Alan Osmond
Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) was born
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Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) was born
Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer was born
Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable) was born
Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream) was born
Bobby Valentino, rocker (Fabulous Poodles) was born
Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors was born
Cyndi Lauper, American singer (Girls Just want to have Fun, Time after Time) was born
David Burns, actor (Music Man, Hello Dolly!) was born
Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front) was born
Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club) was born
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer was born
Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher (found Inst of Music) was born
Frederic Louis Ritter, composer was born
Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) was born
Gary Moffet, Montreal, rock guitarist (April Wine) was born
Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party) was born
Green [Gartside], rock vocalist (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood) was born
Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen) was born
Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer was born
Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician was born
Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor) was born
Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show) was born
Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47) was born
Jimmy Castor, NYC, rocker/sax (Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch) was born
Jimmy Somerville, Glasgow Soctland, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards) was born
John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face) was born
Jose Rolon, composer was born
Katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer (Casbah, Stormy Weather) was born
Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm) was born
Kris Kristofferson, Brownsville TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium) was born
Lambert Pietkin, composer was born
Larry Junstrom, rock bassist (.38 Special) was born
Libor Pešek, Czech conductor was born
Michael Horvit, composer was born
Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know) was born
Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine) was born
Osvald Chlubna, composer was born
Pablo Bruna, composer was born
Peter Asher, London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love) was born
Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run) was born
Ruth Zechlin, composer was born
Steve Weber, guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "Boobs" Modal) was born
Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies) was born
Theodor Leschetizky, composer was born
Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby PA, singer/guitarist (Hello it's Me) was born
Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was) was born
Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart) was born
Vit Nejedly, composer was born
Walter Leigh, composer was born
Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79
Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer, dies at 74
Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88
Gabriele Prota, composer, dies at 88
Hermann Suter, composer, dies at 56
Hubert Renotte, composer, dies at 41
Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77
Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer, dies at 38
Julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65
Mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies
Maria Tănase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)
Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91
Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer, dies at 71
Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)
"Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12
Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My Bonnie, in Hamburg
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