Events in Music
Events 1 - 5 of 5
1920 - Jerome Kern/BG DeSylva's musical "Sally," premieres in NYC
1950 - Cole Porte's musical "Out of this World" premieres at New Century Theater NYC for 157 perfs
1961 - Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy"
1978 - "Broadway Musical" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC
1983 - Musical "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 51 of 51
1616 - Pietro Andrea Ziani,
composer
1628 - Samuel Friedrich Capricornus,
composer
1728 - Hermann Friedrich Raupach,
composer
1756 - Thomas Anton Kunz,
composer
1810 - Ludwig Schuncke,
composer
1826 - Ernst Pauer,
composer
1848 - Edward Everett Rice,
composer
1850 - Zdenek Fibich,
composer
1867 - John Winter Thompson,
composer
1873 - Blagoje Bersa,
Croatian composer (d. 1934)
1886 - George Norman Peterkin,
composer
1895 - Paul Hoffer,
composer
1896 - Leroy Robertson,
composer
1911 - Paul Burkhard,
composer
1915 - Werner von Trapp,
member of the Trapp Family Singers (d. 2007)
1921 - Joan Dickson,
cellist
1924 - Rita Reys,
[Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer
1926 - John Herbert McDowell,
composer
1928 - Thomas Rajna,
composer
1929 - Jack Philip Cannon,
composer
1931 - Caroline Kaart,
[Paterson Raitt], Dutch alto singer
1931 - David Baker, Indianapolis Indiana, composer (Reflections)
1932 - Ilja Zeljenka,
composer
1933 - Miklos Kocsar,
composer
1940 - Frank Zappa,
Baltimore, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Catholic Girls)
1940 - Paul, [Ray Hildebrand], Tx, singer (Hey Paula)
1942 - Carla Thomas,
US singer (Let Me Be Good to You)
1942 - Reinhard Mey, German singer
1943 - Albert Lee,
rocker
1944 - Michael Tilson Thomas,
LA California, conductor (NY Phil Young People)
1946 - Carl Dean Wilson,
Hawthorne California, rock vocalist (Beach Boys-Barbie)
1946 - Christopher Keene, Berkeley California, conductor (La Traviata)
1947 - Paco de Lucía,
Spanish musician
1948 - Willi Resetarits,
Austrian musician
1950 - Lillebjørn Nilsen,
Norwegian singer-songwriter
1953 - Andras Schiff,
Budapest Hungary, pianist (Tchaikovsky-1974)
1953 - Betty Wright, US gospel/singer/TV hostess (Little Miss Broadway)
1955 - Kazuyuki Sekiguchi,
Japanese musician
1956 - Lee Roy Parnell,
Abilene Texas, country singer (Oughta be a Law)
1960 - Louis Demetrius Alvanis,
London-based pianist
1961 - Ryuji Sasai,
Japanese composer
1962 - Christy Forester,
Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
1964 - Ed Jongsma,
Dutch pop bassist (Sleeze Beez-Look Like Hell)
1965 - Gabrielle Glaser,
musician (Luscious Jackson)
1971 - Mathieu Chedid,
French musician
1971 - Brett Scallions, American singer (Fuel, The X's)
1972 - Erwin Schrott,
Uruguayan opera singer
1973 - Karmen Stavec,
German-born Slovenian singer
1975 - Paloma Herrera,
Argentine ballet dancer
1979 - Tuva Novotny,
Swedish actress and singer
1981 - Lynda Thomas,
Mexican singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 12 of 12
1734 - Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz,
composer, dies at 54
1755 - Caspar Ruetz,
composer, dies at 47
1807 - John Newton,
English cleric and hymnist (b. 1725)
1820 - Charles-Francois Dumonchau,
composer, dies at 45
1864 - William Henry Fry,
composer, dies at 51
1890 - Niels Vilhelm Gade,
Danish composer, dies at 73
1906 - Adalbert von Goldschmidt,
composer, dies at 58
1957 - Eric Coates,
composer, dies at 71
1965 - Claude Adonai Champagne,
composer, dies at 74
1989 - Jan Cikker,
composer, dies at 78
1992 - Albert King,
US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71
1998 - Karl Denver,
Scottish singer (b 1931)
