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Allan Blank, composer was born
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Allan Blank, composer was born
Andre Gedalge, composer was born
Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer was born
Bernard van Dieren, composer was born
Cas Haley, American singer and guitarist was born
Dave Rowberry, Newcastle, rocker (Animals) was born
Donald Nally, American choral conductor was born
Endre Szervanszky, composer [or Jan 1] was born
Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer was born
Ferenc Szabo, composer was born
Ivan Brkanovic, composer was born
Jacqueline Fontijn, Flemish composer was born
James Mead, American guitarist (Kutless) was born
Jan Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer was born
Janet Perry, American soprano was born
Javine, British singer was born
Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish musician was born
Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer was born
John Goss, composer was born
John Roberts, composer was born
Karla Bonoff, rock singer (New World, Restless Nights) was born
Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer was born
Larry Byrom, rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World) was born
Leslie Maguire, rocker (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersey) was born
Marlene Dietrich [Maria Losch], Berlin Germany, singer/actress (Blue Angel), (d. 1992) was born
Matt Slocum, American musician (Sixpence None the Richer) was born
Maurice Schoemaker, composer was born
Max Ettinger, composer was born
Michael 'Mike' Pinder, Birmingham UK, rocker (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin) was born
Mick Jones, rock guitarist (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love is) was born
Mike Heron, Edinburgh Scotland, rock musician was born
Niels Meijer, Dutch rock keyboardist (Bob Color) was born
Nils-Eric Ringbom, composer was born
Oscar Levant, Pittsburgh, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life) was born
Pete Brown, rocker was born
Pleasure P, merican R&B Singer. Former member of Pretty Ricky (band) was born
Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer was born
Scotty Moore, guitarist (for Elvis) was born
Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist, (Týr) was born
Terry Bozzio, rock drummer (Missing Persons-Hello I Love You) was born
Tracy Nelson, Madison Wisconsin, American singer was born
Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor (Melbourne 1967-71) was born
William Henry Hadow, composer was born
William Marshall, composer was born
Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73
Alessandro Nini, composer, dies at 75
Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, composer, dies at 77
Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash
Delaney Bramlett, American musician (b. 1939)
Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43
Hank Garland, American musician (b. 1930)
Hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82
Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78
Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70
Peter Christian Lutkin, composer, dies at 73
Pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63
Shura Cherkassky, pianist, dies at 86
Walter Courvoisier, composer, dies at 56
Walter Scott, rocker, dies
Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint," premieres in NYC
Harry Connick Jr is caught with 9mm gun in NY's JFK airport
Styne/Comden/Green's musical "Subways are for Sleeping" premieres at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs
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