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1850-03-09 Artist spotlight

Alexandre Luigini

Alexandre Luigini, composer was born

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1735-03-09 Artist spotlight

August Bernhard Valentin Herbing

August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer was born

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1987-03-09 Artist spotlight

Bow Wow

Bow Wow, American rapper and actor was born

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1966-03-09 Artist spotlight

Brendan Canty

Brendan Canty, American musician (Fugazi) was born

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1926-03-09 Artist spotlight

Celso Garrido Lecca

Celso Garrido Lecca, composer was born

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1954-03-09 Artist spotlight

Charmain Elaine Sylvers

Charmain Elaine Sylvers, rocker was born

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1979-03-09 Artist spotlight

Chingy

Chingy, American rapper was born

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1963-03-09 Artist spotlight

David Pogue

David Pogue, Technology columnist and musician was born

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1971-03-09 Artist spotlight

Diego Torres

Diego Torres, Argentine singer was born

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1856-03-09 Artist spotlight

Eddie Foy

Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (d. 1928) was born

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1955-03-09 Artist spotlight

Fernando Bujones

Fernando Bujones, Miami Fla, ballet dancer was born

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1927-03-09 Artist spotlight

Hans Ludwig Schilling

Hans Ludwig Schilling, composer was born

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1893-03-09 Artist spotlight

Hans Munch

Hans Munch, composer was born

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1907-03-09 Artist spotlight

Henry Leland Clarke

Henry Leland Clarke, composer was born

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1812-03-09 Artist spotlight

Jakob Eduard Schmolzer

Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer was born

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1826-03-09 Artist spotlight

Jean Joseph Bott

Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist/composer was born

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1810-03-09 Artist spotlight

Jean-Georges Kastner

Jean-Georges Kastner, composer was born

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1948-03-09 Artist spotlight

Jeffrey Osborne

Jeffrey Osborne, Providence RI, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love) was born

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1946-03-09 Artist spotlight

Jim Cregan

Jim Cregan, British rock musician was born

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1948-03-09 Artist spotlight

Jimmy Fadden

Jimmy Fadden, Long Beach California, singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) was born

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1874-03-09 Artist spotlight

Johann Richard Ohlsson

Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer was born

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1927-03-09 Artist spotlight

John Beckwith

John Beckwith, composer was born

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1942-03-09 Artist spotlight

John Cale

John Cale, Garnant, Welsh musician, composer and singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground) was born

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1968-03-09 Artist spotlight

Johnny Kelly

Johnny Kelly, American drummer (Type O Negative) was born

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1737-03-09 Artist spotlight

Josef Myslivecek

Josef Myslivecek, composer was born

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1949-03-09 Artist spotlight

Kalevi Aho

Kalevi Aho, composer was born

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1932-03-09 Artist spotlight

Keely Smith

Keely Smith, Norfolk Virginia, American singer (Mrs Louie Prima) was born

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1924-03-09 Artist spotlight

Konstantin Iliev

Konstantin Iliev, composer was born

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1945-03-09 Artist spotlight

Laura Lee

Laura Lee, [Rundless], singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights) was born

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1938-03-09 Artist spotlight

Lill-Babs

Lill-Babs, Swedish singer was born

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1933-03-09 Artist spotlight

Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price, Kenner La, singer (Just Because) was born

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1908-03-09 Artist spotlight

Luiz Cosme

Luiz Cosme, composer was born

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1983-03-09 Artist spotlight

Maite Perroni

Maite Perroni, singer in the Latin pop group RBD was born

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1942-03-09 Artist spotlight

Mark Lindsay

Mark Lindsay, Eugene Or, rock vocalist/sax (Paul Revers & Raiders) was born

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1957-03-09 Artist spotlight

Mark Mancina

Mark Mancina, American composer was born

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1875-03-09 Artist spotlight

Martin Fallas Shaw

Martin Fallas Shaw, composer was born

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1958-03-09 Artist spotlight

Martin Fry

Martin Fry, English pop singer and rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart) was born

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1848-03-09 Artist spotlight

Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick

Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer was born

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1936-03-09 Artist spotlight

Mickey Gilley

Mickey Gilley, Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy) was born

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1930-03-09 Artist spotlight

Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman, Fort Worth, Texas, American jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966) was born

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1839-03-09 Artist spotlight

Phoebe Knapp

Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908) was born

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1911-03-09 Artist spotlight

Ramon Campbell Batista

Ramon Campbell Batista, composer was born

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1945-03-09 Artist spotlight

Robin Trower

Robin Trower, London, guitarist (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) was born

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1910-03-09 Artist spotlight

Samuel Barber

Samuel Barber, West Chester Pa, composer (Pulitz, School for Scandal) was born

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1949-03-09 Artist spotlight

Tapani Kansa

Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer was born

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1930-03-09 Artist spotlight

Thomas Schippers

Thomas Schippers, Kalamazoo Mich, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors) was born

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1944-03-09 Artist spotlight

Trevor Burton

Trevor Burton, rocker (Move) was born

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1933-03-09 Artist spotlight

William Francis McBeth

William Francis McBeth, composer was born

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1933-03-09 Artist spotlight

William McBeth

William McBeth, Ropesville, Texas, composer, (d. 2012) was born

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1965-03-09 Artist spotlight

Anthon van der Horst

Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65

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1993-03-09 Artist spotlight

Bob Crosby

Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79

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2007-03-09 Artist spotlight

Brad Delp

Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (b. 1951)

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1941-03-09 Artist spotlight

Carlos Pedrell

Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62

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2005-03-09 Artist spotlight

Chris LeDoux

Chris LeDoux, American country singer (b. 1948)

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1566-03-09 Artist spotlight

David Rizzio

David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered by Protestant nobles

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1800-03-09 Artist spotlight

Dominique Della-Maria

Dominique Della-Maria, composer, dies at 30

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1827-03-09 Artist spotlight

Franz Xaver Gerl

Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62

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1996-03-09 Artist spotlight

George Burns

George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896)

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1999-03-09 Artist spotlight

Harry Somers

Harry Somers, Canadian composer (b. 1925)

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2000-03-09 Artist spotlight

Ivo RobiÄ‡

Ivo RobiÄ‡, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)

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1819-03-09 Artist spotlight

Janos Fusz

Janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41

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1743-03-09 Artist spotlight

Jean-Baptiste Lully fils

Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, Ital/Fr composer dies at 77

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1971-03-09 Artist spotlight

Jean-Pierre Guezek

Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer, dies at 36

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1706-03-09 Artist spotlight

Johann Pachelbel

Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52

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1994-03-09 Artist spotlight

Louis Freeman

Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at 100

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1994-03-09 Artist spotlight

Maurice "Moe" Purtill

Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77

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2004-03-09 Artist spotlight

Rust Epique

Rust Epique, former Crazy Town guitarist (b. 1968)

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1938-03-09 Artist spotlight

Sydney Baynes

Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59

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1997-03-09 Artist spotlight

The Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace]

The Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace], American rapper shot dead at 24

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1870-03-09 Artist spotlight

Theodore Labarre

Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65

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1868-03-09 Artist spotlight

Ambroise Thomas

Ambroise Thomas' opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris

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1844-03-09 Artist spotlight

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice

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1849-03-09 Artist spotlight

Otto Nicolai

Otto Nicolai's opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" premieres at the Hofoper in Berlin

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1968-03-09 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

10th Grammy Awards: Up Up & Away, Sgt Pepper's wins 4

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