1849-05-27
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"Blind" Tom Bethune
"Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer was born
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1975-05-27
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André 3000
André 3000, American musician (OutKast) was born
1884-05-27
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Bax Brod
Bax Brod, composer was born
1738-05-27
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Bonaventura Furlanetto
Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer was born
1945-05-27
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Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn, Ottawa Canada, folk rock vocalist (Waterwalker) was born
1902-05-27
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Celius Dougherty
Celius Dougherty, composer was born
1806-05-27
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Charles-Joseph Tolbecque
Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer was born
1943-05-27
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Cilla Black
Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist (You're My World) was born
1891-05-27
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Claude Adonai Champagne
Claude Adonai Champagne, composer was born
1939-05-27
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Don Williams
Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer (I Believe in You) was born
1929-05-27
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Donald Howard Keats
Donald Howard Keats, composer was born
1930-05-27
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Eino Tamberg
Eino Tamberg, composer was born
1935-05-27
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Elias Gistelinck
Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer was born
1907-05-27
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Felix de Nobel
Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader was born
1908-05-27
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Harold Rome
Harold Rome, composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles) was born
1822-05-27
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Henry Wylde
Henry Wylde, composer was born
1914-05-27
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Hugh Le Caine
Hugh Le Caine, composer was born
1909-05-27
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Isador Goodman
Isador Goodman, composer was born
1972-05-27
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Ivete Sangalo
Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer was born
1799-05-27
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Jacques-Francois-Fromental-Elle Halevy
Jacques-Francois-Fromental-Elle Halevy, [Elie Levy], composer was born
1975-05-27
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Jadakiss
Jadakiss, American rapper (The Lox) was born
1932-05-27
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Jeffrey Bernard
Jeffrey Bernard, singer was born
1939-05-27
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Jerry Mercer
Jerry Mercer, rock drummer (April Wine Montreal Montreal) was born
1822-05-27
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Josef Joachim Raff
Josef Joachim Raff, composer was born
1931-05-27
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Kenny Price
Kenny Price, Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw) was born
1947-05-27
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Liana Alexandra
Liana Alexandra, composer was born
1971-05-27
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Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. 2002) was born
1888-05-27
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Louis Durey
Louis Durey, composer was born
1879-05-27
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Lucile Watson
Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance) was born
1895-05-27
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Marij Kogoj
Marij Kogoj, composer was born
1915-05-27
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Mario del Monaco
Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini) was born
1958-05-27
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Neil Finn
Neil Finn, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House) was born
1946-05-27
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish musician (d. 2005) was born
1948-05-27
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Pete Sears
Pete Sears, bassist (Jefferson Starship) was born
1942-05-27
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Priscilla Anne McLean
Priscilla Anne McLean, composer was born
1935-05-27
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Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy) was born
1921-05-27
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Redd Stewart
Redd Stewart, Ashland City Tn, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show) was born
1940-05-27
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Rene Koering
Rene Koering, composer was born
1966-05-27
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Sean Kinney
Sean Kinney, US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young) was born
1928-05-27
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Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scots) was born
1931-05-27
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Veroslav Neumann
Veroslav Neumann, composer was born
1932-05-27
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[Herman] Junior Parker
[Herman] Junior Parker, Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train) was born
1981-05-27
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Özgür Çevik
Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor was born
1996-05-27
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Albert "Pud" Brown
Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79
1983-05-27
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Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk
Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67
1995-05-27
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C W Stubblefield
C W Stubblefield, music promoter, dies at 64
1878-05-27
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Carlo Marsili
Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49
2011-05-27
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Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron, American poet, musician and author (b. 1949)
1690-05-27
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Giovanni Legrenzi
Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63
1992-05-27
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Glen White
Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42
2007-05-27
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Izumi Sakai
Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
1708-05-27
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Jacques Danican Philidor
Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51
1652-05-27
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Jacques Huyn
Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39
1991-05-27
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Leopold Nowak
Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904)
1968-05-27
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Little Willie John
Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30
2003-05-27
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Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. 1925)
1988-05-27
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Melvin J "Cy" Oliver
Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
1840-05-27
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Niccolo Paganini
Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57
1638-05-27
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Nicolas Forme
Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71
1994-05-27
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Red Rodney
Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66
1995-05-27
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Ulyses Simpson Kay
Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer, dies at 78
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