On This Day in Music: August 10

1964-08-10 Birth

Aaron Hall

Aaron Hall, American songwriter was born

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1977-08-10 Birth

Aaron Kamin

Aaron Kamin, American musician (The Calling) was born

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1932-08-10 Birth

Alexander Goehr

Alexander Goehr, composer was born

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1865-08-10 Birth

Alexander K Glazunov

Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana) was born

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1952-08-10 Birth

Ashley Putnam

Ashley Putnam, NYC, soprano (NY City Opera 1978) was born

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1874-08-10 Birth

Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson, American musician (d. 1972) was born

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1940-08-10 Birth

Bobby Hatfield

Bobby Hatfield, Wisc, rocker (Righteous Bros-Unchained Melody) was born

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1909-08-10 Birth

Brian Easdale

Brian Easdale, composer was born

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1808-08-10 Birth

Carl Friedrich Weitzmann

Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer was born

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1883-08-10 Birth

Carlos Lavin

Carlos Lavin, composer was born

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1889-08-10 Birth

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer was born

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1972-08-10 Birth

Christofer Johnsson

Christofer Johnsson, Swedish musician was born

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1699-08-10 Birth

Christoph Gottlieb Schroter

Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer was born

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1880-08-10 Birth

Clarence Cameron White

Clarence Cameron White, composer was born

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1909-08-10 Birth

Claude Thornhill

Claude Thornhill, composer was born

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1962-08-10 Birth

Dan Donovan

Dan Donovan, rocker (Bad) was born

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1750-08-10 Birth

Daniel Gottlob Turk

Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer was born

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1893-08-10 Birth

Douglas Stuart Moore

Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard) was born

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1928-08-10 Birth

Eddie Fisher

Eddie Fisher, Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain) was born

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1926-08-10 Birth

Edwin James Nairn Carr

Edwin James Nairn Carr, composer was born

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1959-08-10 Birth

Florent Vollant

Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin) was born

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1720-08-10 Birth

Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee

Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer was born

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1949-08-10 Birth

Gene Johnson

Gene Johnson, Sugar Grove Pa, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle) was born

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1567-08-10 Birth

Girolamo Giacobbi

Girolamo Giacobbi, composer was born

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1935-08-10 Birth

Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli

Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli, Georgian composer (Night Prayers) was born

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1835-08-10 Birth

Gyula Beliczay

Gyula Beliczay, composer was born

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1966-08-10 Birth

Hansi Kürsch

Hansi Kürsch, German singer was born

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1793-08-10 Birth

Heinrich August Neithardt

Heinrich August Neithardt, composer was born

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1912-08-10 Birth

Herman Strategier

Herman Strategier, Dutch organist/composer/conductor was born

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1560-08-10 Birth

Hieronymus Praetorius

Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born

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1947-08-10 Birth

Ian Anderson

Ian Anderson, Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle) was born

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1814-08-10 Birth

Jacob Edvard Gille

Jacob Edvard Gille, composer was born

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1934-08-10 Birth

James Carl Tenney

James Carl Tenney, composer was born

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1970-08-10 Birth

Jeff Mangum

Jeff Mangum, American musician was born

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1928-08-10 Birth

Jimmy Dean

Jimmy Dean, Tx, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever) was born

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1929-08-10 Birth

John Alldis

John Alldis, composer/conductor was born

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1961-08-10 Birth

Jon Farriss

Jon Farriss, Australian rock vocalist/drummer (INXS-Kiss the Dirt) was born

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1836-08-10 Birth

Jose Teodor Vilar

Jose Teodor Vilar, composer was born

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1945-08-10 Birth

Larry Larden

Larry Larden, rocker (Every Mother's Son) was born

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1909-08-10 Birth

Leo Fender

Leo Fender, Anaheim California, rocker (Fender guitars) was born

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1967-08-10 Birth

Lorraine Pearson

Lorraine Pearson, rocker was born

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1926-08-10 Birth

Marie-Claire Alain

Marie-Claire Alain, French organist/composer was born

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1967-08-10 Birth

Mart Sander

Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor was born

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1882-08-10 Birth

Max Kowalski

Max Kowalski, composer was born

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1968-08-10 Birth

Michael Bivins

Michael Bivins, Boston, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe) was born

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1943-08-10 Birth

Michael Mantler

Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer was born

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1981-08-10 Birth

Natsumi Abe

Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer was born

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1948-08-10 Birth

Patti Austin

Patti Austin, soul singer/actress (Real Me) was born

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1856-08-10 Birth

Paul Geisler

Paul Geisler, composer was born

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1556-08-10 Birth

Philipp Nicolai

Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born

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1589-08-10 Birth

Pietro Antonio Tamburini

Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer was born

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1943-08-10 Birth

Ronnie Spector

Ronnie Spector, [Veronica Bennett], NYC, singer (Be My Little Baby) was born

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1740-08-10 Birth

Samuel Arnold

Samuel Arnold, composer was born

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1762-08-10 Birth

Santiago Ferrer

Santiago Ferrer, composer was born

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1971-08-10 Birth

Stephan Groth

Stephan Groth, Norwegian musician was born

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1943-08-10 Birth

Veronica Bennett

Veronica Bennett, rocker was born

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1860-08-10 Birth

Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande

Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936) was born

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1970-08-10 Death

Bernd-Alois Zimmermann

Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52

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1994-08-10 Death

Bill Baker

Bill Baker, singer, dies at 58

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1911-08-10 Death

Carl Christian Lumbye

Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70

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2003-08-10 Death

Carmita Jiménez

Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer

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1997-08-10 Death

Conlon Nancarrow

Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (b. 1912)

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1886-08-10 Death

Eduard Grell

Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85

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1841-08-10 Death

Hippolyte Monpou

Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37

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1974-08-10 Death

Ilona Massey

Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at 64

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2008-08-10 Death

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes, American musician and actor (b. 1942)

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1806-08-10 Death

Johann Michael Haydn

Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68

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1967-08-10 Death

John Francis Larchet

John Francis Larchet, composer, dies at 83

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1938-08-10 Death

Joseph Moorat

Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73

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2002-08-10 Death

Michael Houser

Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (b. 1962)

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1995-08-10 Death

Peter Lancelot Williams

Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist, dies at 81

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1821-08-10 Death

Salvatore Vigano

Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52

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1730-08-10 Death

Sebastien de Brossard

Sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74

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2007-08-10 Death

Tony Wilson

Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (b. 1950)

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1993-08-10 Death

Øystein Aarseth

Øystein Aarseth, Norwegian musician (Mayhem) (b. 1968)

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1985-08-10 Event

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle song) for $47 million

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1991-08-10 Event

Stephen Sondheim

"Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 7 perfs

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1787-08-10 Event

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik"

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