On This Day in Music: July 3

1958 Birth

Aaron Tippin

Aaron Tippin, Pensacola Fl, singer (You've Got to Stand for Something) was born

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1846 Birth

Achilles Alferaki

Achilles Alferaki, composer was born

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1850 Birth

Alfredo Kiel

Alfredo Kiel, composer was born

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1952 Birth

Andy Fraser

Andy Fraser, rock bassist (Free London) was born

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1880 Birth

Carl Schuricht

Carl Schuricht, composer was born

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1930 Birth

Carlos Kleiber

Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968) was born

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1950 Birth

Damon Harris

Damon Harris, Balt Md, rocker (Temptations-My Girl), (d. 2013) was born

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1940 Birth

Fontella Bass

Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me) was born

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1862 Birth

Friedrich Ernst Koch

Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Gary Ryan

Gary Ryan, rocker (Blackhearts) was born

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1907 Birth

Gene Gutche

Gene Gutche, composer was born

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1878 Birth

George M Cohan

George M Cohan, actor/singer (Phantom Pres, Give My Regards to Bdwy) was born

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1814 Birth

Janis Cimze

Janis Cimze, composer was born

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1903 Birth

Jean du Bela

Jean du Bela, [Simon Buytekant], singer/actor (Chaste Susanna) was born

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1920 Birth

John Ayers Lessard

John Ayers Lessard, composer was born

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1949 Birth

Johnnie Wilder

Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006) was born

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1926 Birth

Johnny Coles

Johnny Coles, trumpeter was born

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1802 Birth

Joseph Labitzky

Joseph Labitzky, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Judith Durham

Judith Durham, singer was born

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1969 Birth

Kevin Hearn

Kevin Hearn, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies) was born

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1899 Birth

Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov

Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer was born

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1957 Birth

Laura Branigan

Laura Branigan, Brewster NY, vocalist (Gloria) was born

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1854 Birth

Leoš Janáček

Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928) was born

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1819 Birth

Louis Theodore Gouvy

Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer was born

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1951 Birth

Mike Corby [Michael John]

Mike Corby [Michael John], Windsor, Berkshire, English guitarist/keyboardist (The Babys) was born

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1985 Birth

Minami Keisuke

Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor. was born

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1893 Birth

Mississippi John Hurt

Mississippi John Hurt, Teoc Mississippi, American blues singer and guitarist was born

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1955 Birth

Neil Clar

Neil Clar, rock guitarist (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions) was born

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1895 Birth

Oles' Semyonovich Chishko

Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, composer was born

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1899 Birth

Otto Reinhold

Otto Reinhold, composer was born

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1961 Birth

Pedro Romeiras

Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer was born

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1930 Birth

Pete Fountain

Pete Fountain, New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59) was born

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1948 Birth

Peter Ruzicka

Peter Ruzicka, composer was born

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1879 Birth

Philippe Gaubert

Philippe Gaubert, composer was born

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1855 Birth

Piotr Maszynski

Piotr Maszynski, composer was born

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1976 Birth

Shane Lynch

Shane Lynch, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) was born

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1983 Birth

Steph Jones

Steph Jones, American singer and model was born

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1959 Birth

Stephen Pearcy

Stephen Pearcy, Los Angeles California, heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round & Round) was born

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1962 Birth

Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne, [Lesley Wunderman], NY, vocalist (Tell it to My Heart) was born

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1961 Birth

Tim Smith

Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs) was born

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1871 Birth

Vicente Arregui Garay

Vicente Arregui Garay, composer was born

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1961 Birth

Vince Clarke

Vince Clarke, Basildon Essex, rock keyboardist (Erasure) was born

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1892 Birth

Wilhelm Rettich

Wilhelm Rettich, composer was born

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1860 Birth

William Wallace

William Wallace, composer was born

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1960 Death

Alfred Henry Ackley

Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73

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1966 Death

Andre Gailhard

Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81

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1778 Death

Anna Maria Pertl Mozart

Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1720)

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2007 Death

Boots Randolph

Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927)

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1995 Death

Brad Lee Sexton

Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47

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1969 Death

Brian Jones

Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25

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1973 Death

Charles Ancerl

Charles Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63

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1965 Death

Clarence Loomis

Clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75

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1952 Death

Daniel Zamudio

Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64

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1952 Death

Henriette Bosmans

Henriette Bosmans, composer, dies

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1969 Death

Hermann Grabner

Hermann Grabner, composer, dies at 83

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1977 Death

Hugh Le Caine

Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63

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1991 Death

Irina Nijinska

Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77

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1778 Death

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies

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1971 Death

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27

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1801 Death

Johann Nepomuk Went

Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56

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2001 Death

Johnny Russell

Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1940)

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1873 Death

Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski

Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57

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2022 Death

Joseph Banowetz

Joseph Banowetz died

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1966 Death

Joseph Deems Taylor

Joseph Deems Taylor, composer, dies at 80

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1809 Death

Joseph Quesnel

Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746)

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2020 Death

Lore Krainer

Lore Krainer died

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1979 Death

Louis Durey

Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1888)

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1999 Death

Mark Sandman

Mark Sandman, American musician (b. 1952)

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1972 Death

Mississippi Fred McDowell

Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68

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2023 Death

Mo Foster

Mo Foster died

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2008 Death

Oliver Schroer

Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1956)

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1957 Death

Richard Mohaupt

Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52

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1986 Death

Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84

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1891 Death

Stefano Golinelli

Stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72

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2023 Death

Sudakshina Sarma

Sudakshina Sarma died

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2026 Event

Deep Purple

Deep Purple released the album 'Splat!'

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2026 Event

Madonna

Madonna released the album 'Q139373325'

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2026 Event

Margo Price

Margo Price released the album 'Days of Unrest'

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2026 Event

Moonspell

Moonspell released the album 'Far from God'

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2020 Event

Pop Smoke

Pop Smoke released the album 'Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon'

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2026 Event

Sienna Spiro

Sienna Spiro released the album 'Visitor'

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2026 Event

The Shires

The Shires released the album 'Bonfire'

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