1960-05-07
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Adam Bernstein
Adam Bernstein, American music video/television director was born
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1944-05-07
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Alison Margaret Bauld
Alison Margaret Bauld, composer was born
1956-05-07
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Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley, British composer was born
1918-05-07
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Argeliers Leon
Argeliers Leon, composer was born
1940-05-07
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Armando Krieger
Armando Krieger, composer was born
1946-05-07
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Bill Danoff
Bill Danoff, Springfield Mass, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band) was born
1946-05-07
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Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann, Palo Alto CA, American rock drummer (Grateful Dead) was born
1704-05-07
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Carl Heinrich Graun
Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born
1943-05-07
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Christopher Taylor White
Christopher Taylor White, rocker was born
1873-05-07
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Clarence Dickinson
Clarence Dickinson, composer was born
1936-05-07
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Cornelius Cardew
Cornelius Cardew, composer was born
1952-05-07
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Derek Taylor
Derek Taylor, rocker (Let it Be, Beatles Anthology) was born
1934-05-07
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Donald Russell Holler
Donald Russell Holler, composer was born
1969-05-07
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Eagle Eye Cherry
Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician was born
1883-05-07
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Gino Roncaglia
Gino Roncaglia, composer was born
1769-05-07
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Giuseppe Farinelli
Giuseppe Farinelli, composer was born
1934-05-07
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Heinz Marti
Heinz Marti, composer was born
1971-05-07
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Horgh
Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy) was born
1907-05-07
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Jef van Durme
Jef van Durme, composer was born
1927-05-07
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Jim Lowe
Jim Lowe, American singer was born
1939-05-07
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Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted) was born
1803-05-07
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Johan Peter Cronhamm
Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer was born
1833-05-07
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Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer was born
1963-05-07
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Johnny Lee Middleton
Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra) was born
1939-05-07
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Johnny Maestro
Johnny Maestro, NY rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge) was born
1922-05-07
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Lew Anderson
Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (d. 2006) was born
1901-05-07
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Marcel Poot
Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer was born
1986-05-07
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Matt Helders
Matt Helders, English musician, drummer for Arctic Monkeys was born
1933-05-07
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Nexhmije Pagarusha
Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer was born
1948-05-07
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Peter Wingfield
Peter Wingfield, Wales, rocker/actor (Methos-Highlander) was born
1961-05-07
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Phil Campbell
Phil Campbell, British musician (Motörhead) was born
1950-05-07
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Prairie Prince
Prairie Prince, rocker (Tubes) was born
1840-05-07
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk, Russia, composer (1812 Overture, Swan Lake), (d. 1893) [NS] was born
1943-05-07
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Rick West
Rick West, [Richard Westwood], rocker (Brian Poole & Tremeloes) was born
1978-05-07
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Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon)
Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Norwegian Black Metal musician was born
1931-05-07
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Teresa Brewer
Teresa Brewer, Toledo Ohio, singer (Put Another Nickel In) was born
1908-05-07
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Wouter Paap
Wouter Paap, composer was born
1928-05-07
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Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan
Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56
1825-05-07
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Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74
2011-05-07
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Big George
Big George, British broadcaster, composer, bandleader and musician (b. 1957)
1970-05-07
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Carlos Estrada
Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
1998-05-07
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Eddie Rabbitt
Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)
1914-05-07
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Edward Mollenhauer
Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
1934-05-07
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Edward Naylor
Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67
1942-05-07
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Felix Paul von Weingartner
Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
1814-05-07
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Franz Volrath Buttstett
Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79
1876-05-07
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Franz count of Pocci
Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69
1977-05-07
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Irwin Fischer
Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73
1667-05-07
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Johann Jakob Froberger
Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50
1736-05-07
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John Weldon
John Weldon, composer, dies at 60
1818-05-07
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Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh
Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70
2006-05-07
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Machiko Soga
Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend (b. 1943)
1993-05-07
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Mary Philbin
Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
1922-05-07
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Max Wagenknecht
Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857)
1981-05-07
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Mieczyslaw Kolinski
Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79
1800-05-07
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Niccolo Piccinni
Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
1836-05-07
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Norbert Burgmuller
Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26
1793-05-07
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Pietro Nardini
Pietro Nardini, composer, dies at 71
1995-05-07
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Ray McKinley
Ray McKinley, drummer, dies at 84
1900-05-07
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Richard Storrs Willis
Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81
1888-05-07
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Edouard Lalo
Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris
1824-05-07
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Ludwig V. Beethoven
Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna
1970-05-07
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The Beatles
"Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
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