On This Day in Music: February 24

1977 Birth

Alexis Jose Grullon

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

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1980 Birth

Anton Gustafsson

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

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1890 Birth

Antonio Massana

Antonio Massana, composer was born

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1858 Birth

Arnold Dolmetsch

Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician was born

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1842 Birth

Arrigo Boito

Arrigo Boito, composer was born

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1717 Birth

Bernhard Hupfeld

Bernhard Hupfeld, composer was born

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1955 Birth

Bob Abrams

Bob Abrams, Ohio, rocker (Buckinghams) was born

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1974 Birth

Bonnie Somerville

Bonnie Somerville, American actress and singer was born

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1974 Birth

Chad Hugo

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

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1987 Birth

Chieko Kawabe

Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress was born

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1923 Birth

David Soyer

David Soyer, American cellist was born

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1679 Birth

Domenico Natale Sarro

Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer was born

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1976 Birth

Eric Griffin

Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist was born

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1950 Birth

George Thorogood

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

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1905 Birth

Guillaume Landre

Guillaume Landre, composer was born

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1704 Birth

Hubert Renotte

Hubert Renotte, composer was born

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1921 Birth

Ingvar Lidholm

Ingvar Lidholm, composer was born

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1973 Birth

James Michael Kennedy

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

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1876 Birth

Jean Poveigh

Jean Poveigh, composer was born

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1941 Birth

Joanie Sommers

Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress was born

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1771 Birth

Johann Baptist Cramer

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

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1978 Birth

John Nolan

John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run) was born

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1912 Birth

Julius Kowalski

Julius Kowalski, composer was born

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1911 Birth

Konrad Lechner

Konrad Lechner, composer was born

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1957 Birth

Lan Burden

Lan Burden, rocker was born

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1924 Birth

Lionel Dakers

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

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1947 Birth

Lonnie Turner

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

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1846 Birth

Luigi Denza

Luigi Denza, composer was born

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1976 Birth

Matt Skiba

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

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1932 Birth

Michel Legrand

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

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1962 Birth

Michelle Shocked

Michelle Shocked, singer/musician was born

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1944 Birth

Nicky Hopkins

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

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1943 Birth

Pablo Milanés

Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician was born

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1942 Birth

Paul Jones

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

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1961 Birth

Persijn "Dakota" Joling

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

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1958 Birth

Plastic Bertrand

Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer was born

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1934 Birth

Renata Scotto

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

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1877 Birth

Rudolf Ganz

Rudolf Ganz, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes, English musician was born

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1958 Birth

Sammy Kershaw

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

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1797 Birth

Samuel Lover

Samuel Lover, composer was born

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1766 Birth

Samuel Wesley

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

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1978 Birth

Shinya

Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) was born

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1934 Birth

Shuko Mizuno

Shuko Mizuno, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Tim Staffell

Tim Staffell, English singer was born

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1908 Death

Anatol' Vakhnyanyn

Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66

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1929 Death

Andre Messager

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

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1874 Death

Anselmo Clave

Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49

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1692 Death

Antimo Liberati

Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74

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1784 Death

Anton Laube

Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65

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2002 Death

Arthur Lyman

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

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1976 Death

Charles Wilfred Orr

Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82

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2020 Death

David Roback

David Roback died

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1994 Death

Dinah Shore

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

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1922 Death

Dmitri B Shostakovitch

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

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1994 Death

Donald Phillips

Donald Phillips, pianist/composer, dies at 80

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2023 Death

Edith Peinemann

Edith Peinemann died

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1967 Death

Franz Waxman

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

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1735 Death

Georg Friedrich Kauffman

Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56

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1983 Death

Herbert Norman Howells

Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90

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1895 Death

Ignaz Lachner

Ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87

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1997 Death

Isabelle Harriet Lucas

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

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2012 Death

Istvan Anhalt

Istvan Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer, dies at 92

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2020 Death

Jahn Teigen

Jahn Teigen died

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1960 Death

Jean Binet

Jean Binet, composer, dies at 66

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1990 Death

Johnnie Ray

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

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1919 Death

Josephine McGill

Josephine McGill, composer, dies at 41

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2008 Death

Larry Norman

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

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1996 Death

Laurence Richard Deniz

Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist, dies at 71

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2002 Death

Leo Ornstein

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

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2007 Death

Leroy Jenkins

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

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1704 Death

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

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

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1642 Death

Marco da Gagliano

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

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1674 Death

Matthias Weckmann

Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)

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1666 Death

Nicholas Lanier

Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77

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1907 Death

Otto Goldschmidt

Otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77

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1995 Death

Richard Nicholson

Richard Nicholson, musician, dies at 89

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2025 Death

Robert John

Robert John died

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2025 Death

Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack died

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2022 Death

Sally Kellerman

Sally Kellerman died

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1982 Death

Virginia Bruce

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

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1991 Death

Webb Pierce

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

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2021 Death

Wolfgang Boettcher

Wolfgang Boettcher died

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1982 Event

Betty Davis

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

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1987 Event

Bruce Hornsby

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

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1607 Event

Claudio Monteverdi

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

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1993 Event

Eric Clapton

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

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1711 Event

George Frideric Handel

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

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2023 Event

Godsmack

Godsmack released the album 'Lighting Up the Sky'

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2023 Event

Gorillaz

Gorillaz released the album 'Cracker Island'

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2023 Event

Gracie Abrams

Gracie Abrams released the album 'Good Riddance'

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2023 Event

Insomnium

Insomnium released the album 'Anno 1696'

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2023 Event

Karol G

Karol G released the album 'Mañana Será Bonito'

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1999 Event

Lauryn Hill

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

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1965 Event

The Beatles

The Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas

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