This Day in Music

1877-03-04 Artist spotlight

Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike

Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer was born

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1933-03-04 Artist spotlight

Ann Burton

Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer was born

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1678-03-04 Artist spotlight

Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) was born

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1936-03-04 Artist spotlight

Aribert Reimann

Aribert Reimann, composer was born

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1934-03-04 Artist spotlight

Barbara McNair

Barbara McNair, Racine Wisc, singer/actress (Barbara McNair Show) was born

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1929-03-04 Artist spotlight

Bernard Haitink

Bernard Haitink, Amsterdam Neth, conductor (London Phil Orch 1969-78) was born

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1993-03-04 Artist spotlight

Bobbi Kristina Brown

Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown was born

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1944-03-04 Artist spotlight

Bobby Womack

Bobby Womack, Cleve, R&B singer/guitarist (Woman's Got to Have It) was born

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1915-03-04 Artist spotlight

Carlos Surinach

Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [OS] was born

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1981-03-04 Artist spotlight

Carol Banawa

Carol Banawa, Filipino singer and celebrity was born

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1949-03-04 Artist spotlight

Carroll Baker

Carroll Baker, Canadian country singer and songwriter was born

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1765-03-04 Artist spotlight

Charles Dibdin

Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized) was born

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1819-03-04 Artist spotlight

Charles Oberthur

Charles Oberthur, composer was born

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1951-03-04 Artist spotlight

Chris Rea

Chris Rea, English rock guitarist (Fool If You Think It Is Over) was born

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1948-03-04 Artist spotlight

Chris Squire

Chris Squire, London, rock bassist (Yes-Fish Out of Water) was born

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1991-03-04 Artist spotlight

Diandra Newlin

Diandra Newlin, American actress, singer, and fashion model was born

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1945-03-04 Artist spotlight

Dieter Meier

Dieter Meier, Swiss singer/children book writer (Yello) was born

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1754-03-04 Artist spotlight

Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain

Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer was born

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1926-03-04 Artist spotlight

Don Rendell

Don Rendell, English jazz musician and arranger was born

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1981-03-04 Artist spotlight

Donny Tourette

Donny Tourette, English punk rock singer (Towers of London) was born

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1878-03-04 Artist spotlight

Egbert Van Alstyne

Egbert Van Alstyne, American songwriter and pianist (d. 1951) was born

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1950-03-04 Artist spotlight

Emilio Estefan

Emilio Estefan, Cuba, rocker (Miami Sound Machine-1 2 3) was born

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1936-03-04 Artist spotlight

Eric Allandale

Eric Allandale, rocker (Foundations) was born

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1915-03-04 Artist spotlight

Eunice Catunda

Eunice Catunda, composer was born

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1968-03-04 Artist spotlight

Evan Dando

Evan Dando, rocker (Lemonheads) was born

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1926-03-04 Artist spotlight

Fran Warren

Fran Warren, American singer, (d. 2013) was born

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1492-03-04 Artist spotlight

Francesco de Layolle

Francesco de Layolle, composer was born

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1931-03-04 Artist spotlight

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Gennady Rozhdestvensky, composer was born

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1966-03-04 Artist spotlight

Grand Puba

Grand Puba, American rapper was born

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1932-03-04 Artist spotlight

Guido Baggiani

Guido Baggiani, composer was born

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1921-03-04 Artist spotlight

Halim El-Dabh

Halim El-Dabh, composer was born

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1975-03-04 Artist spotlight

Hawksley Workman

Hawksley Workman, Canadian rock singer-songwriter was born

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1974-03-04 Artist spotlight

ICS Vortex (Simen Hestnæs)

ICS Vortex (Simen Hestnæs), Norwegian vocalist (Arcturus) was born

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1757-03-04 Artist spotlight

Ignaz Malzat

Ignaz Malzat, composer was born

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1972-03-04 Artist spotlight

Ivy Queen

Ivy Queen, American composer and singer was born

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1947-03-04 Artist spotlight

Jan Garbarek

Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician was born

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1963-03-04 Artist spotlight

Janey Lee Grace

Janey Lee Grace, English singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey was born

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1977-03-04 Artist spotlight

Jason Marsalis

Jason Marsalis, American musician was born

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1963-03-04 Artist spotlight

Jason Newstedt

Jason Newstedt, US heavy-metal bassist (Metallica-Kill 'em All) was born

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1742-03-04 Artist spotlight

Johann Heinrich Egli

Johann Heinrich Egli, composer was born

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1934-03-04 Artist spotlight

John Duffey

John Duffey, bluegrass musician was born

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1979-03-04 Artist spotlight

Jon Fratelli

Jon Fratelli, Scottish singer (The Fratellis) was born

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1929-03-04 Artist spotlight

Josep Mestres-Quadreny

Josep Mestres-Quadreny, composer was born

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1956-03-04 Artist spotlight

Kermit Driscoll

Kermit Driscoll, American jazz bassist was born

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1951-03-04 Artist spotlight

Linda Yamamoto

Linda Yamamoto, Japanese singer was born

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1963-03-04 Artist spotlight

MDV

MDV, [Michiel de Vos], Dutch pop bassist (Burma Shave-Stash) was born

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1934-03-04 Artist spotlight

Mario Davidovsky

Mario Davidovsky, Buenos Aires Argentinia, composer (Synchronisms) was born

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1932-03-04 Artist spotlight

Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba, Johannesburg South Africa, singer (Grammy 1965) was born

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1935-03-04 Artist spotlight

Nancy Whiskey

Nancy Whiskey, Scottish folk singer (d. 2003) was born

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1966-03-04 Artist spotlight

Patrick Hannan

Patrick Hannan, English pop drummer (Sundays-Can't Be Sure) was born

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1886-03-04 Artist spotlight

Paul Bazelaire

Paul Bazelaire, French cellist (d. 1958) was born

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1838-03-04 Artist spotlight

Paul Lacome

Paul Lacome, composer was born

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1925-03-04 Artist spotlight

Paul Mauriat

Paul Mauriat, French musician (d. 2006) was born

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1834-03-04 Artist spotlight

Peter Nicolai von Wilm

Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer was born

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1773-03-04 Artist spotlight

Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges

Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer was born

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1946-03-04 Artist spotlight

Ralph Kirshbaum

Ralph Kirshbaum, Denton TX, cellist (RNCM Manchester Intl Festival) was born

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1927-03-04 Artist spotlight

Robert Di Domenica

Robert Di Domenica, composer was born

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1946-03-04 Artist spotlight

Robert Raymond

Robert Raymond, rocker was born

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1928-03-04 Artist spotlight

Samuel Adler

Samuel Adler, composer was born

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1976-03-04 Artist spotlight

Scott Sturgeon (Stza Crack)

Scott Sturgeon (Stza Crack), American musician (Choking Victim and Leftover Crack) was born

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1948-03-04 Artist spotlight

Shakin' Stevens

Shakin' Stevens, [Mike Barrett], Wales, rocker (You Drive Me Crazy) was born

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1913-03-04 Artist spotlight

Taos Amrouche

Taos Amrouche, Algerian writer and singer (d. 1976) was born

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1952-03-04 Artist spotlight

Umberto Tozzi

Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer was born

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1965-03-04 Artist spotlight

WestBam (Maximillian Lenz)

WestBam (Maximillian Lenz), German rave techno DJ was born

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1913-03-04 Artist spotlight

Willie Johnson

"Blind" Willie Johnson, American guitarist (d. 1995) was born

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1943-03-04 Artist spotlight

Zoltan Jeney

Zoltan Jeney, composer was born

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1937-03-04 Artist spotlight

[Bernard Barney Jean] Wilen

[Bernard Barney Jean] Wilen, musician was born

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1968-03-04 Artist spotlight

Alexandre Cellier

Alexandre Cellier, composer, dies at 84

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1876-03-04 Artist spotlight

Alfred Holmes

Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38

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1617-03-04 Artist spotlight

Arcangelo Crivelli

Arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70

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1993-03-04 Artist spotlight

Art Hodes

Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies

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2004-03-04 Artist spotlight

Claude Nougaro

Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929)

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1995-03-04 Artist spotlight

Eden Ahbez

Eden Ahbez, songwriter, dies at 86

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1941-03-04 Artist spotlight

Edoardo Mascheroni

Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81

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2002-03-04 Artist spotlight

Eric Flynn

Eric Flynn, British actor/singer (b. 1939)

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2010-03-04 Artist spotlight

Etta Cameron

Etta Cameron, Danish singer and actor (b. 1939)

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1918-03-04 Artist spotlight

Eugene D'Harcourt

Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58

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2010-03-04 Artist spotlight

Fred Wedlock

Fred Wedlock, British folk musician (b. 1942)

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1954-03-04 Artist spotlight

Georg Gohler

Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79

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1831-03-04 Artist spotlight

Georg Michael Telemann

Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82

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2001-03-04 Artist spotlight

Glenn Hughes

Glenn Hughes, American singer (The Village People) (b. 1950)

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1986-03-04 Artist spotlight

Howard Greenfield

Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (b. 1936)

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1839-03-04 Artist spotlight

Ignace Antoine Ladurner

Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72

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1966-03-04 Artist spotlight

Janis Medins

Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75

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2009-03-04 Artist spotlight

John Cephas

John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (b. 1930)

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2004-03-04 Artist spotlight

John McGeoch

John McGeoch, Scottish musician (b. 1955)

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2010-03-04 Artist spotlight

Johnny Alf

Johnny Alf, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1929)

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2011-03-04 Artist spotlight

Johnny Preston

Johnny Preston, American pop singer (b. 1939)

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2009-03-04 Artist spotlight

Joseph Bloch

Joseph Bloch, American concert pianist and professor of piano literature (b. 1917)

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1804-03-04 Artist spotlight

Karl Leopold Rollig

Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies

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2008-03-04 Artist spotlight

Leonard Rosenman

Leonard Rosenman, American film, television and concert composer (b. 1924)

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2010-03-04 Artist spotlight

Lolly Vegas

Lolly Vegas, American singer (b. 1939)

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1992-03-04 Artist spotlight

Mary Osborne

Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer

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1851-03-04 Artist spotlight

Michael Henkel

Michael Henkel, composer, dies at 70

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1925-03-04 Artist spotlight

Moritz Moszkowski

Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70

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2007-03-04 Artist spotlight

Natalie Bodanya (Natalie Bodanskaya)

Natalie Bodanya (Natalie Bodanskaya), American soprano (b. 1908)

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1954-03-04 Artist spotlight

Noel Gay

Noel Gay, [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer, dies at 55

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2007-03-04 Artist spotlight

Richard Joseph

Richard Joseph, British games soundtrack composer (b. 1954)

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1986-03-04 Artist spotlight

Richard Manuel

Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 42

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2005-03-04 Artist spotlight

Robert Consoli

Robert Consoli, American actor and musician (b. 1964)

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1936-03-04 Artist spotlight

Ruben Mattias Liljefors

Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64

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1953-03-04 Artist spotlight

Sergei S Prokoviev

Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61

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1984-03-04 Artist spotlight

Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze

Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79

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2007-03-04 Artist spotlight

Tadeusz Nalepa

Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. 1934)

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1989-03-04 Artist spotlight

Tiny Grimes

Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (b. 1916)

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2005-03-04 Artist spotlight

Una Hale

Una Hale, Australian soprano (b. 1922)

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1933-03-04 Artist spotlight

Willie Walker

Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36

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1981-03-04 Artist spotlight

Yip Harburg

Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)

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1942-03-04 Artist spotlight

Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg

Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62

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1973-03-04 Artist spotlight

America

15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America

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1913-03-04 Artist spotlight

Gabriel Fauré

Gabriel Faure's opera "Penelope," premieres in Monte Carlo

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1885-03-04 Artist spotlight

Gilbert & Sullivan

Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Mikado," premieres in London

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1966-03-04 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"

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1830-03-04 Artist spotlight

Vicenzo Bellini

V Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi," premieres in Venice

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