On This Day in Music: July 10

1980-07-10 Birth

Alejandro Millán

Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer and songwriter was born

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1982-07-10 Birth

Alex Arrowsmith

Alex Arrowsmith, American musician was born

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1887-07-10 Birth

Alfred Ernest Whitehead

Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer was born

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1931-07-10 Birth

Alice Munro

Alice Munro, author (Dance of the Happy Shades) was born

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1779-07-10 Birth

Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini

Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer was born

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1890-07-10 Birth

Andre Souris

Andre Souris, composer was born

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1947-07-10 Birth

Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie, Bkln, singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans) was born

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1944-07-10 Birth

Beaky

Beaky, rocker was born

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1958-07-10 Birth

Béla Fleck

Béla Fleck, American musician was born

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1895-07-10 Birth

Carl Orff

Carl Orff, Munich Germany, composer (Antigonae; Mozart prize 1969) was born

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1951-07-10 Birth

Cheryl Wheeler

Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter was born

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1908-07-10 Birth

Cootie Williams

Cootie Williams, American trumpeter (d. 1985) was born

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1972-07-10 Birth

Damon Sharpe

Damon Sharpe, Cleveland Ohio, actor/musician (Guys Next Door) was born

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1949-07-10 Birth

Dave Smally

Dave Smally, rocker (Raspberries) was born

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1916-07-10 Birth

Dick Cary

Dick Cary, jazz Musician was born

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1759-07-10 Birth

Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz

Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer was born

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1976-07-10 Birth

Elijah Blue Allman

Elijah Blue Allman, American musician (Deadsy) was born

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1900-07-10 Birth

Elsie Evelyn Laye

Elsie Evelyn Laye, English singer/actress (Bitter Sweet, Merry Widow) was born

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1697-07-10 Birth

Francois Hanot

Francois Hanot, composer was born

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1970-07-10 Birth

Gary LeVox

Gary LeVox, American singer (Rascal Flatts) was born

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1954-07-10 Birth

Gene Holder

Gene Holder, rocker was born

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1949-07-10 Birth

Greg Kihn

Greg Kihn U.S. pop musician & radio personality. was born

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1940-07-10 Birth

Helen Donath

Helen Donath, American soprano was born

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1970-07-10 Birth

Helen Sjöholm

Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress was born

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1835-07-10 Birth

Henryk Wieniawski

Henryk Wieniawski, Lubin Poland, violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou) was born

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1941-07-10 Birth

Ian Whitcomb

Ian Whitcomb, England, rocker (You Turn Me On) was born

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1904-07-10 Birth

Isa Krejci

Isa Krejci, composer was born

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1961-07-10 Birth

Jacky Cheung

Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor was born

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1930-07-10 Birth

Jacques Klein

Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist was born

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1936-07-10 Birth

Jan Wincenty Hawel

Jan Wincenty Hawel, composer was born

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1933-07-10 Birth

Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman, Broadway composer (Hello Dolly) was born

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1943-07-10 Birth

Jerry Miller

Jerry Miller, Tacoma Wa, rock guitarist (Moby Grape) was born

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1978-07-10 Birth

Jesse Lacey

Jesse Lacey, American musician (Brand New) was born

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1980-07-10 Birth

Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson, Abilene, Texas, singer and popstar ("I Wanna Love You Forever," "I Think I'm In Love," and "Where You Are.") was born

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1894-07-10 Birth

Jimmy Francis McHugh

Jimmy Francis McHugh, composer was born

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1949-07-10 Birth

John Whitehead

John Whitehead, American singer and record producer was born

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1858-07-10 Birth

Karl Flodin

Karl Flodin, composer was born

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1965-07-10 Birth

Ken Mellons

Ken Mellons, American singer was born

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1983-07-10 Birth

Kim Heechul

Kim Heechul, Korean Singer was born

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1952-07-10 Birth

Kim Mitchell

Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist/singer was born

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1938-07-10 Birth

Lee Morgan

Lee Morgan, American hard-bop trumpeter was born

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1913-07-10 Birth

Ljuba Welitsch

Ljuba Welitsch, Borisovo, Bulgaria, opera soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci) was born

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1900-07-10 Birth

Mitchell Parish

Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (d. 1993) was born

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1954-07-10 Birth

Neil Tennant

Neil Tennant, North Shields, Tyne-and-Wear, English singer/songwriter (Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl) was born

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1945-07-10 Birth

Peter Michalica

Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist was born

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1921-07-10 Birth

Revaz Il'yich Lagidze

Revaz Il'yich Lagidze, composer was born

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1882-07-10 Birth

Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli

Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer was born

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1953-07-10 Birth

Rik "The Rocket" Emmett

Rik "The Rocket" Emmett, Toronto, rock vocalist (Triumph) was born

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1942-07-10 Birth

Ronnie James Dio

Ronnie James Dio, American musician (Dio-Holy Diver, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) was born

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1919-07-10 Birth

Rusty Gill

Rusty Gill, St Louis Mo, singer (Polka Time) was born

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1937-07-10 Birth

Sandy Stewart

Sandy Stewart, Phila Pa, singer (Sing Along With Mitch, Mr President) was born

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1778-07-10 Birth

Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm

Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master was born

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1826-07-10 Birth

Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte

Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer was born

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1972-07-10 Birth

Tilo Wolff

Tilo Wolff, German musician (Lacrimosa) was born

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1949-07-10 Birth

Wally Bryson

Wally Bryson, NC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Raspberries) was born

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1950-07-10 Birth

Willie Ford

Willie Ford, US R&B-singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones) was born

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1668-07-10 Death

Adam-Nicolas Gascon

Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer, dies at 45

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1979-07-10 Death

Arthur Fiedler

Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84

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1943-07-10 Death

Arthur Finlay Nevin

Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72

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1937-07-10 Death

Attilio Brugnoli

Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56

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1868-07-10 Death

Carlo Conti

Carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71

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1690-07-10 Death

Domenico Gabrielli

Domenico Gabrielli, composer, dies at 39

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1940-07-10 Death

Donald Francis Tovey

Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64

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1941-07-10 Death

Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton

Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56

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1839-07-10 Death

Fernando Joseph Maria Sor

Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61

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1987-07-10 Death

John Hammond

John Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76

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1972-07-10 Death

Lovie Austin

Lovie Austin, American jazz pianist (b. 1887)

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1982-07-10 Death

Maria Jeritza

Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies

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1978-07-10 Death

Michel Gusikoff

Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85

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1977-07-10 Death

Norman Paris

Norman Paris, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41

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1594-07-10 Death

Paulo Bellasio

Paulo Bellasio, composer, dies at 40

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1908-07-10 Death

Phoebe Knapp

Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (b. 1839)

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2011-07-10 Death

Pierrette Alarie

Pierrette Alarie, Canadian operatic soprano (b. 1921)

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1888-07-10 Death

Rafael Hernando

Rafael Hernando, composer, dies at 66

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2011-07-10 Death

Roland Petit

Roland Petit, French choreographer and dancer (b. 1924)

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1952-07-10 Death

Rued Immanuel Langgaard

Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer, dies at 58

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1953-07-10 Death

Sidney Homer

Sidney Homer, composer, dies at 88

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1983-07-10 Death

Werner Egk

Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82

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1985-07-10 Event

Madonna

Playboy (and also Penthouse) publish nude pictures of Madonna

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1965-07-10 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks

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1965-07-10 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones score their 1st #1, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"

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