On This Day in Music: April 6

On April 6 in music history, 49 artists were born, 34 died and 4 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1977), The Rolling Stones (1976) and Merle Haggard (1937).

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The Beatles

Judge rules that The Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released

The Rolling Stones

1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"

Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard, Bakersfield California, country singer (Death Valley Days) was born

Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orchestra leader (Jazz on a Summer Day) was born

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Alessandro Rolla

Alessandro Rolla, composer was born

Andre Cardinal Destouches

Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer was born

Andre Previn

Andre Previn, Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/pianist was born

Andres Sas

Andres Sas, composer was born

Andrew Welsh Imbrie

Andrew Welsh Imbrie, composer was born

Art Taylor

Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/band leader (Taylor's Wailers) was born

Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg

Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer was born

Carlos Leon Salzedo

Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer was born

Christopher Franke

Christopher Franke, German musician and composer was born

Dannon Phillip Pampolina

Dannon Phillip Pampolina, rapper/drummer (Party) was born

Edison Vasalievich Denisov

Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer was born

Endre Szekely

Endre Szekely, composer was born

Felicity Palmer

Felicity Palmer, British mezzo-soprano was born

Francis Henry Brown

Francis Henry Brown, composer was born

Friedrich Robert Volkmann

Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer was born

Garrett Zablocki

Garrett Zablocki, American musician was born

Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin

Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer was born

Georg Hólm

Georg Hólm, Icelandic musician was born

George Reuter

George Reuter, composer was born

Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orchestra leader (Jazz on a Summer Day) was born

Gheorghe Zamfir

Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician was born

Joan Carlyle

Joan Carlyle, British soprano was born

Johann Friedrich Kranz

Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer was born

Johann Kuhnau

Johann Kuhnau, composer was born

John Stax

John Stax, rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down) was born

Johnny Dee

Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra) was born

Jose Marraco y Ferrer

Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer was born

Joseph Funk

Joseph Funk, composer was born

Joseph Ludwig

Joseph Ludwig, composer was born

Juan Tomas Perez

Juan Tomas Perez, composer was born

Manfred Schoof

Manfred Schoof, composer was born

Martin Mendez

Martin Mendez, Uruguayan-born Bassist (Opeth) was born

Mateusz Glinski

Mateusz Glinski, composer was born

Max Bemis

Max Bemis, American musician/songwriter was born

Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard, Bakersfield California, country singer (Death Valley Days) was born

Michael Guy Chislett

Michael Guy Chislett, Australian born, American guitarist of The Academy Is... was born

Myleene Klass

Myleene Klass, British singer was born

Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate

Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate, composer was born

Ralph Cooper

Ralph Cooper, Australia, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love) was born

Reijo Jyrkiainen

Reijo Jyrkiainen, composer was born

Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress/singer was born

Stan Cullimore

Stan Cullimore, bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There) was born

Tony Cooner

Tony Cooner, Essex, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) was born

Udo Dirkshneider

Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo) was born

Vanessa Lann

Vanessa Lann, American composer was born

Vano Il'ich Muradeli

Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer was born

Vincenzo De Grandis

Vincenzo De Grandis, composer was born

Warren Haynes

Warren Haynes, Asheville, North Carolina, rock and blues guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band) was born

Willem Pelemans

Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer/music reviewer was born

Died on April 6

Andres Isasi

Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49

Anna Slováčková

Anna Slováčková died

Babatunde Olatunji

Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (b. 1927)

Bonaventura Furlanetto

Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78

Charles Pettigrew

Charles Pettigrew, American singer (b. 1963)

Clem Burke

Clem Burke died

Dick Cary

Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77

Dutty Dior

Dutty Dior died

Franz Xaver Partsch

Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62

Giuseppi Radiciotti

Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73

Halfdan Cleve

Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies of pneumonia at 88

Jimmy Kenndy

Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies

Jose Marraco y Ferrer

Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday

Lorenz Justinian Ott

Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56

M. K. Arjunan

M. K. Arjunan died

Milton Ager

Milton Ager, US composer, dies at 85

Nicolas Nabokov

Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74

Niki Sullivan

Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (b. 1937)

Onaje Allan Gumbs

Onaje Allan Gumbs died

Paul Cattermole

Paul Cattermole died

Pongsri Woranuch

Pongsri Woranuch died

Predrag Živković Tozovac

Predrag Živković Tozovac died

Ral Donner

Ral Donner, singer/narrator, dies at 41

Red Norvo

Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1908)

Roberto De Simone

Roberto De Simone died

Rynoldus Popma van Oevering

Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90

Sonny Simmons

Sonny Simmons died

Stefan Surzynski

Stefan Surzynski, composer, dies at 63

Tammy Wynette

Tammy Wynette, American country singer, dies at 55

Tommaso Traetta

Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52

Vaclav Kapral

Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58

Wendy O. Williams

Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)

Álvaro Cassuto

Álvaro Cassuto died

Releases & milestones on April 6

Adrian Willaert

Adrian Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este

Hank Williams, Jr.

22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr

The Beatles

Judge rules that The Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released

The Rolling Stones

1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"

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