Al Wilson
Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008) was born
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Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008) was born
Alfredo Catalani, composer was born
Ann Wilson, San Diego California, American musician (Heart-What About Love) was born
Antonis Remos, Greek singer was born
Balis Dvarionas, composer was born
Brian Vander Ark, American musician was born
Brian Welch, American guitarist was born
Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer was born
Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer was born
Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician was born
Christian de Placker, composer was born
Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician was born
Dervin Gordon, rocker was born
Doug Stone, American singer was born
Edmund Weber, composer was born
Edwin Gerschefski, composer was born
Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, rocker (Spanky & Our Gang-Lazy Day) was born
Emil Coleman, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Party) was born
Guy Lombardo, London Ontario Canada, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne) was born
Heinrich Schenker, [A Niloff], Austrian musicologist (Urlinie) was born
Jerry Jerome, Brooklyn New York, American saxophonist (Words & Music) was born
Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer was born
Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer was born
John Bray, composer was born
John William Glover, composer was born
Jul Levi, composer was born
Karel Kupka, composer was born
Larry Dunn, [Dunhill], US keyboardist (Earth Wind & Fire) was born
Luke Morley, British guitarist was born
Marisa Galvany, American soprano was born
Mark DeBarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rock vocalist (DeBarge-Who's Johnny) was born
Nick Drake, rocker (Back to Fruit Tree) was born
Paul Muller-Zurich, composer was born
Paula Julie Abdul, Van Nuys California, singer/choreographer (Straight Up) was born
Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer was born
Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer (Hiawatha's Song) was born
Shirley Goodman, US R&B singers (Shirley & Lee-Feels so Good) was born
Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer (AC/DC) was born
Stevan Hristic, composer was born
Taneli Kuusisto, composer was born
Tommy Devito, Montclair NJ, rock vocalist (Four Seasons-Sherry) was born
Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005) was born
Walter Lang, composer was born
Alan Ande Anderson, opera director, dies at 78
Alessandro Marcello, composer, dies at 74
Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1919)
Bobby Helms, singer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 63
Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer, dies at 31
El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937)
Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer, dies at 60
John Bray, composer, dies on 40th birthday
Marjan Kozina, composer, dies at 59
Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40
Murray Dickie, opera singer/director, dies at 71
Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, Russian composer (Oresteia), dies at 58
Vivian Ellis, composer, dies at 91
Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
Zdenek Blazek, composer, dies at 83
Ben & Jerry Ice Cream & Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia
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