On This Day in Music: August 18

On August 18 in music history, 53 artists were born, 24 died and 4 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1964), The Rolling Stones (1967) and Barbara Harris (1945).

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The Beatles

The Beatles arrive in SF, 2nd US visit

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "We Love You"

Barbara Harris

Barbara Harris, US singer (Toys-A Lover's Concerto) was born

Daler Mehndi

Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer was born

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Born on August 18

Ake Olof Sebastian Udden

Ake Olof Sebastian Udden, composer was born

Alexandre Stievenard

Alexandre Stievenard, composer was born

Antonio Salieri

Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare) was born

Barbara Harris

Barbara Harris, US singer (Toys-A Lover's Concerto) was born

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer was born

Blas Elias Gomez

Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy TX, rock drummer (Slaughter-Stick it Live) was born

Carl Wayne

Carl Wayne, rocker (Move) was born

Charles Hutchison Gabriel

Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer was born

Daler Mehndi

Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer was born

Dan Peters

Dan Peters, American musician was born

Dennis Elliot

Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer (Foreigner) was born

Edith Frost

Edith Frost, American singer/songwriter was born

Enoch Light

Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith) was born

Ernest MacMillan

Ernest MacMillan, composer was born

Everlast

Everlast, American musician was born

Frankie Avalon

Frankie Avalon, rocker (Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo) was born

Fritz Brun

Fritz Brun, composer was born

Herman Berlinski

Herman Berlinski, composer was born

Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher

Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer was born

Howard Swanson

Howard Swanson, composer was born

Hugues Aufray

Hugues Aufray, French singer was born

Jan Karol Gali

Jan Karol Gali, composer was born

John Debney

John Debney, American composer was born

Johnny Preston

Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine) was born

Johnny Preston singer (Running Bear

Johnny Preston singer (Running Bear, Cradle of Love) was born

Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz

Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, American musician was born

Jonathan Schneck

Jonathan Schneck, American musician (Relient K) was born

Julius Kalas

Julius Kalas, composer was born

Keiko Yamada

Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer was born

Koji Kikkawa

Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer was born

Lajos Papp

Lajos Papp, composer was born

Leo Ku

Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer was born

Lucienne Boyer

Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983) was born

Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau

Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer was born

Masta Killa

Masta Killa, American rapper was born

Mica Penniman (Mika)

Mica Penniman (Mika), Lebanese-born musician was born

Milan Ristic

Milan Ristic, composer was born

Moura Lympany

Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979) was born

Nigel Griggs

Nigel Griggs, rocker (Split Enz) was born

Nona Hendryx

Nona Hendryx, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade) was born

Otto Harbach

Otto Harbach, songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes) was born

Otto Mortensen

Otto Mortensen, composer was born

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze, Houston Texas, actor/dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghost) was born

Peter Paul Kreuder

Peter Paul Kreuder, composer was born

Richard D James

Richard D James, Irish-born musician (Aphex Twin) was born

Ron Strykert

Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist (Men At Work-Who Can it Be) was born

Ronnie Carroll

Ronnie Carroll, British singer was born

Régine Chassagne

Régine Chassagne, Canadian musician Arcade Fire was born

Sarah Dash

Sarah Dash, Trenton NJ, rock vocalist (Patti LaBelle & Bluebirds) was born

Tonny Til

Tonny Til, rocker was born

Tracy Tracy

Tracy Tracy, rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal) was born

Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner

Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer was born

Walter O'Keefe

Walter O'Keefe, Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood) was born

Died on August 18

Alain Delon

Alain Delon died

Cathy Smith

Cathy Smith died

Chico Novarro

Chico Novarro died

Cy Walter

Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52

Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein, American composer (b. 1922)

Erwin Schulhoff

Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48

Fernand Gignac

Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1934)

Frederick Nichols Crouch

Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88

Giovanni Artusi

Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer

Gottlob Frick

Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88

Grethe Ingmann

Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938)

Hal Singer

Hal Singer died

Jack Sherman

Jack Sherman died

Johann Heinrich Zang

Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78

Laci Boldemann

Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48

Norman Cazden

Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65

Paul J Mares

Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49

Peter Lichtenthal

Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73

Richard Kleinmichel

Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54

Rolf Kühn

Rolf Kühn died

Scott McKenzie

Scott McKenzie, American singer, dies at 73

Tony Jackson

Tony Jackson, English musician (The Searchers) (b. 1938)

Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski

Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41

William Charles Levey

William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57

Releases & milestones on August 18

Gene Krupa

Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet

Hozier

Hozier released the album 'Unreal Unearth'

The Beatles

The Beatles arrive in SF, 2nd US visit

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "We Love You"

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