On This Day in Music: March 12

On March 12 in music history, 65 artists were born, 29 died and 11 other milestones happened, among them James Taylor (1948), The Beatles (1963) and Liza Minnelli (1946).

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James Taylor

James Taylor, Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof) was born

The Beatles

The Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold

Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli, Hollywood CA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret) was born

Charlie "Bird" Parker

Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC

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Al Jarreau

Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting) was born

Aldemaro Romero

Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (d. 2007) was born

Augustin-Philippe Peellaert

Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer was born

Bill Payne

Bill Payne, Waco TX, rock keyboardist (Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero) was born

Brian O'Hara

Brian O'Hara, rocker was born

Carolus Antonius Fodor

Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer was born

Caspar Othmayr

Caspar Othmayr, composer was born

Claudio Sanchez

Claudio Sanchez, American musician (Coheed and Cambria) was born

Cyrill Kistler

Cyrill Kistler, composer was born

Dana Walden

Dana Walden, rock keyboardist (Champaign) was born

Danny Jones

Danny Jones, English singer (McFly) was born

Dimitri Terzakis

Dimitri Terzakis, composer was born

Edmund Eysler

Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer was born

Elizabeth Vaughan

Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria) was born

Felix Alexandre Guilmant

Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer was born

Georges Delerue

Georges Delerue, composer was born

Gordon MacRae

Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel) was born

Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon, singer (Blur) was born

Hall Johnson

Hall Johnson, composer was born

Hans van Emden

Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist (Les Baroques) was born

Helga Pilarczyk

Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu) was born

Herman Li

Herman Li, Cantonese guitarist was born

Jack Green

Jack Green, rocker was born

James Taylor

James Taylor, Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof) was born

Jan Kapr

Jan Kapr, composer was born

Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller

Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great was born

John White

John White, composer was born

Josef Cyril Sychra

Josef Cyril Sychra, composer was born

Joseph Gustav Mraczek

Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer was born

Judge Jackson

Judge Jackson, composer was born

Julio Garreta

Julio Garreta, composer was born

Kelle Bryan

Kelle Bryan, English singer was born

Kipp Lennon

Kipp Lennon, American singer was born

Labamba

Labamba, [Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes) was born

Les Holroyd

Les Holroyd, Oldham England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest) was born

Lew De Witt

Lew De Witt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall) was born

Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli, Hollywood CA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret) was born

Liza Umarova

Liza Umarova, Chechen torch singer was born

M.A. Numminen

M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer was born

Maki Nomiya

Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five) was born

Marlon D Jackson

Marlon D Jackson, Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow) was born

Mike Gibbons

Mike Gibbons, Swansea Wales, rock drummer (Badfinger) was born

Minoru Niihara

Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer was born

Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich, Baku Russia, cellist (Cello Concerto) [3/22 NS] was born

Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet, songwriter, and novelist was born

Norbert Brainin

Norbert Brainin, violinist was born

Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born

Paul Weston

Paul Weston, Springfield Mass, orchestra leader (Jim Nabors Hour) was born

Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty, English musician was born

Phil Jones

Phil Jones, principal (Trinity College of Music) was born

Ralph Shapey

Ralph Shapey, Phila, composer (Fantasy, Rituals) was born

Robert Lowry

Robert Lowry, composer was born

Rolv Berger Yttrehus

Rolv Berger Yttrehus, composer was born

Roy Khan

Roy Khan, Norwegian singer (Kamelot) was born

Salvatore Di Giacomo

Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer was born

Shareefa [Faradah Cooper]

Shareefa [Faradah Cooper], Newark New Jersey, American R & B singer was born

Shreya Ghoshal

Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer was born

Simon Young

Simon Young, English music journalist was born

Stanko Horvat

Stanko Horvat, composer was born

Steve Harris

Steve Harris, London, hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss) was born

Thomas Augustine Arne

Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia) was born

Thomas Hugh Eastwood

Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer was born

Tona Scherchen-Hsiao

Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, composer was born

Vaslav Nijinsky

Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka) [OS=Feb 28] was born

Zoltan Vasarhelyi

Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer was born

Died on March 12

Al Festa

Al Festa died

Charles Sanford Skilton

Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72

Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor

Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93

Charlie "Bird" Parker

Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC

Crystobal Oudrid y Segura

Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52

Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau

Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45

Enrique Morera

Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76

Esther Williamson Ballou

Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57

Eugene Ormandy [Blau]

Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85

Friedrich Westenholz

Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61

Hamid Hiraad

Hamid Hiraad died

Heinrich Carl Ebell

Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48

Jeno Hubay

Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78

Jessica Williams

Jessica Williams died

Johann Franz Volkert

Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64

John Bull

John Bull, English organist/composer, dies

Joseph Bayer

Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61

Juan Bros y Bertomel

Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75

Judge Dread

Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)

June Valli

June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62

Marek Kopelent

Marek Kopelent died

Michel Arrignon

Michel Arrignon died

Mike Hossack

Mike Hossack, American rock drummer, dies from cancer at 65

Pete St. John

Pete St. John died

Stahan Rakhimov

Stahan Rakhimov died

Stavros Koujioumtzis

Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (b. 1932)

Tolchard Evans

Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies

Traci Braxton

Traci Braxton died

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (b. 1916)

Releases & milestones on March 12

Blackmore's Night

Blackmore's Night released the album 'Nature's Light'

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice

Henry Mancini

6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Striesand wins 2

Herman Lovenskiold

The ballet La Sylphide first premieres at the Opéra de Paris.

Nick Jonas

Nick Jonas released the album 'Spaceman'

Richard Rodgers

"Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie released the album 'The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy'

Simon & Garfunkel

11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in NYC

The Beatles

The Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold

Vincent d'Indy

Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel

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