This Day in Music

1994-04-12 Artist spotlight

Airi Suzuki

Airi Suzuki, Japanese singer was born

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1956-04-12 Artist spotlight

Alexander Briley

Alexander Briley, vocalist (YMCA-Village People) was born

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1964-04-12 Artist spotlight

Amy Ray

Amy Ray, American musician was born

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1923-04-12 Artist spotlight

Ann Miller

Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Tex, dancer (On the Town) was born

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1962-04-12 Artist spotlight

Art Alexakis

Art Alexakis, American musician was born

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1930-04-12 Artist spotlight

Betty Clooney

Betty Clooney, Maysville Ky, singer (Jack Paar Show) was born

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1931-04-12 Artist spotlight

Billy Vaughn

Billy Vaughn, Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea) was born

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1987-04-12 Artist spotlight

Brendon Urie

Brendon Urie, American musician (Panic at the Disco) was born

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1980-04-12 Artist spotlight

Brian McFadden

Brian McFadden, Irish Singer was born

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1726-04-12 Artist spotlight

Charles Burney

Charles Burney, English music historian (d. 1814) was born

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1942-04-12 Artist spotlight

Daniel Winslow Schmidt

Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer was born

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1950-04-12 Artist spotlight

David Cassidy

David Cassidy, NYC, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family) was born

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1982-04-12 Artist spotlight

Deen

Deen, Bosnian singer was born

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1840-04-12 Artist spotlight

Edmond Audran

Edmond Audran, composer was born

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1827-04-12 Artist spotlight

Edward Mollenhauer

Edward Mollenhauer, composer was born

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1851-04-12 Artist spotlight

Emil Liebling

Emil Liebling, composer was born

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1980-04-12 Artist spotlight

Erik Mongrain

Erik Mongrain, Canadian musician was born

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1716-04-12 Artist spotlight

Felice de' Giardini

Felice de' Giardini, composer was born

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1913-04-12 Artist spotlight

Gabor Jodal

Gabor Jodal, composer was born

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1727-04-12 Artist spotlight

Gaspare Gabellone

Gaspare Gabellone, composer was born

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1769-04-12 Artist spotlight

Giovanni Agostino Perotti

Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer was born

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1692-04-12 Artist spotlight

Giuseppe Tartini

Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria was born

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1978-04-12 Artist spotlight

Guy Berryman

Guy Berryman, British musician was born

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1952-04-12 Artist spotlight

Heatwave

J D Nicholas, English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores) was born

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1888-04-12 Artist spotlight

Heinrich Neuhaus

Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet musician (d. 1964) was born

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1917-04-12 Artist spotlight

Helen Forrest

Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999) was born

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1932-04-12 Artist spotlight

Henri Lazarof

Henri Lazarof, composer was born

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1815-04-12 Artist spotlight

Henry Hugo Pierson

Henry Hugo Pierson, composer was born

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1956-04-12 Artist spotlight

Herbert Grönemeyer

Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer was born

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1912-04-12 Artist spotlight

Herbert Mills

Herbert Mills, singer, (Mills Brothers) was born

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1940-04-12 Artist spotlight

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist (I Thought it Was You) was born

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1985-04-12 Artist spotlight

Hitomi Yoshizawa

Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer was born

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1919-04-12 Artist spotlight

Istvan Anhalt

Istvan Anhalt, composer, (d. 2012) was born

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1951-04-12 Artist spotlight

Jackson Spires

Jackson Spires, rock drummer (Blackfoot) was born

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1788-04-12 Artist spotlight

Johann Erik Nordblom

Johann Erik Nordblom, composer was born

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1944-04-12 Artist spotlight

John Kay

John Kay [Joachim Krauledat], Tilsit, East Prussia, rock vocalist (Steppenwolf) was born

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1892-04-12 Artist spotlight

Johnny Dodds

Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist was born

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1801-04-12 Artist spotlight

Josef Franz Karl Lanner

Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist was born

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1760-04-12 Artist spotlight

Juan Manuel Olivares

Juan Manuel Olivares, composer was born

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1941-04-12 Artist spotlight

Julio B Euson

Julio B Euson, Aruban singer (I Use the Soap) was born

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1944-04-12 Artist spotlight

Karel Kryl

Karel Kryl, folk singer was born

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1931-04-12 Artist spotlight

Leonid Derbenyov

Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (d. 1995) was born

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1898-04-12 Artist spotlight

Lily Pons

Lily Pons, Draguignan France, opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris) (d. 1976) was born

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1931-04-12 Artist spotlight

Martin Boykan

Martin Boykan, composer was born

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1967-04-12 Artist spotlight

Mellow Man Ace

Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong) was born

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1933-04-12 Artist spotlight

Montserrat Caballé

Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano was born

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1970-04-12 Artist spotlight

Nick Hexum

Nick Hexum, American musician was born

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1985-04-12 Artist spotlight

Olga Seryabkina

Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer was born

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1961-04-12 Artist spotlight

Overkill

D D Verni, heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter) was born

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1954-04-12 Artist spotlight

Pat Travers

Pat Travers, Toronto, Ontario, Canadian rock guitarist (Puttin' it Straight) was born

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1626-04-12 Artist spotlight

Paul Hainlein

Paul Hainlein, composer was born

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1722-04-12 Artist spotlight

Pietro Nardini

Pietro Nardini, composer was born

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1946-04-12 Artist spotlight

René Krijnen

René Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques) was born

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1920-04-12 Artist spotlight

Robert Fizdale

Robert Fizdale, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Misia) was born

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1948-04-12 Artist spotlight

Sandra "Lois" Reeves

Sandra "Lois" Reeves, American singer was born

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1972-04-12 Artist spotlight

Sebnem Ferah

Sebnem Ferah, Turkish singer was born

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1924-04-12 Artist spotlight

Sergiu Natra

Sergiu Natra, composer was born

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1932-04-12 Artist spotlight

Tiny Tim

Tiny Tim [ Herbert Khaury], New York, musician, (d. 1996) was born

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1958-04-12 Artist spotlight

Tony James

Tony James, rock bassist (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) was born

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1839-04-12 Artist spotlight

Victorin de Joncieres

Victorin de Joncieres, composer was born

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1958-04-12 Artist spotlight

Will Sergeant

Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon) was born

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1896-04-12 Artist spotlight

Alexander Ritter

Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62

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1760-04-12 Artist spotlight

Baron Ernst Gottlieb

Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64

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1999-04-12 Artist spotlight

Boxcar Willie

Boxcar Willie, American singer (b. 1931)

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1788-04-12 Artist spotlight

Carl Joseph Toeschi

Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56

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1788-04-12 Artist spotlight

Carlo Antonio Campioni

Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67

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1814-04-12 Artist spotlight

Charles Burney

Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)

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1995-04-12 Artist spotlight

Chris Pyne

Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56

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2006-04-12 Artist spotlight

Dr. Rajkumar

Dr. Rajkumar, Kannada language film actor/singer (India)(b. 1929)

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1959-04-12 Artist spotlight

Ernest Willem Mulder

Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60

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1922-04-12 Artist spotlight

Frantisek Ondricek

Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64

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1981-04-12 Artist spotlight

Hans Chemin-Petit

Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78

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1951-04-12 Artist spotlight

Harold Vincent Milligan

Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62

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1981-04-12 Artist spotlight

Hendrik F Andriessen

Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88

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1972-04-12 Artist spotlight

Henri Potiron

Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89

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1909-04-12 Artist spotlight

Hermann Kotzchmar

Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79

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1992-04-12 Artist spotlight

Joe Medwick

Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61

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1797-04-12 Artist spotlight

Josef Antonin Stepan

Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71

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1914-04-12 Artist spotlight

Josef Nesvera

Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71

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1690-04-12 Artist spotlight

Miguel Gomez Camargo

Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71

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1872-04-12 Artist spotlight

Nikolaos Mantzaros

Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)

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1961-04-12 Artist spotlight

Nils-Eric Fougstedt

Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50

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1994-04-12 Artist spotlight

Q T Macon

Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60

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1971-04-12 Artist spotlight

Wynton Kelly

Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931)

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1989-04-12 Artist spotlight

Anita Baker

3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker

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1826-04-12 Artist spotlight

Carl Maria von Weber

Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London

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1966-04-12 Artist spotlight

Jan Berry

Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck

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1992-04-12 Artist spotlight

Lenny Kravitz

Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz

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1961-04-12 Artist spotlight

Ray Charles

3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4

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1963-04-12 Artist spotlight

The Beatles

Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK

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