1949-04-15
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Alla Pugacheva
Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer was born
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1992-04-15
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Amy Diamond
Amy Diamond, Swedish singer was born
1982-04-15
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Anthony Green
Anthony Green, American musician was born
1984-04-15
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Ben Kasica
Ben Kasica, Guitarist of rock band Skillet was born
1947-04-15
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Bojoura
Bojoura, [Raina GB van Melzen], Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver was born
1843-04-15
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Carl Eilhardt
Carl Eilhardt, composer was born
1944-04-15
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Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds, Wales, singer/guitarist (Rockpile-Baby I Love You) was born
1651-04-15
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Domenico Gabrielli
Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born
1908-04-15
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Eden Ahbez
Eden Ahbez, songwriter was born
1894-04-15
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Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith
Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs) was born
1954-04-15
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Emmanuel
Emmanuel, Mexico City Mexico, spanish singer was born
1915-04-15
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Ernest Borneman
Ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist writer/musicologist was born
1689-04-15
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Ferdinand Zellbell
Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born
1967-04-15
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Frankie Poullain
Frankie Poullain, British musician (The Darkness) was born
1935-04-15
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Gene Cherico
Gene Cherico, bassist was born
1757-04-15
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George Knowil Jackson
George Knowil Jackson, composer was born
1944-04-15
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Gerard Schoenaker
Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer (Les Baroques) was born
1966-04-15
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Graeme Clark
Graeme Clark, bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around) was born
1936-04-15
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Hector Quintanar
Hector Quintanar, composer was born
1688-04-15
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Johann Friedrich Fasch
Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born
1914-04-15
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John Gregory
John Gregory, dancer was born
1974-04-15
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Josh Todd
Josh Todd, American musician (Buckcherry) was born
1827-04-15
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Julius Tausch
Julius Tausch, composer was born
1965-04-15
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Linda Perry
Linda Perry, American musician was born
1982-04-15
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Mark Mizzark
Mark Mizzark, [Marlis Pugh], Akron Ohio, rapper (Another Bad Creation) was born
1939-04-15
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Marty Wilder
Marty Wilder, Blackheath, South London, English singer-songwriter and father of rocker Kim Wilde was born
1958-04-15
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Matt Reid
Matt Reid, rock keyboardist (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away) was born
1947-04-15
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Michael DeBello
Michael DeBello, singer (Maniac) was born
1948-04-15
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Michael Kamen
Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003) was born
1947-04-15
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Mike Chapman
Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman) was born
1924-04-15
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Neville Marriner
Neville Marriner, Lincoln England, conductor (Minn Orch 1978) was born
1898-04-15
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Nini de Boel
Nini de Boel, Flemish operette singer (White Horse) was born
1921-04-15
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Norman Ewart Thurston
Norman Ewart Thurston, musician was born
1917-04-15
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Pietro Grossi
Pietro Grossi, composer was born
1943-04-15
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Riem de Wolff
Riem de Wolff, Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds) was born
1933-04-15
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Roy Clark
Roy Clark, Meherrin, Virginia, American country singer (Hee Haw, The Tonight Show) was born
1966-04-15
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Samantha Karen Fox
Samantha Karen Fox, East End London England, singer (Touch Me) was born
1962-04-15
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Surjit Bindrakhia
Surjit Bindrakhia, Punjabi Bhangra singer was born
1891-04-15
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Vaino Raitio
Vaino Raitio, composer was born
1637-04-15
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Valentin Molitor
Valentin Molitor, composer was born
1947-04-15
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Wooly Wolstenholme
Wooly Wolstenholme, keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest) was born
1929-04-15
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Antonio Smareglia
Antonio Smareglia, composer, dies at 74
1968-04-15
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Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky
Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73
1995-04-15
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Cleo Brown
Cleo Brown, pianist, dies at 91
1924-04-15
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Eduardo Caudella
Eduardo Caudella, composer, dies at 82
1811-04-15
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Ernest Louis Muller
Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70
1974-04-15
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Giovanni D'Anzi
Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (b. 1906)
1788-04-15
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Giuseppi Bonno
Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77
1863-04-15
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Jan Nepomuk Kanka
Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90
2001-04-15
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Joey Ramone
Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b. 1951)
1719-04-15
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Johann Friedrich Treiber
Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76
1756-04-15
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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29
1853-04-15
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Johann Leopold Fuchs
Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67
2005-04-15
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John Fred
John Fred, American singer (b. 1941)
1925-04-15
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John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent, US portrait painter, dies at 69
1954-04-15
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Juan Vicente Lecuna
Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer, dies at 54
1937-04-15
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Nikolai Artzibushev
Nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79
1957-04-15
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Pedro Infante
Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
1943-04-15
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Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri
Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer, dies at 62
2004-04-15
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Ray Condo
Ray Condo, Canadian musician (b. 1950)
1891-04-15
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Stephen Albert Emery
Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49
1866-04-15
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William Jackson
William Jackson, composer, dies at 51
1947-04-15
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Wolstenholme
Wolstenholme, rocker, dies
1988-04-15
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Youri Egorov
Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (b. 1954)
1738-04-15
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George Frideric Handel
Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.
1961-04-15
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Meredith Wilson
"Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1375 performances
1966-04-15
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The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"
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