Events in Music
Events 1 - 2 of 2
1374 - A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
1961 - Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 43 of 43
1572 - Jan Campanus,
composer
1746 - Jean Baptiste Rochefort,
composer
1747 - Johann Melchior Dreyer,
composer
1762 - Johann Paul Wessely,
composer
1803 - George James Webb,
composer
1808 - Anna Caroline Oury,
composer
1840 - Louis Brassin,
composer
1847 - Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre,
composer
1873 - Thomas Carl Whitmer,
composer
1879 - Agrippina J Vaganova,
Russian ballet dancer
1900 - Memphis Minnie,
rocker
1901 - Harry Partch,
Oakland California, composer (Oedipus)
1906 - Pierre Fournier,
Paris France, violon cellist (Paris Conservatoire)
1907 - Jose de Lima Siquiera,
composer
1908 - Hugo Distler,
composer
1908 - Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987)
1909 - Milton Katims,
NYC, conductor/violist (WOR-NYC)
1913 - Max van Praag,
Dutch singer
1920 - Bernhard Krol,
composer
1922 - Roy Elihu Travis,
NYC, composer (Passion of Dedipus)
1922 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
1935 - Terry Riley,
Colfax California, composer (Spectra)
1938 - Lowell Cross,
composer
1942 - Michele Lee,
LA California, actress/singer (Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug)
1942 - Arthur Brown, England, rocker (Fire) [or May 24]
1944 - Chris Wood,
rocker (Traffic)
1944 - Jeff Beck, Surrey England, singer/guitarist (Jeff Beck Group)
1945 - Colin Blunstone,
England, rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
Rocker Mick Fleetwood (1947)
1947 - Mick Fleetwood,
London, rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way)
1947 - Marianne Delgorge, singer/actress (Ice Cream Soda)
1948 - Patrick Morza,
Morges Switzerland, rock keyboardist (Yes)
1949 - John Illsley,
Leicester England, rock bassist (Dire Straits)
1950 - Derrick "Duckie" Simpson,
Kingston Jamaica, rocker (Black Uhuru)
1957 - Astro,
[Terrence Wilson], England, rock vocalist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1959 - Andy McClusky,
rocker (Orchestal Manoeveres in the Dark-Electricity)
1961 - Curt Smith,
Bath England, rock bassist/vocalist (Tears For Fears)
1967 - Jeff Cease,
Nashville, guitarist (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)
1967 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German musician (Rammstein)
1969 - Sissel Kyrkjebø,
Norwegian singer
1970 - Glenn Medeiros,
singer (Someday Love)
1978 - Ariel Pink,
American musician
1978 - Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (Nightwish)
1986 - Solange Knowles,
American singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 13 of 13
1724 - Johann Theile,
German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77
1882 - Joseph Joachim Raff,
German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60
1891 - Ann Sheppard Mounsey,
composer, dies at 80
1913 - Frank Lynes,
composer, dies at 55
1933 - Sissieretta Joyner Jones,
"Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64
1935 - Carlos Gardel,
Argentine singer (airplane crash) (b. 1890)
1936 - Nandor Zsolt,
composer, dies at 49
1944 - Rio Gebhardt,
composer, dies at 36
1952 - Lodewijk Mortelmans,
composer, dies at 84
1992 - Tom Alexander,
model/actor (Kurt-Forbidden Dance), dies of AIDs
1992 - Tony LeMans, singer/songwriter, dies in a car crash at 29
2004 - Ifigeneia Giannopoulou,
Greek songwriter (b. 1957)
2007 - Natasja Saad,
Danish reggae and dancehall artist (b. 1974)
