This Day in Music

1981-02-03 Artist spotlight

Alisa Reyes

Alisa Reyes, American actress and singer was born

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1923-02-03 Artist spotlight

Alys Robi

Alys Robi, Quebec singer was born

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1949-02-03 Artist spotlight

Arthur Kane

Arthur Kane, American musician was born

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1910-02-03 Artist spotlight

Blas Galindo Dimas

Blas Galindo Dimas, San Gabriel Mexico, composer (A la Patria) was born

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1887-02-03 Artist spotlight

Carlo Jachino

Carlo Jachino, composer was born

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1947-02-03 Artist spotlight

Chose Alberts

Chose Alberts, [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years) was born

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1941-02-03 Artist spotlight

Chuck Tharp

Chuck Tharp, rock vocalist (Fireballs) was born

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1977-02-03 Artist spotlight

Daddy Yankee

Daddy Yankee , reggaeton singer/rapper. was born

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1868-02-03 Artist spotlight

Damaso Ledesma

Damaso Ledesma, composer was born

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1947-02-03 Artist spotlight

Dave Davies

Dave Davies, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola) was born

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1943-02-03 Artist spotlight

Dennis Edwards

Dennis Edwards, Fairfield Alabama, lead singer of the Temptations ("Papa was a Rollin' Stone") was born

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1978-02-03 Artist spotlight

Eliza Schneider

Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer was born

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1817-02-03 Artist spotlight

Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent

Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer was born

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1943-02-03 Artist spotlight

Eric Haydock

Eric Haydock, bassist (Hollies-He Aint Heavy He's My Brother) was born

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1886-02-03 Artist spotlight

Erwin Kroll

Erwin Kroll, composer was born

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1809-02-03 Artist spotlight

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hamburg Germ, composer (Great Scherzos) was born

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1755-02-03 Artist spotlight

Florido Tomeoni

Florido Tomeoni, composer was born

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1525-02-03 Artist spotlight

Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina

Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born

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1740-02-03 Artist spotlight

Guillaume Lasceux

Guillaume Lasceux, composer was born

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1911-02-03 Artist spotlight

Jehan [Ariste] Alain

Jehan [Ariste] Alain, French organist/composer was born

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1911-02-03 Artist spotlight

Jesse Thomas

Jesse Thomas, blues singer was born

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1982-02-03 Artist spotlight

Jessica Harp

Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers) was born

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1736-02-03 Artist spotlight

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer was born

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1784-02-03 Artist spotlight

John Fane graaf van Westmorland

John Fane graaf van Westmorland, English (opera)composer/diplomat was born

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1935-02-03 Artist spotlight

Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Johnny "Guitar" Watson, rock guitarist was born

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1945-02-03 Artist spotlight

Johnny Cymbal

Johnny Cymbal, rocker (Mr Bass Man) was born

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1947-02-03 Artist spotlight

Koos Alberts

Koos Alberts, [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Many More Years to Come) was born

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1958-02-03 Artist spotlight

Lee Crystal

Lee Crystal, rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind) was born

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1956-02-03 Artist spotlight

Lee Ranaldo

Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth) was born

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1961-02-03 Artist spotlight

Linda Eder

Linda Eder, American singer was born

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1959-02-03 Artist spotlight

Loi Tolhurst

Loi Tolhurst, rocker (Cure-Hell's Kitchen) was born

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1648-02-03 Artist spotlight

Louis Bouteiller

Louis Bouteiller, composer was born

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1906-02-03 Artist spotlight

Ludvig Nielsen

Ludvig Nielsen, composer was born

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1904-02-03 Artist spotlight

Luigi Dallapiccola

Luigi Dallapiccola, Pisino Istria, Italian composer was born

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1900-02-03 Artist spotlight

Mabel Mercer

Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist (Fly Me to the Moon) was born

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1947-02-03 Artist spotlight

Melanie

Melanie, [Safka], Astoria, vocalist/songwriter (Candles in Rain) was born

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1895-02-03 Artist spotlight

Nick Kenny

Nick Kenny, Astoria NYC, columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show) was born

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1949-02-03 Artist spotlight

Oscar Benton

Oscar Benton, Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij) was born

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1903-02-03 Artist spotlight

Priaulx Rainier

Priaulx Rainier, composer was born

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1915-02-03 Artist spotlight

Richard Bales

Richard Bales, composer was born

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1960-02-03 Artist spotlight

Richard Kotzen

Richard Kotzen, rocker was born

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1929-02-03 Artist spotlight

Russell Arms

Russell Arms, Berkeley California, vocalist (Your Hit Parade) was born

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1990-02-03 Artist spotlight

Sean Kingston

Sean Kingston, American reggae rapper was born

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1842-02-03 Artist spotlight

Sidney Clopton Lanier

Sidney Clopton Lanier, US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame) was born

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1944-02-03 Artist spotlight

Trisha Noble

Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress was born

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1929-02-03 Artist spotlight

Val Doonican

Val Doonican, Irish singer/entertainer was born

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1945-02-03 Artist spotlight

Willeke Alberti

Willeke Alberti, [Verbruggen], Dutch vocalist/actress (Small Truth) was born

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1959-02-03 Artist spotlight

Yasuharu Konishi

Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five) was born

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1947-02-03 Artist spotlight

Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg

Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74

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1959-02-03 Artist spotlight

Big Bopper

Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28

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1959-02-03 Artist spotlight

Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly, rock and roll musician (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash at 22

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1973-02-03 Artist spotlight

Edward Lockspeiser

Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67

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1960-02-03 Artist spotlight

Fred Buscaglione

Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)

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1903-02-03 Artist spotlight

Frederick E Kitziger

Frederick E Kitziger, composer, dies at 59

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1715-02-03 Artist spotlight

Gottfried Vopelius

Gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70

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1882-02-03 Artist spotlight

Guglielmo Quarenghi

Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55

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1748-02-03 Artist spotlight

Henri Madin

Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49

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2004-02-03 Artist spotlight

Jason Raize

Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (b. 1975)

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1967-02-03 Artist spotlight

Joe Meek

Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide

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1814-02-03 Artist spotlight

Johann Antonin Kozeluch

Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75

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1909-02-03 Artist spotlight

Johann Georg Herzog

Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86

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1945-02-03 Artist spotlight

Jose Rolon

Jose Rolon, composer, dies at 61

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1846-02-03 Artist spotlight

Joseph Weigl

Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79

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1993-02-03 Artist spotlight

Karel Goeyvaerts

Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69

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1921-02-03 Artist spotlight

Max Wilhelm Zach

Max Wilhelm Zach, composer, dies at 56

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1900-02-03 Artist spotlight

Ottokar Eugen Novacek

Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33

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1602-02-03 Artist spotlight

Paul Melissus

Paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62

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2007-02-03 Artist spotlight

Pedro Knight

Pedro Knight, Cuban-American musician, husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz (b. 1921)

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1959-02-03 Artist spotlight

Richie Valens

Richie Valens, rock vocalist (Donna), killed in plane crash at 17

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1975-02-03 Artist spotlight

Robert Evett

Robert Evett, composer, dies at 52

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1995-02-03 Artist spotlight

Turner Fodrell

Turner Fodrell, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66

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1975-02-03 Artist spotlight

Umm Kulthum

Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (b. 1904)

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1996-02-03 Artist spotlight

Wild Jimmy Spruill

Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist, dies at 61

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1973-02-03 Artist spotlight

Dr Hook

Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6

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1967-02-03 Artist spotlight

Jimi Hendrix

"Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix

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1964-02-03 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

"Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold

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1919-02-03 Artist spotlight

Victor Herbert

Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in NYC

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1979-02-03 Artist spotlight

Village People

"YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart

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