1952-03-05
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Alan Clark
Alan Clark, keyboardist (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing) was born
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1845-03-05
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Alfonse Hasselmans
Alfonse Hasselmans, composer was born
1958-03-05
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Andy Gibb
Andy Gibb, Manchester England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold) was born
1931-03-05
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Anthony Headges
Anthony Headges, composer was born
1853-03-05
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Arthur W Foote
Arthur W Foote, Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E) was born
1962-03-05
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Charlie and Craig Reid
Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers) was born
1774-03-05
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Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born
1947-03-05
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Clodagh Rodgers
Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer was born
1961-03-05
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Dan Stuart
Dan Stuart, US singer/songwriter (Green on Red) was born
1850-03-05
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Daniel Brink Towner
Daniel Brink Towner, composer was born
1960-03-05
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David Tibet
David Tibet, English musician (Current 93) was born
1947-03-05
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Eddie Hodges
Eddie Hodges, Miss, actor/singer (High Hopes, Adv of Huckleberry Finn) was born
1948-03-05
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Eddy Grant
Eddy Grant, Guyana, reggae performer (Electric Avenue) was born
1948-03-05
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Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige, English singer and actress was born
1950-03-05
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Eugene Fodor
Eugene Fodor, Turkey Creek CO, violinist (1974 Tchaikovsky Award) was born
1971-03-05
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Evil Jared Hasselhoff
Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (Bloodhound Gang) was born
1668-03-05
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Francesco Gasparini
Francesco Gasparini, composer was born
1895-03-05
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Fritz Usinger
Fritz Usinger, German writer (Eternal Struggle) was born
1887-03-05
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz) was born
1916-03-05
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Horace Ian Parrott
Horace Ian Parrott, composer was born
1948-03-05
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Jacques Kloes
Jacques Kloes, singer (Dizzy Man's Band) was born
1751-03-05
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Jan Krtitel Kuchar
Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born
1828-03-05
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Johann Gungl
Johann Gungl, composer was born
1970-03-05
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John Frusciante
John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) was born
1903-03-05
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Lowell Peters
Lowell Peters, Cleveland Tn, vocalist (Southernaires) was born
1972-03-05
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Luca Turilli
Luca Turilli, Italian musician (Rhapsody) was born
1944-03-05
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Lucio Battisti
Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (d. 1998) was born
1969-03-05
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MC Solaar
MC Solaar, French rapper was born
1957-03-05
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Mark E Smith
Mark E Smith, English rock vocalist (Fall-Fall in a Hole) was born
1946-03-05
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Michael Warren
Michael Warren, Indiana, actor (Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues) was born
1946-03-05
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Murray Head
Murray Head, singer was born
1933-03-05
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Norbert Linke
Norbert Linke, composer was born
1978-03-05
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Papoose
Papoose, American rapper was born
1899-03-05
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Patrick Hadley
Patrick Hadley, composer was born
1938-03-05
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Paul Evans
Paul Evans, singer/pedal guitarist (Damascus Road) was born
1948-03-05
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Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox, English musical conductor was born
1956-03-05
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Teena Marie
Teena Marie, American singer was born
1805-03-05
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Theodore Labarre
Theodore Labarre, composer was born
1756-03-05
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Thomas Linley
Thomas Linley, composer was born
1733-03-05
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Vincenzo Galeotti
Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born
1843-03-05
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William F Sudds
William F Sudds, composer was born
1748-03-05
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William Shield
William Shield, composer was born
1913-03-05
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Yulian Grigor'yevich Kreyn
Yulian Grigor'yevich Kreyn, composer was born
1947-03-05
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Alfredo Casella
Alfredo Casella, Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63
1963-03-05
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Cowboy Copas
Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)
1956-03-05
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Erich Itor Kahn
Erich Itor Kahn, composer, dies at 50
1984-03-05
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Harry Salter
Harry Salter, orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85
1963-03-05
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Hawkshaw Hawkins
Hawkshaw Hawkins, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at 41
1994-03-05
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Joe Daley
Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75
1795-03-05
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Josef Reicha
Josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42
1732-03-05
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Joseph-Francois Salomon
Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82
1919-03-05
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Jozef Surzynski
Jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67
1977-03-05
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Lockrem Johnson
Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52
1876-03-05
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Marie d'Agoult
Marie d'Agoult, [pen name Daniel Stern], French author and mother of composer Franz Liszt's children, dies at 70
1873-03-05
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Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor
Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34
1973-03-05
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Michael Jeffery
Michael Jeffery, British music manager (b. 1933)
1977-03-05
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Moses Pergament
Moses Pergament, composer, dies at 83
1972-03-05
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Nils Bjorkander
Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78
1962-03-05
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Otakar Jeremias
Otakar Jeremias, composer, dies at 69
1963-03-05
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Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30
1893-03-05
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Richard Samuel Hughes
Richard Samuel Hughes, composer, dies at 37
1973-03-05
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Rupert Crosse
Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45
1953-03-05
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Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukrainian composer, dies at 61
1778-03-05
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Thomas A Arne
Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67
1979-03-05
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Vicente Ascone
Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81
1995-03-05
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Vivian Stanshall
Vivian Stanshall, British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51
1952-03-05
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer, dies at 63
1868-03-05
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Arrigo Boito
Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan
1994-03-05
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Grace Slick
Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop
1919-03-05
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Louis Hirsch
Louis Hirsch & Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in NYC
1807-03-05
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Ludwig V. Beethoven
1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B
1998-03-05
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Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey divorces Tommy Mottola
1972-03-05
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Mikis Theodorakis
Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party
1963-03-05
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The Beatles
Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl"
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