A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman, Indian composer was born
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A. R. Rahman, Indian composer was born
Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor was born
Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys) was born
Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) was born
Arnold Richardson, composer was born
Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) was born
Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament) was born
Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) was born
Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer was born
Dirk de Vries, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff) was born
Doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss) was born
Earl Kim, composer was born
Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett), (d. 2012) was born
Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer was born
Finn Einar Mortensen, composer was born
Francois de La Croix, composer was born
Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) was born
Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer was born
Georges Martin Witkowski, composer was born
Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born
Giuseppe Sammartini, composer was born
Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born
Henri Herz, composer was born
Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer was born
Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer was born
Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born
Kaspar Masek, composer was born
Kathy Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) was born
Kim Wilson, rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds) was born
Ludwig Erk, composer was born
Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) was born
Mark Brunswick, composer was born
Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) was born
Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born
Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer was born
Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer was born
Menahem Avidom, composer was born
Michael Houser, Boone North Carolina, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) was born
Mike Jones, American rapper was born
Nek, Italian singer was born
Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer was born
Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple) was born
Paolo Conte, Italian singer was born
Paul Brindley, English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure) was born
Paul Wilson, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye) was born
Peter Loran, Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good) was born
Philip Bezanson, composer was born
Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse) was born
Richard Horowitz, composer was born
Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer was born
Sacha Distel, French singer was born
Sandy Denny, London UK, country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go) was born
Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer was born
Stanley Smith, KC MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts) was born
Syd Barrett, Cambridge England, musician (early Pink Floyd band member) was born
Van McCoy, US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle) was born
Vittorio Monti, composer was born
Wilbert Harrison, R & B singer (Kansas City) was born
Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer was born
Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer was born
Yuri, Mexican actress and singer was born
Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56
Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)
Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74
James Clay, saxophonist, dies at 59
Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies
Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73
John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75
Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54
Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)
Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68
Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80
Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64
Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)
William Jones, composer, dies at 73
William McBeth, American composer, dies at 78
1000 Led Zeppelin fans, waiting overnight inside the lobby of the Boston Garden for tickets to the group's February 4th gig to go on sale, cause a riot and an esimated $30,000 damage
Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones
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