On This Day in Music: April 15

1949 Birth

Alla Pugacheva

Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer was born

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1992 Birth

Amy Diamond

Amy Diamond, Swedish singer was born

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1982 Birth

Anthony Green

Anthony Green, American musician was born

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1984 Birth

Ben Kasica

Ben Kasica, Guitarist of rock band Skillet was born

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1947 Birth

Bojoura

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

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1843 Birth

Carl Eilhardt

Carl Eilhardt, composer was born

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1944 Birth

Dave Edmunds

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

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1651 Birth

Domenico Gabrielli

Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born

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1908 Birth

Eden Ahbez

Eden Ahbez, songwriter was born

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1894 Birth

Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith

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

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1954 Birth

Emmanuel

Emmanuel, Mexico City Mexico, spanish singer was born

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1915 Birth

Ernest Borneman

Ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist writer/musicologist was born

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1689 Birth

Ferdinand Zellbell

Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born

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1967 Birth

Frankie Poullain

Frankie Poullain, British musician (The Darkness) was born

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1935 Birth

Gene Cherico

Gene Cherico, bassist was born

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1757 Birth

George Knowil Jackson

George Knowil Jackson, composer was born

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1944 Birth

Gerard Schoenaker

Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer (Les Baroques) was born

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1966 Birth

Graeme Clark

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

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1936 Birth

Hector Quintanar

Hector Quintanar, composer was born

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1688 Birth

Johann Friedrich Fasch

Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born

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1914 Birth

John Gregory

John Gregory, dancer was born

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1974 Birth

Josh Todd

Josh Todd, American musician (Buckcherry) was born

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1827 Birth

Julius Tausch

Julius Tausch, composer was born

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1965 Birth

Linda Perry

Linda Perry, American musician was born

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1982 Birth

Mark Mizzark

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

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1939 Birth

Marty Wilder

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

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1958 Birth

Matt Reid

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

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1947 Birth

Michael DeBello

Michael DeBello, singer (Maniac) was born

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1948 Birth

Michael Kamen

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

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1947 Birth

Mike Chapman

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

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1924 Birth

Neville Marriner

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

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1898 Birth

Nini de Boel

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

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1921 Birth

Norman Ewart Thurston

Norman Ewart Thurston, musician was born

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1917 Birth

Pietro Grossi

Pietro Grossi, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Riem de Wolff

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

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1933 Birth

Roy Clark

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

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1966 Birth

Samantha Karen Fox

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

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1962 Birth

Surjit Bindrakhia

Surjit Bindrakhia, Punjabi Bhangra singer was born

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1891 Birth

Vaino Raitio

Vaino Raitio, composer was born

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1637 Birth

Valentin Molitor

Valentin Molitor, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Wooly Wolstenholme

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

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1929 Death

Antonio Smareglia

Antonio Smareglia, composer, dies at 74

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2022 Death

Art Rupe

Art Rupe died

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2026 Death

Barbara Carr

Barbara Carr died

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2021 Death

Barby Kelly

Barby Kelly died

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1968 Death

Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky

Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73

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1995 Death

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown, pianist, dies at 91

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2020 Death

Dries Holten

Dries Holten died

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1924 Death

Eduardo Caudella

Eduardo Caudella, composer, dies at 82

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1811 Death

Ernest Louis Muller

Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70

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1974 Death

Giovanni D'Anzi

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

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1788 Death

Giuseppi Bonno

Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77

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2020 Death

Henry Grimes

Henry Grimes died

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1863 Death

Jan Nepomuk Kanka

Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90

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2001 Death

Joey Ramone

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

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1719 Death

Johann Friedrich Treiber

Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76

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1756 Death

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29

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1853 Death

Johann Leopold Fuchs

Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67

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2005 Death

John Fred

John Fred, American singer (b. 1941)

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1925 Death

John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent, US portrait painter, dies at 69

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1954 Death

Juan Vicente Lecuna

Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer, dies at 54

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2020 Death

Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz died

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2026 Death

Lucha Moreno

Lucha Moreno died

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2024 Death

Naomi Polani

Naomi Polani died

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1937 Death

Nikolai Artzibushev

Nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79

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2022 Death

Orlando Julius

Orlando Julius died

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2026 Death

Osvaldas Balakauskas

Osvaldas Balakauskas died

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1957 Death

Pedro Infante

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

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1943 Death

Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri

Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer, dies at 62

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2004 Death

Ray Condo

Ray Condo, Canadian musician (b. 1950)

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1891 Death

Stephen Albert Emery

Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49

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1866 Death

William Jackson

William Jackson, composer, dies at 51

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1947 Death

Wolstenholme

Wolstenholme, rocker, dies

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1988 Death

Youri Egorov

Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (b. 1954)

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1738 Event

George Frideric Handel

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

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1961 Event

Meredith Wilson

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

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2022 Event

Nazareth

Nazareth released the album 'Surviving the Law'

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2022 Event

Swedish House Mafia

Swedish House Mafia released the album 'Paradise Again'

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1966 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"

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