Today in Music History

Welcome to Today in Music for Sunday, May 11, 2008.

1881 - Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa," premieres in Prague
1972 - John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show
1993 - 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins

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1938 - Carla Bley, [Carla Borg], Oakland, musician (Escalator Over the Hill)
1938 - Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids Ia, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Troping)
1940 - Ronald Anthony Pellegrino, composer
1941 - Eric Burdon, England, rock vocalist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1943 - Les Chadwick, bassist (Gerry and Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersy)

More Birthdays in Music on this Day in History

1819 - Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47
1845 - Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14
1849 - Otto Nicolai, German composer/conductor, dies at 39
1849 - Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38
1885 - Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73

More Deaths in Music on this Day in History

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