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