On This Day in Music: February 7

1988-02-07 Birth

Ai Kago

Ai Kago, Japanese singer was born

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1949-02-07 Birth

Alan Lancaster

Alan Lancaster, bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level) was born

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1864-02-07 Birth

Arthur Collins

Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet) was born

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1758-02-07 Birth

Benedikt Emanuel Schack

Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer was born

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1959-02-07 Birth

Brian Travers

Brian Travers, rock saxophonist (UB40-Red Wine) was born

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1707-02-07 Birth

Carl August Thielo

Carl August Thielo, composer was born

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1825-02-07 Birth

Crystobal Oudrid y Segura

Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer was born

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1962-02-07 Birth

David Bryan

David Bryan, rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name) was born

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1898-02-07 Birth

Dock Boggs

Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971) was born

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1934-02-07 Birth

Earl King [Solomon Johnson]

Earl King [Solomon Johnson], New Orleans, Louisiana, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Come On) was born

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1875-02-07 Birth

Erkki Gustav Melartin

Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer was born

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1847-02-07 Birth

Ernst Franck

Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor was born

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1887-02-07 Birth

Eubie Blake

Eubie Blake, Baltimore Maryland, US ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You) (d. 1983) was born

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1877-02-07 Birth

Feliks Nowowiejski

Feliks Nowowiejski, composer was born

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1962-02-07 Birth

Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks, Tulsa Oklahoma, country vocalist (No Fences, Double Live) was born

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1948-02-07 Birth

Jimmy Greenspoon

Jimmy Greenspoon, LA Cal, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) was born

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1891-02-07 Birth

Joachim Stutschewsky

Joachim Stutschewsky, composer was born

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1822-02-07 Birth

Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide

Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer was born

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1927-02-07 Birth

John Buller

John Buller, composer was born

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1924-02-07 Birth

Johnny Jordaan

Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist was born

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1739-02-07 Birth

Joseph Pouteau

Joseph Pouteau, composer was born

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1871-02-07 Birth

Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer

Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer was born

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1934-02-07 Birth

King Curtis

King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US vocalist (Memphis Soul Stew) was born

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1946-02-07 Birth

Lawrence Ascott

Lawrence Ascott, rocker (Isotope) was born

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1996-02-07 Birth

Mai Hagiwara

Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer was born

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1992-02-07 Birth

Maimi Yajima

Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer was born

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1958-02-07 Birth

Manuel Mijares

Manuel Mijares, Mexico, spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita) was born

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1925-02-07 Birth

Marius Constant

Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost) was born

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1956-02-07 Birth

Mark St. John

Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007) was born

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1863-02-07 Birth

Mieczyslaw Soltys

Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer was born

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1920-02-07 Birth

Oscar Brand

Oscar Brand, Winnipeg Canada, folk vocalist (Draw Me a Laugh) was born

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1878-02-07 Birth

Ossip Gabrilovich

Ossip Gabrilovich, composer was born

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1897-02-07 Birth

Quincy Porter

Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer was born

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1864-02-07 Birth

Ricardo Castro Herrera

Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer was born

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1957-02-07 Birth

Richard Cook

Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007) was born

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1823-02-07 Birth

Richard Genee

Richard Genee, composer was born

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1938-02-07 Birth

Robert Frank Baksa

Robert Frank Baksa, composer was born

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1946-02-07 Birth

Sammy Johns

Sammy Johns, rocker (Politics, Religion & Her), (d. 2013) was born

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1968-02-07 Birth

Sully Erna

Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack) was born

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1952-02-07 Birth

Vasco Rossi

Vasco Rossi, Italian singer was born

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1875-02-07 Birth

Walter Courvoisier

Walter Courvoisier, composer was born

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1975-02-07 Birth

Wes Borland

Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit) was born

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1710-02-07 Birth

William Boyce

William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music was born

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1948-02-07 Death

"Red" McKenzie

"Red" McKenzie, blues-jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies

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1918-02-07 Death

Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev

Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, composer, dies at 68

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1749-02-07 Death

Andre Cardinal Destouches

Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76

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1986-02-07 Death

Armand Preud'homme

Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/lyricist, dies at 81

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1969-02-07 Death

Bainbridge Crist

Bainbridge Crist, composer, dies at 85

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1901-02-07 Death

Benjamin Edward Woolf

Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64

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2000-02-07 Death

Big Pun

Big Pun, Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971)

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1999-02-07 Death

Bobby Troup

Bobby Troup, American musician and actor (b. 1918)

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1998-02-07 Death

Carl Dean Wilson

Carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51

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2001-02-07 Death

Dale Evans

Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912)

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1997-02-07 Death

Danil Shafran

Danil Shafran, cellist, dies at 74

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2000-02-07 Death

Dave Peverett

Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (b. 1943)

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1980-02-07 Death

Ernst Kunz

Ernst Kunz, composer, dies at 88

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1862-02-07 Death

Frantisek Jan Skroup

Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61

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1827-02-07 Death

Franz Anton Dimmler

Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73

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1931-02-07 Death

Ion Vidu

Ion Vidu, composer, dies at 67

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1996-02-07 Death

Isian Kehinde I K Dairo

Isian Kehinde I K Dairo, musician/academic, dies at 65

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1954-02-07 Death

Jan Adam Maklakiewicz

Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54

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1990-02-07 Death

Jimmy Van Heusen

Jimmy Van Heusen, composer (Call Me Irresponsible), dies at 77

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1996-02-07 Death

Lillian Rambach

Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist, dies at 84

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1944-02-07 Death

Lina Cavalieri

Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (b. 1874)

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1743-02-07 Death

Lodovico Giustini

Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57

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1830-02-07 Death

Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal

Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67

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1985-02-07 Death

Matt Monro

Matt Monro, English singer (b. 1932)

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1957-02-07 Death

Rudolph Reti

Rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71

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1820-02-07 Death

Samuel Adams Holyoke

Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57

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1959-02-07 Death

Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar

Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar, rocker, dies at 32

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1968-02-07 Death

Stuart Foster

Stuart Foster, singer (Galen Drake Show), dies at 49

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1996-02-07 Death

Tiny Winters

Tiny Winters, musician, dies at 87

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1779-02-07 Death

William Boyce

William Boyce, composer, dies at 67

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1994-02-07 Death

Witold Lutosławski

Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer (b. 1913)

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1915-02-07 Death

Wladyslaw Gorski

Wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68

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1931-02-07 Event

Deems Taylor

US opera "Peter Ibbetson" by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera NYC

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1792-02-07 Event

Domenico Cimarosa

D Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto" premieres in Vienna

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1987-02-07 Event

Madonna

Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1

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1984-02-07 Event

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS

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1979-02-07 Event

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles

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1970-02-07 Event

The Archies

"Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by The Archies

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1964-02-07 Event

The Beatles

Beatles land at NY's JFK airport, for 1st US tour

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1994-02-07 Event

Whitney Houston

21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins

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