Events in Music
Events 1 - 2 of 2
1969 - Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks
1979 - A L Webber musical "Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," premieres
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 52 of 52
1618 - Johannes Flittner,
composer
1666 - James Sherard,
composer
1731 - Theodore-Jean Tarade,
composer
1748 - Christoph Rheineck,
composer
1761 - Antonin Josef Alois Volanek,
composer
1805 - Alessandro Nini,
composer
1832 - Johann Gottfred Matthison-Hansen,
composer
1847 - Emma Albani,
Canadian soprano (d. 1930)
1855 - Guido Adler,
Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music)
1859 - William Henry Grattan Flood,
composer
1862 - Johan Wagenaar,
Dutch composer/conductor/organist (Cyrano)
1863 - Alfred Reisenauer,
composer
1871 - Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan,
composer
1877 - Roger Quilter,
British composer
1887 - Max Trapp,
composer
1891 - Dirk Vollenhoven,
Dutch composer/philosopher
1902 - Eugen Jochum,
Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor (Hamburg Orch)
1903 - Don Robey,
US gospel singer
1903 - Max Adrian, Enniskillen Northern Ireland, actor (Devils, Music Lover)
1907 - Rio Gebhardt,
composer
1909 - Bruno Bjelinski,
composer
1914 - William "Sabby" Lewis,
jazz pianist/arranger
1921 - Jan Tausinger,
composer
1921 - John Willard Peterson, composer
1922 - George S Irving,
Springfield Mass, singer/actor (Dumplings)
1923 - Victoria de los Angeles,
Spanish soprano (d. 2005)
1934 - William James Matthias,
composer
1934 - William Mathias, British composer (d. 1992)
1937 - Bill Anderson,
country singer (Still, From This Pen)
1940 - Barry Sadler,
American singer (d. 1989)
1941 - Johnny Kendall,
[Johan Donkerkaat], Dutch blues singer
1943 - Salvatore Adamo,
popular singer
1945 - Rick Grech,
Bordeaux France, rock bassist (Blind Faith, Traffic)
1947 - Jim Steinman,
American songwriter
1947 - Bob Weston, Devon, England, guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)(d. 2012)
1950 - Dan Peck,
Panama City Fla, rock vocalist/guitarist (America)
1955 - Beth Leavel,
American musical theatre actress
1957 - Lyle Lovett,
Klein Tx, country singer (God Will, Joshua Judges Ruth)
1957 - Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (d. 1988)
1959 - Eddie MacDonald,
rocker (The Alarm-Knocking on Heaven's Door)
1961 - Magne Furuholmen,
Oslo Norway, keyboardist/vocalist (Aha-Take on Me)
1961 - Calvin Johnson, American musician (Beat Happening, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System)
1962 - Anthony Kiedis,
rock vocalist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1962 - Maga Furuholmen, rocker
1963 - Rick Allen,
rock drummer (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
1963 - Kenny Alphin, American guitarist (Big & Rich)
1966 - Mary Hansen,
Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab) (d. 2002)
1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins,
American musician
1967 - Tina Arena, Australian singer
1975 - Bo Bice,
American singer
1975 - Scott "Skippy" Chapman, American musician
1985 - Dizzee Rascal,
English rapper
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 24 of 24
1672 - Heinrich Schutz,
composer, dies at 87
1711 - Christian Demelius,
composer, dies at 68
1750 - Giuseppe Sammartini,
composer, dies at 55
1768 - Pierre van Maldere,
composer, dies at 39
1788 - Johann Samuel Schroeter,
composer, dies
1810 - Georg Anton Kreusser,
composer, dies at 64
1817 - Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti,
composer, dies at 79
1825 - Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa,
composer, dies at 49
1844 - August Ferdinand Haeser,
composer, dies at 45
1895 - Aleksander Zarzycki,
composer, dies at 61
1927 - Florence Mills,
dancer/singer, dies in NYC at 32
1942 - Hugo Distler,
composer, dies at 34
1962 - Winter Haynes Watts,
composer, dies at 78
1975 - Norbert Rosseau,
composer, dies at 67
1975 - Philip James, composer, dies at 85
1982 - Leighton Lucas,
composer, dies at 79
1983 - Anthony van Hoboken,
Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96
1986 - Sippie Wallace,
blues singer, dies at 88
2004 - Mac Dre,
American rapper (b. 1970)
2004 - Terry Knight, American music promoter (b. 1943)
2005 - Skitch Henderson,
English-born bandleader (b. 1918)
2008 - Nathaniel Mayer,
American soul musician (b. 1944)
2008 - Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer (b. 1922)
2008 - Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)
