2009
Event
Adele
51st Grammy Awards: Please Read The Letter, Adele wins
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Born on February 8
1946
Birth
"Fito" Adolpho De La Parra
"Fito" Adolpho De La Parra, Los Angeles California, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money) was born
1925
Birth
Alvin Brehm
Alvin Brehm, composer was born
1741
Birth
Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry
Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer was born
1828
Birth
Antonio Cagnoni
Antonio Cagnoni, composer was born
1906
Birth
Artur Balsam
Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein) was born
1919
Birth
Buddy Morrow
Buddy Morrow, orchestra leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show) was born
1980
Birth
Cameron Muncey
Cameron Muncey, Australian guitarist (Jet) was born
1968
Birth
Claudette Pace
Claudette Pace, Maltese singer was born
1943
Birth
Creed Bratton
Creed Bratton, California, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later) was born
1948
Birth
Dan Seals
Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, country singer (England Dan & John Ford Coley-You Still Move Me) was born
1977
Birth
Dave Farrell
Dave Farrell, American musician (Linkin Park) was born
1956
Birth
Dave Meros
Dave Meros, American bassist (Spock's Beard) was born
1891
Birth
Edgar Palm
Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer was born
1933
Birth
Elly Ameling
Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo) was born
1903
Birth
Greta Keller
Greta Keller, Austrian-born cabaret singer and actress (d. 1977) was born
1908
Birth
Grigor Eghiazaryan
Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer was born
1900
Birth
Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack
Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer was born
1952
Birth
Hans Van de Lubbe
Hans Van de Lubbe, Dutch bassist/singer (Dike) was born
1904
Birth
Igor' Fyodorovich Belza
Igor' Fyodorovich Belza, composer was born
1586
Birth
Jacob Praetorius
Jacob Praetorius, composer was born
1983
Birth
Jim Verraros
Jim Verraros, American singer was born
1937
Birth
Joe Raposa
Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street) was born
1932
Birth
John Towner Williams
John Towner Williams, Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops) was born
1943
Birth
Jose de Almeida Prado
Jose de Almeida Prado, composer was born
1764
Birth
Joseph Leopold von Eybler
Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer was born
1979
Birth
Josh Keaton
Josh Keaton, American actor and singer was born
1963
Birth
Joshua Kadison
Joshua Kadison, American pianist and songwriter was born
1914
Birth
Jules van Ackere
Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music) was born
1915
Birth
Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou
Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou, singer was born
1936
Birth
Larry Verne
Larry Verne, singer (Custer) was born
1789
Birth
Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer
Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer was born
1930
Birth
Manuel Castillo
Manuel Castillo, composer was born
1888
Birth
Matthijs Vermeulen
Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic was born
1950
Birth
Michael Goodroe
Michael Goodroe, rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely) was born
1981
Birth
Myriam Montemayor Cruz
Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer was born
1810
Birth
Norbert Burgmuller
Norbert Burgmuller, composer was born
1946
Birth
Paul Wheatbread
Paul Wheatbread, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl) was born
1938
Birth
Ray Sharpe
Ray Sharpe, singer was born
1961
Birth
Sammy Llanas
Sammy Llanas, rocker (Bodeans) was born
1912
Birth
Simon Jurovsky
Simon Jurovsky, composer was born
1940
Birth
Talib Rasul Hakim
Talib Rasul Hakim, composer was born
1950
Birth
Ted Turner
Ted Turner, rocker (Wishbone Ash) was born
1941
Birth
Tom Rush
Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going) was born
1708
Birth
Vaclav Jan Kopriva
Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer was born
1961
Birth
Vince Neil
Vince Neil, American singer (Mötley Crüe) was born
1927
Birth
Zdenek Zouhar
Zdenek Zouhar, composer was born
Died on February 8
2006
Death
Akira Ifukube
Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
2025
Death
Bob Bingham
Bob Bingham died
2023
Death
Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach died
1691
Death
Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi
Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79
2023
Death
Cody Longo
Cody Longo died
1990
Death
Del Shannon
Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50
1909
Death
Edouard Silas
Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80
1977
Death
Eivind Groven
Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
2006
Death
Elton Dean
Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
1947
Death
Ernest Samuel Williams
Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65
1949
Death
Franco Leoni
Franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81
1849
Death
Francois-Antoine Habeneck
Francois-Antoine Habeneck, composer, dies at 68
1709
Death
Giuseppe Torelli
Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer, dies at 50
2025
Death
Howard Riley
Howard Riley died
2005
Death
Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
1801
Death
Johann Chrysostomus Drexel
Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer, dies at 43
1797
Death
Johann Friedrich Doles
Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81
2005
Death
Keith Knudsen
Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)
1949
Death
Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin
Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer, dies at 54
2012
Death
Luis Alberto Spinetta
Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian rock musician, dies from lung cancer at 62
1972
Death
Markos Vamvakaris
Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
2021
Death
Mary Wilson
Mary Wilson died
1996
Death
Mercer Kennedy Ellington
Mercer Kennedy Ellington, trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at 76
1909
Death
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer, dies at 32
1980
Death
Nikos Xilouris
Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)
1821
Death
Paul Anton Wineberger
Paul Anton Wineberger, composer, dies at 62
1994
Death
Raymond Scott
Raymond Scott, composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
2020
Death
Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad died
1997
Death
Roy George Elroy Josephs
Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57
2021
Death
Roza Sabiryankyzy Akkuchukova
Roza Sabiryankyzy Akkuchukova died
Releases & milestones on February 8
2009
Event
Adele
51st Grammy Awards: Please Read The Letter, Adele wins
2004
Event
Evanescence
46th Grammy Awards: Clocks, Evanescence wins
1735
Event
John Gay
1st opera in US "Flora" opens in Charleston, SC
2006
Event
John Legend
48th Grammy Awards: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, John Legend wins
1862
Event
Lily
Opera "Lily of Killarney" premieres in London
1940
Event
Morgan Lewis
Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show" premieres in NYC
1994
Event
Mötley Crüe
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm
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