On This Day in Music: April 14

1984-04-14 Birth

Adán Sánchez

Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (d. 2004) was born

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1975-04-14 Birth

Avner Dorman

Avner Dorman, Israeli composer was born

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1967-04-14 Birth

Barret Martin

Barret Martin, rocker (Screaming Trees) was born

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1967-04-14 Birth

Barrett Martin

Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer was born

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1912-04-14 Birth

Belinda Quirey

Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher was born

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1925-04-14 Birth

Bill Harris

Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin') was born

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1960-04-14 Birth

Brian Forster

Brian Forster, rocker (Partridge Family Drums) was born

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1933-04-14 Birth

Buddy Knox

Buddy Knox, Happy Tx, rock vocalist (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey) was born

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1782-04-14 Birth

Carlo Coccia

Carlo Coccia, composer was born

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1819-04-14 Birth

Charles Halle

Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder (Halle Orch) was born

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1976-04-14 Birth

Christian Älvestam

Christian Älvestam, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry) was born

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1922-04-14 Birth

David Alexandrovich Toradze

David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer was born

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1916-04-14 Birth

Denis ApIvor

Denis ApIvor, composer was born

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1945-04-14 Birth

Derek Leckenby

Derek Leckenby, rocker/actor (Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter) was born

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1857-04-14 Birth

Edgar Stillman Kelley

Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver) was born

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1920-04-14 Birth

Eduardo Maturana

Eduardo Maturana, composer was born

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1718-04-14 Birth

Emanuele Barbella

Emanuele Barbella, composer was born

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1916-04-14 Birth

Emerson Buckley

Emerson Buckley, composer was born

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1970-04-14 Birth

Emre AltuÄŸ

Emre AltuÄŸ, Turkish singer was born

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1676-04-14 Birth

Ernst Chreistian Hesse

Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer was born

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1913-04-14 Birth

Everhard van Royen

Everhard van Royen, Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica) was born

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1843-04-14 Birth

Gustave Leon Huberti

Gustave Leon Huberti, composer was born

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1852-04-14 Birth

Henrique Oswald

Henrique Oswald, composer was born

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1906-04-14 Birth

Hunter Johnson

Hunter Johnson, composer was born

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1926-04-14 Birth

Jan Carl Christian Maegaard

Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, composer was born

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1913-04-14 Birth

Jean Fournet

Jean Fournet, French conductor was born

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1939-04-14 Birth

Jennifer Fowler

Jennifer Fowler, composer was born

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1723-04-14 Birth

John Wainwright

John Wainwright, composer was born

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1951-04-14 Birth

Julian Lloyd Webber

Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist was born

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1952-04-14 Birth

Kenny Aaronson

Kenny Aaronson, rocker was born

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1948-04-14 Birth

Larry Ferguson

Larry Ferguson, Nassau, keyboardist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) was born

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1935-04-14 Birth

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn, Butcher's Hollow Ky, singer (Coal Miner's Daughter) was born

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1710-04-14 Birth

Marie A C de Camargo

Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer was born

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1969-04-14 Birth

Martyn LeNoble

Martyn LeNoble, Dutch musician was born

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1951-04-14 Birth

Matima Kinuani Mpiosso

Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician was born

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1957-04-14 Birth

Mikhail Pletnev

Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer was born

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1933-04-14 Birth

Morton Subotnick

Morton Subotnick, Los Angeles California, composer (Wild Bull) was born

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1946-04-14 Birth

Patrick Fairley

Patrick Fairley, guitarist (Marmalade-Oh La Di Oh La Do) was born

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1912-04-14 Birth

Piet van Egmond

Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor (Neth Chamber Orch) was born

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1945-04-14 Birth

Ritchie Blackmore

Ritchie Blackmore, England, guitarist (Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple) was born

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1974-04-14 Birth

Shawntae Harris

Shawntae Harris, American rapper was born

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1970-04-14 Birth

Shizuka Kudō

Shizuka Kudō, Japanese singer was born

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1924-04-14 Birth

Shorty Rogers

Shorty Rogers, [Milton M Rajonsky], composer was born

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1842-04-14 Birth

Sven August Korling

Sven August Korling, composer was born

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1948-04-14 Birth

Ty Grimes

Ty Grimes, rocker (Capt Beefheart Band Drums was born

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1873-04-14 Birth

Viktor Joseph Keldorfer

Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer was born

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1910-04-14 Birth

Werner Wolf Glaser

Werner Wolf Glaser, composer was born

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1895-04-14 Birth

Wiktor Labunski

Wiktor Labunski, composer was born

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1980-04-14 Birth

Win Butler

Win Butler, American/Canadian musician (Arcade Fire) was born

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1999-04-14 Death

Anthony Newley

Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (b. 1931)

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1995-04-14 Death

Burl Ives

Burl Ives, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 85

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2007-04-14 Death

Don Ho

Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930)

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1996-04-14 Death

Gaylord Birch

Gaylord Birch, drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at 50

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1943-04-14 Death

Geoffrey Turton Shaw

Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer, dies at 63

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1759-04-14 Death

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel, Baroque composer and organist (Water Music), dies at 74

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1988-04-14 Death

Herbert Reynolds Inch

Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer, dies at 83

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1995-04-14 Death

James Daniel "Danny" Turner

James Daniel "Danny" Turner, saxophonist, dies at 75

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1813-04-14 Death

Joachim Nicolas Eggert

Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer, dies at 34

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1988-04-14 Death

Johan Franco

Johan Franco, composer, dies at 79

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1655-04-14 Death

Johann Erasmus Kindermann

Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39

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1843-04-14 Death

Joseph Franz Karl Lanner

Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42

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1987-04-14 Death

Karl Holler

Karl Holler, composer, dies at 79

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1983-04-14 Death

Pete Farndon

Pete Farndon, rock bassist (Pretenders), dies

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2010-04-14 Death

Peter Steele

Peter Steele, American musician. (b. 1968)

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1985-04-14 Death

Reginald Beane

Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63

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1992-04-14 Death

Sammy Price

Sammy Price, US boogie-woogie pianist, dies

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1990-04-14 Death

Thurston Harris

Thurston Harris, American singer (b. 1931)

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1983-04-14 Death

Willem F Bon

Willem F Bon, Dutch composer, dies at 42

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1888-04-14 Death

William Fisk Sherwin

William Fisk Sherwin, composer, dies at 62

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1986-04-14 Event

Alabama

21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire

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1883-04-14 Event

Léo Delibes

Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé," premieres in Paris

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2000-04-14 Event

Metallica

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich files a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This law-suit eventually leads the movement against file-sharing programs.

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1971-04-14 Event

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies," premieres in NYC

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1963-04-14 Event

The Rolling Stones

George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group "Rolling Stones"

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