On This Day in Music: June 26

1878-06-26 Birth

Albert Siklos

Albert Siklos, composer was born

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1978-06-26 Birth

Alexandra

Alexandra, French singer, L5's singer was born

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1902-06-26 Birth

Antonia Brico

Antonia Brico, Rotterdam Holland, conductor/pianist (Antonia) was born

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1945-06-26 Birth

Barry Schrader

Barry Schrader, composer was born

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1893-06-26 Birth

Big Bill Broonzy

"Big Bill" Broonzy, Miss, blues singer/guitarist (Blues by Broonzy) was born

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1894-06-26 Birth

Bill Wirges

Bill Wirges, Buffalo NY, orchestra leader (Growing Paynes) was born

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1940-06-26 Birth

Billy Davis Jr

Billy Davis Jr, St Louis Mo, singer (5th Dimension-One Less Bell) was born

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1875-06-26 Birth

Camille Zeckwer

Camille Zeckwer, composer was born

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1986-06-26 Birth

Casey Desmond

Casey Desmond, American singer was born

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1956-06-26 Birth

Chris Isaak

Chris Isaak, Stockton Ca, rock singer/songwriter (Wicked Game) was born

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1933-06-26 Birth

Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado, Milan Italy, composer/conductor (London Symph-1982) was born

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1986-06-26 Birth

Drake Bell

Drake Bell, American actor, musician was born

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1823-06-26 Birth

Frederick Bowen Jewson

Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer was born

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1972-06-26 Birth

Garou

Garou, Canadian singer was born

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1943-06-26 Birth

Georgie Fame

Georgie Fame, rock vocalist (Get Away, Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde) was born

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1942-06-26 Birth

Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer and Minister of Culture was born

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1973-06-26 Birth

Gretchen Wilson

Gretchen Wilson, American singer was born

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1963-06-26 Birth

Harriet Wheeler

Harriet Wheeler, English pop singer/composer (The Sundays) was born

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1891-06-26 Birth

Heinrich Lemacher

Heinrich Lemacher, composer was born

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1928-06-26 Birth

Jacob Druckman

Jacob Druckman, Philadelphia, composer (Animus I Auerole) was born

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1943-06-26 Birth

Jean Knight

Jean Knight, US singer (Mr Big Stuff) was born

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1974-06-26 Birth

Jeff Frankenstein

Jeff Frankenstein, American musician (Newsboys) was born

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1582-06-26 Birth

Johannes Schultz

Johannes Schultz, composer was born

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1943-06-26 Birth

John Allen Strang

John Allen Strang, composer was born

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1973-06-26 Birth

Jussi Sydänmaa

Jussi Sydänmaa, Finnish musician (Lordi) was born

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1942-06-26 Birth

Larry "The Mole" Taylor

Larry "The Mole" Taylor, Brooklyn, rocker (Canned Heat-On the Road Again) was born

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1747-06-26 Birth

Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh

Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer was born

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1749-06-26 Birth

Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans

Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer was born

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1931-06-26 Birth

Lucien Goethals

Lucien Goethals, composer was born

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1934-06-26 Birth

Luis Felipe Pires

Luis Felipe Pires, composer was born

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1955-06-26 Birth

Mick Jones

Mick Jones, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Clash-Havana 3 AM) was born

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1874-06-26 Birth

Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky

Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer was born

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1824-06-26 Birth

Moritz Furstenau

Moritz Furstenau, composer was born

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1974-06-26 Birth

Nicole Saba

Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer was born

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1957-06-26 Birth

Patty Smyth

Patty Smyth, NYC, rock vocalist (Scandal-Warrior) was born

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1953-06-26 Birth

Ralph Ezell

Ralph Ezell, Union Miss, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) was born

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1914-06-26 Birth

Richard Maltby

Richard Maltby, orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show) was born

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1951-06-26 Birth

Rindy Ross

Rindy Ross, Portland Oregon, rock vocalist/saxophonist (Quarterflash) was born

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1954-06-26 Birth

Robert Davi

Robert Davi, Astoria NY, opera singer/actor (Gangster Chronicles) was born

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1980-06-26 Birth

Sinik

Sinik, French singer and rapper was born

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1924-06-26 Birth

Syd Lawrence

Syd Lawrence, bandleader (Syd Lawrence Orch) was born

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1930-06-26 Birth

Willem G Statius Muller

Willem G Statius Muller, Neth Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer was born

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1901-06-26 Birth

William Busch

William Busch, composer was born

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1914-06-26 Birth

Wolfgang Windgassen

Wolfgang Windgassen, Annemasse France, tenor (Stuttgart Opera) was born

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1960-06-26 Birth

Zachary Breaux

Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist was born

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1982-06-26 Death

Andre Tchaikowsy

Andre Tchaikowsy, pianist/composer, dies

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1778-06-26 Death

Angelo Antonio Caroli

Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77

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1973-06-26 Death

Arnold Richardson

Arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59

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1991-06-26 Death

Carmine Coppola

Carmine Coppola, composer/conductor (Godfather II), dies at 80

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1836-06-26 Death

Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies

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1956-06-26 Death

Clifford Brown

Clifford Brown, US jazz trumpeter (Joyspring, Jordu), dies at 25

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1945-06-26 Death

Erno Rapee

Erno Rapee, composer, dies at 54

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1798-06-26 Death

Eugene Godecharle

Eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56

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1971-06-26 Death

Guillermo Uribe Holguin

Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91

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1971-06-26 Death

Inia Te Wiata

Inia Te Wiata, opera singer, dies

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1997-06-26 Death

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer dies aged 38

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1819-06-26 Death

Johann Wilhelm Stadler

Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71

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1971-06-26 Death

Juan Manen

Juan Manen, composer, dies at 88

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1661-06-26 Death

Lazaro Valvasensi

Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76

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1977-06-26 Death

Lou Reizner

Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43

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2004-06-26 Death

Naomi Shemer

Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer and song-writer (b. 1930)

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2007-06-26 Death

Natasja Saad

Natasja Saad, Danish Reggae singer (b. 1974)

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1945-06-26 Death

Nikolay Nikolayevich Tcherepnin

Nikolay Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, composer, dies at 72

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1981-06-26 Death

Peter Kreuder

Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies

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2010-06-26 Death

Sergio Vega

Sergio Vega, Mexican Banda singer (b.1969)

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1994-06-26 Death

Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong

Thomas henry Wait Armstrong, organist, dies at 96

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1657-06-26 Death

Tobias Michael

Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65

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1983-06-26 Death

Walter O'Keefe

Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82

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1993-06-26 Event

Lyle Lovett

Actress Julia Roberts & country singer Lyle Lovett wed

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1979-06-26 Event

Nigel Olsson

Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes & kills a driver

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1870-06-26 Event

Richard Wagner

Wagner's opera "Valkyrie" premieres in Munich

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1964-06-26 Event

The Beatles

Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album

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