1934-05-05
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Ace Cannon
Ace Cannon, American saxophonist was born
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1848-05-05
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Adalbert von Goldschmidt
Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born
1988-05-05
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Adele [Adele Laurie Blue Adkins]
Adele [Adele Laurie Blue Adkins], Tottenham, London, English singer (Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like You) was born
1871-05-05
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Alberto Cametti
Alberto Cametti, composer was born
1954-05-05
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Angelo Kimball
Angelo Kimball, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Face To Face) was born
1854-05-05
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Antonio Smareglia
Antonio Smareglia, composer was born
1932-05-05
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Aurel Stroe
Aurel Stroe, composer was born
1948-05-05
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Bill Ward
Bill Ward, Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath) was born
1901-05-05
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Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell, American ragtime singer and guitarist (d. 1959) was born
1988-05-05
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Brooke Hogan
Brooke Hogan, American singer was born
1927-05-05
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Charles Rosen
Charles Rosen, NYC, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms) was born
1989-05-05
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Chris Brown
Chris Brown, American singer was born
1981-05-05
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Craig David
Craig David, Southhampton England, English singer (7 Days, Insomnia) was born
1715-05-05
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Daniel Dal Barba
Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born
1971-05-05
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David Reilly
David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005) was born
1956-05-05
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Dick Kemper
Dick Kemper, Amsterdam Neth, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg) was born
1982-05-05
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Edyta Sliwinska
Edyta Sliwinska, Polish ballroom dancer was born
1918-05-05
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Erbie Bowser
Erbie Bowser, pianist was born
1984-05-05
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Eve Torres
Eve Torres, American dancer and model was born
1846-05-05
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Federico Chueca
Federico Chueca, composer was born
1865-05-05
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Felicjan Szopski
Felicjan Szopski, composer was born
1948-05-05
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Frank Esier-Smith
Frank Esier-Smith, rocker was born
1680-05-05
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Giuseppe Porsile
Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born
1950-05-05
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Googoosh
Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (Ùائقه آتشین), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress was born
1869-05-05
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Hans Pfitzner
Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949) was born
1900-05-05
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Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt) was born
1959-05-05
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Ian McCullough
Ian McCullough, rock vocalist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here) was born
1657-05-05
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Jacques Danican Philidor
Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born
1963-05-05
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James LaBrie
James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater) was born
1749-05-05
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Jean-Frederic Edelmann
Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born
1962-05-05
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Jenifer McKitrick
Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter was born
1945-05-05
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Jiri Svoboda
Jiri Svoboda, composer (Accumulator 1) was born
1842-05-05
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Johann Nepomuk Fuchs
Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer was born
1938-05-05
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Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Taylor, Crawfordsville, Arkansas, R&B and multi-genre singer (Disco Lady, I Believe in You), (d. 2000) was born
1883-05-05
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Leopold Samuel
Leopold Samuel, composer was born
1964-05-05
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Lorraine McIntosh
Lorraine McIntosh, British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums) was born
1952-05-05
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Louis Cortelezzi
Louis Cortelezzi, rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille) was born
1950-05-05
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Maggie MacNeal
Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star) was born
1886-05-05
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Manuel Borguno
Manuel Borguno, composer was born
1987-05-05
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Marija Šestić
Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer was born
1916-05-05
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Mutal' Burkhanov
Mutal' Burkhanov, composer was born
1936-05-05
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Patrick Gowers
Patrick Gowers, British composer was born
1883-05-05
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Petar Konjovic
Petar Konjovic, composer was born
1922-05-05
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Phil Gordon
Phil Gordon, Meridian Miss, singer/actor (Jasper-Bev Hillbillies) was born
1945-05-05
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Raphael
Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano) was born
1951-05-05
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Rex Goh
Rex Goh, rock guitarist (Air Supply) was born
1966-05-05
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Shawn Drover
Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth) was born
1985-05-05
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Shoko Nakagawa
Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer was born
1988-05-05
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Skye Sweetnam
Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter was born
1921-05-05
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Sonja Oosterman
Sonja Oosterman, Dutch singer (Marketensters) was born
1819-05-05
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Stanislaw Moniuszko
Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born
1942-05-05
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Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh]
Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh], Redbay Alabama, country singer (Stand by your Man), (d. 1998) was born
1924-05-05
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Theo Olof
Theo Olof, German/Neth violinist/prodigy/concert master was born
1957-05-05
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Thereza Bazaar
Thereza Bazaar, rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me) was born
1867-05-05
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Thomas Tertius Noble
Thomas Tertius Noble, composer was born
1984-05-05
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Wade MacNeil
Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire) was born
1907-05-05
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Yoritsune Matsudaira
Yoritsune Matsudaira, composer was born
1604-05-05
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Claudio Merulo
Claudio Merulo, Italian organist/composer, dies at 71
1831-05-05
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Friedrich Ludwig Seidel
Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65
1840-05-05
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Gottlob Benedikt Bierey
Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67
1963-05-05
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Heinrich Gebhard
Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies
1702-05-05
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Jacob Hintze
Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79
1892-05-05
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Jan Nepomuk Skroup
Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80
1613-05-05
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Johann Steuerlein
Johann Steuerlein, composer, dies at 66
1986-05-05
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Jon William Haussermann Jr
Jon William Haussermann Jr, composer, dies at 76
1885-05-05
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Lauro Rossi
Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73
1840-05-05
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Matthaus Fischer
Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76
1957-05-05
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Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin
Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74
2006-05-05
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Naushad Ali
Naushad Ali, Indian composer (b. 1919)
1837-05-05
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Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli
Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85
1972-05-05
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Rev Gary David
Rev Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76
2004-05-05
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Ritsuko Okazaki
Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
1986-05-05
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Rui Coelho
Rui Coelho, composer, Portuguese composer, dies at 94
1960-05-05
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Sulho Ranta
Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58
1995-05-05
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Thomas Eden Binkley
Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63
1726-05-05
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Marie de Camargo
Marie de Camargo (age 16) premieres at Opera of Paris
1891-05-05
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in NY, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor
1992-05-05
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Tammy Wynette
Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
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