On This Day in Music: August 18

1903-08-18 Birth

Ake Olof Sebastian Udden

Ake Olof Sebastian Udden, composer was born

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1769-08-18 Birth

Alexandre Stievenard

Alexandre Stievenard, composer was born

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1750-08-18 Birth

Antonio Salieri

Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare) was born

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1945-08-18 Birth

Barbara Harris

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

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1849-08-18 Birth

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer was born

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1967-08-18 Birth

Blas Elias Gomez

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

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1944-08-18 Birth

Carl Wayne

Carl Wayne, rocker (Move) was born

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1856-08-18 Birth

Charles Hutchison Gabriel

Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer was born

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1967-08-18 Birth

Daler Mehndi

Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer was born

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1967-08-18 Birth

Dan Peters

Dan Peters, American musician was born

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1950-08-18 Birth

Dennis Elliot

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

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1964-08-18 Birth

Edith Frost

Edith Frost, American singer/songwriter was born

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1907-08-18 Birth

Enoch Light

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

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1893-08-18 Birth

Ernest MacMillan

Ernest MacMillan, composer was born

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1969-08-18 Birth

Everlast

Everlast, American musician was born

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1940-08-18 Birth

Frankie Avalon

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

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1878-08-18 Birth

Fritz Brun

Fritz Brun, composer was born

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1910-08-18 Birth

Herman Berlinski

Herman Berlinski, composer was born

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1881-08-18 Birth

Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher

Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer was born

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1907-08-18 Birth

Howard Swanson

Howard Swanson, composer was born

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1929-08-18 Birth

Hugues Aufray

Hugues Aufray, French singer was born

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1856-08-18 Birth

Jan Karol Gali

Jan Karol Gali, composer was born

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1956-08-18 Birth

John Debney

John Debney, American composer was born

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1930-08-18 Birth

Johnny Preston

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

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1939-08-18 Birth

Johnny Preston singer (Running Bear

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

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1956-08-18 Birth

Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz

Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, American musician was born

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1981-08-18 Birth

Jonathan Schneck

Jonathan Schneck, American musician (Relient K) was born

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1902-08-18 Birth

Julius Kalas

Julius Kalas, composer was born

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1972-08-18 Birth

Keiko Yamada

Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer was born

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1965-08-18 Birth

Koji Kikkawa

Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer was born

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1935-08-18 Birth

Lajos Papp

Lajos Papp, composer was born

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1972-08-18 Birth

Leo Ku

Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer was born

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1903-08-18 Birth

Lucienne Boyer

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

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1882-08-18 Birth

Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau

Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer was born

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1969-08-18 Birth

Masta Killa

Masta Killa, American rapper was born

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1983-08-18 Birth

Mica Penniman (Mika)

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

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1908-08-18 Birth

Milan Ristic

Milan Ristic, composer was born

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1916-08-18 Birth

Moura Lympany

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

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1949-08-18 Birth

Nigel Griggs

Nigel Griggs, rocker (Split Enz) was born

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1945-08-18 Birth

Nona Hendryx

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

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1873-08-18 Birth

Otto Harbach

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

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1907-08-18 Birth

Otto Mortensen

Otto Mortensen, composer was born

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1952-08-18 Birth

Patrick Swayze

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

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1905-08-18 Birth

Peter Paul Kreuder

Peter Paul Kreuder, composer was born

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1971-08-18 Birth

Richard D James

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

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1957-08-18 Birth

Ron Strykert

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

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1934-08-18 Birth

Ronnie Carroll

Ronnie Carroll, British singer was born

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1977-08-18 Birth

Régine Chassagne

Régine Chassagne, Canadian musician Arcade Fire was born

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1943-08-18 Birth

Sarah Dash

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

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1925-08-18 Birth

Tonny Til

Tonny Til, rocker was born

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1967-08-18 Birth

Tracy Tracy

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

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1745-08-18 Birth

Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner

Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer was born

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1900-08-18 Birth

Walter O'Keefe

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

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1968-08-18 Death

Cy Walter

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

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2004-08-18 Death

Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein, American composer (b. 1922)

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1942-08-18 Death

Erwin Schulhoff

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

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2006-08-18 Death

Fernand Gignac

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

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1896-08-18 Death

Frederick Nichols Crouch

Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88

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1613-08-18 Death

Giovanni Artusi

Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer

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1994-08-18 Death

Gottlob Frick

Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88

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1990-08-18 Death

Grethe Ingmann

Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938)

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1811-08-18 Death

Johann Heinrich Zang

Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78

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1969-08-18 Death

Laci Boldemann

Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48

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1980-08-18 Death

Norman Cazden

Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65

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1949-08-18 Death

Paul J Mares

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

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1853-08-18 Death

Peter Lichtenthal

Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73

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1901-08-18 Death

Richard Kleinmichel

Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54

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2012-08-18 Death

Scott McKenzie

Scott McKenzie, American singer, dies at 73

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2003-08-18 Death

Tony Jackson

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

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1957-08-18 Death

Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski

Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41

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1894-08-18 Death

William Charles Levey

William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57

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1973-08-18 Event

Gene Krupa

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

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1964-08-18 Event

The Beatles

The Beatles arrive in SF, 2nd US visit

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1967-08-18 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "We Love You"

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