Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier
Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) was born
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Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) was born
Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born
Benji Schwimmer, American dancer was born
Berthold Goldschmidt, German/British (opera)composer (Beatrice Cenci) was born
Bob Rosenberg, rocker (Will To Power) was born
Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna Fla, singer (Honey) was born
Bohuslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 58 was born
Caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer was born
Christian Burns, English musician (BBMak) was born
Claudia de Colombia, Bogato Columbia, spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti) was born
Crispian Mills, London, vocalist/guitarist (Kula Shaker) was born
DJ Quik, American rapper was born
Dave Greene, rocker was born
David Ruffin, Whynot Mississippi, early lead singer for The Temptations ("My Girl") was born
Ernst Rudorff, composer was born
Estelle Swaray, English singer was born
Ferdinand Kauer, composer was born
Gabor Darvas, composer was born
Jacques Gregoir, composer was born
Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera) was born
Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer and producer was born
Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer was born
Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer was born
John Hyatt Brewer, composer was born
John Lawrence Seymour, composer was born
Jonathan Davis, American singer (KoЯn) was born
Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer was born
Larry "Legs" Smith, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman) was born
M C Tab, [Sharon Richard], NYC, rapper was born
Maarja Kivi, Estonian singer was born
Mark Collie, Waynesboro Tn, country singer (Another Old Soldier) was born
R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer was born
Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born
Richard Archer, British singer (lead singer of Hard-Fi) was born
Ronald Guglielmone Jr., American singer-songwriter was born
Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress was born
Tom Bailey, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor) was born
Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (d. 1984) was born
William Henry Havergal, composer was born
Yehezkiel Braun, composer was born
Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79
Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63
Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83
Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64
Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. 1963)
Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93
Charles Baskerville, vocalist, dies at 54
Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62
Cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82
Filippo Marchetti, composer, dies at 70
Frank Lewin, American composer and music theorist (b. 1925)
Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer, dies at 68
Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55
Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
Paul Nordoff, US composer (Frog Prince), dies at 67
Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86
Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69
Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
Hester & Appolinar's musical "Your Own Thing" premieres in NYC
Dmitri Shostakovitch' opera "The Nose" premieres in Leningrad
The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers were Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1
Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)
Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations & Stevie Wonder
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