On This Day in Music: August 22

1927-08-22 Birth

Aleksandar Obradovic

Aleksandar Obradovic, composer was born

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1847-08-22 Birth

Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer was born

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1924-08-22 Birth

Andrzej Markowski

Andrzej Markowski, composer was born

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1530-08-22 Birth

Bartolomeo Spontone

Bartolomeo Spontone, composer was born

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1926-08-22 Birth

Bob Flannigan

Bob Flannigan, rocker (Four Freshmen) was born

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1939-08-22 Birth

Candido Lima

Candido Lima, composer was born

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1753-08-22 Birth

Christian Friedrich Ruppe

Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer was born

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1615-08-22 Birth

Christopher Gibbons

Christopher Gibbons, composer was born

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1862-08-22 Birth

Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy, St Germain-en-Laye, composer (La Mer, Clair de lune), (d. 1918) was born

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1938-08-22 Birth

Dale Hawkins

Dale Hawkins, music writer (Suzy Q) was born

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1961-08-22 Birth

Debbi Peterson

Debbi Peterson, Los Angeles California, rock drummer (Bangles-Eternal Flame) was born

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1937-08-22 Birth

Donald MacLeary

Donald MacLeary, dancer was born

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1947-08-22 Birth

Donna Godchaux

Donna Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead) was born

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1827-08-22 Birth

Edouard Silas

Edouard Silas, composer was born

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1874-08-22 Birth

Edward Cuthbert Bairstow

Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer was born

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1939-08-22 Birth

Fred Milano

Fred Milano, Bronx NY, rocker (Dion & The Belmonts) [or 8/26/40] was born

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1966-08-22 Birth

GZA

GZA, American rapper was born

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1957-08-22 Birth

Holly Dunn

Holly Dunn, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Daddy's Hands) was born

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1973-08-22 Birth

Howie Dorough

Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys) was born

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1958-08-22 Birth

Ian Mitchell

Ian Mitchell, Edinburgh, rocker (Bay City Rollers) was born

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1962-08-22 Birth

James Debarge

James Debarge, Grand Rapids Mi, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Debarge) was born

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1771-08-22 Birth

Jan Joseph Rosler

Jan Joseph Rosler, composer was born

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1961-08-22 Birth

Jay Ashton

Jay Ashton, rocker (Gene Loves Jezebel) was born

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1978-08-22 Birth

Jeff Stinco

Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) was born

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1917-08-22 Birth

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Boogie Chillen) was born

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1934-08-22 Birth

John M Chowning

John M Chowning, composer was born

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1827-08-22 Birth

Josef Strauss

Josef Strauss, Austria, composer (Dorfschwalben aus Austria) was born

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1766-08-22 Birth

Joseph-Denis Doche

Joseph-Denis Doche, composer was born

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1959-08-22 Birth

Juan Croucier

Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round) was born

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1873-08-22 Birth

Karl Nef

Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist was born

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1942-08-22 Birth

Kathy Lennon

Kathy Lennon, Santa Monica California, singer (Lennon Sisters) was born

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1967-08-22 Birth

Layne Staley

Layne Staley, US rock singer/guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt), (d. 2002) was born

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1936-08-22 Birth

Lex P Humphries

Lex P Humphries, drummer was born

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1966-08-22 Birth

Mark Michaels

Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar) was born

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1968-08-22 Birth

Paul Colman

Paul Colman, Australian guitarist (Newsboys) was born

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1895-08-22 Birth

Paul White

Paul White, Bangor Maine, composer (Adante & Rondo for Cello) was born

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1952-08-22 Birth

Peter Laughner

Peter Laughner, American musician (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (d. 1977) was born

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1681-08-22 Birth

Pierre Danican Philidor

Pierre Danican Philidor, composer was born

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1913-08-22 Birth

Robert Schollum

Robert Schollum, composer was born

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1961-08-22 Birth

Roland Orzabal

Roland Orzabal, rock vocalist (Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels) was born

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1945-08-22 Birth

Ron Dante

Ron Dante, Staten Island NY, rock vocalist (Archies-Sugar, Sugar) was born

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1909-08-22 Birth

Sergius Kagen

Sergius Kagen, composer was born

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1974-08-22 Birth

Stefano Verderi

Stefano Verderi, Italian guitarist was born

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1950-08-22 Birth

Teresa Davis

Teresa Davis, rocker was born

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1963-08-22 Birth

Tori Amos

Tori Amos, [Myra Ellen Amos], NC, pianist/vocalist (Under The Pink,) was born

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1958-08-22 Birth

Vernon Reid

Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour) was born

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1967-08-22 Birth

Yukiko Okada

Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (d. 1986) was born

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1966-08-22 Death

Apolinary Szeluto

Apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82

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2006-08-22 Death

Bruce Gary

Bruce Gary, American rock drummer (The Knack) (b. 1951)

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1984-08-22 Death

Charles Whittenberg

Charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57

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1893-08-22 Death

Ernst II

Ernst II, duke of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93)/composer, dies at 75

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1879-08-22 Death

Friedrich August Kummer

Friedrich August Kummer, composer, dies at 82

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1976-08-22 Death

Gina Bachauer

Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (b. 1913)

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1901-08-22 Death

Gunnar Wennerberg

Gunnar Wennerberg, composer, dies at 83

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1942-08-22 Death

Henry Eichheim

Henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72

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2003-08-22 Death

Imperio Argentina

Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906)

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2011-08-22 Death

Jerry Leiber

Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (b. 1933)

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1831-08-22 Death

John White

John White, composer, dies at 52

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1994-08-22 Death

Leo Lerman

Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80

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2005-08-22 Death

Luc Ferrari

Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. 1929)

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1599-08-22 Death

Luca Marenzio

Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (b. c. 1553)

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1942-08-22 Death

Mikhailmichel Fokine

Mikhailmichel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer/choreographer, dies

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2011-08-22 Death

Nick Ashford

Nick Ashford, American songwriter (b. 1942)

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1970-08-22 Death

Richard Frank Donovan

Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78

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1987-08-22 Event

Madonna

Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1

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1969-08-22 Event

The Beatles

Beatles record a video for "Long & Winding Road"

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