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1893-02-21 Artist spotlight

Andres Segovia

Andres Segovia, Linares Spain, classical guitarist, (d. 1987) was born

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1904-02-21 Artist spotlight

Armand Preud'homme

Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/poet was born

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1902-02-21 Artist spotlight

Bob [Hijman] Scholte

Bob [Hijman] Scholte, Dutch vocalist [or 1909] was born

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1973-02-21 Artist spotlight

Bowie Tsang

Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer and TV host was born

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1982-02-21 Artist spotlight

Chantal Claret

Chantal Claret, American musician was born

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1821-02-21 Artist spotlight

Charles Scribner

Charles Scribner, US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog) was born

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1844-02-21 Artist spotlight

Charles-Marie Widor

Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory) was born

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1986-02-21 Artist spotlight

Charlotte Church

Charlotte Church, Welsh singer was born

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1690-02-21 Artist spotlight

Christoph Stoltzenberg

Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer was born

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1989-02-21 Artist spotlight

Corbin Bleu

Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer was born

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1943-02-21 Artist spotlight

Duncan Swift

Duncan Swift, jazz pianist was born

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1831-02-21 Artist spotlight

Eduard Rappoldi

Eduard Rappoldi, composer was born

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1836-02-21 Artist spotlight

Emil Hartmann

Emil Hartmann, composer was born

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1903-02-21 Artist spotlight

Eric Fogg

Eric Fogg, composer was born

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1969-02-21 Artist spotlight

Eric Wilson

Eric Wilson, American musician was born

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1795-02-21 Artist spotlight

Francisco Manuel da Silva

Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer was born

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1878-02-21 Artist spotlight

Fritz Cortolezis

Fritz Cortolezis, composer was born

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1909-02-21 Artist spotlight

George G F van Renesse

George G F van Renesse, Dutch pianist/music director was born

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1973-02-21 Artist spotlight

Heri Joensen

Heri Joensen, Faroese musician was born

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1969-02-21 Artist spotlight

James Dean Bradfield

James Dean Bradfield, Welsh musician was born

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1952-02-21 Artist spotlight

Jean-Jacques Brunel

Jean-Jacques Brunel, rock bassist (Stranglers-Dreamtime) was born

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1949-02-21 Artist spotlight

Jerry Harrison

Jerry Harrison, Milwaukee, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads) was born

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1674-02-21 Artist spotlight

Johann Augustin Kobelius

Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer was born

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1801-02-21 Artist spotlight

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer was born

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1959-02-21 Artist spotlight

JosÃ© MarÃa Cano

JosÃ© MarÃa Cano, Spanish musician was born

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1923-02-21 Artist spotlight

Lucille Bremer

Lucille Bremer, Amsterdam, New York, American actress/dancer (Meet Me in St. Louis, Ziegfeld Follies) was born

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1836-02-21 Artist spotlight

LÃ©o Delibes

Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer was born

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1958-02-21 Artist spotlight

Mary-Chapin Carpenter

Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton NJ, country vocalist (This Shirt) was born

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1814-02-21 Artist spotlight

Nicolo Gabrielli

Nicolo Gabrielli, composer was born

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1912-02-21 Artist spotlight

Nikita Magaloff

Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert) was born

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1933-02-21 Artist spotlight

Nina Simone

Nina Simone, [Eunice Waymon], Tyron NC, vocalist/pianist (Porgy) was born

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1867-02-21 Artist spotlight

Otto Hermann Kahn

Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co was born

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1945-02-21 Artist spotlight

Paul Newton

Paul Newton, rock bassist was born

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1861-02-21 Artist spotlight

Pierre Breville

Pierre Breville, composer was born

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1927-02-21 Artist spotlight

Pierre Mercure

Pierre Mercure, composer was born

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1971-02-21 Artist spotlight

Randy Blythe

Randy Blythe, American musician was born

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1961-02-21 Artist spotlight

Ranking Roger

Ranking Roger, rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning) was born

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1972-02-21 Artist spotlight

Seo Taiji

Seo Taiji, Korean musician was born

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1556-02-21 Artist spotlight

Sethus Calvisius

Sethus Calvisius, composer was born

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1960-02-21 Artist spotlight

Steve Wynn

Steve Wynn, American singer ( was born

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1980-02-21 Artist spotlight

Tiziano Ferro

Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer was born

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1966-02-21 Artist spotlight

Tommy Hendricks

Tommy Hendricks, rocker was born

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1922-02-21 Artist spotlight

Uros Krek

Uros Krek, composer was born

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1898-02-21 Artist spotlight

Vassily Vainonen

Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh) was born

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1951-02-21 Artist spotlight

Vince Welnick

Vince Welnick, rock keyboardist (Tubes) was born

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1776-02-21 Artist spotlight

Vincenzo Lavigna

Vincenzo Lavigna, composer was born

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1966-02-21 Artist spotlight

Wendy James

Wendy James, London England, vocalist (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen) was born

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1974-02-21 Artist spotlight

Wish Bone

Wish Bone, American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) was born

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1923-02-21 Artist spotlight

Zvi Zeitlin

Zvi Zeitlin, Dubrovnik Yugoslavia, violinist/prof (Eastman School) was born

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1971-02-21 Artist spotlight

Adolph Weiss

Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79

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1938-02-21 Artist spotlight

Albert Huybrechts

Albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39

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1925-02-21 Artist spotlight

Alfred Baldwin Sloan

Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52

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2005-02-21 Artist spotlight

Ara Berberian

Ara Berberian, American opera singer (b. 1930)

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1972-02-21 Artist spotlight

Bronislava Nijinska

Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891)

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1956-02-21 Artist spotlight

Edwin Franko Goldman

Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78

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1949-02-21 Artist spotlight

Ernest Walker

Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78

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1992-02-21 Artist spotlight

Eva A Jessye

Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97

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1976-02-21 Artist spotlight

Florence Ballard

Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32

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1948-02-21 Artist spotlight

Frederick Archibald Lamond

Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80

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1919-02-21 Artist spotlight

Giovanni Bolzoni

Giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77

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1876-02-21 Artist spotlight

Henry John Gauntlett

Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70

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1992-02-21 Artist spotlight

Jane Pickens Langley Hoving

Jane Pickens Langley Hoving, singer, dies at 83

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1790-02-21 Artist spotlight

Johann Friedrich Kloffler

Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer, dies at 64

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1884-02-21 Artist spotlight

John Pike Hullah

John Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71

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1996-02-21 Artist spotlight

Morton Gould

Morton Gould, composer, dies at 82

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