On This Day in Music: February 13

1969 Birth

Ahlam

Ahlam, Bahraini singer was born

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1883 Birth

Bainbridge Crist

Bainbridge Crist, composer was born

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1926 Birth

Barney Childs

Barney Childs, composer was born

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1820 Birth

Bela Albrecht Pal Keler

Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer was born

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1976 Birth

Dave Padden

Dave Padden, Canadian musician (Annihilator) was born

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1713 Birth

Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas

Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer was born

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1957 Birth

Doris King

Doris King, Nashville Tenn, vocalist (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel) was born

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1930 Birth

Dotty McGuire

Dotty McGuire, Middletown Oh, vocalist (McGuire Sisters) was born

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1952 Birth

Ed Gagliardi

Ed Gagliardi, NYC, rock bassist (Foreigner-Cold As Ice) was born

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1920 Birth

Eileen Farrell

Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody) was born

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1976 Birth

Feist

Feist, Canadian singer and songwriter was born

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1778 Birth

Fernando Sor

Fernando Sor, composer was born

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1755 Birth

Francois Alexander Sallantin

Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer was born

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1966 Birth

Freedom Williams

Freedom Williams, rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now) was born

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1925 Birth

Gene Ames

Gene Ames, singer was born

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1840 Birth

Georg Jacobi

Georg Jacobi, composer was born

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1914 Birth

George Kleinsinger

George Kleinsinger, San Bernardino CA, composer (Tubby the Tuba) was born

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1934 Birth

George Segal

George Segal, actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick & Jane) was born

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1908 Birth

Gerald Strang

Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer was born

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1978 Birth

Hamish Glencross

Hamish Glencross, Scottish guitarist My Dying Bride was born

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1961 Birth

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins, US vocalist/poet (Big Ugly Mouth, Talking From the Box) was born

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1975 Birth

Iván González

Iván González, Puerto Rican writer and musician was born

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1787 Birth

James P Carrell

James P Carrell, composer was born

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1955 Birth

Jan de Ligt

Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist (I've Got the Bullets) was born

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1877 Birth

Jazeps Medins

Jazeps Medins, composer was born

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1919 Birth

Joan Edwards

Joan Edwards, NYC, vocalist (Joan Edwards Show) was born

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1660 Birth

Johann Sigismund Kusser

Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer was born

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1721 Birth

John Reid

John Reid, composer was born

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1862 Birth

Karel Weis

Karel Weis, composer was born

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1970 Birth

Karoline Krüger

Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer was born

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1907 Birth

Katy de la Cruz

Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (d. 2004) was born

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1945 Birth

Keith Nichols

Keith Nichols, jazz pianist was born

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1945 Birth

King Floyd

King Floyd, rocker was born

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1870 Birth

Leopold Godowsky

Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer was born

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1961 Birth

Les Warner

Les Warner, rocker (Cult-Fire Woman) was born

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1960 Birth

Michael Craig

Michael Craig, rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Want to Hurt Me) was born

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1997 Birth

Michael Jackson Jr

Michael Jackson Jr, son of Michael Jackson was born

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1950 Birth

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Genesis, In Your Eyes) was born

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1956 Birth

Peter Hook

Peter Hook, English rock bassist (New Order-Round & Round, Run) was born

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1942 Birth

Peter Tork

Peter Tork, American musician and actor (The Monkees) was born

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1953 Birth

Rico J. Puno

Rico J. Puno, Filipino pop singer was born

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1974 Birth

Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams, English singer was born

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1945 Birth

Roy Dyke

Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) was born

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1955 Birth

Scott Smith

Scott Smith, rock bassist (Loverboy-Get Lucky) was born

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1971 Birth

Sonia

Sonia, British singer was born

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1919 Birth

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol Tn, country vocalist/actor (pea picker) was born

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1947 Birth

Tony Butler

Tony Butler, rock bassist (Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland) was born

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1837 Birth

Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea

Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer was born

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1923 Birth

Yfrah Neaman

Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese violinist (d. 2003) was born

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2023 Death

Alain Goraguer

Alain Goraguer died

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1952 Death

Alfred Einstein

Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71

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1814 Death

Augustin Holler

Augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69

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2020 Death

Buzzy Linhart

Buzzy Linhart died

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1849 Death

Christian Rummel

Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61

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2020 Death

Christophe Desjardins

Christophe Desjardins died

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1996 Death

Daniel K Womack

Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist, dies at 91

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1975 Death

Eric Harding Thiman

Eric Harding Thiman, composer, dies at 74

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1724 Death

Francisco Jose Coutinho

Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer, dies at 43

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1629 Death

Girolamo Giacobbi

Girolamo Giacobbi, composer, dies at 61

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2023 Death

Guido Basso

Guido Basso died

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2023 Death

Huey "Piano" Smith

Huey "Piano" Smith died

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1968 Death

Ildebrando Pizzetti

Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87

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1965 Death

Jerry Burke

Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies

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1917 Death

Joel Angel

Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48

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1741 Death

Johann Joseph Fux

Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80

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1693 Death

Johann Kaspar von Kerll

Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65

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2010 Death

John Reed

John Reed, British singer of Gilbert & Sullivan (b. 1916)

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1896 Death

Karl Reinthaler

Karl Reinthaler, composer, dies at 73

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1976 Death

Lily Pons

Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71

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2021 Death

Louis Clark

Louis Clark died

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1997 Death

Mark Krasnosel'skii

Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1920),Jessica Browne,singer and dancer

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2025 Death

Sukri Bommagowda

Sukri Bommagowda died

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2021 Death

Urs Jaeggi

Urs Jaeggi died

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2002 Death

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings, American musician (b. 1937)

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1883 Death

Wilhelm Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner, composer, dies at 69

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1959 Death

William L Axt

William L Axt, composer, dies at 70

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1995 Death

Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair

Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist, dies at 68

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2026 Event

Charli XCX

Charli XCX released the album 'Wuthering Heights'

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1983 Event

Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein, Levinson & Link's musical "Merlin" premieres in NYC

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2011 Event

Esperanza Spalding

53rd Grammy Awards: Need You Now, Esperanza Spalding wins

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1974 Event

Jill Williams

"Rainbow Jones" opens & closes at Music Box Theater NYC

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1996 Event

Jonathan Larson

Rock musical "Rent" by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway

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2005 Event

Maroon 5

47th Grammy Awards: Here We Go Again, Maroon 5 wins

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2023 Event

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift released the album 'Lover (Live from Paris)'

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