Events in Music
Events 1 - 4 of 4
1970 - Rocker Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession
1975 - Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs
1991 - "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music"
2004 - Bob Dylan accepts honorary doctor of music degree from the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 48 of 48
1540 - Johann Baptista Serranus,
composer
1749 - Konrad Back,
composer
1824 - Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke,
composer
1837 - Ernest Guiraud,
composer
1852 - Stephane Raoul Pugno,
composer
1855 - Maude Valerie White,
composer
1877 - Blair Fairchild,
composer
1877 - Hermann Stephani, composer
1887 - John Finley Williamson,
Canton Ohio, conductor (Westminster Choir)
1892 - Mieczyslaw Horszowski,
Polish/US pianist
1899 - Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik,
composer
1904 - Willie Mae "Mother" Smith,
gospel singer/evangelist folk artist
1910 - Milt Hinton,
American jazz bassist (d. 2000)
1920 - Paul Des Marais,
composer
1922 - Francis Thorne,
Bay Shore NY, composer (Burlesque Overture)
1925 - Amada Galvez Santos Ocampo,
composer
1926 - Lars Johan Werle,
composer
1929 - Dave King,
Twickenham England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall)
1929 - Henri Pousseur, Malmö dy Belgium, composer (Homo Habitis)
Country Singer June Carter Cash (1929)
1929 - June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
1940 - Diana Trask,
Australia, singer (Sing Along With Mitch)
1940 - Stuart Sutcliffe, Edinburgh Scotland, rocker (Beatles)
1940 - Adam Faith, English singer and actor (d. 2003)
1943 - James Levine,
musical conductor (Tosca)/dir (Metropolitan Opera)
1944 - Rosetta Hightower,
US singer (Don't Hang Up)
1945 - Paul Goddard,
Georgia, rock bassist (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1948 - Myles Goodwyn,
Montreal, rock guitarist/vocalist (April Wine)
1948 - Nigel Osborne, composer
1955 - Glenn Danzig,
American musician (The Misfits and Danzig)
1957 - Lee John,
[John L Mcgregor], English singer/actor (Body Talk)
1960 - Donald Harrison,
American musician
1960 - Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese musician and programmer
1961 - Mark Drillich,
Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff)
1962 - Richard Coles,
rock keyboardist (Communards)
1962 - Chuck Billy, American vocalist (Testament)
1963 - Steve Shelley,
American musician (Crucifucks and Sonic Youth)
1964 - Joey Allen,
Ft Wayne Indiana, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1965 - Paul Arthurs,
British guitarist (Oasis)
1966 - Chico DeBarge,
American musician (DeBarge)
1966 - Richie Ren, Taiwanese musician
1970 - Yann Tiersen,
French musician
1973 - Marie N,
Latvian singer
1976 - Joe Becker,
American musician
1977 - Jason Mraz,
American singer and songwriter
1978 - Frédéric Leclercq,
French bassist (DragonForce)
1978 - Memphis Bleek, American rapper
1984 - Duffy,
Welsh Singer
1988 - Isabella Leong Lok-Sze,
Hong Kong singer, actress and model
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 22 of 22
1771 - Jean-Claude Trial,
composer, dies at 38
1801 - Bendix Friedrich Zinck,
composer, dies at 58
1817 - Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth,
composer, dies at 63
1833 - Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall,
composer, dies at 73
1888 - Emil Naumann,
composer, dies at 60
1891 - Francis Henry Brown,
composer, dies at 73
1895 - Joseph Paul Skelly,
composer, dies at 44
1901 - Charles Kensington Salaman,
composer, dies at 87
1924 - Cecil [James] Sharp,
English folk musician, dies at 64
1928 - Thomas H Rollinson,
composer, dies at 84
1951 - Armin Knab,
German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70
1956 - Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier,
composer, dies at 81
1956 - Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (b. 1875)
1958 - Edvard Armas Jarnefeldt,
composer, dies at 88
1959 - Jean Gallon,
composer, dies at 80
1959 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (b. 1920)
1971 - Walter Schulthess,
composer, dies at 76
1972 - Elton Britt,
country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54
1981 - Zarah Leander,
Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79
1991 - Bill Buysman,
Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies
1994 - Alan Frank,
music publisher, dies at 83
2002 - Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar,
Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
