This Day in Music

1940-03-12 Artist spotlight

Al Jarreau

Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting) was born

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1928-03-12 Artist spotlight

Aldemaro Romero

Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (d. 2007) was born

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1793-03-12 Artist spotlight

Augustin-Philippe Peellaert

Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer was born

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1949-03-12 Artist spotlight

Bill Payne

Bill Payne, Waco TX, rock keyboardist (Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero) was born

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1942-03-12 Artist spotlight

Brian O'Hara

Brian O'Hara, rocker was born

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1768-03-12 Artist spotlight

Carolus Antonius Fodor

Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer was born

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1515-03-12 Artist spotlight

Caspar Othmayr

Caspar Othmayr, composer was born

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1978-03-12 Artist spotlight

Claudio Sanchez

Claudio Sanchez, American musician (Coheed and Cambria) was born

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1848-03-12 Artist spotlight

Cyrill Kistler

Cyrill Kistler, composer was born

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1948-03-12 Artist spotlight

Dana Walden

Dana Walden, rock keyboardist (Champaign) was born

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1986-03-12 Artist spotlight

Danny Jones

Danny Jones, English singer (McFly) was born

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1938-03-12 Artist spotlight

Dimitri Terzakis

Dimitri Terzakis, composer was born

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1874-03-12 Artist spotlight

Edmund Eysler

Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer was born

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1937-03-12 Artist spotlight

Elizabeth Vaughan

Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria) was born

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1837-03-12 Artist spotlight

Felix Alexandre Guilmant

Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer was born

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1925-03-12 Artist spotlight

Georges Delerue

Georges Delerue, composer was born

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1921-03-12 Artist spotlight

Gordon MacRae

Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel) was born

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1969-03-12 Artist spotlight

Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon, singer (Blur) was born

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1888-03-12 Artist spotlight

Hall Johnson

Hall Johnson, composer was born

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1945-03-12 Artist spotlight

Hans van Emden

Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist (Les Baroques) was born

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1935-03-12 Artist spotlight

Helga Pilarczyk

Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu) was born

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1975-03-12 Artist spotlight

Herman Li

Herman Li, Cantonese guitarist was born

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1951-03-12 Artist spotlight

Jack Green

Jack Green, rocker was born

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1948-03-12 Artist spotlight

James Taylor

James Taylor, Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof) was born

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1914-03-12 Artist spotlight

Jan Kapr

Jan Kapr, composer was born

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1896-03-12 Artist spotlight

Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller

Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great was born

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1855-03-12 Artist spotlight

John White

John White, composer was born

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1859-03-12 Artist spotlight

Josef Cyril Sychra

Josef Cyril Sychra, composer was born

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1878-03-12 Artist spotlight

Joseph Gustav Mraczek

Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer was born

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1883-03-12 Artist spotlight

Judge Jackson

Judge Jackson, composer was born

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1875-03-12 Artist spotlight

Julio Garreta

Julio Garreta, composer was born

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1975-03-12 Artist spotlight

Kelle Bryan

Kelle Bryan, English singer was born

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1960-03-12 Artist spotlight

Kipp Lennon

Kipp Lennon, American singer was born

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1953-03-12 Artist spotlight

Labamba

Labamba, [Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes) was born

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1948-03-12 Artist spotlight

Les Holroyd

Les Holroyd, Oldham England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest) was born

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1938-03-12 Artist spotlight

Lew De Witt

Lew De Witt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall) was born

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1946-03-12 Artist spotlight

Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli, Hollywood CA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret) was born

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1965-03-12 Artist spotlight

Liza Umarova

Liza Umarova, Chechen torch singer was born

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1940-03-12 Artist spotlight

M.A. Numminen

M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer was born

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1960-03-12 Artist spotlight

Maki Nomiya

Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five) was born

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1957-03-12 Artist spotlight

Marlon D Jackson

Marlon D Jackson, Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow) was born

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1949-03-12 Artist spotlight

Mike Gibbons

Mike Gibbons, Swansea Wales, rock drummer (Badfinger) was born

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1960-03-12 Artist spotlight

Minoru Niihara

Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer was born

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1927-03-12 Artist spotlight

Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich, Baku Russia, cellist (Cello Concerto) [3/22 NS] was born

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1952-03-12 Artist spotlight

Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet, songwriter, and novelist was born

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1923-03-12 Artist spotlight

Norbert Brainin

Norbert Brainin, violinist was born

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1607-03-12 Artist spotlight

Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born

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1912-03-12 Artist spotlight

Paul Weston

Paul Weston, Springfield Mass, orchestra leader (Jim Nabors Hour) was born

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1979-03-12 Artist spotlight

Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty, English musician was born

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1928-03-12 Artist spotlight

Phil Jones

Phil Jones, principal (Trinity College of Music) was born

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1921-03-12 Artist spotlight

Ralph Shapey

Ralph Shapey, Phila, composer (Fantasy, Rituals) was born

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1826-03-12 Artist spotlight

Robert Lowry

Robert Lowry, composer was born

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1926-03-12 Artist spotlight

Rolv Berger Yttrehus

Rolv Berger Yttrehus, composer was born

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1970-03-12 Artist spotlight

Roy Khan

Roy Khan, Norwegian singer (Kamelot) was born

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1860-03-12 Artist spotlight

Salvatore Di Giacomo

Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer was born

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1984-03-12 Artist spotlight

Shareefa [Faradah Cooper]

Shareefa [Faradah Cooper], Newark New Jersey, American R & B singer was born

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1984-03-12 Artist spotlight

Shreya Ghoshal

Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer was born

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1976-03-12 Artist spotlight

Simon Young

Simon Young, English music journalist was born

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1930-03-12 Artist spotlight

Stanko Horvat

Stanko Horvat, composer was born

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1957-03-12 Artist spotlight

Steve Harris

Steve Harris, London, hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss) was born

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1710-03-12 Artist spotlight

Thomas Augustine Arne

Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia) was born

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1922-03-12 Artist spotlight

Thomas Hugh Eastwood

Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer was born

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1938-03-12 Artist spotlight

Tona Scherchen-Hsiao

Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, composer was born

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1890-03-12 Artist spotlight

Vaslav Nijinsky

Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka) [OS=Feb 28] was born

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1900-03-12 Artist spotlight

Zoltan Vasarhelyi

Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer was born

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1941-03-12 Artist spotlight

Charles Sanford Skilton

Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72

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1937-03-12 Artist spotlight

Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor

Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93

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1955-03-12 Artist spotlight

Charlie "Bird" Parker

Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC

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1877-03-12 Artist spotlight

Crystobal Oudrid y Segura

Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52

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1832-03-12 Artist spotlight

Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau

Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45

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1942-03-12 Artist spotlight

Enrique Morera

Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76

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1973-03-12 Artist spotlight

Esther Williamson Ballou

Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57

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1985-03-12 Artist spotlight

Eugene Ormandy [Blau]

Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85

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1840-03-12 Artist spotlight

Friedrich Westenholz

Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61

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1824-03-12 Artist spotlight

Heinrich Carl Ebell

Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48

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1937-03-12 Artist spotlight

Jeno Hubay

Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78

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1831-03-12 Artist spotlight

Johann Franz Volkert

Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64

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1628-03-12 Artist spotlight

John Bull

John Bull, English organist/composer, dies

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1913-03-12 Artist spotlight

Joseph Bayer

Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61

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1852-03-12 Artist spotlight

Juan Bros y Bertomel

Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75

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1998-03-12 Artist spotlight

Judge Dread

Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)

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1993-03-12 Artist spotlight

June Valli

June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62

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2012-03-12 Artist spotlight

Mike Hossack

Mike Hossack, American rock drummer, dies from cancer at 65

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2005-03-12 Artist spotlight

Stavros Koujioumtzis

Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (b. 1932)

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1978-03-12 Artist spotlight

Tolchard Evans

Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies

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1999-03-12 Artist spotlight

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (b. 1916)

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1857-03-12 Artist spotlight

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice

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1964-03-12 Artist spotlight

Henry Mancini

6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Striesand wins 2

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1832-03-12 Artist spotlight

Herman Lovenskiold

The ballet La Sylphide first premieres at the Opéra de Paris.

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1998-03-12 Artist spotlight

Richard Rodgers

"Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC

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1969-03-12 Artist spotlight

Simon & Garfunkel

11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins

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1981-03-12 Artist spotlight

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in NYC

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1963-03-12 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

The Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold

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1897-03-12 Artist spotlight

Vincent d'Indy

Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel

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