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Events in Music

Events 1 - 5 of 5

1785 - Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres
1866 - Bedrich Smetana's opera "Branibori v Cechach," premieres in Prague
1915 - Sydney, Kern & Smith's musical "Love o' Mike," premieres in NYC
1919 - Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland
1981 - "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 44 of 44

1567 - Black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)
1730 - John Malchair, composer
1733 - Joseph Lederer, composer
1742 - Eugene Godecharle, composer
1845 - Heinrich Vogl, composer
1871 - Bertram Shapleigh, composer
1878 - Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer
1892 - Frank Hutchens, composer
1893 - D Ivor D Novello, British composer/writer (Truth Game)
1896 - Jacobo Ficher, composer
1906 - Rezso Kokai, composer
1908 - Roberta Bitgood, composer
1909 - Elie Siegmeister, NYC, composer (Plough & the Stars)
1909 - Enrique Sasal y Chapi, composer
1909 - Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman's drummer (Sing Sing Sing)
1913 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. 2005)
1925 - Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist
1927 - Francis Routh, composer
1929 - "Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music
1929 - Eva Badura-Skoda, composer
1931 - Murad Kazhlayev, composer
1932 - Enrique Raxach, composer
1935 - Malcolm Frager, St Louis, Missouri, pianist
1939 - Charles Christopher Steel, composer
1941 - Captain Beefheart, [Don Van Vliet], rocker (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast)
1942 - Edward "Sonny" Bivins, US singer (Manhattans-Kiss & Say Goodbye)
1947 - Pete Waterman, rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block)
1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1950 - David Lynn Jones, Bexar Ark, country singer (Bonnie Jean)
1951 - Martha Davis, California, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame)
1952 - Melvyn Gale, rocker (ELO)
1953 - Boris Blank, rocker (Yello)
1959 - Pete Trewavas, Middlesbrough, bassist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
1960 - Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer
1961 - Iris DeMent, Paragould Ar, country singer (Our Town)
1962 - Conrad Lant, English musician
1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
1965 - Derek B, rocker (Bullet from a Gun)
1967 - Lisa Lisa, [Velez], rock vocalist (& Cult Jam)
1971 - Max Beesley, English musician and actor
1979 - Young Dro, American rapper
1979 - Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer-actor and taichi champ
1981 - Howie Day, American singer
1987 - Aria C Jalali, American musician

Deaths in Music

Deaths 1 - 34 of 34

1744 - Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer, dies at 72
1755 - Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83
1765 - Carlmann Kolb, composer, dies at 61
1775 - Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies
1788 - Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77
1812 - Johannes Herbst, composer, dies at 76
1816 - Henry Harington, composer, dies at 88
1844 - Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78
1864 - Isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)
1904 - Eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73
1909 - Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85
1911 - Wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49
1915 - Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63
1924 - Geza Zichy, composer, dies at 74
1926 - Enrico Toselli, composer, dies at 42
1953 - Viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer, dies at 76
1961 - Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer, dies at 49
1964 - Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58
1967 - Albert Szirmai, composer, dies at 86
1973 - Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68
1974 - Karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76
1987 - Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58
1987 - Ray Bolger, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz), dies at 83
1992 - Dee Murray, English bassist (b. 1946)
1993 - Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1994 - Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72
1994 - Harry Nilsson, rock vocalist (Everybody's Talkin'), dies at 52
1994 - Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at 85
1995 - Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61
1996 - Les Baxter, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73
1998 - Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63
1998 - Junior Wells, blues harpist, dies at 63
2003 - Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
2005 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923)