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Events in Music

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  • 1516-04-06 A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este

Rossini's Early Performance

1804-04-22 Gioachino Rossini performs as a singer in Imola, Italy, aged only 12 years old

Swedish Nightingale

1850-09-11 Opera singer Jenny Lind - "The Swedish Nightingale", gives 1st US concert, at Castle Garden in New York City, promoted by P. T. Barnum

Gardel Argentine Citizenship

1923-03-07 French-born tango singer-songwriter Carlos Gardel applies for Argentine citizenship

Jazz Singer Sounds Death Knell for Silent Movies

1927-10-06 "The Jazz Singer", directed by Alan Crosland, starring Al Jolson and May McAvoy, released, 1st film with a soundtrack (Honorary Academy Award 1928)

  • 1931-05-01 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running association with CBS radio, various programs continue until 1945
  • 1933-07-22 Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida" at the New York Hippodrome, becoming the 1st black female opera singer to perform in the US

Édith Piaf Under Suspicion

1936-04-14 French singer Édith Piaf questioned after nightclub owner and her patron Louis Leplée murdered in Paris

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County (New Jersey) sheriff's department arrests American singer Frank Sinatra (23) on charge of "seduction", later withdrawn and amended to adultery, and shortly thereafter case dismissed

  • 1940-02-02 Frank Sinatra performs at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana, his first as featured singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

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

Tagus River Plane Crash

1943-02-22 Plane crash in the Tagus River, Lisbon, Portugal kills 23 with 15 survivors including singer Jane Froman

  • 1944-05-09 Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes Governor of Louisiana
  • 1944-10-12 "Columbus Day Riot": 30,000 fans descend on NYC's Times Square for singer Frank Sinatra's performance at Paramount Theatre (capacity 3,500)

Rubberlegs

1945-04-24 Miles Davis makes recording debut with the Herbie Fields Orchestra, backing singer "Rubberlegs" Wilson, at Savoy Records Studio, Newark, New Jersey

Billie Holiday Plays Carnegie

1948-03-27 Just 11 days after being released from prison, jazz singer Billie Holiday plays in front of a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall, NYC

  • 1952-08-13 Blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton records "Hound Dog" song, written a day earlier especially for her by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, at Radio Recorders Studio in Los Angeles, California

Music History

1953-10-19 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey

That's All Right

1954-07-05 Singer Elvis Presley's 1st professional recording session (with guitarist Scotty Moore & bass player Bill Black) takes place at Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service in Memphis, Tennessee. The trio record four songs including their historic cover of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's song "That's All Right". [1]

Banana Boat (Day-O)

1955-10-20 Calypso singer Harry Belafonte records his signature tune "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song) in NYC

  • 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
  • 1956-04-11 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater in racial incident

TV Show Appearance

1957-07-28 Rock and roll piano player-singer Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance with a raucous rendition of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on the "Steve Allen Show"

  • 1957-10-18 "The Frank Sinatra Show" television variety/drama anthology series debuts on ABC; the singer-actor is given almost complete control of the program

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

1957-12-01 Seminal rock band Buddy Holly & The Crickets make their "Ed Sullivan Show" debut, performing "That'll Be The Day" and "Peggy Sue"; singer Sam Cooke also performs after getting bumped due to time constraints on November 3rd - he sings "You Send Me" and “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons” [1] [2]

  • 1960-10-27 American pop and soul singer Ben E. King records "Spanish Harlem" & "Stand By Me" in NYC

Music History

1961-04-23 Singer Judy Garland appears in concert at Carnegie Hall, NYC; event is recorded for a double live album, wins Grammy Award for Album of the Year (the first such win by a female artist)

Music Concert

1961-07-23 American opera singer Grace Bumbry becomes the first black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, she earns 42 curtain calls

Crazy

1961-08-21 American country singer Patsy Cline records then-struggling songwriter Willie Neslon's song "Crazy", in Nashville, Tennessee

Music History

1961-11-04 American folk singer-songwriter Bob Dylan makes his Carnegie Hall (NYC) debut; tickets priced at $2.00 [1]

Music Concert

1962-06-09 American pop and jazz singer Tony Bennett makes his Carnegie Hall concert debut, NYC

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

  • 1963-06-15 "Sukiyaki" sung by Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto, hits #1

Cooke's Funeral Disrupted

1964-12-18 During funeral service held for soul singer Sam Cooke, fans cause damage to funeral home

Music History

1965-04-29 Canadian folk singer-songwriter Joni Anderson (soon to be known as Joni Mitchell) meets American folk singer and future husband Chuck Mitchell at a gig in Toronto, Ontario

Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees

1965-09-08 Small ads in Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter attract 437 young men interested in forming the world’s first manufactured boy band, "The Monkees" - 3 are chosen with British actor-singer Davy Jones already having been cast

David Bowie's Name Change

1965-09-16 British singer Davie Jones changes his stage name to "David Bowie" to avoid confusion with the Monkee of the same name

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

Music History

1967-05-10 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, and singer Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges, based on evidence gathered in a February police raid of Richards' mansion in West Wittering, England

  • 1967-07-16 Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell makes her Newport Folk Festival debut at a songwriters' workshop performance in Newport, Rhode Island
  • 1967-07-31 Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards are released from jail in England, after serving 1 month on drug charges

TV Show Appearance

1967-09-17 American rock band "The Doors" appear for 1st and last time on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; singer Jim Morrison reneges on promise to change a lyric, prompting producers to offer no further invitations [1]

Music History

1967-11-04 Pink Floyd make US live debut, sharing bill with Big Brother & The Holding Company, and singer-songwriter Richie Havens, at the Winterland Auditorium, San Francisco, California

  • 1968-03-23 Reprise Records releases "Song To A Seagull", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's debut studio album

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

Engagement of Interest

1968-07-20 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Beatle bassist, singer, and songwriter Paul McCartney, live on BBC-TV's "Dee Time" programme

Music History

1968-09-14 While on tour in England, a fire at singer Roy Orbison's Henderson, Tennessee home kills the two eldest of his three sons

  • 1969-03-25 American singer Judy Garland’s gives what becomes her very last concert, at Falkoner Centret in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1969-05-01 Reprise Records releases "Clouds", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 2nd studio album

Music History

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

Music History

1969-10-18 British singer Rod Stewart joins rock band Small Faces

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"

  • 1970-02-24 Dutch schlager singer Heintje Simons (14) wins his 7th gold record
  • 1970-03-02 Reprise Records releases "Ladies of the Canyon", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 3rd studio album
  • 1970-03-10 Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" and "I Can Do It"
  • 1970-03-26 Folk singer Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14-year-old girl and serves 3 months in prison; granted a presidential pardon in 1981

Debut of Janis Joplin

1970-06-12 Rocker and blues singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky

Music History

1970-06-23 Rocker and singer Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession

Music History

1970-08-07 British keyboard playing singer-songwriter Christine McVie (née Perfect) joins rock band Fleetwood Mac

Tea for the Tillerman

1970-11-23 A&M and Island Records release British folk-rock singer-songwriter Cat Stevens' fourth studio album "Tea for the Tillerman"; featuring singles "Wild World and "Father and Son"

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

Tapestry

1971-02-10 A&M Records releases "Tapestry", the second album by singer-songwriter Carole King (wins 4 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year 1972); tops charts in 4 countries, goes on to sell over 30 million copies

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

1971-08-01 "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" debuts on CBS-TV, with comic actor and singer Jimmy Durante as guest

Cold Spring Harbor

1971-11-01 Family Productions releases "Cold Spring Harbor", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's debut studio album; a mastering error caused music to be sped up

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"

  • 1972-01-31 Aretha Franklin sings at gospel singer Mahalia Jackson's funeral at the Greater Salem Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois

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.]

Music History

1972-03-16 Singer James Brown performs two shows for over 1,000 detainees awaiting trial at the Adolescent Remand Shelter on Rikers Island, NYC

  • 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"

Album Release

1973-03-06 Asylum Records releases "Closing Time". the debut album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits

  • 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"

Music History

1973-09-28 CBS-TV airs singer Cass Elliot's variety show special "Don't Call Me Mama Any More"; guests include Joel Grey, Dick Van Dyke, and Bruno the Bear (aka Gentle Ben)

  • 1973-11-09 Columbia Records releases "Piano Man", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's second studio album
  • 1973-11-16 Singer David Bowie performs on TV's "Midnight Special", set includes duet with Marianne Faithfull covering Sonny & Cher's hit "I Got You, Babe"
  • 1974-01-17 Asylum Records releases "Court and Spark", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 6th studio album; features the songs "Help Me" and "Free Man In Paris", it becomes her biggest seller
  • 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
  • 1974-10-11 Columbia Records releases "Streetlife Serenade", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's third studio album
  • 1974-10-15 Asylum Records releases "The Heart of Saturday Night", the second studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits

Music History

1975-05-17 Singer Mick Jagger (31) punches a restaurant window, needs 20 stitches for repairs

Music History

1975-08-04 Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant is seriously hurt in a car crash in Rhodes, Greece

Music History

1975-08-16 British singer Peter Gabriel announces his departure from the rock group Genesis

Music History

1975-09-29 Soul singer Jackie Wilson suffers a heart attack while singing on stage at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey; he survives, but never fully recovers, spending most of final 8 years in a coma

  • 1975-10-21 Asylum Records releases "Nighthawks at the Diner", the third studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits; the double LP was recorded with a live audience in a simulated nightclub setting
  • 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

Music History

1975-10-27 Covers of both Time (“Rock’s New Sensation”) and Newsweek (“Making of a Rock Star”) magazines feature rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen

Music History

1975-10-31 Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof's first appearance with The Boomtown Rats

  • 1976-05-19 Columbia Records releases "Turnstiles", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's fourth studio album
  • 1976-09-06 Singer Frank Sinatra brings surprise guest Dean Martin to his appearance on Jerry Lewis' 11th Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon - the first time Martin and Lewis share a stage in 20 years
  • 1976-09-21 Asylum Records releases "Small Change", the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits; his best-selling album until 1999, features the songs "Tom Traubert's Blue" and "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)"
  • 1976-09-29 Rock piano playing-singer Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest
  • 1976-11-26 East Germany strips singer-songwriter and poet Wolf Biermann of his citizenship while he tours West Germany
  • 1976-12-22 East Germany grants rock singer Nina Hagen her request to leave the country, after refusing her stepfather re-entry

Music History

1977-09-11 American crooner Bing Crosby and British singer David Bowie record duet "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" at ATV Elstree Studios near London for television special "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas"


Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 6,301

  • 1513-02-14 Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian Renaissance composer and singer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1574)
  • 1530-08-22 Bartolomeo Spontone, Italian composer and singer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1592)
  • 1540-06-23 Johann Baptista Serranus, German singer and composer, Born in Lehrberg bei Ansbach, Duchy of Bavaria (now Lehrberg, Germany) (d. 1600)
  • 1561-08-20 Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer who wrote the 1st recognized opera "Dafne", born in Rome (d. 1633)
  • 1567-08-10 Girolamo Giacobbi, Italian singer, choirmaster, conductor, and composer of sacred music and opera, baptized in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1629)
  • 1587-09-18 Francesca Caccini, Italian singer, composer (La liberazione di Ruggiero - widely believed to be oldest opera from a female composer), and teacher, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. after 1641)
  • 1600-09-05 Loreto Vittori, Italian composer and mezzo-soprano singer, born in Spoleto (d. 1670) [date baptized]
  • 1602-11-27 Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Italian Baroque music composer, singer and Benedictine nun, born in Milan, Habsburg Spain (now Italy) (d. ca. 1676–1678)
  • 1605-10-16 Charles Coypeau Dassoucy, French poet and singer, born in Paris (d. 1677)
  • 1610-12-09 Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato singer, born in Perugia, Italy (d. 1680)
  • 1616-05-19 Johann Jakob Froberger, German singer, organist, and composer, baptized in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg (d. 1667)

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)

1619-08-06 Italian singer, theorbo player, and composer, baptized in Venice, Republic of Venice (now Italy)

  • 1623-08-05 Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, singer and musician, baptized in Arezzo, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1669)
  • 1659-08-01 Antoine Mouque, Flemish composer and organist and singer, born in Ostend, Dutch Republic (now Netherlands) (d. 1723)
  • 1665-03-17 Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichordist, organist, singer, and composer (Les pièces de clavessin; Céphale et Procris), born in Paris, France (d. 1729)
  • 1670-07-19 Richard Leveridge, English bass singer and composer, born in St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (d. 1758)
  • 1679-05-12 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, Italian composer and castrato singer, born in Venice, Republic of Venice (d. 1746)
  • 1709-12-01 Franz Xaver Richter, Austro-Moravian composer, singer and conductor, born in Holleschau, Moravia (d. 1789) [probable place of birth]
  • 1717-02-10 Pierre de La Garde, French composer, singer, and guitarist, born in Crécy-la-Chapelle, France (d. c. 1792)
  • 1719-12-24 Johann Christoph Altnikol, German organist, bass singer, composer, and J.S. Bach's son-in-law and copyist, born in Berna bei Seidenberg, Oberlausitz (now Sulików, Poland) (d. 1759)
  • 1720-10-17 Maria Teresa Agnesi, Italian harpsichodist, singer, and composer, born in Milan, Habsburg Empire (now Italy) (d. 1795)
  • 1735-05-13 Horace Coignet, French violinist, singer, and composer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1821)
  • 1739-09-07 Joseph Legros, French singer and composer who was the most prominent haute-contres of his generation, born in Monampteuil, France (d. 1793)
  • 1741-08-15 Thomas Norris, English singer and composer, baptized in Mere, Wiltshire (d. 1790)
  • 1751-03-29 Supply Belcher, American composer and singer (The Harmony of Maine), born in Stoughton, Massachusetts (d. 1836)
  • 1751-09-01 Emmanuel Schikaneder, German performing arts impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and librettist (Mozart's "Magic Flute"), born in Straubing, Bavaria (d. 1812)
  • 1753-02-12 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, Belgian composer and singer, born in Brussels (d. 1819)
  • 1755-08-08 Luigi Marchesi, Italian castrato singer, born in Milan, Habsburg Empire (now Italy) (d. 1829)
  • 1755-08-31 Johann Ignaz Walter, German opera singer and composer, born in Perutz, Bohemia (d. 1822)
  • 1756-01-22 Vincenzo Righini, Italian composer and singer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1812)
  • 1757-10-31 Ignaz Spangler, Austrian singer and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1811)
  • 1758-02-07 Benedikt Schack, Bohemian-Austrian singer, composer, and friend of Wolfgang Mozart (originated role of Tamino in Die Zauberflöte), born in Mirotice, Bohemia (d. 1826)
  • 1759-05-15 Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian blind pianist, singer, organist, and composer, born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1824)
  • 1759-05-18 Charles Duquesnoy, South Netherlands composer and singer, born in Beuzet (d. 1822)
  • 1759-07-10 Sophia Maria Westenholz (née Fritscher), German singer, composer, and educator, born in Neubrandenburg, Swedish Pomerania (now Germany) (d. 1838)
  • 1762-03-25 Francesco Giuseppe Pollini, Italian composer, singer, and pupil of Mozart, born in Ljubljana , Habsburg Empire (d. 1846)
  • 1773-02-02 Vincenc Tucek, Bohemian composer, conductor and singer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1821)
  • 1774-03-20 John Braham, English tenor singer and composer, born in London (d. 1856)
  • 1775-01-21 Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer, born in Seville, Spain (d. 1832)
  • 1775-08-28 Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, born in Paris (d. 1819)
  • 1779-04-21 William Knyvett, British singer and composer, born in Westminster, London (d. 1856)
  • 1780-01-28 Giovanni Battista Velluti, Italian castrato singer 'the last great castrato', born in Pausula, Papal States (d. 1861)
  • 1797-12-19 Josef Theodor Krov, Bohemian composer, singer and teacher, born in Nové Strašecí, Czechia (d. 1859)
  • 1801-12-07 Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor, singer and playwright (Judith und Holofernes), born in Ratibor, Silesia (d. 1862)
  • 1810-07-18 Peter [Josef Anton] Singer, Austrian monk, organist and composer, born in Unterhäselgehr, Tyrol (d. 1882)
  • 1816-08-16 Joseph Robinson, Irish singer, organist and composer, born in Dublin (d. 1898)
  • 1825-12-27 Reinhold Finsterbusch, German singer, organist, composer, and choral director (Jesu Tod und Begräbnis), born in Mittweida, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1902)
  • 1834-02-06 Ema Puksec, Croatian singer, born in Ogulin, Croatia (d. 1889)
  • 1837-01-23 Amanda Smith, American former slave, singer and evangelist, born in Long Green, Maryland (d. 1915)
  • 1840-08-28 Ira D. Sankey, American evangelist, composer and singer (Gospel hymns), born in Edinburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1908)
  • 1848-11-24 Lilli Lehmann, German opera singer (Tristan und Isolde), born in Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1929)
  • 1854-02-20 Louis van Westerhoven, Dutch actor, singer and opera director (Youth), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1912)
  • 1856-03-09 Eddie Foy Sr. [Edwin Fitzgerald], Irish-American actor, singer and dancer (A Favorite Fool), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1928)
  • 1861-12-04 Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard], American singer and actress (Great Mogul), born in Clinton, Iowa (d. 1922)
  • 1862-06-27 May Irwin, Canadian comedienne and singer ("Hot Time in the Old Town"), born in Whitby, Ontario, Canada (d. 1938)
  • 1862-08-11 Carrie Jacobs-Bond, American singer, pianist, songwriter (I Love You Truly; A Perfect Day), born in Janesville, Wisconsin (d. 1946)
  • 1865-01-03 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), born in London, England (d. 1936)
  • 1866-03-10 Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer, pianist, teacher, and composer of parlour songs and light orchestral pieces music, born in Upper Norwood, London, England (d. 1956)
  • 1867-01-20 Yvette Guilbert [Emma Laure Esther Guilbert], French singer and actress, born in Paris, France (d. 1944)
  • 1867-03-27 Edyth Walker, American opera singer, born in Hopewell, New York (d. 1950)
  • 1867-08-11 Joe Weber, American vaudeville comedian, singer (Weber and Fields), and theatrical producer, born in New York City (d. 1942)
  • 1868-11-04 Carolina “La Belle” Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan, born in Valga, Galicia, Spain (d. 1965)
  • 1869-09-10 Caro Roma [Carrie Northey], American composer and singer, born in California (d. 1937)
  • 1869-10-23 Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch cabaret singer, born in Kralingen, Holland (d. 1945)
  • 1870-02-12 Joe Howard, American vaudeville, Broadway, and television singer (Gay Nineties Revue), and songwriter ("Hello Ma Baby"), born in New York City (d. 1961) [1]
  • 1870-08-04 Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin), born in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1950)
  • 1870-10-07 "Uncle" Dave Macon, American vaudeville and Grand Ole Opry banjo player, singer-songwriter and comedian, born in Smartt Station, Tennessee (d. 1952)
  • 1871-04-03 Mistinguett [Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois], French actress and singer (Moulin Rouge star), born in Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, France (d. 1956)
  • 1871-04-24 Blanche Ring, American singer ("In The Good Old Summer Time"), and stage and screen actress, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1961)
  • 1872-03-19 Anna Held, Polish-born French actress and singer (A Parisian Model), born in Warsaw (d. 1918)
  • 1872-04-04 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch concert and opera contralto singer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1954)
  • 1873-02-11 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian operatic bass-baritone singer (Man and Mask: Forty Years in the Life of a Singer), born in Kazen, Russian Empire (d. 1938)
  • 1873-06-01 Ada Jane Jones, English-American popular singer, among the earliest female singers to be recorded, born in Lancashire, England (d. 1922)
  • 1874-08-09 Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French singer, composer, conductor, and music critic, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1947)
  • 1875-08-16 Florrie Forde [Flannagan], Australian singer and British music hall performer, born in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (d. 1940)
  • 1878-05-15 Francisco Pujol, Catalan singer, choirmaster (Orfeó Català), composer, and musicologist, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1945)
  • 1880-02-14 Aida Overton Walker, African-American dancer and singer (In Dahomey, Salome), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1914)
  • 1880-09-06 Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch cabaret singer and comedian ("M'n Eerste" - "My First"; "The French Governess"), born in Vlissingen, Netherlands (d. 1927)
  • 1881-05-13 Ilona Durigo, Hungarian contralto singer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1943)
  • 1881-09-27 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, Dutch revue-artist, singer and actress, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1940)
  • 1882-02-28 Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (Story of American Singer), born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
  • 1882-07-05 Inayat Khan, Indian singer, musicologist, and philosopher (founder of Sufi Order - London, 1914), born in Vadodra, Bombay State, British India (d. 1927)
  • 1882-08-10 Max Kowalski, German pianist, singer, and composer (Pierrot Lunaire), born in Kowal, Russian Empire/Poland (d. 1956)
  • 1882-10-25 Tony Jackson, American ragtime pianist and singer-songwriter ("Pretty Baby"), born in New Orleans (d. 1921)
  • 1883-05-26 Mamie Smith, American vaudeville singer, dancer and actress (Crazy Blues), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1946)
  • 1883-12-19 Louis Davids [Simon David], Dutch cabaret performer, singer and comedian, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1939)
  • 1884-01-12 (Mary Louise) "Texas" Guinan, American vaudeville singer, silent film actress, and speakeasy (saloon) proprietor, born in Waco, Texas (d. 1933)
  • 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)
  • 1884-08-02 Nanny Larsén-Todsen, Swedish opera singer, born in Hagby, Sweden (d. 1982)
  • 1884-08-06 Arthur Fields [Abraham Finkelstein], American singer-songwriter ("Aba Daba Honeymoon"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1953)
  • 1884-10-20 Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), born in New York City (d. 1966)
  • 1884-12-20 Max Blokzijl, Dutch singer, journalist, and Nazi collaborator, born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 1946)
  • 1885-10-22 Giovanni Martinelli, Italian operatic spinto tenor singer (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1913-45), born in Montagnana, Italy (d. 1969)
  • 1885-10-25 Sam M. Lewis [Levine] American singer and lyricist ("Street of Dreams"; "Just Friends"; "Dinah"), born in New York City (d. 1959)
  • 1886-04-03 (Arthur) "Dooley" Wilson, American piano player, singer, and actor (Casablanca; Stormy Weather; Beulah), born in Tyler, Texas (d. 1953)
  • 1886-04-26 Ma Rainey [Gertrude Pridgett], American singer "Mother of the Blues", born in Columbus, Georgia (d. 1939)

Al Jolson (1886-1950)

1886-05-26 American-Lithuanian jazz singer and silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee), born in Seredžius, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire

  • 1888-01-10 Emile van Bosch, Belgian-Dutch opera singer (Fair Folks), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1940)
  • 1888-02-26 Ida Cox (nee Prather), American blues singer and vaudeville performer, born in Habersham County, Georgia (d. 1967) [birth year disputed, may be 1894 or 1896]
  • 1888-09-12 Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer ("Thank Heaven For Little Girls"), born in Paris (d. 1972)

Weddings in Music

Weddings 1 - 100 of 495

Carl Maria von Weber

1817-11-04 German composer Carl Maria von Weber (30) weds opera singer Caroline Brandt

Gioachino Rossini

1822-03-16 Italian opera composer (The Barber of Seville) Gioachino Rossini weds 1st wife, opera singer Isabella Colbran, in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy)

Fridtjof Nansen

1889-09-06 Explorer Fridtjof Nansen (27) weds mezzo-soprano singer Eva Nansen (30)

  • 1904-02-02 American blues singer Gertrude Pridgett (17) weds American minstrel & vaudeville comic William "Pa" Rainey; she becomes known as Ma Rainey; divorce in 196

Jimmie Rodgers

1917-05-01 Country singer Jimmie Rodgers (19) weds Stella Kelley

James Cagney

1922-09-28 American stage and film actor, dancer, and singer James Cagney (23) weds American dancer Frances Vernon in NYC

Marlene Dietrich

1923-05-17 Actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (21) weds assistant director Rudolf Sieber (26) in Berlin, Germany

Maybelle Carter

1926-03-13 American folk and singer Maybelle Addington (17) weds music manager Ezra Carter (27)

Bing Crosby

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

Jack Dempsey

1933-07-18 American heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (38) weds American Broadway singer and actress Hannah Williams (22); divorce in 1943

Edith Piaf

1935-08-19 French singer Édith Piaf (19) weds Andrew Johnseppe in Belleville, Paris, France

  • 1935-10-08 American bandleader Ozzie Nelson marries American band singer Harriet Hilliard (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)

Hoagy Carmichael

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

  • 1936-06-14 Singer and cowboy actor Roy Rogers (24) weds Arlene Wilkins in Roswell, New Mexico
  • 1937-10-15 American singer Jo Stafford (19) weds American singer John Huddleston (25) in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 1943

Louis Armstrong

1938-10-11 American jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (37) weds longtime girlfriend Alpha Smith; divorce in 1942

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

Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz

1940-11-30 "I Love Lucy" actress Lucille Ball (28) weds Cuban actor and singer Desi Arnaz (23) in Greenwich, Connecticut; divorce in 1960

Judy Garland

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

Billie Holiday

1941-08-25 American jazz singer Billie Holiday (26) weds American jazz trombonist Jimmy Monroe; divorce in 1947

  • 1942-10-12 American jazz musician Louis Armstrong (41) weds fourth and final wife, American Cotton Club dancer Lucille Wilson (28), at singer Velma Middleton's home in St. Louis, Missouri, until his death in 1971 [1]

Dinah Shore

1943-12-05 Singer and actress Dinah Shore (27) weds actor George Montgomery (27)

Carl Reiner

1943-12-24 American comic actor and writer Carl Reiner (21) weds singer Estelle Lebost (29)

Jerry Lewis

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

Hank Williams

1944-12-15 American country music star Hank Williams (21) weds American country singer Audrey Sheppard (21). her second marriage and his first; divorce in 1952

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

Doris Day

1946-03-30 American actress and singer Doris Day (23) weds American jazz saxophonist George Weidler (20); divorce in 1949

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

Ella Fitzgerald

1947-12-10 American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (30) weds American jazz bass player Ray Brown (21); divorce in 1953

  • 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

Nat King Cole

1948-03-28 Musician Nat King Cole (29) weds jazz singer Maria Hawkins (25) at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York

  • 1948-05-15 American dancer and actress Cyd Charisse (26) weds American pop singer Tony Martin (34)

Billy Wilder

1949-06-30 Austrian-American filmmaker Billy Wilder (43) weds American actress and singer Audrey Young (27), until his death in 2002

Dean Martin

1949-09-01 American pop singer and actor Dean Martin weds second wife actress Jeanne Biegger; divorced in 1973

  • 1951-04-03 Actress and singer Doris Day (29) marries producer Martin Melcher (35) in Burbank, California

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

Leontyne Price

1952-08-31 American operatic soprano Leontyne Price (25) weds American concert bass-baritone singer William Warfield (32); divorce in 1973

  • 1952-10-18 Latin actress Maria Felix (38) weds actor and singer Jorge Negreta (40) in Mexico

Martin Luther King Jr.

1953-06-18 Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (24) weds fellow activist and singer Coretta Scott (26) on the lawn of her parent’s home in Marion, Alabama; ceremony officiated by his father

James Brown

1953-06-19 Singer James Brown (20) weds Velma Warren at Trinity CME Church in Toccoa, Georgia; divorce in 1969

Roger Moore

1953-07-06 English "James Bond" actor Roger Moore (25) weds second wife Welsh singer Dorothy Squires (38) in Jersey City, New Jersey; divorce in 1968

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

Rita Hayworth

1953-09-24 American "Gilda" actress Rita Hayworth (34) weds Argentine singer Dick Haymes (35) at The Sands Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas; divorce in 1955

Johnny Cash

1954-08-07 American country music singer-songwriter Johnny Cash (22) marries 1st wife Vivian Liberto (20) at St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church in San Antonio. Texas; divorce in 1966

Debbie Reynolds

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

Anita Ekberg

1956-05-22 Swedish actress Anita Ekberg (24) weds actor and singer Anthony Steel (36) in Florence, Italy; divorce in 1959

Shirley Jones

1956-08-05 American actress-singer Shirley Jones (22) weds film and stage actor-singer Jack Cassidy (29); divorce in 1975

Patti Page

1956-12-28 Singer Patti Page (29) weds choreographer Charles O'Curran in Las Vegas, Nevada

Richard Harris

1957-02-09 Actor-singer Richard Harris (26) weds socialite Elizabeth Rees (20); divorce in 1969

Tom Jones

1957-03-02 Welsh laborer Tom Woodward (later known as singer Tom Jones) (16) weds high school girlfriend Linda Trenchard (16), until her death in 2016

Jerry Lee Lewis

1957-12-12 American piano playing singer Jerry Lee Lewis (21) weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown (13) while still married to his 2nd wife Jane Mitcham; legalize marriage in 1958; divorce in 1970

Buddy Holly

1958-08-15 American rock singer-songwriter Buddy Holly (21) weds Puerto Rican-American record company receptionist María Santiago (25) at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas

Julie Andrews

1959-05-10 British stage actress and singer Julie Andrews (23) weds British theatrical set designer Tony Walton (24) in Weybridge, Surrey, England; divorce in 1968

Adolph Green

1960-01-31 American songwriter Adolph Green (45) weds (for 3rd and final time) American actress and singer Phyllis Newman (24) in NYC, until his death in 2002

Jim Bakker

1961-04-01 American televangelist Jim Bakker (21) marries Christian singer Tammy Faye (19)

Jane Froman

1962-06-22 American actress-singer Jane Froman (54) weds college friend Rowland Smith

  • 1962-10-09 French singer Édith Piaf (46) marries French Greek actor Théo Sarapo (26)

Barry White

1962-11-18 Singer Barry White (18) weds childhood sweetheart Betty Smith

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

Little Eva

1962-12-18 Pop singer Little Eva (19) weds James Harris

Willie Nelson

1963-01-12 Country singer Willie Nelson (29) weds singer Shirley Collie (31) in Las Vegas; divorce in 1971

Barbra Streisand & Elliott Gould

1963-03-21 Singer and actress Barbra Streisand (20) marries actor Elliott Gould (24)

Mary Travers

1963-10-15 American folk singer Mary Travers (26) weds American portrait photographer Barry Feinstein (32); divorce in 1967

Robert Goulet

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

Ernest Borgnine & Ethel Merman

1964-06-27 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) weds Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) in Beverly Hills, California; divorce 1964

Mahalia Jackson

1964-07-02 Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (52) weds Sigmond Galloway

  • 1964-11-22 American actress and singer Rosemary Clooney (36) weds Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer (51) for the second time in Los Angeles, California; divorce a second time in 1967
  • 1965-05-06 Britis singer Mariane Faithfull weds British artist John Dunbar in Cambridge, England with Peter Asher as the best man; divorce in 1966

Rita Moreno

1965-06-18 Actress and singer Rita Moreno (33) weds cardiologist Leonard Gordon

Joni Mitchell

1965-06-19 Canadian folk singer-songwriter Joni Anderson (henceforth known as Joni Mitchell) weds American folk singer Chuck Mitchell in Port Huron, Michigan; divorce in 1967

Merle Haggard

1965-06-28 American country singer Merle Haggard (28) weds singer Bonnie Owens (35); divorce in 1978

  • 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

Bob Dylan

1965-11-22 American folk singer Bob Dylan (24) weds American model and actress Sara Lowndes (26); divorce in 1977

Dolly Parton

1966-05-30 American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton (20) weds Carl Dean (23) in Ringgold, Georgia

Louis Jordan

1966-06-14 Musician Louis Jordan (58) weds singer and dancer Martha Weaver

  • 1966-07-19 American saloon singer Frank Sinatra (50) marries American actress Mia Farrow (21) at the Las Vegas, Nevada home of casino executive Jack Entratter; divorce in 1968

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

John Denver

1967-06-06 American pop singer John Denver (23) weds psychotherapist Annie Martell at the Christ Chapel in St. Peter, Minnesota; divorce in 1982

  • 1968-03-01 Singer-songwriter and actress June Carter (38) weds singer-songwriter Johnny Cash (36) at a church in Franklin, Kentucky

Joan Baez

1968-03-26 American folk singer and activist Joan Baez (27) weds American journalist and peace activist David Harris (22) in New York City; divorce in 1973

Micky Dolenz

1968-07-12 American "The Monkees" singer Micky Dolenz (23) weds British model and television presenter Samantha Juste (24); divorce in 1975

Miles Davis

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

Davy Jones

1968-10-31 British "Monkees" singer Davy Jones (22) weds American actress Linda Haines (23); divorce in 1975

Robert Plant

1968-11-09 British "Led Zeppelin" singer Robert Plant (19) weds British student Maureen Wilson (19) in West Bromwich, England; divorce in 1983

Tammy Wynette

1969-02-16 American country singer Tammy Wynette (26) weds American country singer-songwriter George Jones (37), divorced 1975

Maurice Gibb

1969-02-18 Scottish pop singer Lulu (20) weds British rock musician Maurice Gibb (19); divorce in 1973

  • 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

Jim Morrison

1970-06-21 "The Doors" lead singer Jim Morrison (26) "marries" author Patricia Kennealy (24) in a celtic pagan hand fasting ceremony, but the marriage is not legally binding


Divorces in Music

Jack Dempsey

1943-07-07 Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (48) divorces broadway singer Hannah Williams (32) after 10 years of marriage

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

1951-10-29 Singer and actor Frank Sinatra (35) and 1st wife Nancy (Barbato) (33) divorce due to infidelity after 12 years of marriage

Ella Fitzgerald

1953-08-28 American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (36) divorces American jazz bassist Ray Brown (27) after 6 years of marriage

  • 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

Ernest Borgnine & Ethel Merman

1964-07-28 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) divorces Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) after 32 days 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

José Ferrer

1967-09-12 American actress and singer Rosemary Clooney (39) divorces Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer (54) for the second time, after she found out his affair with Stella Magee

Dennis Hopper

1970-11-08 American "The Mamas & the Papas" singer Michelle Phillips (26) divorces American "Easy Rider" director and actor Dennis Hopper (34) after only 8 days of marriage

Cher & Sonny Bono

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

Tammy Wynette

1975-03-21 American country singer Tammy Wynette (33) divorces American country singer-songwriter George Jones (43), after 6 years of marriage

  • 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

Mick Jagger

1978-05-01 Actress and model Bianca Jagger (32) files for divorce from Rolling Stone singer Mick Jagger (34) after 7 years of marriage on the grounds of his adultery with model Jerry Hall

David Bowie

1980-02-08 Model Angie Bowie (30) divorces British singer David Bowie (33) after just under 10 years of marriage

James Brown

1981-01-10 Singer James Brown (47) divorces Deidre Jenkins after 10 years of marriage

Janet Jackson

1985-11-18 American actress-singer Janet Jackson (19) and American R&B singer James DeBarge (22) have marriage annulled after less than a year

Courtney Love

1989-06-15 Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (24) divorces vocalist James Moreland only 4 months after getting married

Andrew Lloyd Webber & Sarah Brightman

1990-01-03 Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (41) divorces singer/dancer Sarah Brightman (29) after almost 7 years of marriage

  • 1990-04-01 Guns & Roses' Duff McKagan divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames

Lenny Kravitz & Lisa Bonet

1992-04-12 Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz, after 5 years of marriage

Lionel Richie

1993-08-09 American pop singer Lionel Richie (44) divorces Brenda Harvey, after nearly 18 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

Mariah Carey

1998-03-05 Singer Mariah Carey and music mogul Tommy Mottola divorce after 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

  • 2000-09-22 Actress Patsy Kensit (32) divorces Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (28) due to unreasonable behaviour after 3 years of marriage

Halle Berry

2003-09-27 American actress Halle Berry announces her separation from second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet

  • 2004-04-27 Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry files for divorce from her second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet, six months after the couple separated
  • 2004-06-08 "TLC" singer Tionne Watkins (34) divorces rapper Mack 10 (32) due to adultery after nearly 4 years of marriage
  • 2004-11-19 American singer Jermaine Jackson (49) divorces Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza (35) after 9 years of marriage

Renée Zellweger

2005-12-20 American actress Renée Zellweger (36) annuls her marriage to American country-music singer Kenny Chesney (37) citing fraud, after 4 months 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

David Hasselhoff

2006-07-26 Former Baywatch actor David Hasselhoff (54) divorces actress and singer Pamela Bach (42) due to irreconcilable differences after 16 years of marriage

Rod Stewart

2006-11-02 British singer Rod Stewart (58) divorces model Rachel Hunter (33) due to irreconcilable differences

Pamela Anderson & Kid Rock

2006-11-27 "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (39) divorces singer Kid Rock (36) due to irreconcilable differences only 4 months after getting married

Whitney Houston

2007-04-24 Recording artist and the most-awarded female act of all-time Whitney Houston (43) divorces R&B singer-songwriter Bobby Brown (38) due to irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage

Madonna

2008-12-15 Pop singer Madonna (50) divorces film director Guy Ritchie (40) due to unreasonable behavior after almost 8 years of marriage

Amy Winehouse

2009-08-28 Blake Fielder-Civil (27) divorces British Grammy award-winning singer Amy Winehouse (25) due to adultery after 2 years of marriage

Peter Andre & Katie Price

2009-09-08 90s pop sensation singer Peter Andre (36) divorces glamour model Katie Price (31) due to unreasonable behaviour after 3 years of marriage

Usher

2009-11-04 R&B singer Usher (30) divorces hair stylist and wardrobe stylist Tameka Foster (38) due to irretrievably broken marriage after 2 years

  • 2010-05-21 American rapper and actor Nas (37) divorces American R&B singer Kelis (31) after 5 years of marriage

Shania Twain

2010-05-29 Five-time Grammy Award singer Shania Twain (42) divorces music producer Robert John Lange (59) after 14 years of marriage

LeAnn Rimes

2010-06-19 Backup dancer Dean Sheremet (29) divorces Grammy Award-winning singer LeAnn Rimes (27) after nearly eight years of marriage

  • 2010-09-03 Pop singer Cheryl Cole (27) divorces England soccer player Ashley Cole (29) due to unreasonable behavior after 3 and a half years of marriage

Randy Travis

2010-10-29 Country singer Randy Travis (51) divorces manager Lib Hatcher due to state of incompatibility between the two parties after 19 long years of marriage. One of country music's longest-lasting couples

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

  • 2010-12-08 "Heart" rock singer Nancy Wilson (56) divorces "Almost Famous" and "Elizabethtown" director Cameron Crowe (53) due to irreconcilable differences after 24 years of marriage
  • 2010-12-28 Film and record company executive Justin Siegel (23) divorces actress-singer Emmy Rossum due to irreconcilable differences after a year-and-a-half of marriage

Christina Aguilera

2011-04-15 Grammy-winning pop singer Christina Aguilera (29) divorces music executive Jordan Bratman (33) due to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage

John Mellencamp

2011-08-12 American rock singer-songwriter John Mellencamp (59) divorces model Elaine Irwin (41) after 18 years of marriage

  • 2011-11-16 "American Idol" winning singer Rubben Studdard (33) divorces Surata Zuri McCants 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

Zooey Deschanel

2011-12-27 "New Girl" actress Zooey Deschanel (31) divorces "Death Cab for Cutie" singer Ben Gibbard (35) due to irreconcilable differences

Heidi Klum & Seal

2012-04-06 Actress and model Heidi Klum (39) divorces British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal (49) due to irreconcilable differences after almost seven years of marriage

  • 2014-12-12 American comedian ans TV host Nick Cannon (37) files for divorce from American pop singer Mariah Carey (48) after 6 years of marriage

Gwen Stefani

2015-08-03 Singer Gwen Stefani and musician Gavin Rossdale announce their intention to divorce after nearly 13 years of marriage

  • 2016-02-08 American singer-actress Katharine McPhee (31) divorces producer Nick Cokas (50) after 8 years of marriage

Mandy Moore

2016-06-23 Actress and singer Mandy Moore and singer-songwriter Ryan Adams divorce after 7 years

Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin

2016-07-15 American actress Gwyneth Paltrow and British Coldplay singer Chris Martin divorce after 12 years of marriage

  • 2016-10-04 Singer Gwen Stefani and musician Gavin Rossdale divorce after 13 years of marriage
  • 2018-06-14 American "Glee" actress and singer Naya Rivera (31) divorces American actor Ryan Dorsey (34) after almost 4 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

Kelly Clarkson

2021-08-03 Singer Kelly Clarkson divorces talent manager Brandon Blackstock after 7 years of marriage

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

Ricky Martin

2023-07-06 Singer Ricky Martin and Syrian-Swedish painter Jwan Yose announce their decision to divorce after six years of marriage [1]

Britney Spears

2023-08-16 Sam Asghari files for divorce from singer Britney Spears after 14 months of marriage [1]

Ariana Grande

2023-09-18 American pop singer Ariana Grande (30) files for divorce from American realtor Dalton Gomez (27) after two years of marriage [1]

  • 2023-10-17 Country music singer-songwriters Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd file for divorce after five years of marriage [1]

Deaths in Music

Deaths 1 - 100 of 2,303

  • 1497-02-06 John Ockeghem, Flemish singer and composer, dies at 79
  • 1518-11-20 Pierre de la Rue [aka Peter van Straten], Franco-Flemish the Renaissance singer and composer, dies at about 66 [birth date unconfirmed]
  • 1552-02-26 Heinrich Faber, German singer, music theorist, and composer, dies at about 52
  • 1562-12-17 Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer, bandmaster, and composer, dies at about 82
  • 1598-05-03 Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
  • 1600-08-15 Johann Baptista Serranus, German singer and composer, dies at 60
  • 1611-08-27 Tomés L de Victoria, Spanish composer, singer, organist, and priest, dies at about 53
  • 1626-02-20 John Dowland, British (or Irish?) Renaissance lutenist, singer, and composer ("I saw my Lady weepe"; "Flow My Tears"), dies and is buried at 63
  • 1629-02-13 Girolamo Giacobbi, Italian singer, choirmaster, conductor, and composer of sacred music and opera, dies at 61 (date approximate)
  • 1633-08-12 Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer who wrote the 1st recognized opera "Dafne", dies at 71
  • 1652-02-17 Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer and composer (Miserere), dies at about 67
  • 1667-05-07 Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist, singer, and composer, dies at 50
  • 1669-10-14 Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, singer and musician, dies at 46
  • 1670-04-23 Loreto Vittori, Italian composer and mezzo-soprano singer, dies at 69
  • 1677-10-29 Charles Coypeau Dassoucy, French poet and singer, dies at 72

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)

1677-11-11 Italian singer, theorbo player, and composer, dies at 58

  • 1680-09-10 Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato singer, dies at 69
  • 1723-08-23 Antoine Mouque, Flemish composer, organist and singer, dies at 64
  • 1729-06-27 Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichordist, organist, singer, and composer (Les pièces de clavessin; Céphale et Procris), dies at 64
  • 1746-05-15 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, Italian composer and castrato singer dies at 67
  • 1758-03-22 Richard Leveridge, English bass singer and composer, dies at 87
  • 1759-07-25 Johann Christoph Altnikol, German organist, bass singer, composer, and J.S. Bach's son-in-law and copyist, dies at 39
  • 1789-09-12 Franz Xaver Richter, Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theorist, dies at 79
  • 1790-09-05 Thomas Norris, English singer and composer, dies at 49
  • 1793-12-20 Joseph Legros, French singer and composer who was the most prominent haute-contres (operatic tenor) of his generation, dies at 54
  • 1795-01-19 Maria Teresa Agnesi, Italian harpsichodist, singer, and composer, dies at 74
  • 1802-08-23 Corona Schröter, German singer. and composer, dies at 51
  • 1805-10-21 Johann Baptist Lasser, German singer and composer, dies at 54
  • 1812-08-19 Vincenzo Righini, Italian composer and singer, dies at 56
  • 1812-09-21 Emmanuel Schikaneder, German performing arts impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and librettist (Mozart's "Magic Flute"), dies at 61
  • 1819-07-24 Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, dies at 43
  • 1819-10-20 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, Belgian composer and singer, dies at 66
  • 1821-08-29 Horace Coignet, French violinist, singer and composer, dies at 86
  • 1822-02-22 Johann Ignaz Walter, German opera singer and composer, dies at 66
  • 1824-02-01 Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian blind pianist, singer, organist, and composer, dies at 64
  • 1826-12-10 Benedikt Schack, Bohemian-Austrian singer, composer, and friend of Wolfgang Mozart (originated role of Tamino in Die Zauberflöte), dies at 68
  • 1827-03-09 Franz Xaver Gerl, Austrian bass singer and composer, dies at 62
  • 1832-06-10 Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer, dies at 57
  • 1836-06-09 Supply Belcher, American composer and singer (The Harmony of Maine), dies at 85
  • 1846-09-17 Francesco Giuseppe Pollini, Italian composer, singer, and pupil of Mozart, dies at 84
  • 1856-02-17 John Braham, English tenor singer and composer, dies at 81
  • 1856-11-17 William Knyvett, British singer and composer, dies at 77
  • 1858-01-03 Rachel Félix, Swiss-born French singer and actress in tragedies (mistress of Napoleon III), dies of tuberculosis at 36
  • 1859-03-01 Josef Theodor Krov, Bohemian composer, singer and teacher, dies at 61
  • 1861-01-22 Giovanni Battista Velluti, Italian castrato singer 'the last great castrato', dies at 80
  • 1862-05-25 Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor, singer and playwright (Judith und Holofernes), dies at 60
  • 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]
  • 1882-01-25 Peter Singer, Austrian composer and instrument maker, dies at 71
  • 1889-01-14 Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834)
  • 1898-08-23 Joseph Robinson, Irish singer, organist and composer, dies at 82
  • 1902-09-14 Reinhold Finsterbusch, German singer, organist, composer, and choral director (Jesu Tod und Begräbnis), dies at 76
  • 1908-08-13 Ira D. Sankey, American evangelist, singer, composer and publisher (Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs), dies at 67
  • 1912-03-15 Louis van Westerhoven, Dutch actor, singer and opera director (Youth), dies at 58
  • 1915-02-24 Amanda Smith, American former slave, singer and evangelist, dies at 78
  • 1921-04-20 Tony Jackson, American ragtime pianist and singer-songwriter ("Pretty Baby"), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 38
  • 1922-05-22 Ada Jane Jones, English-American popular singer, among the earliest female singers to be recorded, dies of kidney failure at 48
  • 1922-06-06 Lillian Russell, American actress and operetta singer, dies at about 60
  • 1923-09-15 Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and "father of Egyptian popular music" (Ana Haweet), dies at 31
  • 1927-02-05 Inayat Khan, Indian singer, musicologist, and philosopher (founder of Sufi Order - London, 1914), dies at 44
  • 1927-11-01 Florence Mills [Winfrey], American cabaret singer, dancer and comedian, known as 'the Queen of Happiness', dies of tuberculosis at 31
  • 1927-11-26 Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch cabaret singer and comedian ("M'n Eerste" - "My First"; "The French Governess"), killed along with his wife by her jilted lover at 47
  • 1928-02-16 Eddie Foy Sr. [Edwin Fitzgerald], Irish-American actor, singer and dancer (A Favorite Fool), dies at 71
  • 1929-03-15 Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, American jazz pianist and singer (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies of a gunshot wound in a dance-hall fight at 24
  • 1929-12-19 Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 36
  • 1933-03-04 Willie Walker, American jazz singer and guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36

Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)

1933-05-26 American country singer and singing brakeman, dies of a pulmonary hemorrhage at 35

  • 1933-06-24 Sissieretta Joyner Jones, American singer ("Black Patti"), dies at about 64
  • 1933-11-05 (Mary Louise) "Texas" Guinan, American vaudeville singer, silent film actress, and speakeasy (saloon) proprietor, dies of amoebic dysentery at 49
  • 1934-09-02 (Ruggiero) "Russ" Columbo, American pop baritone singer ("You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love"), songwriter ("Prisoner of Love"), actor (Wake Up And Dream), and violinist, is accidentally shot to death at 26
  • 1935-04-29 Leroy Carr, American blues piano player and singer-songwriter ("How Long, How Long Blues"), dies of nephritis of the kidneys at 30

Carlos Gardel (1890-1935)

1935-06-24 French-Argentine singer-songwriter and prominent figure in the history of tango, dies in a plane crash at 44

  • 1936-01-23 Clara Butt, English alto singer (Country of Hope and Glory), dies at 62
  • 1936-03-30 Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer, dies at 40
  • 1936-08-15 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), dies at 71
  • 1937-09-23 Caro Roma [Carrie Northey], American composer and singer, dies at 68
  • 1937-09-26 Bessie Smith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43
  • 1938-04-12 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian operatic bass-baritone singer (Man and Mask: Forty Years in the Life of a Singer), dies of leukemia at 65

Robert Johnson (1911-1938)

1938-08-16 American blues singer-songwriter, and guitarist (King of Delta Blues Singers), poisoned at 27

  • 1938-10-22 May Irwin, Canadian comedienne and singer (Hot Time in the Old Town), dies at 76
  • 1939-12-22 Ma Rainey [Gertrude Pridgett], American singer "Mother of the Blues", dies at 53
  • 1940-01-24 Emile van Bosch, Belgian revue, operetta and opera singer, dies at 52
  • 1940-04-18 Florrie Forde [Flannagan], Australian singer and British music hall performer, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 64
  • 1940-08-31 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, Dutch revue-artist, singer and actress, dies at 58
  • 1941-02-20 (Mary) La Bolduc (née Travers), French Canadian singer and songwriter, dies of cancer at 46
  • 1941-10-09 Helen Morgan, American stage and screen actress, and singer (Show Boat), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 41
  • 1941-12-21 Peetie Wheatstraw [William Bunch], American blues singer, songwriter, and piano player, dies on his 39th birthday when the car in which he was a passenger met a freight train
  • 1942-05-10 Joe Weber, American vaudeville comedian, singer (Weber and Fields), and theatrical producer, dies at 74
  • 1942-12-02 Karen Jønsson née (Pedersen), Danish jazz singer, pianist, songwriter, composer, and actress, dies of pneumonia at 33
  • 1943-02-14 Dora Gerson, German-Jewish actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (Caravan of Death), dies in Auschwitz concentration camp at 43

Fats Waller (1904-1943)

1943-12-15 American jazz organist, piano player, singer and composer ("Ain't Misbehavin'"; "Honeysuckle Rose"; "Hot Chocolate"), dies of pneumonia at 39 [1]

  • 1943-12-25 Ilona Durigo, Hungarian contralto singer, dies at 62
  • 1944-02-04 Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress, dies at 79
  • 1944-04-05 Willy Derby [Dieben], singer (Hello Bandoeng), dies
  • 1944-06-25 Lucha Reyes [María de Luz Flores], Mexican mariachi singer ("Guadalajara"), dies of barbiturate intoxication at 38
  • 1944-10-18 Orville "Hoppy" Jones, American bass singer and cellist (The Ink Spots - "If I Didn't Care"), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 39
  • 1944-12-10 Johnny Marvin, American jazz, pop, and country ukulele player, singer, and vaudevillian, dies of dengue fever at 47
  • 1945-03-03 Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch cabaret singer, killed in the RAF's bombing of the Bezuidenhout at 75
  • 1945-09-18 "Blind" Willie Johnson, American gospel blues singer and guitarist ("Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"), dies of malarial fever, syphilis and blindness at 48
  • 1945-12-24 Francisco Pujol, Catalan singer, choirmaster (Orfeó Català), composer, and musicologist, dies at 67
  • 1946-01-05 (Catherine) "Kitty" Cheatham, American folk singer and children's music singer-songwriter, dies at 81

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