1914-05-31
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Akira Ifukube
Akira Ifukube, composer was born
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1929-05-31
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Aladar Zoltan
Aladar Zoltan, composer was born
1701-05-31
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Alexander Cruden
Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible was born
1901-05-31
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Alfredo Antonini
Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (d. 1983) was born
1980-05-31
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Andy Hurley
Andy Hurley, American musician (Fall Out Boy) was born
1940-05-31
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Augie Mayer
Augie Mayer, rocker (Sir Douglas Quintet) was born
1956-05-31
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Bart van Poppel
Bart van Poppel, Dutch bassist/guitarist/singer (Tambourine) was born
1902-05-31
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Billy Mayerl
Billy Mayerl, composer was born
1802-05-31
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Cesare Pugni
Cesare Pugni, composer was born
1939-05-31
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Charles Drain
Charles Drain, singer was born
1919-05-31
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Chet Gierlach
Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer was born
1962-05-31
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Corey Hart
Corey Hart, Montreal Canada, vocalist (I Wear My Sunglasses at Night) was born
1964-05-31
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DMC
DMC, rocker was born
1964-05-31
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Darryl McDaniels
Darryl McDaniels, American musician (Run-D.M.C.) was born
1983-05-31
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David Hernandez
David Hernandez, American singer was born
1946-05-31
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Debbie Moore
Debbie Moore, founder/CEO (Pineapple Dance Studios) was born
1817-05-31
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Edouard Deldevez
Edouard Deldevez, composer was born
1919-05-31
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Emmanual Tettey Mensah
Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician was born
1674-05-31
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Friedrich Erhard Niedt
Friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer was born
1956-05-31
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Fritz Hilpert
Fritz Hilpert, German musician and sound engineer (Kraftwerk) was born
1902-05-31
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Henk Schaer
Henk Schaer, [Hendricus JM Schaareman], actor/conductor was born
1988-05-31
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Hope Partlow
Hope Partlow, American Singer was born
1875-05-31
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Italo Montemezzi
Italo Montemezzi, composer was born
1928-05-31
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Jacob Lateiner
Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor (Juiliard) was born
1804-05-31
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Jeanne-Louise Farrenc
Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer was born
1898-05-31
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Johan Brouwer
Johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter was born
1948-05-31
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John Bonham
John Bonham, Redditch England, drummer (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven) was born
1941-05-31
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Johnny Paycheck
Johnny Paycheck, Greenfield OH, singer (Take This Job & Shove It) was born
1952-05-31
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Karl Bartos
Karl Bartos, German musician (Kraftwerk, Electronic) was born
1934-05-31
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Karl-Erik Welin
Karl-Erik Welin, composer was born
1941-05-31
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Kenneth Cooper
Kenneth Cooper, NYC, harpsichordist/professor (Barnard, Bkln) was born
1892-05-31
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Louis Fourestier
Louis Fourestier, composer was born
1656-05-31
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Marin Marias
Marin Marias, composer was born
1879-05-31
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Mark Hambourg
Mark Hambourg, composer was born
1949-05-31
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Nancy Shade
Nancy Shade, American soprano was born
1902-05-31
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Ralph Walter Wood
Ralph Walter Wood, composer was born
1927-05-31
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Red Holloway [James]
Red Holloway [James], Helena, Arkansas, jazz tenor saxophonist, (d. 2012) was born
1977-05-31
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Scott Klopfenstein
Scott Klopfenstein, American musician (Reel Big Fish) was born
1964-05-31
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Scotti Hill
Scotti Hill, Manhasset NY, rock guitarist (Skid Row-Psycho Love) was born
1931-05-31
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Shirley Verrett
Shirley Verrett, New Orleans, mezzo-soprano (Cassandra-Les Troyens) was born
1986-05-31
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Sopho Khalvashi
Sopho Khalvashi, Georgian musical artist was born
1955-05-31
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Tommy Emmanuel
Tommy Emmanuel, Australian Guitarist CGP was born
1954-05-31
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Vicki Sue Robinson
Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (d. 2000) was born
1866-05-31
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Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov
Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer was born
1963-05-31
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Wendy Smith
Wendy Smith, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born
1963-05-31
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Wesley Willis
Wesley Willis, American musician (d. 2003) was born
1892-05-31
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Willem Ravelli
Willem Ravelli, baritone singer was born
1947-05-31
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William H Campbell Jr
William H Campbell Jr, rocker was born
1923-05-31
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Wolfgang Lesser
Wolfgang Lesser, composer was born
2010-05-31
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Benjamin Lees
Benjamin Lees, American composer (b. 1924)
1967-05-31
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Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn, American composer, pianist and arranger (b. 1915)
1962-05-31
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Eduardo Toldra
Eduardo Toldra, composer, dies at 67
1996-05-31
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Elsbeary Hobbs
Elsbeary Hobbs, singer, dies at 59
1994-05-31
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Emmanuel "Manny" Klein
Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter, dies at 86
1809-05-31
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Franz Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77
1696-05-31
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Heinrich Schwemmer
Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75
1947-05-31
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Henri Casadesus
Henri Casadesus, French violist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 67
1994-05-31
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Herva Nelli
Herva Nelli, soprano, dies at 85
2000-05-31
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Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
1948-05-31
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Jose Vianna da Motta
Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80
2006-05-31
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Lula Mae Hardaway
Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930)
1955-05-31
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Raoul Gunsbourg
Raoul Gunsbourg, composer, dies at 95
2004-05-31
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Robert Quine
Robert Quine, American guitarist (b. 1941)
2000-05-31
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Tito Puente
Tito Puente, American musician (b. 1923)
1854-05-31
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Vatroslav Lisinski
Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34
2004-05-31
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Étienne Roda-Gil
Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941)
1958-05-31
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Dick Dale
Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin"
1989-05-31
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Elvis Presley
1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards
1917-05-31
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Original Dixieland Jazz Band
1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1977-05-31
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The Beatles
"Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances
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