1987-08-19
Birth
Anaïs Lameche
Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play) was born
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1686-08-19
Birth
Antonio Tonelli
Antonio Tonelli, composer was born
1946-08-19
Birth
Beat Raaflaub
Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor was born
1943-08-19
Birth
Billy J Kramer
Billy J Kramer, Liverpool, rock vocalist (The Dakotas-Bad to Me) was born
1972-08-19
Birth
Chihiro Yonekura
Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer was born
1969-08-19
Birth
Clay Walker
Clay Walker, American singer was born
1960-08-19
Birth
Dan "Woody" Woodgate
Dan "Woody" Woodgate, rocker was born
1980-08-19
Birth
Darius Danesh
Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor was born
1979-08-19
Birth
Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K) was born
1944-08-19
Birth
Eddy Raven
Eddy Raven, Lafayette La, country singer (Right Hand Man) was born
1896-08-19
Birth
Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala
Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer was born
1972-08-19
Birth
Elizabeth Wolfgramm
Elizabeth Wolfgramm, rocker (Jets) was born
1970-08-19
Birth
Fat Joe
Fat Joe, American rapper was born
1914-08-19
Birth
Fumio Hayasaka
Fumio Hayasaka, composer was born
1824-08-19
Birth
Georg Goltermann
Georg Goltermann, composer was born
1881-08-19
Birth
Georges Enesco
Georges Enesco, [or Enescu], Romania, composer (Romanian Dances) was born
1947-08-19
Birth
Gerard Schwarz
Gerard Schwarz, Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch) was born
1939-08-19
Birth
Ginger [Peter] Baker
Ginger [Peter] Baker, England, drummer (Cream-White Room) was born
1951-08-19
Birth
Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer was born
1945-08-19
Birth
Ian Gillian
Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor) was born
1905-08-19
Birth
Jacques de Menasce
Jacques de Menasce, composer was born
1918-08-19
Birth
James George "Jimmy" Rowles
James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist was born
1967-08-19
Birth
Jason Starkey
Jason Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo was born
1963-08-19
Birth
Joey Tempest
Joey Tempest, rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown) was born
1737-08-19
Birth
Johann Georg Christoph Schetky
Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer was born
1951-08-19
Birth
John Deacon
John Deacon, British pop guitarist (Queen-Somebody to Love) was born
1940-08-19
Birth
Johnny Nash
Johnny Nash, Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now) was born
1980-08-19
Birth
Jun Jin
Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa) was born
1966-08-19
Birth
Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack, American musician was born
1968-08-19
Birth
Mark McGuinn
Mark McGuinn, country music singer was born
1985-08-19
Birth
Megan Rochell
Megan Rochell, American singer was born
1980-08-19
Birth
Michael Todd
Michael Todd, American musician (Coheed and Cambria) was born
1983-08-19
Birth
Missy Higgins
Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter was born
1969-08-19
Birth
Nate Dogg
Nate Dogg, American rapper was born
1920-08-19
Birth
Paul Kont
Paul Kont, composer was born
1886-08-19
Birth
Robert Heger
Robert Heger, composer was born
1989-08-19
Birth
Romeo
Romeo, American rapper was born
1972-08-19
Birth
Sammi Cheng Sau Man
Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Hong Kong singer and actress was born
1959-08-19
Birth
Steve Grimmett
Steve Grimmett, heavy metal rocker was born
1983-08-19
Birth
Tammin Sursok
Tammin Sursok, Australian actress & singer was born
1813-08-19
Birth
William Henry Fry
William Henry Fry, composer was born
1907-08-19
Birth
Zygmunt Mycielsky
Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer was born
1912-08-19
Death
Alfonse Hasselmans
Alfonse Hasselmans, composer, dies at 67
1958-08-19
Death
Antonius "Toon" Verhey
Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63
1780-08-19
Death
Bernhard Haltenberger
Bernhard Haltenberger, composer, dies at 32
2001-08-19
Death
Betty Everett
Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
1744-08-19
Death
Carlo Arrigoni
Carlo Arrigoni, composer, dies at 46
1979-08-19
Death
Dorsey Burnette
Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack
1872-08-19
Death
Eugene-Prosper Prevost
Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63
1936-08-19
Death
Federico Garcia Lorca
Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38
1922-08-19
Death
Felipe Pedrell
Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81
1892-08-19
Death
Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky
Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62
1795-08-19
Death
Friedrich Hartmann Graf
Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer, dies at 67
1851-08-19
Death
Gioseffo Catrufo
Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80
1944-08-19
Death
Henry J Wood
Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75
1900-08-19
Death
Jean-Baptiste Accolay
Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833)
1976-08-19
Death
Jeno Kenessey
Jeno Kenessey, composer, dies at 70
1813-08-19
Death
Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab
Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer, dies at 54
1813-08-19
Death
Josef Blazej Smrcek
Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer, dies at 61
1881-08-19
Death
Joseph Labitzky
Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79
1963-08-19
Death
Kathleen Parlow
Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890)
2008-08-19
Death
LeRoi Moore
LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (b.1961)
1822-08-19
Death
Melchor Lopez Jimenez
Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer, dies at 62
1995-08-19
Death
Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Schaeffer, composer/radio innovator, dies at 85
1929-08-19
Death
Sergei P Diaghilev
Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57
1812-08-19
Death
Vincenzo Righini
Vincenzo Righini, composer, dies at 56
1955-08-19
Event
Fats Domino
WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's)
1918-08-19
Event
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in NYC
1967-08-19
Event
The Beatles
Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1
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