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Events in Music
Events 1 - 2 of 2
1944-12-15 - Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel
1995-01-30 - Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show"
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 67 of 67
1727-03-30 - Tommaso MFS Traetta,
Ital's opera composer/band leader (Farnace)
1890-06-06 - Ted Lewis,
American bandleader (d. 1971)
1897-05-14 - Sidney Bechet,
US, jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader
1898-03-26 - Charles Shadwell,
English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
1898-06-01 - Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild,
NYC, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show)
1899-04-29 - Duke Ellington,
Wash DC, [Edward Kennedy], bandleader (Take "A" Train)
1900-01-01 - Xavier Cugat,
Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)
1901-02-16 - Wayne King,
Savannah Ill, saxophonist/bandleader (Waltz King)
1902-02-12 - William D Revelli,
Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader
1902-03-30 - Ted Heath,
British musician and band leader (d. 1969)
1902-06-06 - Jimmie Lunceford,
American bandleader (d. 1947)
1903-12-17 - Ray Noble,
English bandleader and actor (d. 1978)
1903-12-29 - Clyde McCoy,
jazz trumpeter/bandleader
1904-03-01 - Glenn Miller,
bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood)
1905-08-20 - Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden,
US trombonist/actor (Meet Band Leaders)
1907-06-11 - Jose Bernabe Marino Barreto y Casanova,
pianist vocalist bandleader
1907-10-19 - Roger Wolfe Kahn,
American bandleader (d. 1962)
1907-12-25 - Cab[ell] Calloway,
Rochester, bandleader (Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball)
1908-09-06 - Paul Lavalle,
Beacon NY, bandleader (Cities Service Band of America)
1909-04-01 - Eddie Duchin,
Mass, society pianist/bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch)
1909-05-30 - Benny Goodman,
Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing)
1909-08-17 - Larry Clinton,
American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
1910-01-21 - Eua Sunthornsanan,
Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1910-05-23 - Artie Shaw,
[Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House)
1910-12-17 - Sy Oliver,
American jazz arranger and bandleader (d. 1988)
1911-01-22 - Bruno Kreisky,
Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83)
1912-02-16 - Machito "Frank Grillo",
Florida, bandleader (created salsa music)
1913-05-16 - Woody Herman,
jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds)
1913-07-22 - Gorni Kramer,
Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
1914-02-12 - Gordon Tex Beneke,
saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch)
1914-07-26 - Erskine Hawkins,
American musician and bandleader (d. 1993)
1915-12-25 - Pete Rugolo,
bandleader/arranger (Fugitive)
1916-12-11 - Dámaso Pérez Prado,
Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)
Jazz Drummer/Band Leader Buddy Rich (1917-09-30)
1917-09-30 - Buddy Rich,
New York, American jazz drummer and band leader (Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go), (d. 1987)
1919-03-11 - Mercer Ellington,
son of Duke Ellington/bandleader
1919-04-12 - Billy Vaughn,
American musician and bandleader (d. 1991)
1920-03-27 - Richard Hayman,
bandleader/conductor/pianist (Theme of 3 Penny Opera)
1922-01-20 - Ray Anthony,
American trumpeter, bandleader and actor
1922-03-20 - Larry Elgart,
New Haven Ct, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orch)
1922-05-07 - Lew Anderson,
American actor and bandleader (d. 2006)
1923-04-20 - Tito Puente,
Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania)
1924-06-26 - Syd Lawrence,
bandleader (Syd Lawrence Orch)
1925-09-02 - Hugo Montenegro,
American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1927-07-07 - Doc Severinson,
[Carl], Arlington Oregon, bandleader/trumpeter on the Tonight Show
1928-04-08 - Monty Sunshine,
jazz bandleader (Gotta Travel On)
1929-02-25 - Tommy Newsom,
Va, musician/bandleader/saxophonist (Tonight Show)
1929-04-06 - Arthur S Taylor Jr,
US drummer/band leader (Taylor's Wailers)
1931-07-06 - Joseph Daniel White,
singer/bandleader
1935-02-12 - Gene McDaniels,
US vocalist/bandleader/actor (Young Swingers)
1935-03-31 - Herb Alpert,
bandleader/trumpeteer (Tijuana Brass)/CEO (A & M)
1935-05-21 - Terry Lightfoot,
clarinetist/bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen)
1935-08-03 - Vic Vogel,
Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader
1937-07-28 - Peter Duchin,
NYC, pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orch)
1939-03-23 - Pepe Lienhard,
Swiss band leader and entertainer
1944-01-10 - Frank Sinatra Jr,
Jersey City NJ, American singer/bandleader (Golddigers)
1944-07-24 - Barbara Thompson,
jazz musician/composer/bandleader
1948-05-19 - Tom Scott,
LA, saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show)
1957-11-15 - Kevin Eubanks,
bandleader (Tonight Show)
1967-12-05 - René Shuman,
[Shumans], rockabilly-bandleader/singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 56 of 56
1936-04-13 - Milton Brown,
American swing bandleader (b. 1903)
1939-06-16 - Chick Webb,
American jazz drummer and big band leader (b. 1905)
1944-12-15 - Glenn Miller,
US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40
1947-07-12 - Jimmie Lunceford,
American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
1956-11-26 - Tommy Dorsey,
big bandleader, dies at 51
1959-05-14 - Sidney Bechet,
US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
1962-07-12 - Roger Wolfe Kahn,
American band leader (b. 1907)
1966-09-28 - Lucky Millinder,
bandleader/singer, dies
1969-03-25 - Billy Cotton,
British bandleader & entertainer (b. 1889)
1969-11-18 - Ted Heath,
British musician and bandleader (b. 1902)
1971-08-25 - Ted Lewis,
[Theodore L Friedman], bandleader, dies at 80
1973-04-07 - Nick Stuart,
bandleader, dies of cancer at 69
1974-08-09 - Bill Chase,
American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934)
1975-02-20 - Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild,
bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76
1975-08-08 - Julian "Cannonball" Alderly,
saxophonist/bandleader, dies of a stroke at 46
1978-04-03 - Ray Noble,
English bandleader and composer (b. 1903)
1978-10-10 - Ralph Marterie,
American big band leader (b. 1914)
1978-12-17 - Don Ellis,
American jazz band leader (b. 1934)
1979-07-28 - Charles Shadwell,
English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)
1981-04-01 - Eua Sunthornsanan,
Thai composer and bandleader (b. 1910)
1983-07-05 - Harry James,
swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies at 67
1985-05-02 - Larry Clinton,
American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
1985-07-23 - Kay Kyser,
bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79
1985-10-06 - Nelson Riddle,
American bandleader (b. 1921)
1986-06-13 - Benny Goodman,
clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing), dies at 77
1987-10-29 - Woody Herman,
bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74
1991-09-26 - Billy Vaughn,
American bandleader (b. 1919)
1992-01-03 - Anthony Del Casino,
band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79
1992-04-05 - Anthony "Tony" Papa,
big band leader, dies at 65
1993-03-09 - Bob Crosby,
swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79
1994-03-06 - Leighton Noble,
singer/Bandleader, dies at 81
1994-03-09 - Louis Freeman,
band leader, dies at 100
1994-11-18 - Cab[ell] Calloway,
US band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86
1995-03-16 - Sydney Simone,
band leader, dies at 80
1995-07-19 - Sydney Lipton,
bandleader/violin, dies at 89
1995-08-03 - Jose B M Barreto y Casanova,
pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88
1995-10-05 - Dick Henry Jurgen,
bandleader, dies at 85
1995-12-14 - Don Anthony,
bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85
1996-01-05 - Joseph Daniel White,
singer/bandleader, dies at 84
1996-02-08 - Mercer Kennedy Ellington,
trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at 76
1996-08-31 - Milton "Tippy" Larkin,
band leader, dies at 85
2000-05-30 - Tex Beneke,
American bandleader and musician (b. 1914)
2001-01-04 - Les Brown,
American bandleader (b. 1912)
2001-03-07 - Frankie Carle,
American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
2002-01-03 - Juan García Esquivel,
Mexican band leader (b. 1918)
2002-10-12 - Ray Conniff,
American bandleader and musician (b. 1916)
2003-02-01 - Mongo Santamaria,
Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
2004-12-30 - Artie Shaw,
American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, dies at 94
2005-11-01 - Skitch Henderson,
English-born bandleader (b. 1918)
2006-05-14 - Lew Anderson,
American actor and bandleader (b. 1922)
2006-08-23 - Maynard Ferguson,
Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1928)
2007-02-02 - Joe Hunter,
American pianist and bandleader of The Funk Brothers (b. 1927)
2007-02-12 - Peggy Gilbert,
American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
2007-04-28 - Tommy Newsom,
American bandleader (b. 1929)
2011-05-07 - Big George,
British broadcaster, composer, bandleader and musician (b. 1957)
