On This Day in Music: October 8

On October 8 in music history, 51 artists were born, 28 died and 11 other milestones happened, among them C-Jay Ramone (1965), CeCe Winans (1964) and Johnny Ramone [Cummings] (1948).

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C-Jay Ramone

C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) was born

CeCe Winans

CeCe Winans, American singer was born

Johnny Ramone [Cummings]

Johnny Ramone [Cummings], Long Island, New York, American rock guitarist (Ramones) was born

Bob Marley

After playing two shows at the Madison Square Garden, Bob Marley collapsed in Central Park while jogging,...

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Al Duncan

Al Duncan, drummer was born

Aleksandr Gorshlov

Aleksandr Gorshlov, ice dancer (holds 6 titles) was born

Antonio Palella

Antonio Palella, composer was born

Armando Gentilucci

Armando Gentilucci, composer was born

C-Jay Ramone

C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) was born

Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold

Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer was born

Carman Moore

Carman Moore, composer was born

CeCe Winans

CeCe Winans, American singer was born

Clarence Williams

Clarence Williams, composer was born

Cliff Adams

Cliff Adams, rocker was born

DJ Q-Ball

DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang) was born

Dick Burnett

Dick Burnett, American musician (d. 1977) was born

Doc Green

Doc Green, rocker (Drifters) was born

Eivind Groven

Eivind Groven, composer was born

Erna Siikavirta

Erna Siikavirta, Finnish musician (Deathlike Silence) was born

Felix Woyrsch

Felix Woyrsch, composer was born

Franz Seydelmann

Franz Seydelmann, composer was born

Fred Cash

Fred Cash, Chattanooga Tn, rocker (Impressions) was born

Gavin Friday

Gavin Friday, [Fionan Hanvey], Irish singer (Virgin Prunes) was born

George Bellamy

George Bellamy, rocker (Tornados) was born

Gigi Durston

Gigi Durston, Balt Md, singer (Sonny Kendis Show) was born

Hamish Stuart

Hamish Stuart, Scotland, guitarist/singer (Average White Band) was born

Hans Poser

Hans Poser, composer was born

Heinrich Schutz

Heinrich Schutz, composer was born

Jaime de Casellas

Jaime de Casellas, composer was born

James Edward Sellars

James Edward Sellars, composer was born

Johann Wilhelm Stadler

Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer was born

Johnny Ramone [Cummings]

Johnny Ramone [Cummings], Long Island, New York, American rock guitarist (Ramones) was born

Lonnie Pitchford

Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician was born

Louis Vierne

Louis Vierne, composer was born

Michael Rose

Michael Rose, rocker (Average White Band) was born

Michal Jelski

Michal Jelski, composer was born

Michel-Julien Mathieu

Michel-Julien Mathieu, composer was born

Otto Winter-Hjelm

Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer was born

Paul Van Buskirk Yoder

Paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer was born

Ricky Lee Phelps

Ricky Lee Phelps, Paragould Ar, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) was born

Robert "Kool" Bell

Robert "Kool" Bell, Youngstown Oh, rocker (Kool & the Gang-Joanna) was born

Roy Royer

Roy Royer, rock guitarist (Procol Harum) was born

Ruby (Egyptian Singer)

Ruby (Egyptian Singer), Egyptian singer was born

Stanislaw Katski

Stanislaw Katski, composer was born

Susan Raye

Susan Raye, American singer was born

Svend Westergaard

Svend Westergaard, composer was born

Ted Kooshian

Ted Kooshian, American jazz pianist was born

Tony Wilson

Tony Wilson, Trinidad, rock vocalist (Hot Chocolate) was born

Toru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu, Tokyo Japan, composer (Ki No Kyoko) was born

Waldemar Thrane

Waldemar Thrane, composer was born

Walter Kittredge

Walter Kittredge, American musician (d. 1905) was born

Walter Schumann

Walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish) was born

William Henry Bennett Vodery

William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer was born

Zeno Octavian Vancea

Zeno Octavian Vancea, composer was born

[Gregory] Chad Petree

[Gregory] Chad Petree, Shawne Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See) was born

Died on October 8

Alberto Hemsi

Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78

Anne Danican Philidor

Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47

B.J. Wilson

B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)

Brian Locking

Brian Locking died

Charles Oberthur

Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68

Christopher Keene

Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48

Ernst Hermann Meyer

Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82

Francois-Adrien Boieldieu

Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58

Giorgos Papasideris

Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer , composer , lyricist (b. 1902 )

Harold Watkins Shaw

Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51

Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville

Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60

Joan Bennett Kennedy

Joan Bennett Kennedy died

Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman

Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer, dies at 79

Jorge Arriagada

Jorge Arriagada died

Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41

Manke Nelis

Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73

Martin Pluddemann

Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian died

Nina Matviienko

Nina Matviienko died

Petru Guelfucci

Petru Guelfucci died

Philipp Friedrich Boddecker

Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76

Rabah Driassa

Rabah Driassa died

Shinji Tanimura

Shinji Tanimura died

Solomon Linda

Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer

Tibor Serly

Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer (American Elegy), dies at 76

Wilhelm Kuhe

Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88

Releases & milestones on October 8

Alabama

18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins

Bob Marley

After playing two shows at the Madison Square Garden, Bob Marley collapsed in Central Park while jogging, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital

Cole Porter

Cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in NYC

George Strait

24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins

Gustav Mahler

Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera

Jimmy McHugh

J McHugh & A Malvin's musical "Sugar Babies," premieres in NYC

Madonna

Madonna released the album 'Madame X: Music from the Theater Xperience'

Oscar Hammerstein

"Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 56 performances

Sam Fender

Sam Fender released the album 'Seventeen Going Under'

Trivium

Trivium released the album 'In the Court of the Dragon'

Willie Nelson

13th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell wins

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