On This Day in Music: August 2

1949-08-02 Birth

"Fat" Larry James

"Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band) was born

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1951-08-02 Birth

Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold, Burbank, rocker (Lonely Boy) was born

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1948-08-02 Birth

Andy Fairweather Low

Andy Fairweather Low, British guitarist was born

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1936-08-02 Birth

Anthony Edward Payne

Anthony Edward Payne, composer was born

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1891-08-02 Birth

Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss

Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians) was born

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1988-08-02 Birth

Brittany Hargest

Brittany Hargest, American singer (Jump5) was born

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1858-08-02 Birth

Catherina van Rennes

Catherina van Rennes, composer was born

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1961-08-02 Birth

Cold 187um

Cold 187um, American rapper (Above the Law) was born

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1960-08-02 Birth

David Yow

David Yow, American musician (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard) was born

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1941-08-02 Birth

Doris Coley

Doris Coley, rocker was born

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1940-08-02 Birth

Doris Kenner

Doris Kenner, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy) was born

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1939-08-02 Birth

Edward Pattern

Edward Pattern, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) was born

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1914-08-02 Birth

Felix Leclerc

Felix Leclerc, composer was born

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1951-08-02 Birth

Freddie Wadling

Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet) was born

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1937-08-02 Birth

Garth Hudson

Garth Hudson, Canada, pop musician (The Band-Life is a Carnival) was born

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1900-08-02 Birth

Helen Morgan [Riggins]

Helen Morgan [Riggins], Danville, Illinois, American singer/actress (Applause, Show Boat) was born

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1931-08-02 Birth

Henryck Schiller

Henryck Schiller, composer was born

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1941-08-02 Birth

Homer Banks

Homer Banks, US singer/songwriter (Be What You Are) was born

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1956-08-02 Birth

Isabel Pantoja

Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer (Genio y Figura) was born

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1969-08-02 Birth

Jan Axel Blomberg Norwegian musician (Dimmu Borgir

Jan Axel Blomberg Norwegian musician (Dimmu Borgir, Winds, Mayhem) was born

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1974-08-02 Birth

Jeremy Castle

Jeremy Castle, Oklahoma country singer and songwriter was born

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1944-08-02 Birth

Jim Capaldi

Jim Capaldi, English singer/songwriter (Traffic-Something So Strong) was born

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1955-08-02 Birth

Jimmy Lowe

Jimmy Lowe, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake) was born

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1972-08-02 Birth

Jimmy Pop

Jimmy Pop, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang) was born

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1924-08-02 Birth

Joe Harnell

Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger (d. 2005) was born

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1935-08-02 Birth

John MacIvor Perkins

John MacIvor Perkins, composer was born

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1775-08-02 Birth

Jose Angel Lamas

Jose Angel Lamas, composer was born

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1972-08-02 Birth

Justyna Steczkowska

Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer was born

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1905-08-02 Birth

Karl Amadeus Hartmann

Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer was born

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1943-08-02 Birth

Kathy Lennon

Kathy Lennon, singer (Lennon Sisters) was born

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1896-08-02 Birth

Lorenzo Herrera

Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer (d. 1960) was born

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1900-08-02 Birth

Marinus Adam

Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer was born

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1932-08-02 Birth

Marvin David Levy

Marvin David Levy, composer was born

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1947-08-02 Birth

Massiel

Massiel, Spanish singer was born

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1891-08-02 Birth

Mihail Jora

Mihail Jora, composer was born

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1957-08-02 Birth

Mojo Nixon

Mojo Nixon, American musician and actor was born

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1905-08-02 Birth

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy, Helena Mont, actress (Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair), (d. 1993) was born

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1882-08-02 Birth

Nanny I Larsen-Todsen

Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer was born

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1960-08-02 Birth

Neal Morse

Neal Morse, American musician (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic) was born

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1888-08-02 Birth

Oscar Rasbach

Oscar Rasbach, composer was born

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1890-08-02 Birth

Pauline Hall

Pauline Hall, composer was born

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1961-08-02 Birth

Pete de Freitas

Pete de Freitas, Trinidad, rock drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman) was born

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1931-08-02 Birth

Philippa Duke Schuyler

Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer was born

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1969-08-02 Birth

Richard Hallebeek

Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist was born

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1948-08-02 Birth

Robert P Holdstock

Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth) was born

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1881-08-02 Birth

Stanislaw Kazuro

Stanislaw Kazuro, composer was born

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1938-08-02 Death

Bjarni Thorsteinsson

Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76

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1972-08-02 Death

Brian Cole

Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29

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1978-08-02 Death

Carlos Chavez y Ramires

Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79

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1969-08-02 Death

Clarence Dickinson

Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96

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2011-08-02 Death

DeLois Barrett Campbell

DeLois Barrett Campbell, American gospel singer (b. 1926)

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2004-08-02 Death

Don Tosti

Don Tosti, American musician (b. 1923)

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1945-08-02 Death

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85

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1921-08-02 Death

Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48

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1997-08-02 Death

Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian musician (b. 1938)

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1873-08-02 Death

Frank Mori

Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53

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1914-08-02 Death

Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36

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1932-08-02 Death

Gheorghe Cucu

Gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50

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1916-08-02 Death

Hamish MacCunn

Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48

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1827-08-02 Death

James Hewitt

James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57

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1964-08-02 Death

Jose Maria Castro

Jose Maria Castro, composer, dies at 71

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1958-08-02 Death

Joseph Holbrooke

Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80

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2012-08-02 Death

Marguerite Piazza

Marguerite Piazza, American operatic soprano, dies at 86

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1992-08-02 Death

Michel Berges

Michel Berges, French composer, dies of a heart attack at 44

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1965-08-02 Death

Milton B Babbitt

Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49

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1792-08-02 Death

Nathanael Gottfried Gruner

Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60

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1945-08-02 Death

Pietro Mascagni

Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (Cavalleria Rusticana), dies at 81

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1959-08-02 Death

Prospero Bisquertt

Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78

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1954-08-02 Death

Rene Amengual

Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42

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1988-08-02 Death

Roger Vuataz

Roger Vuataz, composer, dies at 90

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2001-08-02 Death

Ron Townson

Ron Townson, American singer (The Fifth Dimension) (b. 1933)

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1972-08-02 Death

Rudolf Ganz

Rudolf Ganz, composer, dies at 95

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1982-08-02 Death

Rudolf Maros

Rudolf Maros, composer, dies at 65

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1991-08-02 Event

Rick James

Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges

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1953-08-02 Event

Skeeter Davis

Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash

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1961-08-02 Event

The Beatles

Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club

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