1941-04-17
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Adolphus Hailstork
Adolphus Hailstork, composer was born
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1940-04-17
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Anja Silja
Anja Silja, German soprano was born
1811-04-17
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Ann Sheppard Mounsey
Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer was born
1902-04-17
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Anton Beuving
Anton Beuving, lyricist (Ketelbinkie) was born
1882-04-17
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Artur Schnabel
Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas) was born
1978-04-17
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Bilal Abdul-samad
Bilal Abdul-samad, rocker (Boys) was born
1941-04-17
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Billy Fury
Billy Fury, Liverpool, singer/guitarist (When Will You Say I Love You) was born
1885-04-17
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Cecil Burleigh
Cecil Burleigh, composer was born
1919-04-17
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Chavela Vargas
Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer was born
1930-04-17
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Chris Barber
Chris Barber, jazz trombonist was born
1719-04-17
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Christian Gottfried Krause
Christian Gottfried Krause, composer was born
1927-04-17
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Christopher Whelen
Christopher Whelen, composer was born
1934-04-17
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Don Kirshner
Don Kirshner, rock & roll producer (invented bubblegum music) was born
1930-04-17
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Genevieve
Genevieve, Paris France, singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples) was born
1820-04-17
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Gottfried Conradi
Gottfried Conradi, composer was born
1932-04-17
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Graziella Sciutti
Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer was born
1903-04-17
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Gregor Piatigorsky
Gregor Piatigorsky, Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist (or 4/20) was born
1981-04-17
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Hanna Pakarinen
Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer was born
1897-04-17
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Harald Saeverud
Harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) [NS] was born
1883-04-17
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Hermann Darewsky
Hermann Darewsky, composer was born
1929-04-17
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James Last
James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger was born
1948-04-17
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Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer, composer (Escape from TV, Miami Vice) was born
1833-04-17
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Jean-Baptiste Accolay
Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (d. 1900) was born
1797-04-17
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Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor was born
1683-04-17
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Johann David Heinichen
Johann David Heinichen, composer was born
1741-04-17
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Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Johann Gottlieb Naumann, composer was born
1715-04-17
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Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht
Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer was born
1863-04-17
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Johannes P Boskaljon
Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor was born
1944-04-17
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John Lill
John Lill, professor/pianist was born
1947-04-17
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Linda Martin
Linda Martin, Irish singer was born
1967-04-17
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Liz Phair
Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter was born
1587-04-17
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Marco Ivan Lukacic
Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer was born
1964-04-17
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Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan, American singer (Tool and A Perfect Circle) was born
1954-04-17
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Michael Sembello
Michael Sembello, American musician was born
1974-04-17
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Mikael Ã…kerfeldt
Mikael Ã…kerfeldt, Swedish guitarist and singer (Opeth) was born
1976-04-17
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Monet Mazur
Monet Mazur, American actress and musician was born
1903-04-17
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Nicolas Nabokov
Nicolas Nabokov, Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer (Holy Devil) was born
1886-04-17
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Otto Lederer
Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor (Jazz Singer) was born
1936-04-17
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Pete Graves
Pete Graves, rocker (Moonglows) was born
1977-04-17
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Phil Jamieson
Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon) was born
1738-04-17
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Philip Hayes
Philip Hayes, composer was born
1970-04-17
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Redman
Redman, American rapper was born
1955-04-17
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Rob Bolland
Rob Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland) was born
1943-04-17
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Roy Estrada
Roy Estrada, rocker (Morthers Of Invention) was born
1977-04-17
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Sizzla
Sizzla, Jamaican dancehall artist was born
1959-04-17
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Stephen Singleton
Stephen Singleton, Sheffield, rocker (ABC) was born
1774-04-17
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Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek
Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer was born
1974-04-17
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Victoria Beckham [Adams]
Victoria Beckham [Adams], Harlow, Essex, English singer (Posh Spice-Spice Girls) was born
1941-04-17
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Al Bowlly
Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899)
1987-04-17
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Carlton Barrett
Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36
2003-04-17
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Earl King
Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)
1960-04-17
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Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash
2011-04-17
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Eric Gross
Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian composer (b. 1926)
1983-04-17
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Felix Pappalardi
Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
1854-04-17
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Gottlob Wiedebein
Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74
1992-04-17
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Hank Penny
Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
1899-04-17
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Hans Balatka
Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74
1974-04-17
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Herbert Elwell
Herbert Elwell, US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75
1764-04-17
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Johann Mattheson
Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82
1890-04-17
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John Barnett
John Barnett, composer, dies at 87
1891-04-17
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Jules Eugene Abraham Alary
Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
2011-04-17
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Nikos Papazoglou
Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
1714-04-17
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Philipp Heinrich Erlebach
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56
1967-04-17
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Red Allen
Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)
1971-04-17
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Roberto Lupi
Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62
1873-04-17
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Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky
Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60
1974-04-17
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Vinnie Taylor
Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose
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