On This Day in Music: April 26

1979-04-26 Birth

Ariane Moffatt

Ariane Moffatt, Quebec singer and songwriter was born

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1916-04-26 Birth

Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk

Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer was born

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1796-04-26 Birth

Auguste-Matthieu Panseron

Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer was born

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1978-04-26 Birth

Avant

Avant, American singer was born

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1942-04-26 Birth

Bobby Rydell

Bobby Rydell, Phila Pa, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie) was born

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1938-04-26 Birth

Duane Eddy

Duane Eddy, Phoenix, Az, country singer (Peter Gunn, Cannonball) was born

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1910-04-26 Birth

Erland von Koch

Erland von Koch, composer was born

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1910-04-26 Birth

Ernst Tittel

Ernst Tittel, composer was born

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1603-04-26 Birth

Francesco Nigetti

Francesco Nigetti, composer was born

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1932-04-26 Birth

Francis Lai

Francis Lai, French film music composer was born

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1943-04-26 Birth

Gary Wright

Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver (Spooky Tooth-It's All About) was born

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1945-04-26 Birth

Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder, producer/singer/songwriter (150 gold discs) was born

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1962-04-26 Birth

Graham "Skin" Skinner

Graham "Skin" Skinner, rocker (Hipsway) was born

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1834-04-26 Birth

Horatio Richmond Palmer

Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer was born

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1950-04-26 Birth

Howard "Leon" Reeder

Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist (Champaign) was born

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1822-04-26 Birth

Jan Albert van Eyken

Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist was born

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1979-04-26 Birth

Janne Wirman

Janne Wirman, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom) was born

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1971-04-26 Birth

Jay DeMarcus

Jay DeMarcus, American bassist (Rascal Flatts) was born

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1921-04-26 Birth

Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician was born

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1949-04-26 Birth

Jimmy Hall

Jimmy Hall, rocker (Wet Willie) was born

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1959-04-26 Birth

John Corabi

John Corabi, American Musician was born

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1941-04-26 Birth

John Mitchell

John Mitchell, American composer was born

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1982-04-26 Birth

Jon Lee

Jon Lee, British singer (S Club) was born

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1920-04-26 Birth

Juan Chambaya Lampe

Juan C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer was born

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1925-04-26 Birth

Jørgen Ingmann

Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician was born

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1906-04-26 Birth

Leopold Spinner

Leopold Spinner, composer was born

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1806-04-26 Birth

Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch

Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer was born

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1886-04-26 Birth

Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues" American singer (d. 1939) was born

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1938-04-26 Birth

Maurice Williams

Maurice Williams, rocker was born

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1963-04-26 Birth

Michael Damian

Michael Damian, actor/singer (Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) was born

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1984-04-26 Birth

Mija Martina

Mija Martina, Bosnian singer was born

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1880-04-26 Birth

Mikhail Fokine

Mikhail Fokine, Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance was born

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1981-04-26 Birth

Ms. Dynamite

Ms. Dynamite, English musician was born

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1985-04-26 Birth

Nam Gyu-Ri

Nam Gyu-Ri, Korean singer, member of See Ya was born

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1975-04-26 Birth

Nathan "Joey" Jordison

Nathan "Joey" Jordison, American musician (Slipknot) was born

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1975-04-26 Birth

Nerina Pallot

Nerina Pallot, British singer was born

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1567-04-26 Birth

Nicolas Forme

Nicolas Forme, composer was born

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1926-04-26 Birth

Oldrich Frantisek Korte

Oldrich Frantisek Korte, composer was born

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1922-04-26 Birth

Paul-Andre Gaillard

Paul-Andre Gaillard, composer was born

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1950-04-26 Birth

Peter Schaufuss

Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin) was born

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1960-04-26 Birth

Roger Taylor

Roger Taylor, rock drummer (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf) was born

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1924-04-26 Birth

Russell Nype

Russell Nype, Zion Ill, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy) was born

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1970-04-26 Birth

Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins

Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, American singer (TLC) was born

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1914-04-26 Birth

Wilfred Howard Mellers

Wilfred Howard Mellers, composer was born

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1965-04-26 Death

Aaron Avshalomov

Aaron Avshalomov, composer, dies at 70

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1999-04-26 Death

Adrian Borland

Adrian Borland, English musician (The Sound) (b. 1957)

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1827-04-26 Death

Bernardo Ottani

Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90

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1983-04-26 Death

Bronislaw Kaper

Bronislaw Kaper, composer, dies at 81

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1991-04-26 Death

Carmine Coppola

Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies

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1865-04-26 Death

Charles J Sax

Charles J Sax, Belgium musician and father of Adolphe Sax inventor of the saxophone, dies at 74

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1648-04-26 Death

Christoph Thomas Walliser

Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79

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1984-04-26 Death

Count Basie

William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday

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1703-04-26 Death

Georg Christoph Leuttner

Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58

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1922-04-26 Death

Hans Sommer

Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84

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1951-04-26 Death

John Alden Carpenter

John Alden Carpenter, US composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75

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1924-04-26 Death

Josef Labor

Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82

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1785-04-26 Death

Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff

Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40

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1991-04-26 Death

Leo Arnaud

Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (b. 1904)

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1972-04-26 Death

Margaret A R Bonds

Margaret A R Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59

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1907-04-26 Death

Pietro Plantania

Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79

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1987-04-26 Death

Shankar

Shankar, Of Noted Bollywood Music Director Duo Shankar-Jaikishan (b. 1922)

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1835-04-26 Event

Frederic Chopin

Frederic Chopin's "Grand Polonaise Brillante" premieres in Paris

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1973-04-26 Event

Galt MacDermot

"2 Gentlemen of Verona" musical opens in London

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1855-04-26 Event

Gioachino Rossini

Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy

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1947-04-26 Event

Vivian Ellis

"Bless the Bride" musical opens in London

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