On This Day in Music: August 16

1915-08-16 Birth

Al Hibbler

Al Hibbler, singer (Unchained Melody) was born

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1907-08-16 Birth

Alexander Uriah Boskovich

Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer was born

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1888-08-16 Birth

Armand J. Piron

Armand J. Piron, American musician (d. 1943) was born

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1948-08-16 Birth

Barry Hay

Barry Hay, singer/fluitist/saxophonist/guitarist (Golden Earring) was born

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1929-08-16 Birth

Bill Evans

Bill Evans, US jazz pianist was born

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1949-08-16 Birth

Bill Spooner

Bill Spooner, rock guitarist/vocalist (Tubes) was born

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1868-08-16 Birth

Charles Sanford Skilton

Charles Sanford Skilton, composer was born

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1937-08-16 Birth

David Behrman

David Behrman, composer was born

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1968-08-16 Birth

Donovan Leitch Jr

Donovan Leitch Jr, actor/musician (I Shot Andy Warhol) was born

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1928-08-16 Birth

Eddie Kirkland

Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/US blues guitarist (Have Mercy) was born

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1972-08-16 Birth

Emily Robison

Emily Robison, American country singer, instrumentalist and songwriter (Dixie Chicks) was born

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1932-08-16 Birth

Eydie Gorme

Eydie Gorme, [Edithe Gormezano], Bronx NY, singer (Bossa Nova), (d. 2013) was born

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1945-08-16 Birth

Gary Loizzo

Gary Loizzo, Chicago IL, rock guitarist (American Breed) was born

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1952-08-16 Birth

Gianna Rolandi

Gianna Rolandi, NYC, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier) was born

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1945-08-16 Birth

Gordon "Snowy" Fleet

Gordon "Snowy" Fleet, Merseyside, rock drummer (Easybeats) was born

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1795-08-16 Birth

Heinrich August Marschner

Heinrich August Marschner, composer was born

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1895-08-16 Birth

Jacinto Guerrero

Jacinto Guerrero, composer was born

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1953-08-16 Birth

James Taylor

James Taylor, SC, rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna) was born

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1769-08-16 Birth

Jean Aime Vernier

Jean Aime Vernier, composer was born

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1836-08-16 Birth

John Farmer

John Farmer, composer was born

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1816-08-16 Birth

Joseph Robinson

Joseph Robinson, composer was born

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1877-08-16 Birth

Karl L Hoschna

Karl L Hoschna, composer was born

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1934-08-16 Birth

Ketty Lester

Ketty Lester, [Revoyda Frierson], US singer/actress (Love Letters) was born

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1945-08-16 Birth

Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers, England, progressive rocker (Joy of a Toy), (d. 2013) was born

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1970-08-16 Birth

Killah Priest

Killah Priest, American rapper was born

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1958-08-16 Birth

Madonna

Madonna, [Ciccone], Bay City Michigan, singer/actress (Like a Virgin) was born

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1887-08-16 Birth

Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger, conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony) was born

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1909-08-16 Birth

Paul Smith Callaway

Paul Smith Callaway, composer was born

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1776-08-16 Birth

Philipp Jakob Riotte

Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer was born

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1980-08-16 Birth

Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy, English musician (Franz Ferdinand) was born

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1917-08-16 Birth

Roque Cordero

Roque Cordero, Panama, composer (Sonata Breve) was born

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1949-08-16 Birth

Scott Asheton

Scott Asheton, American musician (The Stooges) was born

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1902-08-16 Birth

Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski

Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer was born

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1977-08-16 Birth

Tamer Hosny

Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer/actor was born

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1957-08-16 Birth

Tim Farriss

Tim Farriss, Australian pop guitarist (INXS-Kiss the Dirt) was born

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1980-08-16 Birth

Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Carlton, American singer/songwriter was born

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1897-08-16 Birth

Vicente Ascone

Vicente Ascone, composer was born

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1761-08-16 Birth

Yevstigney Fomin

Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (d. 1800) was born

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1871-08-16 Birth

Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili

Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer was born

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1910-08-16 Death

Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu

Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer, dies at 69

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2008-08-16 Death

Dorival Caymmi

Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer and songwriter (b. 1914)

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1831-08-16 Death

Eduard Brendler

Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30

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1977-08-16 Death

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley, American musician, dies at Graceland at 42. Official cause of death is cardiac arrhythmia

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1929-08-16 Death

Frank Valentine Van der Stucken

Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70

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1984-08-16 Death

Gyorgy Kosa

Gyorgy Kosa, composer, dies at 87

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1786-08-16 Death

Henri-Jacques de Croes

Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80

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1972-08-16 Death

John Barnes Chance

John Barnes Chance, composer, dies at 39

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1986-08-16 Death

John Hurley

John Hurley, song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45

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2006-08-16 Death

Jon Nödtveidt

Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (b. 1975)

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1911-08-16 Death

Karl Munzinger

Karl Munzinger, composer, dies at 68

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1518-08-16 Death

Loyset Compère

Loyset Compère, French composer

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1870-08-16 Death

Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy

Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80

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1968-08-16 Death

Luis Gianneo

Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71

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1992-08-16 Death

Mark Heard

Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack

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2007-08-16 Death

Max Roach

Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)

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1988-08-16 Death

Milton Adolphus

Milton Adolphus, composer, dies at 75

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1945-08-16 Death

Nico Richter

Nico Richter, composer, dies at 29

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1997-08-16 Death

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (b. 1948)

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1959-08-16 Death

Pedro Humberto Allende Saron

Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74

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1999-08-16 Death

Pee Wee King

Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (b. 1914)

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1748-08-16 Death

Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni

Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63

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1995-08-16 Death

Robert "Robby" Debarge

Robert "Robby" Debarge, r&B Musician, dies at 36

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1938-08-16 Death

Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27

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1944-08-16 Death

Roman Padlewski

Roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28

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2008-08-16 Death

Ronnie Drew

Ronnie Drew, Ex-Singer of The Dubliners & Solo Artist (b. 1934)

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1965-08-16 Death

Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky

Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer, dies at 64

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2005-08-16 Death

Vassar Clements

Vassar Clements, American musician (b. 1928)

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2005-08-16 Death

Vicky Moscholiou

Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943)

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1799-08-16 Death

Vincenzo Manfredini

Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61

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1959-08-16 Death

Wanda Landowska

Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (b. 1879)

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1980-08-16 Event

Black Sabbath

Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath

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1986-08-16 Event

Madonna

Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks & her single

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1974-08-16 Event

Ramones

Ramones concert debut (NY's CBGBs)

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1876-08-16 Event

Richard Wagner

Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth

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1962-08-16 Event

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer

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