On This Day in Music: July 17

On July 17 in music history, 56 artists were born, 38 died and 15 other milestones happened, among them Billie Holiday (1959), The Beatles (1968) and Jimi Hendrix (1967).

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Billie Holiday

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

The Beatles

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

Jimi Hendrix

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

M.I.A.

M.I.A., British rapper was born

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Born on July 17

Antonina Neshdanova

Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto) was born

Asami Kimura

Asami Kimura, Japanese singer (Country Musume) was born

August Harder

August Harder, composer was born

Benjamin James Dale

Benjamin James Dale, composer was born

Brian Glascock

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

Bruce Crump

Bruce Crump, rock drummer (Molly Hatchet) was born

Chet McCracken

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

Craig Morgan

Craig Morgan, American singer was born

Dana

Dana, Korean singer and actress (TSZX) was born

Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw, American soprano was born

Donald Francis Tovey

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

Eleanor Steber

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

Esther Williamson Ballou

Esther Williamson Ballou, composer was born

Everett Helm

Everett Helm, composer was born

Francesco Fanciulli

Francesco Fanciulli, composer was born

Friedrich Gernsheim

Friedrich Gernsheim, composer was born

Gale Garnett

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

Geezer Butler

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

George Barnes

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

Henri Zagwijn

Henri Zagwijn, composer was born

Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach

Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer was born

Isaac Watts

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

Jef Alpaerts

Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor was born

Johan August Soderman

Johan August Soderman, composer was born

Johann Schneider

Johann Schneider, composer was born

Laura Macdonald

Laura Macdonald, Scottish jazz musician was born

Lehmber Hussainpuri

Lehmber Hussainpuri, Famous Indian Singer was born

Lucie Arnaz

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

M.I.A.

M.I.A., British rapper was born

Mandy Smith

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

Mick Tucker

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

Mike Vale

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

Natasha Hamilton

Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten) was born

Niccolo Castiglioni

Niccolo Castiglioni, composer was born

Nicolette Larson

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

Norman Waterhouse Lees

Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan was born

P D Q Bach

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

Paul Hinojos

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

Philippe Capdenat

Philippe Capdenat, composer was born

Phillip Harris

Phillip Harris, rocker was born

Phoebe Snow

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

Red Sovine

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

Ron Asheton

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

Rudolf Petzold

Rudolf Petzold, composer was born

Ryohei Hirose

Ryohei Hirose, composer was born

Spencer Davis

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

Stan Bronstein

Stan Bronstein, rocker was born

Terry "Geezer" Butler

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

Tom Fletcher

Tom Fletcher, British singer (McFly) was born

Tony Dovolani

Tony Dovolani, Albanian ballroom dancer was born

Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky

Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer was born

Vince Guaraldi

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

Vittorio Gnecchi

Vittorio Gnecchi, composer was born

Wojciech Kilar

Wojciech Kilar, composer was born

Wolfgang Flür

Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk) was born

Émilie Simon

Émilie Simon, French singer was born

Died on July 17

Alan Bergman

Alan Bergman died

Alcides Lanza

Alcides Lanza died

Amancio D'Silva

Amancio D'Silva, musician, dies at 60

August Baeyens

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

Beni Egressy

Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37

Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer

Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65

Billie Holiday

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

Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc

Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73

Bryan Chas Chandler

Bryan Chas Chandler, musician/manager, dies at 57

Chris Komar

Chris Komar, dancer, dies at 48

Christian Ernst Graf

Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80

Cliff Edwards

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

Czeslaw Josef Marek

Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93

Daphne Walker

Daphne Walker died

Dolores Claman

Dolores Claman died

Francesco Fanciulli

Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday

Gabor Matray

Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77

Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne

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

J Delos Jewkes

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

Jean-Frederic Edelmann

Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45

Johann Heinrich Kittel

Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29

Johann Mattheson

Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82

John Coltrane

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

John Farmer

John Farmer, composer, dies at 64

Joseph Graetz

Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65

João Donato

João Donato died

Juano Hernandez

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

Karl Tausig

Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29

Laurel Aitken

Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (b. 1927)

Luiz Cosme

Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57

Pascal Collasse

Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60

Robby Steinhardt

Robby Steinhardt died

Rosalyn Tureck

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

Sam Myers

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

Seyfi Dursunoğlu

Seyfi Dursunoğlu died

Valentin Gheorghiu

Valentin Gheorghiu died

Wenzel Raimund Pirck

Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45

Zizi Jeanmaire

Zizi Jeanmaire died

Releases & milestones on July 17

Elevation Rhythm

Elevation Rhythm released the album 'Washed'

Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding released the album 'Brightest Blue'

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters released the album 'Hail Satin'

George Frideric Handel

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

Gracie Abrams

Gracie Abrams released the album 'Daughter from Hell'

Jimi Hendrix

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

Lenny Kaye

Lenny Kaye released the album 'Goin' Local'

Motionless in White

Motionless in White released the album 'Decades'

NCT Dream

NCT Dream released the album 'ISTJ'

Protest the Hero

Protest the Hero released the album 'Within'

Rick Ross

Rick Ross released the album 'Set in Stone'

Steve Lacy

Steve Lacy released the album 'Oh Yeah?'

The Beatles

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

The Moody Blues

1st quadrophonic studio in UK is open by Moody Blues

Twice

Twice released the album 'Dive'

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