Events in Music
Events 1 - 5 of 5
1950 - Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in NYC
1962 - Richard Rodger's musical "No Strings," premieres in NYC
1966 - 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra & Striesand
1968 - LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"
1994 - 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 57 of 57
1754 - Silvestro Palma,
composer
1790 - Nicola Vaccai,
composer
1808 - Gaetano Gaspari,
composer
1835 - Eduard Strauss,
Austria, composer (318 Dance)
1836 - Henrique Alves de Mesquita,
composer
1838 - Karl Davydov,
Russian cellist (d. 1889)
1851 - Jozef Surzynski,
composer
1864 - Johan Halvorsen,
composer
1864 - Leslie Stuart, composer
1867 - Will Rossiter,
composer
1873 - David Vaughan Thomas,
composer
1884 - Rudolf Piskacek,
composer
1894 - Slava Vorlova,
composer
1901 - Colin McPhee,
Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)
1901 - Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader
1907 - Jimmy McPartland,
jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)
1907 - Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)
1912 - Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins,
Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine)
1916 - Harry James,
Albany Ga, trumpeter (married to Betty Grable)
Blues Singer Lightnin' Hopkins (1912)
1924 - Lockrem Johnson,
composer
1926 - Benjamin Burwell Johnson,
composer
1926 - Ben Johnston, American composer
1927 - Carl Smith,
Maynardville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1928 - Nicolas Flagello,
composer
1929 - Tiezo Matsumura,
composer
1933 - Cecil Perceval Taylor,
composer/jazz pianist (U of Wisconsin)
1933 - Ronald Roseman, composer
1934 - Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar,
composer/songwriter
1934 - Wolfgang Hufschmidt, composer
1938 - Dick Higgins,
composer
1940 - Phil Lesh,
[Chapman], California, rock bassist (Grass Roots, Grateful Dead)
1941 - Mike Love,
California, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room)
1942 - Hughie Flint,
London England, rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band)
1944 - David Costell,
Pitts, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-Diamond Ring)
1944 - Sly Stone, Dallas, rocker (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People)
1946 - David Wall,
English ballet dancers/director (Royal Academy of Dancing)
1946 - Howard Scott, San Pedro Cal, rock guitarist/vocalist (War, Cisco Kid)
1947 - Ry[land] Cooder,
LA, blues guitarist (Crossroads)
1947 - Stomu Yamash'ta, composer
1950 - Jørgen Olsen,
Danish singer
1962 - Steve Coy,
rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)
1962 - Terrence Trent D'Arby, NYC, rock vocalist (Wishing Well)
1963 - Bret Michaels,
Harrisburg Pa, guitarist (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me)
1964 - Rockwell,
[Kennedy Gordy], Det MI, rock vocalist (Someone Watching Me)
1968 - John Tardy,
US heavy metalist (Obituary, Slowly We Rot)
1968 - Sabrina [Salerno], Genoa Italy, Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys)
1968 - Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
1968 - Mark McGrath, American musician (Sugar Ray)
1968 - Jon Schaffer, American guitarist (Iced Earth)
1969 - Timo Kotipelto,
Finnish musician
1972 - Mark Hoppus,
American musician (+44 and blink-182)
1974 - John "Beatz" Holohan,
American musician
1975 - Will.i.am,
American musician
1977 - Joe Hahn,
American musician
1978 - Sid Wilson,
American musician (Slipknot)
1981 - Young Buck,
American rapper
1982 - Jordan Hastings,
Canadian drummer (Alexisonfire)
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 19 of 19
1575 - Annibale Padovano,
Italian composer (b. 1527)
1673 - Salvatore Rosa,
Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57
1842 - Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini,
Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81
1883 - Karol Studzinski,
composer, dies at 55
1918 - Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte,
composer, dies at 82
1918 - Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24
1918 - Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24
1929 - Pine-Top Smith,
jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24
1942 - Alexander van Zemlinsky,
Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70
1954 - Arthur Fickenscher,
composer, dies at 82
1959 - Lester Young,
American musician (b. 1909)
1966 - Heinrich Lemacher,
composer, dies at 74
1991 - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman,
US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84
1993 - Anthony Bowles,
music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61
1996 - Olga Rudge,
violinist, dies at 100
2008 - Vytautas Kernagis,
Lithuanian singer, TV shows announcer (b. 1951)
2008 - Mikey Dread, amaican singer (b. 1954)
2011 - Nate Dogg,
American rapper, Nathaniel Dwayne Hale. (b. 1969)
2011 - Smiley Culture, British reggae singer, David Victor Emmanuel. (b. 1962)
