On This Day in Music: August 15

1888-08-15 Birth

Albert Spalding

Albert Spalding, composer was born

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1787-08-15 Birth

Alexander Aliabiev

Alexander Aliabiev, composer was born

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1893-08-15 Birth

Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk

Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer was born

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1885-08-15 Birth

Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko

Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer was born

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1989-08-15 Birth

Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll]

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

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1950-08-15 Birth

Billy Griffin [William]

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

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1925-08-15 Birth

Billy Pinkney

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

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1951-08-15 Birth

Bobby Caldwell

Bobby Caldwell, NYC, rocker was born

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1933-08-15 Birth

Bobby Helms

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

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1901-08-15 Birth

Byron Arnold

Byron Arnold, composer was born

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1945-08-15 Birth

Charlemagne Palestine

Charlemagne Palestine, composer was born

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1941-08-15 Birth

Don Rich

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

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1829-08-15 Birth

Eduard de Hartog

Eduard de Hartog, composer was born

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1725-08-15 Birth

Ferdinando Bertoni

Ferdinando Bertoni, composer was born

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1906-08-15 Birth

Finn Videro

Finn Videro, composer was born

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1918-08-15 Birth

Florian Zabach

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

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1933-08-15 Birth

Floyd Ashton

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

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1944-08-15 Birth

Frederick Knight

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

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1952-08-15 Birth

Ger Hoeymakers

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

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1947-08-15 Birth

Geraldo Velez

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

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1872-08-15 Birth

Harold Fraser-Simson

Harold Fraser-Simson, composer was born

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1939-08-15 Birth

Herman van Keeken

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

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1839-08-15 Birth

Hugh Archibald Clarke

Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer was born

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1910-08-15 Birth

Hugo Winterhalter

Hugo Winterhalter, composer was born

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1776-08-15 Birth

Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried

Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer was born

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1890-08-15 Birth

Jacques Ibert

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

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1946-08-15 Birth

Jimmy Webb

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

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1989-08-15 Birth

Joe Jonas

Joe Jonas, American singer (Jonas Brothers) was born

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1736-08-15 Birth

Johann Christoph Kellner

Johann Christoph Kellner, composer was born

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1727-08-15 Birth

Johann Georg Holzbogen

Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer was born

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1949-08-15 Birth

Kate Taylor

Kate Taylor, rocker was born

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1892-08-15 Birth

Knud Christian Jeppesen

Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer was born

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1956-08-15 Birth

Lorraine Desmarais

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

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1922-08-15 Birth

Lukas Foss

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

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1926-08-15 Birth

Lyutsian Abramovich Prigozhn

Lyutsian Abramovich Prigozhn, composer was born

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1931-08-15 Birth

Mario Kuri-Aldana

Mario Kuri-Aldana, composer was born

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1897-08-15 Birth

Marion Eugene Bauer

Marion Eugene Bauer, composer was born

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1961-08-15 Birth

Matt Johnson

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

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1972-08-15 Birth

Mikey Graham

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

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1934-08-15 Birth

Nino Ferrer

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

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1925-08-15 Birth

Oscar Peterson

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

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1948-08-15 Birth

Patsy Gallant

Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer was born

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1942-08-15 Birth

Peter York

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

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1918-08-15 Birth

Raymond Gallois-Montbrun

Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, composer was born

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1940-08-15 Birth

Rita Shane

Rita Shane, American soprano was born

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1872-08-15 Birth

Rubin Goldmark

Rubin Goldmark, composer was born

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1875-08-15 Birth

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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

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1966-08-15 Birth

Shirley Kwan

Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer was born

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1901-08-15 Birth

Sulho Ranta

Sulho Ranta, composer was born

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1944-08-15 Birth

Sylvie Vartan

Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian pop singer was born

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1950-08-15 Birth

Thomas Aldrich

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

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1741-08-15 Birth

Thomas Norris

Thomas Norris, composer was born

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1989-08-15 Birth

Tiffanie Anderson

Tiffanie Anderson, American singer, dancer was born

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1978-08-15 Birth

Tim Foreman

Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot) was born

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1960-08-15 Birth

Tommy Aldridge

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

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1956-08-15 Birth

Vinny Denunzio

Vinny Denunzio, rocker was born

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1822-08-15 Birth

Wilhelm Rust

Wilhelm Rust, composer was born

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1972-08-15 Death

Alf Thorbald Hurum

Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89

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1914-08-15 Death

Anatoly Lyadov

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

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1951-08-15 Death

Artur Schnabel

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

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1576-08-15 Death

Baliny Valentin Bakfark

Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies

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1959-08-15 Death

Blind Willie McTell

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

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1968-08-15 Death

Edward Kilenyi

Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84

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1995-08-15 Death

Erbie Bowser

Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77

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1798-08-15 Death

Felice Alessandri

Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50

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1935-08-15 Death

Gerard Brucken Fock

Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75

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1853-08-15 Death

Giovanni Battista Polledro

Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72

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2003-08-15 Death

Gösta Sundqvist

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

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1978-08-15 Death

Harrison Kerr

Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80

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2008-08-15 Death

Jerry Wexler

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

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1600-08-15 Death

Johann Baptista Serranus

Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60

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1963-08-15 Death

John Powell

John Powell, composer, dies at 80

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1907-08-15 Death

Joseph Joachim

Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76

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1970-08-15 Death

Karl August Andersen

Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66

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1728-08-15 Death

Marin Marias

Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72

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1918-08-15 Death

Peter Gast

Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64

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1988-08-15 Death

Ray Buchanan

Ray Buchanan, US blues gitarist, dies at about 48

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2007-08-15 Death

Richard Bradshaw

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

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1985-08-15 Death

Richard Yardumian

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

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2004-08-15 Death

Semiha Berksoy

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

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1936-08-15 Death

Stanislaw Niewiadomski

Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer, dies at 76

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1848-08-15 Death

Timothy Olmstead

Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88

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1990-08-15 Death

Viktor Tsoi

Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)

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1983-08-15 Event

Joey Ramone

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

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1965-08-15 Event

The Beatles

Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium

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