On This Day in Music: July 7

1906-07-07 Birth

Anton Karas

Anton Karas, Viennese musician (d. 1985) was born

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1778-07-07 Birth

Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini

Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer was born

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1922-07-07 Birth

Artie Malvin

Artie Malvin, US music director (Julie LaRosa/Steve Lawrence) was born

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1710-07-07 Birth

Arvid Niclas Hopken

Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer was born

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1957-07-07 Birth

Berry Sakharof

Berry Sakharof, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact) was born

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1982-07-07 Birth

Cassidy (Barry Adrian Reese)

Cassidy (Barry Adrian Reese), American rapper was born

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1851-07-07 Birth

Charles Tindley

Charles Tindley, American gospel music composer (d. 1933) was born

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1927-07-07 Birth

Charlie Louvin

Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer (Louvin Brothers) was born

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1962-07-07 Birth

Clive "Doctor" Jackson

Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker (Dr & Medics-Laughing at Pieces) was born

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1914-07-07 Birth

Cor de Groot

Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer (Old-Dutch Suite) was born

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1983-07-07 Birth

D. Woods

D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane) was born

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1980-07-07 Birth

Dan Whitesides

Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used) was born

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1924-07-07 Birth

Dieter Nowka

Dieter Nowka, composer was born

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1927-07-07 Birth

Doc Severinson

Doc Severinson, [Carl], Arlington Oregon, bandleader/trumpeter on the Tonight Show was born

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1917-07-07 Birth

Elton Britt

Elton Britt, Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree) was born

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1885-07-07 Birth

Ernest Bristow Farrar

Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer was born

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1936-07-07 Birth

Friedhelm Dohl

Friedhelm Dohl, composer was born

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1911-07-07 Birth

Gian-Carlo Menotti

Gian-Carlo Menotti, Italy, composer (Amahl & Night Visitors) was born

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1966-07-07 Birth

Gundula Krause

Gundula Krause, German folk violinist was born

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1860-07-07 Birth

Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan) was born

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1930-07-07 Birth

Hank Mobley

Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist was born

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1898-07-07 Birth

Hanns Eisler

Hanns Eisler, composer was born

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1967-07-07 Birth

Jackie Neal

Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005) was born

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1879-07-07 Birth

Jacob Weinberg

Jacob Weinberg, composer was born

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1902-07-07 Birth

James McCartney

James McCartney, father of Beatle Paul McCartney was born

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1945-07-07 Birth

James Rodford

James Rodford, English rock vocalist/bassist (Kinks-Mr Pleasant) was born

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1690-07-07 Birth

Johann Tobias Krebs

Johann Tobias Krebs, composer was born

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1932-07-07 Birth

Josef Zawinul

Josef Zawinul, Austrian-American jazz keyboardist, composer and musician (d. 2007) was born

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1872-07-07 Birth

Juan Lamonte de Grignon

Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer was born

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1988-07-07 Birth

Kaci Brown

Kaci Brown, American singer was born

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1980-07-07 Birth

Kaisa Jouhki

Kaisa Jouhki, Finnish vocalist (Battlelore) was born

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1948-07-07 Birth

Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt

Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2012) was born

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1746-07-07 Birth

Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith

Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer was born

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1953-07-07 Birth

Lynval Golding

Lynval Golding, rocker (Fun Boy Three) was born

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1905-07-07 Birth

Marcel Rubin

Marcel Rubin, composer was born

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1984-07-07 Birth

Marie-Mai

Marie-Mai, Canadian singer was born

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1924-07-07 Birth

Mary Ford

Mary Ford, [Colleen Summer], vocalist/actress (Queen of Outer Space) was born

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1982-07-07 Birth

Mike Glita

Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail) was born

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1969-07-07 Birth

Nathalie Simard

Nathalie Simard, French Canadian singer was born

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1936-07-07 Birth

Nikos Xilouris

Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (d. 1980) was born

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1963-07-07 Birth

Perry Richardson

Perry Richardson, SC, bassist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime) was born

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1940-07-07 Birth

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr, [Richard Starkey], Liverpool, Beatles drummer (Magic Christian) was born

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1947-07-07 Birth

Rob Townsend

Rob Townsend, rock drummer (Family Leicester) was born

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1916-07-07 Birth

Robert Stevens Baker

Robert Stevens Baker, composer was born

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1923-07-07 Birth

Roberto Caamano

Roberto Caamano, composer was born

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1970-07-07 Birth

Robia LaMorte

Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer was born

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1914-07-07 Birth

Serafim Sergeyevich Tulikov

Serafim Sergeyevich Tulikov, composer was born

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1921-07-07 Birth

Stanislaw Wislocki

Stanislaw Wislocki, composer was born

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1936-07-07 Birth

Stuart Ross Dempster

Stuart Ross Dempster, composer was born

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1981-07-07 Birth

Synyster Gates

Synyster Gates, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold) was born

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1912-07-07 Birth

Tiny Alma

Tiny Alma, [Catharina E J Stam], operetta singer (Vienna Blood) was born

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1916-07-07 Birth

Tiny Grimes

Tiny Grimes, Newport News Virginia, Jazz guitarist was born

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1883-07-07 Birth

Toivo Kuula

Toivo Kuula, composer was born

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1943-07-07 Birth

Toto Cutugno

Toto Cutugno, Italian singer was born

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1934-07-07 Birth

Vinko Globokar

Vinko Globokar, composer was born

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1963-07-07 Birth

Vonda Shepard

Vonda Shepard, American singer was born

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1944-07-07 Birth

Warren Entner

Warren Entner, Boston Mass, rock vocalist/guitarist (Grass Roots) was born

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1882-07-07 Birth

Zdzislaw Jachimecki

Zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer was born

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1949-07-07 Death

Bunk Johnson

Bunk Johnson, American musician (b. 1879 or 1889)

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1990-07-07 Death

Cazuza

Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958)

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1903-07-07 Death

Ferreira Veiga

Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer, dies at 64

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1955-07-07 Death

Franco Casavola

Franco Casavola, composer, dies at 63

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2001-07-07 Death

Fred Neil

Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)

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1826-07-07 Death

Friedrich Ludwig Dulon

Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer, dies at 56

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1889-07-07 Death

Giovanni Bottesini

Giovanni Bottesini, composer, dies at 67

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1774-07-07 Death

Giuseppi Maria Carretti

Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83

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1969-07-07 Death

Gladys Swarthout

Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), dies at 69

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2003-07-07 Death

Izhak Graziani

Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)

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1907-07-07 Death

James McGranahan

James McGranahan, composer, dies at 67

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1903-07-07 Death

Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga

Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga, composer, dies at 64

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1968-07-07 Death

Leo Sowerby

Leo Sowerby, composer (Pulitzer Prize), dies at 73

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1970-07-07 Death

Louise Harrison

Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies

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1898-07-07 Death

Lucien Petipa

Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies

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1993-07-07 Death

Mia Zapata

Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965)

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1656-07-07 Death

Michelangelo Rossi

Michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera composer, buried at about 55

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1885-07-07 Death

Nicola De Giosa

Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66

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1794-07-07 Death

Pascal Boyer

Pascal Boyer, composer, dies at 51

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2006-07-07 Death

Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett, original guitarist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd (b. 1946)

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1663-07-07 Death

Thomas Baltzar

Thomas Baltzar, German violinist

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1975-07-07 Death

Vito Frazzi

Vito Frazzi, composer, dies at 86

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1956-07-07 Event

Douglas Moore

Douglas Moore/John Latouche' opera "Ballad of Baby Doe," premieres

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1967-07-07 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released

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