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Events in Music

Events 1 - 6 of 6

1917 - 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1969 - Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert
1981 - 8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins
1989 - 16th American Music Award: Randy Travis & George Michael wins
1995 - 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men & Ace of Base win
1995 - Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show"

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 51 of 51

1505 - Thomas Tallis, English composer (d. 1585)
1563 - Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], Dutch theologist/opera singer
1566 - Alessandro Piccinini, composer
1647 - Konrad Hoffler, composer
1694 - Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster, composer
1697 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer
1710 - Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer
1724 - Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer
1752 - Joseph Matthias Kracher, composer
1756 - Josef Preindl, composer
1760 - Franz Xaver Partsch, composer
1789 - George Augustus Kollmann, composer
1861 - Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer
1862 - Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer
1892 - Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer
1900 - Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, composer
1909 - Mihaly Hajou, composer
1911 - Roy Eldridge, Pitts Pa, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw)
1911 - Roy Eldridge, American musician (d. 1989)
1915 - Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno)
1919 - Robert Suter, composer
1920 - George Skibine, Russ/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona)
1921 - Bernie Leighton, West Haven Ct, orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime)
1922 - Pal Jardanyi, composer
1928 - Mitch Leigh, composer
1933 - Richard Dufallo, Chicago Ill, clarinetist/conductor
1934 - Tammy Grimes, Lynn Mass, actress (Can't Stop the Music)
1940 - David Johnson, composer
1941 - Joe Terranoua, rocker (Danny & The Juniors)
1942 - Andres, [Dries Holten], Dutch singer (Sandra & Andres)
1942 - Marty Balin, Cincinnati, singer (Jefferson Starship-Miracles)
1943 - Sandy Deane, rocker
1944 - Lynn Harrell, NYC, cellist
1945 - Robert Wittinger, composer
1947 - Martin Christoph Redel, composer
1947 - Steve Marriott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Humble Pie-Eat It, Faces)
1951 - Clifford Leon Anderson, rocker (Cure)
1951 - Marv Ross, rocker (Quarterflash)
1951 - Phil Collins, England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds)
1954 - Alides Hidding, singer/guitarist (Time Bandits)
1955 - Michael Thompson, guitarist (Afterburn, Fresh, Sahara, Gridlock'd)
1958 - Rob van Zandvoort, Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist (Jack of Hearts)
1959 - Jody Watley, Chic, dancer (Solid Gold)/singer (Looking For a New Love)
1967 - Bill Leverty, Richmond Va, guitarist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
1967 - Jay Gordon, American musician
1968 - Trevor Dunn, American musician (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Secret Chiefs 3)
1975 - Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)
1981 - Josh Kelley, American musician
1986 - Sam Duckworth, British singer-songwriter
1989 - Khleo Thomas, American actor and rapper
1990 - Eiza Gonzalez, Mexican actress/singer

Deaths in Music

Deaths 1 - 27 of 27

1774 - Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69
1774 - Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer, dies at 71
1797 - Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40
1827 - Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer, dies at 53
1860 - Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44
1881 - Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58
1890 - Karl Merz, composer, dies at 53
1925 - Jakab Gyula Major, composer, dies at 66
1927 - Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64
1929 - La Goulue, French Cancan dancer (b. 1866)
1942 - Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer, dies at 72
1945 - William Busch, composer, dies at 43
1963 - Francis Poulenc, French composer (b. 1899)
1972 - Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81
1975 - Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72
1976 - Mance Lipscomb, rocker, dies at 80
1980 - Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music, dies at 61
1982 - Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69
1982 - Riccardo Nielsen, composer, dies at 73
1982 - Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (b. 1912)
1986 - Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74
1994 - Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues Singer, dies at 64
1994 - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at 86
1995 - George Richard James, saxophonist, dies at 88
2005 - Martyn Bennet, Canadian musician (b. 1971)
2005 - Wes Wehmiller, American musician (b. 1971)
2011 - John Barry, English film score composer (b. 1933)