Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 43 of 43
1638 - Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani,
composer
1700 - Johann Christoph Richter,
composer
1802 - John Barnett,
composer
1818 - Heinrich Esser,
composer
1849 - Moritz Heuzenroeder,
composer
1870 - Ernest Walker,
composer
1884 - Enrique Soro Barriga,
composer
1898 - Noel Gay,
[Richard Moxon Armitage], composer
1898 - Norman Demuth, composer
1905 - Dorothy Fields,
lyricist (I'm in the Mood for Love)
1910 - Ronald Binge,
composer
1913 - Cowboy Copas,
American country singer (d. 1963)
1913 - Dorothy Schwartz, American violinist (d. 2007)
1921 - Jack Hamilton Beeson,
composer
1926 - John Arthur Neill Lambert,
composer
1933 - Frederico Davia,
opera singer
1933 - Julian Bream, guitarist
1934 - Harrison Birtwhistle,
Accringto Lancashire, composer (Trombeau)
1934 - Harrison Birtwistle, English composer
1939 - William David Hellerman,
composer
1941 - Geoffrey Burgon,
composer
1944 - Millie Jackson,
Thompson Ga, model/singer (Get it out 'cha system)
1945 - Peter Lewis,
LA California, rock guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape)
1946 - Linda Ronstadt,
Tucson Az, singer (Dif Drum)/actress (Pir of Penzance)
1948 - Alicia Bridges,
American singer
1949 - John Arthur Casken,
composer
1952 - David Pack,
rocker (Ambrosia)
1952 - Jeff Carlisi, rock guitarist (38 Special)
1952 - Larken Collins, rocker (Rossington-Collins Band)
1952 - Johnny Thunders, American musician (d. 1991)
1956 - Joe Satriani,
rocker
1956 - Ian Curtis, British musician (d. 1980)
1970 - Chi Cheng,
American musician (Deftones), (d. 2013)
1971 - Danijela,
Croatian singer
1972 - Michael Barnett,
UK musician / producer
1973 - John Dolmayan,
Lebanese-born drummer (System of a Down)
1974 - Chot Ulep,
Filipino musician
1976 - Jim Jones,
African Puerto Rican American rapper
1977 - Ray Toro,
American musician (My Chemical Romance)
1977 - Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab)
1979 - Laura Benanti,
American musical theatre actress
1984 - Vice Cooler,
American musician
1992 - Koharu Kusumi,
Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 22 of 22
1738 - Antonio Maria Pacchioni,
composer, dies at 84
1782 - Farinelli,
Italian singer, dies at 77
1782 - Robert Wainwright, composer, dies at 33
1789 - Jacques Duphly,
composer, dies at 74
1798 - Gaetano Pugnani,
composer, dies at 66
1810 - Jean-Baptiste Rey,
composer, dies at 75
1854 - Wincenty Studzinski,
composer, dies at 39
1857 - Carl Czerny,
Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66
1915 - Ludwik Grossman,
composer, dies at 80
1930 - Leopold von Auer,
Hungarian/US violinist, dies
1933 - Freddie Keppard,
American musician (b. 1890)
1947 - Walter Donaldson,
American songwriter (b. 1893)
1958 - Julia Lennon,
mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident
1959 - Ernest Bloch,
Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78
1975 - Charles Weidman,
US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies
1980 - Henri Martelli,
composer, dies at 85
1982 - Bill Justis,
American musician and producer (b. 1926)
1987 - Jack O'Hagan,
cricketer/composer (Our Don Bradman), dies
1990 - Troy Dixon,
rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall
1992 - Henk van der Molen,
guitarist/composer/writer (Martine Bijl), dies
1995 - Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr,
vocalist, dies at 66
2007 - Kelly Johnson,
English guitarist, dies at 49
