This Day in Music

1799-03-01 Artist spotlight

Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky

Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer was born

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1920-03-01 Artist spotlight

Alfred Grant Goodman

Alfred Grant Goodman, composer was born

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1771-03-01 Artist spotlight

Armand-Emmanuel Trial

Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer was born

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1871-03-01 Artist spotlight

Ben Harney

Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938) was born

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1962-03-01 Artist spotlight

Bill Leen

Bill Leen, rocker (Gin Blossoms) was born

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1948-03-01 Artist spotlight

Burning Spear

Burning Spear, [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer was born

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1958-03-01 Artist spotlight

Chosei Komatsu

Chosei Komatsu, Japanese conductor was born

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1964-03-01 Artist spotlight

Clinton Gregory

Clinton Gregory, Martinsville, Virginia, American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter (Play, Ruby, Play) was born

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1690-03-01 Artist spotlight

Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel

Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer was born

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1969-03-01 Artist spotlight

Dafydd Ieuan

Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals) was born

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1963-03-01 Artist spotlight

Dan Michaels

Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer was born

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1961-03-01 Artist spotlight

Davis Daniel

Davis Daniel, Arlington Heights Ill, country singer was born

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1703-03-01 Artist spotlight

Dieudonne Raick

Dieudonne Raick, composer was born

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1896-03-01 Artist spotlight

Dimitri Mitropoulos

Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer was born

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1917-03-01 Artist spotlight

Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore, Winchester Tenn, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet) was born

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1900-03-01 Artist spotlight

Donald Keith Falkner

Donald Keith Falkner, singer was born

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1983-03-01 Artist spotlight

Elan Sara DeFan

Elan Sara DeFan, Mexican singer-songwriter was born

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1832-03-01 Artist spotlight

Friedrich Grutzmacher

Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer was born

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1878-03-01 Artist spotlight

Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer was born

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1946-03-01 Artist spotlight

Gerry Boulet

Gerry Boulet, French-Canadian singer (d. 1990) was born

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1607-03-01 Artist spotlight

Giovanni Francesco Milanta

Giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer was born

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1904-03-01 Artist spotlight

Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood) was born

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1927-03-01 Artist spotlight

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte, Harlem NYC, calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher) was born

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1882-03-01 Artist spotlight

Ida Moore

Ida Moore, Altoona Ks, actress (Mr Music, Ma & Pa Kettle at Waikiki) was born

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1933-03-01 Artist spotlight

Istvan Lang

Istvan Lang, composer was born

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1779-03-01 Artist spotlight

Jacob Gottfried Weber

Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer was born

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1932-03-01 Artist spotlight

Jacques Leduc

Jacques Leduc, composer was born

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1954-03-01 Artist spotlight

Janis Gill

Janis Gill, Torrance Cal, singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight Girl) was born

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1964-03-01 Artist spotlight

Jennifer McCarters

Jennifer McCarters, Sevierville Tn, singer (McCarters-The Gift) was born

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1942-03-01 Artist spotlight

Jerry Fischer

Jerry Fischer, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears) was born

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1934-03-01 Artist spotlight

Jim "Ed" Brown

Jim "Ed" Brown, Sparkman Ark, country singer (Nashville on the Road) was born

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1955-03-01 Artist spotlight

Jimmy Fortune

Jimmy Fortune, Newport News Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57) was born

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1826-03-01 Artist spotlight

John Thomas

John Thomas, composer was born

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1957-03-01 Artist spotlight

Jon Carroll

Jon Carroll, Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight) was born

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1709-03-01 Artist spotlight

Josef Antonin Gurecky

Josef Antonin Gurecky, composer was born

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1994-03-01 Artist spotlight

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber, London Ontario, Canadian pop singer (Baby, One Time) was born

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1939-03-01 Artist spotlight

Leo Brouwer

Leo Brouwer, composer was born

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1903-03-01 Artist spotlight

Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke

Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist) was born

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1927-03-01 Artist spotlight

Lusine Amara

Lusine Amara, opera/concert singer was born

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1944-03-01 Artist spotlight

Mike D'Abo

Mike D'Abo, rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn) was born

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1958-03-01 Artist spotlight

Nik Kershaw

Nik Kershaw, singer/songwriter (Wouldn't it be Good) was born

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1948-03-01 Artist spotlight

Norman Connors

Norman Connors, singer (You Are My Starship) was born

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1711-03-01 Artist spotlight

Peregrinus Pogl

Peregrinus Pogl, composer was born

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1942-03-01 Artist spotlight

Peter Guber

Peter Guber, producer (Flashdance) was born

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1930-03-01 Artist spotlight

Pierre Max Dubois

Pierre Max Dubois, composer was born

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1943-03-01 Artist spotlight

Piet Veerman

Piet Veerman, Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Cats-Sailin' Home) was born

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1940-03-01 Artist spotlight

Ralph Towner

Ralph Towner, rocker (Oregon) was born

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1820-03-01 Artist spotlight

Richard Redhead

Richard Redhead, composer was born

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1909-03-01 Artist spotlight

Richard de Guide

Richard de Guide, composer was born

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1963-03-01 Artist spotlight

Robert James Affuso

Robert James Affuso, Newburgh NY, rock drummer (Skid Row-Psycho Love) was born

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1944-03-01 Artist spotlight

Roger Daltrey

Roger Daltrey, English rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy) was born

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1841-03-01 Artist spotlight

Romualdo Marenco

Romualdo Marenco, composer was born

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1987-03-01 Artist spotlight

Sammie Bush

Sammie Bush, Boyton Beach Florida, American R&B singer ("I Like It") was born

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1949-03-01 Artist spotlight

Sido Martens

Sido Martens, Dutch guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus) was born

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1929-03-01 Artist spotlight

Sonny James

Sonny James, singer (Young Love, Running Bear) was born

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1989-03-01 Artist spotlight

Sonya Kitchell

Sonya Kitchell, American singer was born

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1963-03-01 Artist spotlight

Thomas Anders

Thomas Anders, German singer (Modern Talking) was born

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1946-03-01 Artist spotlight

Tony Ashton

Tony Ashton, Blackburn England, rocker (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) was born

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1939-03-01 Artist spotlight

Warren Davis

Warren Davis, rocker (Monotones) was born

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1928-03-01 Artist spotlight

Albert Herbert Brewer

Albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62

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1693-03-01 Artist spotlight

Benedict Schultheiss

Benedict Schultheiss, composer, dies at 39

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1974-03-01 Artist spotlight

Bobby Timmons

Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (b. 1935)

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1965-03-01 Artist spotlight

Boleslav Vomacka

Boleslav Vomacka, composer, dies at 77

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2000-03-01 Artist spotlight

Dennis Danell

Dennis Danell, American guitarist (Social Distortion) (b. 1961)

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1985-03-01 Artist spotlight

Eugene List

Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66

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1932-03-01 Artist spotlight

Frank Teschemacher

Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1906)

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1777-03-01 Artist spotlight

Georg Christoph Wagenzeil

Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court) composer/pianist, dies at 62

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1643-03-01 Artist spotlight

Girolamo Frescobaldi

Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer/organist, dies at 59

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1771-03-01 Artist spotlight

Isfrid Kayser

Isfrid Kayser, composer, dies at 58

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1928-03-01 Artist spotlight

Jacob Adolf Hagg

Jacob Adolf Hagg, composer, dies at 77

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1976-03-01 Artist spotlight

Jean Martinon

Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66

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1918-03-01 Artist spotlight

Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren

Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer, dies at 64

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1980-03-01 Artist spotlight

John Jacob Niles

John Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87

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2006-03-01 Artist spotlight

Johnny Jackson

Johnny Jackson, American musician (b. 1951)

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1859-03-01 Artist spotlight

Josef Theodor Krov

Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61

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1797-03-01 Artist spotlight

Juan Manuel Olivares

Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36

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1970-03-01 Artist spotlight

Lucille Hegamin

Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (b. 1894)

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1817-03-01 Artist spotlight

Luigi Gatti

Luigi Gatti, composer, dies at 77

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1788-03-01 Artist spotlight

Orazio Mei

Orazio Mei, composer, dies at 56

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1991-03-01 Artist spotlight

Scott Huston

Scott Huston, composer, dies at 74

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1964-03-01 Artist spotlight

Sergius Kagen

Sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54

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1619-03-01 Artist spotlight

Thomas Campion

Thomas Campion, English physician/composer/poet (Poemata), dies at 53

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1994-03-01 Artist spotlight

Timothy Andrew James Souster

Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer Musician, dies at 51

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1914-03-01 Artist spotlight

Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin

Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin, composer, dies at 47

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1972-03-01 Artist spotlight

Victor Babin

Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63

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1994-03-01 Artist spotlight

Walter Kent

Walter Kent, US composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82

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1804-03-01 Artist spotlight

Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen

Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer, dies at 63

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1961-03-01 Artist spotlight

Jacqueline du Pre

Cellist Jacqueline du Prés debut in Wigmore Hall

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1968-03-01 Artist spotlight

Johnny Cash

Singers Johnny Cash (36) & June Carter (38) wed

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1975-03-01 Artist spotlight

Marvin Hamlisch

17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win

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1980-03-01 Artist spotlight

Patti Smith

Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit

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1995-03-01 Artist spotlight

Sheryl Crow

37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Phila, Sheryl Crow

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1994-03-01 Artist spotlight

Toni Braxton

36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins

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