This Day in Music

1607-02-09 Artist spotlight

Abraham Megerle

Abraham Megerle, composer was born

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1885-02-09 Artist spotlight

Alban Maria Johannes Berg

Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer! was born

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1968-02-09 Artist spotlight

Alejandra Guzmán

Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer was born

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1966-02-09 Artist spotlight

Amanda Roocroft

Amanda Roocroft, opera singer was born

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1982-02-09 Artist spotlight

Ami Suzuki

Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer was born

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1744-02-09 Artist spotlight

Amos Bull

Amos Bull, composer was born

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1962-02-09 Artist spotlight

Anik Bissonnette

Anik Bissonnette, Quebec ballet dancer (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens) was born

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1943-02-09 Artist spotlight

Barbara Lewis

Barbara Lewis, US vocalist (Hello Stranger) was born

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1939-02-09 Artist spotlight

Barry Mann

Barry Mann, R&B singer (Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp) was born

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1902-02-09 Artist spotlight

Blanche Calloway

Blanche Calloway, US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy) was born

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1940-02-09 Artist spotlight

Brian Bennett

Brian Bennett, London, rock drummer (Shadows) was born

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1879-02-09 Artist spotlight

Carl Natanael Berg

Carl Natanael Berg, composer was born

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1909-02-09 Artist spotlight

Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda, Brazil, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy) was born

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1942-02-09 Artist spotlight

Carole King

Carole King, [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry) was born

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1942-02-09 Artist spotlight

Charlie Morrow

Charlie Morrow, composer was born

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1771-02-09 Artist spotlight

Daniel Belknap

Daniel Belknap, composer was born

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1951-02-09 Artist spotlight

Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas

Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, saxophonist (Kool & Gang-Celebration) was born

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1867-02-09 Artist spotlight

Edward Naylor

Edward Naylor, composer was born

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1930-02-09 Artist spotlight

Emil Petrovics

Emil Petrovics, composer was born

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1914-02-09 Artist spotlight

Ernest Tubb

Ernest Tubb, Tx, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You) was born

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1808-02-09 Artist spotlight

Francesco Gomez da Rocha

Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer was born

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1834-02-09 Artist spotlight

Franz Xaver Witt

Franz Xaver Witt, composer was born

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1903-02-09 Artist spotlight

Georg Trexler

Georg Trexler, composer was born

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1924-02-09 Artist spotlight

George Guest

George Guest, British organist was born

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1989-02-09 Artist spotlight

Gia Farrell

Gia Farrell, American singer was born

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1906-02-09 Artist spotlight

Gwen Catley

Gwen Catley, British(?) soprano was born

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1984-02-09 Artist spotlight

Han Kyung

Han Kyung, Korean singer Super Junior was born

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1909-02-09 Artist spotlight

Harald Genzmer

Harald Genzmer, composer was born

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1741-02-09 Artist spotlight

Henri-Joseph Rigel

Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer was born

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1960-02-09 Artist spotlight

Holly Johnson

Holly Johnson, Liverpool England, rock vocalist (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) was born

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1966-02-09 Artist spotlight

James "Rachel" Bolan

James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love) was born

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1929-02-09 Artist spotlight

James Mulcro Drew

James Mulcro Drew, composer was born

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1981-02-09 Artist spotlight

James Owen Sullivan [The Rev]

James Owen Sullivan [The Rev], Huntington Beach California, drummer and songwriter (Avenged Sevenfold) (d.2009) was born

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1947-02-09 Artist spotlight

Joe Ely

Joe Ely, Amarillo Tx, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade) was born

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1937-02-09 Artist spotlight

Johnny Sayles

Johnny Sayles, US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle) was born

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1961-02-09 Artist spotlight

Jussi Lampi

Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor was born

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1756-02-09 Artist spotlight

Karel Blazej Kopriva

Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer was born

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1923-02-09 Artist spotlight

Kathryn Grayson

Kathryn Grayson, NC, vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate) was born

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1947-02-09 Artist spotlight

Major Harris

Major Harris, US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait) was born

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1942-02-09 Artist spotlight

Milos Stedron

Milos Stedron, composer was born

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1964-02-09 Artist spotlight

Rachel Bolan

Rachel Bolan, rocker (Skid Row) was born

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1914-02-09 Artist spotlight

Ralph Herman

Ralph Herman, Milwaukee Wisc, orchestra leader (Circus Time) was born

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1875-02-09 Artist spotlight

Sidney Hugo Nicholson

Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer was born

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1936-02-09 Artist spotlight

Stompin' Tom Connors

Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country singer, (d. 2013) was born

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1963-02-09 Artist spotlight

Travis Tritt

Travis Tritt, Marietta Ga, country vocalist (Country Club) was born

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1780-02-09 Artist spotlight

Walenty Karol Kratzer

Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer was born

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1929-02-09 Artist spotlight

Willem Kersters

Willem Kersters, Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song) was born

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1931-02-09 Artist spotlight

Xavier Benguerel

Xavier Benguerel, composer was born

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1984-02-09 Artist spotlight

Balasaraswathi

Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras

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1981-02-09 Artist spotlight

Bill Haley

Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55

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1849-02-09 Artist spotlight

Corneille Vander Planken

Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76

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1951-02-09 Artist spotlight

Eddy Duchin

Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)

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1765-02-09 Artist spotlight

Elisabetta de Gambarini

Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33

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1960-02-09 Artist spotlight

Ernst von Dohnanyi

Ernst von Dohnanyi, US composer, dies at 82

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1812-02-09 Artist spotlight

Franz Anton Hoffmeister

Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57

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1817-02-09 Artist spotlight

Franz Wilhelm Tausch

Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54

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1617-02-09 Artist spotlight

Hans Christoph Haiden

Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44

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1916-02-09 Artist spotlight

Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek

Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90

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1991-02-09 Artist spotlight

James Cleveland

James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931)

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1994-02-09 Artist spotlight

Jarmila Novotna

Jarmila Novotna, Czech/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86

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1978-02-09 Artist spotlight

Julio Jaramillo

Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)

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1935-02-09 Artist spotlight

Karl Nef

Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61

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1994-02-09 Artist spotlight

Louis Kaufman

Louis Kaufman, US violinist/conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88

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1976-02-09 Artist spotlight

Percy Faith

Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)

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1949-02-09 Artist spotlight

Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck

Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60

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2008-02-09 Artist spotlight

Scott Halpin

Scott Halpin, a one time drummer of The Who.

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1966-02-09 Artist spotlight

Sophie Tucker

Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79

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1740-02-09 Artist spotlight

Vincenz Lubeck

Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85

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1964-02-09 Artist spotlight

Willie Bryant

Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55

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1985-02-09 Artist spotlight

Madonna

Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks

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1964-02-09 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)

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1893-02-09 Artist spotlight

Verdi

Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan

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