On This Day in Music: October 10

On October 10 in music history, 51 artists were born, 34 died and 7 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1939), Giuseppe Verdi (1813) and David Lee Roth (1954).

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The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby, a real person whose name may have suggested the title to The Beatles song (b. 1895)

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto, First French Empire, Italian composer (La donna è mobile - Rigoletto), (d. 1901) was born

David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth, Bloomington Indiana, rock singer (Van Halen-Jump) was born

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk, Rocky Mount North Carolina, American jazz pianist and composer was born

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Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta)

Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T. was born

Alan Cartwright

Alan Cartwright, rocker (Procul Harum) was born

Alan Frank

Alan Frank, music publisher was born

Albin Masek

Albin Masek, composer was born

Arthur De Greef

Arthur De Greef, composer was born

Ben Vereen

Ben Vereen, Miami Fla, actor/dancer (Pippin, Roots, Webster) was born

Bobby Byrne

Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orchestra leader (Club Seven) was born

Chris Lowe

Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist (Pet Shop Boys-It's a Sin) was born

Corinna May

Corinna May, German singer was born

David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth, Bloomington Indiana, rock singer (Van Halen-Jump) was born

Denis D'Ell

Denis D'Ell, [Dennis Dalziel], rocker was born

Ed Volker

Ed Volker, American musician was born

Eric Martin

Eric Martin, rocker (Mr Big) was born

Evgeny Kissin

Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist was born

Gabriella Cilmi

Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer was born

George Gerson

George Gerson, composer was born

Gheorghe Dima

Gheorghe Dima, composer was born

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto, First French Empire, Italian composer (La donna è mobile - Rigoletto), (d. 1901) was born

Guillermo M Tomas

Guillermo M Tomas, composer was born

Huey "Piano" Smith

Huey "Piano" Smith, rocker (Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu) was born

Ivory Joe Hunter

Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker was born

Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido

Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer was born

Johann Ludwig Krebs

Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born

John Prine

John Prine, Maywood Ill, country singer (Hello in There) was born

John Waldo Green

John Waldo Green, NYC, composer (Body & Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger) was born

Kevin Paige

Kevin Paige, vocalist (Don't Shut Me Out) was born

Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty MacColl, English singer (d. 2000) was born

Lamar Stringfield

Lamar Stringfield, composer was born

Louis Gottlieb

Louis Gottlieb, musician was born

Ludmilla Tcherina

Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer (Sins of Rome) was born

Mariana Espósito

Mariana Espósito, Argentine actress, singer and model was born

Martin Kemp

Martin Kemp, London, rock bassist (Spandau Ballet) was born

Midge Ure

Midge Ure, Glasgow Scot, rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance) was born

Milton "Tippy" Larkin

Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader was born

Mohamed Mounir

Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian singer and actor was born

Mya Harrison

Mya Harrison, American singer was born

Oscar Brown Jr

Oscar Brown Jr, US songwriter (Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit) was born

Paolo Renosto

Paolo Renosto, composer was born

Paul Creston

Paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony) was born

Scott Huston

Scott Huston, composer was born

Sherine

Sherine, Egyptian singer was born

Stephanie Cheng

Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer was born

Stephen Scott

Stephen Scott, composer was born

Séverine

Séverine, French singer was born

Tanya Tucker

Tanya Tucker, Seminole Tx, country singer/actress (Follow that Car) was born

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk, Rocky Mount North Carolina, American jazz pianist and composer was born

Thomas Brendon Wilson

Thomas Brendon Wilson, composer was born

Tim Maurer

Tim Maurer, American singer (Suburban Legends) was born

Toshi

Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan) was born

Vernon Duke

Vernon Duke, composer was born

Walter Niemann

Walter Niemann, composer was born

Died on October 10

Adolph von Henselt

Adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75

Alphonse d' Eve

Alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61

Anita Kerr

Anita Kerr died

Brian Connolly

Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52

Catherine Collard

Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46

Connee Boswell

Connee Boswell, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68

Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano (b. 1926)

Danny Gatton

Danny Gatton, US guitarist, commits suicide at 48

Ervin Major

Ervin Major, composer, dies at 66

Eugene Istomin

Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)

Frantisek Picha

Frantisek Picha, composer, dies at 71

Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov

Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer, dies at 63

Heinrich Neuhaus

Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (b. 1888)

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60

Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn

Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer, dies at 61

Jacobus Nozeman

Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52

Jagjit Singh

Jagjit Singh, Indian Musician, Ghazal Maestro, Padma Bhusan awardee (b. 1941)

John Lodge

John Lodge died

Karl Theodor Toeschi

Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer, dies at 75

Leon Schidlowsky

Leon Schidlowsky died

Luis de Pablo

Luis de Pablo died

Michal Wielhorski

Michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67

Nikolai Karetnikov

Nikolai Karetnikov, composer, dies at 64

Paul Paray

Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93

Pierre-Louis Couperin

Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34

Ralph Marterie

Ralph Marterie, American big band leader (b. 1914)

Russ Case

Russ Case, orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52

Sebastian Knupfer

Sebastian Knupfer, composer, dies at 43

Silvana Armenulic

Silvana Armenulic, Yugoslavian folk singer (b. 1939)

Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke, American singer (b. 1940)

Stephen Gately

Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (b. 1976)

Teresa Graves

Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (b. 1948)

The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby, a real person whose name may have suggested the title to The Beatles song (b. 1895)

Thommy Price

Thommy Price died

Releases & milestones on October 10

Alabama

17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins

Allegro

Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "Allegro," premieres in NYC

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Fenholt & Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," premieres in NYC

Charley Pride

5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins

K

22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win

Ronnie Milsap

11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins

Testament

Testament released the album 'Para Bellum'

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