1981-04-03
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Aaron Bertram
Aaron Bertram, American musician was born
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1825-04-03
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Adolf Rzepko
Adolf Rzepko, composer was born
1617-04-03
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Antimo Liberati
Antimo Liberati, composer was born
1960-04-03
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Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch musician was born
1944-04-03
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Barry Pritchard
Barry Pritchard, rock guitarist (Fortunes) was born
1942-04-03
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Billy Joe Royal
Billy Joe Royal, Valdosta Ga, country singer (Down in the Boondocks) was born
1895-04-03
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Bjarne Brustad
Bjarne Brustad, composer was born
1953-04-03
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Craig Taubman
Craig Taubman, Jewish singer was born
1963-04-03
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Criss Oliva
Criss Oliva, American musician (d. 1993) was born
1950-04-03
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Curtis Stone
Curtis Stone, N Hollywood California, singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) was born
1946-04-03
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Dee Murray
Dee Murray, rocker (Elton John Band) was born
1928-04-03
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Don Gibson
Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003) was born
1924-04-03
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Doris Day
Doris Day, American actress, singer, and animal rights activist, was born
1976-04-03
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Drew Shirley
Drew Shirley, American musician was born
1874-04-03
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Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes
Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer was born
1954-04-03
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Elisabetta Brusa
Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer was born
1918-04-03
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Enrique Iturriaga
Enrique Iturriaga, composer was born
1757-04-03
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Ferenc Verseghy
Ferenc Verseghy, composer was born
1982-04-03
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Fler
Fler, German rapper was born
1939-04-03
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François de Roubaix
François de Roubaix, French film score composer (d. 1975) was born
1948-04-03
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Garrick Ohlsson
Garrick Ohlsson, Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969) was born
1913-04-03
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George Barati
George Barati, composer was born
1569-04-03
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Giovanni Battista Massarengo
Giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer was born
1889-04-03
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Grigoras Dinicu
Grigoras Dinicu, composer was born
1911-04-03
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Harold Watkins Shaw
Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist was born
1902-04-03
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Henri Garat
Henri Garat, Paris France, actor (Congress Dances) was born
1953-04-03
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Huub van der Lubbe
Huub van der Lubbe, Dutch rock singer (Stampei-The Dike) was born
1941-04-03
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Jan Berry
Jan Berry, Los Angeles California, American rock and roll vocalist (Jan and Dean-Dead Man's Curve) was born
1949-04-03
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Jan Keizer
Jan Keizer, Dutch singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart) was born
1751-04-03
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Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne
Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer was born
1936-04-03
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Jimmy McGriff
Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist was born
1627-04-03
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Johann Caspar Kerll
Johann Caspar Kerll, composer was born
1682-04-03
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Johann Valentin Rathgeber
Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine/composer was born
1649-04-03
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Joseph-Francois Salomon
Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer was born
1987-04-03
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Julie Sokolow
Julie Sokolow, American musician was born
1985-04-03
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Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis, English singer was born
1940-04-03
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Lino Brocka
Lino Brocka, San Jose Philippines, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar) was born
1918-04-03
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Louis Applebaum
Louis Applebaum, composer was born
1960-04-03
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Marie Denise Pelletier
Marie Denise Pelletier, Quebec singer was born
1895-04-03
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze (Florence) Italy, composer was born
1943-04-03
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Mario Lavista
Mario Lavista, Mexican composer was born
1951-04-03
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Mel Schacher
Mel Schacher, MI, bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful) was born
1956-04-03
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Miguel Bose
Miguel Bose, Panama, spanish singer/actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot) was born
1962-04-03
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Mike Ness
Mike Ness, rocker (Social Distortion) was born
1924-04-03
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Murray Dickie
Murray Dickie, opera singer/director was born
1965-04-03
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Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan, South Asian pop singer (d.2000) was born
1904-04-03
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Peter Van Steeden
Peter Van Steeden, Amsterdam Neth, orchestra leader (Break the Bank) was born
1938-04-03
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Philippe Wynne
Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (Detroit Spinners) was born
1941-04-03
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Philippé Wynne
Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984) was born
1859-04-03
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Reginald De Koven
Reginald De Koven, composer was born
1945-04-03
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Richard Manuel
Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band-Up on Cripple Creek) was born
1949-04-03
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Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson, vocalist/guitarist (Shoot Out the Lights) was born
1936-04-03
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Scott LaFaro
Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961) was born
1902-04-03
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Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson
Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson, composer was born
1918-04-03
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Sixten Ehrling
Sixten Ehrling, Malmö Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm) was born
1920-04-03
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Stan Freeman
Stan Freeman, Waterbury Conn, pianist (Melody Tour) was born
1917-04-03
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Tibor Andrasovan
Tibor Andrasovan, composer was born
1944-04-03
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Tony Orlando
Tony Orlando, NYC, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon) was born
1963-04-03
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Tsuyoshi Sekito
Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer was born
1942-04-03
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Wayne Newton
Wayne Newton, American singer was born
1603-04-03
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William Smith
William Smith, composer was born
1950-04-03
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Adolf Wiklund
Adolf Wiklund, composer, dies at 70
1942-04-03
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Albert Siklos
Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63
1949-04-03
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Basil Harwood
Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89
1909-04-03
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Benjamin Johnson Lang
Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71
1930-04-03
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Emma Albani
Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (b. 1847)
2002-04-03
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Fad Gadget
Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (b. 1956)
1972-04-03
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Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe
Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe, composer, dies at 80
1972-04-03
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Ferde Grofe
Ferde Grofe, US composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80
1868-04-03
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Franz Adolf Berwald
Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71
1882-04-03
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Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken
Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71
1920-04-03
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Homer Newton Bartlett
Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74
1897-04-03
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Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63
1950-04-03
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Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50
1999-04-03
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Lionel Bart
Lionel Bart, English pop music composer and writer, dies of liver cancer at 68
1962-04-03
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Manolis Kalomiris
Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78
1976-04-03
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Maurice Johnstone
Maurice Johnstone, composer, dies at 75
1797-04-03
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Nonnosus Madlseder
Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66
1919-04-03
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Paul Geisler
Paul Geisler, composer, dies at 62
1942-04-03
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Paul Gilson
Paul Gilson, composer, dies at 76
1978-04-03
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Ray Noble
Ray Noble, English bandleader and composer (b. 1903)
1826-04-03
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Reginald Heber
Reginald Heber, bishop & hymn writer, dies
1901-04-03
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Richard D'Oyly Carte
Richard D'Oyly Carte, promotor (Gilbert & Sullivan operas), dies
1996-04-03
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Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes
Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman, dies at 59
1990-04-03
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Sarah Vaughn
Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
1858-04-03
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Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79
2005-04-03
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Tony Croatto
Tony Croatto, Italian singer (b. 1940)
1850-04-03
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Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek
Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75
1997-04-03
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Johnny Mercer
"Dream", Johnny Mercer's Musical, opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance
1964-04-03
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The Beatles
Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts
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