Alexander Ewing
Alexander Ewing, composer was born
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Alexander Ewing, composer was born
Antonio Estevez, composer was born
Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist was born
Beth Anderson, composer was born
Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte) was born
Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born
Bryan George Kelly, composer was born
Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist was born
David Atherton, English conductor was born
Dragutin Gostuski, composer was born
Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer was born
Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born
Feliks Ostrowski, composer was born
Henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854) was born
Henry Eichheim, composer was born
Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936) was born
Iwan Knorr, composer was born
Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer was born
Jacques Wildberger, composer was born
Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer was born
Johann Abraham Sixt, composer was born
Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer was born
John Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven) was born
Jos Kunst, composer was born
Karl Collan, Finnish composer was born
Kimberley Locke, American singer was born
Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour) was born
Lloyd Polite, American R&B singer was born
Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer was born
Maurice Jaubert, composer was born
Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) was born
Mihail Andricu, composer was born
Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005) was born
Nichole Nordeman, American singer was born
Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) was born
Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats) was born
Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer was born
Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer was born
Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001) was born
Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira) was born
Ross The Boss, rocker was born
Rusty Golden, rocker (Boys Band) was born
Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash) was born
George Martin, record producer (The Beatles) was born
Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) was born
Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian was born
Al Duncan, drummer, dies at 68
Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91
Amos Milburn, rocker, dies at 52
Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79
Arthur Gold, American pianist, half of Gold and Fizdale duo (b. 1917)
Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68
Bob Weston, British guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac), dies from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at 64 (body found on this date)
Burton Lane, composer, dies at 84
Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80
Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer, dies at 64
Fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69
Friedrich Witt, composer, dies at 65
Fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68
Georges Bizet, composer, dies
Janos Furst, Hungarian orchestral conductor (b. 1935)
Jens Bjerre, composer, dies at 82
John Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71
Josef Foerster, composer, dies at 73
Juan GarcÃa Esquivel, Mexican band leader (b. 1918)
Lewis Michael Friedman, pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS
Lucien Cailliet, composer, dies at 93
Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92
Mateusz Glinski, composer, dies at 83
Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87
Moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75
Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-Félix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36
Robert Archibald Smith, composer, dies at 48
Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62
Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie, dies
Theodor Uhlig, composer, dies at 30
Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73
Sergei Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia
Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You"
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