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• 1976-12-22 East Germany grants rock singer Nina Hagen her request to leave the country, after refusing her stepfather re-entry

• 1978-10-11 Columbia Records releases "52nd Street", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's sixth studio album; it becomes his 1st chart-topper, and wins 3 Grammy Awards

• 1979-06-13 Asylum Records releases "Mingus", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 10th studio album
• 1979-08-20 American singer Vikki Carr (39) weds businessman Michael Nilsson

• 1980-03-01 American poet-singer Patti Smith (32) weds MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith (31) in Detroit, Michigan
• 1980-03-12 Columbia Records releases "Glass Houses", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's seventh studio album; it features his 1st No.1 single - "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"

• 1981-01-18 Punk singer Wendy O. Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity (later cleared)
• 1982-03-18 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
• 1982-09-23 Columbia Records releases "The Nylon Curtain", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's eighth studio album

• 1982-12-29 Jamaican Post issues commemorative postage stamp featuring reggae singer Bob Marley
• 1983-08-05 American rock singer David Crosby sentenced to 5 years in Texas state prison on drug and weapons convictions
• 1983-08-08 Columbia Records releases "An Innocent Man", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's ninth studio album; it featured three Billboard Top 10 hit singles: "Tell Her About It", "Uptown Girl". and the title track

• 1983-11-04 Warner Bros. Records releases "Hearts and Bones", the sixth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon

• 1984-08-07 Harmonica Frank [Floyd], American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player dies of lung cancer and diabetes complications at 75

• 1985-09-30 Island Records releases "Rain Dogs", the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits; the album features guitarist Marc Ribot, guest appearances from Keith Richards, and one of Waits' most covered songs, "Downtown Train"
• 1986-01-01 American singer Barbra Streisand and hairdresser/film producer Jon Peters' romantic relationship ends
• 1986-03-06 After losing all appeals, American rock singer David Crosby begins serving 5 year sentence for drug and weapons convictions in Texas state prison

• 1986-07-09 Columbia Records releases "The Bridge", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's tenth studio album
• 1986-08-08 Texas paroles American rock singer David Crosby from state prison, 5 months into his 5 year prison sentence for drug and weapons convictions; he credits the respite with helping him to break his cocaine addiction
• 1986-08-28 American rock singer Tina Turner's star unveiled at Hollywood's Walk of Fame; Hollywood, California
• 1987-05-29 British pop singer Freddie Mercury and Spanish opera diva Montserrat Caballé debut their song "Barcelona" at the Ibiza Fest
• 1987-06-26 Columbia Records releases "King's Record Shop", the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, and the final of her albums produced by husband Rodney Crowell
• 1988-03-23 Geffen Records releases "Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 13th studio album

• 1989-10-17 Columbia Records releases "Storm Front", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's eleventh studio album
• 1990-03-20 Singer Gloria Estefan fractures her spine when a truck hits her tour bus near Scranton, Pennsylvania
• 1990-04-04 Singer Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her tour bus accident

• 1990-10-05 Columbia Records releases "Interiors", the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. produced by Cash herself

• 1990-10-16 Warner Bros, Records releases "The Rhythm of the Saints", the eighth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon

• 1990-11-17 American singer David Crosby breaks his left leg, ankle and shoulder in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles, California
• 1991-02-19 Geffen Records releases "Night Ride Home", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 14th studio album

• 1992-01-11 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon brings his “Born at the Right Time” tour to South Africa, at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg
• 1992-03-04 Singer-songwriter Paul Simon tapes an acoustic concert performance for "MTV Unplugged" at Kaufman-Astoria Studios in Queens, NYC

• 1992-04-29 Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery

• 1992-06-03 "MTV Unplugged" broadcasts singer-songwriter Paul Simon and 11 of his band members performing in Queens, NYC

• 1992-09-01 American comic and folk singer Tommy Smothers undergoes arthroscopic surgery

• 1992-09-08 Island Records releases "Bone Machine", the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits; it earns him his first Grammy Award win (Best Alternative Music Album)

• 1993-01-19 Columbia Records releases "The Wheel", the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. co-produced by Cash and future husband John Leventhal
• 1993-01-21 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder
• 1993-02-02 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to singer-songwriter Tom Waits for using his distinctive voice song style in radio advertisement
• 1993-03-08 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder
• 1993-06-07 American singer Prince celebrates his birthday by changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol
• 1993-08-10 Columbia Records releases "River of Dreams", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's twelfth and final (unless he just changes his mind) studio album

• 1994-02-07 American actor and singer Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle, USMC) undergoes a liver transplant
• 1994-03-02 Miami begins a Latin Walk of Fame, 1st star awarded is for singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan
• 1994-03-05 Jefffesron Airplane/Starship singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop
• 1994-04-07 American soul singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion; receives sentence of six months in a halfway house, five years of probation, and ordered to pay $96,000 in back taxes and penalties

• 1994-05-24 Poison singer Bret Michaels is involved in a car crash
• 1994-09-12 American country singer-songwriter George Jones undergoes successful triple bypass surgery

• 1994-10-25 Reprise Records releases "Turbulent Indigo", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 15th studio album; wins Grammy Award for Best Pop Album

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• 1889-09-28 D P "Dad" Carter, American gospel singer (Chuck Wagon Gang), born near Columbia, Kentucky (d. 1963)
• 1889-10-28 Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress (Le gros Bill) and singer, born in Nicolet, Quebec (d. 1975)
• 1890-03-06 Fernand Ansseau, Belgian opera singer (Orfeo), born in Boussu-Bois, Belgium (d. 1972)
• 1890-03-12 Evert Axel Taube, Swedish ballad singer and composer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1976)

• 1890-12-20 Yvonne Arnaud, French-born pianist, singer and actress (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), born in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France (d. 1958)
• 1891-02-20 Ivan Harold Browning, American stage and screen actor and singer (Shuffle Along - "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), born in Brenham, Texas (d. 1978)
• 1891-03-23 Catherine Murphy Urner, American singer and composer, born in Mitchell, Indiana (d. 1942)
• 1891-12-15 A. P. Carter, American country-folk and gospel singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Carter Family), born in Maces Spring, Virginia (d. 1960)
• 1892-03-17 Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and "father of Egyptian popular music" (Ana Haweet), born in Kôm el-Dikka, Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1923)
• 1892-05-18 Ezio Pinza, Italian American operatic bass (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1926-48), and Tony Award-winning singer (South Pacific), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1957)
• 1892-05-31 Willem Ravelli, Dutch baritone singer (St Matthew Passion), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1980)

• 1893-03-08 Mississippi John Hurt, American country blues singer and guitarist, born in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi (d. 1966)
• 1893-05-25 (Ernest) "Pop" Stoneman, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and autoharp player ("Sinking of the Titanic"; The Stoneman Family), born in Monarat, Virginia (d. 1968)
• 1893-06-14 Siggie Nordstrom, American singer (The Nordstrom Sisters), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1980)
• 1893-06-26 "Big" Bill Broonzy, American blues singer and guitarist (Blues by Broonzy), born in Scott, Mississippi (d. 1958)

• 1893-09-24 "Blind" Lemon Jefferson, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Coutchman, Texas (d. 1929)
• 1894-01-16 Irving Mills [Isadore Minsky], American jazz music publisher, manager (Duke Ellington, 1926-48), singer and lyricist, born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1985)
• 1894-04-15 Bessie Smith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1937)
• 1894-11-29 Lucille Hegamin, American blues singer ("Jazz Me Blues", "Arkansas Blues"), and entertainer, born in Macon. Georgia (d. 1970)
• 1895-01-13 Fortunio Bonanova, Spanish opera singer and actor, born in Palma de Mallorca Spain (d. 1969)
• 1895-01-20 Eva Jessye, American singer, actress, songwriter (Hallelujah) and 1st black woman to receive international distinction as a choral conductor, born in Coffeyville, Kansas (d. 1992)
• 1895-03-31 Lizzie Miles [Elizabeth Landreaux], Creole American jazz, blues and gospel singer ("Man O'War"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1963)
• 1895-04-01 Alberta Hunter, American blues singer, and composer ("Downhearted Blues"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1984)
• 1895-04-09 Beau De Glen "Mance" Lipscomb, American blues singer and guitarist ("Shine On, Harvest Moon"), born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1976)
• 1895-06-14 Cliff Edwards, American singer, aka "Ukulele Ike" (Walt Disney's Pinocchio - "Jiminy Cricket"; "When You Wish Upon a Star"), born in Hannibal, Missouri (d. 1971)
• 1895-07-25 Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (Paris Waltz; Voyage to America), born in Ermont, France (d. 1977)
• 1895-10-21 J Delos Jewkes, American light opera, vaudeville, choral (Mormon Tabernacle), film and television bass singer, and actor (Stars And Stripes Forever; The Music Man; The Andy Griffith Show), born in Orangeville, Utah (d. 1984)
• 1895-10-28 John Boles, American singer and actor (Babes in Baghdad), born in Greenville, Texas (d. 1969)
• 1895-11-08 Euphemia Giannini Gregory, Italian-American opera singer and educator (Curtis Institute), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1979)
• 1895-11-08 Hermann Schey, German-Dutch singer, born in Bunzlau, Silesia, Germany (d. 1981)
• 1895-12-09 Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer, born in Barcelona (d. 1936)
• 1896-01-20 George Burns [Nathan Birnbaum], American actor, comedian and singer (Oh God; Burns and Allen), born in New York City (d. 1996)
• 1896-01-25 Florence Mills [Winfrey], American cabaret singer, dancer and comedian, known as 'the Queen of Happiness', born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1927)
• 1896-02-21 Sylvain Poons, Dutch stage actor and singer (Blue Jackets), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1985)
• 1896-08-02 Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1960)
• 1896-09-02 Amanda Randolph, American jazz and blues piano player and singer; stage, radio, and screen actress (The Laytons; Amos 'n Andy - "Ramona"; Danny Thomas Show - "Louise"), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1967)
• 1896-10-31 Ethel Waters, American actress (Beulah), singer (Stormy Weather), born in Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)
• 1896-11-23 Ruth Etting, American stage, radio, and screen singer ("Shine On Harvest Moon"; "Ten Cents A Dance"), and actress (Roman Scandals; Ziegfeld Follies), born in David City, Nebraska (d. 1978)
• 1897-01-03 Pola Negri [Apolonia Chalupec], Polish-American stage and silent and sound screen actress (Forbidden Paradise; Madame Bovary), and singer, born in Lipno, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1987)
• 1897-01-10 Sam Chatmon, American Delta blues guitarist, banjo player, and singer (The Mississippi Sheiks), born in Bolton, Mississippi (d. 1983)
• 1897-01-22 "Blind" Willie Johnson, American gospel blues singer and guitarist ("Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"), born in Pendleton, Texas (d. 1945)

• 1897-03-25 "Sweet" Emma Barrett, American Dixieland jazz pianist and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1983)
• 1897-04-01 Lucille Bogan, American blues singer and songwriter ("Sweet Petunia"; "Black Angel Blues"), born in Amory, Mississippi (d. 1948)
• 1897-04-19 Vivienne Segal, American Broadway actress and singer (Pal Joey), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
• 1897-06-03 Memphis Minnie [Lizzie Douglas], American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter ("Bumble Bee"; "Me and My Chauffeur Blues"), born in Algiers, Louisiana (d. 1973)
• 1897-07-11 Johnny Marvin, American jazz, pop, and country ukulele player, singer, and vaudevillian, born in Butler Oklahoma Territory (d. 1944)
• 1897-08-22 Nick Lucas [Dominic Lucanese], American jazz guitarist and singer ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips"; "Painting the Clouds With Sunshine"), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1982)

• 1897-10-30 Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and singer-songwriter of popular ballads and boleros (Granada; Solamente Una Vez), born in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz (d. 1970)
• 1898-02-07 Morgan Lee "Dock" Boggs, American folk and blues singer and banjo player, born in Norton, Virginia (d. 1971)
• 1898-04-03 George Jessel, American stage and screen actor, singer, producer and host known as "The Toastmaster General", born in New York City (d. 1981)
• 1898-04-09 Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1974)

• 1898-04-12 (Alice) "Lily" Pons, French-American coloratura soprano opera singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1931-60) and actress (That Girl From Paris), born in Draguignan, France (d. 1976)
• 1898-04-15 Nini de Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1982)
• 1898-07-24 Caterina Jarboro, African-American opera singer and 1st black female performer to sing on opera stage in US, born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1986)

• 1898-10-18 Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer], Austrian-American singer, muse and wife of Kurt Weill, and actress (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; From Russia with Love), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1981)
• 1898-11-01 Sippie Wallace [Beulah Belle Thomas], American blues singer ("Women Be Wise"), born in Plumb Bayou, Arkansas (d. 1986)
• 1899-03-23 Dora Gerson, German-Jewish actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (Caravan of Death), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1943)

• 1899-05-14 Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek folk singer, songwriter and guitarist, born in Tinos, Greece (d. 1977)
• 1899-06-25 Arthur Tracy [Avrom Tracovutsky], Ukrainian-American radio personality, vocalist, and accordion player (The Street Singer), born in Kamenetz-Podolsky, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1997)
• 1899-07-01 Cavan O'Connor, British singer ("I'm Only a Strolling Vagabond"), born in Nottingham, England (d. 1997)
• 1899-07-10 Noble Sissle, American jazz composer, singer, lyricist and playwright (Shuffle Along; "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1975)
• 1899-09-11 Jimmie Davis, American singer and songwriter ("You Are My Sunshine"), born in Quitman, Louisiana (d. 2000)
• 1899-09-17 Winnie Lightner [Winifred Reeves], American vaudeville stage and screen actress, and singer (Gold Diggers of Broadway; Gold Dust Gertie; Sit Tight), born in Greenport, New York (d. 1971)
• 1899-10-09 Mary Jarred, British mezzo-soprano and contralto singer (The Rake's Progress), born in Brotton, England (d. 1993)
• 1899-10-14 Red McKenzie, American jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1948)

• 1899-12-05 Sonny Boy Williamson II [Aleck Miller], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, born in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi (d. 1965) (year of birth disputed)

• 1900-02-03 Mabel Mercer, British jazz and cabaret singer whose style and phrasing influenced Frank Sinatra ("Fly Me To The Moon"), born in Burton upon Trent, England (d. 1984)
• 1900-02-13 Joseph "Wingy" Manone American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader ("Tar Paper Stomp"; "Downright Disgusted Blues"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1982)
• 1900-03-01 Keith Falkner, British bass-baritone singer (Director of the Royal College of Music), born in Sawston, England (d. 1994)
• 1900-04-14 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian opera singer and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1969)
• 1900-07-10 Evelyn Laye [Elsie Lay], British stage and operetta singer and actress (Bitter Sweet; The Merry Widow), born in Bloomsbury, London, England (d. 1996)
• 1900-08-02 Helen Morgan [Riggins], American singer and actress (Applause, Show Boat), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1941)
• 1900-08-23 Malvina Reynolds, American folk singer and songwriter (Morningtown Ride), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1978)
• 1901-02-15 James "Kokomo" Arnold, American blues slide guitarist, and singer, born in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia (d. 1968) [some sources give birth year as 1896]
• 1901-05-05 Blind Willie McTell, American ragtime singer and guitarist, born in Thomson, Georgia (d. 1959)
• 1901-06-22 Jack Whiting, American actor and singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1961)

• 1901-08-26 Jimmy Rushing, American jump blues singer, known as "Mr. Five By Five" (Count Basie Orchestra, 1935-48), and pianist, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1972)
• 1901-10-20 Adelaide Hall, American-English musical theatre, cabaret, and jazz singer (Cotton Club; "Creole Love Call" with Duke Ellington), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1993) [1]
• 1901-11-06 Juanita Hall (née Long), American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress and singer (South Pacific; Flower Drum Song), born in Keyport, New Jersey (d. 1968)
• 1901-12-05 Ray Whitley, American country and western singer-songwriter ("Back in the Saddle Again") and actor (Tim Holt films), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1979)

• 1902-01-13 Louis "Putney" Dandridge American jazz pianist and singer (Heatin' Up Harlem), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1946)
• 1902-03-21 Edward "Son" House, American delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Walking Blues"; "Preachin' The Blues"), born in Lyons, Mississippi (d. 1988)
• 1902-04-03 Henri Garat, French actor and singer (Les dieux s'amusent; Congress Dances), born in Paris, France (d. 1959)
• 1902-04-13 Del Porter, American jazz singer (Foursome - "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"; Spike Jones and His City Slickers - "Der Fuehrer's Face"), born in Newberg, Oregon (d. 1977)
• 1902-06-09 Nehemiah "Skip" James, American Delta blues singer, guitarist and piano player ("I'm So Glad"), born in Bentonia, Mississippi (d. 1969)
• 1902-07-18 (Theodore Childress) "Chill" Wills, American pop baritone singer (Avalon Boys), and actor (The Alamo; Rounders), born in Seagoville, Texas (d. 1978)
• 1902-07-20 Jimmy Kennedy, Irish singer-songwriter ("Teddy Bears' Picnic"; "My Prayer"), born in Omagh, Ireland (d. 1984)

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Weddings 101 - 200 of 497

• 1973-09-17 American "The Osmonds" lead singer and bassist Merrill Osmond (20) weds American homemaker Mary Carlson

• 1974-07-16 "The Osmonds" singer Alan Osmond (25) weds Suzanne Pinegar at LDS Temple in Provo, Utah

• 1978-05-08 Singer Donny Osmond (20) weds Debra Glenn (19) at Salt Lake Temple in Utah
• 1978-07-06 American country singer Tammy Wynette (36) weds American record producer George Richey (42) in Florida (her 5th husband, his 3rd wife) until he death in 1998

• 1978-10-31 American "All By Myself" singer-songwriter Eric Carmen (29) weds Marcy Hill; divorce in less than a year

• 1979-07-08 British rock singer Marianne Faithfull (32) weds second husband British punk rocker Ben Briefly; divorce in 1986

• 1979-12-04 American singer Liza Minnelli (33) weds (her 3rd) American sculptor Mark Gero; divorce 1992

• 1980-07-16 Five-time Grammy Award singer Donna Summer (31) weds award-winning arranger Bruce Sudano (31) in Los Angeles, California

• 1982-06-26 American pop singer Marie Osmond (22) weds college student Steve Craig; divorce in 1985

• 1984-07-07 Singer Frankie Valli (50) marries Randy Clohessy (24)

• 1984-10-27 "Jessie's Girl" singer Rick Springfield (35) weds Barbara Porter in Australia

• 1985-06-01 Country singer Merle Haggard (48) weds fourth wife Debbie Parret; divorce in 1991

• 1986-05-03 American Mousketeer-actress-singer Annette Funicello (43) weds American harness racing horse breeder and trainer Glen Holt (55), until her death in 2013
• 1986-05-16 "King Crimson" founder and guitarist Robert Fripp (40) weds British actress and rock singer Toyah Wilcox (27) at Church of St. Mary, St. Cuthurga and All Saints in Witchampton, England

• 1986-10-16 American pop singer Marie Osmond weds Brian Blosil at the Jordan River Temple in South Jordan, Utah: divorce in 2007

• 1987-05-16 American singer David Crosby (45) weds Jan Dance (35) at Hollywood Church of Religious Science in Los Angeles, California

• 1989-02-17 Whitesnake's singer David Coverdale (37) weds American actress Tawny Kitaen (27); divorced 1991

• 1989-06-03 Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone at Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, Nevada
• 1989-08-23 "The Cars" lead singer and guitarist Ric Ocasek (40) weds model Paulina Porizkova (24) on the Caribbean island of St. Barts; separate in 2017, he dies before divorce finalized

• 1989-09-16 American pop singer Natalie Cole (39) weds second husband American "Rufus" drummer and record producer André Fisher; divorce in 1995

• 1990-12-15 British singer Rod Stewart (45) weds American supermodel Rachel Hunter (21); divorce in 2006
• 1991-03-31 American actress-singer Janet Jackson (25) weds Mexican dancer and music video director René Elizondo Jr. (28); divorce in 2003

• 1991-06-07 American pop singer Jimmy Osmond (28) weds Michelle Larson
• 1991-06-09 American rock star Bruce Springsteen (41) weds his backup singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa (34), at their Los Angeles home

• 1991-10-27 British "Thompson Twins" singer Tom Bailey (37) weds New Zealand visual artist and "Thompson Twins" bandmate Alannah Currie (34) at Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 2003

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• 1946-01-07 Adamo Didur, Polish operatic bass singer (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1908-32), dies at 71
• 1946-02-15 Louis "Putney" Dandridge American jazz pianist and singer (Heatin' Up Harlem), dies at 44
• 1946-09-16 Mamie Smith, American vaudeville singer, dancer and actress (Crazy Blues), dies at 63
• 1946-12-28 Carrie Jacobs-Bond, American singer, pianist, songwriter (I Love You Truly; A Perfect Day), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 85
• 1947-01-11 Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born vaudeville and film singer and entertainer dies at 68
• 1947-01-28 Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French singer, composer, conductor, and music critic, dies at 72
• 1948-02-07 Red McKenzie, American jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies at 48
• 1948-08-10 Lucille Bogan, American blues singer and songwriter ("Sweet Petunia"; "Black Angel Blues"), dies from coronary sclerosis at 51
• 1949-12-28 Ivie Anderson, American swing jazz singer (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1931-42), dies of complications from chronic asthma at 45 [1]
• 1950-02-19 Edyth Walker, American opera singer, dies at 82
• 1950-02-26 Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer ("Roamin' in the Gloamin'"), dies at about 75
• 1950-05-07 Bertha "Chippie" Hill, American blues and vaudeville singer (King Oliver's Jazz Band), struck and killed by a car in New York City at 45

• 1952-03-22 "Uncle" Dave Macon, American vaudeville and Grand Ole Opry banjo player, singer-songwriter and comedian, dies at 81

• 1953-03-29 Arthur Fields [Abraham Finkelstein], American singer-songwriter (Aba Daba Honeymoon), dies in a fire at his nursing home residence at 68 [1]
• 1953-08-02 Betty Jack Davis, American country singer (with Skeeter Davis in The Davis Sisters), killed in car crash at 21
• 1953-10-08 Kathleen Ferrier, English contralto singer (Orfeo Ed Evridice), dies of cancer at 41
• 1953-12-05 Jorge Negrete [Moreno], Mexican singer and actor (The Rebel, La madrina del diablo), dies of hepatitis at 42
• 1954-04-14 Lillian "Lil" Green, American blues singer and songwriter ("Romance In The Dark"), dies at 39 [or 57, or 48 - year of birth disputed]
• 1954-05-02 Pauline Manifarges, Dutch contralto singer, dies at 82
• 1954-05-04 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch concert and opera contralto singer, dies at 82
• 1954-08-17 Billy Murray, American singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77
• 1954-09-10 Peter Anders, German opera singer, dies at 46
• 1954-11-05 Oran "Hot Lips" Page, American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader, dies at 46
• 1954-12-25 Johnny Ace, American rhythm and blues singer, accidentally shoots himself in the head at 25
• 1955-06-06 Vernon Isley, American rock singer (The Isley Brothers), dies from injuries sustained when he is struck by a car while riding his bicycle at 13
• 1955-08-05 Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer and actress (Down Argentine Way), dies of a heart attack at 46
• 1956-01-05 Mistinguett [Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois], French actress and singer (Moulin Rouge star), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 80
• 1956-03-09 Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer, pianist, teacher, and composer of parlour songs and light orchestral pieces music, dies at 89
• 1956-06-04 Max Kowalski, German singer, composer, singing teacher, and concentration camp survivor, dies at 73
• 1956-11-07 Una Mae Carlisle, American jazz pianist and singer ("Walkin' By The River"), dies of pneumonia at 40
• 1957-02-23 Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
• 1957-04-15 Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and ranchero singer, dies as co-pilot in a plane crash at 39
• 1957-05-09 Ezio Pinza, Italian American operatic bass (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1926-48), and Tony Award-winning singer (South Pacific), dies at 64
• 1957-05-21 Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer (b. 1889)
• 1957-07-20 Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46
• 1958-08-14 "Big" Bill Broonzy, American blues singer and guitarist (Blues by Broonzy), dies of cancer at 65
• 1959-02-03 Ritchie Valens [Valenzuela], American rock singer ("Donna"; "La Bamba"), dies in plane crash at 17
• 1959-02-03 The Big Bopper [Jiles Perry Richardson], American radio disc jockey, singer and songwriter (Chantilly Lace; White Lightning), dies in plane crash at 28

• 1959-08-13 Henri Garat [Garascu], French actor (Congress Dances), and singer ("Les dieux s'amusent"), dies at 57
• 1959-08-15 "Blind" Willie McTell [McTier], American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist, dies at 61
• 1959-10-07 Mario Lanza [Alfredo Arnold Cocozza], Italian-American actor and singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans), dies of a heart attack at 38
• 1959-11-22 Sam M. Lewis [Levine] American singer and lyricist ("Street of Dreams"; "Just Friends"; "Dinah"), dies at 74
• 1960-01-18 Gladys Bentley, American blues singer, performer and drag king pioneer during the Harlem Renaissance, dies of pneumonia at 52 [1]
• 1960-02-03 Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor, dies in an automobile accident at 38
• 1960-02-06 Jesse Belvin, American pop singer, piano player (Mr. Easy), and songwriter (Earth Angel), dies in a car crash after a concert in Little Rock, Arkansas at 27
• 1960-04-13 Beverly Kenney American jazz singer ("I Hate Rock n' Roll"; "Born To Be Blue"), takes her on life at 28
• 1960-11-05 Johnny Horton, American country and rockabilly singer ("The Battle of New Orleans"), dies in a car accident at 33
• 1960-11-07 A. P. Carter, American country-folk and gospel singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Carter Family), dies at 68
• 1961-01-11 Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)
• 1961-01-13 Blanche Ring, American singer ("In The Good Old Summer Time"), and stage and screen actress, dies at 89
• 1961-02-15 Jack Whiting, American actor and singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 59
• 1961-03-06 George Formby, British singer and comedian, dies at 56
• 1961-04-29 Cisco Houston, American folk singer (b. 1918)
• 1961-05-19 Joe Howard, American vaudeville, Broadway, and television singer (Gay Nineties Revue), and songwriter ("Hello Ma Baby"), dies at 91
• 1961-07-11 Erskine Butterfield, American swing and boogie-woogie jazz pianist, singer, and composer, dies at 48
• 1961-08-15 (Granville) "Stick" McGhee, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter ("Drinkin' Wine. Spo-Dee-O-Dee"), dies of lung cancer at 43
• 1961-10-05 Don Barbour, American singer (The Four Freshmen), dies at 34
• 1961-12-16 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer, prima donna, dies at 93
• 1962-08-14 June Richmond, American jazz singer (Jimmy Dorsey; Cab Calloway; Andy Kirk - "Hey Lawdy Mama"), dies of a heart attack at 47 [1]
• 1962-09-08 Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer ("Mbube" / "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), dies of kidney failure at 52 or 53 [birth date uncertain]
• 1962-10-17 (Henry) "Rubberlegs" Williams, American vaudeville dancer, and blues and jazz singer, dies at 55
• 1962-12-13 Harry Barris, American popular singer, scat vocalist, and songwriter ("Mississippi Mud"), dies at 57
• 1963-01-02 Dick Powell [Richard Ewing Powell], American singer, actor, producer and director (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater), dies from cancer at 58
• 1963-02-19 Bartolomé "Beny" Moré, Cuban guaracha and mambo singer, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader, dies of liver cirrhosis at 43
• 1963-03-05 Harold "Hawkshaw" Hawkins, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee; "Lonesome 7-7203"), dies in a plane crash at 41
• 1963-03-05 Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas, American country singer ("Candy Kisses"; "Alabam"), dies in a plane crash at 49

• 1963-03-17 Lizzie Miles [Elizabeth Landreaux], Creole-American jazz, blues and gospel singer ("Man O'War"), dies of a heart attack at 68
• 1963-06-22 Maria Tănase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)

• 1963-10-29 Michael Holliday [Norman Milne], British pop singer ("The Story of My Life"), dies of a suspected drug overdose at 38
• 1963-12-13 Stan Jones, American singer-songwriter ("Ghost Riders in the Sky"), and actor (Rio Grande; Ten Who Dared), dies of cancer at 49
• 1963-12-14 Dinah Washington [Ruth Lee Jones], American jazz, blues, pop, and R&B singer ("What a Diff'rence a Day Makes": "September In The Rain"), dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39
• 1964-01-15 (Weldon Leo) "Jack" Teagarden, American jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman, 1933-38; Louis Armstrong's All-Stars, 1946-51), singer ("Basin Street Blues"), and bandleader, dies from bronchial pneumonia at 58
• 1964-02-09 Willie Bryant, American jazz singer, bandleader, and disc jockey (Sugar Hill Times), dies of a heart attack at 55
• 1964-07-31 Jim Reeves, American country singer ("He'll Have To Go"; "Distant Drums"), and actor (Kimberley Jim), dies in airplane crash at 39
• 1964-08-14 Johnny Burnette, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist ('Train Kept A-Rollin'"; "You're Sixteen"), drowns in nighttime boating mishap at 30
• 1964-11-03 John Henry Barbee, American blues guitarist and singer, dies of a heart attack at 58
• 1964-11-10 Jimmie Dodd, American actor (The Mickey Mouse Club; Thundering Trails; Riders of the Rio Grande), and singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 54

• 1965-05-25 Sonny Boy Williamson II [Aleck Miller], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, dies at 65
• 1965-06-20 Ira Louvin [Loudermilk], American country singer and mandolin player (Louvin Brothers - "The Only Way Out (Is to Walk Over Me)"), dies in a car crash at 41
• 1965-10-21 Marie McDonald, American singer and actress known as "The Body Beautiful" (Promises Promises), dies of an accidental drug overdose at 42
• 1965-10-27 Edythe Wright, American big band era singer (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 1935-39), dies of pancreatic cancer at 51
• 1966-02-09 Sophie Tucker [Kalish], Russian-born American singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama) known as "last of the red hot mammas", dies at 79
• 1966-03-24 Lola Beltrán, Mexican ranchera singer ("Priscila elque se fue"; "Paloma Negra") and actress (El revólver sangriento), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 64
• 1966-04-30 Richard Fariña, American folk singer-songwriter ("Birmingham Sunday"), and novelist ("Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me"), dies in a motorcycle crash on his 29th birthday
• 1966-06-06 Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash at 27
• 1966-06-12 Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), dies at 81
• 1966-07-18 Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist ("I Fought The Law"), found dead in his car at 23
• 1966-07-23 Donald Novis, British singer and actor (Monte Carlo; The Singing Plumber), dies at 60
• 1966-09-26 Helen Kane, American actress and singer (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62
• 1966-10-07 Johnny Kidd [Frederick Heath], British rock singer-songwriter (Johnny Kidd & Pirates - "Shakin' All Over"), dies in a car crash at 30
• 1966-10-07 Smiley Lewis [Overton Amos Lemons], American R&B singer, and guitarist ("The Bells Are Ringing"; "One Night (Of Sin)"; "I Hear You Knocking"), dies of stomach cancer at 46
• 1966-10-26 Alma Cogan, British pop singer ("Dreamboat"; "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"), dies of ovarian cancer at 34
• 1966-11-02 Mississippi John Hurt, American country blues singer and guitarist, dies at 73

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