1965
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The Beatles
Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium
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1925
Birth
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson, Montreal Quebec, Canadian jazz pianist and composer was born
1990
Death
Viktor Tsoi
Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)
1989
Birth
Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll]
Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll], Madrid, Spain, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress was born
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Born on August 15
1888
Birth
Albert Spalding
Albert Spalding, composer was born
1787
Birth
Alexander Aliabiev
Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born
1893
Birth
Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk
Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer was born
1885
Birth
Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko
Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer was born
1989
Birth
Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll]
Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll], Madrid, Spain, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress was born
1950
Birth
Billy Griffin [William]
Billy Griffin [William], US singer (Miracles-Love Machine) was born
1925
Birth
Billy Pinkney
Billy Pinkney, Sumter NC, rock bassist/vocalist (Drifters) was born
1951
Birth
Bobby Caldwell
Bobby Caldwell, NYC, rocker was born
1933
Birth
Bobby Helms
Bobby Helms, rock vocalist (Jingle Bell Rock) was born
1901
Birth
Byron Arnold
Byron Arnold, composer was born
1945
Birth
Charlemagne Palestine
Charlemagne Palestine, composer was born
1941
Birth
Don Rich
Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw) was born
1829
Birth
Eduard de Hartog
Eduard de Hartog, composer was born
1725
Birth
Ferdinando Bertoni
Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born
1906
Birth
Finn Videro
Finn Videro, composer was born
1918
Birth
Florian Zabach
Florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy) was born
1933
Birth
Floyd Ashton
Floyd Ashton, US singer (Tams-What Child of Fool) was born
1944
Birth
Frederick Knight
Frederick Knight, US singer (I've been lonely so long) was born
1952
Birth
Ger Hoeymakers
Ger Hoeymakers, Dutch rock guitarist (Franc Boeijen Group) was born
1947
Birth
Geraldo Velez
Geraldo Velez, jazz congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) was born
1872
Birth
Harold Fraser-Simson
Harold Fraser-Simson, composer was born
1939
Birth
Herman van Keeken
Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer (Daddy don't run so fast) was born
1839
Birth
Hugh Archibald Clarke
Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born
1910
Birth
Hugo Winterhalter
Hugo Winterhalter, composer was born
1776
Birth
Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried
Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer was born
1890
Birth
Jacques Ibert
Jacques Ibert, Paris France, composer (Escales) was born
1946
Birth
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb, Elk City Oklahoma, songwriter (MacArthur Park, Up Up & Away) was born
1989
Birth
Joe Jonas
Joe Jonas, American singer (Jonas Brothers) was born
1736
Birth
Johann Christoph Kellner
Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born
1727
Birth
Johann Georg Holzbogen
Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born
1949
Birth
Kate Taylor
Kate Taylor, rocker was born
1892
Birth
Knud Christian Jeppesen
Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer was born
1956
Birth
Lorraine Desmarais
Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer was born
1922
Birth
Lukas Foss
Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) was born
1926
Birth
Lyutsian Abramovich Prigozhn
Lyutsian Abramovich Prigozhn, composer was born
1931
Birth
Mario Kuri-Aldana
Mario Kuri-Aldana, composer was born
1897
Birth
Marion Eugene Bauer
Marion Eugene Bauer, composer was born
1961
Birth
Matt Johnson
Matt Johnson, rocker (The The-Infected Soul Mining) was born
1972
Birth
Mikey Graham
Mikey Graham, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) was born
1934
Birth
Nino Ferrer
Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer (d. 1998) was born
1925
Birth
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson, Montreal Quebec, Canadian jazz pianist and composer was born
1948
Birth
Patsy Gallant
Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer was born
1942
Birth
Peter York
Peter York, Cleve, rock drummer (Spencer Davis Group) was born
1918
Birth
Raymond Gallois-Montbrun
Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, composer was born
1940
Birth
Rita Shane
Rita Shane, American soprano was born
1872
Birth
Rubin Goldmark
Rubin Goldmark, composer was born
1875
Birth
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) was born
1966
Birth
Shirley Kwan
Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer was born
1901
Birth
Sulho Ranta
Sulho Ranta, composer was born
1944
Birth
Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian pop singer was born
1950
Birth
Thomas Aldrich
Thomas Aldrich, country drummer (Black Oak Arkansas) was born
1741
Birth
Thomas Norris
Thomas Norris, composer was born
1989
Birth
Tiffanie Anderson
Tiffanie Anderson, American singer, dancer was born
1978
Birth
Tim Foreman
Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot) was born
1960
Birth
Tommy Aldridge
Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man) was born
1956
Birth
Vinny Denunzio
Vinny Denunzio, rocker was born
1822
Birth
Wilhelm Rust
Wilhelm Rust, composer was born
Died on August 15
1972
Death
Alf Thorbald Hurum
Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89
1914
Death
Anatoly Lyadov
Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]
2023
Death
Arnold Östman
Arnold Östman died
1951
Death
Artur Schnabel
Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69
1576
Death
Baliny Valentin Bakfark
Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies
1959
Death
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell, American ragtime singer and guitarist (b. 1901)
1968
Death
Edward Kilenyi
Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84
1995
Death
Erbie Bowser
Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77
1798
Death
Felice Alessandri
Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50
1935
Death
Gerard Brucken Fock
Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75
2021
Death
Gianfranco D'Angelo
Gianfranco D'Angelo died
1853
Death
Giovanni Battista Polledro
Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72
2025
Death
Greg Iles
Greg Iles died
2003
Death
Gösta Sundqvist
Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)
1978
Death
Harrison Kerr
Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80
2024
Death
Jack Russell
Jack Russell died
2021
Death
Jagjit Kaur
Jagjit Kaur died
2025
Death
Jamshied Sharifi
Jamshied Sharifi died
2008
Death
Jerry Wexler
Jerry Wexler, music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues"
1600
Death
Johann Baptista Serranus
Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60
1963
Death
John Powell
John Powell, composer, dies at 80
1907
Death
Joseph Joachim
Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76
1970
Death
Karl August Andersen
Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66
2025
Death
Maria Krushelnytska
Maria Krushelnytska died
1728
Death
Marin Marias
Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72
2025
Death
Mpok Alpa
Mpok Alpa died
1918
Death
Peter Gast
Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64
1988
Death
Ray Buchanan
Ray Buchanan, US blues gitarist, dies at about 48
2007
Death
Richard Bradshaw
Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor, (b. 1944)
1985
Death
Richard Yardumian
Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68
2004
Death
Semiha Berksoy
Semiha Berksoy, first Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)
1936
Death
Stanislaw Niewiadomski
Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer, dies at 76
1848
Death
Timothy Olmstead
Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88
1990
Death
Viktor Tsoi
Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)
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