1850-05-16
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Arthur Henry Mann
Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer was born
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1947-05-16
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Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee, US singer (Chiffons, He's So Fine) was born
1944-05-16
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Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham, Panama, jazz artist (Same Ole Love) was born
1964-05-16
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Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley, American violinist (Dave Matthews Band) was born
1978-05-16
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David Ford
David Ford, English singer/songwriter was born
1977-05-16
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Dolcenera
Dolcenera, Italian singer was born
1931-05-16
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Donald James Martino
Donald James Martino, Plainfield NJ, composer (Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974) was born
1822-05-16
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Eduard Hille
Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor was born
1858-05-16
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Frank Lynes
Frank Lynes, composer was born
1930-05-16
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Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer (Hangman's Songs) was born
1917-05-16
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Geraint Jones
Geraint Jones, conductor/organist was born
1958-05-16
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Glenn Gregory
Glenn Gregory, rock vocalist (Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams) was born
1858-05-16
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Hanus Trnecek
Hanus Trnecek, composer was born
1955-05-16
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Hazel O'Connor
Hazel O'Connor, Coventry England, singer/actress (Breaking Glass) was born
1932-05-16
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Isaac "Redd" Holt
Isaac "Redd" Holt, US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd) was born
1902-05-16
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Jan Kiepura
Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie) was born
1926-05-16
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Jan Zimmer
Jan Zimmer, composer was born
1966-05-16
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Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer, Michael's sister (Control) was born
1950-05-16
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Jock Bartley
Jock Bartley, rocker (Firefall) was born
1951-05-16
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Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman, rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae) was born
1857-05-16
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Juan Morel Campos
Juan Morel Campos, composer was born
1965-05-16
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Krist Novoselic
Krist Novoselic, American bassist (Nirvana) was born
1974-05-16
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Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer was born
1941-05-16
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Maurice Henry Weddington
Maurice Henry Weddington, composer was born
1983-05-16
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Mince Fratelli
Mince Fratelli, Scottish Drummer (The Fratellis) was born
1983-05-16
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Nancy Ajram
Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer was born
1945-05-16
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Nicky Chinn
Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman) was born
1929-05-16
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Osmo Uolevi Lindeman
Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer was born
1893-05-16
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Paul Amadeus Pisk
Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer was born
1971-05-16
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Rachel Goswell
Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive, Mojave 3) was born
1968-05-16
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Ralph Tresvant
Ralph Tresvant, Boston, singer (New Editon) was born
1950-05-16
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Ray Condo
Ray Condo, Canadian rockabilly musician was born
1953-05-16
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Richard Page
Richard Page, Los Angeles California, rocker (Mr Mister) was born
1892-05-16
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Richard Tauber
Richard Tauber, [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor was born
1946-05-16
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Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp, guitarist (King Crimson) was born
1946-05-16
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Roger Earl
Roger Earl, rocker (Foghat) was born
1974-05-16
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Sonny Sandoval
Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.) was born
1975-05-16
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Tony Kakko
Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica) was born
1975-05-16
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Tonéx
Tonéx, American singer was born
1897-05-16
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Walther Geiser
Walther Geiser, composer was born
1949-05-16
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William Sputnik Spooner
William Sputnik Spooner, rock guitarist (Grateful Dead, Tubes) was born
1913-05-16
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds) was born
1919-05-16
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[Wladziu Valentino] Liberace
[Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman) was born
2001-05-16
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Brian Pendleton
Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (b. 1944)
1983-05-16
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Carel Brons
Carel Brons, composer, dies at 52
1992-05-16
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Chalino Sanchez
Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (b, 1960)
1954-05-16
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Clemens Krauss
Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61
1953-05-16
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Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910)
1903-05-16
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Eduard Rappoldi
Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72
1981-05-16
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Ernie Freeman
Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (b. 1922)
1762-05-16
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Ernst Chreistian Hesse
Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86
1835-05-16
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Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies
1754-05-16
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Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari
Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76
2010-05-16
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Hank Jones
Hank Jones, American jazz pianist (b. 1918)
1880-05-16
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Karl August Krebs
Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76
1847-05-16
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Kaspar Ett
Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59
1944-05-16
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Leone Sinigaglia
Leone Sinigaglia, composer, dies at 75
1929-05-16
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Lilli Lehmann
Lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies
1995-05-16
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Lola Flores
Lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70
1993-05-16
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Marv Johnson
Marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54
1972-05-16
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Maxime Dumoulin
Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79
2010-05-16
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Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio, American heavy metal vocalist (b. 1942)
1990-05-16
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Sammy Davis Jr
Sammy Davis Jr, singer/actor (Golden Boy), dies at 64
1868-05-16
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Bedřich Smetana
Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor," premieres in Prague
1971-05-16
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Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave," premieres in Aldwych
1946-05-16
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Irving Berlin
Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in NYC
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