1952-07-19
Birth
Alan Collins
Alan Collins, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) was born
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1946-07-19
Birth
Alan Gorrie
Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist/singer (Average White Band) was born
1750-07-19
Birth
Alessio Prati
Alessio Prati, composer was born
1947-07-19
Birth
Bernie Leadon
Bernie Leadon, Minneapolis, guitarist/vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy) was born
1905-07-19
Birth
Boyd Neel
Boyd Neel, Blackheath, Kent England, conductor (Story of an Orch) was born
1947-07-19
Birth
Brian May
Brian May, London, rock guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions) was born
1932-07-19
Birth
Buster Benton
Buster Benton, singer/guitarist was born
1944-07-19
Birth
Commander Cody
Commander Cody, singer/pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen) was born
1958-07-19
Birth
David Robertson
David Robertson, American symphony orchestra conductor was born
1981-07-19
Birth
Didz Hammond
Didz Hammond, bassist/backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause) was born
1952-07-19
Birth
Dominic Muldowney
Dominic Muldowney, composer was born
1592-07-19
Birth
Erhard Buttner
Erhard Buttner, composer was born
1950-07-19
Birth
Freddy Moore
Freddy Moore, American songwriter was born
1735-07-19
Birth
Garret Wesley Mornington
Garret Wesley Mornington, composer was born
1907-07-19
Birth
Gunter Bialas
Gunter Bialas, composer was born
1742-07-19
Birth
Jean-Baptiste Davaux
Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer was born
1909-07-19
Birth
Jeno Vecsey
Jeno Vecsey, composer was born
1797-07-19
Birth
Johann Gottlieb Schneider
Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer was born
1782-07-19
Birth
Jonathan Blewitt
Jonathan Blewitt, composer was born
1914-07-19
Birth
Josef Palenicek
Josef Palenicek, composer was born
1898-07-19
Birth
Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo
Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer was born
1948-07-19
Birth
Keith Godchaux
Keith Godchaux, rock keyboardist (Grateful Dead) was born
1906-07-19
Birth
Klaus Egge
Klaus Egge, Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer (Noregsonger) was born
1905-07-19
Birth
Louis Philip Kentner
Louis Philip Kentner, composer was born
1873-07-19
Birth
Louis Zimmermann
Louis Zimmermann, violinist/1st concert master of Concert building was born
1973-07-19
Birth
Martin Powell
Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth) was born
1972-07-19
Birth
Naohito Fujiki
Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer was born
1941-07-19
Birth
Natalya Bessmertnova
Natalya Bessmertnova, Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970) was born
1670-07-19
Birth
Richard Leveridge
Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758) was born
1968-07-19
Birth
Robert Flynn
Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head) was born
1920-07-19
Birth
Robert Mann
Robert Mann, Portland Oregon, composer/violinist (String Quartet 1952) was born
1971-07-19
Birth
Russell Allen
Russell Allen, American musician (Symphony X) was born
1926-07-19
Birth
Sue Thompson
Sue Thompson, [Eva Sue Mckee], rocker was born
1940-07-19
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
1811-07-19
Birth
Vincenz Lachner
Vincenz Lachner, composer was born
1970-07-19
Death
Barry Wood
Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61
1811-07-19
Death
Christian Gotthilf Tag
Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76
1973-07-19
Death
Clarence White
Clarence White, rocker (Byrds), killed by drunken driver at 29
1996-07-19
Death
Emmanual Tettey Mensah
Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician, dies at 77
1838-07-19
Death
Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy
Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72
1844-07-19
Death
Heinrich Domnich
Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77
1700-07-19
Death
Hieronymus Gradenthaler
Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer, dies at 62
1954-07-19
Death
Jean Roger-Ducasse
Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81
1730-07-19
Death
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49
1847-07-19
Death
Johann Wilhelm Wilms
Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75
1975-07-19
Death
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1981-07-19
Death
Louis Cheslock
Louis Cheslock, composer, dies at 81
1951-07-19
Death
Max Ettinger
Max Ettinger, composer, dies at 77
1625-07-19
Death
Samuel Besler
Samuel Besler, composer, dies at 50
1995-07-19
Death
Sydney Lipton
Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin, dies at 89
1993-07-19
Death
Szymon Goldberg
Szymon Goldberg, Polish violinist/conductor, dies at 84
1944-07-19
Death
Will Marion Cook
Will Marion Cook, composer, dies at 75
1941-07-19
Event
Ludwig V. Beethoven
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