On This Day in Music: April 19

On April 19 in music history, 44 artists were born, 37 died and 12 other milestones happened, among them Taylor Swift (2024), The Beatles (1967) and Pearl Jam (2024).

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Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift released the album 'The Tortured Poets Department'

The Beatles

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

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam released the album 'Dark Matter'

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz Mexico, spanish singer was born

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Born on April 19

Adny Shernoff

Adny Shernoff, rocker was born

Alan Price

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

Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely

Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer was born

Alexis Korner

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

Belinda Lipscomb

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

Bernard Worrell

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

Bo[as] Watson

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

Csaba Szabo

Csaba Szabo, composer was born

Dar Williams

Dar Williams, American musician and songwriter was born

Dickie Goodman

Dickie Goodman, parody singer (Flying Saucer) was born

Don Barbour

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

Dorian Le Gallienne

Dorian Le Gallienne, composer was born

Felix Blumenfeld

Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born

Fiona MacGillivray

Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian vocalist (The Cottars) was born

Francesco Maria Saraceni

Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer was born

Franz Joseph Glaser

Franz Joseph Glaser, composer was born

Genya Ravan

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

Georg Abraham Schneider

Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born

Germaine Tailleferre

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

Gino Contilli

Gino Contilli, composer was born

Giuseppe Cartufo

Giuseppe Cartufo, composer was born

James Nares

James Nares, composer was born

Jan Helge Guttorm Bark

Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer was born

Johnny Hoes

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

Jonathan Tunick

Jonathan Tunick, composer was born

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz Mexico, spanish singer was born

Mark "Flo" Volman

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

Max Von Schillings

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

Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly, rocker (Duprees) was born

Murray Perahia

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

Natalie Dessay

Natalie Dessay, French soprano was born

Orazio Benevoli

Orazio Benevoli, composer was born

Pascal Kleiman

Pascal Kleiman, Spanish DJ, producer, musician was born

Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer was born

Rod Morgenstein

Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger) was born

Rod Morgenstern

Rod Morgenstern, rocker (Winger) was born

Ruby Johnson

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

Ruud Jolie

Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation) was born

Sebastian Duron

Sebastian Duron, composer was born

Siegfried Ochs

Siegfried Ochs, composer was born

Tommy Benford

Tommy Benford, jazz drummer was born

Véronique Gens

Véronique Gens, French soprano was born

Will Ogdon

Will Ogdon, composer was born

William L Axt

William L Axt, composer was born

Died on April 19

Alexander Vustin

Alexander Vustin died

Ben Bartlett

Ben Bartlett died

Camille Marie Stamaty

Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59

Claes Fellbom

Claes Fellbom died

Corrado Galzio

Corrado Galzio died

Dag Ivar Wiren

Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80

Dave Mason

Dave Mason died

El Duce

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

Ernst Levy

Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85

Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard

Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74

Florian Johann Deller

Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43

Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden died

Gustave Doret

Gustave Doret, composer, dies at 76

Ian Whitcomb

Ian Whitcomb died

Jim Steinman

Jim Steinman died

Johann Peter Kellner

Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66

Johanna Muller-Hermann

Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63

Keith "Guru" Elam

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

Larry Davis

Larry Davis, blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57

Larry Page

Larry Page died

Louis Applebaum

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

Moonbin

Moonbin died

Naomi

Naomi died

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

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

Patrick Muldoon

Patrick Muldoon died

Pieter Hellendaal

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

Robert F Clayton

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

Robert Paul Haynes

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

Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65

Sigismondo d'India

Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer

Thomas Paine Westendorf

Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75

Tyrwhitt-Wilson

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

William Henry Havergal

William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77

William Smith

William Smith, composer, dies at 42

Wladyslaw Rzepko

Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer, dies at 77

Yehonatan Geffen

Yehonatan Geffen died

Yuri Hayrapetyan

Yuri Hayrapetyan died

Releases & milestones on April 19

Andre Messager

Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London)

Christoph Willibald Gluck

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

Jules Massenet

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

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'

Richard Rodgers

Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway

Robert Planquette

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

Roger Sessions

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

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift released the album 'The Tortured Poets Department'

The Beatles

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

William Finn

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

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