Events in Music
Events 1 - 3 of 3
1721 - Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts
1980 - Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks
1987 - 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 34 of 34
1494 - Georgius Agricola,
Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)
1714 - Carlo Giovanni Testori,
composer
1732 - Gian Francesco de Majo,
composer
1740 - John Antes,
composer
1749 - Bernard Jumentier,
composer
1762 - Marcos Antonio da Fonseca,
Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo)
1808 - Maria Malibran,
Spanish-French singer (d. 1836)
1817 - Aime Maillart,
composer
1820 - Fanny Crosby,
American hymnist (d. 1915)
1884 - Gino Marinuzzi,
composer
1895 - Arthur Murray,
dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party)
1900 - June [Algeria Junius] Clark,
musician trumpet
1906 - Klavdiya Shulzhenko,
Soviet singer (d. 1984)
1910 - Jacques Chailley,
composer
1922 - Dave Appell,
singer/musician/songwriter (In the Midnight Hour)
1927 - Janos Decsenyi,
composer
1928 - Byron "Yanks" Janis,
McKeesport Pa, pianist (NBC Symphony Orch)
1933 - David Harries,
composer
1936 - Fredrick Kaufmamn,
composer
1937 - Billy Stewart,
US R&B singer (I Do Love You)
1938 - Holger Czukay,
German musician (Can)
1946 - Klaus Dinger,
German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk)
1947 - Mike Kellie,
rock drummer (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
1947 - Paul McCandless, rocker (Torches on the Lake)
1947 - Meiko Kaji, Japanese singer and actress
1949 - Steve Lang,
Montreal Canada, rock bassist (April Wine)
1949 - Nick Lowe, England, rock vocalist (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind)
1951 - Dougie Thompson,
rocker (Supertramp-Bloody Well Right)
1960 - Nena,
German pop singer
1962 - Angèle Dubeau,
Canadian violinist
1974 - Chad Butler,
American drummer (Switchfoot)
1975 - Krisdayanti,
Indonesian singer, actress and diva
1977 - Corneille,
Canadian-Rwandan singer
1982 - Nivea,
American singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 20 of 20
1631 - Philipp Dulichius,
composer, dies at 68
1654 - Samuel Scheidt,
German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66
1755 - Theodor Christleib Reinhold,
composer, dies at 72
1825 - Giovanni Domenico Perotti,
composer, dies at 64
1838 - Thomas Attwood,
composer, dies at 72
1878 - Albin Masek,
composer, dies at 73
1894 - Robert Prescott Stewart,
composer, dies at 68
1916 - Enrique y Campina Granados,
Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48
1918 - Theophile Ysaye,
composer, dies at 53
1921 - Deodat de Severac,
composer, dies at 48
1946 - Gustaf Heintze,
composer, dies at 66
1962 - Jean Goldkette,
Greek-born musician (b. 1899)
1967 - Marc Lavry,
composer, dies at 63
1975 - Oscar Rasbach,
composer, dies at 86
1977 - Saburo Moroi,
composer, dies at 73
1994 - Tommy Benford,
jazz drummer, dies at 88
1995 - Joey Long,
blues/cajun guitarist, dies at 62
1996 - Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga,
singer, dies at 66
2008 - Chalmers "Spanky" Alford,
American guitarist (b. 1955)
2010 - Johnny Maestro,
American singer (b. 1939)
