On This Day in Music: June 5

1879-06-05 Birth

Adolf Wiklund

Adolf Wiklund, composer was born

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1919-06-05 Birth

Akeo Watanabe

Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68) was born

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1798-06-05 Birth

Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov

Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer was born

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1909-06-05 Birth

Alfred Uhl

Alfred Uhl, composer was born

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1863-06-05 Birth

Arthur Somervell

Arthur Somervell, composer was born

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1895-06-05 Birth

August Baeyens

August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus) was born

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1943-06-05 Birth

Bill Hopkins

Bill Hopkins, composer was born

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1918-06-05 Birth

Branimir Sakac

Branimir Sakac, composer was born

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1969-06-05 Birth

Brian McKnight

Brian McKnight, American musician was born

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1952-06-05 Birth

Carole Fredericks

Carole Fredericks, American singer (d. 2001) was born

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1977-06-05 Birth

Chantal Lefebvre

Chantal Lefebvre, Ville LaSalle Que, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd) was born

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1942-06-05 Birth

Charles Dodge

Charles Dodge, composer was born

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1977-06-05 Birth

Christian Martucci

Christian Martucci, American musician was born

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1944-06-05 Birth

Colm Wilkinson

Colm Wilkinson, Irish singer was born

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1686-06-05 Birth

Cristoph Raupach

Cristoph Raupach, composer was born

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1984-06-05 Birth

Cécilia Cara

Cécilia Cara, French singer and actress was born

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1973-06-05 Birth

Daniel Gildenlöw

Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish musician and songwriter was born

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1952-06-05 Birth

Daniel Katzen

Daniel Katzen, American classical musician was born

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1923-06-05 Birth

Daniel Rogers Pinkham

Daniel Rogers Pinkham, Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac) was born

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1979-06-05 Birth

David Bisbal

David Bisbal, Spanish singer was born

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1945-06-05 Birth

Don Reid

Don Reid, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall) was born

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1925-06-05 Birth

Dorothy Claire

Dorothy Claire, LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney) was born

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1941-06-05 Birth

Floyd Butler

Floyd Butler, rocker was born

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1948-06-05 Birth

Frank Estersmith

Frank Estersmith, Australia, rocker (Air Supply) was born

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1946-06-05 Birth

Fred Stone

Fred Stone, rock guitarist (Sly & Family Stone-Stand) was born

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1913-06-05 Birth

Friedrich Wildgans

Friedrich Wildgans, composer was born

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1946-06-05 Birth

Fuzzy Fuscaldo

Fuzzy Fuscaldo, rocker (Capt Beefheart) was born

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1826-06-05 Birth

Ivar Christian Hallstrom

Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer was born

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1964-06-05 Birth

Karl Sanders

Karl Sanders, American musician (Nile) was born

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1956-06-05 Birth

Kenny G

Kenny G, saxophonist (Duotones) was born

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1920-06-05 Birth

Kurt Edelhagen

Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist (Klimbim) was born

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1964-06-05 Birth

Mags

Mags, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue) was born

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1971-06-05 Birth

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg, Boston, Massachusetts, rap singer (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch) and actor (Boogie Nights, The Departed) was born

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1941-06-05 Birth

Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949) was born

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1954-06-05 Birth

Michael "Nicko" McBain

Michael "Nicko" McBain, Eng hard rock drummer (Iron Maiden-Powerslave) was born

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1946-06-05 Birth

Michael Monarch

Michael Monarch, rocker (Steppenwolf) was born

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1959-06-05 Birth

Michael Winans

Michael Winans, gospel singer (Winans) was born

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1940-06-05 Birth

Moira Anderson

Moira Anderson, Scotland, singer (Loch Lomond) was born

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1665-06-05 Birth

Nicolas Bernier

Nicolas Bernier, composer was born

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1930-06-05 Birth

Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov

Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov, composer was born

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1977-06-05 Birth

Nourhanne

Nourhanne, Lebanese singer was born

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1972-06-05 Birth

Pavel Kotla

Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor was born

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1979-06-05 Birth

Pete Wentz

Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy) was born

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1954-06-05 Birth

Peter Erskine

Peter Erskine, jazz drummer (Weather Report) was born

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1935-06-05 Birth

Peter Schat

Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion) was born

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1813-06-05 Birth

Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton

Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer was born

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1884-06-05 Birth

Ralph Benatzky

Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957) was born

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1956-06-05 Birth

Richard Butler

Richard Butler, English singer (Psychedelic Furs) was born

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1950-06-05 Birth

Ronnie Dyson

Ronnie Dyson, US, singer (Hair, All over your face) was born

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1914-06-05 Birth

Rose Hill

Rose Hill, singer/actress (Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark) was born

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1965-06-05 Birth

Sandrine Piau

Sandrine Piau, French soprano was born

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1981-06-05 Birth

Sebastien Lefebvre

Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) was born

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1937-06-05 Birth

Stanley Lunetta

Stanley Lunetta, composer was born

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1961-06-05 Birth

Teri Nunn

Teri Nunn, California, rock vocalist (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away) was born

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1759-06-05 Birth

Theodor Zwetler

Theodor Zwetler, composer was born

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1947-06-05 Birth

Tom Evans

Tom Evans, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Badfinger) was born

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1876-06-05 Birth

Tony Jackson

Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920) was born

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1995-06-05 Birth

Troye Mellet

Troye Mellet, Australian Actor And Singer was born

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1977-06-05 Death

"Sleepy" John Estes

"Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74

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1868-06-05 Death

Anselm Huttenbrenner

Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73

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1995-06-05 Death

Bettina Vernon-Warren

Bettina Vernon-Warren, dancer, dies at 75

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1826-06-05 Death

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39

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2002-06-05 Death

Dee Dee Ramone

Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (b. 1952)

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1816-06-05 Death

Giovanni Paisiello

Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76

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1785-06-05 Death

Gottfried August Homilius

Gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71

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1894-06-05 Death

Immanuel Faisst

Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70

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2004-06-05 Death

Iona Brown

Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (b. 1941)

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2009-06-05 Death

Jeff Hanson

Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1978)

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1722-06-05 Death

Johann Kuhnau

Johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62

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1885-06-05 Death

Julius Benedict

Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80

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1908-06-05 Death

Luca Fumagalli

Luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71

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2003-06-05 Death

Manuel Rosenthal

Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)

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1999-06-05 Death

Mel Tormé

Mel Tormé, American singer ("The Velvet Fog"), composer, and actor (b. 1925)

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1625-06-05 Death

Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41

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1927-06-05 Death

Paul Lacombe

Paul Lacombe, composer, dies at 89

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1944-06-05 Death

Riccardo Zandonai

Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61

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1861-06-05 Death

Tomas Genoves y Lapetra

Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer, dies at 55

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1852-06-05 Death

Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki

Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45

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1995-06-05 Event

Alan Jackson

29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Reba McEntire

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1945-06-05 Event

Benjamin Britten

Opera "Peter Grimes" of Benjamin Britten, premieres in London

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2013-06-05 Event

Blake Shelton

47th Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins

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1989-06-05 Event

Randy Travis

23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Randy Travis

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