This Day in Music

1950-03-26 Artist spotlight

Alan Silvestri

Alan Silvestri, American film score composer was born

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1964-03-26 Artist spotlight

Baz Warne

Baz Warne, English Guitarist (The Stranglers) was born

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1854-03-26 Artist spotlight

Braulio Dueno Colon

Braulio Dueno Colon, composer was born

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1840-03-26 Artist spotlight

Carli Zoeller

Carli Zoeller, composer was born

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1947-03-26 Artist spotlight

Carmen Krolis

Carmen Krolis, Suriname/Neth singer was born

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1928-03-26 Artist spotlight

Carole Carr

Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men) was born

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1898-03-26 Artist spotlight

Charles Shadwell

Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979) was born

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1956-03-26 Artist spotlight

Charly McClain

Charly McClain, Jackson Tn, country singer (Radio Heart) was born

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1909-03-26 Artist spotlight

Chris Reumer

Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer was born

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1925-03-26 Artist spotlight

Claudio Spies

Claudio Spies, composer was born

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1930-03-26 Artist spotlight

Cristobal Halffter

Cristobal Halffter, composer was born

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1955-03-26 Artist spotlight

Dean Dillon

Dean Dillon, Lake City TN, country singer (Chair) was born

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1944-03-26 Artist spotlight

Diana Ross

Diana Ross, [Earle], Detroit, (Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany) was born

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1827-03-26 Artist spotlight

Emanuel Kania

Emanuel Kania, composer was born

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1936-03-26 Artist spotlight

Erich Urbanner

Erich Urbanner, composer was born

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1949-03-26 Artist spotlight

Fran Sheehan

Fran Sheehan, rock bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling) was born

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1819-03-26 Artist spotlight

Francisco Eduardo da Costa

Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer was born

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1936-03-26 Artist spotlight

Fred Paris

Fred Paris, rocker (Five Satins) was born

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1862-03-26 Artist spotlight

George William Louis Marshall-Hall

George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer was born

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1671-03-26 Artist spotlight

Giacomo Cesare Predieri

Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born

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1974-03-26 Artist spotlight

Hakeem Abdul-samad

Hakeem Abdul-samad, rocker (Boys) was born

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1908-03-26 Artist spotlight

Hank Sylvern

Hank Sylvern, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen) was born

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1904-03-26 Artist spotlight

Hermann Schroeder

Hermann Schroeder, composer was born

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1979-03-26 Artist spotlight

Hiromi Uehara

Hiromi Uehara, Japanese jazz pianist was born

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1900-03-26 Artist spotlight

Isadore Freed

Isadore Freed, composer was born

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1968-03-26 Artist spotlight

James Iha

James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle) was born

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1981-03-26 Artist spotlight

Jay Sean

Jay Sean, British Asian R&B singer was born

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1921-03-26 Artist spotlight

Joe Loco

Joe Loco, [Jose Esteves, Jr], musician was born

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1783-03-26 Artist spotlight

Johann Baptist Weigl

Johann Baptist Weigl, composer was born

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1758-03-26 Artist spotlight

Johann Daniel Ferstenberg

Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer was born

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1684-03-26 Artist spotlight

Johann Graf

Johann Graf, composer was born

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1830-03-26 Artist spotlight

John Rogers Thomas

John Rogers Thomas, composer was born

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1806-03-26 Artist spotlight

Josef Slavik

Josef Slavik, composer was born

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1885-03-26 Artist spotlight

Julius Harrison

Julius Harrison, composer was born

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1968-03-26 Artist spotlight

Kenny Chesney

Kenny Chesney, American singer was born

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1948-03-26 Artist spotlight

Kyung-Wha Chung

Kyung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, violinist (Chung Sisters) was born

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1907-03-26 Artist spotlight

Leigh Harline

Leigh Harline, composer was born

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1907-03-26 Artist spotlight

Louis Saguer

Louis Saguer, composer was born

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1717-03-26 Artist spotlight

Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila

Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer was born

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1929-03-26 Artist spotlight

Maurice Simon

Maurice Simon, jazz musician was born

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1953-03-26 Artist spotlight

Michael Bonagura

Michael Bonagura, Newark NJ, country singer (Baille & Boys-Oh Heart) was born

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1859-03-26 Artist spotlight

Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov

Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer was born

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1874-03-26 Artist spotlight

Oskar Nedbal

Oskar Nedbal, composer was born

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1905-03-26 Artist spotlight

Pablo Garrido

Pablo Garrido, composer was born

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1925-03-26 Artist spotlight

Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez, Montbrison France, composer/conductor (Visage Nuptial) was born

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1898-03-26 Artist spotlight

Renzo Massarani

Renzo Massarani, composer was born

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1962-03-26 Artist spotlight

Richard Coles

Richard Coles, rocker (Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way) was born

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1896-03-26 Artist spotlight

Richard Flury

Richard Flury, composer was born

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1948-03-26 Artist spotlight

Richard Tandy

Richard Tandy, rock bassist (ELO) was born

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1940-03-26 Artist spotlight

Rod Lauren

Rod Lauren, rocker (If I Had a Girl) was born

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1950-03-26 Artist spotlight

Ronnie McDowell

Ronnie McDowell, Fountain Head Tn, country singer (King is Gone) was born

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1917-03-26 Artist spotlight

Rufus Thomas

Rufus Thomas, Miss, singer (Walking the Dog) was born

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1980-03-26 Artist spotlight

Son Ho Young

Son Ho Young, Korean singer was born

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1948-03-26 Artist spotlight

Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler, NYC, rock vocalist (Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun) was born

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1984-03-26 Artist spotlight

Stéphanie Lapointe

Stéphanie Lapointe, French-Canadian singer was born

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1950-03-26 Artist spotlight

Teddy Pendergrass

Teddy Pendergrass, Phila, singer (Turn Off the Lights) was born

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1889-03-26 Artist spotlight

Vaclav Kapral

Vaclav Kapral, composer was born

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1916-03-26 Artist spotlight

Vic Schoen

Vic Schoen, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show) was born

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1894-03-26 Artist spotlight

Viorica Ursuleac

Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985) was born

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1884-03-26 Artist spotlight

Wilhelm Backhaus

Wilhelm Backhaus, Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905) was born

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1899-03-26 Artist spotlight

William Baines

William Baines, composer was born

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1987-03-26 Artist spotlight

Yui

Yui, Japanese musician was born

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1953-03-26 Artist spotlight

Albert Spalding

Albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64

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1892-03-26 Artist spotlight

Anton Wallerstein

Anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78

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1566-03-26 Artist spotlight

Antonio de Cabezon

Antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies

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1924-03-26 Artist spotlight

Augusto de Oliviera Machado

Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78

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1918-03-26 Artist spotlight

Caesar A Cui

Caesar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83

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1933-03-26 Artist spotlight

Eddie Lang

Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)

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1987-03-26 Artist spotlight

Eugen Jochum

Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)

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1809-03-26 Artist spotlight

Gabriele Mario Piozzi

Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68

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1736-03-26 Artist spotlight

Georg Balthasar Schott

Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49

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1517-03-26 Artist spotlight

Heinrich Isaac

Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer

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2004-03-26 Artist spotlight

Jan Berry

Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (b. 1941)

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1994-03-26 Artist spotlight

Jan Bor

Jan Bor, Dutch violinist/painter, dies at 83

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1932-03-26 Artist spotlight

Jean Cartan

Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25

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1820-03-26 Artist spotlight

Jean-Etienne Despreaux

Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71

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1980-03-26 Artist spotlight

Jon-Jon Poulos

Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32

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1837-03-26 Artist spotlight

Joseph Lincke

Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53

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1827-03-26 Artist spotlight

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56

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1880-03-26 Artist spotlight

Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras

Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62

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2006-03-26 Artist spotlight

Nikki Sudden

Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)

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1909-03-26 Artist spotlight

Nikolai Arkas

Nikolai Arkas, composer, dies at 56

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1713-03-26 Artist spotlight

Pal Esterhazy

Pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77

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2005-03-26 Artist spotlight

Paul Hester

Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)

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2002-03-26 Artist spotlight

Randy Castillo

Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)

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1995-03-26 Artist spotlight

Rapper-E (Eazy Eric Wright)

Rapper-E (Eazy Eric Wright), dies at 31

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1973-03-26 Artist spotlight

Safford Cape

Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67

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1956-03-26 Artist spotlight

Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann

Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70

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1986-03-26 Artist spotlight

Guns N' Roses

Geffen records signs Guns & Roses

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1824-03-26 Artist spotlight

Ludwig V. Beethoven

1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"

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