Events in Music
Events 1 - 4 of 4
1805 - Premiere of Beethoven's "Eroica" (conducted by himself)
1969 - Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds
1994 - Singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion
1996 - Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 50 of 50
1694 - Coelestin Praelisauer,
composer
1699 - Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer,
composer
1727 - Henri Hardouin,
composer
1745 - Georg Druschetzky,
composer
1748 - Georg Wenzel Ritter,
composer
1763 - Domenico Dragonetti,
composer
1768 - Karl Theodor Toeschi,
composer
1819 - Hubert Leonard,
composer
1826 - Johann Hermann Berens,
composer
1851 - Otto Adolf Klauwell,
composer
1870 - Joseph Ryeland,
Belgian composer/Baron
1893 - Irene Castle,
dancer (leader in anti-vivisection movement)
1895 - Eduardo Toldra,
composer
1897 - Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud,
composer [OS]
1899 - Robert Casadesus,
French pianist (d. 1972)
1908 - Percy Faith,
conductor (Summer Place)
1915 - Billie Holiday,
[Eleanora Fagan], Balt, singer (Aint Nobodys Business)
1918 - Peanuts Hucko,
Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1919 - Ralph Flanagan,
Loraine Ohio, orchestra leader (Let's Dance)
Musician Ravi Shankar (1920)
1920 - Ravi Shankar,
Varanasi, British India, musician (the Pandit), (d. 2012)
1922 - Kenneth Howard Peacock,
composer
1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003)
1924 - Ikuma Dan,
composer
1924 - Nick Perito, Denver Colo, orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show)
1927 - Babatunde Olatunji,
Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)
1932 - Louis "Mr Bo" Collins,
blues SInger
1935 - Bobby Bare,
Irontown Oh, country singer (Detroit City)
1937 - Charley Thomas,
rocker (Drifters)
1938 - Freddie Hubbard,
Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey)
1940 - Jan Wilhelm Morthenson,
composer
1940 - Patricia Paay, Dutch singer (You are not hip)
1943 - Mick Abrahams,
Luton, rock guitarist (Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig)
1943 - Roberta Shore, Monterrey Park, California, actress/singer (Virginian)
1943 - Spencer Dryden, NYC, rock drummer (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice)
1945 - Megas,
Icelandic singer, songwriter and writer
1946 - Barbara Benary,
composer
1947 - Patricia Bennett,
US singer (He's So Fine)
1947 - Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1947 - Charles 'skip' Pitts, Washington D.C., soul and blues guitarist (Shaft), (d. 2012)
1948 - Carol Douglas,
American singer
1949 - John Oates,
NYC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl)
1951 - Janis Ian,
NYC, [Janis Eddy Fink], lesbian/folk rocker (At 17)
1951 - John Dittrich, Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1952 - Bruce Gary,
Burbank Ca, rock drummer (Knack-My Sharona)
1958 - Tony Aire,
rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love)
1960 - Simon Climie,
rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher-Love Changes)
1962 - Alain Robert,
French rock and urban climber
1967 - Artemis Gounaki,
composer, writer and music producer
1970 - Leif Ove Andsnes,
Norwegian pianist
1971 - Victor Kraatz,
Berlin Ger, Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champs-4th)
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 21 of 21
1767 - Franz Sparry,
composer, dies at 51
1768 - Michel Mathieu,
composer, dies at 78
1778 - Johann Balthasar Kehl,
composer, dies at 52
1783 - Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer,
composer, dies at 71
1833 - Antoni Henryk Radziwill,
Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at 57
1858 - Anton Diabelli,
Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76
1862 - Sydney Nelson,
composer, dies at 62
1877 - Errico Petrella,
composer, dies at 63
1880 - Diederich Krug,
composer, dies at 58
1917 - Spyridon Filiskos Samaras,
composer, dies at 53
1958 - Judge Jackson,
composer, dies at 75
1958 - Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer, dies at 58
1961 - Jesus Guridi,
composer, dies at 74
1961 - Yusef Greiss, composer, dies at 61
1973 - Nick Stuart,
bandleader, dies of cancer at 69
1978 - Ernest Kanitz,
composer, dies at 83
1981 - Kit Lambert,
British record producer and manager (The Who) (b. 1935)
1988 - Cesar Bresgen,
Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74
1994 - Lee Brilleaux,
British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41
1998 - Broery Marantika,
Indonesian singer
2005 - Grigoris Bithikotsis,
Greek singer (b. 1922)
