1802-04-27
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Abraham Louis Niedermeyer
Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer was born
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1951-04-27
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Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley, Bronx NY, heavy metal rocker (Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet) was born
1963-04-27
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Ad van Dijk
Arther van Dijk, drummer (Ivy Green) was born
1803-04-27
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Alfred Julius Becher
Alfred Julius Becher, composer was born
1767-04-27
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Andreas Jakob Romberg
Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock) was born
1947-04-27
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Ann Peebles
Ann Peebles, Missouri, singer (I Can't Stand the Rain) was born
1953-04-27
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Arielle Dombasle
Arielle Dombasle, French singer and actress was born
1871-04-27
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Arthur Finlay Nevin
Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer was born
1956-04-27
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Bryan Harvey
Bryan Harvey, American musician was born
1927-04-27
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Connie Kay
Connie Kay, jazz drummer was born
1944-04-27
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Cuba Gooding
Cuba Gooding, US singer (Everybody Plays the Fool) was born
1922-04-27
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Daphne Anderson
Daphne Anderson, London, actress (Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice) was born
1986-04-27
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Elena Risteska
Elena Risteska, Macedonian singer was born
1943-04-27
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Eugene Polyakov
Eugene Polyakov, dancer was born
1981-04-27
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Fabrizio Faniello
Fabrizio Faniello, Maltese singer was born
1724-04-27
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Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz
Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born
1932-04-27
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Francois Bayle
Francois Bayle, composer was born
1984-04-27
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Frank Carter
Frank Carter, British musician (Gallows) and tattooist was born
1941-04-27
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Friedrich Goldmann
Friedrich Goldmann, composer was born
1812-04-27
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Friedrich von Flotow
Friedrich von Flotow, composer was born
1936-04-27
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Geoffrey Shovelton
Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer was born
1861-04-27
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Georgy L'vovich Catoire
Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer was born
1920-04-27
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Guido Cantelli
Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956) was born
1944-04-27
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Herb Pedersen
Herb Pedersen, Berkley Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born
1947-04-27
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Herbie Murrell
Herbie Murrell, US singer (Stylistics-You are My Everything) was born
1931-04-27
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Igor Oistrach
Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist/son of David Oistrach was born
1976-04-27
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Isobel Campbell
Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer was born
1992-04-27
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James Duke Mason
James Duke Mason, son of singer Belinda Carlisle & Morgan Mason was born
1916-04-27
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Jan Rychlik
Jan Rychlik, composer was born
1939-04-27
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Jerry Mercer
Jerry Mercer, Montreal Canada, rock drummer (April Wine) was born
1623-04-27
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Johann Adam Reincken
Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born
1941-04-27
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Judith Blegen
Judith Blegen, Missoula Mont, opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute) was born
1948-04-27
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Katie Pierson
Katie Pierson, NJ, vocals/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack) was born
1958-04-27
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Keith Denunzio
Keith Denunzio, rocker was born
1918-04-27
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Kirby Stone
Kirby Stone, NYC, jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles & Beads) was born
1931-04-27
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Krzystzof Komeda
Krzystzof Komeda, composer was born
1959-04-27
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Louis Lortie
Louis Lortie, French Canadian concert pianist was born
1959-04-27
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Marco Pirroni
Marco Pirroni, London, rock guitarist (Adam & The Ants) was born
1932-04-27
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Maxine Brown
Maxine Brown, rocker (Browns) was born
1969-04-27
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Mica Paris
Mica Paris, rocker (So Good) was born
1894-04-27
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Nicolas Slonimsky
Nicolas Slonimsky, composer was born
1984-04-27
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Patrick Stump
Patrick Stump, American musician (Fall Out Boy) was born
1932-04-27
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Petar Ozgijan
Petar Ozgijan, composer was born
1947-04-27
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Pete Ham
Pete Ham, Swansea Wales, rock vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It) was born
1947-04-27
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Peter Gena
Peter Gena, composer was born
1905-04-27
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Philip Radcliffe
Philip Radcliffe, composer was born
1959-04-27
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Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton, [Shirley Orr], Glasgow Scotland, singer (Sugar Walls) was born
1967-04-27
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Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith, Scottish jazz musician was born
1979-04-27
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Will Boyd
Will Boyd, American musician was born
1918-04-27
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Willem N "Pim" Koot
Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building (Oh, Lady! Lady!) was born
1824-04-27
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William Richard Bexfield
William Richard Bexfield, composer was born
1869-04-27
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William Victor Harris
William Victor Harris, composer was born
1950-04-27
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Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski
Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70
1999-04-27
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Al Hirt
Al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922)
1915-04-27
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Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Skriabin, Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43
2009-04-27
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Frankie Manning
Frankie Manning, an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop. (b. 1914)
1764-04-27
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Jaime de Casellas
Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73
1758-04-27
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Jan Francisci
Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66
1950-04-27
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Karl Straube
Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies
2007-04-27
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Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
1992-04-27
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Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83
1901-04-27
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Richard Redhead
Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81
1871-04-27
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Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg
Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59
2000-04-27
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Vicki Sue Robinson
Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954)
1867-04-27
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Charles Gounod
Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris)
1991-04-27
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Charles Gross
"Lucifer's Child" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 28 perfs
1749-04-27
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George Frideric Handel
First performance of Handel's Fireworks Music in Green Park, London.
1877-04-27
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Jules Massenet
Opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris)
1810-04-27
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Ludwig V. Beethoven
Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
1992-04-27
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Paul Todd
"Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 perfs
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