1952-04-19
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Adny Shernoff
Adny Shernoff, rocker was born
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1942-04-19
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Alan Price
Alan Price, England, rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) was born
1785-04-19
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Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely
Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer was born
1928-04-19
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Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner, Paris, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him) was born
1957-04-19
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Belinda Lipscomb
Belinda Lipscomb, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking) was born
1944-04-19
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Bernard Worrell
Bernard Worrell, US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop) was born
1957-04-19
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Bo[as] Watson
Bo[as] Watson, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking) was born
1936-04-19
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Csaba Szabo
Csaba Szabo, composer was born
1967-04-19
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Dar Williams
Dar Williams, American musician and songwriter was born
1934-04-19
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Dickie Goodman
Dickie Goodman, parody singer (Flying Saucer) was born
1927-04-19
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Don Barbour
Don Barbour, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen) was born
1915-04-19
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Dorian Le Gallienne
Dorian Le Gallienne, composer was born
1863-04-19
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Felix Blumenfeld
Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born
1989-04-19
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Fiona MacGillivray
Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian vocalist (The Cottars) was born
1911-04-19
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Francesco Maria Saraceni
Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer was born
1798-04-19
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Franz Joseph Glaser
Franz Joseph Glaser, composer was born
1940-04-19
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Genya Ravan
Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive) was born
1700-04-19
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Georg Abraham Schneider
Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born
1892-04-19
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Germaine Tailleferre
Germaine Tailleferre, [Les Six], Pau-St-Maur France, composer was born
1907-04-19
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Gino Contilli
Gino Contilli, composer was born
1771-04-19
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Giuseppe Cartufo
Giuseppe Cartufo, composer was born
1715-04-19
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James Nares
James Nares, composer was born
1934-04-19
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Jan Helge Guttorm Bark
Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer was born
1917-04-19
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Johnny Hoes
Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer (Wished I'd stayed with my Mom) was born
1938-04-19
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Jonathan Tunick
Jonathan Tunick, composer was born
1970-04-19
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Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz Mexico, spanish singer was born
1944-04-19
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Mark "Flo" Volman
Mark "Flo" Volman, rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK) was born
1868-04-19
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Max Von Schillings
Max Von Schillings, German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag) was born
1943-04-19
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Mike Kelly
Mike Kelly, rocker (Duprees) was born
1947-04-19
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Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia, NYC, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988) was born
1965-04-19
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Natalie Dessay
Natalie Dessay, French soprano was born
1605-04-19
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Orazio Benevoli
Orazio Benevoli, composer was born
1968-04-19
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Pascal Kleiman
Pascal Kleiman, Spanish DJ, producer, musician was born
1941-04-19
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Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer was born
1953-04-19
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Rod Morgenstein
Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger) was born
1957-04-19
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Rod Morgenstern
Rod Morgenstern, rocker (Winger) was born
1936-04-19
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Ruby Johnson
Ruby Johnson, US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away) was born
1976-04-19
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Ruud Jolie
Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation) was born
1660-04-19
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Sebastian Duron
Sebastian Duron, composer was born
1858-04-19
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Siegfried Ochs
Siegfried Ochs, composer was born
1905-04-19
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Tommy Benford
Tommy Benford, jazz drummer was born
1966-04-19
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Véronique Gens
Véronique Gens, French soprano was born
1921-04-19
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Will Ogdon
Will Ogdon, composer was born
1888-04-19
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William L Axt
William L Axt, composer was born
1870-04-19
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Camille Marie Stamaty
Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59
1986-04-19
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Dag Ivar Wiren
Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80
1997-04-19
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El Duce
El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (b. 1958)
1981-04-19
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Ernst Levy
Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85
1770-04-19
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Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard
Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74
1773-04-19
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Florian Johann Deller
Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43
1943-04-19
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Gustave Doret
Gustave Doret, composer, dies at 76
1772-04-19
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Johann Peter Kellner
Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66
1941-04-19
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Johanna Muller-Hermann
Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63
2010-04-19
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Keith "Guru" Elam
Keith "Guru" Elam, American rapper (b. 1966)
1994-04-19
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Larry Davis
Larry Davis, blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57
2000-04-19
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Louis Applebaum
Louis Applebaum, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1918)
2005-04-19
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (b. 1946)
1799-04-19
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Pieter Hellendaal
Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78
1992-04-19
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Robert F Clayton
Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1992-04-19
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Robert Paul Haynes
Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1876-04-19
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Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65
1629-04-19
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Sigismondo d'India
Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer
1923-04-19
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Thomas Paine Westendorf
Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75
1950-04-19
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Tyrwhitt-Wilson
Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66
1870-04-19
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William Henry Havergal
William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77
1645-04-19
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William Smith
William Smith, composer, dies at 42
1932-04-19
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Wladyslaw Rzepko
Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer, dies at 77
1919-04-19
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Andre Messager
Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London)
1774-04-19
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Wilibald Gluck's opera "Iphigenia in Aulis" premieres in Paris
1894-04-19
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Jules Massenet
Jules Massenet's opera "Werther," premieres in NYC
2012-04-19
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Levon Helm
Levon Helm, American rock musician, dies from throat cancer at 71
1945-04-19
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Richard Rodgers
Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
1877-04-19
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Robert Planquette
Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)
1964-04-19
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Roger Sessions
Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma" premieres in West-Berlin
1967-04-19
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The Beatles
Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)
1981-04-19
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William Finn
William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in NYC
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