On This Day in Music: April 10

1926-04-10 Birth

"Alvin" Junior Samples

"Alvin" Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw) was born

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1910-04-10 Birth

Abu-Bakr Khairat

Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer was born

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1973-04-10 Birth

Aidan Moffat

Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician was born

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1991-04-10 Birth

Amanda Michalka

Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer was born

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1946-04-10 Birth

Armand

Armand, [Herman van Loenhout], singer (Blommenkinders) was born

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1808-04-10 Birth

Auguste Franchomme

Auguste Franchomme, composer was born

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1959-04-10 Birth

Brian Setzer

Brian Setzer, Massapequa Park NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Stray Cats) was born

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1980-04-10 Birth

Bryce Soderberg

Bryce Soderberg, American musician was born

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1947-04-10 Birth

Bunny Wailer

Bunny Wailer, Kingston, Jamaica, vocalist/percussionist (The Wailers with Bob Marley) was born

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1847-04-10 Birth

Charles Swinnerton Heap

Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer was born

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1975-04-10 Birth

Chris Carrabba

Chris Carrabba, American singer was born

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1944-04-10 Birth

Danny Woods

Danny Woods, US musician (CEO of the Board) was born

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1929-04-10 Birth

Dusan Radic

Dusan Radic, composer was born

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1950-04-10 Birth

Eddie Hazel

Eddie Hazel, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You) was born

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1864-04-10 Birth

Eugene D'albert

Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem) was born

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1964-04-10 Birth

Felicia Collins

Felicia Collins, Albany NY, guitarist (David Letterman) was born

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1737-04-10 Birth

Francois Giroust

Francois Giroust, composer was born

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1949-04-10 Birth

Frank de Leeuw

Frank de Leeuw, Dutch rock guitarist (Bob Color) was born

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1906-04-10 Birth

Fud Livingston

Fud Livingston, composer was born

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1987-04-10 Birth

Hayley Westenra

Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano was born

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1887-04-10 Birth

Heinz Tiessen

Heinz Tiessen, composer was born

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1926-04-10 Birth

Jacques Casterede

Jacques Casterede, composer was born

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1935-04-10 Birth

Jorge Mester

Jorge Mester, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Louisville Orch 1967-79) was born

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1947-04-10 Birth

Karl Russell

Karl Russell, rocker was born

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1960-04-10 Birth

Katrina Leskanich

Katrina Leskanich, American musician was born

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1970-04-10 Birth

Kenny Lattimore

Kenny Lattimore, American singer was born

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1955-04-10 Birth

Lesley Garrett

Lesley Garrett, British soprano was born

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1981-04-10 Birth

Liz McClarnon

Liz McClarnon, British singer was born

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1984-04-10 Birth

Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore, American singer/actor was born

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1912-04-10 Birth

Martin Denny

Martin Denny, rocker/actor (Forbidden Island) was born

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1970-04-10 Birth

Matt Barlow

Matt Barlow, American musician was born

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1970-04-10 Birth

Mike Mushok

Mike Mushok, American musician was born

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1932-04-10 Birth

Nathaniel Nelson

Nathaniel Nelson, rocker (Flamingos) was born

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1903-04-10 Birth

Nick Stuart

Nick Stuart, Romania, bandleader was born

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1933-04-10 Birth

Philip Corner

Philip Corner, composer was born

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1970-04-10 Birth

Q-Tip

Q-Tip, American musician was born

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1936-04-10 Birth

Robert "Bobby" Smith

Robert "Bobby" Smith, US singer (Spinners), (d. 2013) was born

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1933-04-10 Birth

Rokusuke Ei

Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author was born

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1921-04-10 Birth

Sheb Wooley

Sheb Wooley, Erick Oklahoma, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw) was born

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1979-04-10 Birth

Shemekia Copeland

Shemekia Copeland, American singer was born

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1979-04-10 Birth

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer was born

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1957-04-10 Birth

Steve Gustafson

Steve Gustafson, American musician was born

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1953-04-10 Birth

Terre Roche

Terre Roche, rocker (Roches) was born

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1964-04-10 Birth

The Stone Roses

Alan "Reni" Wren, English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools Gold) was born

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1965-04-10 Birth

Tim Alexander

Tim Alexander, Cherry Point, North Carolina, American funk metal drummer (Primus-Prok soda) was born

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1892-04-10 Birth

Victor de Sabata

Victor de Sabata, Trieste Italy, conductor/composer (Il Macigno) was born

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1963-04-10 Birth

Warren DeMartini

Warren DeMartini, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt) was born

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1633-04-10 Birth

Werner Fabricius

Werner Fabricius, composer was born

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1958-04-10 Birth

Yefim Bronfman

Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist was born

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1934-04-10 Birth

Zsolt Durko

Zsolt Durko, composer was born

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1640-04-10 Death

Agostino Agazzari

Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61

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1937-04-10 Death

Algernon Ashton

Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77

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1960-04-10 Death

Arthur Benjamin

Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66

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1956-04-10 Death

Bozidar Sirola

Bozidar Sirola, composer, dies at 66

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1958-04-10 Death

Chuck Willis

Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30

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1545-04-10 Death

Costanzo Festa

Costanzo Festa, Italian composer

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2007-04-10 Death

Dakota Staton

Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)

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1756-04-10 Death

Giacomo Antonio Perti

Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94

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1994-04-10 Death

James L Lyons

James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77

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1938-04-10 Death

Joe "King" Oliver

Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)

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1995-04-10 Death

Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards

Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards, singer/actor (Colo Ranger), dies at 44

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1956-04-10 Death

Jozef Szulc

Jozef Szulc, composer, dies at 81

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1810-04-10 Death

Konrad Back

Konrad Back, composer, dies at 60

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1986-04-10 Death

Linda Creed

Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)

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2003-04-10 Death

Little Eva

Little Eva (stage name for Eva Boyd) American pop singer (Locomotion)

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1731-04-10 Death

Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich

Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer, dies at 58

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1911-04-10 Death

Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis

Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer, dies at 35

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1984-04-10 Death

Nate Nelson

Nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday

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1979-04-10 Death

Nino Rota

Nino Rota, Italian composer (Torquemada), dies at 67

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2005-04-10 Death

Norbert Brainin

Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)

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1955-04-10 Death

Oskar Frederik Lindberg

Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68

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1962-04-10 Death

Stuart Sutcliffe

Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21

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1989-04-10 Event

Hank Williams, Jr.

24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, Alabama

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1970-04-10 Event

The Beatles

Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles

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