1924
Birth
Doris Day
Doris Day, American actress, singer, and animal rights activist, was born
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Born on April 3
1981
Birth
Aaron Bertram
Aaron Bertram, American musician was born
1825
Birth
Adolf Rzepko
Adolf Rzepko, composer was born
1617
Birth
Antimo Liberati
Antimo Liberati, composer was born
1960
Birth
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch musician was born
1944
Birth
Barry Pritchard
Barry Pritchard, rock guitarist (Fortunes) was born
1942
Birth
Billy Joe Royal
Billy Joe Royal, Valdosta Ga, country singer (Down in the Boondocks) was born
1895
Birth
Bjarne Brustad
Bjarne Brustad, composer was born
1953
Birth
Craig Taubman
Craig Taubman, Jewish singer was born
1963
Birth
Criss Oliva
Criss Oliva, American musician (d. 1993) was born
1950
Birth
Curtis Stone
Curtis Stone, N Hollywood California, singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) was born
1946
Birth
Dee Murray
Dee Murray, rocker (Elton John Band) was born
1928
Birth
Don Gibson
Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003) was born
1924
Birth
Doris Day
Doris Day, American actress, singer, and animal rights activist, was born
1976
Birth
Drew Shirley
Drew Shirley, American musician was born
1874
Birth
Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes
Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer was born
1954
Birth
Elisabetta Brusa
Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer was born
1918
Birth
Enrique Iturriaga
Enrique Iturriaga, composer was born
1757
Birth
Ferenc Verseghy
Ferenc Verseghy, composer was born
1982
Birth
Fler
Fler, German rapper was born
1939
Birth
François de Roubaix
François de Roubaix, French film score composer (d. 1975) was born
1948
Birth
Garrick Ohlsson
Garrick Ohlsson, Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969) was born
1913
Birth
George Barati
George Barati, composer was born
1569
Birth
Giovanni Battista Massarengo
Giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer was born
1889
Birth
Grigoras Dinicu
Grigoras Dinicu, composer was born
1911
Birth
Harold Watkins Shaw
Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist was born
1902
Birth
Henri Garat
Henri Garat, Paris France, actor (Congress Dances) was born
1953
Birth
Huub van der Lubbe
Huub van der Lubbe, Dutch rock singer (Stampei-The Dike) was born
1941
Birth
Jan Berry
Jan Berry, Los Angeles California, American rock and roll vocalist (Jan and Dean-Dead Man's Curve) was born
1949
Birth
Jan Keizer
Jan Keizer, Dutch singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart) was born
1751
Birth
Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne
Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer was born
1936
Birth
Jimmy McGriff
Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist was born
1627
Birth
Johann Caspar Kerll
Johann Caspar Kerll, composer was born
1682
Birth
Johann Valentin Rathgeber
Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine/composer was born
1649
Birth
Joseph-Francois Salomon
Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer was born
1987
Birth
Julie Sokolow
Julie Sokolow, American musician was born
1985
Birth
Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis, English singer was born
1940
Birth
Lino Brocka
Lino Brocka, San Jose Philippines, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar) was born
1918
Birth
Louis Applebaum
Louis Applebaum, composer was born
1960
Birth
Marie Denise Pelletier
Marie Denise Pelletier, Quebec singer was born
1895
Birth
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze (Florence) Italy, composer was born
1943
Birth
Mario Lavista
Mario Lavista, Mexican composer was born
1951
Birth
Mel Schacher
Mel Schacher, MI, bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful) was born
1956
Birth
Miguel Bose
Miguel Bose, Panama, spanish singer/actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot) was born
1962
Birth
Mike Ness
Mike Ness, rocker (Social Distortion) was born
1924
Birth
Murray Dickie
Murray Dickie, opera singer/director was born
1965
Birth
Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan, South Asian pop singer (d.2000) was born
1904
Birth
Peter Van Steeden
Peter Van Steeden, Amsterdam Neth, orchestra leader (Break the Bank) was born
1938
Birth
Philippe Wynne
Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (Detroit Spinners) was born
1941
Birth
Philippé Wynne
Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984) was born
1859
Birth
Reginald De Koven
Reginald De Koven, composer was born
1945
Birth
Richard Manuel
Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band-Up on Cripple Creek) was born
1949
Birth
Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson, vocalist/guitarist (Shoot Out the Lights) was born
1936
Birth
Scott LaFaro
Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961) was born
1902
Birth
Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson
Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson, composer was born
1918
Birth
Sixten Ehrling
Sixten Ehrling, Malmö Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm) was born
1920
Birth
Stan Freeman
Stan Freeman, Waterbury Conn, pianist (Melody Tour) was born
1917
Birth
Tibor Andrasovan
Tibor Andrasovan, composer was born
1944
Birth
Tony Orlando
Tony Orlando, NYC, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon) was born
1963
Birth
Tsuyoshi Sekito
Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer was born
1942
Birth
Wayne Newton
Wayne Newton, American singer was born
1603
Birth
William Smith
William Smith, composer was born
Died on April 3
1950
Death
Adolf Wiklund
Adolf Wiklund, composer, dies at 70
2021
Death
Agnaldo Timóteo
Agnaldo Timóteo died
2024
Death
Albert Heath
Albert Heath died
1942
Death
Albert Siklos
Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63
1949
Death
Basil Harwood
Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89
1909
Death
Benjamin Johnson Lang
Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71
2025
Death
Daniel Kluger
Daniel Kluger died
1930
Death
Emma Albani
Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (b. 1847)
2002
Death
Fad Gadget
Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (b. 1956)
1972
Death
Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe
Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe, composer, dies at 80
1972
Death
Ferde Grofe
Ferde Grofe, US composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80
1868
Death
Franz Adolf Berwald
Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71
1882
Death
Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken
Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71
2020
Death
Helin Bölek
Helin Bölek died
1920
Death
Homer Newton Bartlett
Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74
2021
Death
Jill Corey
Jill Corey died
1897
Death
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63
2024
Death
Kalevi Kiviniemi
Kalevi Kiviniemi died
1950
Death
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50
1999
Death
Lionel Bart
Lionel Bart, English pop music composer and writer, dies of liver cancer at 68
1962
Death
Manolis Kalomiris
Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78
1976
Death
Maurice Johnstone
Maurice Johnstone, composer, dies at 75
2024
Death
Muñequita Milly
Muñequita Milly died
1797
Death
Nonnosus Madlseder
Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66
1919
Death
Paul Geisler
Paul Geisler, composer, dies at 62
1942
Death
Paul Gilson
Paul Gilson, composer, dies at 76
1978
Death
Ray Noble
Ray Noble, English bandleader and composer (b. 1903)
1826
Death
Reginald Heber
Reginald Heber, bishop & hymn writer, dies
1901
Death
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Richard D'Oyly Carte, promotor (Gilbert & Sullivan operas), dies
1996
Death
Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes
Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman, dies at 59
1990
Death
Sarah Vaughn
Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
1858
Death
Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79
2005
Death
Tony Croatto
Tony Croatto, Italian singer (b. 1940)
1850
Death
Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek
Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75
Releases & milestones on April 3
2026
Event
Angine de Poitrine
Angine de Poitrine released the album 'Vol. II'
2026
Event
Blanco
Blanco released the album 'Ma''
2026
Event
Good Kid
Good Kid released the album 'Can We Hang Out Sometime?'
2026
Event
Green Carnation
Green Carnation released the album 'A Dark Poem, Pt. II: Sanguis'
1997
Event
Johnny Mercer
"Dream", Johnny Mercer's Musical, opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance
2026
Event
Monsta X
Monsta X released the album 'Unfold'
2026
Event
Peach PRC
Peach PRC released the album 'Porcelain'
2026
Event
Salmo
Salmo released the album 'Hellvisback 10 Years Later'
2026
Event
Sunn O)))
Sunn O))) released the album 'Sunn O)))'
2026
Event
Swae Lee
Swae Lee released the album 'Same Difference'
2026
Event
T.O.P
T.O.P released the album 'Another Dimension'
1964
Event
The Beatles
Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts
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