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Events in Music

Events 1 - 3 of 3

1723 - Georg Friedrich Handel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London
1940 - Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile
1965 - "King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 38 of 38

1752 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer
1813 - Franz Commer, composer
1820 - Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer
1843 - Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer
1867 - Herbert Bedford, composer
1868 - Juventino Rosas, composer
1869 - Carlo Felice Boghen, composer
1878 - Rutland Boughton, composer
1885 - Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer
1900 - William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (d. 1988)
1902 - Benny Waters, saxophonist
1904 - Theodor Schaefer, composer
1909 - Norman Fulton, composer
1910 - Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist
1911 - Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer
1925 - Marty Paich, Oakland California, orchestra leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell)
1930 - Ken Errair, rocker (Four Freshmen)
1933 - Joel Spiegelman, composer
1940 - Johnny Russell, country singer
1943 - Gary Burton, American jazz vibraphonist
1944 - Jerry Lawson, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
1948 - Anita Pointer, Oakland, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy)
1950 - Bill Cunningham, rock keyboardist/bassist (Box Tops)
1950 - Danny Federici, rocker (E Street Band)
1950 - Patrick Simmons, guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute)
1950 - William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist (Box Tops-Letter)
1950 - John Greaves, English musician (Henry Cow, National Health)
1953 - Lamont Robin Zander, rocker (Cheap Trick)
1954 - Edward Ka-spel, English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots)
1954 - Franco De Vita, Caracas Venezuala, spanish singer (Extranjero)
1954 - Rick Finch, rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It)
1955 - Alexander O'Neal, R&B singer
1955 - Robin Zander, rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
1959 - Earl Falconer, British reggae bassist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1971 - Marc Nelson, American R&B singer and lyricist
1976 - Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer
1979 - Sampsa Astala, Finnish musician (Lordi)
1987 - Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer

Deaths in Music

Deaths 1 - 31 of 31

1548 - Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57
1708 - Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80
1805 - Vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63
1814 - Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52
1837 - John Field, composer, dies at 54
1845 - Francesco Ruggi, composer, dies at 77
1864 - Michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50
1879 - Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42
1898 - W A Remy, composer, dies at 66
1908 - Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47
1921 - Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83
1922 - Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b. 1855)
1926 - Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55
1936 - Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62
1941 - Dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65
1946 - Feliks Nowowiejski, composer, dies at 68
1964 - Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80
1969 - Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86
1973 - Kid Ory, American jazz trombonist (b. 1886)
1976 - Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77
1978 - Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32
1978 - Vic Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers) (b. 1925)
1981 - Bobby Sherwood, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66
1981 - Samuel Barber, US composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70
1984 - Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92
1990 - Albert Collins, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 57
1993 - Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies
1997 - Charles Craig, opera singer, dies at 77
1997 - Richard Berry, lyricist (Louie Louie), dies at 61
1999 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)
2003 - Nell Carter, American singer and actress (b. 1948)