Ami Maayani
Ami Maayani, composer was born
Daily spins
This Day in Music
Pick a date, get a soundtrack
Pick a date and press play — the day's milestones, the artists behind them, and a Spotify playlist you can hear right away, no login required.
Loading highlights...
Press play on history
Hit play on the day — no login needed.
Cueing up the day's playlist...
Events and playlists update instantly.
Loading events...
Ami Maayani, composer was born
Anton Fischer, composer was born
Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born
Chara, Japanese singer and actress was born
Cornelius Bumpus, keyboardist (Doobie Bros-Minute by Minute) was born
Danil Shafran, cellist was born
Danny Barker, jazz guitarist was born
Don Snow, rocker (Squeeze) was born
Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician was born
Felix Guerro Diaz, composer was born
Fortunio Bonanova, Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer was born
Fred White, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover) was born
George Paterson, Scottish singer/songwriter DMP was born
Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer was born
Graham "Suggs" McPherson, Sussex, rock vocalist (Madness-Our House) was born
Gwen Verdon, LA, actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity) was born
Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko) was born
Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer was born
James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth) was born
Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer was born
Jason James, Welsh musician (Bullet for My Valentine) was born
Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer was born
Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer was born
John Lees, England, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man) was born
Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist was born
Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist was born
Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer was born
Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer was born
Liz Anderson, rocker was born
Luca Sorkocevic, composer was born
Malcolm Foster, rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement) was born
Maxime Jacob, composer was born
Paavo Johannes Heininen, composer was born
Paul Kelly, Australian singer was born
Percy Humphrey, musician was born
Richard Addinsell, London England, composer (Taming of Shrew) was born
Sophie Tucker, [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas was born
Suggs, English singer was born
Tim Patrick Kelly, Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live) was born
Trevor Rabin, rocker (Yes) was born
Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer was born
Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer was born
William Duckworth, composer was born
Yasuji Kiyose, composer was born
Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, dies at 80
Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78
Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
Carlo Angeloni, composer, dies at 66
Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62
Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
Ferdinand Ries, German composer dies at 53
Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73
Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
Jay Reatard, American garage punk musician (b. 1980)
Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68
Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and lyricist (b. 1925)
Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949)
Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
Robert Still, English composer (b. 1910)
Roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69
Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44
Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY
Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950)
Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer, dies 76
30th American Music Award: Sheryl Crow & Eminem win
Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia
Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal"
Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
Rock musician Pete Townshend of The Who was arrested in London on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. He was later cleared.
Loading artist details...