1921-08-03
Birth
Alec Wyton
Alec Wyton, composer was born
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1645-08-03
Birth
August Kuhnel
August Kuhnel, composer was born
1901-08-03
Birth
Bernard Reichel
Bernard Reichel, composer was born
1941-08-03
Birth
Beverly Lee
Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy) was born
1980-08-03
Birth
Brandan Schieppati
Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through) was born
1748-08-03
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Carl Ludwig Junker
Carl Ludwig Junker, composer was born
1882-08-03
Birth
Charles O'Neill
Charles O'Neill, composer was born
1958-08-03
Birth
Cindy Nixon
Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel) was born
1878-08-03
Birth
Constantino Gaito
Constantino Gaito, composer was born
1927-08-03
Birth
Enrique Pinella
Enrique Pinella, composer was born
1854-08-03
Birth
Fernand de La Tombelle
Fernand de La Tombelle, composer was born
1832-08-03
Birth
Ivan Zajc
Ivan Zajc, composer was born
1963-08-03
Birth
James Hetfield
James Hetfield, Downey California, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless) was born
1946-08-03
Birth
John Klemmer
John Klemmer, rocker was born
1951-08-03
Birth
Jon Graham
Jon Graham, rock guitarist/vocalist (Earth Wind & Fire-Celebrate) was born
1940-08-03
Birth
Joseph Dorfman
Joseph Dorfman, composer was born
1902-08-03
Birth
Judson Laire
Judson Laire, NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue) was born
1956-08-03
Birth
Kirk Brandon
Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland) was born
1963-08-03
Birth
Kyoko Chan Cox
Kyoko Chan Cox, American musician, daughter of Yoko Ono was born
1907-08-03
Birth
Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown, US trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra) was born
1961-08-03
Birth
Lee Rocker
Lee Rocker, [Leon Drucker], rock bassist (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball) was born
1884-08-03
Birth
Louis Gruenberg
Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) was born
1962-08-03
Birth
Lucky Dube
Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer was born
1820-08-03
Birth
Luther Orlando Emerson
Luther Orlando Emerson, composer was born
1959-08-03
Birth
Martin Atkins
Martin Atkins, rocker was born
1949-08-03
Birth
Morris "B B" Dickerson
Morris "B B" Dickerson, Torrence Ca, bassist (War, Low Rider, Outlaw) was born
1885-08-03
Birth
Naphtali Siegfried Salomon
Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer was born
1892-08-03
Birth
Oscar van Hemel
Oscar van Hemel, composer was born
1902-08-03
Birth
Ray Block
Ray Block, France, orchestra leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason) was born
1921-08-03
Birth
Richard Adler
Richard Adler, NYC composer (Pajama Game, Damn Yankees) was born
1882-08-03
Birth
Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade
Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer was born
1916-08-03
Birth
Shakeel Badayuni
Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970) was born
1970-08-03
Birth
Stephen Carpenter
Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones) was born
1926-08-03
Birth
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett, Queens NY, singer (Left a body part in SF) was born
1935-08-03
Birth
Vic Vogel
Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader was born
1941-08-03
Birth
Wayne Hussey
Wayne Hussey, rocker was born
1993-08-03
Birth
Yurina Kumai
Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer was born
1998-08-03
Death
Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (b. 1934)
1825-08-03
Death
Ambrogio Minoja
Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72
1933-08-03
Death
Arthur Collins
Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69
2006-08-03
Death
Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock musician (b. 1945)
1902-08-03
Death
August Friedrich Martin Klughardt
August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54
1995-08-03
Death
Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields
Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79
1800-08-03
Death
Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch
Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63
2006-08-03
Death
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, singer (b. 1915)
1939-08-03
Death
Eugust Enna
Eugust Enna, composer, dies at 80
1784-08-03
Death
Giovanni Battista Martini
Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78
1995-08-03
Death
Jose B M Barreto y Casanova
Jose B M Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88
1877-08-03
Death
Karl Georg Lickl
Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75
1886-08-03
Death
Per August Olander
Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62
1979-08-03
Death
Renato Fasano
Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76
2003-08-03
Death
Roger Voudouris
Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)
1716-08-03
Death
Sebastian Duron
Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56
1835-08-03
Death
Wenzel Muller
Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67
1974-08-03
Event
Franz Schubert
"Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 perfs
1997-08-03
Event
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park NY for HBO
1897-08-03
Event
John McNally
John McNally's musical "Good Mr Best," premieres in NYC
1974-08-03
Event
Noël Coward
"Words & Music" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 127 perfs
1974-08-03
Event
Steely Dan
Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers
1990-08-03
Event
Stephen Sondheim
"Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 11 perfs
1966-08-03
Event
The Beatles
South African government bans Beatle records
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