1923-04-25
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Albert King
Albert King, Indianola, Mississippi, American blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues) was born
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1964-04-25
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Andy Bell
Andy Bell, rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour) was born
1918-04-25
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Astrid Varnay
Astrid Varnay, Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Met Opera 1941-56) was born
1567-04-25
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Aurelio Signoretti
Aurelio Signoretti, composer was born
1947-04-25
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Bill Fontana
Bill Fontana, composer was born
1959-04-25
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Billy Rankin
Billy Rankin, Glasgow, Scotland, rocker was born
1945-04-25
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Bjorn Ulvaeus
Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen) was born
1903-04-25
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Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen
Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer was born
1941-04-25
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Chris Augustine
Chris Augustine, rocker (Every Mother's Son) was born
1977-04-25
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Constantinos Christoforou
Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer was born
1952-04-25
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Cory Day
Cory Day, Bronx NY, rock vocalist was born
1946-04-25
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Digby Fairweather
Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter was born
1917-04-25
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex) was born
1965-04-25
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Eric Avery
Eric Avery, American musician (Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, Polar Bear) was born
1901-04-25
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Ernst Gernot Klussmann
Ernst Gernot Klussmann, composer was born
1927-04-25
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Ernst Widmer
Ernst Widmer, composer was born
1924-04-25
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Erzsebet Szonyi
Erzsebet Szonyi, composer was born
1730-04-25
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Fedele Fenaroli
Fedele Fenaroli, composer was born
1958-04-25
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Fish
Fish, [Derek William Dick], Scottish vocalist (Marillion-Sugar Mice) was born
1958-04-25
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Flab
Flab, rocker was born
1924-04-25
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Franco Mannino
Franco Mannino, composer was born
1973-04-25
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Fredrik Larzon
Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer (Millencolin) was born
1723-04-25
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Giovanni Marco Rutini
Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer was born
1690-04-25
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Gottlieb Theophil Muffat
Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer was born
1897-04-25
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Haro Levoni Step'anyan
Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer was born
1919-04-25
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Heinz Wunderlich
Heinz Wunderlich, composer was born
1909-04-25
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Jaroslav Doubrava
Jaroslav Doubrava, composer was born
1933-04-25
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Jerry Leiber
Jerry Leiber, songwriter (Leiber & Stoller) was born
1666-04-25
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Johann Heinrich Buttstett
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer was born
1942-04-25
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John Martin Dalby
John Martin Dalby, composer was born
1869-04-25
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Karl Prohaska
Karl Prohaska, composer was born
1952-04-25
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Ketil Bjørnstad
Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist was born
1614-04-25
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Marc'Antonio Pasqualini
Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer was born
1818-04-25
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Marek Konrad Sokolowski
Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer was born
1977-04-25
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Matthew West
Matthew West, American Christian singer was born
1949-04-25
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Michael Brown
Michael Brown, NYC, keyboardist (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee) was born
1945-04-25
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Michael Kogel
Michael Kogel, rocker was born
1940-04-25
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O B McClinton
O B McClinton, [Burnett], country singer (Keep your arms around me) was born
1977-04-25
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Paavo Siljamäki
Paavo Siljamäki, Finnish musician was born
1926-04-25
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Paul Walter Furst
Paul Walter Furst, composer was born
1841-04-25
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Pauline Lucca
Pauline Lucca, soprano was born
1954-04-25
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Rob Crosby
Rob Crosby, Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural) was born
1946-04-25
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Ronnie Gilbert
Ronnie Gilbert, rocker (Lifeline, Harp) was born
1975-04-25
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Ruben Gomez
Ruben Gomez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball) was born
1876-04-25
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Ruben Marcos Campos
Ruben Marcos Campos, composer was born
1950-04-25
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Steve Ferrone
Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer (Average White Band) was born
1945-04-25
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Stu Cook
Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary) was born
1970-04-25
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Tionne Watkins
Tionne Watkins, American singer was born
1907-04-25
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Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy
Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer was born
1837-04-25
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William Charles Levey
William Charles Levey, composer was born
1906-04-25
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Zoltan Gardonyi
Zoltan Gardonyi, composer was born
1808-04-25
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Alois Luigi Tomasini
Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66
2009-04-25
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Beatrice Arthur
Beatrice Arthur, American comedian, actress, and singer, dies of cancer at 82
2007-04-25
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Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
1988-04-25
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Boris Kremenliev
Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76
1992-04-25
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Brian Macleod
Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39
1988-04-25
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Carolyn Franklin
Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43
1990-04-25
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67
1925-04-25
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George Stephanescu
George Stephanescu, composer, dies at 81
1995-04-25
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Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
1663-04-25
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Heinrich Pape
Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53
2008-04-25
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Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton, Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921)
1960-04-25
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Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn
Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn, composer, dies at 92
1951-04-25
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Jerzy Fitelberg
Jerzy Fitelberg, composer, dies at 47
1792-04-25
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Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann
Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54
1906-04-25
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John Knowles Paine
John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67
1472-04-25
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Leon Battista degli Alberti
Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies
2002-04-25
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Lisa Lopes
Lisa Lopes, American rapper (TLC) (b. 1971)
1971-04-25
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Max Drischner
Max Drischner, composer, dies at 80
1975-04-25
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Mike Brant
Mike Brant, Israeli singer (b. 1947)
1915-04-25
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Nicola d' Arienzo
Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72
1800-04-25
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William Cowper
William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68
1993-04-25
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Blood Brothers
"Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances
1990-04-25
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Clint Black
25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win
1926-04-25
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Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," premieres in Milan
1991-04-25
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NYC
Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical premieres in NYC
1956-04-25
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Noël Coward
Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London
1985-04-25
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Roger Miller
Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in NYC
1896-04-25
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Sidney Jones
Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
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