On This Day in Music: July 1

1972-07-01 Birth

Alex Machacek

Alex Machacek, Austrian musician was born

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1911-07-01 Birth

Alvino Rey

Alvino Rey, Cleve Ohio, orchestra leader (King Family) was born

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1942-07-01 Birth

Andraé Crouch

Andraé Crouch, American singer was born

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1951-07-01 Birth

Anne Feeney

Anne Feeney, American protest singer was born

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1977-07-01 Birth

Birgit Schuurman

Birgit Schuurman, Dutch musician was born

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1932-07-01 Birth

Bobby Day

Bobby Day, [Robert Byrd], Fort Worth Tx, rock vocalist (Rockin' Robin) was born

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1899-07-01 Birth

Cavan O'Connor

Cavan O'Connor, singer was born

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1586-07-01 Birth

Claudio Saracini

Claudio Saracini, composer was born

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1945-07-01 Birth

Deborah Harry

Deborah Harry, Miami Fla, singer (Blondie-Heart of Glass) was born

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1939-07-01 Birth

Delaney Bramlett

Delaney Bramlett, Oklahoma, rocker (Shindogs, Delaney & Bonnie) was born

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1960-07-01 Birth

Evelyn "Champagne" King

Evelyn "Champagne" King, Bronx NY, disco singer (Shame, I'm in Love) was born

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1663-07-01 Birth

Franz Xaver Murschhauser

Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer was born

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1951-07-01 Birth

Fred Schneider

Fred Schneider, Newark Ga, vocalist/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster) was born

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1764-07-01 Birth

Georg Christoph Grosheim

Georg Christoph Grosheim, composer was born

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1927-07-01 Birth

Hans Eklund

Hans Eklund, composer was born

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1935-07-01 Birth

James Cotton

James Cotton, blues vocalist was born

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1735-07-01 Birth

James Lyon

James Lyon, composer was born

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1943-07-01 Birth

Jeff Wayne

Jeff Wayne, musician was born

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1688-07-01 Birth

Johann Ludwig Steiner

Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer was born

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1949-07-01 Birth

John Farnham

John Farnham, Australian singer was born

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1941-07-01 Birth

John Gould

John Gould, British composer/musical comic was born

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1946-07-01 Birth

June Montiero

June Montiero, US, vocalist (Toys-A Lover's Concerto) was born

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1977-07-01 Birth

Keigo Hayashi

Keigo Hayashi, Japanese music artist was born

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1955-07-01 Birth

Keith Whitley

Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook Ky, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes) was born

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1983-07-01 Birth

Leeteuk

Leeteuk, Korean singer was born

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1947-07-01 Birth

Marc Benno

Marc Benno, rocker was born

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1983-07-01 Birth

Marit Larsen

Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M) was born

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1908-07-01 Birth

Peter Anders

Peter Anders, German opera singer was born

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1964-07-01 Birth

Poi Burton

Poi Burton, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen) was born

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1963-07-01 Birth

Roddy Bottum

Roddy Bottum, Los Angeles California, rock keyboardist (Faith No More-Real Thing) was born

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1975-07-01 Birth

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens, American musician was born

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1951-07-01 Birth

Terrence Mann

Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer was born

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1952-07-01 Birth

Timothy J. Tobias

Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006) was born

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1941-07-01 Birth

Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp, Portland Ind, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe) was born

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1928-07-01 Birth

Volker Wangenheim

Volker Wangenheim, composer was born

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1915-07-01 Birth

Willie Dixon

Willie Dixon, Vicksburg Missisipi, blues artist (Walkin' the Blues, Mellow Down Easy) was born

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1742-07-01 Death

Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský

Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58

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1947-07-01 Death

Clarence Lucas

Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80

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1965-07-01 Death

Claude Thornhill

Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55

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1950-07-01 Death

Edward Faber Schneider

Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77

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1950-07-01 Death

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (b. 1865)

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1925-07-01 Death

Erik Alfred Leslie Satie

Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59

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2012-07-01 Death

Evelyn Lear

Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano, dies at 86

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1805-07-01 Death

Georg Ritschel

Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60

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1999-07-01 Death

Guy Mitchell

Guy Mitchell, American popular singer dies at 72

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1988-07-01 Death

Hellmuth Christian Wolff

Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82

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2003-07-01 Death

Herbie Mann

Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)

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1982-07-01 Death

John Everett Watts

John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51

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1988-07-01 Death

Lex van Delden

Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68

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2005-07-01 Death

Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross, American singer, dies at 54

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1883-07-01 Death

Manuel Gregorio Tavarez

Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39

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1592-07-01 Death

Marc A Ingegneri

Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies

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1691-07-01 Death

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77

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1973-07-01 Death

Mario La Broca

Mario La Broca, composer, dies at 76

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1910-07-01 Death

Marius Petipa

Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies

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2008-07-01 Death

Mel Galley

Mel Galley, English guitarist (b. 1948)

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2005-07-01 Death

Obie Benson

Obie Benson, American musician (b. 1936)

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1964-07-01 Death

Pierre Monteux

Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89

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1958-07-01 Death

Rudolf von Laban

Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78

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1662-07-01 Death

Simon Ives

Simon Ives, composer, dies at 61

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1987-07-01 Death

Snakefinger

Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949)

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2004-07-01 Death

Todor Skalovski

Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909)

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1784-07-01 Death

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach, dies at 73

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1982-07-01 Event

Acid Black Cherry

ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)

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1987-07-01 Event

FM

WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format

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1970-07-01 Event

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)

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1933-07-01 Event

Johann Strauss II

Strauss & von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden

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1996-07-01 Event

Plácido Domingo

Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera

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1950-07-01 Event

Stars

"Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 281 perfs

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1967-07-01 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks

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