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Events in Music

Events 1 - 5 of 5

1723 - Handel's opera "Ottone" premieres, London
1903 - Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170
1968 - Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
1974 - "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
1979 - 6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 56 of 56

1674 - Reinhard Keiser, composer
1711 - Gaetano Latilla, composer
1715 - Jacques Duphly, composer
1730 - Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer
1737 - Brizio Petrucci, composer
1804 - Hippolyte Monpou, composer
1821 - Nikolai Afanisev, composer
1837 - Adolf Jensen, composer
1837 - Carlos Troyer, composer
1856 - John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)
1876 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer
1884 - Louis Horst, composer
1888 - Claude Delvincourt, composer
1898 - Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer
1900 - Vaino Hannikainen, composer
1904 - Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist
1906 - Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind)
1908 - Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus)
1916 - Jay McShann, American musician (d. 2006)
1916 - William Pleeth, British cellist (d. 1999)
1917 - Walter Hendl, West New York NJ, conductor
1921 - Leo Smit, Phila Penn, pianist/composer
1925 - Laurentiu Profeta, composer
1926 - Morton Feldman, NYC, composer
1926 - Ray Price, country singer (Good Times)
1927 - Salvatore Martirano, composer
1928 - Ruth Brown, American singer (d. 2006)
1930 - Glenn Yarborough, singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee)
1935 - William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys)
1941 - Long John Baldry, England, blues vocalist (Don't try to Lay No Boogie)
1944 - Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
1945 - Maggie Bell, Glasgow Scotland, rocker
1946 - George Duke, San Rafael Ca, rocker
1949 - Wayne Wang, director (Chan is Missing, Slamdance)
1949 - Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007)
1951 - Chris Bell, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Big Star)
1951 - Larry Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me)
1952 - Ricky Van Shelton, country musician
1959 - Per Helmstad Gessle, Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love)
1959 - Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
1965 - Mark Moore, rocker (S'Express-Winter Course)
1965 - Rob Zombie, American musician
1968 - Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
1970 - Raekwon, American rapper
1970 - Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine)
1973 - Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay)
1973 - Matt Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1973 - Hande Yener, Turkish singer
1974 - Melanie Jayne Chisholm, "Sporty Spice", Widnes, vocalist (Spice Girls)
1975 - Chase Hampton, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
1975 - Jason Freese, American musician
1976 - Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
1978 - Amerie, American singer and songwriter
1978 - Jeremy Camp, American musician
1978 - Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris)
1995 - Laurel McGoff, American singer

Deaths in Music

Deaths 1 - 17 of 17

1674 - Giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68
1735 - John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
1765 - Johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68
1829 - Michael Gottard Fischer, composer, dies at 55
1933 - Vaclav Suk, composer, dies at 71
1934 - Pawel Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer and arranger (b. 1887)
1950 - Koos van de Griend, composer, dies at 44
1953 - Simeon Roncal, composer, dies at 82
1956 - Norman Kerry, actor (Air Eagles, Phantom of Opera), dies at 61
1958 - Arthur Shepherd, composer, dies at 77
1962 - Richard de Guide, composer, dies at 52
1990 - Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer, dies at 96
1995 - Francis Lopez, songwriter, dies at 77
2001 - Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
2003 - Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
2004 - Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
2007 - Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)