On This Day in Music: July 8

1961-07-08 Birth

Andy Fletcher

Andy Fletcher, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough) was born

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1970-07-08 Birth

Beck

Beck, American singer was born

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1992-07-08 Birth

Benjamin Grosvenor

Benjamin Grosvenor, British pianist was born

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1904-07-08 Birth

Bill Challis

Bill Challis, arranger/pianist was born

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1914-07-08 Birth

Billy Eckstine

Billy Eckstine, Pittsburgh PA, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love) was born

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1927-07-08 Birth

Carlo Franci

Carlo Franci, composer was born

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1958-07-08 Birth

Carlos Cavazo

Carlos Cavazo, rocker (Quiet Riot - Metal Health) was born

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1942-07-08 Birth

Chuck Negron

Chuck Negron, Bronx NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) was born

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1871-07-08 Birth

Clement Harris

Clement Harris, composer was born

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1976-07-08 Birth

David Kennedy

David Kennedy, American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves) was born

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1975-07-08 Birth

Elias Viljanen

Elias Viljanen, Finnish Guitarist was born

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1958-07-08 Birth

Fred Young

Fred Young, Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) was born

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1900-07-08 Birth

George Antheil

George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata) was born

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1574-07-08 Birth

Giovanni Battista Stefanini

Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer was born

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1961-07-08 Birth

Graham Jones

Graham Jones, rock guitarist (Haircut 100) was born

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1951-07-08 Birth

Greg T Walker

Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot) was born

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1604-07-08 Birth

Heinrich Albert

Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien) was born

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1912-07-08 Birth

Jacques Stehman

Jacques Stehman, composer was born

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1944-07-08 Birth

Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson

Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, US rock drummer (Allman Brothers) was born

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1985-07-08 Birth

Jamie Cook

Jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys) was born

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1931-07-08 Birth

Jerry Vale

Jerry Vale, [Genaro Louis Vitaliano], NYC, singer (Arriverderci Roma) was born

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1637-07-08 Birth

Johann Georg Ebeling

Johann Georg Ebeling, composer was born

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1924-07-08 Birth

Johnnie Johnson

Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (d. 2005) was born

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1967-07-08 Birth

Jordan Chan

Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer was born

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1907-07-08 Birth

Kishio Hirao

Kishio Hirao, composer was born

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1931-07-08 Birth

Louis Ballard

Louis Ballard, composer was born

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1638-07-08 Birth

Matteo Coferati

Matteo Coferati, composer was born

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1928-07-08 Birth

Norma Donaldson

Norma Donaldson, singer/actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats) was born

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1882-07-08 Birth

Percy Grainger

Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs) was born

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1951-07-08 Birth

Pleas Ned Sublette

Pleas Ned Sublette, composer was born

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1948-07-08 Birth

Raffi

Raffi, children's singer (Baby Beluga) was born

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1757-07-08 Birth

Richard Wainwright

Richard Wainwright, composer was born

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1857-07-08 Birth

Rudolf Dellinger

Rudolf Dellinger, composer was born

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1956-07-08 Birth

Russell Christian

Russell Christian, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World) was born

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1935-07-08 Birth

Steve Lawrence

Steve Lawrence, Bkln, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy) was born

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1992-07-08 Birth

Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks

Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks was born

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1961-07-08 Birth

Toby Keith

Toby Keith, American singer was born

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1819-07-08 Birth

Vatroslav Lisinski

Vatroslav Lisinski, composer was born

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1974-07-08 Birth

Zhanna Friske

Zhanna Friske, Russian actress and singer was born

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1946-07-08 Death

Aleksander V Aleksandrov

Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63

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1942-07-08 Death

Catherinus Elling

Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83

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1971-07-08 Death

Charlie Shavers

Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1920)

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1994-07-08 Death

Dominic Lucero

Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer

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1681-07-08 Death

Georg Neumark

Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60

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1957-07-08 Death

Henry Fevrier

Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81

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1885-07-08 Death

Henry Waelput

Henry Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies

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1996-07-08 Death

James Woodie Alexander

James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80

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1876-07-08 Death

Josef Dessauer

Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78

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1961-07-08 Death

Julian Bautista

Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60

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1991-07-08 Death

Lotte Palfi Andor

Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies

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1941-07-08 Death

Philippe Gaubert

Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62

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1949-07-08 Death

Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli

Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66

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1894-07-08 Death

Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov

Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies

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1905-07-08 Death

Walter Kittredge

Walter Kittredge, American musician (b. 1834)

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1988-07-08 Event

DeBarge

Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking

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