On This Day in Music: February 24

On February 24 in music history, 45 artists were born, 38 died and 12 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1965), Eric Clapton (1993) and Lauryn Hill (1999).

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The Beatles

The Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas

Eric Clapton

35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins

Lauryn Hill

41st Grammy Awards: My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic), Lauryn Hill wins

George Thorogood

George Thorogood, Wilmington, Delaware, American singer and guitarist (The Delaware Destroyers-Bad to the...

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Born on February 24

Alexis Jose Grullon

Alexis Jose Grullon, NYC, vocalist (Menudo-Cannonball) was born

Anton Gustafsson

Anton Gustafsson, Swedish rock music fan (d. 2003) was born

Antonio Massana

Antonio Massana, composer was born

Arnold Dolmetsch

Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician was born

Arrigo Boito

Arrigo Boito, composer was born

Bernhard Hupfeld

Bernhard Hupfeld, composer was born

Bob Abrams

Bob Abrams, Ohio, rocker (Buckinghams) was born

Bonnie Somerville

Bonnie Somerville, American actress and singer was born

Chad Hugo

Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes) was born

Chieko Kawabe

Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress was born

David Soyer

David Soyer, American cellist was born

Domenico Natale Sarro

Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer was born

Eric Griffin

Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist was born

George Thorogood

George Thorogood, Wilmington, Delaware, American singer and guitarist (The Delaware Destroyers-Bad to the Bone) was born

Guillaume Landre

Guillaume Landre, composer was born

Hubert Renotte

Hubert Renotte, composer was born

Ingvar Lidholm

Ingvar Lidholm, composer was born

James Michael Kennedy

James Michael Kennedy, Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys) was born

Jean Poveigh

Jean Poveigh, composer was born

Joanie Sommers

Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress was born

Johann Baptist Cramer

Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher was born

John Nolan

John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run) was born

Julius Kowalski

Julius Kowalski, composer was born

Konrad Lechner

Konrad Lechner, composer was born

Lan Burden

Lan Burden, rocker was born

Lionel Dakers

Lionel Dakers, director (Royal School of Church Music) was born

Lonnie Turner

Lonnie Turner, bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra) was born

Luigi Denza

Luigi Denza, composer was born

Matt Skiba

Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio,Heavens) was born

Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand, composer (Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind) was born

Michelle Shocked

Michelle Shocked, singer/musician was born

Nicky Hopkins

Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver) was born

Pablo Milanés

Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician was born

Paul Jones

Paul Jones, England, rocker (Manfried Mann-Mighty Quinn) was born

Persijn "Dakota" Joling

Persijn "Dakota" Joling, Dutch rock guitarist/singer (Pilgrims-Red) was born

Plastic Bertrand

Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer was born

Renata Scotto

Renata Scotto, Savona, Italy, soprano and opera director (Violetta-La Traviata) was born

Rudolf Ganz

Rudolf Ganz, composer was born

Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes, English musician was born

Sammy Kershaw

Sammy Kershaw, Kaplan LA, country vocalist (Cadillac Style) was born

Samuel Lover

Samuel Lover, composer was born

Samuel Wesley

Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo) was born

Shinya

Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) was born

Shuko Mizuno

Shuko Mizuno, composer was born

Tim Staffell

Tim Staffell, English singer was born

Died on February 24

Anatol' Vakhnyanyn

Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66

Andre Messager

Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer, dies at 75

Anselmo Clave

Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49

Antimo Liberati

Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74

Anton Laube

Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65

Arthur Lyman

Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (b. 1932)

Charles Wilfred Orr

Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82

David Roback

David Roback died

Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76

Dmitri B Shostakovitch

Dmitri B Shostakovitch, father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies

Donald Phillips

Donald Phillips, pianist/composer, dies at 80

Edith Peinemann

Edith Peinemann died

Franz Waxman

Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60

Georg Friedrich Kauffman

Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56

Herbert Norman Howells

Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90

Ignaz Lachner

Ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87

Isabelle Harriet Lucas

Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics), dies at 69

Istvan Anhalt

Istvan Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer, dies at 92

Jahn Teigen

Jahn Teigen died

Jean Binet

Jean Binet, composer, dies at 66

Johnnie Ray

Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61

Josephine McGill

Josephine McGill, composer, dies at 41

Larry Norman

Larry Norman, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)

Laurence Richard Deniz

Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist, dies at 71

Leo Ornstein

Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (b. 1912)

Leroy Jenkins

Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (b. 1932)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies

Marco da Gagliano

Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66

Matthias Weckmann

Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)

Nicholas Lanier

Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77

Otto Goldschmidt

Otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77

Richard Nicholson

Richard Nicholson, musician, dies at 89

Robert John

Robert John died

Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack died

Sally Kellerman

Sally Kellerman died

Virginia Bruce

Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71

Webb Pierce

Webb Pierce, US country singer (Bye Bye Love), dies of cancer at 64

Wolfgang Boettcher

Wolfgang Boettcher died

Releases & milestones on February 24

Betty Davis

24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins

Bruce Hornsby

29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins

Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo," premieres in Mantua

Eric Clapton

35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins

George Frideric Handel

Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres at Haymarket theatre in London

Godsmack

Godsmack released the album 'Lighting Up the Sky'

Gorillaz

Gorillaz released the album 'Cracker Island'

Gracie Abrams

Gracie Abrams released the album 'Good Riddance'

Insomnium

Insomnium released the album 'Anno 1696'

Karol G

Karol G released the album 'Mañana Será Bonito'

Lauryn Hill

41st Grammy Awards: My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic), Lauryn Hill wins

The Beatles

The Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas

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