On This Day in Music: July 4

1896-07-04 Birth

Adolf Hallis

Adolf Hallis, composer was born

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1984-07-04 Birth

Akanishi Jin

Akanishi Jin, Japanese singer was born

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1943-07-04 Birth

Al "Blind Owl" Wilson

Al "Blind Owl" Wilson, rock guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat) was born

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1909-07-04 Birth

Alec Templeton

Alec Templeton, Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer (Concertino Lirico) was born

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1971-07-04 Birth

Andy Creeggan

Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician was born

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1983-07-04 Birth

Andy Mrotek

Andy Mrotek, American musician was born

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1904-07-04 Birth

Artur Malawski

Artur Malawski, composer was born

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1983-07-04 Birth

Ben Jorgensen

Ben Jorgensen, American musician was born

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1959-07-04 Birth

Bill McCorvey

Bill McCorvey, Montgomery Ala, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) was born

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1938-07-04 Birth

Bill Withers

Bill Withers, Slab Fork WV, rhythm & blues singer (Lean on Me) was born

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1928-07-04 Birth

Cathy Berberian

Cathy Berberian, Armenia, US singer was born

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1905-07-04 Birth

Dante Fiorillo

Dante Fiorillo, composer was born

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1943-07-04 Birth

Dave Rowberry

Dave Rowberry, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) was born

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1903-07-04 Birth

Flor Peeters

Flor Peeters, Antwerp Belgium, organist/composer (Lied Symphony) was born

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1793-07-04 Birth

Franz Xaver Pechacek

Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer was born

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1973-07-04 Birth

Gackt

Gackt, Japanese singer was born

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1902-07-04 Birth

George Murphy

George Murphy, New Haven Ct, (Sen-R-California)/actor/dancer (MGM Parade) was born

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1984-07-04 Birth

Gina Glocksen

Gina Glocksen, American singer was born

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1842-07-04 Birth

Gyula Erkel

Gyula Erkel, composer was born

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1886-07-04 Birth

Heinrich Kaminski

Heinrich Kaminski, composer was born

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1854-07-04 Birth

Heinrich Zollner

Heinrich Zollner, composer was born

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1829-07-04 Birth

Hermann Kotzchmar

Hermann Kotzchmar, composer was born

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1907-07-04 Birth

Howard Taubman

Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (d. 1996) was born

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1895-07-04 Birth

Irving Caesar

Irving Caesar, songwriter was born

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1968-07-04 Birth

Jack Frost

Jack Frost, American musician was born

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1840-07-04 Birth

James McGranahan

James McGranahan, composer was born

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1948-07-04 Birth

Jeremy Spencer

Jeremy Spencer, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well) was born

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1915-07-04 Birth

Jimmie Rogers

Jimmie Rogers, Detroit Mich, singer (Sugar Hill Time) was born

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1955-07-04 Birth

John Waite

John Waite, vocalist (Babies/Bad English-Forget Me Not, Missing You) was born

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1977-07-04 Birth

Jonas Kjellgren

Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry) was born

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1958-07-04 Birth

Kirk Pengilly

Kirk Pengilly, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) was born

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1943-07-04 Birth

Konrad "Conny" Bauer

Konrad "Conny" Bauer, German musician was born

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1928-07-04 Birth

Lloyd Lambert

Lloyd Lambert, bassist was born

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1694-07-04 Birth

Louis-Claude Daquin

Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose) was born

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1769-07-04 Birth

Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis

Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer was born

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1762-07-04 Birth

Marco Santucci

Marco Santucci, composer was born

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1964-07-04 Birth

Mark Allen Slaughter

Mark Allen Slaughter, Las Vegas, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live) was born

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1883-07-04 Birth

Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg

Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg, composer was born

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1927-07-04 Birth

Neil Simon

Neil Simon, Bronx, playwright (Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues) was born

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1850-07-04 Birth

Ole Olsen

Ole Olsen, composer was born

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1951-07-04 Birth

Ralph Johnson

Ralph Johnson, rock drummer (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star) was born

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1904-07-04 Birth

Seger Pillot Ellis

Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist was born

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1826-07-04 Birth

Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster, Lawrencevil, Pa, composer (Oh! Susanna, Swanee River) was born

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1978-07-04 Birth

Stephen McNally

Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak) was born

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1986-07-04 Birth

Takahisa Masuda

Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer was born

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1921-07-04 Birth

Tibor Varga

Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist/orchestra leader (Ripley's Game) was born

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1949-07-04 Birth

Tonio K

Tonio K, American singer was born

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1910-07-04 Birth

William T "Champion Jack" Dupree

William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/slaughterhouse pianist was born

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1672-07-04 Death

Ambrosius Reiner

Ambrosius Reiner, composer, dies at 67

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2003-07-04 Death

André Claveau

André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)

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1992-07-04 Death

Astor Piazzolla

Astor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (Tango Nuevo), dies at 71

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1889-07-04 Death

Auguste Mermet

Auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79

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2003-07-04 Death

Barry White

Barry White, American singer, dies at 58

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2007-07-04 Death

Barış Akarsu

Barış Akarsu, Turkish rock musician (b. 1979)

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2007-07-04 Death

Bill Pinkney

Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (b. 1925)

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1789-07-04 Death

Claudio M da Costa

Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59

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1983-07-04 Death

Claus Adam

Claus Adam, composer, dies at 65

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1971-07-04 Death

Don McPherson

Don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29

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2009-07-04 Death

Drake Levin

Drake Levin, American rock musician (b. 1946)

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1986-07-04 Death

Flor Peeters

Flor Peeters, Flemish baron/organist/composer, dies at 83

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1891-07-04 Death

Frederic Louis Ritter

Frederic Louis Ritter, composer, dies at 67

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1963-07-04 Death

Fritz Reuter

Fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66

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1757-07-04 Death

Jean-Joseph Vade

Jean-Joseph Vade, composer, dies at 38

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2004-07-04 Death

Jean-Marie Auberson

Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920)

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2009-07-04 Death

Jim Chapin

Jim Chapin, American drummer (b.1919)

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1984-07-04 Death

Jimmie Spheeris

Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)

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1992-07-04 Death

Joe Newman

Joe Newman, US jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies

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1882-07-04 Death

Joseph Brackett

Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)

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1910-07-04 Death

Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray

Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70

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1851-07-04 Death

Martin-Joseph Mengal

Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer, dies at 67

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1929-07-04 Death

Otto Taubmann

Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70

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1603-07-04 Death

Philippus the Monte

Philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82

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1623-07-04 Death

William Byrd

William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80

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1977-07-04 Event

Blondie

Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie

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1969-07-04 Event

Led Zeppelin

140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep & Janis Joplin

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1966-07-04 Event

The Beatles

Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos

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1992-07-04 Event

The Mamas & The Papas

John Phillips, rocker (Mamas & Papas), undergoes a liver transplant

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