1921-02-10
Birth
Adrian Cruft
Adrian Cruft, composer was born
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1939-02-10
Birth
Barbara Kolb
Barbara Kolb, Hartford Ct, composer (Trobar Jus) was born
1898-02-10
Birth
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer was born
1939-02-10
Birth
Boris Pickett
Boris Pickett, vocalist (Monster Mash) was born
1866-02-10
Birth
Bror Beckman
Bror Beckman, composer was born
1947-02-10
Birth
Butch Morris
Butch Morris, American jazz cornetist and composer was born
1953-02-10
Birth
Carl Joseph Stone
Carl Joseph Stone, composer was born
1923-02-10
Birth
Cesare Siepi
Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera) was born
1987-02-10
Birth
Choi Si Won
Choi Si Won, Korean singer (Super Junior) was born
1962-02-10
Birth
Cliff Burton
Cliff Burton, rocker (Metallica) was born
1948-02-10
Birth
Conrad Cummings
Conrad Cummings, composer was born
1979-02-10
Birth
Daryl Palumbo
Daryl Palumbo, American musician was born
1978-02-10
Birth
Don Omar
Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer was born
1937-02-10
Birth
Don Wilson
Don Wilson, rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme) was born
1741-02-10
Birth
Franz Adam Veichtner
Franz Adam Veichtner, composer was born
1879-02-10
Birth
Franz Carl Bornschein
Franz Carl Bornschein, composer was born
1931-02-10
Birth
Gerhard Rosenfeld
Gerhard Rosenfeld, composer was born
1940-02-10
Birth
Hamish Imlach
Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic was born
1974-02-10
Birth
Ivri Lider
Ivri Lider, Israeli singer was born
1908-02-10
Birth
Jean Coulthard
Jean Coulthard, composer was born
1702-02-10
Birth
Jean-Pierre Guignon
Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer was born
1929-02-10
Birth
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer (Twilight Zone) was born
1940-02-10
Birth
Jimmy Merchant
Jimmy Merchant, New York City, New York, American rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools) was born
1735-02-10
Birth
Johann Christoph Kuhnau
Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer was born
1696-02-10
Birth
Johann Melchior Molter
Johann Melchior Molter, composer was born
1788-02-10
Birth
Johann Peter Pixis
Johann Peter Pixis, composer was born
1976-02-10
Birth
Kev Brown
Kev Brown, American rapper/producer was born
1975-02-10
Birth
Kool Savas
Kool Savas, German rapper was born
1927-02-10
Birth
Leontyne Mary Violet Price
Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Miss, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess) was born
1960-02-10
Birth
Lionel Cartwright
Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio) was born
1931-02-10
Birth
Makoto Shinohara
Makoto Shinohara, composer was born
1903-02-10
Birth
Matvey Isaakovich Blanter
Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, composer was born
1949-02-10
Birth
Maxime Le Forestier
Maxime Le Forestier, French singer was born
1958-02-10
Birth
Michael Weiss
Michael Weiss, American musician was born
1981-02-10
Birth
Natasha St-Pier
Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer was born
1944-02-10
Birth
Peter Allen
Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond) was born
1930-02-10
Birth
Peter Phillips
Peter Phillips, composer [or Jun 18] was born
1717-02-10
Birth
Pierre de La Garde
Pierre de La Garde, composer was born
1943-02-10
Birth
Ral Donner
Ral Donner, [Ralph Stuart], Black Mountain NC, singer (Starfires) was born
1924-02-10
Birth
Randy Van Horne
Randy Van Horne, El Paso Tx, vocalist (Nat King Cole Show) was born
1819-02-10
Birth
Richard Storrs Willis
Richard Storrs Willis, composer was born
1939-02-10
Birth
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack, Black Mountain North Carolina, US vocalist (If Ever I Saw Your Face) was born
1932-02-10
Birth
Rockin Dopsie Sr
Rockin Dopsie Sr, [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco) was born
1944-02-10
Birth
Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid, American musician was born
1935-02-10
Birth
Salvator Pueyo
Salvator Pueyo, composer was born
1750-02-10
Birth
Stanislao Mattei
Stanislao Mattei, composer was born
1935-02-10
Birth
Theodore Antoniou
Theodore Antoniou, composer was born
1981-02-10
Birth
Tholomew Plague
Tholomew Plague, drummer (Avenged Sevenfold) was born
1869-02-10
Birth
Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati
Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer was born
1905-02-10
Birth
Vilko Ukmar
Vilko Ukmar, composer was born
1841-02-10
Birth
Walter Parratt
Walter Parratt, composer was born
1832-02-10
Death
Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini
Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84
1950-02-10
Death
Armen Tigran Tigranyan
Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer, dies at 70
1997-02-10
Death
Brian McManus Connolly
Brian McManus Connolly, musician, dies at 47
2002-02-10
Death
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (b. 1936)
1917-02-10
Death
Emile Pessard
Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73
1774-02-10
Death
Florian Leopold Gassmann
Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44
2001-02-10
Death
George Holmes Tate
George Holmes Tate, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1913)
1977-02-10
Death
Grace Mary Williams
Grace Mary Williams, composer, dies at 70
1905-02-10
Death
Ignacy Krzyzanowski
Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer, dies at 78
2006-02-10
Death
J Dilla
J Dilla, American rapper/producer (b. 1974)
1783-02-10
Death
James Nares
James Nares, composer, dies at 67
1876-02-10
Death
Johan August Soderman
Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43
1816-02-10
Death
Johann Paul Aegidius Martini
Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74
1951-02-10
Death
Joseph Bovet
Joseph Bovet, composer, dies at 71
1945-02-10
Death
Juan de Hernandez
Juan de Hernandez, composer, dies at 63
2008-02-10
Event
Amy Winehouse
50th Grammy Awards: Rehab, Amy Winehouse wins
1881-02-10
Event
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris
1993-02-10
Event
Michael Jackson
"Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people
2013-02-10
Event
Mumford and Sons
55th Grammy Awards: Somebody That I Used To Know (Goyte), We are Young (Fun), and Babel (Mumford & Sons) win
1882-02-10
Event
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Rimski-Korsakov's opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St Petersburg
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