Albert Ayler
Albert Ayler, American musician (d. 1970) was born
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Albert Ayler, American musician (d. 1970) was born
Bobby Rock, Houston Texas, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection) was born
Carlo Bergonzi, Italian singer was born
Charles Scribner Jr, music publisher (Scribner) was born
David Branson, composer was born
Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer was born
Donal Michalsky, composer was born
Ernest Gold, composer was born
Franco Casavola, composer was born
George Lewis, American musician (d. 1969) was born
Gerald Levert, American singer (d. 2006) was born
Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2007) was born
Harry Sosnik, Chicago, orchestra leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade) was born
Jay Uzzell, rocker (Corsairs) was born
Jim McGuinn, rocker was born
John Francis Larchet, composer was born
Ladislav Holoubek, composer was born
Lawrence Donegan, rock bassist was born
Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist was born
Louise Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters) was born
Mark "The Animal' Mendoza [Glickman], Long Island, New York, American bassist (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) was born
Meyer Kupferman, NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres) was born
Paul Constantinescu, composer was born
Per Norgard, composer was born
Rhonda Vincent, American singer was born
Roger McGuinn, guitarist (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man) was born
Roger Reynolds, composer was born
Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) was born
Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer was born
Stephen Jo Bladd, Boston Ma, rocker (J Geils Band-Centerfold) was born
Steven J Brown, Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good) was born
Washington Castro, composer was born
Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78
Arnold Schoenberg, Austria/US composer (Verklärte Nacht), dies at 76
Arthur Kane, American musician (b. 1949)
Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], German(?) composer, dies at 80
August Reissmann, composer, dies at 77
Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist, dies at 78
Carli Zoeller, composer, dies at 49
Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930)
Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79
Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91
Johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67
Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66
Juventino Rosas, composer, dies at 26
Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman's band (b. 1931)
Martian Negrea, composer, dies at 80
Max Butting, composer, dies at 87
Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer, dies at 54
Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premieres in Vienna
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