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Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 100 of 125
1815-04-11 - Klara Fey,
German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein)
1886-11-25 - Rex Maupin,
St Joseph Mo, orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV)
1890-03-28 - Paul Whiteman,
Denver Co, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club)
1890-08-12 - Al Goodman,
Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
1892-07-02 - Jack Hylton,
English orchestra leader/impresario (Crazy Passage Show)
1894-06-26 - Bill Wirges,
Buffalo NY, orchestra leader (Growing Paynes)
1894-07-31 - Roy Bargy,
Mich, orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show)
1896-01-17 - Harry Reser,
Ohio, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
1898-12-30 - Vincent Lopez,
Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard)
1900-07-29 - Don Redman,
Piedmont WV, orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times)
1900-08-08 - Victor Young,
Chic Ill, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old California)
1901-03-15 - Theo Uden Marsman,
Dutch orchestra leader
1901-05-21 - Horace Heidt,
Alameda California, orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon)
1901-06-18 - Jimmy Dale,
Bronx NYC, orchestra leader (Sonny & Cher)
1902-06-19 - Guy Lombardo,
London Ontario Canada, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne)
1902-08-03 - Ray Block,
France, orchestra leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason)
1902-12-19 - Leonard Hirsch,
British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch)
1903-03-11 - Lawrence Welk,
Strasburg ND, orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show)
1903-03-25 - Frankie Carle,
Providence RI, orchestra leader (Golden Touch)
1904-02-29 - Jimmy Dorsey,
Shenandoah Pa, orchestra leader (Stage Show)
1904-04-03 - Peter Van Steeden,
Amsterdam Neth, orchestra leader (Break the Bank)
1904-04-29 - Russ Morgan,
Scranton Pa, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard)
1905-03-29 - Annunzio Mantovani,
Venice Italy, orchestra leader (Mantovani)
1905-06-06 - John Gart,
Russia, orchestra leader (Paul Winchell Show)
1905-11-19 - Tommy Dorsey,
Mahanoy Plane Pa, orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany)
1906-06-18 - Kay Kyser,
Rocky Mount NC, orchestra leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
1906-07-13 - Harry Sosnik,
Chicago, orchestra leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade)
1906-12-09 - Freddy Martin,
Cleve Oh, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin)
1907-01-26 - Eddie Ballantine,
Chicago, orchestra leader (Don McNeill TV Club)
1907-05-27 - Felix de Nobel,
Dutch orchestra leader
1907-08-18 - Enoch Light,
Canton Ohio, orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith)
1908-03-26 - Hank Sylvern,
Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen)
1908-04-20 - Lionel Hampton,
orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below)
1908-06-14 - John Scott Trotter,
Charlotte NC, orchestra leader (George Gobel Show)
1908-09-10 - Raymond Harry Warnow Scott,
Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Your Hit Parade)
1908-09-14 - Bernie Green,
NYC, orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show)
1908-11-24 - Ray Carter,
Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1909-06-12 - Archie Bleyer,
Corona NY, orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey)
1910-03-13 - Sammy Kaye,
Rocky River Ohio, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
1910-05-12 - Gordon Jenkins,
Webster Grove Mo, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
1910-06-15 - David Rose,
London England, orchestra leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper)
1910-06-18 - Ray McKinley,
Fort Worth Tx, orchestra leader/drummer (Glenn Miller Time)
1910-12-07 - Edmundo Ros,
English orchestra leader
1910-12-24 - Mitchell Ayres,
Milwaukee Wisc, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace)
1911-07-01 - Alvino Rey,
Cleve Ohio, orchestra leader (King Family)
1911-08-26 - Lester Lanin,
orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits)
1911-09-20 - Frank Devol,
Moundsville WV, orchestra leader (I'm Dickens He's Fenster)
1911-10-01 - Irwin Kostal,
Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show)
1911-10-07 - Vaughn Monroe,
Akron Oh, singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show)
1911-10-19 - George Cates,
NYC, orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show)
1912-03-12 - Paul Weston,
Springfield Mass, orchestra leader (Jim Nabors Hour)
1912-03-14 - Les Brown,
Reinerton Pa, American bandleader (d. 2001)
1912-03-19 - Russ Case,
Hamburg Iowa, orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show)
1912-05-04 - Lou Brown,
Bkln, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show)
1913-05-11 - Tutti Camarata,
Glen Ridge NJ, orchestra leader (Vic Damone Show)
1913-06-02 - Bert Farber,
Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone)
1913-08-08 - Axel Stordahl,
Staten Island NY, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show)
1913-08-23 - Bob Crosby,
Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orchestra leader (Bob Crosby Show)
1913-09-22 - Leroy Holmes,
Pittsburgh Pa, orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57)
1914-02-09 - Ralph Herman,
Milwaukee Wisc, orchestra leader (Circus Time)
1914-05-09 - Frank Chacksfield,
arranger/orchestra leader
1914-05-30 - Bobby Sherwood,
Indianapolis Ind, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show)
1914-06-26 - Richard Maltby,
orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show)
1914-08-28 - Glenn Osser,
Munising Mich, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue)
1915-01-19 - Alvy West,
Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show)
1915-01-31 - Bobby Hackett,
Providence RI, trumpeteer/orchestra leader (Air Time '57)
1915-05-02 - Van Alexander,
NYC, orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show)
1915-09-11 - Jack Fascinato,
Bevier Mo, pianist/orchestra leader (Kukla Fran & Ollie)
1916-01-09 - Vic Mizzy,
Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show)
1916-01-17 - Joel Herron,
Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show)
1916-03-22 - George Wyle,
NYC, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show)
1916-03-26 - Vic Schoen,
Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show)
1916-11-10 - Billy May,
Pitts Pa, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show)
1916-12-19 - Hal Hastings,
NYC, orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway)
1917-03-13 - Ina Ray Hutton,
Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show)
1917-07-09 - Ted Steele,
Hartford Ct, orchestra leader (Cavalcade of Stars)
1918-01-27 - Skitch Henderson,
Birmingham England, orchestra leader (Tonight Show)
1918-09-04 - Gerald Wilson,
Shelby Miss, orchestra leader (Redd Foxx)
1918-09-13 - Ray Charles,
Chicago, orchestra leader (Perry Como)
1918-10-10 - Bobby Byrne,
Columbus Ohio, orchestra leader (Club Seven)
1918-12-02 - Milton Delugg,
LA California, orchestra leader (Tonight Show)
1918-12-25 - Eddie Safranski,
Pitts Pa, orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show)
1919-01-01 - Bernard Drukker,
Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader (Devil's Wheel)
1919-01-16 - Bob Boucher,
Kent Ohio, orchestra leader (Music on Ice)
1919-02-08 - Buddy Morrow,
orchestra leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
1919-03-14 - Luther Henderson Jr,
KC Mo, orchestra leader (Polly Bergen Show)
1919-04-07 - Ralph Flanagan,
Loraine Ohio, orchestra leader (Let's Dance)
1920-02-27 - Jose Melis,
Havana Cuba, orchestra leader (Jack Paar Program)
1921-01-30 - Bernie Leighton,
West Haven Ct, orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime)
1921-07-04 - Tibor Varga,
Hungarian violinist/orchestra leader (Ripley's Game)
1921-07-21 - Billy Taylor,
Greenville NC, orchestra leader (David Frost Show)
1921-10-13 - Harper MacKay,
Boston Mass, orchestra leader (NBC Follies)
1922-01-20 - Ray Anthony,
Penn, orchestra leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme)
1922-03-14 - Les Baxter,
US, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again)
1922-09-20 - Frank Comstock,
SD California, orchestra leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
1922-10-29 - Neal Hefti,
Hastings Neb, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Show)
1923-03-21 - Mort Lindsey,
Newark NJ, orchestra leader (Merv Griffin Show)
1923-08-06 - Jack Parnell,
London England, orchestra leader (Englebert Humperdick Show)
1923-12-23 - Milt Okun,
Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Starland Vocal Band Show)
1924-04-07 - Nick Perito,
Denver Colo, orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show)
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 54 of 54
1944-12-16 - Glenn Miller,
US jazz composer/orchestra leader (Danny boy), dies at 40
1956-02-27 - Frank Dailey,
orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
1956-11-11 - Victor Young,
orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
1957-06-12 - James F "Jimmy" Dorsey,
US orchestra leader, dies at 53
1961-03-27 - Jack Kane,
orchestra leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37
1963-08-30 - Axel Stordahl,
orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50
1964-10-10 - Russ Case,
orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52
1964-11-30 - Don Redman,
orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64
1965-01-27 - Theo Uden Marsman,
Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63
1965-09-27 - Harry Reser,
orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69
1965-10-15 - Carl Hoff,
orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
1967-12-29 - Paul Whiteman,
US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77
1968-05-23 - Merle Kendrick,
orchestra leader (Window on the World), dies at 72
1969-08-07 - Russ Morgan,
orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65
1969-09-05 - Mitchell Ayres,
orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58
1972-01-10 - Al Goodman,
Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
1972-10-30 - Alan Roth,
orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
1973-05-21 - Vaughn Monroe,
singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61
1973-05-30 - Hal Hastings,
orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66
1974-01-05 - Roy Bargy,
orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
1975-03-11 - Sammy Spear,
orchestra leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65
1975-10-29 - John Scott Trotter,
orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67
1975-12-20 - Vincent Lopez,
orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76
1976-06-07 - Bobby Hackett,
jazz cornetist/orchestra leader (Air time '57), dies at 61
1977-04-22 - Charles Sanford,
orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1977-07-10 - Norman Paris,
orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41
1977-11-05 - Guy Lombardo,
orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75
1978-07-31 - Enoch Light,
orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
1979-01-05 - Charles Mingus,
US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56
1979-07-10 - Arthur Fiedler,
orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
1979-08-25 - Stan Kenton,
orchestra leader (Music 55), dies at 67
1980-03-29 - ... Mantovani,
orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 74
1980-11-15 - Annunzio Mantovani,
Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 75
1981-01-23 - Bobby Sherwood,
orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66
1983-09-30 - Freddy Martin,
orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76
1984-02-19 - Ina Ray Hutton,
orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66
1984-03-05 - Harry Salter,
orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85
1984-05-01 - Gordon Jenkins,
orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73
1984-07-29 - Fred Waring,
orchestra leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84
1985-03-18 - Jack Miller,
orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
1985-07-16 - Wayne King,
orchestra leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84
1985-12-25 - George Rhodes,
orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66
1986-07-27 - Leroy Holmes,
orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
1986-12-01 - Horace Heidt,
orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85
Jazz Drummer/Band Leader Buddy Rich (1987-04-02)
1987-04-02 - Buddy Rich,
drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1987-06-02 - Sammy Kaye,
orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
1988-05-27 - Melvin J "Cy" Oliver,
US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
1991-09-08 - Jo Budie,
Dutch orchestra leader (KRO), dies
1991-12-08 - Buck Clayton,
US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies
1992-12-13 - Bernard Drukker,
Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies
1993-05-30 - Sun Ra,
blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79
1994-05-24 - Sandor Lakatos,
Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69
1996-01-15 - Les Baxter,
singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73
2000-11-12 - Franck Pourcel,
French popular orchestra leader (b. 1913)
