On This Day in Music: August 15

On August 15 in music history, 57 artists were born, 34 died and 4 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1965), Oscar Peterson (1925) and Viktor Tsoi (1990).

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The Beatles

Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium

Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson, Montreal Quebec, Canadian jazz pianist and composer was born

Viktor Tsoi

Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)

Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll]

Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll], Madrid, Spain, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress was born

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Albert Spalding

Albert Spalding, composer was born

Alexander Aliabiev

Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born

Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk

Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer was born

Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko

Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer was born

Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll]

Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll], Madrid, Spain, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress was born

Billy Griffin [William]

Billy Griffin [William], US singer (Miracles-Love Machine) was born

Billy Pinkney

Billy Pinkney, Sumter NC, rock bassist/vocalist (Drifters) was born

Bobby Caldwell

Bobby Caldwell, NYC, rocker was born

Bobby Helms

Bobby Helms, rock vocalist (Jingle Bell Rock) was born

Byron Arnold

Byron Arnold, composer was born

Charlemagne Palestine

Charlemagne Palestine, composer was born

Don Rich

Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw) was born

Eduard de Hartog

Eduard de Hartog, composer was born

Ferdinando Bertoni

Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born

Finn Videro

Finn Videro, composer was born

Florian Zabach

Florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy) was born

Floyd Ashton

Floyd Ashton, US singer (Tams-What Child of Fool) was born

Frederick Knight

Frederick Knight, US singer (I've been lonely so long) was born

Ger Hoeymakers

Ger Hoeymakers, Dutch rock guitarist (Franc Boeijen Group) was born

Geraldo Velez

Geraldo Velez, jazz congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) was born

Harold Fraser-Simson

Harold Fraser-Simson, composer was born

Herman van Keeken

Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer (Daddy don't run so fast) was born

Hugh Archibald Clarke

Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born

Hugo Winterhalter

Hugo Winterhalter, composer was born

Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried

Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer was born

Jacques Ibert

Jacques Ibert, Paris France, composer (Escales) was born

Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Webb, Elk City Oklahoma, songwriter (MacArthur Park, Up Up & Away) was born

Joe Jonas

Joe Jonas, American singer (Jonas Brothers) was born

Johann Christoph Kellner

Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born

Johann Georg Holzbogen

Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born

Kate Taylor

Kate Taylor, rocker was born

Knud Christian Jeppesen

Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer was born

Lorraine Desmarais

Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer was born

Lukas Foss

Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) was born

Lyutsian Abramovich Prigozhn

Lyutsian Abramovich Prigozhn, composer was born

Mario Kuri-Aldana

Mario Kuri-Aldana, composer was born

Marion Eugene Bauer

Marion Eugene Bauer, composer was born

Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson, rocker (The The-Infected Soul Mining) was born

Mikey Graham

Mikey Graham, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) was born

Nino Ferrer

Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer (d. 1998) was born

Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson, Montreal Quebec, Canadian jazz pianist and composer was born

Patsy Gallant

Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer was born

Peter York

Peter York, Cleve, rock drummer (Spencer Davis Group) was born

Raymond Gallois-Montbrun

Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, composer was born

Rita Shane

Rita Shane, American soprano was born

Rubin Goldmark

Rubin Goldmark, composer was born

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) was born

Shirley Kwan

Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer was born

Sulho Ranta

Sulho Ranta, composer was born

Sylvie Vartan

Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian pop singer was born

Thomas Aldrich

Thomas Aldrich, country drummer (Black Oak Arkansas) was born

Thomas Norris

Thomas Norris, composer was born

Tiffanie Anderson

Tiffanie Anderson, American singer, dancer was born

Tim Foreman

Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot) was born

Tommy Aldridge

Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man) was born

Vinny Denunzio

Vinny Denunzio, rocker was born

Wilhelm Rust

Wilhelm Rust, composer was born

Died on August 15

Alf Thorbald Hurum

Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89

Anatoly Lyadov

Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]

Arnold Östman

Arnold Östman died

Artur Schnabel

Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69

Baliny Valentin Bakfark

Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies

Blind Willie McTell

Blind Willie McTell, American ragtime singer and guitarist (b. 1901)

Edward Kilenyi

Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84

Erbie Bowser

Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77

Felice Alessandri

Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50

Gerard Brucken Fock

Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75

Gianfranco D'Angelo

Gianfranco D'Angelo died

Giovanni Battista Polledro

Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72

Greg Iles

Greg Iles died

Gösta Sundqvist

Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)

Harrison Kerr

Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80

Jack Russell

Jack Russell died

Jagjit Kaur

Jagjit Kaur died

Jamshied Sharifi

Jamshied Sharifi died

Jerry Wexler

Jerry Wexler, music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues"

Johann Baptista Serranus

Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60

John Powell

John Powell, composer, dies at 80

Joseph Joachim

Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76

Karl August Andersen

Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66

Maria Krushelnytska

Maria Krushelnytska died

Marin Marias

Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72

Mpok Alpa

Mpok Alpa died

Peter Gast

Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64

Ray Buchanan

Ray Buchanan, US blues gitarist, dies at about 48

Richard Bradshaw

Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor, (b. 1944)

Richard Yardumian

Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68

Semiha Berksoy

Semiha Berksoy, first Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)

Stanislaw Niewiadomski

Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer, dies at 76

Timothy Olmstead

Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88

Viktor Tsoi

Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)

Releases & milestones on August 15

Conan Gray

Conan Gray released the album 'Wishbone'

Joey Ramone

Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery

Maroon 5

Maroon 5 released the album 'Love Is Like'

The Beatles

Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium

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