Events in Music
Events 1 - 6 of 6
1961 - Henzes opera "Elegy for Young Lovers," premieres in Schwetzingen
1967 - BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references)
1970 - Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK
1979 - 1st western pop star to tour USSR-Elton John
1980 - Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss
1992 - Rap singer raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 37 of 37
1547 - Melchior Bischoff,
composer
1554 - Paulo Bellasio,
composer
1754 - Hans Gram,
composer
1812 - Gustav Adolf Mankell,
composer
1850 - Eaton Faning,
composer
1876 - John Owen Jones,
composer
1889 - Felix Arndt,
composer
1903 - Jerzy Fitelberg,
composer
1913 - Ion Dumitrescu,
composer
1917 - Enyss Djemil,
composer
1926 - Vic Ames,
rocker (Ames Brothers)
1927 - David Frederick Barlow,
composer
1927 - Walter Aschaffenburg, composer
1937 - Teddy Randazzo,
song writer (I'm on the Outside Looking In)
1938 - Marinella,
Greek singer and actress
1940 - Shorty Long,
soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge)
1942 - Paula,
[Jill Jackson], Tx, singer (Hey Paula)
1943 - Tison Street,
composer
1943 - Al Bano, Italian singer
1944 - Boudouin de Groot,
Dutch singer (Good night mister president)
1944 - Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter
Rocker Joe Cocker (1944)
1944 - Joe Cocker, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Little Help From My Friends)
1946 - Cher [Cherilyn Sarkisian],
El Centro, California, American singer and actress (I Got You Babe, Jack Lalane, Mask)
1952 - Warren Cann,
Victoria Canada, rock drummer (Ultravox)
1954 - James Henderson,
country singer (Black Oak Arkansas)
1954 - Guy Hoffman, American musician (Violent Femmes)
1955 - Steve George,
rock keyboardist (Mr Mister)
1955 - Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
1958 - Jane Wiedlin,
Wisc, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour)
1959 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole,
American singer (d. 1997)
1960 - John Cowsill,
rock vocalist (Cowsills-Hair)
1960 - Susan Cowsill, Newport RI, rock vocalist (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
1961 - Kit Clarke,
rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer)
1973 - Elsa Lunghini,
French singer and actress
1981 - Calico Cooper,
American actress and dancer
1984 - Kenny Vasoli,
American singer
Goddess of Pop Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian) (1946)
1986 - LaLa Brown,
American singer (d. 2007)
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 15 of 15
1650 - Francesco Sacrati,
composer, dies at 44
1751 - Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas,
composer, dies at 38
1782 - Carlo Giovanni Testori,
composer, dies at 68
1782 - Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer, dies at 82
1896 - Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann,
composer/pianist, dies at 76
1900 - Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman,
composer, dies at 80
1909 - Ernest Hogan,
blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859)
1910 - Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin,
composer, dies at 88
1975 - Jacques Stehman,
composer, dies at 62
1986 - Bernard Naylor,
composer, dies at 78
1991 - Julian Orbon De Soto,
composer, dies at 65
1996 - Jack Wyngaard,
dancer, dies at 37
2000 - Jean Pierre Rampal,
French flutist (b. 1922)
2001 - Renato Carosone,
Italian musician (b. 1920)
2012 - Robin Gibb,
British singer song-writer, dies from colon and liver cancer at 62
