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Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey released the album 'Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass'
On This Day in Music: July 27
On July 27 in music history, 47 artists were born, 34 died and 4 other milestones happened, among them Lana Del Rey (2020), Bobbie Gentry (1944) and Chuck Jackson (1937).
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Born on July 27
1973
Birth
Abe Cunningham
Abe Cunningham, American musician (Deftones) was born
1943
Birth
Al Ramsey
Al Ramsey, NJ, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-This Diamond Ring) was born
1784
Birth
Andre-Georges-Louis Onslow
Andre-Georges-Louis Onslow, English/French composer (chamber music) was born
1904
Birth
Anton Dolin
Anton Dolin, [Patrick Healey-Kay], dancer (Girl From Petrovka) was born
1802
Birth
Benedikt Randhartinger
Benedikt Randhartinger, composer was born
1947
Birth
Betty Thomas
Betty Thomas, St Louis Mo, actress (Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues) was born
1944
Birth
Bobbie Gentry
Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, singer/songwriter (Ode to Billy Joe) was born
1990
Birth
Cheyenne Kimball
Cheyenne Kimball, American musician was born
1968
Birth
Christina Singer
Christina Singer, Goeppingen Germany, tennis star (1991 Futures GBR) was born
1937
Birth
Chuck Jackson
Chuck Jackson, Latta SC, singer (Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry) was born
1903
Birth
Clive Martin Douglas
Clive Martin Douglas, composer was born
1949
Birth
David Muse
David Muse, rocker (Firefall) was born
1918
Birth
Eero Aukusti Sipila
Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer was born
1867
Birth
Enrique Granados
Enrique Granados, Spain, composer was born
1877
Birth
Ernő Dohnányi
Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960) was born
1741
Birth
Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon
Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer was born
1975
Birth
Fred Mascherino
Fred Mascherino, American musician was born
1957
Birth
Gezina E "Liesbeth" van Apeldoorn
Gezina E "Liesbeth" van Apeldoorn, Dutch actress (Composer) was born
1909
Birth
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor was born
1900
Birth
Hans Haug
Hans Haug, composer was born
1929
Birth
Harvey Fuqua
Harvey Fuqua, rock vocalist (Moonglows-Sincerely) was born
1609
Birth
Heinrich Pape
Heinrich Pape, composer was born
1948
Birth
Henny Vrienten
Henny Vrienten, Dutch bassist/singer (Doe Maar) was born
1912
Birth
Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch, Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Le Paradis Perdu) was born
1938
Birth
Isabelle Aubret
Isabelle Aubret, French singer was born
1734
Birth
Jakob Zupan
Jakob Zupan, composer was born
1941
Birth
Johannes Fritsch
Johannes Fritsch, composer was born
1967
Birth
Juliana Hatfield
Juliana Hatfield, American musician was born
1962
Birth
Karl Mueller
Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005) was born
1918
Birth
Leonard Rose
Leonard Rose, Washington DC, concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51) was born
1929
Birth
Marc Wilkinson
Marc Wilkinson, composer was born
1949
Birth
Maureen McGovern
Maureen McGovern, Youngstown Oh, singer (Got To Be a Morning After) was born
1781
Birth
Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani
Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer was born
1950
Birth
Michael Vaughn
Michael Vaughn, rocker (Paper Lace) was born
1917
Birth
Moses Rascoe
Moses Rascoe, blues Singer was born
1933
Birth
Nick Reynolds
Nick Reynolds, rocker (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons) was born
1924
Birth
Otar Vasil'yevich Taktakishvili
Otar Vasil'yevich Taktakishvili, composer was born
1974
Birth
Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn, American musician was born
1502
Birth
Pier Francesco Corteccia
Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer was born
1940
Birth
Pina Bausch
Pina Bausch, German dancer was born
1964
Birth
Rex Brown
Rex Brown, American musician (Pantera) was born
1946
Birth
Ricardo Anasagasti
Ricardo Anasagasti, [Ricardo M Meul], Curacao, dancer/actor was born
1942
Birth
Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell
Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician was born
1928
Birth
Sakari Mononen
Sakari Mononen, composer was born
1916
Birth
Siegfried Reda
Siegfried Reda, composer was born
1872
Birth
Stanislav Binicki
Stanislav Binicki, composer was born
1912
Birth
Vernon Elliott
Vernon Elliott, musician/composer was born
Died on July 27
1978
Death
Aasan Ferit Alnar
Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72
1883
Death
Albert Franz Doppler
Albert Franz Doppler, composer, dies at 61
2022
Death
Bernard Cribbins
Bernard Cribbins died
1971
Death
Bernhard Paumgartner
Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83
1990
Death
Bobby Day
Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
2025
Death
Celso Valli
Celso Valli died
1995
Death
Doris Mae Akers
Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter, dies at 72
2021
Death
Dusty Hill
Dusty Hill died
1921
Death
Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck, composer, dies at 66
1924
Death
Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni
Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies
1924
Death
Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni
Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni, composer, dies at 58
1948
Death
Francesco Spetrino
Francesco Spetrino, composer, dies at 91
2021
Death
Gianni Nazzaro
Gianni Nazzaro died
2008
Death
Horst Stein
Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)
1881
Death
Johann Christian Lobe
Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84
1783
Death
Johann Philipp Kirnberger
Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62
1720
Death
Johann Samuel Welter
Johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69
1822
Death
Joseph Supries
Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60
2001
Death
Leon Wilkeson
Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
1986
Death
Leroy Holmes
Leroy Holmes, orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
1974
Death
Lightning Slim
Lightning Slim, blues singer (Nothing But the Devil), dies at 61
2022
Death
Mick Moloney
Mick Moloney died
1995
Death
Miklos Rozsa
Miklos Rozsa, Hung movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), dies at 88
2024
Death
Mísia
Mísia died
2024
Death
Pavel Kushnir
Pavel Kushnir died
1981
Death
Ray Harrison
Ray Harrison, dancer (American Song), dies at 64
1999
Death
Sweets Edison
Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915)
1961
Death
Theodore Chanler
Theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59
2012
Death
Tony Martin
Tony Martin, American singer, dies from natural causes at 98
1944
Death
Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls
Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68
1952
Death
W de Basil
W de Basil, [US Voskresenski], Russia, ballet dancer, dies
1777
Death
William Hayes
William Hayes, composer, dies at 69
2024
Death
Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm died
1978
Death
[John] Willem van Otterloo
[John] Willem van Otterloo, conductor/composer (Symphonic), dies at 70