Aart Verstegen
Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer (Jolly Joker's Last Joke) was born
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Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer (Jolly Joker's Last Joke) was born
Alfreds Kalnins, composer was born
Bob Crosby, Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orchestra leader (Bob Crosby Show) was born
Bobby Gubby, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) was born
Brad Mehldau, American pianist was born
Dalton Reed, singer was born
Dean DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots) was born
Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer was born
Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler was born
Ernst Jansz, Dutch keyboardist/singer (Doe Maar) was born
Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf) was born
Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born
Gene Kelly, Pitts, dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way) was born
Gerd Natschinski, composer was born
Gottfried Rudinger, composer was born
Jimi Jamison, rocker (Survivor) was born
John Bauldie, music journalist/dylanologist was born
Julian Casablancas, American musician was born
Katiana Balanika, Greek actress and singer was born
Keith Moon, English rock drummer (Who-I'm A Boy) was born
Leonard Constant Lambert, London England, composer (King Pest) was born
Lojze Lebic, composer was born
Loren Rush, composer was born
Luis-Felipe Ramon y Rivera, composer was born
Malvina Reynolds, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 1978) was born
Mark Russell, Buffalo NY, political satirist/pianist (Real People) was born
Martial Solal, composer was born
Moritz Moszkowski, composer was born
Neil Cicierega, American cartoonist and musician was born
Nikki Gil, Filipina actress, host and singer was born
Rex Allen Jr, Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road) was born
Richard Adler, composer/songwriter (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) was born
Ritchie Neville, British musician was born
Roger Greenaway, composer was born
Ronny Cox, actor/singer (Robocop, Dr John Gideon-St Elsewhere) was born
Roy Agnew, composer was born
Rudy Lewis, rocker (Drifters) was born
Shifty, American musician (Crazy Town) was born
Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze, composer was born
Terje Rypdal, composer was born
Tex Williams, American singer (d. 1985) was born
Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician was born
Wlodzimierz Kotonski, composer was born
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70) was born
Woody Paul, [Paul Chrisman], Nashville, singer (Riders in the Sky) was born
YTCracker, American musician was born
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77
Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68
Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81
Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64
Balis Dvarionas, composer, dies at 68
Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57
Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51
David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80
Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician, dies at 31
Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer, dies at 58
Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77
Glen Gray, American jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra (b. 1900)
Helen le Clerq, Dutch dancer, dies
Irving Fine, composer (Toccata), dies at 47
Johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88
Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82
Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1928)
Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55
Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63
Siegfried Borris, composer, dies at 80
Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC
Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack
Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily
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