On This Day in Music: April 17

On April 17 in music history, 48 artists were born, 33 died and 16 other milestones happened, among them Chavela Vargas (1919), Don Kirshner (1934) and Liz Phair (1967).

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Chavela Vargas

Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer was born

Don Kirshner

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

Liz Phair

Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter was born

Maynard James Keenan

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

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Born on April 17

Adolphus Hailstork

Adolphus Hailstork, composer was born

Anja Silja

Anja Silja, German soprano was born

Ann Sheppard Mounsey

Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer was born

Anton Beuving

Anton Beuving, lyricist (Ketelbinkie) was born

Artur Schnabel

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

Bilal Abdul-samad

Bilal Abdul-samad, rocker (Boys) was born

Billy Fury

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

Cecil Burleigh

Cecil Burleigh, composer was born

Chavela Vargas

Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer was born

Chris Barber

Chris Barber, jazz trombonist was born

Christian Gottfried Krause

Christian Gottfried Krause, composer was born

Christopher Whelen

Christopher Whelen, composer was born

Don Kirshner

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

Genevieve

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

Gottfried Conradi

Gottfried Conradi, composer was born

Graziella Sciutti

Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer was born

Gregor Piatigorsky

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

Hanna Pakarinen

Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer was born

Harald Saeverud

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

Hermann Darewsky

Hermann Darewsky, composer was born

James Last

James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger was born

Jan Hammer

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

Jean-Baptiste Accolay

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

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque

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

Johann David Heinichen

Johann David Heinichen, composer was born

Johann Gottlieb Naumann

Johann Gottlieb Naumann, composer was born

Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht

Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer was born

Johannes P Boskaljon

Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor was born

John Lill

John Lill, professor/pianist was born

Linda Martin

Linda Martin, Irish singer was born

Liz Phair

Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter was born

Marco Ivan Lukacic

Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer was born

Maynard James Keenan

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

Michael Sembello

Michael Sembello, American musician was born

Mikael Åkerfeldt

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

Monet Mazur

Monet Mazur, American actress and musician was born

Nicolas Nabokov

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

Otto Lederer

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

Pete Graves

Pete Graves, rocker (Moonglows) was born

Phil Jamieson

Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon) was born

Philip Hayes

Philip Hayes, composer was born

Redman

Redman, American rapper was born

Rob Bolland

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

Roy Estrada

Roy Estrada, rocker (Morthers Of Invention) was born

Sizzla

Sizzla, Jamaican dancehall artist was born

Stephen Singleton

Stephen Singleton, Sheffield, rocker (ABC) was born

Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek

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

Victoria Beckham [Adams]

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

Died on April 17

Al Bowlly

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

Annette Auguste

Annette Auguste died

April Stevens

April Stevens died

Arlene Saunders

Arlene Saunders died

Black Rob

Black Rob died

Carlton Barrett

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

Catherine Spaak

Catherine Spaak died

DJ Kay Slay

DJ Kay Slay died

Earl King

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

Eddie Cochran

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

Eric Gross

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

Felix Pappalardi

Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies

Giuseppi Logan

Giuseppi Logan died

Gottlob Wiedebein

Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74

Hank Penny

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

Hans Balatka

Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74

Herbert Elwell

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

Hollis Resnik

Hollis Resnik died

Janez Matičič

Janez Matičič died

Johann Mattheson

Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82

John Barnett

John Barnett, composer, dies at 87

Jules Eugene Abraham Alary

Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77

Matthew Seligman

Matthew Seligman died

Nikos Papazoglou

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

Peter Ablinger

Peter Ablinger died

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56

Prafulla Kar

Prafulla Kar died

Radu Lupu

Radu Lupu died

Red Allen

Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)

Roberto Lupi

Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62

Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky

Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60

Vinnie Taylor

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

Vivek

Vivek died

Releases & milestones on April 17

Arisa

Arisa released the album 'Foto mosse'

Boys Noize

Boys Noize released the album 'Nine Inch Noize'

Claire Howell

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

DaBaby

DaBaby released the album 'Blame It on Baby'

Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple released the album 'Fetch the Bolt Cutters'

From Ashes to New

From Ashes to New released the album 'Reflections'

Lauri Haav

Lauri Haav released the album 'No Haav No Love'

Lø Spirit

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

M.I.A.

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

Madame

Madame released the album 'Disincanto'

Michele Bravi

Michele Bravi released the album 'Commedia musicale'

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails released the album 'Nine Inch Noize'

TOMORA

TOMORA released the album 'Come Closer'

Yaya Bey

Yaya Bey released the album 'Fidelity'

Yves

Yves released the album 'Nail'

Zayn Malik

Zayn Malik released the album 'Konnakol'

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