This Day in Music History

1871-07-22 - Akos Buttykai

Akos Buttykai, composer was born

1954-07-22 - Al Di Meola

Al Di Meola, American guitarist was born

1954-07-22 - Al Dimeola

Al Dimeola, rocker was born

1949-07-22 - Alan Menken

Alan Menken, New York, Disney composer (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast - 8 Oscars) was born

1983-07-22 - Arsenium

Arsenium, Moldovan singer (O-Zone) was born

1833-07-22 - Benjamin Hanby

Benjamin Hanby, composer was born

1943-07-22 - Bobby Sherman

Bobby Sherman, actor/singer (Seattle) was born

1905-07-22 - Boris Alexandrov

Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble) was born

1914-07-22 - Cecil Effinger

Cecil Effinger, composer was born

1901-07-22 - Charles Weidman

Charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide) was born

1973-07-22 - Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones, Australian musician (Savage Garden) was born

1969-07-22 - Despina Vandi

Despina Vandi, Greek singer was born

1947-07-22 - Don Henley

Don Henley, Linden Tx, rock drummer/vocalist (Eagles-Desparado) was born

1963-07-22 - Emily Saliers

Emily Saliers, American singer (Indigo Girls) was born

1944-07-22 - Estelle Bennett

Estelle Bennett, NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Baby) was born

1873-07-22 - Ettore Pozzoli

Ettore Pozzoli, composer was born

1651-07-22 - Ferdinand Tobias Richter

Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer was born

1721-07-22 - Francois-Joseph Krafft

Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer was born

1889-07-22 - Frederick Preston Search

Frederick Preston Search, composer was born

1928-07-22 - Georg Dreyfus

Georg Dreyfus, composer was born

1941-07-22 - George Clinton

George Clinton, Kannapolis NC, rocker (Parliament-Funkadelic) was born

1913-07-22 - Gorni Kramer

Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d. 1995) was born

1879-07-22 - Gustaf Heintze

Gustaf Heintze, composer was born

1830-07-22 - Herbert Stanley Oakeley

Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer was born

1953-07-22 - Jimmy Bruno

Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist was born

1943-07-22 - Jimmy Castor

Jimmy Castor, rocker was born

1642-07-22 - Johann Quirsfeld

Johann Quirsfeld, composer was born

1960-07-22 - Jon Oliva

Jon Oliva, American musician (Savatage) was born

1980-07-22 - Kate Ryan

Kate Ryan, Belgian singer was born

1961-07-22 - Keith Sweat

Keith Sweat, American singer was born

1928-07-22 - Keter Betts

Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (d. 2005) was born

1936-07-22 - Krasimir Kyurkchiiski

Krasimir Kyurkchiiski, composer was born

1930-07-22 - Leoncjusz Ciuciura

Leoncjusz Ciuciura, composer was born

1913-07-22 - Licia Albanese

Licia Albanese, Bari Italy, operatic soprano (NY Met Opera) was born

1924-07-22 - Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting, Detroit, American singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family) was born

1962-07-22 - Martine St. Clair

Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer was born

1956-07-22 - Mick Pointer

Mick Pointer, rock drummer (Marillion) was born

1946-07-22 - Mirelle Mathieu

Mirelle Mathieu, Acignon France, singer (So Ein Schone r Abend) was born

1923-07-22 - Mukesh

Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976) was born

1967-07-22 - Pat Badger

Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words) was born

1944-07-22 - Rick Davies

Rick Davies, London England, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Supertramp) was born

1973-07-22 - Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer was born

1946-07-22 - Stephen M. Wolownik

Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician (d. 2000) was born

1962-07-22 - Steve Albini

Steve Albini, American writer, recording engineer and musician (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac) was born

1951-07-22 - Steven Springer

Steven Springer, Port of Spain, Trinidad, guitarist and songwriter ( Sir Lancelot Pinard), (d. 2012) was born

1980-07-22 - Tablo

Tablo, Korean hip-hop musician (Epik High) was born

1941-07-22 - Thomas Wayne

Thomas Wayne, rocker (Tragedy) was born

1853-07-22 - Victor Roger

Victor Roger, composer was born

1597-07-22 - Virgilio Mazzocchi

Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer was born

1902-07-22 - Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov

Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer was born

1907-07-22 - Zubir Said

Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (d. 1987) was born

1880-07-22 - Anna Caroline Oury

Anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72

1952-07-22 - Antonio Maria Valencia

Antonio Maria Valencia, composer, dies at 49

1929-07-22 - Bror Beckman

Bror Beckman, composer, dies at 63

1863-07-22 - Carl Schuberth

Carl Schuberth, composer, dies at 52

1995-07-22 - Dave Clark

Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85

1992-07-22 - David Wojuarowicz

David Wojuarowicz, artist (U2 album cover), dies of AIDs at 37

2005-07-22 - Eugene Record

Eugene Record, American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)

1999-07-22 - Gar Samuelson

Gar Samuelson, American musician (Megadeth) (b. 1958)

1972-07-22 - Hugo Kauder

Hugo Kauder, composer, dies at 84

2004-07-22 - Illinois Jacquet

Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1922)

1794-07-22 - Jean-Benjamin de La Borde

Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer, dies at 59

1840-07-22 - Josef Jawurek

Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83

1870-07-22 - Josef Strauss

Josef Strauss, composer, dies at 42

1848-07-22 - Karl Guhr

Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60

1988-07-22 - Luigi Lucioni

Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87

1972-07-22 - Pavel Borkovek

Pavel Borkovek, composer, dies at 78

1995-07-22 - Percy Humphrey

Percy Humphrey, musician, dies at 90

1635-07-22 - Pietro Antonio Tamburini

Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer, dies at 45

2004-07-22 - Sacha Distel

Sacha Distel, French singer (b. 1933)

1996-07-22 - Tamara Danz

Tamara Danz, singer, dies at 43

1786-07-22 - Vaclav Kalous

Vaclav Kalous, composer, dies at 71

1868-07-22 - Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky

Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51

1967-07-22 - Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour

1963-07-22 - The Beatles

Beatles release "Introducing the Beatles"

1946-07-22 - The Ronettes

Estelle Bennett, rocker (Ronettes)