1917
Birth
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex) was born
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Born on April 25
1923
Birth
Albert King
Albert King, Indianola, Mississippi, American blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues) was born
1964
Birth
Andy Bell
Andy Bell, rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour) was born
1918
Birth
Astrid Varnay
Astrid Varnay, Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Met Opera 1941-56) was born
1567
Birth
Aurelio Signoretti
Aurelio Signoretti, composer was born
1947
Birth
Bill Fontana
Bill Fontana, composer was born
1959
Birth
Billy Rankin
Billy Rankin, Glasgow, Scotland, rocker was born
1945
Birth
Bjorn Ulvaeus
Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen) was born
1903
Birth
Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen
Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer was born
1941
Birth
Chris Augustine
Chris Augustine, rocker (Every Mother's Son) was born
1977
Birth
Constantinos Christoforou
Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer was born
1952
Birth
Cory Day
Cory Day, Bronx NY, rock vocalist was born
1946
Birth
Digby Fairweather
Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter was born
1917
Birth
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex) was born
1965
Birth
Eric Avery
Eric Avery, American musician (Jane's Addiction, Deconstruction, Polar Bear) was born
1901
Birth
Ernst Gernot Klussmann
Ernst Gernot Klussmann, composer was born
1927
Birth
Ernst Widmer
Ernst Widmer, composer was born
1924
Birth
Erzsebet Szonyi
Erzsebet Szonyi, composer was born
1730
Birth
Fedele Fenaroli
Fedele Fenaroli, composer was born
1958
Birth
Fish
Fish, [Derek William Dick], Scottish vocalist (Marillion-Sugar Mice) was born
1958
Birth
Flab
Flab, rocker was born
1924
Birth
Franco Mannino
Franco Mannino, composer was born
1973
Birth
Fredrik Larzon
Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer (Millencolin) was born
1723
Birth
Giovanni Marco Rutini
Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer was born
1690
Birth
Gottlieb Theophil Muffat
Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer was born
1897
Birth
Haro Levoni Step'anyan
Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer was born
1919
Birth
Heinz Wunderlich
Heinz Wunderlich, composer was born
1909
Birth
Jaroslav Doubrava
Jaroslav Doubrava, composer was born
1933
Birth
Jerry Leiber
Jerry Leiber, songwriter (Leiber & Stoller) was born
1666
Birth
Johann Heinrich Buttstett
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer was born
1942
Birth
John Martin Dalby
John Martin Dalby, composer was born
1869
Birth
Karl Prohaska
Karl Prohaska, composer was born
1952
Birth
Ketil Bjørnstad
Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist was born
1614
Birth
Marc'Antonio Pasqualini
Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer was born
1818
Birth
Marek Konrad Sokolowski
Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer was born
1977
Birth
Matthew West
Matthew West, American Christian singer was born
1949
Birth
Michael Brown
Michael Brown, NYC, keyboardist (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee) was born
1945
Birth
Michael Kogel
Michael Kogel, rocker was born
1940
Birth
O B McClinton
O B McClinton, [Burnett], country singer (Keep your arms around me) was born
1977
Birth
Paavo Siljamäki
Paavo Siljamäki, Finnish musician was born
1926
Birth
Paul Walter Furst
Paul Walter Furst, composer was born
1841
Birth
Pauline Lucca
Pauline Lucca, soprano was born
1954
Birth
Rob Crosby
Rob Crosby, Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural) was born
1946
Birth
Ronnie Gilbert
Ronnie Gilbert, rocker (Lifeline, Harp) was born
1975
Birth
Ruben Gomez
Ruben Gomez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball) was born
1876
Birth
Ruben Marcos Campos
Ruben Marcos Campos, composer was born
1950
Birth
Steve Ferrone
Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer (Average White Band) was born
1945
Birth
Stu Cook
Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary) was born
1970
Birth
Tionne Watkins
Tionne Watkins, American singer was born
1907
Birth
Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy
Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer was born
1837
Birth
William Charles Levey
William Charles Levey, composer was born
1906
Birth
Zoltan Gardonyi
Zoltan Gardonyi, composer was born
Died on April 25
2020
Death
Alan Abel
Alan Abel died
1808
Death
Alois Luigi Tomasini
Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66
2009
Death
Beatrice Arthur
Beatrice Arthur, American comedian, actress, and singer, dies of cancer at 82
2023
Death
Billy "The Kid" Emerson
Billy "The Kid" Emerson died
2007
Death
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
1988
Death
Boris Kremenliev
Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76
1992
Death
Brian Macleod
Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39
1988
Death
Carolyn Franklin
Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43
2026
Death
Daniel Huck
Daniel Huck died
1990
Death
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67
1925
Death
George Stephanescu
George Stephanescu, composer, dies at 81
1995
Death
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
2023
Death
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte died
1663
Death
Heinrich Pape
Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53
2022
Death
Henny Vrienten
Henny Vrienten died
2008
Death
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton, Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921)
1960
Death
Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn
Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn, composer, dies at 92
2020
Death
India Adams
India Adams died
1951
Death
Jerzy Fitelberg
Jerzy Fitelberg, composer, dies at 47
1792
Death
Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann
Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54
1906
Death
John Knowles Paine
John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67
2024
Death
Kaisa Korhonen
Kaisa Korhonen died
1472
Death
Leon Battista degli Alberti
Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies
2002
Death
Lisa Lopes
Lisa Lopes, American rapper (TLC) (b. 1971)
1971
Death
Max Drischner
Max Drischner, composer, dies at 80
1975
Death
Mike Brant
Mike Brant, Israeli singer (b. 1947)
1915
Death
Nicola d' Arienzo
Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72
2023
Death
Paul van Vliet
Paul van Vliet died
2025
Death
Richard Wernick
Richard Wernick died
2022
Death
Susan Jacks
Susan Jacks died
2020
Death
Vytautas Barkauskas
Vytautas Barkauskas died
1800
Death
William Cowper
William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68
Releases & milestones on April 25
2025
Event
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper released the album 'The Revenge of Alice Cooper'
1993
Event
Blood Brothers
"Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances
1990
Event
Clint Black
25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win
2025
Event
Ghost
Ghost released the album 'Skeletá'
1926
Event
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," premieres in Milan
1991
Event
NYC
Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical premieres in NYC
1956
Event
Noël Coward
Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London
1985
Event
Roger Miller
Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in NYC
1896
Event
Sidney Jones
Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
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