On This Day in Music: July 17

1873-07-17 Birth

Antonina Neshdanova

Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) was born

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1984-07-17 Birth

Asami Kimura

Asami Kimura, Japanese singer (Country Musume) was born

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1775-07-17 Birth

August Harder

August Harder, composer was born

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1885-07-17 Birth

Benjamin James Dale

Benjamin James Dale, composer was born

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1948-07-17 Birth

Brian Glascock

Brian Glascock, rock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely) was born

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1957-07-17 Birth

Bruce Crump

Bruce Crump, rock drummer (Molly Hatchet) was born

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1952-07-17 Birth

Chet McCracken

Chet McCracken, Seattle Wash, rocker (Doobie Brothers) was born

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1965-07-17 Birth

Craig Morgan

Craig Morgan, American singer was born

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1986-07-17 Birth

Dana

Dana, Korean singer and actress (TSZX) was born

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1960-07-17 Birth

Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw, American soprano was born

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1875-07-17 Birth

Donald Francis Tovey

Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer was born

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1916-07-17 Birth

Eleanor Steber

Eleanor Steber, Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940) was born

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1915-07-17 Birth

Esther Williamson Ballou

Esther Williamson Ballou, composer was born

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1913-07-17 Birth

Everett Helm

Everett Helm, composer was born

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1853-07-17 Birth

Francesco Fanciulli

Francesco Fanciulli, composer was born

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1839-07-17 Birth

Friedrich Gernsheim

Friedrich Gernsheim, composer was born

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1942-07-17 Birth

Gale Garnett

Gale Garnett, Auckland NZ, singer (We'll Sing in the Sunshine) was born

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1949-07-17 Birth

Geezer Butler

Geezer Butler, Birmingham, rocker (Black Sabbath) was born

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1921-07-17 Birth

George Barnes

George Barnes, Chicago Hgts, guitarist (Skip Farrell Show) was born

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1878-07-17 Birth

Henri Zagwijn

Henri Zagwijn, composer was born

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1817-07-17 Birth

Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach

Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer was born

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1674-07-17 Birth

Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born

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1904-07-17 Birth

Jef Alpaerts

Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor was born

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1832-07-17 Birth

Johan August Soderman

Johan August Soderman, composer was born

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1702-07-17 Birth

Johann Schneider

Johann Schneider, composer was born

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1974-07-17 Birth

Laura Macdonald

Laura Macdonald, Scottish jazz musician was born

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1977-07-17 Birth

Lehmber Hussainpuri

Lehmber Hussainpuri, Famous Indian Singer was born

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1951-07-17 Birth

Lucie Arnaz

Lucie Arnaz, Los Angeles California, actress (Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer) was born

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1977-07-17 Birth

M.I.A.

M.I.A., British rapper was born

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1970-07-17 Birth

Mandy Smith

Mandy Smith, England, rocker (I Just Can't Wait)/wife of Bill Wyman was born

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1949-07-17 Birth

Mick Tucker

Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer (Sweet Harlesden) was born

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1949-07-17 Birth

Mike Vale

Mike Vale, rock bassist (Tommy James & The Shondells) was born

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1982-07-17 Birth

Natasha Hamilton

Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten) was born

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1932-07-17 Birth

Niccolo Castiglioni

Niccolo Castiglioni, composer was born

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1952-07-17 Birth

Nicolette Larson

Nicolette Larson, KC MO, rock vocalist (Twins, Lotta Love) was born

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1905-07-17 Birth

Norman Waterhouse Lees

Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan was born

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1935-07-17 Birth

P D Q Bach

P D Q Bach, [Peter Schickele], Iowa, composer (5th of Beethoven) was born

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1975-07-17 Birth

Paul Hinojos

Paul Hinojos, American guitarist (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta) was born

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1934-07-17 Birth

Philippe Capdenat

Philippe Capdenat, composer was born

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1948-07-17 Birth

Phillip Harris

Phillip Harris, rocker was born

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1952-07-17 Birth

Phoebe Snow

Phoebe Snow, singer (Theme from "It's a Different World") was born

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1917-07-17 Birth

Red Sovine

Red Sovine, American country music singer (d. 1980) was born

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1948-07-17 Birth

Ron Asheton

Ron Asheton, Washington DC, guitarist and song writer (Iggy Pop), (d. 2009). was born

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1908-07-17 Birth

Rudolf Petzold

Rudolf Petzold, composer was born

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1930-07-17 Birth

Ryohei Hirose

Ryohei Hirose, composer was born

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1939-07-17 Birth

Spencer Davis

Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin) was born

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1938-07-17 Birth

Stan Bronstein

Stan Bronstein, rocker was born

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1949-07-17 Birth

Terry "Geezer" Butler

Terry "Geezer" Butler, Birmingham, rock bassist (Black Sabbath) was born

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1985-07-17 Birth

Tom Fletcher

Tom Fletcher, British singer (McFly) was born

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1973-07-17 Birth

Tony Dovolani

Tony Dovolani, Albanian ballroom dancer was born

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1903-07-17 Birth

Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky

Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer was born

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1932-07-17 Birth

Vince Guaraldi

Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials) was born

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1876-07-17 Birth

Vittorio Gnecchi

Vittorio Gnecchi, composer was born

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1932-07-17 Birth

Wojciech Kilar

Wojciech Kilar, composer was born

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1947-07-17 Birth

Wolfgang Flür

Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk) was born

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1978-07-17 Birth

Émilie Simon

Émilie Simon, French singer was born

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1996-07-17 Death

Amancio D'Silva

Amancio D'Silva, musician, dies at 60

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1966-07-17 Death

August Baeyens

August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71

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1851-07-17 Death

Beni Egressy

Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37

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1953-07-17 Death

Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer

Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65

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1959-07-17 Death

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies at Metropolitan Hospital in New York of cirrhosis of the liver at 44

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1955-07-17 Death

Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc

Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73

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1996-07-17 Death

Bryan Chas Chandler

Bryan Chas Chandler, musician/manager, dies at 57

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1996-07-17 Death

Chris Komar

Chris Komar, dancer, dies at 48

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1804-07-17 Death

Christian Ernst Graf

Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80

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1971-07-17 Death

Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76

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1985-07-17 Death

Czeslaw Josef Marek

Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93

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1915-07-17 Death

Francesco Fanciulli

Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday

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1875-07-17 Death

Gabor Matray

Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77

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1937-07-17 Death

Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne

Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73

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1984-07-17 Death

J Delos Jewkes

J Delos Jewkes, singer/actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89

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1794-07-17 Death

Jean-Frederic Edelmann

Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45

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1682-07-17 Death

Johann Heinrich Kittel

Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29

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1764-07-17 Death

Johann Mattheson

Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82

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1967-07-17 Death

John Coltrane

John Coltrane, US jazz sax/composer (Round Midnight), dies at 40

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1901-07-17 Death

John Farmer

John Farmer, composer, dies at 64

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1826-07-17 Death

Joseph Graetz

Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65

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1970-07-17 Death

Juano Hernandez

Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74

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1871-07-17 Death

Karl Tausig

Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29

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2005-07-17 Death

Laurel Aitken

Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (b. 1927)

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1965-07-17 Death

Luiz Cosme

Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57

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1709-07-17 Death

Pascal Collasse

Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60

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2003-07-17 Death

Rosalyn Tureck

Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1914)

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2006-07-17 Death

Sam Myers

Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (b. 1936)

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1763-07-17 Death

Wenzel Raimund Pirck

Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45

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1717-07-17 Event

George Frideric Handel

Handel's "Water Music" premieres on the river Thames in London

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1967-07-17 Event

Jimi Hendrix

Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act

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1968-07-17 Event

The Beatles

The Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London

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1974-07-17 Event

The Moody Blues

1st quadrophonic studio in UK is open by Moody Blues

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