Events in Music
Events 1 - 9 of 9
1842 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan
1844 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice
1849 - Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres
1868 - The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris
1963 - Beatles began 1st British tour, supporting Tommy Roe & Chris Montez
1968 - 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up & Away, Sgt Pepper's wins 4
1976 - Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Blues 4-0
1978 - Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk & Karponosov
1993 - 7th Soul Train Music Awards
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 49 of 49
1735 - August Bernhard Valentin Herbing,
composer
1737 - Josef Myslivecek,
composer
1810 - Jean-Georges Kastner,
composer
1812 - Jakob Eduard Schmolzer,
composer
1826 - Jean Joseph Bott,
German violinist/composer
1839 - Phoebe Knapp,
American hymn writer (d. 1908)
1848 - Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick,
composer
1850 - Alexandre Luigini,
composer
1856 - Eddie Foy,
American singer and dancer (d. 1928)
1874 - Johann Richard Ohlsson,
composer
1875 - Martin Fallas Shaw,
composer
1893 - Hans Munch,
composer
1907 - Henry Leland Clarke,
composer
1908 - Luiz Cosme,
composer
1910 - Samuel Barber,
West Chester Pa, composer (Pulitz, School for Scandal)
1911 - Ramon Campbell Batista,
composer
1924 - Konstantin Iliev,
composer
1926 - Celso Garrido Lecca,
composer
1927 - Hans Ludwig Schilling,
composer
1927 - John Beckwith, composer
1930 - Thomas Schippers,
Kalamazoo Mich, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors)
Jazz Composer Ornette Coleman (1930)
1930 - Ornette Coleman, Fort Worth, Texas, American jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966)
1932 - Keely Smith,
Norfolk Virginia, American singer (Mrs Louie Prima)
1933 - Lloyd Price,
Kenner La, singer (Just Because)
1933 - William Francis McBeth, composer
1933 - William McBeth, Ropesville, Texas, composer, (d. 2012)
1936 - Mickey Gilley,
Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy)
1938 - Lill-Babs,
Swedish singer
1942 - John Cale,
Garnant, Welsh musician, composer and singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground)
1942 - Mark Lindsay, Eugene Or, rock vocalist/sax (Paul Revers & Raiders)
1944 - Trevor Burton,
rocker (Move)
1945 - Laura Lee,
[Rundless], singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights)
1945 - Robin Trower, London, guitarist (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
1946 - Jim Cregan,
British rock musician
1948 - Jeffrey Osborne,
Providence RI, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love)
1948 - Jimmy Fadden, Long Beach California, singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1949 - Kalevi Aho,
composer
1949 - Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer
1954 - Charmain Elaine Sylvers,
rocker
1955 - Fernando Bujones,
Miami Fla, ballet dancer
1957 - Mark Mancina,
American composer
1958 - Martin Fry,
English pop singer and rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart)
1963 - David Pogue,
Technology columnist and musician
1966 - Brendan Canty,
American musician (Fugazi)
1968 - Johnny Kelly,
American drummer (Type O Negative)
1971 - Diego Torres,
Argentine singer
1979 - Chingy,
American rapper
1983 - Maite Perroni,
singer in the Latin pop group RBD
1987 - Bow Wow,
American rapper and actor
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 22 of 22
1566 - David Rizzio,
Italian secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered by Protestant nobles
1706 - Johann Pachelbel,
German organist/composer, dies at 52
1743 - Jean-Baptiste Lully fils,
Ital/Fr composer dies at 77
1800 - Dominique Della-Maria,
composer, dies at 30
1819 - Janos Fusz,
composer, dies at 41
1827 - Franz Xaver Gerl,
composer, dies at 62
1870 - Theodore Labarre,
composer, dies at 65
1938 - Sydney Baynes,
composer, dies at 59
1941 - Carlos Pedrell,
composer, dies at 62
1965 - Anthon van der Horst,
Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65
1971 - Jean-Pierre Guezek,
composer, dies at 36
1993 - Bob Crosby,
swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79
1994 - Louis Freeman,
band leader, dies at 100
1994 - Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77
1996 - George Burns,
American actor and singer (b. 1896)
1997 - Notorius B I G,
[Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24
1997 - The Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace], American rapper (b. 1972)
1999 - Harry Somers,
Canadian composer (b. 1925)
2000 - Ivo Robić,
Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
Composer Johann Pachelbel (1706)
2004 - Rust Epique,
former Crazy Town guitarist (b. 1968)
2005 - Chris LeDoux,
American country singer (b. 1948)
2007 - Brad Delp,
American singer (Boston) (b. 1951)
