Events in Music
Events 1 - 8 of 8
1826 - Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna
1948 - "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
1961 - Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club
1963 - David Hendon & Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London
1964 - Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1968 - Hill, Hawkins & Coghill's musical premieres in London
1988 - 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
1997 - Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Rus)
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 53 of 53
1527 - Hermann Finck,
composer
1624 - Francois Roberday,
composer
1642 - Georg Schmezer,
composer
1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach,
Eisenach Germany, composer (Mattheus-Passion)
1708 - Caspar Ruetz,
composer
1716 - Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger,
composer
1779 - Alexis Garaude,
composer
1820 - Frank Mori,
composer
1836 - Jesus Monasterio,
composer
1839 - Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky,
Karevo, Russian composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS]
1863 - Hugo Kaun,
composer
1878 - Thurlow Weed Lieurance,
composer
1881 - Hermann Sandby,
composer
1883 - Jules van Nuffel,
composer
1895 - Zlatko Baloković,
Croatian violinist (d. 1955)
1900 - Paul Klecki/Kletzki,
Polish violinist/composer/conductor
1902 - Eddie James "Son" House,
folk blues musician (Delta Blues)
1904 - Nikolaos Skalkottas,
composer
1908 - Maurice Stans,
rocker
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
1914 - Paul Tortelier,
composer
1920 - Bruno Maderna,
composer [or Apr 21]
1920 - Georg Ots, Estonian singer (d. 1975)
1920 - Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (d. 1970)
1921 - Antony Hopkins,
composer
1921 - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist
1923 - Mort Lindsey,
Newark NJ, orchestra leader (Merv Griffin Show)
1924 - Karl Heinz Fussl,
composer
1928 - Evelyn Ruth Anderson,
composer
1932 - Joseph Silverstein,
Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch)
1936 - Marek Stachowski,
composer
1940 - Solomon Burke,
American singer
1943 - Vivian Stanshall,
songwriter/comic
1943 - Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor
1944 - Henrik Colding-Jorgensen,
composer
1944 - Jamary Oliveira, composer
1945 - Rosemary Stone,
vocalist/pianist (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
1945 - Vernon Guy, US gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees)
1946 - Ray Dorset,
rocker (Cold Blue Excursion)
1949 - Eddie Money,
[Mahoney], Bkln, singer/guitarist (Take Me Home Tonight)
1950 - Peter Banks,
rocker (Yes), (d. 2013)
1950 - Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again)
1951 - Russell Thompkins Jr,
US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing)
1952 - Chris O'Connell,
rocker
1953 - Shotgun Johnson [Robert],
rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band-Give it Up)
1959 - Sarah Jane Morris,
English Singer
1959 - Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer
1960 - Guy Chadwick,
English singer/songwriter (House of Love)
1960 - Robert Sweet, American drummer
1963 - Sharon June Howe Pederson,
Glencoe Mn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
1967 - Jonas "Joker" Berggren,
Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
1978 - Kevin Federline,
American dancer/hip hop artist
1980 - Deryck Whibley,
Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41)
1990 - Mandy Capristo,
German Singer (Monrose)
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 21 of 21
1654 - Johann Neukrantz,
composer, dies at 51
1734 - Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus,
composer, dies at 48
1793 - Johann Michael Schmidt,
composer, dies at 51
1801 - Andrea Lucchesi,
composer, dies at 59
1894 - Jacob Rosenhaim,
composer, dies at 80
1934 - Franz Schreker,
composer, dies at 55
1936 - Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov,
composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70
1939 - Evald Aav,
composer, dies at 39
1954 - Harry Lawrence Freeman,
composer, dies at 84
1970 - Manolis Chiotis,
Greek songwriter and musician (b. 1920)
1973 - Antoni Szalowski,
composer, dies at 65
1975 - Berend Giltay,
composer, dies at 64
1980 - Gideon Fagan,
composer, dies at 75
1985 - Salvador Ley,
composer, dies at 78
1987 - Robert Preston,
actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68
1992 - Natalie Sleeth,
American composer (b. 1930)
2004 - Ludmilla Tchérina,
French ballet dancer and actress (b. 1924)
2005 - Bobby Short,
American singer (b. 1924)
2010 - Wolfgang Wagner,
German opera director (b. 1919)
2011 - Loleatta Holloway,
American singer (b. 1946)
2011 - Pinetop Perkins, Member of the Blues Hall of Fame (b. 1913)
