On This Day in Music: August 5

1866-08-05 Birth

Alfred Holy

Alfred Holy, composer was born

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1811-08-05 Birth

Ambroise Thomas

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

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1850-08-05 Birth

Anton Simon

Anton Simon, composer was born

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1623-08-05 Birth

Antonio Cesti

Antonio Cesti, composer was born

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1926-08-05 Birth

Betsy Jolas

Betsy Jolas, composer was born

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1900-08-05 Birth

Bodi Rapp

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

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1960-08-05 Birth

Calvin Hayes

Calvin Hayes, rocker was born

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1972-08-05 Birth

Christian Olde Wolbers

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

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1983-08-05 Birth

Dawn Richard

Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane) was born

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1995-08-05 Birth

Devo Keenan

Devo Keenan American cellist was born

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1975-08-05 Birth

Eicca Toppinen

Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica) was born

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1890-08-05 Birth

Erich Kleiber

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

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1907-08-05 Birth

Ernestine "Tiny" Davis

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

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1971-08-05 Birth

Evil Jared Hasselhoff

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

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1956-08-05 Birth

Ferdi Bolland

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

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1797-08-05 Birth

Friedrich August Kummer

Friedrich August Kummer, composer was born

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1880-08-05 Birth

Gertrude E Durden Rush

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

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1828-08-05 Birth

Giovanni Rossi

Giovanni Rossi, composer was born

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1947-08-05 Birth

Greg Leskiw

Greg Leskiw, rocker was born

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1397-08-05 Birth

Guillaume Dufay

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

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1927-08-05 Birth

Gunnar Bucht

Gunnar Bucht, composer was born

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1890-08-05 Birth

Hans Gal

Hans Gal, composer was born

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1829-08-05 Birth

Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl

Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer was born

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1843-08-05 Birth

James Scott Skinner

James Scott Skinner, composer was born

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1822-08-05 Birth

Johann Georg Herzog

Johann Georg Herzog, composer was born

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1901-08-05 Birth

Juan Carlos Paz

Juan Carlos Paz, composer was born

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1981-08-05 Birth

Kō Shibasaki

Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer was born

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1694-08-05 Birth

Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo

Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer was born

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1964-08-05 Birth

MCA [Adam Yauch]

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

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1961-08-05 Birth

Mark O'Connor

Mark O'Connor, American violinist was born

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2000-08-05 Birth

Maya Bond

Maya Bond, American singer and musician was born

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1960-08-05 Birth

Mike Nocito

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

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1965-08-05 Birth

Motoi Sakuraba

Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer was born

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1978-08-05 Birth

Nektaria Karantzi

Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer was born

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1886-08-05 Birth

Oscar Espla

Oscar Espla, composer was born

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1868-08-05 Birth

Oskar Merikanto

Oskar Merikanto, composer was born

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1959-08-05 Birth

Pete Burns

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

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1607-08-05 Birth

Philipp Friedrich Boddecker

Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born

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1864-08-05 Birth

Resurreccion Maria de Azkue

Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer was born

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1947-08-05 Birth

Rick Derringer

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

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1942-08-05 Birth

Rick Huxley

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

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1946-08-05 Birth

Rick van der Linden

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

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1953-08-05 Birth

Samantha Sang

Samantha Sang, singer (Emotion) was born

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1943-08-05 Birth

Sammi Smith

Sammi Smith, singer was born

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1960-08-05 Birth

Seth Swirsky

Seth Swirsky, American songwriter was born

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1914-08-05 Birth

Stjepan Sulek

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

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1932-08-05 Birth

Tera de Marez Oyens

Tera de Marez Oyens, composer was born

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1968-08-05 Birth

Terri Clark

Terri Clark, Canadian country singer was born

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1982-08-05 Birth

Tobias Regner

Tobias Regner, German singer was born

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1934-08-05 Birth

Vern Gosdin

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

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1863-08-05 Death

Adolf Friedrich Hesse

Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53

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1955-08-05 Death

Carmen Miranda

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

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1907-08-05 Death

Gentil T Antheunis

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

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1916-08-05 Death

George Sainton Kaye Butterworth

George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31

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1891-08-05 Death

Henry Charles Litolff

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

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1992-08-05 Death

Jeff Porcaro

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

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1971-08-05 Death

Josef Stanislav

Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74

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1958-08-05 Death

Joseph Holbrooke

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

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1678-08-05 Death

Juan García de Zéspedes

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

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1983-08-05 Death

Judy Canova

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

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1830-08-05 Death

Karl Friedrich Horn

Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68

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1968-08-05 Death

Luther Perkins

Luther Perkins American guitarist

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1916-08-05 Death

Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli

Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer, dies at 46

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1978-08-05 Death

Queenie Smith

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

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2008-08-05 Death

Reg Lindsay

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

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1856-08-05 Death

Rubert Lucas Pearsall

Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61

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1963-08-05 Death

Salvador Bacarisse

Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)

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1778-08-05 Death

Thomas Linley

Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22

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1910-08-05 Death

Wojciech Gawronski

Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42

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1987-08-05 Death

Zygmunt Mycielsky

Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79

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1994-08-05 Event

Billy Idol

Rocker Billy Idol admitted to the hospital after drug overdose

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1966-08-05 Event

The Beatles

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

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1972-08-05 Event

The Moody Blues

Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin"

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