This Day in Music

1933-05-13 Artist spotlight

Alden Ashforth

Alden Ashforth, composer was born

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1968-05-13 Artist spotlight

Alison Goldfrapp

Alison Goldfrapp, English musician was born

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1969-05-13 Artist spotlight

André Schmechta

André Schmechta, German musician (X Marks the Pedwalk) was born

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1842-05-13 Artist spotlight

Arthur Seymour Sullivan

Arthur Seymour Sullivan, London England, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan) was born

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1968-05-13 Artist spotlight

Buckethead

Buckethead, Guitarist was born

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1944-05-13 Artist spotlight

Carolyn Franklin

Carolyn Franklin, US singer/songwriter (Baby Baby Baby, Angel) was born

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1983-05-13 Artist spotlight

Casey Donovan

Casey Donovan, Australian singer was born

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1776-05-13 Artist spotlight

Charles Ots

Charles Ots, composer was born

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1967-05-13 Artist spotlight

Chuck Schuldiner

Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death, Control Denied) (d. 2001) was born

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1950-05-13 Artist spotlight

Danny Kirwan

Danny Kirwan, London, rocker (Fleetwood Mac) was born

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1946-05-13 Artist spotlight

Danny Klein

Danny Klein, NYC, rock bassist (J Geils Band-Centerfold) was born

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1966-05-13 Artist spotlight

Darius Rucker

Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish) was born

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1859-05-13 Artist spotlight

Eugust Enna

Eugust Enna, composer was born

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1949-05-13 Artist spotlight

Franklin Ajaye

Franklin Ajaye, Brooklyn New York, American comedian/actor (Jazz Singer, Car Wash) was born

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1912-05-13 Artist spotlight

Gil Evans

Gil Evans, Canadian musician (d. 1988) was born

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1983-05-13 Artist spotlight

Grégory Lemarchal

Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. 2007) was born

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1874-05-13 Artist spotlight

Henry Clough-Leiter

Henry Clough-Leiter, composer was born

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1735-05-13 Artist spotlight

Horace Coignet

Horace Coignet, composer was born

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1881-05-13 Artist spotlight

Ilona Durigo

Ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer was born

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1977-05-13 Artist spotlight

Ilse DeLange

Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer was born

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1942-05-13 Artist spotlight

Jim Douglas

Jim Douglas, jazz guitarist was born

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1941-05-13 Artist spotlight

Joe Brown

Joe Brown, singer/guitarist was born

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1847-05-13 Artist spotlight

Johannes Haarklou

Johannes Haarklou, composer was born

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1950-05-13 Artist spotlight

John "Jocko" Marcellino

John "Jocko" Marcellino, rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man) was born

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1949-05-13 Artist spotlight

John Glover

John Glover, conductor was born

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1954-05-13 Artist spotlight

Johnny Logan

Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter was born

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1886-05-13 Artist spotlight

Joseph Achron

Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite) was born

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1937-05-13 Artist spotlight

Judith Somogi

Judith Somogi, NYC, conductor (Frankfurt Opera-1982) was born

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1963-05-13 Artist spotlight

Julian Brookhouse

Julian Brookhouse, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance) was born

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1965-05-13 Artist spotlight

Lari White

Lari White, American country music singer was born

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1943-05-13 Artist spotlight

Mary Wells

Mary Wells, Detroit, singer (My Guy) was born

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1980-05-13 Artist spotlight

Mau Marcelo

Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer was born

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1911-05-13 Artist spotlight

Maxine Sullivan

Maxine Sullivan, [Marietta Williams], US singer/actress (Going Places) was born

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1967-05-13 Artist spotlight

Melanie Thornton

Melanie Thornton, African American German pop singer, former member of La Bouche. (d. 2001) was born

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1979-05-13 Artist spotlight

Michael Madden

Michael Madden, American musician (Maroon 5) was born

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1935-05-13 Artist spotlight

Nigel Butterley

Nigel Butterley, composer was born

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1746-05-13 Artist spotlight

Oliver Brownson

Oliver Brownson, composer was born

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1866-05-13 Artist spotlight

Ottokar Eugen Novacek

Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer was born

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1949-05-13 Artist spotlight

Overend Watts

Overend Watts, rock bassist (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes) was born

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1968-05-13 Artist spotlight

PMD

PMD, American rapper was born

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1868-05-13 Artist spotlight

Paolo Gallico

Paolo Gallico, composer was born

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1854-05-13 Artist spotlight

Paul Klengel

Paul Klengel, composer was born

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1951-05-13 Artist spotlight

Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson, rock drummer (Roxy Music) was born

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1947-05-13 Artist spotlight

Pete "Overend" Watts

Pete "Overend" Watts, rock bassist (Mott The Hoople-All Young Dudes) was born

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1876-05-13 Artist spotlight

Raoul Laparra

Raoul Laparra, composer was born

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1940-05-13 Artist spotlight

Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks, singer (Impressions) was born

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1941-05-13 Artist spotlight

Ritchie Valens

Ritchie Valens, singer (Donna, La Bamba) was born

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1776-05-13 Artist spotlight

Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa

Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composer was born

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1950-05-13 Artist spotlight

Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder, Saginaw, Michigan, American singer-songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Love) was born

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1933-05-13 Artist spotlight

Stig Gustav Schonberg

Stig Gustav Schonberg, composer was born

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1918-05-13 Artist spotlight

T. Balasaraswati

T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d.1984) was born

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1965-05-13 Artist spotlight

Tasmin Little

Tasmin Little, English violinist was born

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1974-05-13 Artist spotlight

Tim McMahon

Tim McMahon, American hardcore singer (Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Triple Threat) was born

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1756-05-13 Artist spotlight

Wojciech Zywny

Wojciech Zywny, composer was born

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1935-05-13 Artist spotlight

Yizhak Sadai

Yizhak Sadai, composer was born

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2011-05-13 Artist spotlight

Bruce Ricker

Bruce Ricker, American jazz and blues documentarian (b. 1942)

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1981-05-13 Artist spotlight

Carl Weinrich

Carl Weinrich, composer, dies at 76

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1988-05-13 Artist spotlight

Chet Baker

Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59

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1992-05-13 Artist spotlight

Floyd Arceneaux

Floyd Arceneaux, trumpeter, dies at 58

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1942-05-13 Artist spotlight

Hyam Greenbaum

Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41

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1892-05-13 Artist spotlight

Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise

Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63

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1991-05-13 Artist spotlight

Jimmy McPartland

Jimmy McPartland, jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83

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1812-05-13 Artist spotlight

Johann Matthias Sperger

Johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62

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1787-05-13 Artist spotlight

Johann Michael Malzat

Johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38

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2006-05-13 Artist spotlight

Johnnie Wilder

Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (b. 1949)

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1931-05-13 Artist spotlight

Josif Marinkovic

Josif Marinkovic, composer, dies at 79

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1982-05-13 Artist spotlight

Kara Abulfazogli Karayev

Kara Abulfazogli Karayev, composer, dies at 64

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1873-05-13 Artist spotlight

Kaspar Masek

Kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79

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1793-05-13 Artist spotlight

Martin Gerbert

Martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72

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1982-05-13 Artist spotlight

Renzo Rossellini

Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer, dies at 74

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1732-05-13 Artist spotlight

Theodor Schwartzkopff

Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72

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1945-05-13 Artist spotlight

Tubby Hall

Tubby Hall, American musician (b. 1895)

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1971-05-13 Artist spotlight

Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky

Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer, dies 67

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1978-05-13 Artist spotlight

Elizabeth Swados

Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in NYC

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1991-05-13 Artist spotlight

Michael Jackson

"Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness" goes on sale

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1970-05-13 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres

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1966-05-13 Artist spotlight

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"

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1941-05-13 Artist spotlight

Willie Lewis

Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland

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1767-05-13 Artist spotlight

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg

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