On This Day in Music: August 5

On August 5 in music history, 50 artists were born, 30 died and 8 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1966), Eminem (2022) and Girls' Generation (2022).

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The Beatles

Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" & "Eleanor Rigby" in UK

Eminem

Eminem released the album 'Curtain Call 2'

Girls' Generation

Girls' Generation released the album 'Forever 1'

Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42

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Born on August 5

Alfred Holy

Alfred Holy, composer was born

Ambroise Thomas

Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896) was born

Anton Simon

Anton Simon, composer was born

Antonio Cesti

Antonio Cesti, composer was born

Betsy Jolas

Betsy Jolas, composer was born

Bodi Rapp

Bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher was born

Calvin Hayes

Calvin Hayes, rocker was born

Christian Olde Wolbers

Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian musician (Fear Factory) was born

Dawn Richard

Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane) was born

Devo Keenan

Devo Keenan American cellist was born

Eicca Toppinen

Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica) was born

Erich Kleiber

Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) was born

Ernestine "Tiny" Davis

Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter was born

Evil Jared Hasselhoff

Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang) was born

Ferdi Bolland

Ferdi Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland) was born

Friedrich August Kummer

Friedrich August Kummer, composer was born

Gertrude E Durden Rush

Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden) was born

Giovanni Rossi

Giovanni Rossi, composer was born

Greg Leskiw

Greg Leskiw, rocker was born

Guillaume Dufay

Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born

Gunnar Bucht

Gunnar Bucht, composer was born

Hans Gal

Hans Gal, composer was born

Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl

Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer was born

James Scott Skinner

James Scott Skinner, composer was born

Johann Georg Herzog

Johann Georg Herzog, composer was born

Juan Carlos Paz

Juan Carlos Paz, composer was born

Kō Shibasaki

Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer was born

Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo

Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer was born

MCA [Adam Yauch]

MCA [Adam Yauch], Brooklyn New York, rock vocalist (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight), (d. 2012) was born

Mark O'Connor

Mark O'Connor, American violinist was born

Maya Bond

Maya Bond, American singer and musician was born

Mike Nocito

Mike Nocito, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock) was born

Motoi Sakuraba

Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer was born

Nektaria Karantzi

Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer was born

Oscar Espla

Oscar Espla, composer was born

Oskar Merikanto

Oskar Merikanto, composer was born

Pete Burns

Pete Burns, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) was born

Philipp Friedrich Boddecker

Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born

Resurreccion Maria de Azkue

Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer was born

Rick Derringer

Rick Derringer, rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan's theme) was born

Rick Huxley

Rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over), (d. 2013) was born

Rick van der Linden

Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboardist (Ekseption) was born

Samantha Sang

Samantha Sang, singer (Emotion) was born

Sammi Smith

Sammi Smith, singer was born

Seth Swirsky

Seth Swirsky, American songwriter was born

Stjepan Sulek

Stjepan Sulek, Croatian violinist/composer (Coriolan) was born

Tera de Marez Oyens

Tera de Marez Oyens, composer was born

Terri Clark

Terri Clark, Canadian country singer was born

Tobias Regner

Tobias Regner, German singer was born

Vern Gosdin

Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer (Set 'em Up Joe) was born

Died on August 5

Adolf Friedrich Hesse

Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53

Agathonas Iakovidis

Agathonas Iakovidis died

Carlos Roqué Alsina

Carlos Roqué Alsina died

Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42

Cherie Gil

Cherie Gil died

Diego Bertie

Diego Bertie died

Eric Bentley

Eric Bentley died

Gentil T Antheunis

Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66

George Sainton Kaye Butterworth

George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31

Henry Charles Litolff

Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73

Jango Edwards

Jango Edwards died

Jeff Porcaro

Jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38

Josef Stanislav

Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74

Joseph Holbrooke

Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80

Juan García de Zéspedes

Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)

Judith Durham

Judith Durham died

Judy Canova

Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66

Jô Soares

Jô Soares died

Karl Friedrich Horn

Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68

Luther Perkins

Luther Perkins American guitarist

Nancy King

Nancy King died

Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli

Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer, dies at 46

Queenie Smith

Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79

Reg Lindsay

Reg Lindsay, Australian country and western singer/songwriter (b. 1929)

Rubert Lucas Pearsall

Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61

Salvador Bacarisse

Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)

Thomas Linley

Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22

Tristan Honsinger

Tristan Honsinger died

Wojciech Gawronski

Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42

Zygmunt Mycielsky

Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79

Releases & milestones on August 5

Billy Idol

Rocker Billy Idol admitted to the hospital after drug overdose

Eminem

Eminem released the album 'Curtain Call 2'

Girls' Generation

Girls' Generation released the album 'Forever 1'

Iginari Tohoku San

Iginari Tohoku San released the album 'Q140884007'

Kenshi Yonezu

Kenshi Yonezu released the album 'Stray Sheep'

Soulfly

Soulfly released the album 'Totem'

The Beatles

Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" & "Eleanor Rigby" in UK

The Moody Blues

Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin"

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