This Day in Music

1779-03-21 Artist spotlight

Alexis Garaude

Alexis Garaude, composer was born

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1921-03-21 Artist spotlight

Antony Hopkins

Antony Hopkins, composer was born

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1921-03-21 Artist spotlight

Arthur Grumiaux

Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist was born

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1920-03-21 Artist spotlight

Bruno Maderna

Bruno Maderna, composer [or Apr 21] was born

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1708-03-21 Artist spotlight

Caspar Ruetz

Caspar Ruetz, composer was born

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1952-03-21 Artist spotlight

Chris O'Connell

Chris O'Connell, rocker was born

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1980-03-21 Artist spotlight

Deryck Whibley

Deryck Whibley, Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41) was born

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1902-03-21 Artist spotlight

Eddie James "Son" House

Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician (Delta Blues) was born

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1949-03-21 Artist spotlight

Eddie Money

Eddie Money, [Mahoney], Bkln, singer/guitarist (Take Me Home Tonight) was born

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1928-03-21 Artist spotlight

Evelyn Ruth Anderson

Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer was born

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1624-03-21 Artist spotlight

Francois Roberday

Francois Roberday, composer was born

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1820-03-21 Artist spotlight

Frank Mori

Frank Mori, composer was born

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1920-03-21 Artist spotlight

Georg Ots

Georg Ots, Estonian singer (d. 1975) was born

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1642-03-21 Artist spotlight

Georg Schmezer

Georg Schmezer, composer was born

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1960-03-21 Artist spotlight

Guy Chadwick

Guy Chadwick, English singer/songwriter (House of Love) was born

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1943-03-21 Artist spotlight

Hartmut Haenchen

Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor was born

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1944-03-21 Artist spotlight

Henrik Colding-Jorgensen

Henrik Colding-Jorgensen, composer was born

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1527-03-21 Artist spotlight

Hermann Finck

Hermann Finck, composer was born

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1881-03-21 Artist spotlight

Hermann Sandby

Hermann Sandby, composer was born

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1863-03-21 Artist spotlight

Hugo Kaun

Hugo Kaun, composer was born

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1944-03-21 Artist spotlight

Jamary Oliveira

Jamary Oliveira, composer was born

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1836-03-21 Artist spotlight

Jesus Monasterio

Jesus Monasterio, composer was born

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1685-03-21 Artist spotlight

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany, composer (Mattheus-Passion) was born

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1967-03-21 Artist spotlight

Jonas "Joker" Berggren

Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base) was born

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1716-03-21 Artist spotlight

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer was born

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1932-03-21 Artist spotlight

Joseph Silverstein

Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch) was born

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1883-03-21 Artist spotlight

Jules van Nuffel

Jules van Nuffel, composer was born

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1953-03-21 Artist spotlight

KC & the Sunshine Band

Shotgun Johnson [Robert], rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band-Give it Up) was born

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1924-03-21 Artist spotlight

Karl Heinz Fussl

Karl Heinz Fussl, composer was born

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1978-03-21 Artist spotlight

Kevin Federline

Kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist was born

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1990-03-21 Artist spotlight

Mandy Capristo

Mandy Capristo, German Singer (Monrose) was born

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1920-03-21 Artist spotlight

Manolis Chiotis

Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (d. 1970) was born

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1936-03-21 Artist spotlight

Marek Stachowski

Marek Stachowski, composer was born

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1908-03-21 Artist spotlight

Maurice Stans

Maurice Stans, rocker was born

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1839-03-21 Artist spotlight

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Karevo, Russian composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS] was born

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1923-03-21 Artist spotlight

Mort Lindsey

Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orchestra leader (Merv Griffin Show) was born

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1904-03-21 Artist spotlight

Nikolaos Skalkottas

Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer was born

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1959-03-21 Artist spotlight

Nobuo Uematsu

Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer was born

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1900-03-21 Artist spotlight

Paul Klecki/Kletzki

Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor was born

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1914-03-21 Artist spotlight

Paul Tortelier

Paul Tortelier, composer was born

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1950-03-21 Artist spotlight

Peter Banks

Peter Banks, rocker (Yes), (d. 2013) was born

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1946-03-21 Artist spotlight

Ray Dorset

Ray Dorset, rocker (Cold Blue Excursion) was born

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1960-03-21 Artist spotlight

Robert Sweet

Robert Sweet, American drummer was born

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1950-03-21 Artist spotlight

Roger Hodgson

Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again) was born

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1945-03-21 Artist spotlight

Rosemary Stone

Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People) was born

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1951-03-21 Artist spotlight

Russell Thompkins Jr

Russell Thompkins Jr, US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing) was born

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1959-03-21 Artist spotlight

Sarah Jane Morris

Sarah Jane Morris, English Singer was born

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1963-03-21 Artist spotlight

Sharon June Howe Pederson

Sharon June Howe Pederson, Glencoe Mn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up) was born

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1940-03-21 Artist spotlight

Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke, American singer was born

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1878-03-21 Artist spotlight

Thurlow Weed Lieurance

Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer was born

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1945-03-21 Artist spotlight

Vernon Guy

Vernon Guy, US gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees) was born

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1943-03-21 Artist spotlight

Vivian Stanshall

Vivian Stanshall, songwriter/comic was born

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1895-03-21 Artist spotlight

Zlatko Baloković

Zlatko Baloković, Croatian violinist (d. 1955) was born

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1936-03-21 Artist spotlight

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70

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1801-03-21 Artist spotlight

Andrea Lucchesi

Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59

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1973-03-21 Artist spotlight

Antoni Szalowski

Antoni Szalowski, composer, dies at 65

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1975-03-21 Artist spotlight

Berend Giltay

Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64

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2005-03-21 Artist spotlight

Bobby Short

Bobby Short, American singer (b. 1924)

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1939-03-21 Artist spotlight

Evald Aav

Evald Aav, composer, dies at 39

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1934-03-21 Artist spotlight

Franz Schreker

Franz Schreker, Austrian composer, dies after suffering from a stroke at 55

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1980-03-21 Artist spotlight

Gideon Fagan

Gideon Fagan, composer, dies at 75

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1734-03-21 Artist spotlight

Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus

Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48

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1954-03-21 Artist spotlight

Harry Lawrence Freeman

Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84

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1894-03-21 Artist spotlight

Jacob Rosenhaim

Jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80

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1793-03-21 Artist spotlight

Johann Michael Schmidt

Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51

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1654-03-21 Artist spotlight

Johann Neukrantz

Johann Neukrantz, composer, dies at 51

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2011-03-21 Artist spotlight

Loleatta Holloway

Loleatta Holloway, American singer (b. 1946)

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2004-03-21 Artist spotlight

Ludmilla Tchérina

Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress (b. 1924)

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1970-03-21 Artist spotlight

Manolis Chiotis

Manolis Chiotis, Greek songwriter and musician (b. 1920)

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1992-03-21 Artist spotlight

Natalie Sleeth

Natalie Sleeth, American composer (b. 1930)

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2011-03-21 Artist spotlight

Pinetop Perkins

Pinetop Perkins, Member of the Blues Hall of Fame (b. 1913)

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1987-03-21 Artist spotlight

Robert Preston

Robert Preston, actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68

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1985-03-21 Artist spotlight

Salvador Ley

Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78

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2010-03-21 Artist spotlight

Wolfgang Wagner

Wolfgang Wagner, German opera director (b. 1919)

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1963-03-21 Artist spotlight

Douglas Cross

David Hendon & Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London

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1968-03-21 Artist spotlight

John Hawkins

Hill, Hawkins & Coghill's musical premieres in London

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1826-03-21 Artist spotlight

Ludwig V. Beethoven

Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna

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1988-03-21 Artist spotlight

Randy Travis

23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr

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1964-03-21 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks

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