On This Day in Music: August 3

1921 Birth

Alec Wyton

Alec Wyton, composer was born

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1645 Birth

August Kuhnel

August Kuhnel, composer was born

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1901 Birth

Bernard Reichel

Bernard Reichel, composer was born

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1941 Birth

Beverly Lee

Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy) was born

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1980 Birth

Brandan Schieppati

Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through) was born

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1748 Birth

Carl Ludwig Junker

Carl Ludwig Junker, composer was born

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1882 Birth

Charles O'Neill

Charles O'Neill, composer was born

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1958 Birth

Cindy Nixon

Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel) was born

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1878 Birth

Constantino Gaito

Constantino Gaito, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Enrique Pinella

Enrique Pinella, composer was born

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1854 Birth

Fernand de La Tombelle

Fernand de La Tombelle, composer was born

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1832 Birth

Ivan Zajc

Ivan Zajc, composer was born

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1963 Birth

James Hetfield

James Hetfield, Downey California, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless) was born

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1946 Birth

John Klemmer

John Klemmer, rocker was born

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1951 Birth

Jon Graham

Jon Graham, rock guitarist/vocalist (Earth Wind & Fire-Celebrate) was born

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1940 Birth

Joseph Dorfman

Joseph Dorfman, composer was born

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1902 Birth

Judson Laire

Judson Laire, NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue) was born

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1956 Birth

Kirk Brandon

Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland) was born

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1963 Birth

Kyoko Chan Cox

Kyoko Chan Cox, American musician, daughter of Yoko Ono was born

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1907 Birth

Lawrence Brown

Lawrence Brown, US trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra) was born

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1961 Birth

Lee Rocker

Lee Rocker, [Leon Drucker], rock bassist (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball) was born

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1884 Birth

Louis Gruenberg

Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) was born

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1962 Birth

Lucky Dube

Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer was born

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1820 Birth

Luther Orlando Emerson

Luther Orlando Emerson, composer was born

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1959 Birth

Martin Atkins

Martin Atkins, rocker was born

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1949 Birth

Morris "B B" Dickerson

Morris "B B" Dickerson, Torrence Ca, bassist (War, Low Rider, Outlaw) was born

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1885 Birth

Naphtali Siegfried Salomon

Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer was born

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1892 Birth

Oscar van Hemel

Oscar van Hemel, composer was born

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1902 Birth

Ray Block

Ray Block, France, orchestra leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason) was born

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1921 Birth

Richard Adler

Richard Adler, NYC composer (Pajama Game, Damn Yankees) was born

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1882 Birth

Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade

Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer was born

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1916 Birth

Shakeel Badayuni

Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970) was born

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1970 Birth

Stephen Carpenter

Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones) was born

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1926 Birth

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett, Queens NY, singer (Left a body part in SF) was born

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1935 Birth

Vic Vogel

Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader was born

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1941 Birth

Wayne Hussey

Wayne Hussey, rocker was born

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1993 Birth

Yurina Kumai

Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer was born

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1998 Death

Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (b. 1934)

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1825 Death

Ambrogio Minoja

Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72

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2024 Death

Antônio Meneses

Antônio Meneses died

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1933 Death

Arthur Collins

Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69

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2006 Death

Arthur Lee

Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock musician (b. 1945)

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1902 Death

August Friedrich Martin Klughardt

August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54

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2020 Death

Billy Goldenberg

Billy Goldenberg died

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2023 Death

Carl Davis

Carl Davis died

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1995 Death

Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields

Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79

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1800 Death

Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch

Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63

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2006 Death

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, singer (b. 1915)

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1939 Death

Eugust Enna

Eugust Enna, composer, dies at 80

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1784 Death

Giovanni Battista Martini

Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78

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2023 Death

Irina Miroshnichenko

Irina Miroshnichenko died

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2025 Death

Joe Daley

Joe Daley died

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1995 Death

Jose B M Barreto y Casanova

Jose B M Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88

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1877 Death

Karl Georg Lickl

Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75

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1886 Death

Per August Olander

Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62

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2024 Death

Phloen Phromdaen

Phloen Phromdaen died

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1979 Death

Renato Fasano

Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76

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2003 Death

Roger Voudouris

Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)

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1716 Death

Sebastian Duron

Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56

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1835 Death

Wenzel Muller

Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67

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2024 Death

Yamini Krishnamurthy

Yamini Krishnamurthy died

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1974 Event

Franz Schubert

"Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 perfs

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1997 Event

Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park NY for HBO

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1897 Event

John McNally

John McNally's musical "Good Mr Best," premieres in NYC

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1974 Event

Noël Coward

"Words & Music" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 127 perfs

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1974 Event

Steely Dan

Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers

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1990 Event

Stephen Sondheim

"Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 11 perfs

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1966 Event

The Beatles

South African government bans Beatle records

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2024 Event

¥$

¥$ released the album 'Vultures 2'

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