On This Day in Music: August 19

On August 19 in music history, 42 artists were born, 30 died and 8 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1967), Fats Domino (1955) and Demi Lovato (2022).

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Standout moments for this date.

The Beatles

Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1

Fats Domino

WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's...

Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato released the album 'Holy Fvck'

Fat Joe

Fat Joe, American rapper was born

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Born on August 19

Anaïs Lameche

Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play) was born

Antonio Tonelli

Antonio Tonelli, composer was born

Beat Raaflaub

Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor was born

Billy J Kramer

Billy J Kramer, Liverpool, rock vocalist (The Dakotas-Bad to Me) was born

Chihiro Yonekura

Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer was born

Clay Walker

Clay Walker, American singer was born

Dan "Woody" Woodgate

Dan "Woody" Woodgate, rocker was born

Darius Danesh

Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor was born

Dave Douglas

Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K) was born

Eddy Raven

Eddy Raven, Lafayette La, country singer (Right Hand Man) was born

Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala

Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer was born

Elizabeth Wolfgramm

Elizabeth Wolfgramm, rocker (Jets) was born

Fat Joe

Fat Joe, American rapper was born

Fumio Hayasaka

Fumio Hayasaka, composer was born

Georg Goltermann

Georg Goltermann, composer was born

Georges Enesco

Georges Enesco, [or Enescu], Romania, composer (Romanian Dances) was born

Gerard Schwarz

Gerard Schwarz, Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch) was born

Ginger [Peter] Baker

Ginger [Peter] Baker, England, drummer (Cream-White Room) was born

Gustavo Santaolalla

Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer was born

Ian Gillian

Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor) was born

Jacques de Menasce

Jacques de Menasce, composer was born

James George "Jimmy" Rowles

James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist was born

Jason Starkey

Jason Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo was born

Joey Tempest

Joey Tempest, rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown) was born

Johann Georg Christoph Schetky

Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer was born

John Deacon

John Deacon, British pop guitarist (Queen-Somebody to Love) was born

Johnny Nash

Johnny Nash, Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now) was born

Jun Jin

Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa) was born

Lee Ann Womack

Lee Ann Womack, American musician was born

Mark McGuinn

Mark McGuinn, country music singer was born

Megan Rochell

Megan Rochell, American singer was born

Michael Todd

Michael Todd, American musician (Coheed and Cambria) was born

Missy Higgins

Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter was born

Nate Dogg

Nate Dogg, American rapper was born

Paul Kont

Paul Kont, composer was born

Robert Heger

Robert Heger, composer was born

Romeo

Romeo, American rapper was born

Sammi Cheng Sau Man

Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Hong Kong singer and actress was born

Steve Grimmett

Steve Grimmett, heavy metal rocker was born

Tammin Sursok

Tammin Sursok, Australian actress & singer was born

William Henry Fry

William Henry Fry, composer was born

Zygmunt Mycielsky

Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer was born

Died on August 19

Alfonse Hasselmans

Alfonse Hasselmans, composer, dies at 67

Antonius "Toon" Verhey

Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63

Bernhard Haltenberger

Bernhard Haltenberger, composer, dies at 32

Betty Everett

Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)

Carlo Arrigoni

Carlo Arrigoni, composer, dies at 46

Dorsey Burnette

Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack

Eugene-Prosper Prevost

Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63

Federico Garcia Lorca

Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38

Felipe Pedrell

Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81

Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky

Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62

Friedrich Hartmann Graf

Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer, dies at 67

Gioseffo Catrufo

Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80

Gloria Coates

Gloria Coates died

Henry J Wood

Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75

Jean-Baptiste Accolay

Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833)

Jeno Kenessey

Jeno Kenessey, composer, dies at 70

Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab

Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer, dies at 54

Josef Blazej Smrcek

Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer, dies at 61

Joseph Labitzky

Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79

Kathleen Parlow

Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890)

Kazuo Fukushima

Kazuo Fukushima died

LeRoi Moore

LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (b.1961)

Melchor Lopez Jimenez

Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer, dies at 62

Pierre Schaeffer

Pierre Schaeffer, composer/radio innovator, dies at 85

Sergei P Diaghilev

Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba died

Ted Kirkpatrick

Ted Kirkpatrick died

Vašo Patejdl

Vašo Patejdl died

Vincenzo Righini

Vincenzo Righini, composer, dies at 56

Warren Bernhardt

Warren Bernhardt died

Releases & milestones on August 19

Cravity

Cravity released the album 'The Awakening: Written in the Stars'

Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato released the album 'Holy Fvck'

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)

Five Finger Death Punch

Five Finger Death Punch released the album 'AfterLife'

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in NYC

Panic! at the Disco

Panic! at the Disco released the album 'Viva Las Vengeance'

Soilwork

Soilwork released the album 'Övergivenheten'

The Beatles

Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1

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