Months in 2000: January February March April May June August September October November December
Events in Music
Events 1 - 3 of 3
Apr 14th - Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich files a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This law-suit eventually leads the movement against file-sharing programs.
Jun 29th - Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is'
Sep 10th - The musical Cats closes on Broadway.
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 2 of 2
Aug 5th - Maya Bond,
American singer and musician
Nov 20th - Connie Talbot,
English singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 54 of 54
Jan 2nd - Nat Adderley,
American musician and composer (b. 1931)
Jan 16th - Will "Dub" Jones,
American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928)
Jan 16th - John Morris Rankin, musical entertainer (b. 1959)
Jan 17th - Philip Jones,
British trumpeter (b. 1928)
Jan 27th - Friedrich Gulda,
Austrian pianist (b. 1930)
Feb 4th - Doris Coley,
American singer (Shirelles) (b. 1941)
Feb 7th - Big Pun,
Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971)
Feb 7th - Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (b. 1943)
Feb 12th - Screamin' Jay Hawkins,
American musician (b. 1929)
Feb 12th - Andy Lewis, Australian musician (b. 1967)
Feb 12th - Oliver, American pop singer (b. 1945)
Feb 23rd - Ofra Haza,
Israeli singer (b. 1957)
Mar 1st - Dennis Danell,
American guitarist (Social Distortion) (b. 1961)
Mar 3rd - Toni Ortelli,
Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904)
Mar 7th - Pee Wee King,
American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914)
Mar 9th - Ivo Robić,
Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
Mar 20th - Gene Eugene,
Canadian actor and singer (b. 1961)
Mar 27th - Ian Dury,
English musician (b. 1942)
Apr 11th - Diana Darvey,
British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
Apr 19th - Louis Applebaum,
Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1918)
Apr 21st - Neal Matthews,
Jr., American singer (b. 1929)
Apr 27th - Vicki Sue Robinson,
American singer (b. 1954)
May 10th - Dédé Fortin,
Quebec singer and songwriter (Les Colocs) (b. 1962)
May 18th - Stephen M. Wolownik,
Russian musician and arranger (b. 1946)
May 20th - Jean Pierre Rampal,
French flutist (b. 1922)
May 30th - Tex Beneke,
American bandleader and musician (b. 1914)
May 31st - Tito Puente,
American musician (b. 1923)
May 31st - Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
Jun 21st - Alan Hovhaness,
American composer (b. 1911)
Aug 11th - Jean Papineau-Couture,
Canadian composer (b. 1916)
Aug 13th - Nazia Hassan,
Pakistani pop singer (b. 1965)
Sep 2nd - Elvera Sanchez,
Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
Sep 12th - Stanley Turrentine,
American jazz saxophonist (b. 1934)
Sep 26th - Baden Powell,
Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
Oct 1st - Robert Allen,
American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
Oct 3rd - Benjamin Orr,
American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)
Oct 18th - Julie London,
American singer and actress (b. 1926)
Oct 18th - Gwen Verdon, American dancer and actress (b. 1925)
Oct 19th - Hortense Ellis,
Jamaican reggae singer (b. 1941)
Oct 28th - Carlos Guastavino,
Argentine composer (b. 1912)
Oct 30th - Steve Allen,
American comedian, author, and composer (b. 1921)
Oct 31st - ,
tanabe Kazuki Japanese musician (Raphael) (b. 1981)
Nov 5th - Jimmie Davis,
singer and politician (b. 1899)
Nov 12th - Franck Pourcel,
French popular orchestra leader (b. 1913)
Nov 16th - Joe C.,
American rapper (b. 1974)
Dec 3rd - Hoyt Curtin,
American songwriter (b. 1922)
Dec 18th - Kirsty MacColl,
English singer and songwriter (b. 1959)
Dec 19th - Rob Buck,
American guitarist (10,000 Maniacs) (b. 1958)
Dec 19th - Milt Hinton, American jazz double bassist (b. 1910)
Dec 19th - Pops Staples, American singer (The Staple Singers) (b. 1915)
Dec 23rd - Victor Borge,
Danish-born comedian and pianist (b. 1909)
Dec 23rd - Noor Jehan, Indian singer and actress (b. 1926)
Dec 24th - Nick Massi,
American singer (The Four Seasons) (b. 1935)
Dec 31st - José Greco,
Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer (b. 1918)
