This Day in Music

1897-04-16 Artist spotlight

Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree

Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer was born

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1985-04-16 Artist spotlight

Benjamín Rojas

Benjamín Rojas, Argentine actor and singer was born

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1951-04-16 Artist spotlight

Björgvin Halldórsson

Björgvin Halldórsson, Icelandic singer was born

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1935-04-16 Artist spotlight

Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton, Pitts Pa, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue) was born

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1973-04-16 Artist spotlight

Bonnie Pink

Bonnie Pink, Japanese singer was born

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1703-04-16 Artist spotlight

Caffarelli

Caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke was born

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1913-04-16 Artist spotlight

Constance Shacklock

Constance Shacklock, opera singer was born

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1943-04-16 Artist spotlight

Dave Peverett

Dave Peverett, London, English rocker (Foghat, Savoy Brown) was born

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1964-04-16 Artist spotlight

Dave Pirner

Dave Pirner, rocker (Soul Asylum) was born

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1944-04-16 Artist spotlight

Dennis Russell Davies

Dennis Russell Davies, composer was born

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1961-04-16 Artist spotlight

Doris Dragović

Doris Dragović, Croatian singer was born

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1939-04-16 Artist spotlight

Dusty Springfield

Dusty Springfield, [Mary O'Brien], London, vocalist (Growing Pains) was born

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1922-04-16 Artist spotlight

Eddie Bert

Eddie Bert, Yonkers, New York, bebopjazz trombonist, (d. 2012) was born

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1893-04-16 Artist spotlight

Federico Mompou

Federico Mompou, composer was born

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1673-04-16 Artist spotlight

Francesco Feroci

Francesco Feroci, composer was born

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1930-04-16 Artist spotlight

Frank Page

Frank Page, British broadcaster/actor (Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer) was born

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1965-04-16 Artist spotlight

Gerardo

Gerardo, rocker was born

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1947-04-16 Artist spotlight

Gerry Rafferty

Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street) was born

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1935-04-16 Artist spotlight

Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler

Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist was born

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1924-04-16 Artist spotlight

Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini, Cleveland, composer/conductor (Pink Panther) was born

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1930-04-16 Artist spotlight

Herbie Mann

Herbie Mann, Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin') was born

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1962-04-16 Artist spotlight

Ian MacKaye

Ian MacKaye, rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac) was born

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1897-04-16 Artist spotlight

Jaap Vranken

Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater) was born

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1886-04-16 Artist spotlight

Jekabs Graubins

Jekabs Graubins, composer was born

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1963-04-16 Artist spotlight

Jimmy Osmond

Jimmy Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Donnie & Marie) was born

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1868-04-16 Artist spotlight

Joel Angel

Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer was born

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1697-04-16 Artist spotlight

Johann Gottlieb Gorner

Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer was born

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1951-04-16 Artist spotlight

John Bentley

John Bentley, rocker was born

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1939-04-16 Artist spotlight

John DeLaFose

John DeLaFose, zydeco Musician was born

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1893-04-16 Artist spotlight

Joseph Yasser

Joseph Yasser, composer was born

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1800-04-16 Artist spotlight

Jozef Stefani

Jozef Stefani, composer was born

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1901-04-16 Artist spotlight

Karel Albert

Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen) was born

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1838-04-16 Artist spotlight

Karel Bendl

Karel Bendl, composer was born

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1886-04-16 Artist spotlight

Konstantin Mostras

Konstantin Mostras, composer was born

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1885-04-16 Artist spotlight

Leo Weiner

Leo Weiner, Hungary, composer (Fasching) was born

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1976-04-16 Artist spotlight

Lukas Haas

Lukas Haas, actor (Music Box, Witness, Testament, Leap of Faith) was born

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1983-04-16 Artist spotlight

Marié Digby

Marié Digby, American Singer was born

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1871-04-16 Artist spotlight

Martin Lunssens

Martin Lunssens, composer was born

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1974-04-16 Artist spotlight

Mat Devine

Mat Devine, American singer (Kill Hannah) was born

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1971-04-16 Artist spotlight

Max Beesley

Max Beesley, English musician and actor was born

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1987-04-16 Artist spotlight

Milton J Cross

Milton J Cross, NYC, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions of the Air) was born

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1951-04-16 Artist spotlight

Mordechai Ben David

Mordechai Ben David, Jewish singer was born

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1933-04-16 Artist spotlight

Perry Botkin Jr

Perry Botkin Jr, NYC, orchestra leader (Bert Convy Show) was born

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1929-04-16 Artist spotlight

Roy Hamilton

Roy Hamilton, singer (You'll Never Walk Alone) was born

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1971-04-16 Artist spotlight

Selena

Selena, Texas, spanish singer (Grammy-1994) was born

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1971-04-16 Artist spotlight

Selena [Quintanilla]

Selena [Quintanilla], tejano vocalist was born

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1882-04-16 Artist spotlight

Seth Bingham

Seth Bingham, composer was born

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1945-04-16 Artist spotlight

Stefan Grossman

Stefan Grossman, NYC, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie) was born

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1940-04-16 Artist spotlight

Stephen Lawrence Pruslin

Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer was born

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1932-04-16 Artist spotlight

Vince Hill

Vince Hill, singer (Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose) was born

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1974-04-16 Artist spotlight

Xu Jinglei

Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress, singer and director was born

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1992-04-16 Artist spotlight

Andy Russell

Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72

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1876-04-16 Artist spotlight

Augustin-Philippe Peellaert

Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83

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1846-04-16 Artist spotlight

Domenico Dragonetti

Domenico Dragonetti, composer, dies at 83

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1881-04-16 Artist spotlight

George William Martin

George William Martin, composer, dies at 56

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1858-04-16 Artist spotlight

Johann Baptist Cramer

Johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87

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1920-04-16 Artist spotlight

John Conrad Nordqvist

John Conrad Nordqvist, composer, dies at 80

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1996-04-16 Artist spotlight

Lucille Bremer

Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73

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1997-04-16 Artist spotlight

Mae Boren Axton

Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82

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1996-04-16 Artist spotlight

Raymond Earl Hill

Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist, dies at 62

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1999-04-16 Artist spotlight

Skip Spence

Skip Spence, Canadian-born guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1946)

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1645-04-16 Artist spotlight

Tobias Hume

Tobias Hume, English composer

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1849-04-16 Artist spotlight

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Le prophète, premieres in Paris

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1940-04-16 Artist spotlight

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro

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1991-04-16 Artist spotlight

Mike Leander

M Leander & E Seago's musical "Matador," premieres in London

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1974-04-16 Artist spotlight

Noël Coward

"Words & Music" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 127 performances

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