On This Day in Music: February 8

On February 8 in music history, 46 artists were born, 30 died and 7 other milestones happened, among them Adele (2009), Evanescence (2004) and John Legend (2006).

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Adele

51st Grammy Awards: Please Read The Letter, Adele wins

Evanescence

46th Grammy Awards: Clocks, Evanescence wins

John Legend

48th Grammy Awards: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, John Legend wins

Mötley Crüe

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm

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Born on February 8

"Fito" Adolpho De La Parra

"Fito" Adolpho De La Parra, Los Angeles California, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money) was born

Alvin Brehm

Alvin Brehm, composer was born

Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry

Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer was born

Antonio Cagnoni

Antonio Cagnoni, composer was born

Artur Balsam

Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein) was born

Buddy Morrow

Buddy Morrow, orchestra leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show) was born

Cameron Muncey

Cameron Muncey, Australian guitarist (Jet) was born

Claudette Pace

Claudette Pace, Maltese singer was born

Creed Bratton

Creed Bratton, California, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later) was born

Dan Seals

Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, country singer (England Dan & John Ford Coley-You Still Move Me) was born

Dave Farrell

Dave Farrell, American musician (Linkin Park) was born

Dave Meros

Dave Meros, American bassist (Spock's Beard) was born

Edgar Palm

Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer was born

Elly Ameling

Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo) was born

Greta Keller

Greta Keller, Austrian-born cabaret singer and actress (d. 1977) was born

Grigor Eghiazaryan

Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer was born

Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack

Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer was born

Hans Van de Lubbe

Hans Van de Lubbe, Dutch bassist/singer (Dike) was born

Igor' Fyodorovich Belza

Igor' Fyodorovich Belza, composer was born

Jacob Praetorius

Jacob Praetorius, composer was born

Jim Verraros

Jim Verraros, American singer was born

Joe Raposa

Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street) was born

John Towner Williams

John Towner Williams, Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops) was born

Jose de Almeida Prado

Jose de Almeida Prado, composer was born

Joseph Leopold von Eybler

Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer was born

Josh Keaton

Josh Keaton, American actor and singer was born

Joshua Kadison

Joshua Kadison, American pianist and songwriter was born

Jules van Ackere

Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music) was born

Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou

Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou, singer was born

Larry Verne

Larry Verne, singer (Custer) was born

Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer

Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer was born

Manuel Castillo

Manuel Castillo, composer was born

Matthijs Vermeulen

Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic was born

Michael Goodroe

Michael Goodroe, rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely) was born

Myriam Montemayor Cruz

Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer was born

Norbert Burgmuller

Norbert Burgmuller, composer was born

Paul Wheatbread

Paul Wheatbread, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl) was born

Ray Sharpe

Ray Sharpe, singer was born

Sammy Llanas

Sammy Llanas, rocker (Bodeans) was born

Simon Jurovsky

Simon Jurovsky, composer was born

Talib Rasul Hakim

Talib Rasul Hakim, composer was born

Ted Turner

Ted Turner, rocker (Wishbone Ash) was born

Tom Rush

Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going) was born

Vaclav Jan Kopriva

Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer was born

Vince Neil

Vince Neil, American singer (Mötley Crüe) was born

Zdenek Zouhar

Zdenek Zouhar, composer was born

Died on February 8

Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)

Bob Bingham

Bob Bingham died

Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach died

Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi

Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79

Cody Longo

Cody Longo died

Del Shannon

Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50

Edouard Silas

Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80

Eivind Groven

Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)

Elton Dean

Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)

Ernest Samuel Williams

Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65

Franco Leoni

Franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81

Francois-Antoine Habeneck

Francois-Antoine Habeneck, composer, dies at 68

Giuseppe Torelli

Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer, dies at 50

Howard Riley

Howard Riley died

Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)

Johann Chrysostomus Drexel

Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer, dies at 43

Johann Friedrich Doles

Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81

Keith Knudsen

Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)

Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin

Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer, dies at 54

Luis Alberto Spinetta

Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian rock musician, dies from lung cancer at 62

Markos Vamvakaris

Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)

Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson died

Mercer Kennedy Ellington

Mercer Kennedy Ellington, trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at 76

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer, dies at 32

Nikos Xilouris

Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)

Paul Anton Wineberger

Paul Anton Wineberger, composer, dies at 62

Raymond Scott

Raymond Scott, composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85

Robert Conrad

Robert Conrad died

Roy George Elroy Josephs

Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57

Roza Sabiryankyzy Akkuchukova

Roza Sabiryankyzy Akkuchukova died

Releases & milestones on February 8

Adele

51st Grammy Awards: Please Read The Letter, Adele wins

Evanescence

46th Grammy Awards: Clocks, Evanescence wins

John Gay

1st opera in US "Flora" opens in Charleston, SC

John Legend

48th Grammy Awards: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, John Legend wins

Lily

Opera "Lily of Killarney" premieres in London

Morgan Lewis

Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show" premieres in NYC

Mötley Crüe

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm

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