On This Day in Music: April 17

1941 Birth

Adolphus Hailstork

Adolphus Hailstork, composer was born

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1940 Birth

Anja Silja

Anja Silja, German soprano was born

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1811 Birth

Ann Sheppard Mounsey

Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer was born

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1902 Birth

Anton Beuving

Anton Beuving, lyricist (Ketelbinkie) was born

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1882 Birth

Artur Schnabel

Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas) was born

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1978 Birth

Bilal Abdul-samad

Bilal Abdul-samad, rocker (Boys) was born

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1941 Birth

Billy Fury

Billy Fury, Liverpool, singer/guitarist (When Will You Say I Love You) was born

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1885 Birth

Cecil Burleigh

Cecil Burleigh, composer was born

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1919 Birth

Chavela Vargas

Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer was born

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1930 Birth

Chris Barber

Chris Barber, jazz trombonist was born

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1719 Birth

Christian Gottfried Krause

Christian Gottfried Krause, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Christopher Whelen

Christopher Whelen, composer was born

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1934 Birth

Don Kirshner

Don Kirshner, rock & roll producer (invented bubblegum music) was born

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1930 Birth

Genevieve

Genevieve, Paris France, singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples) was born

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1820 Birth

Gottfried Conradi

Gottfried Conradi, composer was born

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1932 Birth

Graziella Sciutti

Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer was born

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1903 Birth

Gregor Piatigorsky

Gregor Piatigorsky, Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist (or 4/20) was born

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1981 Birth

Hanna Pakarinen

Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer was born

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1897 Birth

Harald Saeverud

Harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) [NS] was born

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1883 Birth

Hermann Darewsky

Hermann Darewsky, composer was born

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1929 Birth

James Last

James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger was born

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1948 Birth

Jan Hammer

Jan Hammer, composer (Escape from TV, Miami Vice) was born

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1833 Birth

Jean-Baptiste Accolay

Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (d. 1900) was born

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1797 Birth

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor was born

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1683 Birth

Johann David Heinichen

Johann David Heinichen, composer was born

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1741 Birth

Johann Gottlieb Naumann

Johann Gottlieb Naumann, composer was born

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1715 Birth

Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht

Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer was born

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1863 Birth

Johannes P Boskaljon

Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor was born

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1944 Birth

John Lill

John Lill, professor/pianist was born

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1947 Birth

Linda Martin

Linda Martin, Irish singer was born

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1967 Birth

Liz Phair

Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter was born

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1587 Birth

Marco Ivan Lukacic

Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Maynard James Keenan

Maynard James Keenan, American singer (Tool and A Perfect Circle) was born

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1954 Birth

Michael Sembello

Michael Sembello, American musician was born

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1974 Birth

Mikael Åkerfeldt

Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish guitarist and singer (Opeth) was born

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1976 Birth

Monet Mazur

Monet Mazur, American actress and musician was born

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1903 Birth

Nicolas Nabokov

Nicolas Nabokov, Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer (Holy Devil) was born

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1886 Birth

Otto Lederer

Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor (Jazz Singer) was born

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1936 Birth

Pete Graves

Pete Graves, rocker (Moonglows) was born

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1977 Birth

Phil Jamieson

Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon) was born

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1738 Birth

Philip Hayes

Philip Hayes, composer was born

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1970 Birth

Redman

Redman, American rapper was born

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1955 Birth

Rob Bolland

Rob Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland) was born

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1943 Birth

Roy Estrada

Roy Estrada, rocker (Morthers Of Invention) was born

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1977 Birth

Sizzla

Sizzla, Jamaican dancehall artist was born

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1959 Birth

Stephen Singleton

Stephen Singleton, Sheffield, rocker (ABC) was born

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1774 Birth

Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek

Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer was born

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1974 Birth

Victoria Beckham [Adams]

Victoria Beckham [Adams], Harlow, Essex, English singer (Posh Spice-Spice Girls) was born

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1941 Death

Al Bowlly

Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899)

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2020 Death

Annette Auguste

Annette Auguste died

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2023 Death

April Stevens

April Stevens died

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2020 Death

Arlene Saunders

Arlene Saunders died

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2021 Death

Black Rob

Black Rob died

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1987 Death

Carlton Barrett

Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36

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2022 Death

Catherine Spaak

Catherine Spaak died

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2022 Death

DJ Kay Slay

DJ Kay Slay died

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2003 Death

Earl King

Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)

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1960 Death

Eddie Cochran

Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash

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2011 Death

Eric Gross

Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian composer (b. 1926)

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1983 Death

Felix Pappalardi

Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies

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2020 Death

Giuseppi Logan

Giuseppi Logan died

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1854 Death

Gottlob Wiedebein

Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74

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1992 Death

Hank Penny

Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure

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1899 Death

Hans Balatka

Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74

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1974 Death

Herbert Elwell

Herbert Elwell, US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75

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2022 Death

Hollis Resnik

Hollis Resnik died

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2022 Death

Janez Matičič

Janez Matičič died

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1764 Death

Johann Mattheson

Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82

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1890 Death

John Barnett

John Barnett, composer, dies at 87

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1891 Death

Jules Eugene Abraham Alary

Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77

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2020 Death

Matthew Seligman

Matthew Seligman died

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2011 Death

Nikos Papazoglou

Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)

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2025 Death

Peter Ablinger

Peter Ablinger died

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1714 Death

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56

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2022 Death

Prafulla Kar

Prafulla Kar died

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2022 Death

Radu Lupu

Radu Lupu died

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1967 Death

Red Allen

Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)

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1971 Death

Roberto Lupi

Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62

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1873 Death

Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky

Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60

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1974 Death

Vinnie Taylor

Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose

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2021 Death

Vivek

Vivek died

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2026 Event

Arisa

Arisa released the album 'Foto mosse'

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2026 Event

Boys Noize

Boys Noize released the album 'Nine Inch Noize'

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2026 Event

Claire Howell

Claire Howell released the album 'The Chronicles of a Serial Idealist'

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2020 Event

DaBaby

DaBaby released the album 'Blame It on Baby'

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2020 Event

Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple released the album 'Fetch the Bolt Cutters'

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2026 Event

From Ashes to New

From Ashes to New released the album 'Reflections'

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2026 Event

Lauri Haav

Lauri Haav released the album 'No Haav No Love'

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2026 Event

Lø Spirit

Lø Spirit released the album 'Isn't Life Beautiful'

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2026 Event

M.I.A.

M.I.A. released the album 'M.I.7'

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2026 Event

Madame

Madame released the album 'Disincanto'

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2026 Event

Michele Bravi

Michele Bravi released the album 'Commedia musicale'

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2026 Event

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails released the album 'Nine Inch Noize'

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2026 Event

TOMORA

TOMORA released the album 'Come Closer'

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2026 Event

Yves

Yves released the album 'Nail'

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2026 Event

Zayn Malik

Zayn Malik released the album 'Konnakol'

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