This Day in Music

1950-04-05 Artist spotlight

ABBA

Agnetha Fältskog [Anna Ulvaeus], Swedish singer (ABBA) was born

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1869-04-05 Artist spotlight

Albert Roussel

Albert Roussel, Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamende) was born

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1853-04-05 Artist spotlight

Alfonso Randano

Alfonso Randano, composer was born

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1940-04-05 Artist spotlight

Aliza Kashi

Aliza Kashi, Israel, actress/singer (Merv Griffin regular) was born

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1942-04-05 Artist spotlight

Allan Clarke

Allan Clarke, rock vocalist (Hollies-Air That I Breathe) was born

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1932-04-05 Artist spotlight

Billy Bland

Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter was born

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1939-04-05 Artist spotlight

Crispian St. Peters

Crispian St. Peters, British singer was born

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1944-04-05 Artist spotlight

Dave Holland

Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law) was born

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1941-04-05 Artist spotlight

Dave Swarbrick

Dave Swarbrick, rocker (Fairport Convention) was born

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1928-04-05 Artist spotlight

David Farquhar Andress

David Farquhar Andress, composer was born

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1885-04-05 Artist spotlight

Dimitrie Cuclin

Dimitrie Cuclin, composer was born

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1951-04-05 Artist spotlight

Everett Morton

Everett Morton, rocker (English Beat) was born

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1698-04-05 Artist spotlight

Georg Gottfried Wagner

Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer was born

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1908-04-05 Artist spotlight

George Schick

George Schick, Prague Czech, conductor (Chicago Symphony) was born

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1922-04-05 Artist spotlight

Harry Freedman

Harry Freedman, composer was born

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1908-04-05 Artist spotlight

Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan, Austria, Nazi/conductor (Berlin Philharmonic) was born

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1886-04-05 Artist spotlight

Jacques Handschin

Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter) was born

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1905-04-05 Artist spotlight

Jef Maes

Jef Maes, composer was born

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1936-04-05 Artist spotlight

John White

John White, Berlin, English composer and musical performer was born

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1595-04-05 Artist spotlight

John Wilson

John Wilson, composer was born

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1964-04-05 Artist spotlight

Kid Reid

Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid 'n Play) was born

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1946-04-05 Artist spotlight

Larry Frederick Wendt

Larry Frederick Wendt, composer was born

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1598-04-05 Artist spotlight

Laurentius Erhard

Laurentius Erhard, composer was born

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1980-04-05 Artist spotlight

Lee Jae Won

Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper was born

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1939-04-05 Artist spotlight

Lonnie White

Lonnie White, vocalist (Smokey Robinson & Miracles-Shop Around) was born

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1862-04-05 Artist spotlight

Louis Ganne

Louis Ganne, composer was born

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1784-04-05 Artist spotlight

Louis Spohr

Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) was born

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1970-04-05 Artist spotlight

Miho Hatori

Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto) was born

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1950-04-05 Artist spotlight

Mildred Douglas

Mildred Douglas, Surinames/Dutch singer (Mai Tai) was born

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1944-04-05 Artist spotlight

Nicholas Caldwell

Nicholas Caldwell, rocker (Whispers) was born

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1925-04-05 Artist spotlight

Oldrich Flosman

Oldrich Flosman, composer was born

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1727-04-05 Artist spotlight

Pasquale Ankossi

Pasquale Ankossi, composer was born

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1968-04-05 Artist spotlight

Paula Cole

Paula Cole, American musician was born

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1935-04-05 Artist spotlight

Peter Grant

Peter Grant, rock band manager was born

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1973-04-05 Artist spotlight

Pharrell

Pharrell, American music producer (The Neptunes) was born

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1828-04-05 Artist spotlight

Pietro Plantania

Pietro Plantania, composer was born

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1917-04-05 Artist spotlight

Richard Yardumian

Richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit) was born

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1938-04-05 Artist spotlight

Ronald Anthony White Jr

Ronald Anthony White Jr, singer was born

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1974-04-05 Artist spotlight

Sahaj Ticotin

Sahaj Ticotin, American musician/producer (Ra) was born

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1954-04-05 Artist spotlight

Stan Ridgeway

Stan Ridgeway, rocker (Mosquito-Garage Sale) was born

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1839-04-05 Artist spotlight

Stanislaw Pilinski

Stanislaw Pilinski, composer was born

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1934-04-05 Artist spotlight

Stanley Turrentine

Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophonist (Wonderland) was born

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1752-04-05 Artist spotlight

Sébastien Érard

Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831) was born

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1903-04-05 Artist spotlight

Thomas Baron Pitfield

Thomas Baron Pitfield, composer was born

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1928-04-05 Artist spotlight

Tony Williams

Tony Williams, Elizabeth NJ, singer (Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights) was born

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1854-04-05 Artist spotlight

Vicente Goicoechea Errasti

Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer was born

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1876-04-05 Artist spotlight

Viktor Patrick Vretblad

Viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer was born

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1957-04-05 Artist spotlight

Vince Gill

Vince Gill, Norman Oklahoma, country singer (When I Call Your Name) was born

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1799-04-05 Artist spotlight

Vincenzo Fioravanti

Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer was born

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1859-04-05 Artist spotlight

Wilhelm Harteveld

Wilhelm Harteveld, composer was born

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1928-04-05 Artist spotlight

Will Gaines

Will Gaines, jazz dancer was born

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1617-04-05 Artist spotlight

Alonso Lobo

Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)

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1921-04-05 Artist spotlight

Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock

Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58

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1992-04-05 Artist spotlight

Anthony "Tony" Papa

Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65

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1981-04-05 Artist spotlight

Bob "Bear" Hite

Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36

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1954-04-05 Artist spotlight

Claude Delvincourt

Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66

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1998-04-05 Artist spotlight

Cozy Powell

Cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947)

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1983-04-05 Artist spotlight

Danny Rapp

Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)

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1935-04-05 Artist spotlight

Emil Mlynarski

Emil Mlynarski, composer, dies at 64

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1908-04-05 Artist spotlight

Gaetano Coronaro

Gaetano Coronaro, composer, dies at 55

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2006-04-05 Artist spotlight

Gene Pitney

Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941)

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1871-04-05 Artist spotlight

Georg Andreas Henkel

Georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66

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1945-04-05 Artist spotlight

Huldreich Georg Fruh

Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41

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1970-04-05 Artist spotlight

Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn

Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78

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1732-04-05 Artist spotlight

Johann Christian Schieferdecker

Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52

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1896-04-05 Artist spotlight

John Rogers Thomas

John Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66

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1963-04-05 Artist spotlight

Julius Harrison

Julius Harrison, composer, dies at 78

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1994-04-05 Artist spotlight

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 in Seattle, Washington

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2002-04-05 Artist spotlight

Layne Staley

Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (b. 1967)

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2007-04-05 Artist spotlight

Mark St. John

Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)(b. 1956)

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1994-04-05 Artist spotlight

Roy Smeck

Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist, dies at 94

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1934-04-05 Artist spotlight

Salvatore Di Giacomo

Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer, dies at 74

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1946-04-05 Artist spotlight

Vincent Millie Youmans

Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47

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1878-04-05 Artist spotlight

Wilhelm Speyer

Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87

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1944-04-05 Artist spotlight

Willy Derby

Willy Derby, [Dieben], singer (Hello Bandoeng), dies

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1874-04-05 Artist spotlight

Johann Strauss II

Johann Strauss Jr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna

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1803-04-05 Artist spotlight

Ludwig V. Beethoven

1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D

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1963-04-05 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

The Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me)

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