- 1545 Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
- 1640 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61
- 1731 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, German organist, composer, and Kapellmeister (Marienkirche (Danzig), 1715-31), dies at 58
- 1756 Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, and Maestro di Cappella (San Petronio, 1696-1756), dies at 94
- 1783 František Václav Habermann, Czech composer, dies at 76
- 1807 Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German princess and composer (patron of Classical Weimar court), dies at 67
- 1810 Konrad Back, German monastic composer, dies at 60
- 1883 Emilie Mayer, German composer of Romantic music, dies at 70
- 1911 Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian composer (Miške (In the Forest); Jūra (The Sea)), art nouveau painter, and writer, dies died of pneumonia at 35
- 1937 Algernon Ashton, British composer, dies at 77
- 1938 Joseph "King" Oliver, American jazz cornet player, composer, bandleader, and mentor to Louis Armstrong, dies of arteriosclerosis at 56 [1]
- 1955 Oskar Lindberg, Swedish composer (Requiem), dies at 68
- 1956 Bozidar Sirola, composer, dies at 66
- 1956 Jozef Szulc, Polish composer, dies at 81
- 1958 Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30
- 1960 Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (Devil Take Her), dies at 66
- 1962 Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish visual artist and rock bassist (The Beatles, 1960-61), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 21
- 1972 Henech Kon, Polish composer and cabaret performer, dies at 81
- 1979 Nino Rota [Giovanni Rota Rinaldi], Italian classical and film score composer (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze; The Godfather (I & II; 16 Fellini films), dies from a coronary thrombosis at 67
- 1986 Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter ("The Greatest Love Of All"), dies of breast cancer at 37 [1]
- 1994 James L. Lyons, American jazz promoter (Monterey Jazz Festival, 1958-92), dies of a heart attack at 77
- 1997 Toshiro Mayuzumi, Japanese composer (Sphenogramme), dies at 68
Little Eva (1943-2003)
American pop singer ("The Loco-motion"; "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby"), dies of cervical cancer at 59
- 2005 (Wladimir) "Wally" Tax, Dutch rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Outsiders; Tax Free), dies at 57
- 2005 Norbert Brainin, Austrian-British violinist (Amadeus Quartet, 1947-87), dies at 82
- 2007 Dakota Staton, American jazz singer ("Where Flamingos Fly"; "Sex Is A Misdemeanor"), dies at 76
- 2009 Richard Arnell, English classical composer, dies at 91
- 2012 Ritchie Teeter, American drummer (The Dictators, 1976-79; Twisted Sister, 1980-81), dies of esophageal cancer at 61
- 2013 Jimmy Dawkins, American electric blues musician, dies at 76
- 2017 Banner Thomas, American rock bassist (Molly Hatchet), dies of a heart attack at 63
- 2018 Yvonne Staples, American R&B singer (The Staple Sisters), dies at 80
- 2019 Earl Thomas Conley, American singer-songwriter with 18 No. 1 country hits ("Once In A Blue Moon"; "Angel In Disguise"), dies from cerebral atrophy at 77
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