This Day in Music

1855-05-10 Artist spotlight

Anatoly Lyadov

Anatoly Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] was born

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1940-05-10 Artist spotlight

Arthur Alexander

Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me) was born

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1921-05-10 Artist spotlight

Bert Weedon

Bert Weedon, rocker was born

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1915-05-10 Artist spotlight

Bert van Dongen

Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor was born

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1942-05-10 Artist spotlight

Bill Coday

Bill Coday, US singer (You're Gonna Then Me) was born

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1960-05-10 Artist spotlight

Bono [Paul Hewson]

Bono [Paul Hewson], Dublin, Ireland, rocker (U2-Joshua Tree) was born

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1993-05-10 Artist spotlight

Charice Pempengco

Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer was born

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1760-05-10 Artist spotlight

Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) was born

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1941-05-10 Artist spotlight

Danny Rapp

Danny Rapp, Phila, rocker (Danny & Juniors) was born

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1946-05-10 Artist spotlight

Dave Mason

Dave Mason, Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree) was born

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1899-05-10 Artist spotlight

Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (d. 1979) was born

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1946-05-10 Artist spotlight

Donovan

Donovan, Scottish musician was born

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1912-05-10 Artist spotlight

Erik Jorgensen

Erik Jorgensen, composer was born

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1899-05-10 Artist spotlight

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire, Omaha Neb, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime) was born

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1858-05-10 Artist spotlight

Frederick Zech Jr

Frederick Zech Jr, composer was born

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1970-05-10 Artist spotlight

Gabriela Montero

Gabriela Montero, Caracas Venezuela, Venezuelan-American pianist was born

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1705-05-10 Artist spotlight

Gallus Zeiler

Gallus Zeiler, composer was born

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1776-05-10 Artist spotlight

George Thomas Smart

George Thomas Smart, composer was born

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1946-05-10 Artist spotlight

Graham Gouldman

Graham Gouldman, Manchester England, bassist (10cc-No Milk Today) was born

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1907-05-10 Artist spotlight

Harilaos Perpessas

Harilaos Perpessas, composer was born

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1935-05-10 Artist spotlight

Henry Fambrough

Henry Fambrough, US singer (Spinners) was born

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1898-05-10 Artist spotlight

Herbert Elwell

Herbert Elwell, Minneapolis Minnesota, composer (Happy Hypocrite) was born

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1942-05-10 Artist spotlight

Ingram Douglas Marshall

Ingram Douglas Marshall, composer was born

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1944-05-10 Artist spotlight

Jackie Lomax

Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want) was born

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1947-05-10 Artist spotlight

Jay Ferguson

Jay Ferguson, Burbank California, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You) was born

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1697-05-10 Artist spotlight

Jean Marie I'aine Leclair

Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born

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1934-05-10 Artist spotlight

Jeanine Basinger

Jeanine Basinger, American film scholar was born

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1741-05-10 Artist spotlight

Johann Michael Schmidt

Johann Michael Schmidt, composer was born

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1952-05-10 Artist spotlight

Kikki Danielsson

Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer was born

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1935-05-10 Artist spotlight

Larry Williams

Larry Williams, rocker was born

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1979-05-10 Artist spotlight

Lee Hyori

Lee Hyori, South Korean singer was born

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1905-05-10 Artist spotlight

Markos Vamvakaris

Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter (d. 1972) was born

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1888-05-10 Artist spotlight

Max Steiner

Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind) was born

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1938-05-10 Artist spotlight

Maxim Shostakovich

Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symph) was born

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1909-05-10 Artist spotlight

Maybelle Carter

Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show) was born

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1916-05-10 Artist spotlight

Milton Babbitt

Milton Babbitt, US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament) was born

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1783-05-10 Artist spotlight

Niccola Benvenuti

Niccola Benvenuti, composer was born

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1800-05-10 Artist spotlight

Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov

Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer was born

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1945-05-10 Artist spotlight

Pamelo Mounk'a

Pamelo Mounk'a, musician was born

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1970-05-10 Artist spotlight

Perry Blake

Perry Blake, Irish singer/songwriter was born

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1780-05-10 Artist spotlight

Peter Lichtenthal

Peter Lichtenthal, composer was born

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1938-05-10 Artist spotlight

Philip Gordon Winsor

Philip Gordon Winsor, composer was born

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1877-05-10 Artist spotlight

Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar

Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer was born

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1951-05-10 Artist spotlight

Ron Banks

Ron Banks, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get) was born

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1825-05-10 Artist spotlight

Rudolf Viole

Rudolf Viole, composer was born

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1957-05-10 Artist spotlight

Sid Vicious

Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], London England, bassist (Sex Pistols) was born

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1952-05-10 Artist spotlight

Sly Dunbar

Sly Dunbar, Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie) was born

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1953-05-10 Artist spotlight

Steve Thomas

Steve Thomas, rocker (Shooting Star) was born

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1976-05-10 Artist spotlight

Stuart Braithwaite

Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish musician (Mogwai) was born

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1940-05-10 Artist spotlight

Taurean Blacque

Taurean Blacque, Newark New Jersey, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues) was born

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1919-05-10 Artist spotlight

Tibor Sarai

Tibor Sarai, composer was born

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1976-05-10 Artist spotlight

Udo Mechels

Udo Mechels, Belgian singer was born

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1967-05-10 Artist spotlight

Young MC

Young MC, American rapper was born

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1964-05-10 Artist spotlight

Carol Haney

Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35

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1770-05-10 Artist spotlight

Charles Avison

Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61

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2005-05-10 Artist spotlight

David Wayne

David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church) (b. 1958)

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2000-05-10 Artist spotlight

Dédé Fortin

Dédé Fortin, Quebec singer and songwriter (Les Colocs) (b. 1962)

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1885-05-10 Artist spotlight

Edward Stephen

Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62

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1785-05-10 Artist spotlight

Etienne Joseph Floquet

Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36

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1885-05-10 Artist spotlight

Ferdinand Hiller

Ferdinand Hiller, composer, dies at 73

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1710-05-10 Artist spotlight

Georg Dietrich Leiding

Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46

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1826-05-10 Artist spotlight

Giuseppe Sigismondo

Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86

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1789-05-10 Artist spotlight

Guillaume Gommaire Kennis

Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72

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1964-05-10 Artist spotlight

Ignace Lilien

Ignace Lilien, composer, dies at 66

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1995-05-10 Artist spotlight

Jimmy Raney

Jimmy Raney, jazz guitarist, dies at 67

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1992-05-10 Artist spotlight

Joan Merrill

Joan Merrill, vocalist, dies of a stroke at 74

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1760-05-10 Artist spotlight

Johann Christoph Graupner

Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77

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1880-05-10 Artist spotlight

John Goss

John Goss, composer/organist, dies at 79

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1942-05-10 Artist spotlight

Joseph M Weber

Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74

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2008-05-10 Artist spotlight

Leyla Gencer

Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)

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1820-05-10 Artist spotlight

Matthaus Stegmayer

Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49

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1971-05-10 Artist spotlight

Mihail Jora

Mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79

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2003-05-10 Artist spotlight

Milan Vukcevich

Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist and chess problem composer (b. 1937)

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1999-05-10 Artist spotlight

Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein, American poet and composer (b. 1930)

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1971-05-10 Artist spotlight

Shukichi Mitsukuri

Shukichi Mitsukuri, composer, dies at 75

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2006-05-10 Artist spotlight

Soraya

Soraya, Colombian-American singer (b. 1969)

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1992-05-10 Artist spotlight

Sylvia Sims

Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74

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1992-05-10 Artist spotlight

Sylvia Sims [Blagman]

Sylvia Sims [Blagman], American jazz singer dies aged 74

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1869-05-10 Artist spotlight

Wilhelm Bernhard Molique

Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, composer, dies at 66

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1897-05-10 Artist spotlight

William Thomas Best

William Thomas Best, composer, dies at 70

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1989-05-10 Artist spotlight

Woody Shaw

Woody Shaw, American jazz musician (b. 1944)

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1991-05-10 Artist spotlight

Madonna

Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt

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1907-05-10 Artist spotlight

Paul Dukas

Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue," premieres in Paris

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1995-05-10 Artist spotlight

Reba McEntire

30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins

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1963-05-10 Artist spotlight

The Rolling Stones

Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison

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