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Abbey Simon, NYC, pianist was born
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Abbey Simon, NYC, pianist was born
Adam T. Siska, American musician was born
Albert Cahen, composer was born
Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music) was born
Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer was born
Andrej Ocenas, composer was born
Andrew Wood, Columbus Mississippi, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990) was born
Antai Ribari, composer was born
Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer was born
Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer was born
Charles Borromeo Mills, composer was born
Chris Marion, American musician was born
Cristy Lane, US, country/gospel singer was born
David Bowie, [Jones], London, singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust) was born
Elvis Aaron Presley, Tupelo Miss, singer (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog) was born
Erik Drake, composer was born
Evelyn Lear, [Shulman], Brooklyn, NY, soprano, (d. 2012) was born
Felipe Colombo, Argentine-Mexican actor and singer was born
Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist was born
Giacinto Scelsi, composer was born
Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Silent Song) was born
Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. 1894) was born
Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer was born
Ian Bargh, Prestwick, Scotland, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (d.2012) was born
Jani Christou, composer was born
Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera) was born
Jean Gilles, composer was born
Jeff Abercrombie, American musician was born
Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer was born
John Peters, rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre) was born
John Peterson, rocker was born
John White, composer was born
Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer was born
Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004) was born
Lee Jackson, rocker (Nice) was born
Little Anthony [Gourdine], rocker (& Imperials) was born
Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) was born
Lucien Capet, composer was born
Maci Wainwright, American singer was born
Marcus Hutson, rock vocalist (Whispers) was born
Mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy) was born
Nacho Duato, Spanish classical dancer and choreographer was born
Paul Dresher, composer was born
Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005) was born
Per August Olander, composer was born
Peter [Ped] Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or 3/5] was born
R. Kelly [Robert Sylvester Kelly], Chicago, Illinois, American R&B singer (I Wish I Could Fly) was born
Rachael Lampa, American singer was born
Robbie Krieger, Los Angeles California, Guitarist and Songwriter (The Doors - Light My Fire) was born
Robby Krieger, Los Angeles, California, American guitarist (Doors-Light My Fire) was born
Robert Moran, composer was born
Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer was born
Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace) was born
Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist was born
Shirley Bassey, Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker) was born
Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer was born
Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe) was born
Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist was born
Werner Wehrli, composer was born
William Henry Holmes, composer was born
William Wallace Gilchrist, composer was born
Zdeněk Mácal, Czech conductor was born
wiL Francis, American singer was born
Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85
Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74
Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44
Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68
Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55
Clyde Otis, American song writer and music producer (b. c. 1924)
Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61
Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71
Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81
Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48
Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56
Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78
Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (b. 1907)
Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
Jay Blackton, US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
John Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72
Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64
Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76
Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48
Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73
Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93
Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75
Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b. 1906)
Ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. 1925)
Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30
Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63
Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83
Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer
William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52
Earl Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come" premieres in NYC
Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee
28th American Music Award: Faith Hill & Kid Rock win
Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
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