Events in Music
Events 1 - 7 of 7
1840 - Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris
1843 - Opera "I Lombardi," premieres in Milan
1953 - J Styne/B Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg," premieres in NYC
1962 - Beatles record "Please, Please Me"
1963 - Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
1964 - Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum
1979 - Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in NYC
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 59 of 59
1755 - Albert Christoph Dies,
composer
1790 - Ignaz Assmayer,
composer
1810 - Loisa Puget,
composer
1819 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman,
composer
1830 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf,
composer
1830 - Peter Arnold Heise, composer
1874 - Fritz Bennicke Hart,
composer
1875 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter,
composer
1879 - Jean Gilbert,
composer
1882 - Gheorghe Cucu,
composer
1883 - Paul August von Klenau,
Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith)
1889 - John Mills,
dancer (Mills Brothers)
1889 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer
1894 - Alfonso Leng,
composer
1895 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky,
composer
1897 - Yves de La Casiniere,
composer
1903 - Hans Redlich,
composer
1908 - Josh White,
rocker
1912 - Rudolf Firkusny,
Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)
1913 - Lucio Diestro San Pedro,
composer
1914 - Matt Dennis,
Seattle Wash, vocalist (Matt Dennis Show)
1914 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer
1922 - Tudor Jarda,
composer
1926 - Alexander Gibson,
British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera)
1928 - Raoul Cita,
rocker
1929 - Leonard Gregory Kastle,
composer
1930 - C H Dearnley,
organist
1932 - Jerome Lowenthal,
Phila, pianist/prof (Jerusalem Academy of Music)
1934 - Francesco Pennisi,
composer
1935 - Bent Lorentzen,
composer
1935 - Gene Vincent, Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
1937 - Lodewijk Boer,
Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)
1938 - Willy Correa de Oliveira,
composer
1939 - Gerry Goffin,
Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King)
1940 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett,
rocker (Monster Mash)
1941 - Sergio Mendes,
jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
1942 - Leon Haywood,
US vocalist/keyboardist (It's Got to be Mellow)
1942 - Otis Clay, US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is)
1943 - Serge Lama,
French singer
1947 - Joselito,
Spanish singer
1949 - Charlie Hargrett,
rock guitarist (Blackfoot)
1950 - Rochelle Fleming,
US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants)
1953 - Alan Rubin,
music figure (Blues Brothers)
1954 - Noriyuki Asakura,
Japanese composer
1956 - H.R.,
American singer
1956 - Didier Lockwood, French violinist
1961 - Becky LeBeau,
LA California, vocalist (Mischief)
1962 - Sheryl Crow,
American musician
1964 - Sheryl Crow,
vocalist (All I Want to Do-Grammy 1995)
1970 - Fredrik Thordendal,
Swedish musician
1973 - Ethan Iverson,
jazz pianist
1973 - Varg Vikernes, Norwegian musician
1974 - D'Angelo,
American singer
1977 - Mike Shinoda,
American musician, Linkin Park, Fort Minor
1979 - Brandy [Norwood],
singer (Les Miserables, Moisha)
1981 - Kelly Rowland,
American singer
1984 - Matt Good,
American musician
1984 - Aubrey O'Day, American singer
1985 - William Beckett,
lead singer of the American rock band The Academy Is...
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 19 of 19
1622 - Alfonso Fontanelli,
composer, dies at 64
1762 - Johann Tobias Krebs,
composer, dies at 71
1797 - Antoine Dauvergne,
composer, dies at 83
1806 - Vicente Martin y Soler,
composer, dies at 51
1870 - Leopold Eugen Mechura,
composer, dies at 66
1882 - Gustav Schmidt,
composer, dies at 65
1892 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni,
composer, dies at 63
1894 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera,
composer, dies at 70
1903 - Henryk Szulc,
composer, dies at 67
1939 - Franz Schmidt,
Austrian composer, dies at 64
1944 - Ivan Sollertinski,
friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies
1945 - Al Dubin,
Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
1970 - Emil Abranyi,
composer, dies at 87
1982 - Eleanor Powell,
tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer
1985 - Heinz Eric Roemheld,
composer, dies of pneumonia at 83
1985 - Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68
2006 - Jockey Shabalala,
South African singer (b. 1943)
2009 - Estelle Bennett,
American singer (b. 1941)
2012 - Whitney Houston,
American singer and actress, dies from an accidental drowning at age 48
