On This Day in Music: April 25

On April 25 in music history, 51 artists were born, 32 died and 9 other milestones happened, among them Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Bjorn Ulvaeus (1945) and Albert King (1923).

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex) was born

Bjorn Ulvaeus

Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen) was born

Albert King

Albert King, Indianola, Mississippi, American blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues) was born

Lisa Lopes

Lisa Lopes, American rapper (TLC) (b. 1971)

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Albert King

Albert King, Indianola, Mississippi, American blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues) was born

Andy Bell

Andy Bell, rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour) was born

Astrid Varnay

Astrid Varnay, Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Met Opera 1941-56) was born

Aurelio Signoretti

Aurelio Signoretti, composer was born

Bill Fontana

Bill Fontana, composer was born

Billy Rankin

Billy Rankin, Glasgow, Scotland, rocker was born

Bjorn Ulvaeus

Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen) was born

Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen

Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer was born

Chris Augustine

Chris Augustine, rocker (Every Mother's Son) was born

Constantinos Christoforou

Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer was born

Cory Day

Cory Day, Bronx NY, rock vocalist was born

Digby Fairweather

Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter was born

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex) was born

Eric Avery

Eric Avery, American musician (Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, Polar Bear) was born

Ernst Gernot Klussmann

Ernst Gernot Klussmann, composer was born

Ernst Widmer

Ernst Widmer, composer was born

Erzsebet Szonyi

Erzsebet Szonyi, composer was born

Fedele Fenaroli

Fedele Fenaroli, composer was born

Fish

Fish, [Derek William Dick], Scottish vocalist (Marillion-Sugar Mice) was born

Flab

Flab, rocker was born

Franco Mannino

Franco Mannino, composer was born

Fredrik Larzon

Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer (Millencolin) was born

Giovanni Marco Rutini

Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer was born

Gottlieb Theophil Muffat

Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer was born

Haro Levoni Step'anyan

Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer was born

Heinz Wunderlich

Heinz Wunderlich, composer was born

Jaroslav Doubrava

Jaroslav Doubrava, composer was born

Jerry Leiber

Jerry Leiber, songwriter (Leiber & Stoller) was born

Johann Heinrich Buttstett

Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer was born

John Martin Dalby

John Martin Dalby, composer was born

Karl Prohaska

Karl Prohaska, composer was born

Ketil Bjørnstad

Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist was born

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer was born

Marek Konrad Sokolowski

Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer was born

Matthew West

Matthew West, American Christian singer was born

Michael Brown

Michael Brown, NYC, keyboardist (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee) was born

Michael Kogel

Michael Kogel, rocker was born

O B McClinton

O B McClinton, [Burnett], country singer (Keep your arms around me) was born

Paavo Siljamäki

Paavo Siljamäki, Finnish musician was born

Paul Walter Furst

Paul Walter Furst, composer was born

Pauline Lucca

Pauline Lucca, soprano was born

Rob Crosby

Rob Crosby, Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural) was born

Ronnie Gilbert

Ronnie Gilbert, rocker (Lifeline, Harp) was born

Ruben Gomez

Ruben Gomez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball) was born

Ruben Marcos Campos

Ruben Marcos Campos, composer was born

Steve Ferrone

Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer (Average White Band) was born

Stu Cook

Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary) was born

Tionne Watkins

Tionne Watkins, American singer was born

Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy

Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer was born

William Charles Levey

William Charles Levey, composer was born

Zoltan Gardonyi

Zoltan Gardonyi, composer was born

Died on April 25

Alan Abel

Alan Abel died

Alois Luigi Tomasini

Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66

Beatrice Arthur

Beatrice Arthur, American comedian, actress, and singer, dies of cancer at 82

Billy "The Kid" Emerson

Billy "The Kid" Emerson died

Bobby "Boris" Pickett

Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)

Boris Kremenliev

Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76

Brian Macleod

Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39

Carolyn Franklin

Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43

Daniel Huck

Daniel Huck died

Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67

George Stephanescu

George Stephanescu, composer, dies at 81

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte died

Heinrich Pape

Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53

Henny Vrienten

Henny Vrienten died

Humphrey Lyttelton

Humphrey Lyttelton, Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921)

Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn

Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn, composer, dies at 92

India Adams

India Adams died

Jerzy Fitelberg

Jerzy Fitelberg, composer, dies at 47

Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann

Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54

John Knowles Paine

John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67

Kaisa Korhonen

Kaisa Korhonen died

Leon Battista degli Alberti

Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies

Lisa Lopes

Lisa Lopes, American rapper (TLC) (b. 1971)

Max Drischner

Max Drischner, composer, dies at 80

Mike Brant

Mike Brant, Israeli singer (b. 1947)

Nicola d' Arienzo

Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72

Paul van Vliet

Paul van Vliet died

Richard Wernick

Richard Wernick died

Susan Jacks

Susan Jacks died

Vytautas Barkauskas

Vytautas Barkauskas died

William Cowper

William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68

Releases & milestones on April 25

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper released the album 'The Revenge of Alice Cooper'

Blood Brothers

"Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances

Clint Black

25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win

Ghost

Ghost released the album 'Skeletá'

Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," premieres in Milan

NYC

Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical premieres in NYC

Noël Coward

Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London

Roger Miller

Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in NYC

Sidney Jones

Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London

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