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Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 501 - 600 of 6,334

1919-04-13 [Harold] Howard Keel, American actor, singer, (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; Kiss Me Kate), and president of the Screen Actors Guild, born in Gillespie, Illinois (d. 2004)
1919-04-17 Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer, born in San Joaquín de Flores, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (d. 2012)
1919-04-18 Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (Meet the People; DuBarry Was A Lady; Thousands Cheer), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2001)
1919-04-21 Don Cornell [Luigi Varlaro], American pop singer (Sammy Kaye Orchestra - "Room Full of Roses; solo - "Hold My Hand"), born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 2004)
1919-04-22 Benjamin "Bull Moose" Jackson, American R&B saxophone player and singer ("Hurry, Hurry"), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1989)

Pete Seeger (1919-2014)

1919-05-03 American folk singer (The Weavers - "Goodnight Irene") and activist, helped create the modern American folk music movement, born in New York City

Peggy Lee (1920-2002)

1920-05-26 American singer ("Fever"; "Is That All There Is?"), songwriter ("Mañana"), and actress (Pete Kelly's Blues; Lady and the Tramp), born in Jamestown, North Dakota

1920-05-30 John Heawood, Canadian actor, singer and choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), born in Canada (d. 1995)
1920-06-11 Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer and pianist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)
1920-06-19 Harry Brannon, American popular radio singer of the 1940s (WOR- New York), and later clergyman, born in Gloucester City, New Jersey (d. 1991)
1920-07-12 Paul Foster, American gospel singer (The Soul Stirrers), born in Grand Cane, Louisiana (d. 1995)
1920-07-23 Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1999)
1920-08-08 Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer ("Ain't Nobody's Business"), born in Gurdon, Arkansas (d. 1997)

Mike Douglas (1920-2006)

1920-08-11 American big band singer (Kay Kyser), and TV talk show host (The Mike Douglas Show, 1961-81), born in Chicago, Illinois

1920-08-17 Georgia Gibbs [Frieda Lipschitz], American jazz and pop singer ("Kiss of Fire"; "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 2006) [1]

Maureen O'Hara (1920-2015)

1920-08-17 Irish-American actress (Miracle on 34th Street; The Quiet Man; Only The Lonely), and singer, born in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland

Weddings in Music

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Divorces in Music

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Deaths in Music

Deaths 501 - 600 of 2,318

1984-08-07 Esther Phillips, American singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48
1984-08-11 Percy Mayfield, American singer (Hit the Road Jack), dies at 63
1984-08-14 (John) "Bobo" Jenkins, American blues singer-songwriter (Democrat Blues), dies at 68
1984-09-20 Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter ("City O f New Orleans"; "Chicken Cordon Blues"), dies of leukemia at 36
1984-10-17 Alberta Hunter, American blues singer and composer, dies at 89
1984-12-22 Viola Wells [Evans], American jazz, blues, and gospel singer, dies at 82
1985-01-17 Jimmy DeBerry, American blues guitarist, banjo player, and singer, dies at 73
1985-01-31 Barbara Cowsill, American singer and rock band mother (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly"), dies of emphysema at 56
1985-02-07 Matt Monro [Terence Parsons], English pop singer ("Softly As I Leave You"), dies from liver cancer at 54
1985-02-18 Willy Alberti [Carel Verbrugge], Dutch singer and actor (Riffin in Amsterdam), dies at 58
1985-02-27 Ray Ellington [Henry Pitts Brown], British jazz drummer, singer and bandleader (The Goon Show), dies of cancer at 68
1985-03-17 Anita Boyer, American radio and big band singer (Tommy Dorsey - "I Concentrate On You"), dies at 69 [1]
1985-03-29 Jeanine Deckers, Belgian singer-songwriter, and Dominican nun known as 'The Singing Nun' ("Dominique"), cities financial difficulties, and commits suicide with barbiturate overdose at 51
1985-04-21 Irving Mills [Isadore Minsky], American jazz music publisher, manager (Duke Ellington, 1926-48), singer and lyricist, dies at 91
1985-05-06 Julie Vega, Filipina child actress and singer, dies at 16
1985-06-25 Connie "Pee Wee" Crayton, American R&B and blues guitarist and singer ("Do Unto Others"), dies of a heart attack at 70

1985-08-12 Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer (Sukiyaki), and actor, dies in JAL 123 crash at 43
1985-09-06 Eurreal "Little Brother" Montgomery, American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist, singer, and composer ("Crescent City Blues"), dies at 79
1985-09-06 Jane Frazee [Mary Jane Frehse], American actress, singer, and dancer (Beautiful But Broke, Beulah), dies at 70 of pneumonia
1985-09-06 Johnny Desmond [Giovanni De Simone], American radio and big band singer (Bob Crosby; Gene Krupa; Your Hit Parade; Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Orchestra),dies of cancer at 65 [1]
1985-10-11 Tex Williams, American country-western singer, dies of cancer at 68
1985-11-24 "Big" Joe Turner, American blues and R&B singer ("Shake, Rattle and Roll"), dies of heart failure at 74
1985-11-26 Sylvain Poons, Dutch stage actor and singer (Blue Jackets), dies at 89
1985-12-12 Anne Baxter, American actress (The Razor's Edge; All About Eve), and singer, dies of a stroke at 62
1985-12-22 (Dennes) D. Boon, American punk rock singer and guitarist (The Minutemen), dies in a van accident at 27
1986-01-14 Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter, dies in a helicopter crash at 33
1986-01-24 Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (Oklahoma!, Carousel), dies of pneumonia at 64
1986-03-22 Mark Dinning, American singer ("Teen Angel"), dies of a heart attack at 52
1986-03-31 O'Kelly Isley, American rock singer (Isley Brothers. 1954-86 - "Shout"; "Twist and Shout"; "It's Your Thing"), dies of a heart attack at 48
1986-04-08 Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer, dies at 18
1986-04-10 Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter ("The Greatest Love Of All"), dies of breast cancer at 37 [1]

1986-04-13 Dorothy Ashby (née Thompson), American jazz harpist, singer, and composer, dies of cancer at 53
1986-04-13 Johnny Dollar, American country and rockabilly singer, commits suicide at 53
1986-04-15 Tim McIntire, American actor (Brubaker; Stand By Your Man), singer-songwriter, and musician (Funzone), dies of congestive heart failure at 41
1986-06-17 Kate Smith, American singer ("God Bless America"; "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain"), radio star, and NHL Philadelphia Flyers good luck charm, dies of respiratory arrest at 78

Rudy Vallee (1901-1986)

1986-07-03 American singer and one of the earliest crooners ("Vagabond Dreams"; "My Time Is Your Time"), dies at 84

1986-08-13 Caterina Jarboro, African-American opera singer and 1st black female performer to sing on opera stage in US, dies at 88
1986-09-15 Virginia Gregg, American radio and screen actress, singer and double bassist, dies of lung cancer at 70
1986-11-01 Sippie Wallace [Beulah Belle Thomas], American blues singer ("Women Be Wise"), dies on her 88th birthday
1986-11-05 (Ulysses) Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Robins; The Coasters - "Charlie Brown"; "Youngblood"), dies of a heart attack at 61
1986-11-08 Beatrice Kay, American singer and actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Col), dies at 78
1986-11-22 (Benjamin) "Scatman" Crothers, American singer, musician ("I'd Rather Be a Hummingbird"), and actor (Chico and the Man - "Louie"; The Shining), dies of lung cancerat 76
1986-12-01 [Irving] Lee Dorsey, American pop and R&B singer (Working in the Coal Mine), dies at 61

Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)

1986-12-02 Cuban-American singer ("Babalú"), bandleader, actor (I Love Lucy - "Ricky Riccardo"), and television producer (The Untouchables),r, dies of lung cancer at 69

1986-12-03 Bob Howard [Joyner], American swing jazz singer and pianist (Sing it Again), dies at 80
1986-12-10 Kate Wolf [Allen], American folk singer-songwriter ("Love Still Remains"; "Across the Great Divide"), dies of leukemia at 44
1987-01-10 Marion Hutton [Thornburg], American singer (Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1938-42), and actress (In Society), dies of cancer at 67 [1]
1987-01-14 Alton Purnell, American Dixieland jazz pianist, and singer, dies at 75
1987-01-15 Dolores Hawkins, American R&B singer ("Rocks in My Bed"; "A Kiss Before Dying"), dies at 58
1987-01-15 Ray Bolger, American dancer, actor, and singer (Wizard of Oz - "Scarecrow"; Partridge Family - "Grandpa Renfrew"), dies of bladder cancer at 83
1987-02-15 Jimmy Holiday, American soul singer ("How Can I Forget"; Baby I Love You"), and songwriter ("Put A Little Love In Your Heart"), dies of heart failure at 42
1987-02-25 James Coco, American character actor (Only When I Laugh; Murder by Death), and singer (Man of La Mancha), dies of a heart attack at 56
1987-03-21 Dean Paul Martin, Jr, American singer (Dino, Desi & Billy), and actor (Misfits of Science), dies in a military aircraft crash at 35
1987-03-21 Robert Preston [Meservey], American stage and screen actor and singer (The Music Man; Mame; The Last Starfighter), dies of lung cancer at 68
1987-03-28 Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austrian singer who inspired the "Sound of Music" (Trapp Family Singers), dies of heart failure at 82
1987-04-19 Hugh Brannum, American actor and singer (Captain Kangaroo - "Mr. Green Jeans"; The Fred Waring Show - "Lumpy"), dies of cancer at 77
1987-05-03 Dalida [Yolande Christina Gigliotti], French-Italian actress (The Sixth Day), singer (Bambino), and Miss Egypt 1954, commits suicide at 54
1987-05-04 Paul Butterfield, American blues singer and harmonica player (Paul Butterfield Blues Band; Better Days), dies of drug abuse at 44

1987-06-22 American stage and screen tap dancer, singer ("Night And Day"; "Cheek To Cheek"; "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"), and actor (Royal Wedding; Easter Parade; Swingtime), dies of pneumonia at 88

1987-07-01 Snakefinger [Philip Lithman], British singer and songwriter. guitarist, and violinist (The Residents), dies of a heart attack at 38
1987-08-01 Pola Negri [Apolonia Chalupec], Polish-American stage and silent and sound screen actress (Forbidden Paradise; Madame Bovary), and singer, dies of pneumonia and a brain tumor at 92
1987-08-04 Kenny Price, American country singer ("Walking on New Grass"; "Happy Tracks"), dies of a heart attack at 56
1987-09-23 O. B. McClinton, American country singer (Man needs a woman), dies at 47
1987-10-13 Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor, dies at 58
1987-11-06 Zohar Argov, Israeli singer, dies in jail of unintentional suicide at 32
1987-11-17 Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81
1987-11-22 Ted Taylor, American R&B singer ("Stay Away From My Baby"), dies in a car crash at 58
1987-12-12 Truman "Pinky" Tomlin, American singer and actor (Sing While You're Able, With Love and Kisses), dies from a heart attack at 80
1988-01-29 Bantcho Bantchevsky, Bulgarian-American singer, commits suicide during a performance of at the Metropolitan Opera at 81
1988-02-13 John Curulewski, American rock guitarist and singer (Styx), dies of a brain aneurysm at 37
1988-03-08 Amar Singh Chamkila [Dhanni Ram], Punjabi folk singer "The Elvis of Punjab" killed by unknown gunmen as he arrived for concert at age 26 [1]

Andy Gibb (1958-1988)

1988-03-10 British singer-songwriter, performer and teen idol (Bee Gees - "I Just Want to Be Your Everything"), dies of myocarditis at 30

1988-03-17 Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer, dies at 38
1988-04-09 Dave Prater, American R&B singer and musician (Sam & Dave - "Soul Man"), dies in a car crash at 50
1988-04-25 Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter, and sister of Aretha, dies of cancer at 43
1988-04-25 Lanny Ross, American radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show), dies at 82
1988-04-28 B. W. Stevenson, American country singer, dies at 38
1988-05-05 George Rose, British actor and singer (Beacon Hill; Holocaust), dies at 68
1988-05-06 Paul Wilson, American doo-wop baritone singer (Flamingos, 1953-64 - "I Only Have Eyes For You"; "Lovers Never Say Goodbye"), dies at 53
1988-06-24 Hibari Misora [Kazue Katō], Japanese pop singer ("Kawa no nagare no yō ni" - Like the Flow of the River), dies of heart failure at 52
1988-07-18 Nico [Christa Päffgen], German model, and pop singer (Velvet Underground - "Sunday Morning"; "I'll Be Your Mirror"), dies from a bicycle accident at 43
1988-07-21 Norridge Mayhams, American swing, pop, and gospel singer-songwriter ("We'll Build a Bungalow"), guitarist, bandleader, and record producer, dies at 84
1988-08-08 Félix Leclerc, French Canadian singer and composer (Moi, mes souliers), dies at 74
1988-08-26 Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (Playback), dies in a car crash at 30
1988-08-28 Hazel Dawn [Henrietta Tout], American stage actress, singer, and violinist (The Pink Lady; The Debutante), and silent film actress (My Lady Incog), dies at 98
1988-10-07 Billy Daniels, African-American jazz singer ("That Old Black Magic") and television pioneer (The Billy Daniels Show), dies of cancer at 73
1988-10-19 Edward "Son" House, American delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Walking Blues"; "Preachin' The Blues"), dies of larynx cancer at 86
1988-12-02 Tata Giacobetti, Italian jazz singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra), dies at 66

Roy Orbison (1936-1988)

1988-12-06 American rock singer-songwriter ("Pretty Woman"; "Only The Lonely"; Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care"), dies of a massive heart attack at 52

1988-12-08 Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, American baritone a cappella singer (Persuasions - "Street Corner Symphony"), dies at 44

Sylvester James Jr. (1947-1988)

1988-12-16 American singer-songwriter (Do Ya Wanna Funk), dies of complications from HIV/AIDS at 41

1988-12-22 (Thomas) "Tucker" Smith, American stage and screen dancer, singer and actor (West Side Story - "Ice"), dies of cancer at 52
1989-01-08 Johnny Jordaan [Johannes van Musscher], Dutch pop and levenslied singer, dies at 64
1989-01-17 Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan folk and milonga singer-songwriter ("Recordándote"), poet, and journalist, dies at 52
1989-02-01 Blaze Foley [Michael Fuller], American outlaw country singer-songwriter (Wanted More Dead Than Alive), shot to death by a family friend at 39
1989-02-04 (Kenneth) "Jethro" Burns, American country singer, and mandolin player (Homer & Jethro -"The Battle of Kookamonga"), dies from prostate cancer at 69
1989-02-04 Trevor Lucas, Australian folk singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Fairport Convention), dies of a heart attack at 45
1989-02-26 Melvin Moore, American jazz trumpeter, and singer, dies at 65
1989-03-08 Stuart Hamblen, American singer and composer (This Ole House), dies at 80
1989-04-12 Herbert Mills, American pop singer (The Mills Brothers - "Paper Doll"; "Lazy River"), dies at 77

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