On This Day in Music: April 15

On April 15 in music history, 41 artists were born, 33 died and 5 other milestones happened, among them Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith (1894), Joey Ramone (2001) and The Rolling Stones (1966).

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Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith

Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs) was born

Joey Ramone

Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b. 1951)

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"

Alla Pugacheva

Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer was born

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Born on April 15

Alla Pugacheva

Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer was born

Amy Diamond

Amy Diamond, Swedish singer was born

Anthony Green

Anthony Green, American musician was born

Ben Kasica

Ben Kasica, Guitarist of rock band Skillet was born

Bojoura

Bojoura, [Raina GB van Melzen], Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver was born

Carl Eilhardt

Carl Eilhardt, composer was born

Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds, Wales, singer/guitarist (Rockpile-Baby I Love You) was born

Domenico Gabrielli

Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born

Eden Ahbez

Eden Ahbez, songwriter was born

Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith

Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs) was born

Emmanuel

Emmanuel, Mexico City Mexico, spanish singer was born

Ernest Borneman

Ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist writer/musicologist was born

Ferdinand Zellbell

Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born

Frankie Poullain

Frankie Poullain, British musician (The Darkness) was born

Gene Cherico

Gene Cherico, bassist was born

George Knowil Jackson

George Knowil Jackson, composer was born

Gerard Schoenaker

Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer (Les Baroques) was born

Graeme Clark

Graeme Clark, bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around) was born

Hector Quintanar

Hector Quintanar, composer was born

Johann Friedrich Fasch

Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born

John Gregory

John Gregory, dancer was born

Josh Todd

Josh Todd, American musician (Buckcherry) was born

Julius Tausch

Julius Tausch, composer was born

Linda Perry

Linda Perry, American musician was born

Mark Mizzark

Mark Mizzark, [Marlis Pugh], Akron Ohio, rapper (Another Bad Creation) was born

Marty Wilder

Marty Wilder, Blackheath, South London, English singer-songwriter and father of rocker Kim Wilde was born

Matt Reid

Matt Reid, rock keyboardist (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away) was born

Michael DeBello

Michael DeBello, singer (Maniac) was born

Michael Kamen

Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003) was born

Mike Chapman

Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman) was born

Neville Marriner

Neville Marriner, Lincoln England, conductor (Minn Orch 1978) was born

Nini de Boel

Nini de Boel, Flemish operette singer (White Horse) was born

Norman Ewart Thurston

Norman Ewart Thurston, musician was born

Pietro Grossi

Pietro Grossi, composer was born

Riem de Wolff

Riem de Wolff, Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds) was born

Roy Clark

Roy Clark, Meherrin, Virginia, American country singer (Hee Haw, The Tonight Show) was born

Samantha Karen Fox

Samantha Karen Fox, East End London England, singer (Touch Me) was born

Surjit Bindrakhia

Surjit Bindrakhia, Punjabi Bhangra singer was born

Vaino Raitio

Vaino Raitio, composer was born

Valentin Molitor

Valentin Molitor, composer was born

Wooly Wolstenholme

Wooly Wolstenholme, keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest) was born

Died on April 15

Antonio Smareglia

Antonio Smareglia, composer, dies at 74

Art Rupe

Art Rupe died

Barbara Carr

Barbara Carr died

Barby Kelly

Barby Kelly died

Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky

Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown, pianist, dies at 91

Dries Holten

Dries Holten died

Eduardo Caudella

Eduardo Caudella, composer, dies at 82

Ernest Louis Muller

Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70

Giovanni D'Anzi

Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (b. 1906)

Giuseppi Bonno

Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77

Henry Grimes

Henry Grimes died

Jan Nepomuk Kanka

Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90

Joey Ramone

Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b. 1951)

Johann Friedrich Treiber

Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29

Johann Leopold Fuchs

Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67

John Fred

John Fred, American singer (b. 1941)

John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent, US portrait painter, dies at 69

Juan Vicente Lecuna

Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer, dies at 54

Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz died

Lucha Moreno

Lucha Moreno died

Naomi Polani

Naomi Polani died

Nikolai Artzibushev

Nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79

Orlando Julius

Orlando Julius died

Osvaldas Balakauskas

Osvaldas Balakauskas died

Pedro Infante

Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)

Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri

Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer, dies at 62

Ray Condo

Ray Condo, Canadian musician (b. 1950)

Stephen Albert Emery

Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49

William Jackson

William Jackson, composer, dies at 51

Wolstenholme

Wolstenholme, rocker, dies

Youri Egorov

Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (b. 1954)

Releases & milestones on April 15

George Frideric Handel

Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.

Meredith Wilson

"Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1375 performances

Nazareth

Nazareth released the album 'Surviving the Law'

Swedish House Mafia

Swedish House Mafia released the album 'Paradise Again'

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"

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