This Day in Music History

1979-04-09 Artist spotlight

Albert Hammond

Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist (The Strokes) was born

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1906-04-09 Artist spotlight

Antal Dorati

Antal Dorati, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29 was born

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1754-04-09 Artist spotlight

Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky

Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer was born

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1932-04-09 Artist spotlight

Armin Jordan

Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006) was born

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1920-04-09 Artist spotlight

Art Van Damme

Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz) was born

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1871-04-09 Artist spotlight

Arthur Fickenscher

Arthur Fickenscher, composer was born

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1935-04-09 Artist spotlight

Aulis Sallinen

Aulis Sallinen, composer was born

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1986-04-09 Artist spotlight

Brian Larsen

Brian Larsen, American musician and record producer was born

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1923-04-09 Artist spotlight

Bruno Kiefer

Bruno Kiefer, composer was born

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1932-04-09 Artist spotlight

Carl Perkins

Carl Perkins, Jackson Tn, singer/songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes) was born

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1949-04-09 Artist spotlight

Chico Ryan

Chico Ryan, rock vocalist (Sha Na Na) was born

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1980-04-09 Artist spotlight

Clueso

Clueso, German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer was born

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1959-04-09 Artist spotlight

Dave Innis

Dave Innis, Bartlesville Oklahoma, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels) was born

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1957-04-09 Artist spotlight

Ednita Nazario

Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer was born

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1889-04-09 Artist spotlight

Efrem Zimbalist

Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer/violinist was born

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1894-04-09 Artist spotlight

Ernest Kanitz

Ernest Kanitz, composer was born

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1888-04-09 Artist spotlight

Florence Smith Price

Florence Smith Price, US composer (Wanamaker Prize 1932) was born

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1847-04-09 Artist spotlight

Francesco Paolo Tosti

Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer was born

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1847-04-09 Artist spotlight

Francis William Davenport

Francis William Davenport, composer was born

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1884-04-09 Artist spotlight

Franco Vittadini

Franco Vittadini, composer was born

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1902-04-09 Artist spotlight

Frantisek Suchy

Frantisek Suchy, composer [or April 21, 1891] was born

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1908-04-09 Artist spotlight

Fred Lohse

Fred Lohse, composer was born

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1717-04-09 Artist spotlight

Georg Matthias Monn

Georg Matthias Monn, composer was born

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1977-04-09 Artist spotlight

Gerard Way

Gerard Way, American musician (My Chemical Romance) was born

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1611-04-09 Artist spotlight

Giacomo Maria Predieri

Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer was born

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1798-04-09 Artist spotlight

Giuditta Pasta

Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano was born

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1945-04-09 Artist spotlight

Gus Hardin

Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Oklahoma, country singer was born

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1953-04-09 Artist spotlight

Hal Ketchum

Hal Ketchum, Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night) was born

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1924-04-09 Artist spotlight

Harald Heilmann

Harald Heilmann, composer was born

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1929-04-09 Artist spotlight

Harvey Lichtenstein

Harvey Lichtenstein, pres (Bkln Academy of Music) was born

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1850-04-09 Artist spotlight

Herman Zumpe

Herman Zumpe, composer was born

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1909-04-09 Artist spotlight

Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky

Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer was born

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1936-04-09 Artist spotlight

Jerzy Maksymiuk

Jerzy Maksymiuk, composer was born

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1987-04-09 Artist spotlight

Jesse McCartney

Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer was born

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1716-04-09 Artist spotlight

Johann Georg Zechner

Johann Georg Zechner, composer was born

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1627-04-09 Artist spotlight

Johann Kaspar Kerll

Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born

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1918-04-09 Artist spotlight

Jorn Utzon

Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House) was born

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1874-04-09 Artist spotlight

Julius Bittner

Julius Bittner, Austrian composer (Little Violet) was born

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1898-04-09 Artist spotlight

Julius Patzak

Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer was born

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1941-04-09 Artist spotlight

Kaye Adams

Kaye Adams, American country singer was born

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1946-04-09 Artist spotlight

Les Gray

Les Gray, vocalist (Mud-Cat Crept In) was born

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1984-04-09 Artist spotlight

Linda Chung

Linda Chung, Hong Kong actress and singer was born

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1952-04-09 Artist spotlight

Magnar Am

Magnar Am, composer was born

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1895-04-09 Artist spotlight

Mance Lipscomb

Mance Lipscomb, Texas, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper) was born

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1961-04-09 Artist spotlight

Mark Kelly

Mark Kelly, Dublin Ireland, keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel) was born

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1898-04-09 Artist spotlight

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson, Philadelphia, singer (Old Man River)/actor/footballer was born

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1946-04-09 Artist spotlight

Philip Wright

Philip Wright, rocker (Paper Lace) was born

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1978-04-09 Artist spotlight

Rachel Stevens

Rachel Stevens, English singer (S Club) was born

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1883-04-09 Artist spotlight

Renzo Bossi

Renzo Bossi, composer was born

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1895-04-09 Artist spotlight

Rudolf Kattnigg

Rudolf Kattnigg, composer was born

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1854-04-09 Artist spotlight

Seaborn M Denson

Seaborn M Denson, composer was born

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1904-04-09 Artist spotlight

Sharkey Bonano

Sharkey Bonano, American musician (d. 1972) was born

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1964-04-09 Artist spotlight

Soyo Oka

Soyo Oka, Japanese musician was born

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1949-04-09 Artist spotlight

Steve Gadd

Steve Gadd, jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz) was born

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1943-04-09 Artist spotlight

Terry Knight

Terry Knight, rock vocalist (Gloria, Terry Knight & the Pack) was born

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1928-04-09 Artist spotlight

Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer, parody/folk singer (That Was The Week That Was) was born

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1978-04-09 Artist spotlight

Vesna PisaroviÄ‡

Vesna PisaroviÄ‡, Croatian singer was born

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1757-04-09 Artist spotlight

Wojciech Boguslawski

Wojciech Boguslawski, composer was born

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1985-04-09 Artist spotlight

Yamashita Tomohisa

Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer News was born

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1976-04-09 Artist spotlight

Akio Yashiro

Akio Yashiro, composer, dies at 46

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1681-04-09 Artist spotlight

Alfonso Marsh

Alfonso Marsh, composer, dies at 54

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1851-04-09 Artist spotlight

Antoine-Charles Glachant

Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer, dies at 80

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1944-04-09 Artist spotlight

Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski

Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59

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1988-04-09 Artist spotlight

Brook Benton

Brook Benton, singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies at 56 of meningitis

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1988-04-09 Artist spotlight

Dave Prater

Dave Prater, rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50

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1893-04-09 Artist spotlight

Disma Fumagalli

Disma Fumagalli, composer, dies at 66

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1939-04-09 Artist spotlight

Emilio Serrano y Ruiz

Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer, dies at 89

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1793-04-09 Artist spotlight

Ernestus Weinrauch

Ernestus Weinrauch, composer, dies at 62

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1879-04-09 Artist spotlight

Ernst Friedrich Richter

Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70

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1821-04-09 Artist spotlight

Felix Maximo Lopez

Felix Maximo Lopez, composer, dies at 78

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1947-04-09 Artist spotlight

Konrad Friedrich Noetel

Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43

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1931-04-09 Artist spotlight

Paul Antonin Vidal

Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67

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