Musicians, Singers & Dancers Chronology

Births, deaths, defining moments of Musicians, Singers & Dancers

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1103
Jan 17Frutolf German monk/musicologist/historian, dies.Ref: 5
1416
Mar 27Antonio Squarcialupi composer, is born.Ref: 5
1442
Apr 20Edward IV King (England, 1461-83), is born.Ref: 5
1444
Feb 17Rudolf Agricola [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist, is born.Ref: 5
1451
Jan 14Franchinus Gaffurius composer, is born.Ref: 5
1452
Dec 22Jakob Obrecht Brabant, composer, is born.Ref: 5
1453
Dec 24John Dunstable English composer, dies.Ref: 5
1464
Apr 23Robert Fayrfax composer, is born.Ref: 5
1472
Apr 25Leon Battista degli Alberti scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies.Ref: 5
1473
Jan 24Conrad Paumann German blind organist/composer, dies.Ref: 5
1484
Mar 29Johann Spangenberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
1486
Jan 06Martin Agricola [M Sore], German composer/cantor, is born.Ref: 5
1492
Mar 04Francesco de Layolle composer, is born.Ref: 5
1494
Nov 06Hans Sachs, German meistersinger, is born.Ref: 70
1495
Mar 25Leonhard Paminger composer, is born.Ref: 5
1497
Feb 06John Ockeghem Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
1513
Feb 14Domenico Maria Ferrabosco Italian composer, is born.Ref: 5
1515
Mar 12Caspar Othmayr composer, is born.Ref: 5
1517
Jan 17Antonio Scandello Italian composer (Passion of Johannes), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Gioseffo Zarlino composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26The famous Flemish composer Heinrich Issac dies.Ref: 2
1527
Mar 21Hermann Finck composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Johann Walter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice.Ref: 5
1532
Mar 25Pietro Pontio composer, is born.Ref: 5
1533
Apr 08Claudio Merulo organist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
1534
Dec 15Lucas Osiander composer, is born.Ref: 5
1538
Apr 24Gugliemo Gonzaga composer, is born.Ref: 5
1542
Feb 22Santino Garsi composer, is born.Ref: 5
1543
Jan 18Alfonso Ferrabosco composer, is born.Ref: 5
1545
Jan 17Antonio Pace composer, is born.Ref: 5
1546
Apr 21Arcangelo Crivelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
1547
May 20Melchior Bischoff composer, is born.Ref: 5
1548
Jan 23Bernardo Pisano composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
1549
Feb 04Eustache du Caurroy composer, is born.Ref: 5
1550
Dec 06Orazio Tiberio Vecchi composer, is born.Ref: 5
1553
Feb 04Caspar Othmayr composer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
1554
May 20Paulo Bellasio composer, is born.Ref: 5
1555
Mar 02Ludovico Spontoni composer, is born.Ref: 5
1556
Feb 21Sethus Calvisius composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 10Martin Agricola, German composer and teacher, dies at age 70.Ref: 70
1557
Feb 15Alfonso Fontanelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Girolamo Trombeti composer, is born.Ref: 5
1558
Dec 29Hermann Finck composer, dies at 31.Ref: 5
1560
Jan 05William Cobbold composer, is born.Ref: 5
1561
Aug 20Jacopo Peri, Italian composer, is born.Ref: 70
1562
Dec 17Adrian Willaert Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82.Ref: 5
Dec 18Philipp Dulichius composer, is born.Ref: 5
1563
Feb 02Hans Neusiedler Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approximately 54.Ref: 5
Feb 27William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral.Ref: 5
Dec 29Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer, is born.Ref: 5
1564
Oct 25Birth of Hans Leo Hassler, sacred composer. The first notable German musician educated in Italy, Hassler left a rich musical legacy, including the hymn tune PASSION CHORALE, to which the Church now sings, "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded."Ref: 5
1566
Jan 14Angelo Notari composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Alessandro Piccinini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09David Riccio Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered.Ref: 5
Mar 26Antonio de Cabezon composer, dies.Ref: 5
Dec 11Manuel Cardoso composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Alessandro Piccinini composer, is born.Ref: 5
1567
Jan 08Jacob Vaet Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37.Ref: 5
Jan 15Black Box [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Thomas Campion England, composer/poet/physician, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Aurelio Signoretti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Nicolas Forme composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Leonhard Paminger composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 15Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Christoph Demantius composer, is born.Ref: 5
1568
May 17Christoph Thomas Walliser composer, is born.Ref: 5
1569
Apr 03Giovanni Battista Massarengo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Jakob Hassler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Georg Quitschreiber composer, is born.Ref: 5
1571
Feb 15Michael Praetorius Kreuzberg Germany, music theorist/composer (Syntagma music), is born.Ref: 5
1572
Feb 14Hans Christoph Haiden composer, is born.Ref: 5
1573
Jan 31Ambrosius Metzger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Giulio Cesare Monteverdi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Gemignano Capilupi composer, is born.Ref: 5
1574
Jan 09Christoph Buel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Robert Fludd composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Christoph Buel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07John Wilbye composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Samuel Besler composer, is born.Ref: 5
1576
Jan 19Hans Sachs, German meistersinger, dies at age 81.Ref: 70
Dec 03Marsilio Casentini composer, is born.Ref: 5
1578
May 30Valentin Dretzel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Agostino Agazzari composer, is born.Ref: 5
1579
Dec 12Heinrich Steuccius composer, is born.Ref: 5
1580
Jan 18Antonio Scandello Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 31Hendrik Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies.Ref: 5
1581
Feb 04Daniel Selich composer, is born.Ref: 5
1582
Apr 01Thomas Simpson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Severo Bonini composer, is born.Ref: 5
1584
Apr 29Melchior Teschner composer, is born.Ref: 5
1585
Oct 08Heinrich Schutz, German composer, is born.Ref: 70
1586
Jan 20Johann Hermann Schein German composer (Fontana d'Israel), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Jacob Praetorius composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Pietro Della Valle composer, is born.Ref: 5
1587
Apr 17Marco Ivan Lukacic composer, is born.Ref: 5
1588
Feb 26Nicolaus Erich composer, is born.Ref: 5
1590
Feb 04Gioseffo Zarlino composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
1591
Jan 07Jacobus de Kerle French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59.Ref: 5
May 26Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck composer, is born.Ref: 5
1592
Jan 27Pierre de La Barre composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Pierre de La Barre composer, is born.Ref: 5
1594
Feb 02Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina Italian composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 20Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Benedikt Lechler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Giovanni Battista Gagliano composer, is born.Ref: 5
1595
Apr 05John Wilson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Pietro Pontio composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
1596
Jan 05Henry Lawes English composer, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 03Nicolo Amati Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri), is born.Ref: 5
1598
Apr 05Laurentius Erhard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Johann Crger German organist/composer/music theorist, is born.Ref: 5
1599
Jan 22Cristofano Malvezzi composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Mar 23Thomas Selle composer, is born.Ref: 5
1601
Dec 25Jose Ximenez composer, is born.Ref: 5
1602
Feb 03Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Feb 14Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Johann Neukrantz composer, is born.Ref: 5
1603
Feb 01Michael Trumper composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Stephan Otto composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03William Smith composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Francesco Nigetti composer, is born.Ref: 5
1604
Jan 17Santino Garsi composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 05Claudio Merulo Italian organist/composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 07Ambrosius Reiner composer, is born.Ref: 5
1605
Feb 19Orazio Tiberio Vecchi composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Apr 08Philip IV, king of Spain and Portugal (1621-65), is born.Ref: 2
Apr 18Giacomo Carissimi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Orazio Benevoli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Juan de Padilla composer, is born.Ref: 5
1606
Dec 20Christoph Schultze composer, is born.Ref: 5
1607
Feb 09Abraham Megerle composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Giovanni Francesco Milanta composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Johann Rist composer, is born.Ref: 5
1609
Feb 28Paul Sartorius composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Mar 16Michael Franck composer, is born.Ref: 5
1610
May 24Giovanni Battista Chinelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
1611
Apr 09Giacomo Maria Predieri composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Carlo Rainaldi composer, is born.Ref: 5
1612
Jan 07Paul de La Pierre composer, is born.Ref: 5
1613
Jan 19Jacques Huyn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Johann Jakob Wolleb composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Johann Steuerlein composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
1614
Jan 31Nicolas Saboly composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Marc'Antonio Pasqualini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Melchior Bischoff composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
1616
Feb 19Jacques de Saint-Luc composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Kaspar Forster composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Malachias Siebenhaar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Johann Froberger, German composer, organist and harpsichordist, is born.Ref: 70
May 19Johann Jacob Froberger German singer/organist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Pietro Andrea Ziani composer, is born.Ref: 5
1617
Feb 09Hans Christoph Haiden composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Mar 04Arcangelo Crivelli composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 03Antimo Liberati composer, is born.Ref: 5
1620
Jan 09Johann Weichmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Johann Weichmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Thomas Campion, English poet,composer and musical theorist, dies at age 53.Ref: 70
1621
Feb 15Michael Praetorius German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at age 50.Ref: 5
Mar 07Georg Neumark composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Heinrich Schwemmer composer, is born.Ref: 5
1622
Feb 11Alfonso Fontanelli composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Dec 13Jan Campanus composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
1623
Mar 14Adam-Nicolas Gascon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Jan Adam Reincken composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Johann Adam Reincken composer, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 05Pietro Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 01Thomas Weelkes composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
1624
Mar 21Francois Roberday composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Tomas Micieres composer, is born.Ref: 5
1625
Jan 17Nicolo Rubini composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Jan 19Erhard Buttner composer, dies at 32.Ref: 5
1626
Jan 21John Dowland English musician/lyric poet (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at about 63.Ref: 5
Feb 20John Dowland composer, dies.Ref: 5
1627
Jan 28Alfonso Marsh composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Johann Caspar Kerll composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Johann Kaspar Kerll composer, is born.Ref: 5
1628
Jan 01Christoph Bernhard German composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Feb 20Gregor Aichinger German composer/organist, dies at about 63.Ref: 5
Apr 02Constantin Christian Dedekind composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Samuel Friedrich Capricornus composer, is born.Ref: 5
1629
Jan 27Hieronymus Praetorius composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 13Girolamo Giacobbi composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Nov 27Hieronymus Praetorius composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
1630
Jan 07Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno.Ref: 5
Feb 26William Brade composer, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 30Ercole Porta composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Nov 19Johannes Schein, German composer, dies at age 44.Ref: 70
Dec 12Olof Rudbeck composer, is born.Ref: 5
1631
Mar 24Philipp Dulichius composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 06Vincenzo De Grandis composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Christoph Buel composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
1632
Feb 18Giovanni Battista Vitali composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Jean-Baptiste Lully Florence Italy, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Georg Caspar Weckler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 28Jean Baptiste Lully musician, opera composer: Cadmus and Hermione, Amadis de Gaule, Roland, Armide et Renaud; is born.Ref: 4
1633
Feb 01Gabriel Schutz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Werner Fabricius composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Joseph de La Barre composer, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Jacopo Peri, Italian composer, dies at age 71.Ref: 70
1634
Jan 07Adam Krieger German composer, is born.Ref: 5
1635
Dec 01Melchior Teschner composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
1636
Mar 29Esaias Reusner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Esaias Reusner composer, is born.Ref: 5
1637
Apr 15Valentin Molitor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Barnardo Pasquini composer, is born.Ref: 5
1638
Apr 11Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Nicolas Forme composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 17Johann Ulrich Sultzberger composer, is born.Ref: 5
1640
Mar 08Guillaume van Messaus composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Apr 10Agostino Agazzari Italian composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
1642
Feb 24Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, dies at about 66.Ref: 5
Mar 21Georg Schmezer composer, is born.Ref: 5
1643
Feb 25Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Mar 01Girolamo Frescobaldi Italian composer/organist, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 28Jose Solana composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Christian Demelius composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Christoph Demantius composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
1644
Mar 18Gottfried Wegner composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Thomas Eisenhut composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco composer, is born.Ref: 5
1645
Jan 28Gottfried Vopelius composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19William Smith composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
1646
Dec 25Harald Vallerius composer, is born.Ref: 5
1647
Jan 30Konrad Hoffler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Giovanni Maria Trabaci composer, dies.Ref: 5
1648
Feb 03Louis Bouteiller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Christoph Thomas Walliser composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 07Giovanni Maria Capelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
1649
Jan 22Pascal Collasse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23John Blow composer of first English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Johann Philipp Krieger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Joseph-Franois Salomon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Andreas Kneller composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Johann Valentin Meder composer, is born.Ref: 5
1650
Jan 11Paul Hallman composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
May 20Francesco Sacrati composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
May 28Gilles Hayne composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
1651
Jan 08Giovanni Battista Gagliano composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Mar 16Zaccaria Tevo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Domenico Gabrielli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Cristobal de Isla Diego composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Dec 17Wolfgang Schonsleder composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
1652
Jan 01Johann Krieger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Gregorio Allegri Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67.Ref: 5
Apr 21Pietro Della Valle composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 14Johann Philipp Fortsch composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Jacques Huyn composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Dec 16Giovanni Maria Casini composer, is born.Ref: 5
1653
Feb 16Johannes Schultz composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 17Arcangelo Corelli Fusignano Italy, violinist/composer (Concerto Grosso), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Luigi Rossi composer, dies.Ref: 5
Dec 24Georg Motz composer, is born.Ref: 5
1654
Feb 17Michael Lohr composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 11Heinrich Georg Neuss composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Johann Neukrantz composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Mar 24Samuel Scheidt German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66.Ref: 5
1655
Jan 14Angelo Predieri composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
1656
Feb 20Johannes Schenck German/Netherlands composer, baptised, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
May 31Marin Marias composer, is born.Ref: 5
1657
Mar 18Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni Italian composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Jacques Danican Philidor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Michel-Richard Delalande composer, is born.Ref: 5
1658
Mar 23Valentin Dretzel composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Apr 22Giuseppe Torelli Italy, composer (Concerti Grossi op 8), is born.Ref: 5
1659
Jan 17Antonio Veracini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Benedikt Lechler composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 07Henry Purcell English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas), is born.Ref: 5
1660
Feb 13Johann Sigismund Kusser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Johann Kuhnau composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Sebastian Duron composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Matthias Henriksen Schacht composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Andre Campra composer, is born.Ref: 5
1661
Jan 03Maria Henritte 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.Ref: 5
Jan 05Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer, is born.Ref: 5
1662
Feb 05Giuseppi Vignola composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Johann Crger German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Apr 04Davis Mell composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
1663
Mar 07Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Nicholas Siret composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Heinrich Pape composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Dec 05Severo Bonini composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
1664
Mar 17Georg Osterreich composer, is born.Ref: 5
1665
Jan 21Domenico Mazzocchi composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 10Tarquinio Mercula composer, dies.Ref: 5
1666
Jan 24Johann Andreas Herbst composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 24Nicholas Lanier composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 25Johann Heinrich Buttstett composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Paul Siefert composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 05Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti composer, is born.Ref: 5
1667
Feb 17Georg Bronner composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Johann Froberger, German composer, organist and harpsichordist, dies at age 50.Ref: 70
Dec 04Michel Pignolet de Monteclair composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Ludwig Ernst composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, is born.Ref: 5
1668
Jan 08Jean Gilles composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Francesco Gasparini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Clemens Thieme composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
Nov 10Francois Couperin Paris France, composer/organist (Concerts Royaux), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Casimir Schweizelsperg composer, is born.Ref: 5
1669
Feb 01Miguel Lopez composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Louis Marchand composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Philipp Buchner composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Oct 14Pietro Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, dies at age 46.Ref: 70
1670
Feb 14Georg Gabriel Schutz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Loreto Vittori composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 24Christian Ludwig Boxberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
1671
Feb 19Charles-Hubert Gervais composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Giacomo Cesare Predieri composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Francesco Stradivari Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, is born.Ref: 5
1672
Jan 16Francesco Mancini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Andre Cardinal Destouches composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Johann Philipp Kafer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 06Heinrich Schutz, German composer, dies at age 87.Ref: 70
1673
Feb 02Kaspar Forster composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Feb 06Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Pedro Vaz Rego composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Francesco Feroci composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Johann Valentin Eckelt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 21John Weaver, English dancer, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 16Juan de Padilla composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
1674
Jan 12Reinhard Keiser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Giacomo Carissimi Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 21Johann Augustin Kobelius composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22John Wilson composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 31Friedrich Erhard Niedt composer, is born.Ref: 5
1675
Feb 17Johann Melchior Conradi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Johann Philipp Treiber composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss composer, is born.Ref: 5
1676
Jan 19John Weldon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Ernst Chreistian Hesse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Johann Georg Ebeling composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Dec 11Johann Georg Weichenberger composer, is born.Ref: 5
1677
Feb 26Nicola Fago composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Alexandre de Villenueve composer, is born.Ref: 5
1678
Jan 07Johannes Flittner composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 04Antonio Vivaldi, late Baroque violin virtuoso and composer, is born in Venice, Italy.Ref: 5
May 06Joseph de La Barre composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Dec 29Gotthard Wagner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30William Croft composer, is born.Ref: 5
1679
Jan 05Pietro Filippo Scarlotti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Werner Fabricius composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Jan 19Girolamo Chiti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Werner Fabricius composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Feb 14Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Domenico Natale Sarro Italian opera composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Esaias Reusner composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
May 12Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Domenico Natale Sarro composer, is born.Ref: 5
1680
Feb 25Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Baron Emanuele d' Astorga Italian composer (Stabat mater), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Giuseppe Porsile composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Frederich Karl Erbach composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Abraham Megerle composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
1681
Jan 20Francesco Bartolomeo Conti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Francesco Nigetti composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 14Georg Philipp Telemann Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Anne Danican Philidor composer, is born.Ref: 5
1682
Feb 25Alessandro Stradella Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37.Ref: 5
Apr 03Johann Valentin Rathgeber German benedictine/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Jean-Joseph Mouret composer, is born.Ref: 5
1683
Jan 06Franois de La Croix composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Gasparo Visconti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Johann Christoph Graupner German composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Giovanni Veneziano composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Johann David Heinichen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 25Jean-Philippe Rameau Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized), is born.Ref: 5
1684
Feb 12Pietro Andrea Ziani composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 16Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky Czechoslovakian monk/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Johann Graf composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Francesco Durante composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Henri Dumont composer, dies.Ref: 5
Sep 18Johann Gottfried Walther Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer, is born.Ref: 5
1685
Jan 06Malachias Siebenhaar composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 23George Friedric Hndel, Halle Germany, organist/baroque composer (Messiah), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is born in Eisenach, Germany.Ref: 68
Oct 26Domenico Scarlatti, virtuoso harpsichordist, composer of over 550 clavier sonatas and son of composer Alessandro Scarlatti, is born in Naples.Ref: 4
Dec 12Lodovico Giustini composer, is born.Ref: 5
1686
Jul 24Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare), is born.Ref: 68
Aug 09Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 17Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and voice teacher, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 25Giovanni Battista Somis composer, is born.Ref: 5
1687
Feb 19Johann Adam Birkenstock composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Jean-Baptiste Lully Paris, composer.Ref: 5
Mar 22Jean Baptiste Lully musician, opera composer: Cadmus and Hermione, Amadis de Gaule, Roland, Armide et Renaud; dies at age 54.Ref: 4
Mar 30Johann Balthasar Freisslich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Francesco Xaverio Geminiani composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Johann Georg Pisendel German violinist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
1688
Mar 25Johann Gotthilf Ziegler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Johann Friedrich Fasch composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Christian August Jacobi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Jean-Louis Lully composer, dies at 21.Ref: 5
1689
Apr 15Ferdinand Zellbell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Joseph Bodin de Boismortier composer, is born.Ref: 5
1690
Jan 13Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Francesco Maria Veracini Italian opera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Christoph Stoltzenberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Miguel Gomez Camargo composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 25Gottlieb Theophil Muffat composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Giovanni Legrenzi Italian composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
1691
Jan 20Christian de Placker composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Jan 28Johann Balthasar Konig composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Jean-Henri D'Anglebert composer, dies.Ref: 5
1692
Jan 06Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Antimo Liberati composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 08Giuseppe Tartini Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Giuseppe Tartini composer, Istria, is born.Ref: 5
1693
Jan 28Gregor Joseph Werner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Johann Kaspar von Kerll German composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 01Benedict Schultheiss composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
1694
Jan 30Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Coelestin Praelisauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Ceslav Vanura composer, is born.Ref: 5
1695
Jan 06Giuseppe Sammartini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Andre Cheron composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Georg Caspar Weckler composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
1696
Jan 08Michael de Ronghe composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Feb 10Johann Melchior Molter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Baron Ernst Gottlieb composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Andres de Sola composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 23Johann Caspar Vogler composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Heinrich Schwemmer composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 23Johann David Mayer composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
1697
Jan 01Johann Pfeiffer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Carlo Mannelli composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Jan 30Johann Joachim Quantz German royal flautist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Nikolaus Bruhns composer, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 08Pierre Prowo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Jean Marie I'aine Leclair composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Carlo Arrigoni composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Giuseppe de Majo composer, is born.Ref: 5
1698
Mar 10Gaetano Maria Schiassi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Georg Gottfried Wagner composer, is born.Ref: 5
1699
Mar 25Johann Adolf Hasse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Joseph Gibbs composer, is born.Ref: 5
1700
Jan 22Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Mar 10Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 13James Kent composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Michel Blavet composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Giuseppe Sellitto composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Georg Abraham Schneider composer, is born.Ref: 5
1701
Jan 01Pietro Sanmartini composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Jan 10Johann Caspar Simon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Adam Drese German composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Mar 10Johann Schelle composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Apr 27Charles Emanuel I King of Sardinia, is born.Ref: 5
1702
Jan 06Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Johann Valentin Gorner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Christian Gottlieb Ziegler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Johann Ernst Eberlin composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Jacob Hintze composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
1703
Jan 11Columban Praelisauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Matteo Coferati composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Jan 20Joseph-Hector Fiocco composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Carlmann Kolb composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Dieudonne Raick composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castra singer/duke, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Georg Christoph Leuttner composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
May 08Gottlob Harrer composer, is born.Ref: 5
1704
Feb 23Georg Muffat French/German organist/composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Feb 24Hubert Renotte composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Marc-Antoine Charpentier French composer (church music), dies.Ref: 5
May 03Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 07Carl Heinrich Graun composer, is born.Ref: 5
1705
Jan 24Farinelli, Italian castrato singer, is born.Ref: 70
Feb 05Jean Gilles composer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
Feb 06Johann Matthias Leffloth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Michael Schevenstuhl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Johann Lohner composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Apr 20Balthasar Schmid composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Gallus Zeiler composer, is born.Ref: 5
1706
Jan 26Guillaume Poitevin composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 03Johann Pachelbel organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52.Ref: 5
Mar 09Johann Pachelbel German organist/composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Apr 24Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian composer, music theorist and teacher, is born.Ref: 70
1707
Jan 22Carl Hockh composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Carl August Thielo composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Dietrich Buxtehude German organist/composer, dies at about 69.Ref: 5
May 14Antonio Teixeira composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Jeremiah Clarke composer, dies.Ref: 5
1708
Jan 23Thomas Bullis composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 26William Hayes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Vaclav Jan Kopriva composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Egidio Romoaldo Duni composer (opra-comique), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Caspar Ruetz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06George Reuter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Georg Zarth composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theorist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Jacques Danican Philidor composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Dec 04Marianus Konigsperger composer, is born.Ref: 5
1709
Jan 22Joseph Reipel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Giuseppi Torelli Italian composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Feb 16Charles Avison composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Josef Antonin Gurecky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Franz Xaver Richter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Jean-Noel Hamal composer, is born.Ref: 5
1710
Jan 04Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Josef Antonin Sehling composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07William Boyce English organist/composer of Cathedral music, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Thomas Augustine Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Marie A C de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 10Georg Dietrich Leiding composer, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Nov 22Wilhelm Friedemann Bach composer, son of JS Bach (Sinfonias 64), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Wilhelm Friedemann Bach composer, son of J.S. Bach, is born.Ref: 5
1711
Jan 12Gaetano Latilla composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Giuseppe Bonno composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Joseph Umstatt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Peregrinus Pogl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville composer, is born.Ref: 5
1712
Jan 17John Stanley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Isfrid Kayser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Yusuf Nabi Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77.Ref: 5
Apr 29Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 01Bernhard Christian Weber composer, is born.Ref: 5
1713
Jan 08Arcangelo Corelli composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at age 59.Ref: 5
Feb 13Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Christian Friedrich Schale composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Raphael Weiss composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Jean-Baptiste Canavas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Pal Esterhazy composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 13Pierre de Jelyotte composer, is born.Ref: 5
1714
Feb 02Gottfried August Homilius composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Carlo Giovanni Testori composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Philipp Heinrich Erlebach composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Jul 02Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck, composer, is born in Erasback, Upper Palatinate. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Dec 23Johann Siebenkas composer, is born.Ref: 5
1715
Jan 12Jacques Duphly composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Georg C Wagenzeil Austria (court)composer/pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Vaclav Kalous composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Georg Christoph Wagenseil Austrian (court)composer/pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Gottfried Vopelius composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 19Charles-Joseph van Helmont composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11John Alcock composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19James Nares composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Johann Friedrich Doles composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Franz Sparry composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Daniel Dal Barba composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Vaclav Kalous composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Georg Gottfried Petri composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Gennaro Manna composer, is born.Ref: 5
1716
Feb 18Gaspard Fritz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Harald Vallerius composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Mar 10Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Mar 13Georg Gabriel Schutz composer, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Mar 21Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04John Evangelist Schreiber composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Johann Georg Zechner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Felice de' Giardini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Johann Heinrich Rolle composer, is born.Ref: 5
1717
Jan 04Antonio Maria Mazzoni composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Pierre de La Garde composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Bernhard Hupfeld composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26John Randall composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Florian Wrastill composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Georg Matthias Monn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer, is born.Ref: 5
1718
Apr 14Emanuele Barbella composer, is born.Ref: 5
1719
Jan 17Jean-Joseph Vade composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Giovanni Maria Casini composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 30Sir John Hawkins England, wrote first history of music, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Johann Friedrich Treiber composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 17Christian Gottfried Krause composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Johann Christoph Altnikol composer, is born.Ref: 5
1720
Jan 04Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composer/organist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Georg Bronner composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
May 21Antonio Corbisiero composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Jean-Jacques Robson composer, is born.Ref: 5
1721
Feb 13John Reid composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Pieter Hellendaal Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Johann Philipp Kirnberger German composer, baptised, is born.Ref: 5
1722
Jan 14Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Johann Ernst Bach composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Pietro Nardini composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Johannes Schmidlin composer, is born.Ref: 5
1723
Jan 01Christian Friedrich Gregor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14John Wainwright composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Giovanni Marco Rutini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Carl Friedrich Abel German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer, is born.Ref: 5
1724
Jan 30Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Francisco Jose Coutinho composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Apr 27Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Dismas Hatas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Joseph Friebert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel composer, is born.Ref: 5
1725
Feb 06Johann Philipp Krieger composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Feb 07Johann Philipp Krieger, German composer, dies at age 75.Ref: 70
Feb 25Armand-Louis Couperin Paris France, composer/organist (Notre Dame), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Franois Bainville composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Johann Friedrich Kloffler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Oct 24Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer, dies at age 65.Ref: 70
1726
Jan 02Domenico Zipoli composer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
Mar 14Josef Antonin Stepan composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Giuseppi Paolucci composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Johann Ernst Hartmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
1727
Jan 11Franz Sebastian Haindl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Johann Christoph Schmugel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Francesco Gasparini composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Mar 14Johann Gottlieb Goldberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Pasquale Ankossi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Henri Hardouin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Gaspare Gabellone composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Jean-Georges Noverre French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Johann Heinrich Buttstett composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
1728
Jan 06Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Niccol Piccinni, Italian composer (Buona Figliuola), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Johann Gottfried Muthel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Giacomo Insanguine composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Franz Asplmayr composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Johann Christoph Schmidt composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Apr 23Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 09Pietro Alessandro Guglieli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Hermann Friedrich Raupach composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Johann Adam Hiller composer, is born.Ref: 5
1729
Jan 22Giuseppe Luigi Tibaldi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Manuel de Egues composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 18Gaetano B Vestris Italian/French ballet dancer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Florian Johann Deller composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Florian Leopold Gassmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Giuseppe Sarti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Christian Ludwig Boxberg composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Dec 03Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler Olot Spain, composer (Fandango), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny composer, is born.Ref: 5
1730
Jan 12Johann Joachim Christoph Bode composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15John Malchair composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Christian Joseph Lidarti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Antonin Kammel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Fedele Fenaroli composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29William Jackson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Capel Bond composer, is born.Ref: 5
1731
Feb 09Gasparo Angiolini, Italian choreographer/composer, is born.Ref: 70
Feb 20Frederich Karl Erbach composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Feb 27Angelo Predieri composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 07Jean-Louis Laruette composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Francisco Morera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
May 11Johann Gottfried Seyfert composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Orazio Mei composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori Italian piano builder, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 08Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, is born.Ref: 5
1732
Jan 02Franz Xaver Brixi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Jean-Guillain Cardon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Nathanael Gottfried Gruner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Louis Marchand composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 25Robert Hudson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Joseph-Franois Salomon composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Mar 24Gian Francesco de Majo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Johann Christian Schieferdecker composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Apr 23Cajetan Kolberer composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 13Theodor Schwartzkopff composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 17Francesco Pasquale Ricci composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Jean-Claude Trial composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Johann Philipp Fortsch composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 18Johann Valentin Eckelt composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
1733
Jan 15Joseph Lederer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Thomas Linley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Johann Adam Birkenstock composer, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Mar 05Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Giacomo Tritto composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Johann Heinrich Zang composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Georg Bohm German organist/composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Sep 12Francois Couperin, French composer, dies at age 64.Ref: 70
1734
Jan 13Luca Sorkocevic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Franois-Joseph Gossec Belgian-French composer (Les Pcheurs, Mirza), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Julien-Amable Mathieu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Franz Ignaz Beck composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Carolomannus Pachschmidt composer, dies at 33.Ref: 5
Mar 18Joseph Schmitt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Apr 01Louis Lully composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Dec 16Georg Peter Weimar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Jean-Baptiste Rey composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
1735
Jan 21Johann Gottfried Eckard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Johann Christoph Kuhnau composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Feb 25Ernst William Wolf composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09August Bernhard Valentin Herbing composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Christian Gotthilf Tag composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Franz Volrath Buttstett composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Ildephons Haas composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Horace Coignet composer, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 05Johann Christian Bach composer, son of JS Bach (English Bach), is born.Ref: 5
1736
Jan 07Ceslav Vanura composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Feb 03Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian organist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, dies at age 26.Ref: 70
Mar 26Georg Balthasar Schott composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Apr 08Pedro Vaz Rego composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 07John Weldon composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
May 24Juan de Sesse y Balaguer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Antonio Caldara composer, dies.Ref: 5
1737
Jan 12Brizio Petrucci composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Hercule Brehy composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 09Josef Myslivecek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Francesco Zannetti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Franois Giroust composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Friedrich Schwindl composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Louis Franois Chambray composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Robert Kimmerling composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17The most renowned violin maker in history, Antonio Stradivari, died in Cremona, Italy at 93.Ref: 68
Dec 18Violin maker Antonio Stradivari died in Cremona, Italy at age 93.Ref: 70
1738
Jan 06Franz Xaver Murschhauser composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Jan 17Jean-Francois Dandrieu composer, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 05Georg Reidel composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 12James Sherard composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 17Philip Hayes composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Josef Kohaut composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Bonaventura Furlanetto composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Gotthard Wagner composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Dec 14Johann Antonin Kozeluch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Jean-Joseph Mouret composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Dec 28Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
1739
Feb 07Joseph Pouteau composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Eligio Celestino composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Jan Krtitel Vanhal composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Johann Baptist Wanhal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 24Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer, writer and poet, dies at age 53.Ref: 68
Nov 02Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, German composer, is born.Ref: 70
1740
Jan 02Johann Georg Weichenberger composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 05Antonio Lotti Italian opera composer, dies at about 72.Ref: 5
Feb 03Guillaume Lasceux composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Vincenz Lubeck composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 12Matej Sojka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Ernst Eichner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Johann Georg Roser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Joseph F Weigl Germany, violin cellist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24John Antes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Franz Xaver Schnitzer composer, is born.Ref: 5
1741
Feb 08Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Henri-Joseph Rigel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Franz Adam Veichtner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Andre-Ernest Gretry, French operatic composer, is born.Ref: 68
Feb 13Johann Joseph Fux Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80.Ref: 5
Mar 28Johann Andre composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Peter Burmannus [Peter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 17Johann Gottlieb Naumann composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Johann Michael Schmidt composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Andrea Lucchesi composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Johann Gottfried Krebs composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 27Birth 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).Ref: 5
Jul 28Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer and violinist, dies at age 63.Ref: 70
Dec 08Maximilian JLP Gardel French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Bartolomeo Giacometti composer, is born.Ref: 5
1742
Jan 06Johann Georg Reinhardt composer, dies.Ref: 5
Jan 15Eugene Godecharle composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Johann Heinrich Egli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01P. D. Q. Bach is born at 12:01 AM.Ref: 62
Apr 13Giovanni Veneziano composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Apr 23Mihael Omerza composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 24Roman Hoffstetter composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Francesco Stradivari Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70.Ref: 5
1743
Jan 20Pascal Boyer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni Italian composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 07Lodovico Giustini composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 19[Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini Italian composer, cellist (Minuet), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Bendix Friedrich Zinck composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Jean-Baptiste Lully Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77.Ref: 5
Dec 06Franz Nikolaus Novotny composer, is born.Ref: 5
1744
Jan 15Charles-Hubert Gervais composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 25Domenico Natale Sarro Italian opera composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Feb 09Amos Bull composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Frantisek Antonin Mica composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
May 03Freidrich Wilhelm Weis composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Marianne von Martinez composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Joseph Beer Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Pierre Joseph Candielle composer, is born.Ref: 5
1745
Jan 17Nicolas Roze composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Coelestin Praelisauer composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Feb 18Nicola Fago composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 20Johann Peter Salomon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Joao de Sousa Carvalho composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Silverius Muller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Nicolas Sejan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Nicolas Etienne Framery composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Georg Druschetzky composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Carl Philipp Stamitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 05Christoph Forster composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Dec 22Jan Dismas Zelenka composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
1746
Jan 05Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Jan 11Frantisek Adam Mica composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Gottfried Kirkhoff composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Feb 27Gian Francesco Fortunati composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Maurus Haberhauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Jan David Holland composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Augustin Ullinger composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Oliver Brownson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 19Johann Friedrich Peter composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Oct 07William Billings, Boston Mass, hymn composer (Rose of Sharon), is born.Ref: 5
1747
Feb 17Narciso Casanovas, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Justin Morgan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Johann Abraham Peter Schulz German composer (Moon has Risen), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Alexandre-Auguste Robineau composer, is born.Ref: 5
1748
Jan 01Giovanni Furno composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Stefan Paluselli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Lewis Edson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Emmanuel Aloys Forster composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Christian Gottfried Thomas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Henri Madin composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Feb 05Christian Gottlob Neefe German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Stefan Paluselli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05William Shield composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Johann Gottfried Walther German composer/musicologist, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Apr 07Georg Wenzel Ritter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Georg Michael Telemann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Guillaume Albert Teniers composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Lorenz Justinian Ott composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27William Marshall composer, is born.Ref: 5
1749
Feb 07Andre Cardinal Destouches composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 22Johann Nikolaus Forkel musicologist/1st biographer of Bach, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Bernard Jumentier composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Johann Michael Malzat composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Jean-Frederic Edelmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Domenico Cimarosa Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Francesco Antonio Bonporti composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 23Johann Lukas Schubaur composer, is born.Ref: 5
1750
Jan 11Johann Jakob Walder composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Tomaso Albinoni Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jan 25Johann Gottfried Vierling composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Johann Graf composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 10Stanislao Mattei composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Pietro Filippo Scarlotti composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Mar 23Johannes Matthias Sperger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30John Stafford Smith composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Paul Ignaz Kurzinger composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Elias Mann composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Giuseppe Porsile composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Jul 28Composer Johann Sebastian Bach dies at age 65 in Leipzig, Germany.Ref: 68
Aug 18Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare), is born.Ref: 68
Dec 03Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25John "Christmas" Beckwith composer, is born.Ref: 5
1751
Jan 14Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Ferdinand Kauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Josephus Andreas Fodor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Blas de Laserna composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Karl Haack composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Jan Krtitel Kuchar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Gaetano Manna composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 20Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
Dec 28Josef Blazej Smrcek composer, is born.Ref: 5
1752
Jan 23Muzio Clementi Italian composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Joseph Matthias Kracher composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Charles Broche composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Jose Mauricio composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Johann Georg Joseph Spangler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Edward Jones composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Nicolo Antonio Zingarelli composer (Andromeda), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Sebastien Erard piano/harp manufacturer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Johann Friedrich Kranz composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Ludwig August Lebrun composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Braz Francisco de Lima composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Georg-Friederich Fuchs composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus composer, is born.Ref: 5
1753
Jan 01Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 22Peter Fuchs composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Lambert-Franois Godecharle composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Gerhardus Havingha composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
May 23Giovanni Battista Viotti violonist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Johan Wikmanson composer, is born.Ref: 5
1754
Feb 17Jan Jachym Kopriva composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Silvestro Palma composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Vicente Martin y Soler composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Franz Anton Hoffmeister composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Pierre Dutillieu composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 20Hans Gram composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Giacomo Conti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Etienne Ozi composer, is born.Ref: 5
1755
Jan 07Gallus Zeiler composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Jan 15Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 03Florido Tomeoni composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Albert Christoph Dies composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Franois Alexander Sallantin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Antoine-Frederic Gresnick composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Philipp Christoph Kayser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Pierre-Louis Couperin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Theodor Christleib Reinhold composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 04Vincenc Masek composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Gabriele Prota composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Maurice Greene composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Dec 21Caspar Ruetz composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
1756
Jan 22Vincenzo Righini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Theophilus) composer: Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Symphony #41, Requiem, A Little Night Music; is born in Salzburg, Austria.Ref: 68
Jan 28Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Josef Preindl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Thomas Linley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Johann Melchior Conradi composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 18Johann Christoph Vogel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Georg Gottfried Wagner composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Apr 08Joseph Gehot composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Giacomo Antonio Perti Italian composer, dies at 94.Ref: 5
Apr 23Alexander Reinagle composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Wojciech Zywny composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Thomas Anton Kunz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Pavel Vranicky composer, is born.Ref: 5
1757
Jan 03Johann Abraham Sixt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Ignaz Malzat composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Johann Paul Kunzen composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Mar 27Richard John Samuel Stevens composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Mar 30Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Apr 03Ferenc Verseghy composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Alessandro Rolla composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Wojciech Boguslawski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15George Knowil Jackson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Claus Nielsen Schali composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 23Domenico Scarlatti composer: over 550 clavier sonatas; son of composer Alessandro Scarlatti; dies at age 71.Ref: 4
Dec 11Charles Wesley composer, is born.Ref: 5
1758
Jan 24Johann Chrysostomus Drexel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Pierre-Gabriel Gardel French ballet dancer/choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Bernhard Christian Weber composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Feb 07Benedikt Emanuel Schack composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Christian Ignatius Latrobe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Johann Daniel Ferstenberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Johann Balthasar Konig composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 24Florian Wrastill composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Apr 27Jan Francisci composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Dec 03Josef Gelinek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Johann Friedrich Fasch composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 11Carl Friedrich Zelter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Othon Joseph Vandenbroek composer, is born.Ref: 5
1759
Jan 04Maria Rosa Coccia composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Franois Devienne composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Franois de La Croix composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 14Organist/baroque German-born English composer George Frideric Handel dies in London at age 74.Ref: 68
Apr 18Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Georg Friedrich Hndel buried in Westminster Abbey.Ref: 5
May 15Maria Theresia von Paradis composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Charles Duquesnoy composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Gervais-Franois Couperin composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Antoinio da Silva Leite composer, is born.Ref: 5
1760
Jan 10Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Claudio Casciolini composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 19Melchor Lopez Jimenez composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Franz Xaver Partsch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Jan Ladislav Dussek Bohemia, pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Franois Collin de Blamont composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 15Jean-Franois Le Sueur composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Anton Filtz composer, dies at 26.Ref: 5
Mar 27Ishmail Spicer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27MJ Auguste Vestrius French ballet dancers, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Juan Manuel Olivares composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf Austrian composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 10Johann Christoph Graupner composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Sep 14Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer, is born.Ref: 68
Sep 24John Weaver, English dancer, dies at age 87.Ref: 70
Dec 02Joseph Graetz composer, is born.Ref: 5
1761
Jan 03Willem de Fesch Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 20Giovanni Domenico Perotti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Carlo Cecere composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Feb 22Erik Eriksson Tulindberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Jacob Kimball composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Antonio Palella composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Mar 27Johann Ludwig Steiner composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 20Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier composer, is born.Ref: 5
1762
Jan 13Leonhard Trautsch composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 20Jerome-Joseph de Momigny composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Giuseppe Antonio Silvani composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Johann Tobias Krebs composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 12Laurent Belissen composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 19Friedrich Franz Hurka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Marcos Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Francesco Giuseppi Pollini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Stephen Storace composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Karl Friedrich Horn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Johann Samuel Endler composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 24Joseph Umstatt composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Dec 26Franz Wilhelm Tausch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg.Ref: 5
1763
Mar 06Jean Xavier Lefevre composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Domenico Dragonetti composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Franz Stanislaus Spindler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 15Franz Danzi, German composer of operas, lieder and symphonies, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 02Carl August Thielo composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Dec 23John Davy composer, is born.Ref: 5
1764
Feb 08Joseph Leopold von Eybler Austrian composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Alexander Campbell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Pietro Antonio Locatelli Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 17Johann Mattheson German composer/musicologist, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 18Bernhard Anselm Weber pianist/conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Jaime de Casellas composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 01Gottfried Rieger composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Louis-Sebastien Lebrun composer, is born.Ref: 5
1765
Jan 04Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Jan 12Johann Melchior Molter composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 15Carlmann Kolb composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 09Elisabetta de Gambarini composer, dies at 33.Ref: 5
Mar 04Charles Dibdin England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Pierre-Joseph Le Blan composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
May 28Jean Baptiste Cartier composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Joseph Mazzinghi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Antonio Tonelli composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
1766
Jan 10Louis Massonneau composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Samuel Wesley Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26August Bernhard Valentin Herbing composer, dies at 30.Ref: 5
Mar 03Gregor Joseph Werner composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 25Johannes Ritschel composer, dies at 26.Ref: 5
Mar 28Joseph Weigl Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Tiberius Hemsterhuis Dutch classicist, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Nov 16Rodolphe Kreutzer France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv), is born.Ref: 5
1767
Feb 04Johann Franz Volkert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Heinrich Domnich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Leonhard von Call composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Franz Sparry composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Apr 27Andreas Jakob Romberg German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, dies at 28.Ref: 5
May 24Joseph Ignaz Schnabel composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Ferdinand Franzl composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Friedrich Johann Eck composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer of the late Baroque period, dies at age 86.Ref: 70
Dec 29Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer, is born.Ref: 5
1768
Jan 01Jean-Laurent Krafft composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 28John Wainwright composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Mar 03Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer, dies at age 81.Ref: 5
Mar 12Carolus Antonius Fodor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Mar 21Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier mathematician/Egyptologist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Karl Theodor Toeschi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Michel Mathieu composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Dec 06Johann Baptist Henneberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
1769
Jan 17Ole Andreas Lindeman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Josef Alois Ladurner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Salvatore Vigano composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Josef Antonin Gurecky composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Apr 11Johann Georg Lickl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Giovanni Agostino Perotti composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Charles Hague composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Giuseppe Farinelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
1770
Feb 18Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Ferdinando Carulli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Antoine Reicha composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Franois Hanot composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 26Giuseppe Tartini Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 25Carl Friedrich Ebers composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 28Marie AC de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
May 04Christian Gottfried Krause composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
May 09Charles Avison composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 10Charles Avison composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 19Antoine-Charles Glachant composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat German court organist/composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 13John Clarke-Whitfeld composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Ludwig 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. 
Dec 17Johann Friedrich Schubert composer, is born.Ref: 5
1771
Feb 09Daniel Belknap composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Friedrich Christian Ruppe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Johann Baptist Cramer German/British pianist/composer/publisher, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Armand-Emmanuel Trial composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Isfrid Kayser composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Apr 19Giuseppe Cartufo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Matthaus Stegmayer composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01George Guest composer, is born.Ref: 5
1772
Feb 22Joseph Lipavsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Karl Jacob Wagner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Caspar Furstenau composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11George Reuter composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 27Giovanni Liverati composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Johann Wilhelm Wilms composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Johann Peter Kellner composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 11Henri-Jean Rigel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Johann Gottfried Seyfert composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
1773
Jan 04Johann Peter Heuschkel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Tommaso Marchesi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Florian Johann Deller composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
May 24Jan Zach composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 26Hans Georg Nageli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Joseph Wolfl composer, is born.Ref: 5
1774
Jan 24Karl Moser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Jan 30Jean-Pierre Guignon composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 10Florian Leopold Gassmann composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Feb 16Pierre Rode composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20John Braham composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek organist/pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 20Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes composer, is born.Ref: 5
1775
Jan 15Giovanni Battista Sammartini composer, dies.Ref: 5
Jan 21Manuel Garcia composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garca Spanish tenor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Charles-Franois Dumonchau composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garca Spanish tenor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Nicolas Isouard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Francois Boieldieu, French composer, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 25Antun Sorkocevic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Heinrich Carl Ebell composer, is born.Ref: 5
1776
Jan 24Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann German writer/judge/composer (Undine), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18John Parry composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Vincenzo Lavigna composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Thaddaus Weigl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theroist/composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 24Giuseppi Paolucci composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
May 06James Kent composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 10George Thomas Smart composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Juan Bros y Bertomel composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Charles Ots composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Paul Friedrich Struck composer, is born.Ref: 5
1777
Jan 01Micah Hawkins composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Emanuele Barbella composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Jan 08Filippo Traetta Italy, composer/musicologist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Georg Christoph Wagenzeil Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 18Ignac Ruzitska composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Janos Fusz composer, is born.Ref: 5
1778
Jan 05Fortunato Santini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Anton Fischer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Franz Joseph Volkert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Fernando Sor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Fernando Joseph Maria Sor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Mar 05Thomas A Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 08Friedrich August Kanne composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Joseph Funk composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Johann Balthasar Kehl composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
May 08Johann Gansbacher composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Friedrich Westenholz composer, is born.Ref: 5
1779
Jan 08John White composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Jean Coralli, French dancer/choreographer, is born.Ref: 70
Jan 22Stefano Pavesi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Georg Philipp Kress composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Feb 05Frans van Campenhout Belgian vocalist/composer (Brabanonne), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07William Boyce composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 16William Boyce English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies.Ref: 5
Feb 22Joachim Nicolas Eggert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Jacob Gottfried Weber composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Philipp Roth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Oliver Shaw composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Alexis Garaude composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Angelo Maria Benincori composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Tommaso MFS Traetta Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52.Ref: 5
Apr 11Louise Reichardt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21William Knyvett composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 20Birth of Dorothy Ann Thrupp, English devotional writer and author of the hymn, 'Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us.'Ref: 5
Dec 01Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 28Gennaro Manna composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
1780
Jan 10Francesco Antonio Vallotti Italian organist/composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jan 14Francois-Joseph Dizi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Walenty Karol Kratzer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Juan Jose Landaeta composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Ferdinand Zellbell composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
May 10Peter Lichtenthal composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Joseph Frohlich composer, is born.Ref: 5
1781
Jan 22Franois-Antoine Habeneck composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Johann Siebenkas composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 04Josef Myslivecek composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Mar 11Anthony Philip Heinrich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Gustave Vogt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Garret Wesley Mornington composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
May 24Louis-Franois Dauprat composer/horn player, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Charles Philippe Lafont composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Georg Simon Lohlein composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
1782
Jan 01Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozart's tutor, son of Johann Sebastian Bach, dies at age 46.Ref: 5
Jan 29Daniel-Franois-Esprit Auber French opera composer (Fra Diavolo), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Adrien Trudo Sale composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 19Louis-Henry Paisible composer, dies at 33.Ref: 5
Apr 06Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Apr 14Carlo Coccia composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 20Carlo Giovanni Testori composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
May 20Christoph Gottlieb Schroter composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
May 26Joseph Drechsler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 15Farinelli, Italian castrato singer, dies at age 77.Ref: 70
Oct 27Niccolo Paganini, Genoa It, composer/violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca), is born.Ref: 5
1783
Jan 05Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday.Ref: 5
Feb 10James Nares composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 15Johann Nepomuk Poissl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Gottfied Wilhelm Fink composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Gaspard Fritz composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 26Johann Baptist Weigl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 21Birth 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
May 10Niccola Benvenuti composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Thomas Forbes Walmisley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Johann Christoph Kienlen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Johann Adolf Hasse Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Dec 20Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 28Robert Gallenberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
1784
Jan 01William Beale composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Jan 27Martin-Joseph Mengal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Ferdinand Ries composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Carl Wilhelm Henning composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03John Fane graaf van Westmorland English (opera)composer/diplomat, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Anton Laube composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 27Job Plimpton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Franois-Joseph Ftis Belgian musicology/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Pierre Leclair composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 05Ludwig Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Birth 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
Oct 04Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian composer, music theorist and teacher, dies at age 78.Ref: 70
Oct 15Birth 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
Nov 27Martin-Joseph Mengal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Franois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze composer, is born.Ref: 5
1785
Feb 19Johann Christoph Richter composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 06Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Alexandre Pierre Franois Boely composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff composer, dies at 40.Ref: 5
May 09Franz Xaver Schnitzer composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
May 10Etienne Joseph Floquet composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
May 15Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, dies at 29.Ref: 5
Dec 08Antonio Maria Mazzoni composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 29Johann Heinrich Rolle composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
1786
Jan 03Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 07Frantisek Benda composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 18Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 19John Stanley composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Nov 18Carl Weber composer: Der Freischutz, Euryanthem Oberon, Invitation to the Dance; began the era of German romantic music; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 16Birth 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.Ref: 5
Dec 18Karl Maria von Weber opera composer: Der Freischutz; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 20Pietro Raimondi composer, is born.Ref: 5
1787
Jan 08Johann Ludwig Bohner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13James P Carrell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Maximilian JLP Gardel French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
May 13Johann Michael Malzat composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
May 28Johann Georg Leopold Mozart Austrian composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Nov 15Christoph 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) 
Dec 01Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov composer, is born.Ref: 5
1788
Jan 05Kaspar Ett German organist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Johann Schneider composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 08Erik Drake composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Gaetano Latilla composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Jan 17Alessio Prati composer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
Jan 31Francesco Zannetti composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Feb 10Johann Peter Pixis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 25Mateo Ferrer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Orazio Mei composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Apr 12Johann Erik Nordblom composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Carl Joseph Toeschi composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Apr 12Carlo Antonio Campioni composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 15Giuseppi Bonno composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Dec 12Joseph Gibbs composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Dec 14Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer and son of J. S. Bach, dies at age 74.Ref: 70
Dec 18Camille Pleyel Austria, piano builder/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25John Logan Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40.Ref: 5
1789
Jan 01Christleib Siegmund Binder composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 02Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 20Johann Christoph Oley composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Jan 30George Augustus Kollmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Hippolyte-Andr-Baptiste Chelard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Armand-Louis Couperin French composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 08Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Friedrich Fesca composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 08John Fawcett composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Maria Agata Szymanowska composer, is born.Ref: 5
1790
Jan 06Johann Trier composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 07Antonio Corbisiero composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 11Ignaz Assmayer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Capel Bond composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Feb 16Chretien Urhan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 19Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Feb 21Johann Friedrich Kloffler composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 15Nicola Vaccai composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Vaclav Vilem Wurfel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Ludwig August Lebrun composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
1791
Jan 06Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Louis-J-Ferdinand Hrold France, opera composer (Zampa), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Carl Czerny Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Joseph Schmitt composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
May 29Pietro Romani composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Ildephons Haas composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Sep 05Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, is born in Berlin, Germany. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Dec 04Johann Gottlob Topfer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner composer, is born.Ref: 5
1792
Jan 08Lowell Mason, Medfield MA, organist/composer (Zebulo), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Jean-Louis Laruette composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Feb 29Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Apr 30Johann Friedrich Schwencke composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
May 03Carlo Zuccari composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Jul 08Birth 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').Ref: 5
Dec 11Birth 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").Ref: 5
Dec 15Joseph Martin Kraus composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
1793
Jan 18William Henry Havergal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Pietro Rovelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Bernhard Joseph Klein composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Augustin-Philippe Peellaert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Johann Michael Schmidt composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Apr 09Ernestus Weinrauch composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 30Lorenzo Fago composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
May 07Pietro Nardini composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
May 13Martin Gerbert composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 11Pietro Coppola composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Johann Joachim Christoph Bode composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Dec 20Joseph Legros composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 26Franz Hunten composer, is born.Ref: 5
1794
Jan 06Kaspar Masek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Theobald Bhm flautist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 23Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles composer, is born.Ref: 5
1795
Jan 13Franois-Joseph Krafft composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 19Maria Teresa Agnesi composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Jan 26Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Feb 01Giacomo Insanguine composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 21Francisco Manuel da Silva composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Josef Reicha composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Mar 14Rubert Lucas Pearsall composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Leopold Jansa composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Adolf B Marx German music theorist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Jacques Franois Gallay composer, is born.Ref: 5
1796
Jan 22Bernhard Hupfeld composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 17Giovanni Pacini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Friedrich Wilhelm Rust composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Mar 19Stephen Storace composer, dies at 33.Ref: 5
Mar 22Gaspare Gabellone composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 14Death of Joseph Swain, 35, author of the hymn, "O Thou in Whose Presence My Soul Takes Delight."Ref: 5
Apr 26Auguste-Matthieu Panseron composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Jacob Wilhelm Lustig composer, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Dec 09Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
1797
Jan 30Johann Abraham Sixt composer, dies at 40.Ref: 5
Jan 31Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Austria, composer (Unfinished Symphony), is born in Vienna, Austria.Ref: 5
Feb 08Johann Friedrich Doles composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Feb 11Antoine Dauvergne composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 15Henry Engelhard Steinway piano maker (Steinway), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Antoine d'Auvergne French opera composer (Coquette Trompe), dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 24Samuel Lover composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 01Juan Manuel Olivares composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
Mar 07Karl Schwencke composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Philip Hayes composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Apr 03Nonnosus Madlseder composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 12Josef Antonin Stepan composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 17Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque Belgian composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Johann Hermann Kufferath composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Johann Christian Lobe composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Carl Ludwig Junker composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Nov 29Gaetano Donizetti, composer, is born in Bergamo, Italy. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Dec 19Josef Theodor Krov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Giovanni Marco Rutini composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 26Hans Skramstad composer, is born.Ref: 5
1798
Jan 06Ferdinand Simon Gassner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jan 26Christian Gottlob Neefe German organist/composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Jan 31Karl Gottlieb Reissiger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Niels Schiorring composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Mar 22Justin Morgan composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Apr 09Giuditta Pasta [Negri], soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Franz Joseph Glaser composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Josef Dessauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
1799
Feb 12Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 18Maurus Haberhauer composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Mar 01Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18John Randall composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Mar 25Constantin Reindl composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Apr 01Narciso Casanovas composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Apr 05Vincenzo Fioravanti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Heinrich F L Rellstab German music theorist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Joseph Rastrelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Pieter Hellendaal violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 28Franois Giroust composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 02Henri-Joseph Rigel composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
May 09Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 27Jacques-Franois-Fromental-Elle Halevy [Elie Levy], composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Birth of Alexis F. Lvov, Russian church musician who composed the tune to the hymn, 'God, the Almighty One! Wisely Ordaining.'.Ref: 5
Aug 21Birth 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".Ref: 5
Oct 24Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, German composer, dies at age 59.Ref: 70
Dec 05Robert Kimmerling composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Dec 20David Traugott Nicolai composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Dec 31Thomas Taglichsbeck composer, is born.Ref: 5
1800
Jan 01Sydney Nelson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Vaclav Horak composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06William Jones composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 10Johan Wikmanson composer, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Jan 14Ludwig A F Ritter von Kchel Austrian musicologist (Mozart, Fux), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Christian Friedrich Schale composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Mar 03Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 09Dominique Della-Maria composer, dies at 30.Ref: 5
Apr 16Jozef Stefani composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18John Evangelist Schreiber composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
May 06Ferdinand Marcucci composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Niccol Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 10Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Carl Friedrich Zollner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Georg Peter Weimar composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Dec 27John Goss composer, is born.Ref: 5
1801
Jan 11John Lodge Ellerton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Domenico Cimarosa Italian composer (Matrimonio segreto), dies at 51.Ref: 5
Jan 21Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Johannes Bernardus van Bree Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Adolf Fredrik Lindblad composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Johann Chrysostomus Drexel composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Feb 21Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Christian Friedrich Penzel composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 17Juan de Sesse y Balaguer composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 21Andrea Lucchesi composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Apr 12Josef Franz Karl Lanner Austria, composer/violist, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Johann Ernst Altenburg composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 22Heinrich Gottfried Reichard composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Nov 03Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer, is born.Ref: 70
1802
Jan 03Feliks Ostrowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Marie Allard French ballerina, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Jan 27Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Feb 20Charles-Auguste de Beriot Belgian violinist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Johann Georg Witthauer composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Mar 29Frederic Thieme composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Apr 01Hubert Reis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Abraham Louis Niedermeyer composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Cesare Pugni composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Dec 31Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
1803
Jan 02Ignaz Franz von Beecke composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Jan 06Henri Herz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Georg von Pasterwiz composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 06Gasparo Angiolini, Italian choreographer/composer, dies at age 71.Ref: 70
Feb 16Jan V clav Stich Bohemian composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Feb 20Friedrich Theodor Frohlich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Candido Jose Ruano composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Apr 02Franz Paul Lachner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Alfred Julius Becher composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Johan Peter Cronhamm composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Hector Berlioz, French composer and conductor (Symphonie Fantastique, La Damnation de Faust), is born.Ref: 2
Dec 15August Freyer composer, is born.Ref: 5
1804
Jan 12Hippolyte Monpou composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14John Park composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Karl August Krebs composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Leopold Eugen Mechura composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Christian Ernst Graf composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Mar 01Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 04Karl Leopold Rollig composer, dies.Ref: 5
Mar 14Johann Strauss the Elder Viennese violinist/composer (Radetzky March), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Ignaz Malzat composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Mar 30Salomon Sulzer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Joseph Fischhof composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Hans Gram composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
May 31Jeanne-Louise Farrenc composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 01Mikhail Glinka Novosspaskoye Russia, composer (Jota Aragonesa), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Sir Julius Benedict Stuttgart Germany, opera composer (Protoghesi), is born.Ref: 5
1805
Jan 04Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Jan 23Vaclav Pichl composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 24Giacomo Conti composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Feb 04Georg Andreas Henkel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Stefan Paluselli composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Mar 05Theodore Labarre composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Adrien de La Fage composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Lorenz Justinian Ott composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Apr 19Charles Edmond-Hnri de Coussemaker Belgian musicologist/historian, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62.Ref: 5
Aug 21August Bournonville, Danish director of the Danish Royal Ballet, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 10Friedrich Franz Hurka composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Dec 26Joseph-Leon Gatayes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Tomas Genoves y Lapetra composer, is born.Ref: 5
1806
Jan 19Vaclav Jindrich Veit composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Juan Crisstomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Vicente Martin y Soler composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Feb 23John Alcock composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Mar 16Giuseppe Colla composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Mar 23George Frederic Pinto composer, dies at 20.Ref: 5
Mar 26Josef Slavik composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Apr 18Ludwig Schuberth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Jan Bedrich Kittl composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Charles-Joseph Tolbecque composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Juan Crisstomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Louis-Gilbert Duprez composer, is born.Ref: 5
1807
Jan 02Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Baltasar Saldoni composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Ludwig Erk composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Hans Matthison-Hansen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06John Reid composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 15Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Franois Guichard composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 11Anton Eberl composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Apr 01Louis Franois Chambray composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 01Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 15Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata composer, is born.Ref: 5
1808
Jan 12Paul "the Great" Taglioni Vienna, ballet choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Francesco Gomez da Rocha composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Gaetano Gaspari composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Auguste Franchomme composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Alois Luigi Tomasini composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 15Gottfried Herrmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Michael Balfe, Irish singer and composer; wrote "The Bohemian Girl", is born.Ref: 70
May 17Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Joaquim Casimiro Jr composer, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 23Gaetano Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at age 79.Ref: 70
Oct 21Birth 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.Ref: 5
Dec 01Anton Fischer composer, dies at 30.Ref: 5
Dec 06Johann Christian Gebauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Albert Grisar composer, is born.Ref: 5
1809
Jan 02Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Bartolomeo Giacometti composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Jan 20Sebastian de Iradier Spanish composer (La Paloma), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Felix Mendelssohn), the composer, is born in Leipzig, Germany.Ref: 68
Feb 20Johann Joseph Emmert composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 07Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 19Fredrik Pacius composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Mar 26Gabriele Mario Piozzi composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Mar 31Otto Jonas Lindblad composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Eugene-Prosper Prevost composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06William Walker composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Composer Franz Joseph Haydn dies on his 77th birthday in Vienna, Austria. (Also: Almanac of Famous People, ISBN 0-7876-0044-X, 1998)Ref: 68
Dec 20Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Franz Ignaz Beck composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
1810
Jan 05Auguste Mermet composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Joseph Lipavsky composer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
Jan 08Robert Schumann Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Ole Bull composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Norbert Burgmuller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Loisa Puget composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Johann Friedrich Kranz composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 22Frdric F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, is born. (and Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)Ref: 68
Feb 22Holger Simon Paulli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Johann Ernst Rembt composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Mar 09Jean-Georges Kastner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Konrad Back composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Apr 11Jakob Zupan composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 13Flicien C David French composer (Perle du Brsil, Dsert), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Hans Christian Lumbye composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08Robert Schumann, Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer (Fantastiesticke), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 09Otto Nicolai, German opera composer, is born.Ref: 70
Aug 14Birth 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".Ref: 5
Dec 01Joseph Gungl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Johann Heinrich Egli composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 21Ludwig Schuncke composer, is born.Ref: 5
1811
Feb 23George Washington Hewitt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Carl Schuberth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Christian Heinrich Hohmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Frantisek Adam Mica composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 23Camille Marie Stamaty composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Angelo Catelani Italian composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Ernest Louis Muller composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 17Ann Sheppard Mounsey composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Aug 05Ambroise Thomas Metz, France, composer (Mignon), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 22Franz Liszt, Raiding, Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Ignaz Spangler composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 08Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17John Antes composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 17Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
1812
Jan 08Sigismond Fortune Franois Thalberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08William Henry Holmes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Carl Gradener composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Johannes Herbst composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Jan 24Eligio Celestino composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 05Franz Schneider composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 09Franz Anton Hoffmeister composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 19Lauro Rossi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29Hermann Hirschboch German composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Jakob Eduard Schmolzer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11William Vincent Wallace composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Jan Ladislav Dussek Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Apr 06Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Louis-Antoine Julien conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Franz Sebastian Haindl composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Apr 27Friedrich von Flotow, German-born French composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Johann Matthias Sperger composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 20Gustav Adolf Mankell composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Joseph Wolfl composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
Dec 12John Malchair composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 13Marianne von Martinez composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 15Isidor Dannstrom composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Wiktor Kazynski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Achille Peri composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23William Hauser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Michel Delalande composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Dec 24Henry Russell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Wilhelm Volkmar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Julius Reitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
1813
Jan 23Franz Commer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Jan Joseph Rosler composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Feb 14Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02George Alexander Macfarren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Matthias Keller Ulm Germany, hymn writer (O Farther un High), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Joachim Nicolas Eggert composer, dies at 34.Ref: 5
Apr 29Christian Danner composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
May 15Stephen Heller composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Richard Wagner, Leipzig Germany, composer (Ring, Flying Dutchman), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 24Andre-Ernest Gretry, French operatic composer, dies at age 72,Ref: 68
Oct 10Giuseppe Verdi, composed operas (Rigoletto, Aida, Otello), is born in Le Roncole, Italy.Ref: 5
Oct 26Birth 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").Ref: 5
Dec 01Ferdinando Bertoni composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Dec 02Jacob Rosenhaim composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Errico Petrella composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Henry Wellington Greatorex composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Etienne-Joseph Soubre composer, is born.Ref: 5
1814
Jan 05Johann Gottfried Krebs composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 14Johannes Josephus Viotta composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Feb 03Johann Antonin Kozeluch composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Feb 13Augustin Holler composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 21Nicolo Gabrielli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Henryk Oskar Kolberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Charles Kensington Salaman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Jules Eugene Abraham Alary composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Beni Egressy composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06George Joseph Vogler composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
May 07Franz Volrath Buttstett composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 09Adolph von Henselt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01August Rockel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Jose Angel Lamas composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
1815
Jan 09William Jackson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Adolph Trube composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09William Jackson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Franz Gotz composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Feb 19Leonhard von Call composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Mar 02Antonio Buzzolla composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Jean Delphin Alard French violinist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Josephine Lang composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Wincenty Studzinski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Friedrich Robert Volkmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Klara Fey German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Henry Hugo Pierson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Birth 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."Ref: 5
May 21Roman Hoffstetter composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Oct 29Daniel Decatur Emmett composer: Dixie [Dixies Land]; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 19Michel Woldemar composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Dec 19Robert Hudson composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 22Lucien Petipa French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Temistocle Solera composer, is born.Ref: 5
1816
Jan 01Franois Alexander Sallantin composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Jan 15Henry Harington composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Feb 04Meingosus Gaelle composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 10Johann Paul Aegidius Martini composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 17Friedrich Wilhelm Markull composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Johann Paul Schulthesius composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 19Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Ignaz Vitzthumb composer, dies at 95.Ref: 5
Mar 27George Elvey composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Sir William Sterndale Bennett, composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Gualtiero Sanelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 13Birth of Edward F. Rimbault, the English church organist who composed the hymn tune to which is sung 'O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice.'.Ref: 5
Dec 15Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Dec 16Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli] Italian dancer/choreographer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
1817
Jan 14Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Jan 16Antonin Josef Alois Volanek composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 18Jacques Gregoir composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Feb 02Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Franz Wilhelm Tausch composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Feb 20Martin de Ron composer, dies at 27.Ref: 5
Feb 22Niels Wilhelm Gade Danish violinist/composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Luigi Gatti composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 13Matej Sojka composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 18Johann Jakob Walder composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 24Aime Maillart composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Teodulo Mabellini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Bonaventura Furlanetto composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 02Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Fanny Cerrito, Russian-born American composer for stage and screen musicals, is born.Ref: 70
May 21Johann Friedrich Christmann composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
May 31Edouard Deldevez composer, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 25Joseph 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.").Ref: 5
Dec 01Justin Heinrich Knechtl composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
1818
Jan 01Fedele Fenaroli composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Feb 01Giuseppi Gazzaniga composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Mar 23Nicolas Isouard composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Mar 27Jakob Axel Josephson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 06Francis Henry Brown composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Marek Konrad Sokolowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 08Franz Ignaz Kaa composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jun 17Charles Gounod, composer, is born in Paris, France. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)Ref: 5
Nov 12Birth 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."Ref: 5
Dec 31Jean-Pierre Duport composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
1819
Jan 08Christian Gottlob Saupe composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 14Fabio Campana composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Richard Storrs Willis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Samuel Parkman Tuckerman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Joseph Philbrick Webster composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Bernardo Calvo Puig composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Charles Oberthur composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Janos Fusz composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Mar 11Marius Petipa French ballet dancer/choreographer (Don Quiotte), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Nicolas Sejan composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 22Birth 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").Ref: 5
Mar 26Francisco Eduardo da Costa composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Hubert Leonard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Franz von Supp Spalato Dalmatia, composer (Light Cavalry Over), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Nicola De Giosa composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Stanislaw Moniuszko Polish composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Caspar Furstenau composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
May 17Johann Nepomuk Kafka composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Julius Hopp composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Julia Ward Howe, American author and reformer; wrote "Battle Hymn of the Republic", is born.Ref: 70
Jun 20Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann), is born.Ref: 68
Jun 28Carlotta Grisi, Italian ballerina, is born.Ref: 70
Jun 30Lucile Grahn, Danish choreographer and ballerina, is born.Ref: 70
Jul 24Birth of Josiah G. Holland, American writer who in 1874 authored the Christmas hymn, 'There's a Song in the Air'.Ref: 5
Sep 13Clara Schumann (ne Wieck) Leipzig, Germany, pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Edwin George Monk composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Dec 22Franz Wilhelm Abt German composer/choir conductor, is born.Ref: 5
1820
Jan 09Pavel Krizkovsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Joseph F Weigl German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 07Samuel Adams Holyoke composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 09Pavel Krizkovsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Guillaume Albert Teniers composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 13Bela Albrecht Pal Keler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Henri Vieuxtemps Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29Adolf Schimon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Richard Redhead composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Frank Mori composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Jean-Etienne Despreaux composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 17Gottfried Conradi composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Matthaus Stegmayer composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
May 14Paul Friedrich Struck composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
May 22Alexander Ernst Fesca composer, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 13Sir George Grove, English writer of the Dictionary of Music and Musicians, is born in London, England.Ref: 70
Aug 30Birth 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."Ref: 5
Oct 06The Swedish Nightingale Jenny (Johanna) Lind is born.Ref: 4
Oct 28Birth 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."Ref: 5
Dec 21Charles-Franois Dumonchau composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
1821
Jan 12Nikolai Afanisev composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Paul Anton Wineberger composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Feb 21Charles Scribner US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Giovanni Bottesini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Bernhard Anselm Weber pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Apr 09Felix Maximo Lopez composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 15John Wall Calcott composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
May 25Diederich Krug composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 21Birth 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.'Ref: 5
Dec 15Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Gian Francesco Fortunati composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 22Giovanni Bottesini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Angelo Maria Benincori composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
1822
Jan 07Theodor Aufrecht German indologist (Rigveda's Hymns), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Alfredo Carlo Piatti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Nicholas Mori composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Jean-Baptiste Davaux composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 07Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Theodor Uhlig composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Jeronymo Francisco de Lima composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 22Johann Ignaz Walter composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 27Eugene Gautier composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber composer, dies at 40.Ref: 5
Mar 03Franz Adam Veichtner composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 07Victor Masse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano.Ref: 5
Mar 22Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna.Ref: 5
Mar 31Rafael Hernando composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Franz Xaver Partsch composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 13Gaetano Valeri composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Apr 26Jan Albert van Eyken composer/organist, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Charles Duquesnoy composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 15Christian Ludwig Dieter composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
May 16Eduard Hille Dutch composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Henry Wylde composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Josef Joachim Raff composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Csar Franck, Liege Belgium, composer (Rebecca), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Edward Stephen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Ferenc Verseghy composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Dec 16Charles Edward Horsley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27John Roberts composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Albert Christoph Dies composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
1823
Jan 03Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens Flemish composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05William Rockstro, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Alexandre Edouard Goria composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole), is born in Lille, France.Ref: 5
Feb 07Richard Genee composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Johann Gottfried Schict composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Mar 16William Henry Monk composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Coelestin Jungbauer composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 19Birth of Anna L. Waring, Welsh Anglican hymnwriter. "In Heavenly Love Abiding" is one of her best-known hymns, and is still sung today.Ref: 5
May 15Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 17Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby contralto/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Ernest Reyer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Joseph Pouteau composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Dec 07Johann Gottlieb Schwencke composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 10Wilhelm Kuhe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 23Alexandru Flechtenmacher composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Philipp Christoph Kayser composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
1824
Jan 08Per August Olander composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Victor Emanuel I king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64.Ref: 5
Jan 13Ignacy Marceli Komorowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Josef Leopold Zvonar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Karl von Perfall composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Maria Theresia von Paradis composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Feb 22John Davy composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Mar 02Bedrich Friedrich Smetana Bohemian composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Giovanni Battista Viotti Italian violist/composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 12Heinrich Carl Ebell composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Mar 22Johann Melchior Dreyer composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 18Edward Jones composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 21Anselmo Clave composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27William Richard Bexfield composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Alexander Campbell composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Jun 23Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, conductor and teacher, is born.Ref: 70
Aug 31Birth 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.'.Ref: 5
Sep 04Anton Bruckner, composer, is born in Ansfelden, Austria. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Dec 24Peter Cornelius composer, is born.Ref: 5
1825
Feb 05Pierre Gaveaux composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Feb 07Crystobal Oudrid y Segura composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16George Gerson composer, dies at 34.Ref: 5
Feb 26Hans Balatka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08George William Martin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Giovanni Domenico Perotti composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Apr 03Adolf Rzepko composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Josef Gelinek composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 07Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74.Ref: 68
May 10Rudolf Viole composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Elias Mann composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 12Stanislao Mattei composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 22Domenico Corri composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 26Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza composer, is born.Ref: 5
Oct 25Johann Strauss (the younger) composer (Waltz King), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Robert Prescott Stewart composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19George Frederick Bristow composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Esteban Salas y Castro composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Reinhold Finsterbusch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini composer, dies.Ref: 5
Dec 30Peter Gronland composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
1826
Jan 17Juan Crisstomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer, dies at 19.Ref: 5
Feb 16Franz von Holstein composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01John Thomas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Jean Joseph Bott German violinist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Gervais-Franois Couperin composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 14William Fisk Sherwin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Leon Minkus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Jakob Haibel composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Apr 07Johann Hermann Berens composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Franz Danzi, German composer of operas, lieder and symphonies, dies at age 62.Ref: 70
Apr 20Birth 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").Ref: 5
Apr 28Alexander Stadtfeld composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Giuseppe Sigismondo composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
May 24Friedrich Fesca composer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
May 25Christian Friedrich Ruppe composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jun 05Carl Weber, German composer: Der Freischutz, Euryanthem Oberon, Invitation to the Dance; began the era of German romantic music, dies at age 39.Ref: 4
Jun 06Karl Maria von Weber opera composer: Der Freischutz; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 04Stephen 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.Ref: 4
Dec 03Edmond van der Straeten Belgian lawyer/musicologist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Benedikt Emanuel Schack composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 21Ernst Pauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Ignacy Krzyzanowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Franz Coenen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Henry Hiles composer, is born.Ref: 5
1827
Jan 19Carlos Guido y Spano Argentina, conductor (Rfagas), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Johann Philipp Christian Schulz composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Feb 02Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Feb 07Franz Anton Dimmler composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 26David Moritz Michael composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 09Franz Xaver Gerl composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 11Septimus Winner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Emanuel Kania composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26German 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."Ref: 2
Mar 29Composer Ludwig van Beethoven is buried in Vienna amidst a crowd of over 10,000 mourners.Ref: 2
Apr 12Edward Mollenhauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Julius Tausch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Pierre Joseph Candielle composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 26Bernardo Ottani composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Dec 09Frantois Leonard Rouwyzer composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Dec 26Jan David Holland composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
1828
Jan 13Alexandre-Auguste Robineau composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 24Karol Studzinski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Louis Schubert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Antonio Cagnoni composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Karl Collan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Johann Gungl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Johann Anton Sulzer composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 05Pietro Plantania composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Guilherme Antonio Cossoul composer, is born.Ref: 5
Oct 20Birth 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".Ref: 5
Nov 19In Vienna, Composer Franz Schubert dies of syphillus at age 31.Ref: 2
Nov 27Louis Schubert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Waldemar Thrane composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
1829
Jan 03Robert Archibald Smith composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Jan 12Michael Gottard Fischer composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 24William Mason composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25William Shield composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 16Franois-Joseph Gossec Belgian/French composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95.Ref: 5
Feb 18Jan Krtitel Kuchar composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 20Charles Albert White composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Death 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."Ref: 5
May 08Louis Moreau Gottschalk first internationally recognized US pianist, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
May 09Ciro Pinsuti pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Paul Karrer composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Bernardo Bittoni composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Nov 28Anton Rubinstein Vykhvatinetz Podolia, composer (Omitri Donskoy), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Johann Christoph Kienlen composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Dec 14Luigi Marchesi composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 17Bernard Jumentier composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 24Benjamin Ipavec composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Jose Rogel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Patrick S Gilmore composer, is born.Ref: 5
1830
Jan 03Alexander Ewing composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Hans von Blow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer, is born.Ref: 68
Jan 19Wenzel Thomas Matiegka composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Jan 20Michal Bogdanowicz composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Jan 27Georg Hellmesberger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal Portuguese composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 11Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Peter Arnold Heise composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26John Rogers Thomas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Auguste Tolbecque composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Carl Borromaus Neuner composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Apr 13Eduard Lassen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 18Karl Goldmark Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Karoly Filtsch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Georg Hellmesberger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Francesco D'Arcais composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Adam Minchejmer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Adrien-Joseph van Helmont composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
1831
Jan 01William Joseph Westbrook composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Rodolphe Kreutzer France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv), dies at age 64.Ref: 70
Jan 08Franz Vinzenz Krommer composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 17Francisco Salvador Daniel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Eduard Rappoldi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Filippo Marchetti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Georg Michael Telemann composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Mar 12Johann Franz Volkert composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 14Leon Leopold Lewandoski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Ferdinand Kauer composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 05Friedrich Ludwig Seidel composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 24Richard Hoffman composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Benjamin Carr composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jun 28Joseph Joachi, Kittsee Germany, violinist (Hungarian Concerto), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 22Birth 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".Ref: 5
Dec 02Traugott Maximilian Eberwein composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Dec 11John George Schetky composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Dec 25Johann Herbeck composer, is born.Ref: 5
1832
Jan 19Ferdinand Laub composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Salvador Giner y Vidal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Franz Wullner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Feb 15Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Mar 01Friedrich Grutzmacher composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Muzio Clementi Italian composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Mar 12Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Mar 13Alberto Randegger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Vaclav Vilem Wurfel composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
May 15Carl Friedrich Zelter composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 18Bonafacio Asioli composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 26Franois-Louis Perne composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Jun 03Charles Lecocq, French composer of operettas, is born.Ref: 70
Oct 03Birth 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."Ref: 5
Oct 07Birth 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."Ref: 5
Dec 22Ishmail Spicer composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
1833
Jan 07Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 10Antoinio da Silva Leite composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 19Louis-J-Ferdinand Hrold French composer (Pr aux clercs), dies at 41.Ref: 5
Feb 18Georg Johann Schinn composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Feb 18Ignac Ruzitska composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Feb 22Josef Foerster composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Fridolin Weber composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Mar 20Henry Southwick Perkins composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Antoni Henryk Radziwill Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
May 07Johannes Brahms, the composer, born in Hamburg. Works include Brahms Lullaby. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
May 09Boleslaw Dembinski composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
May 28Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 29William Marshall composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
May 30Josef Slavik composer, dies at 27.Ref: 5
Oct 05Birth 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."Ref: 5
Nov 11Aleksandr Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable), is born. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Nov 12Aleksandr Borodin Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 16Friedrich August Kanne composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
1834
Jan 14William Cleaver Francis Robinson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Pablo Hernandez Salces composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Amelie Julia Candielle composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 09Franz Xaver Witt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Albert Heinrich Zabel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Aleksander Zarzycki composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Peter Nicolai von Wilm composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Julius Reubke composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Isidore Edouard Legouix composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Birth 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".Ref: 5
May 23Charles Wesley composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Aug 31Amilcare Ponchielli Paderno Italy, composer (I Lituani), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 08Francois Boieldieu, French composer, dies at age 58.Ref: 70
Dec 07Ludwig Schuncke composer, dies at 23.Ref: 5
1835
Jan 05Friedrich Richard Faltin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Johan Filip von Schantz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Luigi Manzotti Milano, ballet choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Ludwik Grossman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Manuel Fernandez Caballero composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Eduard Strauss Austria, composer (318 Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Bernhard Scholz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Jose Marraco y Ferrer composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Edmund Hart Turpin composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Birth 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."Ref: 5
Jul 10Henryk Wieniawski Lubin Poland, violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 23Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer, dies at age 33.Ref: 2
Oct 09Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 07Dom Joseph Pothier French monk/musicologist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Georges Jean Pfeiffer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Phillips Brooks, Episcopal clergyman who wrote the lyrics for "O Little Town of Bethlehem", is born.Ref: 2
Dec 18Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 29Charles-Joseph Tolbecque composer, dies at 29.Ref: 5
1836
Jan 03Friedrich Witt composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 17Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Henryk Szulc composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Benjamin Edward Woolf Dutch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Lo Delibes Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer (Copplia), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Emil Hartmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Eduard Wachmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22John Clarke-Whitfeld composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 11Charles Eastlake, English museologist and art writer, is born.Ref: 70
Mar 15Henrique Alves de Mesquita composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Jesus Monasterio composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Jerome Hopkins composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Christian Ignatius Latrobe composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 07Norbert Burgmuller composer, dies at 26.Ref: 5
May 18Isidor Vorobchievici composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Anton Reicha composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Nov 18Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, comic opera libretto writer: team: Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance; is born in London England.Ref: 4
Dec 04Daniel Read composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 12Giuseppe Farinelli composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 26Hans Georg Nageli composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Dec 29Johann Baptist Schenk composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
1837
Jan 02Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11John Field Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54.Ref: 5
Jan 12Adolf Jensen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Carlos Troyer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23John Field composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Feb 13Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Felix Alexandre Guilmant composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Joseph Wieniawski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Joseph Lincke composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Mar 28Felix Mendelssohn marries Ccile Jeanrenaud.Ref: 5
Apr 25William Charles Levey composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Alfred Gaul composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85.Ref: 5
May 29Birth 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."Ref: 5
May 29Luca Fumagalli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Charles mile Waldteufel Strasbourg France, waltz composer (Skaters), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Cosima Liszt wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Benjamin Johnson Lang composer, is born.Ref: 5
1838
Jan 06Max Bruch Kln (Cologne), Germany, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Ferdinand Reis composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Jan 20Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Feb 05Philippe Libon composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Feb 22Friedrich Johann Eck composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 26Wendelin Weissheimer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Birth 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."Ref: 5
Mar 02David Duffle Wood composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Paul Lacome composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Thomas Attwood composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 10Birth of Edward Kremser, German chorister. Included among his numerous vocal and instrumental works is the enduring hymn tune KREMSER ("We Gather Together").Ref: 5
Apr 11Joseph Leopold Rockel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Karel Bendl, composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Alfred Humphreys Pease composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Thomas Busby composer, dies.Ref: 5
Jul 09Birth 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.'.Ref: 5
Aug 12Birth 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").Ref: 5
Oct 25Composer (of "Carmen" and others) Georges Bizet is born.Ref: 4
Dec 04Melesio Morales composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Whitney Eugene Thayer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Berthold Tours composer, is born.Ref: 5
1839
Jan 09John Knowles Paine Portland ME, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Emil Bohn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Bohumil Pazdirek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Georg Abraham Schneider composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
Jan 27Birth 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).Ref: 5
Feb 09John Knowles Paine Portland ME, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Ignace Antoine Ladurner pianist/composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Mar 09Modest P Mussorgsky Russian composer (Boris Godunov), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Birth 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."Ref: 5
Mar 10Dudley Buck Hartford CT, organist/church composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Robert Gallenberg composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Mar 17Josef Rheinberger Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Modest Mussorgsky composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mountain), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Stanislaw Pilinski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Victorin de Joncieres composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Frantz Jehin-Prume composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Giuseppe Rossini father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies.Ref: 5
May 03Ferdinando Paer composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 19Alice Mary Smith composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Birth 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).Ref: 5
Dec 07Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Dec 18Charles-Henri Plantade composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
1840
Jan 18Ernst Rudorff composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Georg Jacobi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Alexis Hollander composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Franco Faccio Italian composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Carli Zoeller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11John Conrad Nordqvist composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Edmond Audran composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Franz Xaver Haberl German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Gottlob Benedikt Bierey composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 05Matthaus Fischer composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 07Peter I. Tchaikovsky, composer, is born. Works include Marche Slave, 1812 Overture, Swan Lake and the Nutcracker Suite.Ref: 68
May 11Filippo Capocci composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Niccolo Paganini composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
May 27Niccol Paganini composer/violinist, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Jul 04Birth of American sacred composer James McGranahan. His most enduring melodies include CHRIST RETURNETH, MY REDEEMER, NEUMEISTER ('Christ Receiveth Sinful Men') andSHOWERS OF BLESSING.Ref: 5
Dec 07Hermann Goetz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Christian Frederik Emil Horneman composer, is born.Ref: 5
1841
Jan 18Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier France, composer (Le Roi Malgr Lui), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Viktor Ernst Nessler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Walter Parratt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Antun Sorkocevic composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 17Ferdinando Carulli composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 18Samuel Prowse Warren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Felipe Pedrell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Romualdo Marenco composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Birth 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."Ref: 5
Apr 25Pauline Lucca soprano, is born.Ref: 5
May 06John Thomson composer, dies at 35.Ref: 5
May 15Giovanni Bolzoni composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Joseph Parry composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Tito Mattei pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Giovanni Sgambati composer, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 08Antonin 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) 
Oct 10Birth 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."Ref: 5
Dec 03Birth of Clara H. Scott, American music teacher and composer.Ref: 5
Dec 07Johann Daniel Ferstenberg composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 18Felice Blangini composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
1842
Jan 07Johan Lindegren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Charles Henri Marechal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Sidney Clopton Lanier US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Wojciech Zywny composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 22Carl Rosa Hamburg Germany, founder (Rosa opera company), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Arrigio Enrico Boito composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Christian Theodor Weinlig composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 15Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian-born French composer of opera and sacred music (Dies Irae), dies at 81.Ref: 68
Mar 22Carl A N Rosa German violinist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Sven August Korling composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Karl Millcker Austria conductor/composer (Beggar Student), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Johann Nepomuk Fuchs composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Jules Emile Massenet, composer, is born in Montaud, France. (also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)Ref: 5
May 13Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, London England, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, who collaborated with Sir William Gilbert in writing 14 comic operas, is born in London.Ref: 68
Dec 05MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 15Henry Gadsby composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Nicola d' Arienzo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Bedrich Divis Weber composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 28Calixa Lavallee composer, is born.Ref: 5
1843
Jan 01Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Franz Schoberlechner composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Jan 09Christiaan A Ulder Curaao, composer (waltzes/tumbas), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Christiaan A Ulder Curaao, composer (waltzes/tumbas), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Adelina Patti Madrid Spain, operatic coloratura (Lucia), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05William F Sudds composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Artur Napoleao dos Santos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Hans Richter Gyr (Raab/Gyoer) Hungary, conductor (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Gustave Leon Huberti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Joseph Franz Karl Lanner Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Apr 15Carl Eilhardt composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Carl Michael Ziehrer composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Johann Georg Lickl composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 23Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Emile Pessard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 15Edvard Grieg, composer, is born in Bergen, Norway. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)Ref: 4
Jul 09Birth of Ralph E. Hudson, sacred composer and music publisher. His most enduring hymns include 'At the Cross' and 'Blessed Be the Name.'Ref: 5
Dec 13George Stephanescu, composer, is born.Ref: 5
1844
Jan 04Thomas H Rollinson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Clara Kathleen Rogers composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Joseph Mazzinghi composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jan 20Johan Peter Selmer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Frederick E Kitziger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Leander Schlegel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Charles-Marie Widor Lyons France, composer/professor (Paris Conservatory), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Kazamierz Julian Kratzer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29Thaddaus Weigl composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 06Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, the composer, is born in Russia.Ref: 70
Mar 10Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez composer (Spanish Dancing), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Nicolai Andreevich Rimski-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee, Scheherazade), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Eugene Gigout composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Joseph Ludwig composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 22Henri-Montan Berton composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 03Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Hermann Gradener composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Guiseppi Baini composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
May 28Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Louis Varney composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Alfred Cellier composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05John Frederick Bridge composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Izydor Lotto composer, is born.Ref: 5
1845
Jan 15Heinrich Vogl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Francesco Ruggi composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 20Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 26Aleksander Rozycki composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Alfonse Hasselmans composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19George Augustus Kollmann composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Mar 22Franz Joseph Volkert composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 18Wilhelm Gericke composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Karoly Filtsch composer, dies at 14.Ref: 5
May 12Gabriel Urbain Faur, composer, is born in Pamiers, Ariege, France. (also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)Ref: 5
Aug 08Birth 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".Ref: 5
Dec 02Johannes Simon Mayr composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 26Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Augusto de Oliviera Machado composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Homer Newton Bartlett composer, is born.Ref: 5
1846
Jan 02Sandor Erkel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Albert Cahen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08William Wallace Gilchrist composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Joseph Weigl Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 18Giovanni Liverati composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 22Carolus Antonius Fodor composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 24Luigi Denza composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Birth 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."Ref: 5
Feb 27Joaquin Valverde composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Domenico Dragonetti composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
May 02Zygmunt Noskowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Federico Chueca Madrid Spain, composer (La Gran Via), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Giacomo Cordella composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 09Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 26Arthur Coquard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 23Birth of William R. Featherstone, Canadian Methodist hymnwriter. He penned thewords to 'My Jesus, I Love Thee' before age 16.Ref: 5
Dec 06Henryk Jarecki composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Andreas Hallen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Richard Kleinmichel composer, is born.Ref: 5
1847
Jan 22Georges-Julien Sieber composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 02Jules Franois Blasini Curaaos pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Ernst Franck German composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Robert Fuchs composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka German composer (Album polonaise), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Constantin Dimitrescu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 29Birth 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."Ref: 5
Mar 31Jarolslaw Zielinski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Gavriil Musicescu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Francis William Davenport composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Charles Swinnerton Heap composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Erik Gustaf Geijer composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
May 13Johannes Haarklou composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
May 16Kaspar Ett German organist/composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 25Alphonse Goovaerts composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 03Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Felix Mendelssohn), the composer, dies in Hamburg, Germany.Ref: 68
Nov 07Birth 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."Ref: 5
Dec 01Agathe Grondahl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Augusta Mary Anne Holmes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29William Crotch composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
1848
Jan 05Ferdinando Orlandi composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 21Henri Duparc French composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Luigi Mancinelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Thomas Paine Westendorf composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Frans van Campenhout Belgian singer/composer (Brabanonne), dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 27Charles Hubert H Parry England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Cyrill Kistler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Horace Wadham Nicholl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31John Henry Roberts composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Domenico 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)Ref: 5
Apr 24Franois van Campenhout Belgian composer (Brabanonne), dies at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 28Ludvig Schytte composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Adalbert von Goldschmidt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Death of Joseph Mohr, 56, Austrian Roman Catholic vicar and author in 1818 of the enduring Christmas hymn, "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night").Ref: 5
Dec 17Frederick Grant Gleason composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Karl Schroder composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Edward Everett Rice composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Johann Erik Nordblom composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Dec 30Mary Frances Allitsen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Oliver Shaw composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
1849
Feb 08Franois-Antoine Habeneck composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 09Corneille Vander Planken composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 13Christian Rummel composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 22Alexander Ernst Fesca composer, dies at 28.Ref: 5
May 11Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer/conductor, dies at 38.Ref: 5
May 27"Blind" Tom Bethune pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Lonard du Bus de Gisignies Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Sep 24Johann, elder Strauss, Austrian composer of Viennese waltzes, dies at age 45.Ref: 70
Oct 17Composer and pianist Frederic Chopin dies in Paris of tuberculosis at the age of 39.Ref: 68
Dec 14Conradin Kreutzer composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
1850
Jan 01Raphael G Kiesewetter Austria musicologist, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Jan 06Franz Xaver Scharwenka German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Leon Francis Victor Caron composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Jean de Reszke [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev St Petersburg Russia, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Philipp Roth composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 17Anton Urspruch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Ludwig Bonvin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18George Henschel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Birth 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").Ref: 5
Mar 09Alexandre Luigini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Emilio Serrano y Ruiz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Adalbert Gyrowetz composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Apr 03Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 09Herman Zumpe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Louis Alexandre Piccinni composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 16Birth 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".Ref: 5
May 17Antonio Scontrino composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 20Eaton Faning composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Johann Schrammel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Philipp Roth composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 01Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Iver Paul Fredrik Holter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Zdenek Fibich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Tomas Breton y Hernandez composer, is born.Ref: 5
1851
Jan 09Giuseppi Gallignani composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Gustav Albert Lortzing composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Jan 24Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini Italian composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Jan 25Jan Blockx Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Karl Moser composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 09Giuseppi Gallignani composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Josef Alois Ladurner composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Feb 25Ferdinand Simon Gassner composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Mar 04Michael Henkel composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 06Alexander Aliabiev composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 15Jozef Surzynski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Paul-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)Ref: 5
Mar 27Ruperto Chapi y Lorente composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Otto Adolf Klauwell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08John Parry composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 09Antoine-Charles Glachant composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Apr 12Emil Liebling composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Antoni Stolpe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 28Birth 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.'.Ref: 5
Jul 07Birth 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.'.Ref: 5
Nov 27Karl Moser composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Dec 13Birth 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."Ref: 5
1852
Jan 22George Rodwell composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Jan 26Frederick Corder composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Frederick Hymen Cowen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Joseph Drechsler composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 29Frederic Hymen Cowen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Joseph Bayer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Juan Bros y Bertomel composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 25Alexis Garaude composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Apr 14Henrique Oswald composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 22Emile Sauret composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Jindrich z Albestu Kaan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 07Birth 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".Ref: 5
Sep 30Sir Charles Stanford, Irish-born English composer, conductor and teacher, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 05Thomas Linnemann Laub composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Henri-Jean Rigel composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 18Gaetano Coronaro composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Dom Joo G da Cmara Portuguese journalist/songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
1853
Jan 01Hans Koessler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Iwan Knorr composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Theodor Uhlig composer, dies at 30.Ref: 5
Jan 07Nikolai Arkas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Bertram Luard-Selby composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Arthur W Foote Salem MA, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels Flemish composer (Parisina), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Alfonso Randano composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Louis Emmanuel Eadin composer, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 15Johann Leopold Fuchs composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 21Charles-Theodore Malherbe composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Charles Lee Williams composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 26Monroe A Althouse composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Karl Fritjof Valentin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Johann Peter Heuschkel composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 13Joseph Sickman Corsen Curarao, musician/composer/screenwriter, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Giacomo Puccini Italy, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Maria Teresa Carreno composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager composer, is born.Ref: 5
1854
Jan 09Filippo Traetta [Philip Trajetta], Italian composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Jan 10Peter Gast composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 06Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine.Ref: 5
Feb 09Filippo Traetta [Philip Trajetta], Italian composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 16Oscar Fetras composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Louis F M van Westerhoven actor/singer/opera director (Youth), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine.Ref: 5
Feb 28Juliusz Zarebski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Braulio Dueno Colon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Edgar Tinel Flemish composer (Le Chant Grgorien), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Vicente Goicoechea Errasti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Seaborn M Denson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Jozef M T Orelio baritone, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Gottlob Wiedebein composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 18Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Apr 21Wladyslaw Rzepko composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Jean Coralli, French dancer/choreographer, dies at age 75.Ref: 70
May 03William Beale composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 05Antonio Smareglia composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Paul Klengel composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Bernard Zweers Dutch composer (To My Fatherland), is born.Ref: 5
May 31Vatroslav Lisinski composer, dies at 34.Ref: 5
Jul 03Leos Jan cek Hukvaldy Moravia Czech, composer (Foster Suite), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 01Engelbert Humperdinc, opera composer: Hansel and Gretel; (name borrowed by pop singer Arnold Dorsey) is born.Ref: 4
Nov 06Composer, bandleader, John Phillip Sousa is born in Washington, D.C.Ref: 4
Nov 13George Whitefield Chadwick Lowell MA, composer (Judi Van Winke), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Pekka Hannikainen composer, is born.Ref: 5
1855
Jan 21Amedee-Ernest Chausson, Paris France, composer (Pome for Violin & Orchestra), is born. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Jan 22Ernst Kullak composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Birth 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."Ref: 5
Jan 26Arthur Hervey composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Gustav Hollaender composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12John White composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Ramon Carnicer y Batlle composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Apr 18Josef Gruber composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Walenty Karol Kratzer composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 26Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy.Ref: 5
Apr 29Anatol K Liadov Russian composer (Bewitched Lake), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Edmund van der Straeten composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Henry Rowley Bishop British composer/conductor, dies at 68.Ref: 5
May 01Cecilia Beaux, American portrait painter, is born.Ref: 70
May 02Theodore Moses Tobani composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Camille Pleyel Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 09Julius Rontgen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Oct 12Arthur Nikisch Szent-Mikls Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Julian Edwards composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Alan Gray composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn composer, is born.Ref: 5
1856
Jan 06Giuseppe Martucci composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Stevan Mokranjac composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Christian August Sinding Kongsberg Norway, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Jan 18John Hyatt Brewer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Makar Grigori Ekmalyan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Stevan Mokranjac composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Willem Kes Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17John Braham singer/composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 28Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 03Adolfo Fumagalli composer, dies at 27.Ref: 5
May 03Adolphe Charles Adam French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52.Ref: 5
May 26George Templeton Strong composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 29Robert Schumann, German Romantic composer, dies at age 46.Ref: 70
Aug 18Birth 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".Ref: 5
Nov 25Sergei Taneyev Russia, composer (Oresteia), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Robert Kajanus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Andre Gedalge composer, is born.Ref: 5
1857
Jan 17Wilhelm Kienzl Austrian composer (Evangelimann), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Edward Francis Fitzwilliam composer, dies at 32.Ref: 5
Feb 14Johannes B van Bree Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Feb 15Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka Russian composer, dies at age 53.Ref: 5
Feb 26Ole Andreas Lindeman composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Feb 28Gustave Adolph Kerker composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Alfred Bruneau composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Ruggiero Leoncavallo Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza), is born in Naples, Italy.Ref: 5
Mar 17Adolph Trube composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Apr 14Edgar Stillman Kelley Sparta WI, composer (Gulliver), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Ruggero Leoncavallo Naples Italy, composer (I Medici), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Frantisek Ondricek composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Frederic Cliffe composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Juan Morel Campos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 02Sir Edward Elgar, composer of Pomp and Circumstance is born in Worcester, England.Ref: 4
Dec 07Nicola van Westerhout composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Franois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Dec 15Eugeniusz Pankiewicz composer, is born.Ref: 5
1858
Jan 03Rachel [Elisabeth Rachel-Flix], French singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36.Ref: 5
Jan 08Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Jan 25Giuseppe Radiciotti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Charles Beach Hawley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Ernest Ford composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 24Arnold Dolmetsch Le Mans, musician, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Peter Christian Lutkin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm Austrian composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Apr 07Anton Diabelli Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 08Anton Diabelli Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 16Johann Baptist Cramer German/British pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Apr 19Siegfried Ochs composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Auguste Chapuis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Ethel Mary Smyth composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Anthony Johnson Showalter composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Georges Adolphe Hue composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Frederick Zech Jr composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Frank Lynes composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Hanus Trnecek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Giacomo Puccini Italy, operatic composer (Madama Butterfly), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 16Eugne Ysae Belgium, violinist/conductor/composer (Pierill Houou), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Jakab Gyula Major composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Dec 22Composer of "La Boheme", and "Madame Butterfly", Giacomo Puccini, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 27Alexandre Pierre Franois Boely composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
1859
Jan 20Bettina Brentano composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 21Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Victor Herbert cellist, conductor: Pittsburgh Symphony; composer: operettas: Babes in Toyland, Naughty Marietta; songs: Ah Sweet Mystery of Life [At Last Ive Found You]; is born in Dublin Ireland.Ref: 5
Feb 06Johannes Josephus Viotta composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Feb 26Ferdinand Lukas Schubert composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 01Josef Theodor Krov composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 08Otto Taubmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Josef Cyril Sychra composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Reginald De Koven composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Wilhelm Harteveld composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Basil Harwood composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Bohuslav Jeremias composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Eugene D'Harcourt composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Eugust Enna composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Dame Nellie Melba [Heal Mitchell] Australian soprano (Peach Melba), is born.Ref: 68
Jun 27Mildred J. Hill teacher, musician, composer [lyrics by her younger sister Patty Smith Hill]: Happy Birthday to You, originally: Good Morning to All; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 12Katharine Lee Bates, American author and educator; wrote "America the Beautiful", is born.Ref: 70
Nov 19Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Algernon Ashton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Cecil [James] Sharp London England, folk musician, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Roman Statkowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Raoul Gunsbourg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27William Henry Hadow composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Gerard Brucken Fock composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Josef Bohuslav Foerster composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Max Fiedler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Luigi Ricci composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
1860
Jan 07Emanuil Mandlov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Mar 12Salvatore Di Giacomo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Windisch-Grz Austria, composer of late romantic period, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Johann Ludwig Bohner composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 04Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana), is born.Ref: 68
May 21Johannes Frederick Frohlich composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
May 29Isaac [Manuel F] Albniz Spanish pianist/composer (Iberia), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 07Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan), is born.Ref: 68
Nov 06Ignace Jan Paderewski Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 18Ignace 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.Ref: 68
Dec 28Alexander von Fielitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
1861
Jan 06Heinrich Gottlieb Noren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Raymond Huntington Woodman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Karel Stecker composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler Mulhouse Alsace, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 21Pierre Breville composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Josepf Franois Snel composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 14Abraham Louis Niedermeyer composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Mar 17Petter Conrad Boman composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Apr 18Heinrich August Neithardt composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 27Georgy L'vovich Catoire composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Anthony Philip Heinrich composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 12Ivan Caryll English composer (Pink Lady), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Christian Heinrich Hohmann composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Jun 15Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto, is born.Ref: 70
Aug 31Birth 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."Ref: 5
Dec 14Heinrich August Marschner composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Dec 15Gualtiero Sanelli composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Dec 16Karol Joseph Lipinski composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 17Fritz Volbach German musicologist/conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Edward Alexander MacDowell New York NY, composer (Indian Suite, Cairo), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Lionel Monckton composer, is born.Ref: 5
1862
Jan 05Joseph Frohlich composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Jan 29Frederick Delius, English/French composer, is born in Bradford, England.Ref: 70
Jan 30Walter Johannes Damrosch, Prussian-bn.American conductor, is born.Ref: 70
Feb 05Felipe Villanueva y Gutirrez Mexico, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Frantisek Jan Skroup composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 13Karel Weis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Edward German (Jones) Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Adrien de La Fage composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Mar 13Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Fromental Halevy [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 26George William Louis Marshall-Hall composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Louis Ganne composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Sydney Nelson composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 29Vittorio Mario Vanzo composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Marie F M Emmanuel French composer/musicologist (Salamine), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Aug 11Carrie James Bond, songwriter who wrote "I Love You Truly" and "A Perfect Day, is born.Ref: 2
Aug 22Claude Debussy, composer, is born near Paris, France.Ref: 68
Nov 23Alberto Williams Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Birth 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.Ref: 5
Dec 09Karel Kovarovic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Joseph Funk composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Dec 28Joaquim Casimiro Junior composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
1863
Jan 09Ferdinand Huber composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 17Henry Charles Tonking composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Armand Parent composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Mieczyslaw Soltys composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Ferdinand Huber composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 19Emanuel Moor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Ernesto Nazareth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Hugo Kaun composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Joseph Netherclift composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 15Jan Nepomuk Kanka composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Apr 17Johannes P Boskaljon Curaao composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Felix Blumenfeld composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Felix Blumenfeld composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Charles Bordes composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent composer, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Jun 02Felix Weingartner, Austrian conductor and composer, is born.Ref: 70
Jul 16Birth of Howard E. Smith, American church organist and composer of the melody tothe popular hymn, 'Love Lifted Me.'.Ref: 5
Jul 16Fannie Zeisler, Austrian-born American pianist, is born.Ref: 70
Aug 16Gabriel Piern Metz France, composer (Edith), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 09Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Gustav Wohlgemuth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Pietro Mascagni Italian composer/fascist (Cavalleria Rusticana), is born. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Dec 07John Ebenezer West composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Ion Vidu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25E Fernndez Arbos Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
1864
Jan 04Mateo Ferrer composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Jan 08Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 12Stephen 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
Jan 16Anton Schindler German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 23Michele Puccini composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Jan 24Otto Jonas Lindblad composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Jan 29Adolf Philipp composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Carl Tieke composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Arthur Collins singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Ricardo Castro Herrera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Vaclav Jindrich Veit composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Mar 15Johan Halvorsen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Leslie Stuart composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Hjalmar Borgstrom composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser composer, dies 52.Ref: 5
Apr 10Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert German pianist/composer (Golem), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Johann Schneider composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 16Flora Batson, African-American soprano-baritone singer, is born.Ref: 2
May 02Giacomo 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. 
May 14Eleanor Everest Freer composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Louis Glass composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11Richard Strauss, Munich Germany, composer (Till Eulenspiegel), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Sidney Homer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17John Felix August Korling composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Adolf Sandberger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Dec 30Alessandro Longo composer, is born.Ref: 5
1865
Jan 01Giuseppe Ferrata composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Harvey Worthington Loomis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08John Park composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Apr 13Heinrich Reinhardt composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Felicjan Szopski composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09August de Boeck composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Enrique Morera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 09Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 22Birth 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.'Ref: 5
Aug 10Alexander Glazunov St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 01Paul Dukas, Paris France, composer (Vellda), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Sebastian de Iradier Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56.Ref: 5
Dec 08Jean Sibelius Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Gustav Luders composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Francisco Manuel da Silva composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
1866
Jan 13Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Rossetter Gleason Cole composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Bror Beckman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Johann Strauss Austria, composer (Waltz King), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Mar 18Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Louis Clapisson composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Mar 20Rikard Nordraak composer, dies at 23.Ref: 5
Apr 01Ferruccio D M B Busoni Italy, pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer, dies at 98.Ref: 5
Apr 15William Jackson composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Apr 20Victor Hollaender composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Ottokar Eugen Novacek composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, Honfleur France, composer (Mmoirs d'un Ambsique), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Adolf Bernhard Marx composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 31Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 21Birth 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").Ref: 5
Dec 02Henry Thacker Burleigh Erie PA, black composer (Springarn Medal), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Dec 22Mieczyslaw Surzynski composer, is born.Ref: 5
1867
Jan 06Georges Martin Witkowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Jacques Urlus Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Herbert Bedford composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Claude Antoine Terrasse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Jacques Urlus Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Edward Naylor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Joe Howard New York NY, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Otto Hermann Kahn Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Company, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23George Thomas Smart composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Feb 27Wilhelm Peterson-Berger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Gustav Strube composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Wiktor Kazynski composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Mar 15Will Rossiter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Ferdinando Giorgetti composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 25Arturo Toscanini Parma Italy, temperamental conductor, is born.Ref: 68
Mar 27Edyth Walker US singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Death 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."Ref: 5
May 04Dynam-Victor Fumet composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Thomas Tertius Noble composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08LaVerne Andrews singer: contralto, group: The Andrews Sisters, dies.Ref: 4
May 21Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Frances Densmore, ethnomusicologist, is born.Ref: 2
Jul 27Enrique Granados Lerida Spain, composer (Maria del Carmen), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Charles Koechlin Paris France, composer (Jacob Chez Luban), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Claude Antoine Terrasse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Giovanni Pacini composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 07Rudolf Viole composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Dec 19Jean-Georges Kastner composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Dec 20Fini Valdemar Henriques composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21John Winter Thompson composer, is born.Ref: 5
1868
Jan 03Moritz Hauptmann composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Jan 06Vittorio Monti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07William Batchelder Bradbury composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Jan 14Heinrich Schenker Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jan 16Cyril Metodej Hrazdira composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Moritz Ganz composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 23Juventino Rosas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Frederick Archibald Lamond composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Julian Aguirre composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Damaso Ledesma composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Lodewijk Mortelmans composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Leonard Borwick British pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Carl Eberwein composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 22Hamish MacCunn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Patty Smith Hill author/songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Wojciech Gawronski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Eduard Jacobs singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Franz Adolf Berwald Swedish composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 13John Blackwood McEwen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Joel Angel Russian musicologist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Max Von Schillings German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Jose Vianna da Motta composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Olof Wilhelm Udden composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
May 13Paolo Gallico composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Frderic baron d'Erlanger French composer/banker, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 13Gioacchino (Antonio) Rossini composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Nov 24Scott Joplin US, entertainer/composer (The Entertainer), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Louis Victor Saar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Ernst Henrik Ellberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Richard Batka composer, is born.Ref: 5
1869
Jan 03Paul Charles Rene Landormy composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Percy Pitt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 23Carlo Felice Boghen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Will Marion Cook composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 29Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Henry J Wood English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Louis Hector Berlioz French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at age 65.Ref: 5
Mar 23Charles Lucas composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Apr 05Albert Roussel Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamende), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 20Piotr Studzinski composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Apr 25Karl Prohaska composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27William Victor Harris composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Hans Erich Pfitzner Moscow Russia, composer (Krakquer Begrs), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Wilhelm Bernard Molique composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 11Francisco Lacerda composer, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 14Armas Jrnefelt Vyborg Finland, composer (Berceuse)Ref: 5
Oct 29Birth 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".Ref: 5
Nov 27Will Marion Cook composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Louis Moreau Gottschalk composer, dies at 40.Ref: 5
Dec 26Harry Redman composer, is born.Ref: 5
1870
Jan 03Henry Eichheim composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Karl Schwencke composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 11Adolf Ganz composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 13Henryk Opienski Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Charles Arnold Tournemire composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Cesare Pugni composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 11Leopold Eugen Mechura composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 12Marie Lloyd (Matalida Alice Wood) British musical entertainer known for her impersonations, is born.Ref: 17
Feb 13Leopold Godowsky, Russian-born American pianist and composer, is born.Ref: 70
Feb 27Louis Coerne composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Oscar Straus Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Theodore Labarre composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 10Alfred Kastner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 18Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Apr 07Joseph Ryeland Belgian composer/Baron, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Charles-Auguste de Beriot Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 19Camille Marie Stamaty composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Apr 19William Henry Havergal composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 20Simeon Roncal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Hermann Suter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Franz Lehr, Hungarian operetta composer (Naughty Marietta), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 30Gustave Vogt composer, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Sep 23John Lomax Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 28Florent Schmitt Blmont France, composer (Frdgonde), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 20Michael Balfe, Irish singer and composer; wrote "The Bohemian Girl", dies at age 62.Ref: 70
Dec 02Francis Louis Casadesus French violinist/composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Viteslav Augustin Rudolf Novk Slovak composer (Quasi una ballata), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Stanislaw Duniecki composer, dies at 31.Ref: 5
Dec 17Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 24Rosario Scalero composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
1871
Jan 05Frederick Shepherd Converse Newton MA, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Bertram Shapleigh composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Leon Jessel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Feb 07Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Henry Steinway, German-bn. American piano builder, dies at age 73.Ref: 70
Mar 20Antonio Buzzolla composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Mar 26Franois-Joseph Ftis Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Mar 28Willem Mengelberg Utrecht Netherlands, conductor (New York Philharmonic 1922-30), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01F Melius Christiansen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Georg Andreas Henkel composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 08Charles-Louis Hanssens composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 09Arthur Fickenscher composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Martin Lunssens composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Leo Blech composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Vojtech Rihovsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Arthur Finlay Nevin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Sigismond Fortune Franois Thalberg composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Apr 28Louise Homer opera singer: contralto: NY Metropolitan Opera House [1900-1919]; is born.Ref: 4
May 05Alberto Cametti composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06August Reusner composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Daniel-Franois-Esprit Auber French opera composer, dies at 89.Ref: 5
May 23Sigurd Lie composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Francisco Salvador Daniel composer, dies at 40.Ref: 5
May 26Aime Maillart composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Sep 22Death 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.)Ref: 5
Oct 14Alexander von Zemlinsky Vienna Austria, composer (Der Schneeman), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Henry Kimball Hadley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Ferdinand Marcucci composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
1872
Jan 06Alexander N Scriabin Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Paul Graener composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Henri-Paul Busser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Paul Juon Russian/Swiss violinist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Felix Borowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Frank Hoyt Losey composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Sergei Diaghilev Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Bernhard Seklas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Nicolaos Mantzaros composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 31Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Tadeusz Joteyko composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Nikolai Amani composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Pauline de Haan-Manifarges Dutch singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Eyvind Alnaes composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Hugo Alfvn Stockholm Sweden, composer (Midsommarvaka), is born.Ref: 5
May 15Thomas Hastings composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
May 17Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Aug 11Lowell Mason, organist/composer (Zebulo), dies.Ref: 17
Sep 04Darius Milhaud Aix-en-Provence France, composer (Maximilien)Ref: 5
Oct 12Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer: is born.Ref: 4
Nov 11Frederick A Stock Julich, Germany, conductor (Theodore Thomas Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Mikulas Moyzes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Johann Babtist Thaller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Lorenzo Perosi Italian composer, is born.Ref: 5
1873
Jan 03John Lodge Ellerton composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 06Karl Straube German organist/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Lucien Capet composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Franois Rasse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Henry Hugo Pierson composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 01Clara Butt Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Leopold Fall Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Birth 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."Ref: 5
Feb 13Feodor Chaliapin, Russian operatic bass, is born.Ref: 70
Feb 14Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Feb 23Dmitri Arakishvili composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Enrico Caruso opera singer: tenor: Canio in Pagliacci, Rodolfo in La Bohme, 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.Ref: 68
Mar 05Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor composer, dies at 34.Ref: 5
Mar 15David Vaughan Thomas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Max Reger Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/professor (Leipzig University), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Apr 01Sergei Rachmaninoff, musician: pianist, composer: Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Second Piano Concerto; is born in Novgorod Province, Russia.Ref: 68
Apr 13Theodore Morse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Carlo Coccia composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Apr 14Viktor Joseph Keldorfer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Apr 18Jean Roger-Ducasse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Harold Bauer English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Clarence Dickinson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Kaspar Masek composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 19Federico Gerdes Tacna Per, orchestraestra director, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 18Otto Harbach songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 18Leo Slezak,Austrian opera singer and film comedian, is born.Ref: 70
Nov 10Henri Rabaud Paris France, composer (Le Premer Glaire), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 16W. C. Handy, the American composer known as the "father of the blues", is born.Ref: 70
Nov 20Daniel Gregory Mason Brookline MA, composer (Chanticker), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Pongrac Kacsoh composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Adolf Vogl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Hubert Cuypers Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Karel Moor composer, is born.Ref: 5
1874
Jan 01Hugo Leichtentritt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Josef Suk Czech violinist/composer (Asrael), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Robert Lach composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Fritz Bennicke Hart composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Emilis Melngailis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Mary Garden Aberdeen Scotland, opera star, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Anselmo Clave composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Feb 26Carl Vogler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Max Ettinger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Johann Richard Ohlsson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Edmund Eysler Austrian composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Hans Christian Lumbye composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 26Oskar Nedbal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Julius Bittner Austrian composer (Little Violet), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Vilem Blodek composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
May 13Henry Clough-Leiter composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Francesco Paolo Neglia composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 26Serge Koussevitzky Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 13Arnold Schonberg Vienna Austria, composer (Second Quartet), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 21Gustav Holst Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Dominicus Johner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Franz Schmidt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Johann Peter Pixis composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Dec 31Ernest Austin composer, is born.Ref: 5
1875
Jan 03Baldassare Galuppi Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 03George Bizet composer, dies.Ref: 5
Jan 11Reinhold Gliere Kiev Ukraine, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Joseph Philbrick Webster composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 25Leopold Jansa composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Jan 28Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Eddie Pola composer (Lullabye of Broadway), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Sir William Sterndale Bennett, English pianist, conductor and composer, dies at age 58.Ref: 5
Feb 02Fritz Kreisler, violin virtuoso/composer: Caprice Viennois, Tambourin Chinois, Liebesfreud, La Gitana; is born in Vienna, Austria.Ref: 4
Feb 04Raymond Moulaert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Erkki Gustav Melartin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Walter Courvoisier composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Sidney Hugo Nicholson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Sara Wennerberg-Reuter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Jean B Vuillaume French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 26Richard Wetz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Viliam Figus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Composer of Bolro, Maurice Ravel is born in Cibourne, France.Ref: 70
Mar 09Martin Fallas Shaw composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 12Julio Garreta composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Norman Houstoun O'Neill composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Ferdinand Laub composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Mar 29Paul Rubens composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Marie Moke Pleyel composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Apr 04Pierre Monteux Paris France, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919-24), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Jozef Szulc composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Jeno Huszka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
May 18Guido Alberto Fano composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Johann Wilhelm Mangold composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 31Italo Montemezzi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 03Georges Bizet, composer of Carmen and The Pearl Fishers, dies at age 36.Ref: 4
Jul 17Sir Donald Francis Tovey Eton England, musicologist, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 09Albert William Ketlbey Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 15Samuel Coleridge-Taylor London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Dobri Khristov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Friedrich Niggli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Antoine Mariotte composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
1876
Jan 07William Yeates Hurlstone composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Charles EH de Coussemaker Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Jan 12Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Venice Italy, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Havergal Brian Dresden Staffordshire, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Johan August Soderman composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Feb 20Fyodor Akimenko composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Henry John Gauntlett composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 23Wadi' Sabra composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Jean Poveigh composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28John Alden Carpenter Chicago IL, composer (Sea Drift), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Charles Edward Horsley composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Mar 04Alfred Holmes composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
Mar 08Franco Alfano Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Carl Ruggles, Marion MA, composer (Evocations), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Frederic Ayers composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Jozef Stefani composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 29Jan Ingenhoven composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Viktor Patrick Vretblad composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Augustin-Philippe Peellaert composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Apr 19Samuel Sebastian Wesley composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Apr 25Ruben Marcos Campos composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Franz count of Pocci German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 13Raoul Laparra composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 20John Owen Jones composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 26Ernest Schelling Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 15Bruno Walter (B.W. Schlesinger), Berlin Germany, conductor (NY Phil), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 14Yekaterina Geltzer, Russian ballerina, is born.Ref: 70
Nov 23Manuel de Falla, composer, is born in Cadiz, Spain. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Dec 03Hermann Goetz composer, dies at 35.Ref: 5
Dec 07Ludwig Schiedermair German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Mieczyslaw Karlowicz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Carlo Gatti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, cellist/conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 68
Dec 29Popular 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."Ref: 5
1877
Jan 11Pietro Romani composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 17Hans Jelmoli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Ruth St Denis Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Thomas Frederick Dunhill composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Joseph-Leon Gatayes composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 07Feliks Nowowiejski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Jazeps Medins composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Louis Franois-Marie Aubert French composer (Habanera), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Rudolf Ganz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Russell Alexander composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Sergei Bortkiewicz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Crystobal Oudrid y Segura composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Mar 28Vincenzo Fioravanti composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 02Arnold Schering German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Errico Petrella composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Apr 23Arthur Farwell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Charles Cuvillier, composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Vernon Castle, ballroom dancer, is born.Ref: 2
May 10Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14John Roberts composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
May 25Billy Murray singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 27Ernst von Dohnanyi, composer, is born in Pressburg, Hungary. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Dec 08Paul Emile Ladmirault composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Federico Ricci composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 13Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Lieven Duvosel Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Endre Ady Hungary, lyric poet, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Alberto Mazzucato composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
1878
Jan 01Edwin Franko Goldman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Franois Ambrosiny French dancer/choreograph (L'oiseau enchant), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Johanna Muller-Hermann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Rutland Boughton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski] German composer (Der Juxbaron), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Waclaw Gieburowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Ossip Gabrilovich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Selim Palmgren Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Fritz Cortolezis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Franz Hunten composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 01Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Joseph Gustav Mraczek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Thurlow Weed Lieurance composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Franz Schrecker composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Albin Masek composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 25Theodore Samuel Holland composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Dobri Voynikov composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Apr 01Eugene Gautier composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Apr 05Wilhelm Speyer composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Apr 06Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Rudolf Nelson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Temistocle Solera composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 15Francisco Pujol composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Adam von Ahn Carse composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Franz von Holstein composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
May 25Vaudeville dancer Bill Bojangles (Luther) Robinson is born.Ref: 4
May 27Isadora Duncan, San Fransisco CA, free form/interpretative dancer, is born.Ref: 68
May 27Carlo Marsili composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Jun 26Albert Siklos, Hungarian cellist, composer and musicologist, is born.Ref: 70
Jul 03George M. Cohan, American entertainer and songwriter, is born.Ref: 2
Jul 04George M Cohan entertainer, Give my regards to Broadway, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Arrigo Pedrollo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Anton Lajovic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Jose Bernardo Alcedo composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
1879
Jan 23Adolf Jensen composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Feb 01Sydney Baynes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Carl Natanael Berg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Franz Carl Bornschein composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Jean Gilbert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Otakar Ostrcil composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Frank Bridge English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Jose Sancho Marraco composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Justus Hermann Wetzel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Joseph Haas German (opera) composer (Tobias Wunderlich), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Otakar Zich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Gabriel Groulez composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Ernst Friedrich Richter composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 29Sir Thomas Beecham England, composer, founded London Philharmonic, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Johan H T Norlind Swedish musicologist, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Eastwood Lane composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Jean Emile Paul Cras composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Mark Hambourg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 05Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09Ottorino Respighi Bologna, Italy, composer (Pines of Rome), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 30August Bournonville, Danish director of the Danish Royal Ballet, dies at age 74.Ref: 2
Dec 04Herbert Hamilton Harty composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07(Charles) Rudolf Friml, Czechoslovakian/US composer (Bohemian suite), is born.Ref: 4
Dec 12Percy Fletcher composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Rudolf von Laban Czechoslovakian/German choreographer (modern dance), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Otto Emanuel Olsson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Armen Tigran Tigranyan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Julius Weismann composer, is born.Ref: 5
1880
Jan 05Nicolai Karlovich Medtner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Rudolf T Palm Curaao, pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Francis George Scott composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Antonio Guarnieri composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Francesco Balilla Pratella composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Aida Overton Walker US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Edgar Leslie Bainton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Eric De Lamarter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Arthur Shepherd composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Edgar Istel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Guillermo Uribe Holguin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Gustav Adolf Mankell composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 25Joseph Rummel composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 26Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 28Rosina Lhvinne Kiev Ukraine, pianist/professor (Juilliard Graduate School), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Achille Peri composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 29Jakob Axel Josephson composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 31Henryk Wieniawski Polish violist/composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Apr 07Diederich Krug composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Apr 08Victor Schertzinger, composer/director (Uptown NY), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Michel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographerRef: 70
Apr 26Mikhail Fokine Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Johann Hermann Berens composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
May 10John Goss composer/organist, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 16Karl August Krebs composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 21Pablo Luna y Carne composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 26John Curwen composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jul 24Ernest Bloch Geneva, Switzerland, composer (MacBeth), is born.Ref: 68
Sep 27Jacques Thibaud Bordeaux France, violinist (Caf Rogue), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 04Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann), dies.Ref: 68
Oct 05Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann), dies at age 61.Ref: 70
Dec 02Josephine Lang composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Dec 05Alexander Schmuller Russian/Netherlands violinist/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Nemesio Otano y Eugenio composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Alessandro Nini composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 29Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Alfred Einstein German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein, is born.Ref: 5
1881
Jan 05Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Gustave Frederic Soderlund composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens Flemish composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Feb 01Jose Ignacio Quinton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Karl Weigl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Armin Knab German composer (Eichendorff-cycle), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer who wrote "Boris Godunov", dies at age 42.Ref: 70
Mar 18Paul Le Flem composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Hermann Sandby composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Nikolay Rubinstein composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Mar 25Bla Bartk, composer, is born. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)Ref: 5
Mar 28Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Mar 31Gaetano Gaspari composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Apr 08Fernand Lamy composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Harvey Bartlett Gaul composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16George William Martin composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Apr 18Hermann KJ Zilcher German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Nikolai Miaskovsky Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Sem Dresden composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Otakar Sini composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Jan van Gilse composer/resistance fighter (Frau Helga von Staveren), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Pascual Rogatis composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Ilona Durigo Hungarian singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Georgi Atanasov composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Frederik Septimus Kelly composer, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 19Georges Enesco, composer, is born in Dorohoiu, Rumania. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Dec 24Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Charles Wakefield Cadman composer, is born.Ref: 5
1882
Jan 21Anton Emil Titl composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 25Peter Singer composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 02Fabio Campana composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 03Guglielmo Quarenghi composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Feb 05Felice Lattuada composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Gheorghe Cucu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Gustav Schmidt composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 14Ignaz Friedman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Kurt Schindler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Ladislav Vycpalek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Geraldine Farrar US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Richard Heinrich Stein composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Louis Kufferath composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 18Gian Francesco Malipiero composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Bascom 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
Mar 25Haydn Wood composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 04Mary Howe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Seth Bingham composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Leopold Stokowski London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Birth 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
Apr 23Albert Coates St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Joseph Marx Austrian composer/critic, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Eduardo Fabini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 17Igor (Fedorovich) Stravinsky composer: The Firebird, Petrouchka, The Rite of Spring, The Wedding, The Soldiers Tale; is born in Oranienbaum, Russia.Ref: 68
Jul 08Percy Grainger Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 23Death 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
Oct 06Karol Szymanowski, Timoshovka Ukraine, composer (Stabatmater), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 18Amelita 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
Dec 08Manuel Mara Ponce Fresnillo Mxico, composer (Estrellita), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Joaqufn Turina Seville Spain, composer (Rima), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Zoltan Kodaly, Kecskemet Hungary, composer (Psalmus Hungaricus), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Walter Braunfels composer, is born.Ref: 5
1883
Jan 04Nicolas Ledesma composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Jan 08Josue Teofilo Wilkes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Henrik Ibsen's "En Folkefiende" premieres in Oslo.Ref: 5
Jan 19Hermann Abendroth German conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Jacopo Tomadini composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 24Friedrich von Flotow, German-born French composer, dies at age 70.Ref: 5
Feb 02Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Eubie Blake ragtime composer/pianist (I'm Just Wild About Harry, Memories of You), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Paul August von Klenau Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Bainbridge Crist composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Wilhelm Richard Wagner German composer (Die Walkre), dies in Venice at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 17Napoleon Coste composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 22Jaroslav Kocian composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Carl Deis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Manuel Gomez Carillo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Judge Jackson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Enrico Toselli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Juan Manen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Karol Studzinski composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Mar 19Josef Matthais Hauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Karl Hasse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Jules van Nuffel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Jan Kunc composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28William H Harris composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Aleksander V Aleksandrov Russian composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Renzo Bossi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Alexander Alexandrov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Hermann Darewsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Agnes Tyrrell composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
Apr 22Octave Fouque composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
Apr 30David John de Lloyd composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Leopold Samuel composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Petar Konjovic composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Gino Roncaglia composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Stanley Robert Marchant composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 26Mamie Smith, blues singer, is born.Ref: 2
May 28George Dyson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Luigi Perrachio composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28August Freyer composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 29William Beatton Moonie composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Riccardo Zandonai composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 25Alfredo Casella Turin Italy, composer (La Giara), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 18Lord Berners (Gerald Tyrwhitt) England, composer (1st Childhood), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 12Birth 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
Nov 08Sir Arnold Bax London, England, composer (Farewell My Youth), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 11Ernest Ansermet Vevey Switzerland, conductor (Ruilles de Printemps), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Anton [Friedrich Wilhelm] von Webern Vienna Austria, 12-tone composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Manolis Kalomiris Greek opera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Louis Davids [Simon David] Dutch cabaret performer/chorus performer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Edgard Victor Achille C Varse Paris France, composer (Innisation), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Fran Lhotka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Marek Konrad Sokolowski composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
1884
Jan 01George W Meyer Boston MA, composer/lyricist (Bells of St. Mary's, Broadway Babies), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Paul Taglioni "the Great", Italian/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Jan 10James Philip Dunn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Louis Horst, American pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Sophie Tucker [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Albert Louis Wolff composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Auguste Franchomme composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Jan 24Johann Christian Gebauer composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Jan 25Edward Kilenyi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Juhan Aavic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21John Pike Hullah composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 26Christina A A [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29Alfred Sendrey composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Leon Jongen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Winter Haynes Watts composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Rudolf Piskacek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Mar 23Glauco Velasquez composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Gino Marinuzzi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Wilhelm Backhaus Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Hans Hampel composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Apr 09Franco Vittadini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Armas Emmanuel Launis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Albert Israel Elkus composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Felipe Boero composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Bedrich Smetana, Bohemian composer of operas and symphonic poems, dies at age 60.Ref: 70
May 17Louis Brassin composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
May 19Arthur Meulemans Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Alceo Toni composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Bax Brod composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 14John McCormack, Irish tenor, is born.Ref: 70
Aug 03Louis Gruenberg near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 17Charles Tomlinson Griffes Elmira NY, composer (White Peacock)Ref: 5
Dec 04Alice Mary Smith composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Dec 05Evert Cornelis Dutch conductor/pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Ferdinando Liuzzi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Bernard van Dieren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Karl Heinrich David composer, is born.Ref: 5
1885
Jan 01Roland Diggle composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Eduard Yosif Kotek composer, dies at 29.Ref: 5
Jan 23Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Jerome 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
Jan 27Eduard Knneke German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Leadbelly (Huddie William Ledbetter) American guitarist, blues singer, songwriter: The Rock Island Line, The Midnight Special, Goodnight Irene; is born in Mooringsport LA.Ref: 68
Jan 31Anna Pavlova, St Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer, is born.Ref: 68
Feb 12Licinio Refice composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Richard Wurz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Leopold Damrosch composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Feb 18Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 26Lili Green [Alice Sally Mary], Netherlands/England dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Tamara Karsavina, Russian-English ballerina, is born.Ref: 70
Mar 16Giacomo Benvenuti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Adriano Lualdi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Jakabs Medins composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Julius Harrison composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Mar 31Franz Wilhelm Abt German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 31Philipp Fahrbach composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 05Dimitrie Cuclin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Carlos Leon Salzedo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Dimitrios Levidis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Leo Weiner Hungary, composer (Fasching), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Cecil Burleigh composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23William Henry Holmes composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Apr 29Wallingford Riegger Albany GA, composer (Bacchangle), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Luigi Russolo composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Lauro Rossi composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 08Pavel Krizkovsky composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 10Edward Stephen composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 11"King" Joseph Oliver, jazz cornetist and bandleader, is born.Ref: 2
May 14Otto Klemperer Breslau Germany, conductor/composer (Das Ziel), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 22Julio Fonseca composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Werner Josten Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 13Elisabeth Schumann, soprano with the Vienna State Opera, is born.Ref: 68
Sep 20Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe (Jelly Roll) Morton, American jazz musician and composer, is born.Ref: 5
Oct 22Giovanni Martinelli Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 19Birth 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
Nov 27Jerome Kern New York City NY, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Eduard Knneke German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Guy de Lioncourt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Janos Hammerschlag composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Mario Varvoglis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Edgard Varse Paris France, composer (Innisation), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Joseph Deems Taylor composer: operas: The Kings 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
Jan 09Jakob Eduard Schmolzer composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 10Jose Antonio de Donostia composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Amilcare Ponchielli Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51.Ref: 5
Jan 17Amilcare Ponchielli Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51.Ref: 5
Jan 22John Joseph Becker composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Wilhelm Frtwngler Berlin Germany, conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Erwin Kroll composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Jakob Eduard Schmolzer composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 12Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Michel Brusselmans composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19George Luther Foote composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Albert Edward Sammons composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03James Friskin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Reginald Owen Morris composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Henri D Gagnebin Swiss organist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Jaroslav Novotny composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Giovanni Rossi composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Apr 01Casimir von Paszthory composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Jacques Handschin Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Ethel Leginska composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Karoly Thern composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 16Jekabs Graubins composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Konstantin Mostras composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Ma Rainey (Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett) "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Frank Merrik composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
May 03Marcel Dupr, French organist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Manuel Borguno composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Jef van Hoof composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Hermann Grabner composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Joseph Achron Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Alfonso XIII Borbn King of Spain (1902-31), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Ole Windingstad composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Paul Paray Le Trport Normandy, conductor/composer (Artemis Trouble), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Al Jolson [Asa Yoelson] jazz singer/silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Nicolai Sokoloff near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 31Franz 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
Aug 27Eric Coates Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 15Pedro Sanjuan San Sebastian, Spain, composer (Castilla), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 25Rex Maupin St Joseph MO, orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski composer, dies at 27.Ref: 5
Dec 20Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21George Norman Peterkin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25(Edward) Kid Ory, US musician, exponent of New Orleans jazz, is born.Ref: 17
1887
Jan 21Alfred Henry Ackley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Lily Theresa Strickland composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Carlo Jachino composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstngl German/US pianist/politician (NSDAP), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Alexander Borodin composer, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 17Leevi Antti Madetoja composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20David McKinley Williams composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Oskar Frederik Lindberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Mar 02Wilhelm Troszel composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 05Heitor Villa-Lobos Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Henri Gagnon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Heino Eller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Carlos Isamitt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Lawrence Collingwood composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Emanuel Kania composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 23Anthony van Hoboken Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Rudolf F W Boskaljon Curaao, musician/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Jose Maria Usandizaga composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Heinz Tiessen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Apr 28Carl Ferdinand Pohl composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 30Friedrich Wilhelm Markull composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
May 02Vernon Castle dancer, actor: The Whirl of Life; is born.Ref: 4
May 02G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence.Ref: 5
May 12Nandor Zsolt composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Ludwig Mathias Lindeman composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 30Gino Tagliapietra composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 23John Finley Williamson Canton Ohio, conductor (Westminster Choir), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 02Marcel Tabuteau Compigne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 29Sigmund Romberg Nagykanizsa Hungary, operetta composer (Blossom Time), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 02Jenny (Johanna) Lind The Swedish Nightingale: singer; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 05Paul Wittgenstein Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Joseph Lamb composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Ernst Toch Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Vicente Emilio Sojo Guatire Venezuela, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Kurt Magnus Atterberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Jules Franois Blasini Curaao pianist/composer, dies at 40.Ref: 5
Dec 29Kiyoshi Nobutoki composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Henry George Ley composer, is born.Ref: 5
1888
Jan 05Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday.Ref: 5
Jan 12Claude Delvincourt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Stephen Heller composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Jan 21Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 02Candelario Huizar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Matthijs Vermeulen Dutch composer/music critic, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Lotte Lehmann Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Krsto Odak composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Ciro Pinsuti Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Mar 12Hall Johnson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 03Gertrude Bridget "Ma" Rainey, American singer, "the mother of the blues., is born.Ref: 2
Apr 09Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, Russian-born American impresario; popularized classical ballet and music in America, is born.Ref: 17
Apr 09Leon Blum, Russian-born impresario; popularized classical ballet and music in America, is born.Ref: 70
Apr 09Florence Smith Price US composer (Wanamaker Prize 1932), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14William Fisk Sherwin composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 19William L Axt composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Max(imilian Raoul Walter) Steiner Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Irving Berlin [Isadore Balin] Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas), is born.Ref: 5
May 21May Aufderheide composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Louis Durey composer, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 12Actor, singer Maurice (Auguste) Chevalier is born.Ref: 4
Nov 16Burnet Corwin Tuthill NYC, composer (Laurentia), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Franz Xaver Witt composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 03Ion Nonna Otescu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Aleksandar I Karadordjevic king of Yugoslavia (1921-34), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Askell Snorrason composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Ernst Toch, composer and pianist, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 10Mariano Obiols composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 19Fritz Reiner Budapest Hungary, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony 1938-48), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Gabriel von Wayditch composer, is born.Ref: 5
1889
Jan 01Alexander Smallens St Petersburg, Russia, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Tadeusz Jarecki composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 02Tito Schipa Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Martin Andreas Udbye composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 14Vincenzo Davico composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Francisco Santiago composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Rudolf Mauersberger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Joseph Gungl composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 05Ioan Dumitru Chirescu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11John 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, Ive Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, Someday [Youll Want Me To Want You], Be My Lifes Companion, Glow-Worm; is born.Ref: 4
Feb 11Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Fritz Behrend composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Edward Sydney Smith composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Mar 18William Henry Monk composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 26Vaclav Kapral composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Moritz Furstenau composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Apr 03Grigoras Dinicu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Sir Adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Efrem Zimbalist Rostov on the Don Russia, composer/concert violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Nick La Rocca US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Acario Cotapos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Rudolph Hermann Simonsen composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Marcel Moyse Saint-Amour, France, flutist (20 Exercises et tudes), is born.Ref: 5
May 20Felix Arndt composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Birth 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."Ref: 5
May 25Gilardo Gilardi composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Sverre Jordan composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Jose Padilla composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 18Amelita Galli-Curci Italy, operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 24Albert J Sylvester England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Baltasar Saldoni composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 07Heathcote Dicken Statham composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Vaclav Stepan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Clarence Loomis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Vaslav F Nijinski Ukraine/US ballet dancer (l'aprs-midi d'une faune), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Bozidar Sirola composer, is born.Ref: 5
1890
Jan 07Hans Matthison-Hansen composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jan 14Francesco D'Arcais composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Jan 17Salomon Sulzer composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 20Franz Paul Lachner composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Jan 29Marguerite Canal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Karl Merz composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Feb 16Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Antonio Massana composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Dame Myra Hess, London England, concert pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Russian Dancer Vaslav Nijinsky is born in Kiev, Ukraine. Also RefRef: 69
Mar 12Vaslav Najinsky, Russian ballet dancer, is born.Ref: 17
Mar 13Michael Taube composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Henry Wylde composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 17Harold Morris composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Lauritz Melchior Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (National Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Paul Whiteman, Denver CO, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17John Barnett composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Apr 23Donald Nichols Tweedy composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Hubert Leonard composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
May 17Philip James composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 20Beniamino Gigli Italy, tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Albert van Raalte conductor (AVRO-orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Viktor Ernst Nessler composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
May 29Francis de Bourguignon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 05Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Al Goodman Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 15Jacques Ibert Paris France, composer (Escales), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 04La Argentina, Spanish dancer, is born.Ref: 70
Sep 15Frank Martin Geneva Switzerland, composer (In Terra Fax), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 08Cesar Franck, Belgian-French Romantic composer, dies at age 67 in Paris, France.Ref: 70
Dec 08Bohuslav Jan Martinu Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Niels Vilhelm Gade Danish composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Dec 27Maurice Schoemaker composer, is born.Ref: 5
1891
Jan 07Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Jan 08Bronislava Nijinska ballet choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Fredrik Pacius composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Jan 16Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakm), dies at age 54.Ref: 5
Jan 17Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Jan 20Mischa Elman Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Timothy Mather Spelman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Calixa Lavallee composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Jan 28Karel Boleslav Jirak composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Max Drischner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01James Price Johnson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Joachim Stutschewsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Edgar Palm Curaao, pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Maurice Yvain composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Lucien Cailliet composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Georges E Migot French composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Federico Moreno Torroba composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Catherine Murphy Urner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Paul Whiteman, US musician, bandleader, is born.Ref: 17
Mar 31Erich Walter Sternberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Alvin P[leasant Delaney] Carter Maces Springs VA, vocalist (Carter Family), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Vaino Raitio composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Stephen Albert Emery composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Apr 17Jules Eugene Abraham Alary composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 23Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Sontsovka Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf), is born.Ref: 68
Apr 27Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Frederick Jacobi composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Egon Kornauth composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 26Frederick Bowen Jewson composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 27Claude Adonai Champagne composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Ted Lewis (Theodore Leopold Friedman) clarinettist, singer, bandleader: Ted Lewis & His Band: Somebody Stole My Gal, Alexanders Ragtime Band; is born.Ref: 4
Jun 21Hermann Scherchen Berlin Germany, conductor (Nature of Music), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 02Sir Arthur Bliss (Edward Drummond) London, composer (Olympians), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 26Charles Munch Strasbourg, Alsatian conductor (French Legion D'Honeur), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 21Ted Shawn, American dancer, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 23Holger Simon Paulli composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Dec 28Alfred Cellier composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
1892
Jan 01Artur Rodzinski Spalato Dalmatia Poland, conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Miklos Radnai composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Rudolf Moser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Werner Wehrli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Jan 13Charles Albert White composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 15Frank Hutchens composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Alexandre Levy composer, dies at 27.Ref: 5
Jan 27Mitya Stillman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Charles Trowbridge Haubiel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01K Rudolf Mengelberg composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Yrl Henrik Kilpinen Finnish composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 14Nikolaj A Orloff Russian/British pianist (Chopin), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Rui Coelho composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Arthur Oscar Honegger, Le Havre France, composer (King David), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Eva Turner British soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Alec Rowley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Sayed Darwish composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Robert Denzler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Arthor Goring Thomas composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Mar 26Anton Wallerstein composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Mar 27Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolf von) Grof New York NY, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Adolf Rzepko composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 06Mateusz Glinski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Victor de Sabata Trieste Italy, conductor (Il Macigno), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Johnny Dodds early jazz clarinettist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Germaine Tailleferre [Les Six] Pau-St-Maur France, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Jaroslav Kvapil composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Nikolai Obouhov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Edouard-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
Apr 28John Jacob Niles, American folk singer and folklorist, is born.Ref: 2
Apr 28Georges Antoine composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Howard Barlow Plain City OH, conductor (Voice of Firestone), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Wilhelm Rust composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 05Jan Nepomuk Skroup composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 06Ernest Guiraud composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
May 08Ezio Pinza Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Eric Westberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 14Arthur Vincent Lourie composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Felix Petyrek composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Richard Tauber [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass (New York Metropolitan-South Pacific), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Louis van Tulder Dutch tenor (From Office Stool to High C), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Birth 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.Ref: 5
May 31Louis Fourestier composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Willem Ravelli baritone singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 09Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist, is born in Indiana.Ref: 68
Jun 21Hilding Rosenberg Bosjkloster Sweden, composer (Babels Torn), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 26Hubert Julian (Jay) Stowitts the first American star in the Russian ballet, and Anna Pavlova's only American partner, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 05Joseph Szigeti Budapest Hungary, violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 20Birth 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").Ref: 5
Nov 27Mitya Stillman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Leo Ornstein composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Leo Ornstein Kremenchug Russia, composer (Bio in Sonata Form), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15David Guion composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Jose Maria Castro composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Charles Balmer composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 27Feliks Roderyk Labunski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Jaromir Fiala composer, is born.Ref: 5
1893
Jan 04Manuel Palau Boix composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Friedrich Blume German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Jan Evangelista Zelinka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18John Lawrence Seymour composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Julius Eichberg composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 22Vincenz Lachner composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Jan 23Phillips Brooks lyricist: O Little Town of Bethlehem; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 28Elliot Griffis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Edric Cundell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Martian Negrea composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Bernard Rogers New York NY, composer (Warrior, Marriage of Aude, Passion), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Walter Donaldson US pianist/composer (Girl Crazy, Whoopee), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Andrs Segovia Linares Spain, classical guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Joseph Messner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Maxime Dumoulin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Richard Samuel Hughes composer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
Mar 06[Walter] Furry Lewis father of the blues, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Hans Munch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Karel Komzak composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Mar 31Clemens Krauss Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orchestra-1937), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Irene 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
Apr 08Edgar "Yip" Harburg, lyricist ("Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?," "Over the Rainbow"), is born.Ref: 2
Apr 09Disma Fumagalli composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 16Federico Mompou composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Joseph Yasser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Gyula Beliczay composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
May 03Josef Rudolf Zavrtal composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 04George Washington Hewitt composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
May 14Ivan Alexandrovich Vishnegradsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Michel Gusikoff composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Paul Amadeus Pisk composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 26Sir Eugene Goossens London England, conductor/composer (Perseus), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 26William "Big Bill" Broonzy, blues singer and guitarist, is born.Ref: 2
Aug 10Douglas Stuart Moore Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 18Arthur Benjamin Sydney Australia, composer (Jamaican Rumba), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 29Fabien Sevitzky Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor (Phila Orch), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 18Charles Gounod, composer, dies in Paris, France. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Nov 06Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, dies of cholera in St. Petersburg, Russia, at age 53 after knowingly drinking unboiled waterRef: 68
Dec 01Eduard Franck composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 02Louis Freeman band leader, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09George Elvey composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Dec 10Walter Rein composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Vladimir Golschmann Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Benedikt Randhartinger composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Dec 24Harry Warren (Salvatore Guaragna) composer: Song Writers Hall of Famer: Best Song Oscars: Lullaby of Broadway [1935], Youll Never Know [1943], On the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe [w/Johnny Mercer-1946]; You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby, Thats Amore; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 26Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin composer, is born.Ref: 5
1894
Jan 04Wesley La Violette composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Jose Rozo Contreras composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Jaroslav Vogel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Walter Hamor Piston Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu composer, dies at 24.Ref: 5
Feb 04Adolphe (Antoine-Joseph) Sax musician: inventor: saxophone, saxotromba; dies at age 79.Ref: 68
Feb 11Alfonso Leng composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 12Hans Guido von Blow German conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Hans von Blow Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer, dies at age 64.Ref: 68
Feb 18Andres Segovia, Spanish classical guitar virtuoso, is born.Ref: 17
Feb 19Ernesto Camillo Sivori composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 22Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Robert-Lucien Siohan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Renaat Veremans Flemish composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Josef Schelb composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Slava Vorlova, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Jacob Rosenhaim composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Mar 24Robert Prescott Stewart composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Mar 25Erik William Gustav Leidzen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Ernest Kanitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Ludvig Irgens Jensen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15(date uncertain) Bessie Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs), is born.Ref: 68
Apr 27Nicolas Slonimsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Filip Lazar composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Klara Fey German orchestra leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 10Dimitri Tiomkin Russia, composer (Academy Award 1954-High & Mighty), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Martha Graham, Allegheny PA, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), is born.Ref: 5
May 24William Joseph Westbrook composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jun 15Robert Russell Bennett Kansas City, composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 26Bill Wirges Buffalo NY, orch leader (Growing Paynes), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Bernard Wagenaar Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for the Chinese), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 31Roy Bargy Mich, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show)Ref: 5
Nov 05Eugen Zador Bataszek, Hungary, Hungarian/American composer (Diana), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 30Ture Rangstrom Stockholm Sweden, composer/critic (Kronbruden), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Paul Dessau composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Eddie Dowling Woonsocket RI, composer (Anywhere USA), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Joaquin Zamacois Soler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Arthur Fiedler, the American conductor who conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra, is born in Boston MA.Ref: 70
Dec 19Paul Dessau Hamburg Germany, composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Antonio Molina composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Ernest John Moeran British composer, is born.Ref: 5
1895
Jan 01Nathaniel Shilkret New York City NY, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Rafael Martnez Zaragoza Spain, composer (Nuestra Natacha, Ana Mara), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Red Allen, US Dixie-land trumpet player, is born.Ref: 17
Jan 03Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Mihail Andricu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Benjamin Louis Paul Godard composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Jan 13Fortunio Bonanova Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Edward Solomon composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Jan 27Harry Ruby (Rubinstein) musician: composer: Duck Soup; is born.Ref: 4
Jan 27Joseph Rosenstock Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936-41), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Claudio Carneyro composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Faustina Hasse Hodges composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 11Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Ignaz Lachner composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Feb 25Henri Martelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Guiomar Novaes Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Alexander Nicholas Voormolen Dutch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Juan Jose Castro composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Dane Rudhyar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Alberta Hunter African-American blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Firenze (Florence) Italy, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Bjarne Brustad composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Eduardo Toldra composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Sigurdur Thordarson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Mance Lipscomb, Navasota TX, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Rudolf Kattnigg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Olga Rudge violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Wiktor Labunski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Malcolm Sargent English conductor (Promenade Concerts), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Lorenz 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, Theres a Small Hotel, Little Girl Blue, The Lady is a Tramp, Blue Moon, My Funny Valentine; died Nov 22, 1943Ref: 4
May 11William Grant Still Woodville MS, composer (Africao-American), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Feliks Jaronski composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
May 14Renato Lunelli composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Albert Hay Malotte composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Cecil Gray composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Franz von Suppe Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 27Marij Kogoj composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Carl Orff Munchen (Munich) Germany, composer (Antigonae), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 12Oscar (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
Jul 12Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer, is born.Ref: 2
Jul 14Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike", Hannibal Mo, singer (54th Street Revue), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 14Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano, is born.Ref: 70
Jul 22Hans Rosbaud Graz Austria, conductor (Tonhalle Orch Zrich), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 22Paul White Bangor Maine, composer (Adante & Rondo for Cello)Ref: 5
Oct 17Doris Humphrey, modern dance choreographer, is born.Ref: 2
Oct 25Sir Charles Halle, German-born English pianist and conductor, dies at age 76.Ref: 70
Nov 16Paul 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
Nov 25Wilhelm Kempff Juterbog Germany, pianist (Unterdem Zimbelstern), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Joseph Rosenstock Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936-41), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Claudio Carneyro composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 28Jos Iturbi musician, pianist, conductor: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; is born in Valencia Spain.Ref: 4
Dec 05Henritte H Bosmans Dutch cellist/pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Paul Hoffer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Vincent Lopez bandleader: played at NYCs Astor Hotel, some of the greats started with him: Artie Shaw, Buddy Morrow, Buddy Clark; is born.Ref: 4
1896
Jan 01Maurice Jacobson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Yitzhak Edel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 02Ernst-Lothar von Knorr composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Jaromir Weinberger Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Jacobo Ficher composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Harry Reser Ohio, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Elmer R Diktonius Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Joseph Barnby composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 04Henry David Leslie composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 12Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at age 84.Ref: 5
Feb 13Karl Reinthaler composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 16Alexander Brailowsky Russia, pianist (Chopin), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Charles A L Panzra French baritone (L'horizon Chimrique), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Nacio Herb Brown US composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Eduard Flipse Dutch conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Dimitri Mitropoulos Athens Greece, conductor/composerRef: 5
Mar 07Erwin Bodky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller San Francisco Blues Great, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Richard Flury composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05John Rogers Thomas composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 06Juan Tomas Perez composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Karl Hermann Pillney composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Alexander Ritter composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 29Jacques Leon Wolfe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Reverend Gary Davis Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Antonio Cagnoni composer, dies at 68Ref: 5
May 11Josip Slavenski composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Juan Morel Campos composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
May 17Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 20Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann composer/pianist, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 28Marius Monnikendam Dutch choir composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 30Wilfred Pelletier Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 21Jean Rivier Villemomble France, composer (Vnitienne), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 07Ernesto Lecuona Havana Cuba, composer (Malaguea)Ref: 5
Aug 09Leonide Massine choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 11Anton Bruckner, composer, dies in Vienna, Austria at age 72. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Nov 16Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield CA, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Petko Staynov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Boleslaw Szabelski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Ira 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.Ref: 4
Dec 06Arnold Foster composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Juan Maria Thomas Sabater composerRef: 5
Dec 21Leroy Robertson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Alberto Hemsi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Roger Huntington Sessions Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Maskers)Ref: 5
1897
Jan 05Theo Mackeben German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Luis Gianneo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Albert Moeschinger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Josef Stanislav composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Rosa Ponselle opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Quincy Porter New Haven CT, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Luis Gianneo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Yves de La Casiniere composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Jorgen Bentzon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Woldemar Bargiel composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 27Marian Anderson opera diva; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 03Jose Moreno Gans composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Knudge Riisager Port Kunda Estonia, Danish composer (Quaarrtsiluni), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Teodulo Mabellini composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Mar 11Henry Dixon Cowell Menlo Park CA, composer (New Musical Resources), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Berthold Tours composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Apr 03Johannes Brahms, composer: Brahms Lullaby, Requiem, Symphony #1 in C Minor, Symphony #4 in E Minor; dies at age 63.Ref: 4
Apr 07Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Herbert Eimert German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08George Garrett composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 16Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Jaap Vranken Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Harald Saeverud Bergen Norway, composer (Saline), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Clement Harris composer, dies at 25.Ref: 5
Apr 24Gyorgy Kosa composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Haro Levoni Step'anyan composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02William Cleaver Francis Robinson composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 10William Thomas Best composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 14Sidney Bechet US, jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader, is born in New Orleans LA.Ref: 5
May 15Casper Hweler Dutch music critic, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Walther Geiser composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Karol Mikuli composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
May 29Erich Wolfgang Korngold Brno Austria, movie composer (Violanta), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Ignace Lilien composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 07George Szell, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Alexandre Tansman Lodz Poland, composer (Dyptique), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 05Paul Ben-Haim (Frankenburger), Munich, Germany, Israeli composerRef: 5
Sep 08Jimmie (James Charles) Rodgers The Blue Yodeler: Country Music Hall of Famer: T for TX, Brakemans 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.Ref: 4
Nov 18Jules Buffano St Louis MO, pianist (Jimmy Durante Show), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 23Willie "The Lion" Smith, jazz and ragtime pianist, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 06John Axel Fernstrom composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Leslie Heward composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Hermann Heiss composer, is born.Ref: 5
1898
Jan 01Viktor Ullmann opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Roger Vuataz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Frantisek Pivoda composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 07Geronimo Baqueiro Foster composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Gaetano Capocci composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Jan 12Jose Forns y Cuadras composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Avery Claflin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Alexander Abramsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Gustaf Paulson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23W A Remy composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jan 28Vittorio Rieti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Alexandru Flechtenmacher composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Jan 29Fernand Quinet Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Leroy "Roy" Harris Oklahoma, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Jimmy Yancey, American blues pianist, is born.Ref: 2
Feb 21Vassily Vainonen Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Rutkowski Bronislaw composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent Dutch soprano (Matthus Passion), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Otto Jochum composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Renzo Massarani composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Julius Patzak Austrian tenor singerRef: 5
Apr 15Nini de Bol Flemish operette singer (White Horse), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Louis Theodore Gouvy composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 02Lyricist Lorenz Hart is born.Ref: 68
May 10Herbert Elwell Minneapolis MN, composer (Happy Hypocrite), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Bonifacio Gil Garcia composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Zutty Singleton US jazz drummer is born in Bunkie LA.Ref: 5
May 21Charles Hba Czechoslovakia, violinist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Mischa Levitzki composerRef: 5
May 26Ernst Bacon composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 26Gerard Bertouille composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Andy Kirk jazz musician, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Johan Brouwer Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 01Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild NYC, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 01Morris Stoloff Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 26George Gershwin [Jacob Gershvin], composer (Rhapsody in Blue), is born in Brooklyn, NY.Ref: 5
Sep 27Vincent Youmans, songwriter best known for musical scores such as No, No Nanette and Flying Down to Rio, is born.Ref: 2
Oct 07Alfred Wallenstein Chicago IL, conductor (Chic Symph 1922-29), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 18Joris Ivens Nijmegen Netherlands, director (Rain), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Lev Konstantinovich Knipper composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Daniel Lazarus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13George Frederick Bristow composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 14Frederick Douglass Hall composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Fernando Remacha composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Baby Dodds, American jazz musician, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 24Eugeniusz Pankiewicz composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Dec 29Jeanne Leleu, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Georg Goltermann composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 30Vincent Lopez, Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), is born.Ref: 5
1899
Jan 01Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Raymond Loucheur composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 02Alexander Tcherepnin St Petersburg Russia, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Alexander Tcherepnin St Petersburg Russia, composerRef: 5
Jan 19[John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion organist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Alexander Tcherepnin St Petersburg Russia, composer, is born.Ref: 68
Jan 27Granville, English composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Zilner T Randolph jazz trumpeter/arranger, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Albert Huybrechts composerRef: 5
Feb 15Georges Auric Lodve France, composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Leon Woizikowski Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)Ref: 5
Feb 27Sulo Nikolai Salonen composerRef: 5
Mar 05Patrick Hadley composerRef: 5
Mar 10Finn Hoffding, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Pancho Vladigerov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Ruth Page, American dancer and choreographer, is born.Ref: 70
Mar 26William Baines, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Duke Ellington bandleader (Take the A Train), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Robert Marcel Casadesus French pianist/composer (Prix Dimer)Ref: 5
Apr 13Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Hans Balatka composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 21Randall Thompson New York NY, composer (Trip to Nahant), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Clement D'Hooghe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Jazz legend Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington is born in Washington D.C.Ref: 68
Apr 29Karl Yngve Skold composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Jn Leifs Iceland, composer/conductorRef: 5
May 10Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) is born in Omaha, NebraskaRef: 5
May 10Dimitri Tiomkin conductor, composer: film scores: The Alamo, Dial M for Murder, Friendly Persuasion, High Noon, Its a Wonderful Life, Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; died Nov 11, 1979Ref: 4
May 20Carlotta Grisi, Italian ballerina, dies at age 79.Ref: 70
May 29Frantz Jehin-Prume composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Jun 01Werner Janssen NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY)Ref: 5
Jun 03Johann 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.Ref: 4
Jun 10Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer (Pome for Violin & Orchestra), dies in Limay, Seine-et-Oise, France. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Jun 13Carlos Chavez Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfona India)Ref: 5
Jun 16Helen Traubel opera singer: St. Louis Symphony, New York Metropolitan Opera [The Mets premier Wagnerian soprano.]; actress: Deep in My Heart, The Ladies Man, Gunn; is born.Ref: 4
Jun 20Helen Traubel St Louis, Missouri, soprano (or 6/16/1903), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 01Thomas A. (Andrew) Dorsey Father of Gospel Music: musician: pianist; blues composer; gospel music composer: composed over 1,000 gospel songs; died Jan 23, 1993Ref: 4
Jul 27Harl McDonald near Boulder Colorado, composer (Santa Fe Trail)Ref: 5
Jul 30Gerald Moore England, pianist (Am I Too Loud)Ref: 5
Aug 01William Steinberg Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Russell Markert choreographer: founded, directed: Radio City Music Hall Rockettes; is born.Ref: 4
Sep 06Billy Rose, songwriter famous for "It's Only a Paper Moon," and "Me and My Shadow", is born.Ref: 68
Sep 16Hans Swarowsky Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 18Music conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra), Eugene Ormandy is born in Budapest, Hungary.Ref: 70
Nov 22Hoagy (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.Ref: 17
Nov 27Granville English composerRef: 5
Dec 02John Barbirolli English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller] blues playerRef: 5
Dec 07Antoni Katski composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 08James "Pigmeat" Jarrett pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Frans van Amelsvoort Dutch choir conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Yusef Greiss composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18John William Glover composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Dec 31Silvestre Revueltas Santiago Papasquiaro Mxico, composer (Sensemaya)Ref: 5
Dec 31Karl Millcker Austrian conductor/composer (Try-out Kiss), dies at 57.Ref: 5
1900
Jan 01Xavier Cugat (Francisco de Ass 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.Ref: 4
Jan 03Zasu Pitts actress: Busby Berkeleys 1933 musical: Dames; is born.Ref: 68
Jan 03Maurice Jaubert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Edwin George Monk composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 06Pierre-Octave Ferroud French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Joseph Frederick Wagner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Vaino Hannikainen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Yasuji Kiyose composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Boris Semyonovich Shekhter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Franz Salmhofer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Michael Dewar Head composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Marco Tajcevic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Mabel Mercer English cabaret singer (Fly Me to the Moon), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Ottokar Eugen Novacek composer, dies at 33.Ref: 5
Feb 06Roy Smeck guitarist/banjoist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Joseph Frederick Wagner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Wingy (Joseph Matthews) Manone musician: trumpet: Tar Paper Stomp; singer, bandleader: Nickel in the Slot, Flat Foot Floogie, Annie Laurie; is born.Ref: 4
Feb 20Antonio Veretti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Evald Aav composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Elinor Remick Warren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Donald Keith Falkner singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Kurt J Weill, Dessau Germany, composer/Brecht collaborator (Mahogany), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann composer, dies at 94.Ref: 5
Mar 12Zoltan Vasarhelyi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Alfred Newman New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Paul Klecki/Kletzki Polish violinist/composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Jose Antonio Calcano composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24June [Algeria Junius] Clark musician trumpet, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Isadore Freed composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Achille Longo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Ted (Edward) Heath musician: trombone, bandleader: played big band concerts every Sunday at the Palladium in the 1940s and 1950s; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 02Heinrich Besseler German musicologist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Andrs Sas Per, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Fred Raymond composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Mabel Mercer popular British singer, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 21Heinrich Vogl composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Apr 23Ary Verhaar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Henry Barraud composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Helen Morgan singer/actress (Applause, Frankie & Johnny), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Richard Storrs Willis composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
May 14Leo Smit composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Nicolai Berezowsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 20Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 28Sir George Grove, English writer of the Dictionary of Music and Musicians, dies at age 79.Ref: 70
Jun 15Otto Clarence Luening Milwaukee Wisconsin, composer (Sonority Canon), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Jennie Tourel [Jennie Davidson], St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 04Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong New Orleans LA, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 08George Antheil Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 29Don Redman Piedmont WV, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 02Helen Morgan (Riggins) singer, actress: Frankie and Johnny, Show Boat, Applause; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 08Victor Young Chic Ill, orch leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old Calif), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 11Alexander Mosolov Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 18Walter O'Keefe Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 23Ernst Krenek Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 31Ethel Waters, American jazz and blues singer and film actress, is born.Ref: 70
Nov 07Efrem Kurtz St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symphony 1948-54), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 22Sir Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan operetta composer [w/Sir William Gilbert]: H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance; dies at age 58.Ref: 4
Nov 27Leon Barzin Brussels Belgium, conductor (NY City Ballet 1948-58), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Henry Russell composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Dec 13Jonel Perlea composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Lucijan Marija Skerjanc Yugoslavia, composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Alan Dudley Bush composer pianist/teacher, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Gladys Swarthout Deepwater MO, mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Willie Humphrey jazz Clarinetist, is born.Ref: 5
1901
Jan 02Torsten Ralf Swedish tenor (Daphne), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer, dies at 34.Ref: 5
Jan 12Kurt Jooss Wurttemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Carlo Angeloni composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jan 17Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Hans-Erich Apostel Austrian composer (Sonata Ritmica), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Simon Hassler composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 26Ervin Major composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Giuseppe Verdi, composer of "La Traviata and Rigoletto", dies in Milan at age 87.Ref: 18
Jan 31Blaz Arnic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Jascha Heifetz Vilna Lithuania, Russian-born US violin virtuoso (Carnegie Hall), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Benjamin Edward Woolf composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Feb 14Edward John Hopkins composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Feb 16Wayne King Savannah IL, saxophonist/bandleader (the Waltz King), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
Feb 25Federico Ghisi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Jose Rogel composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Mar 08Peter Benoit Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 10Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
Mar 15Colin McPhee Montral Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Theo Uden Marsman Dutch orchestra leader, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Piotr Perkowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Albert Henneberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31John Stainer composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Apr 01Boris Koutzen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Anis Fuleihan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Richard D'Oyly Carte, English impresario; founded the Savoy Theatre, dies at age 56.Ref: 70
Apr 06Willem Pelemans Flemish composer/music reviewer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Theodor Rogalski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Ivar Christian Hallstrom composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 16Karel Albert Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Julian Bautista composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Ernst Gernot Klussmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Richard Redhead composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
May 07Marcel Poot Belgian baron/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Hyam Greenbaum composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Werner Egk Auchsesheim Germany, composer (Die Zaubergeige), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Harry Robert Wilson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Henri-Pierre Sauguet Bordeaux France, composer (La Chotte), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Ivo Cruz composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Horace Heidt Alameda CA, orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Edmund Rubbra Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Milenko Zivkovic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 10Frederick Loewe, songwriter, is born.Ref: 2
Jun 18Jimmy Dale Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 24Harry Partch Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 13Sir Reginald Goodall, English opera conductor, is born.Ref: 70
Jul 22Charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 28Rudy (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
Aug 04Jazz great, (Daniel) Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) is born (not on July 4th, 1900 as sometimes claimed).Ref: 4
Aug 17Henri Tomasi Marseilles France, composer (Don Juan de Maara), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 28Paul Henry Lang Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 26Ted Weems (Wilfred Theodore Weymes) orchestra leader: Ted Weems Orchestra, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 20Adelaide Hall, cabaret singer, is born.Ref: 2
Nov 14Morton Downey Wallingford CT, singer (Star of the Family), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 22Joaquin Rodrigo Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, composer (Juglares), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 25Tibor Serly Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Dorothy James composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Staf Gustaf Frans Nees Flemish organist/composer (Simon Peter), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Grace Moore US, soprano (One Night to Live), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Hanns Jelinek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Georg M Rimski-Korssakov Russian musicologist/theory, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Elias Alvares Lobo composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 22Andre Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrait), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Joaquin Rodrigo Spain, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Victor Hely-Hutchinson composer, is born.Ref: 5
1902
Jan 01Dimiter Nenov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Pierre Palla Dutch pianist/organist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Mark Brunswick composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Gret Palucca German dancer/choreography (Silent Song), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Sir Rudolph Bing opera manager (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72), is born.Ref: 68
Jan 11Maurice Durufle French organist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Evelyn Levine composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Filippo Marchetti composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Jan 23Benny Waters saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Carlo Borbolla composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Salomon Jaoassohn composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 02Emanuil Mandlov composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Feb 05Bronislaw Kaper composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Blanche Calloway US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12William D Revelli Spring Gulch CO, band leader, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Valentin Ruiz Azner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Fred Scott Fresno CA, singer/actor (Vincent Lopez), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Marian Anderson Philadelphia PA, operatic contralto (banned by D A R), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19John 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
Feb 21Bob [Hijman] Scholte Dutch vocalist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Hanns Neupert German piano builder/author (Das Klavichord), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 26Rudolf Moralt German conductor (Vienna Philharmonic), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Marian Anderson singer, banned by D A R, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Zarah [Stina Hedberg] Leander Karlstad Vmanland Sweden, singer/actress (Gabriela), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17George William Warren composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 21Eddie James "Son" House folk blues musician (Delta Blues), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Sten Broman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Paul Godwin [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Sir William Walton, Oldham Lancashire England, composer (Troilus & Cressida, Wise Virgins), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Danilo Svara composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Josef Krips Vienna Austria, conductor (London Symphony 1954-63), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Frantisek Suchy composer [or April 21, 1891], is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Anton Beuving lyricist (Ketelbinkie), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Vesselin Stoyanov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Theodore Chanler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Andre-Franois Marescotti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Rudolf Wittelsbach composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Hugo Friedhofer composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Cvjetko Rihtman composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Bid Sayao Niteroi Brazil, soprano (Mimia-La Bohme), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Jan Kiepura Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie), is born.Ref: 5
May 17John Vincent composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Composer Meredith Wilson (Reiniger), Mason City IA, composer (Music Man), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Mark Lothar composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Celius Dougherty composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Billy Mayerl composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Ralph Walter Wood composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Jimmie Lunceford, American jazz band leader, is born.Ref: 70
Jun 15Max Rudolf Frankfurt Germany, conductor (Gteberg Symphony Orch), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 17Sammy 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, Ill Be Seeing You, I Can Dream Cant I, Let a Smile be Your Umbrella [most w/Irving Kahal]; is born.Ref: 4
Jun 19Bandleader Guy Lombardo, leader of the Royal Canadians, is born.Ref: 24
Jun 26Antonia Brico, Rotterdam Holland, conductor/pianist (Antonia), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 28Richard Rodgers Academy Award-winning composer: half of Rodgers and (Lorenz) Hart and Rodgers and (Oscar) Hammerstein: is born.Ref: 4
Aug 03Ray 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.Ref: 4
Aug 09Zino Francescatti Marseilles France, violinist (NY Phil-1939), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 25Stefan Wolpe Berlin Germany, composer (Zeus & Elidco), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 11Alice Tully Corning, NY, singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 15William Edmundson Spokane Wash, vocalist (Southernaires), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 25Eddie Lang, American musician, is born.Ref: 70
Nov 01Eugen Jochum Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor (Hamburg Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 07Jesus Maria Sanrom, Carolina PR, pianist (Boston Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 22Emanuel Feuermann Kolomea Galicia, cellist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Miroslav Ponc composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Henry Stephen Cutler composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Dec 06Virgilio Mortari composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Paul Kurzbach composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Leonard Hirsch British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Ferenc Szabo composer, is born.Ref: 5
1903
Jan 05Leighton Lucas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Telsforo A Palm Curaao, composer/pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Boris Blacher Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Maurice Abravanel Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Shalva Azmayparashvili composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Jean Morel Abbeville France, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Berthold Goldschmidt German/British (opera)composer (Beatrice Cenci), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Boris Blacher Newchwang China, German composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Erwin Nyiregyhazi Budapest Hungary, pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Robin Humphrey Milford composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25"Sleepy" John Estes rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Augusta Mary Anne Holmes composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 28Jean Robert Planquette composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Feb 03Priaulx Rainier composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Frederick E Kitziger composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Feb 04Siro Cisilino composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Ivan Galamian Tabriz Persia, violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Claudio Arrau Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 17
Feb 09Georg Trexler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Matvey Isaakovich Blanter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Hans Redlich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Henryk Szulc composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 17Joseph Parry composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 20Karel Janacek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Eric Fogg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Austrian composer (Corregidor), dies at age 42.Ref: 5
Feb 23Albert Cahen composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 23Friedrich Grutzmacher composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 01Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Lowell Peters Cleveland TN, vocalist (Southernaires), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist and composer, is born in Davenport IA.Ref: 68
Mar 11Lawrence 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.Ref: 68
Mar 16Nicolai Lopatnikoff Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Frankie 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, Lovers Lullaby; is born in Providence RI.Ref: 4
Mar 28Rudolf Serkin Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro School of Music), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Thomas Baron Pitfield composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Nick Stuart Romania, bandleader, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Gregor Piatigorsky Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Nicolas Nabokov Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer (The Holy Devil), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Frank Parker New York NY, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Gnther Raphael German composer (Symphony Breve), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Luigi Arditi violist/composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 02Oivin Fjeldstad composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Rudolf Serkin Bohemian/US pianist, dies.Ref: 5
May 12Lennox R F Berkeley British composer (Castaway), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Eduard Rappoldi composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 20Jerzy Fitelberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Aram Katchaturian Armenian composer, (Earth), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Hilding Hallnas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Aram (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)Ref: 4
Jun 25Arthur Tracy street singer (Vincent Lopez Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 04Flor Peeters Antwerp Belgium, organist (Lied Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 26Donald Voorhees Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 27Death 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
Aug 23William Primrose Glasgow Scot, violist (Method for Violin & Viola), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 15Roy 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, 1992Ref: 15
Oct 16Ford Lee Buck Washington, American jazz musicianRef: 70
Nov 20Alexandra Danilova, Russian ballerina, is born.iiuiuiyiiy7y7yiyuyiyytutyyuy7tutyyt8y7yu8uyuuiuuiioopllkmnhhjghhhgugtgygygRef: 70
Dec 02Victor Roger composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Dec 06Frederick Grant Gleason composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 08Cleo Brown pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Irene Eisinger singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Zoltan Szekely composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Carlos Montoya, the Spanish-American guitarist who popularized flamenco guitar music, is born.Ref: 70
Dec 20Gavriil Musicescu composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Dec 22Marc Lavry composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Antiochos Evanghelatos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Clyde McCoy jazz trumpeter/bandleader, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Nathan Milstein, Russian-born American violinist, is born.Ref: 70
1904
Jan 02Sally Rand (Helen Gould Beck) dancer, stripper: inventor of the fan dance; actress: The Texas Bearcat, Bachelor Brides, The Night of Love, Getting Gerties Garter, Bolero, Sunset Murder Case; is born in Hickory County MO.Ref: 68
Jan 02James Melton Moultrie GA, opera tenor (Ford Festival), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Boris Kochno Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Erica Morini concert violinist; died in 1995, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 09George Balanchine dancer/choreographer/ballet producer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Jesus Garcia Leoz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Mississippi Fred McDowell jazz artist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Richard Addinsell London England, composer (Taming of Shrew), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Eduard Lassen composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 16Max Vredenburg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Alexandra Danilova Peterhof Russia, ballerina (Turning Point), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22George 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
Jan 23Theodor Schaefer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Franz Coenen composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Jan 25Gza Frid Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Adam Minchejmer composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 02Jose Enrique Pedreira composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Luigi Dallapiccola Pisino Istria, Italian composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Predrag Milosevic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Claudio Arrau Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Igor' Fyodorovich Belza composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09George Balanchine dancer/choreographer/ballet producer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Armin Loos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Gustav Adolf Heinze composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 21Armand Preud'homme Flemish organist/poet, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29Jimmy Dorsey Shenandoah PA, orchestra leader (Stage Show), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29Alan Richardson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Glenn Miller bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood), is born in Clarinda IA.Ref: 5
Mar 19Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Nikolaos Skalkottas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Hermann Schroeder composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Akarova [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Les Biches), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Peter Van Steeden Amsterdam Neth, orch leader (Break the Bank), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08John Antill composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Lily (Alice) Pons soprano singer, actress: I Dream Too Much, That Girl from Paris; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 14Sonia Gaskell Russian/Netherlands choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Lily Pons Draguignan France, soprano/diva (Hitting a New High), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Dorothy Alexander, American ballet dancer, choreographer and founder of the Atlanta Ballet, is born.Ref: 70
Apr 29Russ Morgan Scranton PA, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Antonin Dvorak, Czechoslovakia, composer: Slavonic Dances, Fifth Symphony, The Water Nymph, Carnival, Gypsy Melodies; dies at age 62.Ref: 4
May 02Georgi Dimitrov composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Harry 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 
May 14Richard Hol Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 16Lily Pons opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Fats [Thomas Wright] Waller New York NY, jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin'), is born.Ref: 5
May 24George Formby [William Booth], British singer/comic (Let George Do It), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Kurt George Hugo Thomas composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 03Jan Peerce (Jacob Pincus Perlemuth) opera singer: tenor; actor: Goodbye, Columbus; is born.Ref: 4
Jun 10Frederick Loewe composer/partner of Learner, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 18Manuel Rosenthal Paris France, composer (Bootleggers), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 28Daniel Decatur Emmett composer: Dixie [Dixies Land]; dies at age 88.Ref: 4
Jul 06Robert Whitney Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 16Goffredo Petrassi Zagarolo Italy, composer (Beatitudines), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 27Anton Dolin dancer (Girl From Petrovka), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 02Set Svanholm Vesteras Sweden, tenor (London Convent Garden 1948-57), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 14Richard Mohaupt Breslau Germany, composer (Bucolica), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 17Sir Frederick Ashton, English choreographer and director of the Royal Ballet, is born.Ref: 70
Oct 20Dame Anna Neagle, English actress and dancer, is born.Ref: 70
Nov 16Eddie Condon Goodland IN, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 21Coleman 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
Nov 27Adam Minchejmer composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Dec 06Eve Denise Curie French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Dmitri B Kabalevsky St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Wilf Carter country singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Daniel K Womack singer/guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Dec 30Dmitri B Kabalevsky St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire), is born.Ref: 68
Dec 31Nathan Milstein Odessa Russia, concert violinist (Philadelphia Orchestra 1942), is born.Ref: 5
1905
Jan 02Sir 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, Calibans Song; is born.Ref: 4
Jan 02Michael Kemp Tippett English composer/conductor (Child of our Time), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Giacinto Scelsi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Percy Humphrey musician, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Ernesto Halffter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Stanislaw Pilinski composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 26Maria Augusta von Trapp Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music", is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Vilko Ukmar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Ignacy Krzyzanowski composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 15Harold Arlen, composer, arranger and pianist ("Stormy Weather," "It's Only a Paper Moon"), is born.Ref: 2
Feb 16Jose Munoz Molleda composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Luis Sandi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Leonidas Zoras composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Guillaume Landre composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Marc Blitzstein Philadelphia PA, composer (Cradle Will Rock), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Lili Krus Budapest Hungary, pianist (Austrian Cross of Honor 1978), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Bob Wills, Kosse TX, fiddler, composer, actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Rene Bernier composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18John Kirkpatrick New York NY, pianist (Concord Sonata), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Makar Grigori Ekmalyan composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Mar 22Carlo Alberto Pizzini composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Ruth Page US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Pablo Garrido composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Annunzio Mantovani Venice Italy, orchestra leader (Mantovani), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Winfried P I Zillig German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Serge Lifar, Kiev Russia, dancer, choreographer (Paris Opra Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Kurt Adler, American conductor, is born.Ref: 2
Apr 04Eugene Bozza composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Jef Maes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Tommy Benford drummer: with Jelly Roll Mortons Red Hot Peppers; died in 1994, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 23Karel Komzak composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Apr 27Philip Radcliffe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Ignacio Cervantes composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
May 02Alan Rawsthorne Haslingden England, composer (Cortges), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Mtys Seiber Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Norman De Tar composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Inglis Gundry composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Birth 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."Ref: 5
May 09Ernst Pauer composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 18Eric Zeisl composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Edward Lockspeiser composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Zdenek Blazek composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 26Hans Holewa composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Fela Sowande composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Leon Francis Victor Caron composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jun 06John Gart Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Ivie Anderson, jazz singer, is born.Ref: 2
Jul 15Dorothy Fields lyricist: w/Cy Coleman: Sweet Charity, Seesaw; w/Jimmy McHugh: I Cant Give You Anything But Love, Im in the Mood for Love, On the Sunny Side of the Street; daughter of comedian Lew Fields; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 19Boyd Neel Blackheath, Kent England, conductor (Story of an Orch), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Andre Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 20Jack Teagarden, American jazz trombonist, is born.Ref: 70
Aug 23Constant Lambert London England, composer (King Pest), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 24Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, blues singer, a major influence on Elvis Presley, is born.Ref: 2
Sep 18Agnes De Mille NYC, choreographer (OK), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 15Mantovani Venice Italy, orchestra leader (Mantovani), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 16Albert Eddie Condon musician: guitar, bandleader, promoter of Dixieland Jazz; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 24Irene Wicker singer/actress (Singing Lady), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Ida Carroll musician, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Osvaldo Pugliese musician/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Charles Cushing composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Ernst Hermann Meyer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Henry Holmes composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Dec 11Koos van de Griend composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Sydney Lipton bandleader/violin, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Ferenc Farkas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Richard Sturzenegger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Charles Robert Owen Medley dancer/choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Arn Bjornsson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Earl Fatha Hines musician: piano: classic duet with Louis Armstrong: Weather Bird; songwriter: Blues in Thirds, A Monday Date; bandleader; is born in Duquesne PA.Ref: 4
Dec 31Jule Styne England, songwriter/composer (1954 Academy Award, 1968 Tony), is born.Ref: 5
1906
Jan 01Joseph Miroslav Weber composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Jan 11Johannes Paul Thilman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Maxime Jacob composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Walter Knape composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Rezso Kokai composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Lanny Ross Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Igor Alexandrovich Moiseyev, Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, director, Ballet Master for the Bolshoi Theatre, 1924-1929, is born.Ref: 17
Jan 27Radames Gnattali composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Benjamin Frankel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Hildegarde Adell WI, night club singer (I'll Be Seeing You), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Pierre Cardevielle French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Ludvig Nielsen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Artur Balsam Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Gwen Catley British soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Ramon Tapales composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Grace Mary Williams composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Hendrik W C Spruit Dutch conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Edmund von Borck composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Boris Papandopulo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Anton Stepanovich Arensky Russian composer/conductor, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Feb 26Manuel Fernandez Caballero composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 07Alejandro Garcia Caturla composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Hans Lachman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Aasan Ferit Alnar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Ulvi Cemal Erkin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Tamara Geva dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Normand Lockwood composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Martin Wegelius Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 23George Posford composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Jean Sablon crooner, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Pee Wee Russell, jazz clarinetist, is born.Ref: 2
Mar 29E Power Biggs Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Lauri Saikkola composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Antal Dorati Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dressden Opera 1928-29), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Fud Livingston composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Budd [Lawrence] Freeman US jazz saxophonist (Eel), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Hunter Johnson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Little Brother Montgomery, American jazz pianist and vocalist, is born.Ref: 70
Apr 22Eric William Fenby composer/president (Delius Society), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Zoltan Gardonyi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25John Knowles Paine US composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 26Leopold Spinner composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Maurice Thiriet composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08David Van Vactor Plymouth IN, composer (Chaconne), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Nicholas Beriozoff ballet master, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Hellmuth Christian Wolff composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Phil Regan singer (My Wild Irish Rose), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Hans Joachim Schaeuble composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30William Yeates Hurlstone composer, dies at 30.Ref: 5
Jun 03Josephine Baker, American-born French dancer and singer, is born.Ref: 70
Jun 20Bob Howard Newton Mass, singer/pianist (Sing it Again), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 13Harry Sosnik Chicago, orch leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 15Richard W. Armour, humorist and author (Twisted Tales from Shakespeare), is born.Ref: 2
Jul 19Klaus Egge Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer (Noregsonger), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 25Johnny Hodges, American jazz saxophonist; soloist in Duke Ellington's orchestra, is born.Ref: 70
Sep 15Kathryn Murray Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 25Dimitri Shostakovich composer: Symphony No.5, No. 7, No. 11, No. 13, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 10Paul Creston [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 31Louise Talma Arcachon France, composer (Summer Sounds), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 13Conrad Thibault Northbridge MA, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 20Charles Eastlake, English museologist and art writer, dies at age 70.Ref: 70
Nov 27Radames Gnattali composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Jean Cartan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07George Richard James saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Greet Koeman Dutch singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Freddy Martin Mr. Silvertone: musician: tenor sax; bandleader: Ive Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, April in Portugal, I Saw Stars, Then Ill Be Tired of You, Isle of Capri, Piano Concerto in B Flat, Tonight We Love, Bumble Boogie, Sabre Dance Boogie, Warsaw Concerto, Rose ODay, Miss You; is born in Cleveland OH.Ref: 4
Dec 10Harold Adamson lyricist: Time on My Hands, Daybreak; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 13Ingemar Liljefors composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Helmut Bornefeld composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Fernando Lopez-Garcia composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Edwin H "Buddy" Morris music publisher, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Adalbert von Goldschmidt composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Dec 23Ross Lee Finney Wells MN, composer (Landscapes Remembered), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Franz Waxman Knigshoette, Germany, composer (Day at the Races), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Ivan Brkanovic composer, is born.Ref: 5
1907
Jan 01Erich Schmid composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Cyrill Kistler composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Jan 02Salvador Ley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Josef Foerster composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 07Nicanor Zabaleta San Sebastian, Spain, harpist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Anton Urspruch composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Jan 14Karl von Perfall composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jan 16Phillip Humphrey Vellacott classicist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Henk H Badings Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Janos Ferencsik Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Eddie Ballantine Chicago IL, orchestra leader (Don McNeill TV Club), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Constantin Regamey composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Camargo Guarnieri Brazil, composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Mozart Camargo Guarnieri composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Sndor Veress Hungarian pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Ludwig Thuille composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Feb 15Jean Langlais composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Fernando Previtali composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Alec Wilder Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Nadine Conner California, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Otto Goldschmidt composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 07Juan Francisco Giacobbe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Victor Alphonse Duvernoy composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 09Henry Leland Clarke composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Robert de Roos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Jimmy 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.Ref: 4
Mar 19Elizabeh LeFanu Maconochy composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Marc Vaubourgoin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Lucia Chase US ballerina/co-founder (American Ballet Theater), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Leigh Harline composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Louis Saguer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Herbert "Herb" Hall clarinetist/saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Apr 01Walter Kaufmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Lucile Grahn, Danish choreographer and ballerina, dies at age 87.Ref: 70
Apr 11William Henry Swinburne music teacher, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Mikls Rzsa Budapest Hungary, movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Gino Contilli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20William Dollar St Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Beatrice Kay New York NY, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Colonel), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Antoni Szalowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Vaclav Trojan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Pietro Plantania composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Apr 29Tino Rossi Ajaccio France, singer (Deux Amours, Marlene), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Lincoln Kirstein, American dance impresario; director of the New York City Ballet (1948-89), is born.Ref: 70
May 05Yoritsune Matsudaira composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Jef van Durme composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Harilaos Perpessas composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11John Albert Delany composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
May 15Josef Alexander composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Clifford Curzon London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Felix de Nobel Dutch orchestra leader, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 18Benny Payne Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Benny Carter NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 18Enoch Light Canton Ohio, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 04Edvard 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
Sep 09Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs Ark, singer/actor (Tip-Waterfront), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 14Allan 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
Oct 30Gyorgy R nki Budapest Hungary, composer (Hemberek), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 09Burrill Phillips Omaha Nebraska, composer (Play Ball), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 10(Ellen) Jane Froman singer: I Only Have Eyes for You, Ill Walk Alone, I Believe; is born in St Louis MO.Ref: 4
Nov 29Merle Travis country singer (16 Tons), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Connee Boswell New Orleans LA, singer (Pete Kelly's Blues), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Tony Aubin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Norbert Rosseau composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Fred Elizalde composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Roy Douglas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Yoshio Hasegawa composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Cab 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
Dec 27Jan Willem Van Otterloo Winterwijk Holland, conductor (Melbourne 1967-71), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Nils-Eric Ringbom composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Roman Palester Polish composer: The Weichsel, is born.Ref: 5
1908
Jan 02Janis Kepitis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Menahem Avidom composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Henry Allen, American jazz musician, is born.Ref: 70
Jan 12Jos Limn Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo US singer/actor (Miracle of Women), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Roberta Bitgood composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Ethel Merman (Zimmerman) singer, Tony Award-winning actress (musical): Call Me Madam [1951]; Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Theres No Business Like Show Business, Alexanders Ragtime Band; Musical Theater Hall of Famer; is born.Ref: 68
Jan 19Ish 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
Jan 20Wilfred Conwell Bain composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Edward Alexander MacDowell US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47.Ref: 5
Jan 26Stephane Grappelli French jazz violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Edward Staempfli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Pavel Sivic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Renzo Rossellini Italian composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Emmanuel "Manny" Klein trumpeter, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Grigor Eghiazaryan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Jean Coulthard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Josh White rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Gerald Strang Claresholm Canada, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Georges Jean Pfeiffer composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 24Anatol' Vakhnyanyn composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 03Riccardo Nielsen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Tomas de Manzarraga composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Luiz Cosme composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Peter Milne composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 13Helen Sinclair Glatz musician, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Nikolay Petrovich Rakov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Radie Britain composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Louis Gaste songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Maurice Stans rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Hank Sylvern Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Camille Schmit composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Kurt Bruggemann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Antony Tudor, English-born American dancer, teacher and choreographer, is born.Ref: 70
Apr 04Josef Sucher composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Apr 05Herbert von Karajan, Austria, Berlin Philharmonic conductor/Nazi, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05George Schick Prague Czechoslovakia, conductor (Chicago Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Gaetano Coronaro composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Apr 06Vano Il'ich Muradov [Muradeli] Russia, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Percy 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
Apr 09Fred Lohse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Karel Ancerl Czechoslovakia, conductor (Prague/Toronto), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Eden Ahbez songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Joseph Keilberth German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Lionel 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
Apr 23Frederick Hawkins dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Philippe Brun jazz trumpeter, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Necil Kazim Akses composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Wouter Paap composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Melesio Morales composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 15Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Sigismund Toduta composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Zinka Milanov Zagreb Yugoslavia, soprano (Ljublama Opera 1927), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Kresimir Fribec composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 26Malando [Arie Maasland] composer/orchestra leader (Ol Guapa), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Harold Rome composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and editor, dies at age 64.Ref: 70
Jun 14John Scott Trotter Charlotte NC, orch leader (George Gobel Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 21Nikolai (Nikolay Andreyevich) Rimski-Korsakov composer: Scheherazade, Song of India, The Flight of the Bumblebee; dies.Ref: 4
Jun 29Leroy Anderson, American conductor, arranger and composer, is born.Ref: 70
Jul 08Louis (Thomas) Jordan, musician: alto sax, singer: Is You or is You aint My Baby, Open the Door Richard, G.I. Jive, Baby Its Cold Outside, Aint 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, 1975Ref: 4
Jul 24Cootie (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
Aug 13Death 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
Aug 30Willie Bryant New Orleans La, singer (Sugar Hill Times), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 05Joaqun Nin-Culmell Berlin, Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 06Paul Lavalle Beacon NY, bandleader (Cities Service Band of America), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 14Bernie Green NYC, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 17David Oistrakh, Russian violin virtuoso, is born.Ref: 70
Sep 30David Oistrakh Odessa Russia, violinist/prof (Moscow Conservatory), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 06Sammy Price, jazz pianist, is born.Ref: 2
Oct 10John Green NYC, composer (Body & Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 20Birth 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
Oct 21Alexander Schneider Vilna (Lithuania) Russia, violinist (Budapest String Quartet), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 24Ray Carter Chicago IL, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Halsey Stevens Scott NY, composer (Triskelion), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Oliver Messian, French composer (Quartet for the End of Time), is born.Ref: 2
Dec 11Elliott Cook Carter Jr New York NY, composer (Tom & Lily), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Victor Babin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17William Brocklesby Wordsworth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Dennis Morgan (Stanley Morner) singer; actor: 21 Beacon Street, Pearl of the South Pacific, Its a Great Feeling, Christmas in Connecticut, The Great Ziegfeld, Two Guys from Milwaukee, Desert Song, Kitty Foyle, My Wild Irish Rose; died Sep 7, 1994Ref: 4
Dec 20Giulio Cesare Brero composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Norman Hackforth broadcaster, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Eduard Wachmann composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 24Francois-Auguste Gevaert Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 25Jan Seidel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Jonah Jones (Robert Elliott Jones) musician: trumpet, singer: played with Cab Calloway; threw spitball that got Dizzy Gillespie fired from band; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 31Marko Rothmuller composer, is born.Ref: 5
1909
Jan 03Victor Borge (Borge Rosenbaum) pianist, comedian: phonetic punctuation: "bpft"; is born.Ref: 68
Jan 09Herva Nelli soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Rudolf Kubin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Gunnar Johnsen Berg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Quentin Butter Jackson musician: trombone: played with Duke Ellington; died Oct 2, 1976Ref: 4
Jan 13Danny Barker jazz guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Elie Siegmeister New York City NY, composer (Plough & the Stars), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Enrique Sasal y Chapi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Gene 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
Jan 15Ernest Reyer composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 21Todor Skalovski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Norman Fulton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Tiny Winters musician, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Mihaly Hajou composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Johann Georg Herzog composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Feb 05Grazyna Bacewicz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Israel Citkowitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Edouard Silas composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 08Mieczyslaw Karlowicz composer, dies at 32.Ref: 5
Feb 09Herva Nelli soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Carmen Miranda [Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha] Marco de Canavezes Portugal, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Harald Genzmer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Barry Wood New Haven CT, singer (Your Hit Parade), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Marjorie Lawrence Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannhuser), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21George G F van Renesse Dutch pianist/music director, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Elisabeth Welch singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Richard de Guide, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Hanoch Jacoby composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Dave Clark music promoter/songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Anthony Donato composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Ljubica Maric composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Gyula Erkel composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 25Jay Blackton New York NY, conductor/arranger (Guys & Dolls), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Ruperto Chapi y Lorente composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Mar 26Chris[tiaan R] Reumer Dutch opera singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Nikolai Arkas composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Mar 27Ben[jamin F] Webster US tenor saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Moon Mullican hillbilly pianist (7 Nights of Rock), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Eddie Duchin Mass, society pianist/bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Jean Kurt Forest composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Benjamin Johnson Lang composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 08George Dixon trumpet/sax, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Olavi Pesonen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Hermann Kotzchmar composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Apr 20Lionel Hampton orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Jaroslav Doubrava composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Kate Smith Greenville AL, singer (God Bless America)/Philadelphia Flyer luck charm, is born.Ref: 17
May 01George Melachrino composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Lew Christensen, American dancer, teacher and choreographer, is born.Ref: 70
May 06Fanny Cerrito, Russian-born American composer for stage and screen musicals, dies at age 91.Ref: 70
May 10Mother Maybelle Carter (Addington), Nickelsville VA, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Herbert Murrill composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Rodolfo Cornejo composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Isaac M F Albniz Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
May 19Schlomo Joffe composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Isador Goodman composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Benny Goodman Chicago IL, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 04Paul Nordoff Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Archie Bleyer Corona NY, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 14Burl (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
Jun 24Milton Katims NYC, conductor/violist (WOR-NYC), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Leroy Anderson US, composer (Syncopated Clock), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 04Alec Templeton Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer (Concertino Lirico), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 10Leo Fender, inventor of the first mass-produced electric guitar, is born.Ref: 2
Aug 15Hugo Winterhalter (orchestra leader: Canadian Sunset, Rhapsody in Blue) is born.Ref: 4
Aug 17Larry Clinton bandleader: Deep Purple, My Reverie, On a Slow Boat to China; composer: The Dipsy Doodle, Satan Takes a Holiday, Tap Dancers Nightmare, Dusk in Upper Sandusky; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 25Actress, dancer Ruby (Ethel Hilda) Keeler is born.Ref: 4
Sep 10Raymond Scott, Bkln NY, orch leader (Your Hit Parade), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 17Cozy (William Randolph) Cole musician: drums: played w/Cab Calloway, Louie Armstrong; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 18Johnny (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
Dec 14Phia [Sophia R] Berghout harpist/founder Eduard of Beinumstichting, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Francisco Tarrega y Eixea composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Dec 20Vagn Holmboe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Benjamin Ipavec composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 24Adam Popovich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Billy Williams Waco TX, singer (Your Show of Shows), is born.Ref: 5
1910
Jan 05Erica Morini Vienna Austria, concert violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Soviet prima ballerina is born.Ref: 17
Jan 09Dick Henry Jurgen bandleader, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century, is born.Ref: 70
Jan 10Jean Martinon Lyons France, conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Izler Solomon St Paul MN, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Renier van der Velden composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Ennio Porrino composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Nina Verchinina dancer choreographer/teacher, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Django Reinhardt Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Hendrik Willem Hans Osieck composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Marijan Lipovsek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Jose Garcia Robles composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 03Blas Galindo Dimas San Gabriel Mxico, composer (A la Patria), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Alfred Mendelsohn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Dick Henry Jurgen bandleader, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Albert Fuchs composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Feb 16Miguel Bernal Jiminez composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Albert Heinrich Zabel composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Feb 22Al Sears jazz performer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Roman Maciejewski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Samuel Barber, West Chester PA, composer (School for Scandal), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, German pianist, composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Mar 17Joaquin Valverde composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 21Nick Castle Brooklyn NY, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson Bremerhaven Germany, singer/actress (Der Pott), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Jacques Chailley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Mario Peragallo Italian composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27David Duffle Wood composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Mar 28Edouard [Judas] Colonne French violinist/conductor, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 10Abu-Bakr Khairat composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Eddy Duchin Cambridge MA, society pianist/bandleader (Eddy Duchin Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Werner Wolf Glaser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Sylvia Fisher soprano (Albert Herring Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Erland von Koch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Ernst Tittel composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Alceo Galliera composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Mary Lou Williams US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Gordon Jenkins Webster Grove MO, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Flor van Duyse composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 20Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
May 23Artie Shaw [Arthur Jacob Arshawsky] NY NY, bandleader (Come'on my House), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Margers Zarins composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Nils-Eric Fougstedt composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28T-Bone Walker Linden TX, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev Russian composer (Islamej), dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jun 10Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], rocker (Evil, Big City Blues), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 14Nappy (Hilton Napoleon) Lamare (musician: guitar: group: Bob Cats; solo: Nickel in the Slot) is born.Ref: 4
Jun 14Rudolf Kempe Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 15David Rose London England, orch leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 17Red (Clyde Julian) Foley, Blue Lick Ky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 18Ray 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
Jun 20Chester Arthur Burnett, blues singer, is born.Ref: 2
Jun 22Jennie Tourel Montreal Canada, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Katherine Dunham US, dancer/choreographer/anthropologist, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Sir Peter Pears Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Frank Loesser songwriter: Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, Baby Its Cold Outside, On a Slow Boat to China, Once in Love with Amy, Luck Be a Lady, Thumbelina; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 06Dorothy Kirsten, opera singer, is born.Ref: 2
Jul 18Lou Busch (Joe Fingers Carr) musician: piano, arranger, composer: Sams Song, Down Yonder, Portuguese Washerwoman; died Sep 19, 1979Ref: 4
Aug 14Pierre Schaeffer, French composer, acoustician and electronics engineer, is born.Ref: 70
Sep 01Dame Peggy van Praagh, English-born ballet dancer; founder of the Australian Ballet, is born.Ref: 70
Sep 03Dorothy Maynor Norfolk Va, soprano (founded Harlem School of Arts), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 14Lehman Engel Jackson Miss, conductor/comp (Streetcar Named Desire), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 14Rolf Liebermann, Zurich Switzerland, composer (Leonore), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 23Soulima Stravinsky, Lausanne Switz, Russian pianist (Igor's son), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 09Phil Hanna River Forest Ill, singer (Once Upon a Tune), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 13Art Tatum, American jazz pianist, is born.Ref: 70
Oct 17Julia Ward Howe composer (Battle Hymn of the Republic), dies at age 91.Ref: 70
Nov 25Alwin Nikolais, choreographer, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 01Dame Markova [Alicia Lilian Alice Marks] London, ballerina, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Alex North Chester PA, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Edmundo Ros English orchestra leader, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Richard Franko Goldman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10John Hammond Sr NY NY, rock/jazz producer (I Can Tell, So Many Roads), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Pablo Hernandez Salces composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 16Robert Noehren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Stanojlo Rajicic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Sy (Melvin James) Oliver trumpeter, singer, arranger, bandleader, composer: Easy Does It, Swing High, Well, Git It, Opus No. 1; is born.Ref: 2
Dec 24Mitchell Ayres Milwaukee WI, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25David Lichine [Lichtenstein] Russian/US dancer (Make Mine Music), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Paul Frederic Bowles US composer/writer (Shelting Sky), is born.Ref: 5
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Jan 01Endre Szervanszky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Yannis Andreou Papaioannou composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Andrej Ocenas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Edwin Arthur Jones composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Jan 14George Amadee Tremblay composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Helmut Degen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Wilhelm Berger composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Jan 17Hermann Pfrogner Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Gabor Darvas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Bruno Kreisky Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Roberto Garcia Morillo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Dan Smith harmonica player/gospel singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Carl Eilhardt composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Jan 25Julia Frances Smith composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Norbert Schultze composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Bernard Herrmann New York City NY, composes film music, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30(David) Roy Little Jazz Eldridge trumpeter: soloist with Gene Krupas Band; Let Me Off Uptown [w/Anita ODay]; U.S. President Carters White House jazz party [1978]; is born in Pittsburgh PA.Ref: 4
Feb 02Jean-Jacques Grunenwald French organist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Johan J "Jussi" Bjrling Swedish tenor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Jehan [Ariste] Alain French organist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Jesse Thomas blues singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Edwin Arthur Jones composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 19Nikola Hercigonja composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Robert Guyn McBride Tucson AZ, composer (Mexican Rhapsody), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Feb 20Peter Nicolai von Wilm composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 24Konrad Lechner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Francesco Siciliani opera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Roland Jacobi Leich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Stefan Kisielewski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Alan Hovhaness Somerville MA, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Ramon Campbell Batista composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Jose Ardevol composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Raffaele d' Alessandro composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Jean-Theodore Radoux composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 24Enrique Jord San Sebastian Spain, conductor (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1970), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Myfanwy Piper librettist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Felix Alexandre Guilmant composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Mar 30Dennis Gomm musician, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Gnther Rennert Essen Germany, opera director/producer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Charles "Honi" Coles tap dancer (Tap), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Harold Watkins Shaw musicologist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Goddard Lieberson Hanley Staffordshire England, recording exec, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Martin Denny composer, arranger, pianist: Quiet Village, The Enchanted Sea, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 10Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis composer, dies at 35.Ref: 5
Apr 13Nino Sanzogno composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Francesco Maria Saraceni composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Leonard Warren New York NY, baritone (Metropolitan Opera 1939-60) died on stage, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Sigursveinn David Kristinsson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Hans Studer composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Lillian Rambach teacher violinist, is born.Ref: 5
May 03John Rhea "Yank" Lawson trumpeter, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Robert Johnson blues singer (King of the Delta Blues Singer), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Harry Simeone Newark NJ, choral director (Kate Smith Show), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Maxine Sullivan [Marietta Williams], US singer/actress (Going Places), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Hans Vogt composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner, Kansas City MO, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50 in Vienna, Austria.Ref: 68
May 23Boris Kremenliev composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Sir William Gilbert, English lyricist for comic operas; collaborated with Sir Arthur Sullivan, dies at age 74.Ref: 70
Jul 01Alvino Rey Cleve Ohio, orch leader (King Family), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 04Mitch 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 showRef: 4
Jul 16Dancer Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath) is born in Independence MO.Ref: 24
Jul 31George Liberace musician: violinist, conductor; administrator of Liberace Museum; brother of pianist/entertainer Liberace; is born in Menasha WI.Ref: 4
Aug 26Lester Lanin orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 13Bill 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
Oct 01Irwin Kostal Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 07Vaughn Monroe Akron Oh, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 07Papa 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
Oct 13Ticker Freeman Paterson NJ, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 19George Cates NYC, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 24Sonny Terry (Saunders Terrell) singer, harmonica player: LPs: Sonnys 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
Oct 25Comedienne, singer Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley) is born.Ref: 4
Nov 03Vladimir Ussachevsky Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 12Buck Clayton, jazz trumpeter, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 03Dana Suesse songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Nino Rota Milan Italy, composer (Torquemada), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Louis Prima musician: trumpet, bandleader: Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang, Gleeby Rhythm Orchestra; songwriter: Sing, Sing, Sing, Christopher Columbus, Its 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 Aint Got Nobody, Ive Got You Under My Skin; solo: Wonderland by Night; voice of Orangutan: The Jungle Book; died Aug 24, 1978Ref: 4
Dec 07Louis Prima musician: trumpet, bandleader: Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 12Anna Russell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Spike (Lindley Armstrong) Jones, musician, drummer. Band leader, is born in Long Beach CA.Ref: 4
Dec 15Stan (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
Dec 18Alberto Randegger composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 21Paul Burkhard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Karl L Hoschna composer, dies at 34.Ref: 5
Dec 27Endre Szervanszky composer [or Jan 1], is born.Ref: 5
1912
Jan 02Barbara Pentland Winnipeg Canada, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 02Andre Ameller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Rudolf G Escher Dutch composer (True Face of Peace), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Burton 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: Finians 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
Feb 04Erich Leinsdorf Vienna Austria, available conductor & banana eater, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Zoltan Pongracz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Simon Jurovsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Rudolf Firkusny Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Machito "Frank Grillo" Florida, bandleader (created salsa music), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Stan Kenton [Newcomb], Wichita KS, jazz musician/orchestra leader (Music 55), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Nikita Magaloff Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Julius Kowalski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Hugues Panassi French jazz saxophonist/author (Hot Club of France), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Xavier Montsalvatge Spanish composer (El gato con botas), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Paul Weston (Wetstein) orchestra leader, arranger: Nevertheless [Im in Love with You], Theme from Shane; songwriter: I Should Care, Shrimp Boats for wife: Jo Stafford; is born in Springfield MA.Ref: 4
Mar 13Ernst Hess composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Igor Youskevitch dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Les Brown, the bandleader of "Les Brown and His Band of Renown", is born in Reinerton PA.Ref: 3
Mar 14Death 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
Mar 15Sam [Lightnin'] Hopkins Centerville TX, blues stylist (Ball of Twine), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Russ Case Hamburg IA, orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Reuel Lahmer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Robert Watson Hughes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Herbert Mills singer: group: The Mills Brothers: Paper Doll, You Always Hurt the One You Love, Glow-Worm; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 06Endre Szekely composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Martin Denny rocker/actor (Forbidden Island), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11John Levy jazz musician: bass: played with George Shearing quintetRef: 4
Apr 12Herbert Mills singer, (Mills Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Piet van Egmond Dutch organist/conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Frederick Craig Riddle violist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Feike P Asma Dutch organist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Kathleen Mary Ferrier England, contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Gavalda Miguel Querol composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Frantisek Kmoch composer, dies.Ref: 5
May 01Anna Pollak mezzo-soprano, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Felipe Padilla de Leon composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Virgil Fox organ virtuoso: credited for bringing the organ to the forefront among classical concert instruments.; died Oct 25, 1980Ref: 4
May 04Lou Brown Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Erik Jorgensen composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Marshall Royal jazz sax/clarinet, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Gil Evans, jazz pianist and composer, is born.Ref: 2
May 15Arthur Victor Berger New York NY, composer (Ideas of Order), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Sandor Vegh violinist teacher conductor, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Perry [Pierino] Como, Canonsburg PA, singer/TV host (Perry Como Show), is born.Ref: 68
May 23Jean Franaix Le Mans France, composer (Le Rui Nu), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Joan Hammond British operatic soprano, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Eddie Maxwell singer (Yes We Have No Bananas), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Jan Blockx Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jun 09Ingolf Dahl Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 17Don Gillis Cameron Missouri, composer (Symphony #5), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 19Jerry Jerome Bkln NY, saxophonist (Words & Music), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara Mexico, composer (Huapango), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 14Woody (Woodrow Wilson) Guthrie father of modern American folk music: singer, songwriter: This Land is Your Land, Hard Travelin, Union Maid, So Long Its 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
Jul 16Ray Barr NYC, pianist (Vincent Lopez Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 27Igor Markevitch Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Le Paradis Perdo), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 28Eleazar de Carvalho Iguat, Brazil, conductor/tuba (Tiradentes), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 04David Raksin Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 13Jules 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
Aug 23Gene (Eugene Curran) Kelly, dancer and actor who starred in "An American in Paris" and "Singing in the Rain" is born in Pittsburgh.Ref: 68
Sep 05John Cage composer: experimental music and performance with non-traditional instruments: Bacchanal, Anthems of the Sun, Living Room, Water Music, Third Construction, 453"; is born in Los Angeles CA.Ref: 4
Sep 09Kurt Sanderling Arys Germany, conductor (E Berlin Symph 1960-77), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 13Hugo Weisgall Ivancice Moravia, composer (4 Impressions), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 21Sir Georg Solti orchestra leader: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; first complete recording of Wagners Der Ring des Nibelungen; is born in Budapest Hungary.Ref: 4
Oct 27Conlon Nancarrow Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 21Eleanor Powell Springfield MA, actress/tap dancer (Broadway Melody), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 24Teddy 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
Dec 01Terence Beckles pianist/teacher, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Louis Prima New Orleans LA, singer (That Old Black Magic), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Daniel Jones composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Tony Martin (Alvin Morris) singer: Its 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
Dec 25Leighton Noble singer/bandleader, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Werner Fussan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Peggy Glanville-Hicks Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad), is born.Ref: 5
1913
Jan 02Gardner Read Evanston, Illinois, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Lavad "Dr Hepcat" Durst vocal/piano, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Haywood Frank Henry sax player, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Vido Musso musician: reed instruments, played with Benny Goodman; bandleader: Stan Kenton was his pianist; is born.Ref: 4
Jan 17Carl Baermann composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 19David Emlyn Evans composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Jan 22Verdina Shlonsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Norman Dello Joio [Dello Ioio], New York City NY, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Gustav Luders composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Jan 25Witold Lutoslawski Warsaw Poland, composer (Jeux Vnitiens), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Jimmy 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
Jan 27Milton Adolphus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Jan Masseus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Hector Iglesias Villoud composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Rozelle Claxton pianist/arranger, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Lavad "Dr Hepcat" Durst vocal/piano, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Lucio Diestro San Pedro composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Oskar Danon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Rene Leibowitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Alvin Derold Etler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Jozef Kresanek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Nadine Conner US, opera singer (Carmen, La Bohme), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Felix Draeseke composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 03Margaret Bonds US pianist/composer/arranger, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Yulian Grigor'yevich Kreyn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11John Jacob Weinzweig Toronto Canada, composer (Enchanted Hill), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Joseph Bayer composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 13Sammy Kaye Lakewood OH, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), is born.Ref: 17
Mar 14Witold Rudzinski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19John Thomas composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Mar 20Christian Barnekow composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 22Martha Mdl German singer/soprano (Wagner), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Godfrey Turner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Frankie Laine [Frank Paul LoVecchio] Chicago IL, singer (Hey, Good Lookin', That's My Desire)/ actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03George Barati composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Frances Langford (Frances Newbern), Lakeland Fla, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time), is born.Ref: 68
Apr 06Jose Marraco y Ferrer composer, dies on 78th birthday.Ref: 5
Apr 12Lionel Hampton, musician, is born in Birmingham AL. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 95
Apr 12Gabor Jodal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Everhard van Royen Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Jean Fournet French conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Constance Shacklock opera singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Kent Wheeler Kennan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Milos Sokola composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Jan Meyerowitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Earl Bostic, alto sax player, bandleader: Flamingo, Sleep, You Go to My Head, Cherokee, Temptation; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 29Jack Alexander Bently trombonist, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Walter Susskind Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Gyula David composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Clare Grundman composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Tutti Camarata Glen Ridge NJ, orchestra leader (Vic Damone Show), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Woody Herman jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Otto Reubke composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 20Ion Dumitrescu composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Pee Wee (George) Erwin musician: trumpet: Tommy Dorsey Band, Isham Jones Band; is born.Ref: 4
May 30Cedric Thorpe Davie composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 02Bert Farber Bkln NY, orch leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 10Thor Johnson Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor (Cin Symph 1958), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11Ris Stevens (Ris Steenberg) mezzo-soprano: New York Metropolitan Opera: Orpheus; Mozarts Cherubino and Dorabella; Delilah of Biblical fame; La Giocandas 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
Jun 18Sammy Cahn (Samuel Cohen) composer; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 05Smiley Lewis Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin'), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Ljuba Welitsch Borisovo, Bulgaria, soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 15Cowboy (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
Jul 19Charles Teagarden trumpeter, bandleader, brother of JackRef: 4
Jul 22Lucia Albanese soprano (NY Met Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 24Johnny McAfee Dallas TX, singer (Sammy Kaye Show), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 01Jerome Moross Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Axel Stordahl Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 09Harry Mills singer (Mills Brothers-Paper Doll), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 14(Franck) Frank Pourcel (composer, violinist: group: The French Fiddles: Only You) is born.Ref: 4
Aug 23Bob Crosby, Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orch leader (Bob Crosby Show), is born.Ref: 68
Aug 28Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker],Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 15Henry Dreyfus Brant Montreal Canada, composer (Great American Goot), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 22Leroy Holmes Pittsburgh Pa, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 28Vivian Fine Chicago Ill, composer (Women in the Garden), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 08Walter Schumann NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 15David Carroll musician, conductor, arranger: Melody of Love, Its Almost Tomorrow; record producer for The Diamonds, The Platters, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 20"Grandpa" Louis M Jones, Niagra KY, country singer/banjoist (Hee Haw), is born. (Also TWA, 1986)Ref: 5
Oct 26Charlie Barnet musician: saxophone; bandleader: Cherokee, Were All Burnt Up, Where Was I?, Pompton Turnpike, I Hear a Rhapsody, Skyliner; autobiography: Those Swinging Years; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 22Benjamin Britten, English composer, pianist and conductor, is born in Lowestoft Suffolk England.Ref: 2
Nov 27Milton Adolphus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Hal Dickinson singer (Modernaires), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Eve Lister actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Stanley Bate composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Jimmy Carroll NY NY, pianist (Most Important People), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Dan Dailey singer, dancer, actor: When My Baby Smiles at Me, State Fair, There's No Business like Show Business; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 17Stefano Gobatti composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Dec 18Donald Phillips pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Saburo Takata composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Andor Foldes pianist: played with Budapest Philharmonic at eight years of age, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 22Benjamin Britten Suffolk England, opera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Hans Henkemans composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Leo A Ketelaars Dutch oratorio vocalist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Karl Michael Komma composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Singer Tony Martin is born.Ref: 68
Dec 30Svend Simon Schultz composer, is born.Ref: 5
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Jan 03Jean Louvel Flemish pianist/conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Stephane Raoul Pugno composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 06Arnold Richardson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Charles Borromeo Mills composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Kenny (Klook) Clarke Pittsburgh PA, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea composer, dies 76.Ref: 5
Jan 20Emil Liebling composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 20Henry Southwick Perkins composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 22Dimitri Dragatakis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Suzanne Danco Belgian singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Frederik Rung composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Feb 01Hans Zlig, Swiss dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Jules van Ackere Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Country Music Hall of Famer Ernest Tubb is born.Ref: 4
Feb 09Kenny (Klook) Clarke Pittsburgh PA, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Ralph Herman Milwaukee WI, orchestra leader (Circus Time), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Larry Adler Baltimore MD, harmonica player (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Menelaos Pallantios composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12(Gordon) Tex Beneke bandleader, singer, tenor sax: Glenn Miller Orchestra: Chattanooga Choo Choo, Dont Sit Under the Apple Tree; is born.Ref: 4
Feb 13George Kleinsinger San Bernardino CA, composer (Tubby the Tuba), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Pee Wee King Milwaukee WI, country singer (Pee Wee King Song), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Witold Rowicki composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Mar 06Kirill P Kondrashin Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Jan Kapr composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Bobby Haggart musician: bass: groups: Bob Cats; Peanuts Huckos Pied Piper Quintet, Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, composer, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 13Carl-Olof Anderberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Jiri Reinberger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Cesar Guerra Peixe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Sviatosiav Richter Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Paul Tortelier composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Robert Gross composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Snooky Lanson Memphis TN, singer (Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Hanus Trnecek composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Mar 30Sonny Boy Williamson [John Lee] blues musician (Down & Out Blues), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Carla van Neste Belgian violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Josef Nesvera composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 15John Gregory dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Wilfred Howard Mellers composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Skuli Halldorsson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Sid Weiss bassist, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Edward Mollenhauer composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
May 09Hank Snow (Clarence Eugene), Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Carlo Maria Giulini conductor, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Frank Chacksfield arranger/orchestra leader, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Johnny 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
May 15Pierre Froidebise composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Guido Masanetz composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Boris Christoff Bulgaria/Italian bass (Boris Godunov), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Sun Ra (Herman Blount) jazz musician: piano, organ, synthesizer; is born.Ref: 4
May 23Travis Kemp dancer/teacher, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Paolo Giorza composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
May 27Hugh Le Caine composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 30Bobby Sherwood Indpls IN, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), is born.Ref: 5
May 31Akira Ifukube composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 26Richard Maltby orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 26Wolfgang Windgassen Annemasse Germany, tenor (Stuttgart Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 28Lester Flatt country musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top), is born.Ref: 68
Jun 29Rafael Kubelik Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 08Billy Eckstine jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 15Gavin Maxwell, Scottish writer and naturalist (Ring of Bright Water), is born.Ref: 2
Jul 26Erskine Hawkins, trumpeter, is born.Ref: 2
Jul 28Carmen Dragon classical music conductor, bandleader; father of singer, Captain Daryl Dragon; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 25Alexei Haieff Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer (Princess Zondilda), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 28Glenn Osser Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 03Tom Glazer singer: On Top of Spaghetti [w/Do-Re-Mi Childrens Chorus]; composer: film score: A Face in the Crowd, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 05Gail Kubik South Coffeyville, Okla, composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 24Andrzej Panufnik, Warsaw Poland, composer (Tragic Overture), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 07Alfred Drake (Capurro) Tony Award-winning actor: Kismet [1954]; Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma; is born.Ref: 4
Oct 10Ivory Joe Hunter singer, musician: piano: Since I Met You Baby, I Almost Lost My Mind, I Need You So; songwriter: Aint That Loving You Baby, My Wish Come True, Blues at Sunrise; died Nov 8, 1974Ref: 4
Nov 14Ken Carson Coalgate OK, singer (Garry Moore Show), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 15Jorge Bolet Havana Cuba, pianist (C'eurties Instituka), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Dame Alicia Markova ballerina (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Johnny Johnston St Louis MO, singer (Make that Spare), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Eddie 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
Dec 03Irving Fine Boston MA, composer (Toccata), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Eduard Jacobs Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Dec 14Dan Dailey New York NY, dancer/actor (Governor Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Rosalyn Tureck Chicago IL, pianist (Bach & Rock), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Giovanni Sgambati composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Dec 16Ivan Zajc composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 23Dezider Kardos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Ralph Marterie Caruso of the trumpet: musician, bandleader: Pretend, Caravan, Skokiaan; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 25Tony Martin [Alvin Morris] San Francisco CA, singer (It's a Blue World, To Each), is born.Ref: 5
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Jan 02Karl Goldmark Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Jan 05Uta Graf singer/teacher, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Dean Dixon Zug Switzerland, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Guillaume Couture composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 19Alvy West Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Vitezslava Kapralova composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Jack Brymer clarinettist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Pierre Wissmer Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Bobby Hackett Providence RI, trumpeteer/orchestra leader (Air Time '57), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Richard Bales composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Wladyslaw Gorski composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 08Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Josh White The Singing Christian: blues/folk singer, guitarist; is born.Ref: 4
Feb 11Haakon Stotijn Dutch oboist (VARA Orchestra, Orkestgebouw Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Charles Emile Waldteufel composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 14Irving Gordon songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Emil Waldteufel [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies.Ref: 5
Feb 17Homer Keller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18David van de Woestijne Flemish pianist/composer (Les Aronautes), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Marcel Landowsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Lee Castle (Castaldo) trumpet, bandleader: led Jimmy Dorseys band during time of smash hit: So Rare; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 04Carlos Surinach Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Eunice Catunda composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Alexander Brott composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Carlos Surinach Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Patricia 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
Mar 28Jay Livingston composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29George Chisholm Scottish jazz trombonist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Eliseo Morales Pajaro composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Art Lund Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Willy Dixon blues artist (Mellow Down Easy), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Johann Joseph Abert composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 04Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), is born.Ref: 68
Apr 07Billie Holiday [Eleanora Fagan] Philadelphia PA, singer (Ain't Nobody's Business), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Dorian Le Gallienne composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Andor Kovach composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Sal Franzella jazz musician: alto sax, clarinet: group: Sal Franzella & the Accordionaires: Yesterdays, Oh Marie, Paradise, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 25Nicola d' Arienzo composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 27Alexander N Skriabin Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43.Ref: 5
Apr 29Donald Mills singer (Mills Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Jan Hanus composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Van Alexander New York NY, orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Evencio Castellanos composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Pedro Saenz composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06George Perle Bayonne NJ, composer (12 Tone Tonality), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Wolfgang Schneiderhan violinist, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Igor Buketoff Hartford CT, conductor (Iceland Symphony 1964-65), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Vincent Persichetti Phila Pennsylvania, composer (Sibyl), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 10Oscar Comras Bronx, drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 17Stringbean [David Akeman], Ky, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 01Willie Dixon blues musician: bass: Big Three Trio; songwriter, producer: 1950s Chicago sound; is born in Vicksburg MS.Ref: 4
Jul 03Jerry Gray arranger, bandleader: The Glenn Miller OrchestraRef: 4
Jul 04Timmie Rogers Detroit Mich, singer (Sugar Hill Time), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 06LaVerne Andrews singer: contralto, group: The Andrews Sisters, is bornRef: 68
Jul 06Dorothy Kirsten Montclair NJ, soprano (A Time to Sing), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09David Diamond Rochester NY, composer (Paderewski Prize-1943), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Milt Buckner musician: piano, organ, composer: Hamps Boogie Woogie, The Lamplighter, Counts Basement; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 16Laverne Andrews Minneapolis, Andrew Sister (or 0706), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 28Frankie Yankovic Grammy Award-winning musician: accordion: Just Because, Blue Skirt Waltz; bandleader: polka band; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 04Irving Fields NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 25Walter Trampler Munich Germany, violist (Beaux Arts Trio), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 11Jack Fascinato Bevier Mo, pianist/orch leader (Kukla Fran & Ollie), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 12Billy Daniels Jacksonville Fla, singer (Billy Daniels Show), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 16Cy Walter Minneapolis Mn, pianist (3's Company), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 14Martha Tilton singer: And the Angels Sing, A Stranger in Town; actress: The Benny Goodman Story, Sunny, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 19Billy Strayhorn, composer, arranger and pianist who wrote "Take the A Train., is born.Ref: 2
Nov 26Earl Wild Pittsburgh PA, pianist (Caesar's Hour, NBC Symphony 1942), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Jack Brymer clarinettist, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 28Dick Vance musician: trumpet, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 29Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer, is born.Ref: 70
Nov 30Brownie McGhee, singer and guitarist, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 02Nico Richter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Adolph Green songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Jan Malat composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 04Eddie Heywood Jr. pianist, composer: Canadian Sunset, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 04Gustav Hollaender composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Dec 05Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields drummer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Jarotschin Germany, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Frank Sinatra Hoboken NJ, singer/actor (old blue eyes/chairman of board), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Clay Warnick Tacoma WA, choral director (Jimmie Rodgers Show), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Georgy Vasilevich Svirdov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Turk Murphy (Melvin Edward Alton Murphy) trombonist: first to play jazz version of Mack the Knife; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 19Edith 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
Dec 25Noelle de Mosa Netherlands/British dancer/teacher (Brigadoon), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Pete Rugolo bandleader/arranger (Fugitive), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Una Mae Carlisle US pianist/vocalist (Walkin' at the River), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Roebuck "Pops" Staples US gospel/singer (Staple Singers), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Charles Beach Hawley composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
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Jan 03Maxene (Angelyn) Andrews singer [w/sisters LaVerne and Patti]: group: The Andrews Sisters: Why Talk About Love?, A Simple Melody, Bei Mir Bist Du Schn, Rum and Coca Cola; solo: I Suppose; on Broadway with Patti: Over Here; died Oct 21, 1995Ref: 68
Jan 03Antonio Estevez composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Philip Bezanson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Vic Mizzy Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Bella Lewitsky choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Joel Herron Chicago IL, orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Henri Dutilleux Angers France, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Iwan Knorr composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 26Lothar Jensch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Milt (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
Jan 28Peter Crossley-Holland composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Feb 01Anton Simon composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 04David Vassall Cox composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Bill Doggett musician: Honky Tonk, Slow Walk; is born.Ref: 68
Feb 09Vic Mizzy Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Feb 12Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske Austrian composer (Vom Tode), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 16William Ballard Doggett jazz musician, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Julius Juzeliunas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Martindale Sidwell organist/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23George Clement Martin composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 26Mordecai Seter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29Dinah (Frances Rose) Shore Emmy Award-winning singer, entertainer: The Dinah Shore Show [1951], Dinahs Place [1970]; Daytime Emmy: Dinahs 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, Ill Walk Alone, Buttons and Bows; sponsored Dinah Shore Classic pro golf tournament for over twenty years; died Feb 24, 1994Ref: 4
Feb 29Edward H J Keurvels Flemish conductor/composer (Parisina), dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 02Bernard George Stevens composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Ina 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.Ref: 68
Mar 05Horace Ian Parrott composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill record producer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Harry (Haag) James trumpeter, bandleader: Sweet Georgia Brown, Chiribiribin, And the Angels Sing, Two Oclock Jump, You Made Me Love You, Music Makers, Strictly Instrumental, Ill Get By; married to Betty Grable (second of four wives); is born in Albany GA.Ref: 4
Mar 18Louis Toebosch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22George Wyle New York NY, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Enrique y Campina Granados Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48.Ref: 5
Mar 25Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Harry Rabinowitz British composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Vic Schoen Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Pappy Wade Ray country entertainer/musician: Grand Ol Opry; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 09Julian 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
Apr 09Vicente Goicoechea Errasti composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 11Alberto E Ginastera Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Russ Garcia musician, composer, orchestra leader: Waiter, Make Mine Blues [w/Anita ODay]; Royal Wedding Suite [w/Oscar Peterson], is born.Ref: 4
Apr 14Denis ApIvor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Emerson Buckley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Yehudi 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
Apr 26Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Jan Rychlik composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Robert Shaw Red Bluff CA, chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Maurice "Moe" Purtill jazz drummer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Mutal' Burkhanov composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Earl Ross Drake composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
May 09Bernard William George Rose composer/organist, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Douglas Guest organist, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Max [Johann] Reger German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43.Ref: 5
May 12Ellis Bonoff Kohs composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Skip (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
May 17Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
May 22Gordon Binkerd composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Virginia "Ginny" Simms actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band), is born.Ref: 68
May 29Carl M Story fiddler, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 09Les Paul (Polfus), Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar), is born.Ref: 68
Jul 10Dick Cary jazz musician: trumpet, arranger; first pianist in Louis Armstrongs All-Stars [1947-48]; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 17Eleanor Steber Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 23Ben Weber St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 24Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), is born.Ref: 68
Aug 18Moura Lympany Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 13Dick (Richard Benjamin) Haymes singer: Ill Get By, It Cant Be Wrong, Youll Never Know, Till the End of Time, Mamselle, Little White Lies; actor: State Fair, All Ashore, Irish Eyes are Smiling; is born.Ref: 4
Oct 19Emil Gilels Odessa Russia, pianist (Brussels Competition-1938), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 06Ray Conniff choral/orchestra director: theme from Dr. Zhivago; LP: Swonderful, Somewhere My Love; musician: trombone; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 07Joe Bushkin NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 10Billy May composer, bandleader: many of Sinatras Capitol hits, is born in Pittsburgh PA.Ref: 4
Nov 10Guido Turchi Rome Italy, composer (Invettiva), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Charlie Ventura musician: tenor sax: played w/Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton, Charlie Parker, Count Basie; band leader; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 02Francesco Paolo Tosti composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Dec 05Hans Richter composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Dec 11(Damaso) Perez Prado musician: piano, organ: Patricia, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, Mambo No. 5, Mambo No. 8, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 15Buddy (Edwin) Cole pianist: group: The Buddy Cole Trio; sang with Rosemary Clooney: LP: Swing Around Rosie; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 19Hal Hastings New York NY, orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Manuel Giro composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 20William Wallace Gilchrist composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 25Daniel Devoto composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Helmut Eder composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Bernhard Scholz composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Dec 27Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 28Eduard Strauss Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81.Ref: 5
Dec 31Ernst Rudorff composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
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Jan 02Vera Zorina (Eva Brigitta Hartwig) dancer, actress: Star-Spangled Rhythm, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 05Reginald Smith Brindle composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Wieland Wagner German opera director, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Ulysses Sipmson Kay composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Jerry Wexler music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Walter Hendl West New York NJ, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Felix Guerro Diaz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Billy Butterfield (Charles William Butterfield) musician: trumpet; founding member of Worlds Greatest Jazz Band; is born.Ref: 4
Jan 17Oskar Morawetz Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Ulyses Simpson Kay composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Rudolf Maros composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Billy 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
Jan 22Albert "Pud" Brown clarinetist/saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Jose Maceda composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Paul Rubens composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Feb 06Arthur Gold Toronto, Canada, pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Liberato Firmino Sifonia composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Emile Pessard composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 12Thomas K Scherman New York NY, conductor (Little Orchestra Society 1947-75), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Joel Angel Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Mar 02John Gardner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Lee Young, jazz musician: drummer: Nat King Cole Trio, Lee Young Band, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 07Janet Collins ballerina, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Robert Erickson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Brian Boydell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Dino Lipatti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Dame Vera Lynn, British singer (Anniversary Waltz), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Johnny Guarnieri New York NY, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Rufus Thomas Cayce MS, singer (Walking the Dog), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Fran Gerbic composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 30Els Aarne composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Rudolf Bruci composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Johnny Andrews Boston, singer/host of Songs at Twilight, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Scott 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
Apr 02Lou Monte NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Bill Finegan Newark NJ, (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Tibor Andrasovan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Richard Yardumian Philadelphia PA, composer (Come Creator Spirit), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Walter "Shakey" Horton Mississippi, harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Mongo (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
Apr 07Spyridon Filiskos Samaras composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Apr 15Pietro Grossi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Johnny Hoes Dutch musician/producer (Wished I'd stayed with my Mom), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Emanuel Vardi Jerusalem Israel, violist (San Diego Symphony 1978-82), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Mile Yvette Chauvir France, ballerina assoluta (Sleeping Beauty), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Bea Wain US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade), is born.Ref: 5
May 03James Penberthy composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Edward Toner Cone composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Otto Adolf Klauwell composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 12Andr A Rieu Dutch conductor, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Lou Harrison Portland OR, composer (Rapunzel), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Norman Luboff choral leader: The Norman Luboff Choir; is born.Ref: 4
May 16Geraint Jones conductor/organist, is born.Ref: 5
May 20Enyss Djemil composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Dennis Day New York NY, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Jimmy Hamilton saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 28Papa John Creech rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 07Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti) singer/comedian (partner for Jerry Lewis), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 13Si (Simon) Zentner bandleader, trombonist: Boyd Raeburn Orchestra; is born.Ref: 4
Jun 15Leon Payne country artist, songwriter: I Love You Because, Lost Highway, Theyll Never Take Her Love, I Heard My Heart Break Last Night, The Blue Side of Lonesome; is killed.Ref: 4
Jun 17Dean 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, Oceans 11, Rio Bravo; died Dec 25, 1995Ref: 4
Jun 27Ben Homer composer/songwriter: Sentimental Journey [w/Bud Green, Les Brown], is born.Ref: 4
Jun 30Lena Horne, singer, is born in Brooklyn NY.Ref: 68
Jun 30Buddy Rich Bkln NY, drummer/orch leader (Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 06Dorothy Kirsten Montclair NJ, opera singer (The Chevy Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 07Elton Britt Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09Ted Steele Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 29Homer (Henry D. Haynes), comedy singer of Homer and Jethro, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 03Charlie Shavers musician: trumpet: group: John Kirby Sextet; composer: Pastel Blue, Undecided, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 16Roque Cordero Panama, composer (Sonata Breve), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 22John Lee Hooker Mississippi, blues musician (Canned Heat), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 23Tex (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
Sep 02Laurindo Almeida Grammy Award-winning composer, musician: guitar: Guitar from Ipanema [1964]; Viva Bossa Nova; underscore: Viva Zapata; is born.Ref: 4
Sep 13Robert Ward Cleveland Ohio, composer (Pantaloon), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 28Michael Somes England, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet in London), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 17Composer, jazz musician Thelonious (Sphere) Monk is born.Ref: 68
Oct 21Musician, trumpeteer, Dizzy (John Birks) Gillespie is born.Ref: 4
Nov 29Merle 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
Dec 02Sylvia Syms singer: worlds greatest saloon singer; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 07Leon Minkus composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Dec 08Rufo I Wever Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Dave Street Los Angeles CA, actor/singer (Broadway Open House), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Louis Salvador Palange composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Alicia Alonso Havana Cuba, ballerina (American Ballet Theatre), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Andre Eglevsky choreographer (Limelight), is born.Ref: 5
1918
Jan 06Buddy Weed Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Michael Hertz composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 11Albert Weisser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Lester Sill pioneer music publisher/record producer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Bohuslav Jeremias composer, dies at 58, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Gottfried von Einem Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer (Dantons Tod), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Skitch (Lyle) Henderson bandleader: musical director of NBC-TVs The Tonight Show with Steve Allen, Johnny Carson; conductor: Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, is born in Birmingham England.Ref: 4
Jan 27Elmore James musician (Dust My Broom), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Kara Abulfazogli Karayev composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 15Hank Locklin (Lawrence Hankins Locklin) country singer: Please Help Me Im Falling, Send Me the Pillow You Dream On, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 15Vernon Castle, dancer, actor: The Whirl of Life; dies at age 30.Ref: 70
Mar 01Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 03Frank Wigglesworth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Eugene D'Harcourt composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Mar 13Karel Stecker composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Mar 15Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Mar 15Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger composer, dies at 24.Ref: 5
Mar 15Lili Boulanger composer, dies at 24.Ref: 5
Mar 16Howard Boatwright composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17D Arendo [Arend Honhoff] Dutch pianist/composer (Eleonora), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Willem Coenen composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Mar 20Marian 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.Ref: 4
Mar 20Bernd-Alois Zimmermann German composer (Soldiers), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Sir Charles Thompson musician: pianist, organist: w/Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Buck Clayton, Jimmy Rushing; composer: Robbins Nest [tribute to DJ Fred Robbins], is born.Ref: 4
Mar 22Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Cesar Cortinas composer, dies at 27.Ref: 5
Mar 24Theophile Ysaye composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Mar 25Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris France at 55.Ref: 68
Mar 26Csar A Cui Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 28Youly Algaroff ballet dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Pearl (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.Ref: 68
Apr 01Karl Fritjof Valentin composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Apr 03Sixten Ehrling Malm Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Enrique Iturriaga composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Louis Applebaum composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Peanuts Hucko Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Tony Mottola guitarist: played with Al Caiola, George Halls orchestra, CBS radio studio orchestra, worked w/Raymond Scott backing up young Frank Sinatra and Perry Como, arranger for Comos TV variety show; composer: films: Running on Empty, Violated, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 25Astrid Varnay Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Metropolitan Opera 1941-56), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25[Ibolyka] Astridm Varnay Hungarian/US singer (Walkre), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Kirby Stone New York NY, jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles & Beads), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Willem N "Pim" Koot pianist of Concert building (Oh, Lady! Lady!), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Erbie Bowser pianist, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Godfrey Ridout composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Argeliers Leon composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Margo, singer (Golden Irish Favorites), is born.Ref: 5
May 15Eddy Arnold Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime), is born.Ref: 68
May 17Birgit Nilsson, Karup Sweden, operatic soprano (Elektra, Salome), is born.Ref: 68
May 18Toivo Kuula composer, dies at 34.Ref: 5
May 23Bulent Arel composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Bumps Blackwell rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 18Bob Carroll singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, The Stranger), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 30Stuart Foster Binghamton NY, singer (Galen Drake Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 04Buster Davis Johnstown Pa, choral director (Garry Moore Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 05George Rochberg Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 06Eugene List Phila Penn, pianist/prof (Eastman School of Music), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 24Ruggiero Ricci SF CA, violinist (Paganini), is born.Ref: 68
Jul 27Leonard Rose Washington DC, concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 31Hank Jones pianist: accompanied Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald; led Hank Jones Trio, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 03Les Elgart musician: lead trumpet, bandleader: w/brother Larry; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 25Leonard 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.Ref: 4
Aug 31Alan Jay Lerner lyricist composer (Lerner & Leowe-My Fair Lady), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 04Gerald Wilson Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 13Ray Charles Chicago, orch leader (Perry Como), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 22Henryk Szeryng Zelazowa Wola Poland, violinist (Brahms Concerto), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 10Bobby Byrne Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 11Jerome Robbins choreographer/composer (Tony-West Side Story), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 24Charles Lecocq, French composer of operettas, dies at age 86.Ref: 70
Nov 09Howard Shanet Brooklyn NY, conductor (Night of the Tropics), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Elmore James musician (Dust My Broom), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Skitch Henderson Birmingham England, orchestra leader (Tonight Show), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Milton DeLugg bandleader: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; Milton DeLugg and His Orchestra: Abe Burrows Almanac, The Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show, Dagmars 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.Ref: 5
Dec 07Jorunn Vidar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Grard Souzay Angers France, baritone (Le Nozze di Figaro), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Professor Longhair king of New Orleans music, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Joe Williams Cordele GA, jazz singer (Everyday I Have the Blues), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Henryk Jarecki composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 23Jos Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer (Holiday for Lovers), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Eddie Safranski Pittsburgh PA, orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Bertram Luard-Selby composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
1919
Jan 01Bernard Drukker Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader (Devil's Wheel), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Al "Jazbo" Collins New York City NY, disk jockey (Tonight! America After Dark), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Sylvia Syms US singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Bob Boucher, Kent OH, orchestra leader (Music on Ice), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Jaroslav Jeremias composer, dies at 19.Ref: 5
Jan 18Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas Santiago Chile, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Royalton Kisch British conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Stepan Lucky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Leon Kirchner Brooklyn NY, opera composer (Lily), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Nina Milkina pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Robert Suter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa Swiss vocalist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Feb 08Buddy Morrow (Moe Zudekoff) bandleader: Night Train, Hey Mrs. Jones, theme from Man with the Golden Arm, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 13Joan Edwards New York NY, singer (Joan Edwards Show), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Tennessee Ernie Ford Bristol TN, country singer/actor (pea picker), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Giovanni Bolzoni composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 22Jiri Pauer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Josephine McGill composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Feb 26Luc-Andre Marcel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Roman Haubenstock-Ramati composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Tamara Toumanova dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Jozef Surzynski composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 06Death 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").Ref: 5
Mar 08Ivor Keys musician/teacher, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Auguste Tolbecque composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Mar 11Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington/bandleader/songwriter: Blue Serge, Things Aint What They Used to Be; owned Mercer record label; bandleader: only son of Duke Ellington: led the Dukes band after he died and for musical Sophisticated Ladies; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 11Harald Fryklof composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
Mar 14Luther Henderson Jr Kansas City MO, orchestra leader (Polly Bergen Show), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Erno Kiraly composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Sigurd von Koch composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Mar 17Nat "King" Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles), Montgomery AL, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), is born in Montgomery AL.Ref: 17
Mar 28Jacob Avshalomov Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Paul Geisler composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 04Antony Tudor England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Stefan Surzynski composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Apr 07Ralph 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.Ref: 4
Apr 12Istvan Anhalt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Merce Cunningham choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Don Cornell (Louis Varlaro) singer: It isnt Fair, Ill Walk Alone, Im 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.Ref: 4
Apr 23Talivaldis Kenins composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Heinz Wunderlich composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Pete Seeger NY NY, folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Dimiter Petkov composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Mary Ann McCall singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05George London Montral Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Tibor Sarai composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16[Wladziu Valentino] Liberace West Allis WI, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), is born.Ref: 68
May 17Bohumil Pazdirek composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 18Dame Margot Fonteyn Surrey England, ballerina (Giselle/partner of Nureyev), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Georgie Auld (John Altwerger) musician: saxophones: bandleader; actor: The Rat Race, dubbed soundtrack for Robert DeNero in New York, New York; is born.Ref: 4
May 25Gino Negri composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Chet Gierlach music publisher/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Emmanual Tettey Mensah musician, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 04Robert Merrill (Moishe Miller) Metropolitan Opera singing star, is born in Brooklyn, NY.Ref: 68
Jun 05Akeo Watanabe Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Rusty Gill St Louis Mo, singer (Polka Time), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 09Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian opera composer, dies at age 62 in Montecatini, Tuscany.Ref: 70
Aug 12Michael Kidd [Milton Greenwald] choreographer (7 Brides for 7 Bros), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 13George Shearing (jazz pianist: September in the Rain, Ill Take Romance, Changing with the Times; composer: Lullaby of Birdland, Conception, Consternation), is born.Ref: 4
Aug 30Kitty Wells Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 02Marge Champion LA Calif, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 19Blanche Thebom Monessen Penn, mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 22Jack Russell, Saratoga Springs NY, singer (Your Show of Shows), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 24Vaclav Nelhybel Polanka Czechoslovakia, composer (Everyman), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 30Patricia Neway Bkln NY, soprano (Consul, Maria Golovia), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 11Art Blakey Pitts Pa, drummer (Billy Eckstine Band), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 30Jane Randolph singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 05Myron Floren Webster San Diego CA, accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 17Hershy Kay Philadelphia PA, composer/arranger (Olympic Hymn), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian], Fresno CA, (Alvin & Chipmunks), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Nina Milkina pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Ike Isaacs guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Charles Craig opera singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Hans-Dieter Hosalla composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Moyssey Samuilovich Vaynberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Amintore Galli composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 16Manke Nelis [Cornelis Pieters] Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Anita ODay (Anita Belle Colton) jazz singer: Chickery Chick, Boogie Blues; films: The Gene Krupa Story, Jazz on a Summers Day, Zigzag, The Outfit, is born in Chicago IL.Ref: 4
Dec 18Horatio William Parker composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Dec 27Achilles Alferaki composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Dec 28Inocenti Carreno composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Roman Vlad composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30David Valentine Willcocks composer, is born.Ref: 5
1920
Jan 05Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Brescia Italy, pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Earl Kim composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Reginald De Koven composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Jan 17Nora Kaye New York City NY, prima ballerina, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17George Handy (George Joseph Hendleman) George Joseph Hendleman) (pianist, composer, arranger: Boyd Raeburn band, Alvino Rey band, Paramount Studios; died Jan 8, 1997Ref: 4
Jan 21Torsten Nilsson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22William Warfield singer (Show Boat), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Ray Abrams jazz/be-bop tenor saxophonist, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 24Don Saddler Van Nuys CA, dancer (Holiday Hotel), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30George Skibine Russian/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Oscar Brand folk singer, composer: Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads; music director: NBC-TV Sunday; host: Lets Sing Out, is born in Winnipeg Canada.Ref: 4
Feb 12Emile Sauret composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 13Bryant Boudleaux Shellman GA, rock writer (Bye Bye Love), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Eileen Farrell, Willimantic CT, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Ingmar Milveden composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Lee Russell Cleveland OH, singer (Vincent Lopez), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Patty 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 Cant I, is born in Minneapolis MN.Ref: 68
Feb 17Paul Fetler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Armin Schibler Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Bettina Vernon-Warren dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Del Wood singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Hall Overton Bangor MI, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 27Jose Melis Havana Cuba, orchestra leader (Jack Paar Program), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Edward Kassner music publisher, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Alfred Grant Goodman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Enrique Franco composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08James Daniel "Danny" Turner saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Jethro Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16John Addison Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Academy Award), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Marian McPartland jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Fanny Waterman concert pianist & teacher, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Geoffrey Bush composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Richard Hayman bandleader/conductor/pianist (Theme of 3 Penny Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Stan Freeman, Waterbury CT, pianist (Melody Tour), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Homer Newton Bartlett composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 07Ravi Shankar sitarist: played at Woodstock [1969] and with George Harrison in the Bangla-Desh Benefit concerts [1971]; was George Harrisons sitar teacher; was resident lecturer at CCNY, is born in Benares India.Ref: 4
Apr 08Charles Tomlinson Griffes US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35.Ref: 5
Apr 09Art Van Damme Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Robert Fizdale Chicago IL, pianist (Misia), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Eduardo Maturana composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Jim Timmens Grammy Award-winning composer: Arent You Glad Youre You [1977: Best Recording For Children, w/Christopher Cerf]; jazz musician, musical director of New Yorks Radio City Music Hall, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 16John Conrad Nordqvist composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Apr 21Bruno Maderna Venice Italy, conductor/composer (Hyperion), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Louis Barron composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Death 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."Ref: 5
Apr 26Juan C Lampe Aruba, pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Nan Merriman US/Netherlands singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Harold Samuel Shapero Lynn MA, composer (9 Minute Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Leen 't Hart Dutch organist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Jacob Gilboa composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03John Lewis, jazz pianist, is born.Ref: 2
May 11Beryl Bryden, jazz singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Helen O'Connell Lima OH, singer (Green Eyes, Amapola), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Peggy Lee [Norma Egstrom] Jamestown ND, singer (Fever, Why Don't You Do Right), is born.Ref: 5
May 30George 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 Montral Canada.Ref: 4
Jun 11Hazel Scott Trinidad, singer/pianist (Hazel Scott), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11Shelly Manne composer, musician: drummer: Peter Gunn score; actor: Man with the Golden Arm; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 19Robert Mann Portland Oregon, violinist (String Quartet 1952), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 21Isaac Stern Kremenetz, Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 11William Masselos Niagara Falls NY, pianist/prof (Juiliard 1976), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 13George Shearing London, blind pianist/composer (Lullabye of Byrdland), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 17Georgia Gibbs Worcester Mass, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 26Charlie Parker, jazz guitarist, was bornRef: 62
Aug 29Charlie "Bird" Parker famous African-American jazzman, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 07Al Caiola musician: guitar: themes from The Magnificent Seven and Bonanza, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 14Johnny 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.Ref: 5
Dec 02Robert Moevs composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Dave 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.Ref: 5
Dec 06Karel Kovarovic composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Dec 12Paul Lacome composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 13Frits Noske Dutch musicologist (Signifier & the Signified, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Clark Terry musician: trumpet, flugelhorn: with Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 18Rita Streich German singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Little Jimmy Dickens, Country Music Hall of Famer: Country Boy, My Hearts Bouquet, May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose, is born in Bolt WV.Ref: 4
Dec 24Dave Bartholomew Louisiana, jazz artist/songwriter (Blueberry Hill), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Gote Carlid composer, is born.Ref: 5
1921
Jan 07John Lanigan tenor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Luis Villalba Munoz composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Jan 09Seymour Barab composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Leo Smit Philadelphia PA, pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Mark Lawrence Washington DC, pianist (Alice Pearce), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Todor Popov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Andre Hodeir composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Wlasyslaw Zelenski composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 25Alfred Reed composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Jan 26Frantisek Chaun composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Johannes Driessler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Bernie Leighton West Haven CT, orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Luigi Mancinelli composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 03Max Wilhelm Zach composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Feb 05Sir John Pritchard London England, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Wilma Lee Cooper (Leary) country singer: Come Walk with Me with husband, Stoney; group: Clinch Mountain Clan with daughter, Carol Lee, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 09Seymour Barab composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Adrian Cruft composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Jeanne Demessieux composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Hans Haym composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Feb 19Claude Rene Georges Pascal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Nurv Shiner singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Ruth Gipps British conductor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Ingvar Lidholm composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Andras Szollosy composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Vladimir Sommer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Junior Parker Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Halim El-Dabh composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Julius Rudel Vienna Austria, conductor (NYC Opera 1957), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson trumpeter, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Astor Piazzolla Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Gordon MacRae actor: Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Desert Song; singer: I Still Get Jealous, Its Magic, Hair of Gold Eyes of Blue, Cest Magnifique, The Secret [with Jo Stafford]; is born in East Orange NJ.Ref: 4
Mar 12Ralph Shapey Philadelphia PA, composer (Fantasy, Rituals), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Primoz Ramovs composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Antony Hopkins composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Arthur Grumiaux Belgian violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Deodat de Severac composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Mar 26Joe Loco (Jose Esteves Jr.) jazz musician, arranger: credited with introducing the mambo [Tenderly: 1951] and cha-cha-cha [1953] to the US; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 30Kan Ishii composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Oto Ferenczy composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01William L Bergsma, Oakland CA, composer (Fortunate Island), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Douglas Allenbrook composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58.Ref: 5
Apr 06Andrew Welsh Imbrie composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Jan Novak composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Virginia O'Brien Los Angeles CA, actress/singer (Gus, Ziegfeld Follies, Thousands Cheer), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Sheb Wooley Erick Okla, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Dorothy Shay (Sims) The Park Avenue Hillbilly: singer: Feudin and Fightin; actress: Comin Round the Mountain; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 13Carlo Prosperi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Norman Ewart Thurston musician, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Will Ogdon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Candido Camero musician: bongos, congas, tres, bass: performed/recorded w/George Shearing, Stan Kenton, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Tito Puente, Machito, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 26Jimmy Giuffre jazz musician, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Louis Campbell-Tipton composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
May 03Joe Ames singer (of The Ames Brothers) is born.Ref: 4
May 04John van Kesteren Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Sonja Oosterman Dutch singer (Marketensters), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Freddy Randall jazz trumpeteer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Bert Weedon rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 12(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.Ref: 4
May 12Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Erroll Garner Pittsburgh PA, jazz pianist (Misty), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Bob Merrill songwriter: If I Knew You Were Comin Idve Baked a Cake, Doggie in the Window, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Funny Girl [w/Jules Styne]; is born.Ref: 4
May 17Dennis Brain London England, french-hornist (Serenade), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Humphrey Lyttelton jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Hal 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.Ref: 4
May 27Redd Stewart Ashland City TN, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 01Nelson Riddle Oradell NJ, musical conductor (Batman, Frank Sinatra), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 21Frank Scott Fargo ND, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Gower Champion, choreographer (42nd Street), is born.Ref: 17
Jul 17George Barnes Chicago Hgts, guitarist (Skip Farrell Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 21Billy Taylor Greenville NC, orch leader (David Frost Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 24Billy 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.Ref: 4
Jul 30Grant Johannesen Salt Lake City Ut, pianist (Ostnd first prize 1947), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 02Tenor Enrico Caruso dies in Naples, Italy of pleurisy at age 48.Ref: 68
Aug 03Richard Adler composer, lyricist [w/Jerry Ross]: scores: Pajama Game, Damn Yankees; solo: scores: Kwamina, A Mothers Kisses, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 04Herb (Mitchell) Ellis musician: guitarist, singer: group: Soft Winds: I Told You I Love You, Now Get Out; Oscar Peterson Trio, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 06Buddy (William) Collette musician: reeds, piano, composer: LPs: Now and Then, Blockbuster, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 07Warren Covington bandleader: trombone: played with Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 07Karel Husa Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Trojan Women), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Webb Pierce singer: In the Jailhouse Now, Honky Tonk Song, Tupelo County Jail, Ive Got Leaving on My Mind, Back Street Affair, There Stands the Glass; is born.Ref: 4
Sep 07Arthur Ferrante, musician: pianist: duo: Ferrante and Teicher: Exodus, Tonight, Theme from The Apartment, Midnight Cowboy, is born.Ref: 68
Sep 19Billy 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.Ref: 4
Sep 27Engelbert Humperdinck opera composer: Hansel and Gretel; name borrowed by pop singer Arnold Dorsey; dies at age 67.Ref: 4
Oct 13Harper MacKay Boston Mass, orch leader (NBC Follies), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 21Sir 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. Trinians series, Eye Witness, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 08Jerome Hines Hollywood CA, basso (I am The Way), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Nicolas A Pia Venezulian/Aruban songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Arne Dorumsgaard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Johnny Otis California, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Terence Weil cellist/teacher, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Viktor Jacobi composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
Dec 16Charles Camille Saint-Saens French composer (Carnival of the Animals), dies at 86.Ref: 5
Dec 19Ludvik Podest composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Alica Alonso Havana, ballerina, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Joan Dickson cellist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Hawkshaw Hawkins Huntington WV, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Robert Frank Kurka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Gerard Thomas Victory composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Hans Huber composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Dec 28Johnny 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 HenryRef: 4
Dec 28Eddy Doorenbos Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
1922
Jan 02Nico Schuyt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 02Renata Tebaldi, Pesaro Italy, lyric soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Jacques Wildberger Swiss composer (In My End is My Beginning), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Frank Wess flutist/saxophonist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Finn Einar Mortensen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Jean-Pierre [Louis] Rampal, Marseilles France, flutist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Antonio Scontrino composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 08Abbey Simon New York City NY, pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Tony Charmoli Minnesota, choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrew), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Yehezkiel Braun composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Ray Anthony, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Page (Walter) Cavanaugh pianist: Page Cavanaugh Trio: Thats How Much I Love YouRef: 4
Jan 26Luigi Denza composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Jan 30Pal Jardanyi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Heinrich Reinhardt composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Feb 01Renata (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.Ref: 4
Feb 03Jean-Pierre Rampal flutist (Italian Flute Concertos), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05James William Tate composer, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Feb 11Tudor Jarda composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Geraint Evans British opera vocalist (Knaben Wunderhorn), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Tommy Edwards rock vocalist (It's All in the Game), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Josef Matej composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Uros Krek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Andre Asriel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Felix Werder composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Dmitri B Shostakovich father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 25Matti Rautio composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Vicente Lleo composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Mar 01Michael Flanders songwriter, comedian: duo: Flanders and [Donald] Swann: made humorous mockery of English and American failings; Flanders quote, Always remember that if it hadnt been for the English, youd all be Spanish.; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 02Eric Feldbush composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Mario Zafred composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Kazimierz Serocki composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Arthur Hervey composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 10Horace Wadham Nicholl composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 11Thom Kelling Dutch singer/guitarist (Programa de Manha), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Thomas Hugh Eastwood composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Les Baxter US, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Larry Elgart New Haven CT, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Dave 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.Ref: 4
Mar 24Dave Appell singer/musician/songwriter (In the Midnight Hour), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 30German Germanovich Galinin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Peter Jona Korn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Elmer 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.Ref: 4
Apr 05Harry Freedman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Kenneth Howard Peacock composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Ralph Blaze guitarist: played with Stan Kenton, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 11Alexander Raichev composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Tiny Tim (Herbert Buchingham Kauhry) singer with the falsetto warble and ukulele ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips" ), is born.Ref: 17
Apr 12Frantisek Ondricek composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Apr 14David Alexandrovich Toradze composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz musician (Pithecanthropus Erectus), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Lou Stein Philadelphia PA, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24(Samuel) Aaron Bell jazz musician: bass: played w/Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Andy Kirk, Lucky Millinder, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young; composer, teacher, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 24Richard Batka composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Apr 26Paul-Andre Gaillard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Hans Sommer composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Apr 29Toots [Jean] Thielemans Belgian/US jazz musician/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03Marina Svetlova ballerina/choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Jay D Miller record producer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Eddie Bert jazz musician: trombone, is born.Ref: 4
May 18Kai Winding jazz musician: trombone: More [theme from Mondo Cane]; is born.Ref: 4
May 24Sadao Bekku composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Carl Tieke composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
May 29Iannis Xenakis Braila Romania, composer/architect/mathematician, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 04Irwin Bazelon Evanston Illinois, composer (Duo for Viola), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 05Gordon Specs Powell musician: bongos: LP: Movin In; CBS staff musician, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 10Actress, singer Judy Garland (born Frances Gumm) is born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.Ref: 68
Jun 17Jerry Fielding Pitts Pa, orch leader (Lively Ones), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 23Francis Thorne Bay Shore NY, composer (Burlesque Overture), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 24Manny Albam composer: Drum Suite, La Vie en Rose, Afro-Dizzyac, Country Man; music educator: Eastman School of Music, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 24Roy Elihu Travis NYC, composer (Passion of Dedipus), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25Johnny Smith jazz musician: guitar: Moonlight in Vermont, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 27George Walker Washington DC, composer (In Praise of Lillies), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Elmer J. Mousey Alexander musician: drums: group: Alexanders the Great; is born.Ref: 4
Jun 29Ralph Burns musician: piano; composer, arranger: Apple Honey; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 07Artie Malivn NYC, music director (Julie LaRosa, Steve Lawrence), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 21Kay Starr (Katherine Starks), Dougherty Okla, singer (Rock & Roll Waltz, Club Oasis), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 15Lukas Foss (Fuchs) Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 30Regina Resnik NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 20Frank Comstock SD CA, orch leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 30Oscar Pettiford, musician, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 07Marie Lloyd (Matalida Alice Wood) British musical entertainer known for her impersonations, dies.Ref: 17
Oct 13Alan Scott Haddonfield NJ, TV host/songwriter (Spin the Picture), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 29Neal Hefti composer: TVs 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.Ref: 4
Oct 31Illinois (Battiste) Jacquet, musician: tenor saxophone: Flyin Home, I Didnt Know About You; played with Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway, Count Basie; in film: Jammin the Blues, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 01George S Irving Springfield MA, singer/actor (Dumplings), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 07Al Hirt New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 22Fikret Dzhamil Amirov Kirovabad Russia, Azerbaijani composer (Shur), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Don Robertson Nashville Songwriters Association Hall of Famer: I Really Dont Want to Know, I Dont Hurt Anymore, Please Help Me Im Fallin, I Love You More and More Each Day; whistler: The Happy Whistler, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 08Jean Ritchie rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Allen Dwight Sapp composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Peter Birch Bronx, choreographer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Halina Czerny-Stefnska Polish pianist (Chopin), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Alan 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.Ref: 4
Dec 17Hubert H A Beckers Curacao opera singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Kitty Kallen, Philadelphia PA, singer (Judge For Yourself), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
1923
Jan 01Milt 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.Ref: 4
Jan 03Dragutin Gostuski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Flavio Testi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Charles Russell Woolen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Giorgio Tozzi Chicago IL, basso, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Danil Shafran cellist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Roy Lanham rocker (Sons of the Pioneers), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Friedrich Zehm composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Leslie Bassett composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Simeon ten Holt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Maurice Le Roux composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Cesare Siepi Milan Italy, basso (New York Metropolitan Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Mel Powell pianist, composer: Mission to Moscow for Benny Goodman; music educator: Dean of Music at California Institute of Arts; is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Cesare Siepi opera basso; LP: Cesare Siepi sings Cole Porter and Italian Songs; video: Don Giovanni [Siepi Version], is born.Ref: 4
Feb 17Buddy (Boniface) DeFranco clarinetist, bandleader: won all modern jazz music polls in the early 1950s, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 19Donald Lybbert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 21Lucille Bremer dancer/actress (Ruthless, Ziegfeld Follies), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Dexter Gordon US, tenor saxophonist/actor (Connection), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Viktor Kalabis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Charles Francis Abdy Williams composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 02(Arthel Lane) Doc Watson Grammy Award-winning singer, musician: flat-picking guitarist: LPs: Then and Now [1973], Two Days in November [1974], is born.Ref: 4
Mar 06Erhard Karkoschka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Mahlon Clark musician: clarinet/reeds: Lawrence Welks band, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 08Cyd Charisse, dancer, actress, is born.Ref: 2
Mar 10Don Abney jazz pianist, studio musician; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 10Jethro (Kenneth C. Burns) entertainer, musician: mandolin, banjo: Homer & Jethro: The Battle of Kookamonga, Dont Let the Stars Get in Your Eyeballs; is born in Conasauga TN.Ref: 4
Mar 11Death 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.Ref: 5
Mar 12Norbert Brainin violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Red Garland jazz musician: reeds, pianist: ,Alone with the Blues Red Alone; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 19Janine Dacosta French pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Mort Lindsey Newark NJ, orchestra leader (Merv Griffin Show), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Lee Hale Tacoma WA, choral director (The Entertainers), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Clifton Williams Traskwood AR, band master (Sinfonians), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Thad 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.Ref: 4
Apr 08Franco (Dario) Corelli, Anconia Italy, tenor (Don Jos-Carmen), is born.Ref: 68
Apr 09Bruno Kiefer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Maria Callas opera singer (Carmen), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Bennie Green trombonist, lyricist: The Diamond and the Goose; journalist; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 19Thomas Paine Westendorf composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 20Tito Puente Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Nathan "Dambuzza" Mdledle singer (played a major role in the evolution of South African music), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Freddy Scott singer: Hey Girl, Are You Lonely for MeRef: 4
Apr 25Albert King (Nelson), Indianola MS, blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues), is born.Ref: 68
Apr 25Melissa Hayden Toronto Ontario Canada, ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Wolfgang Steffen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Percy Heath jazz musician: bass: founder of Modern Jazz Quartet; group: The Heath Brothers, is born.Ref: 4
May 02Christina Spierenburg Dutch singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Ed Cass Cassidy musician: drums: groups: New Jazz Trio, Taj Mahal, Spirit: I Got a Line on You, Natures Way, is born.Ref: 4
May 12Ewart G Abner record company executive, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Ellis Larkins pianist: favorite accompanist of: Mildred Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams; is born.Ref: 4
May 17Peter Mennin[i] Erie PA, composer (Moby Dick), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Doris Mae Akers gospel singer/songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Alicia de Larrocha Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Gyrgy Ligeti Dicsszentmartin Transylvania Hungary composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Eugene 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.Ref: 4
May 30Camille Chevillard composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 31Wolfgang Lesser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 05Daniel Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 27Elmo Hope musician: piano: group: The Elmo Hope Trio; is born.Ref: 4
Jun 28Pete (Walter) Candoli musician: trumpet: Superman with a Horn, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 29Chou Wen-Chung Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 07Eduardo Fal Argentine guitarist (Zamba de Vargas), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 06Jack Parnell London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 06William B Williams Babylon NY, DJ (WNEW, Sammy & Company), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Jimmy Witherspoon singer: Aint Nobodys Business, Some of My Best Friends are the Blues, Youre Next; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 18Jimmy Witherspoon, blues singer, is born.Ref: 2
Aug 20Country singer Gentleman Jim Reeves is born.Ref: 4
Aug 23Wolfgang Sawallisch Munich Ger, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 06William Kraft Chicago, Ill, composer/percussionist, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 17Hank Williams country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin'), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 28Fred Robbins Balt Md, DJ (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 03Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Lwow Poland, conductor (Die Zauberflte), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 16Bert Kaempfert musician: Wonderland by Night, Red Roses for a Blue Lady, Three OClock in the Morning, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 20Robert Craft Kingston, NY, conductor, Stravinsky-follower, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 01Victoria de Los Angeles, Spanish opera soprano, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 02Tomas Breton y Hernandez composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 08Dom Joseph Pothier French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Dec 10Abelardo Quinteros composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Giuseppi Gallignani composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 16Werner Haentjes composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Pongrac Kacsoh composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Dec 22Arthur H Bird composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 23Milt Okun Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Starland Vocal Band Show), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Louis Lane Eagle Pass TX, conductor (Oere Orchestra 1968-73), is born.Ref: 5
1924
Jan 06Earl Scruggs NC, bluegrass musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Benjamin Lees (Lysniansky) Harbin Manchuria, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Robert Starer Vienna Austria, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Antai Ribari composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Julin B Coco Curaao guitarist/bassist (Utrecht Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Ludmilla Chiraeff ballet dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Max 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)Ref: 95
Jan 11Don Cherry Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Slim Harpo musician, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Geza Zichy composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Jan 20Slim 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.Ref: 4
Jan 20Yvonne Loriod Houilles France, pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22J.J. (James Louis) Johnson musician: trombone, composer, bandleader; one of first to use the trombone in modern jazz; os bprm/Ref: 4
Jan 22Margaret Whiting big band singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24David Craighead composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Klaus George Roy composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Warren Frank Benson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Luigi Nono Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Joseph Ludwig composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 05Alexis Hollander composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 07Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Julin B Coco Curaao guitarist/bassist (Utrecht Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09George Guest British organist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Randy Van Horne El Paso TX, singer (Nat King Cole Show), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Arghyris Kounadis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Lionel Monckton English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62.Ref: 5
Feb 17Oskar Merikanto composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Feb 21Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 23Lejaren Hiller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Mark Bucci New York NY, composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Sarah Caldwell Maryville MO, conductor/opera director (Flagstaff), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Konstantin Iliev composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Lockrem Johnson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Stephen Dodgson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18John Frederick Bridge composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Mar 19Charles Villiers Stanford Irish composer/author, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Mar 21Karl Heinz Fussl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Julia A Perry Lexington KY, US composer (Cask of Amontillado, Selfish Giant), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Augusto de Oliviera Machado composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Mar 26Victor Herbert, American composer, dies at age 65.Ref: 70
Mar 27Sarah 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.Ref: 4
Mar 27Walter Parratt composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 29Jules de Corte blind Dutch ballad singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish-born English composer, conductor and teacher, dies at age 71.Ref: 70
Mar 30Milko Kelemen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Gunther Becker composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Murray Dickie opera singer/director, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Dorothy Donegan jazz pianist: At the Embers; appeared in film: Sensations of 1945; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 07Nick Perito Denver Colo, orch leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Ikuma Dan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Harald Heilmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Sergiu Natra composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Shorty 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.Ref: 4
Apr 15Eduardo Caudella composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 16Henry Mancini (Enrico Nicola Mancini), Cleveland OH, composer/conductor (Pink Panther), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Vinton La, blues singer (Mary is Fine), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Buxton Daeblite Orr composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Gerhard Samuel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Ira Louvin Rainsville AL, country singer (Louvin Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Clara Ward gospel singer: group: Clara Ward Gospel Troupe; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 23Arthur Frackenpohl Irving NJ, composer (Natural Superiority of Music), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Yehoshua Lakner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Erzsebet Szonyi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Franco Mannino composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26(Theodore Marcus) Teddy Edwards jazz musician: tenor sax: Me and My LoverRef: 4
Apr 26Russell Nype Zion IL, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Josef Labor composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 29Rene Jeanmaire Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Sheldon Harnick Chicago IL, Broadway lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Earl George composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Enrico Josif composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Aafje Heynis Dutch singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Theodore Bikel Austrian/US folk singer/actor (The Russians Are Coming), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Theo Olof German/Netherlands violinist/prodigy/concert master, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Mimi (Miriam) Benzell, Bridgeport CT, operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Connie Russell New York NY, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Charles Henri Marechal composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
May 14Joly Braga Santos composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Dick Hixson trombonist, studio musician, is born.Ref: 4
May 17Frantisek Kovaricek composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Robin Howard, English balletomane; promoted modern dance in Britain, is born.Ref: 70
May 19Sandy Galbraith Wilson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Robert Parris Philadelphia PA, composer (Book of Imaginary Beings), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Claude Andre Francois Ballif composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Theodore Morse composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
May 26Johann Heinrich Beck composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 26Victor Herbert cellist, conductor: Pittsburgh Symphony; composer: operettas: Babes in Toyland, Naughty Marietta; songs: Ah Sweet Mystery of Life [At Last Ive Found You]; dies at age 65.Ref: 4
May 27Victor Herbert Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65.Ref: 68
Jun 20Chet (Chester Burton) Atkins, Luttrell TN, guitarist (Me & My Guitar), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 27Rosalie 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.Ref: 4
Jun 29Ezra Laderman NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 05Janos Starker (Grammy Award-winning cellist [Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra: 1997]: Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 16; Grand prix du disque [France: 1948]), is born in Budapest Hungary.Ref: 4
Jul 07Mary Ford (Iris Colleen Summers) singer w/Les Paul: How High the Moon, Vaya Con Dios, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 09Leonard Pennario Buffalo NY, pianist (LA Philharmonic), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Howard Roberts Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 22Margaret Whiting Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 26Louie 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.Ref: 4
Aug 02Joe Harnell conductor/arranger: Fly Me To the MoonRef: 4
Aug 14Georges Pretre Waziers France, conductor (NY Met), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 24Louis Teicher pianist (Ferrante & Teicher-Exodus), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 29Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones), Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 07Leonard Rosenman Bkln NY, TV composer (Marcus Welby MD), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 12Ella 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.Ref: 4
Sep 13Maurice Jarre Lyons France, composer (Dr Zhivago-Acad Award 1966), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 15Bobby Short pianist, singer: regular on first Playboy TV series; autobiography: Black & White Baby, is born. (TWA, 1986)Ref: 95
Sep 16Paddy Stone Winnipeg Manitoba, choreographer (Piccadilly Palace), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 20Gogi Grant (Audrey Brown) singer: The Wayward Wind, Suddenly There?s a Valley; dubbed vocals for Ann Blythe: The Helen Morgan Story, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 27Bud Powell, jazz pianist, is born.Ref: 2
Oct 13Terry Gibbs Brooklyn NY, orch leader (Steve Allen Comedy Hour), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 15Colin Romoff NYC, orch leader (Andy Williams Show), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 18Allyn Ferguson San Jose CA, orch leader (Andy Williams Show), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 01Victoria de los Angeles Spain, soprano (Mimi-La Boheme), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 04Gabriel Faure, composer, dies in Paris, France at age 79. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)Ref: 70
Nov 14Leonid Kogan Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist (Lenin Prize-1952), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 29Italian 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)Ref: 83
Nov 30Allan Sherman (Copelon) parody singer/songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Franz X Scharwenka German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 09Bernard Zweers Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 10Ken Albers bass singer: group: The Four Freshmen: LPs: And Five Trumpets, And Five Saxes, In Person, Voices in Love, And Five Guitars, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 12Francis Miroglio composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Nevit Kodali composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Marion Morgan singer (Stop the Music), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Ida Haendel Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Rita Reys [Maria Reijs] Dutch jazz singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Frank Corsaro New York harbor, opera director, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24[Irving] Lee Dorsey New Orleans LA, vocalist (Working in the Coal Mine), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Carol Haney dancer: member of Jack Cole dance company, worked with Bob Fosse; in film: Pajama Game; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 28Johnny Otis [Veliotes] composer (Every Beat of My Heart), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Rex Allen, Wilcox AZ, cowboy singer (Dr Baxter-Frontier Doctor), is born.Ref: 68
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Jan 02Andry Maryanovich Nikodemovich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Laurentiu Profeta composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Ruth Slenczynska Sacramento CA, pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Annie Delorie Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Marty Paich Oakland CA, orchestra leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Maria (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.Ref: 4
Jan 25Barbara Carroll jazz pianist, arranger, occasional vocalist: LPs: Everything I Love, This Heart of Mine, Live at the Carlyle, Old Friends, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 30Jakab Gyula Major composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 02Michel Paul Philippot composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Marius Constant Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Alvin Brehm composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Gene 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 dAmour, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 14Elliot Lawrence Philadelphia PA, orchestra leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Jindrich Feld composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Alfred Baldwin Sloan composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Feb 25(Elsie) Lisa Kirk singer, actress: The Producers, Gypsy; is born.Ref: 4
Feb 25Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Feb 26James Moody US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Guy Mitchell Detroit MI, singer/actor (Guy Mitchell Show), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Enzo Stuarti Italy, singer (Yesterday), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Moritz Moszkowski Polish/German composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 08Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Billy Ford singer: group: Billy & Lillie: La Dee Dah, Lucky Ladybug, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 11Andreas Hallen composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Mar 12Georges Delerue composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Anthony Milner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Roy Haynes US jazz drummer (Trio Music with Chick Corea), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Claudio Spies composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Pierre Boulez, Montbrison France, composer/conductor (Visage Nuptial), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Ivo Malek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Francis William Davenport composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 04Erna Spoorenberg Dutch singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Stan Levey musician: drums: in band with Charlie Parker; one of the Lighthouse All-Stars; composer, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 05Oldrich Flosman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Hilda Dianda composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Bill Harris US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin'), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor musician, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Robert Caldwell Crawford composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Tito (Ernest) Puente jazz musician, bandleader: Abanaquito, Para Los Rumberos, Jumpin with Symphony Sid, Fancy Feet; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 20Henri Renaud French jazz musician: pianist; record producerRef: 4
Apr 20Richard Hoffmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Andr Caplet French composer (Le miroir de Jsus), dies at 45.Ref: 5
Apr 25George Stephanescu composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Apr 29Danny 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.Ref: 4
May 02Svatopluk Havelka composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Artur Napoleao dos Santos composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
May 14Patrice Munsel, Spokane WA, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Tristram Ogilvie Cary composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Al 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.Ref: 4
May 15Andrey Yakoulevich Eshpay composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Emmanuel Ghent composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Aldo Clementi composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Zehlendorf Germany, baritone (Doktor Faust), is born.Ref: 5
May 30Claude Prey composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 05Bill Hayes singer, entertainer: The Ballad of Davy Crockett, Wringle, Wrangle; actor: Days of Our Lives, is born in Harvey IL.Ref: 4
Jun 05Dorothy Claire LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25Clifton Chenier blues singer (Bayou Blues, Bon Ton Roulet), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25Ziggy Talent Manchester NH, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 27(Jerome) Doc Pomus songwriter: Boogie Woogie Country Girl, Lonely Avenue; w/Mort Shuman: A Teenager in Love, Turn Me Loose, Cant 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, 1991Ref: 4
Jun 28George Morgan singer: Candy Kisses, Rainbow in My Heart, Room Full of Roses, Crybaby Heart, Im in Love Again; DJ: WSM, Nashville; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 01Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer, dies at age 59.Ref: 70
Jul 02Marvin (Karlton) Rainwater, Wichita KS, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 06Rocker Bill Haley (of the Comets) is born.Ref: 17
Jul 09Alan Dale Bkln NY, singer (Alan Dale Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 16Cal 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.Ref: 4
Jul 16Nat Pierce musician: jazz rhythm pianist; cobandleader: Capp-Pierce Juggernaut; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 29Mikis Theodorakis Chios Greece, composer (Raven), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 07Felice 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
Aug 15Oscar Peterson (jazz pianist: jazz trios, solos, played with all jazz greats, composer; biography: Oscar Peterson: The Will to Swing), is born.Ref: 4
Aug 15Bill Pinkney (musician: bass: group: The Drifters: Money Honey, Such a Night, Lucille, Honey Love, Bip Bam, Whatcha Gonna Do, White Christmas), is born.Ref: 4
Aug 28Billy (William Wayne) Grammer singer: Gotta Travel On, Bonapartes RetreatRef: 4
Sep 03Country singer Hank (Henry Williams) Thompson is born. (XDG, p 4A, 9/3/2000)Ref: 83
Sep 06Jimmy Reed Mississippi, blues singer (Soulin', Big Boss Man), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 13Mel 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.Ref: 4
Sep 16B.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.Ref: 4
Sep 16Charlie Byrd guitarist (Desafinado), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 26Marty Robbins (Robertson), Glendale Az, singer (Devil Woman, I Walk Alone), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 01Roger 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, Laras 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.Ref: 4
Oct 15Mickey (McHouston) Baker musician: guitar, singer: duo: Mickey & Sylvia: Love is Strange, There Oughta Be a Law, Baby Youre So Fine; solo: session player: Losing Hand, [Mama] He treats Your Daughter Mean, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 24Luciano Berio Oneglia Italy, composer (Chemins), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 29Zoot (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, 1985Ref: 4
Nov 17Sir Charles Mackerras Schenectady NY, Australian conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 20Maya Plisetkaya prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 20June Christy (Shirley Luster) singer: My Heart Belongs to Only You; sang with Stan Kenton band; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 22Gunther Schuller, composer and French Horn player, is born.Ref: 2
Nov 24Al Cohn jazz composer, musician: tenor sax; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 26Eugene Istomin NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award-1943), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Derroll Adams folk musician: banjo; singer: Feelin Fine [w/Wiz Jones]; songwriter: Portland Town, Wish I was a Rock; in film: Dont Look Back; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 01Jaime Mendoza-Nava composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Vicente Arregui Garay composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 02Julio Garreta composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Dec 08James E "Jimmy" Smith US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Eugene Gigout composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Dec 13Wayne 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.Ref: 4
Dec 19Jose Ignacio Quinton composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Dec 20Vlastimir Nikolovski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Gunther Schuller New York NY, jazz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Thomas Christian David composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Allan Blank composer, is born.Ref: 5
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Jan 01Claire Polin [Schaff] composer flautist/musicologist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Danny Overbea blues singer/guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Evelyn Lear [Shulman], Brooklyn NY, soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Jani Christou composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Emile Paladilhe composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Jan 11Alexander Gibson conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Morton Feldman New York City NY, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Ray Price country singer (For The Good Times), is born.Ref: 68
Jan 15Chuck 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.Ref: 17
Jan 15Enrico Toselli composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Jan 17Moira Shearer Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20David Eugene Tudor Philadelphia PA, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Franco Evangelisti Italian composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Joseph Carl Breil composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 26Ronnie Hilton singer (Moonraker), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Glen Tetley US choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Andre Gedalge composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 11Alexander Gibson British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Barney Childs composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Lee Hoiby Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts & Letters), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Friedrich Cerha composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Harry "Little" Caesar blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer & Eddie), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Gyorgy Kurtag composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Regine Crespin French vocalist (Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Arsene Souffriau composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Feb 28Seymour Shifrin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Stanley Glasser composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Cyril Metodej Hrazdira composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Mar 06Jon Nordal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Miroslav Klega composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 09Celso Garrido Lecca composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Ilhan Mimaroglu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Rolv Berger Yttrehus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Roy Haynes modern jazz drummer, bandleader: Hip EnsembleRef: 4
Mar 14Franois d'Assise Morel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Benjamin Burwell Johnson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Martha Wright Seattle WA, singer (Let's Dance, The Martha Wright Show), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Francis Burt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30John Heddle Nash singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Werner Torkanowsky Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Jacques Casterede composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Gervase de Peyer clarinettist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Robert Hall Lewis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Jan Carl Christian Maegaard composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Bob Flannigan Greencastle IN, singer (4 Freshmen), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Paul Walter Furst composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Bambi Linn (Linnemier) dancer, actress: Your Show of Shows, Oklahoma!, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 26Oldrich Frantisek Korte composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Blossom Dearie singer: group: Blue Stars: French version of Lullaby in Birdland; own record label: Daffodil Records, is born.Ref: 4
May 03Jimmy Cleveland composer, musician: trombone: group: Jay & Kai Octet, played with Quincy Jones, Thelonious Monk, is born.Ref: 4
May 06Marguerite Piazza (Luft), New Orleans LA, operatic soprano (Young Broadway), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Cestmir Gregor composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Clermont Pepin composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Jan Zimmer composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Paul Cooper composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 20Vic Ames (Urick) singer with The Ames Brothers, is born.Ref: 4
May 21Joseph Horovitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Georgy L'vovich Catoire composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 22Elaine Leighton drummer: played w/Billie Holiday, is born.Ref: 4
May 23Hans Koessler composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 25Jazz musician Miles (Dewey) Davis III is born.Ref: 4
May 25Kitty 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.Ref: 4
May 26Maria de Lourdes Martins composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Iannis Xenakis composer/architect/engineer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Edouard Van Remoortel Brussels, conductor (1958-62 St Louis Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Klaus Tennstedt Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 07Dick Williams Wall Lake Iowa, choral director (Andy Williams Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11Carlisle Floyd Latta SC, composer (Slow Dusk), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 01Hans Werner Henze Guttersloh Germany, composer (Das Floss Medusa), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 02Lee Allen Pittsburg, Ks, tenor sax (Walkin' With Mr Lee), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 13Meyer Kupferman NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 19Sue Thompson (Eva McKee) singer: Norman, Sad Movies [Make Me Cry], is born.Ref: 4
Aug 03Singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Benedetto) is born. (TWA, 1997)Ref: 95
Aug 05Jeri Southern (Genevieve Hering) singer: You Better Go Now, When I Fall in Love, Fire Down Below; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 08Urbie (Urban) Green musician: trombonist: played w/Cab Calloway, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 08Webb Pierce West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 14Buddy (Armando) Greco, Phila Pa, singer (Away We Go, Broadway Open House), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 20Frank Rosolino musician: trombone: with Stan Kenton, Harold Land, Bob Cooper, Clarke-Boland Big Band; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 22Bob Flanigan singer: group: The Four Freshmen: Its a Blue World, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 17Bill Black musician: bassist: group: Bill Black Combo: White Silver Sands, Smokie Pt. 2; played in Elvis Presley band, backup for Elvis; died Oct 21, 1965Ref: 4
Sep 23John (William) Coltrane composer, musician: tenor & soprano sax: is born.Ref: 4
Oct 01Max Morath musician: piano: wrote, performed on NET: The Ragtime Era, Turn of the Century, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 06Alan Copeland LA Calif, orch leader/singer (Your Hit Parade), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 13Ray Brown, jazz bass player, is born.Ref: 2
Oct 14Son Thomas, blues guitarist and singer, is born.Ref: 2
Oct 14Bill (William E.) Justis (Jr.) musician: is born.Ref: 4
Oct 25Jimmy Heath musician: reeds: group: Heath Brothers, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 25Galina Vishnevskaya Russia, soprano (Madama Butterfly), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 29Jon(athan Stewart) Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 01Lou 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
Nov 02Charlie Walker singer: Pick Me Up on Your Way Down, Dont Squeeze My Sharmon, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 07Joan Sutherland Sydney Australia, operatic soprano (Met Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 14Leonie Rysanek dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 18Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler) singer: My Boy Flattop, Your Hit Parade, sang with Benny Goodman band; actress: Follies; is born in Windsor Ontario.Ref: 5
Dec 01Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 03Hans Gunther Franz Otte composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Lee Doraey rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Wolfgang Ludewig composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Eddie Jones "Guitar Slim" rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16James McCracken Gary IN, dramatic tenor (Rodolfo-La Bohme), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Alfred Koerppen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 21John Herbert McDowell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Freddie 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.Ref: 4
Dec 23Dusan Kostic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Earle Brown composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Zlatko Pibernik composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Stanley Tracey composer, is born.Ref: 5
1927
Jan 01Juliusz Luciuk composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Maurice Bjart France, ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring), is born.Ref: 68
Jan 01Yuri Grigorovich Leningrad Russia, choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Gisele MacKenzie Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Johnnie 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
Jan 11Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Salvatore Martirano composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Francis Routh composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Eartha Kitt singer: singer: Cest Si Bon, Santa Baby; actress: stage play: Faust, film: New Faces of 1952, Boomerang; note: Kitts birth certificate [found in 1997] lists her actual birthdate as Jan. 17, 1927.Ref: 4
Jan 17Donald Erb Youngstown OH, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Antonio Carlos Jobim composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27(actual date) Eartha Kitt singer: singer: Cest 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
Jan 28Ronnie Scott (Schatt) jazz musician: tenor sax, bandleader; jazz club owner in London; is born.Ref: 4
Jan 30Friedrich Ernst Koch composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Feb 02Stan Getz Philadelphia PA, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Richard Vance Maxfield composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Thomas Linnemann Laub composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 06Danil F Scheurleer Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 07John Buller composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Zdenek Zouhar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel MS, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess), is born.Ref: 17
Feb 15Gottfrid Grasbeck composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Tabe Bas actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Robert Fuchs composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 21Pierre Mercure composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22David Ahlstrom composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Ivan Hrusovsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 25Ren Thomas jazz guitarist: LPs: Guitar Groove, Who Cares?, The Italian Session; A musician for musicians.; is born.Ref: 4
Feb 25Jacques Monod composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Ralph Stanley country singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Donald Gramm Milwaukee WI, bass-baritone, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Guy Mitchell [Al Cernick], Detroit MI, rocker/actor (Red Garters), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Harry Belafonte Harlem New York NY, calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Lusine Amara opera/concert singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Siegfried Kohler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Witold Szalonec composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03[Herman] Junior Parker rocker (Driving Wheel, In the Dark), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Robert Di Domenica composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Wes (John Leslie) Montgomery jazz guitarist: Windy, Goin Out of My Head, Wes Tune, Sunny; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 06Norman Treigle New Orleans LA, bass-baritone, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Dick Hyman pianist: Moritat; music director for Arthur GodfreyRef: 4
Mar 08Jaromir Podesva composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Joseph Berg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Hans Ludwig Schilling composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09John Beckwith composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Donn Trenner New Haven CT, orchestra leader (ABC's Nightlife), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Carl Smith country singer: Lets 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.Ref: 4
Mar 16Ruby (Reuben) Braff modern jazz musician: trumpet, cornet; actor: Pipe Dream, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 17Kenneth S Goldstein folklorist/enthomusicologist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Maurice Ingvar Karkoff composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17James Scott Skinner composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 18John Harold Kander composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs Kramer), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20John Pierre Herman Joubert composer (Chamber Music for brass quintet), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Osvaldo Lacerda composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Janos Decsenyi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Mstislav Leopold Rostropovich, Baku USSR, cellist/conductor/teacher (Moscow Conservatory), is born.Ref: 17
Mar 28Karl Prohaska composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Apr 01Amos Milburn rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Gerry Mulligan jazz musician, composer: Disc Jockey Jump, Boplicity, Venus de Milo, Godchild; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 11Domenico Guaccero composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Christopher Whelen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Don Barbour, singer: group: The Four Freshmen [1953-1960]: Graduation Day, Charmaine, Blue World, is born in Greencastle IN.Ref: 4
Apr 22Pascal Bentoiu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Russell Smith composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Ernst Widmer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Connie Kay jazz drummer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Country and rockabilly artist Johnny Horton is born in Los Angeles CA.Ref: 68
May 01Harry [Harold George Jr] Belafonte, NY NY, calypso singer (The Banana Boat Song), is born.Ref: 5
May 01William Mitchell Byers musician, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Charles Rosen New York NY, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Jim Lowe songwriter/singer: Green Door; songwriter: The Gamblers Guitar, Close the Doors Theyre Coming in the Windows; DJ: WCBS, WNBC, WNEW; syndicated host: Jim Lowe and Friends, is born.Ref: 4
May 20David Frederick Barlow composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 20Walter Aschaffenburg composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Birth of Ralph Carmichael, a popular sacred composer whose works flourished most during the 1960s-1970s. Among his oftsung arrangements are "The Savior is Waiting" and "He's Everything to Me."Ref: 5
May 28Bernhard Lewkovitch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 02Carl Butler country entertainer, songwriter: Dont Let Me Cross Over, I Never Got Over You, Loving Arms, Just Thought Id Let You Know; is born.Ref: 4
Jun 12Al Fairweather jazz musician: groups: Al Fairweather-Ralph Laing All Stars, Fairweather-Brown all Stars, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 23Bob (Robert Louis) Fosse, Chicago Ill, choreographer/director (Cabaret, Damn Yankees), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 07Doc (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)Ref: 95
Jul 07Charlie Louvin (Loudermilk), Rainsville AL, country singer (Louvin Brothers), is born in Arlington OR.Ref: 5
Jul 09Jim 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
Jul 09Ed Ames, Malden Mass, singer (The Ames Brothers), actor (Mingo-Daniel Boone), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 11Herbert Blomstedt Springfield Mass, conductor (Oslo Phil 1954-61), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 12Conte (Secondo) Candoli musician: trumpet: bandleader; toured with Stan Kenton et al.; with brother Pete in film: Bell Book and Candle, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 16Mindy Carson singer: Youre Not in My Arms Tonight, The Touch of Your Lips, Lets Go to Town [w/The Dorsey Brothers], is born.Ref: 4
Jul 27Bob Morse singer: group: The Hi-Los, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 04Singer Jimmie Rodgers recorded his first sides for Victor Records in Bristol, TN. He sang Sleep Baby Sleep and Soldiers Sweetheart.Ref: 4
Aug 11Raymond Leppard London England, conductor (St Louis Symphony Orch), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Singer Porter Wagoner is born.Ref: 4
Aug 15John Cranko, South African-born dancer and director of the Stuttgart Ballet, is born.Ref: 70
Aug 20Joya Sherrill singer: Long, Strong and Consecutive, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 20Fannie Zeisler, Austrian-born American pianist, dies at age 64.Ref: 70
Aug 29Marion Williams, gospel singer, is born.Ref: 2
Sep 10Yma 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.Ref: 4
Sep 14American 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.Ref: 24
Sep 15Isadora 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
Sep 20Johnny Dankworth musician: alto sax, band leader, composer: Experiments with Mice, African Waltz, What the Dickens, The Avengers theme song, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 25Sir Colin Rex Davis Weybridge England, conductor (NY Met 1967-71), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 27Red Rodney, trumpeter, is born.Ref: 2
Oct 06Paul Badura-Skoda Vienna Austria, pianist (Mozart Interpretation), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 07Al Martino, Phila, singer (Here in My Heart)/actor (Godfather), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 08Gigi Durston Balt Md, singer (Sonny Kendis Show), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 13Anita Kerr Memphis TN, singer (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 23Sonny (William) Criss musician: saxophone: LP: The Bop Masters, Saturday Morning, Criss Craft, Out of Nowhere, Warm and Sonny; is born.Ref: 5
Oct 25Barbara Cook, Tony Award-winning actress, singer (Music Man), is born in Atlanta GA.Ref: 4
Oct 27Dominick Argento York Penn, composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 28Cleo Laine Middlesex England, singer (Flesh to a Tiger), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 31Anita Kerr musician: piano, singer, record producer: group: The Anita Kerr Singers: The Sea, The Earth; Mexicali Singers; Anita & Th So-And-Sos: Joey Baby; composer: The Sky [w/poet, Rod McKuen and The San Sebastian Strings], is born.Ref: 4
Nov 01Florence Mills dancer/singer, dies at 32 in NYC.Ref: 5
Nov 08Patti 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.Ref: 3
Nov 08Chris Conner singer: I Miss You So, Trust in Me, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 11Mose Allison MS, jazz artist (Black Country Suite), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 14Narciso Yepes Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 24Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor (La Scala), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Grant Beglarian composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Phyllis 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.Ref: 4
Dec 03Ferlin Husky (aka: Simon Crum, Terry Preston) singer: Gone, A Fallen Star, Wings of a Dove, The Waltz You Saved for Me, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 06Jacques Bondon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Vlastimir Pericic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Pierre Henry composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Joe Olivier musician: guitar: group: Bill Haley and His Comets [1957, 1958]; solo as Cappy Bianco; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 12Heinrich Reitsch composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 16Hugh Archibald Clarke composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Dec 23Joseph Castaldo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Teresa Stich-Randall US soprano (Vienna State Opera), is born.Ref: 5
1928
Jan 02Tiberiu Olah composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 09Domenico Modugno Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Wallace Berry composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Gerald Arpino Staten Island NY, choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Singer Eartha Kitt is born.Ref: 68
Jan 16Ezra Sims composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Jean Barraqu French composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Edward Gerard Schurmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Ken Errair singer, musician: group: The Four Freshmen, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 26(alleged date) Eartha Kitt singer: singer: Cest Si Bon, Santa Baby; actress: stage play: Faust, film: New Faces of 1952, Boomerang; is born. (Note: Kitts birth certificate [found in 1997] lists her actual birthdate as Jan. 17, 1927)Ref: 4
Jan 27Jean-Michel Damase composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Bengt Hambraeus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Ruth Brown R&B and jazz singer: So Long, Teardrops from My Eyes, Hours, Mambo Baby, Lucky Lips, This Little Girls Gone Rockin, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 30Mitch Leigh composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Chuck Willis rock vocalist (C C Rider), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Ursula Mamlok composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Frankie Vaughn (Abelson) singer: Garden of Eden, Tower of Strength; died Sep 17, 1999Ref: 4
Feb 09Domenico Modugno Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Raoul Cita rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Aldonis Kalnins composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Antoine "Fats" Domino New Orleans LA, rhythm & blues pianist/singer (Blueberry Hill), is born.Ref: 17
Feb 29Alan Loveday British violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Albert Herbert Brewer composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 01Jacob Adolf Hagg composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 03Dave Dudley singer (Six Days on the Road), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Don Gibson singer/writer (I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Samuel Adler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Lou Levy pianist: band: Supersax; recorded with Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Anita ODay; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 06Ronald Stevenson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Frank Michael Beyer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Judy Johnson Norfolk VA, singer (Your Show of Shows), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Nicolas Flagello composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Christa Ludwig Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Ramon Barce composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Edino Krieger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Evelyn Ruth Anderson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Byron Janis (Yanks) pianist: NBC Symphony Orchestra; well-known piano performance on Hugo Winterhalters Rhapsody in Blue recording, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 24Byron "Yanks" Janis McKeesport PA, pianist (NBC Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Carole Carr singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Leslie Stuart composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 28Jose Luis de Delas composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Giuseppe Ferrata composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 29Vaclav Felix composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Diether de la Motte composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Lefty (William Orville) Frizzell Country Music Hall of Famer: If Youve Got the Money, Ive Got the Time, Always Late, Saginaw Michigan; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 02Serge Gainsbourg [Ginsburg] Russian/French singer (Ford Mustang), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Don Gibson songwriter: I Cant 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
Apr 04Monty Norman composer/writer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Will Gaines jazz dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Tony 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.Ref: 4
Apr 05David Farquhar Andress composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Tom 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
Apr 13Teddy 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.Ref: 4
Apr 13Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
Apr 18Jean-Franois Pailliard Vitry-le-Franois France, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Apr 19Alexis Korner Paris France, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Johnny Griffin jazz musician: tenor sax: Chicago Riffin, Flying Home, Soft and Furry, Honeybucket, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 24Gustav Krivinka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Ferdinand B Hummel composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 26Gordon Downey British Comptroller General/Reader Representative (Independent), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Big Jay McNeely rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Carl Gardner Tyler TX, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Dave 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.Ref: 4
May 04Maynard Ferguson, musician: trumpet, trombone, other horns; bandleader: LPs: Primal Scream, Conquistador, New Vintage, Carnival, Hot, Its My Time, Hollywood, High Voltage, is born in Verdun Qubec Canada.Ref: 4
May 07Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
May 08William Jay Sydeman composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Pall Pampichier Palsson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Constantin Dimitrescu composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
May 19Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 22Jackie (Jacqueline) Cain singer: duo: Jackie & Roy [Kral]: Flamingo, Over the Rainbow, Euphoria, Im Forever Blowing Bubbles, is born.Ref: 4
May 22Roscoe Robinson US gospel singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Rosemary Clooney Maysville KY, singer/Coronet paper towels spokeswoman, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Frigyes Hidas composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Thea Musgrave Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scots), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Jacob R Druckman composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Jacob Lateiner Havana Cuba, pianist/professor (Juiliard), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 07Charles Strouse musician: composer: Golden Boy; TV/films: The Mating Game, Bye Bye Birdie, Bonnie and Clyde, All in the Family, Annie, A Childs Garden of Verses, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 12Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (the Street Where You Live), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 16Sergiu Comissiona Buch Romania, conductor (Haifa Symph 1959-64), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 17James Brown rocker (Hot Pants), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 21Judith Raskin NYC, soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 26Jacob Druckman Philadelphia, composer (Animus I Auerole), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 08Carol Henry Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 16Bella Davidovich Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 23Leon Fleisher SF Calif, pianist/conductor (Annapolis Symph 1973-77), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 29Horace Silver, jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, is born.Ref: 2
Jul 31Horace Silver, jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, is born.Ref: 2
Aug 10Jimmy Dean (Seth Ward) TX, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 10Eddie Fisher, Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 21Art Farmer musician: trumpet, flugelhorn: worked w/Horace Henderson, Johnny Otis, Lionel Hampton Band; recorded be-bop classic Farmers Market; developed musical instrument called flumpet; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 22Karlheinz Stockhausen Mdrath, Germany, composer (Kontrapunkte), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 29Thomas Stewart San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 30Johnny Mann Balt Md, music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 06Evgeny Svetlanov Moscow Russia, conductor (Siberian Fantasy), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 15Julian Cannonball Adderly musician: Alto/Soprano Saxophone: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; is born in Olyphant PA.Ref: 4
Oct 03Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer (Natl Ballet of Canada), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 09Einojuhani Rautavaara Helsinki Finland, composer (Kaivos), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 14Gary Graffman NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 06Peter Matz Pittsburgh PA, orchestra leader (Hullabaloo, Carol Burnett Show), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 15C.W. McCall (William Fries) singer, songwriter: Convoy, Old Home, Filler-up, Keep on Truckin Cafe, Wolf Creek Pass, Classified, There Wont be No Country Music, Roses for Mama, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 23Jerry Bock US, Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Jean-Michel Damase composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Raymond Henry Charles Warren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Lonesome Sundown blues singer/guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14America'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
Dec 15Ernest Ashworth Country Music Hall of Famer: Talk Back Trembling Lips; Member of Grand Ole OpryRef: 4
Dec 15Jerry Wallace singer: Primrose Lane, Shutters and Boards, A Touch of Pink, If You Leave Me Ill Cry; actor: Hec Ramsey, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 18Lucien Capet composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Dec 19Galt MacDermot composer: Hair, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Take This Bread, Karl Marx Play, Isabels a Jezebel, is born in Montreal Canada.Ref: 4
Dec 19Michael Hurd composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Singer Bo Diddley is born. (XDG, p 4A, 12/20/2000)Ref: 83
Dec 20Charles Donald Adams singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Thomas Rajna composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Kamillo Lendvay composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Bo Diddley [Ellas Bates], Mississippi, blues composer and singer famous for his Mockingbird song, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 31Ross Barbour Columbus IN, singer (4 Freshmen), is born.Ref: 5
1929
Jan 02Art Prysock jazz musician, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Wilbert Harrison singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Wilbert Harrison R&B singer (Kansas City), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Nicolas Nikolayevitch grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 11Wanda Wilkomirska Warsaw, Poland, violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Joseph Anthony Pass guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Billy Walker Ralls TX, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15"Queen Ida" Guillory Ziadaco music, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Eva Badura-Skoda composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Tage Nielsen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16G.T. (Granville) Hogan jazz drummer: played with Elmo Hope, Earl Bostic, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 16Marilyn Horne opera singer: Carmen Jones [v/o for Dorothy Dandridge], is born.Ref: 4
Jan 28Acker (Bernard) Bilk clarinetist, composer: Stranger on the ShoreRef: 4
Feb 01August Otto Halm composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Feb 02Reiner Bredemeyer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Russell Arms Berkeley CA, singer (Your Hit Parade), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Val Doonican Irish singer/entertainer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Paul Burlison, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Siegfried Ochs composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 09James Mulcro Drew composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Willem Kersters Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Jerry Goldsmith pianist/composer (Twilight Zone), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Leonard Gregory Kastle composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Agustin Gonzalez Acilu composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Jesse McReynolds guitar, folk singer: group: Jim & Jesse: Freight Train, Diesel on My Tail, Ballad of Thunder Road, Golden Rocket, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 20Toshiro Mayuzumi Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Marni Nixon singer (for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood & Deborah Kerr), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Rgine Crespin Marseilles France, operatic soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Richard Moryl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Feb 25Tommy Newsom Virginia, musician/bandleader/saxophonist (Tonight Show), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 28John Ebenezer West composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 01Sonny James singer (Young Love, Running Bear), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Nicos Mamangakis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Bernard Haitink Amsterdam Netherlands, conductor (London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969-78), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Josep Mestres-Quadreny composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Francisco Bernardo Pulgar Vidal composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Will Eisma composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Tiezo Matsumura composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Pine-Top Smith jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24.Ref: 5
Mar 16Edwin London composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Ctirad Kohoutek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Kai Winding rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Herman van San composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Robert Muczynski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Sonny (Santo) Russo jazz musician: trombonist: group: Sonny Russo Jazz Ensemble, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 22Anton Beer-Walbrun composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 23Gerrit den Braber Dutch composer/producer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Maurice Simon jazz musician, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Katharine Lee Bates, American author and educator; wrote "America the Beautiful", dies at age 69.Ref: 70
Apr 06Andr (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
Apr 06Arthur S Taylor Jr US drummer/band leader (Taylor's Wailers), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Edison Vasalievich Denisov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Jacques Brel, Brussels Belgium, songwriter/singer/actor (Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Pain in the A__), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Walter Berry Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Harvey Lichtenstein, president (Brooklyn Academy of Music), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Dusan Radic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Antonio Smareglia composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 16Roy Hamilton singer (You'll Never Walk Alone), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17James Last orchestra leader/composer/arranger, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Apr 24Ferit Tuzun composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Peter Joshua Sculthorpe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Vaclav Kucera composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Sonny James [James Loden] Hackelburg AL, rocker (Young Love), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Edward Levy Irving composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Luc Ferrari composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Henry Morton Dunham composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 10Fats Domino rocker (Blueberry Hill), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Burt Bacharach Kansas City MO, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again), is born.Ref: 68
May 16Betty Carter, jazz singer, is born.Ref: 2
May 16Osmo Uolevi Lindeman composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Lilli Lehmann soprano, dies.Ref: 5
May 18Roger Matton composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Michael Adamis composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Charles Wadsworth Barnesville GA, pianist (Lincoln Center), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Asher Ben-Yohanan composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Julian Euell jazz/studio musician: bass, is born.Ref: 4
May 25Beverly 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.Ref: 4
May 27Donald Howard Keats composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Aladar Zoltan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 14Cy Coleman [Seymour Kaufman], songwriter (Witchcraft, Sweet Charity), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 21Helen 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.Ref: 4
Jun 23Henri Pousseur Malmdy Belgium, composer (Homo Habitis), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 23June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Johnny Ace Memphis, ballad singer (My Song), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09Lee Hazelwood Ok, country singer/songwriter (Summer Wine, Jackson), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 11Hermann Prey Berlin Germany, baritone (Wolfram-Tannhaser), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American blues singer, is born in Cleveland OH.Ref: 2
Jul 26Alexis Weissenberg Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 30Christine McGuire Middletown Oh singer (McGuire Sisters-Sugartime), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Josef Suk Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 11Alun Hoddinott Bargoed Wales, composer (Floriture), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Country Western Singer Buck Owens (Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.) is born.Ref: 4
Aug 16Bill Evans, jazz pianist, is born.Ref: 2
Aug 19Serge Diaghilev, Russian impresario; created Ballets Russes in 1909, dies at age 57.Ref: 70
Sep 07Sonny (Theodore) Rollins musician: saxophone: Oleo, Airegin, composer: score for Alfie and Alfies Tune, Soloscope; awarded Guggenheim Fellowship [1972], is born.Ref: 4
Sep 08Christoph von Dohn nyi Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Sep 17Sil Austin musician, tenor saxophone: Slow Walk; composer: Ping-Pong; is born.Ref: 4
Sep 18Teddi King singer: Mr. Wonderful; is born.Ref: 4
Oct 04Leroy Van Dyke singer: Walk on By, Auctioneer, If a Woman Answers; film: What am I Bid? Is born in Spring Fork MO.Ref: 5
Nov 02Harold Farberman NYC, conductor/composer (Medea), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 07Benny Andersen, Danish writer, poet and jazz musician, is born.Ref: 2
Nov 20Dick Clark Mt Vernon NY, TV host (American Bandstand), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 20Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn Schenectady NY, conductor (American Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 24Eileen Barton Brooklyn, singer (Broadway Open House), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 28Berry Gordy Jr. founder: Motown Records, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 30Dick Clark TV producer, host: American Bandstand, New Years Rockin Eve, The $25,000 Pyramid, TVs Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Dick Clark Presents the Rock and Roll Years, The Dick Clark Show, Dick Clarks Golden Greats, Dick Clarks Live Wednesday, Dick Clarks Nighttime, Dick Clarks 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.Ref: 4
Dec 01Leon Biriotti composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Harvey Phillips Aurora MO, tubist (NYC Ballet Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Clarence Ford sax player, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Paul Harris Turok composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Werner Rackwitz German musicologist (Hndel-Renaissance), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Mark Kopytman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Michel Fano composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Knut Algot Hakanson composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Dec 14Ron Nelson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Jack Philip Cannon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Noel Da Costa composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Billy Horton rocker (The Silhouettes-Get a Job), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Chris Kenner rocker, is born.Ref: 5
1930
Jan 01Werner Heiden composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 02Julius LaRosa, Brooklyn NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Richard Hayes Passaic NJ, singer/emcee (Name That Tune), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Frederick Charles Tillis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Jack Greene The Green Giant: singer: CMA Male Vocalist, Album, Single and Song of the Year: There Goes My Everything [1967], is born.Ref: 4
Jan 08Doreen Wilber US, archer (Olympics-gold-1972), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Byron "Wild Child" Gipson blues singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Jack Nimitz jazz reed musician: toured with Herman, Kenton, helped found Supersax, played w/Oliver Nelson, Bill Berry and Gerald Wilson, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 12Glenn Yarborough singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee), is born.Ref: 68
Jan 13Robert Squirrel Lester singer: groups: The Moonglows, The Flamingos, The Chi-Lites; is born.Ref: 4
Jan 13Liz Anderson rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Robert Ceely composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Ken Errair singer (Four Freshmen), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Bobby Blue Bland (Robert Calvin Brooks) singer: Thats the Way Love Is, Call on Me, Turn on Your Love Light, Aint Nothin You Can Do; original group: The Beale Streeters with Johnny Ace, is born in Rosemark TN.Ref: 4
Jan 27Jean Hure composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Jan 28Luis de Pablo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Don Goldie trumpeter: Basin Street Blues [vocal by Jack Teagarden], is born.Ref: 4
Feb 08Manuel Castillo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Emil Petrovics composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10John Gilpin English ballet dancer (tudes, Alice in Wonderland), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Peter Phillips composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11C H Dearnley organist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Dorothy McGuire, Middletown OH, singer (McGuire Sisters), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Peggy King Greensburg PA, singer/actress (George Gobel Show), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Usko Merilainen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Horst Wessel German Nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22.Ref: 5
Feb 26Lazar Berman Leningrad Russia, pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Benny Powell jazz musician: trombone: Ernie Fields band, Lionel Hapton; Count Basie veteran [1951-1963], is born.Ref: 4
Mar 01Pierre Max Dubois composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Lorin Maazel Neuilly France, conductor (NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Ornette Coleman, jazz saxophonist, is born.Ref: 2
Mar 09Thomas Schippers Kalamazoo MI, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Raymond Rasberry pianist/singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Stanko Horvat composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Liz 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.Ref: 4
Mar 14Dieter Schnebel German vicar/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Minoru Miky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Paul 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.Ref: 4
Mar 18Maurice Peress New York NY, conductor (Kansas City Philharmonic 1974-80), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Ornette Coleman jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Michel Magne composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Stephen Sondheim New York NY, lyricist/composer (Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods, West Side Story, A Little Night Music), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Stephen Sondheim composer: Send in the Clowns, A Little Night Music; scores for West Side Story, Reds, Gypsy, Dick Tracy, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 25David Russell Burge composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Cristobal Halffter composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Richard Hayman Cambridge MA, orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Eric Dixon musician: saxophonist/flutist: Count Basie orchestraRef: 4
Mar 28Bill Anthony jazz musician: bass: played with Stan GetzRef: 4
Mar 28Robert Ashley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Donny Conn rocker (Playmates), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Rolf Harris Bassendean Western Australia, Australian/British cartoonist/singer (Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport)/actor (The Little Convict), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Joan Franks-Williams composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Cosima Liszt wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92.Ref: 5
Apr 02Girolamo Arriego composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08John Reardon NYC, baritone (Falke-Die Fledermaus), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Kazuo Fukushima composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Betty Clooney Maysville KY, singer (Jack Paar Show), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Herb Pomeroy musician: trumpet: teacher at Berklee in Boston, bandleader; directed radio Malaysia Orchestra, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 16Herbie Mann (Soloman), Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin'), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Chris Barber jazz trombonist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Genevieve Paris France, singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Christopher John Magenis Headington composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Little Walter [Marion Walter Jacobs] rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 03David Evatt Tunley composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Roberta 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.Ref: 4
May 08Heather Harper soprano, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Lvar Henning Mankell composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 16Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) jazz singer: toured with Lionel Hampton & Miles Davis; dies.Ref: 4
May 16Friedrich Gulda Austrian pianist/composer (Hangman's Songs), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Joao Marcellino Arroyo composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
May 19Hans Kox composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Tommy Bryant jazz/studio musician: bassist: played w/Dizzy Gillespie, Jo Jones, Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson; [brother of Ray Bryant], is born.Ref: 4
May 24Hans-Martin Linde composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Eino Tamberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Julian Penkivil Slade composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Eleanor Fazan opera/show choreographer (Lassiter, Ruling Class), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 04Morgana King jazz singer, actress: The Godfather, The Godfather Part 2, A Time to RememberRef: 4
Jun 22Roy 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.Ref: 4
Jun 30June Valli Bronx NY, singer (Your Hit Parade), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 01Bobby Day (Byrd) singer: Rockin Robin; groups: Hollywood Flames, Bob & Earl; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 02Ahmad Jamal jazz musician: But Not for Me, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 03Carlos Kleiber Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 03Pete Fountain New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09Buddy Bregman Chicago, orch leader (Eddie Fisher Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 25Maureen Forrester Montreal Canada, contralto (Ressurection Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 29Paul Taylor dancer & choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 13Don Ho, Hawaii, ukulele player (Tiny Bubbles), is born. (TWA, 1997)Ref: 95
Aug 18Johnny Preston Port Arthur, TX, rocker (Feel So Fine), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 31Tiny Little Jr Worthington Minn, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 04Mitzi Gaynor (Franchesca Mitzi Marlene de Charney von Gerber) singer, dancer, actress: South Pacific, Anything Goes, Theres No Business like Show Business, For Love or Money, is born in Chicago IL. (also TWA, 1998)Ref: 4
Sep 07Sonny Rollins NYC, jazz saxophonist (Blue Room), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 22Joni James (Joan Carmello Babbo) singer, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 23Ray Charles (Robinson) The Genius: Grammy Award-winning singer, is born in Albany, Georgia.Ref: 4
Sep 26Fritz Wunderlich Kusel Germany, tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 27Igor Kipnis Berlin Germany, harpsichordist/professor (Fairfield), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 28Tommy Collins (Leonard Sipes) singer, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 29Bing Crosby, Americas premier crooner for decades, married Dixie Lee.Ref: 4
Sep 29Richard Bonynge Sydney Australia, conductor (Aust Orch Sydney-1976), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 08Toru Takemitsu Tokyo Japan, composer (Ki No Kyoko), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 24J.P. (Jiles Perry) Richardson The Big Bopper: singer: Chantilly Lace, Big Boppers Wedding; songwriter: Running Bear; is born. killed in plane crash Feb 3, 1959Ref: 4
Nov 17David Amram Philadelphia PA, composer (Splendor in the Grass), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Bobby "Blue" Bland Rosemark TN, blues singer (Call on the Drummer), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Jean Hure composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Dec 03Phyllis Curtin Clarksburg WV, soprano (NYC Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Andy (Howard Andrew) Williams Emmy Award-winning entertainer: The Andy Williams Show [1962-63]; singer: Cant 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)Ref: 4
Dec 04Paul-Heinz Dittrich composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Larry Kert actor, singer, dancer: West Side Story original cast [1957]; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 07Richard Felciano composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Alain Weber composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Leonard Friedman violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Friedrich Voss composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Makoto Moroi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Peter Warlock composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
Dec 24Robert Joffrey [Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan] US, choreographer (Joffrey Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Oskar Nedbal composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Dec 25Harvey Worthington Loomis composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Dec 27Jacqueline Fontijn Flemish composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Willy Giefer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Odetta (Holmes Felious Gordon) Birmingham AL, folk singer/actress (Sanctuary), is born.Ref: 5
1931
Jan 01Carel Brons composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Alvin Ailey choreographer: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: 79 ballets in repertoire establishing a place for blacks in modern dance; is born.Ref: 4
Jan 08Bill Graham Germany, rock promoter (Fillmore), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Oscar Fetras composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Jan 14Caterina Valente singer: The Breeze and I, MalaguenaRef: 4
Jan 14Juraj Pospisil composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Murad Kazhlayev composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Frederick Alfred Fox composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Felix Blumenfeld composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Jan 23Anna Pavlova Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies at age 49.Ref: 68
Jan 24Ib Norholm composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Stikkan Stig Anderson, music entrepreneur, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Rudi Maugeri rocker (Crew Cuts), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Leslie Bricuse English/US composer (Stop the world I want to get off), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Ion Vidu composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 09Xavier Benguerel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Gerhard Rosenfeld composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Makoto Shinohara composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Phyllis McGuire Middletown OH, singer (McGuire Sisters), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Dirk Schfer Dutch pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 18Dieter Schonbach composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Dame Nellie Melba [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies.Ref: 68
Feb 26Francisco Kroepfl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Gennady Rozhdestvensky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Anthony Headges composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Barry Tuckwell Melbourne Australia, horn player (London Symphony Orchestra 1955-68), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Carmen Delavallade US dancer/singer/actress (Aida), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07C W Stubblefield music promoter, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Clara Kathleen Rogers composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Mar 13Rosalind Elias Lowell MA, mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde-Die Walkuere), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Phil Phillips (Baptiste) singer: Sea of Love, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 14Phil Phillips [Baptiste] rock vocalist (Sea Of Love), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Betty Johnson Guilford County NC, singer (Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Antonio Tauriello composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Thelma Kalama US, 4 X 100 meter relay swimmer (Olympics-gold-1948), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Burt Collins, jazz musician: trumpet, flugel horn: played w/Jess Roden Band, Lalo Schifrin, T. Rex, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 27Yoriaki Matsudaira composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Harold Burrage US singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Sandor Szokolay composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Imre Olsvai composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04George Whitefield Chadwick composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 06Joan Carlyle British soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Giuseppi Radiciotti composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Apr 09Paul Antonin Vidal composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 12Martin Boykan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Billy (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.Ref: 4
Apr 15Florian Zabach Chicago IL, violinist (Hot Canary, Club Embassy), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Carl (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, Whats He Doing in My World?; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 22Ronald Hynd British choreographer (English National Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Igor Oistrach Russian violinist/son of David Oistrach, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Krzystzof Komeda composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29(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, 2002Ref: 4
May 03Joseph Layton (Lichtman) choreographer: Thoroughly Modern Millie; director: Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, The Littlest Angel, Androcles and the Lion; died May 5, 1994Ref: 68
May 03Frank Hoyt Losey composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 03Otto Winter-Hjelm composer, dies at 93.Ref: 5
May 04Ed Cassidy Chicago IL, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Teresa Brewer Toledo OH, singer (Put Another Nickel In), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Charles M Wilson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Dick Garcia guitarist: LPs: A Message from Garcia, Four Most Guitars [w/Jimmy Raney, Chuck Wayne, Joe Puma]; played w/George Shearing Quintet, is born.Ref: 4
May 12Eugene-Auguste Ysaye composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 13Josif Marinkovic composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 14Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Dewey Redman jazz musician, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Ruben Radica composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Kenny Ball musician: trumpet: bandleader: Midnight In Moscow, is born.Ref: 4
May 27Kenny Price Florence KY, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Veroslav Neumann composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Ervin Junger composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Peter Talbot Westergaard composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Shirley Verrett New Orleans, mezzo-soprano (Cassandra-Les Troyens), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 20Arne Nordheim Larvik Norway, conductor/composer (Aftonland), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 08Jerry Vale (Genaro Vitaliano), singer (Arriverderci Roma), is born. (also TWA, 1998)Ref: 5
Jul 11Tab 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.Ref: 4
Jul 11Thurston Harris Indpls, vocalist (Little Bitty Pretty One), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 12Anna (Pavlovna) Pavlova, Russias premier ballerina, dies.Ref: 4
Jul 18Papa Dee (Thomas) Allen musician: keyboards: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Cant We Be Friends?; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 31Kenny Burrell guitarist: played with Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman; own combos, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 06(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
Aug 07Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist and composer, dies at age 28.Ref: 68
Aug 20Frank Capp musician: drums: big jazz band: Capp-Pierce Juggernaut, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 28John Shirley-Quirk Liverpool England, baritone (Death in Venice), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 01Boxcar Willie (Lecil Martin) The Singing Hobo: songwriter, singer: Not the Man I Used to Be; is born.Ref: 4
Sep 12George Jones country singer (White Lightning, He Stopped Loving Her Today, I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 19Brook Benton Camden, SC, singer (Frankie & Johnny), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 26George Chambers musician: bass, singer: group: The Chambers Brothers, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 03Carl Nielsen composer: Maskarade; conductor: Danish Royal Opera [1908-1914]; director: Royal Conservatory [Copenhagen, 1915]; dies at age 66.Ref: 4
Oct 14Rafael Puyana BogotaColombia, baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 05Ike Turner musician: piano, singer: duo: Ike & Tina Turner Revue: Its Gonna Work Out Fine, Poor Fool, Tra La La La, I Idolize You, Proud Mary; owner: recording studio, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 16Bob 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.Ref: 4
Nov 23Gloria Lynne singer: I Wish You Love, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 25Nat Adderley musician: cornet, mellophone, French horn, trumpet: Sermonette, Work Song; brother of Cannonball Adderley: is born.Ref: 4
Nov 27Rudi Maugeri rocker (Crew Cuts), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 30Davey Jones rocker (Monkees-Daydream Believer, Last Train To Clarksville, I'm A Believer), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 30Thurman Teddy Wilburn singer: group: Wilburn Brothers: Which One is to Blame; Grand Ole Opry [1941], is born.Ref: 4
Nov 30Gunther Herbig Usti-nad-Labem Czech, conductor (East Berlin Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies in Paris at age 80.Ref: 5
Dec 03Jaye P. (Mary Margaret) Morgan singer: Thats 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.Ref: 5
Dec 05James Cleveland, considered the "King of Gospel., is born.Ref: 2
Dec 07Bobby Osborne musician: mandolin, singer: duo: Osborne Brothers: Rocky Top, Up This Hill and Down, Tennessee Hound Dog, Georgia Pinewoods, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 08Rudolf Komorous composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Rita 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.Ref: 4
Dec 16Shelby Singleton record executive: SSS International record company, Plantation label: Harper Valley PTA; bought Sun Records [1969]; Shelby Singleton Music, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 21David Baker, Indpls IN, composer (Reflections), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Caroline Kaart [Paterson Raitt] Dutch alto singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Mauricio Kagel Argentina/German composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Ray Bryant pianist, composer: Slow Freight, Little Susie, Cubano Chant, The Madison Time, Sack of Woe, After Hours, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 26Thomas Eden Binkley musician, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Walter Norris pianist, composer: DriftingRef: 4
Dec 27Peter Christian Lutkin composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Dec 27Walter Courvoisier composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Dec 28John de Mol Dutch vocalist/composer/producer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Skeeter Davis (Mary Frances Penick) singer: I Forgot More Than Youll Ever Know, The End of the World, I Cant Stay Mad at You, is born in Dry Ridge KY.Ref: 4
1932
Jan 01Giuseppe Patane Naples Italy, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Sacha Distel French singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Catarina Valente Paris France, singer (The Entertainers), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Enrique Raxach composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Werner Steger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Claude Gray (The Tall Texan) country singer: Ill Just Have Another Cup of Coffee, My Ears Should Burn, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 28Franz Xavier Arens composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Jan 31Rick Hall country/R&B singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Arthur Lyman jazz musician: vibraphone: Yellow Bird; played w/Martin Denny Orchestra; is born.Ref: 4
Feb 04Ivan Davis, Electra TX, pianist/writer (Hunger, Corn is Green), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08John Towner Williams Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Rockin Dopsie Sr [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Otis Blackwell composer/singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Buck Trent Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Jean-Pierre Ponnele Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Michel Legrand Academy Award-Winning composer for Best Original Score: Yentl [1983]; Brians Song, Ice Station Zebra, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 25Faron Young country singer/actor (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Martin William Karlins composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Johnny Cash Kingsland AR, country singer (I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Boy Named Sue), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Jacques Leduc composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Eugene Francis Charles D'albert composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 04Miriam (Zensile) Makeba Empress of African Song: singer: first black South African to attain international stardom, is born in Johannesburg South Africa.Ref: 4
Mar 04Guido Baggiani composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06John Philip Sousa, the American band conductor and composer of popular marches, dies at age 77.Ref: 70
Mar 07Frank Morelli jazz musician: baritone sax, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 09Keely Smith (Dorothy Jacqueline Keely) singer: That Old Black Magic, How Are Ya Fixed for Love?; former Mrs. Louis Prima, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 11Leroy Jenkins violinist: groups: Creative Construction Company, Revolutionary Ensemble; composer: Mother of Three Sons, Fresh Faust, The Negro Burial Ground, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 13Jan Howard country singer: The One You Slip Around With, Evil on Your Mind, My Son; toured with Carter sisters, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 16Betty Johnson singer: I Dreamed, Little White Lies, The Little Blue Man, DreamRef: 4
Mar 17Dick 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, Losers Cocktail; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 20Tod Dockstader composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Joseph Silverstein Detroit MI, violinist (Denver Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Jean Cartan composer, dies at 25.Ref: 5
Mar 27Junior Parker blues musician (Driving Wheel, Outside Man), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Jiri Smutny composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Hugo Kaun composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 05Billy Bland singer: Let the Little Girl Dance, My Hearts on Fire, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 07Louis "Mr Bo" Collins Indianola MS, blues singer (If Trouble Was Money), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Carl Perkins (Carl Lee Perkings) singer: Blue Suede Shoes, Your True Love, Honey Dont, Pink Pedal Pushers, Shine Shine, Cotton Top, Restless; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987; is born in Jackson TN.Ref: 68
Apr 10Nathaniel Nelson rocker (Flamingos), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Max Schubel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Henri Lazarof composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Tiny 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, 1996Ref: 4
Apr 13Karl Kroeger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Vince Hill singer (Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Graziella Sciutti Italian opera singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Wladyslaw Rzepko composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 22Michael Colgrass Chicago IL, composer (Best Wishes), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Willis Gator Jackson composer, tenor sax: invented the gator horn: Chucks Chuckles, Dance of the Lady Bug, Back Door, Later Gator; married to singer Ruth Brown; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 27Casey Kasem Detroit, radio personality (American Top 40), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Franois Bayle composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Maxine (Ella) Brown rocker (Browns), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Petar Ozgijan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Marek Kopelent composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Anton Larrauri composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Malcolm Leyland Lipkin composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Fausto Razzi composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 05Aurel Stroe composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Gunther Hauk composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich marries Nina Varsar.Ref: 5
May 14Death 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."Ref: 5
May 16Isaac "Redd" Holt US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Jackie (John) McLean jazz musician: alto sax; composer, playwright; educator: University of Hartford, CT, is born.Ref: 4
May 21Robert Sherlaw Johnson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Elaine Malbin opera singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 27Jeffrey Bernard singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Henning Christiansen composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Pauline Oliveros Houston TX, composer (Sound Patterns), is born.Ref: 5
May 30Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 02Sammy Turner (Samuel Black) singer: Lavender-Blue [Dilly Dilly], Always, Paradise; LPs: Lavender Blue Moods, Soul of Jesus Christ Superstar, is born in Patterson NJ.Ref: 4
Jun 03Dakota 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.Ref: 4
Jun 05Pete Jolly (Cragioli) musician: pianist: in films: I Want to Live!, The Wild Party, This World, Then the Fireworks; group: Pete Jolly Trio, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 09Jackie Wilson, American singer, is born.Ref: 68
Jun 21O.C. (Ocie Lee) Smith singer: (Little Green Apples) is born.Ref: 4
Jun 21Lalo (Boris) Schifrin Buenos Aires Argentina, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 01Bobby Day [Robert Byrd), Fort Worth TX, rock vocalist (Rockin' Robin), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 02Sammy Turner Paterson NJ, vocalist (Lavender Blue), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Mel Tillis country singer/stutterer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Porter Wagoner country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 16Eydie Gorme (Edith Gormezano), Bronx NY, singer (Tonight Show, Bossa Nova), is born. (TWA, 1997)Ref: 95
Aug 17Duke Pearson composer, band leader, musician: piano: How Insensitive; is born.Ref: 4
Sep 08Patsy Cline (Virginia Petterson Hensley) Country Music Hall of Famer: Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Walkin After Midnight, Shes Got You, Heartaches, Sweet Dreams (Of You), Faded Love; is born.Ref: 4
Sep 24Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-born prima ballerina, is born.Ref: 70
Sep 25Glenn Herbert Gould, Toronto Canada, pianist (sued Steinway Piano), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 01Albert 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!, Dont Lose Your Cool, Live in Japan, Cold Snap; Blues Hall of Famer [1989]; is born.Ref: 2
Oct 11Dottie West (Dorothy Marie Marsh), Tenn, country singer (Here Comes My Baby), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 16Henry Lewis LA CA, conductor/bass (LA Philharmonic 1955-59), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 06Stonewall Jackson singer: Waterloo, Me and You and a Dog Named Boo, Help Stamp Out Loneliness, B.J. the D.J., Why Im Walkin, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 10Paul Bley pianist, composer: LP: Open to Love, Fragments, My Standard; founding member: Jazz Composers Guild, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 12Singer Stonewall Jackson, is born. Ref 
Nov 15Petula Clark Grammy Award-winning singer [1965]: Downtown, I Know a Place, This is My Song, My Love, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 29Ed Bickert musician: jazz guitarist: group: Paul Desmond Quartet, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 29John Gary (Strader) singer; diver, inventor: holds two patents on underwater propulsion devices [diving buddy and aqua-peller], is born.Ref: 4
Nov 30Bob Moore instrumentalist: group: Moby Grape: LP: Truly Fine CitizenRef: 4
Dec 01Amadeo Vives composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Dec 03Corry Brokken Dutch singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Edgar Valcarcel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Little Richard (Pennimann) singer: Good Golly Miss Molly, Tutti Frutti, Slippin and Slidin, Long Tall Sally, Rip It Up, Ready Teddy, The Girl Cant Help It, Lucille, Keep a Knockin; preacher, is born in Macon GA.Ref: 5
Dec 09Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill jazz musician, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich, Colt AR, singer (Behind Closed Doors), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Elaine Barkin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Igor Stuhec composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin Moscow, composer (Humpback Horse), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Ilja Zeljenka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Eyvind Alnaes composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Dec 28Dorsey Burnette Memphis, rocker (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One), is born.Ref: 5
1933
Jan 01Anders Bo Leif Linde composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Ray Starling musician: arranger for Stan Kenton, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 06Sylvia Syms singer (You Go To My Head, Them There Eyes), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Akira Miyoshi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Goldie Hill, Karnes County TX, country singer (Grand Ole Opry), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Vaclav Suk composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 20Earl Grant singer: [At] The End [Of a Rainbow], Ebb Tide; killed in car crash June 11, 1970Ref: 4
Jan 20Ron Townson St Louis MO, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Up Up & Away), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Joel Spiegelman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Zeke Carey US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Only Have Eyes For You), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Sacha Distel Paris France, French singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Richard Dufallo Chicago IL, clarinetist/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Claude King singer: Wolverton Mountain, All for the Love of a Girl; actor: The Blue & The Gray, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 05Ron Wilson US percussionist (Joy of Cooking), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Elly Ameling Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Henri Duparc French composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 14Andrey Mikhaylovich Volkonsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Bertram Jay Turetzky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Bobby Lewis rocker (Tossin' & Turnin'), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Henri[cus A] Viotta Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Feb 18Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling Dutch soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 21Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon], Tyron NC, singer/pianist ("I Loves You Porgy"), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Antonio Nicolau Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Mar 01Istvan Lang composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Paul Clayton folk singer, songwriter: Paul was just an incredible songwriter and singer. He must have known a thousand songs. Bob Dylan; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 03Marco Antonio Muiz Mexico, Spanish singer (Murmullos), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz], singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Willie Walker US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36.Ref: 5
Mar 05Norbert Linke composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins folk musician/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Johnny Dollar singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Lloyd Price, Kenner LA, singer (Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Misty, Just Because, Come to Me), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09William Francis McBeth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Bernadetta Matuszczak composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Mike Stoller record producer, songwriter with Jerry Leiber: Smokey Joes Caf, Up on the Roof, On Broadway, score for Jailhouse Rock, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 14Quincy Jones composer: film scores, TV show themes; bandleader; record producer; arranger; 25 Grammys, Grammys Trustees Award [1989], Grammys Legends Award [1990]; Musical Director for Mercury Records, then VP; established Qwest Records, is born in Chicago, IL.Ref: 4
Mar 15Roy Clark, country singer (Hee Haw), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Ronald Roseman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Cecil 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.Ref: 4
Mar 20Jacquez Guyonnet composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Norman Bailey British bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24David Harries composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Eddie Lang, American musician, dies at age 30.Ref: 2
Mar 29Alexander Schmuller Russian/Dutch violinist/conductor, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Apr 04Seoirse Bodley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Fred Ebb lyricist (Cabaret), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Jaroslav Smolka composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Sigfrid Karg-Elert composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Apr 10Philip Corner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Montserrat Caball Barcelona Spain, soprano (Mimi-La Boheme), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Shani Wallis Ireland, singer/actress (Oliver), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Buddy Knox Happy TX, rock vocalist (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Morton Subotnick Los Angeles CA, composer (Wild Bull), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Roy 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 [Youre Gone], is born in Meherrin VA.Ref: 4
Apr 16Perry Botkin Jr New York NY, orchestra leader (Bert Convy Show), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Easley Blackwood Indpls IN, composer (Un Voyage Cythere), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Rod McKuen, American poet, singer, is born.Ref: 68
Apr 24Freddie Scott US songwriter/singer (Cry to Me), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Jerry Leiber songwriter/record producer (Leiber & Stoller), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Calvin Newborn jazz/blues guitarist; brother of piano wizard Phineas Newborn Jr.Ref: 4
Apr 28Karl Heinz Wahren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson drummer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Darijan Bozic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Raymond Earl Hill saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Rod [Marvin] McKuen Oakland CA, singer/composer (Alone, Beatsville), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Willie Nelson Abbott TX, country singer (On the Road Again), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Bunk Gardner rocker (Mothers Of Invention), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Alden Ashforth composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Stig Gustav Schonberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 22John Browning Denver CO, pianist (Leventritt Award-1956), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Jimmie (James Charles) Rodgers The Blue Yodeler: Country Music Hall of Famer: T for Texas, Brakemans 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.Ref: 4
May 31Shirley Verrett opera singer: soprano: New York MetRef: 4
Jun 02Bob Rozario Shanghai China, orch leader (Tony Orlando, Marie), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11Jud Strunk Jamestown NY, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 26Claudio Abbado Milan Italy, conductor (London Symph-1982), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Jerry Herman Broadway composer (Hello Dolly), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 14Del (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.Ref: 4
Jul 15Julian Bream musician: classical guitar, lute, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 17Mimi Hines pop singer, actress: duo: Ford & Hines [w/husband, Phil Ford]; Broadway singer, actress: Funny Girl, Grease, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 18R Murray Schafer Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 22Chuck Cassey Chicago, choral director (Jimmy Dean Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 27Nick Reynolds folk singer: group: The Kingston Trio: Tom Dooley, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 29Randy 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.Ref: 4
Aug 08Joe Tex singer/songwriter (Hold What You've Got), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 15Bobby Helms (singer: My Special Angel, Jingle Bell Rock, Fraulein), is born.Ref: 4
Aug 21Dame Janet Baker York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 25Wayne Shorter, jazz saxaphonist and composer, is born.Ref: 2
Sep 01Conway Twitty (Harold Lloyd Jenkins) songwriter: Walk Me to the Door; singer: Its Only Make Believe, Danny Boy, Lonely Boy Blue, What Am I Living For, Next In Line, Hello Darlin, 15 Years Ago, Youve Never been this Far Before, Dont 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.Ref: 4
Sep 03Tompall (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, Aint It All Worth Living; songwriter: Running Gun, Stand Beside Me, Streets of Baltimore; solo: Musical Chairs, Itll Be Her; sang backup on El Paso, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 15Rafael Frobeck de Burgos Burgos, Spain, conductor (World of Song), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 18Jimmie Rodgers singer: Honeycomb, Kisses Sweeter than Wine, Oh-Oh, Im Falling in Love Again, Secretly, Are You Really Mine; TV host: The Jimmie Rodgers Show, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 20Bob Banas NYC, choreographer (Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 25Erik Darling folk singer: groups: The Weavers; The Tarriers; Rooftop Singers, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 27Floyd Cramer, LA, country pianist (Last Date, On the Rebound), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 03John 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.Ref: 4
Nov 15Clyde (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.Ref: 4
Nov 21Jean Shepard country singer: Satisfied Mind, Beautiful Lies, Slippin' Away, Satin Sheets, w/Ferlin Husky: A Dear John Letter, is born in Pauls Valley OK.Ref: 4
Nov 23Krzysztof Penderecki Grammy Award-winning composer: Devils of Loudan, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 26Robert Goulet (Stanley Applebaum) singer: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, My Love Forgive Me, Camelot; actor: Mr. Wrong, Camelot, Id Rather be Rich, Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, Scrooged, Blue Light, is born in Lawrence MA.Ref: 4
Nov 29Blues singer-musician John Mayall is born.Ref: 68
Dec 02Josef Gruber composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Dec 03Richard Henry Warren composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 05Bernard van Beurden Dutch composer/music educator, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Auguste Chapuis composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 12Theodore Moses Tobani composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Dec 14Leo N Wright US saxophonist (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Jesse Belvin Texarkana AR, rock vocalist (Mr Easy), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Miklos Kocsar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Prez "Kidd" Kenneth blues singer/guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
1934
Jan 03Bryan George Kelly composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Bobby Lord Sanford FL, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Richard Wernick Boston MA, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Marilyn Horne, Bradford PA, mezzo-soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Annie Patterson composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 17Sydney Phillip Hodkinson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Armand Parent composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Jan 26Huey "Piano" Smith pianist (Having a Good Time), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Paul Gutama Soegijo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Ron Weatherburn jazz pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Bob Shane singer: group: The Kingston Trio: Tom Dooley, M.T.A., Greenback Dollar, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 02[Clyde] Skip Batten Los Angeles CA, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Ernesto Nazareth composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 04Jouko Sakari Linjama composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Earl King [Solomon Johnson], rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], Forth Worth TX, US saxophonist (Memphis Soul Stew), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Elly Ameling Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Francesco Pennisi composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Austin "Ted" Taylor US gospel/R&B-singer (Be Ever Wonderful), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Aldo Ceccato Milan Italy, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973-77), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Thomas Paul Chicago IL, bass (NYC Opera 1963-70), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Willem Kes violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 23Sir Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode, Pomp and Circumstance), dies at age 76.Ref: 5
Feb 24Shuko Mizuno composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Renata 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 Bohme, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and Francesca in Francesca da Rimini; opera director, is born in Savona Italy.Ref: 17
Feb 25Daniel Protheroe composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 28Willie Bobo New York NY, jazz drummer (Cos), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Jim "Ed" Brown Sparkman AR, country singer (Nashville on the Road), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Bernard Rands Sheffield England, composer (Wildtrack), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Doug Watkins jazz musician: bass: Pepper-Knepper Quintet, Hank Mobley Quartet, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 02Birthday 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."Ref: 5
Mar 03Norman Houstoun O'Neill composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Mar 04John Duffey bluegrass musician, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Mario Davidovsky Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Synchronisms), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Barbara 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.Ref: 4
Mar 07King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Christian Wolff composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Joep [Joseph Willem Frederik] Straesser composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Dick Katz pianist, composer: Tony Scott Quartet, J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding groupsRef: 4
Mar 13Fritz Cortolezis composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Mar 14Shirley Scott swinging, blues-oriented organist: recorded mostly with former husband Stanley Turrentine [they were married from 1961 to 1971]Ref: 4
Mar 15Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar composer/songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Wolfgang Hufschmidt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Erhard Grosskopf composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Q T Macon blues vocal/guitar, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Pavle Despalj composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Franz Schreker composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Mar 25Johnny Burnette Memphis, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Arthur Mitchell choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Siegfried Thiele composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Ernstalbrecht Stiebler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31John D Loudermilk rock drummer/vocalist (Language of Love, Norman), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Jim 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 Dont Want to Have to Marry You, is born in Sparkman AR.Ref: 4
Apr 04Braulio Dueno Colon composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Apr 05Stanley 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
Apr 05Salvatore Di Giacomo composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 06Reijo Jyrkiainen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Zsolt Durko composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Horace Kay US singer (Tams-You Lied to Your Daddy), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Siegfried Matthus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Warren Chiasson jazz musician: vibes: group: Warren Chiasson Duo: LP: Point Counterpoint, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 17Don 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.Ref: 4
Apr 18Jan Klusak composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Dickie Goodman parody singer (Flying Saucer), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Jan Helge Guttorm Bark composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Shirley (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.Ref: 4
May 01Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko composer, dies at 35.Ref: 5
May 03Georg Kroll composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 03James Brown The Godfather of Soul is born in Augusta GA.Ref: 17
May 05Ace Cannon (John Henry Cannon Jr.) saxophonist: Tuff, Blues [Stay Away From Me]Ref: 4
May 07Donald Russell Holler composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Heinz Marti composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Edward Naylor composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 09Roy Massey Master of Choristers (Hereford Cathedral), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Frederik von Pallandt singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Jan Wijn Dutch pianist, is born.Ref: 5
May 22Al Brown entertainer: group: Al Brown & The Tunetoppers: LP: The Madison Dance Party, is born.Ref: 4
May 22Peter Nero (Nierow), New York NY, conductor/pianist (A Sunday in New York), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 28Julian Slade composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Rob du Bois composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Karl-Erik Welin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 01Singer Pat Boone (Charles Eugene Boone) is born in Florida.Ref: 4
Jun 06Philippe Entremont France, pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orch), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 07Wynn Stewart singer: Its Such a Pretty World Today, Wishful Thinking, After the Storm; is born.Ref: 4
Jun 09Jackie Wilson Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops), is born.Ref: 68
Jun 10Frederick Delius, English/French composer, dies at age 72.Ref: 70
Jun 26Dave Grusin composer: film scores: On Golden Pond, Heaven Can Wait, Tootsie, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 27Anna Moffo opera singer: Metropolitan Opera [1959-1969], is born.Ref: 4
Jul 02Tom Springfield folk singer: group: Springfields: Silver Threads and Golden Needles, Island of Dreams, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 12Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 15Harrison Birtwistle Accringto, Lancashire, composer (Trombeau), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 23Steve Lacy (Lackritz) jazz musician: soprano sax: Ask Me Now, Pannonica; composer, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 24Rudy Collins musician: drums: group: Dizzy Gillespie quintet, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 25Don 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, Milos Theme, Star Children; soloist: NY Philharmonic; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 28Jacques D'Amboise dancer/educator (NYC Ballet Company), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 09Merle 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
Sep 02Russ Columbo singer, bandleader, songwriter: You Call It Madness, Lets Pretend Theres A Moon, Prisoner of Love; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 05Carol Lawrence (Laraia) singer, actress: West Side Story, General HospitalRef: 4
Sep 08Peter Maxwell Davies Manchester England, composer (Prolation), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 16George Chakiris Academy Award-winning actor, dancer: West Side Story [1961]Ref: 68
Sep 21Leonard Cohen Montreal, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 30Freddie King Gilmer TX, blues singer (Hideaway), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 22Donald McIntyre Auckland NZ, Bass-Baritone (Wotan-Das Rheingold), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 29Robert E Hughes NYC, orch leader (Rich Little Show), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 24Alfred Schnittke Russia, composer (St Florian), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 24Martin Charnin Broadway lyricist (Annie, West Side Story), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 28Ethel Ennis singer: w/Benny Goodman Orchestra, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 01Billy Paul (Paul Williams), Philadelphia PA, singer (Me & Mrs Jones), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Bernhard Seklas composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 09[Amos] Junior Wells Memphis TN, blues singer (In My Younger Days), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Alan Ridout composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Curtis Williams singer: group: The Penguins: Earth Angel, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 12Habib Hassan Touma composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Birth of Kurt Kaiser, contemporary American Christian songwriter and composer.Ref: 5
Dec 25McKinley Mitchell US gospel/singer (The Town I Live In), is born.Ref: 5
1935
Jan 01Harold Martina Netherlands Antilles, pianist/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Nino Tempo Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Paul Wilson US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Noam Sheriff composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Kenneth "Buddy" Scott blues guitarist/Singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10-Blues artist Eddy Clearwater is born.Ref: 64
Jan 10Ronnie Hawkins Ark, rocker (The Band-Who Do You Love?), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Sherrill Milnes Hinsdale IL, baritone, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Georg Katzer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Chuck Barksdale US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Malcolm Frager St Louis MO, pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Richard Wetz composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Jan 20Buddy 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
Jan 26Peter Ronnefeld composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Zbigniew Penherski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Leonid Grabovsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov Russian composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Jan 31Bojidar Dimov composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Johnny "Guitar" Watson rock guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Martti Talvela Hiitola Karelia Finland, operatic basso, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Alex Harvey rocker (Just Visiting This Planet), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Kenneth "Buddy" Scott blues guitarist/Singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Karl Nef Swiss musicologist, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 10Salvator Pueyo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Theodore Antoniou composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Bent Lorentzen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Gene Vincent Craddock) Norfolk VA, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Ray Manzarek keyboardist (The Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Gene McDaniels US vocalist/bandleader/actor (Young Swingers), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Sonny (Salvatore) Bono singer, entertainer [Sonny & Cher]: I Got You Babe, Baby Dont Go, The Beat Goes On; TV: The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour; mayor: Palm Springs, CA; U.S. Congressman; is born.Ref: 4
Feb 17Johnny Bush country singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Sonny Bono (Representative-R-CA)/singer (Sonny & Cher), is born.Ref: 24
Feb 27Mirella Freni Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Alberto Remedios opera/concert singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Keely Smith Norfolk VA, singer (Mrs Louis Prima), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Helga Pilarczyk German soprano (Salome, Lulu), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Jo van den Booren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Adam Wade Pittsburgh PA, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Ruby Murray Irish pop singer (Softly Softly), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Gordon Mumma composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30John Charles Eaton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Mar 31Herb Alpert bandleader: Tijuana Brass: The Lonely Bull, Taste of Honey, The Work Song, This Guys in Love with You, Rise; record company executive: the "A" of A&M Records, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 04Franois-Bernard Mache composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Peter Grant rock band manager, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Emil Mlynarski composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Apr 07Bobby 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
Apr 09Aulis Sallinen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Jorge Mester Mxico City Mxico, conductor (Louisville Orchestra 1967-79), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Pierre Kartner [Father Abraham], Dutch singer (Smurf Song), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Richard Berry musician, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Loretta Lynn, Butcher's Hollow KY, country singer (Coal Miner's Daughter), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Gene Cherico bassist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Bobby Vinton (Stanley Vintulla), Pittsburgh PA, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler blues singer/guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Paul A Rothchild record producer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Glen Campbell Delight Ark, actor/singer (Time I Get to Phoenix), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Paul Klengel composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Apr 28Alexander Campbell Mackenzie Scottish composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Apr 29Otto M Zykan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Leroy Carr rocker, dies.Ref: 5
May 02Link Wray rocker (Link Wray & His Ray Men), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Nokie Edwards musician: guitar: group: The Ventures: Walk Dont Run, Perfidia, Hawaii Five-O Theme, is born.Ref: 4
May 10Singer Larry Williams (Lawrence E. Williams) (Short Fat Fannie, Bony Maronie, Dizzy Miss Lizzie) is born.Ref: 4
May 10Henry Fambrough US singer (Spinners), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Nigel Butterley composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Yizhak Sadai composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Paul Abraham Dukas, French composer, dies at age 69 in Paris, France.Ref: 70
May 19Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler French composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 21Terry Lightfoot clarinetist/bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Ramsey Lewis musician: group: Ramsey Lewis Trio: The In Crowd, Hang on Sloopy, Wade in the Water, is born in Chicago.Ref: 4
May 27Elias Gistelinck Flemish composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Josef Suk Czechoslovakia, violinist/composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 30Lothar Windsperger composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Jun 24Terry Riley Colfax Calif, composer (Spectra), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25Eddie Floyd singer: group: Falcons: Youre So Fine; solo: Bring It on Home to Me, Knock on Wood, Ive Never Found a Girl [To Love Me like You Do], is born.Ref: 4
Jul 02Gilbert Kalish Brooklyn NY, pianist/professor (SUNY Stony Brook), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 08Steve Lawrence (Sidney Leibowitz), Brooklyn, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 17P.D.Q. Bach [Peter Schickele], IA, composer (5th of Beethoven), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 21Kaye Stevens US, singer (Jerry Lewis Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 23Cleveland Duncan singer: group: Penguins: Earth Angel, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 29Peter Schreier Meissen Germany, tenor (Dressden State Opera 1961), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 02Hank Cochran songwriter: A Little Bitty Tear, Funny Way of Laughing, Make the World Go Away, I Fall to Pieces, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 20Justin Tubb San Antonio TX, country singer (Grand Ole Opry), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 30Singer John Phillips (Mommas and the Pappas) is born.Ref: 5
Sep 01Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 07-Blues singer Little Milton is born.Ref: 6
Sep 19Nick Massi (Macioci) musician: bass, singer: group: The Four Seasons: is born.Ref: 4
Sep 23Les McCann musician, singer, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 30Jill Corey (Norma Jean Esperanza), Avonmore Pa, singer (Your Hit Parade), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 30Johnny Mathis singer (Chances are, 12th of Never), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 05Margie Singleton singer: Keeping Up with the Joneses [w/Faron Young], Eyes of Love, Old Records; TV performer: Louisiana Hayride, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 12Luciano Pavarotti Emmy Award-winning opera star: Pavarotti in Philadelphia: La Boheme [1982-1983]; actor: Yes, Giorgio, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 12Samuel Moore singer: group: Sam & Dave Emmy Award-winning opera star, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 14La Monte Young Bern Idaho, composer (Compostion in 1990), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Al Jackson Jr. drummer: groups: Booker T. and the M.G.s, Roy Milton Band; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 30Jack Reno country singer: Repeat After Me, Hitchin a Ride, I Want One, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 01Lou Rawls (Louis Allen) Grammy Award-winning singer: Dead End Street [1967], A Natural Man [1972]; Youll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Your Good Thing is about to End, Youve 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
Dec 02Jurg Wyttenbach composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Singer Little Richard (Pennimann) is born.Ref: 4
Dec 04Johan Halvorsen composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 07Jean-Claude Casadesus composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Tom Brumley musician: steel guitar: group: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Stone Canyon Band, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 23Little Esther Phillips (Esther Mae Jones) pianist, singer: Release Me, What a Diffrence a Day Makes; Grammy nomination: Best female R & B vocalist [1973], Aretha Franklin won but gave award to Esther; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 24Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Dec 25Gunter Friedrichs composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Abdul Duke Fakir singer: group: The Four Tops: Baby I Need Your Loving, I Cant Help Myself, Reach Out Ill Be There, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Seven Rooms of Gloom, Bernadette, Keeper of the Castle, Aint No Woman like the One Ive Got, When She Was My Girl, Dont Walk Away, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 30Bruno Canino composer, is born.Ref: 5
1936
Jan 01Eve Queler New York City NY, conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 02Roger Miller, Fort Worth TX, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Jos Kunst composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Eldee Young US bassist (Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Peter Fletcher music teacher, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Ami Maayani composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Clarence Carter US singer (Thread the Needle), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Elliott Schwartz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Louis Glass composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 23Dame Clara Butt alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 24Doug Kershaw Louisiana, plays electric fiddle, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Daniel Goode composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Jack Scott (Scafone) singer: My True Love, Goodbye Baby, What In the Worlds Come Over You, Burning Bridges, is born in Canada.Ref: 4
Jan 28Jack Scott vocalist (My True Love), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Robert Suderburg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Malcolm Binns concert pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Horst Jankowski pianist: A Walk In The Black Forest; is born.Ref: 4
Jan 31Marvin Junior singer (Dells-Oh What a Night), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Otis Williams rocker (Charms), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Larry Verne, singer (Please Mr. Custer), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Arnost Parsch composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Bob Engemann singer: group: The Lettermen: When I Fall In Love, Goin Out of My Head, Cant Take My Eyes Off You, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 22Ernie K-Doe [Ernest Kador Jr], New Orleans LA, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Norman Orville Scribner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Chuck Glaser Spalding NB, singer (Glaser Brothers-Getting to Me Again), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Aribert Reimann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Eric Allandale rocker (Foundations), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Ruben Mattias Liljefors composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 06Josef Stransky composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 06Rubin Goldmark composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 08Gabor Szabo Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Ladislaw Kupkovic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Robert Lee Smith US singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Amancio D'Silva musician, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Marek Stachowski composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 22Roger Whittaker Nairobi Kenya, country singer (Durham Town), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Fredrick Kaufmamn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales bassist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Erich Urbanner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Fred Paris rocker (Five Satins), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Malcolm Goldstein composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Birth 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
Mar 29Richard Rodney Bennett Broadstairs Kent England, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Apr 04Margo J Sylvia rocker (Tune Weavers), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05John White composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Manfred Schoof composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Jerzy Maksymiuk composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Bobbie Smith singer: group: The Spinners, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 11Mitya Stillman composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Apr 12Judy 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
Apr 15Hector Quintanar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Pete Graves rocker (Moonglows), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Ottorino Respighi Italian composer (Belkis), dies at 56.Ref: 5
Apr 18Seaborn M Denson composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 19Csaba Szabo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Ruby Johnson US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Ottorino 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
Apr 20Beaver Harris (William Godwin Harris) musician: drums: co-led 360 Degree Music Experience [w/Roswell Rudd, Marion Brown, Grachan Moncur III]; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 21Anthony Joseph Gnazzo composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Glen Campbell Delight AR, actor/singer (Rhinestone Cowboy, By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston, Wichita Lineman), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Roy Orbison, Vernon TX, rocker (Oh Pretty Woman, Only The Lonely), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Alphons Diepenbrock composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Apr 24Bernard van Dieren composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Apr 28John Martin Tchicai composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29April Stevens (Carol Lo Tempio) singer: Deep Purple, Whispering, Stardust, is born in Niagara Falls NY.Ref: 4
Apr 29Zubin Mehta Bombay India, conductor (New York Philharmonic), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Michael Rabin New York NY, violinist (In Memorium), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey] Madras India, singer (After The Lovin', Release Me, Quando, is born in Madras India.Ref: 68
May 06Sylvia Robinson rocker (Mickey & Sylvia-Love is Strange), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Hans Jelmoli composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 07Cornelius Cardew composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Bobby Darin [Walden Waldo Cassotto] Bronx NY, singer (Mack the Knife), is born in New York City.Ref: 5
May 15Jean Balissat composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Philippe Boesmans composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Alick Maclean composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 24Harold Budd composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Tom T Hall, Olive Hill KY, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Jan Levoslav Bella composer, dies at 92.Ref: 5
May 28Maki Ishii composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Galina Shostakovich daughter of Russian composer Dmitri, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Levi Stubbs (Stubbles) lead singer: group: The Four Tops: Baby I Need Your Loving, I Cant Help Myself, Reach Out Ill be There, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Seven Rooms of Gloom, Bernadette, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 08James Darren (Ercolani) singer: Goodbye Cruel World, Her Royal Majesty; actor: The Guns of Navarone, Because Theyre Young, Gidget; host: Time Tunnel, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 19Tommy DeVito singer: group: The Four Seasons: Sherry, Big Girls Dont Cry, Walk like a Man, Rag Doll, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 20Billy 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
Jun 22Singer Kris Kristofferson is born. (XDG, p 4A, 6/22/2000)Ref: 83
Jun 28Cathy Carr singer: Ivory Tower, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 09David Zinman NYC, conductor (Balt Symphony-1983), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 14Gloria Lambert Worcester Mass, singer (Sing Along With Mitch), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 16Buddy Merrill Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18La Argentina, Spanish dancer, dies at age 45.Ref: 70
Jul 30Buddy (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
Aug 23Rudy Lewis singer: group: Drifters: Up on the Roof, On Broadway, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 07Rock legend Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, TX.Ref: 68
Oct 01Edward Villella US, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 03Steve Reich NYC, composer (My Name is), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 07Charles Dutoit symphony orchestra conductor/director: Orchestre Symphonique de Montral, Orchestre National de France, NHK Symphony Orchestra, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 24Bill Wyman England, rocker (Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 26Bruce Belland Chicago, singer (Tim Conway Hour), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 28Charlie 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
Nov 05Billy Sherrill songwriter, musician: saxophone: Tipsy; record producer: Almost Persuaded; VP/Executive Producer: CBS Nashville, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 07Gwyneth Jones, Pontnewyndd Wales, soprano (Die Walkyre), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 09Mary 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
Nov 17Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto, dies at age 75.Ref: 70
Nov 18Hank 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
Nov 21James De Preist Philadelphia PA, conductor (Mitropolos 1964), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Lou Rawls (Louis Allen), Chicago IL, singer (Dean Martin's Gold-diggers, Natural Man), is born. (also TWA, 1998)Ref: 5
Dec 02Peter Michael Braun composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Larry Davis blues singer/guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Chad Mitchell singer: group: Chad Mitchell trio, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 12Bengt Emil Johnson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Tommy Steele London, singer/actor ( a Sixpence, Finian's Rainbow), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Claude Albert Coppens composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Pierre Maurice composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 29Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
1937
Jan 04Grace Ann Jaeckel Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhuser), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Doris Troy [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Robert Moran composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Shirley Bassey Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08John Felix August Korling composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 14Billie Jo Spears country singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Conny Vandenbos Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Bob Bogle (Robert Lenard Bogle) musician: guitar, bass: group: The Ventures: Walk, Dont Run, Perfidia, theme from Hawaii Five-O, is born in Portland OR.Ref: 4
Jan 24Bobby Scott singer, pianist: Chain Gang; songwriter: A Taste of Honey, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 27John Ogdon Manchester England, pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Bobby Scott jazz singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Philip Glass Baltimore MD, composer (Einstein on the Beach), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Steve Karmen Bronx NY, jingle writer (I Love NY, This Bud's for You), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Don Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Brothers-Wake Up Little Susie), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Ray Sawyer [Dr Hook] Alabama, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Martina Arroyo New York NY, operatic soprano (New York Met), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Tom Smothers New York NY, comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Cocky van Oost [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Joe Raposa composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Johnny Sayles US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Don Wilson rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Lodewijk Boer Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Magic Sam rocker (Chicago Bluesman), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Erkki Gustav Melartin composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Feb 15Zoltan Pesko composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Mickey McGill US vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20David Ackles Illinois, singer/songwriter (American Gothic), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Nancy Wilson Chillicothe OH, jazz singer (Feel Like Making Love), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Dubravko Detoni composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Gustav Wohlgemuth composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 04Barbara McNair Racine WI, singer/actress (Barbara McNair Show), is born.Ref: 17
Mar 04[Bernard Barney Jean] Wilen musician, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Ron Carter jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Merle Haggard country singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Paul Mefano composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Raynoma (Liles) Gordy [Mayberry], US orchestra leader (Rayber Voices), co-founder of Motown [with husband Berry Gordy], is born.Ref: 4
Mar 09Mickey 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: Gilleys Smoking, Song of the Year: Dont the Girls Get Prettier at Closing Time, Single of the Year: Bring It on Home; owned Gilleys Club [honky-tonk that inspired movie Urban Cowboy]; owner: Mickey Gilleys Theatre, Branson MO; Jerry Lee Lewis cousin, is born in Ferriday LA.Ref: 68
Mar 11Paul Scheinpflug composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 12Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor French organist/composer, dies at 93.Ref: 5
Mar 12Jeno Hubay composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Mar 16Constanca Capdeville composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Galina Samsova ballerina, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Clarence "Frogman" Henry musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Joe Rivers rocker (Johnnie & Joe), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Jerry Reed (Hubbard) singer: Amos Moses, When Youre Hot, Youre 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.Ref: 4
Mar 22Johnny Ferguson singer: Angela Jones, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 22Jon Hassell composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Johnny Ferguson singer: Angela Jones, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 24Benjamin Luxon Redruth England, baritone (Owen Wingrave), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Billy Stewart US R&B singer (I Do Love You), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Johnny "Clyde" Copeland US blues guitarist/singer (Lion's Den), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54.Ref: 5
Mar 31Willem Duyn [Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Merle 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)Ref: 4
Apr 07[Big] Charlie Thomas New York NY, jazz/rock singer (Drifters), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Arthur William Foote US organist/composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Apr 08William Henry Hadow composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 10Algernon Ashton composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 15Bob Luman singer: Lets Think About Living, Every Day I Have to Cry Some, The Pay Phone, Proud of You Baby; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 15Nikolai Artzibushev composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Apr 17Galina Samsova ballerina, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Jack Nitzsche composer/songwriter (An Officer & a Gentleman), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Joe Henderson composer/musician: tenor sax: played in sextet at San Franciscos Keystone Korner; also played with Blood Sweat and Tears; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 28Jean Redpath, Scottish folk singer.Ref: 2
Apr 30Richard Farina, American folksinger and novelist, is born.Ref: 70
May 01Bo Nilsson Swedish composer (Doppelspiel), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Arthur Somervell composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 03Frankie Valli [Castelluccio] Newark NJ, singer (Four Seasons-Sherry), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Hans Ulrich Lehmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Dave Prater Ocilla GA, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Sonny Curtis Meadow TX, guitarist (of Buddy Holly and the Crickets), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Viliam Figus composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 13Judith Somogi New York NY, conductor (Frankfurt Opera-1982), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Peter Frederic Williams composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Trini Lopez Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer), is born.Ref: 5
May 20Teddy Randazzo songwriter/producer: Goin Out of My Head, Hurt So Bad, Im on the Outside [Looking In]; singer: Way of a Clown; actor: Rock, Rock, Rock, Mister Rock and Roll, Hey, Lets Twist, is born.Ref: 4
May 26Yehuda Yannay composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Irmin Schmidt rocker (Can), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Peter Kolman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 04Freddy Fender (Baldemar Huerta) singer: Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Before the Next Teardrop Falls, is born in Mexico.Ref: 4
Jun 05Waylon Jennings Littlefield TX, country singer (Dukes of Hazzard), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 07Neeme Jrvi Tallinn Estonia, conductor (Estonia Opera 1971), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 15Waylon Jennings Littlefield TX, country singer (Dukes of Hazzard), is born.Ref: 68
Jun 20Jerry Keller singer: Here Comes Summer, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 04Ray Pillow singer: Take Your Hands Off My Heart, Thank You Maam, Ill Take the Dog, Volkswagon, Gone with the Wine, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 06Gene Chandler [Eugene Dixon], Chicago, rocker (Duke of Earl), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 06Vladimir Ashkenazy Gorkey Rus, pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Sandy Stewart (Galitz) Phila PA, singer (Sing Along With Mitch, Mr President), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 11George Gershwin (Jacob Gershvin), American composer of operatic music and Broadway musicals, dies at age 38.Ref: 70
Jul 22Chuck Jackson singer: Any Day Now, I Dont Want to Cry, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 27Chuck Jackson Latta SC, singer (Any Day Now), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 28Peter Duchin NYC, pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orch), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 02Garth Hudson musician: keyboard: group: The Band: Up on Cripple Creek, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 27Tommy Sands singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me), is born.Ref: 68
Sep 10Tommy Overstreet singer: Gwen [Congratulations], Dont Go City Girl on Me, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 26Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues: blues singer: sang with Louis Armstrong in 1925: early version of St. Louis Blues, My Mans Blues, Dixie Flyer Blues, I Aint Got Nobody, A Good Man is Hard to Find, Poor Mans Blues; dies of injuries sustained in car crash in Mississippi.Ref: 68
Oct 15Barry McGuire Oklahoma City, singer (Eve of Destruction), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 20Wanda Jackson singer: Right or Wrong, Lets Have a Party, In the Middle of a Heartache; songwriter: [Lets Stop] Kickin Our Hearts Around, is born in Maud OK.Ref: 4
Oct 24Santo Farina musician, steel guitar: group: Santo & Johnny, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 25Jeanne (Gloria) Black singer, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 29Sonny Osborne musician: 5-string banjo, singer: baritone: group: Osborne Brothers, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 29Michael Ponti Freiburg Germany, pianist (Boston Competition 1964), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 31Tom Paxton folk singer, songwriter, musician: guitar: is born.Ref: 4
Nov 01Whispering 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 Its All the Same to You, Someday Well be Together; member of Grand Ole Opry, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 02Earl Speedoo Carroll singer: groups: Carnations; Cadillacs: Speedoo, Peek-A-Boo; Coasters: Lets Go Get Stoned, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 06Eugene Pitt singer: group: The Genies: Whos that Knockin; group: Jive Five: Never Never, What Time is It?, Im a Happy Man; solo: My True Story, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 15Little Willie John (William Edward John) singer: Sleep, Talk to Me Talk to Me, Fever; convicted of manslaughter, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 19Ray Collins, songwriter: Memories of El Monte [w/Frank Zappa for the Penguins], is born.Ref: 4
Nov 20Ruth Laredo (nee Meckler) Detroit MI, concert pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27John Ogdon Manchester England, pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 30Paul Stookey Baltimore MD, singer (Peter, Paul & Mary-Wedding Song), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 30Jimmy Bowen singer: Im Stickin with You, Party Doll, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 01Gordon Crosse Bury Lancashire England, composer (Grace of Todd), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Don Sebesky Perth Amboy NJ, orchestra leader (Jimmy Dean Show), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Joe Farrell rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Jim 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.Ref: 4
Dec 17Art Neville New Orleans LA, vocalist (Neville Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Nat 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.Ref: 2
Dec 25OKelly Isley singer: Grammy Award-winning group: The Isley Brothers: Its Your Thing [1969]; Shout, Twist and Shout, That Lady, This Old Heart of Mine; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 26Ivor Gurney composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Dec 28Maurice J Ravel Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 30John Hartford New York NY, singer/songwriter (Smothers Brothers Hour, Gentle on My Mind), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30[Noel] Paul Stookey Baltimore MD, singer/musician/comedian (Peter, Paul, & Mary), is born.Ref: 5
1938
Jan 07Jasperina de Jong Dutch cabaret performer (Jan Rao en z'n Maat), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Narvel Felts country singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Paavo Johannes Heininen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Allen Toussaint [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter (Ride Your Pony, Wild Sign of New Orleans), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Jack 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
Jan 17Paul Revere Harvard Nebraska, pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Phil Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Eskil Hemberg composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Eugene Church singer: How Long, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 24Julius Arthur Hemphill saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Etta James [Jamesette Hawkins], US singer (Roll With Me Henry), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Kim Gardner rocker (Byrds), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Bill Phillips country singer: Put It Off till Tomorrow, Georgia Town Blues [w/Mel Tillis]Ref: 4
Jan 30Norma Jean (Beasler) country singer: LP: Norma Jean, Heaven Help the Working Girl; TV: Ozark Jubilee, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 01Jimmy Carl Black rocker (Mothers Of Invention), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Dick van Niehoff Dutch vocalist (Fouryo), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Ellsworth Milburn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Robert Frank Baksa composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Ray Sharpe singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Willy Correa de Oliveira composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16John Corigliano New York NY, composer (Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Albert Huybrechts composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Feb 22Bobby Hendricks US soul vocalist (Itchy Twitchy Feeling), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Simon Estes Centerville IA, bass/baritone (Wonton, Don Carlos), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Douglas Leedy composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Lew De Witt singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Willie Chambers guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Paul Evans singer/pedal guitarist (Damascus Road), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Lovelace Watkins singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Lew DeWitt Roanoke VA, country singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Sydney Baynes composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 12Lew Dewitt singer: group: The Statler Brothers: Flowers on the Wall, Bed of Roses; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 12Dimitri Terzakis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Tona Scherchen-Hsiao composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Hans-Joachim Hespos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Jean-Claude Risset composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Dick Higgins composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Rudolf Nureyev Russia, ballet dancer/choreographer (Kirov), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Cyril Rootham composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 22Singer Glen Campbell is born.Ref: 4
Mar 25Hoyt Axton singer, musician, songwriter: Greenback Dollar, The Pusher, Joy to the World, Never Been to Spain [Axtons mother, Mae Boren Axton, wrote Elvis Presleys Heartbreak Hotel]; actor: The Rousters, Gremlins, Disorganized Crime, The Civil War, Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, King Cobra; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 02Warner Mack (Warner MacPherson) country singer, songwriter: Is it Wrong, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 03Jeff Barry Bkln NY, rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Philippe Wynne Detroit MI, US soul singer (Spinners, Parliament, Ghetto Child), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04After seven years of singing on the radio, Kate Smith began a new noontime talk show.Ref: 4
Apr 04Norro Wilson singer, composer, producer: Surround Me with Love, Men [for Charly McClain]; sang duets with Margo Smith, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 05Ronald Anthony White Jr singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Spencer Dryden musician: drums: group: Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship: Somebody to Love, White Rabbit, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 07Freddie Hubbard Indpls, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Barton Keith McLean composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Feodor Chaliapin, Russian operatic bass, dies at age 65.Ref: 70
Apr 13Frederic Rzewski Westfield MA, composer (Spacecraft), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Hal 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
Apr 18Richard Runciman Terry musicologist, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 19Jonathan Tunick composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Duane Eddy, Phoenix AZ, guitarist (Peter Gunn, Cannonball), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Maurice Williams rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 04Tyrone Davis US R&B singer (Are you serious), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Johnnie Taylor US gospel singer (I Believe in You), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Nokie Edwards rocker (Ventures), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Henry Fambrough singer: group: Spinners: Ill Be Around, Could It Be Im Falling in Love, The Rubberband Man, is born.Ref: 4
May 10Maxim Shostakovich Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Philip Gordon Winsor composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 11Carla Bley [Carla Borg] Oakland CA, musician (Escalator Over the Hill), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Harvey Sollberger Cedar Rapids IA, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Troping), is born.Ref: 5
May 15Lenny Welch Asbury Park NJ, (Breaking up is Hard to Do), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Pervis Jackson rocker (Spinners), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Singer Ray Eberle signed on as vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra for $35 a week. Eberles first session with Miller included, Dont Wake Up My Heart, for Brunswick Records.Ref: 4
May 26Jackie Liebesit rocker (Can), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Teresa Stratas [Anastasia Stratakis] Toronto Ontario Canada, soprano (Salome), is born.Ref: 5
May 26William Elden Bolcom Seattle WA, composer (Oracles), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Prince Buster Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness), is born.Ref: 5
May 31Peter Yarrow New York NY, (Peter, Paul & Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Billy Storm singer (Valiants-This is the Night), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 04Bill Withers WV, rhythm & blues singer (Lean on Me), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09Paul Chihara Seattle Washington, US/Japanese composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 20Jo Ann Campbell Jacksonville Fla, Lawrence Welk's champagne lady, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 28George Cummings musician: guitar: group: Dr. Hook: Sylvias Mother, The Cover of Rolling Stone, [Freakin At] The Freakers Ball, A Little Bit More, Only Sixteen, When Youre in Love with a Beautiful Woman, Sharing the Night Together, Sexy Eyes, Better Love Next Time, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 08Connie Stevens (Concetta Ingolia), Bkln, singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 16Robert 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
Aug 21Singer Kenny (Kenneth Donald) Rogers is born. (TWA, 1997)Ref: 95
Aug 24David Freiberg musician: bass guitar: group: Jefferson Starship: We Built this City; Quicksilver Messenger Service: Dinos Song, The Fool, Who Do You Love, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 06Joan Tower New Rochelle NY, composer (Breakfast Rhythms), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 12Tatiana Troyanos NYC, mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 28Singer, songwriter Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl Nelson) is born.Ref: 4
Sep 28Koko Taylor, blues singer.Ref: 2
Oct 03Eddie (Ray Edward) Cochran, Okla City, rocker (C'Mon Everybody), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 05Johnny Duncan singer: She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed [Anytime], Slow Dancing, Hes Out of My Life, Hello Mexico [And Adios Baby to You]; with Janie Fricke: It Couldnt Have Been Any Better, Thinkin of a Rendezvous, Stranger, Come a Little Bit Closer, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 05Carlo Mastrangelo singer: group: Dion and The Belmonts, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 14Melba Montgomery singer, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 15Marv 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.Ref: 4
Oct 24Fred E Finn SF CA, pianist (Mickie Finn's), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 02Jay Black (David Blatt) singer: group: Jay and The Americans: Only in America, Come a Little Bit Closer, This Magic Moment, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 04Harry Elston musician: group: Friends of Distinction, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 06P.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.Ref: 4
Nov 07Dee (Delectus) Clark singer: Just Keep It Up, Raindrops, Ride a Wild Horse; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 11Roger Lavern (Jackson) musician: keyboards: group: The Tornados, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 17Gordon 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)Ref: 4
Nov 19Hank 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.Ref: 4
Nov 21Leopold Godowsky, Russian-born American pianist and composer, dies at age 68.Ref: 2
Nov 26Ray Brown singer: group: The Four Freshmen, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 26Tina Turner (Annie Bullock) Grammy Award-winning Pop Singer of the Year [1985]; Whats Love Got to Do with It, Private Dancer, We Dont Need Another Hero, Theme from Goldeneye; w/Ike Turner: A Fool in Love, Proud Mary; Ikes ex, is born in Brownsville TX.Ref: 4
Nov 27Kim Gardner rocker (Byrds), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Sandy 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.Ref: 4
Dec 03Jos Serebrier Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Lynn Blessing vibes Player, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Dina Appeldoorn Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 05[John] J J Cale Oklahoma City OK, rock guitarist (After Midnight), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn pianist/composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 09William Thomas McKinley composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09David 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 Its Heaven, Baby Baby [I Know Youre a Lady], So Many Ways; actor: Carnival Rock, Cottonpickin Chickenpickers; is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Yuri Temirkanov Nalchik Russia, conductor (Kirov), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Mario Pilati composer, dies at 35.Ref: 5
Dec 12Connie Francis (Concetta Franconero) Newark NJ, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Joel Chadabe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Alvin Curran composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Tony Gomez rocker (Foundations), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Marie Emmanuel French composer/musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 18[Bryan] Chas Chandler rocker (The Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20John Harris Harbison Orange NJ, composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25David Borden composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Charles 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.Ref: 4
1939
Jan 04Jon Appleton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07David Buchan ethno-musicologist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Welsh singer Shirley Bassey, is born.Ref: 17
Jan 09Johann Strauss Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 10Julius Bittner Austria composer (Missa Austriaca, Little Violet), dies at 64.Ref: 5
Jan 12William Lee Golden Brewton AL, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Charles Christopher Steel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Phil Everly singer: The Everly Brothers [w/brother, Don]: Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, All I Have to Do is Dream, Bird Dog, Cathys Clown; solo: When Will I Be Loved; radio host: In Session, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 24Doug Kershaw musician: Cajun fiddle, songwriter, singer: Louisiana Man, Diggy Liggy Lo, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 24Ray 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
Jan 26Marshall Lieb rocker (Teddy Bears), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Tigran Yegiayi Mansuryan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Del McCoury bluegrass singer/musician, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Ray Sawyer rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Barry 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
Feb 09Johann Strauss Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 10Barbara Kolb Hartford CT, composer (Trobar Jus), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Roberta Flack Black Mountain (Asheville) NC, vocalist (The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face), is born.Ref: 68
Feb 11Gerry 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
Feb 11Franz Schmidt Austrian composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Feb 12Ray 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
Feb 14Chris Pyne trombonist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Herbie & Harold Kalin singers: group: The Kalin Twins: When, Forget Me Not, are born.Ref: 4
Feb 18Ludwig Bonvin composer, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Feb 20Roy George Elroy Josephs jazz dance teacher, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Ron Nagle rock producer (Riding with the King), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26E Fernandez Arbs Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Feb 27Antoinette Sibley ballerina (Turning Point), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28John Fahey singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Tommy Tune Wichita Falls TX, dancer/choreographer (The Boyfriend), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Leo Brouwer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Warren Davis rocker (Monotones), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Gerard van Tongeren Dutch singer (Buffoons), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Jerry Naylor Stephenville TX, rock vocalist (Crickets), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Marion Marlowe St Louis MO, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Amadeo Roldan composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
Mar 08Robert Tear Barry Wales, tenor (Welsh National Opera 1970), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Yannis Vlachopoulos composerRef: 5
Mar 13Neil 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
Mar 18Charley Pride, Sledge MS, country singer (Just Between You And Me, Sweet Country), is born in Sledge MS. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 95
Mar 18Travis Pritchett rocker (Travis & Bob), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Evald Aav composer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Mar 23Boris Ivanovich Tischenko composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Rudolph Isley Cincinnati OH, rocker (Isley Brothers-Shout), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Marvin (Pentz) Gaye, Jr. singer: Pride & Joy, How Sweet It Is, Ill Be Doggone, Aint That Peculiar, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Whats Going On, Lets Get It On, Sexual Healing; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1987]; died Apr 1, 1984Ref: 4
Apr 04Hugh Masekela, Wilbank South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05David Winters London England, choreographer (Steve Allen Comedy Hour), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Lonnie White vocalist (Smokey Robinson & Miracles-Shop Around), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Emilio Serrano y Ruiz composer, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Apr 14Jennifer Fowler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Marti Wilder father of rocker Kim Wilde, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Dusty Springfield [Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien], London England, rock vocalist (Growing Pains), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16John DeLaFose zydeco Musician, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Glen Hardin rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Ernie Maresca singer/songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21John McCabe composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Herman Finck composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 22Mel Carter singer: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me; actor: Quincy, Sanford and Son, Marcus Welby, M.D., Magnum P.I., is born.Ref: 4
Apr 23Ray Peterson Denton TX, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24John Foulds composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Apr 27Jerry Mercer Montral Qubec Canada, rock drummer (April Wine), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Judy Collins, Seattle WA, singer (Send in the Clowns, Both Sides Now, Clouds), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Jonathan David Harvey English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Herbie Cox rocker (Cleftones), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Jimmy Ruffin singer: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, Hold on to My Love, There Will Never be Another You, is born.Ref: 4
May 07Johnny Maestro New York NY, rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Nokie Edwards musician: guitar: group: The Ventures: Walk Dont Run, Perfidia, Hawaii Five-O ThemeRef: 4
May 09Bruce Mather composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Nokle Edwards rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Nokie Edwards musician: guitar: group: The Ventures, is born.Ref: 4
May 18Glen Hardin Texas, rocker (Crickets), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Richard Lowe Teitelbaum composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Tomasz Sikorski composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Heinz Holliger musician: oboe virtuoso, composer, conductor: Siebensgesang for oboe voices and orchestra, is born.Ref: 4
May 27Don Williams Floydada TX, country singer (I Believe in You), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Jerry Mercer Montral Canada, rock drummer (April Wine-Just Between You and Me), is born.Ref: 5
May 31Charles Drain singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 02Charles Miller musician: saxophone, clarinet: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Cant We be Friends?, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 03Ian 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
Jun 06Gary "US" Bonds [Anderson] singer/songwriter (New Orleans), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11Wilma Burgess country singer: Baby, Misty Blue, Dont Touch Me, Tear Time, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 17Dickie Doo (Gerry Granahan) singer: group: Dickie Doo and The Donts: Click Clack, No Chemise Please, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 19Al Wilson musician: drummer, singer: Show and TellRef: 4
Jun 30Frank 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
Jul 01Delaney 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
Jul 17Spencer Davis Wales, vocalist (Gimme Some Lovin), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Dion DiMucci Bronx, rocker (Dion & the Belmonts-Teenager in Love), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Brian Auger London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 31John West musician: keyboards: group: Gary Lewis and the Playboys: This Diamond RingRef: 4
Aug 02Edward Patten singer: group: Gladys Knight & The Pips: is born.Ref: 4
Aug 04Frankie Ford (Guzzo), Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 07Ron Holden singer: Love You So; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 08Phil Balsley Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 09Rhythm-and-blues singer Billy Henderson (The Spinners) is born.
Aug 17Luther Allison Arkansas, guitarist (Bad News is Coming), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 18Johnny Preston singer: Running Bear, Cradle of LoveRef: 4
Aug 19Ginger [Peter] Baker England, drummer (Cream-White Room), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 21Harold Reid singer: group: The Statler Brothers: Flowers on the Wall, Bed of Roses, Class of 57, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 28Clem Cattini musician: drums: groups: Tornados: Telstar, Globetrotter; Johnny Kidd & The Pirates: Please Dont Touch, Youve Got What It Takes, Shakin All Over, Restless, Linda Lu, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 31Rock musician Jerry Allison (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is born.
Sep 01Seiji Ozawa, conductor, is born.Ref: 2
Sep 02Sam Gooden singer: group: Roosters; The Impressions: Its All Right, For Your Precious Love, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 05John Stewart San Diego Ca, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 06David Allan Coe country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 17Singer LaMonte McLemore (of The Fifth Dimension) is born. (XDG, p 4A, 9/17/2000)Ref: 83
Sep 18Frankie (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
Oct 19Benita Valente Delano Calif, soprano (Pamina-Die Zauberflte), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 20Jay Siegel singer: groups: The Tokens: Tonight I Fell in Love, The Lion Sleeps Tonight; Cross Country: In the Midnight Hour, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 22Ray Jones musician: bass: group: Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 23Charlie Foxx singer: Mockingbird [w/sister Inez], is born.Ref: 4
Oct 30Eddie Holland songwriter: writing team: Holland-Dozier-Holland, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 30Grace Slick (Wing), Chicago IL, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit), is born. (TWA, 1986)Ref: 95
Nov 11-Singer Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) is born.
Nov 12Lucia Popp UhorskVes Czechoslovakia, soprano (Die Zauberflute), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 14Wendy (Walter) Carlos Pawtucket RI, composer (Switched on Bach), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 20-Singer Kim Weston is born.Ref: 64
Nov 23Betty Everett singer: Shoop Shoop Song [Its in His Kiss], Therell Come a Time, Youre No Good, I Cant Hear You, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 24Jim Yester musician: guitar, sax, singer: group: The Association: Along Comes Mary, Cherish, Windy, Never My Love, Everything That Touches You, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 27Tigran Yegiayi Mansuryan composer, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 28Gary Troxel singer: group: The Fleetwoods: Mr. Blue, Come Softly to Me, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 29Meco (Domenico Monardo) musician: Star Wars Theme; music producer: Never Can Say Goodbye, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 01(Dianne) Dee Dee Lennon singer: group: The Lennon Sisters: The Lawrence Welk Show, Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 01Max Fiedler composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 05Frederik van Rossum composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Toms Svoboda Paris France, Czechoslovakian composer (Etude), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Steve Alaimo singer: Every Day I Have to Cry Some; actor: The Wild Rebels, Stanley, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 08Jerry Butler singer: For Your Precious Love, He Will Break Your Heart, Find Another Girl, Im Telling You, Moon River, Never Give You Up, Hey Western Union Man, LP: Only the Strong Survive; group: The Impressions, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 08James Galway Belfast Ireland, flutist (18k gold flute, Royal Philharmonic), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Ernest Schelling composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Dec 10Wilhelm Grosz composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Dec 15Cindy Birdsong Camden NJ, rock vocalist (Labelle-Rainbow, Supremes), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Nicolaus A Huber composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Eddie Kendricks singer: group: The Temptations: My Girl, I Cant Get Next To You; solo: Keep on Truckin, Boogie Down, Shoeshine Boy; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 17James Booker New Orleans, R & B musician (Gonzo), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Henrica M L "Wiesje" Backer Dutch dancer/actress/playwright, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Eric Fogg composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
Dec 20Agatha N "Kim" Weston US gospel/singer (It Takes Two), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Klaus Schweizer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Ma Rainey "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer/composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Dec 23Johnny Kidd (Frederick Heath) singer, songwriter: Please Dont Touch; group: Johnny Kidd & The Pirates: Youve Got What It Takes, Shakin All Over, Restless, Linda Lu, A Shot of Rhythm and Blues, Ill Never Get Over You, Hungry for Love, Always and Ever; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 25Bob James rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26[Harvey] Phil Spector record producer (Wall of Sound), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Del Shannon [Charles Westover] Coopersville MI, rocker (Runaway), is born.Ref: 5
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Jan 01Laszlo Sary composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Richard Henry Orton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Cristy Lane US, country/gospel singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09-Country singer Big Al Downing is born.Ref: 64
Jan 09Barbara Buczek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Mark DeVoto composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Jorge Peixinho composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Addie "Micki" Harris Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Tilo Medek German composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Johnny Russell country singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Emile van Bosch revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Jan 30David Johnson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indpls (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra).Ref: 5
Feb 02Alan "Tea" Caddy rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Angelo DAleo singer: group: Dion and The Belmonts: I Wonder Why, A Teenager in Love, Where or When, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 08Talib Rasul Hakim composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Smokey Robinson (of the Miracles) is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Brian Bennett musician: drums: group: The Shadows: Dont Cry for Me Argentina, is born in London England.Ref: 4
Feb 09Barbara Buczek composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Jimmy Merchant rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Hamish Imlach folk singer/comic, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (singer: The Monster Mash) is born.Ref: 3
Feb 19Smokey (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
Feb 19Bobby Rogers US vocalist (Miracles-You Really Got a Hold on Me), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Christoph Eschenbach Breslau Germany, pianist/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Barbara Laine Ellis Olympia WA, singer (Fleetwoods), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Jess Lopez-Cobos Toro Spain, conductor (International Conductor Competition), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Joe South Atlanta GA, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29Gretchen Christopher Olympia WA, American Pop Singer/Songwriter, Founder and Female Lead of The Fleetwoods (Come Softly To Me, Mr Blue), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Ralph Towner Chehalis WA, rocker (Oregon, Weather Report), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Dean Torrence Los Angeles CA, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady from Pasadena), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Francis Schwartz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Al Jarreau Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Phil Lesh (Chapman) musician: bass: group: Grateful Dead: St. Stephen, China Cat Sunflower, Dark Star, Uncle Johns Band, New Speedway Boogie, Truckin, Box of Rain, Alabama Gateway; composer: electronic music, is born in Berkeley CA.Ref: 4
Mar 17Vito Picone rocker (Elegants), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Luis Gasca rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Ion Nonna Otescu composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Mar 26Rod Lauren rocker (If I Had a Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Raymond Davis US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Astrud Gilberto Brazil, singer (Girl From Ipanema), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Tommy Cash songwriter: You Dont 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
Apr 06Andres Isasi composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Apr 07Jan Wilhelm Morthenson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Patricia Paay Dutch singer (You are not hip), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Herbie Hancock Oscar-winning jazz/fusion musician, composer of original score: Round Midnight [1986]; TV score: Rockschool; singles: Riot, Cantaloupe Island, Rockit, Dolphins Dance, is born in Chicago IL.Ref: 4
Apr 13Lester Chambers singer, musician: harmonica: group: The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today, is born in Flora MS.Ref: 4
Apr 15Phil Lesh Berkeley CA, bassist (Grateful Dead-Truckin'), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Stephen Lawrence Pruslin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Florrie Forde music hall artist, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 25O B McClinton [Burnett] Senatobia MS, country singer (Keep your arms around me), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Giorgio Moroder Ortisei Italy, composer/producer/singer (Top Gun, Metropolis, Electric Dreams, Cat People, Let it Ride), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Murray Sidlin Baltimore MD, conductor (National Symphony 1973-77), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Armando Krieger composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Rick [Eric Hilliard] Nelson Teaneck NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Dick Morrissey saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Arthur Alexander US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Ronald Anthony Pellegrino composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Richard Brooks singer (Impressions), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Mickey Newbury rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 20Shorty Long soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Andrej N Rimsky-Korssakov Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies.Ref: 5
May 26Levon Helm musician: drums, singer: groups: The Band, Hawks, Levon and the Hawks, Crackers, Canadian Squires, is born.Ref: 4
May 27Rene Koering composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Hans Dulfer tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Theodor Streicher composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 31Augie Meyers musician: keyboards: groups: Sir Douglas Quintet: Shes About a Mover; Texas Tornados: It was Fun While It Lasted; operates his studio north of San Antonio TX, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 07Tom Jones (Thomas Jones Woodward), Pontypridd Wales, singer (What's New Pussycat), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08Nancy Sinatra, Jersey City, singer, her boots were made for walkin', is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11Joey Dee (Joseph DiNicola) singer: group: Joey Dee and The Starliters: Peppermint Twist, Shout, Hot Pastrami with Mashed Potatoes; films: Hey, Lets Twist, Two Tickets to Paris, is born in Passaic NJ.Ref: 4
Jun 13Bobby Freeman SF, rocker (Do You Want to Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 16Billy "Crash" Craddock, Greensboro NC, singer, is born.Ref: 17
Jun 23Adam Faith England, singer (Poor Me, What Do You Want?), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 23Diana Trask Australia, singer (Sing Along With Mitch), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25Clint Warwick (Eccles) musician: bass: The Moody Blues: Go Now, LP: The Magnificent Moodies, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 26Singer Billy Davis Junior (The Fifth Dimension) is born.Ref: 68
Jul 03Fontella Bass singer: Rescue Me, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 15Tommy Dee (Thomas Donaldson) singer: The Three Stars; record company executive; DJ: KFXM, San Bernardino, CA, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 16Tony Jackson musician: bass, singer: group: Searchers: Sweets for My Sweet, Needles & Pins, Dont Throw Your Love Away, When You Walk into the Room, Goodbye My Love, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 22George 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; Bootsys Rubber Band; solo: LP: Computer Games: single: Atomic Dog; Parliament/Funkadelic motto: Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Followomic DogRef: 4
Jul 23Gary Stites singer: Lonely for You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Starry Eyed, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 04Timi (Rosemarie) Yuro singer: Hurt, Whats A Matter Baby [Is It Hurting You], Gotta Travel On, Down in the Valley, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 05Damita Jo (DuBlanc) singer: Ill Save the Last Dance for You, If You Go Away; is born.Ref: 4
Aug 10Singer Bobby Hatfield (The Righteous Brothers) is born in Beaver Dam WI.Ref: 68
Aug 14Dash Crofts Cisco TX, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 19Johnny Nash singer: I Can See Clearly Now, Stir It Up, Hold Me Tight, A Very Special Love, is born in Houston, TX.Ref: 4
Aug 25Jose Van Dam Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone (Franois d'Assisif), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 01Dave White (Tricker) singer, songwriter: group: Danny & The Juniors: At the Hop, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 02Jimmy Clanton Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 10Roy Ayers LA, disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 12Tony Bellamy musician: guitar: group: The Tornados, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 15Jimmy Gilmer singer: group: Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs: Sugar Shack, Daisy Petal Pickin, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 17LaMont McLemore singer: group: The 5th Dimension: Up Up and Away, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, [Last Night] I Didnt Get to Sleep at All, Wedding Bell Blues, Stoned Soul Picnic, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 18Frankie Avalon (Frances Avellone), Philadelphia PA, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 19Bill Medley Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 19Paul 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.Ref: 68
Sep 24Barbara Allbut singer: group: Angels: My Boyfriends Back, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 29Jerry 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
Oct 03Alan ODay songwriter: Angie Baby, Rock and Roll Heaven; singer: Undercover Angel, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 14Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], England, rocker (Suddenly), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 21Musician Manfred Mann (Michael Lubowitz) is born.Ref: 4
Oct 23(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 Cant Forget; solo: LP: Let It Be Written, Let It Be Sung; on Broadway: Leader of the Pack, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 27Lee Greenwood country singer (God Bless the USA), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 01Balladeer Barry Sadler ("The Ballad of the Green Berets") is born.Ref: 4
Nov 04Delbert 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
Nov 14Freddie Garrity, singer: group: Freddie and the Dreamers, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 20Tony 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
Nov 21Natalia Makarova ballerina: Kirov Ballet [now Saint Petersburg Ballet]: 1959-1970], defected 1970, is born in Leningrad, USSR.Ref: 4
Nov 21Dr. 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
Nov 23Freddy Marsden drummer, singer: group: Gerry and the Pacemakers: Dont Let the Sun Catch You Crying, Ferry Cross the Mersey, How Do You Do It?, I Like It, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 24Johnny 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
Nov 28Bruce Channel singer: Hey! Baby, Going Back to Louisiana, Keep On, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 29Chuck 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
Dec 04Freddy Cannon [Picariello] Lynn MA, rocker (Palisades Park), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04John Cale Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Velvet Underground), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Jan Kubelik composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Dec 06Steve Alaimo Rochester NY, rocker (Mashed Potatoes), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Graham Knight rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Sammy Strain US singer (Imperials-Hurt So Bad), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11David Gates musician: guitar, keyboard, singer: solo: Goodbye Girl; group: Bread: Make It With You, If, Baby Im-A Want You, Diary, Aubrey, is born in Tulsa OK.Ref: 4
Dec 12Dionne Warwick East Orange NJ, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Dimitri van Toren Dutch vocalist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16William Wallace composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 19Phil Ochs folk singer, songwriter: There But for Fortune, Doesnt Lenny Live Here Anymore?, Heres to the State of Richard Nixon; is born in El Paso TX.Ref: 4
Dec 20Larry Willis rock keyboardist (Blood, Sweat & Tears), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Frank Zappa musician, songwriter, singer: group: Mothers of Invention; Valley Girl [w/daughter Moon]; is born in Baltimore MD.Ref: 4
Dec 21Paul [Ray Hildebrand] TX, singer (Hey Paula), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Jorma Kaukonen musician: guitar: groups: Jefferson Airplane: Its 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
Dec 23Eugene Record singer: group: Chi-Lites: Give It Away, [For Gods Sake] Give More Power to the People, Have You Seen Her, Oh Girl, Homely Girl, Too Good to Be Forgotten, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 24Jorma Kaukonen rock guitarist/vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Peter Brown Chicago IL, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Singer 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
Dec 27Pete Brown rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Alvin Elliot Singleton composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Lonnie Liston Smith US jazz performer (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Ed Buce Keiser AR, country singer (Texas), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Peter Koelewijn Dutch writer/vocalist (Come off that Roof), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Fritz Volbach composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
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Jan 02Mischa Levitzki composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Jan 04John Bennett Perry Williamstown MA, singer/actor (Falcon Crest), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Grady Thomas US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Sandy Denny country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Robert Hicks rocker (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Robby Krieger rocker (Doors), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08[Little] Anthony Gourdine singer: group: Little Anthony and The Imperials: Tears on My Pillow, Hurt So Bad, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 09Joan Baez Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Frank Bridge English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 12Long John Baldry England, blues vocalist (Don't try to Lay No Boogie), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Captain 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
Jan 18Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna FL, singer (Honey), is born.Ref: 17
Jan 18David Ruffin Mississippi, vocalist (Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Tom Bailey rock vocalist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Ron Townson singer: group: The 5th Dimension: Up Up and Away, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, One Less Bell to Answer, [Last Night] I Didnt Get to Sleep at All; is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Placido Domingo, Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Madame Butterfly), is born.Ref: 17
Jan 21Richie Havens Brooklyn NY, folk singer (Here Comes the Sun), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Edwin Starr [Charles Hatcher], US singer (War), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Dobri Khristov composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 24Michael Chapman Leeds England, rocker (Looking for 11), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Neil Diamond Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer), is born.Ref: 17
Jan 24Aaron Neville Grammy Award-winning singer: Healing Chant [w/Neville Brothers: 1989], Dont 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 Nevilles Soulful Christmas, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 27Iver Paul Fredrik Holter composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Jan 30Joe Terranova singer: Danny and the Juniors: At the Hop, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 02Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Angelo D'Aleo Bronx, tenor (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Chuck Tharp rock vocalist (Fireballs), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04John Steel rock drummer (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Rick Laird jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Barrett Strong singer: Money [Thats What I Want]; songwriter: Just My Imagination, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Ball of Confusion, is born in Detroit MI.Ref: 4
Feb 06Stephen Albert composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Tom Rush New Hampshire, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Carole King (Klein) songwriter, singer: Loco-motion, It Might as Well Rain Until September, Its Too Late, Jazzman, is born.Ref: 17
Feb 09Joan Baez Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Sergio Mendes jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Brian Holland songwriter: Motowns Holland-Dozier-Holland: Baby Love, Stop! In the Name of Love, solo: Dont Leave Me Starvin for Your Love, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 17Gene 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, Hes a Rebel, is born in Hartford CT.Ref: 4
Feb 18Herman Santiago singer: group: Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers: Why Do Fools Fall in Love?, The ABCs of Love, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 18David Blue [Cohen], Providence RI, rocker (Cupid's Arrow), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Herb Santiago vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Irma Thomas [Lee], US vocalist (It's Raining), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Carlos Roque Alsina composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Hamilton Hamilton Harty composer/conductor, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 20Buffy (Beverly) Sainte-Marie singer: Im Gonna Be a Country Girl Again, Mister Cant You See, Up Where We Belong, Hes an Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo; songwriter: Universal Soldier, Until Its Time for You to Go; Married to Jack Nitzsche, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 25Ramon Pagayon Santos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Marty Sanders rock vocalist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Edoardo Mascheroni composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 07Arnold Schering German musicologist, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 08Ivana Loudova composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 09Carlos Pedrell composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 10Daniel Kirkland Lentz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Piotr Warzecha composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Walford Davies British organist/composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Mar 12Charles Sanford Skilton composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Mar 15Mike Love Los Angeles CA, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beach Boys-In My Room, Surfin' USA), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Clarence Collins US singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Edward Harper composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Gene Pitney Hartford CT, rock singer (Town without Pity), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Margie Bowes country entertainer: Grand Ole Opry; married to Doyle Wilburn of the Wilburn Brothers, is bornRef: 4
Mar 19Margie Bowes country entertainer: Grand Ole Opry; married to Doyle Wilburn of the Wilburn Brothers, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 24Glenn Miller began work on his first motion picture for 20th Century Fox. The film was Sun Valley Serenade.Ref: 4
Mar 28Charlie McCoy Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Alf Clausen Minneapolis MN, orchestra leader (Mary, Simpsons), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Graeme Edge musician: drums: group: The Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin, LP: Kick Off Your Muddy Boots, Long Distance Voyager, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 02Leon Russell, Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Jan Berry songwriter, singer: group: Jan and Dean: The Little Old Lady from Pasadena, Dead Mans Curve, Heart and Soul, Linda, Baby Talk, Surf City; is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Eric Burdon, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born in England.Ref: 68
Apr 05David LaFlamme, New Britain CT, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Dave Swarbrick rocker (Fairport Convention), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Peggy Lennon Los Angeles CA, singer (Lennon Sisters), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Julio B Euson Aruban singer (I Use the Soap), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Bill Fury Liverpool England, vocalist/guitarist (When Will You Say I Love You), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Adolphus Hailstork composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Mike 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
Apr 19Alan 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
Apr 19Johanna Muller-Hermann composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Apr 23Ed Stewart British DJ, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24John Williams Melbourne Australia, guitarist (Academy Award), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Chris Augustine rocker (Every Mother's Son), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Claudine Clark singer: Party Lights, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 27Judith Blegen Missoula MT, opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Friedrich Goldmann composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Johnny Farina rocker (Santo & Johnny), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Wilfried Jentzsh composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Juraj Hatrick composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08John Fred rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Heinrich Zollner composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
May 09Pete Birrell musician: bass: group: Freddie & The Dreamers, is born.Ref: 4
May 10Danny Rapp Philadelphia PA, rocker (Danny & Juniors), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Eric Burdon, Walker-on-Tyne England, rock vocalist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Anthony Newman Los Angeles CA, harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Little Jayotis Washington US R&B singer (Persuasions), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Ruud de Wolff singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Singer Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela) is born. (Died in the "American Pie")Ref: 24
May 13Imca Marina [Bijl], singer (Viva Espaa, Bella Italia, Oh Brazil), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Joe Brown singer/guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
May 15K T Oslin Crossett AR, country singer (80's Ladies), is born.Ref: 5
May 15Richard Edward Wilson composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Maurice Henry Weddington composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17David Howell Cope composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 17Malcom Hale trumpeter, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Marc-Antonio Consoli composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Isley (The Isley Brothers) is born in Cincinnati OH.
May 22Sebastian Forbes composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Jackson Hill composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 23Slavko Osterc composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
May 24Bob Dylan [Zimmerman] Duluth MN, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Brian Dennis composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Konrad Boehmer composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Tony Valentino rocker (Standells-Dirty Water), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Imants Kalnins composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Roy Crewsdon Manchester, rocker (Freddie & The Dreamers), is born.Ref: 5
May 31Johnny Paycheck (Donald Eugene Lytle), Greenfield OH, singer (Take This Job & Shove It), is born.Ref: 68
Jun 01Edo de Waart Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 02Charlie Watts musician: drummer: groups: Rolling Stones, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 02William Guest singer: group: Gladys Knight & The Pips, is born in Atlanta GA.Ref: 4
Jun 05Floyd Butler singer: groups: The Hi-Fis, Fifth Dimension, Friends of Distinction: Grazing in the Grass; died in 1990, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 05Martha Argerich Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 07Jaime Laredo Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 09Billy Hatton musician: bass: group: The Fourmost: Hello Little Girl, Im in Love, A Little Loving, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 09Jon Lord musician: keyboards: groups: Artwoods, Flowerpot Men, Deep Purple: Black Night, Strange Kind of Woman, Fireball, Smoke on the Water, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 10Shirley Alston Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Chick Corea Chelsea Mass, jazz musician (Delhpi I, Toy Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Roy Harper Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 15Harry Nilsson [Johnny Niles], laid-back singer/songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 16Lamont Dozier, Detroit MI, songwriter (Dozier-Holland-Dozier), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Ignace 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
Jul 01Twyla Tharp Indiana, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09Karin von Aroldingen Germany, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Co), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Ian Whitcomb England, rocker (You Turn Me On), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA.Ref: 5
Jul 18Singer Martha Reeves (of Martha and the Vandellas) is born in Detroit MI.Ref: 4
Jul 18Lonnie Mack Aurora IN, rocker (Baby What's Wrong), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 19Natalya Bessmertnova Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 19Vikki 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
Jul 22Thomas Wayne (Perkins) singer: TragedyRef: 4
Jul 22George Clinton rocker (Testify, Funkadelics), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 24Barbara Jean Love singer: group: Friends of Distinction: Grazing in the Grass, Going in Circles, Love or Let Me Be Lonely is born.Ref: 4
Jul 25Manuel Charlton musician: guitar, singer: group: Nazareth: Love Hurts, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 26Bobby Hebb Grammy Award-winning songwriter: A Natural Man [1971]; singer: Sunny; Grand Ole Opry at age 12, is born in Nashville TN.Ref: 4
Jul 26Brenton Wood Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 28Riccardo Muti Napoli Italy, conductor (Philadelphia Orch), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 30Paul Anka Ottawa Ontario, singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 03Beverly Lee singer: group: The Shirelles: I Met Him on a Sunday, Dedicated to the One I Love, Tonights the Night, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Mama Said, Soldier Boy, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 14Connie Smith Elkhart, Indiana, singer (Dream Painter, New Horizons), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 14David Crosby (Van Cortland), rocker (Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross), is born. (TWA, 1988)Ref: 95
Aug 15Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw, one of Buck Owens Buckaroos), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 24Ernest Wright singer: group: Little Anthony and the Imperials: Tears on My Pillow, Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop, Hurt So Bad, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 28Paul Peter Plishka Old Forge Penn, bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 30John McNally singer, musician: guitar: The Searchers: Needles and Pins, Love Potion Number 9, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 08Dante Drowty singer: group: Dante and The Evergreens: Alley-OopRef: 4
Sep 09Les Braid England, bass (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 09Otis Redding musician, singer: [Sittin on] The Dock of the Bay; is born in Dawson GA.Ref: 4
Sep 13David Clayton-Thomas singer: group: Blood Sweat and Tears: You Made Me So Very Happy, Spinning Wheel, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 14Priscilla Mitchell singer: Yes Mr. Peters [w/Roy Drusky], is born.Ref: 4
Sep 15Les (William) Braid musician: bass, organ: group: The Swinging Blue Jeans: Hippy Hippy Shake, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 21Dickey Lee (Lipscomb) singer: Patches, I Saw Linda Yesterday, Never Ending Songs of Love, Rocky; songwriter: She Thinks I Still Care, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 26Joe Bauer musician: drums: group: The Youngbloods, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 27Don Nix musician: baritone sax: group: The Mar-Keys, Booker T and the M.G.s, Memphis Horns, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 03Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans) singer: The Twist, Pony Time, Lets Twist Again, The Fly, Limbo Rock, Slow Twistin [w/Dee Dee Sharp], is born.Ref: 4
Oct 08George Bellamy musician: guitar: The Tornados, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 09Helen Morgan (Riggins) singer, actress: Frankie and Johnny, Show Boat, Applause; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 13Paul 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
Oct 17Alan Howard musician: bass: Brian Poole & The Tremeloes: Twist and Shout, Do You Love Me, Someone, Someone, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 21Steve Cropper musician: guitar: group: Blues Brothers; Booker T and The MGs: Green Onions, Hang Em High, Time is Tight, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 23Greg Ridley bassist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 25Helen Reddy Melbourne Australia, singer (I Am Woman), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 28Curtis Lee singer: Pretty Little Angel Eyes, Under the Moon of Love, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 28Hank Marvin (Brian Rankin) musician: guitar: group: The Shadows: Apache, Kon Tiki, Wonderful Land, Dance On, Foot Tapper, Dont Cry for Me Argentina, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 30Otis Williams singer: group: The Temptations: I Cant Get Next to You, Cloud Nine, Runaway Child, Running Wild, Just My Imagination, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Masquerade, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 02Bruce Welch (Cripps) musician: guitar: group: The Shadows: Apache, Kon Tiki, Wonderful Land, Dance On, Foot Tapper, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 05Art 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
Nov 06Doug Sahm singer: group: founded Sir Douglas Quintet: Shes about a Mover; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 08Rodney Slater musician: saxophone, trumpet: group: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Im the Urban Spaceman, Look at Me Im Wonderful, Bad Blood, Straight from My Heart, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 09Tom 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
Nov 17Gene Clark singer, musician: guitar: group: The Byrds: Turn, Turn, Turn; New Christy Minstrels, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 20Gary Karr Los Angeles CA, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 24Donald Duck Dunn musician: bass: groups: Mar-Keys; Booker T & The MGsRef: 4
Nov 25Percy Sledge singer: When a Man Loves a Woman, Warm and Tender Love, It Tears Me Up, Take Time to Know Her, Ill Be Your Everything, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 27Iver Paul Fredrik Holter composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Nov 29Jody Miller Grammy Award-winning singer: Queen of the House [1965]; Theres a Party Goin On, Look at Mine, Hes So Fine, Baby Im Yours, Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home, Be My Baby, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 29Singer Percy Sledge is born. (Ref: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, ISBN 0-333-74134-X, 1998) 
Nov 29Pop singer Dennis Dougherty (of the Mamas and the Papas) is born. (XDG, p 4A, 11/29/2000)Ref: 83
Dec 02Tom McGuinness musician: bass, guitar: groups: Manfred Mann, McGuinness Flint, Blues Band, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 03Johann Christian August Sinding composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Dec 06John Nelson San Jos Costa Rica, conductor (Les Troyens of Berlioz), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Helen Cornelius singer: Theres Always a Goodbye, [w/Jim Ed Brown]: I Dont Want to Have to Marry You, Born Believer, If It Aint Love By Now, If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight, Lying in Love with You, Fools, is born in Hannibal MO.Ref: 4
Dec 07Cecil Forsyth composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 09Dan Hicks rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Rogier van Otterloo Dutch composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Dionne Warwick Grammy Award-winning singerRef: 4
Dec 12Tim Hauser jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Robert Covington drummer/singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Terry Kirkman Salina KS, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Association), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Sam Andrew rocker (Big Brother & the Holding Company-Cheap Thrills), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Maurice 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 TNRef: 4
Dec 22Leopoldo Mugnone composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 23Tim Hardin singer, composer: If I Were a Carpenter, Reason to Believe, Hang on to a Dream, Misty Roses, Tippy-Toein; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 25Don Pullen pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Ronald Perera composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Michael Pinder rocker (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Sarah Miles, Essex England, actress (Ryan's Hope, Big Sleep, Venom), is born. (also TWA, 1998)Ref: 5
Dec 31Sigwart Aspestrand composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
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Jan 01Country Joe McDonald singer: group: Country Joe & the Fish: The F-I-S-H Cheer from Woodstock, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 01George Couroupos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Jaroslav Jezek composer, dies at 35.Ref: 5
Jan 04John McLaughlin rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Leon Jessel composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Jan 05Maurizio Pollini Milan Italy, pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08John Peterson rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Arvo Hannikainen composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Jan 11Clarence Clemons rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Edward "Sonny" Bivins US singer (Manhattans-Kiss & Say Goodbye), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Barbara Lynn rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Bill Francis musician: keyboard, singer: group: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: When Youre 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
Jan 16Barbara Lynn [Ozen], US singer (You'll Lose a Good Thing), dies.Ref: 5
Jan 17Frederick Jerome Work composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 19Shelley Fabares singer: Johnny Angel, Johnny Loves Me; comedienne-actress, Nanette Fabrays niece, is born in Santa Monica CA. (TWA, 1986)Ref: 95
Jan 20Slim Whitman yodeler/country singer (Home on the Range), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Mac (Scott) Davis singer: Baby Dont 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
Jan 21Henryk Opienski Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 25Eugene Samuel-Holeman composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jan 27Petr Kotik composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Pablo Luna y Carne composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 29Claudine Longet singer: LPs: Claudine, The Look of Love, Love is Blue, Colours; actress: McHales Navy, Hogans Heroes, The Party, How to Steal An Airplane, Only One Day Left Before Tomorrow; formerly married to Andy WilliamsRef: 4
Jan 29Claudine Longet France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal composer, dies at 92.Ref: 5
Jan 30Marty Balin Cincinnati OH, singer (Jefferson Starship-Miracles), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Andres [Dries Holten], Dutch singer (Sandra & Andres), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 31Gerald Chamberlain jazz musician, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) is born in Lancashire, England.Ref: 5
Feb 04Johnny Gamble rocker (Classics), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Cory 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
Feb 06John London bassist (Michael Nesmith band), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Terry Melcher, Rip Chords, Doris Day's son, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Carole King (Klein) songwriter, singer: Loco-motion, It Might as Well Rain Until September, Its Too Late, Jazzman, is born in Brooklyn NY.Ref: 4
Feb 09Charlie Morrow composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Milos Stedron composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Leon Haywood US vocalist/keyboardist (It's Got to be Mellow), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Otis Clay US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Tony Colton rock producer (On the Boards), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Lionel Grigson professor of jazz, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Rick Frank rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Peter Tork [Peter Halsten Thorkelson] Washington DC, singer/actor (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Guido Adler Austrian musicologist, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Feb 15Stanislav Binicki composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 16Gabriel Brncic composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Charlie Gillett Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Guido Gasperini composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 24Paul Jones England, rocker (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Stuart Henry British disc jockey, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Joe South (Souter) guitarist, singer: Walk a Mile in My Shoes, Games People Play; songwriter: Down in the Boondocks, Rose Garden, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 28Brian Jones (Lewis Hopkin-Jones) singer, musician: rhythm guitar: group: The Rolling Stones: [I Cant Get No] Satisfaction; is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Jerry Fischer rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02(Long Island) Lou Reed [Louis Firbank] Freeport NY, vocalist/guitarist (Walk on the Wild Side, Velvet Underground), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Tony Meehan [Daniel Meehan] London England, rocker (Drifters, Vipers), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Mike Pender (Michael John Prendergast) musician: guitar, singer: group: The Searchers: Sweets for My Sweet, Needles and Pins, Dont Throw Your Love Away, Love Potion No. 9, is born in Liverpool England.Ref: 4
Mar 04Birth of Gloria Gaither, wife of songwriter Bill Gaither, and female vocalist in the Bill Gaither Trio. Gloria is also coauthor of the contemporary Christian songs, "Because He Lives," "Something Beautiful" and "The King is Coming."Ref: 5
Mar 04Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 08Ralph Ellis musician: banjo, singer: group: The Swinging Blue Jeans: Hippy Hippy Shake, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 09John Cale Welsh/US bassist/violinist/singer (Velvet Underground), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Mark Lindsay musician: saxophonist, singer songwriter: group: Paul Revere & The Raiders: The Great Airplane Strike, Good Thing, Him or Me Whats It Gonna Be, Indian Reservation; solo: Arizona, Silver Bird, is born in Eugene OR.Ref: 4
Mar 12Brian OHara musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fourmost: Hello Little Girl, Im in Love, A Little Loving, Baby I Need Your Loving; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 12Paul Kantner, San Francisco CA, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit, Somebody To Love), is born.Ref: 68
Mar 12Enrique Morera composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 14Jerry Jeff Walker Oneonta NY, country singer (Mr Bojangles), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Hughie Flint London England, rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Alexander van Zemlinsky Austrian/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 16Jerry Jeff Walker (Paul Crosby) country singer, guitarist: Mr. Bojangles, Good Loving Grace, My Old Man, Hill Country Rain, Charlie Dunn, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 16Alexander van Zemlinsky Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69.Ref: 5
Mar 19Jeff Neighbour US bassist (Joy of Cooking), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Robin Luke rocker (Susie Darlin'), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Ross Valory rocker (Journey), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Theodoro Valcarcel composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Mar 22Jon Arthur English composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Jimmy Miller US pop drummer (Rolling Stones, Motrhead), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Aretha 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
Mar 28Brian Jones [Lewis B Hopkin] Cheltenham Gloucestershire England, pop guitarist (Rolling Stones), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Samuel Ramey Colby KS, bass (La Scala), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Graeme Edge Rochester Staffordshire England, rock drummer (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin, Your Wildest Dreams) is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Bobby Wright country artist: Lay a Little Happiness on Me, Here I Go Again, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 01Alan Blakley musician: guitar: group: Brian Poole and The Tremeloes: Twist and Shout, Do You Love Me, Someone Someone, Silence is Golden, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 01Phil 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.Ref: 4
Apr 01Danny Brooks rocker (Dovells), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Leon Russell singer: Tight Rope, Lady Blue; songwriter: Superstar [Carpenters], This Masquerade [George Benson], is born.Ref: 4
Apr 03(Carson) Wayne Newton singer: Danke Shoen, Red Roses for a Blue Lady, Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 03Billy Joe Royal Valdosta GA, country singer (Down in the Boondocks), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Albert Siklos, Hungarian cellist, composer and musicologist, dies at age 63.Ref: 70
Apr 03Paul Gilson composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 04Kris Jensen singer: Torture, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 05Allan Clarke Salford Lancashire England, rock vocalist (Hollies-The Air That I Breathe), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Roger Chapman singer: groups: Shortlist, Streetwalkers, Family: Hung Up Down, The Weavers Answer, No Mules Fool, In My Own Time, Burlesque, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 12Daniel Winslow Schmidt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Bill Conti Providence RI, composer (For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV), is born.Ref: 68
Apr 19Alan Price rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Larry (Hilario) Ramos Jr. musician: guitar, singer: group: The Association: Everything that Touches You, soundtrack for film, Goodbye Columbus, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 21Bobby McClure US gospel singer (Don't Mess Up a Good Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Barbra Streisand Bkln NY, singer/actress/award winner (People)Ref: 5
Apr 25John Martin Dalby composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Bobby Rydell Philadelphia PA, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Klaus Voorman rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Catherine Murphy Urner composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
May 04Ronnie Bond drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh) Grammy Award-winning country singer: I Dont 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.Ref: 4
May 06Colin Earl rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Lorrie (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
May 07Felix Paul von Weingartner Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 08Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood rocker (Mothers Of Invention), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Mike Millward rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 09Tommy Roe Atlanta, rocker (Hooray for Hazel), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Bill Coday US singer (You're Gonna Then Me), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Ingram Douglas Marshall composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 10Joseph M Weber comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 12Ian Dury Upminster Essex, rocker (Blockheads)/actor (Judge Dredd), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Jim Douglas jazz guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Hyam Greenbaum composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
May 14Gerald Mark Shapiro composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 15Lainie Kazan Brooklyn NY, singer/actress (Lust in the Dust, Beaches), is born.Ref: 68
May 17Taj Mahal (Henry St. Claire Fredericks) entertainer, songwriter: for film, Sounder; singer: urban folk-blues, is born in New York, NY.Ref: 4
May 18Albert Hammond rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 18Rodney Dillard rocker (Glittergrass), is born.Ref: 5
May 20Jill "Paula" Jackson McCamey TX, singer (Paul & Paula-Hey Paula), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Calvin Simon US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-1 Nation Under a Groove), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Malika A Sabirova Russian dancer, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Derek Quinn, guitarist for Freddie and the Dreamers, is born.Ref: 4
May 24Sarah Dash Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Bill Young rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Brian "Blinky" Davison rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 26Levon Helm drummer/singer (Band), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Ray Ennis England, guitar (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Priscilla Anne McLean composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Lenny Davidson London England, rock guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 03Curtis Mayfield singer (Freddie's Dead, Superfly), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08Chuck Negron singer (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Len Barry (Leonard Borisoff) singer: 1-2-3, Like a Baby; group: The Dovells: The Bristol Stomp, You Cant Sit Down, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 16Eddie Levert singer: group: The OJays: Love Train, Back Stabbers, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 17Norman Kuhlice England, rocker (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 19Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane rocker (Spanky & Our Gang-Lazy Day), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 20Brian Wilson Inglewood CA, singer (Beachboys-In My Room), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 24Musician Mick Fleetwood is born.Ref: 68
Jun 26Larry Taylor rocker (Canned Heat-On the Road Again), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 27Bruce Johnston rocker (Beachboys-In My Room), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 27Frank Mills musician: piano: Music Box Dancer, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 01Birth 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
Jul 02Mike Abene composer: score: Goodbye, New YorkRef: 4
Jul 12Richard Stoltzman Omaha Nebraska, clarinetist (Tashi), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 13Stephen Jo Bladd musician: drummer: group: J. Geils Band: CenterfoldRef: 4
Jul 13Roger McGuinn rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 16Desmond Dekker (Dacris) reggae musician (The Aces-Israelites), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 24Heinz Burt musician: bass: group: The Tornados: Telstar, Globetrotter; solo: Just like Eddie; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 26Dobie Gray Brookshire TX, singer (In Crowd), is born.Ref: 68
Aug 01Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, is born.Ref: 2
Aug 02Garth Hudson keyboardist (The Band), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 05Rick Huxley guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 07B.J. (Billy Joe) Thomas singer, is born: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, Hooked on a Feeling, [Hey Wont You Play] Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, I Just Cant Help Believing, Im So Lonesome I Could Cry.Ref: 4
Aug 11Mike Hugg drummer (Manfred Mann), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 15Peter York (musician: drums: group: Spencer Davis Group: Gimme Some Lovin, Keep on Runnin, Somebody Help Me), is born.Ref: 4
Aug 16Barbara George singer: I Know [You Dont Love Me No More], is born.Ref: 4
Aug 16Birth of Don Wyrtzen, contemporary Christian songwriter. Among his most enduring sacred compositions are "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" and "Worthy is the Lamb".Ref: 5
Aug 20Singer Isaac Hayes is born. (TWA, 1988)Ref: 95
Aug 22Joe Chambers musician: guitar; singer: group: The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 22Michel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at age 62.Ref: 70
Aug 23Patricia McBride ballerina: New York City Ballet, is born. For many years she was Mikhail Baryshnikovs only partner.Ref: 4
Aug 25Walter Williams singer: group: The OJays: Love Train, Back Stabbers, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 26Vic Dana Buffalo, singer/dancer (Talent Scouts), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 27Musician Daryl Dragon (The Captain and Tennille) is born. (TWA, 1988)Ref: 95
Aug 29Sterling Morrison musician: bass, guitar, singer: group: The Velvet Underground: Heroin, Im Waiting for the Man, Venus in Furs, Ill Be Your Mirror, Sister Ray, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 03Al Jardine rocker (Beachboys-In My Room), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 04Singer Merald "Bubba" Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) is born.Ref: 4
Sep 05Eduardo Mata Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Improvisaciones), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 08Brian Cole musician: bass, singer: group: The Association: Along Comes Mary, Cherish, Windy, Never My Love, Everything That Touches You, Pandoras Golden Heebie Jeebies, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 09Luther Simmons singer: group: Main Ingredient: Everybody Plays the Fool, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 09Inez Foxx Greensboro NC, rocker (Mockingbird, Hi Diddle Diddle), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 10Danny Hutton singer: group: Three Dog Night: One, Easy to be Hard, Elis Coming, Mama Told Me [Not to Come], Joy to the World, Black & White, Shambala, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 20Frankie Lymon singer, songwriter: group: Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers: Why Do Fools Fall in Love; is born.Ref: 4
Sep 24Gerry Marsden singer: group: Gerry & The Pacemakers: Dont Let the Sun Catch You Crying, Im the One, Ferry Cross the Mersey, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 29Jean-Luc Ponty France, fusion violinist (Frank Zappa), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 30Dewey Martin musician: drums, singer: group: Buffalo Springfield: For What Its Worth, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 30Frankie Lymon NYC, rocker (& Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 01Herb Fame (Feemster) singer: Herb of Peaches & Herb, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 08Buzz (Reese) Clifford singer: Baby Sittin Boogie, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 13Paul Simon Newark NJ, singer/actor (Kodachrome, 1 Trick Pony), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 14Billy Harrison musician: guitar: group: Them, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 15Don Stevenson musician: drums, singer: group: Moby Grape, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 16Dave Lovelady musician: drums: group: The Fourmost: Hello Little Girl, Im in Love, A Little Loving, Baby I Need Your Loving, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 17Gary Puckett vocalist (& the Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 21Elvin Bishop musician: guitar, singer: group: Paul Butterfield Blues Band, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 05George M. (Michael) Cohan actor, singer, composer: Over There, The Yankee Doodle Boy, Give My Regards to Broadway, Marys a Grand Old Name, Youre a Grand Old Flag, Harrigan; subject of movie: Yankee Doodle Dandy, and Broadway show: George M!; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 07Johnny Rivers (John Ramistella) singer: Poor Side of Town, Memphis, Secret Agent Man, Slow Dancin, Baby I Need Your Lovin, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 15Daniel Barenboim Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 16Donna McKechnie Pontiac Michigan, actress/dancer (Company), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 17Bob 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
Nov 18Jeffrey Siegel, Chicago IL, pianist (Chicago Symphony), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 20Norman Greenbaum Massachusetts, folk singer (Spirit in the Sky), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Jimi (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
Nov 27Petr Kotik composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Ted Bluechel San Pedro CA, rock vocalist/drummer (Association), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Wilhelm Peterson-Berger composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 04Bob Mosley Paradise Valley CA, rock bassist (Moby Grape), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Chris 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
Dec 06Len Barry [Leonard Borisoff] Philadelphia PA, rocker (Bristol Stomp), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Peter Handke Austrian songwriter (Ritt ber den Bodensee), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Jonathan D Kramer composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Bobby Elliott musician: drums: group: The Hollies: Searchin, Stay, Just One Look, Here I Go Again, Were Through, Yes I Will, Im Alive, Look Through Any Window, I Cant Let Go, Bus Stop, He Aint Heavy, Hes My Brother, The Air That I Breathe, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 10Bear Bossu [Berend F Gertenbach] actor/vocalist (Pub Chantant), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Mike Heron rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Mike 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
Dec 13Eleanor Everest Freer composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Dec 15Dave 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 Its the Dave Clark Five, Ready Steady Go!; actor: Time; stunt man, is born in London England.Ref: 68
Dec 17Paul Butterfield Chicago IL, blues musician (Better Days), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Jean Gilbert [Max Winterfield] German composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Dec 21Carla Thomas singer: B-A-B-Y, Ill Bring It on Home to You, What a Fool Ive Been, Let Me Be Good to You, Knock on Wood, Lovey Dovey, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 23Friedrich Schenker composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Friedrich Klose composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 25Vojislav Vuckovic composer, dies at 32.Ref: 5
Dec 26Earl Cate Fayetteville AR, country singer/twin of Ernie (Cate Brothers-Fire on the Tracks), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Ernie Cate Fayetteville AR, country singer/twin of Earl (Cate Brothers-Fire on the Tracks), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Rob de Nijs Dutch singer (Put a candle in your window), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Jerry Summers rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Michael Nesmith Houston, rocker/actor (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Robert Quine rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Andy Summers Blackpool England, rock guitarist (Police-Roxanne), is born.Ref: 5
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Jan 07Leona Williams singer/songwriter (Ladies Get the Blues), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Lee Jackson rocker (Nice), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Marcus Hutson rock vocalist (Whispers), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Dick Yount rocker (Harpers Bizarre), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Kenneth Kelley US singer (Manhattans, One Life to Live), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Rob Hoeke Dutch pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Jim Croce Philadelphia PA, singer/songwriter (Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11William Albert Penn composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Ray Manzarek rock pianist (Doors-Light my Fire, People are Strange), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13William Duckworth composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Jos Luis Rodriguez Caracas Venezuela, singer (Dueno De Nada), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Adolf Sandberger composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jan 16Brian Ferneyhough composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Gavin Bryars composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Chris Montez singer: Shes My Rockin Baby, Call Me, There Will Never Be Another You, Some Kinda Fun, Lets Dance, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 18Dave Greene rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Joe Butler rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Janis 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
Jan 20Giacomo Benvenuti composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Jan 21Otakar Sini composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 26Jean Knight vocalist (Mr Big Stuff), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Peter Kenton Winkler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Dick Taylor musician: bass, guitar: group: The Pretty Things: Dont Bring Me Down, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 28Jean Knight rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Timothy Andrew James Souster composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Marty Balin (Buchwald) musician, singer: group: Jefferson Airplane/Starship; solo: Hearts, Atlanta Lady, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 30Sandy Deane rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Peter MacBeth rocker (Foundations), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Dennis Edwards rocker (Temptations-Ain't Too Proud To Beg, My Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Eric Haydock bassist (Hollies-He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Charles Winfield, Pennsylvania, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Larry Tamblyn rock guitarist (Standells-Dirty Water), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Sven Johnson rocker (Tangerine Dream, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Frank Sinatra made his debut as vocalist on radios 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
Feb 06Fabian Forte Philadelphia PA, singer (Turn Me Loose, Tiger), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Creed Bratton musician: guitar, banjo, sitar: group: The Grass Roots: Sooner or Later, Lets Live for Today, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 08Jose de Almeida Prado composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Dick Yount rocker (Harpers Bizarre), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Kenneth Kelley US singer (Manhattans, One Life to Live), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Rob Hoeke Dutch pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Barbara Lewis US vocalist (Hello Stranger), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Ryland Davies tenor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Ral Donner singer: You Dont Know What Youve Got, Shes Everything; narrator and Presleys voice in film: This is Elvis; is born in Black Mountain NC.Ref: 4
Feb 14Eric Anderson Pittsburgh PA, singer (Avalanche, Be True to You), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Maceo Parker US tenor saxophonist (King's One, Mo' Roots), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Thomas "Fats" Waller US jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38.Ref: 5
Feb 15William Victor Harris composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 16Anthony Dowell London, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19"Mama" Cass Elliot actress (Mamas & Papas-Monday Monday), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Lou Christie [Lugee Sacco], Pennsylvania, rock vocalist (Lightning Striking Again), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Duncan Swift jazz pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Louise Lopez singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Maryann Amacher composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Bob "The Bear" Hite California, singer (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Paul Cotton, Los Angeles CA, rocker (Poco), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Brian Jones, of the Rolling Stones, is born.Ref: 17
Feb 28Barbara Acklin [Allen], Chicago IL, R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Donny Iris, singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Piet Veerman Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Cats-Sailin' Home), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02George Benson jazz/blues guitarist (Breezin', This Masquerade), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Stephen Dickman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Zoltan Jeney composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Chris White musician: bass: group: The Zombies: Shes Not There, You Make Me Feel Good, Tell Her No, Shes Coming Home, I Want You Back Again, Time of the Seasons, is born.Ref: 68
Mar 10Alfred Whitford Lerdahl composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Stephen Montague composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Jim Pons Santa Monica CA, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Vicente Ripolles composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 21Viv[ian] Stanshall Shillingford Oxon England, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-I'm the Urban Spaceman), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22George Benson Pittsburgh PA, singer/guitarist (Greatest Love of All), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Joseph Schwantner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Keith Relf Richmond London England, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Mar 24George Benson singer: This Masquerade, On Broadway, Give Me the Night; session guitarist: CTI Records, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 25Ronald Jeffers composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Composer Sergei Vasilyevichi Rachmaninoff dies in Beverly Hills at age 69.Ref: 68
Mar 29Vangelis [Evangelos Papathanassiou] Valos Greece, composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Glen Dale (Richard Garforth) musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fortunes, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 02Larry Coryell Galveston TX, guitarist (11th House), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Raoul Laparra composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 07Mick Abrahams rock guitarist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick), is born in Luton Bedfordshire England.Ref: 5
Apr 07Spencer Dryden rocker (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Michael Bennett aids victim/choreographer (A Chorus Line), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Terry Knight singer: Groups: Terry Knight and the Pack: I Who Have Nothing; founded Grand Funk Railroad: On Time, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 13Eve Graham rocker (New Seekers), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Geoffrey Turton Shaw composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Apr 15Riem de Wolff Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 17Roy Estrada rocker (Morthers Of Invention), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Eve Graham (Evelyn May Beatsom) singer: group: The New Seekers: Look What Theyve Done to My Song Ma, Id Like To Teach The World To Sing, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 19Czeslaw Bartkowski jazz composer, musician: drums: has recorded over 80 LPs, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 19Mike Kelly rocker (Duprees), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Gustave Doret composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 22Mel Carter singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Hugh Davies composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Frderic baron d'Erlanger French composer/banker, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 24Richard Sterban Camden NJ, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Gary Wright Creskill NJ, singer/keyboardist (Dream Weaver, Spooky Tooth-Love Is Alive), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Eugene Polyakov dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Fantastic Johnny C[orley] US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Duane Allen Taylortown TX, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Joseph Achron Latvian violinist/composer (Golem suite), dies at 56.Ref: 5
Apr 29Karl Adrian Wohlfart composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 30Bobby Vee Fargo ND, (Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Mickey (Lee Oddis) Bass III jazz composer, musician: group: New York Powerhouse EnsembleRef: 4
May 03Leslie Heward composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
May 04Ronnie Bond (Ronald Bulls) musician: drums: group: The Troggs: Wild Thing, With a Girl like You, I Cant 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
May 04Nickolas Ashford Fairfield SC, singer (Ashford & Simpson-Solid as a Rock), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Stella Parton sister of Dolly Parton/singer (A Woman's Touch), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Christopher Taylor White rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 07Rick West [Richard Westwood] rocker (Brian Poole & Tremeloes), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Paul Samwell-Smith London England, rocker (The Yardbirds-For Your Love), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Toni Tennille (of The Captain and Tennille), Montgomery AL, female Beachboy (Captain & Tennille), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Bruce Milner rocker (Every Mother's Son), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Donovan [Leitch] Glasgow Scotland, guitarist/folk singer (Mellow Yellow), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Les (John) Chadwick, musician: bass: group: Gerry & The Pacemakers, is born in Liverpool England.Ref: 4
May 11Arnie Satin rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 11George Edwards composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Billy Swan Cape, Giradeau LA, rocker (I Can Help), is born.Ref: 5
May 12David Walker rock keyboardist (Gary Lewis & Playboys-Diamond Ring), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Albert Stoessel composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
May 13Mary Wells Detroit MI, singer (My Guy), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Dereck "Lek" Leckenby, Leeds England, guitarist with Herman's Hermits, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Jack Bruce Lanarkshire Scotland, bassist (Cream-White Room), is born.Ref: 5
May 20Tison Street composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Hilton Valentine rock guitarist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.Ref: 5
May 23General George Norman Johnson US singer (Down at the Beach Club), is born.Ref: 5
May 24James Levine British conductor, is born.Ref: 5
May 25Leslie Uggams New York NY, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Jessi Colter (Mirian Johnson) country singer: Im Not Lisa; widow of singer Waylon Jennings, is born.Ref: 4
May 27Cilla Black (Priscilla Maria Veronica White) singer: Youre My World, is born.Ref: 4
May 28Dennis Riley composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Tony Mansfield [Anthony Bookbinder], rock drummer (Billy J Kramer), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Hermann Hans Wetzler composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jun 01Richard Goode Bronx, concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Joe Stampley country singer: Soul Song, Theres Another Woman, Whiskey Chasin, Back Slidin, Double Shot of My Babys Love, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 12Reg Presley rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 14Muff Mervyn Winwood singer (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Jimmy Castor NYC, rocker (Troglodyte), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 23James Levine conductor: Cleveland Orchestra, New York Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 26Georgie Fame (Clive Powell) singer: The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 29Roger Ruskin Spear rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 30Florence Ballard singer: group: The Supremes: Baby Love, Stop! In the Name of Love, Come See About Me, You Cant Hurry Love, My World is Empty Without You, The Happening; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 04Al Blind Owl Wilson musician: guitar, harmonica, singer: group: Canned Heat: On the Road Again, Going Up the Country, Lets Work Together; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 09Bon Scott vocalist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Jerry 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
Jul 12Christie McVie rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Got A Hold on Me), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Bobby Sherman Santa Monica CA, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Robin 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
Jul 20John Lodge bassist (Moody Blues), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 22Bobby 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
Jul 25Jim McCarty rocker (The Yardbirds-For Your Love), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 26Mick [Michael Phillip] Jagger, musician, member of the Rolling Stones.Ref: 2
Jul 26Dobie Gray (Leonard Ainsworth) singer: Drift Away, Look at Me, Loving Arms, You Can Do It; singer, songwriter: The In Crowd, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 27Al Ramsey musician: guitar: group: Gary Lewis & The Playboys: This Diamond Ring, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 28Mike Bloomfield blues musician (Analine), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 02Kathy Lennon singer: group: The Lennon Sisters: The Lawrence Welk Show, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 04David Carr musician: keyboards: group: The Fortunes, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 05Sammi 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
Aug 07Lana Cantrell Sydney, Australia, singer (Those Were the Days), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 10Ronnie Spector [Veronica Bennett], NYC, singer (Be My Baby), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 11Jim 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
Aug 11Guy Vallari singer: group: The Regents: Barbara Ann, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 19Billy J. Kramer (William Ashton) singer: group: The Dakotas: Little Children, Bad to Me, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 22Singer Kathy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is born in Santa Monica CA. (TWA, 1988)Ref: 95
Aug 24John Cipollina musician: guitar: group: Quicksilver Messenger Service: Dinos Song, Who Do You Love?, The Fool, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 02Rhythm-and-blues singer Rosalind Ashford (Martha & the Vandellas), is born.
Sep 09Roger Waters rocker (Pink Floyd-The Wall), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 11Mickey 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
Sep 12Maria Muldaur (dAmato) singer: Midnight At The Oasis, Im a Woman, is born in Greenwich Village, NY.Ref: 4
Sep 16Bernie Calvert musician: bass: group: The Hollies, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 23Julio Iglesias singer; soccer: professional goalie [Spain], is bornRef: 4
Sep 23Steve Boone musician: bass, singer: group: The Lovin Spoonful, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 25John Locke LA, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 25Gary Alexander musician: guitar, singer: group: The Association: Along Comes Mary, Cherish, Windy, Never My Love, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 27Randy Bachman Winnipeg, rocker (Bachman-Turner Overdrive-Roll On), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 30Marilyn McCoo Jersey City NJ, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 01Rock musician Jerry Martini, of Sly and the Family Stone, is born. (XDG, p 4A, 10/1/2000)Ref: 83
Oct 05Steve Miller singer, songwriter: group: The Steve Miller Band, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 11Gene Watson country singer (Heartaches, Love & Stuff), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 16C.F. (Fred) Turner musician: group: Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Takin Care of Business, Let It Ride, You Aint Seen Nothing Yet, Looking Out for Number One, Hey You, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 17Susan Davenny Wyner New Haven Ct, soprano (Walter Naumberg Prize), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 18Russ Giguere musician: guitar, singer: group: The Association, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 21Ron Elliott musician: guitar: group: Beau Brummels: Laugh, Laugh, Just a Little, You Tell Me Why; solo: LP: The Candlestick Maker, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 22Paul Zukofsky Brooklyn NY, violinist (Cappricio), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 22Bobby Fuller singer, musician: guitar: group: Bobby Fuller Four:Ref: 4
Oct 27(Melvin) Lee Greenwood singer, musician: sax, piano: band leader: Trick, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 06Mike Clifford singer: Close to Cathy, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 07Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson), songwriter: Willy, Big Yellow Taxi, Woodstock; singer: Help Me, Free Man in Paris, Both Sides Now, is born in Alberta, CanadaRef: 2
Nov 12Brian Hyland Queens NY, rocker (She Wore an Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 12John 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
Nov 13John Paul Hammond, NYC, blues singer (So Many Roads), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 19Fred 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
Nov 22Floyd 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
Nov 22Lorenz Milton Hart, lyricist, collaborator with Richard Rodgers, dies in New York City at age 48.Ref: 68
Nov 28Randy (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
Nov 30-Singer Rob Grill (The Grassroots) is born.Ref: 64
Nov 30Leo Lyons musician: bass: groups: Jaybirds, Ten Years After: Im Going Home, Love Like a Man, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 02David Munden rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Mike Smith London England, rocker/pianist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Hermann Lohr composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 08Jim (James Douglas) Morrison The Lizard King: singer: group: The Doors: Light My Fire, Love Her Madly, Riders on the Storm, When the Musics Over, People are Strange, Love Me Two Times, Touch Me; is born in Melbourne FL.Ref: 4
Dec 09Kenny Vance rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Rick Danko Canada, rocker (The Band-Islands, Stage Fright), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Jessica Cleaves rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Chad Stuart musician: guitar, lyricist, singer: duo: Chad & Jeremy: Yesterdays Gone, A Summer Song, Willow Weep for Me, If I Loved You, Before and After, I Dont Wanna Lose You Baby, Distant Shores; emcee for The Smothers Brothers Show, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 12Mike Smith musician: organs, singer: group: The Dave Clark Five, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 12Grover Washington Jr jazz artist (Mr Magic), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Dave Munden rock drummer (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Dickey Betts West Palm Beach FL, guitarist (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Frank Allen rock vocalist (Searchers-Needles & Pins), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Famed 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
Dec 16Anthony Hicks musician: lead guitar, songwriter: group: The Hollies: Stop, Stop, Stop, The Air that I Breathe, He Aint Heavy, Hes My Brother, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 17William Brooks composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Dave 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 Womans Man; record promoter, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 18Keith Richards guitar: group: The Rolling Stones: Time is on My Side, (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction, Get Off of My Cloud, Start Me Up, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 18Bobby Keyes rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Albert Lee rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Harry Shearer Los Angeles CA, comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live, Simpsons, Pure Luck), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Derek Small rocker (Spinal Tap), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Peter Quaife Devon England, rock bassist (Kinks-Long Tall Sally), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Ross Edwards composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Trevor Lucas rocker (Fairport Convention), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Ilona Durigo Hungarian singer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 25Raymond Huntington Woodman composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 27Dave Rowberry Newcastle, rocker (Animals), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Bobby Comstock singer: Tennessee Waltz, I Want To Do It, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 30Rolf Gehlhaar composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31John Denver [Henry John Deutschendorf Jr] Roswell NM, singer/songwriter/actor (Rocky Mountain High, Thank God, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Pete 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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Jan 02Peter Eotvos composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Volker Hornback rocker (Tangerine Dream), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Van McCoy US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) born (Middlesex, England) is born.Ref: 68
Jan 09Scott (Noel) Engel singer: group: The Walker Brothers: My Ship is Coming In, Take It Easy on Yourself, The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore, LP: Take It Easy; solo as Scott Walker: Joanna, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 10Frank Sinatra Jr Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddiggers), is born.Ref: 68
Jan 11York Georg Holler composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Jim Stafford Eloise FL, singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Larry "Legs" Smith rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Pehr Henrik Nordgren composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Harold Fraser-Simson composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 21John Kenneth Tavener composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Neely Bruce composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Jerry Lawson US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Nick 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
Jan 27Kevin Coyne rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Brian Keenan musician: drums: groups: Manfred Mann; The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today, is born in New York City.Ref: 4
Jan 28Martin Fried rocker (Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Arnold Mhren Dutch pop bassist/singer (The Cats-Sailin' Home), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28John Tavener composer (The Whale), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Lynn Harrell New York City NY, cellist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Charley Musselwhite blues musician (Stand Back, Louisiana Fog), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Tommy Duffy rocker (Echos), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Martin Lunssens composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 02Andrew Davis Ashbridge England, conductor (New Philharmonic Orchestra-London), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Ursula Oppens New York NY, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Florence 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
Feb 05Al Kooper rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05J R Cobb Birmingham AL, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Jim Capaldi rocker (Traffic), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Barbara Lewis singer: Make Me Your Baby, Hello Stranger, Baby Im Yours, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 09Scott Engel vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Jimmy Page London England, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Peter Allen Australia, singer/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Ivan Sollertinski friend of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 12Moe Bandy singer: Americana, Wheres the Dress, Till Im 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
Feb 15Mick 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
Feb 16Edmund von Borck composer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
Feb 19Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 20Lew Soloff Brooklyn NY, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Johnny Winter [John Dawson], Leland MS, guitarist (Silver Train), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Mike 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
Feb 24Nicky Hopkins rock pianist (Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Jeff Beck, Quicksilver), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 29David Briggs, record producer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Mike D'Abo rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Roger Daltrey Hammersmith London England, rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Leif Segerstam composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Lou Reed, singer, songwriter, is born.Ref: 17
Mar 03Jance Garfat musician: bass, singer: group: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: Sylvias Mother, The Cover of Rolling Stone, A Little Bit More, When Youre in Love with a Beautiful Woman, Sharing the Night Together, Sexy Eyes, Better Love Next Time, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 04Bobby Womack songwriter: Im a Midnight Mover, Im in Love; singer: Lookin for a Love, Harry Hippie, If You Think Youre Lonely Now, is born in Cleveland OH.Ref: 4
Mar 06Dave Gilmour singer, musician: group: Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother, Echoes, LP: The Dark Side of the Moon, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 06Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Gisborne New Zealand, operatic soprano (Don Giovanni), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Mary Wilson Detroit MI, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Townes Van Zandt musician, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Carole Bayer Sager NY, aka Mrs Burt Bachrach, singer (Arthur), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Trevor 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
Mar 11Ric Rothwell drummer (Mindbenders-Games of Love), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Pavel Grigor'yevich composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 15David Costell Pittsburgh PA, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-This Diamond Ring), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Ralph MacDonald rock percussionist (Graceland), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Sly 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
Mar 17John Sebastian New York NY, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Pat McCauley N Ireland, rock drummer (Them), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Joseph Celli composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Myung-Wha Chung Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Felix Woyrsch composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 21Henrik Colding-Jorgensen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Jamary Oliveira composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22T S "Tony" McPhee rocker (Sad Go Round), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Michael Nyman composer (Mesmer, Carrington), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Patti Labelle singer (Phoenix, Tasty, Chameleon), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Diana Ross [Earle] Detroit MI, (Supremes, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany) is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29James Diggle FBA, classicist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Mick Ralphs musician: guitar: groups: Mott The Hoople: All the Young Dudes, Bad Company: Cant Get Enough, Ready for Love, Feel like Makin Love, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 31Rod Allen [B Rodney Bainbridge] rock bassist/vocalist (Fortunes), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Mikulas Moyzes composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 03Barry Pritchard musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fortunes: You've Got Your TroublesRef: 4
Apr 03Richard Manuel rocker (Band-Cripple Creek), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Tony 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
Apr 04Karel Weis composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 05Dave Holland heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Crispian St Peters rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Nicholas Caldwell rocker (Whispers), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Willy Derby [Dieben] singer (Hello Bandoeng), dies.Ref: 5
Apr 06John Stax rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06[Holly] Michelle [Gilliam] Phillips, Long Beach CA, singer (Mama & Papas)/actress (Knots Landing), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Felicity Palmer British mezzo-soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Roger Chapman, Leicester Leicestershire England, rock vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Santiago Jimenez Jr US accordionist (El Mero Mero, Viva Seguin), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Gene Parsons Los Angeles CA, rock drummer (Byrds, Gene Clark Group), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Apr 10Danny Woods US musician (CEO of the Board), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Karel Kryl folk singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12John Kay [Joachim F Krauledat] Tilsit East Prussia Germany, rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Jack Casady musician: bass: groups: KBC Band, Hot Tuna; Jefferson Airplane: Its No Secret, Runnin Round this World, Somebody to Love, White Rabbit, is born in Washington DC.Ref: 4
Apr 13Brian Pendleton Wolverhampton West Midlands England, rocker (The Pretty Things), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Cecile Chaminade composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Apr 15Dave Edmunds Cardiff Wales, singer/guitarist (Rockpile-Baby I Love You), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Gerard Schoenaker Dutch singer (Les Baroques), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Dennis Russell Davies composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Bobby Curtola singer: one of Canadas early teen idols: Hand In Hand With You, Dont You Sweetheart Me, Three Rows Over, Fortune Teller; TV host: After Four, Shake, Rock, Roll, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 17John Lill professor/pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Rudy Shackelford composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Ccile Chamindale composer, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 19Mark "Flo" Volman rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Bernard Worrell US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Mezio Agostini composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 24[Bernard] St Clair Lee [Calhoun] US singer (Rock the Boat), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Cuba Gooding US singer (Everybody Plays the Fool), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Herb Pedersen Berkley CA, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Richard Shoff singer: group: The Sandpipers: Guantanamera, Come Saturday Morning, is born.Ref: 4
May 01Rita Coolidge Nashville TN, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone), is born.Ref: 5
May 02John Verity rocker (Argent), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Peter Staples rocker (Troggs-Wild Thing), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Dave [Otto Levenbach] Dutch singer (Du cot the Chez Swann), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Peggy Santiglia McGannon New Jersey, rocker (Angels), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Ronnie Bond drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Alison Margaret Bauld composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Gary Glitter [Paul Gadd] Banbury Oxfordshire England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Don Dannemann rocker (Cyrkle), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Ethel Mary Smyth composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
May 10Judith 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
May 10Jackie Lomax Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want), is born.Ref: 5
May 12James Purify US singer (I'm Your Puppet), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Carolyn Franklin US singer/songwriter (Baby Baby Baby, Angel), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Troy Shondell rocker (Many Sides of Troy Shondell), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Gene 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
May 15Tich rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Billy Cobham Panam, jazz artist (Same Ole Love), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Leone Sinigaglia composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 17Jesse Winchester Shreveport LA, singer/songwriter (Learn to Love it), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Paul Crossley concert pianist, is born.Ref: 5
May 20Joe (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
May 20Boudouin de Groot Dutch singer (Good night mister president), is born.Ref: 5
May 20Cipa Dichter Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Marcie Blane singer: Bobbys Girl, is born.Ref: 4
May 23Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Patti LaBelle [Holt] Philadelphia PA, singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Arthur Brown rock vocalist (Fire) [or Jun 24], is born.Ref: 5
May 26Verden Allen musician: keyboards: group: Mott the Hoople: All the Young Dudes, Ballad of Mott, All the Way to Memphis, is born.Ref: 4
May 28Billy Vera musician (& the Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Gladys Knight Atlanta GA, singer, leader of the Pips (Last train), is born.Ref: 5
May 30Lenny 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
May 31Mick Ralphs guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 02Marvin Hamlisch Academy Award-winning pianist, composer: for adapted score: The Sting [1973], is born.Ref: 4
Jun 02Mike Clarke (Michael Dick) musician: drummer: group: The Byrds, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 03Mike Clarke (Michael Dick) musician: drummer: group: The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man, Turn! Turn! Turn!; died Dec 19, 1993Ref: 4
Jun 04Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) singer: group: The Mamas and the Papas, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 04Roger Ball saxophonist (Average White Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Peter Albin musician: bass, guitar & vocals: group: Big Brother and The Holding Company: Piece of My Heart, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 06Monty Alexander jazz musician: piano: So What?, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 07Clarence White guitarist (The Byrds-Turn! Turn! turn!), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08William Royce "Boz" Scaggs, Dallas TX, rocker (Steve Miller Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 10Rick Price musician: bass: groups: The Move, Wizzard: LPs: Wizzard Brew, Introducing Eddy and the Falcons, See my Baby Jive, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 12Reg Presley singer: group: Troggs: Wild Thing, Give It to Me, Love is All Around, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 16Reg Presley singer (Troggs-Wild Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 21Rock singer-musician Ray Davies (The Kinks) is born.Ref: 68
Jun 22Peter Asher London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love), is born.Ref: 68
Jun 23Rosetta Hightower singer: group: The Orlons: The Wah Watusi, Dont Hang Up, South Street, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 24Arthur Brown (Wilton) singer: group: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: Fire; actor: Tommy, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 24John Charlie Whitney musician: guitar: group: Family: Hung Up Down, The Weavers Answer, No Mules Fool, In My Own Time, Burlesque, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 24Bruce Johnston rocker (Beachboys-Surfin' Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 24Jeff Beck Surrey England, singer/songwriter (Jeff Beck Group), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 27Bruce Johnston Grammy Award-winning song writer: I Write the Songs [1976]; musician: group: The Beach Boys, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 30Glenn Shorrock singer: group: The Little River Band: Its 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
Jul 05Robbie (Jamie) Robertson (composer, musician: guitar: group: The Band: Up on Cripple Creek, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Shape Im In, River Hymn, Life is a Carnival), is born.Ref: 4
Jul 07Warren Entner musician: guitar, singer: group: The Grass Roots, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 08Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson drummer (Allman Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 11Bobby Rice singer: Sugar Shack, You Lay So Easy on My Mind, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 20T.G. Sheppard country singer (Only 1 You, Without You), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 22Richard Davies musician: keyboard, singer: group: Supertramp, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 22Estelle Bennett NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Baby), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 25Jim McCarty musician: drums: groups: Renaissance, Shoot, Box of Frogs, The Yardbirds: For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul, Im a Man, Shapes of Things, Over Under Sideways Down; songwriter [w/Samwell-Smith]: Still Im Sad, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 27Bobbie Gentry MS, what did Billi-Jo throw off the bridge, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 14Robyn Smith Astaire jockey/wife of Fred Astaire, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 18Carl 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
Aug 21Jackie DeShannon (Sharon Myers) Hazel Kentucky, singer (What the World Needs Now), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 24Jim Brady singer: group: The Sandpipers: Guantanamera, Come Saturday Morning, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 27Tim 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
Sep 01Leonard Slatkin LA Calif, conductor (Concert Orch, Neth), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 03Gary Leeds musician: drums: group: The Walker Brothers: My Ship is Coming In, Make It Easy on Yourself, The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore , No Regrets, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 04Gene Parsons musician: drums: group: The Byrds; solo: Kindling, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 06Roger Waters musician: bass, songwriter: group: Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall [Part II]Ref: 4
Sep 11Phil May singer: group: The Pretty Things: LP: Parachute; group: Fallen Angels, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 12Barry White, Galveston TX, singer (Love's Theme), is born. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 95
Sep 13Peter Cetera Chicago, lead singer (Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 14Joey (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
Sep 16Betty Kelly singer: group: Martha and the Vandellas: Dancing in the Street, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 25Eugenia Zukerman Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist (Deceptive Cadence), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 29Mike Post Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger, musician, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 01Scott 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
Oct 04Patti LaBelle singer (LaBelles-Lady Marmalade), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 08Susan Raye singer: Ive Got a Happy Heart, Willie Jones, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 09John Entwistle rocker (The Who-Tommy), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 09Peter Tosh (Winston McIntosh), Jamaica, reggae musician (Mystic Man, Mama Africa), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 13Robert Lamm singer, musician: keyboards: group: The Big Thing: Chicago Transit Authority: Chicago:, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 25Jon Anderson singer: group: Yes: Roundabout; solo: LP: Olias of Sunhollow, Song of Seven; duo: Jon and Vangelis: I Hear You Now, Ill Find My Way Home, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 25Kathy "Taffy" Danoff Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 26Michael Piano singer: group: The Sandpipers: Guantanamera, Come Saturday Morning, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 29Denny 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
Oct 31Kinky (Richard) Friedman singer, bandleader: Texas Jewboys: Let Saigons be Bygones, We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You, They Aint Making Jews like Jesus Anymore, Asshole from El Paso, is born in Palestine TX.Ref: 5
Nov 01Singer Keith Emerson England of Emerson, Lake & Palmer is born.Ref: 5
Nov 01Chris Morris musician: guitar: group: Paper Lace: The Night Chicago Died, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 02Keith 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
Nov 08Bonnie Bramlett songwriter, singer: group: Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 10Tim 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
Nov 10Dave Loggins singer (Please come to Boston), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 11Jesse Colin Young (Perry Miller), NY, rocker (The Youngbloods-Soul of a City Boy), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 12Singer Booker T. Jones (of Booker T and the MGs) is born.Ref: 4
Nov 18Susan 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
Nov 24Bob Lind singer, songwriter: Elusive Butterfly, Remember the Rain, Truly Julie's Blues, Cheryl's Goin' Home, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 26-Singer Jean Terrell is born.Ref: 64
Nov 26Alan Henderson musician: bass: group: Them, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 27Dozy (Trevor Davies) musician: bass: group: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 27Eddie Rabbitt Brooklyn, country singer (I Love a Rainy Night), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Kevin Coyne rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 29Felix 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
Nov 30Rob Grill musician, singer: group: The Grass Roots: Midnight Confessions, Lets Live for TodayRef: 4
Nov 30Luther Ingram musician, singer: [If Lovin You is Wrong] I Dont Want to be Right, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 01Eric Bloom singer, musician: guitar: group: Blue Oyster Cult, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 01John Densmore Los Angeles CA, drummer (Doors-Light My Fire), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Dennis Wilson Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-In My Room, CA Dreaming), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Jonathan (Kenneth) King singer: Everyones Gone to the Moon, Let It All Hang Out; songwriter, producer: Good News Week, is born in London England.Ref: 4
Dec 09George Baker [Hans Bouwens] Dutch vocalist (G B Selection), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Neil Innes musician: keyboard, singer, songwriter: group: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 11Brenda Lee (Tarpley) singer: Im Sorry, All Alone Am I, I Want to Be Wanted, Sweet Nothins, Thats All You Gotta Do, is born in Lithonia GA.Ref: 4
Dec 11Booker T Jones US organist (Booker T & MGs-Green Onions) [or Nov 12], is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11David Ashley White composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Major Glenn Miller disappeared over the English Channel while en route to Paris.Ref: 4
Dec 16John Abercrombie rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Alvin Lee, musician: group: Ten Years After, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 19Zal Yanovsky, musician: guitar, singer: group: The Lovin' Spoonful, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 19Birth 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
Dec 20Bobby 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
Dec 21Michael Tilson Thomas, Los Angeles CA, conductor (NY Philharmonic for Young People), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Barry Jenkins rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Antoine Mariotte composer, dies on 69th birthday.Ref: 5
Dec 24Mike 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
Dec 24Joseph Gustav Mraczek composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Dec 25Henry Vestine musician: guitar: group: Canned Heat: On the Road Again, Going Up the Country; sideman for Frank Zappa; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 27Mick 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
Dec 27Tracy Nelson Madison WI, singer (In The Here And Now), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Amy Marcy Cheney Beach composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
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Jan 01Vit Nejedly composer, dies at 33.Ref: 5
Jan 03Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Crosby Stills & Nash), is born. (also TWA, 1998)Ref: 5
Jan 03Fyodor Akimenko composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 04Jay Dee Maness Loma Linda CA, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08John Peters rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Rod Stewart London, England, singer (Maggie Mae, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy), is born.Ref: 17
Jan 10Ronny Light songwriter, Nashville studio musicianRef: 4
Jan 10Frank Sinatra Jr Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddiggers), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Maggie Bell Glasgow Scotland, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Sandor Vandor composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Jan 17William Hart US singer (4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Rod Evans rocker (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Charles Amirkhanian composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Eric Stewart guitarist: group: Mindbenders: Game of Love; Hotlegs then 10cc: Donna, Im Not in Love, The Things We Do for Love, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 21Chris Britton rocker (Troggs-Rock & Roll Goldmine), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Oliver rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Carlo Felice Boghen composer, dies a day before 76th birthday.Ref: 5
Jan 26Jacqueline du Pr Oxford England, cellist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Nicholas Berkeley Mason drummer (Pink Floyd-The Wall, Money), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Robert Wittinger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30William Busch composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Jan 31Noah Creshevsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Ole Buck composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Ronnie Goodson rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Johnny Cymbal rocker (Mr Bass Man), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Willeke Alberti [Verbruggen], Dutch vocalist/actress (Small Truth), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Jose Rolon composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 05Bob Marley, Jamaican musician who popularized reggae music, is born.Ref: 17
Feb 06Bob Marley Jamaican reggae vocalist (Bob Marley & Wailers-Roots Rock Reggae), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Juan de Hernandez composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 11Al Dubin Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53.Ref: 5
Feb 12Joe Schermie Madison WI, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Keith Nichols jazz pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13King Floyd rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Roy Dyke Liverpool, rock drummer (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Vic Briggs England, rocker (Animals), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15John Anthony Helliwell musician: saxophone: group: Supertramp: Dreamer, Bloody Well Right, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 17Zina Bethune dancer, choreographer, actress: Sunrise at Campobello, Whos that Knocking at My Door?, The Nurses, Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 20Alan Hull singer/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Paul Newton rock bassist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Oliver (Swofford), singer (Good Morning Starshine, Jean), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Elkie Brooks Manchester England, rocker (Pearl's a Singer), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Mitch Ryder (William Levise) singer: group: Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels: Devil with a Blue Dress On, Little Latin Lupe Lu, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 28Ronnie Rosman rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Burning Spear [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Koos Speenhoff Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 04Dieter Meier Swiss singer/children book writer (Yello), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Hugh Grundy Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Rudolph Karel composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 07Arthur Lee rocker (Vindicator), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Mickey Dolenz Los Angeles CA, actor (Circus Boy) singer (Monkees), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Keith Jarrett pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Laura Lee [Rundless] singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Ray Royer rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Robin Trower London England, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Harvey Mandel rock guitarist (Drei Amerikanische LP's), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Mark Stein vocalist/organist (Vanilla Fudge-You Keep Me Hanging On), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Hans van Emden Dutch guitarist (Les Baroques), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Herbert Bedford composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Mar 14Herman[us J] van Veen Netherlands, cabareter/singer/composer/writer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Michael Martin Murphey Dallas TX, country singer (Wildfire), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Walter Parazaider Chicago IL, rock saxophonist (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Eric Woolfson Glasgow Scotland, composer/musician (Alan Parsons Project, Woolfson Entertainment Group), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Vernon Guy US gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Rose[mary] Stone Dallas TX, vocalist/pianist (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Alan Opie baritone (Boughton Bethlehem, Britten 5 Canticles), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Charles "Chuck" Jackson US singer (Playboy, Independents), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Chuck Portz Santa Monica CA, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Eric Clapton [Eric Patrick Clapp] Ripley England, legendary guitarist/singer (Yardbirds, Cream, Tears in Heaven), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Karel Moor composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Mar 31Al Nichol musician: guitar, keyboards: group: The Turtles: It Aint Me Babe, Let Me Be, You Baby, Happy Together, Shed Rather Be with Me, Elenore, You Showed Me, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 01John 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 Doesnt Matter Tonight, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 03Richard Manuel pianist/vocalist (Up on Cripple Creek), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Huldreich Georg Fruh composer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
Apr 06Bob Marley reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Gus Hardin [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa OK, country singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Robert Fripp guitarist (King Crimson), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Lowell George rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Time is a Hero), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Raymond van Geytenbeek Dutch singer/drummer (Les Baroques), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Stacy Johnson US singer (Sharpees-Tired of Being Alone), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Ritchie 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 Youve Been Gone, All Night Long, I Surrender, Stone Cold, LPs: Rainbow Rising, Straight Between the Eyes, Bent Out of Shape, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 14Derek Leckenby rocker/actor (Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Stefan Grossman New York NY, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Jimmy Winston (Langwith) musician: organ: groups: Moments, Small Faces, is born in London England.Ref: 4
Apr 24Rock musician Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is born.
Apr 24Doug Clifford Palo Alto CA, rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Eugene O'Brien composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Robert Knight Franklin TN, rocker (Everlasting Love), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Hubert Bath composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Apr 25Bjrn Ulvaeus Gothenburg Sweden, guitarist/songwriter (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Stu Cook Oakland CA, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Michael Kogel rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28John Wolters musician: drums: group: Dr. Hook, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 29[Thomasina] Tammi Terrell [Montgomery] singer (Ain't No Mountain High Enough), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Hugh Hopper rocker (Soft Machine), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Mike Beacon rocker (Ox), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Mimi Farina rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Rita Coolidge Nashville TN, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone), is born.Ref: 17
May 01Desider Antalffy-Zsiross Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 02Bianca Prez Morena de Macias Jagger Nicaragua, model/Mick's ex-wife, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Bob Henrit English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Randy Cain US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Goldy McJohn musician: organ: group: Steppenwolf: Born to be Wild, The Pusher, Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me, is born.Ref: 4
May 04George Wadenius rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Jiri Svoboda composer (Accumulator 1), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Raphael Spain, Spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Bob Seger Dearborn MI, rocker (Silver Bullet Band-Shake Down), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Victoria Bond composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 08Keith Jarrett jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Steve Katz New York NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Pamelo Mounk'a musician, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Ian 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 ornRef: 4
May 12Jayotis Washington rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 12Willie Parnell US singer (Archie Bell & the Drells), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Magic Dick [Richard secondalwitz], harmonicaist (J Geils Band-Centerfold), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Nicky Chinn English songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Peter Townshend England, rock guitarist/vocalist/composer (The Who-Tommy), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Misty Morgan country keyboardist (duo with Jack Blanchard), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Dave Lee Travis DJ, is born.Ref: 5
May 26Garry Peterson musician: drums: The Guess Who: These Eyes, Laughing, No Time, American Woman, Share the Land, Clap for the Wolfman, is born.Ref: 4
May 27Bruce Cockburn Ottawa Canada, folk rock vocalist (Waterwalker), is born.Ref: 5
May 28John 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
May 28Gary Stewart Latcher County KY, country singer (She's Actin' Single), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Mike Rossi rocker (Status Quo), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Gary Brooker musician: keyboards, singer: solo: Say It Aint 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 ParamountsRef: 4
Jun 01Frederica Von Stade Somerville NJ, mezzo-soprano (Die Zauberflte), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 01Linda Scott singer (Hey Look at Me Now), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 04Anthony Braxton, jazz composer and saxaphonist, is born.Ref: 2
Jun 04Gordon Waller Scotland, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 05Don Reid Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 14Rod Argent (keyboard: group: Argent: Hold Your Head Up; group: The Zombies: Shes Not There, Tell Her No, Time of the Season), is born.Ref: 4
Jun 15Rod Argent England, keyboardist (The Zombies-She's Not There), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 16Ian Matthews (McDonald) musician: guitar, singer: groups: Fairport Convention: Book Song; Matthews 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
Jun 20Anne Murray Nova Scotia, Canada, singer (Snow Bird), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 21Chris 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
Jun 24Colin Blunstone rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25Carly Simon NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 28David Knights bassist (Pocol Harum), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Little Eva Boyd singer: The Loco-motion, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 01Debbie (Deborah Ann) Harry singer: group: Blondie: The Tide is High, Rapture, Heart of Glass, Call Me, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 03Johnny Lee country singer: Lookin for Love, One in a Million, Bet Your Heart on Me, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 03Mike Corby guitarist (Babys), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 06Rik Elswit musician: guitar, singer: group: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: Sylvias Mother, [Freakin At] The Freakers Ball, Queen of the Silver Dollar, Ballad of Lucy Jordan, The Cover of Rolling Stone, When Youre in Love with a Beautiful Woman, Sharing the Night Together, Sexy Eyes, Better Love Next Time, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 07Matti Salminen Turku Finland, bass player (King Philipp-Don Carlos), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 11Deborah Harry singer (Blondie) actress (Videodrome, Hairspray), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 15Peter 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
Jul 22Bobby Sherman actor/singer (Seattle), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 23Dino 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
Jul 25Donna Theodore Broadway singer (Hollywood Talent Scouts), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 28Richard Wright rocker (Pink Floyd-The Wall), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 30David Sanborn saxophonist (David Letterman), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 02Pietro Mascagni, composer, dies in Rome, Italy at age 81. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Aug 02Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies.Ref: 68
Aug 16Suzanne Farrell, Cincinnati, dancer (Don Quioxote), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 16Kevin Ayers England, progressive rocker (Joy of a Toy), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 19Ian Gillian heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 22Ron Dante Staten Island NY, rocker (Archies-Sugar, Sugar), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 24Ken Hensley musician: guitar, keyboard, composer: group: Uriah Heep: July Morning, Easy Livin, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 31Itzhak Perlman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 31Van Morrison songwriter, singer: group: Them: Gloria; solo: Brown Eyed Girl, Domino, Blue Money, She Gives Me Religion, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 01-Singer Archie Bell is born.Ref: 6
Sep 03George Biondo musician: group: Steppenwolf: Born to Be Wild, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 03Mike Harrison keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 05Al Stewart Glasgow Scotland, rocker (The Year of the Cat), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 09Dee 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
Sep 10Jose Feliciano Lares PR, singer/songwriter (Light my Fire), is born in Lares PR.Ref: 5
Sep 11Leo Kottke Athens Ga, guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 12John Mauceri NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 15Jesse Norman, soprano, is born.Ref: 2
Sep 15Anton von Werbern, Austrian composer, dies at age 61.Ref: 70
Sep 16John McCormack, Irish tenor, dies at age 61.Ref: 5
Sep 19David Bromberg Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 19Freda Payne Detroit Mich, singer (Band of Gold), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 23Ronald Bushy musician: drums: group: Iron Butterfly: In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 25Onnie McIntyre musician: guitar: group: Average White Band, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 26Brian Ferry England, rocker (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 26Bela 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
Sep 27Misha Dichter Shanghai China, pianist (Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 01Donny Hathaway Chicago, singer/songwriter (Where is the Love), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 02Don McLean singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 02Neil Frances Tennant rocker (Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 07Kevin Godley musician: drums, singer: group: 10cc:, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 09Jeannie C Riley TX, singer (Harper Valley PTA, Hee Haw), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 19Jeannie C. Riley (Stephenson) Grammy Award-winning singer: Harper Valley P.T.A., is born.Ref: 4
Oct 20Ric Lee musician: drums: group: Ten Years After, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 21Kathy Young rocker (Thousand Stars in the Sky), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 22Leslie West [Weinstein] rocker (Mountain-Mississippi Queen), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 22Eddie Brigati singer, musician: group: The [Young] Rascals, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 28Wayne 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.Ref: 4
Oct 29Melba Moore singer: You Stepped into My Life; actress: The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 01Rick Grech musician: bassist, violinist: groups: Family; Blind Faith; Traffic; Crickets, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 10Donna 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)Ref: 95
Nov 11Vince Martell musician: guitar, singer: group: Vanilla Fudge: You Keep Me Hanging On, Take Me for a Little While, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 11Jerome 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.Ref: 4
Nov 12Neil Young singer, songwriter, musician: Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Heart of Gold, Philadelphia; group: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: LP: dj vu; Buffalo Springfield: For What It's Worth, is born in Canada.Ref: 4
Nov 15Anni-Frid Lyngsdtad [Fryeda Anderson] Sweden, rocker (ABBA), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 16Martine van Hamel Belgium, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 26John McVie rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Nicholas Berkeley Mason drummer (Pink Floyd-The Wall, Money), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 28R.B. Greaves singer: Take a Letter Maria; singer Sam Cookes nephew, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 30Roger Glover musician: bass: groups: Episode Six, Rainbow, Deep Purple: Black Night, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 30Radu Lupu Galati Romania, pianist (Enesco first prize-1967), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Bette 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.Ref: 4
Dec 01John (Paul) Densmore musician: group: The Doors: Light My Fire, People are Strange, Love Me Two Times, Riders on the Storm, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 01Harvey Bartlett Gaul composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Dec 03Laura Dean Staten Island NY, composer/choreographer (Drumming), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Eric Boom Dutch guitarist/producer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Robert Pickett rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Alan Ward rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Tony Williams jazz musician, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Vittorio Mario Vanzo composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 14Constantino Gaito composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 16Bennie Andersson pianist, singer: groups: Hep Stars [Swedens Beatles]; Abba: I Have a Dream, Dancing Queen, Waterloo, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 19John McEuen rocker (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Peter Criss (Crisscoula) (musician: drummer: group: Kiss [Beth, the cat]), is born.Ref: 4
Dec 23Ronald Bushy rocker (Iron Butterfly-In A Gadda Da Vida), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Georges Aperghis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Lemmy [Ian Kilminster] rocker (Hawkwind, Motorhead-Built for Speed), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Francisco Pujol composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 25Noel 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.Ref: 4
Dec 25Steve Mancha [Clyde Wilson] US singer/songwriter (Too Many Cooks), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Dwight Bement rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Adje Roland Dutch disc-jockey, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30[David] Davy Jones Manchester England, singer/actor (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Preston Andrew Trombly composer, is born.Ref: 5
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Jan 03John Paul Jones, rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Arthur Conley singer: Sweet Soul Music, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 04Bernard Sumner rocker (New Order-Round & Round), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett Cambridge England, lead guitarist (Pink Floyd-The Piper at the Gates of Dawn), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Andy Brown rock drummer (Fortunes Birmingham), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Jann S Wenner publisher (Rolling Stone), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Robbie Kreiger Los Angeles CA, guitarist (Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Aynsley Dunbar rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Bob Lang rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Naomi Judd [Diana Ellen], Ashland KY, singer (Judds-Why Not Me), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Tony Kaye rocker (Yes), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Cynthia Robinson rock trumpeteer (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12George Duke San Rafael CA, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Gottfried Rudinger composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Jan 19Dolly 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, Youre 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.Ref: 4
Jan 23Feliks Nowowiejski composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 25Ronnie Brandon rocker (McCoys), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Nedra 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.Ref: 4
Jan 27Kim Gardner England, rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Rick Allen Arkansas, rock bassist (Box Tops-Letter), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Sidney James Jones composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Jan 31Terry Kath rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Howard Bellamy Darby FL, vocalist (Bellamy Brothers-Let Your Love Flow), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Roy Yeager Doraville GA, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Lawrence Ascott rocker (Isotope), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Sammy Johns rocker (Politics, Religion & Her), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Paul Wheatbread rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08"Fito" Adolpho De La Parra Los Angeles CA, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Donovan [P Leech] Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Gregory Hines dancer, actor: Renaissance Man, Tap, The Cotton Club, Eubie!, is born.Ref: 68
Feb 17Dodie Stevens (Geraldine Ann Pasquale) singer: Pink Shoe Laces, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 19Paul Dean rock guitarist/vocalist (Loverboy), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Pierre van der Linden Dutch drummer (Brainbox), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20J[erome] Geils New York NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (J Geils Band-Freeze-Frame, Centerfold), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Hugh Allen musician, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 23Rusty Young CA, rock steel guitarist (Poco-Heat of the Night), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Tony Ashton Blackburn England, rocker (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Ralph Kirshbaum Denton TX, cellist (RNCM Manchester International Festival), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Robert Raymond rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Murray Head singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06David Jon Gilmour Cambridgeshire England, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-The Wall), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Tony Klatka rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Matthew Fisher London, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 07Peter Wolf (Blankfield), rock singer: group: J. Geils Band: Centerfold; Lights Out, Freeze-Frame; married Faye Dunaway, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 08Randy Meisner rock bassist/vocalist (Poco, Eagles-Take it Easy), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Jim Cregan musician: guitar: group: Family: Its Only a Movie; Stud; Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 10Gaylord Birch drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Liza 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.Ref: 4
Mar 13Thomas Frederick Dunhill composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Mar 15David Wall English ballet dancers/director (Royal Academy of Dancing), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Howard Scott musician: guitar, singer: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Cant We be Friends? is born in San Pedro CA.Ref: 4
Mar 17Harold Brown Long Beach CA, rock drummer (War-Summer, Galaxy), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Michael Peter Finnissey composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Paul Atkinson musician: guitar: group: The Zombies: Shes Not There, You Make Me Feel Good, Tell Her No, Shes Coming Home, I Want You Back Again, Time of the Season; CBS A&R, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 18Ruth Pointer singer: group: The Pointer Sisters: Fire, Hes So Shy, Jump [for My Love], Automatic, Neutron Dance, Im So Excited, Dare Me, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 20Ranger Doug [Douglas Green], Illinois, singer (Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Ray Dorset rocker (Cold Blue Excursion), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Serge [Ruud Schaap] Dutch singer/guitarist (Saskia & Serge), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Lee Oskar (Oskar Hansen) musician: harmonica: group: War, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 23Alexandru Zirra composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 24Lee Oskar Copenhagen Denmark, rock harmonicist (War-Why Can't We Be Friends), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Gustaf Heintze composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 28Richard Sussman rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Al Nichol, musician: guitar, keyboards: group: The Turtles: It Aint Me Babe, Let Me Be, You Baby, Happy Together, Shed Rather Be with Me, Elenore, You Showed Me, is born in Winston Salem NC.Ref: 4
Apr 01John Barbata drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Arthur Conley US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, London England, rock bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Kurt Winter rocker (The Guess Who), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Dee Murray rocker (Elton John Band), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Jennifer Penney ballerina, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Larry Frederick Wendt composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies from tuberculosis at 47.Ref: 5
Apr 07Bill Kreutzmann Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Barbara Benary composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Les Gray vocalist (Mud-The Cat Crept In), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Philip Wright rocker (Paper Lace), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Armand [Herman van Loenhout] singer (Blommenkinders), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Ren Krijnen Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Al Green, Forest City AR, singer (Lets Stay Together), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Jim Pons rocker (Mothers Of Invention), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Roy Loney rocker (Flaming Groovies), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13William Henry Bell composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 14Patrick Fairley guitarist (Marmalade-Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18[Alexander] Skip Spence Windsor Ontario Canada, guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape-Omaha), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Anne Boyd composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Harvey Kagan rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Lenny Baker rocker (Sha Na Na), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Jesus Castillo composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 24Bruce Stuart Saylor composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Digby Fairweather jazz trumpeter, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Ronnie Gilbert rocker (Lifeline, Harp), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Nick Fortune (Fortuna) musician: bass: The Buckinghams: Kind of a Drag, is born.Ref: 4
May 01Jerry Weiss New York NY, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Tony Ashton rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 01Edward Cuthbert Bairstow composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
May 01Percy William Whitlock composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
May 02Lesley Gore Tenafly NJ, singer (It's My Party), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Bill Danoff Springfield MA, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Donovan (Leitch) singer: Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman, is born.Ref: 4
May 10Dave Mason songwriter, musician, singer: Alone Together, Hole in My Shoe, Just for You, Feelin Alright, We Just Disagree, So HighRef: 68
May 10Jimmy Ponder jazz guitarist: Smokin, Mama Roots, Infant EyesRef: 4
May 10Graham Gouldman Manchester England, bassist (10cc-No Milk Today), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Ian McLagen rocker (Faces), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Danny 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.Ref: 4
May 14Alan David Marks pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Roger Earl rocker (Foghat), is born.Ref: 5
May 18George Alexander rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 19Phillip Rudd Melbourne Australia, rock drummer (AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation), is born.Ref: 5
May 20Actress/singer Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre) is born in El Centro CA.Ref: 4
May 24Steve Upton rock drummer (Wishbone Ash-There's the Rub, Locked In), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Patty Smith Hill songwriter: Good Morning to All [predecessor of Happy Birthday to You]; dies at age 78.Ref: 4
Jun 01Carol Neblett Modesto California, soprano (NYC Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 01Leo Slezak, Austrian opera singer and film comedian, dies at age 72.Ref: 5
Jun 02Singer 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.Ref: 4
Jun 03Eddie 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.Ref: 4
Jun 03Ian Hunter England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 05Freddie Stone (singer: group: Sly and the Family Stone: Everyday People, Thank You [Falettinme be Mice Elf Agin]), is born.Ref: 4
Jun 07Bill Kreutzman drummer (Grateful Dead-Uncle John's Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 10Matthew Fisher England, keyboardist (Procal Harum-Conquistador), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11John Lawton singer: solo: LP: Take No Prisoners; groups: Rough Diamond, Uriah Heep, Lucifers Friend, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 15Janet Lennon singer: group: Lennon Sisters: Lawrence Welk Show, The Andy Williams ShowRef: 4
Jun 17Barry Manilow (Barry Alan Pincus) Grammy Award-winning singer: I Write the Songs [1975]; Mandy, Looks Like We Made It, Cant Smile Without You, Copacabana, is born in New York City.Ref: 4
Jun 20Andre Watts (musician: classical pianist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 4
Jun 25Allen Lanier musician: guitar, keyboards: group: Blue Oyster Cult: Dont 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.Ref: 4
Jun 25Ian 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.Ref: 4
Jun 30William Brown singer: group: The Moments: Love on a Two-Way Street, Look at Me [Im in Love], is born.Ref: 4
Jul 08Cynthia Gregory LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09Bon (Ronald) Scott singer: group: AC/DC, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 09Mitch Mitchell drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 15Linda Ronstadt singer: group: The Stone Poneys: Different Drum; solo: Blue Bayou, Youre No Good, When Will I Be Loved, Its So Easy, Ooh Baby Baby, Hurt So Bad; actress: Pirates of Penzance, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 19Alan Gorrie musician: bass, singer: group: Average White Band: Pick Up the Pieces, Work to Do, Lets Go Around Again; solo: LP: Sleepless Nights, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 20Kim Carnes singer (Bette Davis Eyes), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 20John Almond musician: reeds, keyboards, vibes: group: Johnny Almond and the Music Machine, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 22Estelle Bennett, rocker (The Ronettes).Ref: 5
Jul 23Andy 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 Rains 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.Ref: 4
Jul 29Neal Doughty keyboardist ( REO Speedwagon), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 30Gary Lewis (Levitch) singer: group: Gary Lewis and the Playboys: This Diamond Ring; entertainer Jerry Lewis son, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 31Bob Welch rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 31Gary Lewis, Jerry's son, singer, (& The Playboys-This Diamond Ring), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 14Larry Graham rocker (One in a million, you), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 15Jimmy Webb, Elk City Okla, songwriter (MacArthur Park, Up Up & Away), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 23Keith Moon singer, drummer: group: The Who: is born in Wembly England.Ref: 68
Sep 01Barry 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.Ref: 4
Sep 01Greg 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.Ref: 4
Sep 02Marty Grebb musician: keyboards: group: The Buckinghams: Dont You Care, Kind of a Drag, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Susan, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 04Gary Duncan (Grubb) musician: guitar: group: Quicksilver Messenger Service: Dinos Song, Who Do You Love?, The Fool, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 04Greg Elmore musician: drums: group: Quicksilver Messenger Service: Dinos Song, Who Do You Love?, The Fool, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 05Loudon Wainwright III songwriter, singer: Dead Skunk; actor: M*A*S*H, The Sluggers Wife, Jackknife, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 05Freddie Mercury rock vocalist (Queen-We are the Champions), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 07Alfa Anderson singer: groups: Brown Sugar, Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance, Everybody Dance, Le Freak, I Want Your Love, Good Times, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 09Doug Ingle musician: keyboard, singer: group: Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 11Lola Falana singer, actress: The New Bill Cosby Show, Ben Vereen Comin at Ya, Lady Cocoa, The Klansman, is born in Philadelphia PA. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 95
Sep 11Dennis Tufano musician: guitar, singer: group: The Buckinghams, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 14Pete Agnew musician: bass, singer: group: Nazareth: Love Hurts, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 19John Coghlan musician: drums: group: Status Quo:, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 28Helen Shapiro singer, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 30Sylvia Peterson singer: group: The Chiffons, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 06Millie Small (Smith) singer: My Boy Lollipop; known as The Blue Beat Girl in her native Jamaica, is born.Ref: 5
Oct 08Aleksandr Gorshlov ice dancer (holds 6 titles), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 10Ben Vereen, Miami Fla, actor/dancer (Pippin, Roots, Webster), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 10John Prine singer, songwriter, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 11Daryl Hall, American singer, is born in Pottstown PA.Ref: 68
Oct 13Lacy J Dalton country singer (Blue Eyed Blues), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 14Justin 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.Ref: 4
Oct 15Richard Carpenter New Haven Ct, vocalist (Carpenters-Close to You), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 17Jim Tucker musician: guitar: group: The Turtles [until 1965], is born.Ref: 4
Oct 21Lee Loughnane musician: brass: group: Chicago: If You Leave Me Now, Hard to Say Im Sorry, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 24Jerry Edmonton musician: drums: group: Steppenwolf: Born to be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me; duo: Manbeast; is born.Ref: 4
Oct 26Keith Hopwood singer, musician: guitar: group: Hermans Hermits, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 27Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer, is born.Ref: 2
Oct 29Peter Green musician: guitar: group: Fleetwood Mac: Man of the World; solo: LP: The End of the Game, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 02Giuseppe Sinopoli Venice Italy, conductor (Sunnyata), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 05Gram 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 Ive Lied, The New Soft Shoe, Grievous Angel, Hickory Wind, Las Vegas, In My Hour of Darkness; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 08Roy 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.Ref: 4
Nov 11Chris Dreja musician: guitar: group: Yardbirds, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 14Manuel de Falla, composer, dies in Alta Garcia, Argentina. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953) 
Nov 15Janet Lennon Culver City CA, singer (Lennon Sisters), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 17Martin Barre musician: guitar: Jethro Tull, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 18Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 20(Howard) Duane Allman musician: lead guitar: group: Allman Brothers Band; is born.Ref: 4
Nov 20Ray 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.Ref: 4
Nov 22Aston Barrett Family Man: musician: bass: group: Bob Marley & The Wailers, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 24Lee Michaels singer: Do You Know What I Mean, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 27Kim Gardner England, rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Gilbert OSullivan (Raymond Edward OSullivan) singer: Alone Again [Naturally], Clare, Get Down, Whats in a Kiss?; LP: Back to Front, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 05Andy Kim [Andrew Joachim] rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Jos Carreras, Barcelona Spain, opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors), is born.Ref: 68
Dec 06Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Dec 08Graham Knight rocker (Marmalade), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Walter "Clyde" Orange Florida, rocker (Commodores-Too Hot to Trot), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Christopher 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.Ref: 4
Dec 12Clive Bunker musician: drums: group: Jethro Tull, is bornRef: 4
Dec 14Pop singer Joyce Vincent-Wilson (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is born in Detroit MI.Ref: 4
Dec 14Pat McCauley musician: keyboards: group: ThemRef: 4
Dec 14Jackie McCauley North Ireland, rock pianist (Them Coleraine), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Harry Ray, Hackensack NJ, rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Carmine Appice composer, drummer: groups: Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, KGB, King Kobra; co-wrote [w/Rod Stewart]: Da Ya Think Im Sexy, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 15Gordon Frederic Norton composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Dec 16Benny Andersson Stockholm Sweden, singer (ABBA-Money! Money! Money!, Dancing Queen), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Marianne Faithfull Hampstead England, singer (Money, As Tears Go By), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Patti Smith singer/songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Christopher Keene Berkeley CA, conductor (La Traviata), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Carl 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.Ref: 4
Dec 22Rick Nielsen musician: guitar, singer: group: Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me, Aint That a Shame, Dream Police, Voices, is born in Rockford IL.Ref: 4
Dec 24John Akkerman Dutch guitarist/composer (Focus-Can't Stand Noise), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Jimmy Buffett songwriter, singer: Margaritaville, Come Monday, Changes in Latitudes Changes in Attitudes; main Parrot Head, is born in Mobile AL.Ref: 4
Dec 26Gordon Edwards rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Edgar Winter musician: keyboards, saxophone, singer: group: Edgar Winters White Trash: Hangin Around, Frankenstein, Free Ride, LP: They Only Come Out at Night, is born in Beaumont TX.Ref: 68
Dec 28Carrie Jacobs Bond American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85.Ref: 5
Dec 29Marianne Faithfull Hampstead England, vocalist (Money), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Patti Smith songwriter, singer: Career of Evil, Piss Factory, Because the Night; playwright: Cowboy Mouth, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 30Charles Wakefield Cadman composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Dec 31Patti Smith Chicago IL, singer (Radio Ethiopia), is born.Ref: 5
1947
Jan 01Gary "BB" Coleman blues vocal/guitarist/producer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07David Porcelijn, Dutch composer/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08David 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.Ref: 4
Jan 08Terry Sylvester musician: Groups: Swinging Blue Jeans: Hippy Hippy Shake, Hollies: He Aint Heavy Hes My Brother, Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress, The Air That I Breathe, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 13John Lees England, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Pete Waterman rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Ulysses Dove dancer/choreographer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20George Grantham drummer: group: Poco: Crazy Eyes, A Good Feelin to KnowRef: 4
Jan 20Malcolm McLaren founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Jimmy Ibbotson Penn, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Warren Zevon Chicago IL, rocker (Excitable Boy), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Nedra Telley New York City NY, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Reynaldo Hahn composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 29David Byron singer: groups: Uriah Heep: Gypsy, Salisbury, July Morning, Easy Livin; Stalkers and Spice, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 30Steve Marriott singer, songwriter, musician: guitar: groups: The Small Faces: Watcha Gonna Do, Hey Girl, All or Nothing, My Minds Eye, Swinging London, Itchycoo Park, Tin Soldier, Lazy Sunday, Moments, Humble Pie, Packet of Three; child actor: Oliver!; is born.Ref: 4
Jan 30Martin Christoph Redel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Jim Nollman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Derek Shulman rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Peter Lucia musician: drums: group: Tommy James and The Shondells: I Think Were Alone Now, Mirage, Mony Mony, Crimson and Clover, Sweet Cherry Wine, Crystal Blue Persuasion, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 03Melanie [Safka], Astoria, singer/songwriter (Candles in the Rain), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Chose Alberts [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Dave Davies London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Koos Alberts [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Many More Years to Come), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 05Claude King singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Allen Jones musician: saxophone: group: Amen CornerRef: 4
Feb 06Luigi Russolo composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 08Ernest Samuel Williams composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 09Joe Ely Amarillo TX, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Major Harris US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Guus Willemse Dutch bassist/singer (Solution), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Tony Butler rock bassist (Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15John Adams Worcester MA, composer (Nixon on China), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15David Brown musician: bass: group: Santana: Soul Sacrifice, Samba Pa Ti, Black Magic Woman, Evil Ways, Oye Como Va, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 17Ben Cramer Dutch vocalist (Clown), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Dennis 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
Feb 24Lonnie Turner bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Rupert 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
Feb 26Sandi Shaw [Sandra Goodrich], Dagenham Essex England, rocker (Always Something There To Remind Me), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Gidon Kremer Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Dave Mount Carshalton Surrey England, rocker (Mud), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Alfredo Casella Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 06Kiki Dee Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 06Ludwig Weber composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Mar 07Donna Loren Boston MA, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Carole Bayer Sager, singer, songwriter: Thats What Friends are For; w/Tony Wein: Groovy Kind of Love; w/Albert Hammond: When I Need You; w/Bruce Roberts: Youre the Only One; w/Marvin Hamlisch: Break It to Me Gently, Looking Through the Eyes of Love, Nobody Does It Better, is born.Ref: 17
Mar 08Mike Allsup musician: guitar: group: Three Dog Night: Try a Little Tenderness, Easy to be Hard, Elis Coming, Mama Told Me [Not to Come], Joy to the World, Black & White, Shambala, is born in Modesto CA.Ref: 4
Mar 10Tom Scholz musician: guitar, keyboards, singer: group: Boston: More than a Feeling, Long Time, Peace of Mind, Dont Look Back, Man Ill Never Be, Amanda, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 11Blue (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
Mar 11Mark Stein Bayonne NJ, rocker (Vanilla Fudge-You Keep Me Hanging On), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Victor Hely-Hutchinson composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Mar 13Lesley Collier British ballet dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Jimmy O'Rourke rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Stomu Yamash'ta composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Ry (Ryland) Cooder musician: guitar: Sister Morphine, Ditty Wah Ditty [w/Earl Hines]; composer: Mama Dont Treat Your Daughter Mean, UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto, Im Drinking Again, Hard Workin Man, is born in Los Angeles CA.Ref: 4
Mar 17Ian Gomm rock guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Barry Wilson England, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Robert Harrison rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19B.J. (Barrie James) Wilson musician: drummer: group: Procol Harum: Whiter Shade of Pale; is born.Ref: 4
Mar 19Willem F J Pijper Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Mar 20Carl Palmer drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Harry Vanda [Vandenberg] Hague Netherlands, rock guitarist (Easybeats), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Patrick Olive percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Mike Kellie rock drummer (Spooky Tooth-It's All About), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Paul McCandless rocker (Torches on the Lake), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Harry Vanda musician: guitar: group: The Easybeats: Shes 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
Mar 25Elton John [Reginald Kenneth Dwight] Pinner Middlesex England, singer (Rocketman, Your Song, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Carmen Krolis Suriname/Netherlands singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Barry Miles musician: drums, keyboards: group: Silverlight; Roberta Flacks musical director, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 28Rudolph Hermann Simonsen composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Mar 29Bobby Kimball [Robert Toteaux] Vinton LA, rocker (Toto-Roseanna. Africa), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Al Goodman rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Jon-Jon Poulos Chicago IL, rocker (Buckinghams), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Larry Coryell jazz guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Emmylou 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
Apr 04Salvatore Sciarrino composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Tony Connor Romford Essex England, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Vaclav Kapral composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Apr 07Patricia Bennett singer: The Chiffons: Tonights the Night, Hes So Fine, One Fine Day, A Love So Fine, I Have a Boyfriend, Sweet Talkin Guy, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 08Steve 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 Marys Dress Shop, An Excerpt from a Teenage Opera, Sam, is born in London England.Ref: 4
Apr 08Peter Banks England, guitarist (Yes), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Konrad Friedrich Noetel composer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Apr 10Bunny Livingston Wailer (Neville ORiley) 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
Apr 10Karl Russell rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Michael DeBello singer (Maniac), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Wooly Wolstenholme keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Bojoura [Raina GB van Melzen] Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Mike Chapman Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Wolstenholme rocker, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 16Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Mark Volman musician: saxophone, singer: groups: Nightriders, Crossfires, The Turtles: It Aint Me Babe, Let Me Be, You Baby, Happy Together, Shed 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
Apr 21Iggy Pop [James Newell Osterberg] Ypsilanti MI, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Alan Warner rocker (Foundations), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21John Weider musician: bass: group: Family: No Mules Fool, Weavers Answer, In My Own Time, Burlesque, LPs: Fearless, Bandstand, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 22Barry Guy composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Saskia [Trudy van den Berg] singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Glenn Cornick rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Hubert Ann Kelly US singer (Hues Corporation/Rock the boat), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Bill Fontana composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Dave Peel punk rocker: group: The Lower East Side: LP: The Pope Smokes Dope, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 27Ann Peebles St Louis MO, soul singer (I Can't Stand the Rain), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Pete Ham Swansea South Wales, rock guitarist/pianist/vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Herbie Murrell US singer (Stylistics-You are My Everything), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Peter Gena composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Steve Khan jazz musician (Christmas Waltz), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Tommy James singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Carlos Ward rocker (B T Express), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Dennis Cowan London, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Louise Homer opera singer: contralto: NY Metropolitan Opera House [1900-1919]; dies.Ref: 4
May 08Felicity Lott English soprano (We come to the river), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Phil Sawyer rocker (Spencer Davis Group), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Rick Zehringer Celina OH, rocker (McCoys), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Jay (John) Ferguson singer: group: Spirit: I Got a Line on You, Natures Way; group: Jo Jo Gunne, is born.Ref: 4
May 10Dave Mason Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks drummer (Allman Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Else JT Rangstrm Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 13Overend Pete Watts rock bassist (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Al Ciner Chicago IL, rock guitarist (American Breed), is born.Ref: 5
May 15Graham Goble Adelaide Australia, rock guitarist (Little River Band), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Barbara Lee (Jones) singer (with the Chiffons), is born. Credits: He's So Fine, One Fine Day, Sweet Talkin' Guy, is born.Ref: 4
May 16Darrel Sweet musician: drums, singer: group: Nazareth: LPs: Love Hurts, Snaz; is born.Ref: 4
May 19Jerry Hyman Brooklyn NY, rock singer/trombonist (Blood Sweat & Tears), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Bill Champlin Oakland CA, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Mike Reid, Altoona PA, country singer (Walk on Faith), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Jessi Colter [Miriam Johnson] Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Mitch Margo Brooklyn NY, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Liana Alexandra composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 30Sidney Hugo Nicholson composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 31William H Campbell Jr rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Henri G Casadesus Fr altviolist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jun 01Ron Wood rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones [after 1975]), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 05Laurie (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
Jun 08Mick Box musician: guitar, songwriter: group: Uriah Heep: Gypsy, Salisbury, July Morning, Easy Livin, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 09Mitch Mitchell drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12John Clifford choreographer: New York City Ballet, Artistic Director of LA Ballet, ballet master/repetiteur for George Balanchine Trust, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 22Don Henley drummer/singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Howard Kaylan rocker (The Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Arlo Guthrie folk singer: The City of New Orleans, Alices Restaurant; son of legendary folk singer, Woody Guthrie, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 11Jeff Hanna rock vocalist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Mr Bojangles), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 12Jimmie Lunceford, American jazz band leader, dies at age 45.Ref: 70
Jul 19Bernie Leadon guitarist/vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 19Brian May guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 19Gerard Schwarz Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 20Carlos Santana Mexico, musician (Santana-Black Magic Woman), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 22Don Henley drummer (Eagles-Desparado), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 23David Essex (Cook) singer: Rock On, Lamplight, Im Gonna Make You a Star; actor: Godspell, Evita, Thatll be the Day, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 24Peter Serkin NYC, pianist (Tashi), is born.Ref: 68
Jul 30Marc Bolan (Feld) singer: group: T. Rex: Bang a Gong; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 31Karl Green musician: guitar, harmonica: group: Hermans Hermits: Im into Something Good, Mrs. Brown Youve Got a Lovely Daughter, Im Henry VIII, I Am, Listen People, A Must to Avoid, Leaning on the Lamp Post, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 01Rick Anderson musician: bass: group: The Tubes, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 01Rick Coonce singer, drummer: group: The Grass Roots: Lets Live for Today, Midnight Confessions, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 04Rick Derringer rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan's theme), is born in Union City IL.Ref: 68
Aug 10Rock singer-musician Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is born.Ref: 68
Aug 11Jeff Hanna singer/guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 15Gerald Velez congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 17Gary 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
Aug 20Jim Pankow trombonist, song writer; group: Chicago: Make Me Smile, Colour My World, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 21Carl Giammarese musician: guitar: The Buckinghams: Kind of a Drag, A&E: Biography, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 23Rex Allen Jr Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 06Roger Waters singer (Pink Floyd), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 09Freddy Weller musician: guitar: Paul Revere and The Raiders [1969]; solo: Games People Play; songwriter: Dizzy, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 14Jon Bowzer Bauman singer: group: Sha Na Na: LP: Rock & Roll is Here to Stay!; is born in Queens NY.Ref: 4
Sep 19Lol Crme musician: guitar, singer: groups: 10cc, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 21Don 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.Ref: 4
Sep 26Lynn Anderson ND, country singer (I Never Promised you a Rose Garden), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 30Marc Bolan London England, rocker (T-Rex-Bang a Gong), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 03Lindsey Buckingham rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 04Jim Fielder musician: bass: groups: Buffalo Springfield; Mothers of Invention; Blood, Sweat & Tears: Spinning Wheel, Youve Made Me So Very Happy, And When I Die, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 08Tony Wilson musician: bass, singer: group: Hot Chocolate, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 13Sammy Hagar singer, musician: group: Van Halen, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 16Bob Weir guitarist (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 18Laura Nyro Bronx, singer/songwriter (Eli's Coming, Stoney End), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 23Greg Ridley musician [bass], singer: groups: Dino of Dino and The Danubes; The Dakotas; The Ramrods; VIPs, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 30Timothy 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 Cant Tell You Why, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 31Russ Ballard singer, songwriter: musician: guitar: group: Argent: Hold Your Head Up; Roulettes, Unit 4+2, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 04Mike Smith musician: saxophone: groups: Judas Jump; Amen Corner: Gin House Blues, Bend Me Shape Me, [If Paradise Is] Half as Nice, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 05Peter Noone (Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone) musician [guitar, piano], singer: Herman of Hermans Hermits: Mrs. Brown, Youve Got a Lovely Daughter, Im Henry VIII, I Am; solo: Oh You Pretty Thing; actor: The Pirates of Penzance, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 06George Young musician: guitar: group: The Easybeats: Shes 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
Nov 08Minnie Ripperton Chicago, singer (Loving You), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 10Dave Loggins singer: Please Come to Boston; cousin of singer Kenny Loggins, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 11Pat Daugherty musician: bass: group: Black Oak Arkansas: Jim Dandy to the Rescue, Memories at the Window, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 20Joe 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
Nov 27Nedra Telley New York City NY, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Jim Messina musician: duo: Loggins and Messina: Your Mama Dont Dance, Dannys Song, Thinking of You, My Music; groups: Buffalo Springfield, Poco; solo: LPs: Oasis, Messina, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 06Miroslav Vitous rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Walter 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
Dec 12Ralph Scala rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Christopher Parkening Los Angeles CA, guitarist (transcribed sacred music), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Simon Bates English DJ, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Janie Fricke South Whitley IN, country singer (It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Gigliola Cinquetti Italian singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Peter Criss[coula] Brooklyn NY, rocker (Kiss-Beth), is born in New York City.Ref: 68
Dec 27Peter Criss rocker (Kiss-Beth), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Dick [Richard] Diamonde [Van Der Sluys] Hilversum Holland, rock bassist (Easybeats-Friday on My Mind), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Cozy Powell England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Jeff 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
Dec 31Burton Cummings rock guitarist (Guess Who-These Eyes), is born.Ref: 5
1948
Jan 01Hermann K J Zilcher German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jan 01Willem Louis Frederic Landre composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 03Larry McNeeley Lafayette IN, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Thom Mooney rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Kaz Lux Poland/Netherlands, singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Kenny Loggins, Everett WA, singer (Loggins & Messina-This is it, Footloose), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Mel Pritchard rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Paul King rocker (Blue Oyster Cult), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Richard Tauber Austria/British tenor/composer (Lhar), dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 09William Cowsill Newport RI, rock guitarist/vocals (Cowsills-We Can Fly), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Paul King rocker (Blue Oyster Cult), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Cyril Neville US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Donald Fagen Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13T Bone' Burnett rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Tim Harris rocker (Foundations), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14T-Bone Burnett musician/producer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Ronnie Van Zant rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Mick Taylor rock bassist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Harvey Hinsley musician: guitar: groups: Outlaws, Cliff Bennetts Rebel Rousers, Hot Chocolate: Emma, Disco Queen, You Sexy Thing, So You Win Again, Ill Put You Back Together Again, Every 1s a Winner, Girl Crazy, Chances, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 20Melvyn John Pritchard England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 23Anita Pointer Oakland, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Corky Laing rocker (Mountain), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Ignaz Friedman composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 27Chuck Larsen rocker (Snuff), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Bill Kirchen singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Felice Taylor R&B singer (I Feel Love Comin' On), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Alan McKay rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Tony DeMeur rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Alice Cooper [Vincent Furnier], Detroit MI, rocker (School's Out), is born.Ref: 17
Feb 05David Denny rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Nigel Tufnel rocker (Spinal Tap), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Jimmy Greenspoon Los Angeles CA, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07"Red" McKenzie blues-jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies.Ref: 5
Feb 08Dan 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
Feb 09William Cowsill Newport RI, rock guitarist/vocals (Cowsills-We Can Fly), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Paul King rocker (Blue Oyster Cult)Ref: 5
Feb 10Conrad Cummings composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Joe Schermie musician: bass: group: Three Dog Night: One, Easy to be Hard, Elis Cooming, Mama Told Me [Not to Come], Joy to the World, Black & White, Shambala, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 14Wally Tax Dutch guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Keith Knudsen musician: drums, singer: group: The Doobie Brothers: What a Fool Believes, Real Love, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 19Tony Iommi rock guitarist (Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Iron Man), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Mark Andes Philadelphia PA, rock bassist (Spirit, Heart, Fireball), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Barry Wordsworth conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Billy Zoom musician, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Frederick Archibald Lamond composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 27Eddie Gray rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Norman Connors singer (You Are My Starship), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Larry Carlton rock composer (Against All Odds, Who's the Boss), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Billy Gibbons rock guitarist (ZZ Top-Cheap Sunglasses, Legs, Fandango), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Chris Squire London, rock bassist (Yes-Fish Out of Water), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Shakin' Stevens [Mike Barrett], Ely Wales, rocker (You Drive Me Crazy), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Eddy Grant, Guyana, reggae performer (Electric Avenue), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Jacques Kloes singer (Dizzy Man's Band), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08[Little] Peggy March [Margaret Battavio] Lansdale PA, vocalist (I Will Follow Him), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Ralph Ellis Liverpool England, rhythm guitarist (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Country musician Jimmy Fadden (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is born.Ref: 4
Mar 09Jeffrey Osborne Providence RI, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Jimmie 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 Sharecroppers Dream], is born in Long Beach CA.Ref: 4
Mar 10Eddie Grundy rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11George Kooymans The Hague Netherlands, guitarist/singer (Golden Earring-Radar Love, Twilight Zone), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12James Taylor singer: Youve 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.Ref: 4
Mar 12Dana Walden rock keyboardist (Champaign), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Les Holroyd Oldham England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Michael Bruce rocker/actor (Rudy-Rainbow Drive), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Fran Byrne rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Pat Lloyd rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Andrew Lloyd Webber London England, composer (Evita, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Randy Hobbs rocker (Johnny Winter Band, McCoys), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Randy Hobbs musician: bass: group: The McCoys: Hang on SloopyRef: 4
Mar 25Michael Stanley Cleveland OH, rocker (Michael Stanley Band), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Kyung-Wha Chung Seoul Korea, violinist (Chung Sisters), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Steven Tyler (Tallarico), New York NY, rock vocalist (Dream On, Walk This Way, Aerosmith-Janie's Got a Gun), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Richard Tandy musician: bass: group: Electric Light Orchestra, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 27Karel Candael Flemish composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 28John Evans [Evan] rock drummer (Jethro Tull, Blades-A Song for Jeffrey), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Dave Ball rocker (Procul Harum), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Jim Dandy Mangrum vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Thijs van Leer Dutch singer/flutist (Focus, Introspection), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Mick Ralphs Hereford & Worcester England, guitarist (Bad Company, Mott the Hoople), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Jimmy Cliff Reggae singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Simon Crowe rock drummer (Boomtown Rats-Maxinguaye), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Kerry Minnear rocker (Gentle Giant), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Garrick Ohlsson Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Berry Oakley rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Gail Davies Broken Bow OK, country singer (Blue Heartache), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Pick Withers rocker (Dire Straits), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Chico Ryan rocker (Sha Na Na), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Kathleen Battle US soprano (Tannhuser), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Peter Swevel rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Larry Ferguson musician: keyboards: group: Hot Chocolate: Emma, Disco Queen, You Sexy Thing, So You Win Again, Ill Put You Back Together Again, Every 1s a Winner, Girl Crazy, Chances, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 14Ty Grimes rocker (Captain Beefheart Band Drums, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Jan Hammer composer (Escape from TV, Miami Vice), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Catherine Malfitano New York NY, soprano (Metropolitan Opera), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Craig Frost musician: keyboard: group: Grand Funk: Were an American Band, The Loco-Motion, Some Kind of Wonderful, Bad Time, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 20Joe Bonner jazz pianist, composerRef: 4
Apr 21Paul Davis Meridian MI, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Carlos Lopez Buchardo composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 24Joseph Wihtol composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Apr 24Manuel Marua Ponce Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65.Ref: 5
Apr 27Kate Pierson Weehawken NJ, vocals/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Wayne Kramer jazz artist (Dangerous Madness), is born.Ref: 5
May 01James Wise US soul singer (Archie Bell & the Drells), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Larry Gatlin Seminole TX, country singer (Gatlin Brothers-Broken Lady), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Bill Ward Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Frank Esier-Smith rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 06Lolita [Abrzame] Spanish singer (Esprame), is born.Ref: 5
May 07-Singer Peggy March is born.Ref: 6
May 07Peter Wingfield Wales, rocker/actor (Methos-Highlander), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Alfred Holy composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
May 12Steve Winwood Birmingham England, singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist (Higher Love, Roll With It), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Isidor Achron composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
May 15Brian 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
May 17Bill Bruford Sevenoaks Kent England, drummer (Yes, King Crimson, Genesis), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Country singer Joe Bonsall (The Oak Ridge Boys) is born.Ref: 68
May 18Joe Bonsall Philadelphia PA, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Grace Jones [Mendoza] Spanishtown Jamaica, singer/actress (Vamp), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Tom Scott Los Angeles CA, saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Leo [Gerard] Sayer Shoreham-on-Sea England, singer (When I Need You), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Leo Sayer, Britsh singer, is born in Shoreham, England.Ref: 68
May 24Alfred Kastner composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 25Klaus Meine Hanover Germany, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Stevie [Stephanie Lynn] Nicks Phoenix AZ, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Bella Donna), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Pete Sears bassist (Jefferson Starship), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Ray Laidlaw British rock drummer (Jack the Lad), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Linda Esther Gray opera singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 29Michael Berkley composer/broadcaster, is born.Ref: 5
May 31John Bonzo Bonham musician: drums: group: Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant Song; is born.Ref: 4
May 31Jose Vianna da Motta composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jun 09Nathaniel Rosen Altadena Calif, cellist (Tchaikovsky Gold 1978), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 13Dennis Locorriere musician: guitar, singer: group: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: Sylvias Mother, Sexy Eyes, The Cover of "Rolling Stone", When Youre in Love with a Beautiful Woman, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 16Brian Eno rocker (Here Comes the Warm Jets), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 21Joey Molland musician: guitar, keyboards, singer: groups: Natural Gas, Badfinger: Day After Day, No Matter What, Baby Blue, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 21Leo Sayers rocker (You Make Me Feel Like Dancing), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Todd Rundgren rock singer (Hello it's Me, Bang on the Drum All Day), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Ian 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
Jul 03Paul Berrere rocker (Little Feat-Truck Stop Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 04Jeremy 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
Jul 08Raffi Cavoukian singer, songwriter: childrens songs: Everything Grows, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 12Walter Egan rocker (Not Shy, Fundamental Roll), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 14Tommy Matola rock manager/CEO (CBS records), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 16Pinchas Zukerman Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 16Ruben Blades, salsa singer/actor (Critical Condition, Last Fight), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 17Brian Glascock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 19Keith Godchaux keyboardist (Grateful Dead), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 21Cat 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
Jul 25Steve Goodman Chicago, singer/songwriter (Somebody Elses Trouble), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 10Patti Austin singer (The Real Me), is born in New York City. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 95
Aug 13Kathleen Battle, Portsmouth Ohio, soprano (Shephard-Tannhuser), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 20Robert Plant rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 26Jet Black rocker (Stranglers-Dreamtime), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 26Valerie Simpson Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner (Like a Rock), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 28Daniel Seraphine musician: drums: group: Chicago: If You Leave Me Now, Hard to Say Im Sorry, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 03Donald Brewer musician: drums, songwriter: groups: Silver Bullet Band, Flint, Grand Funk Railroad: Were an American Band, Walk like a Man, Shinin On, Some Kind of Wonderful, Bad Time, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 06Claydes (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
Sep 16Kenny Jones musician: drums: group: Small Faces, Faces: Stay with Me; group: The Who, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 20Chuck 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
Sep 20John 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
Sep 26Olivia Newton-John Cambridge England, singer (I Honestly Love You, Physical), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 27(year questionable) Meatloaf aka Marvin Lee Aday, Dallas, rocker (Bat Out of Hell), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 28Helen Shapiro London England, rocker (Straighten Up), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 29Mark Farner Mich, guitar/vocalist (Grand Funk Railroad-Locomotion), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 01Ellen McIlwaine Nashville, blues singer (Honky Tonky Angel), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 08Johnny Ramone (Cummings) musician: guitar: group: The Ramones, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 09Dave Samuels vibraphonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 09Jackson Browne Germany, rocker (Lawyers in Love), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 11Daryl Hall rocker/songwriter (Hall & Oates-Sara Smile), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 12Rick Parfitt singer, musician: guitar: group: Status Quo, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 13Lacy J. Dalton (Jill Byrem) songwriter, singer, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 13Leona Mitchell Enid Okla, soprano (Musetta-La Bohme), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 14Marcia Barrett singer: group: Boney M: Daddy Cool, Brown Girl in the Ring, Rivers of Babylon, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 15Chris De Burgh (Christopher John Davidson) singer, songwriter: The Lady in Red, A Spaceman Came Travelling, Ship to Shore, Dont Pay the Ferryman, High on Emotion, The Ecstacy of Flight [I Love the Night], Transmission Ends, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 25Glenn Tipton musician: guitar: group: Judas Priest, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 28Telma 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.Ref: 5
Oct 28Rick Reynolds musician: guitar: group: Black Oak Arkansas: Memories at the Window, Jim Dandy to the Rescue, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 03Lulu (Marie Lawrie) singer: To Sir with Love, Boom Bang-A-Bang, Oh Me Oh My [Im a Fool for You Baby], I Could Never Miss You, is born in Glasgow Scotland.Ref: 4
Nov 06Glenn 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: Smugglers Blues; LP: No Fun Aloud, The Allnighter, The Heat is On, You Belong to the City, is born in Detroit MI.Ref: 4
Nov 09Joe Bouchard musician: bass, singer: group: Blue Oyster Cult: Don?t Fear the Reaper; LPs: Agents, Revolution by Night, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 09Alan Gratzer musician: drums: group: REO Speedwagon: Keep on Loving You, Take It on the Run, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 10Greg Lake musician: bass, singer: group: Emerson, Lake and Palmer: From the Beginning, Lucky Man; solo: I Believe in Father Christmas, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 12Errol 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.Ref: 4
Nov 12Musician Glenn Frey, is born. Ref 
Nov 21Lonnie (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
Nov 27Chuck Larsen rocker (Snuff), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 28Beeb Birtles musician: guitar: group: The Little River Band: Its 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
Dec 03Diane Kurys [Emir Kusturica] Sarajevo, bass guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Ozzy (John) Osbourne songwriter, singer: groups: Rare Breed, Black Sabbath: Paranoid; solo: Blizzard of Oz; dead bat-head biter, is born in England.Ref: 4
Dec 04Southside Johnny (Lyon) singer: group: Southside Johnny and The Asbury Dukes: I Dont Wanna Go Home, The Fever, This Time Its for Real, Hearts of Stone, is born in Neptune NJ.Ref: 5
Dec 06Jonathan King London, singer (Everyone's Gone to the Moon), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Marius Mueller-Westernhagen Duesseldorf Germany, rocker (Stinker), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Yoko Morishita prima ballerina (Baterina No Habataki), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Gary Morris Fort Worth TX, singer/actor (Les Misrables, Colbys), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Godfrey Turner composer, dies at 35.Ref: 5
Dec 09Dennis Dunaway rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Jessica Cleaves singer: group: Friends of Distinction, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 10Brendan Harkin rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Ralph Tavares rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Ray Jackson rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Jeff Skunk Baxter musician: guitarist: groups: Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers: What a Fool BelievesRef: 4
Dec 13Ted Nugent Detroit MI, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Reginald Owen Morris composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 17Jim Bonfanti rocker (Raspberries-Go All the Way), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Jim Alexander rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Edgar Istel composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 18Bryan Chas Chandler musician: bass: group: Animals: House of the Rising Sun; manager: Jimi Hendrix, then Slade, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 20Little Stevie Wright (singer: group: The Easybeats: Shes 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
Dec 20Alan Parsons England, musician/producer/engineer (Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, Beatles), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Merry Clayton rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Barbara Mandrell CMA Entertainer of the Year [1980, 1981], Female Vocalist of the Year [1979]; Standing Room Only, I Was Country When Country Wasnt Cool, Sleeping Single in a Double Bed, If Loving You Is Wrong, is born in Houston TX.Ref: 4
Dec 27Larry Byrom rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Donna Summer Boston MA, singer (Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Tony Hamilton rocker (Aerosmith), is born.Ref: 5
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Jan 02Chick Churchill Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Chris Stein Brooklyn NY, rock guitarist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Call Me), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05George 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
Jan 06Richard Horowitz composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07John Christopher Parry rocker (Cure), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Marshall Chapman Spartanburg SC, country singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Amilcare Zanella composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Jan 11Tom Netherton Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11[Frederick] Dennis Greene rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Joaqun Turina Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jan 19Robert Palmer, Batley England, rocker (Addicted to Love, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22James P Pennington rocker (Exile), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Steve Perry musician: drums: group: Radio Stars; Journey: Whos Crying Now, Open Arms; solo: Oh Sherrie, Dont Fight It [w/Kenny Loggins], is born Hanford CA.Ref: 4
Jan 25Emil Axman composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 26Derek Holt rocker (Climax Blues Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Boris Asafiev composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Jan 28Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 29Tommy Ramone (Erdelyi) musician: drums: group: The Ramones: Beat on the Brat, Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 30William 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
Feb 01Herbert Stothart composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 02Tom Tripplehorn rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Jetty Weels Surinamese/Dutch vocalist (Mai Tai), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Ross Valory San Francisco CA, rock bassist (Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Oscar Benton Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Nigel Olsson rock guitarist/drummer (Elton John Band), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Feb 07Alan Lancaster musician: bass: group: Status Quo: LPs: Picturesque Matchstickable, Piledriver, Hello, On the Level, Blue for You, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 08Franco Leoni composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Feb 08Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Feb 09Amilcare Zanella composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Feb 09Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Feb 10Nigel Olsson musician: drums: backup for Elton John, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 11Charlie Hargrett rock guitarist (Blackfoot), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Stanley Knight country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Jimmy Randell rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Christopher Rouse composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Fred Frith English guitarist/violinist/bassist (Skeleton Crew), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Edward Hardin New York NY, rocker (Spencer Davis Group), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 21Jerry Harrison Milwaukee WI, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads-And She Was), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Ernest Walker composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 23Larry Demps US R&B vocalist (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Terry "Tex" Comer Burnley Lancashire England, bassist/guitarist (Ace-How Long), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Emma Kirkby British soprano, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Stanley Robert Marchant composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 01Sido Martens Dutch guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Rory Gallagher Ballyshannon Ireland, rock guitarist (See Here)Ref: 5
Mar 03David 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
Mar 06Donald York rocker (Sha Na Na), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Kalevi Aho composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Richard de Bois Dutch drummer/producer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Juan Lamonte de Grignon composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 12Mike Gibbins, musician: drums: group: Badfinger: Maybe Tomorrow, No Matter What, Day After Day, Feel like Makin Love, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 12Bill 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
Mar 13Donny York singer: group: Sha Na Na.Ref: 4
Mar 16Elliott Murphy US singer/songwriter, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Starr Danias New York NY, ballerina (Turning Point), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Ric Ocasek (Richard Otcasek) musician: guitar, singer: group: The Cars: My Best Friends Girl, Just What I Needed, Lets Go, You Might Think, Magic, Drive, Tonight She Comes; solo: LP: Beatitude, is born in Baltimore MD.Ref: 4
Mar 24Nick Lowe vocalist/producer (I Knew the Bride), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 24Steve Lang Montral Canada, rock bassist (April Wine-Just Between You and Me), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Neil Jones musician (Bend Me Shape Me), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Nick Lowe Woodchurch Suffolk England, rocker (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Fran Sheehan Boston MA, rock bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Milan 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 bornRef: 4
Mar 28Grigoras Dinicu composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 29Michael Brecker jazz musician (The Brecker Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Paul Gambaccini British disc jockey, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Richard Thompson vocalist/guitarist (Shoot out the Lights), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Jan Keizer Dutch singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Basil Harwood composer, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Apr 04Larry Lingle rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07John Oates songwriter, singer: group: Hall and Oates: Shes Gone, Sara Smile, Rich Girl, I Cant Go for That, Private Eyes, Maneater, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 09Steve Gadd jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Frank de Leeuw Dutch rock guitarist (Bob Color), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Dennis 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
Apr 16Bill Spooner musician: guitar: group: The Tubes: LPs: Young and Rich, T.R.A.S.H., Love Bomb, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 17John Oates New York NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Michal Israel, rocker (Sky with Stars), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23John Miles vocal/guitar/keyboards (John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Wilfrido [Radams] Vargas [Martnez] Altamira Puerto Plata Dominican Republic, Spanish singer (El Barbarazo), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Michael Brown (Lookofsky), New York NY, keyboardist/songwriter (The Left Banke-Walk Away Renee), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Jimmy Hall rocker (Wet Willie), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Francis Rossi musician: guitar, singer: group: Status Quo: LPs: Picturesque Matchstickable, Piledriver, Hello, On the Level, Blue for You, is born.Ref: 4
May 02Joey Phillips percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Larry Wayne Gatlin, singer with The Gatlin Brothers, is born.Ref: 17
May 04Zal Cleminson rocker (Alex Harvey Band), is born.Ref: 5
May 09(Long Island) Billy Joel, Hicksville NY, singer/songwriter/piano player (Pianoman, Captain Jack, Bridge), is born. (TWA, 2003)Ref: 95
May 12Steve Winwood. British musician with Traffic, is born.Ref: 17
May 13John Glover conductor, is born.Ref: 5
May 16William Sputnik Spooner rock guitarist (Grateful Dead, Tubes), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Bill 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
May 18Bill Wallace rocker (Guess Who), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Rick Wakeman rock keyboardist (Yes-Fish Out of Water), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Dusty Hill musician: bass, singer: group: ZZ Top, is born.Ref: 4
May 21Arno Hintjens Belgian singer (T C Matic), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Rosalind Plowright British soprano (Aida, Senta), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Hans Erich Pfitzner Russian/German composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 24John Illsley rocker (Dire Straits), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Singer Hank Williams Jr. is born.Ref: 4
May 28Wendy O[rleans] Williams Rochester NY, punk rocker (Plasmatics), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Francis Rossi London England, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down, Picture of a Matchstick Man), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Gary Brooker Essex England, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08Emanuel Ax Lvov Poland, pianist (Artur Rubinstein Comp -1974), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11Frank Beard rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Lets, Fandango), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 14Alan White (musician: drummer: group: Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart; group: Plastic Ono Band), is born.Ref: 4
Jun 15Russ Hitchcock singer: group: Air Supply: The One that You Love, Love and other Bruises, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 20Rhythm-and-blues singer Lionel Richie is born. (TWA, 1988)Ref: 95
Jun 22Alan Osmond singer: group: The Osmonds/The Osmond Brothers, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 24John 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 Mans Too Strong, Goin Home, Smooching, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 30(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.Ref: 4
Jul 09Singer Courtney Love is born. (XDG, p 4A, 7/9/2000)Ref: 83
Jul 10Ronnie James Dio (Padavona) singer, songwriter: groups: Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio: Mystery, Stars, LPs: Holy Diver, The Last in Line, Dream Evil, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 12John Wetton musician: bassist, singer: group: Asia: Heat of the Moment, Only Time Will Tell, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 17Mike 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.Ref: 4
Jul 17Terence 'Geezer' Butler musician: bass: group: Black Sabbath: Paranoid, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 17Mick 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.Ref: 4
Jul 19Singer Harry Belafonte began recording for Capitol Records on this day. The first sessions included They Didnt Believe Me and Close Your Eyes. A short time later, Capitol said Belafonte wasnt commercial enough, so he signed with RCA Victor (for a very productive and commercial career).Ref: 4
Jul 26Roger Taylor rocker (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 27Maureen McGovern Youngstown Oh, singer (Got to be a morning after), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 28Peter Doyle singer: group: The New Seekers: Id like to Teach the World to Sing, Look What Theyve Done to My Song Ma, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 28Simon Kirke musician: drums: groups: Free: All Right Now; Bad Company: Cant Get Enough, Ready for Love, Feel like Makin Love, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 03B.B. (Morris) Dickerson musician: bass, singer: group: War, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 11Eric Carmen Cleveland, Ohio, rocker (All by Myself), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Mark Knopfler guitar/vocals (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 13Cliff Fish (musician: bassist: group: Paper Lace: The Night Chicago Died)Ref: 4
Aug 13Sheralee Ft Lauderdale Fla, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)Ref: 5
Aug 23Rick Springfield Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 25Gene Simmons Queens, NY, rocker (KISS-Beth), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 26Bob Cowsill singer: group: The Cowsills: The Rain, the Park and Other Things, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 27Jeff Cook singer, musician: guitar: group: Alabama: Love in the First Degree, Feels So Right, is bornRef: 4
Aug 28Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY.Ref: 5
Aug 28Hugh Cornwell rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 07Gloria Gaynor Newark NJ, disco singer (I Will Survive), is born.Ref: 17
Sep 08Richard Strauss composer: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Don Quixote, Till Eulenspiegel; dies at age 85.Ref: 4
Sep 18Kerry Livgren musician: guitar, keyboards: group: Kansas, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 22David Coverdale rocker (Whitesnake-Here We Go Again), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 23Bruce 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, Im on Fire, Glory Days, My Hometown, War; songwriter: Blinded by the Light [Manfred Manns Earth Band], Fire [The Pointer Sisters]; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [3-15-99], is born.Ref: 4
Oct 02Richard Hell (Myers) musician: bass: groups: Television; Heartbreakers; Neon Boys:, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 03Lindsey Buckingham musician: guitar: group: Fleetwood Mac, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 05Brian 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.Ref: 4
Oct 05B.W. Stevenson singer: Shambala; songwriter: My Maria, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 06Bobby Farrell singer: group: Boney M: Daddy Cool, Brown Girl in the Ring, Rivers of Babylon, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 07David Hope musician: bass: group: Kansas, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 08Hamish Stuart musician: guitar, singer: group: Average White Band, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 11Daryl Hall (Hohl) singer: group: Hall & Oates, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 13Sammy Hagar singer-musician (Van Halen-Jump), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 18Country 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".Ref: 5
Nov 03Country singer Ronnie McDowell is born.Ref: 4
Nov 08Bonnie Raitt Grammy Award-winning singer [1990]: Runaway, The Boy Cant Help It, Something to Talk About, Sweet Forgiveness; actress: Urban Cowboy; musician: guitar; daughter of actor, John Raitt, is born is Los Angeles CA.Ref: 4
Nov 08Alan Berger musician: bass: group: Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes: I Dont Wanna Go Home, The Fever, This Time Its for Real, Love on the Wrong Side of Town, When You Dance, Hearts of Stone, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 10Ann Reinking dancer, actress: Pippin, All that Jazz, Annie, Mickey and Maude, is born in Seattle WA.Ref: 4
Nov 13Terry Reid guitarist (River, Bang Bang You're Terry Reid), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 14James 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.Ref: 4
Nov 25Vaudeville dancer Bill 'Bojangles' (Luther) Robinson dies at 71.Ref: 4
Nov 27Boris Asafiev composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Nov 28Paul 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.Ref: 4
Nov 28Alexander Godunov (Boris Alexandrovich Godunov) ballet dancer; actor: Die Hard, The Money Pit, Witness; is born.Ref: 4
Dec 03Mickey Thomas Cairo GA, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Starship), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Tom Waits singer: Shiver Me Timbers, Diamonds on My Windshield, Small Change, The Piano Has Been Drinking, Tom Trauberts Blues, Burma Shave, Potters Field, Jersey Girl, LP: Foreign Affairs, Swordfishtrombone; songwriter: I Never Talk to Strangers; actor: Short Cuts, Paradise Alley, Bram Stokers Dracula, Ironweed, The Cotton Club; playwright [w/wife, Kathleen Brennan]: Franks Wild YearsRef: 4
Dec 06Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, "King of the String Guitars", dies at age 64.Ref: 68
Dec 07Tom Waits California, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine), is born.Ref: 68
Dec 08Ray Shulman rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Rock musician Frank Beard (ZZ Top) is born.
Dec 12Paul Rodgers musician: piano, vocals: Cut Loose; groups: Free, Bad Company, The Firm, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 13Randy Owen musician: guitar, singer: group: Alabama: I Want to Be with You, I Wanna Come Over, My Homes 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.Ref: 4
Dec 13Tom Verlaine [Miller] Mount Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Walter "Clyde" Owen rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Cliff 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.Ref: 4
Dec 16Billy 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.Ref: 4
Dec 17Paul Rodgers England, rocker (Bad Company-Feel Like Makin Love, The Firm), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17David Stanley Smith composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 19Lenny White rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Alan 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.Ref: 4
Dec 22Maurice Gibb, Manchester England, rocker/twin of Robin (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Michael Osborne rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Robin Gibb, Manchester England, rocker/twin of Maurice (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Luther Grosvenor rocker (Spooky Tooth), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Ira Newborn New York NY, orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer), is born.Ref: 5
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Jan 01Morgan Fisher rock keyboardist (British Lions), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 02Lou Gramm rocker (Foreigner-Midnight Blue, Ready Or Not), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Beth Anderson composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Chris Stein musician: guitar: group: Blondie: In the Flesh, Denis, [Im 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.Ref: 4
Jan 09Rio Reiser rock singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Koos van de Griend composer, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Jan 15David Lynn Jones Bexar AR, country singer (Bonnie Jean), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Debbie 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.Ref: 4
Jan 18Claudia de Colombia Bogato Columbia, Spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Henk Batenburgh cabaret performer/singer (Waaldrecht), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Billy Ocean [Leslie S Charles], Trinidad, singer (Suddenly, Caribbean Queen), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Richie Ranno rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Patrick Simmons guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23William Cunningham rock bassist/pianist (Box Tops-Letter), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Danny Federici rocker (E Street Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Michael Cotton rocker (Tubes), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04James Dunn US vocalist (Stylistics-You make me feel Brand New), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Philip Ehart rock drummer (Kansas), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Robert-John Stips rock keyboardist/singer (The Nits), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Ann Sexton US vocalist (You're Gone too Long), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Natalie Cole, Los Angeles CA, singer (Unforgettable, Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Mike Batt composer/arranger, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Punky Meadows Washington DC, rock guitarist (Angel), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Michael Goodroe rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Ted Turner rocker (Wishbone Ash), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Rio Reiser rock singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Mike Rutherford rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Armen Tigran Tigranyan composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 11Rochelle Fleming US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Steve Hackett rock guitarist (Genesis-Against All Odds/GTR), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Roger Christian singer: group: The Christians, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 13Peter (Brian) Gabriel singer: group: Genesis; solo songwriter, singer: Sledgehammer, Big Time, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 14Roger Fisher musician: guitar: group: Heart: Crazy on You, Magic Man, Barracuda, Straight On, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 17Rick Medlocke rock guitarist/vocalist (Blackfoot), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Andy Powell rocker (Wishbone Ash), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Edyth Walker US singer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Feb 20Walter Becker New York NY, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Steve Priest London, rock bassist (Sweet Hayes), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Emitt Rhodes musician (The Merry-go-Round), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Jonathan Cain Chicago IL, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Journey, Bad English, Babys), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Stephen Chatman composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Karen Carpenter New Haven CT, vocalist/drummer (We've Only Just Begun), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Re Styles rock vocalist (Tubes), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Emilio Estefan Cuba, rocker (Miami Sound Machine-1 2 3), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Eugene Fodor Turkey Creek CO, violinist (1972 Paganini Award, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Jaroslav Kocian composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 10Ted McKenna rocker (Alex Harvey Band), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Bobby McFerrin singer (Don't Worry Be Happy-1989 Grammy), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III.Ref: 5
Mar 13Danny Kirwan London, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Steve Hill country vocalist (A Winning Hand), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul" premieres at Barrymore Theater NYC for 269 performances.Ref: 5
Mar 18James Conlon New York NY, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Brad Dourif actor: Phoenix, Color of Night, Wild Palms, Final Judgement, Jungle Fever, Body Parts, Mississippi Burning, Blue Velvet, Dune, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Studs Lonigan, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 19John 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.Ref: 4
Mar 20Carl Palmer musician: drums: groups: Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Lucky Man, From the Beginning; Asia: Heat of the Moment, Only Time Will Tell, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 21Roger Hodgson London England, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Teddy Pendergrass Philadelphia PA, singer (Turn Off the Lights) is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Ronnie McDowell Fountain Head TN, country singer (King is Gone), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Maria Ewing opera singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Tony Banks, East Heathly Sussex England, rock keyboardist (Genesis-Invisible Touch, Misunderstanding), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Eugene Bowen composer (Wonder's Edge), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Rupert Greenall rock keyboardist (Fixx), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Richard Hughes rocker (Johnny Winter Band), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Billy Currie musician: synthesizer, keyboards, violin: group: Ultravox: Vienna, All Stood Still, The Thin Wall, The Voice, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 03Curtis Stone North Hollywood CA, singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Kurt Weill, German-born American composer (The Threepenny Opera), dies at age 50.Ref: 70
Apr 03Death 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").Ref: 5
Apr 03Adolf Wiklund composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 05Agnetha Faltskog, Jonkoping, Sweden, rocker (ABBA-Waterloo), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Anna Ulvaeus rocker (Aha-Take on Me), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Mildred Douglas Surinames/Dutch singer (Mai Tai), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Janis Ian [Janis Fink], NYC, folk singer (Society's Child, At 17), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky dies in London at age 60.Ref: 70
Apr 10Dave Peverett rocker (Foghat), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Eddie Hazel US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12David Cassidy New York NY, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Riff West rock bassist (Molly Hatchet), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Bill Sudderth III trumpeter (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Tyrwhitt-Wilson 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 22Peter Frampton guitarist, singer: Show Me the Way, Do You Feel Like We Do, I Cant Stand it No More, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 22Peter Frampton, Kent England, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Steve Ferrone Brighton England, drummer (Average White Band), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Howard "Leon" Reeder rock guitarist (Champaign), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Peter Schaufuss director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 27Karl Straube German organist/conductor, dies.Ref: 5
May 02Lou Gramm Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-I Want to Know What Love Is), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Mary Hopkin South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Darryl Hunt English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Maggie MacNeal Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Robbie McIntosh drummer (Average White Band-Show your Hand), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Janis Ian [Janis Eddy Fink] New York NY, rock vocalist (At 17, Society's Child), is born.Ref: 5
May 07Prairie Prince rocker (Tubes), is born.Ref: 5
May 09Tom Petersson musician: bass, singer: group: Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me, Aint That a Shame, Dream Police, Voices, is born.Ref: 4
May 12Billy Squier Wellesley Hills MA, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Jocko Marcellino rocker (Sha Na Na), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Stevie 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.Ref: 5
May 13Danny Kirwan rocker (Fleetwood Mac), is born.Ref: 5
May 13John "Jocko" Marcellino rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Peter Gabriel London England, rocker (Sledgehammer, Shock the Monkey, Solsbury Hill, Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Jock Bartley rocker (Firefall), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Eduardo Fabini composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 21Roger Hodgson London, rocker (Supertramp-The Logical Song), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Bernie Taupin lyricist, writes with Elton John, is born.Ref: 5
May 26Antonina Neshdanova Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies.Ref: 5
May 29Rebbie (Maureen Reilette) Jackson singer: LPs: Centipede [written by brother, Michael], Reactions; oldest member of the Jackson family, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 01Graham Russell singer: group: Air Supply: Lost in Love, All Out of Love, The One that You Love, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 03Suzi Quatro Detroit, singer (Stumblin' In)/actress (Happy Days), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 05Laurie (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
Jun 08Elmar Oliveira Waterbury Connecticut, violinist (Naumburg 1978), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 09Trevor Bolder musician: bass: groups: Spiders from Mars, Uriah Heep: LP: Equator, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 15Noddy (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, Well Bring the House Down, My Oh My, Run Run Away, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 20Lionel Richie singer (Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 21Joey Kramer NYC, rock drummer (Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 04David Jensen rocker British DJ, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 05Michael Monarch (musician: guitar: group: Steppenwolf: Born to Be Wild, The Pusher, Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me), is born.Ref: 4
Jul 07David Hodo singer: group: The Village People: YMCA, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 11Bonnie Pointer singer (Pointer Sisters), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 12Eric Carr drummer (Kiss-Beth), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Singer Glenn Hughes (the biker of The Village People) is born.Ref: 4
Jul 23Blair Thornton musician: guitar: group: Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Takin Care of Business, You Aint Seen Nothin Yet, Roll On Down the Highway, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 26Duncan Mackay musician: keyboards: groups: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, 10CC: Dreadlock Holiday, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 27Michael Vaughn musician: guitarist: group: Paperlace: The Night Chicago Died, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 07Rodney Crowell singer/guitarist (for Emmylou Harris), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Andy 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.Ref: 4
Aug 11Erik Braunn musician: guitar, singer: group: Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 18Dennis Elliott musician: drums: group: Foreigner: I Want to Know What Love Is, Waiting for a Girl like You, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 22Sam Neely singer: Love You Just Crossed My Mind, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 30Mick Moody musician: guitar: group: Whitesnake: Fool for Your Loving, Dont Break My Heart Again, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 04Ronald LaPread musician: bass: group: Commodores: Still, Three Times a Lady, Nightshift, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 07Chrissie Hynde Akron Oh, rocker (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 10Don 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, Well Bring the House Down, My Oh My, Run Run Away, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 10Joe Perry Boston, rocker (Aerosmith-Walking the Dog), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 14Paul Kossoff musician: guitar: group: Free: All Right Now; is born.Ref: 4
Sep 16David Bellamy singer: duo: The Bellamy Brothers, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 17Fee Waybill (John Waldo) singer: group: The TubesRef: 4
Oct 02Michael Rutherford musician: guitarist: group: Mike & The Mechanics:, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 05Eddie Clarke musician: guitar: group: Motorhead, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 06Thomas McClary musician: guitar: group: The Commodores, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 08Robert "Kool" Bell rocker (Kool & the Gang-Joanna), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 11Andrew Woolfolk musician: reeds: group: Earth, Wind and Fire, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 20Tom Petty singer: group: The Traveling Wilburys; Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Dont Come Around Here No More, Dont Do Me Like That, Refugee, Stop Draggin My Heart Around [w/Stevie Nicks]; in film: Made in Heaven, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 23The Worlds Greatest Entertainer (a billing he gave himself), Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson), passes away at the age of 64.Ref: 4
Nov 01Dan Peek musician: guitar, singer: group: America, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 10Ronnie Hammond singer: group: Atlanta Rhythm Section: So in to You, Imaginary Lover, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 11Jim Peterik musician: keyboard: group: Survivor: Eye of the Tiger, Burning Heart; singer: group: Ides of March: Vehicle, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 12Barbara Fairchild singer: The Teddy Bear Song, Kid Stuff, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 18Graham 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.Ref: 4
Nov 21Livingston Taylor singer; brother of singer James Taylor, is born in Boston MA.Ref: 4
Nov 22Steve Miami Van Zandt singer, songwriter, musician: guitar: group: E Street Band, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 22Tina (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.Ref: 4
Nov 22Little Steven rocker (Springsteen-Born to Run), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 22Tina Weymouth rocker (Talking Heads-& She Was), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Ernest John Moeran British composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Dec 02John Wesley Ryles singerRef: 4
Dec 02Merrill Ashley St Paul MN, ballerina (NYC Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Dino Lipatti composer, dies at 33.Ref: 5
Dec 06Daniel Sahuleka Moluks/Dutch singer/guitarist (Viva la Libertad), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Dan Hartman Harrisburg PA, singer (Sometimes When We Touch), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Joan Armatrading singer, songwriter: Me, Myself, I, Love and Affection, Down to Zero, Water in the Wine, Drop the Pilot, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 13Davey O'List rocker (Roxy Music), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Robert Muller-Hartmann composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Dec 16Otto Vrieslander composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 17Carlton Barrett Jamaicans reggae drummer (Bob Marley & Wailers), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Martha Johnson Toronto Ontario, rocker (M+M), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Walter Damrosch, Prussian-bn.American conductor, dies at age 88.Ref: 70
Dec 22Julius Weismann composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 22Walter Johannes Damrosch, Prussian-bn.American conductor/composer, dies at age 88.Ref: 70
Dec 23Vincenzo Tommasini composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 24Libbi Larsen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Peter te Bos Dutch singer (Claw Boys Claw), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Michael Jones rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Emile Enthoven composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Dec 27Terry Bozzio rock drummer (Missing Persons-Hello I Love You), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Alex Chilton Memphis TN, rock guitarist/vocalist (Box Tops-Let Me Get Close to You, The Letter), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Charles Koechlin French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83.Ref: 5
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Jan 01Jaco Pastorius rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Fred Barlow composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Jan 06Kim Wilson rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Paul Dresher composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb), Kentucky, country singer (Don't it make my brown eyes blue), Loretta Lynns sister, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Rosalyn Kind Brooklyn, singer ( sister of Barbra Streisand), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Athos Palma composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Jan 12Larry Hoppens rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Chris Bell Memphis TN, rock guitarist (Big Star), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14William Risrook rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Martha Davis California, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Charo (Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza) The Hootchy Cootchy Girl: actress: Chico and the Man, Airport 79; singer, is born in Murcia, Spain.Ref: 4
Jan 16Richard Thompson rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Dewey Bunnell Yorkshire England, rock guitarist (America-Daisy Jane, Sister Golden Hair), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Martha Davis vocals/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Constantin Nottara composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Jan 22Eastwood Lane composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 26David Briggs rock guitarist (Little River Band-Help is on it's Way), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Andy Hummell Memphis TN, rock bassist (Big Star), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Brian 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
Jan 27Seth 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
Jan 28William Nelson Jr US bassist (Connections & Disconnections), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Phil Collins singer, musician: drums: group: Genesis; solo: In the Air Tonight, I Missed Again, You Cant Hurry Love, Sussudio, One More Night, Two Hearts; actor: Oliver, A Hard Days Night, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is born.Ref: 68
Jan 30Marv Ross rocker (Quarterflash), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Clifford Leon Anderson rocker (Cure), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Harry Casey [KC], rock vocalist (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Phil Collins England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Phil Manzanera rock guitarist (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Alphonso Johnson jazz bassist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Elizabeth Swados Buffalo NY, composer/playwright (1972 TONY), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Crystal Gayle Kentucky, country singer (Don't it make my brown eyes blue), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Rosalyn Kind Brooklyn, singer ( sister of Barbra Streisand), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas saxophonist (Kool & the Gang-Celebration), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 10Joseph Bovet composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 12Gil "The Bird" Moore rocker (Triumph), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Michael Doucet singer/musician (Beausoleil), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Melissa Manchester singer: Dont Cry Out Loud, Midnight Blue, You Should Hear How She Talks About You, is born in Bronx NY.Ref: 4
Feb 17Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan composer, dies at 94.Ref: 5
Feb 20Kathy Baillie Morristown NJ, country vocalist (Baillie and the Boys-Oh Heart), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Randy California [Wolfe], Los Angeles CA, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Howard Brockway composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 21Michael Cotten rock synthesizer (Tubes), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Vince Welnick rock keyboardist (Tubes), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Steve 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
Mar 04Chris Rea Middlesborough England, rock guitarist (Fool If You Think It Is Over, Heaven), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08John Winter Thompson composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 12Jack Green rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Ray Benson Philadelphia PA, country singer (House of Blue Lights), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Ritchie Teeter rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Scott Gorham Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns, Jailbreak), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20-Rock musician Jimmie Vaughan is born.Ref: 64
Mar 20Guy Perry rock guitarist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Jimmie Vaughan guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20John Wetton rocker (Asia, UK, King Crimson), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 20Jan Ingenhoven composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Mar 20Kathleen Lockhart Manning composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Mar 21Russell Thompkins Jr US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Howard Reitzes Southgate CA, rocker (Iron Butterfly), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Dougie Thomson musician: bass: group: Supertramp: Dreamer, Bloody Well RightRef: 4
Mar 22J Willem Mengelberg Dutch conductor (Matthus Passion), dies at 79.Ref: 5
Mar 24Dougie Thompson rocker (Supertramp-Bloody Well Right), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Bob Pelander rock keyboardist/vocalist (Michael Stanley Band), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Maisie Williams Montserrat, rock vocalist (Boney M), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Barry Goudreau rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Clement D'Hooghe composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Apr 02-Rock musician Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born.Ref: 64
Apr 02Simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall.Ref: 5
Apr 03Mel Schacher bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Steve 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, Ive Done Enough Dyin Today, All the Gold in California, Take Me to Your Lovin Place, It Dont Get No Better Than This, Sure Feels like Love, Houston [Means Im One Day Closer to You], Denver, is born in Olney TX.Ref: 4
Apr 05Everett Morton rocker (English Beat), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Ralph Cooper drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Halfdan Cleve composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 07John Dittrich Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Mel Schachter rocker (Grand Funk Railroad), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Robbie House rocker (Snuff), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Alex Briley singer: group: The Village People: YMCARef: 4
Apr 12Jakson Spires rock drummer/songwriter (Blackfoot), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Harold Vincent Milligan composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 13Max Weinberg musician: drummer: E Street Band; bandleader: The Max Weinberg 7 [Late Night with Conan OBrien], is born.Ref: 4
Apr 13Robert (Peabo) Bryson, American singer, Underground Music, I Can Make It Better, Just Another Day, Do It with Feeling, Tonight I Celebrate My Love, If Youre Ever in My arms Again, is born in Greenville SC.Ref: 4
Apr 14Matima Kinuani Mpiosso musician, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16John Bentley rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Luther Vandross singer, songwriter: Never Too Much, How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye, is born in Bronx NY.Ref: 4
Apr 21Paul 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 EnglandRef: 4
Apr 21Nicoel Barclay rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Jerzy Fitelberg composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Apr 26John Alden Carpenter US composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 27Paul Daniel Ace Frehley musician: group: Kiss [the spaceman]: Rock and Roll All Nite, Beth, Forever and I Was Made for Lovin You; formed Frehleys Comet, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 27Ace Frehley Bronx NY, heavy metal rocker (Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Boris Kinberg rock percussionist (Mink Deville), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Christopher Cross [Geppert] San Antonio TX, singer (Sailing, Arthur's Theme), is born.Ref: 68
May 04Jackie [Sigmund Esco] Jackson Gary IN, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC), is born.Ref: 68
May 05Rex Goh rock guitarist (Air Supply), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Davey 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, Dont Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, is born.Ref: 4
May 07Janis Ian (Janis Eddy Fink) Grammy Award-winning songwriter, singer: At Seventeen [1975]; Societys Child, is born.Ref: 4
May 08Chris Frantz Fort Campbell KY, rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Philip Bailey rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Ron Banks US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Kid Creole [August Darnell], rocker/actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear), is born.Ref: 5
May 13Paul 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
May 14Jay Beckenstein saxophonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.Ref: 5
May 15Dennis Frederiksen rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Jonathan Richman rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Karl Heinrich David composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 19Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman] Forest Hills NY, punk rocker (Ramones-Baby I Love You), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Judy Rodman Riverside CA, country singer (Girls Ride Horses Too), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Rob Baker rock drummer (Red Rider), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Clifford Archer bassist (Atlantic Starr-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Dimitrios Levidis composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 29Josef Bohuslav Foerster composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
May 29Robert Kahn composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jun 03Christopher Cross Texas, singer (Sailing), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 03Deniece Williams singer (Love Wouldn't Let Me Wait), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Dwight Twilley country singer (Twilley Don't Mind), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08Bonnie Tyler singer: Total Eclipse of the Heart, Its a Heartache, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 09Bonnie Tyler [Gaynor Hopkins], rocker (Total Eclipse of the Heart), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Brad Delp guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Bun Carlos (Brad Carlson) musician: drums: group: Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me, Aint That a Shame, Dream Police, Voices, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 13Howard Leese musician: guitar, keyboards: group: Heart: Crazy on You, Magic Man, Barracuda, Straight On, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 19Ann Wilson, San Diego, singer (Heart-What About Love), is born.Ref: 68
Jun 21Nils Lofgren musician: guitar, keyboards, singer, songwriter: Back It Up, Keith Dont 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
Jun 30Stanley Clarke bass (New Barbarians-Find Out Hideaway), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 01Fred Schneider musician: keyboards, singer: groups: Shake Society, The B-52s: Rock Lobster, Quiche Lorraine, 606 0842, Dance This Mess Around, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 02Joe Puerta musician: bass, singer: group: Bruce Hornsby & The Range, Ambrosia: Hold on to Yesterday, How Much I Feel, Youre the Only Woman, Biggest Part of Me, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 05Huey Lewis rocker (& the News-Need a New Drug), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 08Andy Fletcher rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 13Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-born American composer, dies at age 76.Ref: 70
Jul 24Lynval 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
Jul 25Verdine 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, Lets Groove, Best of My Love, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 01Jim Carroll, musician and writer of The Basketball Diaries, is born.Ref: 2
Aug 02Andrew Gold Burbank, rocker (Lonely Boy), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 03Johnny 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
Aug 13Dan Fogelberg Peoria Ill, rocker (Same Auld Lang Syne), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 15Artur Schnabel, Austrian pianist and teacher, dies at age 69.Ref: 70
Aug 19John Deacon rocker (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 20Philip 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
Aug 21Constant Lambert, English composer, conductor and critic, dies at age 45.Ref: 70
Aug 23Jimi Jamison singer: group: Survivor: I Cant Hold Back, Burning Heart, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 25Rob Halford heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Got Another Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 28Wayne Osmond Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 04Martin Chambers musician: drums: group: The Pretenders: Kid, Brass in Pocket, Back on the Chain Gang, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 07Chrissie 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
Sep 13David Clayton-Thomas singer (Blood Sweat & Tears-You've Made Me So Very Happy, Spinning Wheel), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 17Jimmy Yancey, American blues pianist, dies at age 53.Ref: 70
Sep 22David Coverdale singer: groups: Deep Purple, Whitesnake, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 27Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) musician, singer, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 02Singer Sting (Gordon Sumner) is born.Ref: 4
Oct 02Mike Rutherford rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 05Bob Geldof pop musician (Boomtown Rats, Band Aid), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 06Kevin Cronin singer: group: REO Speedwagon, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 07John Cougar Mellencamp Seymour IN, rocker (Jack & Diane), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 08Johnny Ramone LI, rock guitarist (Road to Ruin), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 13John Ford Coley singer: duo: England Dan and John Ford Coley: Id Really Love to See You Tonight, Its Sad to Belong, Love is the Answer, Gone Too Far, Well Never Have to Say Goodbye Again, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 20Al Greenwood musician: keyboard: group: Foreigner, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 25Ransom Wilson Tuscaloosa AL, flutist (Soliste NY), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 26Bootsy Collins Cin, rocker (Parliaments-We Got the Funk), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 01Ronald (Kool) Bell musician: saxophone: group: Kool & The Gang, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 07Nick Guilder singer (Hot Child in the City), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 09Sigmund 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
Nov 11Paul Cowsill, singer: group: The Cowsills: Hair, Indian Lake, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 14Stephen 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
Nov 27Brian Downey rock drummer (Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Seth Justman Washington DC, rock vocalist/keyboardist (J Geils Band-Centerfold), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 29Barry Goudreau musician: guitar: groups: Orion the Hunter, Boston: More Than a Feeling, Long Time, Peace of Mind, Dont Look Back, Man Ill Never Be, LP: Boston, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 01Eric Bloom rock vocalist/guitarist (Blue Oyster Cult), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Jaco Pastorius US jazz guitarist (Weather Report-Word of Mouth), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Felix Petyrek composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Dec 03Mike Stock rocker (Stock, Aitken & Waterman-Road Block), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Gary Rossington rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Henk Temming Dutch vocalist/keyboardist (Good Cause), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Frank Beard US country rock drummer (ZZ Topp), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Selim Palmgren Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73.Ref: 5
Dec 15Ken Knox rock vocalist (Chairmen of the Board), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Wanda Hutchison rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Nick Gilder (singer: Hot Child in the City), is born.Ref: 4
Dec 22Powell Weaver composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Dec 23Johnny Contardo singer: group: Sha-Na-Na, formerly Eddie and The Evergreens, Dirty Dozen, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 23Alfreds Kalnins composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 24Johnny Contardo rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Ria Thielsch Dutch singer (Luv), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Richard Skinner British DJ, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Laurel Masse Holland MI, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Operator), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Nancy LaMott singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Fermin Goytisolo rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Tom Hamilton Colorado Springs CO, rock bassist (Aerosmith-Dream On), is born.Ref: 5
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Jan 02Ricky Van Shelton Grit VA, country singer (Wild-Eyed Dream), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Scott Thurston keyboardist/guitarist (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Pat Benetar (Patricia Andrzejewski), singer, is born.Ref: 17
Jan 11Lee Ritenour Los Angeles CA, jazz musician, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Ricky Van Shelton Danville VA, country musician (Somebody Lied, From a Jack to a King, Rockin' Years), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Cornelius Bumpus keyboardist (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Melvyn Gale rocker (ELO), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Ryuichi Sakamoto Japan, rocker (Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Dewey Bunnell singer, musician: guitar: group: America: A Horse with No Name, You Can Do Magic, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 20Paul Stanley (Eisen) singer: formed group: Kiss [the clown]: Rock and Roll All Nite, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 20Ian Hill bass guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin the Law), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Arthur Farwell composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Jan 22Teddy Gentry Fort Payne AL, country music star (Alabama-Mountain Music, Take Me Down), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Robin Zander rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Peter Garland composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Tommy Ramone [Thomas Erdelyi], Budapest Hungary, rock drummer/bassist [Ramones-Rock & Roll High School), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Rick James [James Johnson], rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super Freak), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Johann Babtist Thaller composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 04Jerry Shirley rock drummer (Humble Pie-Hot N Nasty, Eat It), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Hans Van de Lubbe Dutch bassist/singer (Dike), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Ed Gagliardi New York NY, rock bassist (Foreigner-Cold As Ice), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Alfred Einstein German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein, dies at age 71.Ref: 70
Feb 18Juice Newton [Judy Cohen], Virginia, singer (Angel of the Morning), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Veronica "Randy" Crawford US vocalist (One Day I'll Fly Away), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Jean-Jacques Brunel rock bassist (Stranglers-Dreamtime), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Welsh poet Dylan Thomas records first audio book Child's Christmas in Wales for Caedmon.Ref: 10
Feb 23Brad Whitford Massachusetts, rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Henk Westbroek Dutch singer (Good Cause), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Kevin Raleigh rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Eddie Manion saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Robyn Hitchcock rocker (Moss Elixir), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Alan Clark, musician: keyboards: group: Dire Straits: Telegraph Road, Private Investigation, Money for Nothing, Walk of Life, The Mans Too Strong, Goin Home, Smooching, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 05Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 07Ernie Isley US vocalist/guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 13Wolfgang Hihm composer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14David Byrne guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads-Burning Down the House), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Susie Allanson singer: Baby Dont 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
Mar 18Chris Brubeck composer, musician: trombone; Dave Brubecks son, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 19Chris Brubeck composer, musician: trombone; Dave Brubeck's sonRef: 4
Mar 19Derek Longmuir Edinburgh Scotland, rock drummer (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Chris O'Connell rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Elizabeth Schumann, German-born American soprano, dies at age 66.Ref: 70
Mar 27Rocky Maffit rocker (Champaign), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Billy Currie rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Leon Wilkerson rocker (Lynard Skynard), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Dave Hill rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You), is born in England.Ref: 5
Apr 04Gary Moore Irish rock guitarist ("Still Got the Blues", Thin Lizzy, Skid Row), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Peter Haycock rock guitarist (All Along the Watchtower), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 06Udo Dirkshneider heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Adam Woods rock drummer/pianist (Fixx), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Magnar Am composer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Wadi' Sabra composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 12J D Nicholas English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Kenny Aaronson rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Jim Scholten Midland MI, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Adny Shernoff rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Narada Michael Walden Kalamazoo MI, rocker/producer (I Don't Want Nobody Else, I Shoulda Loved Ya), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Elisabeth Schumann, soprano with the Vienna State Opera, dies.Ref: 68
Apr 25Cory Day Bronx NY, rock vocalist, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Charles Radoux-Rogier composer, dies.Ref: 5
May 05Louis Cortelezzi rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Alberto Savinio Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60.Ref: 5
May 07Derek Taylor rocker (Let it Be, Beatles Anthology), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Sly Dunbar Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Giovanni Tebaldini composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
May 14David Byrne singer: group: Talking Heads: Love Goes to Building on Fire; composer for film: True Stories, is born in Dunbartin ScotandRef: 4
May 15Italo Montemezzi composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 17Jody Pijper Dutch (background) singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 18George Strait, Pearsall TX, country singer (All My Ex's Live in Texas, Beyond the Blue Neon), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Rossetter Gleason Cole composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
May 19Grace Jones (Mendoza) singer: Slave to the Rhythm; actress: A View to a Kill, Conan the Destroyer, Deadly Vengeance, is born.Ref: 4
May 19Barbara Loomis rocker (BT Express), is born.Ref: 5
May 20Warren 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
May 23James Mankey rocker (Concrete Blonde), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Georg Alfred Schumann composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
May 30Zoltan Kocsis composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 03Billy Powell musician: keyboards: group: Lynryd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 11Russell Hitchcock rocker (Air Supply-All out of Love), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11Donnie 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
Jun 12Ben E Carlos drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Dale Krantz singer (Crossings-Collis Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Oliver Knussen Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 14Jim Lea (musician: bass, violin, keyboards, vocals, songwriter: group: Slade: Get Down and Get With It, Coz I Love You, Well Bring Home the Dawn, My Oh My, Run Run Away), is born.Ref: 4
Jun 16Gino Vanelli singer (Living Inside Myself), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25Tim Finn (Te Awamutu) musician: keyboard, singer: group: Split Enz, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 02Johnny 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
Jul 12Liz Mitchell singer: group: Boney M: Daddy Cool, Brown Girl in the Ring, Rivers of Babylon, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 14Chris Cross rock singer (Arthur), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 16Stewart Copeland drummer (The Police-Roxanne), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 17Nicolette Larson singer: Lotta Love; is born.Ref: 4
Jul 17Phoebe Snow singer (Theme from "It's a Different World"), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 19Alan Collins guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 23Janis Siegel NYC, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 06Pat MacDonald musician: groups: Essentials, Barbara K, Cats Away, Timbuk 3: The Futures So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades, All I Want for Christmas, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 10Ashley Putnam NYC, soprano (NY City Opera 1978), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 16Gianna Rolandi NYC, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 20Doug Fieger musician: guitar, singer: group: The Knack: My Sharona, Good Girls Dont, Baby Talks Dirty, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 20Rudy Gatlin singer: group: The Gatlin Brothers: Night Time Magic, Ive Done Enough Dyin Today, All the Gold in California, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 21Joe Strummer (John Mellors) musician: guitar, singer: group: The Clash: 1977, Capital Radio, Career Opportunities, Im 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.Ref: 4
Aug 31Rudolf Schenker heavy metal rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 09Dave Stewart rocker (Eurythmics-Here Comes the Rain Again), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 11Tommy 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.Ref: 4
Sep 12Gerry Beckley singer: Grammy Award-winning [1972] group: America: A Horse with No Name, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 12Neil Peart musician: drums: group: Rush: is born.Ref: 4
Sep 13Randy Jones singer: group: The Village People: Y.M.C.A., is born.Ref: 4
Sep 13 Karen Wyman Bronx NY, singer (Long & Winding Road), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 18Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) musician: drums: group: The Ramones: is born.Ref: 4
Sep 19Nile Rogers musician: group: Honeydrippers, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 31Bernard Edwards musician: bass: group: Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance, Le Freak, Everybody Dance, I Want Your Love, Good Times, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 02Maxine Nightingale singer: Lead Me On; actress: Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell; Right Back Where We Started From, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 21Lorna Luft singer, actress; daughter of singer-actress Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft; sister of singer-actress Lisa Minelli, is born in Scarsdale NY.Ref: 4
Nov 27Peter Garland composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Michael McDonald St Louis MO, rock keyboardist/vocals (Doobie Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Don Barnes rock guitarist (38 Special), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Duane Roland rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 05Bobby Barth rocker vocalist/guitarist (Axe), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Richie Morales drummer (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Jim Kerr Radio Personality, NY City morning radio for 22 years, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Neil Peart rocker (Rush), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Tamara Danz singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Olav Fartein Vlen Norwegian composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Dec 17Mickey Jones Washington DC, rock bassist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Jeff Davis, musician: bass: group: Amazing Rhythm Aces, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 19Janie Fricke, singer: CMA Female Vocalist of the Year [1982 and 1983], is born.Ref: 4
Dec 23Hans Abrahamsen composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Andr-Michel Schub Paris France, pianist (Van Cliburn-1981), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Karla Bonoff rock singer (New World, Restless Nights), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Gelsey 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.Ref: 4
Dec 29Beryl Rubinstein, composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
1953
Jan 01Alpha Blondy [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Kevin Hangon composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Rochelle S Abramson violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01Country singer Hank (Hiram) Williams Senior, 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose while en route to a concert date in Canton, Ohio.Ref: 70
Jan 01Ludomir Rzycki Polish composer/conductor (Casanova), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 06Malcolm 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.Ref: 4
Jan 07Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo rocker (Bob Marley & the Wailers), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Heinrich Kaspar Schmid composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jan 10Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski], Brooklyn NY, singer (Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Hell Is for Children), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Theo Mackeben German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56.Ref: 5
Jan 12Simeon Roncal composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jan 15Boris Blank rocker (Yello), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Viktor Patrick Vretblad composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Jan 17Sheila Hutchinson rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Myung-Whun Chung Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Malcolm Green rocker (Split Enz-I Got You), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Bert Heerink Amsterdam, rock vocalist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Lucinda Williams singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Michael Day rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Aart Mol Dutch bassist (Catapult), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Gustav Strube composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 10Carl Joseph Stone composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Alan Rubin music figure (Blues Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Wayne Siegel composer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Derek Pellicci rock drummer (Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Nico Arzbach rock guitarist/singer (Stampei, Dike), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Robin Bachman Winnipeg, guitarist (Bachman Turner Overdrive-You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet), is born in Winnipeg, Canada.Ref: 5
Feb 20Riccardo Chailly Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Jesus Garcia Leoz composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Feb 26Singer Michael Bolton is born in New Haven CT. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 95
Feb 26Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies.Ref: 5
Mar 02William Simmons sax/keyboardist (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Cowboy (Lloyd) Copas country singer: Alabam, Goodbye Kisses, Signed, Sealed and Delivered; killed in plane crash with singer, Patsy Cline, dies.Ref: 4
Mar 03Dave Amato rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can't Fight this Feeling), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Sergei S Prokoviev Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 05Sergey Prokofiev, Russian composer, dies at age 62.Ref: 68
Mar 07Jules Shear rock musician, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Labamba [Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 18Jamie West-Oram rocker (Fixx), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Billy Sheehan rocker (Mr Big-Lean Into It), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Ricky Wilson Athens GA, rock guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Robert "Shotgun" Johnson Miami FL, rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band-Give it Up), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Chaka Khan [Yvette Marie Stevens] Great Lakes IL, rocker (Rufus-I'm Every Woman), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Michael Bonagura Newark NJ, country singer (Baille & Boys-Oh Heart), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Albert Spalding composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 27Narciso Garay composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 30Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 31Greg Martin Louisville KY, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 31Sean 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
Apr 02David Robinson drummer (Cars), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Huub van der Lubbe Dutch rock singer (Stampei-The Dike), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Hal Ketchum Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Terre Roche rocker (Roches), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Porter Carroll Jr drummer (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Coke 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
Apr 30Merrill Osmond Ogden UT, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Felix Hanemann rocker (Zebra), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Bruce Hall Champaign IL, rock bassist (Reo Speedwagon), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Van McLain rocker (Shooting Star), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Thomas Tertius Noble composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
May 05Billy Burnette Memphis TN, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Steve Thomas rocker (Shooting Star), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Tom 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 CanadaRef: 4
May 15Mike Oldfield England, composer (Tubular Bells), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Richard Page Los Angeles CA, rocker (Mr Mister), is born.Ref: 5
May 17George Johnson Los Angeles CA, rocker (Brothers Johnson), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Eric De Lamarter composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 18[Feliciano] Butch Tavares rocker (Tavares), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Vaclav Klicka composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 25Rich Alves Pleasanton CA, singer (Pirates of the Mississippi-Fred Jake), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Arto Lindsay rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Danny Elfman Los Angeles CA, composer (Simspon Show Theme), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Rick Henderson Beaumont TX, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 01Ronnie 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
Jun 08Bonnie Tyler (Gaynor Hopkins), Welsh singer, is born.Ref: 17
Jun 12Rocky Burnette Memphis, rocker (Towing the Line), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 18Jerome Smith musician: guitar: group: KC & The Sunshine Band: Get Down Tonight, Thats the Way [I like It], [Shake, Shake, Shake] Your Booty, Im Your Boogie Man, Keep It Comin Love, I like to Do It, Boogie Shoes, Its the Same Old Song, Please Dont Go; is born.Ref: 4
Jun 19Larry 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, Lets Groove, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 20Cyndi Lauper Brooklyn, singer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Vibes), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 20Alan Longmuir musician: bass: group: Bay City Rollers: Keep on Dancing, Bye Bye Baby, Give Me a Little Love, Saturday Night, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 22Cyndi Lauper (Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper) is born.Ref: 4
Jun 29Colin Hay singer: group: Men at Work: Who Can It Be Now, Down Under; solo: LP: Looking for Jack, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 30Hal Lindes musician: guitar: group: Dire Straits: Telegraph Road, Private Investigation, Money for Nothing, Walk of Life, The Mans Too Strong, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 15David Pack singer: group: Ambrosia: The Biggest Part of Me, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 29Geddy Lee lead singer (Rush-Tom Sawyer), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 31Hugh McDowell chelloist (ELO-Telephone Line), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 01Robert Cray Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 03Ian Bairnson Shetland Isles Scotland, guitarist (Alan Parsons Project, Pilot), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 05Samantha Sang singer (Emotion), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 16James Taylor rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 17Kevin Rowlands rocker (Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 21Joe Strummer [John Mellor], rocker (Clash-Rock the Casbah), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 23Bobby Gubby rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 27Alex Lifeson musician: guitar: group: Rush: Rivendell, By-Tor and the Snow Dog, Necromancer, The Fountain of Lamneth, Distant Early Warning, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 21Kenny 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
Sep 25John Locke musician: keyboards: group: Spirit: I Got a Line on You, Natures Way, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 27Greg Ham musician: saxophone, flute, keyboards: group: Men at Work, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 30Deborah Allen (Thurmond), Memphis Tn, country singer (Jim Stafford Show), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 07Tico Torres musician: drums: group: Bon Jovi: You Give Love a Bad Name, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 10Midge Ure rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 15Tito Jackson singer (Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 16Tony Carey musician: keyboards: group: Rainbow: LPs: Rainbow Rising, Long Live Rock n Roll, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 20Tom Petty, Gainesville Fla, singer (Heartbreakers-Refugee), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 21Charlotte Caffey musician: guitar, singer: group: The Go-Gos, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 26Julian Keith Strickland musician: drums: group: The B-52s: Rock Lobster, Quiche Lorraine, 606-0842, Dance This Mess Around, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 11Andy Partridge guitars/vocal (XTC-Oranges & Lemons), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 14Alexander O'Neal (James Hearsky Harris III), British songwriter, singer, personality, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 18Herman 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
Nov 22Craig 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
Nov 27Boris Grebenshikov Russian rock musician, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 30Shuggie (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
Dec 02Meg Griffin DJ (WNEW-FM, WPLJ-FM, WKRK-FM)/VJ (V-1), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Myung-Whan Chung Seoul Korea, pianist (Chung Sisters), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Daniel Gregory Mason composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 05Jonathan Lewis trombonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Bruce Kulick Brooklyn NY, rocker (Kiss-Beth, Rock and Roll All Nite), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Kishio Hirao composer, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Dec 17Ikue Ile Mori drummer/composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Mark Gane Toronto Ontario, rocker (M+M), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Elliot Easton (Shapiro) musician: guitar: group: The Cars: My Best Friends Girl, Just What I Needed, Lets Go, You Might Think, Magic, Drive, Tonight She Comes, is born in Brooklyn NY.Ref: 4
Dec 21Andras Schiff Budapest Hungary, pianist (Tchaikovsky-1974), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Betty Wright US gospel/singer/TV hostess (Little Miss Broadway), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22David Leisner composer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Richard Clayderman pianist (Amour, Romantic America), is born.Ref: 5
1954
Jan 01Fr David Paris France, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Ross The Boss rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Bryan Hitt rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Lance Hoppens rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Fred Raymond composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Jan 11Oscar Straus Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 13Roland Diggle composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Jan 23Edward Ka-spel English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Franco De Vita Caracas Venezuela, Spanish singer (Extranjero), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Rick Finch rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Rick Finch rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It), is born.Ref: 68
Jan 27Paul-Marie Masson composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 28Shawn Murray rock drummer (Mink Deville), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Dick Manitoba vocalist (Dictators), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Alides Hidding singer/guitarist (Time Bandits), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Adrian Vandenberg Amsterdam Netherlands, rock guitarist (Whitesnake), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Mike Campbell guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Theodor Rogalski composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Feb 04Vaclav Vackar composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 05Vittorio Gnecchi composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 06Scott Kempner "Top Ten" rocker (Del Lords), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Jan Adam Maklakiewicz composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Feb 09Lance Hoppens rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16David Lombardo rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Frances Bucholz rocker (Scorpions-Wind of Change), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Jamie West-Oram rock guitarist (Fixx), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Jon Brant rock bassist (Cheap Trick), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Michael 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
Feb 27Neal Schon rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Janis Gill Torrance CA, singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Merrick [Chris Hughes] rock drummer (Adam & The Ants), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Georg Gohler composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Mar 04Noel Gay [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Mar 06Louis Zimmermann violinist, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Mar 07Matt Frenette rock drummer (Loverboy), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Cheryl 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 Cant Stand the Heat; TV host, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 09Charmain Elaine Sylvers rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Jann Browne country singer (Mexican Wind), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Ludomir Michal Rogowski composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Mar 15Arthur Fickenscher composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Mar 16Jimmy Nail singer/actor (Evita, Spender, Howling II), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Nancy 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
Mar 17Rena Jones rock vocalist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Wally Stocker London England, rock vocalist/guitarist (Babys-Missing You), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Walter Braunfels composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Mar 20Jim Seales Hamilton AL, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Harry Lawrence Freeman composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 31Tony Brock England, rock drummer (Babys-Missing You), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Jeff Porcaro Los Angeles CA, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Stan Ridgeway rocker (Mosquito-Garage Sale), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Claude Delvincourt composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 09Philip Greeley Clapp composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Apr 11Chris Difford rocker (Squeeze), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Pat Travers Toronto Ontario Canada, rock guitarist (Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Jimmy Destri rock keyboardist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Rapture), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Emmanuel Mxico City Mxico, Spanish singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Juan Vicente Lecuna composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Apr 18Kim Stone bassist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Captain Sensible [Raymond Burns] Balham London England, rocker (Women & Captains First), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Rob Crosby Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Deborah Iyall rocker (Romeo Void), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Ray Parker Jr Detroit MI, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters-Who You Gonna Call?), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Pauline de Cock-Manifarges singer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
May 04Julie Budd Brooklyn NY, singer (Child of Plenty), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Angelo Kimball Boston MA, rock guitarist (Face To Face), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Peter Erskine jazz drummer (Weather Report), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Edgar Riley Jr rocker (Axe K), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Judith Weir composer, is born.Ref: 5
May 16Clemens Krauss Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 18Wreckless Eric rocker (Waxworks, Be Stiff), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Phil 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
May 20James Henderson country singer (Black Oak Arkansas), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Janos Hammerschlag composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
May 22Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed.Ref: 5
May 22Jerry Dammers keyboardist (Specials-The Special), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Achille Longo composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Jun 03Dan Hill singer: Sometimes When We Touch, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 15Terri Gibbs Augusta Ga, blind singer (Somebody's Knockin'), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25David Paich musician: keyboards, singer: group: Toto: Hold the Line, Make Believe, Roseanna, AfricaRef: 4
Jun 28Ava Barber Knoxville Tn, country singer (Lawrence Welk Show), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 02Pete Briquette musician: bass, singer: group: The Boomtown Rats: Looking After No. 1, Shes So Modern, Rat Trap, I Dont Like Mondays, Banana Republic, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 06Nanci 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: Theres a Light Beyond These Woods, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 07Cherry Boone singer; daughter of singer Pat Boone, sister of singer Debby Boone, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 09Debbie Sledge Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 10Neil Francis Tennant rocker (Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 13Louise Mandrell Corpus Christi TX, country singer (Mandrell Sisters), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Ricky Skaggs singer (Toy Hearts, 2 Different Worlds), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 20Jay Jay French NYC, guitarist (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 05Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda Bx, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Pat Metheny jazz guitarist (As Wichita Falls), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 25Elvis Costello [Declan Patrick McManus], rocker (Allison), is born in London England. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 5
Aug 25Martin Jourard keyboardist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 29Chet Catallo guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 06Banner Thomas musician: bass: group: Molly Hatchet, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 07Benmont Tench musician: keyboards: backed Elvis Costello in live performances; group: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: American Girl, Dont Do Me like That, Jammin Me, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 14Barry Cowsill singer: group: The Cowsills: Indian Lake, Hair, The Rain, the Park and Other Things, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 21Philthy Animal (Philip Taylor) musician: drums: group: Motorhead, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 26Craig Chaquico musician: guitar, singer: group: Jefferson Starship, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 03Stevie Ray Vaughan, Grammy Award-winning blues guitarist, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 05Bob Geldof, singer, songwriter: group: Boomtown Rats, organizer of Live-Aid (food for Africa) is born in Dublin Ireland.Ref: 68
Nov 03Adam Ant (Stuart Goddard) singer: Goody Two Shoes, Prince Charming, Stand and Deliver, Apollo Nine, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 04Chris Difford guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 08Rickie Lee Jones Chicago, singer (Chuck E's in Love), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 09Dennis 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
Nov 14Yanni (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
Nov 15Tony 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
Nov 19Sammy 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
Nov 27Curtis Armstrong actor (Moonlighting), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Paul-Marie Masson composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Nov 30George 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
Nov 30June Pointer singer: group: The Pointer Sisters: Fire, Hes So Shy, Slow Hand, Jump [For My Love], Automatic, Neutron Dance, Im 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
Dec 02Danielle Alexander Fort Worth TX, country music pianist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Paul Gregg country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Enrique Soro Barriga composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 04Nina Vasar wife of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies.Ref: 5
Dec 06Chris Stamey rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09Dmitri Shostakovich appointed honored guest of Swedish Royal Music Academy.Ref: 5
Dec 09Jack Hues singer: group: Wang Chung: Everybody Have Fun Tonight, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 09Herman Finkers Dutch cabaret performer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Singer Jermaine Jackson, sister of Michael Jackson, is born in Gary IN.Ref: 4
Dec 13John Anderson Apopka FL, country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Steve Forbert rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Ib Anderson Copenhagen, ballet dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Emilis Melngailis composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 25Annie Lennox Aberdeen Scotland, singer (Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Here Comes The Rain Again), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Steve Wariner Noblesville IN, country singer (Small Town Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Robin Campbell musician: guitar, singer: group: UB40: King, Food for Thought, My Way of Thinking, I Think Its Going to Rain, Dream a Lie, The Earth Dies Screaming, Red Red Wine, Sing Our Own Song, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 25Johnny Ace ballad singer, dies at 25 in a game of Russian Roulette.Ref: 5
Dec 25Rosario Scalero composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Dec 26Peter Woods rocker (Romeo Void-Girl in Trouble), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Rosie Vela British singer (Zazu, Fools Paradise), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Roger Voudouris Sacramento CA, rock vocalist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Peter Van Anrooy conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75.Ref: 5
1955
Jan 04Kathy Forester Lookout Mountain GA, country singer (Forester Sister-Men), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Mark Hollis English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Dominicus Johner composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 04Franois Rasse composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Jan 08Mike Reno Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy-Get Lucky, Heaven in Your Eyes), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Luci Martin rocker vocalist (Chic), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Michael Schenker heavy metal rocker (McAuley Schenker Groups-Coming on Strong, Scorpions), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Fred White rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Trevor Rabin rocker (Yes), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Steve Earle San Antonio TX, country singer (Guitar Town), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Simon Rattle England, orchestra conductor (Birmingham Symphony Orchestra), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Michael Anthony rock bassist/singer (Van Halen-Pretty Woman, Jump, 1984), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Reginald Calloway trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Alexander O'Neal R&B singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Julian Holland rocker (Squeeze), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Eddie Van Halen Grammy Award-winning musician: guitar, singer: group: Van Halen: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge [1991]; owns recording studio: 5150, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 26Lucia Mendez Mexico, Spanish singer (Lucia es Luna Moreno), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Richard Young Glasgow KY, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Michael Thompson guitarist (Afterburn, Fresh, Sahara, Gridlock'd), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Ford Lee Buck Washington, American jazz musician, dies at age 51.Ref: 5
Feb 13Jan de Ligt Dutch saxophonist (I've Got the Bullets), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Scott Smith rock bassist (Loverboy-Get Lucky), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Charles Cuvillier composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 16Jeff Clayton US jazz saxophonist/composer (Groove Shop), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Otto J Gombosi Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Feb 23Howard Jones rock pianist/vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Bob Abrams Ohio, rocker (Buckinghams), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Marij Kogoj composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Feb 27Garry Christian singer: group: The Christians, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 28Randy Jackson New Orleans LA, guitarist (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Jimmy Fortune Newport News VA, singer (Statler Brothers-Class of '57), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Dale Bozzio Boston MA, rock vocalist (Missing Persons-Destination Unknown), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Jay Osmond Ogden UT, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donny & Marie), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Fernando Bujones Miami FL, ballet dancer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Bunny DeBarge Grand Rapids MI, rocker (Debarge), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Jimmy 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
Mar 12Charlie "Bird" Parker, self-taught jazz saxophonist, pioneer of the new "cool" movement, dies in New York NY at age 34.Ref: 70
Mar 14Boon Gould musician: guitar: group: Level 42: The Chinese Way, The Sun Goes Down [Living It Up], Hot Water, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 15(Long Island) Dee Snider, Massapequa NY, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Mayhew Lake composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 17Paul Overstreet Van Cleave MS, country singer (Daddy's Come Around), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Derek 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
Mar 26Dean Dillon Lake City TN, country singer (Chair), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Reba (Nell) McEntire, McAlester OK, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues), is born. (also TWA, 1998)Ref: 5
Mar 30Randy Van Warmer Indian Hills CO, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Harl McDonald US composer (Santa F Trail), dies at 55.Ref: 5
Apr 01Stan Ridway rocker (Wall Of Voodoo), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Mick 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
Apr 10Oskar Frederik Lindberg composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 13Louis Johnson Los Angeles CA, rock bassist/vocalist (Brothers Johnson), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Pete 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 Shouldnt Fall in Love With, I Don't Mind, Promises, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 17Rob Bolland Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 22Arthur Baker rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Captain Sensible bassist (Damned-Happy Talk), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Mike Smith British DJ, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Eddie Jobson rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Jay Osmond rocker (Osmond Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Joe Callis rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 02Tadeusz Jarecki composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 03Steve Jones English pop guitarist (Sex Pistols-Mercy), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Danny Brubeck drummer: Two Generations of Brubeck, In Your Own Sweet Way, The Duke; Dave Brubecks son, is born.Ref: 4
May 04Georges Enescu Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 08Rock musician Alex Van Halen (brother of Eddie) is born in Nijmegen Netherlands.Ref: 68
May 11Jos Haagmans Dutch singer (Frank Boeijen Group), is born.Ref: 5
May 11Mark Herndon Springfield MA, drummer (Alabama-Take Me Down), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Kix Brooks Shreveport LA, singer (Brooks & Dunn-Brand New Man), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Hazel O'Connor Coventry England, singer/actress (Breaking Glass), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Francesco Balilla Pratella composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 18Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov is found dead at age 45. (XDG, p 4A, 5/18/2000)Ref: 83
May 20Steve George rock keyboardist (Mr Mister), is born.Ref: 5
May 21John Glavin rock keyboardist (Molly Hatchet, is born.Ref: 5
May 21Stan Lynch Gainesville FL, rock drummer (Tommy Petty & Heartbreakers), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Iva Davies musician: guitar, singer: group: Icehouse, is born.Ref: 4
May 24Rosanne Cash Memphis TN, country singer (Runaway Train, Seven Year Ache, I Wonder), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Jerry Dengler Colorado Springs CO, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Mike Porcaro rock bassist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa), is born.Ref: 5
May 30(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
May 31Raoul Gunsbourg composer, dies at 95.Ref: 5
Jun 07Joey Scarbury Ontario Calif, singer (Greatest American Hero), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 20Rock musician Michael Anthony (Van Halen) is born.Ref: 68
Jun 26Mick Jones musician: guitar, singer: groups: Big Audio Dynamite, The Clash: 1977, Capitol Radio, Career Opportunities, Im 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
Jul 03Neil Clark musician: guitar: group: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 04John Waite singer: Missing You, Tears; group: The Babys: Isnt It Time, Everytime I Think of You, Back on My Feet Again, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 07Joey Scarbury singer: The Greatest American Hero [Believe It or Not], is born.Ref: 4
Jul 18Terry Chambers musician: drums: group: XTC: Making Plans for Nigel, Sgt Rock [Is Going to Help Me], Senses Working Overtime, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 21Henry Preistman rocker (The Christians-Harvest the World), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 21Tacho Ocheriski singer (Putting on the Ritz), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 05Carmen 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
Aug 09Benjamin Orr (Orzechowski) musician: bass guitar, singer: group: The Cars: My Best Friends Girl, Just What I Needed, Lets Go, You Might Think, Magic, Drive, Tonight She Comes; solo: LP: The Lace; died Oct 3, 2000Ref: 4
Aug 11Joe Jackson England, singer (Steppin' Out), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 24Jeffrey Daniel singer: group: Shalamar: Take that to the Bank, The Lover in You, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 30Martin Jackson rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 31Anthony Thistlethwaite musician: saxophone: group: The Waterboys, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 01Bruce Foxton musician: guitar: band: 100 Men; group: The Jam: Down in the Tube Station at Midnight, David Watts, Eton Rifles, Little Boy Soldiers, Saturdays Kids, Going Underground, Town Called Malice, Beat Surrender, Man in the Corner Shop, Set the House Ablaze, Start, The Planners Dream Gone Wrong, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 10Pat Mastelotto musician: drums: group: Mr. Mister, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 25Steve Severin (Bailey) musician: bass: group: Siouxsie & The Banshees:Ref: 4
Sep 26Carlene Carter singer: I Fell in Love, Every Little Thing, Do It in a Heartache; June Carters daughter, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 02Philip Oakey singer: group: The Human League, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 05Leo Barnes musician: group: Hothouse Flowers, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 07Yo-Yo Ma Paris France, world famous Chinese cellist, is born.Ref: 5
Oct 10David Lee Roth rock singer (Van Halen-Jump), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 11Lindy (Linda) Boone singer: group: The Boone Family; singer Pat Boones daughter, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 21Eric Faulkner musician: guitar: group: Bay City Rollers: Saturday Night, Bye Bye Baby, Give Me a Little Love, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 29Kevin Dubrow singer: group: Quiet Riot: Cum on Feel the Noize, Bang Your Head [Metal Health], Skweeze Me Pleeze Me, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 12Leslie 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
Nov 14Frankie Banali musician: group: Quiet Riot, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 17Peter Cox rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 23Bruce Hornsby musician: piano, singer: group: The Range, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 24Rock musician Clem Burke (Blondie) is born.
Nov 27Richard Young Glasgow KY, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Arthur Honegger composer: film scores: Crime and Punishment; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 30Billy 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
Dec 04Brian Prout Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Cassandra Wilson jazz singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Bill Lloyd Bowling Green Ky, singer (Foster & Lloyd-Crazy Over You), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Rick Buckler [Paul Richard Buckler] rock drummer (Jam), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Tish Hinojosa San Antonia TX, country singer (Something in the Rain), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Jacques Handschin Swiss musicologist, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Dec 11Franz Adolf Syberg composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Dec 15Paul Simonon musician: bass: group: The Clash: 1977, Capital Radio, Career Opportunities, Im 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
Dec 20Ed Kuepper German/Australian, singer/songwriter (Saints), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Dave Murray English pop guitarist (Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Jan Pijnenburg Dutch rock drummer (Doe Maar-Bomb), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Neil Giraldo rocker (Pat Benatar Band), is born.Ref: 5
1956
Jan 03Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov Russian/US composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Jan 04Barney Sumner aka Bernie Albrecht (Dicken) musician: guitar, singer: groups: Joy Division; Transmission: Love Will Tear Us Apart, New Order: Blue Monday, Confusion, ShellshockRef: 4
Jan 04Bernard Albrecht English pop guitarist (Joy Division), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Jan 07Trudie Styler England, wife of Sting/sponsor (Rainforest Concert), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Malcolm Foster rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Paul Young rock vocalist/keyboardist (Every Time You Go Away), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Mark Collie Waynesboro TN, country singer (Another Old Soldier), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Bob Brill New York City NY, drummer (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Andy Cox Birmingham England, rock guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Lisa Boray [Schulte Nordholt], Dutch singer (Lovers Until the End), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and composer, dies at age 65.Ref: 70
Jan 28Peter Schilling Stuttgart Germany, rocker (Major Tom-Coming Home), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Johnny Rotten [John Lydon], rocker (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Lloyd Cole rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Peder Gram composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 13Peter Hook, English musician: bass: group: Joy Division: Transmission, Love Will Tear Us Apart; New Order: Blue Monday, Confusion, Shellshock, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 16James Ingram singer (On the Wings of Love), is born.Ref: 17
Feb 18Gustave Charpentier French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95.Ref: 5
Feb 19Dave Wakeling rock singer/guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Peter Holsapple rocker (Continental Drifters), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Edwin Franko Goldman composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 27Frank Dailey orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54.Ref: 5
Feb 27Gnther Ramin German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 29Randy Jackson rocker (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Mark Evans Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC-Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Warrior Soul-Last Decade of The Century), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02John 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
Mar 05Erich Itor Kahn composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Mar 11Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko Russian opera composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 16Joseph John Richards composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 17Will Rigby rock percussionist (Amy Rigby Diary of a Mad Housewife), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25George Luther Foote composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 26Charly McClain Jackson TN, country singer (Radio Heart), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 28Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup vocalist, dies of a heart attack.Ref: 5
Mar 29LaToya Jackson singer (If You Feel the Funk)/posed for Playboy, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Miguel Bos Aries Panam, Spanish singer (Lo Mejor del Ao)/actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Evelyn Hart prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Bozidar Sirola composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 10Jozef Szulc composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Apr 11Neville Staples singer: group: The Specials: Gangsters, A Message to You Rudy, Too Much Too Young, Ghost Town, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 12Alexander Briley vocalist (YMCA-Village People), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Jaap Vranken organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies.Ref: 5
Apr 20Lieven Duvosel Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 29Ron Verlin rocker (Shooting Star), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Nemesio Otano y Eugenio composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 30Richard Farina folk singer (Reflections in a Crystal Wind), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Dick Kemper Amsterdam Netherlands, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Vladimir Ambros composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 13Darius Rucker lead vocalist (Hootie & the Blowfish-Let Her Cry), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Steve Hogarth Kendal England, vocals (Marillion-Clutching at Straws), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Martyn Ware musician: synthesizer: groups: The Human League: LP: Reproduction; Heaven 17: We Dont Need This Fascist Groove Thang, Temptation, Crushed by the Wheels of Industry, is born.Ref: 4
May 21Joanna M C "Annemarie" Henselmans singer/cabaretire (School Desk), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Helen Terry rocker (Now You're Mine), is born.Ref: 5
May 29LaToya Jackson singer (If You Feel the Funk)/posed for Playboy, is born in Gary IN. (TWA, 2002)Ref: 95
May 29Greg R rocker (Bad), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Larry Blackmon rocker (Cameo-Alligator Woman), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Hermann Abendroth German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 31Bart van Poppel Dutch bassist/guitarist/singer (Tambourine), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 05Richard Butler Rep Butler singer, songwriter: group: Psychedelic Furs: We Love You, Love My Way, Heaven, Pretty in Pink, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 05Kenny G saxophonist (Duotones), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08Russell Christian sax, keyboards, vocals: group: The Christians: LPs: The Christians, Colour, Happy in Hell, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 22Green Gartside singer: group: Scritti Politti: LPs: Anomie & Bonhomie, Cupid & Psyche 85, Provision, Songs To Remember, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 22Derek Forbes rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 30Philip Adrian Wright musician: synthesizer: group: Human League: Dont You Want Me, [Keep Feeling] Fascination, Mirror Man, The Lebanon, Life on Your Own, Louise, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 02Jeffrey Cooper guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 06Kenny G (Kenneth Gorelick) jazz musician: saxophone: Songbird, Silhouette, Forever in Love, Everytime I Close My Eyes, Sentimental, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 08Russell Christian rocker (The Christians-Harvest the World), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09Marc Almond rocker (Everything I Want Love to Be), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 13Mark "Animal" Mendoza rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 20Paul Cook drummer (Sex Pistols), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 29Patty Scialfa singer: backup vocalist for Bruce Springsteen on 1988 tour, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 30Singer 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 Im Sorry and I Want to be Wanted. She recorded a dozen hits that made it to the top 10.Ref: 4
Jul 30Phil Fearon rocker (Galaxy, Kandidate-I Don't Want to Lose You), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 02Isabel Pantoja Spain, spanish singer (Genio y Figura), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 03Kirk Brandon rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 06Vinnie Vincent heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Chris Foreman guitar (Madness-1 Step Beyond), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08David Grant rocker (Heaven Knows), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 14Sharon Bryant vocalist (Atlantic Starr Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 25Matt Aitken rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 27Glen Matlock musician: bass: group: The Sex Pistols: Anarchy in the UK, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 07Michael J Feinstein pianist (Isn't It Romantic), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 10Johnnie Fingers (Moylett) musician: keyboards, singer: group: The Boomtown Rats: Looking After No. 1, Shes So Modern, Rat Trap, I Dont Like Mondays, Banana Republic, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 12Barry Andrews musician: keyboards: groups: League of Gentlemen, XTC, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 12Brian Robertson musician: guitar: groups: Wild Horses, Thin Lizzy: Still in Love with You, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 13Joni Sledge Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 22Debby 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 BooneRef: 4
Oct 02Freddie Jackson singer, songwriter, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 12Dave Vanian (Letts) singer; group: The Damned, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 19Nino DeFranco singer: group: The DeFranco Family, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 23Dwight Yoakum country singer (If There Was a Way), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 25Mathias Jabs musician: guitar: group: Scorpions, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 31Tony Bowers musician: bass: group: Simply Red: Moneys Too Tight to Mention, Holding Back the Years, The Right Thing, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 05Art Tatum, black American jazz pianist, dies at age 46 in Los Angeles.Ref: 70
Nov 11Ian 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
Nov 11Victor Young orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56.Ref: 5
Nov 14Alec John Such rocker (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 26Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane PA, orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany), dies at the age of 51.Ref: 4
Nov 27Erich Kleiber Austrian conductor, dies.Ref: 5
Dec 01Stuart Kimball rock guitarist (Face To Face), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 04Herbert Groenemeyer Germany, rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Rick (Paul) Buckler musician: drums, singer: group: The Jam, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 06Peter Buck musician: guitar: group: R.E.M.: Stand, So Central Rain, Seven Chinese Brothers, Radio Free Europe, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 06Randy Rhoads Santa Monica CA, rocker (Ozzy Osbourne-Flying High Again), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Warren Cuccurullo rock guitarist (Missing Persons), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Edgar Leslie Bainton composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 09Sylvia (Sylvia Hutton) singer: Nobody, You Dont Miss a Thing, The Drifter, The Matador, Heart on the Mend, Sweet Yesterday, is born in Kokomo IN.Ref: 4
Dec 09Hans Barth composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Dec 12Lorenzo Perosi composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 21Lee Roy Parnell Abilene TX, country singer (Oughta be a Law), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Kenneth Gant rocker (Midnight Star-Freak-A-Zoid, Operator, No Parking On The Dance Floor), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Michael Gibbons rocker (Bo Donaldson & Heywoods-Billy Don't be a Hero), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Nigel Kennedy English violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Suzy Bogguss Aledo IL, singer (I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart), is born.Ref: 5
1957
Jan 04Patty Loveless [Ramey], Pikeville KY, singer (Blue Side of Town), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Vincent Calloway Kentucky, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Al White choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies.Ref: 5
Jan 09Mary Carr Moore composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 13Don Snow rocker (Squeeze), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Arturo Toscanini Italy, American conductor, dies in New York City NY at 89.Ref: 68
Jan 17John Crawford singer, musician: bass: group: Berlin: Take My Breath AwayRef: 4
Jan 18Tom Bailey rock vocalist/keyboardist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Michael "Mickey" Virtue Birmingham England, rock keyboardist (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Earl Falconer musician: bass: group: UB40: Food for Thought, If It Happens Again, Red Red Wine, Dont Break My Heart, Sing Our Own Song, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 25Edmund Theodore Sylvers rocker (Sylvers), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Eddie Van Halen, Nijmegan Netherlands, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984), is born.Ref: 68
Jan 29Irlene Mandrell Corpus Christi TX, country singer (Mandrell Sisters), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Jac Bico Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Tony Butler rocker (Big Country-Wonderland), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Jerry Marotta rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Rudolph Reti composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 09Mary Carr Moore composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 13Tony 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.Ref: 4
Feb 13Doris King Nashville TN, vocalist (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Jake E Lee rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16James Ingram singer: [w/Patti Austin]: Baby Come to Me, How Do You Keep the Music Playing; Just Once, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 19Falco (Johann Hlzel) singer, songwriter: Rock Me Amadeus, The Sound of Musik, All Vienna, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 19Paul Dean guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Stuart Woody Wood musician: guitar: group: Bay City Rollers: Saturday Night, Bye Bye Baby, Give Me a Little Love, is born in Scotland.Ref: 4
Feb 25Kurt von Wolfurt composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 27Adrian 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.Ref: 4
Feb 28Phil Gould rock percussionist (Level 42-Hot Water), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Cindy Wilson Athens GA, rock vocalist (B-52's-Love Shack), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Ian Stanley keyboardist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Jon Carroll Washington DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Mark E Smith English rock vocalist (Fall-Fall in a Hole), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Clive Burr musician: drums: group: Iron Maiden [1979-1983]: Eddie the Head, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 08Othmar Schoeck composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 12Marlon D Jackson Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Steve Harris London England, hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden--Number of the Beast, Gypsy's Kiss), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Melvin Gentry vocalist/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Fud Livingston composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Mar 27Billy MacKenzie rock vocalist (The Associates-Affectionate Punch), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Graeme Kelling British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Ednita Nazario Ponce PR, spanish singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Vince 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 Werent for Him [w/Roseanne Cash]; groups: Bluegrass Alliance, Sundance, The Cherry Bombs, Pure Prairie League, is born in Norman OK. (also TWA, 1997)Ref: 4
Apr 13Wayne Lewis keyboardist, (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19[Boaz] Boo Watson keyboardist (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Belinda Lipscomb vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Rod Morgenstein rocker (Winger), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Richenel [Hubertus R Baars] singer/performer (Dance Around The World), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Richie C Robertson rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Otallo Morales composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 30Ludwig Schiedermair German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 01Steve Farris musician: guitar: group: Mr. Mister: Broken Wings, Kyrie, Is It love, is born.Ref: 4
May 02Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
May 03Cactus Moser Montrose CO, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Thereza Bazaar rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 09Ezio F Pinza Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Metropolitan Opera), dies at age 64.Ref: 5
May 10Punk Rocker Sid Vicious is born. Ref 
May 17Shalva Azmayparashvili composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
May 18Michael Cretu rocker (Enigma), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Jimmy McShane Pop singer (Baltimora-Tarzan Boy), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Siouxsie Sioux (Janet Susan Ballion) singer: group: Siouxsie and the Banshees: Helter Skelter, Israel, Lords Prayer, Christine, Happy House, is born.Ref: 4
May 29George Bacovia [Vasiliu] Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 30Chris Van Jaarsveld guitarist (Sleeze Beez), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 12Jimmy Dorsey, American musician and orchestra leader, dies at age 53.Ref: 70
Jun 19Tom Bailey musician, singer, keyboardist: The Thompson Twins: Hold Me Now, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 21Mark Brzezicki rocker (Big Country-Wonderland), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Gary Beers musician: bass, singer: group: INXS: Just Keep Walking, The One Thing, Original Sin, Melting in the Sun, This Time, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 24Astro rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 02Mike Anger rocker (The Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 03Laura Branigan singer (Gloria), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 11Michael Rose rocker (Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 11Pete Murphy rocker (Love Hysteria), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 20Phil Hanna singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46.Ref: 5
Jul 30Rat Scabies (Chris Millar) musician: drums: group: The Damned: Neat, Neat, Neat, New Rose, Love Song, Grimly Fiendish, Shadow of Love, LP: Phantasmagoria, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 31Daniel Ash musician: guitar, singer: groups: Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 16Tim Farriss rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 18Ron Strykert musician: guitar: group: Men at Work: Who Can It Be Now, Down Under, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 21Kim Sledge Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 21Budgie rocker (Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 26John ONeill musician: guitar: groups: That Petrol Emotion: Keen, V2; The Undertones: Teenage Kicks, Jimmy, Jimmy, Here Comes Summer, My Perfect Cousin, Julie Ocean, Forever Paradise, Its Going to Happen, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 31Glenn Tilbrook guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 01Gloria Estefan (Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo) Queen of Latin Pop, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 02Steve Porcaro musician: keyboards, singer: group: Toto: Hold the Line, 99, Make Believe, Rosanna, Africa, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 07Margot Chapman Hawaii, vocals (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 10Siobhan Fahey rocker (Bananarama-Venus), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 11Jon Moss rocker (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 12Hans 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.Ref: 4
Sep 20Jean Sibelius Finnish composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Oct 19Karl Wallinger musician: keyboards, guitar; group: World Party, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 21Julian 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.Ref: 4
Oct 21Steve Lukather musician: guitar: group: Toto: Rosanna, Africa, Hold the Line; songwriter: Turn Your Love Around, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 28Stephen Morris rocker (New Order-Round & Round), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 01Lyle Lovett Grammy Award-winning singer: Best Male Country Vocal [1989]; Cowboy Man, songwriter: This Old Porch [w/Robert Earl Keen], You Cant Resist It, Closing Time, If I Had a Boat; actor: Ready to Wear, Short Cuts, The Player, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 15Kevin 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
Nov 18Jenny Burton NYC, rocker (Nobody Loves Me Like You Do), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 20Jimmy 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.Ref: 4
Nov 21Jim Brown rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 22Sharon Bailey rocker (Amazulu-Excitable), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 24Chris 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.Ref: 4
Nov 30John Aston musician: guitar: groups: Photons, Psychedelic Furs: We Love You, Love My Way, Heaven, Pretty in Pink, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 30Richard Barbieri musician: drums: group: Japan: Dont Rain on My Parade, The Unconventional, The Tenant, All Tomorrows Parties, Taking Islands in Africa, I Second That Emotion, Cantonese Boy, Bamboo Houses, Forbidden Colours; composer: for Ballet Rambert, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 08Phil Collen English rocker (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages), is born.Ref: 4
Dec 09Donny Osmond singer: Go Away Little Girl, Puppy Love; [w/sister, Marie]: Im 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)Ref: 4
Dec 10Paul Hardcastle Jazz musicianRef: 76
Dec 11Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra.Ref: 5
Dec 12Jerry Lee Lewis weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown, 13, while still married to his first wife, Jane Mitcham.Ref: 5
Dec 12Cy Curnin London England, rock vocalist (Fixx-Sign of Fire), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Sheila E[scovedo] San Franciso CA, disco drummer (Krushgrove, Holly Rock), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Robert Frank Kurka composer, dies at 35.Ref: 5
Dec 18John Webster rocker (Red Ryder-Light in the Tunnel), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 19Doug Johnson rock keyboardist (Loverboy-Get Lucky), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Billy (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.Ref: 4
Dec 20Anita Baker [Ward] Detroit MI, vocalist (Rapture), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Mike Watt US bassist (Rockband Firehose), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Eric Coates composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 22Ricky Ross British rock vocalist (Deacon Blue-Raintown), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Ian Burden keyboards: group: Human League: Dont You Want Me, [Keep Feeling] Fascination, Mirror Man, The Lebanon, Life on Your Own, Louise, is born in Sheffield England.Ref: 4
Dec 25Jan Rot Dutch composer/writer (Wrong Nights), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Shane 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.Ref: 4
Dec 26Artur Malawski composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Dec 29Steve 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 Hollywoods most enduring marriages.Ref: 4
1958
Jan 01Grandmaster Flash [Joseph Saddler], New York City, NY, rocker (Message), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 01David Broekman musician (Think Fast), dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 10Shawn Colvin singer/guitarist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Vicki Peterson Los Angeles CA, rock guitarist/vocalist (Bangles), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 11Alec Rowley composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 12Arthur Shepherd composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Jan 17Jez Strode rocker (Kajagoogoo), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 24Jools (Julian) Holland musician: keyboard: group: Squeeze: Goodbye Girl, Up the Junction, Cool for Cats; solo: LP: Jools Holland & The Millionaires, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 25Gary Brian Tibbs London, rock bassist (Adam & The Ants, Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Anita Baker Toledo OH, singer (Giving You the Best That I Got), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26B James Lowry rocker (Boys Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Norman Lamont Hassan British reggae musician (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Charles Waltz rocker (Shooting Star), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Rob van Zandvoort Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist (Jack of Hearts), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Tom Schuman pianist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Lee Crystal rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07Manuel Mijares Mexico, Spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Mark Fox congas/percussionist (Haircut 100-Nobody's Fool), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Ice-T (Tracy Marrow), rap singer/actor (New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Mary 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 Hell Keep Her, LP: Hometown Girl; musician: guitar, songwriter: Girls with Guitars, co-wrote: Sallys Pigeon; daughter of Life magazine executive Chapin Carpenter, is born in Princeton NJ.Ref: 4
Feb 23Ria Brieffies Dutch vocalist (Dolly Dots), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23David 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.Ref: 4
Feb 24Sammy Kershaw Kaplan LA, country vocalist (Cadillac Style), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Nik Kershaw Bristol England, singer/songwriter (Wouldn't it be Good), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Andy (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] Dont Throw It all Away; host of TVs Solid Gold; is born in Manchester England.Ref: 4
Mar 08Gary 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.Ref: 4
Mar 09Martin 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.Ref: 4
Mar 14Eugeen Van de Velde Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 22Pete Wylie Liverpool England, rocker (Sinful), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Emerson Whithorne, composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 27Shaun Cassidy rocker/actor (Hardy Boys, Texas Guns), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28W.C. (William Christopher) Handy composer: Father of the Blues: St. Louis Blues; dies at age 84.Ref: 5
Mar 31Pat McGlynn Edinburgh, rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Tony Aire rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Judge Jackson composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 07Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Apr 10Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds Indpls IN, singer/producer/songwriter (Boyz II Men, Bobby Brown), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Dick 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".Ref: 4
Apr 10W C Handy composer/musician, dies at 84 in NY.Ref: 5
Apr 11[William] Stuart Adamson Manchester England, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Tony James rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Will Sergeant rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon, Heaven Up Here), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Randy Piper heavy metal rocker (Wasp-Wildchild), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Matt Reid rock keyboardist (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Les Pattinson Ormskirk Merseyside England, rock bassist (Echo & the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Fish [Derek William Dick] Edinburgh Scotland, rock vocalist (Marillion-Real to Reel), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Flab, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Keith Denunzio rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Simon Edwards rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Glenn Gregory rock vocalist (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Vincent Henar Surinam, bassist (Fra Fra Sound), is born.Ref: 5
May 18Toyah Wilcox Birmingham England, rocker (I Want to Be Free), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Bruno Sturmer composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 20Jane Wiedlin Oconomowoc WI, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Mike Barson rock keyboardist (Madness), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Shelly West Cleveland OH, country singer (Red Hot, West by West), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Paul Weller guitar (Jam-This is the Modern World, Style Council), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Neil Finn rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
May 30Marie Fredriksson Ostra-Ljuajak Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 07Prince [Rodgers Nelson], rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 18Daniels Koran saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 30Esa-Pekka Salonen Helsinki Finland, conductor (Giro), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 04Kirk Pengilly Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 11Ray Dodds rocker (Fairground Attraction-You Send Me), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 16Michael Flatley, dancer, performer: Lord of the DanceRef: 4
Jul 18Nigel Twist rocker (The Alarm-In the Summertime), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 20Michael McNeill rocker (Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 21Henry Priestman singer: group: The Christians, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 30Kate Bush Plumstead England, singer/songwriter (Wild Things), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 31Bill Berry musician: drums: group: R.E.M.: Radio Free Europe, Talk about the Passion, So Central Rain, [Dont Go Back To] Rockville, Seven Chinese Brothers, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 06Randy DeBarge musician: bass, vocals: group: DeBarge: Rhythm of the Night, I Like It, All this Love, Time Will Reveal, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 07Bruce Dickinson heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden-Run to Hills), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 09Greg Chaisson heavy metal rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 13Feargal Sharkey rocker (Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 16Madonna (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
Aug 17Belinda Carlisle Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 21Walter Schumann choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44.Ref: 5
Aug 26Jet 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.Ref: 4
Aug 29Singer Michael Jackson is born in Gary Indiana.Ref: 24
Sep 02Fritz McIntyre musician: keyboards: group: Simply Red: Moneys Too Tight to Mention, Holding Back the Years, The Right Thing, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 08Michael Lardie musician: group: Great White, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 08David Lewis guitarist (Atlantic Starr-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 11Mick Talbot rocker (Style Council-You're the Best Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 05Lee Thompson sax (Madness-Baggy Trousers), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 10Tanya Tucker, Seminole TX, country singer/actress (Follow that Car), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 14Thomas Dolby rocker (She Blinded Me With Science), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 17Alan Jackson rocker (Don't Rock the Jukebox, Here in the Real World), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 20Mark King musician: bass, singer: group: Level 42, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 20Ivo Pogorelich Belgrade Yugoslavia, pianist (1978 Casagrande winner), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 27Simon LeBon singer: group: Duran Duran, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 27Hazell Dean rocker (Always Doesn't Mean Forever), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 08Terry Lee Miall musician: drums: group: Adam & The Ants: Goody Two-Shoes, Apollo Nine, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 24Carmel (McCourt) England, rocker (Storm, More More More)Ref: 5
Nov 27Charles Waltz rocker (Shooting Star), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 28David Van Day rocker (Dollar-Loves Gotta Hold on Me), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Erwin Bodky composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 10Paul Hardcastle keyboardist (Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Nikki Sixx (Frank Ferranno) musician: bass: group: Motley Crue: LPs: Too Fast for Love, Theatre of Pain, is born in San Jose CA.Ref: 4
Dec 12Leo Kenter Dutch drummer (Trckener Kecks-More! More! More!), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Dana Strum Washington DC, rock bassist (Slaughter-Stick it Live), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Mike Scott musician: guitar, singer: group: The Waterboys, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 14Jan Dijksma Dutch bassist (Weekend at Waikiki), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Spider Tracy English rock vocalist (The Pogues), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Mike Mills musician: bass: group: R.E.M.: Radio Free Europe, Talk About the Passion, So Central Rain, Seven Chinese Brothers, [Dont Go Back to] Rockville, is born.Ref: 2
Dec 19Limahl British rocker (Kajagoogoo-Too Shy), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Dave 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
Dec 26Harry Redman composer, dies on 89th birthday.Ref: 5
Dec 28Joe Diffie Tulsa OK, country singer/guitarist (Home), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Mike McGuire Haleyville AL, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Doris Humphrey US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63.Ref: 5
Dec 31Gustav Hermann Unger composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
1959
Jan 03Rusty Golden rocker (Boys Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Kathy Sledge Philadelphia PA, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Jose Enrique Pedreira composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Jan 07Kathy Valentine rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Paul Malengreau composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 10Don Letts rocker (Big Audio Dynamite), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Kirk & Curtwood musician (Meat Puppets), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Per Gessle Halmstad Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Carl Chas Smash Smyth rock bassist (Madness-Our House), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Geoff Tate vocalist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Pete Trewavas Middlesbrough, rock bassist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws, Real to Reel), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Sad [Helen Folsade Ady] Ibadan Nigeria, rocker (Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 17Billie 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)Ref: 70
Jan 18Bob Rosenberg rocker (Will To Power), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 21Lamar Stringfield composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 23Earl Falconer British reggae bassist (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Dave Sharp musician: guitar: group: The Alarm: 68 Guns, Where were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?, The Bells of Rhymney, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 28Viktor Joseph Keldorfer composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 30Jody Watley Chicago IL, dancer (Solid Gold)/singer (Looking For a New Love), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Lol (Laurence) Tolhurst musician: drums, keyboard: group: The Cure: A Forest, Charlotte Sometimes, Lets Go to Bed, Love Cats, The Caterpillar, In-Between Days, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 03"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.Ref: 4
Feb 07Brian Travers musician: saxophone: group: UB40: King, Food for Thought, My Way of Thinking, I Think Its Going to Rain, Dream a Lie, The Earth Dies Screaming, Red Red Wine; short film producer: Labour of Love, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 07Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar rocker, dies at 32.Ref: 5
Feb 09Paul Malengreau composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 12Omar Hakim drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Per Gessle rocker (Roxette-Joy Ride), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12George Antheil US pianist/composer (Ballet Mcanique), dies at 58.Ref: 5
Feb 13Ali Campbell rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13William L Axt composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 14Baby Dodds, American jazz musician, dies at age 60.Ref: 70
Feb 15Ali (Alistair) Campbell musician: guitar, lead singer: group: UB40: Food for Thought, My Way of Thinking, I Think Its Going to Rain, Dream a Lie, Red Red Wine, Dont Break My Heart [w/Chrissie Hynde], Orchestral Dub, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 18Alfred Alessandrescu composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 18Eric Zeisl composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Feb 18Jaroslav Kvapil composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 20Ray McDonald dancer, dies of barbiturate overdose at 38.Ref: 5
Feb 25Mike Peters rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Andrew Farriss, Australia, rock keyboardist (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Larry Stewart Paducah KY, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Yrl Henrik Kilpinen Finnish composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 11Haydn Wood composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 13Ronnie Rogers guitarist (T'Pau-Heart & Soul), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 14Patrick Dupond Paris France, dancer (La Bayadere), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Stan Thorn Kenosha WI, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Mike 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.Ref: 4
Mar 17Raffaele d' Alessandro composer, dies on 48th birthday.Ref: 5
Mar 18Terry Hall singer: group: The Specials: Gangsters, A Message to You Rudy, Too Much Too Young, Ghost Town; Fun Boy Three: It Aint What You Do Its the Way That You Do It, Really Saying Something, Tunnel of Love, Our Lips are Sealed, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 19Irene Cara singer: Fame, The Dream; actress: Fame, Aint Misbehavin, Caged in Paradiso, City Heat, For Us the Living, Killing Em Softly, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 20Richard Drummie rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Billy Mayerl composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Mar 27Andrew Farriss musician: keyboards: group: INXS: Just Keep Walking, The One Thing, Original Sin, Me, Melting in the Sun, This Time, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 29Sara Wennerberg-Reuter composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 31Angus 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
Apr 02Dean Townson, St Petersburg FL, singer (Pirates of the Mississippi-Fred Jake), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 09Dave Innis Bartlesville OK, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10(Long Island) Brian Setzer, Massapequa Park NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Stray Cats), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Ernest Willem Mulder composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Apr 13Eduard A van Beinum Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Apr 17Stephen Singleton, musician: saxophone: group: ABC: Tears are Not Enough, Poison Arrow, Be Near Me, When Smokey Sings, King Without a Crown, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 21Robert Smith musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: group: The Cure: A Forest, Charlotte Sometimes, Lets Go to Bed, Love Cats, The Caterpillar, Inbetween Days, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 24Jef van Hoof composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 25Billy Rankin Glasgow, Scotland, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Sheena [Shirley Orr] Easton, Belshill Scotland, singer (Morning Train, For Your Eyes Only), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Marco Pirroni London, rock guitarist (Adam & The Ants), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Armand Louis Joseph Marsick composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
May 01Phil Smith musician: saxophone: group: Haircut 100: Favourite Shirts [Boy Meets Girl], Love Plus One, Fantastic Day, Nobodys Fool, is born.Ref: 4
May 02Yrl Henrik Kilpinen Finnish composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 03David Ball musician: keyboards: group: Soft Cell: Tainted Love, Bed Sitter, Torch, What, is born.Ref: 4
May 04Country singer Randy Travis is born. (TWA, 1997)Ref: 95
May 05Ian McCullough rocker (Echo & The Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Sidney Bechet US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 15Andrew Eldritch rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Paul Di'Anno Chingford London, rocker (Iron Maiden-Run To The Hills), is born.Ref: 5
May 22[Steven Patrick] Morrissey, Manchester England, rocker (The Smiths-Hand in Glove, & solo artist-November Spawned a Monster), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Wayne Hussey musician: guitar, singer: group: The Mission: LPs Gods Own Medicine, The First Chapter, Salad Daze, Neverland, Ever After, is born.Ref: 4
May 26Beverly Lee rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 28Leon "The Bop" Klaasse rock drummer/singer (The Pilgrims-Red), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Mel Gaynor Glasgow Scotland, rock drummer (Simple Minds-Water Front), is born.Ref: 5
May 30Thomas Carl Whitmer composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jun 01Alan "Wild"er rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 02Tony 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
Jun 05Bob 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
Jun 05Michael Winans gospel singer (The Winans), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 16Sade is born in Ibadan, Nigeria. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 95
Jun 19Mark DeBarge rocker (DeBarge-Who's Johnny), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 24Andy 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
Jun 27Lorrie (Loretta Lynn) Morgan singer, songwriter; daughter of country singer George Morgan, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 05Marc Cohn singer (Walking in Memphis), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 06Jon Keeble musician: drums: group: Spandau Ballet: True, To Cut a Long Story Short, The Freeze, Musclebound, Chant No. 1, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 09Marc (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
Jul 09Jim Kerr rocker (Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 11Richie Sambora guitarist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 11Suzanne Vega rocker (My Name is Luka), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 15Ernest Bloch Geneva, Switzerland, composer (MacBeth), dies.Ref: 68
Jul 17Billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC.Ref: 5
Aug 05Pete Burns rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 06Joyce Sims rocker (All & All), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Rikki Rockett rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 09Kurtis Blow NYC, rapper (Krushgroove-The Breaks), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 10Mark Price bass/vocals (All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Suzanne Vega musician: folk-guitar, singer, songwriter: Luka, Marlene on the Wall, Small Blue Thing, Calypso, Toms Diner, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 13Mark Nevin rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 16Wanda A Landowska, Polish-born harpsichordist, dies at age 80.Ref: 70
Aug 19Steve Grimmett heavy metal rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 22Juan Croucier heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 29Eddi Reader rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 31Tony DeFranco singer: group: The DeFranco Family: Heartbeat, Its a Lovebeat, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 11Mick 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, Youre the Best Thing, Welcome to Milton Keynes, Walls Came Tumbling Down, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 14Morten Harket singer: group: a-ha: Take on Me, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 20Alannah Currie rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor, Doctor), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 21Corrinne Drewery rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 23Lita Ford musician: guitar: group: The Runaways, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 30Basia Trzetrzelevska Poland, jazz singer (Time & Life), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 04Chris Lowe musician: keyboards: group: Pet Shop Boys: LP: What Have I Done to Deserve This, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 07Mario Lanza (Alfred Cocozza) actor: That Midnight Kiss, The Great Caruso, Because Youre Mine, The Student Prince; singer: Be My Love, The Loveliest Night of the Year, Because Youre Mine, dies at 38 of a heart attack.Ref: 4
Oct 10Chris Lowe rocker (Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 13Marie (Olive) Osmond singer: Paper Roses, Whos Sorry Now, This is the Way That I Feel; TV host: Donny and Marie, Ripleys Believe It or Not, is born in Ogden UT.Ref: 4
Oct 14A.J. Pero Staten Is, drummer (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 16Gary 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
Oct 23Singer, comedian Weird Al Yankovic is born.Ref: 4
Oct 28Neville Henry rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 01Eddie MacDonald musician: bass: group: The Alarm; Guns, Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke, The Bells of Rhymney, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 05Bryan Adams singer: Heaven, Summer of 69; songwriter: Everything I Do; songwriter: Tears are Not Enough, is born in Vancouver BC, Canada.Ref: 4
Nov 05Rob Fisher rocker (Climie Fisher-Love Changes), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 17Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian musician and composer, dies at age 72.Ref: 70
Nov 25Steve Rothery rocker (Marillion-Real to Reel), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Charlie Burchill musician: guitar: group: Simple Minds: Changeling, Premonition, The American, Love Song, Dont You [Forget About Me], is born.Ref: 4
Dec 08Paul Rutherford vocalist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 08Marty Raybon Sanford FL, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Paul Rutherford singer: group: Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax!, Two Tribes, The Power of Love, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 12Belouis Some rocker (Neville Keighley-Some People), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14Franco Iglesia Cuba, Spanish singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Steven Irvine rock drummer (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Robin Humphrey Milford composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Dec 31Paul Westerberg singer (The Replacements), is born.Ref: 5
1960
Jan 04Michael 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, [Dont Go Back to] Rockville, Seven Chinese Brothers, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 06Edith Barstow choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52.Ref: 5
Jan 07Luis da Costa composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 11Vicki Peterson Los Angeles CA, rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Sad [Helen Folsade Ady] Ibadan Nigeria, rocker (Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer), is born.Ref: 17
Jan 17John Crawford Palo Alto CA, bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Michael Hutchence Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Need You Tonight, Dogs in Space), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Jacques de Menasce composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Jan 29Cho-Liang Lin Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia first prize), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Eddie Jackson bassist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence, The Warning), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress/singer Phyllis Newman in New York City NY.Ref: 5
Feb 02Jeno Huszka composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Feb 03Richard Kotzen rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Rudolf Nelson composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Feb 06Rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter Jesse Belvin dies at 26 in a car crash in Little Rock, AR.Ref: 5
Feb 07Steve Bronski rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Holly Johnson vocalist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Ernst von Dohnanyi US composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Feb 10Lionel Cartwright Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Michael Craig rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Want to Hurt Me), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Mikey Craig rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Holly Johnson England, rock vocalist (Frankie Goes To Hollywood), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Mark Reilly [Matt Bianco], rocker (Indio-Big Harvest), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Kee Marcello rocker (Europe-Final Countdown), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Hubert Cuypers composer/choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at 86.Ref: 5
Feb 24Jean Binet composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 27Paul Humphreys rock keyboardist/synthesizer player (OMD-Crush, Pacific Age), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Bolik Dahan Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Leonard Warren, baritone (Metropolitan Opera 1939-60) dies on stage at age 49.Ref: 70
Mar 13Adam Clayton, Oxfordshire, England, rock bassist (U2-I Will Follow), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Guy Chadwick English singer/songwriter (House of Love), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Laurie Sargent rock vocalist (Face To Face), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Steve Norman London England, rock saxophone player (Spandau Ballet-True), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Ian Whyte composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Mar 30Joseph Haas German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 31Joseph Haas German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81.Ref: 5
Apr 07Simon Climie rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher-Love Changes), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Brian Setzer rock guitarist (Lobos-La Bamba, Stray Cats-Sexy & 17), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Arthur Benjamin Australian composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 14Brian Forster rocker (Partridge Family Drums), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Eddie (Ray Edward) Cochran Rock and Roll Hall of Famer [1987]: singer, is killed in car crash at age 21.Ref: 4
Apr 23Steve Clark musician: guitar: group: Def Leppard: Photograph, Rock of Ages, Foolin, LPs: On Through the Night, HighnDry, Pyromania, Hysteria; is born.Ref: 4
Apr 24Paula Yates London England, Mrs Bob Geldof/rocker/writer (Blondes), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 25Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn composer, dies at 92.Ref: 5
Apr 26Roger Taylor England, rock drummer (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Wally Langdon bassist (Bob Color), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Gerard Joling Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Sulho Ranta composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
May 06Bart de Boer Dutch guitarist (Ivy Green), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Larry Steinbacheck keyboardist (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Paul Abraham Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 08Hugo Alfven Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88.Ref: 5
May 09Jim Reilly rocker (Red Rockers), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Bono (Paul Hewson) singer: group: U2: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride [In the Name of Love], With You or Without You, is born.Ref: 4
May 12Cecil Armstrong Gibbs composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 20Susan Cowsill Newport RI, rock vocalist (Cowsills-We Can Fly), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Theo Vogelaars pop bassist (Trckener Kecks/Paid Love), is born.Ref: 5
May 30Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy rocker (Lilac Time-Paradise Song), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 02Tony Hadley rocker (Spandau Ballet-True), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Steve Vai musician: guitar: group: David Lee Roth Band: California Girls, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 08Mick Red Hucknall singer: group: Simply Red: Moneys Too Tight to Mention, Holding Back the Years, The Right Thing, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 20John Taylor rocker (Duran Duran-Girls on Film), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 01Evelyn "Champagne" King Bronx NY, singer (Shame, I'm In Love), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 15Lawrence Tibbett Bakersfield CA, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50), dies at age 63.Ref: 70
Aug 04Robbin Crosby heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 05Mike Nocito rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 07Jacquie O'Sullivan rocker (Bananarama-Venus), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Morty Black heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 15Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 22Debbi Peterson musician: drums, singer: group: Bangles: Walk like an Egyptian, Manic Monday, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 23Oscar (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
Aug 26Branford Marsalis musician: saxophone: bandleader: The Tonight Show; toured with Sting, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 07David Steele rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-Drive Me Crazy), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 08David Steele musician: keyboards, bass: group: Fine Young Cannibals, The Beat: Stand Down Margaret, Whaappen, Cant Get Used to Losing You, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 09Jussi Bjorling, Swedish tenor, dies at age 49.Ref: 70
Sep 10Siobhan Fahey singer: group: Bananarama, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 11Neal X rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 22Joan Jett, Philadelphia PA, singer (Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll), is born. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 95
Oct 13Joey Belladonna heavy metal vocalist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 19Woody rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 01Lyle Lovett country singer (Desert Rose Band, Give Back My Heart), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 03James Prime (musician: keyboards: group: Deacon Blue), is born.Ref: 4
Nov 05Country and rockabilly artist Johnny Horton dies in an auto accident in Milano TX.Ref: 68
Nov 18Kim Wilde England, rocker (You Keep Me Hanging On), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 19Rock musician Matt Sorum (The Cult; Guns N' Roses) is born.
Nov 22Eg White rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 25Amy Grant gospel singer (Glory of Love, Baby Baby), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 25Kasey Smith Queens NY, heavy metal artist (Danger Danger-Screw It), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 01Ion Vasilescu composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Dec 02Rick Savage bass player (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Hermann Stephani composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 05Les Nemes musician: bass: group: Haircut 100, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 05Jack Russell singer: group: Great White, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 12Jaap van Sweden Dutch violinist/concert master, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 15Doug Phelps Leachville AR, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23William Sinnot Scottish pop musician (Shamen-Move Any Mountain), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Amy Grant singer (That's What Love Is, Baby Baby), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Marty Roe Lebanon OH, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
1961
Jan 03Erwin Blom Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Dirk de Vries Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg Rome Italy, concert violinist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Janet 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
Jan 13Graham "Suggs" McPherson Sussex, rock vocalist (Madness-Our House), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Henry Geehl composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Jan 15Iris DeMent Paragould AR, country singer (Our Town), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Francesco Maria Saraceni composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Jan 16Janos Viski composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Jan 21John Joseph Becker composer, dies a day before 75th birthday.Ref: 5
Jan 27Gillian Gilbert musician: keyboard: group: New Order: Shellshock, Confusion, Blue Monday, is born in Manchester England.Ref: 4
Jan 27Martin Degville rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Margo Timmins singer (Cowboy Junkies), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Eddie 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
Jan 31Lloyd Cole guitar/vocals (& the Commotions-Rattlesnakes), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Adolf Vogl composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Feb 06Archibald T Davison composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 08Sammy Llanas rocker (Bodeans), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 08Vince Neil [Wharton] California, rock vocalist (Mtley Cre-Girls Girls Girls), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Becky LeBeau Los Angeles CA, vocalist (Mischief), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Les Warner rocker (Cult-Fire Woman), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 13Henry Rollins US vocalist/poet (Black Flagg, Rollins Band), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Andy Taylor Dolver-Hampton England, rock guitarist (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Percy Aldridge Grainger Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 21Ranking Roger rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Don Van Spall guitarist (Sleeze Beez), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Persijn "Dakota" Joling Dutch rock guitarist/singer (Pilgrims-Red), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26John-Jon (John Andrew Foster) musician: group: Bronski Beat: LPs: Age of Consent, Hundreds & Thousands, Truthdare Doubledare, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 28Joris Vriamont Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Feb 28Percy Grainger, Australian-born American composer, pianist and conductor, dies at age 78.Ref: 70
Mar 01Davis Daniel Arlington Heights IL, country singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Dan Stuart US singer/songwriter (Green on Red), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Thomas Beecham English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 11Mike Percy rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 11Bruce 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
Mar 19Edric Cundell composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Mar 20Slim Jim Phantom [Jim Mcdonnell] rock drummer (Stray Cats-Stray Cat Strut), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Slim MacDonnell Jim Phantom rock percussionist (Stray Cats), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Jack Kane orchestra leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37.Ref: 5
Apr 01Mark 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
Apr 02Keren Jane Woodward, Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Wallingford Riegger US composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 03Melissa Etheridge rock guitarist/vocalist (Come to My Window), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Jesus Guridi composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 07Yusef Greiss composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Apr 09Mark Kelly Dublin Ireland, rock keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 11Francis de Bourguignon composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 12D D Verni heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Nils-Eric Fougstedt composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Apr 13Tammy Stephens Arlington TX, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Kelly Hansen heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21James Melton Moultrie GA, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at age 57.Ref: 4
Apr 29Tenor Luciano Pavarotti makes opera debut in "La Boheme"at Reggio Emilia, Italy.Ref: 10
May 02Doctor Robert [Bruce R Howard] rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Jay Aston singer: group: Bucks Fizz: Making Your Mind Up, Land of Make Believe, My Camera Never Lies, Now Those Days are Gone, If You Cant Stand the Heat, is born.Ref: 4
May 11Cecile Licad Manila Philippines, pianist (Leventritt Award-1981), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Billy Duffy rocker (The Cult-Hell's Kitchen), is born.Ref: 5
May 12Ray Gillen Cliffside Park NJ, rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Enya [Eithne N Bhraonin] Gweedore Ireland, vocalist (Watermark), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Henri Gagnon composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 19Joe Howard singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94.Ref: 5
May 20Nick 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
May 20Kit Clarke rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Tim Lever keyboard/sax (Dead or Alive-You Spin Me Round), is born.Ref: 5
May 22Dana Williams Dayton OH, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Singer, Johnny Cash turned TV actor. He appeared on the NBC drama, The Deputy.Ref: 4
May 28Roland Gift Birmingham England, rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy), is born.Ref: 5
May 29David Palmer heavy metal drummer (ABC, AC/DC), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Melissa Etheridge US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Uuno Kalervo Klami composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
May 30Trey Parker rapper/actor (Newsies, Hull High), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 03Charles Hart Broadway lyricist: Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 04El (Eldra) DeBarge singer: group: DeBarge: I Like It, All This Love, Time Will Reveal, Rhythm of the Night, is born.Ref: 68
Jun 06Terri Nunn Calif, singer (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 10Maxi Priest rocker (Wide World), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 14Boy George (George Alan ODowd) androgynous rock musician & druggie (Culture Club), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 16Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West while his troupe was in Paris.Ref: 70
Jun 22Jimmy Somerville musician: keyboards, singer: groups: The Committee, Communards: You are My World, Dont Leave Me This Way; Bronski Beat: Smalltown Boy, Why, It Aint Necessarily So, I Feel Love, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 24Curt Smith musician: bass, singer: group: Tears For Fears: Suffer the Children, Mad World, Change, Pale Shelter, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 26Terri Nunn singer: group: Berlin: Take My Breath Away, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 03Vince Clarke songwriter: group: DePeche Mode: Just Cant Get Enough, See You; musician: keyboards: groups: Yaz: Only You, Dont Go, Nobodys Diary; The Assembly: Never Never; Erasure: Sometimes, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 08Andy Fletcher musician: group: Depeche Mode: Enjoy the Silence, New Life, Shake the Disease, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 08Graham Jones musician: guitar: group: Haircut 100, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 13Lawrence Donegan, musician: bass: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 13Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86.Ref: 5
Jul 21Jim Martin musician: guitar: group: Faith No MoreRef: 4
Jul 23Martin Gore rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 26Gary Cherone Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 26Andy Connel rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08The Edge (Dave Evans) London, rocker (U2-I Will Follow), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 10John Farriss rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Pete De Freitas rocker (Echo & the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 12Roy Hay guitarist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 15Matt Johnson rocker (The The-Infected Soul Mining), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 20Rick Rael heavy metal rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 22Roland Orzabal singer (Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 24Mark Bedford musician: bass: group: Madness: The Prince, Dont Quote Me on That, Our House, My Girl, Baggy Trousers, Embarrassment, Return of the Los Palmos Seven, Cardiac Arrest, House of Fun, Tomorrows Just Another Day, Starvation, Ghost Train, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 25Singer Billy Ray Cyrus is born. (TWA, 1997)Ref: 95
Aug 28Kim Appleby rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 29Tony Macalpine heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 31David Chastain heavy metal rocker (Chastain-Rule of Wasteland), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 06Bob 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
Sep 06Paul Waaktaar musician: guitar, singer: group: a-ha, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 02Phil Oakey rocker (Human League-Human), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 02Robbie Nevil rocker (A Place Like This), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 10Martin Kemp rocker (Spandau Ballet-True), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 14Mike Tramp Denmark, heavy metal rocker (White Lion-Mane Attraction), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 18Wynton Marsalis New Orleans La, jazz trumpeter (Grammy 1983), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 29Randy (Steven Randall) Jackson, singer in The Jackson Five, is born.Ref: 3
Oct 31Larry Mullen Jr. Grammy Award-winning musician: drums: group: U2, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 01Mags Furuholmen Norway, rocker (Aha-Take on Me), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 02k.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
Nov 09Sandra '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
Nov 10Junior [Norman Giscombe], R&B singer (Mama used to Say), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 18Janice Lynn Kuehnemund St Paul MN, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Princess rocker (Desirez Heslop, All For Love), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Martin Degville rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Gillian Gilbert Manchester England, rocker (New Order-Round & Round), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Margo Timmins singer (Cowboy Junkies), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 03Jekabs Graubins composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 08William Beatton Moonie composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Dec 16Boris Semyonovich Shekhter composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Dec 16Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93.Ref: 5
Dec 17Sarah Dallin rocker (Bananarama-Venus), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Ken Foreman rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymn), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Guy de Lioncourt composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 29Mark Day musician: guitar: group: Happy MondaysRef: 4
1962
Jan 04Martin McAloon rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Phil Lewis London England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09LeRoy B Shield US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 12Richard de Guide composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Jan 14Patrica Morrison rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Jan Koster Dutch drummer (Sleeze Beez-Powertool), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Paul Webb rocker (TalkTalk), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18Raymond Moulaert composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Jan 26Tom Keifer rock guitarist/vocalist (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Fran Lhotka composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jan 27Michael Collins clarinettist, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Fritz Kreisler Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at age 86.Ref: 5
Feb 04Clint Black, Long Branch NJ, country vocalist (A Better Man), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Tommy Skeoch rock vocalist (Tesla-Five Man Acoustical Jam), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Doug Watkins jazz musician: bass: Pepper-Knepper Quintet, Hank Mobley Quartet, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers; is killed in a car crash.Ref: 5
Feb 05Jacques Ibert French composer (Escales), dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 06Axl Rose [William Bailey] Lafayette IN, rocker (Guns & Roses), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07David Bryan rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 07(Troyal) Garth Brooks, Tulsa OK, country singer (No Fences, Ropin' the Wind), is born. (also TWA, 1998)Ref: 5
Feb 09Phil Lewis London England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09LeRoy B Shield US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 10Cliff Burton rocker (Metallica), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 11Sheryl Crow Kennett MO, singer/songwriter (All I Wanna Do, If It Makes You Happy), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Tony Kiley rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17David McComb Australia, vocalist/songwriter (Triffids), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Bruno Walter symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 19Albert Israel Elkus composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 20Joel Ellis rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Michael Wilton rock guitarist (Queensrche-The Warning), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Michelle Shocked singer/musician, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 25Foster Emerson Sylvers rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 01Bill Leen rocker (Gin Blossoms), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Jon Bon Jovi [Bongiovi], Perth Amboy NJ, rocker (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name), is born. (also TWA, 1998)Ref: 5
Mar 05Otakar Jeremias composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Mar 06Rezso Kokai composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Mar 07Taylor Dayne [Leslie Wunderman], Long Island NY, vocalist (I'll Always Love You), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Gary Clark rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Steve Coy rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Terrence Trent D'Arby New York NY, rock vocalist (Wishing Well), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16John Owen Jones composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Mar 17Clare Grogan rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Janet Patricia Gardner Juneau AK, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17Roxy Dora Petrucci Rochester MN, rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Richard Coles rocker (Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Ged Grimes [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30M C Hammer [Stanley Kirk Burrell] Oakland CA, rapper (U Can't Touch This), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Billy Dean Quincy FL, country singer (Billy the Kid), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03John Gruffith rocker (Red Rockers), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Mike Ness rocker (Social Distortion), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Manolis Kalomiris Greek opera composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 06Stan Cullimore bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Izzy Stradlin [Jeff Isabelle], Lafayette IN, guitarist (Guns N' Roses-Welcome to the Jungle), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Ian MacKaye rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Mick Sweda heavy metal (Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Shirlie Hollman rocker (Pepsi & Shirley-All Right Now), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Arthur Harmat composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 22Solomon Pimsleur composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Apr 26Graham "Skin" Skinner rocker (Hipsway), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Gary Daly singer: group: China Crisis: Wishful Thinking, is born.Ref: 4
May 05Kevin Mooney musician: bass: group: Adam & The Ants: LPs: Kings of the Wild Frontier, Prince Charming, is born.Ref: 4
May 09Paul Heaton rocker (The Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Garry Daley keyboard (China Crisis-Christian), is born.Ref: 5
May 14C C Deville rocker (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Ian Astbury, Heswall Merseyside England, rock vocalist (Cult-Fire Woman), is born.Ref: 5
May 14Martin Rongen Dutch pop drummer (Rowwen Hze-Boem), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Tracey Bryn rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Iain Harvie Scottish rock guitarist (Nothing Ever Happens), is born.Ref: 5
May 26Colin Vearncombe rocker (Black-Wonderful Like), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Roland Gift singer: group: Fine Young Cannibals: Johnny Come Home, is born.Ref: 4
May 29Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show".Ref: 5
May 31Corey Hart Montral Canada, vocalist (I Wear My Sunglasses at Night), is born.Ref: 5
May 31Eduardo Toldra composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Jun 07Paddy McAloon rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08Nick 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
Jun 09A 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
Jun 09Eddie Lundon rocker (China Crisis-Christian), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 13Sir Eugene Goossens composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Jun 19Paula Julie Abdul Van Nuys CA, singer/choreographer (Straight Up), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Ruby Turner rocker (No Where to Run), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 30Julianne Regan rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 07Clive "Doctor" Jackson rocker (Dr & the Medics-Laughing at Pieces), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 10Dan Donovan rocker (Bad)Ref: 5
Aug 23Shaun Ryder singer: group: Happy Mondays, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 25Mazzi Rawd heavy metal rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 25Vivian Campbel, heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 18Joanne Catherall singer: group: Human League, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 26Tracey Thorn rocker (Everything But the Girls), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 28Luis Enrique spanish singer (Luces del Alma), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 03Tommy Lee (Bass) musician: drums: group: Motley Crue, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 05Ken Noda NYC, pianist (Rivalry), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 16Flea (Michael Balzary) musician: bass guitar: group: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 01Rick Allen musician: drums: group: Def Leppard, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 01Mags Furuholmen musician: keyboards, singer: group: a-ha, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 03Marilyn rocker (You Don't Love Me), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 11Mic Michaeli musician: keyboard: group: Europe, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 18Kirk Hammett musician: guitar: group: Metallica: Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 20Steve Alexander rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 24John Squire musician: guitar: group: The Stone Roses: Fool's Gold, What the World is Waiting For, Elephant Stone, One Love, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 27Calvin Hayes rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Charlie Benante Bronx NY, rock drummer (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Michael Collins clarinettist, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Ben Watt rocker (Everything but the Girls-Sir Idlewood), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano, dies at age 67.Ref: 70
Dec 11Curtis Williams rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Yekaterina Geltzer, Russian ballerina, dies at age 86.Ref: 70
Dec 20Erik William Gustav Leidzen composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 20Luis Abraham Delgadillo composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 21Christy Forester Lookout Mountain GA, country singer (Forester Sister-Men), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Michael Ray rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 30Paul Crowder rocker (The Adventures-Sea of Love), is born.Ref: 5
1963
Jan 03Oscar Backing Austria/Netherlands viola player, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 05Rick Ambrose singer (Jewel), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Paul Brindley English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Tadeusz Szeligowski composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jan 13Tim Patrick Kelly Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Gustav Regler writer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Jan 16Gilardo Gilardi composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 19Caron Wheeler English singer (Soul II Soul-Keep on Movin'), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Carl Fysh rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Suzanne Klemann Dutch singer (Los Lane-I Wanna Be), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Jazzie B (Beresford Romeo) rap artist: group: Soul II Soul, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 26Andrew Ridgeley England, rock guitarist (Wham-Wake Me Up), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Danny Spitz heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 30Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches), dies at age 64.Ref: 70
Jan 31(Long Island) Scott Ian Rosenfeld, Bayside NY, rocker (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Werner Erich Josten German composer (Jungle), dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 09(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 1993s Super Bowl, is born in Marietta GA.Ref: 4
Feb 14D'Wayne Wiggins singer (Tony! Toni! Tone!), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 16Laszlo Lajtha composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 17Dan Reed rocker/actor (HOTS, Lake Consequence), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Seal, English vocalist/songwriter (Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Ian Brown English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Robert Collins keyboard player, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23June (Algeria Junius) Clark musician: trumpet; dies.Ref: 4
Mar 01Robert James Affuso Newburgh NY, rock drummer (Skid Row-Psycho Love), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Jason Newsted US heavy-metal bassist (Metallica-Kill 'em All), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04MDV [Michiel de Vos] Dutch pop bassist (Burma Shave-Stash), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Country 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
Mar 06Suzanne Crough rocker (Partridge Family), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Bret Michaels Harrisburg PA, guitarist (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Frans Koenn Dutch rock bassist (Los Lane-Precious), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 17William Henry Squire composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Mar 20Paul Mirkovich rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love & Affection), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 21Sharon June Howe Pederson Glencoe MN, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 22Suzanne Sulley Sheffield South Yorkshire, rocker (Human Leauge-Human), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Susan Sulley rocker (Human League-Human), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Dave Koz saxophonist, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Alec A Templeton composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52.Ref: 5
Mar 29M.C. Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell) Grammy Award-winning singer: U Cant Touch This [1990], Please Hammer Dont Hurt Em: The Movie [1990]; Ring Em, Adams Groove [Addams Family Theme]; dancer, actor: Amen, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 30Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 04David Gavurin English pop guitarist/composer (Sundays, Blind), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Jimmy Osmond singer (Donny & Marie Show), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Julius Harrison composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 10Warren DeMartini heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Jimmy Osmond, Ogden UT, singer (Donnie & Marie), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Brett Edward Garsed Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist (Nelson), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 20Kal Swan heavy metal rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Joey Vera heavy metal rocker (Armored Saint-Aftermath), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Billy Gould Los Angeles CA, rock bassist (Faith No More), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Arther van Dijk drummer (Ivy Green), is born.Ref: 5
May 02Tomas Vackar composer, dies at 17.Ref: 5
May 05Heinrich Gebhard composer, dies.Ref: 5
May 06Alessandra Ferri British ballerina (American Ballet Theater), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Ted Weems (Wilfred Theodore Weymes) orchestra leader: Ted Weems Orchestra, dies.Ref: 4
May 12Stanislaw Wiechowicz composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 13Julian Brookhouse rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Jimmy Osmond rocker (Osmond Brothers), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Yazz [Yasmin Evans] Mrs Simon La Bon/rocker (Fine Time, The One Way is Up), is born.Ref: 5
May 20Brian Nash musician: guitar: group: Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax!, Two Tribes, The Power of Love, Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, is born.Ref: 4
May 24Gene Anthony Ray Harlem NY, dancer/actor (Leroy-Fame), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Elmore James blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack.Ref: 5
May 28Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
May 31Wendy Smith rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 01Mike Joyce rocker (The Smiths-Ask, Panic, London), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 09Barbra Striesand appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show".Ref: 5
Jun 22Anne-Marie Ruddock rocker (Amazulu-Excitable), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25George 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
Jun 28Andy Cousin rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet & Other Stories), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Anne-Sophie Mutter Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 01Roddy Bottum musician: keyboards: group: Faith No More, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 03Taylor Dayne singer: Dont Rush Me, Love Will Lead You Back; LPs: Tell It to My Heart, Cant Fight Fate, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 07Perry Richardson SC, bassist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 13Bobby Rock Houston TX, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 20Dino Esposito singer: I Like It, Romeo, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 24Paul Geary Boston Mass, heavy metal drummer (Extreme-More Than Words), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 26Andrew C Timmons Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 31Norman Cook rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 01Coolio (Artis Ivey Jr.) rapper: LPs: It Takes a Thief, Gangstas Paradise, My Soul, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 03James Hetfield heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 07Marcus Lewis Pontiac Mich, singer (Sing me a Song), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 09Whitney Houston Newark NJ, singer (One Moment in Time), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 13Tigg Ketler Chula Vista Ca, drummer (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 19Joey Tempest rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 24John Bush heavy metal rocker (Armoured Saint-Can U Deliver), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 29Greg Steele rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)Ref: 5
Aug 30Axel Stordahl orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50.Ref: 5
Aug 31Reb Beach heavy metal rocker (Winger-17), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 10Carol Decker rocker (T'Pau-Heart & Soul), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 10David Titlow rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 16Richard Marx, Chicago IL, rocker (Hold on to the Night), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 11Edith Piaf (Edith Giovanna Gassion) French cabaret singer, actress; dies at age 47.Ref: 4
Oct 31Johnny Marr musician: guitar: group: The Smiths: Hand in Glove, This Charming Man, What Difference Does It Make, Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now, William, It Was Really Nothing, Reel Around the Fountain, Suffer Little Children, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 01Rick Allen rocker (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 15Fritz Reiner conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at 74.Ref: 5
Nov 26Amelita 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
Nov 30Rapper Jalil (Whodini) is born.Ref: 64
Dec 05Karl Amadeus Hartmann composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Dec 07Barbara Weathers vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 106 year old Donny Osmond's singing debut on the Andy Williams Show.Ref: 5
Dec 12Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped.Ref: 5
Dec 14Dinah Washington singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39.Ref: 5
Dec 18Winifried P I Zillig German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58.Ref: 5
Dec 20Paul Constantinescu composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 23Singer Terry Weeks is born.Ref: 64
Dec 24Mary Ramsey singer (10,000 Maniacs), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 26Lars Ulrich Gentofte Denmark, rock drummer (Metallica-Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 28Paul 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
Dec 31Scott Ian US heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-I'm the Man), is born.Ref: 5
1964
Jan 01Otto Emanuel Olsson composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Jan 05Ted Harris Poley Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 06Mark O'Toole bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Colin C McPhee composer (H2O, Mechanical Principles), dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 10Krista Tesreau St Louis MO, actress (Mindy-Guiding Light, Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Jan 20Jan Rychlik composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Jan 22Marc Blitzstein US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58.Ref: 5
Jan 23Louis Horst, American pianist/composer, dies at age 80.Ref: 70
Jan 27Migi [Miguel Drummond] rock (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Lieb Glantz composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 29Roddy 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
Feb 01Jani Lane rocker (Warrant-Cherry Pie), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 01Dwayne Rudolph Goettel musician, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Duff [Michael] "Rose" McKagan rocker (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child of Mine), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Skip Ewing Redlands CA, country vocalist (Coast of Colorado), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Rachel Bolan rocker (Skid Row), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Willie Bryant singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55.Ref: 5
Feb 19Doug Aldrich rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20Terry Ilous rock vocalist (XYZ, Cannibal Jacket), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23John Norum rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Ewen Vernal British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Jennifer McCarter Sevierville TN, singer (McCarter-The Gift), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Sergius Kagen composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Mar 06Reniet Vrieze rock singer/guitarist (Pilgrims-White Men), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 08Peter Gill musician: drums: group: Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax, Two Tribes, The Power of Love, Ferry Cross the Mersey, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 10Neneh 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.Ref: 4
Mar 12Tony Terry rock producer (Tony Terry), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Rockwell (Kennedy William Gordy) singer: Somebodys Watching Me; son of Motown founder, Berry Gordy, is born in Detroit MI.Ref: 4
Mar 20Jean Rogister composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 22Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of New York Times Magazine section.Ref: 5
Mar 23Vassily Vainonen Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 27Clark Datchler vocalist (Johnny Hates Jazz-Shattered Dreams), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Ted Collins pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 30Tracy Chapman Grammy Award-winning folk, pop singer-songwriter: Fast Car [1989], Give Me One Reason [1997], is born.Ref: 4
Mar 30Willem CN Andriessen Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 31Erik Turner Omaha NE, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 01Bozidar Kunc composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Apr 06Johnny Dee heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Biz Markie rocker (Meteor Man, Townsend Television), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Alan "Reni" Wren English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools Gold), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Felicia Collins Albany NY, guitarist (David Letterman), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Philadelphia singer Chubby Checker married former Miss World, Catherina Lodders.Ref: 4
Apr 13Bill D'Angelo heavy metal rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Dave Pirner rocker (Soul Asylum), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Albe Vidakovic composer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Apr 23Gen [Simon Matthews] English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & Ones), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 24Paul Ryder musician: bass: group: Happy Mondays: Step On, Kinky Afro, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 25Andy Bell rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Bruno Ravel Paris France, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It), is born.Ref: 5
May 05Lorraine McIntosh British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums), is born.Ref: 5
May 06Harold Morris composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 08Eric Brittingham rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station), is born.Ref: 5
May 08Peter Gill rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or Mar/Jan 8], is born.Ref: 5
May 10Ignace Lilien composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 10Carol Haney dancer: member of Jack Cole dance company, worked with Bob Fosse; in film: Pajama Game; dies at age 35.Ref: 4
May 13Lorraine McIntosh singer: group: Deacon Blue: Dignity, Real Gone Kid, Raintown, Twist And Shout, Your Town, Love And Regret, is born.Ref: 4
May 25Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov composer, dies at 92.Ref: 5
May 26Lenny Kravitz singer/guitar (911 is a Joke, Are You Gonna Go My Way?), is born.Ref: 5
May 28John Finley Williamson conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 30Wynonna [Christina Judd] Ashland KY, singer (Judds-Why Not Me, Love Can Build A Bridge), is born.Ref: 5
May 31DMC rocker, is born.Ref: 5
May 31Scotti Hill Manhasset NY, rock guitarist (Skid Row-Psycho Love), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 04Chris Kavanagh rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 05Mags rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Dee C Lee [Diane Sealey], rocker (Style Council-You're Best Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Kevin Sargeant rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 23Joey Allen Ft Wayne Indiana, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 29Stedman Pearson singer: group: Five Star: System Addict, Can't Wait Another Minute, Rain or Shine, The Slightest Touch, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 01Poi Burton rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 01Pierre Monteux, French conductor, dies at age 89.Ref: 70
Jul 02Dave Parsons rocker (Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That's Life), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 04Mark Allen Slaughter Las Vegas, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)Ref: 5
Jul 20Chris Cornell Grammy Award-winning musician: drums, singer, songwriter: group: Soundgarden: Spoonman [1994], Black Hole Sun [1994], is born.Ref: 4
Jul 30Country 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, Hell Have to Go, Im Getting Better, Am I Losing You, Welcome to My World and I Guess Im Crazy.Ref: 4
Jul 31Country 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, Hell Have to Go, Im Getting Better, Am I Losing You, Welcome to My World and I Guess Im Crazy.Ref: 4
Aug 01Rob Camilletti Cher's boyfriend, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 01Nick Christian Sayer rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 03(Mary) Flannery O'Connor, novelist and short story writer, dies at age 39.Ref: 70
Aug 11Hamish rocker (The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 13Ian Haughland heavy metal rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 14Johnny Burnette The Master: singer: Dreamin, Youre Sixteen; brother of singer Dorsey Burnette; is killed in a boating accident.Ref: 4
Aug 15MCA (Adam Yauch) rocker (The Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 24Pebbles rocker (Girlfriend), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 31Carole Coleman singer (Face the Music), dies at 42.Ref: 5
Sep 16David Michael Sabo Perth Amboy NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 22Marq Torien rocker (Bullet Boys-For the Love of Money), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 06Matthew Sweet musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: Girlfriend, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 10Russ Case orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52.Ref: 5
Oct 15Lyricist Cole Porter dies at age 73.Ref: 68
Nov 01Joe Leste San Diego Cal, rock vocalist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 05Buddy (Edwin) Cole pianist: group: The Buddy Cole Trio; sang with Rosemary Clooney: LP: Swing Around Rosie; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 07Liam O'Maonlai rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 14Andrew rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Migi [Miguel Drummond] rock (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Lieb Glantz composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Nov 30Don Redman orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64.Ref: 5
Dec 07Duncan Miller rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 07Mike Nolan rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Justin Currie Scottish rock vocalist/bassist (Del Amitri), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 11Sam Cooke US, singer (You Send Me, Sad Moon), is shot to death at a motel at age 33.Ref: 5
Dec 12Rockin' Jeff rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 14C[arl] J[eff] Snare Washington DC, vocalist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Ed Jongsma Dutch pop bassist (Sleeze Beez-Look Like Hell), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 22Bonifacio Gil Garcia composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Dec 23Eddie Vedder (Mueller) songwriter, singer: group: Pearl Jam: LP: TenRef: 4
Dec 23Arrigo Pedrollo composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Dec 29Miroslav Krejci composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
1965
Jan 01Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jan 02Staf Gustaf Frans Nees composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 04David Glasper rocker (Breathe-All I Need), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 08Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Jan 10Nathan rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Mark Moore rocker (S'Express-Winter Course), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Vanity [Dee Dee Williams], singer/actress (Action Jackson), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Jeanette (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
Jan 15Derek B rocker (Bullet from a Gun), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20John 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
Jan 20Alan 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; dies in Palm Springs, CA.Ref: 4
Jan 21Cordell Crockett rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Jazzy Jeff Townes rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Ray Mayhew rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 22Steven Adler Cleveland OH, drummer (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Staff Nees Flemish composer (Maria-oratorio), dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 27Theo Uden Marsman Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 28Jef van Durme composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Jan 29Michael Spisak composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Feb 02Richard Wurz composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 13Jerry Burke pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies.Ref: 5
Feb 14Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht French composer/conductor, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Feb 15Nat 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
Feb 18Dr Dre [Andre Young], rap singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 23Sylvie Guillem France, ballerina (Royal Ballet), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Boleslav Vomacka composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 03Carlo Gatti composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Mar 06Ruvim Pergament composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Mar 09Anthon van der Horst Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 18Rolling Stones fined 5 each for public urination.Ref: 5
Mar 18Jeff Labarr rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Giorgio Federico Ghedini composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 01Peter O'Toole Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People, Home, Don't Go), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 02Renzo Bossi composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Apr 04Black Francis [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 04Zwart Francis [Charles Thompson] US singer/songwriter (Pixies), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 10Tim "Herb" Alexander US funk metal drummer (Primus-Prok soda), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 16Gerardo, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Contralto Marian Anderson ended her 30-year singing career with a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.Ref: 4
Apr 18Diana Villegas Mxico, rocker (Triplets-You Don't Have To Go), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Sylvia Villegas Mxico, rocker (Triplets-You Don't Have To Go), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 18Vicky Villegas Mxico, rocker (Triplets-You Don't Have To Go), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Aaron Avshalomov composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 01Leo Spies composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 01Spike (Lindley Armstrong) Jones musician: drummer; band leader: City Slickers: Cocktails for Two, Der Fuhrers Face; dies at age 53.Ref: 4
May 09Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Trent Reznor Grammy Award-winning singer, musician: Wish [1992]; LP: Pretty Hate Machine; band: Nine Inch Nails, is born.Ref: 4
May 25Dave Davies of the Kinks stumbles & is knocked unconscious on stage.Ref: 5
May 25Mark Knight California, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Remco Prins Dutch rock guitarist/vocalist (Burma Shave-Stash), is born.Ref: 5
May 25Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller] blues player, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jun 06David Whyte rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08Robert Platus NYC, rocker (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know This), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 20Ira Louvin country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41.Ref: 5
Jun 22Tommy Cunningham rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09Frank Bello Bronx NY, rock bassist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 30Tex Axile rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 09Kyle Kyle Kensington Pa, rock bassist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 17Steve Gorman musician: drums: The Black Crowes, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 17Glen Goldsmith rocker (What You See is What You Get), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 28Julie Brown MTV VJ (approx), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 27Harry Reser orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69.Ref: 5
Oct 13Cherelle rocker (Affair-First Bite), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 15Carl Hoff orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60.Ref: 5
Oct 21Bill Black musician: bassist: group: Bill Black Combo: White Silver Sands, Smokie Pt. 2; played in Elvis Presley band, backup for Elvis; dies.Ref: 10
Oct 25Nick Thorpe rocker (Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 28Earl Bostic alto sax player, bandleader: Flamingo, Sleep, You Go to My Head, Cherokee, Temptation; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 29Steven Sweet Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist (Warrant-Cherry Pie), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 31Annabella Lwin (Myant Aye) singer: group: Bow Wow Wow, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 14Jeanette Jurado singer: group: Expose, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 20Mike 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
Nov 21Bjrk (Gumundsdttir) singer, songwriter: group: The Sugarcubes, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 25Dame Myra Hess, English pianist, dies at age 75.Ref: 70
Nov 27Fiachna O'Broanain rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Theo Uden Marsman Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Dec 04Composer, lyricist, and singer, Jacques Brel made his American debut in concert at Carnegie Hall in NY City. Brel composed Jackie, Youre Not Alone, If You Go Away and more.Ref: 4
Dec 04Rob Smits pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10J Mascis, Rock musician, is born.Ref: 76
Dec 10Henry (Dixon) Cowell US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 14Hermann Sandby composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Dec 17Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 19Chuckii Booker rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Gabrielle Glaser musician (Luscious Jackson), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 21Claude Adonai Champagne composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 23Rock singer Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) is born. (TWA, 1997)Ref: 95
Dec 23Slash rocker (Guns N' Roses), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Kusaku Yamada composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
1966
Jan 04Deana Carter country singer (Strawberry Wine), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Kate Schellenbach musician (Luscious Jackson), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Haro Levoni Step'anyan composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 17Rexton Gordon "Shabba Ranks" Jamaican dj/rapper (Extra Naked), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Tracii Guns rock guitarist (LA Guns-It's Over Now), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Pierre Mercure composer, dies at 38.Ref: 5
Jan 31Al Jaworsky [Alan Doughty], pop bassist (Jesus Jones), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 04Spike, rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Rick Astley rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 06Johan Algot Haquinius composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 09James "Rachel" Bolan Point Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Amanda Roocroft opera singer, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 09Sophie Tucker (Abuza) singer, vaudeville: Last of the Red Hot Mamas; Ive been poor, Ive been rich. Believe me, rich is better.; dies at age 79.Ref: 4
Feb 09Haro Levoni Step'anyan composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 13Freedom Williams rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory-Everybody Dance Now), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Melissa Brooke-Belland rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 18Casimir von Paszthory composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 19Prince Markie D [Mark Morale], rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Tommy Hendricks rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 21Wendy James London England, vocalist (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Suave singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Clinton Gregory singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 02Stevie Rachelle rock vocalist (Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Anthony Terrell Smith Los Angeles CA, rocker (Tone Loc-Let's Do It), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Tone-Loc [Anthony Terrell Smith], Los Angeles CA, rocker (Let's Do It), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Patrick Hannan English pop drummer (Sundays-Can't Be Sure), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Janis Medins composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 06Richard Hageman composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 07Paul Davis musician: keyboards: group: Happy Mondays, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 10Edie Brickell (Mrs Paul Simon)/rocker (& New Bohemians), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 15Heinrich Lemacher composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Mar 17Walter Lang composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Mar 18Jerry Cantrell US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 23Marti Pellow rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 25Jeff Healey Canada, blind pop guitarist (See the Light), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Harry Daugherty trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers), dies at 50.Ref: 5
Apr 05Mike McCready musician: guitar: group: Pearl JamRef: 4
Apr 11Lisa Stansfield singer, songwriter: All Around the World, You Cant Deny It, This is the Right Time, is born.Ref: 4
Apr 12Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck.Ref: 5
Apr 15Graeme Clark bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Samantha [Karen] Fox East End London England, singer (Touch Me, I Wanna Have Some Fun), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Richard Farina rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident at age 29.Ref: 5
May 01Johnny Colt Cherry Point NC, rock bassist (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Juan Maria Thomas Sabater composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 09Alfred Mendelsohn composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
May 14Fab[rice] Marvan France, Lip Syncher (Milli Vanilli), is born.Ref: 5
May 16Janet Jackson Gary IN, singer, Michael's sister (Control), is born. (TWA, 2002)Ref: 95
May 18Mike Inez US rock bassist (Alice in Chains-Facelift), is born.Ref: 5
May 27Sean Kinney US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 04Cecilia 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
Jun 06Claudette Orbison wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash.Ref: 5
Jun 08Doris Pearson rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 03Joseph Deems Taylor composer: operas: The Kings 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; dies.Ref: 5
Jul 11Mel Appleby rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Bobby Fuller rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead.Ref: 5
Jul 19Frank 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
Jul 29Martina 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
Aug 01Earl "Bud" Powel, American jazz pianist and composer, dies at age 37.Ref: 70
Aug 22Mark Michaels heavy metal guitarist (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 28Country singer Shania Twain (Eilleen Regina Edwards) is born. (TWA, 2002)Ref: 95
Aug 28Jerry Fehily rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 18Spike, vocal/guitar (Ian Spice Breathe, Flash Cadillac-R&R Forever), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 20Nuno Bettencourt Azores, rock guitarist (Extreme-More Than Words), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 07Johnny Kidd (Frederick Heath) singer, songwriter: Please Dont Touch; group: Johnny Kidd & The Pirates: Youve Got What It Takes, Shakin All Over, Restless, Linda Lu, A Shot of Rhythm and Blues, Ill Never Get Over You, Hungry for Love, Always and Ever; is killed in a car crash near Manchester, England.Ref: 5
Oct 10Kevin Paige vocalist (Don't Shut Me Out), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 19Sinitta rocker (Omn Sinitta), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 20Fred Coury Johnston NY, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 31Ad-Rock [Adam Horowitz], rocker (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight), son of playwright Israel Horowitz, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 04Kool Rock [Damon Wimbley], rapper (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 25Stacy 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
Dec 05Patricia Kaas French pop singer (Mademoiselle Chant), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Hermann Heiss composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 08Siead O'Connor Dublin Ireland, singer (Nothing Compares 2 U), is born in Dublin, Ireland.Ref: 95
Dec 09Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 10Boris Koutzen composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Dec 11Terry Sharpe rocker (The Adventures, Starjets-Starjets), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 17Gustaf Paulson composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 18Steve Dullaghan rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 18Tracy Byrd country singer (Keeper of the Stars), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Chris Robinson Atlanta GA, rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 24Gaspar Cassado Moreu composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Dec 26Noel Gallon composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
1967
Jan 01Moon Mullican rocker, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Jan 03Mary Garden, Scottish-born American opera singer/star, dies at 92.Ref: 5
Jan 06Peter Loran Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 07Carl Schuricht composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Jan 09Dave Matthews singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven.Ref: 5
Jan 10Mick Hankers Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Micky Michelle [Ingrid Hankers], Dutch dancer (Josephine), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 10Vilem Petrzelka composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Jan 14Renato Lunelli composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 15Lisa Lisa (Velez) rock vocalist (& Cult Jam), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Albert Szirmai composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Jan 16Maxine Waters Jones rocker (En Vogue), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 18M C Tab [Sharon Richard], New York City NY, rapper, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Joe Pasquale rocker (Prey), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Wlodzimierz Pozniak composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 30Bill Leverty Richmond VA, guitarist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Joe Meek rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide.Ref: 5
Feb 09Dave Matthews singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 12Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs.Ref: 5
Feb 18Manuel Palau Boix composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 20Kurt Cobain rock vocalist (Nirvana)/husband of Courtney Love, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Franz Waxman German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60.Ref: 5
Feb 28Marcus Lillington rock guitarist (Breathe-All I Need), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Georges Lonque composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 06Nelson Eddy US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65.Ref: 68
Mar 06Zoltn Kodly Hungarian composer (Hry Janos), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 11Geraldine Farrar, American operatic soprano, dies at age 85.Ref: 70
Mar 16James Friskin composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Mar 17Van Conner rocker (Screaming Trees), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Jimmy Blaine singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42.Ref: 5
Mar 24Marc Lavry composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 31Hieronim Feicht composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 04Mischa Elman Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 12Mellow Man Ace [Ulpiano Sergio Reyez] Havana Cuba, Spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 14Barret Martin rocker (Screaming Trees), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Liz Phair singer, songwriter: LPs: Exile in Guyville, whitechocolatespaceeggRef: 4
Apr 17Henry Allen, American jazz musician, dies at age 59.Ref: 70
Apr 17Red Allen, US Dixie-land trumpet player, dies.Ref: 2
Apr 18Jayce Fincher Jr heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Brent Muscat rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Turbo B (Durron Butler) rap singer: group: Snap, is born.Ref: 4
May 04Bengt Axel von Torne composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 08Laverne Andrews singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 51Ref: 68
May 09Philippa Duke Schuyler composer, dies at 35.Ref: 5
May 10Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug chargesRef: 2
May 12Julius Kalas composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
May 15Jaromir Fiala composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 17John Wesley Work composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 19Elmo Hope musician: piano: group: The Elmo Hope Trio; dies.Ref: 4
May 24Heavy D rapper, is born.Ref: 5
May 24Steve McDonald rocker (Redd Kross), is born.Ref: 5
May 29Geronimo Baqueiro Foster composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 31Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer, dies at age 51.Ref: 70
Jun 072 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors.Ref: 5
Jun 07David M. Navarro musician: guitar: Janes Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers: LP: One Hot Minute, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 08Neil Mitchell rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 10Human Beatbox (Darren Robinson) rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 20Joseph William Cathcart rock guitarist (Nelson-Love & Affection)Ref: 5
Jun 21Tim Simenson rocker (Bomb the Bass), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 23John Entwistle of the rock group Who weds Alison Wise.Ref: 5
Jun 24Jeff Cease musician: guitar: group: The Black Crowes, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 29Keith Richards, of the Rolling Stones, is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge.Ref: 5
Jul 17John (William) Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer, dies at age 40.Ref: 70
Jul 22Jimi Hendrix quits as the open ing act of the Monkees' tour.Ref: 5
Jul 22Pat Badger heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 08Lorraine Pearson rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 10Lorraine Pearson singer: group: Five Star, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 18Blas Elias Gomez Kennedy TX, rock drummer (Slaughter-Stick it Live), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 18Tracy Tracy rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 11Harry Connick Jr. Grammy Award-winning singer: We are in Love; actor: Copycat, When Harry Met Sally, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 15Jerry Dixon heavy metal bassist (Warrant-Cherry Pie), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 18Ricky Bell singer: group: New Edition, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 20Rock singers Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson are born.Ref: 5
Sep 21Faith 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.Ref: 4
Sep 23Harry Connick Jr singer (We Are in Love), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 02Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents.Ref: 5
Oct 03Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie, folk singer, dies at age 55.Ref: 68
Oct 03Sir Malcolm Sargent, English orchestra conductor, dies at age 72.Ref: 70
Nov 01Sophie 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.Ref: 4
Nov 02Charlie Steele Pennachio (singer: group: Linear:) is born.Ref: 4
Nov 12Charlie Pennaelino Queens NY, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 15Mari Fernandez singer: group: Sweet Sensation: If Wishes Came True, Love Child, Purely by Coincidence, Sad Sweet Dreamer, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 17Ronnie DeVoe singer: groups: New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 02Singer 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.Ref: 4
Dec 05Ren Shuman [Shumans] rockabilly-bandleader/singer, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 09John 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, Ive Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, Someday [Youll Want Me To Want You], Be My Lifes Companion, Glow-Worm; dies.Ref: 5
Dec 10Musician, singer Otis Redding, 26, is killed in a private plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin.Ref: 68
Dec 10Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 10Carl Cunningham rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash.Ref: 5
Dec 10Jimmy King rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash.Ref: 5
Dec 10Phalin Jones rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash.Ref: 5
Dec 10Ron Caldwell rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash.Ref: 5
Dec 11Richard Stohr composer, dies at 93.Ref: 5
Dec 11Victor De Sabata composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 23Richard Flury composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 27Niels Meijer Dutch rock keyboardist (Bob Color), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Orchestra 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.Ref: 4
Dec 29Paul Whiteman US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77.Ref: 5
Dec 30Bert Berns US songwriter/producer (Twist & Shout), dies at about 38.Ref: 5
1968
Jan 09Louis-Franois-Marie Aubert French composer (Habanera), dies at 90.Ref: 5
Jan 10Josue Teofilo Wilkes composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 10Louis-Franois-Marie Aubert French composer (La Momie), dies at 90.Ref: 5
Jan 14L L Cool J [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 19Whitfield Crane rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 27Mike Patton singer: group: Faith No More, is born.Ref: 4
Jan 27Tracy Lawrence Atlanta TX, country singer (Sticks & Stones), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Sarah McLachlan folk singer (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Chris Barron rocker (Spin Doctors), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 05Luckey Roberts composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 07Stuart Foster singer (Galen Drake Show), dies at 49.Ref: 5
Feb 09Louis-Franois-Marie Aubert French composer (Habanera), dies at 90.Ref: 5
Feb 12Chynna 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.Ref: 4
Feb 13Ildebrando Pizzetti Italian composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Feb 15Little Walter rocker, dies at 37.Ref: 5
Feb 16Healey Willan composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Feb 17Patrick Uterwijk pop guitarist (Pestilence, Consuming Impulse), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Frank Watkins US heavy metal bassist (Obituary, Cause of Death), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Ludvik Podest composer, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Feb 27Frankie Lymon singer, songwriter: group: Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers: Why Do Fools Fall in Love; dies.Ref: 5
Feb 28Frankie Lymon singer, dies at 25.Ref: 5
Mar 01Country music stars Johnny Cash (36) & June Carter (38) wed.Ref: 4
Mar 04Evan Dando rocker (Lemonheads), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Evan Dando rocker (Lemonheads), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Alexandre Cellier composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 06Isa Krejci composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 15John Tardy US heavy metalist (Obituary, Slowly We Rot), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Mar 18Manuel Gomez Carillo composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Mar 26Little Willie John (William Edward John) singer: convicted of manslaughter, dies in Washington State Prison.Ref: 5
Mar 30Celine Dion Qubec Canada, singer (I'm Your Woman), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 03Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach, Bahamas, rock (Skid Row-Psycho Love), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 15Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshynsky composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Apr 20Marion Weeks singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81.Ref: 5
Apr 21Norman Demuth composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 24Aaron Comes rocker (Spin Doctors), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Carnie Wilson Los Angeles CA, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 29Frankie Lymon rocker (& Teenagers), dies of a drug overdose at 25.Ref: 5
Apr 30Paulo Jr Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Frankie Lymon rocker, dies of a heroin overdose.Ref: 5
May 01Mark Scott Paramus NJ, rock drummer (Trixter-Give It To Me Good), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Jay Darlington London England, keyboardist (Kula Shaker), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
May 16Ralph Tresvant Boston MA, singer (New Editon), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Merle Kendrick orchestra leader (Window on the World), dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 24Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession.Ref: 5
May 24Bernard Rogers composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 26William E "Little Willie" John US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30).Ref: 5
May 27Little Willie John rocker, dies at 30.Ref: 5
May 28Kylie Minogue Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion), is born.Ref: 5
May 30Tim Burgess English rock vocalist (Charlatans-Only One I Know), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 01Jason 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.Ref: 4
Jun 13Deniece (Lisa Marie) Pearson singer: group: Five Star: System Addict, Cant Wait Another Minute, Find the Time, Rain or Shine, Stay Out of My Life, The Slighest Touch, is born.Ref: 4
Jun 15Wes (John Leslie) Montgomery jazz guitarist: Windy, Goin Out of My Head, Wes Tune, Sunny; dies of a heart attack at 48.Ref: 5
Jul 21Ruth St Denis Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at age 91.Ref: 70
Aug 10Michael Bivins singer: groups: New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 18Cy Walter pianist (3's Company), dies at 52.Ref: 5
Aug 28Nick Castle choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58.Ref: 5
Sep 07Kyle Stevens NJ, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 10Big Daddy Kane rap artist, songwriter: Long Live the Kane, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 21Trugoy the Dove (David Jolicoeur) musician: group: De La Soul, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 29Luke Goss rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 29Matt Goss rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 24Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on 50 bail.Ref: 5
Oct 31Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle) singer: Ice Ice Baby; first rap singer to have a #1 song on the Billboard singles chart, is born.Ref: 5
Nov 06Charles Munch, German-born conductor, dies at age 77.Ref: 70
Nov 11Ronnie Devoe singer: group: New Edition, is born.Ref: 4
Nov 11Jo Kittsee Germany, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 11Wyatt Pauley Ecuador, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 21Rhythm-and-blues singer Chauncey Hannibal (BLACKstreet) is born.Ref: 64
Nov 27Mike Patton Eureka CA, rocker (Faith No More-The Real Thing), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Tracy Lawrence Atlanta TX, country singer (Sticks & Stones), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 29Jonathan (Rashleigh) Knight singer, dancer: group: New Kids on the Block: You Got It (The Right Stuff), This Ones for the Children, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 09Michael Foster Richmond VA, drummer (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 12Tatianna, Philadelphia PA, Spanish singer (Baile Commigo, Chicad de Hoy), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 13Siegfried Reda composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Dec 31George Louis Francis Lewis composer, dies at 16.Ref: 5
Dec 31Sabin V Dragoi composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
1969
Jan 03Nikki Nelson Topaz Lake NV, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Montague Fawcett Phillips composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 05Marilyn 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 wasnt even her real name, Charles Manson isnt his real name, and now, Im taking that to be my real name. But whats real?Ref: 4
Jan 08R Kelly singer (I Wish I Could Fly), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 09Ladislav Vycpalek composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Jan 10Doug E Doug rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 14Dave Grohl drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 16Vernon Duke composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 17Grazyna Bacewicz composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Jan 23Jaroslav Kricka composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Jan 24Pauline Hall composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jan 25Jesse Harte Rome GA, heavy metal vocalist (Southgang-Tainted Angel), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Heidi Wolfgramm rocker (Jets), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 25Irene 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]; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 27Hanns Jelinek composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Jan 31Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Feb 01Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert.Ref: 5
Feb 02Giovanni Martinelli opera singer (New York Met), dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 07Bainbridge Crist composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 09Ladislav Vycpalek composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Feb 15Pee Wee Russell, American jazz clarinetist, dies at age 62.Ref: 70
Feb 20Ernest Ansermet Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 23Joseph Messner composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Feb 28Elisa Fiorillo singer (Forgive Me For Dreaming), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 04Chastity Bono Los Angeles CA, daughter of Sonny & Cher, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Ricky Seagall rocker (Partridge Family), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Graham Coxon singer (Blur), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 19Theodor Schaefer composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 28Cheryl "Salt" James rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29James Atkin rocker (EMF-Unbelievable), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 29Perry Farrell rocker (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Marco Foddis pop drummer (Pestilence), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 08Arthur Walter Kramer composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 11Ludvig Irgens Jensen composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 13Harold Pruett rocker (Outsiders-Time Won't Let Me), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Casper Hweler music critic, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 22Craig Logan Scotland, rock bassist (Brothers Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 23Krzystzof Komeda composer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
Apr 27Mica Paris rocker (So Good), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 28Johannes Rontgen composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 29Sir Duke, Duke Ellington, celebrated his 70th birthday. He was honored with the presentation of the Medal of Freedom, the U.S. governments highest civilian honor.Ref: 4
Apr 30Joey Restivo Brooklyn, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies), is born.Ref: 5
May 01Roy Rosello singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.Ref: 5
May 03Imre Vincze composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
May 14David William Wood Boston MA, rocker (New Kids-Lovin' You Forever), is born.Ref: 5
May 16The Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault.Ref: 5
May 16Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute.Ref: 5
May 18Martika [Marta Marrero] Whittier CA, singer (Toy Soldiers), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Coleman Hawkins, the pioneering American jazz saxophonist, dies.Ref: 68
May 23Jimmy McHugh composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 24Rich Robinson Atlanta GA, rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker), is born.Ref: 5
May 30Gaston Brenta composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 30John Cipollini guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45.Ref: 5
Jun 04Nicky Hopkins quits rock & rolls, Jeff Beck Group.Ref: 5
Jun 06Douglas Lee Mitchell Miles Mi, heavy metal artist (Southgang), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 08Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian JonesRef: 5
Jun 09Brian Jones quits the Rolling Stones.Ref: 5
Jun 09Mitch McLee [Douglas Lee Mitchell], Miles Mi, drummer (Southgang), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 16John Scott rocker with the Pretenders, dies at 25.Ref: 5
Jun 17Kevin Thornton vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 22Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance.Ref: 5
Jul 02Brian Jones founder of the Rolling Stones, drowns.Ref: 5
Jul 03Brian Jones (Lewis Hopkin-Jones) singer, musician: rhythm guitar: group: The Rolling Stones: [I Cant Get No] Satisfaction; drowns to death at age 25.Ref: 4
Jul 06Michael Grant vocalist (Musical Youth), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 20Roy Hamilton singer: Youll Never Walk Alone, If I Loved You, Ebb Tide, Unchained Melody, Dont Let Go, You Can Have Her; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 22Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing the peace in Detroit.Ref: 5
Jul 28Frank Loesser songwriter: Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, Baby Its Cold Outside, On a Slow Boat to China, Once in Love with Amy, Luck Be a Lady, Thumbelina; dies at age 59.Ref: 4
Aug 07Russ Morgan orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65.Ref: 5
Aug 17Donald E Wahlberg Jr, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)Ref: 5
Sep 05Dweezil Zappa musician: guitar: MTV; son of musician Frank Zappa, brother of singer Moon Unit Zappa, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 05Josh White The Singing Christian: blues/folk singer, guitarist; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 05Mitchell Ayres orch leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58.Ref: 5
Sep 11Leon Payne country artist, songwriter: I Love You Because, Lost Highway, Theyll Never Take Her Love, I Heard My Heart Break Last Night, The Blue Side of Lonesome; dies.Ref: 2
Sep 16Kathi Wolfgram Minneapolis, rocker (Jets-You Got it All), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 18Tiny Tim announces his engagement to Miss Vicki Budinger on the Tonight Show. The couple were wed on December 17th.Ref: 4
Oct 16Wendy Wilson singer: group: Wilson Phillips: daughter of Beach Boys singer, Brian Wilson, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 22Giovanni Martinelli opera singer: tenor: with Metropolitan Opera for 30 seasons; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 23Brooke Theiss CA, actress (Wendy-Just the 10 of Us, Good & Evil), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 09Pepa rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 14Butch Walker Rome GA, heavy metal guitarist (Southgang-Tainted Angel), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 16Bryan Abrams vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 18Ted (Edward) Heath musician: trombone, bandleader: played big band concerts every Sunday at the Palladium in the 1940s and 1950s; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 27Hanns Jelinek composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 04Alceo Toni composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Dec 08Vincenzo Davico composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 09Jakob Dylan NY NY, singer/guitarist/Bob Dylan's son (The Wallflowers-One Headlight), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Franco Capuana composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 10Leigh Harline composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 24Kenny "Damn" Kelly Paterson NJ, rapper (Riff-Judy had a Boyfriend), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Salvatore Baccaloni opera singer/actor (Full of Life), dies at 69.Ref: 5
1970
Jan 02Piotr Rytel composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 05Roberto Gerhard composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 08Jani Christou composer, dies on 44th birthday.Ref: 5
Jan 17Billy Stewart singer (I Do Love You), dies in auto-accident at 32.Ref: 5
Jan 24James "Shep" Shepherd rocker (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death.Ref: 5
Jan 28Donald Tardy US, death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 31Slim Harpo [James Moore], rocker, dies at 28.Ref: 5
Feb 01Blaz Arnic composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 02Jaroslav Vogel composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 11Emil Abranyi composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Feb 12Andre Souris composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 15Gloria Trevi Mexico, sexy Spanish vocalist (A Gatas), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Alfred Newman US composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 20Albert Louis Wolff composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Feb 26Ethel Leginska composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 13Rick Besoyan composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Mar 16Tammi Terrell singer (Ain't No Mountain High Enough, You're All I Need), dies from brain tumor at 23.Ref: 5
Mar 18Queen Latifah [Dana Owens] Newark NJ, rap singer/actress (Khadijah James-Living Single), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 26Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girlRef: 2
Mar 27Mariah Carey New York NY, singer (Vision of Love, Love Takes Time, Hero), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 05Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn oboist/conductor, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 11Delroy Pearson Romford Essex England, rocker (Five Star-Between the Lines), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 13Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis is freed.Ref: 5
Apr 19Luis Miguel Vera Cruz Mxico, Spanish singer, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 30Hall Johnson composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
May 03Candelario Huizar composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
May 07Carlos Estrada composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
May 09Percy Brier composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
May 11Johnny Hodges, American jazz saxophonist; soloist in Duke Ellington's orchestra, dies at age 63.Ref: 70
May 15Prince Be rapper (PM Dawn), is born.Ref: 5
May 17Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight, Worcester MA, rocker (New Kids on the Block-Hangin' Tough), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult.Ref: 5
May 24Tommy Page West Caldwell NJ, singer (I'll Be Your Everything), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 11Earl Grant singer: [At] The End [Of a Rainbow], Ebb Tide; is killed in car crash.Ref: 4
Jun 23Rocker Chubby Checker arrest for marijuana pocession.Ref: 5
Jun 24Glenn Medeiros singer: [w/Bobby Brown]: She Aint Worth It, is born.Ref: 4
Jul 12Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky.Ref: 5
Jul 13Steven J Brown Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)Ref: 5
Jul 17Mandy Smith England, rocker (I Just Can't Wait) wife of Bill Wyman, is born.Ref: 5
Jul 18Patrick Dancy TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)Ref: 5
Jul 19Barry Wood singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jul 23Sam Waters vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 29Sir John Barbirolli, English conductor and cellist, dies at age 70.Ref: 70
Jul 30George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor, pianist and composer, dies at age 73.Ref: 70
Aug 04Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness.Ref: 5
Aug 07Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac as the groups first female member. McVie was married to bass player John McVie. She quit touring with the group in 1991.Ref: 4
Aug 17Donnie Wahlberg singer: group: New Kids on the Block; brother of Marky Mark, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 19M.C. Eric rap artist: group: Technotronic, is born.Ref: 4
Aug 31Debbie Gibson Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 03Al Blind Owl Wilson musician: guitar, harmonica, singer: group: Canned Heat: On the Road Again, Going Up the Country, Lets Work Together; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 18Jimi (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.Ref: 4
Sep 27Mark Caldero vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 04Janis 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 Joplins life.Ref: 5
Oct 20Tiffany [Renee Darwisch], rocker (I Think We are Alone Now)Ref: 5
Oct 23Lady Soul, Aretha Franklin, won a gold record for Dont Play that Song.Ref: 4
Nov 11Derry Brownson rock keyboardist (EMF-Unbelievable), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 18Hal Dickinson singer (Modernaires), dies at 56.Ref: 5
Nov 30Desree singer: I Aint Movin, is born.Ref: 4
Dec 02Dora Paulen German/Dutch cabaretire, dies at about 72.Ref: 5
Dec 09David Kersh Humble TX, country singer (If I Never Stop Loving You), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10Kevin Sharp Country singer, is born.Ref: 76
Dec 19Zac Foley rock bassist (EMF-Unbelievable), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29John de Mol Dutch accordionist, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Dec 31Michel Brunet Gatineau Qubec, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 31Cyril M Scott English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91.Ref: 5
1971
Jan 08Adriano Lualdi composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 11Mary J Blige singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Henri Tomasi French composer (Don Juan de Maara), dies at 69.Ref: 5
Jan 13Robert Still composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Jan 14Ethel Glenn Hier composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jan 25China Slick rocker (daughter of Grace Slick), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Marian Viktorovich Koval composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 21Adolph Weiss composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 22Lea Salonga Manila Philippines, singer/actress (Miss Saigon), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 22Rudolf Mauersberger composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Feb 26Erykah Badu singer, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 09Jean-Pierre Guezek composer, dies at 36.Ref: 5
Mar 10Mabel Wheeler Daniels composer, dies at 92.Ref: 5
Mar 12Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Prez Morena de Macias.Ref: 5
Mar 13Piero Coppola composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Mar 23Armin Loos composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 28Felix Wolfes composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 06Igor (Fedorovich) Stravinsky composer: The Firebird, Petrouchka, The Rite of Spring, The Wedding, The Soldiers Tale; dies in New York City at age 88.Ref: 68
Apr 16Selena [Quintanilla Perez] Lake Jackson TX, tejano singer (Grammy-1994), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 17Roberto Lupi composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 18Masao Oki composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 25Max Drischner composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 08Chris Wolf actor/musician (Guys Next Door), is born.Ref: 5
May 10Mihail Jora composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 10Shukichi Mitsukuri composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
May 12Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Perez Morena de Macias at St Tropez Town Hall.Ref: 5
May 13Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident.Ref: 5
May 13Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky composer, dies 67.Ref: 5
May 14Danny Wood singer: group: New Kids on the Block: Hangin Tough, Please Don't Go Girl, Ill Be Loving You Forever, is born.Ref: 4
May 14Raphael Wiggins Oakland CA, rapper (Lifelines), is born.Ref: 5
May 19Bernard Wagenaar Netherlands/US composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 25Mark Brunswick composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 29Max Trapp composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
May 30Marcel Dupr, French organ virtuoso and influential teacher, dies at age 85.Ref: 70
Jun 05Mark Wahlberg musician: guitar, singer: group: Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch: Good Vibrations; actor: Renaissance Man, Calvin Klein commercialsRef: 4
Jun 07Mark Wahlberg Mass, rapper, is born.Ref: 5
Jun 18Nathan Morris [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 03Jim (James Douglas) Morrison The Lizard King: singer: group: The Doors: Light My Fire, Love Her Madly, Riders on the Storm, When the Musics Over, People are Strange, Love Me Two Times, Touch Me; dies of drug overdose in Paris at age 27.Ref: 4
Jul 06(Daniel) Louis Armstrong Satchmo: jazz musician: trumpet; Grammy Award-winning singer: Hello, Dolly! [1964], Lifetime Achievement Award [1971]; Its 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.Ref: 4
Jul 09Bobby Leslie TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 17Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Aug 07Homer (Henry D. Haynes), comedy singer of Homer and Jethro, dies.Ref: 4
Aug 25Ted Lewis (Theodore Leopold Friedman) clarinettist, singer, bandleader: Ted Lewis & His Band: Somebody Stole My Gal, Alexanders Ragtime Band; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 22Chesney Lee Haskes England, singer (Feels So Alive)Ref: 5
Oct 02"Tiffany" Renee Darwich Norwalk Cal, singer (I Think We're Alone Now), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 12Gene Vincent (Craddock) singer: Be-Bop-A-Lula, Lotta Lovin, Dance to the Bop; actor: The Girl Cant Help It; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 17Chris Kirkpatrick singer: group: *N Sync, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 21Jade Jagger, daughter of Mick Jagger, is born.Ref: 5
Oct 25Midori (Goto) musician: violin; created Midori and Friends foundation [musicians travel to NY public schools to give concerts and classes], is born.Ref: 4
Oct 29Musician Duane Allman (of the Allman Brothers Band) is killed in motorcycle crash in Macon GA. He was 24 years old.Ref: 4
Nov 13John Francis Zingg Boston MA, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 06Hugo Godron composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 10Scot Alexander, Rock musician (Dishwalla), is born.Ref: 76
Dec 13Miguel Angel Martinez Soto mariachi, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 16Michael S McCary [Boss] Philadelphia PA, rapper (Boyz II Men), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 23Carlo Jachino composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Dec 24Ricky Martin Puerto Rico, singer (Menudo)/actor (General Hospital), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Noel Hogan musician (Cranberries), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 25Byron Arnold composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 28Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 30Jan Mul composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
1972
Jan 01Maurice (Auguste) Chevalier actor, singer: Gigi, Fanny, Can-Can; dies at age 83.Ref: 4
Jan 03Deborah Carter WNBA forward (Utah Starzz), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Jacques Wildberger composer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 04Carl-Olof Anderberg composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Jan 05John Denver received a gold record for the album, Aerie, this day.Ref: 4
Jan 10Al Goodman Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81.Ref: 5
Jan 10Sverre Jordan composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jan 16David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian) (of the Chipmunks) dies in Beverly Hills, CA at age 52.Ref: 4
Jan 18Rudolf Wittelsbach composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Jan 27Mahalia Jackson singer: Gods Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares, Move on Up a Little Higher, The Lords Prayer; in film: St. Louis Blues; LP: I Sing Because Im Happy, The Worlds Greatest Gospel Singer; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 30Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Jan 31Howard Barlow conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79.Ref: 5
Jan 31Istvan Szelenyi composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 09Norbert Rosza Hungarian swimmer (100 meter freestyle record), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Mayne One rocker (Young Nation), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 14Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 17Billie Joe Armstrong singer/musician (Green Day), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 17Gavril Nikolayevich Popov composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 20Herbert Menges composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 23Michael Taube composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 01Victor Babin composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 05Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party.Ref: 5
Mar 05Nils Bjorkander composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 03Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grof composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80.Ref: 5
Apr 04Stefan Wolpe German composer (Zeus & Elidco), dies at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 12Henri Potiron composer, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Apr 13Jeroen Thesseling pop bassist (Pestilence, Spheres), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Margaret A R Bonds US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 03Les Harvey rocker, dies.Ref: 5
May 05Reverend Gary David vocalist, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 16Maxime Dumoulin composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 18Eero Aukusti Sipila composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
May 21The 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.Ref: 4
May 30Margaret Ruthven Lang composer, dies at 104.Ref: 5
Jun 05Maureen 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-TVs Angie, and Can You Read My Mind from the movie, Superman. Ms. McGovern starred in Pirates of Penzance for 14 months on Broadway.Ref: 4
Jun 08P(eter) J(ason) Farley Hackensack, bass (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)Ref: 5
Jun 10Sammy 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 thats 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 Ive 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.Ref: 4
Jun 13Clyde (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; dies of a heart attack.Ref: 5
Jun 23Elton Britt country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54.Ref: 5
Jul 16Mindy Carson NYC, vocalist (Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue)Ref: 5
Jul 24Bobby Ramirez drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl.Ref: 5
Jul 28Helen Traubel opera singer: St. Louis Symphony, New York Metropolitan Opera [The Mets premier Wagnerian soprano.]; actress: Deep in My Heart, The Ladies Man, Gunn; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 02Brian Cole rocker with the Association, dies of heroin OD at 28.Ref: 5
Aug 06Geri Halliwell singer: group: Spice Girls: is born.Ref: 4
Sep 04Merald Knight Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knights & Pips), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 26Shann Stockman [Slim], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)Ref: 5
Sep 27Rory Storm lead singer of Rory Storm & Hurricane, commits suicide.Ref: 5
Oct 17Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) (rapper), is born.Ref: 4
Oct 20Snoop Doggy Dogg (Cordozar Broadus) rapper, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 24Louis Michael Anthony Sassin Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 30Alan Roth orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Nov 03Singers Carly Simon and James Taylor were married in Carlys 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.Ref: 4
Nov 11Berry Oakley musician: bass: group: The Allman Brothers Band: Ramblin Man; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 12(Charles) Rudolf Friml, American musician, composer; dies at age 92.Ref: 4
Nov 13Shom-Rock rocker (Young Nation), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 13T-Haxx rocker (DYC), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 27Mahalia Jackson gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60.Ref: 5
Dec 02Jos Limn Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64.Ref: 5
Dec 10Puff Johnson, Singer, is born.Ref: 76
Dec 15Herbert Eimert German composer (Glockenspiel), dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 17Erwin Dressel composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Dec 25Fantasia [Tonya Manley] Detroit MI, dancer/actress (Pump it Up), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 29Fritz Behrend composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 31Joe [Joseph Mulrey] McIntyre rocker (New Kids on the Block-Lovin You Forever), is born.Ref: 5
1973
Jan 11Rudolf Kubin composer, dies a day after 64th birthday.Ref: 5
Jan 15Jef Alpaerts Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 16Clara Ward gospel singer: group: Clara Ward Gospel Troupe; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 18Crispian Mills London, vocalist/guitarist (Kula Shaker), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23(Edward) Kid Ory, US musician, exponent of New Orleans jazz, dies.Ref: 17
Jan 29Johannes Paul Thilman composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 02Sergio Gonzalez rocker (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 03Edward Lockspeiser composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 09Max Yasgur owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Feb 12Benjamin Frankel composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Feb 20Joseph Szigeti Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 24James Michael Kennedy Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27"Pooh" Clark rocker (High-5), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 27Lucijan Marija Skerjanc Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Mar 06Paul Klecki/Kletzki Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Mar 08Ron "Pigpen" McKernan rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots), dies at 27.Ref: 5
Mar 10Eva Herzigova Litvinov Czechoslovakia, model (Guess Jeans, Wonderbra), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 12Esther Williamson Ballou composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Mar 18Lauritz 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.Ref: 4
Mar 21Antoni Szalowski composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 26Safford Cape US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 27Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding & LSD possession.Ref: 5
Mar 27Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Mar 31Kurt George Hugo Thomas composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 07Nick Stuart bandleader, dies of cancer at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 16Istvn Kertsz Hung/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43.Ref: 5
Apr 29Manfred Gurlitt composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
May 06Ernest MacMillan composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 07Kristian Lundin record producer, is born.Ref: 5
May 14Shanice [Wilson] Pittsburgh PA, vocalist (Discovery, Loving You), is born.Ref: 5
May 21Vaughn Monroe singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 28Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt German composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 30Hal Hastings orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jun 04Murray Wilson father of beachboys Brian, Carl & Dennis, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jun 26John Cranko, South African-born dancer and director of the Stuttgart Ballet, dies at age 45.Ref: 70
Jul 06Otto Klemperer, who was one of the foremost German conductors, dies.Ref: 70
Jul 14Clarence White guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car.Ref: 5
Jul 15Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide.Ref: 5
Jul 29Wanya Morris [Squirt], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)Ref: 5
Jul 31Jerry Rivera Puerto Rico, spanish singer, is born.Ref: 5
Aug 04Albert Eddie Condon musician: guitar, bandleader, promoter of Dixieland Jazz; dies at age 68.Ref: 5
Aug 17Paul Williams singer: groups: The Primes, The Temptations: The Way You Do the Things You Do, My Girl, Its Growing, Get Ready, Beauty is Only Skin Deep, [I Know] Im Losing You, Youre My Everything, All I Need, I Wish It Would Rain, Cloud Nine, Runaway Child, Running Wild, I Cant Get Next to You, Just My Imagination; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 19Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge were married in Los Angeles, CA.Ref: 4
Sep 17Hugo Winterhalter (orchestra leader: Canadian Sunset, Rhapsody in Blue) dies.Ref: 4
Sep 19Gram 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 Ive Lied, The New Soft Shoe, Grievous Angel, Hickory Wind, Las Vegas, In My Hour of Darkness; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 20Ben Webster, American jazz musician, dies at age 64.Ref: 70
Sep 20Singer 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.Ref: 4
Oct 06Gene 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, 1973Ref: 5
Oct 11Stringbean [David Akeman], banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58.Ref: 5
Oct 16Gene Krupa, American jazz drummer, dies at age 64.Ref: 70
Oct 22Spanish cellist, conductor and composer Pablo Casals dies in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, at age 96.Ref: 68
Nov 10Khiry Abdulsamad Los Angeles CA, rocker (Boys-Dial My Heart, Lucky Charm)Ref: 5
Nov 11Stringbean (David Akeman), 58, country comedian: Grand Old Opry, Ozark Jubilee, Hee-Haw; Akeman and wife, Estelle, are murdered in their home by burglars.Ref: 4
Nov 18Steve Christopher Petree OK, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See), is born.Ref: 5
Nov 19Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover is born.Ref: 68
Nov 20Allan Sherman (Copelon) comedian: Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!; associate producer: Ive Got a Secret; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 21Allan Sherman singer, dies at 48 (Goodbye Muddah, Goodbye Faddah).Ref: 5
Dec 06Justus Hermann Wetzel composer, dies at 94.Ref: 5
Dec 14Yitzhak Edel composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Dec 15Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Dec 17Patrick Hadley composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 18Giulio Cesare Brero composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Dec 20Singer 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 didnt think the grooming was going so well, and withheld many of Darins 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.Ref: 4
Dec 20Singer Bobby Darin (Cassotto) dies following open-heart surgery at the age of 37.Ref: 4
Dec 22Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Dec 30Henri-Paul Busser composer, dies at 101.Ref: 5
1974
Jan 04Karel Janacek composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Jan 05John Drew Nichols Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 05Roy Bargy orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79.Ref: 5
Jan 12Melanie Jayne Chisholm "Sporty Spice", Widnes, vocalist (Spice Girls), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 15Karel Salmon composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Jan 25Jonathan Bryan Colling Boston MA, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 26Wiktor Labunski composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 02Jean Absil Belgian composer (Bndictions), dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 04Mihail Andricu composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 15Kurt Magnus Atterberg composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Feb 16Kimberly Dawn Whipany Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 20After 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).Ref: 4
Feb 20David Monrad Johansen composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 23Harry Ruby (Rubinstein) musician: composer: Duck Soup; dies.Ref: 4
Feb 25Julian 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.Ref: 4
Mar 05Leon Blum, Russian-born impresario; popularized classical ballet and music in America, dies at age 86.Ref: 70
Mar 05Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, Russian-born American impresario; popularized classical ballet and music in America dies at age 86.Ref: 70
Mar 10Quinto Maganini composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 26Hakeem Abdul-samad rocker (Boys), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 28Dorothy Fields US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 01Alfred Ernest Whitehead composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Apr 17Herbert Elwell US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 17Vinnie Taylor rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose.Ref: 5
May 04Israel Citkowitz composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 08Graham Bond rocker, dies jumping under a train.Ref: 5
May 09Lyubomir Pipkov composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 15Ahmet Rodan Zappa son of Frank/rocker (Z, 2 Hip 4 TV), is born.Ref: 5
May 23Jewel [Kilcher] St George UT, folk/rock vocalist (Pieces of You), is born.Ref: 5
May 24Duke Ellington, jazz composer, band leader and pianist, dies at age 75.Ref: 68
May 25Pam Morrison wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose.Ref: 5
Jun 08Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits the rock group "Yes".Ref: 5
Jun 18Georgi Zhukov Russian Marshal (WW II), dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jul 27Lightning Slim blues singer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jul 29Mama Cass Elliott (Ellen Naomi Cohen) singer: group: The Mamas & The Papas: CA Dreamin, Monday, Monday, Creeque Alley; solo: Dream a Little Dream of Me, Its Getting Better, Make Your Own Kind of Music; group: The Mugwumps; chokes to death at 30 in London.Ref: 4
Aug 03Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers.Ref: 5
Aug 07Musician Peter Wolf married actress Faye Dunaway in Beverly Hills, CA.Ref: 4
Aug 30Matt Bongiovi heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi) is born.Ref: 5
Oct 14Natalie Maines singer: group: Dixie Chicks, is born.Ref: 4
Oct 24David Oistrakh, Russian violin virtuoso, dies at age 66.Ref: 70
Nov 08Ivory Joe Hunter singer, musician: piano: Since I Met You Baby, I Almost Lost My Mind, I Need You So; songwriter: Aint That Loving You Baby, My Wish Come True, Blues at Sunrise; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 02Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 08Hugues Panassi French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 09Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Dec 15Erich Walter Sternberg composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 20Andr Jolivet French composer (L'eunuque), dies at 69.Ref: 5
Dec 26Knudage Riisager composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Dec 26Robert Levine Sanders composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
1975
Jan 03Ren Thomas jazz guitarist: LPs: Guitar Groove, Who Cares?, The Italian Session; A musician for musicians.; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 08Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 10Shannon Kavanaugh Boston MA, rocker (Ivory Soul), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 12Chase Hampton Oklahoma City OK, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 20Franz Andr Belgian conductor, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Jan 30Boris Blacher German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 03Robert Evett composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Feb 04Louis (Thomas) Jordan, American singer, saxophonist and bandleader, dies at age 66.Ref: 70
Feb 13Eric Harding Thiman composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 18Luigi Dallapiccola composer, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 19Paul Frey Boston MA, dance skater (& Ponte-1995 Eastern Jr champion), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 19Luigi Dallapiccola Italian 12-tone composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 20Brian (Thomas) Littrell singer: group: Backstreet Boys: LPs: Backstreet Boys, Star Profile, Millennium, is born.Ref: 4
Feb 20Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 22Gregory Maddalone Schenectady NY, dance skater (& Demkowski), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 28Istvan Kardos composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 02Jean Kurt Forest composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 03Albert Fields Gary IN, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 10Leopold Samuel composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Mar 11Philip Bezanson composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 11Sammy Spear orchestra leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 16T-Bone Walker blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 21Berend Giltay composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 24Oscar Rasbach composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Mar 27Arthur Bliss English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 28Renzo Massarani composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 02Deedee Magno rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)Ref: 5
Apr 06Damon Phillip Pampolina rapper/drummer (Party), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 07Victoria Adams "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist (Spice Girls), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 12Josephine Baker, American-born French dancer and singer, dies at age 69.Ref: 70
Apr 21Jack Allan Westrup composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 23Pete Ham rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27.Ref: 5
Apr 25Ruben Gomez rocker (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.Ref: 5
May 04Pablo Ruiz Buenos Aires Argentina, Spanish singer, is born.Ref: 5
May 13Bob 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.Ref: 4
May 17Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches.Ref: 5
May 18Leroy Anderson, American conductor, arranger and composer, dies at age 66.Ref: 70
May 20Jacques Stehman composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
May 29Melanie Janine Brown "Scary Spice", Leeds, vocalist (Spice Girls), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 06Damon Pampolina rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 23Rocker Alice Cooper falls of stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs.Ref: 5
Jun 27Sonny 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.Ref: 4
Jun 30Cher married rock star Greg Allman. Cher announced her divorce from Allman just days after the couple tied the knot.Ref: 4
Jul 07George Morgan singer: Candy Kisses, Rainbow in My Heart, Room Full of Roses, Crybaby Heart, Im in Love Again; DJ: WSM, Nashville; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 10Cher 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.Ref: 4
Jul 15Charles Weidman, American dancer and choreographer, dies at age 73.Ref: 70
Jul 19Lefty (William Orville) Frizzell Country Music Hall of Famer: If Youve Got the Money, Ive Got the Time, Always Late, Saginaw Michigan; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 30Tifini Hale Palm Springs Calif, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why), is born.Ref: 5
Aug 01Julian "Cannonball" Alderly sax player, dies of a stroke.Ref: 5
Aug 08Julian Cannonball Adderly musician: Alto/Soprano Saxophone: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 09Dimitri Shostakovich, composer: Symphony No.5, No. 7, No. 11, No. 13, dies at age 68.Ref: 4
Sep 20Vincent Lopez bandleader: played at NYCs Astor Hotel, some of the greats started with him: Artie Shaw, Buddy Morrow, Buddy Clark; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 01Al Jackson Jr. drummer: groups: Booker T. and the M.G.s, Roy Milton Band; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 27Rocker Bruce Springsteen appeared on the cover of both TIME and Newsweek.Ref: 4
Oct 29John Scott Trotter orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 01Nick Kenny US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 15Mukhtar Ashrafi composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Dec 17Noble Sissle jazz musician, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Dec 19Casual [Jon Owens] rapper, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 20Vincent Lopez orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 24Bernard Herrmann US movie composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Dec 31Donal Michalsky composer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
1976
Jan 03Mateusz Glinski composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 05Georges E Migot French composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Jan 10Howlin Wolf (Chester Burnett) blues musician: rhythm guitar, singer: How Many More Years, Smoke Stack Lightning, Evil; dies following brain surgery at 65.Ref: 4
Jan 21Emma Lee Bunton "Baby Spice", Finchley London, vocalist (Spice Girls), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Paul Robeson singer: Ol Man River; actor: The Emperor Jones, Show Boat, Othello, Porgy and Bess, The Hairy Ape, King Solomons Mines, Song of Freedom; dies in Philadelphia at age 77.Ref: 4
Jan 24Shae-Lynn Bourne Chatham Ontario, ice dancer (Bourne & Kraatz 1995 World Champions-4th), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 28Chris Kenner rocker (I Like it Like That), dies.Ref: 5
Jan 30Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller San Francisco Blues Great, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 30Mance Lipscomb rocker, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 02Maurice Jacobson composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 04Edward Benjamin Britten composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Feb 06Vince Guaraldi jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43.Ref: 5
Feb 09Percy 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.Ref: 4
Feb 12James Clifton Williams composer/band master (Sinfonians), dies at 52.Ref: 5
Feb 13Lily (Alice) Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 18Eddie Dowling composer (Anywhere USA), dies at 81.Ref: 5
Feb 22Florence Ballard rocker (Supremes), dies in Detroit MI of a heart attack at age 32. (TWA, 1977)Ref: 95
Feb 24Charles Wilfred Orr composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Feb 25Chris Pitman rocker (Zaum, Tool), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 01Jean Martinon French conductor/composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 03Alfred Sendrey composer, dies at 92.Ref: 5
Mar 07Erwin Kroll composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Mar 17Stephen Gately Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 18Robert de Roos composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Mar 19Paul Kossoff musician: guitar: group: Free: All Right Now; dies of heart failure at 25.Ref: 4
Mar 19George Sklavos composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Apr 01Miroslav Ponc composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Apr 03Maurice Johnstone composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 08Phil Ochs rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35.Ref: 5
Apr 09Phil Ochs, folk singer, songwriter: There But for Fortune, Doesnt Lenny Live Here Anymore?, Heres to the State of Richard Nixon; commits suicide at age 35.Ref: 4
Apr 09Akio Yashiro composer, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Apr 22Frutuoso de Lima Viana composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Apr 29Wilhelm Maler composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Apr 30Edvard Fliflet Braein composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
May 09Raymond Chevreuille Belgian composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 09Valentino Bucchi composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 11Camille Schmit composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
May 12Singer Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm (Spice Girls) is born. 
May 14Keith Relf rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted while tuning his guitarat 33.Ref: 5
May 21Sulo Nikolai Salonen composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Jun 02Adrian Carlos Olivares Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.Ref: 5
Jun 25Johnny (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; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 16Rock duo Loggins & Messina break-up after 6 years.Ref: 5
Aug 06Gregor Piatigorsky Russian-born cellist: performed worldwide; teacher: Univ. Southern California; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 08J.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
Aug 11Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses & is hospitalized in Miami.Ref: 5
Aug 26Lotte Lehmann, German opera singer, dies at age 88.Ref: 70
Sep 16Andres Javier Blazquez PR, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.Ref: 5
Sep 30Mary 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
Oct 02Quentin Butter Jackson musician: trombone: played with Duke Ellington; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 04Alexander Gray singer (This is Music), dies at 74.Ref: 5
Oct 10Connee Boswell singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Oct 11Connie Boswell singer: dies.Ref: 4
Nov 12Walter Piston, American composer/teacher, dies at age 82.Ref: 70
Dec 04Tommy Bolin rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose.Ref: 5
Dec 04Benjamin Britten Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at age 63.Ref: 70
Dec 28Freddie King rocker, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Dec 30The 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
Jan 02Erroll Garner ASCAP Award-winning jazz pianist: Misty [1984]; Dreamy, Thats My Kick, Moments Delight, Solitaire; dies at age 53.Ref: 4
Jan 09Alexey Kozlovsky composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 18Paul Nordoff US composer (Frog Prince), dies at 67.Ref: 5
Jan 21John Vincent composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Jan 21Zoltan Vasarhelyi composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Jan 28Joey 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
Feb 09Alexey Kozlovsky composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 10Grace Mary Williams composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 14Nathan Osmond Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 15Brook Wackman rocker, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 24Alexis Jose Grullon New York NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.Ref: 5
Feb 26Bukka White rocker, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Feb 26Maxime Jacob composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 27Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada.Ref: 5
Feb 28Debbie Koegel Norristown PA, dance skater (& Oleg Fediukov), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 03Ronan Keating Bayside Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 05Lockrem Johnson composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Mar 05Moses Pergament composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 10E Power Biggs English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 23Bennie Green trombonist, lyricist: The Diamond and the Goose; journalist; dies.Ref: 4
Mar 24Saburo Moroi composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 27Lodewijk de Vocht composer, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Mar 28Angelo Garcia Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 30Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Apr 04Jeno Zador composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 22Charles Sanford orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71.Ref: 5
Apr 30Clive Martin Douglas composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 07Irwin Fischer composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 09Walter Kraft composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
May 22Marius Monnikendam Dutch choir composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 26William Powell rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35.Ref: 5
May 28Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord Miami FL, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.Ref: 5
May 28Jiri Reinberger composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 29Goddard Lieberson composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 30Paul Desmond US jazz saxophonist, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Jul 10Norman Paris orch leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41.Ref: 5
Jul 22Tony 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
Jul 27Milt Buckner musician: piano, organ, composer: Hamps Boogie Woogie, The Lamplighter, Counts Basement; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 13Fiona Apple,singer, songwriter: LPs: Tidal, When The Pawn, is born.Ref: 4
Sep 13Leopold Stokowski symphonic conductor, dies in England, at 95.Ref: 5
Sep 16Maria Callas, the American-born prima donna famed for her lyric soprano and fiery temperament, died in Paris at age 53.Ref: 70
Sep 16Maria Callas (Calogeropoulous) singer: opera: dramatic soprano; dies in Paris at 53.Ref: 4
Sep 16Marc Bolan (Feld) singer: group: T. Rex: Bang a Gong; is killed in car crash.Ref: 4
Sep 29Alexander Tcherepnin St Petersburg Russia, composer, dies.Ref: 68
Oct 14Crooner 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.Ref: 4
Oct 16Milt (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; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 20Three 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
Nov 05Guy Lombardo orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75.Ref: 5
Nov 18Teddi King singer: Mr. Wonderful; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 19Sonny (William) Criss musician: saxophone: LP: The Bop Masters, Saturday Morning, Criss Craft, Out of Nowhere, Warm and Sonny; dies.Ref: 5
Dec 04Andre Eglevsky, Russian-born American ballet dancer and instructor, dies at age 59.Ref: 70
Dec 22Johann Nepomuk David composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 26Ivan Rezak composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
1978
Jan 10Don Gillis US composer (Symphony #5), dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 10Zeb Turner country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 12Nancy Spungen stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious.Ref: 5
Jan 14Robert Heger composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Jan 18Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 23Vic 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 dAmour; is killed in a car crash.Ref: 4
Jan 27Marguerite Canal composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Jan 28Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife.Ref: 5
Feb 27Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 03Douglas Osmond Provo UT, vocalist (Osmonds 2ndG)Ref: 5
Mar 12Tolchard Evans composer/conductor, dies.Ref: 5
Mar 13David McKinley Williams composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Apr 04Gino Contilli composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 06Nicolas Nabokov composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 07Ernest Kanitz composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Apr 17Bilal Abdul-samad rocker (Boys), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 21Sandy Denny country singer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
May 01Aram (Ilyich) Katchaturian Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 09Fee Waybill of the Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage.Ref: 5
May 22Bjarne Brustad composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
May 26Tamara Karsavina, Russian-English ballerina, dies at age 93.Ref: 70
May 30Krassmira Todorava Miss Bulgaria Universe (1997), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 31Enoch Light orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70.Ref: 5
Aug 05Queenie Smith actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79.Ref: 5
Aug 24Louis Prima musician: trumpet, bandleader: Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang, Gleeby Rhythm Orchestra; songwriter: Sing, Sing, Sing, Christopher Columbus, Its 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 Aint Got Nobody, Ive Got You Under My Skin; solo: Wonderland by Night; voice of Orangutan: The Jungle Book; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 07Keith Moon, singer, drummer with The Who, dies in London England.Ref: 68
Oct 09Jacques Brel singer, songwriter: Jackie, Next, If You Go Away, Im Not Afraid; appeared in his own French version of Man of La Mancha and in film: Montdragon; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 10Ralph Marterie Caruso of the trumpet: musician, bandleader: Pretend, Caravan, Skokiaan; dies.Ref: 5
Oct 16Abel Talamantez TX, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 22Dorothy Shay (Sims) The Park Avenue Hillbilly: singer: Feudin and Fightin; actress: Comin Round the Mountain; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 23Mother 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, Dont Wait; dies at age 69.Ref: 4
Nov 26Frank Rosolino musician: trombone: with Stan Kenton, Harold Land, Bob Cooper, Clarke-Boland Big Band; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 27Marguerite Canal composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Dec 03William Grant Still, American composer and conductor, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 08Kate Robinson Peoria IL, dance skater (& Peter Breen)Ref: 5
Dec 10Kuniva, Rapper (D12), is born.Ref: 76
Dec 12Clifton Chenier US accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53.Ref: 5
Dec 16Blanche Calloway US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 17Don 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, Milos Theme, Star Children; soloist: NY Philharmonic; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 18Naomi Lang Arcata CA, dance skater (& Peter Tchernyshev), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 27Chris Bell rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash.Ref: 5
Dec 27Bob Luman singer: Lets Think About Living, Every Day I Have to Cry Some, The Pay Phone, Proud of You Baby; dies.Ref: 4
1979
Jan 02Wayne 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
Jan 04Charles Mingus jazz bassist, dies of heart attack.Ref: 5
Jan 05Charles Mingus US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Jan 06Marjorie 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
Jan 07Zbigniew Turski composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Jan 09Avery Claflin composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 09Sara Carter vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 10Chris H E Smith [Daddy Mack], Atlanta, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 13Donny Hathaway Chicago IL, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33.Ref: 5
Jan 15Donny Hathaway singer: Where is the Love, Youve Got a Friend, The Closer I Get to You [w/Roberta Flack]; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 16Fred Elizalde composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Jan 18Cyril Mockridge composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jan 30Diva Zappa daughter of Frank, is born.Ref: 5
Feb 02Punk 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
Feb 09Avery Claflin composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 09Sara Carter vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 11Brandy 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 Doesnt Count, U Dont Know Me (Like U Used To), What About Us? is born.Ref: 4
Feb 21Ray Whitley composer, dies.Ref: 5
Mar 05Vicente Ascone composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 07Guiomar Novaes pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 07Klaus Egge Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72.Ref: 5
Mar 15Leonide Massine, Russian dancer and choreographer of over 50 ballets, dies at age 82.Ref: 70
Mar 25Anton Heiller composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Apr 06Milton Ager US composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Apr 10Nino Rota Italian composer (Torquemada), dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 28Feliks Roderyk Labunski composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Apr 29Julia A Perry US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55.Ref: 5
May 01Elton John becomes first pop star to perform in Israel.Ref: 5
May 04Lance 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
May 09Lan Adomian composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 11Lester Raymond Flatt, bluegrass musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett), dies at 64.Ref: 68
May 19Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd.Ref: 5
May 23Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcyRef: 5
Jun 07Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion.Ref: 5
Jun 29Lowell George rocker (Mothers of Invention. Little Feat), dies at 34.Ref: 5
Jul 10Conductor Arthur Fiedler, who had led the Boston Pops orchestra for a half-century, died in Brookline, Mass., at age 84.Ref: 70
Jul 12Minnie Ripperton singer (Lovin' You), dies of cancer at 30.Ref: 5
Jul 23Keith Godchaux rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 32.Ref: 5
Aug 19Dorsey Burnette singer: Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One; brother of singer Johnny Burnette; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 20Singer Vikki Carr & Michael Nilsson wed.Ref: 5
Aug 24B.B. King celebrated his 30th year in show business at a special celebration held at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.Ref: 4
Aug 25Stan (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
Aug 31Sally Rand (Helen Gould Beck) dancer, stripper: inventor of the fan dance; actress: The TX Bearcat, Bachelor Brides, The Night of Love, Getting Gerties Garter, Bolero, Sunset Murder Case; dies.Ref: 68
Sep 09Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) weds Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque.Ref: 5
Sep 18Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect.Ref: 5
Sep 19Lou Busch (Joe Fingers Carr) musician: piano, arranger, composer: Sams Song, Down Yonder, Portuguese Washerwoman; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 08[Gregory] Chad Petree Shawne Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See), is born.Ref: 5
Oct 10Fleetwood Mac receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Ref: 4
Oct 10Mya (Marie Harrison) singer: LPs: Mya, Fear Of Flying; in films: Bulworth, The Rugrats Movie, Moulin Rouge!, Atlantis: The Lost Empire), is born.Ref: 4
Nov 11Dimitri Tiomkin conductor, composer: film scores: The Alamo, Dial M for Murder, Friendly Persuasion, High Noon, Its a Wonderful Life, Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; dies.Ref: 2
Nov 19Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion.Ref: 5
Dec 02Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Dec 30Richard Rodgers Academy Award-winning composer: half of Rodgers and (Lorenz) Hart and Rodgers and (Oscar) Hammerstein: dies at age 77.Ref: 4
1980
Jan 02Singer Larry Williams (Lawrence E. Williams) (Short Fat Fannie, Bony Maronie, Dizzy Miss Lizzie) dies at age 44.Ref: 4
Jan 03Amos Milburn rocker, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Jan 07Carl White rocker, dies.Ref: 5
Jan 13Andre Kostelanetz music conductor: with Perry Como: Prisoner of Love; arranger: Broadway show tunes; dies at age 79.Ref: 4
Jan 19Richard Franko Goldman composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Jan 28Nick Carter singer (Backstreet Boys), is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Antonio Molina composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 30Professor Longhair king of New Orleans music, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 07Ernst Kunz composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Feb 17Jerry Fielding orchestra leader (Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes, Lively Ones), dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 19Bon Scott Australian rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33.Ref: 5
Mar 01Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI.Ref: 5
Mar 01John Jacob Niles composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Mar 13Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 17Rudolf G Escher Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Mar 21Gideon Fagan composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 26Jon-Jon Poulos rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32.Ref: 5
Mar 28Dick (Richard Benjamin) Haymes singer: Ill Get By, It Cant Be Wrong, Youll Never Know, Till the End of Time, Mamselle, Little White Lies; actor: State Fair, All Ashore, Irish Eyes are Smiling; dies.Ref: 4
Mar 29[Annunzio Paolo] Mantovani orchestra leader, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 22(Ellen) Jane Froman singer: I Only Have Eyes for You, Ill Walk Alone, I Believe; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 23Jane Froman US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 28Tommy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies.Ref: 5
May 14Wilhelm Weismann composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 16Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis.Ref: 5
May 16Former Buggles members Geoff Downes & Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman in Yes.Ref: 5
May 18Ian Curtis English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commits suicide at 23.Ref: 5
May 20Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss.Ref: 5
May 30Carl Radle bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment.Ref: 5
May 30Timmy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies.Ref: 5
Jun 01Barbra Striesand appears at an ACLU Benefit in CARef: 5
Jun 21Bert Kaempfert musician: Wonderland by Night, Red Roses for a Blue Lady, Three OClock in the Morning; dies.Ref: 4
Jun 27Steve Peregrin Took percussionist (T-Rex), dies at 31.Ref: 5
Jun 28Jos Iturbi musician, pianist, conductor: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 02Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitementRef: 5
Jul 30John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug chargesRef: 5
Jul 31John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges.Ref: 5
Aug 04Duke Pearson composer, band leader, musician: piano: How Insensitive; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 17Harold Adamson lyricist: Time on My Hands, Daybreak, dies.Ref: 4
Aug 25Gower Champion, American choreographer, dancer and director, dies at age 59.Ref: 70
Sep 25John Bonzo Bonham musician: drums: group: Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant Song; dies of alcohol poisoning.Ref: 4
Oct 15Robert Squirrel Lester singer: groups: The Moonglows, The Flamingos, The Chi-Lites; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 25Virgil Fox organ virtuoso: credited for bringing the organ to the forefront among classical concert instruments.; dies.Ref: 70
Nov 17Clarke Isaac Hanson Tulsa OK, guitarist-Hanson (MMMBop)Ref: 5
Dec 07Darby Crash rocker, dies at 22.Ref: 5
Dec 10Sarah Chang, violinist, is born.Ref: 76
Dec 18Christina Aguilera, Staten Island, NY, singer (Genie in a Bottle, What A Girl Wants)Ref: 5
Dec 24Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Dec 25Louis Neefs Belgian singer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Dec 29Tim 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
Jan 02David Lynch singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51.Ref: 5
Jan 07Jose Ardevol composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Jan 09Kazimierz Serocki composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Jan 17Ray J singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 23Bobby Sherwood orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jan 23Samuel Barber US composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70.Ref: 5
Jan 27Jonny Lang blues musician, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Cozy Cole rocker (Topsy Part II), dies.Ref: 5
Jan 31Cozy (William Randolph) Cole musician: drums: played w/Cab Calloway, Louie Armstrong; dies.Ref: 4
Feb 01Ernst Pepping composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Feb 01Nils Geirr Tveitt composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Feb 06Orchestra 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
Feb 09Bill 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
Feb 09Kazimierz Serocki composer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Feb 15Mike Bloomfield rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at 36.Ref: 5
Feb 15Thomas Beversdorf composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Feb 16Howard Hanson composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Feb 19Frank Merrik composer, dies at 94.Ref: 5
Mar 04Lyricist 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 Its Only a Paper Moon, popularized by Nat King Cole and many others.Ref: 4
Mar 07Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 05Bob "Bear" Hite rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36.Ref: 5
Apr 06Bob "The Bear" Hite singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies.Ref: 5
Apr 11Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen.Ref: 5
Apr 12Hans Chemin-Petit composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 12Hendrik F Andriessen Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88.Ref: 5
Apr 19Ernst Levy composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Apr 20Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession.Ref: 5
Apr 21Eddie 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; dies.Ref: 5
May 07Mieczyslaw Kolinski composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 11Bob Marley, Jamaican musician who popularized reggae music, dies of brain & lung cancer at age 36 in a Miami hospital.Ref: 5
May 13Carl Weinrich composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 16Pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson.Ref: 5
May 17Hugo Freidhofer composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 25Rosa Ponselle, American coloratura soprano, dies at age 84.Ref: 70
May 25Roy James Brown rocker (Good rockin' tonight), dies of a heart attack at 55.Ref: 5
May 28Mary Lou Williams black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC.Ref: 5
Jun 20Pee Wee (George) Erwin musician: trumpet: Tommy Dorsey Band, Isham Jones Band; dies.Ref: 5
Jul 16Harry Chapin, 38, songwriter, singer: Taxi, W-O-L-D, Cats 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
Jul 27Ray Harrison dancer (American Song), dies at 64.Ref: 5
Aug 18Robert Russell Bennett musician: orchestration: Victory at Sea series; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 27Joan Edwards singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62.Ref: 5
Sep 22Harry Warren (Salvatore Guaragna) composer: Song Writers Hall of Famer: Best Song Oscars: Lullaby of Broadway [1935], Youll Never Know [1943], On the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe [w/Johnny Mercer-1946]; You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby, Thats Amore; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 02Hazel Scott singer/pianist (Hazel Scott), dies at 61.Ref: 5
Oct 05Jud Strunk singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48.Ref: 5
Nov 17Bob Eberly (Robert Eberle) singer: The Breeze and I, Besame Mucho [w/Kitty Kallen]; sang w/Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra & on TVs Top Tunes; brother of singer Ray Eberle; dies at age 65.Ref: 68
Nov 27Jonny Lang blues musicianRef: 5
Nov 27Lotte Lenya (Karoline Blamauer) Tony Award-winning singer, actress, dies at age 81.Ref: 4
Dec 02Britney Jean Spears, Kentwood, LA, singer (Baby One More Time, You Drive Me Crazy, Oops I Did It Again), is born.Ref: 5
Dec 02Hershy Kay composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 02Hershy Kay composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 08Walter "Shakey" Horton harmonica stylist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64.Ref: 5
Dec 09Tonny Til rocker, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Dec 13Cornelius Cardew composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Dec 27Hoagy (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; dies at age 82.Ref: 17
Dec 31Frantisek Chaun composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
1982
Jan 09Vido Musso musician: reed instruments, played with Benny Goodman; bandleader: Stan Kenton was his pianist; dies.Ref: 5
Jan 10Lazar Weiner composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Jan 18Burnet Corwin Tuthill US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93.Ref: 5
Jan 30Lightning Hopkins rocker, dies of cancer at 69.Ref: 5
Jan 30Riccardo Nielsen composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 11Eleanor Powell tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies of cancer at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 17Thelonious (Sphere) Monk composer, jazz musician: piano: dies of a stroke in Englewood, NJ at age 64.Ref: 68
Feb 20Singer Pat Benatar married musician-producer Neil Geraldo in Hawaii.Ref: 4
Feb 26Gabor Szabo Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45.Ref: 5
Feb 27Malika A Sabirova Russian dancer, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Mar 07Charles Borromeo Mills composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Mar 13Albert Weisser composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Mar 14Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 18Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident.Ref: 5
Mar 19Randy Rhoads heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), dies in plane crash at 25.Ref: 5
Mar 29Ray 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.Ref: 4
Mar 29Carl Orff German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at 86.Ref: 5
Mar 31Jessica Joseph Royal Oak MI, dance skater (& Butler-1997 National)Ref: 5
Apr 04Tsvetan Tsvetanov composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Apr 09Wilfred Pelletier symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85.Ref: 5
Apr 15Mark Mizzark [Marlis Pugh], Akron OH, rapper (Another Bad Creation)Ref: 5
Apr 15Mark Pugh rocker (Another Bad Creation), is born.Ref: 5
Apr 26Rod Stewart is mugged, the gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche.Ref: 5
Apr 28Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 05Cal 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; dies.Ref: 4
May 11Piet van Egmond organist/conductor, dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 13Kara Abulfazogli Karayev composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
May 13Renzo Rossellini Italian composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Jun 16John Honeyman-Scott guitarist of the Pretenders, overdoses on drugsRef: 5
Jun 26Marie Osmond marries Steve Craig.Ref: 5
Jul 09Wingy (Joseph Matthews) Manone musician: trumpet: Tar Paper Stomp; singer, bandleader: Nickel in the Slot, Flat Foot Floogie, Annie Laurie; dies.Ref: 5
Jul 15Bill (William E.) Justis (Jr.) musician: saxophone: Raunchy; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 29Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson.Ref: 5
Oct 04Glenn (Herbert) Gould pianist, composer: films: Spheres, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Wars; wrote piano essay about Petula Clark; , dies at age 50.Ref: 4
Dec 01Dorothy James composer, dies on 81st birthday.Ref: 5
Dec 02David Blue rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41.Ref: 5
Dec 08Marty Robbins (Robertson) Country Music Hall of Famer; Grammy Award Winner: El Paso [1960], My Woman, My Woman, My Wife [1970]; A White Sport Coat, Dont 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.Ref: 4
Dec 09Paul Godwin [Goldfein] Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 09Roger Danneels Flemish accordionist, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Dec 10Roy Webb composer, dies at 94.Ref: 5
Dec 17Leonid B Kogan Russian violist, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Dec 17Philipp Jarnach composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Dec 18Tibor de Machula Hungary/Netherlands cellist, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Dec 19Jean-Jacques Grunenwald French organist/composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 19Lawrence Collingwood composer, dies at 95.Ref: 5
Dec 20Artur Rubinstein American pianist: played solo for the Berlin Symphony at the age of 12; , dies in Geneva Switzerland at 95.Ref: 4
Dec 23Norman Dinnerstein composer, dies at 45.Ref: 5
Dec 28Frederick Douglass Hall composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
1983
Jan 02Bernard George Stevens composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 02Sam Chatman elder statesman of the blues, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 04Singer/drummer Karen Carpenter (of The Carpenters) dies at her parents 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.Ref: 4
Feb 12Eubie (James Hubert) Blake, ragtime composer/pianist (I'm Just Wild About Harry, Memories of You), dies at age 100.Ref: 4
Feb 22Christina E "Christine" Auwen singer/wife of John Kelly, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Feb 23Sir Adrian Boult, English conductor; led the B.B.C. Symphony, dies at age 94.Ref: 70
Feb 24Herbert Norman Howells composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Mar 07Igor Markevich composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Mar 08Sir William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80.Ref: 5
Mar 14Jordan Taylor Hanson Tulsa OK, singer-Hanson (MMMBop), is born.Ref: 5
Mar 27Janis Ivanovs composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 30Pl Kadosa Hungarian composer/pianist, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Apr 05Danny Rapp singer: group: Danny & The Juniors: At the Hop, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 14Pete Farndon rock bassist (Pretenders), dies.Ref: 5
Apr 14Willem F Bon Dutch composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
Apr 17Felix Pappalardi rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies.Ref: 5
Apr 17Peter Potter DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 20George Balanchine, Russian-bn. American choreographer, dies at age 79.Ref: 70
Apr 22Earl `Fatha' Hines musician: piano: classic duet with Louis Armstrong: Weather Bird; songwriter: Blues in Thirds, A Monday Date; bandleader; dies.Ref: 5
Apr 26Bronislaw Kaper composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Apr 30George 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.Ref: 5
May 04Nino Sanzogno composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 06Kai Winding jazz musician: trombone: More [theme from Mondo Cane]; dies.Ref: 4
May 16Carel Brons composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
May 21Finn Einar Mortensen composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 27Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Jun 26Walter O'Keefe songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jun 30Bo Gentry songwriter/producer dies.Ref: 5
Jul 05Harry (Haag) James trumpeter, bandleader: Sweet Georgia Brown, Chiribiribin, And the Angels Sing, Two Oclock Jump, You Made Me Love You, Music Makers, Strictly Instrumental, Ill Get By; married to Betty Grable (second of four wives); dies in Las Vegas at age 67.Ref: 4
Aug 13Joe Tex (Arrington, Jr.) singer: I Gotcha, Hold What Youve Got, Skinny Legs and All, Aint Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 17Ira 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.Ref: 4
Sep 15LeRoy Prinz choreographer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Sep 15Willie Bobo jazz drummer (Cos), dies at 49.Ref: 5
Sep 30Freddy Martin Mr. Silvertone: musician: tenor sax; bandleader: Ive Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, April in Portugal, I Saw Stars, Then Ill Be Tired of You, Isle of Capri, Piano Concerto in B Flat, Tonight We Love, Bumble Boogie, Sabre Dance Boogie, Warsaw Concerto, Rose ODay, Miss You, dies at age 76.Ref: 4
Oct 16George Liberace musician: violinist, conductor; administrator of Liberace Museum; brother of pianist/entertainer Liberace; dies at age 72.Ref: 4
Oct 20Merle 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; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 03Alfredo Antonini conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 02Fifi D'Orsay "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79.Ref: 5
Dec 11Szymon Laks composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 27Walter Scott rocker, dies.Ref: 5
Dec 28The 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 didnt resurface.Ref: 4
1984
Jan 01Alexis Korner musician: guitar, singer: Whole Lotta Love; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 11Fritz Geissler composer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Jan 14Paul Ben Haim composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Jan 20Jackie Wilson rocker, dies at 49 from a heart attack.Ref: 5
Jan 21Rock 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. Wilsons first hit was Reet Petite, written by a then-unknown Berry Gordy, who would later create the Motown Records empire. Jackie Wilsons biggest hit was his 1960 double-sided smash Doggin Around b/w Night.Ref: 4
Jan 23Samuel Gardner composer, dies at 92.Ref: 5
Jan 27Michael Jacksons 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.Ref: 4
Feb 09Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras.Ref: 5
Feb 14British rocker Elton John married sound engineer Renate Blauel in Sydney, Australia on this day. (The couple divorced Nov 18, 1988.)Ref: 4
Feb 15Ethel Merman (Zimmerman) singer/actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76.Ref: 68
Feb 19Ina Ray Hutton orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66.Ref: 68
Feb 20Fikret Dzhamil Amirov composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 04Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Mar 05Harry Salter orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85.Ref: 5
Mar 05Tito Gobbi Italian baritone (Scarpia in Tosca), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Mar 06Pierre Cochereau composer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 18Paul Frances Webster lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 28Carmen Dragon classical music conductor, bandleader; father of singer, Captain Daryl Dragon; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 01Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in Los Angeles CA at age 44.Ref: 5
Apr 06Ral Donner [Ralph Stuart], singer (Starfires), dies at age 41.Ref: 5
Apr 06Jimmy Kenndy British songwriter (South of the Border), dies.Ref: 5
Apr 10Nate Nelson R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday.Ref: 5
Apr 13Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musicologist and harpsichordist, dies at age 72.Ref: 70
Apr 18Michael Jackson faced surgery in Los Angeles. Doctors performed scalp surgery to repair damage done after the megastars 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.Ref: 4
Apr 20Mabel Mercer English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Apr 23Red Garland jazz musician: reeds, pianist: ,Alone with the Blues Red Alone; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 26William "Count" Basie, American band leader and composer, dies at age 78.Ref: 4
Apr 29Marvin Gaye rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father at 45.Ref: 5
Apr 30Muddy Waters blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68.Ref: 68
May 01Gordon Jenkins orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73.Ref: 5
May 14Larry Stock songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies.Ref: 5
May 25Piet Ketting Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Jun 15Meredith Wilson (Reiniger) composer: The Music Man, The Unsinkable Molly Brown; dies at age 82.Ref: 4
Jun 19Emil Coleman orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Party), is born.Ref: 5
Jul 09Randall Thompson, American composer of choral music, dies at age 85.Ref: 70
Jul 16Billy Williams singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jul 17J Delos Jewkes singer/actor, dies of a heart attack at 89.Ref: 5
Aug 07Little Esther Phillips (Esther Mae Jones) pianist, singer: Release Me, What a Diffrence a Day Makes; Grammy nomination: Best female R & B vocalist [1973], Aretha Franklin won but gave award to Esther; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 10Ilona Massey, Hungarian movie actress and singer, dies at age 64.Ref: 70
Sep 05Country-music star Ernest Tubb, the TX Troubadour, dies at the age of 70.Ref: 4
Sep 06Ernest Tubb Country Music Hall of Famer: Walking the Floor Over You; headlined first country music show at Carnegie Hall; dies at age 70.Ref: 4
Sep 12Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accidentRef: 5
Sep 19June Preisser dancer/actress, dies at 61 in an auto accident.Ref: 5
Sep 26Shelly Manne composer, musician: drummer: Peter Gunn score; actor: Man with the Golden Arm; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 09Lew Christensen, American dancer, teacher and choreographer, dies at age 75.Ref: 70
Dec 15Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perlemuth] operatic tenor, dies at age 80 following a stroke.Ref: 5
Dec 19Michel Magne composer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Dec 29Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84.Ref: 5
Dec 31Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash.Ref: 5
1985
Jan 03Lucien Cailliet composer, dies at 93.Ref: 5
Jan 07Johnny 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.Ref: 4
Jan 20Jo Juda Dutch musician, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Jan 21Barbara Cowsill rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema.Ref: 5
Jan 25Kenny Clarke, American drummer, dies at age 71.Ref: 70
Feb 11Heinz Eric Roemheld composer, dies of pneumonia at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 11Ulysses Sipmson Kay composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 18Willy Alberti [Carel Verbruggen], Dutch singer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
Feb 22Efrem A Zimbalist Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95.Ref: 5
Mar 01Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center.Ref: 5
Mar 01Eugene List US concert pianist, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 07George Schick Czechoslovakian conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 12Eugene Ormandy (Jeno Blau), Hungarian-born American conductor, dies at age 85.Ref: 70
Mar 16Roger Huntington Sessions US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88.Ref: 5
Mar 18Jack Miller orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89.Ref: 5
Mar 21Boy 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!Ref: 4
Mar 21Salvador Ley composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Mar 23Singer Billy Joel married supermodel Christie Brinkley in private ceremonies held in New York City. (They were divorced Aug 25, 1994.)Ref: 4
Mar 23Zoot (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.Ref: 4
Apr 14Reginald Beane pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 02Hal LeRoy dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after cardiac surgery.Ref: 5
May 02Larry Clinton bandleader: Deep Purple, My Reverie, On a Slow Boat to China; composer: The Dipsy Doodle, Satan Takes a Holiday, Tap Dancers Nightmare, Dusk in Upper Sandusky; dies.Ref: 4
May 08Karl Marx German composer/conductor, dies at 87.Ref: 5
May 13The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, married actress/model Julianne Phillips in ceremonies in Lake Oswego, OR. The couple went their separate ways in 1989. Springsteens hit, Im 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.Ref: 4
May 18Alexander Godunov (Boris Alexandrovich Godunov) ballet dancer; actor; dies.Ref: 4
May 25Harold Hecht choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer.Ref: 5
Jul 15Philly Joe Jones, American jazz percussionist, dies at age 62.Ref: 70
Jul 16Wayne King The Waltz King: saxophonist, bandleader: The Waltz You Saved for Me; dies at age 84.Ref: 4
Jul 17Wynn Stewart singer: Its Such a Pretty World Today, Wishful Thinking, After the Storm; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 23Kay (James King Kern) Kyser bandleader: Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge: Three Little Fishes, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition; dies.Ref: 5
Aug 16Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn.Ref: 24
Sep 03Papa 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; dies at age 73.Ref: 70
Sep 06Johnny Desmond (Giovanni Alfredo de Simone), singer, dies.Ref: 4
Sep 06Jane Frazee singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia.Ref: 5
Sep 06Little Brother Montgomery, American jazz pianist and vocalist, dies at age 79.Ref: 70
Sep 15Cootie (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; dies at age 77.Ref: 4
Oct 05Orchestra leader Nelson Riddle dies at age 64 in Los Angeles. (TWA, 1986)Ref: 95
Oct 06Nelson Riddle Grammy Award-winning orchestra leader: Cross Country Suite; Lisbon Antigua; arranger: for Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 11Tex Williams country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer.Ref: 5
Oct 22Zachary Walker Hanson Tulsa OK, drummer-Hanson, is born.Ref: 5
Oct 25Morton Downey singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83.Ref: 5
Nov 24Big Joe (Joseph Vernon) Turner rhythm & blues singer: Corrine Corrina, Cherry Red, Still in the Dark, Chains of Love, Sweet Sixteen; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 04Marcel Boereboom Belgian musicologist, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 12Ian Stewart keyboardist/road manager (Rolling Stones), dies at 47.Ref: 5
Dec 25George Rhodes orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66.Ref: 5
Dec 31Ricky (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 Nelsons 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.Ref: 4
1986
Jan 01Barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up.Ref: 5
Jan 01Alexa Ray Joel daughter of Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 03Jens Bjerre composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jan 04Phil Lynott rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34.Ref: 5
Jan 24Gordon MacRae singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64.Ref: 5
Jan 30Ticker Freeman pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 01Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland.Ref: 5
Feb 07Armand Preud'homme Flemish organist/lyricist, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Feb 12Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Feb 20Francisco Paolo Mignone composer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Feb 21Charlotte Church singer: LPs: Voice of an Angel, Charlotte Church, Dream a Dream, Enchantment, is born.Ref: 4
Mar 04Richard Manuel rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40.Ref: 5
Mar 12Sonny Terry (Saunders Terrell) singer, harmonica player: LPs: Sonnys 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; dies.Ref: 4
Mar 14Benno Ammann composer, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 14Jozef Kresanek composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 31OKelly Isley singer: Grammy Award-winning group: The Isley Brothers: Its Your Thing [1969]; Shout, Twist and Shout, That Lady, This Old Heart of Mine, dies of heart attack at 48.Ref: 5
Apr 01Erik Bruhn ballet dancer, choreographer; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 03Peter Pears English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 03Richard Manuel rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday.Ref: 5
Apr 19Dag Ivar Wiren composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Apr 23Harold Arlen (Hyman Arluck) composer w/Ted Koehler: Stormy Weather, Its Only a Paper Moon; w/Gershwin & Mercer: That Old Black Magic; Oscar-winning songwriter: Somewhere Over the Rainbow [1939]; is murdered at age 81.Ref: 4
May 05Jon William Haussermann Jr composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 05Rui Coelho composer, dies at 94.Ref: 5
May 10Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Cre marries Heather LocklearRef: 2
May 18John 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; dies at age 84.Ref: 5
May 20Bernard Naylor composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 24Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy Mahl.Ref: 5
May 30Hank Mobley US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jun 03Dame Anna Neagle, English actress and dancer, dies at age 81.Ref: 70
Jun 12Tony Desimone combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66Ref: 5
Jun 13Benny Goodman, the clarinet playing King of Swing, dies in NY at 77.Ref: 5
Jun 14Alan Jay Lerner Broadway librettist, dies in NY at 67.Ref: 5
Jun 17Kate Smith singer (God Bless America), dies in Raleigh NC at 78.Ref: 5
Jun 27(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.Ref: 5
Jul 03Mikhail Baryshnikov, considered by many to be the worlds greatest ballet dancer, became a US citizen in ceremonies at Ellis Island, NY Harbor.Ref: 4
Jul 03Rudy (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.Ref: 4
Jul 27Leroy Holmes orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jul 31Teddy 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; dies.Ref: 2
Aug 20Thad 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.Ref: 4
Nov 17Dorothy Alexander, American ballet dancer, choreographer and founder of the Atlanta Ballet, dies at age 82.Ref: 70
Nov 22Scatman Crothers [Benjamin], Terre Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining), dies.Ref: 68
Dec 01Horace Heidt bandleader: Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights; radio show host: Pot O Gold; talent show host: Youth Opportunity; dies at age 85.Ref: 4
Dec 02Lee Dorsey R&B singer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Dec 05Carmol Taylor country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer.Ref: 5
Dec 10Kate Wolf folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44.Ref: 5
Dec 15Kenny 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.Ref: 4
Dec 17Wayne 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.Ref: 2
Dec 22Celius Dougherty composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Dec 27Cliff Burton bass player (Metallica), dies in a bus crash at 24.Ref: 5
Dec 27Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Dec 29John Antill composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 30Jiri Jaroch composer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Dec 31Lester Albert Trimble composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
1987
Jan 07Larry Carr pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 15Dolores Hawkins singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58.Ref: 5
Jan 25Emil Hlobil composer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 29Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 02Alfred Lion record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 02Patrick "Spike" Hughes British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78.Ref: 5
Feb 04(Wladziu Valentino) Liberace pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies in Palm Springs CA at age 67 of AIDS.Ref: 5
Feb 07David Savoy Jr rock manager (Hsker Du), commits suicide at 24.Ref: 5
Feb 14Bola Sete guitarist, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 14Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Feb 15Jimmy Holiday US singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42.Ref: 5
Feb 15Osmo Uolevi Lindeman composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Feb 16Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Feb 17Dmitri B Kabalevsky St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire), dies.Ref: 68
Feb 20Ivan Brkanovic composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 28Nora Kaye, American ballerina, dies at age 67.Ref: 70
Mar 13Finn Videro composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Mar 13Gerald Moore England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87.Ref: 5
Mar 20Norman Harris guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure.Ref: 5
Mar 23Dean Paul Martin musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29.Ref: 5
Mar 28Maria von Trapp, whose life inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," dies in Morrisville VT, at age 82.Ref: 70
Apr 02Buddy Rich drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at age 69.Ref: 5
Apr 07Maxine 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 Nights Dream [w/Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman]; dies at age 75.Ref: 4
Apr 08Francis C Denebrink US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90.Ref: 5
Apr 14Karl Holler composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Apr 16Anthony Tudor dancer/choreographer (American Ballet Theater) dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 17Carlton Barrett Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36.Ref: 5
Apr 20Antony Tudor, English-born American dancer, teacher and choreographer, dies at age 79.Ref: 70
May 04Paul Butterfield singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44.Ref: 5
May 12Victor Feldman pianist/drummer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
May 16Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles.Ref: 5
May 22Mario Zafred composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 23Karel Albert Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86.Ref: 5
May 29Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains.Ref: 5
May 30Turk Murphy (Melvin Edward Alton Murphy) trombonist: first to play jazz version of Mack the Knife; dies at age 71.Ref: 4
Jun 02Sammy Kaye bandleader: Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye: Too Young, "A" Youre Adorable, Harbor Lights; dies at age 77.Ref: 4
Jun 02Ands Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist, dies at age 94.Ref: 70
Jun 22Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz), American dancer and actor, dies at age 88.Ref: 4
Jun 23The first celebrity cover girl to grace Cosmopolitan magazine since Elizabeth Taylor in 1969 was Madonna and she did it on this day.Ref: 4
Jul 02Michael Bennett, American dancer, choreographer, and stage director, dies of AIDS at age 44.Ref: 70
Aug 01Bananarama's Siobhan Fahey marries Eurythmics Dave Stewart.Ref: 5
Sep 22Norman Luboff choral leader: The Norman Luboff Choir; dies.Ref: 5
Sep 23Bob (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.Ref: 4
Oct 17Dana Suesse songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), dies at 75.Ref: 5
Oct 19Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies.Ref: 18
Oct 25Willis Gator Jackson composer, tenor sax: invented the gator horn: Chucks Chuckles, Dance of the Lady Bug, Back Door, Later Gator; married to singer Ruth Brown; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 29Woody (Woodrow Charles) Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74.Ref: 5
Nov 02Entertainer Lola Falona is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.Ref: 5
Nov 17Irene Wicker singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81.Ref: 5
Dec 05"Fat" Larry James US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38.Ref: 5
Dec 10Jascha Heifetz, Russian born-US violinist, dies at age 86.Ref: 5
Dec 12Louis de Meester composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Dec 22Leonidas Zoras composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 22Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx overdoses from Heroin.Ref: 5
1988
Jan 14Jordy French singer, is born.Ref: 5
Jan 29Bantcho Bantchevsky US opera singer, commits suicide.Ref: 5
Jan 29Rogier van Otterloo Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Feb 05Al Cohn jazz composer, musician: tenor sax; dies.Ref: 4
Feb 09Kurt Adler, Austrian-born American conductor and administrator of the San Francisco Opera, dies at age 82.Ref: 70
Feb 13The 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.Ref: 4
Feb 14Frederick Loewe US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Feb 15Frederick [Fritz] Loewe composer, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 18Joe Loco (Jose Esteves Jr.) jazz musician, arranger: credited with introducing the mambo [Tenderly: 1951] and cha-cha-cha [1953] to the US; dies.Ref: 70
Mar 06Konstantin Iliev composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Mar 10Andy (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] Dont Throw It all Away; host of TVs Solid Gold; dies in Oxford, England, at age 30 of heart inflammation.Ref: 4
Mar 10William Brocklesby Wordsworth composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Mar 18Billy Butterfield (Charles William Butterfield) musician: trumpet; founding member of Worlds Greatest Jazz Band; dies.Ref: 4
Mar 20Gil Evans Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 25Robert Joffrey (Khan) choreographer: The Joffrey Ballet; dies.Ref: 4
Mar 31Talib Rasul Hakim composer, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Apr 07Cesar Bresgen Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 09Brook Benton (Benjamin Franklin Peay) singer, dies at age 56 of meningitis.Ref: 4
Apr 09Dave Prater rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50.Ref: 5
Apr 11David Prater US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50.Ref: 5
Apr 12Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs CA.Ref: 5
Apr 14Herbert Reynolds Inch composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Apr 14Johan Franco composer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Apr 25Boris Kremenliev composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 25Carolyn Franklin singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Apr 29James McCracken, American operatic tenor, dies at age 61.Ref: 70
Apr 29Jan Kapr composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Apr 30James McCracken US tenor, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 08Nappy (Hilton Napoleon) Lamare (musician: guitar: group: Bob Cats; solo: Nickel in the Slot) dies.Ref: 4
May 13Chet Baker jazz trumpeter, falls to death out of a hotel window at 59.Ref: 5
May 27Melvin J "Cy" Oliver US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77.Ref: 5
May 28Sy (Melvin James) Oliver trumpeter, singer, arranger, bandleader, composer: Easy Does It, Swing High, Well, Git It, Opus No. 1; dies.Ref: 5
Jun 17Bruce Springsteen seperates from Juliette Phillips.Ref: 5
Jun 19Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie.Ref: 5
Jul 08Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992.Ref: 5
Jul 29Ellin Berlin (MacKay) Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at 86Ref: 5
Aug 02Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo.Ref: 5
Aug 11Jean-Pierre Ponnele opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56Ref: 5
Aug 18Sir Frederick Ashton, English choreographer and director of the Royal Ballet, dies at age 83.Ref: 70
Aug 30Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen.Ref: 5
Aug 30Screamin' 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.Ref: 4
Aug 30Papa Dee (Thomas) Allen musician: keyboards: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Cant We Be Friends?; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 11Peter Tosh reggae singer shot dead at 43 in JamaciaRef: 5
Oct 07Billy Daniels singer, dies of cancer at 73.Ref: 5
Oct 09Elmer J. Mousey Alexander musician: drums: group: Alexanders the Great; died Oct 9, 1988Ref: 4
Nov 13Antal Dorati symphony orchestra conductor; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 25Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges.Ref: 5
Dec 06Roy Orbison US Rock singer (Pretty Woman, Only the Lonely), dies of a massive heart attack at 52.Ref: 5
Dec 06Bill Harris US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63.Ref: 5
Dec 08Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad US singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44.Ref: 5
Dec 15James 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.Ref: 4
Dec 22Tucker Smith singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies.Ref: 5
1989
Jan 02Eddie Heywood Jr. pianist, composer: Canadian Sunset; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 08Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Jan 31Yasushi Akutagawa composer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Feb 04Jethro (Kenneth C. Burns) entertainer, musician: mandolin, banjo: Homer & Jethro: The Battle of Kookamonga, Dont Let the Stars Get in Your Eyeballs; dies at age 69.Ref: 4
Feb 05Joe Raposa composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51.Ref: 5
Feb 17Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen.Ref: 5
Feb 26(David) Roy Little Jazz Eldridge trumpeter: soloist with Gene Krupas Band; Let Me Off Uptown [w/Anita ODay]; U.S. President Carters White House jazz party [1978], dies at age 78.Ref: 4
Mar 01Julianne Phillips & Bruce Springsteen divorce.Ref: 5
Apr 12Herbert Mills singer: group: The Mills Brothers: Paper Doll, You Always Hurt the One You Love, Glow-Worm; dies.Ref: 4
May 09Keith Whitley country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33.Ref: 5
May 12Marcelle de Manziarly composer, dies at 89.Ref: 5
May 15John Waldo Green composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 30Zinka Milanov Metropolitan Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83.Ref: 5
Jun 02Rolling Stones Bill Wyman marries Mandy Smith.Ref: 5
Jun 03Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone.Ref: 5
Jun 12Robin Howard, English balletomane; promoted modern dance in Britain, dies at age 65.Ref: 70
Jun 12Lou Monte singer: Pepino the Italian Mouse, Lazy Mary, At the Darktown Strutters Ball; dies.Ref: 4
Jun 14Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame.Ref: 5
Jul 05Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself outRef: 5
Jul 16Herbert von Karajan, Austrian-born conductor, dies at age 81.Ref: 70
Jul 28Songstress 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
Aug 03Antonia Brico, Dutch-born American conductor and pianist, dies at age 87.Ref: 70
Sep 14(Damaso) Perez Prado musician: piano, organ: Patricia, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, Mambo No. 5, Mambo No. 8 dies.Ref: 4
Sep 16Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher.Ref: 5
Sep 22Irving Berlin, Russian-born American composer for stage and screen musicals, dies in NY City at age 101.Ref: 70
Sep 30Virgil Thompson, American composer (Four Saints in Three Acts, The Mother of Us All), at age 92.Ref: 70
Nov 05Balladeer Barry Sadler ("The Ballad of the Green Berets"), dies at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn.Ref: 24
Nov 05Vladimir Horowitz, the Russian-born pianist considered one of the most accomplished players of the 20th century, dies.Ref: 70
Nov 06Dickie Goodman (Richard Dorian Goodman) parody singer: group: Buchanan and Goodman: Flying Saucer [Parts 1 & 2], Mr. Jaws; dies.Ref: 5
Dec 01Alvin Ailey Jr., American choreographer and dancer; founded Ailey American Dance Theater, dies at age 58.Ref: 70
Dec 05John M Pritchard British conductor, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Dec 06Sammy 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, Ill Be Seeing You, I Can Dream Cant I, Let a Smile be Your Umbrella [most w/Irving Kahal]; dies at age 87.Ref: 4
Dec 21Jan Cikker composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Dec 23Josef Alexander composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Dec 26Lennox Berkeley composer, dies at 86.Ref: 5
1990
Jan 02Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jan 08Georgie Auld (John Altwerger) musician: saxophones: bandleader; actor: The Rat Race, dubbed soundtrack for Robert DeNero in New York, New York; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 08Boris Kochno, Russian-born French ballet librettist, dies at age 86.Ref: 70
Jan 12Paul Amadeus Pisk composer, dies at 96.Ref: 5
Jan 15Dame Peggy van Praagh, English-born ballet dancer; founder of the Australian Ballet, dies at age 79.Ref: 70
Jan 18Melanie Appleby rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23.Ref: 5
Jan 20Miloslav Istvan composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 23Allen 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.Ref: 4
Feb 07Jimmy 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, dies at age 77.Ref: 4
Feb 08Singer 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. Shannons 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 (Well Follow the Sun).Ref: 4
Feb 24Johnnie Ray Dallas OR, pop singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at age 61in Los Angeles CA.Ref: 4
Feb 25On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children & no man can stand her for long.Ref: 5
Feb 26Cornell Gunther US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53.Ref: 5
Feb 26Scott Jarvis musician (Great Expectationa), dies.Ref: 5
Mar 07Max Neuhaus composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Mar 16Ernst Bacon composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Mar 17Rick Grech rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44.Ref: 5
Mar 20Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident.Ref: 5
Apr 01Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames.Ref: 5
Apr 03Sarah 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]; dies at age 66 of lung cancer.Ref: 4
Apr 04Gloria Estefan released from the hospital after her accident.Ref: 5
Apr 04Sarah Vaughn jazz singer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Apr 25Dexter Gordon jazz saxophonist, dies in Philadelphia of kidney failure at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 26Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle.Ref: 5
Apr 28Guns & Roses' Axl Rose marries Erin Everly (annulled same year).Ref: 5
May 01Sergio Franchi, tenor, dies in Stonington CT at age 57. (TWA, 1991)Ref: 95
May 02William Levi Dawson composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
May 04Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger.Ref: 5
May 05Sir Reginald Goodall, English opera conductor, dies at age 88.Ref: 70
May 09Luigi Nono Italian composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 14Andre Ameller composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 31Liberty Irene Kasem daughter of Casey & Jean KasamRef: 5
May 31Art Lund singer: Mamselle, actor: The Most Happy Fella, Donnybrook, Black Caesar, Bucktown, The Last American Hero; dies.Ref: 4
Jun 07Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest painsRef: 5
Jun 10Two 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
Jun 21Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame.Ref: 5
Jun 21June Christy (Shirley Luster) singer: My Heart Belongs to Only You; sang with Stan Kenton band; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 02Snooky Lanson (Roy Landman) singer: By the Light of the Silvery Moon; vocalist on Your Hit Parade on radio and TV; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 15Troy Dixon rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 from a fall.Ref: 5
Jul 23Joe Turner jazz pianist, dies at 82 of cardiac arrestRef: 5
Jul 24Evan James Springsteen LA CA, rocker Bruce Springsteen's son is born.Ref: 5
Jul 25Evan James Springsteen son of BruceRef: 5
Jul 26Brian Mydland keyboardist (Grateful Dead), dies at 38Ref: 5
Jul 27Bobby Day (Byrd) singer: Rockin Robin; groups: Hollywood Flames, Bob & Earl; dies of cancer at age 60.Ref: 4
Aug 13Soul singer/songwriter Curtis Mayfield ("Superfly", "Freddies 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.Ref: 4
Aug 15Lew Dewitt singer: group: The Statler Brothers: Flowers on the Wall, Bed of Roses; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 23David 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.Ref: 4
Aug 27Stevie Ray Vaughan, Grammy Award-winning blues guitarist, is killed in a helicopter crash at age 35.Ref: 4
Sep 06Tom 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; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 19Hermes Pan, choreographer, dies in Beverly Hills CA at age 79. (TWA, 1991).Ref: 95
Sep 28Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame.Ref: 5
Oct 08B.J. (Barrie James) Wilson musician: drummer: group: Procol Harum: Whiter Shade of Pale; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 14Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York at age 72.Ref: 70
Oct 16Art Blakey musician: drums, bandleader: Messengers, Jazz Messengers; composer [w/Benny Golson]: film score: Des Femmes Disparaissente; dies of cancer at age 71.Ref: 4
Oct 27Xavier Cugat (Francisco de Ass 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; dies from heart failure at age 90.Ref: 4
Oct 31Carl (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, Whats He Doing in My World?; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 01(Elsie) Lisa Kirk singer, actress: The Producers, Gypsy; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 11(Elsie) Lisa Kirk singer, actress: The Producers, Gypsy; dies.Ref: 5
Nov 16Lee Castle (Castaldo) trumpet, bandleader: led Jimmy Dorseys band during time of smash hit: So Rare; dies.Ref: 5
Dec 01Russell Markert choreographer: founded, directed: Radio City Music Hall Rockettes; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 02Composer Aaron Copland died in North Tarrytown, N.Y., at age 90.Ref: 70
Dec 07Dee (Delectus) Clark singer: Just Keep It Up, Raindrops, Ride a Wild Horse; dies.Ref: 5
Dec 08Pony Sherrell Metcalf New York, singer, dies of heart attack.Ref: 5
Dec 15Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter.Ref: 5
Dec 18Paul Tortelier composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Dec 22Cecil Effinger composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
1991
Jan 04Leo N Wright US saxophonist (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), dies at 57.Ref: 5
Jan 08Steve Clark guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at age 30.Ref: 5
Jan 29Jan Od Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 21Dame Margot Fonteyn ballet dancer: Sadler Wells Company; danced with Rudolph Nureyev, dies of cancer at age 71.Ref: 4
Feb 24Country 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.Ref: 4
Feb 27Singer James Brown is released from prison.Ref: 5
Feb 27H J of Royen manager Dutch (Concertgebouw Orchestra), dies at 52.Ref: 5
Mar 01Scott Huston composer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Mar 02Serge Gainsbourg composer/actor (Fury of Hercules), dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 03Arthur Murray dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia.Ref: 68
Mar 08Harry Hamlin & Nicollette Sheridan wed.Ref: 5
Mar 12Jimmy 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
Mar 13Jimmy McPartland US, jazz cornetist, dies.Ref: 5
Mar 14Howard Ashman song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40.Ref: 5
Mar 14Jerome "Doc" Pomus lyricist (Save Last Dance for Me), dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 15Budd [Lawrence] Freeman US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 16Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Eddie Van Halan & Valerie Bertinelli, is born.Ref: 5
Mar 16Seven members of country singer Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash near San Diego. (XDG, p 4A, 3/16/2001)Ref: 83
Mar 20Conor Clapton, 5, son of Eric Clapton, falls out of 53rd floor window.Ref: 5
Mar 22Dave Guard, singer, founder of the Kingston Trio, dies at age 56. (TWA, 1992)Ref: 95
Mar 25Eileen Joyce pianist, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Mar 25Lee Donn pianist, dies of stroke at 96.Ref: 5
Mar 27New Kids on the Block's Donnie Wahlberg arrested on arson charges in Kentucky.Ref: 5
Mar 27Elinor Remick Warren composer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Mar 31John Carter US jazz clarinetist (Roots & folklore), dies.Ref: 5
Apr 01Martha 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.Ref: 4
Apr 07Ruth Page, American dancer and choreographer, dies at age 92.Ref: 70
Apr 20Steve Marriott singer, songwriter, musician: guitar: groups: The Small Faces: Watcha Gonna Do, Hey Girl, All or Nothing, My Minds Eye, Swinging London, Itchycoo Park, Tin Soldier, Lazy Sunday, Moments, Humble Pie, Packet of Three; child actor: Oliver!; is killed in an Essex, England house fire at age 44.Ref: 5
Apr 21Willi Boskovsky Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81.Ref: 5
Apr 26Carmine Coppola composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies.Ref: 5
May 03Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass.Ref: 5
May 04Dennis Crosby son of Bing, commits suicide at 54Ref: 5
May 08Rudolf Serkin, Austrian-born American pianist and teacher, dies at age 88.Ref: 70
May 08Jean Langlais composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
May 09Rudolf 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,Ref: 4
May 13Jimmy McPartland jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83.Ref: 5
May 15Bud Freeman jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84.Ref: 5
May 20Julian Orbon De Soto composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 23William Sinnot Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30.Ref: 5
May 24Gene Clark singer, musician: guitar: group: The Byrds: Turn, Turn, Turn; New Christy Minstrels; dies at age 49.Ref: 4
Jun 01David 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.Ref: 4
Jun 06Stan Getz (Stanley Gayetzby) jazz musician: The Girl from Ipanema [w/Astrud Gilberto]; 17-time winner of Down Beat mags top tenor saxophone poll; dies at age 64.Ref: 4
Jun 07Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle LarsonRef: 5
Jun 17Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78Ref: 5
Jul 27Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown.Ref: 5
Aug 02Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges.Ref: 5
Aug 02Jeri Southern (Genevieve Hering) singer: You Better Go Now, When I Fall in Love, Fire Down Below; dies.Ref: 5
Aug 08Carlos Santana pleads no contest to marijuana possession charge.Ref: 5
Aug 17Actress-singer Pearl Bailey died in Philadelphia at age 72.Ref: 68
Aug 19Richard Maltby bandleader: Theme from The Man with the Golden Arm, St. Louis Mambo; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 20Lenore Strunsky Gershwin widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Aug 30Dottie 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, Theres 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.Ref: 4
Sep 04Dottie West (Dorothy Marie Marsh) Grammy Award-winning singer:died Sep 4, 1991 [of injuries suffered in Aug 30, 1991 auto crash], at age 58.Ref: 4
Sep 04Charlie Barnet musician: saxophone; bandleader, dies of pneumonia at age 77.Ref: 4
Sep 07Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan.Ref: 5
Sep 08Alex North music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancerRef: 5
Sep 17Zino (Rene) Francescatti French concert violinist (NY Phil-1939), dies.Ref: 5
Sep 28Jazz musician Miles (Dewey) Davis III, dies at 65 from pneumonia in Santa Monica CA.Ref: 4
Oct 17Tennessee Ernie Ford country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72Ref: 5
Oct 25Bill Graham rock concert promoter (Filmore), dies at 60Ref: 5
Nov 23Freddie Mercury lead singer of Queen, dies of aids at 46Ref: 5
Nov 24Freddie 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.Ref: 4
Nov 25Bill Graham rock promoter, diesRef: 5
Nov 30Rob Pilatus, 27, of Milli-Vanilli attempts suicide.Ref: 5
Dec 06Headman Tshabalala South Afr singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), dies.Ref: 5
Dec 08Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies at age 80.Ref: 70
Dec 11Headman Tshabala musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at 44.Ref: 5
Dec 12Lex Karsemeijer Dutch tenor/choral director (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies.Ref: 5
Dec 22Ernst Krenek Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91.Ref: 5
Dec 22Beaver Harris (William Godwin Harris) musician: drums: co-led 360 Degree Music Experience [w/Roswell Rudd, Marion Brown, Grachan Moncur III]; dies.Ref: 5
Dec 27Edward M Love choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43.Ref: 5
1992
Jan 01Constantin Poustochkine jazz critic, dies.Ref: 5
Jan 01Corky Geil dancer, dies in Long Beach CA at 64.Ref: 5
Jan 03Anthony Del Casino band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79.Ref: 5
Jan 03Lewis Michael Friedman pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS.Ref: 5
Jan 08Johnny [Jan] Meijer Dutch king of accordions (Body & Soul), dies.Ref: 5
Jan 17Charlie 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.Ref: 4
Jan 21William T "Champion Jack" Dupree US boxer/pianist, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Jan 25Nico Schuyt Dutch composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Jan 25Vernon William Reed Sr singer, dies after a long illness at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 28Clark Tippet dancer/choreographer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
Jan 29Willie Dixon blues musician: bass: Big Three Trio; songwriter, producer: 1950s Chicago sound; dies at age 76.Ref: 4
Feb 02IRS & Willie Nelson settle on $9 million tax bill (of $16.7 million).Ref: 5
Feb 20Andrew Schenck conductor, dies of melanoma at 51.Ref: 5
Feb 21Eva A Jessye US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97.Ref: 5
Feb 21Jane Pickens Langley Hoving singer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 22Rockers Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed.Ref: 5
Feb 28Emilla Sherman choreographer/rockette, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 28La Lupe Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53.Ref: 5
Mar 04Mary Osborne jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer.Ref: 5
Mar 08Red Callender US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 13Clarence Wright singer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 20Frank Westbrook dancer/choreographer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Mar 20Georges Delerue French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67.Ref: 5
Mar 25Nomie Perugia French mezzo soprano, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 01Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman.Ref: 5
Apr 02Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single actRef: 5
Apr 02Paula Kelly singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 04Sy Kramer singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59.Ref: 5
Apr 05Anthony "Tony" Papa big band leader, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Apr 11Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne).Ref: 5
Apr 11Adele Dixon singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83.Ref: 5
Apr 12Joe Medwick vocalist, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Apr 14Sammy Price US boogie-woogie pianist, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 16Andy Russell drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72.Ref: 5
Apr 17Hank Penny country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure.Ref: 5
Apr 18Frances Bean Cobain daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 19Robert F Clayton drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash.Ref: 5
Apr 19Robert Paul Haynes bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash.Ref: 5
Apr 20Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner.Ref: 5
Apr 20Johnny Shines Delta blues singer/guitarist, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Apr 24David Bowie marries model Iman in Switzerland.Ref: 5
Apr 25Brian Macleod Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39.Ref: 5
Apr 25Yutaka Ozaki Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema.Ref: 5
Apr 27James Duke Mason son of singer Belinda Carlisle & Morgan Mason, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 27Olivier Messiaen French composer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Apr 28Olivier Messiaen French composer (St Franois d'Assise), dies at 83.Ref: 5
Apr 29Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery.Ref: 5
May 02Joey Cuevas dancer, dies at 34.Ref: 5
May 03Elizabeth Lennox radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98.Ref: 5
May 05Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection.Ref: 5
May 10Sylvia Syms singer: worlds greatest saloon singer; dies at age 74.Ref: 4
May 10Joan Merrill vocalist, dies of a stroke at 74.Ref: 5
May 13Floyd Arceneaux trumpeter, dies at 58.Ref: 5
May 15Barbara Lee (Jones) singer: group: The Chiffons: Hes So Fine, One Fine Day, Sweet Talkin Guy; dies.Ref: 4
May 17Lawrence 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; dies at age 89.Ref: 4
May 17Leonardo del Ferro [Keyser] US epic tenor, dies.Ref: 5
May 18Lawrence Welk bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89.Ref: 5
May 23Atahualpa Yupanqui Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies.Ref: 5
May 27Glen White dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42.Ref: 5
May 29Peter John "Ollie" Halsall guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43.Ref: 5
May 30Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell.Ref: 5
May 30Leen 't Hart organist/composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jun 10Nat Pierce musician: jazz rhythm pianist; cobandleader: Capp-Pierce Juggernaut; dies.Ref: 70
Jun 27Allan 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.Ref: 4
Jul 18Americas 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.Ref: 4
Jul 26Mary Wells (singer: My Guy, Two Lovers, You Beat Me to the Punch, The One Who Really Loves You) diesRef: 4
Aug 12John Cage composer: experimental music and performance with non-traditional instruments: Bacchanal, Anthems of the Sun, Living Room, Water Music, Third Construction, 453"; dies.Ref: 5
Aug 14Tony Williams singer: group: The Platters: Only You, The Great Pretender, Twilight Time, My Prayer, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Harbor Lights; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 04Carl Butler country entertainer, songwriter: Dont Let Me Cross Over, I Never Got Over You, Loving Arms, Just Thought Id Let You Know; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 05Eddie Kendricks singer: group: The Temptations: My Girl, I Cant Get Next To You; solo: Keep on Truckin, Boogie Down, Shoeshine Boy; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 16Sinead OConnor 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 OConnors tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live October 3, 1992.Ref: 4
Oct 24Roger Miller Fort Worth TX, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me), is born.Ref: 4
Oct 25Roger Miller songwriter: King of the Road, Invitation to the Blues, You Dont Want My Love; singer: Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug; 11 Grammys in 1964-65; wrote hit musical: Big River; dies of throat cancer.Ref: 4
Nov 18Dorothy Kirsten, American opera singer, dies at age 82.Ref: 70
Nov 23Roy 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; dies at age 89.Ref: 4
Dec 02Gary Mascaro choreographer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Dec 13Bernard Drukker Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies.Ref: 5
Dec 16Nathan Milstein, Russian-born violin virtuoso, dies at age 88. (TWA, 1994)Ref: 95
Dec 21Albert King, US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71.Ref: 68
Dec 21Nathan Milstein Ukrainian/US violist (Beethoven, Bach), dies at 87.Ref: 5
Dec 23Eddie Hazel US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), dies at 42.Ref: 5
Dec 26Nikita Magaloff Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Dec 28Mort Greene US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80.Ref: 5
1993
Jan 05Leonce Gras Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Jan 06Musician, trumpeteer, Dizzy (John Birks) Gillespie dies of cancer in Englewood, N.J at age 75.Ref: 4
Jan 06Rudolf 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.Ref: 4
Jan 08Theo Bruins Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 10Diana Adams ballerina, dies.Ref: 5
Jan 15Sammy Cahn [Cohen], US songwriter (Bei Mir Bist Du Schn), dies at 79.Ref: 5
Jan 21Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder.Ref: 5
Jan 23Thomas A Dorsey jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies.Ref: 5
Jan 29Michel Renault French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies.Ref: 5
Feb 02The 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 Nelsons Wholl Buy My Memories? - The IRS Tapes, plus any judgment he might get in a lawsuit against his former accountant.Ref: 4
Feb 03Karel Goeyvaerts Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 12Eubie Blake ragtime composer/pianist (I'm Just Wild About Harry, Memories of You), dies at age 100.Ref: 70
Feb 14Buddy Pepper composer, dies of heart failure at 70.Ref: 5
Feb 24Toy Caldwell guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45.Ref: 5
Feb 25John D Boeke organist/conductor, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 25Troy Caldwell country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45.Ref: 5
Mar 03Carlos Montoya, the Spanish-American guitarist who popularized flamenco guitar music, dies at age 89.Ref: 70
Mar 04Bobbi Kristina Brown daughter of Whitney Houston & Bobby BrownRef: 5
Mar 04Art Hodes Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies.Ref: 5
Mar 07Arnold Franchetti Ital/US composer, dies.Ref: 5
Mar 07Earl Wrightson singer/actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 08Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder.Ref: 5
Mar 08Billy Eckstine jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke.Ref: 5
Mar 09Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), brother of Bing Crosby, dies of cancer at 79.Ref: 5
Mar 11Edgar Nelson Barclift dancer, dies after lengthy illness at 76.Ref: 5
Mar 12June Valli singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 19Jeff Ward drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30.Ref: 5
Mar 22Gret Palucca German dancer/choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91.Ref: 5
Mar 22Phia [Sophia R] Berghout Dutch harpist, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 26Luis Falco US choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50.Ref: 5
Mar 27Clifford Jordan tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 61.Ref: 5
Apr 04Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop [Rita la Roche] singer, dies.Ref: 5
Apr 08Marian Anderson US contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96.Ref: 5
Apr 18David Lee Roth arrested in New York NY for purchasing marijuana for $10.Ref: 5
Apr 21Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria.Ref: 5
Apr 23Mtley Cre's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn.Ref: 5
Apr 29Mick Ronson English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 46.Ref: 5
May 08Kees Deenik singer/conductor, dies.Ref: 5
May 16Marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54.Ref: 5
May 22Mieczyslaw Horszowski Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100.Ref: 5
May 26Cor de Great pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 30Sun Ra (Herman Blount) jazz musician: piano, organ, synthesizer; dies.Ref: 4
Jun 05Conway Twitty (Harold Lloyd Jenkins) songwriter: Walk Me to the Door; singer: Its Only Make Believe, Danny Boy, Lonely Boy Blue, What Am I Living For, Next In Line, Hello Darlin, 15 Years Ago, Youve Never been this Far Before, Dont 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; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 17Allegations 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.Ref: 4
Sep 09Helen OConnell singer: Green Eyes, Amapola, Tangerine; married to bandleader, Frank DeVol; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 07Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer, dies at age 88.Ref: 70
Nov 24Albert Collins Grammy Award-winning musician: dies.Ref: 4
Nov 28Jerry Edmonton musician: drums: group: Steppenwolf: Born to be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me; duo: Manbeast; is killed in car crash.Ref: 4
Nov 30David 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 Its Heaven, Baby Baby [I Know Youre a Lady], So Many Ways; actor: Carnival Rock, Cottonpickin Chickenpickers; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 04Frank Zappa musician, songwriter, singer: group: Mothers of Invention; Valley Girl [w/daughter Moon]; dies at age 52.Ref: 5
Dec 05Douglas Hopkins guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32.Ref: 5
Dec 19Michael 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.Ref: 4
Dec 22Singer 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)Ref: 83
Dec 23Ronnie Scott (Schatt) jazz musician: tenor sax, bandleader; jazz club owner in London; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 30Singer Deni Hines (22) weds INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly (35).Ref: 5
Dec 30Mack David US songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81.Ref: 5
1994
Jan 05Victor van Os Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Jan 07Bobby Pratt jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Jan 07Jay Blackton broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Jan 07Lynn Blessing vibes Player, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 08Jay Blackton US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Jan 09Silas Hogan blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jan 11Roger "Ram" Ramirez jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 13Frederick William Sternfield musicologist, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Jan 15Gyrgy Cziffra Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 15Harry (Edward) Nilsson III, rock vocalist (Without You, Everybody's Talkin'), dies at 52.Ref: 5
Jan 15Philippe Brun jazz trumpeter, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 17Grady "Fats" Jackson tenor sax Player, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Jan 17Noel Chiboust trumpeter/sax, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Jan 18Arthur Altman songwriter, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 27Eddie Calhoun jazz Bassist, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Jan 27Stanley Adams songwriter, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Jan 30Byron "Wild Child" Gipson blues Singer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
Jan 30Ernestine "Tiny" Davis jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Feb 02John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Feb 02Willie Mae Ford Smith gospel Singer/Songwriter, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Feb 02Zilner T Randolph jazz Trumpeter/ Arranger, dies at 95.Ref: 5
Feb 05Kenneth "Buddy" Scott blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Feb 06Ignace Strasfogel Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Feb 06Norman Del Mar conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 08Raymond Scott composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85.Ref: 5
Feb 09Silas Hogan blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Feb 09Jarmila Novotna Czechoslovakia/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86.Ref: 5
Feb 09Louis Kaufman US violinist/conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88.Ref: 5
Feb 14Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons.Ref: 5
Feb 14Gary "BB" Coleman blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
Feb 22"Papa" John Creach US jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 24Dinah (Frances Rose) Shore Emmy Award-winning singer, entertainer: The Dinah Shore Show [1951], Dinahs Place [1970]; Daytime Emmy: Dinahs 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, Ill Walk Alone, Buttons and Bows; sponsored Dinah Shore Classic pro golf tournament for over twenty years; died Feb 24, 1994Ref: 4
Feb 24Donald Phillips pianist/composer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 24Jean Sablon crooner, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Feb 28Elbert "Skippy" Williams tenor Sax player, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 01Timothy Andrew James Souster composer Musician, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Mar 01Walter Kent US composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82.Ref: 5
Mar 03Karel Kryl folk singer, dies at 49.Ref: 5
Mar 05Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop.Ref: 5
Mar 05Joe Daley jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 06Leighton Noble singer/Bandleader, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Mar 06Moses Rascoe blues singer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 09Louis Freeman band leader, dies at 100.Ref: 5
Mar 09Maurice "Moe" Purtill jazz drummer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 13Danny Barker US banjo player/guitarist (Bourbon St Black), dies at 85.Ref: 5
Mar 22Dan Hartman US singer/songwriter (Love Sensations), dies at 42.Ref: 5
Mar 24Tommy Benford jazz drummer, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Mar 26Jan Bor Dutch violinist/painter, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 28Eugene Ionesco playwright: The Bald Soprano, The Chairs; dies at age 84.Ref: 68
Mar 30Sid Weiss bassist, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Apr 04Ginny Simms singer, actress: Thats Right Youre Wrong [1939], Seven Days Leave [1942], Broadway Rhythm [1944], Disc Jockey [1951]; dies.Ref: 68
Apr 04Olga Lowina Dutch yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69.Ref: 5
Apr 05Roy Smeck guitarist/banjoist, dies at 94.Ref: 5
Apr 06Dick Cary jazz musician: trumpet, arranger; first pianist in Louis Armstrongs All-Stars [1947-48]; dies at age 77.Ref: 4
Apr 07Singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion.Ref: 5
Apr 07Lee Brilleaux British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41.Ref: 5
Apr 08Kurt 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)Ref: 4
Apr 08Irene Eisinger singer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Apr 09Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30).Ref: 5
Apr 10James L Lyons jazz promoter, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Apr 12Q T Macon blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Apr 14Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley announce plans to divorce.Ref: 5
Apr 16Singer Harry Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill Goodacre (30).Ref: 5
Apr 19Larry Davis blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Apr 22Jack Alexander Bently trombonist, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 03Milford Dolliole pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
May 04Courtney Love cleared of drug charges.Ref: 5
May 05Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer/director/choreographer (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at age 63.Ref: 68
May 06Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler blues singer/guitarist, dies at 59.Ref: 5
May 11Danny Overbea blues singer/guitarist, dies at 68.Ref: 5
May 11Leonard Friedman violinist, dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 15Frederik baron van Pallandt Danish singer (Nina & F), murdered at 61.Ref: 5
May 15Ronnie Potsdammer singer/song/text writer/programmer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
May 17Donald Keith Falkner singer, dies at 94.Ref: 5
May 21Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32).Ref: 5
May 23Joe Pass US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65.Ref: 5
May 24Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash.Ref: 5
May 24Sandor Lakatos Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69.Ref: 5
May 25Eric Gale guitarist, dies at 55.Ref: 5
May 26Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock US free-jazz Guitarist, dies at 53.Ref: 5
May 27Red Rodney [Albino Red/The Red Arrow] bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 29Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson drummer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 31Emmanuel "Manny" Klein trumpeter, dies at 86.Ref: 5
May 31Herva Nelli soprano, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jun 05Ish 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.Ref: 4
Jun 14Henry Mancini (Enrico Nicola Mancini) Academy Award-winning composer: Moon River [1961], Days of Wine and Roses [1962], Breakfast at Tiffanys 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.Ref: 4
Jul 21Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler) singer: My Boy Flattop, Your Hit Parade, sang with Benny Goodman band; actress: Follies; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 25Singer Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley are divorced after 8 years of marriage.Ref: 5
Sep 07Dennis Morgan (Stanley Morner) singer; actor: 21 Beacon Street, Pearl of the South Pacific, Its a Great Feeling, Christmas in Connecticut, The Great Ziegfeld, Two Guys from Milwaukee, Desert Song, Kitty Foyle, My Wild Irish Rose; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 20Jules Styne, American songwriter, dies at age 88.Ref: 70
Oct 26Wilbert Harrison singer: Kansas City, Lets Work Together; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 07Shorty Rogers (Milton Rajonsky) musician: trumpet, bandleader, songwriter: Keen and Peachy, Martians Go Home, Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud; composer, arranger: film: That Certain Girl; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 10Carmen McRae jazz singer: The Next Time It Happens, Skyliner; dies at age 74.Ref: 4
Nov 18Cab 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; dies in Hockessin, Del., at age 86.Ref: 4
Nov 18Michael Somes, English ballet dancer, dies at age 76.Ref: 70
Nov 27Eddie Calhoun jazz Bassist, dies at 72.Ref: 5
Nov 27Stanley Adams songwriter, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Dec 08Antonio Carlos Jobim Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67.Ref: 5
Dec 09Garnet Silk Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28.Ref: 5
Dec 10George G F van Renesse concert pianist/music director, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Dec 10Garnett Silk vocalist, dies at 28.Ref: 5
Dec 14Mary Ann McCall singer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 15Hans de Jong musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86.Ref: 5
Dec 15Harry Tobias songwriter, dies at 99.Ref: 5
Dec 16Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWIRef: 5
Dec 16Samuel Lipman music critic, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Dec 19Noel Pointer jazz violinist, dies at 39.Ref: 5
Dec 20J C "Jody" Bateman fiddler, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Dec 23Charles Shirley jazz arranger, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 24Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace singer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Dec 28Billy Ray Cyrus (Achy Breaky Heart) weds Leticia Finley.Ref: 5
Dec 28Tammy Wynette admitted to the hospital with bile duct infection.Ref: 5
Dec 29Eugene Tanner Jr singer, dies at 58.Ref: 5
1995
Jan 01Jess Stacy US jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90.Ref: 5
Jan 01Ted Hawkins US blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at 58.Ref: 5
Jan 03Al Duncan drummer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 04Eduardo Mata Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52.Ref: 5
Jan 04Leonard Hirsch British violinist/conductor (BBC Empire Orchestra), dies at 92.Ref: 5
Jan 05Francis Lopez French dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at 78.Ref: 5
Jan 06James Clay saxophonist, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Jan 07Arthur Leavins violinist, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Jan 08Louis "Loulou" Gast guitarist/composer (Doggy in the Window), dies at 88.Ref: 5
Jan 11Willem N "Pim" Koot pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76.Ref: 5
Jan 12Francis Lopez songwriter, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Jan 13Ruby Starr vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44.Ref: 5
Jan 14Alexander Gibson British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 15Sollie McElroy singer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Jan 16William Dillard trumpeter/singer, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 18Charles Baskerville vocalist, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Jan 22Christopher Francis Palmer orchestrater/author, dies at 48.Ref: 5
Jan 26Geoffrey Penwill Parsons Australian/British piano accompanist, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Jan 30George Richard James saxophonist, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Feb 03Turner Fodrell blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 04Betty Davis British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies.Ref: 5
Feb 05Frederick Craig Riddle violinist, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Feb 06Beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter.Ref: 5
Feb 06Arthur S Taylor Jr US drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 12Earring George Mayweather blues harmonica player, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 12Tony Secunda rock band manager, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Feb 13Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair saxophonist, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Feb 17Jan Bart Klaster music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50.Ref: 5
Feb 17Uta Graf singer/teacher, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 18Denny Cordel rock music producer-Laverack, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Feb 18Eddie Williams blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Feb 18John Rhea "Yank" Lawson US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 83.Ref: 5
Feb 23David Melvin English Franklin singer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Feb 24Richard Nicholson musician, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Feb 25Terence Weil cellist/teacher, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 28Herman "Ace" Wallace blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Feb 28Max Rudolf conductor, dies at 92.Ref: 5
Mar 02Hugo Cole musician/critic, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Mar 04Eden Ahbez songwriter, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Mar 05Vivian Stanshall British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51.Ref: 5
Mar 06Delroy George Wilson singer, dies at 46.Ref: 5
Mar 07John Arthur Neill Lambert composer teacher organist, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Mar 10Hendrik W van Leeuwen Dutch musician, dies at 79.Ref: 5
Mar 11Carel Birnie found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Mar 13Lorraine Macleod dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 14Gerard Thomas Victory composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 16Sydney Simone band leader, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Mar 17Sunnyland Smart jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87.Ref: 5
Mar 18Charles Drain singer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 18Heinrich Sutermeister Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Mar 19Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless priest folk musician, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Mar 21Norman Schwartz record Producer, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Mar 23Alan Barton singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash.Ref: 5
Mar 23Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar composer/songwriter, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 23Ripley L Ingram singer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 24Joey Long blues/cajun guitarist, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 26Rapper-E (Eazy Eric Wright) dies at 31.Ref: 5
Mar 27Chet Gierlach music publisher/composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Mar 29Carl E Jefferson record company owner, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Mar 29Eddie Williams Wiggins alto saxophone/comedian, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Mar 30Paul A Rothchild record producer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Mar 30Rozelle Claxton pianist/arranger, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Mar 31Carl M Story fiddler, dies at 78.Ref: 5
Apr 01Francisco Moncion dancer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Apr 02Julius Arthur Hemphill saxophonist, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Apr 04Kenny Everett disc Jockey, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Apr 10Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards singer/actor (Colorado Ranger), dies at 44.Ref: 5
Apr 12Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Apr 14James Daniel "Danny" Turner saxophonist, dies at 75.Ref: 5
Apr 14Burl (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.Ref: 4
Apr 15Cleo Brown pianist, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Apr 19"King" Herbert Whitaker tenor sax, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Apr 22Don Pullen pianist/composer, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Apr 23Lonesome Sundown blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66.Ref: 5
May 04Louis Krasner violinist, dies at 91.Ref: 5
May 05Thomas Eden Binkley musician, dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 06Leanoard "Red" Truss R&B singer, dies at 47.Ref: 5
May 07Ray 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.Ref: 4
May 08Carroll Best bluegrass banjo, dies at 63.Ref: 5
May 08Teresa Teng singer, dies at 41.Ref: 5
May 09Marshall Royal jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82.Ref: 5
May 10Jimmy Raney jazz guitarist, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 15Johnny Van Derrick jazz violinist, dies at 68.Ref: 5
May 15Perry Lederman folk singer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
May 16Lola Flores singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70.Ref: 5
May 17Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle singer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
May 18Alexander Godunov (Boris Alexandrovich Godunov) ballet dancer who defected in 1979; actor: Die Hard, The Money Pit, Witness; is found dead at age 45.Ref: 4
May 18Gordon Reynolds musician, dies at 74.Ref: 5
May 24Mike Pyne jazz Pianist, dies at 54.Ref: 5
May 25Dick 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, Losers Cocktail; dies at age 63.Ref: 4
May 26Ron Weatherburn jazz pianist, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 27C W Stubblefield music Promoter, dies at 64.Ref: 5
May 27Ulyses Simpson Kay composer, dies at 78.Ref: 5
May 28Henning Kronstam dancer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Jun 30Garth 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.Ref: 4
Jul 01Wolfman 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.Ref: 4
Jul 25Charlie Rich The Silver Fox: Grammy Award-winning singer: Behind Closed Doors [1973]; Lonely Weekends, The Most Beautiful Girl; dies. (also TWA, 1996)Ref: 4
Jul 26Laurindo Almeida, Grammy Award-winning composer, musician: guitar: Guitar from Ipanema [1964]; Viva Bossa Nova; underscore: Viva Zapata; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 29Les Elgart musician: lead trumpet, bandleader: w/brother Larry; dies at age 77 in Dallas TX. (TWA, 1996)Ref: 95
Aug 09Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, died in San Francisco of a heart attack at age 53. (TWA, 1996)Ref: 95
Aug 11Phil Harris, band leader, voice of Baloo in Disney's "Jungle Book", dies at age 91 in Rancho Mirage CA. (TWA, 1996)Ref: 95
Aug 12Marty 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 ODay, Stan Kenton, Terry Gibbs, Ella Fitzgerald, and Buddy Rich; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 19Pierre Schaeffer, French composer, acoustician and electronics engineer, dies at age 85.Ref: 70
Sep 10Cyndi Lauper won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance as Mary Ann in "Mad About You".Ref: 4
Sep 10Darren 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.Ref: 4
Oct 21Maxene (Angelyn) Andrews singer [w/sisters LaVerne and Patti]: group: The Andrews Sisters: Why Talk About Love?, A Simple Melody, Bei Mir Bist Du Schn, Rum and Coca Cola; solo: I Suppose; on Broadway with Patti: Over Here; dies at age 79.Ref: 68
Dec 06Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special.Ref: 5
Dec 06[Schaff] Claire Polin composer, dies at 69.Ref: 5
Dec 10Darren 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.Ref: 4
Dec 12Mary Bruce dance Teacher, dies at 95.Ref: 5
Dec 13Nancy LaMott singer, dies at 43.Ref: 5
Dec 14Don Anthony bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Dec 15James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Dec 16Nina Verchinina dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Dec 25Singer Dean (Dino Crocetti) Martin died at his Beverly Hills home at age 78.Ref: 70
Dec 25Nikolai [Nicolas Leonidovich] Slonimsky musicologist, dies at 101.Ref: 5
Dec 27Shura Cherkassky pianist, dies at 86.Ref: 5
1996
Jan 01Hamish Imlach folk singer/comic, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Jan 02Sydney Thompson rock Climber, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Jan 04Ramon Vinay operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 05Joseph Daniel White singer/bandleader, dies at 84.Ref: 5
Jan 05Lincoln Kirstein, American dance impresario; director of the New York City Ballet (1948-89), dies at age 88.Ref: 5
Jan 05Richard Versaille tenor, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 06Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise musician, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Jan 08William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud musician/songwriter, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Jan 11Ike Isaacs guitarist, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Jan 14Pamelo Mounk'a musician, dies at 50.Ref: 5
Jan 15Les Baxter singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73.Ref: 5
Jan 16Jimmy Buffetts sea plane The Flying Boat was shot at by Jamaican police who mistook him for a drug smuggler. U2s 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.Ref: 4
Jan 17Robert Covington drummer/singer, dies at 54.Ref: 5
Jan 20Buster Benton singer/guitarist, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 20Gerald Joseph Mulligan baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 20Liesbeth Askonas concert agent, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Jan 25Jonathan Larson composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35.Ref: 5
Jan 25Ruth Berghaus choreographer/director, dies at 68.Ref: 5
Jan 26Henry Jay Lewis conductor, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 30Bob Thiele record producer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Feb 02Dancer, actor and choreographer Gene Kelly dies at age 83 at his Beverly Hills, California, home from complications from two strokes.Ref: 68
Feb 03Wild Jimmy Spruill blues guitarist, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 05Antonio Ruiz Soler Spanish dancer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 05Gianandrea Gavazzeni conductor, dies at 86.Ref: 5
Feb 07Isian Kehinde I K Dairo musician/academic, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 07Tiny Winters musician, dies at 87.Ref: 5
Feb 08Mercer Kennedy Ellington, only son of Duke Ellington, trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 13Daniel K Womack singer/guitarist, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Feb 16Brownie McGhee blues guitarist, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Feb 16Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Feb 18Nicholas Beriozoff ballet master, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Feb 20Toru Takemitsu composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Feb 23George Alan Dawson jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66.Ref: 5
Feb 24Laurence Richard Deniz jazz guitarist, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Feb 29Wes Farrell songwriter, dies at 56.Ref: 5
Mar 06Herbert "Herb" Hall clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 88.Ref: 5
Mar 15Olga Rudge violinist, dies at 100.Ref: 5
Mar 16Joseph Lee Pope singer, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Mar 19Christopher John Magenis Headington musician, dies at 65.Ref: 5
Mar 20Alan Ridout composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Mar 23Jay D Miller record producer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
Mar 24Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga singer, dies at 66Ref: 5
Mar 28David Band banker, dies at 53.Ref: 5
Mar 31Jeffrey Lee Pierce musician, dies at 37.Ref: 5
Apr 01Edwin H "Buddy" Morris music publisher, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Apr 03Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes bluesman, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Apr 04Joy Newton dancer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 04Larry Laprise songwriter, dies at 83.Ref: 5
Apr 07Ian Spurling ballet designer, dies at 59Ref: 5
Apr 08Charles Donald Adams singer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Apr 14Gaylord Birch drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at 50.Ref: 5
Apr 14Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill record producer, dies at 80.Ref: 5
Apr 16Lucille Bremer dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73.Ref: 5
Apr 16Raymond Earl Hill saxophonist, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Apr 18Michael Leander Farr record producer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
Apr 18Bernard 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.Ref: 4
Apr 19Bernard Edwards bass player, dies at 44.Ref: 5
Apr 23Leonard Kuntstat blues discographer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
Apr 25John Lorne Campbell folklorist, dies at 90.Ref: 5
May 01William Mitchell Byers musician, dies on 79th birthday.Ref: 5
May 08Jane Cowan cello teacher, dies at 80.Ref: 5
May 11Bruce Boyce singer/teacher, dies at 85.Ref: 5
May 11Walter Hyatt Musician, dies at 46.Ref: 5
May 15George M Tindley songwriter/vocalist, dies at 57Ref: 5
May 19Johnny "Guitar" Watson musician, dies at 61.Ref: 5
May 20Jack Wyngaard dancer, dies at 37.Ref: 5
May 21Peter Fletcher music teacher, dies at 60Ref: 5
May 24Jacob R Druckman composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
May 26Matima Kinuani Mpiosso musician, dies at 45.Ref: 5
May 27Albert "Pud" Brown clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79.Ref: 5
May 27Ivan Sutton concert Promotoer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
May 29James George "Jimmy" Rowles jazz pianist, dies at 77.Ref: 5
May 29Tamara Toumanova dancer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
May 30Bob Stroup trombonist, dies at 57.Ref: 5
May 30John Kahn bassist, dies at 47.Ref: 5
May 31Elsbeary Hobbs singer, dies at 59.Ref: 5
Jun 15Ella Fitzgerald, the "first lady of song," dies in Beverly Hills, CA, at age 78. (TWA, 1997)Ref: 95
Jul 16John 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; dies.Ref: 5
Jul 31Alanis 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.Ref: 4
Sep 07Rappers 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.Ref: 4
Sep 09Bill 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.Ref: 4
Sep 13Rapper Tupac Shakur died at a Las Vegas hospital six days after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting; he was 25.Ref: 70
Sep 14Juliet Prowse dancer, actress: Can-Can, G.I. Blues, Mona McCluskey; LEggs commercials; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 20Paul Weston (Wetstein) orchestra leader, arranger: Nevertheless [Im in Love with You], Theme from Shane; songwriter: I Should Care, Shrimp Boats for wife: Jo Stafford; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 27Bob 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.Ref: 4
Oct 14Singer/entertainer Madonna gave birth to her daughter, Lourdes Maria, in Los Angeles, CA. The father is Carlos Leon, her former fitness-trainer.Ref: 4
Oct 24Motown 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.Ref: 4
Nov 13Bill Doggett musician: Honky Tonk, Slow Walk; dies.Ref: 68
Nov 15Michael Jackson marries Debbie Rowe.Ref: 24
Nov 30Tiny 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.Ref: 4
Dec 01Irving Gordon songwriter, dies at 81.Ref: 5
Dec 05Peter Hall folklorist/musician, dies at 60.Ref: 5
Dec 05Wilf Carter country singer, dies at 91.Ref: 5
Dec 09Faron Young country singer, commits suicide at 64.Ref: 5
Dec 10John Duffey bluegrass musician, dies at 62.Ref: 5
Dec 10Faron 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.Ref: 4
Dec 13Mae Barnes singer, dies at 89.Ref: 5
Dec 17Francesco Siciliani opera administrator, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Dec 17Irving Caesar songwriter, dies at 101.Ref: 5
Dec 17Ruby Murray singer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
Dec 18Arthur Jacobs musicologist, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 23Rina Ketty singer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Dec 23Ronnie Scott (Schatt) jazz musician: tenor sax, bandleader; jazz club owner in London; dies at age 69.Ref: 4
Dec 29Mireille Hartuch singer/songwriter, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Dec 31Frederico Davia opera singer, dies at 63.Ref: 5
1997
Jan 01Townes Van Zandt musician, dies at 52.Ref: 5
Jan 02Randy California [Wolfe], rock guitarist, dies at 45 in a swimming accident off Molokai HI.Ref: 5
Jan 03Burton Lane composer, dies at 84Ref: 5
Jan 05Burton 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: Finians 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; dies.Ref: 5
Jan 07Sandor Vegh violinist teacher/conductor, dies at 84Ref: 5
Jan 08George Handy (George Joseph Hendleman) George Joseph Hendleman) (pianist, composer, arranger: Boyd Raeburn band, Alvino Rey band, Paramount Studios; dies at age 76.Ref: 4
Jan 09Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital.Ref: 5
Jan 10Alvinio Misciano Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window.Ref: 5
Jan 11Cavan O'Connor singer, dies at 97.Ref: 5
Jan 16Charlie Alfred Galbraith jazz trombonist, dies at 76.Ref: 5
Jan 18Myfanwy Piper librettist, dies at 85.Ref: 5
Jan 20Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Holden, best known for his hit single Love You So, died in Mexico at age 57. Love You So was Holdens only hit, reaching number seven on Billboard June 13, 1960.Ref: 4
Jan 22Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Holden, best known for his hit single Love You So, died in Mexico at age 57. "Love You So" was Holdens only hit, reaching number seven on Billboard June 13, 1960.Ref: 4
Jan 22Irwin Levine composer (Tie a Yellow Ribbon), dies at 58.Ref: 5
Jan 22Wally Whyton musician/broadcaster, dies at 66Ref: 5
Jan 23Charles Craig opera singer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
Jan 23Richard Berry lyricist (Louie Louie), dies at 61.Ref: 5
Feb 02Chico Science Francisco Franca musician, dies at 40.Ref: 5
Feb 07Danil Shafran cellist, dies at 74.Ref: 5
Feb 09Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital.Ref: 5
Feb 10Brian 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.Ref: 4
Feb 11Michael Jackson Jr son of Michael JacksonRef: 5
Feb 18Eric William Fenby musician, dies at 90.Ref: 5
Feb 23Tony Williams jazz musician, dies at 51.Ref: 5
Feb 25Tony Williams jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51.Ref: 5
Feb 27Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrested in Jamaica for disobeying a cop.Ref: 5
Mar 09The 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.Ref: 4
Mar 10LaVern 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.Ref: 4
Apr 08Laura Nyro singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49Ref: 5
Apr 13Laura Nyro, singer, dies in Danbury CT at age 49. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 95
Apr 16Mae Boren Axton song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82.Ref: 5
Apr 29Keith Ferguson blues (Fabulous Thunderbirds), dies of overdose at 50.Ref: 5
May 14Thelma Carpenter singer, dies at 76.Ref: 5
May 28Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis.Ref: 5
May 29Jeff Buckley musician, drowns at 30.Ref: 5
Jul 13Alexandra Danilova, Russian ballerina, dies at age 93.Ref: 70
Aug 17The 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 Scotias "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.Ref: 4
Sep 02Sir Rudolf Bing manager: Metropolitan Opera House [1950-1972]; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 05Sir Georg Solti orchestra leader: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; first complete recording of Wagners Der Ring des Nibelungen; dies at age 84.Ref: 4
Sep 18Jimmy Witherspoon singer: Aint Nobodys Business, Some of My Best Friends are the Blues, Youre Next; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 12Singer 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.Ref: 4
Oct 20Henry Vestine musician: guitar: group: Canned Heat: On the Road Again, Going Up the Country; sideman for Frank Zappa; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 22Michael Hutchence, singer for INXS, commits suicide in Sydney Australia at age 37. (TWA, 1999)Ref: 95
Dec 01Stephane Grappelli French jazz violinist, dies at 89Ref: 5
Dec 06Eliot Daniel composer (I Love Lucy theme), dies at 89Ref: 5
Dec 09Tamara Geva dancer, dies at 91Ref: 5
Dec 10Violet Carlson stage dancer/singer, dies at 97Ref: 5
Dec 16Nicolette Larson singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45.Ref: 5
Dec 22Johnny Coles trumpeter, dies at 71.Ref: 5
Dec 24Anthea Joseph music producer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
Dec 27Ewart G Abner Jr president (Motown Records), dies at 74.Ref: 5
Dec 28Ewart G Abner Jr president (Motown Records), dies at 74Ref: 5
Dec 31Floyd Cramer pianist (Nashville Sound), dies of cancer at 64 in Nashville TN.Ref: 5
1998
Jan 03Grandpa Jones, country musician and "Hee-Haw" regular, suffers a strokeRef: 5
Jan 04John Gary singer, dies at 65Ref: 5
Jan 05Georgi Sviridov composer, dies at 82.Ref: 5
Jan 08Michael Tippett composer, dies at 93.Ref: 5
Jan 08Sir 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, Calibans Song, dies.Ref: 4
Jan 09Michael Tippett British composer (Royal College of Music), dies at 93Ref: 5
Jan 11Klaus Tennstedt conductor, dies at 71Ref: 5
Jan 15Amos "Junior" Wells blues harpist, dies at 63.Ref: 5
Jan 16David "Junior" Kimbrough blues musician, dies at 67.Ref: 5
Jan 19Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Carl Perkins dies in Jackson TN at age 65 after a series of strokes. Perkins was a Tennessee sharecroppers son. His first guitar was made from a cigar box and broom handle, and his "Blue Suede Shoes" was written on a potato sack.Ref: 4
Jan 24Justin Tubb singer: Looking Back to See, Sure Fire Kisses; songwriter: Lonesome 7-7203, Love is No Excuse, Keeping Up with the Joneses; Ernest Tubbs son; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 25Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) & soccer David Beckham get engaged.Ref: 5
Jan 26S P Leary Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67.Ref: 5
Jan 29Singer Bobby Brown found guilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale FL.Ref: 5
Feb 05Tim Kelly guitarist, dies at 34Ref: 5
Feb 06Carl 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.Ref: 4
Feb 06[Johann Hoelzel] Falco singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40.Ref: 5
Feb 07It 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.Ref: 70
Feb 09Michael Tippett British composer (Royal College of Music), dies at 93Ref: 5
Feb 17Bob Merrill songwriter: If I Knew You Were Comin Idve Baked a Cake, Doggie in the Window, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Funny Girl [w/Jules Styne]; dies.Ref: 4
Feb 18Robert Merrill songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76.Ref: 5
Feb 19Country Music Hall of Famer, Grandpa (Louis Marshall) Jones dies at age 84.Ref: 4
Feb 22Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84.Ref: 5
Feb 24Elton John knighted.Ref: 5
Feb 25Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges.Ref: 5
Mar 05Mariah Carey divorces Tommy Mottola.Ref: 5
Mar 21Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century, dies.Ref: 70
Apr 02Robert Pilatus performer, lip-syncer: group: Milli Vanilli: Girl You Know Its True, Blame It on the Rain; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 06Country singer Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh) dies at her Nashville, TN, home at age 55. (TWA, 1999)Ref: 95
Apr 24Mel Powell pianist, composer: Mission to Moscow for Benny Goodman; music educator: Dean of Music at California Institute of Arts; dies.Ref: 4
May 14Frank [Francis Albert] Sinatra singer/actor, dies from heart & kidney disease, bladder cancer, senility at 82.Ref: 5
May 15Johnny Green songwriter: Coquette, Body and Soul, Im 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.Ref: 4
May 19Dorothy Donegan jazz pianist: At the Embers; appeared in film: Sensations of 1945; dies.Ref: 5
Jun 29Horst Jankowski pianist: A Walk In The Black Forest; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 01Singer/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.Ref: 4
Jul 28Jerome Robbins, American choreographer, dies at age 79.Ref: 70
Sep 26Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) jazz singer: toured with Lionel Hampton & Miles Davis; dies in NY.Ref: 4
Oct 14Frankie Yankovic Grammy Award-winning musician: accordion: Just Because, Blue Skirt Waltz; bandleader: polka band; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 10Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-born prima ballerina, dies at age 66.Ref: 70
Nov 11Pappy Wade Ray country entertainer/musician: Grand Ol Opry; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 25Damita Jo (DuBlanc) singer: Ill Save the Last Dance for You, If You Go Away; dies.Ref: 4
1999
Jan 11Barry Pritchard musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fortunes: You've Got Your Troubles; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 25Robert Shaw conductor: Robert Shaw Chorale; music director of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; dies at age 83.Ref: 4
Mar 02Dusty Springfield (Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette OBrien) singer: Wishin and Hopin, You Dont 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.Ref: 4
Mar 12Yehudi 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.Ref: 4
Mar 29Joe 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.Ref: 4
Apr 12Boxcar Willie (Lecil Martin) The Singing Hobo: songwriter, singer: Not the Man I Used to Be; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 16Alexander Skip Spence musician: drummer: Jefferson Airplane; guitar, singer: group: Moby Grape; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 27Al Hirt musician: trumpet: Java, Sugar Lips, Flight of the Bumble Bee as theme song for TVs The Green Hornet; played in singer Don Gibsons band; a regular on: Make Your Own Kind of Music, Fanfare; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 30Darrel Sweet musician: drums, singer: group: Nazareth: LPs: Love Hurts, Snaz; dies.Ref: 4
Jun 05Jazz and pop singer Mel Torme died in Los Angeles at age 73. (TWA, 2000)Ref: 95
Jun 27Brian OHara musician: guitar, singer: group: The Fourmost: Hello Little Girl, Im in Love, A Little Loving, Baby I Need Your Loving; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 01Guy 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.Ref: 4
Aug 05Mel 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; died June 5, 1999Ref: 4
Aug 24Warren Covington bandleader: trombone: played with Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 10Alfredo Kraus, opera singer: tenor, dies.Ref: 4
Sep 17Frankie Vaughn (Abelson) singer: Garden of Eden, Tower of Strength; dies.Ref: 5
Oct 04Art Farmer musician: trumpet, flugelhorn: worked w/Horace Henderson, Johnny Otis, Lionel Hampton Band; recorded be-bop classic Farmers Market; developed musical instrument called flumpet; dies.Ref: 5
Oct 09Milt 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]; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 16Ella Mae Morse singer: Cow Cow Boogie, Shoo Shoo Baby, House of Blue Lights, The Blacksmith Blues; first artist to record for Capitol Records; dies.Ref: 2
Oct 26Singer-songrwiter Hoyt Axton ("Joy To The World") dies of a heart attack at age 61.Ref: 9
Oct 27Frank 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.Ref: 4
Nov 13Donald Mills singer: group: The Mills Brothers: Tiger Rag, Nobodys Sweetheart, Dinah, Paper Doll, Glow Worm, You Always Hurt the One You Love, Cab Driver; dies. (TWA, 2001)Ref: 95
Nov 18Doug Sahm singer: group: founded Sir Douglas Quintet: Shes about a Mover; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 30Charlie Byrd musician: guitar: dies.Ref: 4
Dec 10Rock singer-musician Rick Danko of The Band died at age 56.Ref: 70
Dec 10Rock singer-musician Rick Danko of The Band died at age 56.Ref: 70
Dec 17Grover Washington Jr. musician: saxophone: Just the Two of Us [w/Bill Withers]; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 17Rex Allen The Arizona Cowboy: entertainer: rodeo star; singer; songwriter: published over 300 songs; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 20Hank Snow (Clarence Eugene) Country Music Hall of Famer: singer, songwriter dies.Ref: 4
Dec 21Country singer Hank Snow dies at age 85.Ref: 9
Dec 26Soul singer and songwriter Curtis Mayfield died in Roswell, Ga., at age 57.Ref: 70
2000
Jan 02Nat Adderley musician: cornet, mellophone, French horn, trumpet: Sermonette, Work Song; brother of Cannonball Adderley: dies.Ref: 4
Jan 20Don Abney jazz pianist, studio musician; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 31Si (Simon) Zentner bandleader, trombonist: Boyd Raeburn Orchestra; dies.Ref: 4
Feb 04Doris Kenner-Jackson singer: group: The Shirelles: dies.Ref: 4
Feb 06Derroll Adams folk musician: banjo; singer: Feelin Fine [w/Wiz Jones]; songwriter: Portland Town, Wish I was a Rock; in film: Dont Look Back; dies.Ref: 4
Feb 12Oliver (Swofford), singer: Jean, Good Morning Starshine; dies.Ref: 4
Feb 12Screamin 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.Ref: 4
Mar 14Tommy Collins (Leonard Sipes) singer: You Better Not Do That, It Tickles, If You Cant Bite, Dont Growl, I Made the Prison Band; songwriter: If You Aint Lovin then You Aint Livin, You Gotta Have a License; dies.Ref: 4
Mar 27Ian 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.Ref: 4
Apr 07Heinz Burt musician: bass: group: The Tornados: Telstar, Globetrotter; solo: Just like Eddie; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 30Jonah Jones (Robert Elliott Jones) musician: trumpet, singer: played with Cab Calloway; threw spitball that got Dizzy Gillespie fired from band; dies.Ref: 5
May 14Tommy Collins (Leonard Sipes) singer, dies.Ref: 4
May 20Jean-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.Ref: 4
May 30Gordon "Tex" Beneke, a singer and sax player with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, died in Costa Mesa, CA, at age 86. (TWA, 2001)Ref: 95
May 31Bandleader Tito Puente dies in New York at age 77.Ref: 70
Jun 01Tito (Ernest) Puente jazz musician, bandleader: Abanaquito, Para Los Rumberos, Jumpin with Symphony Sid, Fancy Feet; dies.Ref: 5
Jul 03Harold Nicholas, the younger half of the legendary tap-dancing Nicholas Brothers, died at age 79. (TWA, 2001)Ref: 95
Jul 28Jerome Smith musician: guitar: group: KC & The Sunshine Band: Get Down Tonight, Thats the Way [I like It], [Shake, Shake, Shake] Your Booty, Im Your Boogie Man, Keep It Comin Love, I like to Do It, Boogie Shoes, Its the Same Old Song, Please Dont Go; is killed in a bulldozer accident.Ref: 5
Aug 02Ron Townson singer: group: The 5th Dimension: Up Up and Away, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, One Less Bell to Answer, [Last Night] I Didnt Get to Sleep at All; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 16Alan Caddy musician: guitar: groups: The Tornados: Telstar, Johnny Kidd and The Pirates: Shakin All Over; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 12Stanley 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; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 03Benjamin Orr (Orzechowski) musician: bass guitar, singer: group: The Cars: My Best Friends Girl, Just What I Needed, Lets Go, You Might Think, Magic, Drive, Tonight She Comes; solo: LP: The Lace; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 18Julie London (Peck) singer: Cry Me a River; actress: Emergency; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 12(Franck) Frank Pourcel (composer, violinist: group: The French Fiddles: Only You) dies.Ref: 4
Dec 23Victor Borge (Borge Rosenbaum) pianist, comedian: phonetic punctuation: "bpft"; dies in Greenwich, Conn., at age 91.Ref: 5
Dec 24Nick Massi (Macioci) musician: bass, singer: group: The Four Seasons: dies.Ref: 4
Dec 31Jos Greco flamenco dancer, actor: Ship of Fools, The Proud and the Damned; dies.Ref: 4
2001
Jan 04Orchestra leader Les Brown, known for his "Band of Renown," died at age 88.Ref: 70
Jan 04Les Brown bandleader: Les Brown and His Band of Renown: Sentimental Journey My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time; Leap Frog, Ive Got My Love to Keep Me Warm; dies.Ref: 4
Jan 23Lou Levy pianist: band: Supersax; recorded with Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Anita ODay; dies.Ref: 5
Feb 04J.J. (James Louis) Johnson musician: trombone, composer, bandleader; one of first to use the trombone in modern jazz; dies.Ref: 4
Mar 04Singer Glenn Hughes (the biker of The Village People) dies.Ref: 4
Mar 07Frankie 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, Lovers Lullaby; dies.Ref: 4
Mar 18Pop musician, singer and songwriter John Phillips (the Mamas and the Papas) died in Los Angeles at age 65.Ref: 70
Apr 15Punk rock musician Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Hyman) dies in New York at age 49.Ref: 70
May 12Perry (Pierino) Como, Grammy Award-winning singer; former barber; dies.Ref: 4
May 25Brian Pendleton musician: guitar: group: The Pretty Things; dies.Ref: 4
Jun 04John Hartford Grammy Award-winning songwriter: Gentle on My Mind [1966]; musician: banjo, fiddle, guitar: Glenn Campbells Good Time Comedy Hour; dies.Ref: 4
Jun 21Blues musician John Lee Hooker died at age 80.Ref: 70
Jun 30Joe Henderson composer/musician: tenor sax: played in sextet at San Franciscos Keystone Korner; also played with Blood Sweat and Tears; dies.Ref: 4
Jun 30Chet (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.Ref: 4
Jul 05Ernie K-Doe (Ernest Kador Jr.) singer/songwriter: Mother-In-Law; dies,Ref: 4
Aug 06Larry Adler, US-born harmonica virtuoso (Harmonicats), dies at age 87 in London England. (TWA, 2002)Ref: 95
Aug 25R&B singer Aaliyah was killed with eight others in a plane crash in the Bahamas at age 22.Ref: 70
Sep 01Sil Austin musician, tenor saxophone: Slow Walk; composer: Ping-Pong; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 22Violinist Isaac Stern died in NY at age 81.Ref: 70
Sep 27Billy 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.Ref: 4
Oct 16Jazz vocalist Etta Jones died in NY at age 72.Ref: 70
Oct 17Jay Livingston composer: To Each His Own, Mona Lisa, Tammy; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 21Ralph Burns musician: piano; composer, arranger: Apple Honey; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 16Stuart (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.Ref: 4
Dec 25Joe Olivier musician: guitar: group: Bill Haley and His Comets [1957, 1958]; solo as Cappy Bianco; dies.Ref: 4
Dec 31Flemenco dancer Jose Greco died in Lancaster, Pa., at age 82. (TWA, 2002)Ref: 95
2002
Jan 21Singer Peggy Lee (Norma Delores Egstrom), dies in Bel Air, Calif., at age 81.Ref: 70
Feb 13Country singer Waylon Jennings died in Chandler AZ, at age 64.Ref: 70
Feb 16Mick 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.Ref: 4
Feb 24Arthur Lyman jazz musician: vibraphone: Yellow Bird; played w/Martin Denny Orchestra; dies.Ref: 5
Mar 03Country songwriter Harlan Howard dies in Nashville TN at age 74. (XDG, p 4A, 3/03/2003)Ref: 83
Mar 23Eileen Farrell soprano: 1940s radio performer; San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitain Opera; also successful singing, recording popular music and jazz; dies.Ref: 4
Apr 25Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, a member of the Grammy-winning trio TLC, died in a car crash in Honduras at age 30.Ref: 70
Jun 05Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) musician: drums: group: The Ramones: dies.Ref: 4
Jun 06Dee Dee Ramone, bass player for the pioneer punk band the Ramones, died in Los Angeles at age 50.Ref: 70
Jun 27John Entwistle, the bass player who co-founded The Who, was found dead in a Las Vegas hotel room at age 57.Ref: 70
Jun 29Rosemary 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.Ref: 4
Aug 03Lionel 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.Ref: 4
Aug 31Jazz musician and bandleader Lionel Hampton died in New York City at age 94.Ref: 70
Sep 29Ellis Larkins pianist: favorite accompanist of: Mildred Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 12Ray Conniff choral/orchestra director: theme from Dr. Zhivago; LP: Swonderful, Somewhere My Love; musician: trombone; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 23Broadway librettist Adolph Green died in New York at age 87.Ref: 70
Nov 06A 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.Ref: 70
Nov 19Singer 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)Ref: 83
Dec 13Zal Yanovsky, musician: guitar, singer: group: The Lovin' Spoonful, dies.Ref: 4
Dec 22Joe Strummer, lead singer of the legendary British punk band The Clash, died at age 50.Ref: 70
2003
Jan 12Maurice Gibbdies, singer (of the BeeGees), dies in Miami FL at age 53. (TWA, 2004).Ref: 95
Jan 13Rock 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.)Ref: 70
Feb 01Mongo (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.Ref: 4
Feb 04Opera singer Jerome Hines died in New York at age 81.Ref: 70
Feb 06ABC's "20/20" aired a British documentary on Michael Jackson in which the singer revealed he sometimes let children sleep in his bed.Ref: 70
Feb 18Johnny Paycheck (Donald Eugene Lytle) country singer: Take This Job and Shove It, The Lovin Machine, [Dont Take Her] Shes 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.Ref: 4
Apr 09Vera Zorina (Eva Brigitta Hartwig) dancer, actress: Star-Spangled Rhythm; died April 9, 2003Ref: 4
Apr 20(Theodore Marcus) Teddy Edwards jazz musician: tenor sax: Me and My Lover; dies.Ref: 4
May 13Noel 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.Ref: 4
May 15June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies.Ref: 4
May 20The 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)Ref: 13
Jul 01Herbie Mann (Soloman) jazz musician, flautist: Hijack, Superman, Comin Home Baby, Bang! Bang!, Violets Dont be Blue; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 04Barry White singer: Im Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby, Never, Never Gonna Give You Up, Cant Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, Loves Theme [w/Love Unlimited Orchestra]; played piano on Jesse Belvins Goodnight My Love [1955]; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 12Benny Carter jazz musician: Honeysuckle Rose, Crazy Rhythm; arranger: Im Putting All My Eggs in One Basket, One, Two, Button Your Shoe; composer: Jazz Cocktail, When Lights are Low; LPs: Benny Carters All Stars, American Jazz Orchestra, Central Cities Sketches, Somebody Loves Me; dies.Ref: 4
Jul 28(Samuel) Aaron Bell jazz musician: bass: played w/Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Andy Kirk, Lucky Millinder, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young; composer, teacher; dies.Ref: 4
Aug 09Gregory Hines dancer, actor: Renaissance Man, Tap, The Cotton Club, Eubie!; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 05Gisele MacKenzie (Marie LaFeche) singer: Your Hit Parade, Hard to Get; dies.Ref: 4
Sep 07Warren 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, 2003Ref: 4
Sep 12Singer Johnny Cash, 71, dies from respiratory complications from diabetes at about 3AM in Baptist Hospital, Nashville TN. (XDG, p 3A, 9/13/2003)Ref: 83
Sep 16Sheb 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.Ref: 4
Sep 19Australia singer Slim Dusty (aka David Gordon Kirkpatrick) dies of cancer at age 76. (XDG, p 3A, 9/20/2003)Ref: 83
Sep 26Robert Palmer singer, guitarist: Sneakin Sally through the Alley, Hey Julia, Addicted to Love, Every Kinda People, I Didnt Mean to Turn You On, It Could Happen To You; dies.Ref: 4
Oct 10Marie Marcus, jazz pianist and protegee of Fats Waller, dies in Hyannis MA at age 89. (NY Times, p 30, 10/19/2003) 
Oct 14James 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) 
Oct 21Singer/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)Ref: 13
Nov 05Bobby 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)Ref: 33
Nov 17Arthur Conley singer: Sweet Soul Music; dies.Ref: 4
Nov 20Singer, performer Michael Jackson is arrested on child-sex charges in Los Angeles. (Dayton Daily News, p 1, 11/21/2003) 
Dec 08Musician 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)Ref: 13
Dec 17Country 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)Ref: 13
Dec 18Pop singer Michael Jackson, 45, is charged with seven counts of felony child molestation in Santa Maria, CA. (USA Today, p 1A, 12/19/2003)Ref: 13
2004
Jan 03Singer Britney Spears marries a childhood friend and then has it annulled. (USA Today, p 11A, 1/09/2004)Ref: 33
Mar 26Jan Berry, songwriter, singer: group: Jan and Dean: The Little Old Lady from Pasadena, Dead Mans Curve, Heart and Soul, Linda, Baby Talk, Surf City; dies.Ref: 4
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