1947
Birth
Brian May
Brian May, London, rock guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions) was born
On This Day in Music: July 19
On July 19 in music history, 35 artists were born, 22 died and 4 other milestones happened, among them Brian May (1947), Deep Purple (2024) and Jimin (2024).
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Born on July 19
1952
Birth
Alan Collins
Alan Collins, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) was born
1946
Birth
Alan Gorrie
Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist/singer (Average White Band) was born
1750
Birth
Alessio Prati
Alessio Prati, composer was born
1947
Birth
Bernie Leadon
Bernie Leadon, Minneapolis, guitarist/vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy) was born
1905
Birth
Boyd Neel
Boyd Neel, Blackheath, Kent England, conductor (Story of an Orch) was born
1947
Birth
Brian May
Brian May, London, rock guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions) was born
1932
Birth
Buster Benton
Buster Benton, singer/guitarist was born
1944
Birth
Commander Cody
Commander Cody, singer/pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen) was born
1958
Birth
David Robertson
David Robertson, American symphony orchestra conductor was born
1981
Birth
Didz Hammond
Didz Hammond, bassist/backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause) was born
1952
Birth
Dominic Muldowney
Dominic Muldowney, composer was born
1592
Birth
Erhard Buttner
Erhard Buttner, composer was born
1950
Birth
Freddy Moore
Freddy Moore, American songwriter was born
1735
Birth
Garret Wesley Mornington
Garret Wesley Mornington, composer was born
1907
Birth
Gunter Bialas
Gunter Bialas, composer was born
1742
Birth
Jean-Baptiste Davaux
Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer was born
1909
Birth
Jeno Vecsey
Jeno Vecsey, composer was born
1797
Birth
Johann Gottlieb Schneider
Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer was born
1782
Birth
Jonathan Blewitt
Jonathan Blewitt, composer was born
1914
Birth
Josef Palenicek
Josef Palenicek, composer was born
1898
Birth
Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo
Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer was born
1948
Birth
Keith Godchaux
Keith Godchaux, rock keyboardist (Grateful Dead) was born
1906
Birth
Klaus Egge
Klaus Egge, Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer (Noregsonger) was born
1905
Birth
Louis Philip Kentner
Louis Philip Kentner, composer was born
1873
Birth
Louis Zimmermann
Louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building was born
1973
Birth
Martin Powell
Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth) was born
1972
Birth
Naohito Fujiki
Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer was born
1941
Birth
Natalya Bessmertnova
Natalya Bessmertnova, Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970) was born
1670
Birth
Richard Leveridge
Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758) was born
1968
Birth
Robert Flynn
Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head) was born
1920
Birth
Robert Mann
Robert Mann, Portland Oregon, composer/violinist (String Quartet 1952) was born
1971
Birth
Russell Allen
Russell Allen, American musician (Symphony X) was born
1926
Birth
Sue Thompson
Sue Thompson, [Eva Sue Mckee], rocker was born
1940
Birth
Vikki Carr [Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona)]
Vikki Carr [Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona)], El Paso Texas, singer (Let it Be Him) was born
1811
Birth
Vincenz Lachner
Vincenz Lachner, composer was born
Died on July 19
1970
Death
Barry Wood
Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61
1811
Death
Christian Gotthilf Tag
Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76
1973
Death
Clarence White
Clarence White, rocker (Byrds), killed by drunken driver at 29
1996
Death
Emmanual Tettey Mensah
Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician, dies at 77
1838
Death
Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy
Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72
1844
Death
Heinrich Domnich
Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77
1700
Death
Hieronymus Gradenthaler
Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer, dies at 62
2021
Death
Iván Noel
Iván Noel died
1954
Death
Jean Roger-Ducasse
Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81
1730
Death
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49
1847
Death
Johann Wilhelm Wilms
Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75
1975
Death
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1981
Death
Louis Cheslock
Louis Cheslock, composer, dies at 81
1951
Death
Max Ettinger
Max Ettinger, composer, dies at 77
2022
Death
Michael Henderson
Michael Henderson died
2022
Death
Q Lazzarus
Q Lazzarus died
1625
Death
Samuel Besler
Samuel Besler, composer, dies at 50
1995
Death
Sydney Lipton
Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin, dies at 89
1993
Death
Szymon Goldberg
Szymon Goldberg, Polish violinist/conductor, dies at 84
2021
Death
Tolis Voskopoulos
Tolis Voskopoulos died
2024
Death
Toumani Diabaté
Toumani Diabaté died
1944
Death
Will Marion Cook
Will Marion Cook, composer, dies at 75