This Day in Music

1907-02-17 Artist spotlight

Alec Wilder

Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award) was born

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1850-02-17 Artist spotlight

Anton Urspruch

Anton Urspruch, composer was born

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1653-02-17 Artist spotlight

Arcangelo Corelli

Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born

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1696-02-17 Artist spotlight

Baron Ernst Gottlieb

Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer was born

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1947-02-17 Artist spotlight

Ben Cramer

Ben Cramer, Dutch vocalist (Clown) was born

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1972-02-17 Artist spotlight

Billie Joe Armstrong

Billie Joe Armstrong, singer/musician (Green Day) was born

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1933-02-17 Artist spotlight

Bobby Lewis

Bobby Lewis, rocker (Tossin' & Turnin') was born

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1974-02-17 Artist spotlight

Bryan White

Bryan White, American singer was born

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1932-02-17 Artist spotlight

Buck Trent

Buck Trent, Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw) was born

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1967-02-17 Artist spotlight

Chanté Moore

Chanté Moore, American singer was born

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1963-02-17 Artist spotlight

Dan Reed

Dan Reed, rocker/actor (HOTS, Lake Consequence) was born

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1962-02-17 Artist spotlight

David McComb

David McComb, Australia, vocalist/songwriter (Triffids) was born

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1991-02-17 Artist spotlight

Edward (Ed) Sheeran

Edward (Ed) Sheeran, Halifax England, singer-songwriter was born

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1862-02-17 Artist spotlight

Edward German (Jones)

Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer was born

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1858-02-17 Artist spotlight

Ernest Ford

Ernest Ford, composer was born

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1831-02-17 Artist spotlight

Francisco Salvador Daniel

Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer was born

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1949-02-17 Artist spotlight

Fred Frith

Fred Frith, English guitarist/violinist/bassist (Skeleton Crew) was born

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1926-02-17 Artist spotlight

Friedrich Cerha

Friedrich Cerha, composer was born

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1816-02-17 Artist spotlight

Friedrich Wilhelm Markull

Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer was born

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1941-02-17 Artist spotlight

Gene Pitney

Gene Pitney, Hartford Ct, vocalist/songwriter (Town Without Pity) was born

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1667-02-17 Artist spotlight

Georg Bronner

Georg Bronner, composer was born

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1796-02-17 Artist spotlight

Giovanni Pacini

Giovanni Pacini, composer was born

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1975-02-17 Artist spotlight

Harisu

Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress was born

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1820-02-17 Artist spotlight

Henri Vieuxtemps

Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) was born

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1915-02-17 Artist spotlight

Homer Keller

Homer Keller, composer was born

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1754-02-17 Artist spotlight

Jan Jachym Kopriva

Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer was born

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1675-02-17 Artist spotlight

Johann Melchior Conradi

Johann Melchior Conradi, composer was born

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1939-02-17 Artist spotlight

John Leyton

John Leyton, British singer was born

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1935-02-17 Artist spotlight

Johnny Bush

Johnny Bush, country singer was born

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1948-02-17 Artist spotlight

José José

José José, Mexican singer and actor was born

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1974-02-17 Artist spotlight

Kaoru

Kaoru, Japanese musician was born

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1944-02-17 Artist spotlight

Karl Jenkins

Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer was born

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1882-02-17 Artist spotlight

Kurt Schindler

Kurt Schindler, composer was born

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1926-02-17 Artist spotlight

Lee Hoiby

Lee Hoiby, Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts & Letters) was born

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1887-02-17 Artist spotlight

Leevi Antti Madetoja

Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer was born

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1821-02-17 Artist spotlight

Lola Montez

Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861) was born

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1957-02-17 Artist spotlight

Loreena McKennitt

Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician was born

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1697-02-17 Artist spotlight

Louis-Maurice de La Pierre

Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born

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1850-02-17 Artist spotlight

Ludwig Bonvin

Ludwig Bonvin, composer was born

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1982-02-17 Artist spotlight

Lupe Fiasco

Lupe Fiasco, American rapper was born

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1924-02-17 Artist spotlight

Margaret Truman

Margaret Truman, Mo, pres daughter/writer (Murder at FBI)/pianist was born

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1909-02-17 Artist spotlight

Marjorie Lawrence

Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannhäuser) was born

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1928-02-17 Artist spotlight

Marta Romero

Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer was born

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1971-02-17 Artist spotlight

Martyn Bennett

Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005) was born

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1992-02-17 Artist spotlight

Meaghan Jette Martin

Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer was born

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1966-02-17 Artist spotlight

Melissa Brooke-Belland

Melissa Brooke-Belland, rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee) was born

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1966-02-17 Artist spotlight

Michael Lepond

Michael Lepond, American musician was born

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1937-02-17 Artist spotlight

Mickey McGill

Mickey McGill, US vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue) was born

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1747-02-17 Artist spotlight

Narciso Casanovas

Narciso Casanovas, composer was born

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1913-02-17 Artist spotlight

Oskar Danon

Oskar Danon, composer was born

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1968-02-17 Artist spotlight

Patrick Uterwijk

Patrick Uterwijk, pop guitarist (Pestilence, Consuming Impulse) was born

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1920-02-17 Artist spotlight

Paul Fetler

Paul Fetler, composer was born

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1966-02-17 Artist spotlight

Quorthon

Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004) was born

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1906-02-17 Artist spotlight

Ramon Tapales

Ramon Tapales, composer was born

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1913-02-17 Artist spotlight

Rene Leibowitz

Rene Leibowitz, composer was born

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1950-02-17 Artist spotlight

Rick Medlocke

Rick Medlocke, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blackfoot) was born

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1925-02-17 Artist spotlight

Ron Goodwin

Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003) was born

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1444-02-17 Artist spotlight

Rudolf Agricola

Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born

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1962-02-17 Artist spotlight

Samuel Bayer

Samuel Bayer, American music video director was born

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1972-02-17 Artist spotlight

Taylor Hawkins

Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters) was born

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1970-02-17 Artist spotlight

Tim Mahoney

Tim Mahoney, American musician (311) was born

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1922-02-17 Artist spotlight

Tommy Edwards

Tommy Edwards, rock vocalist (It's All in the Game) was born

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1930-02-17 Artist spotlight

Usko Merilainen

Usko Merilainen, composer was born

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1975-02-17 Artist spotlight

Wish Bone

Wish Bone, American rapper was born

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1972-02-17 Artist spotlight

Yuki Isoya

Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary) was born

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1970-02-17 Artist spotlight

Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman, US composer, dies at 69

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1943-02-17 Artist spotlight

Armand J. Piron

Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888)

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2006-02-17 Artist spotlight

Bill Cowsill

Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)

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1998-02-17 Artist spotlight

Bob Merrill

Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921)

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1962-02-17 Artist spotlight

Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (NY Philharmonic), dies at 85

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2007-02-17 Artist spotlight

Dermot O'Reilly

Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)

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1901-02-17 Artist spotlight

Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin

Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38

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1841-02-17 Artist spotlight

Ferdinando Carulli

Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70

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1815-02-17 Artist spotlight

Franz Gotz

Franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59

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1972-02-17 Artist spotlight

Gavril Nikolayevich Popov

Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer, dies at 67

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1652-02-17 Artist spotlight

Gregorio Allegri

Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67

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1933-02-17 Artist spotlight

Henri[cus A] Viotta

Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84

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1995-02-17 Artist spotlight

Jan Bart Klaster

Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50

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1980-02-17 Artist spotlight

Jerry Fielding

Jerry Fielding, composer (Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes), dies at 57

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1856-02-17 Artist spotlight

John Braham

John Braham, singer/composer, dies at 81

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1903-02-17 Artist spotlight

Joseph Parry

Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61

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1732-02-17 Artist spotlight

Louis Marchand

Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63

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1654-02-17 Artist spotlight

Michael Lohr

Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62

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1883-02-17 Artist spotlight

Napoleon Coste

Napoleon Coste, composer, dies at 76

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1951-02-17 Artist spotlight

Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan

Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer, dies at 94

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1924-02-17 Artist spotlight

Oskar Merikanto

Oskar Merikanto, composer, dies at 55

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1955-02-17 Artist spotlight

Otto J Gombosi

Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52

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2006-02-17 Artist spotlight

Ray Barretto

Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)

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1982-02-17 Artist spotlight

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist and composer, dies at 64

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1995-02-17 Artist spotlight

Uta Graf

Uta Graf, singer/teacher, dies at 80

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1939-02-17 Artist spotlight

Willy Hess

Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)

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1996-02-17 Artist spotlight

[Elsie] Evelyn Laye

[Elsie] Evelyn Laye, actress/singer (Sun Child), dies at 95

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1904-02-17 Artist spotlight

Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan

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1859-02-17 Artist spotlight

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli

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1932-02-17 Artist spotlight

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in NYC

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2002-02-17 Artist spotlight

Ja Rule

'Always On Time' by R&B artist Ja Rule featuring Ashanti starts a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart.

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1969-02-17 Artist spotlight

Johnny Cash

Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album; it was never released.

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1916-02-17 Artist spotlight

Sigmund Romberg

Romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith' musical premieres in NYC

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1962-02-17 Artist spotlight

The Beach Boys

Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin"

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1967-02-17 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields"

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