1977-04-22
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Aaron Fink
Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin) was born
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1984-04-22
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Amelle Berrabah
Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes) was born
1884-04-22
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Armas Emmanuel Launis
Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer was born
1947-04-22
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Barry Guy
Barry Guy, composer was born
1926-04-22
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Bob Flannigan
Bob Flannigan, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen) was born
1922-04-22
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus) was born
1781-04-22
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Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber
Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer was born
1969-04-22
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Craig Logan
Craig Logan, Scotland, rock bassist (Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey) was born
1979-04-22
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Daniel Johns
Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair) was born
1906-04-22
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Eric William Fenby
Eric William Fenby, composer/president (Delius Society) was born
1858-04-22
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Ethel Mary Smyth
Ethel Mary Smyth, composer was born
1912-04-22
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Gavalda Miguel Querol
Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer was born
1658-04-22
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Giuseppe Torelli
Giuseppe Torelli, Verona, Italy, composer (Concerti Grossi) was born
1936-04-22
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Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell, Delight Ark, actor/singer (Time I Get to Phoenix) was born
1828-04-22
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Guilherme Antonio Cossoul
Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer was born
1937-04-22
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Jack Nitzsche
Jack Nitzsche, composer/songwriter (An Officer & a Gentleman) was born
1978-04-22
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Jason Stollsteimer
Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies) was born
1868-04-22
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Jose Vianna da Motta
Jose Vianna da Motta, composer was born
1944-04-22
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Joshua Rifkin
Joshua Rifkin, composer was born
1953-04-22
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Juhani Komulainen
Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer was born
1927-04-22
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Laurel Aitken
Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005) was born
1922-04-22
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Lou Stein
Lou Stein, Phila Pa, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark) was born
1943-04-22
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Mel Carter
Mel Carter, singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me) was born
1932-04-22
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Michael Colgrass
Michael Colgrass, Chicago Illinois, composer (Best Wishes) was born
1892-04-22
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Nikolai Obouhov
Nikolai Obouhov, composer was born
1927-04-22
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Pascal Bentoiu
Pascal Bentoiu, composer was born
1951-04-22
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Paul Carrack
Paul Carrack, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Squeeze/Ace-How Long) was born
1935-04-22
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Paul Chambers
Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969) was born
1950-04-22
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Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton, Kent England, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive) was born
1936-04-22
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Pierre Hétu
Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998) was born
1970-04-22
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Regine Velasquez
Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress was born
1974-04-22
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Shavo Odadjian
Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born bassist (System of a Down) was born
1916-04-22
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Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, NYC, violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata) was born
1925-04-22
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Andre Caplet
Andre Caplet, composer, dies at 46
1999-04-22
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Apostolos Nikolaidis
Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
1977-04-22
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Charles Sanford
Charles Sanford, orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1995-04-22
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Don Pullen
Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53
1983-04-22
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Earl "Fatha" Hines
Earl "Fatha" Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies
1892-04-22
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Edouard Lalo
Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69
2003-04-22
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Felice Bryant
Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
1976-04-22
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Frutuoso de Lima Viana
Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer, dies at 79
1844-04-22
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Henri-Montan Berton
Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76
1994-04-22
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Jack Alexander Bently
Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist, dies at 80
1980-04-22
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Jane Froman
Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72
1776-04-22
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Johann Adolph Scheibe
Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67
1782-04-22
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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66
1944-04-22
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Mezio Agostini
Mezio Agostini, composer, dies at 68
1883-04-22
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Octave Fouque
Octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38
1929-04-22
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Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich
Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer, dies at 86
2013-04-22
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Richie Havens
Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies from a heart attack at 72
2005-04-22
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Robert Farnon
Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
1962-04-22
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Solomon Pimsleur
Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61
1980-04-22
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Tommy Caldwell
Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
1989-04-22
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Cy Coleman
"Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 12 perfs
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