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Events in Music

A-Tisket, A-Tasket

1938-05-02 American singer Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" with Chick Webb and His Orchestra

Frank Sinatra Arrested

1938-11-27 Bergen County (New Jersey) sheriff's department arrests American singer Frank Sinatra (23) on charge of "seduction", later withdrawn and amended to adultery, and shortly thereafter case dismissed

Music History

1941-02-15 Greek-American singer Maria Callas makes her professional opera debut as Beatrice, in Franz von Suppé's "Boccaccio" at the Olympia Theatre in Athens, Greece

  • 1956-03-05 Capitol Records releases "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!", the tenth album by American singer Frank Sinatra: upbeat collection of pop tunes with jazz arrangements by Nelson Riddle became the first album ever to top the new UK Albums Chart

Contract of Interest

1962-10-01 American singer Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)

Sophie

1963-04-15 Steve Allen's musical "Sophie", based on the life of American singer, and comic actress Sophie Tucker, opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

1967-03-10 "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You", American singer Aretha Franklin's tenth overall studio album, and first on Atlantic Records is released

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

1968-05-06 Columbia Records releases "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison", the first live album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, recorded in January 1968

Music Concert

1969-03-25 American singer Judy Garland’s gives what becomes her very last concert, at Falkoner Centret in Copenhagen, Denmark

Music History

1969-09-18 American singer Tiny Tim (37) and Victoria "Miss Vicki" Budinger (17) get engaged

Neil Diamond

1969-11-30 American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond makes his only appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show", singing "Sweet Caroline" and "Holly, Holy"

  • 1971-02-09 Elektra Records releases eponymous debut album of American singer-songwriter Carly Simon; garners two Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist

Paul Simon

1972-01-24 Columbia Records releases "Paul Simon", the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it includes singles "Mother and Child Reunion" and "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"

Music History

1972-02-19 American singer Harry Nilsson's single "Without You" begins a 4 week run at the top of the charts. [The song was originally written and performed by the English band Badfinger in 1970, and would reach the top ten again with Mariah Carey's 1994 cover.]

  • 1972-11-16 Elektra Records releases "No Secrets', the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon; her commercial breakthrough spends 5 weeks at top of US charts and contains the hit singles "You're So Vain" and "The Right Thing to Do"

Paul Williams on The Tonight Show

1973-02-09 American singer-songwriter and actor Paul Williams sings the torch song "Here's That Rainy Day" in full Planet of the Apes make-up and costume on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show"

  • 1973-05-05 Columbia Records releases "There Goes Rhymin' Simon", the third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it features songs "Loves Me Like a Rock", "Kodachrome", and "American Tune"
  • 1974-08-19 RCA records releases "Pussy Cats", the tenth album by American singer Harry Nilsson in the US; album was produced by John Lennon and Nilsson worked through a serious vocal chord injury which diminished his vaunted range
  • 1975-10-25 Columbia Records releases "Still Crazy After All These Years", the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it features the title track and the hits "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" and "My Little Town", and wins 2 Grammy Awards
  • 1979-08-20 American singer Vikki Carr (39) weds businessman Michael Nilsson
  • 1980-08-12 Warner Bros, Records releases "One-Trick Pony", the fifth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it features the song "Late in the Evening" and was accompanied by a dramatic film of the same name, written by and starring Simon
  • 1983-11-04 Warner Bros. Records releases "Hearts and Bones", the sixth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon

Music History

1985-03-01 American singer Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation

Rhythm & Romance

1985-05-06 Columbia Records releases "Rhythm & Romance", the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash; produced by husband Rodney Crowell, the album was her first to feature her songwriting on a majority of the tracks

Music History

1986-05-22 American singer and actress Cher calls David Letterman an "a**hole" while a guest on his "Late Night" TV program (NBC)

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Album Release

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
  • 1993-06-07 American singer Prince celebrates his birthday by changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol

Goulet has Surgery

1993-12-07 American singer Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery

  • 1995-09-28 American singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle in Roxbury, Massachusetts; his friend Steven Sealy is killed
  • 1996-04-02 Capitol Records releases "10 Song Demo", the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. co-produced by Cash and husband John Leventhal
  • 1997-11-18 Warner Bros. releases "Songs from The Capeman", ninth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it contains Simon's own performances of songs from his Broadway musical flop
  • 2006-05-09 Warner Bros. Records releases "Surprise", the eleventh solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon
  • 2007-05-23 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.

TV Show Appearance

2008-05-11 Spanish-American singer Charo (57?) makes a guest appearance on the Latin-themed VH1 reality show Viva Hollywood

Stevie Wonder Receives Gershwin Prize

2009-02-25 American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House in Washington, D.C.

  • 2011-04-08 Hear Music Records releases "So Beautiful or So What", the twelfth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon

Music History

2013-05-21 American singer-songwriter Carole King receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Bill Joel

2014-11-19 American singer-songwriter and piano man Billy Joel receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Willie Nelson

2015-11-18 American singer-songwriter Willie Nelson receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.

  • 2016-06-03 Concord Records releases "Stranger to Stranger", the thirteenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon

Nobel Prize in Literature

2016-10-13 American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

Robinson Gershwin Prize

2016-11-15 American singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.

  • 2017-03-01 Spanish-American singer Charo (66?) is revealed as a contestant on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars
  • 2018-01-23 American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond abruptly retires from touring after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease
  • 2018-02-05 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon announces his farewell tour - a retirement from touring, but not necessarily from live performance
  • 2018-05-16 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon begins his "Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour" at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • 2018-07-27 American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond gives a small thank-you concert to firefighters near his home in Colorado

Priyanka Chopra & Nick Jonas

2018-08-18 Indian actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas confirm their engagement with an engagement party in Mumbai, India

  • 2018-09-07 Legacy Recordings releases "In the Blue Light", the fourteenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; album consists of new recordings, with altered arrangements, of lesser-known songs from his catalog
  • 2018-09-21 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon closes his "Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour" at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, NYC
  • 2018-09-28 Warner Bros. Records releases American singer Cher's 26th solo studio album "Dancing Queen"; album contains cover versions of 11 songs of Swedish pop group ABBA, and lands in top 10 of charts in 19 countries

R. Kelly Arrested

2019-02-02 American singer R. Kelly arrested after turning himself in on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, including with three minors

Music History

2019-03-13 Cuban-American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan and songwriter-musician Emilio Estefan receive Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

Music History

2020-03-02 American singer-songwriter Garth Brooks receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

Music History

2022-03-09 American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

Joni Mitchell Receives Gershwin Prize

2023-03-01 Canadian-American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

  • 2023-05-19 Owl/Legacy Recordings releases "Seven Psalms", the fifteenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon
  • 2023-09-05 American singer Joe Jonas (34) files for divorce from English actress Sophie Turner (27) in Miami, Florida, after 4 years of marriage [1]

Birthdays in Music

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  • 1861-12-04 Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard], American singer and actress (Great Mogul), born in Clinton, Iowa (d. 1922)
  • 1862-08-11 Carrie Jacobs-Bond, American singer, pianist, songwriter (I Love You Truly; A Perfect Day), born in Janesville, Wisconsin (d. 1946)
  • 1871-04-24 Blanche Ring, American singer ("In The Good Old Summer Time"), and stage and screen actress, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1961)
  • 1882-02-28 Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (Story of American Singer), born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
  • 1884-01-13 Sophie Tucker [Kalish], Russian-born American singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama) known as "last of the red hot mammas", born in Tulchyn, Russian Empire (d. 1966)
  • 1884-08-06 Arthur Fields [Abraham Finkelstein], American singer-songwriter ("Aba Daba Honeymoon"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1953)
  • 1885-10-25 Sam M. Lewis [Levine] American singer and lyricist ("Street of Dreams"; "Just Friends"; "Dinah"), born in New York City (d. 1959)
  • 1886-04-26 Ma Rainey [Gertrude Pridgett], American singer "Mother of the Blues", born in Columbus, Georgia (d. 1939)
  • 1891-03-23 Catherine Murphy Urner, American singer and composer, born in Mitchell, Indiana (d. 1942)
  • 1893-06-14 Siggie Nordstrom, American singer (The Nordstrom Sisters), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1980)
  • 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)
  • 1895-06-14 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)
  • 1895-10-28 John Boles, American singer and actor (Babes in Baghdad), born in Greenville, Texas (d. 1969)
  • 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)
  • 1899-09-11 Jimmie Davis, American singer and songwriter ("You Are My Sunshine"), born in Quitman, Louisiana (d. 2000)
  • 1900-08-02 Helen Morgan [Riggins], American singer and actress (Applause, Show Boat), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1941)
  • 1901-07-28 Rudy Vallee, American singer and one of the earliest crooners ("Vagabond Dreams"; "My Time Is Your Time"), born in Island Pond, Vermont (d. 1986)
  • 1902-09-11 Alice Tully, American singer and arts patroness (Carnegie Hall), born in Corning, New York (d. 1993)
  • 1903-04-29 Frank Parker, American singer (Arthur Godfrey Show; Masquerade Party), born in New York City (d. 1999)

Bing Crosby (1903-1977)

1903-05-03 American singer ("White Christmas", "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy") and actor ("Going My Way"), born in Tacoma, Washington

  • 1904-06-24 (Wonga) Phil Harris], American singer, actor (The Jungle Book; The Aristocrats; Robin Hood), comedian, and orchestra leader (The Jack Benny Program; The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show), born in Linton, Indiana (d. 1995)
  • 1904-11-14 Dick Powell, American singer, radio and screen actor (Cry Danger; Dick Powell Theater), producer and director (The Enemy Below), born in Mountain View, Arkansas (d. 1963)
  • 1905-11-24 [Irene] Ireene Wicker, American singer and actress (Singing Lady), born in Quincy, Illinois (d. 1987)
  • 1906-03-03 Donald Novis, British-American singer and actor (Monte Carlo; The Singing Plumber), born in Hastings, East Sussex, England (d. 1966)
  • 1906-06-20 Bob Howard, American singer and pianist (Sing it Again), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
  • 1906-11-13 Conrad Thibault, American singer (Jacques Fray Music Room), born in Northbridge, Massachusetts (d. 1987)
  • 1907-04-21 Beatrice Kay, American singer and actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & Col), born in New York City (d. 1986)
  • 1907-05-01 Kate Smith, American singer ("God Bless America"; "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain"), radio star, and NHL Philadelphia Flyers good luck charm, born in Greenville, Virginia (d. 1986)
  • 1907-09-09 Truman "Pinky" Tomlin, American singer and actor (Sing While You're Able; With Love and Kisses), born in Eros, Arkansas (d. 1987)
  • 1907-10-05 Mrs. Miller [Elva Ruby Connes], American singer (A Lover's Concerto), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 1997)

Jane Froman (1907-1980)

1907-11-10 American singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), born in St Louis, Missouri

Cab Calloway (1907-1994)

1907-12-25 American singer, bandleader ("Minnie the Moocher"; "The Jumpin' Jive"), writer, radio host, and actor (The Blues Brothers), born in Rochester, New York

  • 1908-10-10 Johnny Green, American singer ("Body and Soul") and film score composer who won 5 Academy Awards, born in New York City (d. 1989)
  • 1908-10-20 Stuart Hamblen, American singer and composer (This Ole House), born in Kellyville, Texas (d. 1989)
  • 1909-07-18 Harriet (Hilliard) Nelson [Peggy Lou Snyder], American singer and actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Follow the Fleet), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1994)

Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)

1909-11-18 American singer, Academy Award-winning lyricist ("Moon River"; "That Old Black Magic"; "And the Angels Sing": Come Rain Or Come Shine"), and record label executive (Capitol Records), born in Savannah, Georgia

  • 1909-12-28 Billy Williams, American singer (Your Show of Shows), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1984)
  • 1910-05-23 (Benjamin) "Scatman" Crothers, American singer, musician ("I'd Rather Be a Hummingbird"), and actor (Chico and the Man - "Louie", The Shining), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 1986)
  • 1910-10-09 Phil Hanna, American singer (Once Upon a Tune), born in River Forest, Illinois (d. 1957)
  • 1910-12-13 Lillian Roth [Rutstein], American singer and actress (Animal Crackers), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1980)
  • 1911-09-13 Bill Monroe, American singer known as the "Father of Bluegrass" ("Blue Moon of Kentucky"), born in Rosine, Kentucky (d. 1996)
  • 1911-10-07 Vaughn Monroe, American singer and orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1973)
  • 1912-04-02 Herbert Mills, American singer, (The Mills Brothers), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1989)
  • 1912-05-18 [Pierino] Perry Como, American singer ("Catch A Falling Star") and TV personality (The Perry Como Show), born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
  • 1913-03-30 Frankie Laine [Francesco Paolo LoVecchio], American singer ("Jezebel"; "Rawhide"; "Blazing Saddles"), songwriter ("We'll Be Together Again"), and actor (Bring Your Smile Along), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
  • 1913-08-13 Anna Mae Winburn, African American singer and bandleader of all female band (International Sweethearts of Rhythm), born in Port Royal, Tennessee (d. 1999)
  • 1913-12-12 Hal Dickinson, American singer (Modernaires), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1970)
  • 1913-12-25 Tony Martin [Alvin Morris], American singer ("It's a Blue World; "To Each His Own"), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2012)
  • 1914-03-27 Snooky Lanson [Roy Landman], American singer (Your Hit Parade; 5 Star Jubilee), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1990)
  • 1914-06-12 Bill Kenny, American singer (The Bill Kenny Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
  • 1914-09-28 Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-born American singer, born in Zell am See, Salzburg, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2014)
  • 1914-10-07 Alfred Drake [Capurro], American singer and actor (Trading Places, Hamlet, Kiss Me Kate), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
  • 1915-04-29 Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1999)
  • 1915-05-02 Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter ("Tutti Frutti"; "You Always Hurt the One You Love": "Tampico"), born in New York City (d. 2003)
  • 1915-08-16 Al Hibbler, American singer (Unchained Melody), born in Tyro, Mississippi (d. 2001)
  • 1915-12-01 Johnny Johnston, American singer (Make that Spare), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1996)

Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)

1915-12-12 American singer (Strangers in the Night; My Way; The Summer Wind) and actor (From Here to Eternity; Guys and Dolls), known as the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", born in Hoboken, New Jersey

  • 1916-03-13 Ina Ray Hutton [Odessa Cowan], American singer and big band bandleader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)

Betty Grable (1916-1973)

1916-12-18 American singer, dancer, pin-up girl and actress (I Wake Up Screaming, How to Marry a Millionaire, Gay Divorcee), born in St. Louis, Missouri

Dinah Shore (1917-1994)

1917-03-01 American singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet), actress and TV personality (Dinah Shore Show; Nabisco DS Championship), born in Winchester, Tennessee

Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)

1917-03-02 Cuban-American singer ("Babalú"), bandleader, actor (I Love Lucy - "Ricky Riccardo"), and television producer (The Untouchables), born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

  • 1917-04-30 Bea Wain, American singer and radio host ("Deep Purple"; "Heart and Soul"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2017)
  • 1917-05-03 George Gaynes, Dutch-Finnish-American singer, stage and screen actor (Tootsie; Police Academy; General Hospital), born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (d. 2016)

Dean Martin (1917-1995)

1917-06-07 American singer ("That's Amore"; "Everybody Loves Somebody"; "Sway"), comedian and actor (Martin and Lewis, The Dean Martin Show), born in Steubenville, Ohio

  • 1917-10-02 William Marshall, American singer, bandleader and actor (State Fair, Pennsylvanians), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1994)
  • 1918-06-30 Stuart Foster, American singer (Galen Drake Show), born in Binghamton, New York (d. 1968)
  • 1919-03-10 Marion Hutton [Thornburg], American singer (Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1938-42), and actress (In Society), born in Battle Creek, Michigan (d. 1987) [1]
  • 1919-04-12 Billy Vaughn, American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader ("Sail Along Sil'vry Moon"), born in Glasgow, Kentucky (d. 1991)
  • 1919-07-10 (Ralph) "Rusty" Gill, American singer (Polka Time), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2008)
  • 1920-01-18 Constance Moore, American singer and actress (Buck Rogers; Show Business; Atlantic City), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 2005)

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

  • 1921-03-12 Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (Oklahoma!; Carousel), born in East Orange, New Jersey (d. 1986)
  • 1921-04-23 Janet Blair [Martha Janet Lafferty], American singer and actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
  • 1921-05-03 Joe Ames, American singer and actor (The Ames Brothers Show), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
  • 1921-05-04 Virginia "Patsy" Garrett, American singer (Fred Waring's Pleasure Time), and actress (Nanny & the Professor), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2015)
  • 1921-05-07 Gale Robbins [Betty Gale Murphy], American singer and actress (Fuller Brush Girl; Mr Hex), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1980)
  • 1921-09-19 Billy Ward, American singer and songwriter (Billy Ward and his Dominoes), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 2002)
  • 1922-03-31 Richard Kiley, American singer and actor (Kismet; Man of La Mancha; Endless Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)

Doris Day (1922-2019)

1922-04-03 American singer, animal welfare activist and actress known as the "girl next door" actress (Pillow Talk, The Man Who Knew Too Much), born in Cincinnati, Ohio

  • 1922-04-05 Gale Storm [Josephine Owaissa Cottle], American singer ("I Hear You Knockin'"), and actress (My Little Margie; The Gale Storm Show), born in Bloomington, Texas (d. 2009)
  • 1922-09-24 Theresa Merritt [Hines], American singer and actress (The Wiz; That's My Mama), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1998)
  • 1923-01-26 Anne Jeffreys [Carmichael], American singer and actress (Dick Tracy; Topper; General Hospital), born in Goldsboro, North Carolina (d. 2017)
  • 1923-05-18 Liam Sullivan, American singer and actor (Star Trek, The Magic Sword, Monroes), born in Jacksonville, Illinois (d. 1998)
  • 1923-07-06 Marie McDonald, American singer and actress known as "The Body Beautiful" (Promises, Promises), born in Burgin, Kentucky (d. 1965)
  • 1923-08-14 Alice Ghostley, American singer and actress (Bewitched, Designing Women), born in Eve, Vernon County, Missouri (d. 2007)
  • 1923-09-27 Mary McCarty, American singer, dancer, stage and screen actress (Babes in Toyland; All That Jazz;, Trapper John, M.D.), born in Winfield, Kansas (d. 1980)
  • 1924-03-08 Judy Johnson [Betty Bonney], American singer (Your Show of Shows; "How Little We Know"), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut [1]
  • 1924-05-03 Jane Morgan [Florence Currier], American singer ("The Day The Rains Came"; "Fascination"), stage and television actress, born in Newton, Massachusetts
  • 1924-05-09 Connie Russell, American singer (Club Embassy; Garroway at Large), born in New York City (d. 1990)
  • 1924-07-02 Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), born in Reedley, California (d. 1970)
  • 1924-07-20 Lola Albright, American singer and actress (Delta Country; Kid Galahad; A Cold Wind in August), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2017)
  • 1924-07-22 Margaret Whiting, American singer ("It Might As Well Be Spring"; "Time After Time"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2011)
  • 1924-09-20 Gogi Grant [Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg], American singer ("The Wayward Wind"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
  • 1924-11-24 Eileen Barton, American singer (Broadway Open House; "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
  • 1925-02-13 Gene Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1997)
  • 1925-09-20 (Ulysses) Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Robins; The Coasters), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1986)
  • 1926-06-07 Dick Williams, American singer and choral director (Andy Williams Show), born in Wall Lake, Iowa (d. 2018)
  • 1926-10-10 Oscar Brown, American singer, songwriter ("Brown Baby"; "Forbidden Fruit"), playwright, and poet, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2005)
  • 1926-11-18 Dorothy Collins [Marjorie Chandler], Canadian-American singer and actress (Your Hit Parade), born in Windsor, Ontario (d. 1994)
  • 1927-01-17 Eartha Kitt, American singer (Santa Baby), dancer, activist, and actress (Batman - "Catwoman"), born in North, South Carolina (d. 2008)

Weddings in Music

Bing Crosby

1930-09-29 American singer and actor Bing Crosby (27) weds American actress Dixie Lee (18)

Hoagy Carmichael

1936-03-14 American singer-songwriter Hoagy Carmichael (36) weds American Ruth Meinardi; divorce in 1955

  • 1937-10-15 American singer Jo Stafford (19) weds American singer John Huddleston (25) in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 1943

Frank Sinatra

1939-02-04 American singer Frank Sinatra (23) marries 1st wife Nancy Barbato (21) at Our Lady of Sorrows catholic church in Jersey City, New Jersey; divorce in 1951

Judy Garland

1941-07-27 American singer and actress Judy Garland (19) weds British-American musician David Rose (31); divorce in 1944

Jerry Lewis

1944-10-03 American comedian Jerry Lewis (18) marries American singer Patti Palmer (22); divorce in 1980

  • 1945-06-15 American singer and actress Judy Garland (23) weds American director Vincente Minnelli (42); divorce in 1951

Moss Hart

1946-08-10 American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Moss Hart (41) weds American singer and actress Kitty Carlisle (35), until his death in 1961

  • 1948-01-29 American singer and comic actor Dennis Day (31) weds American Peggy Almquist (24) in San Juan Capistrano, California, until his death in 1988

Tony Bennett

1952-02-12 American singer Tony Bennett (25) weds art student Patricia Beech, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, New York; separate in 1965, divorce in 1971

  • 1952-02-26 American singer Jo Stafford (34) weds American arranger and composer Paul Weston (39) at St Gregory's Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California, until his death in 1996
  • 1952-06-08 American singer and actress Judy Garland (29) weds American producer Sidney Luft (36) in Hollister, California; divorce in 1965

June Carter Cash

1952-07-09 American country singer June Carter (23) weds American singer Carl "Mr. Country" Smith (25); divorce 1956

José Ferrer

1953-07-13 Academy award-winning Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer (41) weds American singer and actress Rosemary Clooney (25) in Durant, Oklahoma; divorce in 1961, and remarry in 1964

  • 1953-07-13 American bandleader Louis Prima (42) marries American singer Keely Smith (25), in Virginia Beach, Virginia (his 4th, her 2nd); divorce in 1961

Debbie Reynolds

1955-09-18 American actress-singer Debbie Reynolds (23) weds American singer Eddie Fisher (27); divorce in 1959

Tina Turner

1962-11-26 American singer Anna Mae Bullock (aka Tina Turner) (23) weds American musician Ike Turner (31) on her birthday, in Tijuana, Mexico; divorce in 1978

Robert Goulet

1963-11-12 American singer and actor Robert Goulet (30) weds American actress Carol Lawrence (31); divorce in 1981

  • 1965-10-16 American singer Leslie Uggams (32) weds her childhood friend and later manager Grahame Pratt in NYC
  • 1965-11-14 American singer and actress Judy Garland (43) weds American actor Mark Herron (37); divorce in 1969

Charo

1966-08-07 Spanish bandleader and Latin music king Xavier Cugat (60) weds Spanish-American singer Charo (20?) at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 1978

Liza Minnelli

1967-03-03 American singer Liza Minnelli (20) weds Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen (23); divorce 1974

Miles Davis

1968-09-30 American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (42) weds American singer Betty Mabry (23); divorce 1969

  • 1969-03-15 American singer and actress Judy Garland (46) weds American nightclub manager Mickey Deans, at Chelsea Register Office, London, England

Waylon Jennings

1969-10-26 American outlaw country singer-songwriter Waylon Jennings (32) weds American singer Jessi Colter (26) in Phoenix, Arizona

Tiny Tim

1969-12-17 40 million TV viewers watch American singer Tiny Tim (37) marry Miss Vicki Budinger (17), on "The Tonight Show"; divorce in 1977

Harry Nilsson

1969-12-31 American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (28) weds second wife Diane Clatworthy (22) in Las Vegas, Nevada: divorce in 1974

Stevie Wonder

1970-09-14 American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder (20) marries American singer-songwriter Syreeta "Rita" Wright (24); divorce in 1972

  • 1971-12-29 American singer Tony Bennett (45) weds actress Sandra Grant in Manhattan, New York; divorce in 1983

James Taylor

1972-11-03 American singer-songwriter James Taylor (23) weds American singer-songwriter Carly Simon (27 or 29) at her Manhattan apartment, they announce the nuptials and celebrate that evening at his Radio City Music Hall concert; divorce in 1983

Kris Kristofferson

1973-08-19 American singer and actor Kris Kristofferson (37) weds fellow singer Rita Coolidge (28); divorce in 1980

  • 1974-09-15 American singer Liza Minnelli (27) weds (her 2nd) American film and documentary director Jack Haley, Jr (40); divorce 1979

Cher & Sonny Bono

1975-06-30 American singer and actress Cher (28), weds American blues-rcoker Gregg Allman (27), 4 days after her divorce from Sonny Bono is finalized; divorce 1979

Doris Day

1976-04-14 American singer and actress Doris Day (54) weds restaurateur Barry Comden; divorce in 1982

  • 1976-08-12 American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (35) weds (for third, and final time) Ireland's Una O'Keeffe (22) at the Airport Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles, California; Ringo Starr serves as best man
  • 1978-08-11 Spanish-American singer Charo (27?) weds second husband Swedish film producer Kjell Rasten, in South Lake Tahoe, California, until his death in 2019

Gloria Estefan

1978-09-02 Cuban-American singer Gloria Fajardo (21) weds "Miami Sound Machine" musician and producer Emilio Estefan (25) in Florida

Rosanne Cash

1979-04-07 American country singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash (23) weds American singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell (28); divorce in 1992

  • 1979-12-04 American singer Liza Minnelli (33) weds (her 3rd) American sculptor Mark Gero; divorce 1992
  • 1982-10-17 American singer and actor Robert Goulet (48) weds his Macedonian business partner and manager, artist, and writer Vera Novak in Las Vegas, Nevada

Glenn Frey

1983-06-17 American singer-songwriter, of The Eagles, Glenn Frey (34) weds America artist Janie Beggs; divorce in 1988

Carrie Fisher & Paul Simon

1983-08-16 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon (41) weds American actress and writer Carrie Fisher (26) in New York City; divorce in 1984

Vanessa Williams

1987-01-03 American singer and former Miss America Vanessa Williams (23) marries Ramon T. Hervey in NYC; divorce 1997

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

Lenny Kravitz & Lisa Bonet

1987-11-16 American "The Cosby Show" actress Lisa Bonet (20) weds American singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz (23) on her birthday, in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 1993

John Denver

1988-08-12 American singer-songwriter John Denver (44) weds Australian actress Cassandra Delaney (26); divorce in 1993

Patti Page

1990-05-12 American singer Patti Page (62) weds Jerry Filiciotto

Andy Williams

1991-05-03 American singer Andy Williams (63) weds 2nd wife Debbie Hass (35), until his death in 2012

Paul Simon

1992-05-30 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon (50) weds American rock singer-songwriter Edie Brickell (26)

Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovett

1993-06-27 American actress Julia Roberts (25) weds American singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett (36) at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, Indiana; divorce in 1995

  • 1994-04-09 American singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30) at his Casa de Shenandoah ranch in Paradise, Nevada
  • 1994-04-16 American singer and piano player Harry Connick, Jr. (26) weds American model Jill Goodacre (30) at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana

Prince Rogers Nelson

1996-02-14 American singer Prince Rogers Nelson (37) weds belly dancer Mayte Garcia (22) in Minneapolis; divorce in 1999

Jennifer Lopez

1997-02-22 American singer-actress Jennifer Lopez (27) weds Ojani Noa on the grounds of a friend's Miami home; divorce in 1998

Larry King

1997-09-05 American TV and radio host Larry King (64) weds (for 7th, and final time) American singer Shawn Southwick (38) in a hospital room in Los Angeles, California; he dies during divorce proceedings in 2021

Coolio

1997-09-27 American singer-rapper Coolio (34) weds Los Angeles radio DJ Josefa Salinas (37) in Las Vegas; divorce in 2000

  • 1998-12-19 American actress Vivica A. Fox (34) weds American singer Christopher Harvest at the Park Plaza in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 2002

Dave Matthews

2000-08-10 American singer-songwriter Dave Matthews (33) weds long-time girlfriend American naturaopoathic doctor (Jennifer) Ashley Harper (32) in Albemarle County, Virginia

  • 2001-09-01 American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder (51) weds (for second time) American fashion designer Kai Millard (20); divorce in 2015
  • 2001-09-29 American singer-actress Jennifer Lopez (32) weds dancer-choreographer Cris Judd (32) in Calabasas, California; divorce in 2004
  • 2001-12-31 American singer Prince Rogers Nelson (43) weds Canadian businesswoman Manuela Testolini; divorce in 2006

Jessica Simpson

2002-10-26 American singer-songwriter and TV personality Jessica Simpson (22) weds singer-songwriter Nick Lachey (28) at Riverbend Church in Austin, Texas

  • 2004-01-01 American Singer Lou Rawls (71) weds flight attendant Nina Malek Inman (33) at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee
  • 2004-02-27 American singer-songwriter Solange Knowles (17) weds Texas Southern University football player Daniel Smith (19) at Old Bahama Bay Resort in Grand Bahama Island; divorce in 2007
  • 2004-06-05 American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez (34) weds American salsa artist Marc Anthony (35) in Beverly Hills, California; divorce in 2014

Pamela Anderson & Kid Rock

2006-07-29 Canadian-American "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (39) weds American singer Kid Rock (35) on Thunder Gulch yacht in Saint-Tropez, France; divorce in 2007

Usher

2007-09-01 American singer-songwriter Usher (28) weds hair stylist and wardrobe stylist Tameka Foster (37) at Chateau Elan Winery and Resort in Georgia; divorce in 2009

  • 2008-02-02 American singer-actress Katharine McPhee (23) weds producer Nick Cokas (42) at the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, California; divorce in 2016
  • 2008-05-17 American singer-songwriter and actress Ashlee Simpson (23) weds American rock band Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz (28) in Encino, California; divorce in 2011

Jewel Kilcher

2008-08-07 American singer-songwriter Jewel Kilcher (34) weds American rodeo champion Ty Murray (38) at The Cove Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas; divorce in 2014

  • 2009-09-04 American singer and actress Christina Milian (27) weds American singer-songwriter The-Dream (31) at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, divorce in 2007

Trent Reznor

2009-10-17 American musician Trent Reznor (44) weds Filipino American singer-songwriter Mariqueen Maandig (28) in Los Angeles, California

Katy Perry & Russell Brand

2010-10-23 American singer-songwriter Katy Perry (25) weds British actor-comedian Russell Brand (35) at luxury resort Aman-i-Khas in Northern India; divorce in 2012

Vanessa Lachey

2011-07-15 American TV personality and host Vanessa Minnillo (30) weds American singer-songwriter Nick Lachey (37) at Sir Richard Branson's private Necker Island in British Virgin Islands

  • 2012-09-23 Italian-American actor Antonio Sabato Jr. (40) weds second wife, American singer and television personality Cheryl Moana Marie (41) at a private Anini Beach estate on the island of Kauai, Hawaii; separate in 2016, divorce in 2018

John Legend & Chrissy Teigen

2013-09-14 American singer-songwriter John Legend (34) weds model Chrissy Teigen (27) at Villa Pizzo in Lake Como, Italy

Kelly Clarkson

2013-10-20 American singer and television personality Kelly Clarkson (31) weds talent manager Brandon Blackstock at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee; divorce 2021

  • 2014-08-31 American model and TV host Jenny McCarthy (41) weds American singer and actor Donnie Wahlberg (45) at the Hotel Baker in St. Charles, Illinois
  • 2014-08-31 American singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson (29) weds American "Hunger Games" actor Evan Ross (26) in Greenwich, Connecticut
  • 2014-11-16 American singer-songwriter Solange Knowles (28) weds second husband, American music video director Alan Ferguson (51), at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, Louisiana; separate in 2019
  • 2015-01-01 American singer-songwriter Ben Harper (45) weds social advocate Jaclyn Matfus

Jason Mraz

2015-10-25 American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz (38) weds girlfriend Christina Carano at Pole Green Church in Mechanicsville, Virginia

  • 2016-07-09 American fashion designer Christian Siriano (29) weds American singer-songwriter Brad Walsh (34) at their vacation home in Danbury, Connecticut; separate in 2018, divorce in 2021

Paul Anka

2016-10-22 Legendary Canadian-American singer and songwriter Paul Anka (75) weds Lisa Pemberton at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles

  • 2016-10-29 Cuban American singer-songwriter Ana Cristina (30) weds American country music producer John Carter Cash (46) at French Huguenot Church in Charleston, South Carolina

Lyle Lovett

2017-02-04 American singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett (59) weds April Kimble in Harris County, Texas

  • 2017-02-27 "Gossip Girl" actor Penn Badgley (30) weds British-American singer Domino Kirke (33) in a New York courthouse

Cardi B

2017-09-20 American rapper-songwriter Cardi B (24) weds American singer and rapper Offset (25) in a private ceremony

Mandy Moore

2018-11-18 American actress and singer Mandy Moore (34) weds American singer-songwriter and "Dawes" frontman Taylor Goldsmith (33) in Los Angeles, California

Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth

2018-12-23 American singer Miley Cyrus (26) weds Australian actor Liam Hemsworth (28) in Franklin, Tennessee; divorce in 2020

  • 2019-06-28 Canadian songwriter and record producer David Foster (69) weds American singer-actress Katharine McPhee (35) - his fifth, her second - at St. Yeghiche Armenian Apostolic Church in Kensington, England
  • 2022-04-24 American singer NE-YO (42) renews marriage vows with his wife Crystal Renay Smith (35) in an elaborate rooftop ceremony at Resorts World Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 2023
  • 2022-07-16 American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez (52) weds American actor and film director Ben Affleck (49) at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada

Divorces in Music

Doris Day

1949-05-31 American singer and actress Doris Day (27) divorces American saxophonist George Weidler (23) after 3 years of marriage

Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner

1957-07-05 American singer and actor Frank Sinatra (41) and movie star Ava Gardner (32) divorce after 6 years of marriage

Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz

1960-03-04 American comedienne Lucille Ball files for divorce from Cuban-American singer Desi Arnaz, after 14 years of marriage

Harry Nilsson

1967-04-06 American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (25) divorces Sandi McTaggart (23) in Los Angeles, California, after 2-1/2 years of marriage

Cher & Sonny Bono

1974-02-20 American singer and actress Cher (27) files for separation from husband singer-songwriter Sonny Bono (38)

  • 1975-06-26 American singer and actress Cher (28) divorces American singer-songwriter Sonny Bono (40), after 10 years of marriage
  • 1975-07-10 American singer and actress Cher (28) files for divorce from musician Gregg Allman (27), 10 days after their marriage - they reconcile, but separate in 1977 and divorce in 1979
  • 1976-06-23 American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (34) divorces 2nd wife Diane Clatworthy (28), after 6-1/2 years of marriage

Donna Summer

1976-11-24 American singer-songwriter Donna Summer (27) divorces actor Helmuth Sommer after 5 years of marriage

Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovett

1995-03-28 American actress Julia Roberts (26) and American singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett (37) divorce after less than 2 years of marriage

Prince Rogers Nelson

1999-02-14 American singer Prince Rogers Nelson (40) divorces belly dancer Mayte Garcia (25) after 2 years of marriage

  • 2004-11-19 American singer Jermaine Jackson (49) divorces Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza (35) after 9 years of marriage

Jessica Simpson

2006-06-30 American singer-songwriter and TV personality Jessica Simpson (25) divorces 98 Degrees boy band singer Nick Lachey (32) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage

Avril Lavigne

2010-11-16 American singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (25) divorces "Sum 41" lead singer and guitarist Deryck Whibley (29) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage

  • 2011-11-22 American singer-songwriter and actress Ashlee Simpson (27) divorces American "Fall Out Boy" bassist Pete Wentz (32) due to irreconcilable differences after two and a half year of marriage
  • 2016-02-08 American singer-actress Katharine McPhee (31) divorces producer Nick Cokas (50) after 8 years of marriage

Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth

2019-08-11 American singer Miley Cyrus (26) and Australian actor Liam Hemsworth (28) announce their separation and intention to divorce, after 8 months of marriage

Liam Hemsworth & Miley Cyrus

2020-01-20 Australian actor Liam Hemsworth and American singer Miley Cyrus divorce after 1 year of marriage

  • 2023-01-26 Crystal Renay Smith (37) divorces American singer NE-YO (43) after 12 years of marriage

Deaths in Music

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  • 1876-03-31 Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, American singer, known as "The Black Swan", who performed at Buckingham Palace for Queen Victoria, dies at about 57 [birthdate uncertain]
  • 1933-06-24 Sissieretta Joyner Jones, American singer ("Black Patti"), dies at about 64
  • 1939-12-22 Ma Rainey [Gertrude Pridgett], American singer "Mother of the Blues", dies at 53
  • 1946-12-28 Carrie Jacobs-Bond, American singer, pianist, songwriter (I Love You Truly; A Perfect Day), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 85
  • 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]
  • 1954-08-17 Billy Murray, American singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77
  • 1959-11-22 Sam M. Lewis [Levine] American singer and lyricist ("Street of Dreams"; "Just Friends"; "Dinah"), dies at 74
  • 1961-01-13 Blanche Ring, American singer ("In The Good Old Summer Time"), and stage and screen actress, dies at 89
  • 1961-10-05 Don Barbour, American singer (The Four Freshmen), dies at 34
  • 1963-01-02 Dick Powell [Richard Ewing Powell], American singer, actor, producer and director (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater), dies from cancer at 58
  • 1963-12-13 Stan Jones, American singer-songwriter ("Ghost Riders in the Sky"), and actor (Rio Grande; Ten Who Dared), dies of cancer at 49

Sam Cooke (1931-1964)

1964-12-11 American singer and entrepreneur described as "the inventor of soul music" ("You Send Me"; "A Change Is Gonna Come"), shot to death at 33

  • 1965-10-21 Marie McDonald, American singer and actress known as "The Body Beautiful" (Promises Promises), dies of an accidental drug overdose at 42
  • 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
  • 1967-12-08 John Mills, Sr., American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1889)
  • 1968-02-07 Stuart Foster, American singer (Galen Drake Show), dies at 49
  • 1969-02-27 John Boles, American singer and actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
  • 1969-07-20 Roy Hamilton, American singer (You'll Never Walk Alone), dies at 40
  • 1970-01-17 Billy Stewart, American singer ("I Do Love You"), dies in auto-accident at 32
  • 1970-03-13 Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), dies of internal hemorrhages at 45
  • 1970-07-19 Barry Wood [Louis Rappaport], American singer (Your Hit Parade), and television producer, dies at 61
  • 1970-11-18 Hal Dickinson, American singer (Modernaires), dies at 56

Jim Morrison (1943-1971)

1971-07-03 American singer-songwriter (The Doors) and poet, dies of heart failure allegedly caused be an accidental heroin overdose at 27

  • 1971-07-17 Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike", American singer (54th Street Revue; "When You Wish Upon a Star"), dies at 76
  • 1973-05-21 Vaughn Monroe, American singer and orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61

Betty Grable (1916-1973)

1973-07-02 American singer, dancer, pin-up girl and actress (I Wake Up Screaming, How to Marry a Millionaire, Gay Divorcee), dies of lung cancer at 56

Jim Croce (1943-1973)

1973-09-20 American singer-songwriter ("Time in a Bottle"; "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"), dies in a plane crash at 30

  • 1973-12-20 Bobby Darin [Walden Robert Cassotto], American singer ("Mack the Knife"; "Splish-Splash"; "Beyond the Sea"), and actor, dies of a heart attack at 37
  • 1974-02-28 Bobby Bloom, American singer-songwriter ("Montego Bay"), dies in a self-inflicting gun cleaning incident at 28
  • 1974-03-28 Dorothy Fields, American singer (The Way You Look Tonight), dies at 68
  • 1975-06-29 Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter, dies at 28 of a heroin overdose
  • 1975-08-29 Leland T. Weed, American singer and actor, dies at 74

Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)

1976-06-25 American singer, Academy Award-winning lyricist ("Moon River"; "That Old Black Magic"; "And the Angels Sing": Come Rain Or Come Shine"), and record label executive (Capitol Records), dies from an inoperable brain tumor at 66 [1]

  • 1976-08-05 Betty Clooney, American singer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 45
  • 1977-06-22 Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs; Pere Ubu), dies of acute pancreatitis at 24

Bing Crosby (1903-1977)

1977-10-14 American singer ("White Christmas", "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy") and actor ("Going My Way"), dies of a heart attack at 74

  • 1978-01-23 Vic Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers - "Tammy"), dies in a car accident at 52
  • 1978-03-23 Bill Kenny, American singer, dies at 63
  • 1979-09-15 Tommy Leonetti [Tomaso Lionetti], American singer ("Free"), songwriter ("My City of Sydney"), and actor (Gomer Pyle, USMC), dies of cancer at 50
  • 1979-11-23 Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter ("Crayon Angels"; "Jesus Was A Cross Maker"), dies of a drug overdose at 35
  • 1980-01-06 Georgeanna Tillman, American singer (The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"), dies from lupus and sickle cell anemia at 37
  • 1980-02-18 Gale Robbins [Betty Gale Murphy], American singer and actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies of lung cancer at 58

Jane Froman (1907-1980)

1980-04-22 American singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72

  • 1980-04-30 Mary McCarty, American singer, dancer, stage and screen actress (Babes in Toyland; All That Jazz;, Trapper John, M.D.), dies of a heart attack at 56
  • 1980-05-12 Lillian Roth [Rutstein], American singer and actress (Animal Crackers; Alice Sweet Alice), dies at 69
  • 1980-08-20 Joe Dassin, French-American singer (Les Champs-Élysées), dies at 41
  • 1980-12-24 Siggie Nordstrom, American singer (The Nordstrom Sisters), dies at 87
  • 1980-12-29 Tim Hardin, American singer (If I Were a Carpenter, Reason to Believe), dies of a drug overdose at 39
  • 1981-01-02 David Lynch, American singer (Platters - "Twilight Time"; "Only You"; "The Great Pretender"), dies of cancer at 51
  • 1981-10-05 Jud Strunk, American singer-songwriter ("Daisy a Day"), and comedian (Laugh-In), dies of aheart attack while piloting a private plane in Maine at 45
  • 1981-11-27 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), dies of cancer at 83
  • 1982-06-10 Addie "Micki" Harris, American singer (Shirelles - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"; "Soldier Boy"), dies of a heart attack at 42
  • 1982-06-28 Harry Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 70
  • 1983-12-27 Walter Scott, American singer (Bob Kuban), murdered at 40
  • 1984-02-19 Ina Ray Hutton [Odessa Cowan], American singer and big band bandleader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies of complications from diabetes at 67
  • 1984-05-04 Larry Stock, American singer-songwriter ("Blueberry Hill"; "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You"), dies at 87
  • 1984-06-01 Nate Nelson, American singer (Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You), dies at 52
  • 1984-07-04 Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter ("You Must Be Laughing Somewhere"; "Let It Flow"), dies when his motorcycle is struck by drunken driver at 34
  • 1984-07-16 Billy Williams, American singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
  • 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
  • 1985-01-31 Barbara Cowsill, American singer and rock band mother (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly"), dies of emphysema at 56
  • 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
  • 1986-04-10 Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter ("The Greatest Love Of All"), dies of breast cancer at 37 [1]
  • 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
  • 1986-07-03 Rudy Vallee, American singer and one of the earliest crooners ("Vagabond Dreams"; "My Time Is Your Time"), dies at 84
  • 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

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

  • 1987-01-10 Marion Hutton [Thornburg], American singer (Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1938-42), and actress (In Society), dies of cancer at 67 [1]
  • 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
  • 1987-12-12 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
  • 1988-04-25 Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter, and sister of Aretha, dies of cancer at 43

Sylvester James Jr. (1947-1988)

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

  • 1989-03-08 Stuart Hamblen, American singer and composer (This Ole House), dies at 80
  • 1989-05-15 Johnny Green, American singer (Body and Soul) and film score composer who won 5 Academy Awards, dies at 80
  • 1989-11-05 Barry Sadler, American singer ("Ballad Of The Green Berets"), dies from complications of being shot 14 months earlier at 49
  • 1989-12-14 Pattie Santos, American singer (It's a Beautiful Day), dies in a car accident at 40
  • 1990-02-24 Johnnie Ray, American singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61
  • 1990-03-19 Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966)
  • 1990-07-02 Snooky Lanson [Roy Landman], American singer (Your Hit Parade; 5 Star Jubilee), dies at 76
  • 1990-12-08 Pony Sherrell Metcalf, American singer, dies of heart attack at undisclosed age
  • 1990-12-18 Connie Russell, American singer (Club Embassy; Garroway at Large), dies at 67
  • 1991-03-22 Dave Guard, American singer, songwriter and arranger (Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley"), dies of cancer at 56
  • 1991-05-24 (Harold Eugene) Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds - "Eight Miles High"), dies from natural causes brought on by bleeding ulcer at 46
  • 1991-08-29 Dixie Dunbar [Charlotte King], American singer and actress, dies of a heart attack at 72
  • 1991-09-26 Billy Vaughn, American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader ("Sail Along Sil'vry Moon"), dies of stomach cancer at 72
  • 1991-11-02 Mort Shuman, American singer, and songwriter, with Doc Pomus ("Viva Las Vegas"; "Save The Last Dance For Me"), dies of cancer at 54
  • 1992-02-21 Eva Jessye, American singer and choral director (Eva Jessye Choir - "Four Saints in Three Acts";"Porgy and Bess"), dies at 97
  • 1992-06-24 Tony LeMans [MansFortier], American singer-songwriter ("Cookie Crumbles"), dies in a motorcycle crash at 29
  • 1992-07-25 Alfred Drake [Capurro], American singer and actor (Trading Places, Hamlet, Kiss Me Kate), dies of heart failure at 78
  • 1992-08-14 Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters, 1953-59 - "Only You"; "Great Pretender"), dies at 64
  • 1992-09-29 Paul Jabara, American singer-songwriter and actor (Last Dance), dies of AIDS at 44
  • 1992-10-05 Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations, 1960-71 - "I Can't Get Next To You"; "Just My Imagination"), dies of lung cancer at 52
  • 1993-02-25 Eddie Constantine, American singer and actor (Alphaville, License to Kill, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again), dies from a heart attack at 79
  • 1993-03-12 June Valli, American singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62
  • 1993-06-09 Arthur Alexander, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Just Like Me"), whose songs were covered by The Beatles ("Anna"), The Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"), and Bob Dylan ("Sally Sue Brown"), dies of a heart attack at 53 [1]

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