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Born on August 10
1964
Birth
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall, American songwriter was born
1977
Birth
Aaron Kamin
Aaron Kamin, American musician (The Calling) was born
1932
Birth
Alexander Goehr
Alexander Goehr, composer was born
1865
Birth
Alexander K Glazunov
Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana) was born
1952
Birth
Ashley Putnam
Ashley Putnam, NYC, soprano (NY City Opera 1978) was born
1874
Birth
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson, American musician (d. 1972) was born
1940
Birth
Bobby Hatfield
Bobby Hatfield, Wisc, rocker (Righteous Bros-Unchained Melody) was born
1909
Birth
Brian Easdale
Brian Easdale, composer was born
1808
Birth
Carl Friedrich Weitzmann
Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer was born
1883
Birth
Carlos Lavin
Carlos Lavin, composer was born
1889
Birth
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer was born
1972
Birth
Christofer Johnsson
Christofer Johnsson, Swedish musician was born
1699
Birth
Christoph Gottlieb Schroter
Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer was born
1880
Birth
Clarence Cameron White
Clarence Cameron White, composer was born
1909
Birth
Claude Thornhill
Claude Thornhill, composer was born
1962
Birth
Dan Donovan
Dan Donovan, rocker (Bad) was born
1750
Birth
Daniel Gottlob Turk
Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer was born
1893
Birth
Douglas Stuart Moore
Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard) was born
1928
Birth
Eddie Fisher
Eddie Fisher, Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain) was born
1926
Birth
Edwin James Nairn Carr
Edwin James Nairn Carr, composer was born
1959
Birth
Florent Vollant
Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin) was born
1720
Birth
Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee
Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer was born
1949
Birth
Gene Johnson
Gene Johnson, Sugar Grove Pa, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle) was born
1567
Birth
Girolamo Giacobbi
Girolamo Giacobbi, composer was born
1935
Birth
Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli
Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli, Georgian composer (Night Prayers) was born
1835
Birth
Gyula Beliczay
Gyula Beliczay, composer was born
1966
Birth
Hansi Kürsch
Hansi Kürsch, German singer was born
1793
Birth
Heinrich August Neithardt
Heinrich August Neithardt, composer was born
1912
Birth
Herman Strategier
Herman Strategier, Dutch organist/composer/conductor was born
1560
Birth
Hieronymus Praetorius
Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born
1947
Birth
Ian Anderson
Ian Anderson, Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle) was born
1814
Birth
Jacob Edvard Gille
Jacob Edvard Gille, composer was born
1934
Birth
James Carl Tenney
James Carl Tenney, composer was born
1970
Birth
Jeff Mangum
Jeff Mangum, American musician was born
1928
Birth
Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean, Tx, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever) was born
1929
Birth
John Alldis
John Alldis, composer/conductor was born
1961
Birth
Jon Farriss
Jon Farriss, Australian rock vocalist/drummer (INXS-Kiss the Dirt) was born
1836
Birth
Jose Teodor Vilar
Jose Teodor Vilar, composer was born
1945
Birth
Larry Larden
Larry Larden, rocker (Every Mother's Son) was born
1909
Birth
Leo Fender
Leo Fender, Anaheim California, rocker (Fender guitars) was born
1967
Birth
Lorraine Pearson
Lorraine Pearson, rocker was born
1926
Birth
Marie-Claire Alain
Marie-Claire Alain, French organist/composer was born
1967
Birth
Mart Sander
Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor was born
1882
Birth
Max Kowalski
Max Kowalski, composer was born
1968
Birth
Michael Bivins
Michael Bivins, Boston, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe) was born
1943
Birth
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer was born
1981
Birth
Natsumi Abe
Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer was born
1948
Birth
Patti Austin
Patti Austin, soul singer/actress (Real Me) was born
1856
Birth
Paul Geisler
Paul Geisler, composer was born
1556
Birth
Philipp Nicolai
Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born
1589
Birth
Pietro Antonio Tamburini
Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer was born
1943
Birth
Ronnie Spector
Ronnie Spector, [Veronica Bennett], NYC, singer (Be My Little Baby) was born
1740
Birth
Samuel Arnold
Samuel Arnold, composer was born
1762
Birth
Santiago Ferrer
Santiago Ferrer, composer was born
1971
Birth
Stephan Groth
Stephan Groth, Norwegian musician was born
1943
Birth
Veronica Bennett
Veronica Bennett, rocker was born
1860
Birth
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936) was born
Died on August 10
2023
Death
Antonella Lualdi
Antonella Lualdi died
1970
Death
Bernd-Alois Zimmermann
Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52
1994
Death
Bill Baker
Bill Baker, singer, dies at 58
1911
Death
Carl Christian Lumbye
Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70
2003
Death
Carmita Jiménez
Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer
1997
Death
Conlon Nancarrow
Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (b. 1912)
2020
Death
Del Newman
Del Newman died
1886
Death
Eduard Grell
Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85
1841
Death
Hippolyte Monpou
Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37
1974
Death
Ilona Massey
Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at 64
2008
Death
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes, American musician and actor (b. 1942)
1806
Death
Johann Michael Haydn
Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68
1967
Death
John Francis Larchet
John Francis Larchet, composer, dies at 83
1938
Death
Joseph Moorat
Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73
2002
Death
Michael Houser
Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (b. 1962)
1995
Death
Peter Lancelot Williams
Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist, dies at 81
1821
Death
Salvatore Vigano
Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52
1730
Death
Sebastien de Brossard
Sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74
2020
Death
Tetsuya Watari
Tetsuya Watari died
2007
Death
Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (b. 1950)
2022
Death
Vesa-Matti Loiri
Vesa-Matti Loiri died
2020
Death
Waldemar Bastos
Waldemar Bastos died
1993
Death
Øystein Aarseth
Øystein Aarseth, Norwegian musician (Mayhem) (b. 1968)
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