Events in Music
Events 1 - 4 of 4
1784 - Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna)
1982 - 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell
1992 - 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
1992 - Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 68 of 68
1584 - Melchior Teschner,
composer
1636 - Esaias Reusner,
composer
1660 - Matthias Henriksen Schacht,
composer
1727 - Jean-Georges Noverre,
French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)
1771 - Matthaus Stegmayer,
composer
1842 - Karl Millöcker,
Dutch composer (d. 1899)
1855 - Anatol K Liadov,
Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS]
1855 - Edmund van der Straeten, composer
1857 - Frantisek Ondricek,
composer
1862 - Vittorio Mario Vanzo,
composer
1872 - Eyvind Alnaes,
composer
1879 - Thomas Beecham,
England, composer (found London Philharmonic)
1885 - Wallingford Riegger,
Albany Georgia, composer (Bacchangle)
1895 - Malcolm Sargent,
English conductor (Promenade Concerts)
1896 - Jacques Leon Wolfe,
composer
1899 - Duke Ellington,
Wash DC, [Edward Kennedy], bandleader (Take "A" Train)
1899 - Karl Yngve Skold, composer
1902 - Theodore Chanler,
composer
1903 - Frank Parker,
NYC, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party)
1904 - Russ Morgan,
Scranton Pa, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard)
1907 - Tino Rossi,
Ajaccio France, singer (Deux Amours, Marlene)
1908 - Philippe Brun,
jazz trumpeter
1913 - Jack Alexander Bently,
trombonist
1915 - Donald Mills,
singer (Mills Brothers)
1920 - Harold Samuel Shapero,
Lynn Mass, composer (9 Minute Opera)
1922 - Toots [Jean] Thielemans,
Belgian/US jazz musician/composer
1924 - Renée Jeanmaire,
Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson)
1925 - Danny Davis,
rocker (Nashville Brass
1928 - Big Jay McNeely,
rocker
1928 - Carl Gardner, Tyler Tx, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)
1929 - Peter Joshua Sculthorpe,
composer
1929 - Vaclav Kucera, composer
1931 - Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan,
Scotish skiffle vocalist/guitarist
1931 - Lonnie Donegan, Glasgow Scotland, vocalist
1933 - Darijan Bozic,
composer
1933 - Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist
1933 - Rod Marvin McKuen, Oakland California, singer/composer (Alone, Beatsville)
1934 - Otis Rush,
American musician
1935 - Otto M Zykan,
composer
1936 - April Stevens,
Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
1936 - Zubin Mehta, Bombay India, conductor (NY Philharmonic)
1938 - Klaus Voormann,
German musician, artist, and record producer
1942 - Klaus Voorman,
rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1943 - Duane Allen,
Taylortown Texas, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
1945 - Tammi Terrell,
soul singer (Ain't No Mountain High Enough)
1945 - Hugh Hopper, rocker (Soft Machine)
1945 - [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, [Montgomery], singer (Ain't No Mt High)
1947 - Tommy James,
singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver)
1949 - Francis Rossi,
England, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down)
1952 - Nora Dunn,
Chic Ill, comedienne (SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl)
1954 - Deborah Iyall,
rocker (Romeo Void)
1956 - Ron Verlin,
rocker (Shooting Star)
1956 - Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer
1957 - Richie C Robertson,
rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles)
1957 - Mark Kendall, American guitarist
1958 - Simon Edwards,
rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
1960 - Gerard Joling,
Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes)
1960 - Phil King, English bassist
1967 - Master P,
American rapper
1968 - Carnie Wilson,
LA California, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On)
1970 - China Forbes,
American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini)
1974 - Anggun,
Indonesian singer
1974 - Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist
1976 - Jay Orpin,
Swedish composer and producer
1979 - Jo O'Meara,
British singer (S Club)
1979 - Matt Tong, English drummer (Bloc Party)
1980 - Kian Egan,
Irish singer (Westlife)
1988 - Younha,
Korean pop singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 16 of 16
1712 - Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles,
composer, dies at 67
1813 - Christian Danner,
composer, dies at 55
1905 - Ignacio Cervantes,
composer, dies at 57
1935 - Leroy Carr,
rocker, dies=
1943 - Joseph Achron,
Latvian violinist/composer (Golem suite), dies at 56
1943 - Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer, dies at 68
1956 - Nemesio Otano y Eugenio,
composer, dies at 75
1957 - Otallo Morales,
composer, dies at 82
1961 - Cisco Houston,
American folk singer (b. 1918)
1967 - J.B. Lenoir,
American Blues Musician (b. 1929)
1973 - Manfred Gurlitt,
composer, dies at 82
1976 - Wilhelm Maler,
composer, dies at 73
1979 - Julia A Perry,
US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55
1988 - Jan Kapr,
composer, dies at 74
1993 - Mick Ronson,
English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 46
2005 - Mariana Levy,
Mexican actress, singer, and television show host (b. 1966)
