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1920-03-23 Artist spotlight

Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan

Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer was born

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1887-03-23 Artist spotlight

Anthony van Hoboken

Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog) was born

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1939-03-23 Artist spotlight

Boris Ivanovich Tischenko

Boris Ivanovich Tischenko, composer was born

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1811-03-23 Artist spotlight

Camille Marie Stamaty

Camille Marie Stamaty, composer was born

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1811-03-23 Artist spotlight

Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert

Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer was born

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1891-03-23 Artist spotlight

Catherine Murphy Urner

Catherine Murphy Urner, composer was born

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1953-03-23 Artist spotlight

Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan, [Stevens], Great Lakes Il, rocker (Rufus-I am Every Woman) was born

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1895-03-23 Artist spotlight

Dane Rudhyar

Dane Rudhyar, composer was born

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1948-03-23 Artist spotlight

David Olney

David Olney, American musician was born

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1899-03-23 Artist spotlight

Dora Gerson

Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943) was born

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1901-03-23 Artist spotlight

Edmund Rubbra

Edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23] was born

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1958-03-23 Artist spotlight

El Duce

El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (d. 1997) was born

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1959-03-23 Artist spotlight

Epic Soundtracks

Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (d. 1997) was born

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1844-03-23 Artist spotlight

Eugene Gigout

Eugene Gigout, composer was born

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1934-03-23 Artist spotlight

Fernand Gignac

Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006) was born

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1945-03-23 Artist spotlight

Franco Battiato

Franco Battiato, Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker was born

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1878-03-23 Artist spotlight

Franz Schrecker

Franz Schrecker, Austrian composer (Der ferne Klang, Der SchatzgrÃ¤ber) was born

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1920-03-23 Artist spotlight

Geoffrey Bush

Geoffrey Bush, composer was born

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1906-03-23 Artist spotlight

George Posford

George Posford, composer was born

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1929-03-23 Artist spotlight

Gerrit den Braber

Gerrit den Braber, Dutch composer/producer was born

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1884-03-23 Artist spotlight

Glauco Velasquez

Glauco Velasquez, composer was born

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1937-03-23 Artist spotlight

Heinz Martin Lonquich

Heinz Martin Lonquich, composer was born

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1864-03-23 Artist spotlight

Hjalmar Borgstrom

Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer was born

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1749-03-23 Artist spotlight

Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen

Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer was born

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1995-03-23 Artist spotlight

Jan Lisiecki

Jan Lisiecki, Canadian Pianist was born

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1750-03-23 Artist spotlight

Johannes Matthias Sperger

Johannes Matthias Sperger, composer was born

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1917-03-23 Artist spotlight

Johnny Guarnieri

Johnny Guarnieri, NYC, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show) was born

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1900-03-23 Artist spotlight

Jose Antonio Calcano

Jose Antonio Calcano, composer was born

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1837-03-23 Artist spotlight

Joseph Wieniawski

Joseph Wieniawski, composer was born

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1834-03-23 Artist spotlight

Julius Reubke

Julius Reubke, composer was born

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1905-03-23 Artist spotlight

Lale Andersen

Lale Andersen, German singer and cabaretist (d. 1972) was born

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1910-03-23 Artist spotlight

Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson

Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, German singer/actress (Der Pott) was born

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1826-03-23 Artist spotlight

Leon Minkus

Leon Minkus, composer was born

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1795-03-23 Artist spotlight

Leopold Jansa

Leopold Jansa, composer was born

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1940-03-23 Artist spotlight

Luis Gasca

Luis Gasca, rocker was born

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1926-03-23 Artist spotlight

Martha Wright

Martha Wright, Seattle, singer (Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show) was born

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1966-03-23 Artist spotlight

Marti Pellow

Marti Pellow, rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was) was born

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1944-03-23 Artist spotlight

Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman, composer (Mesmer, Carrington) was born

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1927-03-23 Artist spotlight

Osvaldo Lacerda

Osvaldo Lacerda, composer was born

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1939-03-23 Artist spotlight

Pepe Lienhard

Pepe Lienhard, Swiss band leader and entertainer was born

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1949-03-23 Artist spotlight

Ric Ocasek

Ric Ocasek, Balt, rock vocalist (Cars-Double Life, Bye Bye Love) was born

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1914-03-23 Artist spotlight

Robert Gross

Robert Gross, composer was born

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1599-03-23 Artist spotlight

Thomas Selle

Thomas Selle, composer was born

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1995-03-23 Artist spotlight

Alan Barton

Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash

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1946-03-23 Artist spotlight

Alexandru Zirra

Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62

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1971-03-23 Artist spotlight

Armin Loos

Armin Loos, composer, dies at 67

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1821-03-23 Artist spotlight

Bernhard Anselm Weber

Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56

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1978-03-23 Artist spotlight

Bill Kenny

Bill Kenny, American singer, dies at 63

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1918-03-23 Artist spotlight

Cesar Cortinas

Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27

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1869-03-23 Artist spotlight

Charles Lucas

Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60

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2006-03-23 Artist spotlight

Cindy Walker

Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)

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1995-03-23 Artist spotlight

Danny Apolinar

Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter, dies at 61

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1987-03-23 Artist spotlight

Dean Paul Martin

Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29

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2002-03-23 Artist spotlight

Eileen Farrell

Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920)

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1809-03-23 Artist spotlight

Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes

Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60

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1783-03-23 Artist spotlight

Gaspard Fritz

Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67

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1756-03-23 Artist spotlight

Georg Gottfried Wagner

Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57

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1806-03-23 Artist spotlight

George Frederic Pinto

George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20

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1880-03-23 Artist spotlight

Gustav Adolf Mankell

Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67

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1816-03-23 Artist spotlight

Ignaz Vitzthumb

Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95

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1748-03-23 Artist spotlight

Johann Gottfried Walther

Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63

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1943-03-23 Artist spotlight

Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger

Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47

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1818-03-23 Artist spotlight

Nicolas Isouard

Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42

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1881-03-23 Artist spotlight

Nikolay Rubinstein

Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45

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1669-03-23 Artist spotlight

Philipp Buchner

Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54

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1995-03-23 Artist spotlight

Ripley L. Ingram

Ripley L. Ingram, singer, dies at 65

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1832-03-23 Artist spotlight

Vaclav Vilem Wurfel

Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41

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1658-03-23 Artist spotlight

Valentin Dretzel

Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79

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1896-03-23 Artist spotlight

Umberto Giordano

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