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The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park

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RZA

RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) was born

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1847-07-05 Birth

Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann

Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer was born

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1654-07-05 Birth

Antonio Maria Pacchioni

Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer was born

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1973-07-05 Birth

Bengt Lagerberg

Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) was born

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1976-07-05 Birth

Bizarre

Bizarre, American rapper (D12) was born

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1945-07-05 Birth

Dick Scoppettone

Dick Scoppettone, rocker was born

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1899-07-05 Birth

Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson

Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, composer was born

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1965-07-05 Birth

Eyran Katsenelenbogen

Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist was born

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1904-07-05 Birth

Franz Adolf Syberg

Franz Adolf Syberg, composer was born

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1951-07-05 Birth

Geert Jan Hessing

Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult) was born

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1918-07-05 Birth

George Rochberg

George Rochberg, Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet) was born

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1874-07-05 Birth

Gerhard von Keussler

Gerhard von Keussler, composer was born

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1895-07-05 Birth

Gordon Jacob

Gordon Jacob, composer was born

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1975-07-05 Birth

Gunnar H. Thomsen

Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (TÃ½r) was born

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1950-07-05 Birth

Huey Lewis

Huey Lewis, rocker was born

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1903-07-05 Birth

Irwin Fischer

Irwin Fischer, composer was born

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1961-07-05 Birth

Isabelle Poulenard

Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano was born

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1920-07-05 Birth

Issachar Miron

Issachar Miron, composer was born

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1880-07-05 Birth

Jan Kubelik

Jan Kubelik, composer was born

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1764-07-05 Birth

Janos Lavotta

Janos Lavotta, composer was born

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1980-07-05 Birth

Jason Wade

Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse) was born

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1954-07-05 Birth

Jimmy Crespo

Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith) was born

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1546-07-05 Birth

Johann Steuerlein

Johann Steuerlein, composer was born

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1878-07-05 Birth

Joseph Holbrooke

Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer was born

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1989-07-05 Birth

Joseph King

Joseph King, American musician (Canvas) was born

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1924-07-05 Birth

JÃ¡nos Starker

JÃ¡nos Starker, Hungarian cellist, (d. 2013) was born

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1951-07-05 Birth

Keiko Fuji

Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer was born

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1968-07-05 Birth

Kenji Ito

Kenji Ito, Japanese composer was born

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1926-07-05 Birth

Kenneth Gaburo

Kenneth Gaburo, composer was born

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1975-07-05 Birth

Kip Gamblin

Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor was born

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1970-07-05 Birth

Mac Dre

Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004) was born

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1959-07-05 Birth

Marc Cohn

Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis) was born

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1952-07-05 Birth

Michael Don McNabb

Michael Don McNabb, composer was born

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1955-07-05 Birth

Michael Gismondi

Michael Gismondi, rock saxophonist (Michael Stanley Band) was born

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1950-07-05 Birth

Michael Monarch

Michael Monarch, Los Angeles California, rock guitarist (Steppenwolf) was born

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1985-07-05 Birth

Nick O'Malley

Nick O'Malley, British musician (Arctic Monkeys) was born

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1897-07-05 Birth

Paul Ben-Haim

Paul Ben-Haim, [Frankenburger], Munich Germany, Israeli composer was born

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1958-07-05 Birth

Paul Daniel

Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor was born

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1969-07-05 Birth

RZA

RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) was born

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1943-07-05 Birth

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson, [Jamie], Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Band) was born

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1977-07-05 Birth

Royce Da 5'9"

Royce Da 5'9", American rapper was born

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1963-07-05 Birth

Russ Lorenson

Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor was born

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1973-07-05 Birth

RÃ³isÃn Murphy

RÃ³isÃn Murphy, Irish musician was born

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1979-07-05 Birth

Shane Filan

Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife) was born

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1913-07-05 Birth

Smiley Lewis

Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin') was born

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1938-07-05 Birth

Stanley Joel Silverman

Stanley Joel Silverman, composer was born

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1852-07-05 Birth

Stefano Gobatti

Stefano Gobatti, composer was born

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1985-07-05 Birth

Stephanie McIntosh

Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress was born

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1879-07-05 Birth

Volkmar Andreae

Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Tonhalle Orchestra) was born

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1879-07-05 Birth

Wanda Landowska

Wanda Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) was born

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1775-07-05 Birth

William Crotch

William Crotch, composer was born

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1868-07-05 Birth

William H Singer

William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren) was born

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1984-07-05 Birth

Yu Yamada

Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer was born

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1930-07-05 Birth

Yutaka Makino

Yutaka Makino, composer was born

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1980-07-05 Death

Archibald James Potter

Archibald James Potter, composer, dies at 61

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1963-07-05 Death

Daniel Ruyneman

Daniel Ruyneman, composer, dies at 76

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1909-07-05 Death

Emil Bohn

Emil Bohn, composer, dies at 70

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1989-07-05 Death

Ernesto Halffter

Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84

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2001-07-05 Death

Ernie K-Doe

Ernie K-Doe, African-American singer (Mother-in-Law), dies of cirrhosis at 65

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1883-07-05 Death

Frederick Scotson Clark

Frederick Scotson Clark, composer, dies at 42

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2007-07-05 Death

George Melly

George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926)

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1992-07-05 Death

Georgia Brown

Georgia Brown, British singer/actress (Love at Stake), dies at 59

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1975-07-05 Death

Gilda dalla Rizza

Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (b. 1892)

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1983-07-05 Death

Harry James

Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies at 67

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1925-07-05 Death

Hjalmar Borgstrom

Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer, dies at 61

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1852-07-05 Death

Johann Baptist Weigl

Johann Baptist Weigl, composer, dies at 69

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1981-07-05 Death

Jorge Urrutia Blondel

Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer, dies at 75

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1979-07-05 Death

Judson Laire

Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76

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1997-07-05 Death

Mrs. Miller

Mrs. Miller, American singer (b. 1907)

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1941-07-05 Death

Oskar Fried

Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69

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