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The Beatles arrive in SF, 2nd US visit
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Born on August 18
1903
Birth
Ake Olof Sebastian Udden
Ake Olof Sebastian Udden, composer was born
1769
Birth
Alexandre Stievenard
Alexandre Stievenard, composer was born
1750
Birth
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare) was born
1945
Birth
Barbara Harris
Barbara Harris, US singer (Toys-A Lover's Concerto) was born
1849
Birth
Benjamin Louis Paul Godard
Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer was born
1967
Birth
Blas Elias Gomez
Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy TX, rock drummer (Slaughter-Stick it Live) was born
1944
Birth
Carl Wayne
Carl Wayne, rocker (Move) was born
1856
Birth
Charles Hutchison Gabriel
Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer was born
1967
Birth
Daler Mehndi
Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer was born
1967
Birth
Dan Peters
Dan Peters, American musician was born
1950
Birth
Dennis Elliot
Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer (Foreigner) was born
1964
Birth
Edith Frost
Edith Frost, American singer/songwriter was born
1907
Birth
Enoch Light
Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith) was born
1893
Birth
Ernest MacMillan
Ernest MacMillan, composer was born
1969
Birth
Everlast
Everlast, American musician was born
1940
Birth
Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon, rocker (Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo) was born
1878
Birth
Fritz Brun
Fritz Brun, composer was born
1910
Birth
Herman Berlinski
Herman Berlinski, composer was born
1881
Birth
Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher
Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer was born
1907
Birth
Howard Swanson
Howard Swanson, composer was born
1929
Birth
Hugues Aufray
Hugues Aufray, French singer was born
1856
Birth
Jan Karol Gali
Jan Karol Gali, composer was born
1956
Birth
John Debney
John Debney, American composer was born
1930
Birth
Johnny Preston
Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine) was born
1939
Birth
Johnny Preston singer (Running Bear
Johnny Preston singer (Running Bear, Cradle of Love) was born
1956
Birth
Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz
Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, American musician was born
1981
Birth
Jonathan Schneck
Jonathan Schneck, American musician (Relient K) was born
1902
Birth
Julius Kalas
Julius Kalas, composer was born
1972
Birth
Keiko Yamada
Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer was born
1965
Birth
Koji Kikkawa
Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer was born
1935
Birth
Lajos Papp
Lajos Papp, composer was born
1972
Birth
Leo Ku
Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer was born
1903
Birth
Lucienne Boyer
Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983) was born
1882
Birth
Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau
Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer was born
1969
Birth
Masta Killa
Masta Killa, American rapper was born
1983
Birth
Mica Penniman (Mika)
Mica Penniman (Mika), Lebanese-born musician was born
1908
Birth
Milan Ristic
Milan Ristic, composer was born
1916
Birth
Moura Lympany
Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979) was born
1949
Birth
Nigel Griggs
Nigel Griggs, rocker (Split Enz) was born
1945
Birth
Nona Hendryx
Nona Hendryx, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade) was born
1873
Birth
Otto Harbach
Otto Harbach, songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes) was born
1907
Birth
Otto Mortensen
Otto Mortensen, composer was born
1952
Birth
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze, Houston Texas, actor/dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghost) was born
1905
Birth
Peter Paul Kreuder
Peter Paul Kreuder, composer was born
1971
Birth
Richard D James
Richard D James, Irish-born musician (Aphex Twin) was born
1957
Birth
Ron Strykert
Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist (Men At Work-Who Can it Be) was born
1934
Birth
Ronnie Carroll
Ronnie Carroll, British singer was born
1977
Birth
Régine Chassagne
Régine Chassagne, Canadian musician Arcade Fire was born
1943
Birth
Sarah Dash
Sarah Dash, Trenton NJ, rock vocalist (Patti LaBelle & Bluebirds) was born
1925
Birth
Tonny Til
Tonny Til, rocker was born
1967
Birth
Tracy Tracy
Tracy Tracy, rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal) was born
1745
Birth
Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner
Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer was born
1900
Birth
Walter O'Keefe
Walter O'Keefe, Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood) was born
Died on August 18
2024
Death
Alain Delon
Alain Delon died
2020
Death
Cathy Smith
Cathy Smith died
2023
Death
Chico Novarro
Chico Novarro died
1968
Death
Cy Walter
Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
2004
Death
Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein, American composer (b. 1922)
1942
Death
Erwin Schulhoff
Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48
2006
Death
Fernand Gignac
Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1934)
1896
Death
Frederick Nichols Crouch
Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88
1613
Death
Giovanni Artusi
Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer
1994
Death
Gottlob Frick
Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88
1990
Death
Grethe Ingmann
Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938)
2020
Death
Hal Singer
Hal Singer died
2020
Death
Jack Sherman
Jack Sherman died
1811
Death
Johann Heinrich Zang
Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78
1969
Death
Laci Boldemann
Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48
1980
Death
Norman Cazden
Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65
1949
Death
Paul J Mares
Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
1853
Death
Peter Lichtenthal
Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73
1901
Death
Richard Kleinmichel
Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54
2022
Death
Rolf Kühn
Rolf Kühn died
2012
Death
Scott McKenzie
Scott McKenzie, American singer, dies at 73
2003
Death
Tony Jackson
Tony Jackson, English musician (The Searchers) (b. 1938)
1957
Death
Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski
Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41
1894
Death
William Charles Levey
William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57
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