On This Day in Music: August 8

1965 Birth

Aaron Abeyta

Aaron Abeyta, American musician was born

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1891 Birth

Adolf Busch

Adolf Busch, German violinist (d. 1952) was born

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1949 Birth

Airrion Love

Airrion Love, US singer (Stylistics-16 Bars) was born

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1955 Birth

Ali Score

Ali Score, rock drummer (Flock Of Seagulls) was born

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1905 Birth

Andre Jolivet

Andre Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque) was born

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1913 Birth

Axel Stordahl

Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show) was born

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1907 Birth

Benny Carter

Benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter) was born

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1981 Birth

Bradley McIntosh

Bradley McIntosh, British pop singer was born

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1857 Birth

Cecile Chaminade

Cecile Chaminade, composer was born

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1956 Birth

Chris Foreman

Chris Foreman, guitarist (Madness-Burning Down the House) was born

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1958 Birth

Chris[sie Boy] Foreman

Chris[sie Boy] Foreman, rock guitarist (Madness) was born

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1938 Birth

Connie Stevens

Connie Stevens, Bkln, singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach) was born

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1978 Birth

Countess Vaughn

Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer was born

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1961 Birth

Daniel House

Daniel House, American music executive was born

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1886 Birth

Daniel Ruyneman

Daniel Ruyneman, composer was born

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1956 Birth

David Grant

David Grant, Jamaica, singer/songwriter (Stop & Go, Heaven Knows) was born

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1955 Birth

Diddú

Diddú, Icelandic soprano and songwriter was born

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1928 Birth

Don Burrows

Don Burrows, Australian musician was born

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1976 Birth

Drew Lachey

Drew Lachey, American singer was born

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1944 Birth

Hans van Eijk

Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist (Jumping Jewels) was born

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1904 Birth

Istvan Szelenyi

Istvan Szelenyi, composer was born

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1976 Birth

JC Chasez

JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC) was born

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1938 Birth

Jacques Hetu

Jacques Hetu, composer was born

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1942 Birth

Jay David

Jay David, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show) was born

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1932 Birth

Jimmy Witherspoon

Jimmy Witherspoon, singer was born

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1933 Birth

Joe Tex

Joe Tex, singer/songwriter (Hold What You've Got), (d. 1982) was born

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1944 Birth

John Renbourn

John Renbourn, English musician was born

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1571 Birth

John Ward

John Ward, composer was born

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1931 Birth

Jonathan Elkus

Jonathan Elkus, composer was born

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1929 Birth

Josef Suk

Josef Suk, Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977) was born

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1981 Birth

Kaori Iida

Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress was born

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1693 Birth

Laurent Belissen

Laurent Belissen, composer was born

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1920 Birth

Leo Chiosso

Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006) was born

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1967 Birth

Lorraine Pearson

Lorraine Pearson, Romford Essex, rock vocalist (5 Star-Silk & Steel) was born

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1937 Birth

Louis Neefs

Louis Neefs, Belgian singer was born

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1755 Birth

Luigi Marchesi

Luigi Marchesi, composer was born

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1972 Birth

Lüpüs Thünder

Lüpüs Thünder, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang) was born

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1995 Birth

Malin Reitan

Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer was born

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1932 Birth

Mel Tillis

Mel Tillis, Pahokee Fl, country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel) was born

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1944 Birth

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson, rocker was born

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1980 Birth

Mike Hindert

Mike Hindert, American musician was born

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1961 Birth

Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson, rocker was born

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1939 Birth

Philip E Baisley

Philip E Baisley, Augusta Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57) was born

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1886 Birth

Pietro Alessandro Yon

Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer was born

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1979 Birth

Richard Harwood

Richard Harwood, British cellist was born

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1961 Birth

Rikki Rockett

Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison) was born

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1921 Birth

Roger Nixon

Roger Nixon, composer was born

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1979 Birth

Sam Totman

Sam Totman, English musician (Dragonforce) was born

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1973 Birth

Scott Stapp

Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed) was born

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1961 Birth

The Edge

The Edge, [Dave Evans], London, rock guitarist (U2-I Will Follow) was born

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1924 Birth

Thomas Beversdorf

Thomas Beversdorf, composer was born

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1981 Birth

Vanessa Amorosi

Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter was born

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1900 Birth

Victor Young

Victor Young, Chicago Illinois, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old California) was born

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1926 Birth

Webb Pierce

Webb Pierce, West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) was born

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1939 Birth

William Alden Hibbard

William Alden Hibbard, composer was born

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1871 Birth

William Henry Squire

William Henry Squire, composer was born

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1950 Birth

Willie Hall

Willie Hall, rocker was born

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2025 Death

Arlindo Cruz

Arlindo Cruz died

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1816 Death

Blas de Laserna

Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65

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2022 Death

Darryl Hunt

Darryl Hunt died

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1996 Death

Didi Duprat

Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69

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1997 Death

Duncan Swift

Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74

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2020 Death

Erich Gruenberg

Erich Gruenberg died

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1982 Death

Ferre Grignard

Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies

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1888 Death

Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns

Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79

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1918 Death

Gertrude E Durden Rush

Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38

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1954 Death

Gino Tagliapietra

Gino Tagliapietra, composer, dies at 67

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1967 Death

Jaromir Weinberger

Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody), dies at 71

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1940 Death

Johnny Dodds

Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)

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2025 Death

Judy Bailey

Judy Bailey died

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1975 Death

Julian "Cannonball" Alderly

Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, saxophonist/bandleader, dies of a stroke at 46

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1759 Death

Karl Heinrich Graun

Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55

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1982 Death

Kurt Edelhagen

Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62

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2022 Death

Lamont Dozier

Lamont Dozier died

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1700 Death

Matthias Henriksen Schacht

Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40

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1961 Death

Méi Lánfāng

Méi Lánfāng, Chinese opera performer (b. 1894)

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1950 Death

Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky

Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky, composer, dies at 69

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2022 Death

Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John died

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1445 Death

Oswald von Wolkenstein

Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer

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2020 Death

Salome Bey

Salome Bey died

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1963 Death

Sandor Jemnitz

Sandor Jemnitz, composer, dies at 72

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1834 Death

Silvestro Palma

Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80

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2023 Death

Sixto Rodriguez

Sixto Rodriguez died

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2025 Event

Ethel Cain

Ethel Cain released the album 'Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You'

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2025 Event

Jonas Brothers

Jonas Brothers released the album 'Greetings from Your Hometown'

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1966 Event

The Beatles

South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)

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2025 Event

The Black Keys

The Black Keys released the album 'No Rain, No Flowers'

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1964 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert

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