1946-02-08
Birth
"Fito" Adolpho De La Parra
"Fito" Adolpho De La Parra, Los Angeles California, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money) was born
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1925-02-08
Birth
Alvin Brehm
Alvin Brehm, composer was born
1741-02-08
Birth
Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry
Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer was born
1828-02-08
Birth
Antonio Cagnoni
Antonio Cagnoni, composer was born
1906-02-08
Birth
Artur Balsam
Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein) was born
1919-02-08
Birth
Buddy Morrow
Buddy Morrow, orchestra leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show) was born
1980-02-08
Birth
Cameron Muncey
Cameron Muncey, Australian guitarist (Jet) was born
1968-02-08
Birth
Claudette Pace
Claudette Pace, Maltese singer was born
1943-02-08
Birth
Creed Bratton
Creed Bratton, California, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later) was born
1948-02-08
Birth
Dan Seals
Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, country singer (England Dan & John Ford Coley-You Still Move Me) was born
1977-02-08
Birth
Dave Farrell
Dave Farrell, American musician (Linkin Park) was born
1956-02-08
Birth
Dave Meros
Dave Meros, American bassist (Spock's Beard) was born
1891-02-08
Birth
Edgar Palm
Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer was born
1933-02-08
Birth
Elly Ameling
Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo) was born
1903-02-08
Birth
Greta Keller
Greta Keller, Austrian-born cabaret singer and actress (d. 1977) was born
1908-02-08
Birth
Grigor Eghiazaryan
Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer was born
1900-02-08
Birth
Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack
Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer was born
1952-02-08
Birth
Hans Van de Lubbe
Hans Van de Lubbe, Dutch bassist/singer (Dike) was born
1904-02-08
Birth
Igor' Fyodorovich Belza
Igor' Fyodorovich Belza, composer was born
1586-02-08
Birth
Jacob Praetorius
Jacob Praetorius, composer was born
1983-02-08
Birth
Jim Verraros
Jim Verraros, American singer was born
1937-02-08
Birth
Joe Raposa
Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street) was born
1932-02-08
Birth
John Towner Williams
John Towner Williams, Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops) was born
1943-02-08
Birth
Jose de Almeida Prado
Jose de Almeida Prado, composer was born
1764-02-08
Birth
Joseph Leopold von Eybler
Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer was born
1979-02-08
Birth
Josh Keaton
Josh Keaton, American actor and singer was born
1963-02-08
Birth
Joshua Kadison
Joshua Kadison, American pianist and songwriter was born
1914-02-08
Birth
Jules van Ackere
Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music) was born
1915-02-08
Birth
Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou
Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou, singer was born
1936-02-08
Birth
Larry Verne
Larry Verne, singer (Custer) was born
1789-02-08
Birth
Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer
Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer was born
1930-02-08
Birth
Manuel Castillo
Manuel Castillo, composer was born
1888-02-08
Birth
Matthijs Vermeulen
Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic was born
1950-02-08
Birth
Michael Goodroe
Michael Goodroe, rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely) was born
1981-02-08
Birth
Myriam Montemayor Cruz
Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer was born
1810-02-08
Birth
Norbert Burgmuller
Norbert Burgmuller, composer was born
1946-02-08
Birth
Paul Wheatbread
Paul Wheatbread, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl) was born
1938-02-08
Birth
Ray Sharpe
Ray Sharpe, singer was born
1961-02-08
Birth
Sammy Llanas
Sammy Llanas, rocker (Bodeans) was born
1912-02-08
Birth
Simon Jurovsky
Simon Jurovsky, composer was born
1940-02-08
Birth
Talib Rasul Hakim
Talib Rasul Hakim, composer was born
1950-02-08
Birth
Ted Turner
Ted Turner, rocker (Wishbone Ash) was born
1941-02-08
Birth
Tom Rush
Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going) was born
1708-02-08
Birth
Vaclav Jan Kopriva
Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer was born
1961-02-08
Birth
Vince Neil
Vince Neil, American singer (Mötley Crüe) was born
1927-02-08
Birth
Zdenek Zouhar
Zdenek Zouhar, composer was born
2006-02-08
Death
Akira Ifukube
Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
1691-02-08
Death
Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi
Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79
1990-02-08
Death
Del Shannon
Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50
1909-02-08
Death
Edouard Silas
Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80
1977-02-08
Death
Eivind Groven
Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
2006-02-08
Death
Elton Dean
Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
1947-02-08
Death
Ernest Samuel Williams
Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65
1949-02-08
Death
Franco Leoni
Franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81
1849-02-08
Death
Francois-Antoine Habeneck
Francois-Antoine Habeneck, composer, dies at 68
1709-02-08
Death
Giuseppe Torelli
Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer, dies at 50
2005-02-08
Death
Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
1801-02-08
Death
Johann Chrysostomus Drexel
Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer, dies at 43
1797-02-08
Death
Johann Friedrich Doles
Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81
2005-02-08
Death
Keith Knudsen
Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)
1949-02-08
Death
Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin
Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer, dies at 54
2012-02-08
Death
Luis Alberto Spinetta
Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian rock musician, dies from lung cancer at 62
1972-02-08
Death
Markos Vamvakaris
Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
1996-02-08
Death
Mercer Kennedy Ellington
Mercer Kennedy Ellington, trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at 76
1909-02-08
Death
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer, dies at 32
1980-02-08
Death
Nikos Xilouris
Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)
1821-02-08
Death
Paul Anton Wineberger
Paul Anton Wineberger, composer, dies at 62
1994-02-08
Death
Raymond Scott
Raymond Scott, composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
1997-02-08
Death
Roy George Elroy Josephs
Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57
2009-02-08
Event
Adele
51st Grammy Awards: Please Read The Letter, Adele wins
2004-02-08
Event
Evanescence
46th Grammy Awards: Clocks, Evanescence wins
1735-02-08
Event
John Gay
1st opera in US "Flora" opens in Charleston, SC
2006-02-08
Event
John Legend
48th Grammy Awards: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, John Legend wins
1862-02-08
Event
Lily
Opera "Lily of Killarney" premieres in London
1940-02-08
Event
Morgan Lewis
Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show" premieres in NYC
1994-02-08
Event
Mötley Crüe
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm
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