On This Day in Music: August 17

1903-08-17 Birth

Abram Chasins

Abram Chasins, composer was born

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1923-08-17 Birth

Anton Kersjes

Anton Kersjes, violinist/conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch) was born

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1958-08-17 Birth

Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Carlisle, Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth) was born

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1964-08-17 Birth

Colin James

Colin James, Canadian musician was born

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1955-08-17 Birth

Colin Moulding

Colin Moulding, English pop guitarist (XTC) was born

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1943-08-17 Birth

Dave "Snaker" Ray

Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002) was born

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1969-08-17 Birth

Donald E Wahlberg Jr

Donald E Wahlberg Jr, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough) was born

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1943-08-17 Birth

Edward Cowie

Edward Cowie, composer was born

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1910-08-17 Birth

Eric Aaltonen

Eric Aaltonen, composer was born

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1954-08-17 Birth

Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson, American guitarist was born

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1936-08-17 Birth

Floyd Red Crow Westerman

Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician-actor (d. 2007) was born

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1779-08-17 Birth

Franz de Paula Roser

Franz de Paula Roser, composer was born

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1947-08-17 Birth

Gary Talley

Gary Talley, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Box Tops) was born

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1926-08-17 Birth

George Melly

George Melly, British singer (d. 2007) was born

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1828-08-17 Birth

George William Warren

George William Warren, composer was born

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1920-08-17 Birth

Georgia Gibbs

Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Mass, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire) was born

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1962-08-17 Birth

Gilby Clarke

Gilby Clarke, US pop guitarist (Guns n' Roses-Civil War) was born

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1965-08-17 Birth

Glen Goldsmith

Glen Goldsmith, rocker (What You See is What You Get) was born

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1946-08-17 Birth

Hans Vandenburg

Hans Vandenburg, Dutch singer/guitarist (Gruppo Sportivo) was born

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1839-08-17 Birth

Hubert Platt Main

Hubert Platt Main, composer was born

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1936-08-17 Birth

Ivan Parik

Ivan Parik, composer was born

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1945-08-17 Birth

Katri Helena

Katri Helena, Finnish singer was born

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1967-08-17 Birth

Kevin Max

Kevin Max, American singer (dc talk) was born

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1953-08-17 Birth

Kevin Rowlands

Kevin Rowlands, rock vocalist (Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen) was born

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1955-08-17 Birth

Kevin Welch

Kevin Welch, California, country songwriter/actor (Thing Called Love) was born

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1908-08-17 Birth

Kurt Hessenberg

Kurt Hessenberg, composer was born

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1909-08-17 Birth

Larry Clinton

Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985) was born

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1924-08-17 Birth

Laurence Richard Deniz

Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist was born

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1980-08-17 Birth

Lene Marlin

Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer was born

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1880-08-17 Birth

Leo Ascher

Leo Ascher, composer was born

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1904-08-17 Birth

Leopold Nowak

Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991) was born

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1939-08-17 Birth

Luther Allison

Luther Allison, Mayflower Ark, rock guitarist (Bad News is Coming) was born

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1907-08-17 Birth

Marian Viktorovich Koval

Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer was born

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1933-08-17 Birth

Mark Dinning

Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986) was born

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1966-08-17 Birth

Maysa Leak

Maysa Leak, American Jazz Singer was born

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1686-08-17 Birth

Nicola Antonio Porpora

Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born

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1834-08-17 Birth

Peter Benoit

Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata) was born

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1775-08-17 Birth

Philippe Libon

Philippe Libon, composer was born

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1948-08-17 Birth

Rod MacDonald

Rod MacDonald, American musician was born

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1949-08-17 Birth

Sib Hashian

Sib Hashian, Boston Mass, rock drummer (Boston) was born

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1960-08-17 Birth

Stephan Eicher

Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer was born

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1965-08-17 Birth

Steve Gorman

Steve Gorman, Hopkinsville Ky, rock drummer (Black Crowes) was born

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1977-08-17 Birth

Tarja Turunen

Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer was born

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1928-08-17 Birth

Thomas Jefferson Anderson

Thomas Jefferson Anderson, composer was born

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1974-08-17 Birth

Tony Hajjar

Tony Hajjar, Lebanese musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta) was born

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1971-08-17 Birth

Uhm Jung-hwa

Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress was born

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1978-08-17 Birth

Vibeke Stene

Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer (Tristania) was born

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1954-08-17 Death

Billy Murray

Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77

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1898-08-17 Death

Carl Johann Adam Zeller

Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56

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1961-08-17 Death

Carlos Leon Salzedo

Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer, dies at 76

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1901-08-17 Death

Edmond Audran

Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61

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1889-08-17 Death

Ernst Franck

Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42

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1958-08-17 Death

Florent Schmitt

Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87

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1887-08-17 Death

Franz Commer

Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74

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1786-08-17 Death

Frederick II (the Great)

Frederick II (the Great), King of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74

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1945-08-17 Death

Gino Marinuzzi

Gino Marinuzzi, composer, dies at 61

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1777-08-17 Death

Giuseppe Scarlotti

Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54

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1983-08-17 Death

Ira Gershwin

Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86

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1792-08-17 Death

Jan Jachym Kopriva

Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38

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1973-08-17 Death

Jean Barraqué

Jean Barraqué, French composer (b. 1928)

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1731-08-17 Death

Johann Augustin Kobelius

Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57

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1865-08-17 Death

Johann Nepomuk Poissl

Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82

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1730-08-17 Death

Mauritius Vogt

Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61

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1880-08-17 Death

Ole Bull

Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (b. 1810)

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1973-08-17 Death

Paul Williams

Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations), commits suicide at 32

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1990-08-17 Death

Pearl Bailey

Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72

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1936-08-17 Death

Pierre-Octave Ferroud

Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery & Foules), dies at 36

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1909-08-17 Death

Richard Hoffman

Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78

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1981-08-17 Death

Robert Russell Bennett

Robert Russell Bennett, US composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87

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1995-08-17 Death

William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis

William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician, dies at 76

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1876-08-17 Event

Richard Wagner

Opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth

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1962-08-17 Event

Ringo Starr

Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr

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