On This Day in Music: April 3

On April 3 in music history, 61 artists were born, 34 died and 12 other milestones happened, among them Doris Day (1924), The Beatles (1964) and Richard Thompson (1949).

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Doris Day

Doris Day, American actress, singer, and animal rights activist, was born

The Beatles

Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts

Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson, vocalist/guitarist (Shoot Out the Lights) was born

Billy Joe Royal

Billy Joe Royal, Valdosta Ga, country singer (Down in the Boondocks) was born

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Aaron Bertram

Aaron Bertram, American musician was born

Adolf Rzepko

Adolf Rzepko, composer was born

Antimo Liberati

Antimo Liberati, composer was born

Arjen Anthony Lucassen

Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch musician was born

Barry Pritchard

Barry Pritchard, rock guitarist (Fortunes) was born

Billy Joe Royal

Billy Joe Royal, Valdosta Ga, country singer (Down in the Boondocks) was born

Bjarne Brustad

Bjarne Brustad, composer was born

Craig Taubman

Craig Taubman, Jewish singer was born

Criss Oliva

Criss Oliva, American musician (d. 1993) was born

Curtis Stone

Curtis Stone, N Hollywood California, singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) was born

Dee Murray

Dee Murray, rocker (Elton John Band) was born

Don Gibson

Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003) was born

Doris Day

Doris Day, American actress, singer, and animal rights activist, was born

Drew Shirley

Drew Shirley, American musician was born

Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes

Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer was born

Elisabetta Brusa

Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer was born

Enrique Iturriaga

Enrique Iturriaga, composer was born

Ferenc Verseghy

Ferenc Verseghy, composer was born

Fler

Fler, German rapper was born

François de Roubaix

François de Roubaix, French film score composer (d. 1975) was born

Garrick Ohlsson

Garrick Ohlsson, Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969) was born

George Barati

George Barati, composer was born

Giovanni Battista Massarengo

Giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer was born

Grigoras Dinicu

Grigoras Dinicu, composer was born

Harold Watkins Shaw

Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist was born

Henri Garat

Henri Garat, Paris France, actor (Congress Dances) was born

Huub van der Lubbe

Huub van der Lubbe, Dutch rock singer (Stampei-The Dike) was born

Jan Berry

Jan Berry, Los Angeles California, American rock and roll vocalist (Jan and Dean-Dead Man's Curve) was born

Jan Keizer

Jan Keizer, Dutch singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart) was born

Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne

Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer was born

Jimmy McGriff

Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist was born

Johann Caspar Kerll

Johann Caspar Kerll, composer was born

Johann Valentin Rathgeber

Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine/composer was born

Joseph-Francois Salomon

Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer was born

Julie Sokolow

Julie Sokolow, American musician was born

Leona Lewis

Leona Lewis, English singer was born

Lino Brocka

Lino Brocka, San Jose Philippines, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar) was born

Louis Applebaum

Louis Applebaum, composer was born

Marie Denise Pelletier

Marie Denise Pelletier, Quebec singer was born

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze (Florence) Italy, composer was born

Mario Lavista

Mario Lavista, Mexican composer was born

Mel Schacher

Mel Schacher, MI, bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful) was born

Miguel Bose

Miguel Bose, Panama, spanish singer/actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot) was born

Mike Ness

Mike Ness, rocker (Social Distortion) was born

Murray Dickie

Murray Dickie, opera singer/director was born

Nazia Hassan

Nazia Hassan, South Asian pop singer (d.2000) was born

Peter Van Steeden

Peter Van Steeden, Amsterdam Neth, orchestra leader (Break the Bank) was born

Philippe Wynne

Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (Detroit Spinners) was born

Philippé Wynne

Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984) was born

Reginald De Koven

Reginald De Koven, composer was born

Richard Manuel

Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band-Up on Cripple Creek) was born

Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson, vocalist/guitarist (Shoot Out the Lights) was born

Scott LaFaro

Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961) was born

Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson

Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson, composer was born

Sixten Ehrling

Sixten Ehrling, Malmö Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm) was born

Stan Freeman

Stan Freeman, Waterbury Conn, pianist (Melody Tour) was born

Tibor Andrasovan

Tibor Andrasovan, composer was born

Tony Orlando

Tony Orlando, NYC, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon) was born

Tsuyoshi Sekito

Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer was born

Wayne Newton

Wayne Newton, American singer was born

William Smith

William Smith, composer was born

Died on April 3

Adolf Wiklund

Adolf Wiklund, composer, dies at 70

Agnaldo Timóteo

Agnaldo Timóteo died

Albert Heath

Albert Heath died

Albert Siklos

Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63

Basil Harwood

Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89

Benjamin Johnson Lang

Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71

Daniel Kluger

Daniel Kluger died

Emma Albani

Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (b. 1847)

Fad Gadget

Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (b. 1956)

Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe

Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe, composer, dies at 80

Ferde Grofe

Ferde Grofe, US composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80

Franz Adolf Berwald

Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71

Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken

Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71

Helin Bölek

Helin Bölek died

Homer Newton Bartlett

Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74

Jill Corey

Jill Corey died

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63

Kalevi Kiviniemi

Kalevi Kiviniemi died

Kurt Weill

Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50

Lionel Bart

Lionel Bart, English pop music composer and writer, dies of liver cancer at 68

Manolis Kalomiris

Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78

Maurice Johnstone

Maurice Johnstone, composer, dies at 75

Muñequita Milly

Muñequita Milly died

Nonnosus Madlseder

Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66

Paul Geisler

Paul Geisler, composer, dies at 62

Paul Gilson

Paul Gilson, composer, dies at 76

Ray Noble

Ray Noble, English bandleader and composer (b. 1903)

Reginald Heber

Reginald Heber, bishop & hymn writer, dies

Richard D'Oyly Carte

Richard D'Oyly Carte, promotor (Gilbert & Sullivan operas), dies

Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes

Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman, dies at 59

Sarah Vaughn

Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66

Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm

Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79

Tony Croatto

Tony Croatto, Italian singer (b. 1940)

Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek

Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75

Releases & milestones on April 3

Angine de Poitrine

Angine de Poitrine released the album 'Vol. II'

Blanco

Blanco released the album 'Ma''

Good Kid

Good Kid released the album 'Can We Hang Out Sometime?'

Green Carnation

Green Carnation released the album 'A Dark Poem, Pt. II: Sanguis'

Johnny Mercer

"Dream", Johnny Mercer's Musical, opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance

Monsta X

Monsta X released the album 'Unfold'

Peach PRC

Peach PRC released the album 'Porcelain'

Salmo

Salmo released the album 'Hellvisback 10 Years Later'

Sunn O)))

Sunn O))) released the album 'Sunn O)))'

Swae Lee

Swae Lee released the album 'Same Difference'

T.O.P

T.O.P released the album 'Another Dimension'

The Beatles

Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts

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