Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov
Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer was born
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Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer was born
Barbara, French singer (d. 1997) was born
Benny Neyman, Dutch singer (I Don't Know How) was born
Billy Hatton, rocker was born
Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige) was born
Carlo Marsili, composer was born
Charles Wuorinen, NYC, composer (Pulitzer 1980) was born
Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer was born
Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate) was born
Eddie Lundon, rocker (China Crisis-Christian) was born
Franco Donatoni, composer was born
Fred Waring, Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blender) was born
Gaetano Braga, composer was born
Gilad Atzmon, Israeli jazz musician and author was born
Hermann Haller, composer was born
Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer was born
Hugo Kauder, composer was born
Ileana CotrubaÅŸ, Romanian soprano was born
Ingolf Dahl, Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso) was born
Jackie Wilson, Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops, Night) was born
James Newton Howard, American film composer was born
Johann Andreas Herbst, composer was born
Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor was born
Johnny Ace [John Marshall Alexander, Jr.], Memphis, Tennessee, rhythm and blues singer (My Song) was born
Jon Lord, England, keyboardist (Deep Purple-Hush, White Snake), (d. 2012) was born
Joseph Vezina, composer was born
Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer and songwriter (d. 2005) was born
Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer and actress was born
Kusaku Yamada, composer was born
Les Paul, Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar) was born
Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, French composer was born
Matthew Bellamy, British musician (Muse) was born
Mitch McLee, [Douglas Lee Mitchell], Miles Mi, drummer (Southgang) was born
Nathaniel Rosen, Altadena Ca, cellist (Tchaikovsky-gold-1978) was born
Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer was born
Pal Karolyi, composer was born
Pete Byrne - English rocker (Naked Eyes) was born
Rick Renstrom, American guitarist was born
Samoth, Norwegian guitarist (Emperor, Zyklon) was born
Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (d. 2004) was born
Vbilmos Demian, composer was born
Vic Zhou, JVKV band member, Taiwanese actor, singer and model. was born
Walter Kraft, composer was born
Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist was born
Adolf Busch, German composer (b. 1891)
Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72
Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53
Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
Claudio Arrau, Chilian/US pianist/composer, dies at 88
David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48
Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (b. 1946)
Erik Drake, composer, dies at 82
Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81
Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59
Henrique Oswald, composer, dies at 79
Louis Le Quointe, composer, dies at 64
Manuel Garcia, composer, dies at 57
Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77
Natalia Janotha, composer, dies at 76
Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69
Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)
Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56
Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64
Thomas Tomkins, composer, dies
Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81
Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University
"Jelly-Roll Blues" is recorded by blues great Jelly Roll Morton
20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage
Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago
Brian Jones quits Rolling Stones because of his drug problems
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