On This Day in Music: October 14

On October 14 in music history, 47 artists were born, 33 died and 14 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1968), Bob Marley (1980) and Red Hot Chili Peppers (2022).

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The Beatles

Beatles "White Album" completed

Bob Marley

Bob Marley's last concert

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers released the album 'Return of the Dream Canteen'

Usher

Usher, American singer and actor was born

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Born on October 14

"Red" McKenzie

"Red" McKenzie, jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper) [or 1899] was born

A J Pero

A J Pero, Staten Is, drummer (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It) was born

Adolf Ganz

Adolf Ganz, composer was born

Alexander von Zemlinsky

Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Schneeman) was born

Alfredo Santos Buenaventura

Alfredo Santos Buenaventura, composer was born

Allan Jones

Allan Jones, Scranton PA, actor/singer (A Day at the Races, Showboat) was born

Anthony Iannaccone

Anthony Iannaccone, composer was born

Bill Justis

Bill Justis, rocker was born

Billy Harrison

Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist (Them) was born

Bjarni Thorsteinsson

Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer was born

Camille Chevillard

Camille Chevillard, composer was born

Charles-Henri Plantade

Charles-Henri Plantade, composer was born

Ciprian Porumbescu

Ciprian Porumbescu, composer was born

Colin Hodgkinson

Colin Hodgkinson, English musician (Whitesnake) was born

Constantine Koukias

Constantine Koukias, Australian composer was born

Daisy Eshuijs

Daisy Eshuijs, singer/pianist/composer (Eye to Eye) was born

Dan McCafferty

Dan McCafferty, Scottish musician (Nazareth) was born

Ernest Pingoud

Ernest Pingoud, composer was born

Franz Anton Dimmler

Franz Anton Dimmler, composer was born

Gary Graffman

Gary Graffman, NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award) was born

George Edwardes

George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl) was born

Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti

Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer was born

Jean Joseph Rodolphe

Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer was born

Johnny Goudie

Johnny Goudie, American musician was born

Jose Serrano Simeon

Jose Serrano Simeon, composer was born

Joseph Utsler

Joseph Utsler, American musician was born

Justin Brannan

Justin Brannan, American musician, writer was born

Justin Hayward

Justin Hayward, England, vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin) was born

Kalervo Tuukkanen

Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer was born

Karel Srom

Karel Srom, composer was born

Karyn White

Karyn White, singer was born

La Monte Young

La Monte Young, Bern Idaho, composer (Composition in 1990) was born

Lourdes Marie Ciccone Leon

Lourdes Marie Ciccone Leon, daughter of singer Madonna was born

Marcia Barrett

Marcia Barrett, St Catherine's Jamaica, rock vocalist (Boney M) was born

Margriet Eshuijs

Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist was born

Natalie Maines

Natalie Maines, Lubbock, Texas, musician (Dixie Chicks) was born

Nikhil Banerjee

Nikhil Banerjee, Indian classical musician (d. 1986) was born

Rafael Puyana

Rafael Puyana, Bogota Colombia, baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957) was born

Robert Parker

Robert Parker, US saxophonist/soul singer (Barefootin') was born

Savannah Outen

Savannah Outen, American singer/songwriter was born

Shaznay Lewis

Shaznay Lewis, English singer (All Saints) was born

Shelley Ackerman

Shelley Ackerman, American astrologer, writer, singer was born

Thomas Dolby

Thomas Dolby, Cairo Egypt, rock vocalist (She Blinded Me With Science) was born

Tina Dico

Tina Dico, Danish singer-songwriter was born

Usher

Usher, American singer and actor was born

Willy Alberti

Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbrugge], singer/actor (Riffin in Amsterdam) was born

Yim Jae-beom

Yim Jae-beom, South Korean singer was born

Died on October 14

Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart

Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer, dies at 68

Antonio Cesti

Antonio Cesti, composer, dies at 46

Arcady Dubensky

Arcady Dubensky, composer, dies at 75

Big Moe

Big Moe, American rapper (b. 1974)

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby, US singer/actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74

Carl Natanael Berg

Carl Natanael Berg, composer, dies at 78

D’Angelo

D’Angelo died

Emil Gilels

Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1916)

Frankie Yankovic

Frankie Yankovic, American musician (b. 1916)

Franz Xaver Brixi

Franz Xaver Brixi, composer, dies at 39

Freddy Fender

Freddy Fender, American musician (b. 1937)

George Elbridge Whiting

George Elbridge Whiting, composer, dies at 83

Gioconda de Vito

Gioconda de Vito, violinist, dies at 87

Herbert Kretzmer

Herbert Kretzmer died

Ignacy Marceli Komorowski

Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer, dies at 33

Ingemar Liljefors

Ingemar Liljefors, composer, dies at 74

Jacques Arcadelt

Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer

Jared Anderson

Jared Anderson, American bassist (b. 1975)

Jean Poveigh

Jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82

Johann Gottfred Matthison-Hansen

Johann Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, composer, dies at 76

Johann Jacob Rowalt

Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer, dies at 57

Joseph Kaminski

Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72

Norbert Schultze

Norbert Schultze, American composer and songwriter (b. 1911)

Ralf Wolter

Ralf Wolter died

Rhonda Fleming

Rhonda Fleming died

Rieko Nakagawa

Rieko Nakagawa died

Roberta Alexander

Roberta Alexander died

Rodolfo Halffter

Rodolfo Halffter, composer, dies at 86

Sandor Erkel

Sandor Erkel, composer, dies at 54

Stanisław Radwan

Stanisław Radwan died

Vlassis Bonatsos

Vlassis Bonatsos, Greek singer, actor and entertainer (b. 1949)

William Michael Rooke

William Michael Rooke, composer, dies at 53

Releases & milestones on October 14

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg's opera "Die Gluckliche Hand", premieres in Vienna

Ava Max

Ava Max released the album 'Diamonds & Dancefloors'

Bob Marley

Bob Marley's last concert

Charlie Rich

8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich

George Gershwin

George Gershwin/Walter Donaldsons musical premieres in NYC

Lil Baby

Lil Baby released the album 'It's Only Me'

Lorna Shore

Lorna Shore released the album 'Pain Remains'

Merle Haggard

4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins

Noah Kahan

Noah Kahan released the album 'Stick Season'

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers released the album 'Return of the Dream Canteen'

Ricky Skaggs

19th Country Music Association Award: Ricky Skaggs wins

The 1975

The 1975 released the album 'Being Funny in a Foreign Language'

The Beatles

Beatles "White Album" completed

Tove Lo

Tove Lo released the album 'Dirt Femme'

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