On This Day in Music: July 18

1929-07-18 Birth

"Screamin' Jay" Hawkins

"Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You) was born

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1911-07-18 Birth

Alexander Hyatt-King

Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar (Mozart) was born

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1906-07-18 Birth

Belle Stewart

Belle Stewart, singer was born

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1894-07-18 Birth

Bernard Wagenaar

Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for Chinese) was born

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1943-07-18 Birth

Bobby Sherman

Bobby Sherman, Santa Monica California, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides) was born

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1903-07-18 Birth

Bozidar Kunc

Bozidar Kunc, composer was born

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1939-07-18 Birth

Brian Auger

Brian Auger, London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis) was born

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1926-07-18 Birth

Bryan Johnson

Bryan Johnson, singer/actor was born

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1948-07-18 Birth

Cesar Zuiderwijk

Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer (Golden Earring, Radar Love) was born

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1902-07-18 Birth

Charles W J Mengelberg

Charles W J Mengelberg, Dutch composer/conductor was born

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1945-07-18 Birth

Danny McCullock

Danny McCullock, London, rocker (Animals) was born

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1975-07-18 Birth

Daron Malakian

Daron Malakian, American guitarist (System of a Down, Scars on Broadway) was born

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1939-07-18 Birth

Dion DiMucci

Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love) was born

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1938-07-18 Birth

Dudu Pukwana

Dudu Pukwana, [Mtutuzel], South African/British saxophonist/composer was born

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1870-07-18 Birth

Emil Mlynarski

Emil Mlynarski, composer was born

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1720-07-18 Birth

Gilbert White

Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists",,17660718::"Friedrich Fleischmann, composer was born

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1670-07-18 Birth

Giovanni Battista Bononcini

Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born

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1950-07-18 Birth

Glenn Hughes

Glenn Hughes, American singer (Village People) (d. 2001) was born

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1923-07-18 Birth

Hector Tosar

Hector Tosar, composer was born

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1917-07-18 Birth

Henri Salvador

Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008) was born

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1914-07-18 Birth

Herbert Collum

Herbert Collum, composer was born

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1938-07-18 Birth

Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart, Scottish pianist (d. 1985) was born

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1962-07-18 Birth

Jack Irons

Jack Irons, American drummer was born

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1941-07-18 Birth

Jack Jersey

Jack Jersey, [de Nijs], Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer was born

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1918-07-18 Birth

Jane Frazee

Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah) was born

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1979-07-18 Birth

Jermaine Paul

Jermaine Paul, American musician was born

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1893-07-18 Birth

Josef Huttel

Josef Huttel, composer was born

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1872-07-18 Birth

Julius Fucik

Julius Fucik, composer was born

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1991-07-18 Birth

Karina Pasian

Karina Pasian, American singer and pianist was born

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1941-07-18 Birth

Lonnie Mack

Lonnie Mack, Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby What's Wrong) was born

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1941-07-18 Birth

Martha Reeves

Martha Reeves, Detroit Mich, singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St) was born

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1958-07-18 Birth

Nigel Twist

Nigel Twist, Manchester, rock drummer (Alarm-In the Summertime) was born

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1880-07-18 Birth

Otto Vrieslander

Otto Vrieslander, composer was born

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1970-07-18 Birth

Patrick Dancy

Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You) was born

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1821-07-18 Birth

Pauline Garcia-Viardot

Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910) was born

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1810-07-18 Birth

Peter Singer

Peter Singer, composer was born

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1948-07-18 Birth

Phil Harris

Phil Harris, rocker (Ace) was born

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1711-07-18 Birth

Pierre-Joseph Le Blan

Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer was born

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1933-07-18 Birth

Raymund Murray Schafer

Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria) was born

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1950-07-18 Birth

Richard Branson

Richard Branson, London, British music enterperneur (Virgin Atlantic) was born

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1954-07-18 Birth

Ricky Skaggs

Ricky Skaggs, Cordell Ky, country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts) was born

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1943-07-18 Birth

Robin McDonald

Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & Dakotas) was born

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1982-07-18 Birth

Ryan Cabrera

Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV host was born

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1980-07-18 Birth

Ryoko Hirosue

Ryoko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer was born

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1930-07-18 Birth

Siegfried Kurz

Siegfried Kurz, composer was born

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1946-07-18 Birth

Tim Lynch

Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies) was born

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1954-07-18 Birth

Tobias Picker

Tobias Picker, composer was born

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1978-07-18 Birth

Verónica Romeo

Verónica Romeo, Spanish singer was born

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1907-07-18 Birth

Yvonne Desportes

Yvonne Desportes, composer was born

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1901-07-18 Death

Alfredo Carlo Piatti

Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79

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1966-07-18 Death

Bobby Fuller

Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist (I Fought the Law), found dead at 23

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1941-07-18 Death

Dionyssios Lavrangas

Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80

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1898-07-18 Death

Emil Hartmann

Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62

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1975-07-18 Death

Federico Ghisi

Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74

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1915-07-18 Death

George William Louis Marshall-Hall

George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53

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1966-07-18 Death

German Germanovich Galinin

German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44

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1990-07-18 Death

Gerry Boulet

Gerry Boulet, Quebec rock singer (b. 1946)

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1908-07-18 Death

Jaime Nuno

Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83

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1591-07-18 Death

Jakob Handl

Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40

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2007-07-18 Death

Jerry Hadley

Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, (b. 1952)

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1735-07-18 Death

Johann Krieger

Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83

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1902-07-18 Death

John White

John White, composer, dies at 47

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1982-07-18 Death

Lionel Daunais

Lionel Daunais, French-Canadian singer and composer (b. 1902)

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1988-07-18 Death

Nico

Nico, US model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43

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1965-07-18 Death

Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili

Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64

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1831-07-18 Death

Thomas Greatorex

Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72

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1949-07-18 Death

Vítězslav Novák

Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (b. 1870)

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1939-07-18 Death

Witold Maliszewski

Witold Maliszewski, composer, dies at 65

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1982-07-18 Event

Sy Johnson

"Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 perfs

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