This Day in Music

1985-05-04 Artist spotlight

Anthony Fedorov

Anthony Fedorov, American singer was born

1923-05-04 Artist spotlight

Assi Rahbani

Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author was born

1611-05-04 Artist spotlight

Carlo Rainaldi

Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born

1769-05-04 Artist spotlight

Charles Hague

Charles Hague, composer was born

1777-05-04 Artist spotlight

Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens

Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer was born

Colin Bass

Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel) was born

1902-05-04 Artist spotlight

Cvjetko Rihtman

Cvjetko Rihtman, composer was born

1950-05-04 Artist spotlight

Darryl Hunt

Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes) was born

1941-05-04 Artist spotlight

David LaFlamme

David LaFlamme, Utah, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day) was born

Dick Dale

Dick Dale, American guitarist was born

1919-05-04 Artist spotlight

Dimiter Petkov

Dimiter Petkov, composer was born

1867-05-04 Artist spotlight

Dynam-Victor Fumet

Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer was born

1923-05-04 Artist spotlight

Ed Cassidy

Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit) was born

1835-05-04 Artist spotlight

Edmund Hart Turpin

Edmund Hart Turpin, composer was born

1917-05-04 Artist spotlight

Edward Toner Cone

Edward Toner Cone, composer was born

1860-05-04 Artist spotlight

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) was born

1932-05-04 Artist spotlight

Fausto Razzi

Fausto Razzi, composer was born

1763-05-04 Artist spotlight

Franz Stanislaus Spindler

Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer was born

1891-05-04 Artist spotlight

Frederick Jacobi

Frederick Jacobi, composer was born

1931-05-04 Artist spotlight

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio) was born

1945-05-04 Artist spotlight

George Wadenius

George Wadenius, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears) was born

1970-05-04 Artist spotlight

Gregg Alexander

Gregg Alexander, American musician (New Radicals) was born

Hans Ulrich Lehmann

Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer was born

1982-05-04 Artist spotlight

Hector King

Hector King, Mexican singer-songwriter was born

Jackie Jackson

Jackie Jackson, [Sigmund], Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC) was born

1961-05-04 Artist spotlight

Jay Aston

Jay Aston, rocker was born

1738-05-04 Artist spotlight

Josef Kohaut

Josef Kohaut, composer was born

1968-05-04 Artist spotlight

Julian Barratt

Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh was born

1954-05-04 Artist spotlight

Julie Budd

Julie Budd, Bkln, singer (Child of Plenty) was born

1979-05-04 Artist spotlight

Lance Bass

Lance Bass, American singer (*NSYNC) was born

1912-05-04 Artist spotlight

Lou Brown

Lou Brown, Bkln, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show) was born

1744-05-04 Artist spotlight

Marianne von Martinez

Marianne von Martinez, composer was born

1919-05-04 Artist spotlight

Mary Ann McCall

Mary Ann McCall, singer was born

1916-05-04 Artist spotlight

Maurice "Moe" Purtill

Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer was born

1928-05-04 Artist spotlight

Maynard Ferguson

Maynard Ferguson, Verdun Quebec, jazz trumpeter (Roulette) was born

Mick Mars

Mick Mars, American guitarist (MÃ¶tley CrÃ¼e) was born

1972-05-04 Artist spotlight

Mike Dirnt [Michael Ryan Pritchard]

Mike Dirnt [Michael Ryan Pritchard], Berkeley, California, American musician (Green Day) was born

1905-05-04 Artist spotlight

MÃ¡tyÃ¡s Seiber

MÃ¡tyÃ¡s Seiber, Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando) was born

1943-05-04 Artist spotlight

Nickolas Ashford

Nickolas Ashford, SC, singer (Ashford & Simpson-Solid as a Rock) was born

1962-05-04 Artist spotlight

Oleta Adams

Oleta Adams, American singer was born

1975-05-04 Artist spotlight

Pablo Ruiz

Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer was born

1915-05-04 Artist spotlight

Pedro Saenz

Pedro Saenz, composer was born

1944-05-04 Artist spotlight

Peggy Santiglia McGannon

Peggy Santiglia McGannon, NJ, rocker (Angels) was born

1959-05-04 Artist spotlight

Randy Travis

Randy Travis, Marshville NC, country singer (Diggin' Up Bones) was born

1982-05-04 Artist spotlight

Rasheeda

Rasheeda, merican hiphop singer was born

1955-05-04 Artist spotlight

Robert Ellis Orrall

Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer was born

1930-05-04 Artist spotlight

Roberta Peters

Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met) was born

Ron Carter

Ron Carter, jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach) was born

1942-05-04 Artist spotlight

Ronnie Bond

Ronnie Bond, drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing) was born

1956-05-04 Artist spotlight

Sharon Jones

Sharon Jones, Augusta Georgia, soul/funk singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings) was born

1943-05-04 Artist spotlight

Stella Parton

Stella Parton, sister of Dolly Parton/singer (A Woman's Touch) was born

1924-05-04 Artist spotlight

Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva

Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva, composer was born

Tirso Cruz III

Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer. was born

1767-05-04 Artist spotlight

Tyagaraja

Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) was born

1938-05-04 Artist spotlight

Tyrone Davis

Tyrone Davis, US R&B singer (Are you serious) was born

1904-05-04 Artist spotlight

Umm Kulthum

Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (official Date of Birth) (d. 1975) was born

1949-05-04 Artist spotlight

Zal Cleminson

Zal Cleminson, rocker (Alex Harvey Band) was born

2012-05-04 Artist spotlight

Beastie Boys

MCA [Adam Yauch], Beastie Boys vocalist, dies from cancer at 47

1967-05-04 Artist spotlight

Bengt Axel von Torne

Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75

1855-05-04 Artist spotlight

Camille Pleyel

Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66

1770-05-04 Artist spotlight

Christian Gottfried Krause

Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51

1604-05-04 Artist spotlight

Claudio Merulo

Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71

1893-05-04 Artist spotlight

George Washington Hewitt

George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82

1955-05-04 Artist spotlight

Georges Enescu

Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73

1929-05-04 Artist spotlight

Henry Morton Dunham

Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75

1974-05-04 Artist spotlight

Israel Citkowitz

Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65

1966-05-04 Artist spotlight

Juan Maria Thomas Sabater

Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69

1995-05-04 Artist spotlight

Louis Krasner

Louis Krasner, violinist, dies at 91

1983-05-04 Artist spotlight

Nino Sanzogno

Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72

Noel Rosa

Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910)

1987-05-04 Artist spotlight

Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44

1953-05-04 Artist spotlight

Thomas Tertius Noble

Thomas Tertius Noble, composer, dies at 85

1959-05-04 Artist spotlight

Ella Fitzgerald

1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win

1728-05-04 Artist spotlight

George Frideric Handel

George F Handel's opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London