmy McPartland jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83.

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Bud Freeman jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84.

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Julian Orbon De Soto composer, dies at 65.

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William Sinnot Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30.

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Gene Clark singer, musician: guitar: group: The Byrds: Turn, Turn, Turn; New Christy Minstrels; dies at age 49.

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David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin) lead singer: group: The Temptations; solo: My Whole World Ended [The Moment You Left Me], Walk Away from Love, Stand By Me [w/brother, Jimmy]; dies.

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Stan Getz (Stanley Gayetzby) jazz musician: The Girl from Ipanema [w/Astrud Gilberto]; 17-time winner of Down Beat mag�s top tenor saxophone poll; dies at age 64.

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Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson

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Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78

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Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown.

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Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges.

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Jeri Southern (Genevieve Hering) singer: You Better Go Now, When I Fall in Love, Fire Down Below; dies.

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Carlos Santana pleads no contest to marijuana possession charge.

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Actress-singer Pearl Bailey died in Philadelphia at age 72.

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Richard Maltby bandleader: Theme from The Man with the Golden Arm, St. Louis Mambo; dies.

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Lenore Strunsky Gershwin widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at 90.

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Dottie West (Dorothy Marie Marsh) Grammy Award-winning singer: Here Comes My Baby, Country Sunshine, Is this Me?, Would You Hold It Against Me, Paper Mansions; [w/Don Gibson]: Rings of Gold, There�s a Story Goin� Round; [w/Kenny Rogers]: All I Ever Need is You, Every Time Two Fools Collide, What are We Doin� in Love; sustains fatal injuries in an auto crash. She dies on Sep 4, 1991.

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Dottie West (Dorothy Marie Marsh) Grammy Award-winning singer:died Sep 4, 1991 [of injuries suffered in Aug 30, 1991 auto crash], at age 58.

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Charlie Barnet musician: saxophone; bandleader, dies of pneumonia at age 77.

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Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan.

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Alex North music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancer

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Zino (Rene) Francescatti French concert violinist (NY Phil-1939), dies.

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Jazz musician Miles (Dewey) Davis III, dies at 65 from pneumonia in Santa Monica CA.

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Tennessee Ernie Ford country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72

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Bill Graham rock concert promoter (Filmore), dies at 60

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Freddie Mercury lead singer of Queen, dies of aids at 46

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Freddie Mercury (Bulsara) singer: I was Born to Love You; Queen: Another One Bites the Dust, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We are the Champions; dies in London at age 45 of pneumonia brought on by AIDS.

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Bill Graham rock promoter, dies

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Rob Pilatus, 27, of Milli-Vanilli attempts suicide.

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Headman Tshabalala South Afr singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), dies.

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Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies at age 80.

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Headman Tshabala musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at 44.

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Lex Karsemeijer Dutch tenor/choral director (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies.

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Ernst Krenek Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91.

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Beaver Harris (William Godwin Harris) musician: drums: co-led 360 Degree Music Experience [w/Roswell Rudd, Marion Brown, Grachan Moncur III]; dies.

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Edward M Love choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43.

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1992

Constantin Poustochkine jazz critic, dies.

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Corky Geil dancer, dies in Long Beach CA at 64.

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Anthony Del Casino band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79.

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Lewis Michael Friedman pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS.

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Johnny [Jan] Meijer Dutch king of accordions (Body & Soul), dies.

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Charlie Ventura musician: tenor sax: played w/Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton, Charlie Parker, Count Basie; band leader: LPs: Charlie Boy, In Chicago, Bop for the People, Euphoria, Charlie Ventura Quintet in Hi-Fi, Chazz; dies of cancer at age 75.

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William T "Champion Jack" Dupree US boxer/pianist, dies at 81.

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Nico Schuyt Dutch composer, dies at 70.

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Vernon William Reed Sr singer, dies after a long illness at 73.

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Clark Tippet dancer/choreographer, dies at 37.

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Willie Dixon blues musician: bass: Big Three Trio; songwriter, producer: 1950s Chicago sound; dies at age 76.

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IRS & Willie Nelson settle on $9 million tax bill (of $16.7 million).

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Andrew Schenck conductor, dies of melanoma at 51.

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Eva A Jessye US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97.

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Jane Pickens Langley Hoving singer, dies at 83.

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Rockers Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed.

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Emilla Sherman choreographer/rockette, dies.

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La Lupe Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53.

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Mary Osborne jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer.

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Red Callender US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76.

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Clarence Wright singer, dies at 84.

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Frank Westbrook dancer/choreographer, dies at 82.

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Georges Delerue French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67.

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No�mie Perugia French mezzo soprano, dies.

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Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman.

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Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single act

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Paula Kelly singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72.

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Sy Kramer singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59.

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Anthony "Tony" Papa big band leader, dies at 65.

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Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne).

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Adele Dixon singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83.

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Joe Medwick vocalist, dies at 61.

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Sammy Price US boogie-woogie pianist, dies.

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Andy Russell drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72.

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Hank Penny country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure.

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Frances Bean Cobain daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love, is born.

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Robert F Clayton drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash.

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Robert Paul Haynes bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash.

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Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner.

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Johnny Shines Delta blues singer/guitarist, dies at 76.

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David Bowie marries model Iman in Switzerland.

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Brian Macleod Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39.

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Yutaka Ozaki Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema.

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James Duke Mason son of singer Belinda Carlisle & Morgan Mason, is born.

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Olivier Messiaen French composer, dies at 83.

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Olivier Messiaen French composer (St Fran�ois d'Assise), dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery.

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Joey Cuevas dancer, dies at 34.

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Elizabeth Lennox radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98.

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Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection.

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Sylvia Syms singer: �world�s greatest saloon singer�; dies at age 74.

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Joan Merrill vocalist, dies of a stroke at 74.

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Floyd Arceneaux trumpeter, dies at 58.

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Barbara Lee (Jones) singer: group: The Chiffons: He�s So Fine, One Fine Day, Sweet Talkin� Guy; dies.

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Leonardo del Ferro [Keyser] US epic tenor, dies.

Ref: 5

Lawrence Welk bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89.

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Atahualpa Yupanqui Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies.

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Glen White dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42.

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Peter John "Ollie" Halsall guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43.

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Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell.

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Leen 't Hart organist/composer, dies at 72.

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Nat Pierce musician: jazz rhythm pianist; cobandleader: Capp-Pierce Juggernaut; dies.

Ref: 70

Allan Jones singer: The Donkey Serenade; actor: Showboat, Rose Marie, Firefly, One Night in the Tropics, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races; father of singer, Jack Jones; dies.

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America�s reigning pop princess Whitney Houston wed R&B artist/bad boy Bobby Brown. The ceremony was held in a gazebo on Houston's Mendham, New Jersey estate. Among the 800 guests: Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick, Quincy Jones, Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin, Isiah Thomas, Donald Trump.

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Mary Wells (singer: My Guy, Two Lovers, You Beat Me to the Punch, The One Who Really Loves You) dies

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John Cage composer: experimental music and performance with non-traditional instruments: Bacchanal, Anthems of the Sun, Living Room, Water Music, Third Construction, 4�53"; dies.

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Tony Williams singer: group: The Platters: Only You, The Great Pretender, Twilight Time, My Prayer, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Harbor Lights; dies.

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Carl Butler country entertainer, songwriter: Don�t Let Me Cross Over, I Never Got Over You, Loving Arms, Just Thought I�d Let You Know; dies.

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Eddie Kendricks singer: group: The Temptations: My Girl, I Can�t Get Next To You; solo: Keep on Truckin�, Boogie Down, Shoeshine Boy; dies.

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Sinead O�Connor was booed off the stage at a show honoring Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden (famous for booing folks off the stage), NY. The crowd was acting in disapproval of O�Connor�s tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live October 3, 1992.

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Roger Miller Fort Worth TX, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me), is born.

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Roger Miller songwriter: King of the Road, Invitation to the Blues, You Don�t Want My Love; singer: Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug; 11 Grammys in 1964-65; wrote hit musical: Big River; dies of throat cancer.

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Dorothy Kirsten, American opera singer, dies at age 82.

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Gary Mascaro choreographer, dies at 43.

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Bernard Drukker Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies.

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Nathan Milstein, Russian-born violin virtuoso, dies at age 88. (TWA, 1994)

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Albert King, US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71.

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Nathan Milstein Ukrainian/US violist (Beethoven, Bach), dies at 87.

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Eddie Hazel US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), dies at 42.

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Nikita Magaloff Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80.

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Mort Greene US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80.

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1993

Leonce Gras Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84.

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Musician, trumpeteer, Dizzy (John Birks) Gillespie dies of cancer in Englewood, N.J at age 75.

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Rudolf Nureyev (Rudolf Hametovich Nureyev), Russian ballet dancer: defected to U.S. [1961]; danced with Dame Margot Fonteyn, the Martha Graham Dance Company; was artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet, dies of AIDS in Paris at age 54.

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Theo Bruins Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63.

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Diana Adams ballerina, dies.

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Sammy Cahn [Cohen], US songwriter (Bei Mir Bist Du Sch�n), dies at 79.

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Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder.

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Thomas A Dorsey jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies.

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Michel Renault French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies.

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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service agreed to accept nine million dollars from singer Willie Nelson to settle his $17-million tax debt. And the Feds said they would take proceeds from sales of Nelson�s �Who�ll Buy My Memories? - The IRS Tapes�, plus any judgment he might get in a lawsuit against his former accountant.

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Karel Goeyvaerts Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69.

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Eubie Blake ragtime composer/pianist (I'm Just Wild About Harry, Memories of You), dies at age 100.

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Buddy Pepper composer, dies of heart failure at 70.

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Toy Caldwell guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45.

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John D Boeke organist/conductor, dies.

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Troy Caldwell country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45.

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Carlos Montoya, the Spanish-American guitarist who popularized flamenco guitar music, dies at age 89.

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Bobbi Kristina Brown daughter of Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown

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Art Hodes Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies.

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Arnold Franchetti Ital/US composer, dies.

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Earl Wrightson singer/actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at 77.

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Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder.

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Billy Eckstine jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke.

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Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), brother of Bing Crosby, dies of cancer at 79.

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Edgar Nelson Barclift dancer, dies after lengthy illness at 76.

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June Valli singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62.

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Jeff Ward drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30.

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Gret Palucca German dancer/choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91.

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Phia [Sophia R] Berghout Dutch harpist, dies at 83.

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Luis Falco US choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50.

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Clifford Jordan tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 61.

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Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop [Rita la Roche] singer, dies.

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Marian Anderson US contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96.

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David Lee Roth arrested in New York NY for purchasing marijuana for $10.

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Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria.

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M�tley Cr�e's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn.

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Mick Ronson English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 46.

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Kees Deenik singer/conductor, dies.

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Marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54.

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Mieczyslaw Horszowski Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100.

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Cor de Great pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78.

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Sun Ra (Herman Blount) jazz musician: piano, organ, synthesizer; dies.

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Allegations of child abuse prompted Los Angeles police to investigate entertainer Michael Jackson. This, after the 13-year-old son of a Beverly Hills dentist told his therapist that Jackson had sexually abused him. Jackson claimed the allegations followed a failed attempt by the dentist to extract 20 million dollars from the singer. No criminal charges were filed against Jackson, but a civil suit was. It was settled out of court in January 1994. Michael Jackson, meanwhile, cancelled or postponed several dates on his Dangerous world tour, citing illness or exhaustion.

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Helen O�Connell singer: Green Eyes, Amapola, Tangerine; married to bandleader, Frank DeVol; dies.

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Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer, dies at age 88.

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Albert Collins Grammy Award-winning musician: dies.

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Jerry Edmonton musician: drums: group: Steppenwolf: Born to be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me; duo: Manbeast; is killed in car crash.

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Frank Zappa musician, songwriter, singer: group: Mothers of Invention; Valley Girl [w/daughter Moon]; dies at age 52.

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Douglas Hopkins guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32.

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Michael �Mike� Clarke (Michael Dick), 49, the original drummer for The Byrds, dies of liver failure at his Treasure Island (St. Petersburg FL) home. Clarke, the youngest of the Byrds, joined the group at its inception in 1964, and stayed with the band through the end of 1967. He had sparked a lawsuit from other original band members in 1989 when he started performing under the Byrds� name.

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Singer Michael Jackson, fighting back against child molestation allegations, issues a video statement in which he said he was "totally innocent of any wrongdoing". (XDG, p 4A, 12/22/2003)

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Ronnie Scott (Schatt) jazz musician: tenor sax, bandleader; jazz club owner in London; dies.

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Singer Deni Hines (22) weds INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly (35).

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Mack David US songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81.

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1994

Victor van Os Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39.

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Bobby Pratt jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at 67.

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Jay Blackton broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at 84.

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Lynn Blessing vibes Player, dies at 65.

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Jay Blackton US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84.

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Silas Hogan blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82.

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Roger "Ram" Ramirez jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80.

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Frederick William Sternfield musicologist, dies at 79.

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Gy�rgy Cziffra Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72.

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Harry (Edward) Nilsson III, rock vocalist (Without You, Everybody's Talkin'), dies at 52.

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Philippe Brun jazz trumpeter, dies at 85.

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Grady "Fats" Jackson tenor sax Player, dies at 66.

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Noel Chiboust trumpeter/sax, dies at 84.

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Arthur Altman songwriter, dies at 83.

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Eddie Calhoun jazz Bassist, dies at 72.

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Stanley Adams songwriter, dies at 86.

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Byron "Wild Child" Gipson blues Singer, dies at 64.

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Ernestine "Tiny" Davis jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at 86.

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John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62.

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Willie Mae Ford Smith gospel Singer/Songwriter, dies at 89.

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Zilner T Randolph jazz Trumpeter/ Arranger, dies at 95.

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Kenneth "Buddy" Scott blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59.

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Ignace Strasfogel Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84.

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Norman Del Mar conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74.

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Raymond Scott composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85.

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Silas Hogan blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82.

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Jarmila Novotna Czechoslovakia/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86.

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Louis Kaufman US violinist/conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88.

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Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons.

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Gary "BB" Coleman blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47.

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"Papa" John Creach US jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76.

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Donald Phillips pianist/composer, dies at 80.

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Jean Sablon crooner, dies at 87.

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Elbert "Skippy" Williams tenor Sax player, dies at 77.

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Timothy Andrew James Souster composer Musician, dies at 51.

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Walter Kent US composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82.

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Karel Kryl folk singer, dies at 49.

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Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop.

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Joe Daley jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75.

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Leighton Noble singer/Bandleader, dies at 81.

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Moses Rascoe blues singer, dies at 77.

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Louis Freeman band leader, dies at 100.

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Maurice "Moe" Purtill jazz drummer, dies at 77.

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Danny Barker US banjo player/guitarist (Bourbon St Black), dies at 85.

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Dan Hartman US singer/songwriter (Love Sensations), dies at 42.

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Tommy Benford jazz drummer, dies at 88.

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Jan Bor Dutch violinist/painter, dies at 83.

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Eugene Ionesco playwright: The Bald Soprano, The Chairs; dies at age 84.

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Sid Weiss bassist, dies at 79.

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Ginny Simms singer, actress: That�s Right You�re Wrong [1939], Seven Days� Leave [1942], Broadway Rhythm [1944], Disc Jockey [1951]; dies.

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Olga Lowina Dutch yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69.

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Roy Smeck guitarist/banjoist, dies at 94.

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Dick Cary jazz musician: trumpet, arranger; first pianist in Louis Armstrong�s All-Stars [1947-48]; dies at age 77.

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Singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion.

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Lee Brilleaux British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41.

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Kurt Cobain, singer and guitarist for the grunge band Nirvana, was found dead in Seattle from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound; he was 27. (also TWA, 1995)

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Irene Eisinger singer, dies at 91.

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Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30).

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James L Lyons jazz promoter, dies at 77.

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Q T Macon blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60.

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Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley announce plans to divorce.

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Singer Harry Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill Goodacre (30).

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Larry Davis blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57.

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Jack Alexander Bently trombonist, dies at 80.

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Milford Dolliole pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90.

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Courtney Love cleared of drug charges.

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Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer/director/choreographer (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at age 63.

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Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler blues singer/guitarist, dies at 59.

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Danny Overbea blues singer/guitarist, dies at 68.

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Leonard Friedman violinist, dies at 63.

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Frederik baron van Pallandt Danish singer (Nina & F), murdered at 61.

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Ronnie Potsdammer singer/song/text writer/programmer, dies at 71.

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Donald Keith Falkner singer, dies at 94.

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Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32).

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Joe Pass US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65.

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Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash.

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Sandor Lakatos Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69.

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Eric Gale guitarist, dies at 55.

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Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock US free-jazz Guitarist, dies at 53.

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Red Rodney [Albino Red/The Red Arrow] bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66.

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Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson drummer, dies at 61.

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Emmanuel "Manny" Klein trumpeter, dies at 86.

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Herva Nelli soprano, dies at 85.

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Ish Kabibble (Merwyn Bogue) (comic singer: Three Little Fishies; sang and played trumpet with Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge; big bandleader; combo: The Shy Guys), dies.

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Henry Mancini (Enrico Nicola Mancini) Academy Award-winning composer: Moon River [1961], Days of Wine and Roses [1962], Breakfast at Tiffany�s score [1961], Victor/Victoria score [1982]; composed themes for The Pink Panther, Mr. Lucky, Peter Gunn, Charade, NBC Mystery Movie, NBC Nightly News, Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet; 20 Grammy Awards; dies at age 70.

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Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler) singer: My Boy Flattop, Your Hit Parade, sang with Benny Goodman band; actress: Follies; dies.

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Singer Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley are divorced after 8� years of marriage.

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Jules Styne, American songwriter, dies at age 88.

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Wilbert Harrison singer: Kansas City, Let�s Work Together; dies.

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Shorty Rogers (Milton Rajonsky) musician: trumpet, bandleader, songwriter: Keen and Peachy, Martians Go Home, Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud; composer, arranger: film: That Certain Girl; dies.

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Carmen McRae jazz singer: The Next Time It Happens, Skyliner; dies at age 74.

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Michael Somes, English ballet dancer, dies at age 76.

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Eddie Calhoun jazz Bassist, dies at 72.

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Stanley Adams songwriter, dies at 86.

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Antonio Carlos Jobim Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67.

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Garnet Silk Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28.

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George G F van Renesse concert pianist/music director, dies at 85.

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Garnett Silk vocalist, dies at 28.

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Mary Ann McCall singer, dies at 75.

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Hans de Jong musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86.

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Harry Tobias songwriter, dies at 99.

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Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI

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Samuel Lipman music critic, dies at 60.

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Noel Pointer jazz violinist, dies at 39.

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J C "Jody" Bateman fiddler, dies at 75.

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Charles Shirley jazz arranger, dies at 74.

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Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace singer, dies at 57.

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Billy Ray Cyrus (Achy Breaky Heart) weds Leticia Finley.

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Tammy Wynette admitted to the hospital with bile duct infection.

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Eugene Tanner Jr singer, dies at 58.

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1995

Jess Stacy US jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90.

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Ted Hawkins US blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at 58.

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Al Duncan drummer, dies at 68.

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Eduardo Mata Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52.

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Leonard Hirsch British violinist/conductor (BBC Empire Orchestra), dies at 92.

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Francis Lopez French dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at 78.

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James Clay saxophonist, dies at 59.

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Arthur Leavins violinist, dies at 77.

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Louis "Loulou" Gast� guitarist/composer (Doggy in the Window), dies at 88.

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Willem N "Pim" Koot pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76.

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Francis Lopez songwriter, dies at 77.

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Ruby Starr vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44.

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Alexander Gibson British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68.

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Sollie McElroy singer, dies at 61.

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William Dillard trumpeter/singer, dies at 83.

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Charles Baskerville vocalist, dies at 54.

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Christopher Francis Palmer orchestrater/author, dies at 48.

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Geoffrey Penwill Parsons Australian/British piano accompanist, dies at 65.

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George Richard James saxophonist, dies at 88.

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Turner Fodrell blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66.

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Betty Davis British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies.

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Frederick Craig Riddle violinist, dies at 82.

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Beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter.

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Arthur S Taylor Jr US drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65.

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Earring George Mayweather blues harmonica player, dies at 66.

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Tony Secunda rock band manager, dies at 54.

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Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair saxophonist, dies at 68.

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Jan Bart Klaster music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50.

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Uta Graf singer/teacher, dies at 80.

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Denny Cordel rock music producer-Laverack, dies at 51.

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Eddie Williams blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at 82.

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John Rhea "Yank" Lawson US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 83.

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David Melvin English Franklin singer, dies at 52.

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Richard Nicholson musician, dies at 89.

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Terence Weil cellist/teacher, dies at 73.

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Herman "Ace" Wallace blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69.

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Max Rudolf conductor, dies at 92.

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Hugo Cole musician/critic, dies at 77.

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Eden Ahbez songwriter, dies at 86.

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Vivian Stanshall British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51.

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Delroy George Wilson singer, dies at 46.

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John Arthur Neill Lambert composer teacher organist, dies at 69.

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Hendrik W van Leeuwen Dutch musician, dies at 79.

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Carel Birnie found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69.

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Lorraine Macleod dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65.

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Gerard Thomas Victory composer, dies at 73.

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Sydney Simone band leader, dies at 80.

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Sunnyland Smart jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87.

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Charles Drain singer, dies at 65.

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Heinrich Sutermeister Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84.

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Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless priest folk musician, dies at 83.

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Norman Schwartz record Producer, dies at 66.

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Alan Barton singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash.

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Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar composer/songwriter, dies at 61.

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Ripley L Ingram singer, dies at 65.

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Joey Long blues/cajun guitarist, dies at 62.

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Rapper-E (Eazy Eric Wright) dies at 31.

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Chet Gierlach music publisher/composer, dies at 75.

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Carl E Jefferson record company owner, dies at 74.

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Eddie Williams Wiggins alto saxophone/comedian, dies at 78.

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Paul A Rothchild record producer, dies at 59.

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Rozelle Claxton pianist/arranger, dies at 82.

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Carl M Story fiddler, dies at 78.

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Francisco Moncion dancer, dies at 73.

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Julius Arthur Hemphill saxophonist, dies at 57.

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Kenny Everett disc Jockey, dies at 50.

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Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards singer/actor (Colorado Ranger), dies at 44.

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Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56.

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James Daniel "Danny" Turner saxophonist, dies at 75.

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Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) Ives singer: A Holly Jolly Christmas, A Little Bitty Tear, Funny Way of Laughin�, Call Me Mr. In- Between; Academy Award winning actor: The Big Country [1958], Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, East of Eden, Smokey, Our Man in Havana, The Bold Ones, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; radio series: The Wayfaring Stranger [1944]; dies at age 85.

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Cleo Brown pianist, dies at 91.

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"King" Herbert Whitaker tenor sax, dies at 66.

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Don Pullen pianist/composer, dies at 53.

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Lonesome Sundown blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66.

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Louis Krasner violinist, dies at 91.

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Thomas Eden Binkley musician, dies at 63.

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Leanoard "Red" Truss R&B singer, dies at 47.

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Ray McKinley musician: drummer: Big Boy, Hard-Hearted Hannah, Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume, You Came Along Way [from St. Louis]; led Glenn Miller Band for estate [1956-66]; dies at age 84.

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Carroll Best bluegrass banjo, dies at 63.

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Teresa Teng singer, dies at 41.

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Marshall Royal jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82.

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Jimmy Raney jazz guitarist, dies at 67.

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Johnny Van Derrick jazz violinist, dies at 68.

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Perry Lederman folk singer, dies at 52.

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Lola Flores singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70.

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Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle singer, dies at 72.

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Alexander Godunov (Boris Alexandrovich Godunov) ballet dancer who defected in 1979; actor: Die Hard, The Money Pit, Witness; is found dead at age 45.

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Gordon Reynolds musician, dies at 74.

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Mike Pyne jazz Pianist, dies at 54.

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Dick Curless One-Eyed Baron of Trucker Country: singer: A Tombstone Every Mile, Six Times a Day, All of Me Belongs to You, Big Wheel Cannonball, Loser�s Cocktail; dies at age 63.

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Ron Weatherburn jazz pianist, dies at 61.

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C W Stubblefield music Promoter, dies at 64.

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Ulyses Simpson Kay composer, dies at 78.

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Henning Kronstam dancer, dies at 60.

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Garth Brooks buried the glass master of his LP The Hits beneath his star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was the first time something like this had been done and, as far as we know, the last.

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Wolfman Jack (Robert Smith), 57, collapsed and died of a heart attack at his home in Belvidere, in northeastern North Carolina. He had just returned from a whirlwind tour promoting his autobiography Have Mercy!: Confessions of the Original Rock �n� Roll Animal. Fans first learned to love the Wolfman in 1963 on 250,000-watt XERF (Del Rio TX - Ciudad Acuna, Mexico), heard all over North America. You may also remember him as, that's right, Wolfman Jack, in the 1973 movie American Graffiti. And he's the same Wolfman The Guess Who sings about in their 1974 hit Clap for the Wolfman.

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Charlie Rich �The Silver Fox�: Grammy Award-winning singer: Behind Closed Doors [1973]; Lonely Weekends, The Most Beautiful Girl; dies. (also TWA, 1996)

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Laurindo Almeida, Grammy Award-winning composer, musician: guitar: Guitar from Ipanema [1964]; Viva Bossa Nova; underscore: Viva Zapata; dies.

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Les Elgart musician: lead trumpet, bandleader: w/brother Larry; dies at age 77 in Dallas TX. (TWA, 1996)

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Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, died in San Francisco of a heart attack at age 53. (TWA, 1996)

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Phil Harris, band leader, voice of Baloo in Disney's "Jungle Book", dies at age 91 in Rancho Mirage CA. (TWA, 1996)

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Marty Paich pianist, composer, arranger with/for: Peggy Lee, Shorty Rogers� Giants, Dorothy Dandridge, Shelley Manne, Art Pepper, Shorty Rogers, Dave Pell, Mel Torme, Ray Brown, Anita O�Day, Stan Kenton, Terry Gibbs, Ella Fitzgerald, and Buddy Rich; dies.

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Pierre Schaeffer, French composer, acoustician and electronics engineer, dies at age 85.

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Cyndi Lauper won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance as Mary Ann in "Mad About You".

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Darren Robinson (Human Beatbox: rap artist: group: Fat Boys: LPs: Fat Boys, Fat Boys are Back, Big and Beautiful, Krush on You, All Meat No Filler; dies.

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Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special.

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[Schaff] Claire Polin composer, dies at 69.

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Darren Robinson (Human Beatbox: rap artist: group: Fat Boys: LPs: Fat Boys, Fat Boys are Back, Big and Beautiful, Krush on You, All Meat No Filler; dies at age 28.

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Mary Bruce dance Teacher, dies at 95.

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Nancy LaMott singer, dies at 43.

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Don Anthony bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85.

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James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88.

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Nina Verchinina dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85.

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Singer Dean (Dino Crocetti) Martin died at his Beverly Hills home at age 78.

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Nikolai [Nicolas Leonidovich] Slonimsky musicologist, dies at 101.

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Shura Cherkassky pianist, dies at 86.

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1996

Hamish Imlach folk singer/comic, dies at 55.

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Sydney Thompson rock Climber, dies at 81.

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Ramon Vinay operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83.

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Joseph Daniel White singer/bandleader, dies at 84.

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Lincoln Kirstein, American dance impresario; director of the New York City Ballet (1948-89), dies at age 88.

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Richard Versaille tenor, dies at 63.

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Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise musician, dies at 80.

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William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud musician/songwriter, dies at 52.

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Ike Isaacs guitarist, dies at 76.

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Pamelo Mounk'a musician, dies at 50.

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Les Baxter singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73.

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Jimmy Buffett�s sea plane The Flying Boat was shot at by Jamaican police who mistook him for a drug smuggler. U2�s Bono was in the plane with Buffett at the time. Jimmy wrote a song about the incident, Jamaica Mistaica, that appears on the album Banana Wind.

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Robert Covington drummer/singer, dies at 54.

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Buster Benton singer/guitarist, dies at 63.

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Gerald Joseph Mulligan baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68.

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Liesbeth Askonas concert agent, dies at 83.

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Jonathan Larson composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35.

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Ruth Berghaus choreographer/director, dies at 68.

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Henry Jay Lewis conductor, dies at 63.

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Bob Thiele record producer, dies at 73.

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Dancer, actor and choreographer Gene Kelly dies at age 83 at his Beverly Hills, California, home from complications from two strokes.

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Wild Jimmy Spruill blues guitarist, dies at 61.

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Antonio Ruiz Soler Spanish dancer, dies at 74.

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Gianandrea Gavazzeni conductor, dies at 86.

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Isian Kehinde I K Dairo musician/academic, dies at 65.

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Tiny Winters musician, dies at 87.

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Mercer Kennedy Ellington, only son of Duke Ellington, trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at 76.

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Daniel K Womack singer/guitarist, dies at 91.

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Brownie McGhee blues guitarist, dies at 81.

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Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80.

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Nicholas Beriozoff ballet master, dies at 89.

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Toru Takemitsu composer, dies at 65.

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George Alan Dawson jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66.

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Laurence Richard Deniz jazz guitarist, dies at 71.

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Wes Farrell songwriter, dies at 56.

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Herbert "Herb" Hall clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 88.

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Olga Rudge violinist, dies at 100.

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Joseph Lee Pope singer, dies at 62.

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Christopher John Magenis Headington musician, dies at 65.

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Alan Ridout composer, dies at 61.

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Jay D Miller record producer, dies at 73.

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Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga singer, dies at 66

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David Band banker, dies at 53.

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Jeffrey Lee Pierce musician, dies at 37.

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Edwin H "Buddy" Morris music publisher, dies at 89.

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Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes bluesman, dies at 59.

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Joy Newton dancer, dies at 82.

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Larry Laprise songwriter, dies at 83.

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Ian Spurling ballet designer, dies at 59

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Charles Donald Adams singer, dies at 67.

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Gaylord Birch drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at 50.

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Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill record producer, dies at 80.

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Lucille Bremer dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73.

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Raymond Earl Hill saxophonist, dies at 62.

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Michael Leander Farr record producer, dies at 55.

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Bernard Edwards musician: bass: group: Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance, Le Freak, Everybody Dance, I Want Your Love, Good Times; dies in Tokyo, Japan of pneumonia at age 43.

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Bernard Edwards bass player, dies at 44.

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Leonard Kuntstat blues discographer, dies at 70.

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John Lorne Campbell folklorist, dies at 90.

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William Mitchell Byers musician, dies on 79th birthday.

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Jane Cowan cello teacher, dies at 80.

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Bruce Boyce singer/teacher, dies at 85.

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Walter Hyatt Musician, dies at 46.

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George M Tindley songwriter/vocalist, dies at 57

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Johnny "Guitar" Watson musician, dies at 61.

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Jack Wyngaard dancer, dies at 37.

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Peter Fletcher music teacher, dies at 60

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Jacob R Druckman composer, dies at 67.

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Matima Kinuani Mpiosso musician, dies at 45.

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Albert "Pud" Brown clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79.

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Ivan Sutton concert Promotoer, dies at 82.

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James George "Jimmy" Rowles jazz pianist, dies at 77.

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Tamara Toumanova dancer, dies at 77.

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Bob Stroup trombonist, dies at 57.

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John Kahn bassist, dies at 47.

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Elsbeary Hobbs singer, dies at 59.

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Ella Fitzgerald, the "first lady of song," dies in Beverly Hills, CA, at age 78. (TWA, 1997)

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Alanis Morissette, born in Ottawa, kicked off her first big-time Canadian tour with a show before 15,000 at General Motors Place, Vancouver. The concert had sold out in less than an hour two months earlier.

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Rappers Tupac Shakur and Marion �Suge� Knight, were shot after leaving the Tyson/Seldon prizefight. A white Cadillac with four people inside pulled alongside Shakur and Knight at a Las Vegas intersection and someone opened fire. Tupac was hit 4 times (he died 6 days later), while Suge escaped with minor injuries. One theory about who orchestrated the shootings is that it was a result of rivalry between the US East-Coast and West- Coast rappers.

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Bill Monroe �Father of Bluegrass Music�: Country Music Hall of Famer: singer: Blue Moon of Kentucky; band: The Bluegrass Band; songwriter: Kentucky Waltz, A Letter from My Darling; dies at age 84.

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Rapper Tupac Shakur died at a Las Vegas hospital six days after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting; he was 25.

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Juliet Prowse dancer, actress: Can-Can, G.I. Blues, Mona McCluskey; L�Eggs commercials; dies.

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Paul Weston (Wetstein) orchestra leader, arranger: Nevertheless [I�m in Love with You], Theme from Shane; songwriter: I Should Care, Shrimp Boats for wife: Jo Stafford; dies.

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Bob Gibson singer, songwriter, leader of folk music movement in late '50s: John Riley, Old Blue, Daddy Roll 'Em, Wayfaring Stranger; duo: Gibson and [Bob] Camp; dies.

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Singer/entertainer Madonna gave birth to her daughter, Lourdes Maria, in Los Angeles, CA. The father is Carlos Leon, her former fitness-trainer.

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Motown Records founder Berry Gordy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Gordy helped launch the careers Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson and many others.

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Bill Doggett musician: Honky Tonk, Slow Walk; dies.

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Michael Jackson marries Debbie Rowe.

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Tiny Tim (aka Darry Dover, Larry Love) (Herbert Butros Khaury) ukulele playing, falsetto singer: Tiptoe Through the Tulips, Sonny Boy; film: You Are What You Eat, TV: Laugh In; dies at age 64.

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Irving Gordon songwriter, dies at 81.

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Peter Hall folklorist/musician, dies at 60.

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Wilf Carter country singer, dies at 91.

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Faron Young country singer, commits suicide at 64.

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John Duffey bluegrass musician, dies at 62.

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Faron Young country singer: Hello Walls; actor: The Young Sheriff, Daniel Boone Hidden Guns; founder/publisher: Music City News magazine [Nashville], commits suicide at age 34.

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Mae Barnes singer, dies at 89.

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Francesco Siciliani opera administrator, dies at 85.

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Irving Caesar songwriter, dies at 101.

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Ruby Murray singer, dies at 61.

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Arthur Jacobs musicologist, dies at 74.

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Rina Ketty singer, dies at 85.

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Ronnie Scott (Schatt) jazz musician: tenor sax, bandleader; jazz club owner in London; dies at age 69.

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Mireille Hartuch singer/songwriter, dies at 90.

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Frederico Davia opera singer, dies at 63.

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1997

Townes Van Zandt musician, dies at 52.

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Randy California [Wolfe], rock guitarist, dies at 45 in a swimming accident off Molokai HI.

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Burton Lane composer, dies at 84

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Sandor Vegh violinist teacher/conductor, dies at 84

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George Handy (George Joseph Hendleman) George Joseph Hendleman) (pianist, composer, arranger: Boyd Raeburn band, Alvino Rey band, Paramount Studios; dies at age 76.

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Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital.

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Alvinio Misciano Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window.

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Cavan O'Connor singer, dies at 97.

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Charlie Alfred Galbraith jazz trombonist, dies at 76.

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Myfanwy Piper librettist, dies at 85.

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Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Holden, best known for his hit single Love You So, died in Mexico at age 57. Love You So was Holden�s only hit, reaching number seven on Billboard June 13, 1960.

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Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Holden, best known for his hit single Love You So, died in Mexico at age 57. "Love You So" was Holden�s only hit, reaching number seven on Billboard June 13, 1960.

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Irwin Levine composer (Tie a Yellow Ribbon), dies at 58.

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Wally Whyton musician/broadcaster, dies at 66

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Charles Craig opera singer, dies at 77.

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Richard Berry lyricist (Louie Louie), dies at 61.

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Chico Science Francisco Franca musician, dies at 40.

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Danil Shafran cellist, dies at 74.

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Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital.

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Brian Connolly singer: group: The Sweet: Little Willy, Funny Funny, Co-Co, Wig Wam Bam, Blockbuster, Jell Raiser, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage, Fox on the Run; dies at age 47.

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Michael Jackson Jr son of Michael Jackson

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Eric William Fenby musician, dies at 90.

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Tony Williams jazz musician, dies at 51.

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Tony Williams jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51.

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Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrested in Jamaica for disobeying a cop.

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The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) rapper: LPs: Ready to Die, Life After Death, Born Again; is shot and killed in Los Angeles. His killer has not been identified.

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LaVern Baker, singer: Tweedle-Dee, I Cried a Tear, Jim Dandy; second woman [Aretha Franklin was first] inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1991], is born.

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Laura Nyro singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49

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Laura Nyro, singer, dies in Danbury CT at age 49. (TWA, 1998)

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Mae Boren Axton song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82.

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Keith Ferguson blues (Fabulous Thunderbirds), dies of overdose at 50.

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Thelma Carpenter singer, dies at 76.

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Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis.

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Jeff Buckley musician, drowns at 30.

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Alexandra Danilova, Russian ballerina, dies at age 93.

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The old CN (Canadian National) train station in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, home town of country singing legend Hank Snow, was dedicated as the Hank Snow Country Music Centre. The Centre features personal memorabilia of Nova Scotia�s "native son", including his 1947 Cadillac and pieces from other Canadian country music stars (including Carroll Baker, Wilf Carter, Ronnie Prophet, George Hamilton IV, Lucille Starr). Snow died December 20, 1999 at the age of 85.

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Sir Rudolf Bing manager: Metropolitan Opera House [1950-1972]; dies.

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Sir Georg Solti orchestra leader: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; first complete recording of Wagner�s Der Ring des Nibelungen; dies at age 84.

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Jimmy Witherspoon singer: Ain�t Nobody�s Business, Some of My Best Friends are the Blues, You�re Next; dies.

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Singer John Denver (Deutschendorf), piloting an experimental, amateur-built Long-EZ airplane, crashed into Monterey Bay, CA. Witnesses said the plane, made of fiberglass with a single engine and two seats, was flying about at about 500 feet �when it just sort of dropped unexpectedly into the ocean. When it hit the water it broke into numerous parts.� Denver, age 53 and the only occupant of the plane, was killed.

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Henry Vestine musician: guitar: group: Canned Heat: On the Road Again, Going Up the Country; sideman for Frank Zappa; dies.

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Michael Hutchence, singer for INXS, commits suicide in Sydney Australia at age 37. (TWA, 1999)

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Stephane Grappelli French jazz violinist, dies at 89

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Eliot Daniel composer (I Love Lucy theme), dies at 89

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Tamara Geva dancer, dies at 91

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Violet Carlson stage dancer/singer, dies at 97

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Nicolette Larson singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45.

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Johnny Coles trumpeter, dies at 71.

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Anthea Joseph music producer, dies at 57.

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Ewart G Abner Jr president (Motown Records), dies at 74.

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Ewart G Abner Jr president (Motown Records), dies at 74

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Floyd Cramer pianist (Nashville Sound), dies of cancer at 64 in Nashville TN.

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1998

Grandpa Jones, country musician and "Hee-Haw" regular, suffers a stroke

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John Gary singer, dies at 65

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Georgi Sviridov composer, dies at 82.

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Michael Tippett composer, dies at 93.

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Michael Tippett British composer (Royal College of Music), dies at 93

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Klaus Tennstedt conductor, dies at 71

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Amos "Junior" Wells blues harpist, dies at 63.

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David "Junior" Kimbrough blues musician, dies at 67.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Carl Perkins dies in Jackson TN at age 65 after a series of strokes. Perkins was a Tennessee sharecropper�s son. His first guitar was made from a cigar box and broom handle, and his "Blue Suede Shoes" was written on a potato sack.

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Justin Tubb singer: Looking Back to See, Sure Fire Kisses; songwriter: Lonesome 7-7203, Love is No Excuse, Keeping Up with the Joneses; Ernest Tubb�s son; dies.

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Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) & soccer David Beckham get engaged.

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S P Leary Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67.

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Singer Bobby Brown found guilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale FL.

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Tim Kelly guitarist, dies at 34

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Carl Wilson musician: guitar, group: The Beach Boys: I Get Around, Help Me Rhonda, Good Vibrations, CA Girls, Surfin� USA, Little Deuce Coupe, Surfer Girl, Be True to Your School; brother of Brian and Dennis; original group: Carl and the Passions; dies of lung cancer at 51.

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[Johann Hoelzel] Falco singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40.

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It was announced that Carl Wilson, a founding member of the Beach Boys, had died in Los Angeles from complications of lung cancer at age 51.

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Michael Tippett British composer (Royal College of Music), dies at 93

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Bob Merrill songwriter: If I Knew You Were Comin� I�d�ve Baked a Cake, Doggie in the Window, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Funny Girl [w/Jules Styne]; dies.

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Robert Merrill songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76.

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Country Music Hall of Famer, Grandpa (Louis Marshall) Jones dies at age 84.

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Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84.

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Elton John knighted.

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Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges.

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Mariah Carey divorces Tommy Mottola.

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Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century, dies.

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Robert Pilatus performer, lip-syncer: group: Milli Vanilli: Girl You Know It�s True, Blame It on the Rain; dies.

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Country singer Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh) dies at her Nashville, TN, home at age 55. (TWA, 1999)

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Mel Powell pianist, composer: Mission to Moscow for Benny Goodman; music educator: Dean of Music at California Institute of Arts; dies.

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Frank [Francis Albert] Sinatra singer/actor, dies from heart & kidney disease, bladder cancer, senility at 82.

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Johnny Green songwriter: Coquette, Body and Soul, I�m Yours, [You Came Along From] Out of Nowhere, I Cover the Waterfront, Easy Come, Easy Go; won five Oscars for work on MGM films: Easter Parade, West Side Story, Oliver, An American in Paris, Bye Bye Birdie, High Society, Raintree County, The Great Caruso, Summer Stock, Brigadoon; dies.

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Dorothy Donegan jazz pianist: At the Embers; appeared in film: Sensations of 1945; dies.

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Horst Jankowski pianist: A Walk In The Black Forest; dies.

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Singer/actress/diva Barbra Streisand and actor/director James Brolin were married at her Malibu, California home. It was her second marriage (she was previously married to actor Elliot Gould) and his third (he was married to casting agent Jane Agee and actress Jan Smithers). The couple honeymooned on a boat in the nearby Channel Islands off the Santa Barbara coast.

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Jerome Robbins, American choreographer, dies at age 79.

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Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) jazz singer: toured with Lionel Hampton & Miles Davis; dies in NY.

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Frankie Yankovic Grammy Award-winning musician: accordion: Just Because, Blue Skirt Waltz; bandleader: polka band; dies.

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Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-born prima ballerina, dies at age 66.

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�Pappy� Wade Ray country entertainer/musician: Grand Ol� Opry; dies.

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Damita Jo (DuBlanc) singer: I�ll Save the Last Dance for You, If You Go Away; dies.

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1999

Barry Pritchard musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fortunes: You've Got Your Troubles; dies.

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Robert Shaw conductor: Robert Shaw Chorale; music director of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; dies at age 83.

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Dusty Springfield (Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O�Brien) singer: Wishin� and Hopin�, You Don�t Have to Say You Love Me, The Look of Love, Son-of-a-Preacher Man, The Windmills of Your Mind, A Brand New Me; group: The Springfields: Silver Threads and Golden Needles; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [3-15-99]; dies of breast cancer at age 59.

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Yehudi Menuhin violinist: child prodigy: solo with San Francisco Orchestra at age of 7, played with New York Symphony Orchestra at ten; dies in Berlin at age 82.

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Joe Williams (Joseph Goreed) jazz singer: Every Day [I Have the Blues], Party Blues, Goin� to Chicago; sang with Count Basie: LP: Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings; actor: The Bill Cosby Show; is born.

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Boxcar Willie (Lecil Martin) �The Singing Hobo�: songwriter, singer: Not the Man I Used to Be; dies.

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Alexander �Skip� Spence musician: drummer: Jefferson Airplane; guitar, singer: group: Moby Grape; dies.

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Al Hirt musician: trumpet: Java, Sugar Lips, Flight of the Bumble Bee as theme song for TV�s The Green Hornet; played in singer Don Gibson�s band; a regular on: Make Your Own Kind of Music, Fanfare; dies.

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Darrel Sweet musician: drums, singer: group: Nazareth: LPs: Love Hurts, Snaz; dies.

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Jazz and pop singer Mel Torme died in Los Angeles at age 73. (TWA, 2000)

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Brian O�Hara musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fourmost: Hello Little Girl, I�m in Love, A Little Loving, Baby I Need Your Loving; dies.

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Guy Mitchell (Al Cernick) singer: Singing the Blues, Heartaches by the Number, My Heart Cries for You, My Truly Truly Fair, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; actor: Red Garters; dies.

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Warren Covington bandleader: trombone: played with Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights; dies.

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Alfredo Kraus, opera singer: tenor, dies.

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Frankie Vaughn (Abelson) singer: Garden of Eden, Tower of Strength; dies.

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Ella Mae Morse singer: Cow Cow Boogie, Shoo Shoo Baby, House of Blue Lights, The Blacksmith Blues; first artist to record for Capitol Records; dies.

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Singer-songrwiter Hoyt Axton ("Joy To The World") dies of a heart attack at age 61.

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Frank DeVol bandleader, songwriter: themes: The Brady Bunch, My Three Sons, The Love Boat; scores: The Dirty Dozen, Hush� Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Pillow Talk [more than 50 films]; dies.

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Donald Mills singer: group: The Mills Brothers: Tiger Rag, Nobody�s Sweetheart, Dinah, Paper Doll, Glow Worm, You Always Hurt the One You Love, Cab Driver; dies. (TWA, 2001)

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Doug Sahm singer: group: founded Sir Douglas Quintet: She�s about a Mover; dies.

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Charlie Byrd musician: guitar: dies.

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Rock singer-musician Rick Danko of The Band died at age 56.

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Rock singer-musician Rick Danko of The Band died at age 56.

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Grover Washington Jr. musician: saxophone: Just the Two of Us [w/Bill Withers]; dies.

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Rex Allen �The Arizona Cowboy�: entertainer: rodeo star; singer; songwriter: published over 300 songs; dies.

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Hank Snow (Clarence Eugene) Country Music Hall of Famer: singer, songwriter dies.

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Country singer Hank Snow dies at age 85.

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Soul singer and songwriter Curtis Mayfield died in Roswell, Ga., at age 57.

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2000

Nat Adderley musician: cornet, mellophone, French horn, trumpet: Sermonette, Work Song; brother of Cannonball Adderley: dies.

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Don Abney jazz pianist, studio musician; dies.

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Si (Simon) Zentner bandleader, trombonist: Boyd Raeburn Orchestra; dies.

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Doris Kenner-Jackson singer: group: The Shirelles: dies.

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Derroll Adams folk musician: banjo; singer: Feelin� Fine [w/Wiz Jones]; songwriter: Portland Town, Wish I was a Rock; in film: Don�t Look Back; dies.

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Oliver (Swofford), singer: Jean, Good Morning Starshine; dies.

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Screamin� Jay (Jalacy) Hawkins R&B singer, pianist: I Put a Spell on You [Rolling Stone magazine voted it one of 50 greatest songs of the 1950s]; dies.

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Tommy Collins (Leonard Sipes) singer: You Better Not Do That, It Tickles, If You Can�t Bite, Don�t Growl, I Made the Prison Band; songwriter: If You Ain�t Lovin� then You Ain�t Livin�, You Gotta Have a License; dies.

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Ian Dury singer: Rough Kids, Billy Bentley, Upminster Kid; songwriter: What a Waste, Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick, Sink My Boats, This is What We Find, Reasons to be Cheerful, Delusions of Grandeur, Dance of the Crackpots, The Body Song, Spasticus Autisticus, Profoundly in Love with Pandora; group: Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Sweet Gene Vincent, Billericay Dickie, Paistow Patricia; actor: No. 1, Pirates, King of the Ghetto, Talk of the Devil, Rocinante, Hearts of Fire; dies.

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Heinz Burt musician: bass: group: The Tornados: Telstar, Globetrotter; solo: Just like Eddie; dies.

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Jonah Jones (Robert Elliott Jones) musician: trumpet, singer: played with Cab Calloway; threw spitball that got Dizzy Gillespie fired from band; dies.

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Tommy Collins (Leonard Sipes) singer, dies.

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Jean-Pierre Rampal musician: flutist: recitals world wide; played with New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Indpls, Houston, Minnesota, San Francisco, San Diego and Cincinnati symphony orchestras; dies.

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Gordon "Tex" Beneke, a singer and sax player with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, died in Costa Mesa, CA, at age 86. (TWA, 2001)

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Bandleader Tito Puente dies in New York at age 77.

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Tito (Ernest) Puente jazz musician, bandleader: Abanaquito, Para Los Rumberos, Jumpin� with Symphony Sid, Fancy Feet; dies.

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Harold Nicholas, the younger half of the legendary tap-dancing Nicholas Brothers, died at age 79. (TWA, 2001)

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Ron Townson singer: group: The 5th Dimension: Up Up and Away, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, One Less Bell to Answer, [Last Night] I Didn�t Get to Sleep at All; dies.

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Alan Caddy musician: guitar: groups: The Tornados: Telstar, Johnny Kidd and The Pirates: Shakin� All Over; dies.

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Julie London (Peck) singer: Cry Me a River; actress: Emergency; dies.

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(Franck) Frank Pourcel (composer, violinist: group: The French Fiddles: Only You) dies.

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Victor Borge (Borge Rosenbaum) pianist, comedian: phonetic punctuation: "bpft"; dies in Greenwich, Conn., at age 91.

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Nick Massi (Macioci) musician: bass, singer: group: The Four Seasons: dies.

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Jos� Greco flamenco dancer, actor: Ship of Fools, The Proud and the Damned; dies.

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2001

Orchestra leader Les Brown, known for his "Band of Renown," died at age 88.

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Les Brown bandleader: Les Brown and His Band of Renown: Sentimental Journey My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time; Leap Frog, I�ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm; dies.

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Lou Levy pianist: band: Supersax; recorded with Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Anita O�Day; dies.

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J.J. (James Louis) Johnson musician: trombone, composer, bandleader; one of first to use the trombone in modern jazz; dies.

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Singer Glenn Hughes (the biker of The Village People) dies.

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Frankie Carle (Carlone) pianist, bandleader [w/Horace Heidt], led own band: Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Year, wrote: Oh What It Seemed to Be, Falling Leaves, Lover�s Lullaby; dies.

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Pop musician, singer and songwriter John Phillips (the Mamas and the Papas) died in Los Angeles at age 65.

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Punk rock musician Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Hyman) dies in New York at age 49.

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Perry (Pierino) Como, Grammy Award-winning singer; former barber; dies.

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Brian Pendleton musician: guitar: group: The Pretty Things; dies.

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John Hartford Grammy Award-winning songwriter: Gentle on My Mind [1966]; musician: banjo, fiddle, guitar: Glenn Campbell�s Good Time Comedy Hour; dies.

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Blues musician John Lee Hooker died at age 80.

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Joe Henderson composer/musician: tenor sax: played in sextet at San Francisco�s Keystone Korner; also played with Blood Sweat and Tears; dies.

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Chet (Chester Burton) Atkins Grammy Award-winning guitarist: made over 100 albums; elected to Country Music Hall of Fame [1973]; dies at age 77 in Nashville TN.

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Ernie K-Doe (Ernest Kador Jr.) singer/songwriter: Mother-In-Law; dies,

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Larry Adler, US-born harmonica virtuoso (Harmonicats), dies at age 87 in London England. (TWA, 2002)

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R&B singer Aaliyah was killed with eight others in a plane crash in the Bahamas at age 22.

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Sil Austin musician, tenor saxophone: Slow Walk; composer: Ping-Pong; dies.

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Violinist Isaac Stern died in NY at age 81.

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Billy Maxted, pianist, songwriter, arranger: many arrangements for Ray Eberle, Red Nichols, Will Bradley, Benny Goodman; bandleader: LP: Bourbon Street Billy Blues [w/Manhattan Jazz Band]; dies.

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Jazz vocalist Etta Jones died in NY at age 72.

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Jay Livingston composer: To Each His Own, Mona Lisa, Tammy; dies.

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Ralph Burns musician: piano; composer, arranger: Apple Honey; dies.

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Stuart (William) Adamson musician: guitar, singer: group: Big Country: Harvest Home, Fields of Fire, In a Big Country, Chance, Wonderland, East of Eden, Where the Rose is Sown; dies.

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Joe Olivier musician: guitar: group: Bill Haley and His Comets [1957, 1958]; solo as Cappy Bianco; dies.

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Flemenco dancer Jose Greco died in Lancaster, Pa., at age 82. (TWA, 2002)

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2002

Singer Peggy Lee (Norma Delores Egstrom), dies in Bel Air, Calif., at age 81.

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Country singer Waylon Jennings died in Chandler AZ, at age 64.

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Mick Tucker musician: drums: group: Sweet: Funny Funny, Co-Co, Little Willy, Wig Wam Bam, Blockbuster, Hell Raiser, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage, Fox on the Run; dies.

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Arthur Lyman jazz musician: vibraphone: Yellow Bird; played w/Martin Denny Orchestra; dies.

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Country songwriter Harlan Howard dies in Nashville TN at age 74. (XDG, p 4A, 3/03/2003)

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Eileen Farrell soprano: 1940s radio performer; San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitain Opera; also successful singing, recording popular music and jazz; dies.

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Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, a member of the Grammy-winning trio TLC, died in a car crash in Honduras at age 30.

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Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) musician: drums: group: The Ramones: dies.

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Dee Dee Ramone, bass player for the pioneer punk band the Ramones, died in Los Angeles at age 50.

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John Entwistle, the bass player who co-founded The Who, was found dead in a Las Vegas hotel room at age 57.

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Rosemary Clooney singer: Hey There, Come On-A My House, This Ole House, Bye Bye Blackbird; actress: White Christmas, Deep in My Heart, Red Garters, Mangos, The Rosemary Clooney Show; aunt of actor George Clooney; sister of Nick Clooney, TV news anchor; dies in Beverly Hills CA at age 74.

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Lionel Hampton singer, songwriter, jazz musician: vibes, drums, piano, bandleader: On the Sunny Side of the Street, Hey! Hot Mallets, Ba-Ba-Re-Bop, Rag Mop; played with Benny Goodman; dies.

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Jazz musician and bandleader Lionel Hampton died in New York City at age 94.

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Ellis Larkins pianist: favorite accompanist of: Mildred Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams; dies.

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Ray Conniff choral/orchestra director: theme from Dr. Zhivago; LP: S�wonderful, Somewhere My Love; musician: trombone; dies.

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Broadway librettist Adolph Green died in New York at age 87.

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A jury in Beverly Hills, Calif., convicted Winona Ryder of stealing $5,500 worth of high-fashion merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue, but a prosecutor said she would not seek to put the actress behind bars.

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Singer Michael Jackson makes an appearance outside his Berlin hotel and briefly holds his youngest child, Prince Michael II, over a fourth floor balcony in front of dozens of fans below. (XDG, p 4A, 11/19/2003)

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Zal Yanovsky, musician: guitar, singer: group: The Lovin' Spoonful, dies.

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Joe Strummer, lead singer of the legendary British punk band The Clash, died at age 50.

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2003

Maurice Gibbdies, singer (of the BeeGees), dies in Miami FL at age 53. (TWA, 2004).

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Rock musician Pete Townshend of The Who was arrested in London on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. (Though he acknowledged accessing a Web site that advertised child pornography, Townshend denied the charge and was later cleared.)

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Mongo (Ramon) Santamaria bandleader, composer, musician: conga drums: Afro Blue, Watermelon Man; appeared in film: Made in Paris; played with Perez Prado and Tito Puente; dies.

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Opera singer Jerome Hines died in New York at age 81.

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ABC's "20/20" aired a British documentary on Michael Jackson in which the singer revealed he sometimes let children sleep in his bed.

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Johnny Paycheck (Donald Eugene Lytle) country singer: Take This Job and Shove It, The Lovin� Machine, [Don�t Take Her] She�s All I Got, Someone to Give My Love To, Mr. Lovemaker, Song and Dance Man, For a Minute There, Slide Off Your Satin Sheets, Friend, Lover, Wife, Heartbreak Tennessee, Motel Time Again, Jukebox Charlie, The Cave; songwriter: Apartment No. 9, Touch My Heart; dies.

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Vera Zorina (Eva Brigitta Hartwig) dancer, actress: Star-Spangled Rhythm; died April 9, 2003

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(Theodore Marcus) Teddy Edwards jazz musician: tenor sax: Me and My Lover; dies.

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Noel Redding musician: bass: Noel Redding Band; group: The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hey Joe, Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary, Burning of the Midnight Lamp, All Along the Watchtower; dies.

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June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies.

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The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, is pardoned by South Carolina state officials for past legal problems, primarily drug charges and weapons convictions. (USA Today, p 3D, 5/22/2003)

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Herbie Mann (Soloman) jazz musician, flautist: Hijack, Superman, Comin� Home Baby, Bang! Bang!, Violets Don�t be Blue; dies.

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Barry White singer: I�m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby, Never, Never Gonna Give You Up, Can�t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, Love�s Theme [w/Love Unlimited Orchestra]; played piano on Jesse Belvin�s Goodnight My Love [1955]; dies.

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Benny Carter jazz musician: Honeysuckle Rose, Crazy Rhythm; arranger: I�m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket, One, Two, Button Your Shoe; composer: Jazz Cocktail, When Lights are Low; LPs: Benny Carter�s All Stars, American Jazz Orchestra, Central Cities Sketches, Somebody Loves Me; dies.

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(Samuel) Aaron Bell jazz musician: bass: played w/Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Andy Kirk, Lucky Millinder, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young; composer, teacher; dies.

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Gregory Hines dancer, actor: Renaissance Man, Tap, The Cotton Club, Eubie!; dies.

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Gisele MacKenzie (Marie LaFeche) singer: Your Hit Parade, Hard to Get; dies.

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Warren Zevon singer, songwriter: Werewolves of London, She Quit Me Man, Hasten Down the Wind, Poor, Poor Pitiful Me, Roland, the Headless Thompson Gunner, The Envoy; died Sep 7, 2003

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Singer Johnny Cash, 71, dies from respiratory complications from diabetes at about 3AM in Baptist Hospital, Nashville TN. (XDG, p 3A, 9/13/2003)

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Sheb Wooley CMA comic of the Year [1968]; singer, songwriter: The Purple People Eater, Are You Satisfied, Hee Haw theme; actor: Rawhide, High Noon, Rocky Mountain, Giant, Hoosiers; dies.

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Australia singer Slim Dusty (aka David Gordon Kirkpatrick) dies of cancer at age 76. (XDG, p 3A, 9/20/2003)

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Robert Palmer singer, guitarist: Sneakin� Sally through the Alley, Hey Julia, Addicted to Love, Every Kinda People, I Didn�t Mean to Turn You On, It Could Happen To You; dies.

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Marie Marcus, jazz pianist and protegee of Fats Waller, dies in Hyannis MA at age 89. (NY Times, p 30, 10/19/2003)

James R Lawson, master carillonneur (a carillon is the world's largest musical instrument that plays bells in size from a few ounces to 200 pounds or more) dies in a nursing home in Cody WY at age 84. (NY Times, p 30, 10/19/2003)

Singer/songwriter Elliott Smith dies in Los Angeles at age 34, apparently from suicide. It appeared he stabbed himself in the chest. (USA Today, p 1D, 10/23/2003)

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Bobby Hatfield, the tenor half of the Righteous Brothers, dies at age 63 in his hotel room in Kalamazoo MI. (WSJ, p A1, 11/07/2003)

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Arthur Conley singer: Sweet Soul Music; dies.

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Singer, performer Michael Jackson is arrested on child-sex charges in Los Angeles. (Dayton Daily News, p 1, 11/21/2003)

Musician Ozzy Osbourne, 55, is hospitalized with a fractured collarbone, eight fractured ribs and a neck vertabrae when a 600-ATV he was driving rolls on top of him. A full recovery is expected. (USA Today, p 3D, 12/24/2003)

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Country singer Gary Steward, 59, is found dead in his home in Fort Pierce KY from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. (USA Today, p 1D, 12/18/2003)

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Pop singer Michael Jackson, 45, is charged with seven counts of felony child molestation in Santa Maria, CA. (USA Today, p 1A, 12/19/2003)

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2004

Singer Britney Spears marries a childhood friend and then has it annulled. (USA Today, p 11A, 1/09/2004)

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