On This Day in Music: July 6

1975-07-06 Birth

50 Cent

50 Cent, American rapper was born

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1906-07-06 Birth

Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens

Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, composer was born

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1632-07-06 Birth

Albert Schop

Albert Schop, composer was born

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1864-07-06 Birth

Alberto Nepomuceno

Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazil, composer/conductor (Artemis) was born

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1925-07-06 Birth

Bill Haley

Bill Haley, Highland Park Mich, rock vocalist (Rock Around the Clock) was born

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1944-07-06 Birth

Byron Berline

Byron Berline, rocker was born

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1927-07-06 Birth

Charles Whittenberg

Charles Whittenberg, composer was born

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1747-07-06 Birth

Coelestin Jungbauer

Coelestin Jungbauer, composer was born

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1877-07-06 Birth

David Stanley Smith

David Stanley Smith, composer was born

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1932-07-06 Birth

Della Reese

Della Reese, Detroit, singer/actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family) was born

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1910-07-06 Birth

Dorothy Kirsten

Dorothy Kirsten, Montclair NJ, soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show) was born

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1865-07-06 Birth

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (d. 1950) was born

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1918-07-06 Birth

Eugene List

Eugene List, Phila Penn, pianist/prof (Eastman School of Music) was born

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1922-07-06 Birth

Francisco Moncion

Francisco Moncion, dancer was born

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1938-07-06 Birth

Franco

Franco, Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader (Masumbuku) was born

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1970-07-06 Birth

Frank Salvato II

Frank Salvato II, Italian-American Sound Engineer and Composer was born

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1702-07-06 Birth

Franz Anton Maichelbeck

Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer was born

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1739-07-06 Birth

Freidrich Wilhelm Rust

Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer was born

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1937-07-06 Birth

Gene Chandler

Gene Chandler, [Eugene Dixon], Chicago, rocker (Duke of Earl) was born

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1929-07-06 Birth

Gerd Zacher

Gerd Zacher, composer was born

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1898-07-06 Birth

Hanns Eisler

Hanns Eisler, German/US composer/German DR-minister for propaganda was born

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1967-07-06 Birth

Heather Nova

Heather Nova, Bermudian singer was born

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1917-07-06 Birth

Hugo Cole

Hugo Cole, composer was born

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1970-07-06 Birth

Inspectah Deck

Inspectah Deck, American rapper was born

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1972-07-06 Birth

Isabelle Boulay

Isabelle Boulay, French-Canadian singer was born

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1940-07-06 Birth

Jeannie Seely

Jeannie Seely, American singer was born

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1914-07-06 Birth

Jens Rohiner

Jens Rohiner, composer was born

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1952-07-06 Birth

Jesse Harms

Jesse Harms, musician, of REO Speedwagon was born

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1939-07-06 Birth

Jet Harris

Jet Harris, English bass guitarist was born

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1580-07-06 Birth

Johann Stobaeus

Johann Stobaeus, composer was born

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1852-07-06 Birth

John Albert Delany

John Albert Delany, composer was born

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1956-07-06 Birth

John Jorgenson

John Jorgenson, Madison Wisc, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born

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1959-07-06 Birth

John Keeble

John Keeble, London, rock drummer (Spandau Ballet-True) was born

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1931-07-06 Birth

Joseph Daniel White

Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader was born

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1987-07-06 Birth

Kate Nash

Kate Nash, English singer/songwriter was born

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1984-07-06 Birth

Lauren Harris

Lauren Harris, British rock singer was born

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1915-07-06 Birth

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews, Minneapolis MN, singer (Andrews Sisters) was born

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1908-07-06 Birth

Leonce Grass

Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor was born

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1915-07-06 Birth

Marcel Quinet

Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer (Vague et Sillon) was born

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1800-07-06 Birth

Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti

Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer was born

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1923-07-06 Birth

Marie McDonald

Marie McDonald, Burgin KY, singer/actress (Promises Promises) was born

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1972-07-06 Birth

Mark Gasser

Mark Gasser, British pianist was born

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1970-07-06 Birth

Martin Smith

Martin Smith, English singer (Delirious?) was born

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1969-07-06 Birth

Michael Grant

Michael Grant, vocalist (Musical Youth) was born

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1953-07-06 Birth

Nanci Griffith

Nanci Griffith, US singer/songwriter (Poet in My Window) was born

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1979-07-06 Birth

Nic Cester

Nic Cester, Australian musician (Jet) was born

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1678-07-06 Birth

Nicola Francesco Haym

Nicola Francesco Haym, composer was born

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1927-07-06 Birth

Nilo Soruco

Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (d. 2004) was born

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1946-07-06 Birth

Peter Singer

Peter Singer, Australian philosopher was born

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1950-07-06 Birth

Phyllis Hyman

Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer was born

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1632-07-06 Birth

Pietro Reggio

Pietro Reggio, composer was born

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1945-07-06 Birth

Rik Elswit

Rik Elswit, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show-In the Right Place) was born

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1904-07-06 Birth

Robert Whitney

Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma) was born

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1982-07-06 Birth

Tay Zonday

Tay Zonday, American singer and keyboardist was born

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1937-07-06 Birth

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Russia, pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961) was born

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1773-07-06 Birth

Wenzel Thomas Matiegka

Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer was born

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1837-07-06 Birth

Wlasyslaw Zelenski

Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer was born

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1896-07-06 Death

Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin

Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54

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1860-07-06 Death

Alexandre Edouard Goria

Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37

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1480-07-06 Death

Antonio Squarcialupi

Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64

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2008-07-06 Death

Bobby Durham

Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)

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1974-07-06 Death

Carlos Isamitt

Carlos Isamitt, composer, dies at 87

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1768-07-06 Death

Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel

Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78

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1950-07-06 Death

Fats Navarro

Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1923)

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1765-07-06 Death

Ferdinand Zellbell

Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76

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1795-07-06 Death

Georg Gottfried Petri

Georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79

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1879-07-06 Death

Henry Thomas Smart

Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65

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1995-07-06 Death

Ivor Keys

Ivor Keys, musician/teacher, dies at 76

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1858-07-06 Death

Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek

Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78

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1999-07-06 Death

Joaquin Rodrigo

Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901)

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2009-07-06 Death

Johnny Collins

Johnny Collins, British folk and maritime music singer (b. 1938)

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1951-07-06 Death

Josef Huttel

Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57

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1902-07-06 Death

Leopoldo Miguez

Leopoldo Miguez, composer, dies at 51

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1971-07-06 Death

Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong

Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71

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1971-07-06 Death

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter and singer, dies at 69

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1734-07-06 Death

Nicolas Bernier

Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69

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1977-07-06 Death

Oedoen Partos

Oedoen Partos, composer, dies at 69

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1973-07-06 Death

Otto Klemperer

Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88

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1955-07-06 Death

Paolo Gallico

Paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87

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1816-07-06 Death

Philipp Meissner

Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67

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1933-07-06 Death

Robert Kajanus

Robert Kajanus, composer, dies at 76

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1868-07-06 Death

Samuel Lover

Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71

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1961-07-06 Death

Scott LaFaro

Scott LaFaro, American musician (b. 1936)

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2003-07-06 Death

Skip Battin

Skip Battin, American rocker, dies at 69

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2004-07-06 Death

Syreeta Wright

Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)

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1979-07-06 Death

Van McCoy

Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35

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1997-07-06 Event

Johnny Mercer

"Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," closes at Royale NYC after 109 perfs

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1964-07-06 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London

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