Events in Music
Events 1 - 7 of 7
1923 - 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
1967 - 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)
1972 - Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down
1980 - The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors.
1981 - 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins
1991 - Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in NYC
1991 - St Louis Blues Brett Hull scores his 86th goal
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 42 of 42
1684 - Francesco Durante,
composer
1717 - Florian Wrastill,
composer
1732 - Franz Joseph Haydn,
Vienna Austria, prominent composer of the classical period (The Creation/Die Schopfung)
1747 - Johann Abraham Peter Schulz,
German composer (Moon has Risen)
1791 - Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki,
composer
1809 - Otto Jonas Lindblad,
composer
1822 - Rafael Hernando,
composer
1847 - Jarolslaw Zielinski,
composer
1848 - John Henry Roberts,
composer
1872 - Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev,
Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet)
1887 - Jose Maria Usandizaga,
composer
1891 - Erich Walter Sternberg,
composer
1893 - Clemens Krauss,
Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orch-1937)
1906 - Lauri Saikkola,
composer
1908 - Red Norvo,
American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
1911 - Elisabeth Grümmer,
German soprano (d. 1986)
1915 - Eliseo Morales Pajaro,
composer
1934 - John D Loudermilk,
rock drummer/vocalist (Language of Love, Norman)
1935 - Herb Alpert,
bandleader/trumpeteer (Tijuana Brass)/CEO (A & M)
1937 - Willem Duyn,
[Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal)
1938 - Arthur B. Rubinstein,
American composer
1944 - Rod Allen,
[B Rodney Bainbridge] rock bassist/vocalist (Fortunes)
1944 - Mick Ralphs, English guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
1946 - Al Nichol,
Winston Salem NC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Turtles)
1947 - Al Goodman,
rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown)
1947 - Jon-Jon Poulos, Chicago Ill, rocker (Buckinghams)
1948 - Thijs van Leer,
Dutch singer/flutist (Focus, Introspection)
1950 - Richard Hughes,
rocker (Johnny Winter Band)
1953 - Greg Martin,
Louisville Ky, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1953 - Sean Hopper, California, rock keyboardist (Huey Lewis & The News)
1954 - Tony Brock,
England, rock drummer (Isn't It Time, Every Time I Think of You)
1955 - Angus Young,
Glascow Scotland, rock guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1958 - Pat McGlynn,
Edinburgh, rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1959 - Ali McMordie,
Irish bassist (Stiff Little Fingers)
1963 - Paul Mercurio,
Australian actor/dancer
1964 - Erik Turner,
Omaha Nebraska, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1974 - Stefan Olsdal,
Swedish bassist (Placebo)
1977 - Toshiya,
Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
1978 - Tony Yayo,
American rapper
1979 - Amey Date,
Indian playback singer
1982 - Lennon Murphy,
American rock singer/songwriter
1986 - Cveta Majtanović,
Serbian singer, winner of Pop Idol.
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 20 of 20
1656 - Pierre de La Barre,
composer, dies at 64
1703 - Johann Christoph Bach,
German composer (b. 1642)
1880 - Henryk Wieniawski,
Polish violist/composer, dies at 44
1881 - Gaetano Gaspari,
composer, dies at 73
1885 - Franz W Abbot,
German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65
1885 - Philipp Fahrbach, composer, dies at 69
1886 - Giovanni Rossi,
composer, dies at 57
1892 - Adolf Rzepko,
composer, dies at 66
1901 - John Stainer,
composer, dies at 60
1960 - Joseph Haas,
German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
1967 - Hieronim Feicht,
composer, dies at 72
1973 - Kurt George Hugo Thomas,
composer, dies at 68
1986 - O'Kelly Isley,
US, singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48
1988 - Talib Rasul Hakim,
composer, dies at 48
1991 - John Carter,
US jazz clarinetist (Roots & folklore), dies
1993 - Mitchell Parish,
American lyricist (b. 1900)
1995 - Selena,
Mexican Grammy winning singer, killed by a fan at 24
1996 - Jeffrey Lee Pierce,
musician, dies at 37
2003 - Tommy Seebach,
Danish singer (b. 1949)
2006 - Jackie McLean,
American jazz saxophonist (b. 1931 or 1932)
