On This Day in Music: April 8

1952 Birth

Adam Woods

Adam Woods, rock drummer/pianist (Fixx) was born

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1889 Birth

Adrian Boult

Adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor/composer (BBC Sym Orch) was born

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1979 Birth

Alexi Laiho

Alexi Laiho, Finnish guitarist and singer (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, Kylähullut) was born

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1975 Birth

Anouk

Anouk, Dutch singer was born

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1843 Birth

Asger Hamerik

Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer was born

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1938 Birth

Barton Keith McLean

Barton Keith McLean, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Biz Markie

Biz Markie, rocker (Meteor Man, Townsend Television) was born

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1920 Birth

Carmen McRae (Clark)

Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life) was born

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1974 Birth

Chino XL

Chino XL, American rapper was born

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1533 Birth

Claudio Merulo

Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born

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1885 Birth

Dimitrios Levidis

Dimitrios Levidis, composer was born

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1986 Birth

Erika Sawajiri

Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer was born

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1881 Birth

Fernand Lamy

Fernand Lamy, composer was born

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1928 Birth

Fred Ebb

Fred Ebb, Manhattan NY, American composer, (d. 2004) was born

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1708 Birth

Georg Zarth

Georg Zarth, composer was born

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1692 Birth

Giuseppe Tartini

Giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo) was born

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1897 Birth

Herbert Eimert

Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel) was born

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1989 Birth

Hitomi Takahashi

Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer was born

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1962 Birth

Izzy Stradlin

Izzy Stradlin, [Jeff Isabelle], Lafayette IN, guitarist (Guns & Roses) was born

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1929 Birth

Jacques Brel

Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer/actor (Pain in the A__) was born

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1921 Birth

Jan Novak

Jan Novak, composer was born

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1933 Birth

Jaroslav Smolka

Jaroslav Smolka, composer was born

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1904 Birth

John Antill

John Antill, composer was born

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1902 Birth

Josef Krips

Josef Krips, Vienna Austria, conductor (London Symph 1954-63) was born

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1756 Birth

Joseph Gehot

Joseph Gehot, composer was born

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1963 Birth

Julian Lennon

Julian Lennon, Liverpool UK, singer (Too Late for Goodbyes) and son of John was born

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1896 Birth

Karl Hermann Pillney

Karl Hermann Pillney, composer was born

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1980 Birth

Manuel Ortega

Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer was born

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1928 Birth

Monty Sunshine

Monty Sunshine, jazz bandleader (Gotta Travel On) was born

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1909 Birth

Olavi Pesonen

Olavi Pesonen, composer was born

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1972 Birth

Paul Gray

Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot) was born

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1941 Birth

Peggy Lennon

Peggy Lennon, Los Angeles California, singer (Lennon Sisters) was born

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1697 Birth

Pierre Prowo

Pierre Prowo, composer was born

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1942 Birth

Roger Chapman

Roger Chapman, Leicester, rock vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment) was born

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1878 Birth

Rudolf Nelson

Rudolf Nelson, composer was born

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1895 Birth

Sigurdur Thordarson

Sigurdur Thordarson, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Steve Howe

Steve Howe, London, rock guitarist (Asia, Yes-Roundabout) was born

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1776 Birth

Thaddaus Weigl

Thaddaus Weigl, composer was born

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1880 Birth

Victor Schertzinger

Victor Schertzinger, composer/director (Uptown NY) was born

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1921 Birth

Virginia O'Brien

Virginia O'Brien, Los Angeles California, actress/singer (Gus, Ziegfeld Follies) was born

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1929 Birth

Walter Berry

Walter Berry, Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig was born

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1896 Birth

Yip Harburg

Yip Harburg, American lyricist (d. 1981) was born

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1858 Death

Anton Diabelli

Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76

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1969 Death

Arthur Walter Kramer

Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78

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1937 Death

Arthur William Foote

Arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84

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2020 Death

Carl Dobkins Jr.

Carl Dobkins Jr. died

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1996 Death

Charles Donald Adams

Charles Donald Adams, singer, dies at 67

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1920 Death

Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35

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1870 Death

Charles-Auguste de Beriot

Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68

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1871 Death

Charles-Louis Hanssens

Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer, dies at 68

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1991 Death

Dead (musician)

Dead (musician), Swedish metal singer (b. 1969)

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1848 Death

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50

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2020 Death

Francesca Emanuel

Francesca Emanuel died

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1759 Death

Francois de La Croix

Francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76

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1897 Death

George Garrett

George Garrett, composer, dies at 62

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2020 Death

Glenn Fredly

Glenn Fredly died

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1844 Death

Ignaz Franz von Mosel

Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72

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1994 Death

Irene Eisinger

Irene Eisinger, singer, dies at 91

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1985 Death

J. Fred Coots

J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (b. 1897)

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1865 Death

John Park

John Park, composer, dies at 61

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1851 Death

John Parry

John Parry, composer, dies at 75

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1863 Death

Joseph Netherclift

Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70

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1942 Death

Kostas Skarvelis

Kostas Skarvelis, Greek songwriter (b. 1880)

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1997 Death

Laura Nyro

Laura Nyro, singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49

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2025 Death

Lenny Welch

Lenny Welch died

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2010 Death

Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm McLaren, British music manager and musician (b. 1946)

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2026 Death

Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf died

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2024 Death

Melitha Sidabutar

Melitha Sidabutar died

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1736 Death

Pedro Vaz Rego

Pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63

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2025 Death

Rubby Pérez

Rubby Pérez died

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2010 Death

Teddy Scholten

Teddy Scholten, Dutch singer (b. 1926)

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1950 Death

Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky

Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London

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1937 Death

William Henry Hadow

William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77

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1986 Death

Yukiko Okada

Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (b. 1967)

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1876 Event

Amilcare Ponchielli

Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan

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2022 Event

Camila Cabello

Camila Cabello released the album 'Familia'

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2022 Event

Jack White

Jack White released the album 'Fear of the Dawn'

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2022 Event

Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani released the album 'The Elephants of Mars'

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1991 Event

Michael Landon

Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas

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2022 Event

Papa Roach

Papa Roach released the album 'Ego Trip'

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2022 Event

Son Lux

Son Lux released the album 'Everything Everywhere All at Once – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'

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2022 Event

Wet Leg

Wet Leg released the album 'Wet Leg'

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1781 Event

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379

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