On This Day in Music: April 2

1901 Birth

Anis Fuleihan

Anis Fuleihan, composer was born

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1877 Birth

Arnold Schering

Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik) was born

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1962 Birth

Billy Dean

Billy Dean, Quincy Fla, country singer (Billy the Kid) was born

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1911 Birth

Charles "Honi" Coles

Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap) was born

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1972 Birth

Chico Slimani

Chico Slimani, Moroccoan-British singer was born

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1735 Birth

Christian Gotthilf Tag

Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer was born

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1628 Birth

Constantin Christian Dedekind

Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born

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1902 Birth

Danilo Svara

Danilo Svara, composer was born

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1953 Birth

David Robinson

David Robinson, drummer (Cars) was born

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1959 Birth

Dean Townson

Dean Townson, St Petersburg Fla, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) was born

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1975 Birth

Deedee Magno

Deedee Magno, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why) was born

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1948 Birth

Dimitris Mitropanos

Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer was born

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1868 Birth

Eduard Jacobs

Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret) was born

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1947 Birth

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again) was born

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1728 Birth

Franz Asplmayr

Franz Asplmayr, composer was born

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1803 Birth

Franz Paul Lachner

Franz Paul Lachner, composer was born

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1735 Birth

Franz Volrath Buttstett

Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer was born

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1966 Birth

Garnet Silk

Garnet Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994) was born

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1632 Birth

Georg Caspar Weckler

Georg Caspar Weckler, composer was born

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1763 Birth

Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari

Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer was born

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1733 Birth

Giacomo Tritto

Giacomo Tritto, composer was born

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1930 Birth

Girolamo Arriego

Girolamo Arriego, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Glen Dale

Glen Dale, [Richard Garforth], rock vocalist (Fortunes Deal) was born

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1967 Birth

Greg Camp

Greg Camp, American musician (Smash Mouth) was born

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1900 Birth

Heinrich Besseler

Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist was born

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1974 Birth

Håkan Hellström

Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician was born

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1931 Birth

Imre Olsvai

Imre Olsvai, composer was born

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1909 Birth

Jean Kurt Forest

Jean Kurt Forest, composer was born

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1979 Birth

Jesse Carmichael

Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) was born

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1961 Birth

Keren Jane Woodward

Keren Jane Woodward, Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus) was born

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1946 Birth

Kurt Winter

Kurt Winter, rocker (Guess Who) was born

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1943 Birth

Larry Coryell

Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House) was born

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1941 Birth

Leon Russell

Leon Russell, Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny) was born

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1952 Birth

Leon Wilkerson

Leon Wilkerson, rocker (Lynard Skynard) was born

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1917 Birth

Lou Monte

Lou Monte, NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse) was born

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1939 Birth

Marvin Gaye (Jr)

Marvin Gaye (Jr), Wash DC, singer (Sexual Healing) was born

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1928 Birth

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer (Ford Mustang) was born

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1905 Birth

Serge Lifar

Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Opera Ballet) was born

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1954 Birth

Susumu Hirasawa

Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician was born

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1817 Birth

Teodulo Mabellini

Teodulo Mabellini, composer was born

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1983 Birth

Yung Joc

Yung Joc, American rapper was born

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1987 Death

Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69

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2003 Death

Edwin Starr

Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)

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2022 Death

Estelle Harris

Estelle Harris died

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2021 Death

Gabi Luncă

Gabi Luncă died

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1803 Death

Hieronymus van Alphen

Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56

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1932 Death

Hugo Kaun

Hugo Kaun, composer, dies at 69

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2024 Death

Jerry Abbott

Jerry Abbott died

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1758 Death

Johann Balthasar Konig

Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67

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1705 Death

Johann Lohner

Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59

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1995 Death

Julius Arthur Hemphill

Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist, dies at 57

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1944 Death

Mikulas Moyzes

Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71

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2024 Death

Notker Wolf

Notker Wolf died

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1992 Death

Paula Kelly

Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72

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1784 Death

Pierre Leclair

Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74

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1965 Death

Renzo Bossi

Renzo Bossi, composer, dies at 81

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2023 Death

Seymour Stein

Seymour Stein died

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2021 Death

Shaukat Ali

Shaukat Ali died

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2021 Death

Simon Bainbridge

Simon Bainbridge died

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1951 Death

Simon Barere

Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall

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1961 Death

Wallingford Riegger

Wallingford Riegger, US composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75

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2021 Event

Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato released the album 'Dancing with the Devil: the Art of Starting Over'

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2021 Event

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Godspeed You! Black Emperor released the album 'G_d's Pee at State's End!'

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1800 Event

Ludwig V. Beethoven

1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C

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1968 Event

The Beatles

Beatles form Python Music Ltd

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