On This Day in Music: April 19

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift released the album 'The Tortured Poets Department'

1967 Event

The Beatles

Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam released the album 'Dark Matter'

1970 Birth

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz Mexico, spanish singer was born

Loading events...

Born on April 19

1952 Birth

Adny Shernoff

Adny Shernoff, rocker was born

1942 Birth

Alan Price

Alan Price, England, rock keyboardist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) was born

1785 Birth

Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely

Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer was born

1928 Birth

Alexis Korner

Alexis Korner, Paris, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him) was born

1957 Birth

Belinda Lipscomb

Belinda Lipscomb, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking) was born

1944 Birth

Bernard Worrell

Bernard Worrell, US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop) was born

1957 Birth

Bo[as] Watson

Bo[as] Watson, vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking) was born

1936 Birth

Csaba Szabo

Csaba Szabo, composer was born

1967 Birth

Dar Williams

Dar Williams, American musician and songwriter was born

1934 Birth

Dickie Goodman

Dickie Goodman, parody singer (Flying Saucer) was born

1927 Birth

Don Barbour

Don Barbour, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen) was born

1915 Birth

Dorian Le Gallienne

Dorian Le Gallienne, composer was born

1863 Birth

Felix Blumenfeld

Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born

1989 Birth

Fiona MacGillivray

Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian vocalist (The Cottars) was born

1911 Birth

Francesco Maria Saraceni

Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer was born

1798 Birth

Franz Joseph Glaser

Franz Joseph Glaser, composer was born

1940 Birth

Genya Ravan

Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive) was born

1700 Birth

Georg Abraham Schneider

Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born

1892 Birth

Germaine Tailleferre

Germaine Tailleferre, [Les Six], Pau-St-Maur France, composer was born

1907 Birth

Gino Contilli

Gino Contilli, composer was born

1771 Birth

Giuseppe Cartufo

Giuseppe Cartufo, composer was born

1715 Birth

James Nares

James Nares, composer was born

1934 Birth

Jan Helge Guttorm Bark

Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer was born

1917 Birth

Johnny Hoes

Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer (Wished I'd stayed with my Mom) was born

1938 Birth

Jonathan Tunick

Jonathan Tunick, composer was born

1970 Birth

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz Mexico, spanish singer was born

1944 Birth

Mark "Flo" Volman

Mark "Flo" Volman, rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK) was born

1868 Birth

Max Von Schillings

Max Von Schillings, German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag) was born

1943 Birth

Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly, rocker (Duprees) was born

1947 Birth

Murray Perahia

Murray Perahia, NYC, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988) was born

1965 Birth

Natalie Dessay

Natalie Dessay, French soprano was born

1605 Birth

Orazio Benevoli

Orazio Benevoli, composer was born

1968 Birth

Pascal Kleiman

Pascal Kleiman, Spanish DJ, producer, musician was born

1941 Birth

Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer was born

1953 Birth

Rod Morgenstein

Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger) was born

1957 Birth

Rod Morgenstern

Rod Morgenstern, rocker (Winger) was born

1936 Birth

Ruby Johnson

Ruby Johnson, US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away) was born

1976 Birth

Ruud Jolie

Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation) was born

1660 Birth

Sebastian Duron

Sebastian Duron, composer was born

1858 Birth

Siegfried Ochs

Siegfried Ochs, composer was born

1905 Birth

Tommy Benford

Tommy Benford, jazz drummer was born

1966 Birth

Véronique Gens

Véronique Gens, French soprano was born

1921 Birth

Will Ogdon

Will Ogdon, composer was born

1888 Birth

William L Axt

William L Axt, composer was born

Died on April 19

2020 Death

Alexander Vustin

Alexander Vustin died

Ben Bartlett

Ben Bartlett died

1870 Death

Camille Marie Stamaty

Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59

2024 Death

Claes Fellbom

Claes Fellbom died

2020 Death

Corrado Galzio

Corrado Galzio died

1986 Death

Dag Ivar Wiren

Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80

Dave Mason

Dave Mason died

1997 Death

El Duce

El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (b. 1958)

1981 Death

Ernst Levy

Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85

1770 Death

Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard

Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74

1773 Death

Florian Johann Deller

Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43

Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden died

1943 Death

Gustave Doret

Gustave Doret, composer, dies at 76

2020 Death

Ian Whitcomb

Ian Whitcomb died

2021 Death

Jim Steinman

Jim Steinman died

1772 Death

Johann Peter Kellner

Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66

1941 Death

Johanna Muller-Hermann

Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63

2010 Death

Keith "Guru" Elam

Keith "Guru" Elam, American rapper (b. 1966)

1994 Death

Larry Davis

Larry Davis, blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57

2024 Death

Larry Page

Larry Page died

2000 Death

Louis Applebaum

Louis Applebaum, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1918)

2023 Death

Moonbin

Moonbin died

2024 Death

Naomi

Naomi died

2005 Death

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (b. 1946)

Patrick Muldoon

Patrick Muldoon died

1799 Death

Pieter Hellendaal

Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78

1992 Death

Robert F Clayton

Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash

1992 Death

Robert Paul Haynes

Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash

1876 Death

Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65

1629 Death

Sigismondo d'India

Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer

1923 Death

Thomas Paine Westendorf

Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75

1950 Death

Tyrwhitt-Wilson

Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66

1870 Death

William Henry Havergal

William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77

1645 Death

William Smith

William Smith, composer, dies at 42

1932 Death

Wladyslaw Rzepko

Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer, dies at 77

2023 Death

Yehonatan Geffen

Yehonatan Geffen died

2021 Death

Yuri Hayrapetyan

Yuri Hayrapetyan died

Releases & milestones on April 19

1919 Event

Andre Messager

Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London)

1774 Event

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Christoph Wilibald Gluck's opera "Iphigenia in Aulis" premieres in Paris

1894 Event

Jules Massenet

Jules Massenet's opera "Werther," premieres in NYC

2012 Event

Levon Helm

Levon Helm, American rock musician, dies from throat cancer at 71

Mylène Farmer

Mylène Farmer released the album 'Remix XL'

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam released the album 'Dark Matter'

1945 Event

Richard Rodgers

Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway

1877 Event

Robert Planquette

Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)

1964 Event

Roger Sessions

Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma" premieres in West-Berlin

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift released the album 'The Tortured Poets Department'

1967 Event

The Beatles

Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)

1981 Event

William Finn

William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in NYC