On This Day in Music: February 27

1973-02-27 Birth

"Pooh" Clark

"Pooh" Clark, rocker (High-5) was born

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1957-02-27 Birth

Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High) was born

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1935-02-27 Birth

Alberto Remedios

Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer was born

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1921-02-27 Birth

Andras Szollosy

Andras Szollosy, composer was born

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1984-02-27 Birth

Antti Tuisku

Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer was born

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1980-02-27 Birth

Bobby Valentino

Bobby Valentino, American singer was born

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1960-02-27 Birth

Bolik Dahan

Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC) was born

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1969-02-27 Birth

Brad Vander Ark

Brad Vander Ark, American musician was born

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1848-02-27 Birth

Charles Hubert H Parry

Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem) was born

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1936-02-27 Birth

Chuck Glaser

Chuck Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again) was born

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1923-02-27 Birth

Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon, US, tenor saxophonist/actor (Connection) was born

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1948-02-27 Birth

Eddie Gray

Eddie Gray, rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) was born

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1909-02-27 Birth

Elisabeth Welch

Elisabeth Welch, singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon) was born

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1822-02-27 Birth

Eugene Gautier

Eugene Gautier, composer was born

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1964-02-27 Birth

Ewen Vernal

Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town) was born

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1965-02-27 Birth

Frank Peter Zimmermann

Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist was born

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1890-02-27 Birth

Freddie Keppard

Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933) was born

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1955-02-27 Birth

Garry Christian

Garry Christian, rocker was born

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1891-02-27 Birth

Georges E Migot

Georges E Migot, French composer was born

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1746-02-27 Birth

Gian Francesco Fortunati

Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer was born

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1947-02-27 Birth

Gidon Kremer

Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970) was born

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1927-02-27 Birth

Guy Mitchell

Guy Mitchell, [Albert George Cernik], Detroit, Michigan, American singer and actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle) (d. 1999) was born

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1952-02-27 Birth

Henk Westbroek

Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer (Good Cause) was born

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1846-02-27 Birth

Joaquin Valverde

Joaquin Valverde, composer was born

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1784-02-27 Birth

Job Plimpton

Job Plimpton, composer was born

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1759-02-27 Birth

Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab

Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer was born

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1649-02-27 Birth

Johann Philipp Krieger

Johann Philipp Krieger, composer was born

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1702-02-27 Birth

Johann Valentin Gorner

Johann Valentin Gorner, composer was born

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1959-02-27 Birth

Johnny Van Zant

Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) was born

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1920-02-27 Birth

Jose Melis

Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orchestra leader (Jack Paar Program) was born

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1879-02-27 Birth

Jose Sancho Marraco

Jose Sancho Marraco, composer was born

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1893-02-27 Birth

Joseph Messner

Joseph Messner, composer was born

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1981-02-27 Birth

Josh Groban

Josh Groban, American singer was born

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1989-02-27 Birth

Kelly Breeding

Kelly Breeding, American singer from B5 was born

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1952-02-27 Birth

Kevin Raleigh

Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band) was born

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1888-02-27 Birth

Lotte Lehmann

Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello) was born

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1870-02-27 Birth

Louis Coerne

Louis Coerne, composer was born

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1907-02-27 Birth

Mildred Bailey

Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951) was born

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1935-02-27 Birth

Mirella Freni

Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly) was born

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1943-02-27 Birth

Morten Lauridsen

Morten Lauridsen, American composer was born

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1954-02-27 Birth

Neal Schon

Neal Schon, rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English) was born

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1970-02-27 Birth

Patricia Petibon

Patricia Petibon, French opera singer was born

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1955-02-27 Birth

Peter Christopherson

Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director was born

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1894-02-27 Birth

Robert-Lucien Siohan

Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer was born

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1919-02-27 Birth

Roman Haubenstock-Ramati

Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, composer was born

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1971-02-27 Birth

Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas

Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC) was born

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1898-02-27 Birth

Rutkowski Bronislaw

Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer was born

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1745-02-27 Birth

Silverius Muller

Silverius Muller, composer was born

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1951-02-27 Birth

Steve Harley

Steve Harley, rocker (Come Up & See Me) was born

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1899-02-27 Birth

Sulo Nikolai Salonen

Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer was born

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1923-02-27 Birth

Viktor Kalabis

Viktor Kalabis, composer was born

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1867-02-27 Birth

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer was born

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1887-02-27 Death

Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin

Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53

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1731-02-27 Death

Angelo Predieri

Angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76

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1797-02-27 Death

Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele

Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61

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2007-02-27 Death

Bobby Rosengarden

Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (b. 1924)

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1923-02-27 Death

Charles Francis Abdy Williams

Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67

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1956-02-27 Death

Frank Dailey

Frank Dailey, orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54

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1968-02-27 Death

Frankie Lymon

Frankie Lymon, American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer (The Teenagers), dies at 25 of a heroin overdose

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1956-02-27 Death

Gunther Ramin

Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57

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1733-02-27 Death

Johann Adam Birkenstock

Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46

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2003-02-27 Death

John Lanchbery

John Lanchbery, English composer (b. 1923)

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1852-02-27 Death

Joseph Drechsler

Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69

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1973-02-27 Death

Lucijan Marija Skerjanc

Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72

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1968-02-27 Death

Ludvik Podest

Ludvik Podest, composer, dies at 46

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1982-02-27 Death

Malika A Sabirova

Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39

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1929-02-27 Death

Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry

Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65

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1972-02-27 Death

Pat Brady

Pat Brady, American actor and singer (b. 1914)

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1805-02-27 Death

Stefan Paluselli

Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57

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1978-02-27 Death

Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov

Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer, dies at 65

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2002-02-27 Event

Alicia Keys

44th Grammy Awards: Walk On, Alicia Keys wins

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1980-02-27 Event

Barbra Streisand

22nd Grammy Awards: What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet

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1991-02-27 Event

James Brown

Singer James Brown is released from prison

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1814-02-27 Event

Ludwig V. Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethovens 8th Symphony in F, premieres

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1854-02-27 Event

Robert Schumann

Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine

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1997-02-27 Event

Sade

Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop

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1563-02-27 Event

William Byrd

William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral

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