Events in Music
Events 1 - 5 of 5
1870 - Opera "Die Walkure" is produced (Munich)
1964 - WMCA (NYC) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th
1966 - Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1967 - 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
1997 - Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 36 of 36
1709 - Francesco Araja,
composer
1735 - Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele,
composer
1796 - Ferdinando Giorgetti,
composer
1860 - Gustave Charpentier,
French composer (opera Louise)
1862 - Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell,
composer
1878 - Jean Gallon,
composer
1889 - Ethel Glenn Hier,
composer
1897 - Hans Barth,
composer
1901 - Adolf Brunner,
composer
1903 - Arthur Tracy,
Russia, street singer (Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight)
1915 - Peter Lind Hayes,
SF California, comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show)
1921 - Peter Charles Arthur Wishart,
composer
1921 - Celia Franca, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1925 - Clifton Chenier,
Opelousas La, blues singer (Bayou Blues)
1925 - Ziggy Talent, Manchester NH, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show)
1928 - William Joseph Russo,
composer
1930 - Mary Beth Peil,
American singer
1935 - Eddie Floyd,
Montgomery Al, singer/composer (California Girl, Falcons)
1935 - Kurt Schwertsik, composer
1936 - Harold Melvin,
US singer (Blue Notes-My Hero)
1940 - Clint Warwick,
[Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues)
1944 - Robert Charlebois,
Canadian singer
1945 - Carly Simon,
NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain)
1946 - Allen Lanier,
rock keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
1946 - Ian McDonald, London England, rock guitarist (Foreigner, King Crimson)
1951 - Michael Francis,
rocker
1952 - Brian MacLeod,
rock guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist (Chilliwack)
1952 - Tim Finn, rocker (Split Enz, Crowded House, Puberty Blues)
1954 - David Paich,
rock keyboardist (Toto-Africa)
Rock Vocalist George Michael (1963)
1963 - George Michael [Panos],
London, British rock vocalist (Wham-I Want Your Sex)
1970 - Roope Latvala,
Finnish musician
1972 - Mike Kroeger,
Canadian musician (Nickelback)
1974 - Jim LaMarca,
American bass guitarist (Chimaira)
1975 - Chenoa,
Spanish singer
1982 - Rain,
Korean singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon)
1986 - Aya Matsuura,
Japanese singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 18 of 18
1522 - Franchinus Gaffurius,
composer, dies at 71
1767 - Georg Philipp Telemann,
German late-barok composer, dies at 86
1785 - Pierre Talon,
composer, dies at 63
1822 - Ernst T Amadeus Hoffmann,
German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46
1876 - John Patton,
trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn
1884 - Hans Rott,
composer, dies at 25
1944 - Lucha Reyes,
Mexican singer (b. 1906)
1976 - Johnny Mercer,
US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66
1977 - Endre Szervanszky,
composer, dies at 65
1977 - Petko Staynov, composer, dies at 80
1983 - Alberto Evaristo Ginastera,
Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67
1987 - Boudleaux Bryant,
song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67
1988 - Hillel Slovak,
Israeli-born musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers) (b. 1962)
1990 - Peggy Glanville-Hicks,
Australian composer (Triad), dies at 77
1998 - Lounès Matoub,
a famous Berber Kabyle singer (b. 1956)
2007 - Mahasti,
Persian singer (b. 1946)
2009 - Michael Jackson,
American recording artist, entertainer and King of Pop music (The Jackson 5, Thriller, Dangerous) dies of cardiac arrest aged 50
2011 - Goff Richards,
British brass band music composer/arranger
