1948
Birth
James Taylor
James Taylor, Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof) was born
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Born on March 12
1940
Birth
Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting) was born
1928
Birth
Aldemaro Romero
Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (d. 2007) was born
1793
Birth
Augustin-Philippe Peellaert
Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer was born
1949
Birth
Bill Payne
Bill Payne, Waco TX, rock keyboardist (Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero) was born
1942
Birth
Brian O'Hara
Brian O'Hara, rocker was born
1768
Birth
Carolus Antonius Fodor
Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer was born
1515
Birth
Caspar Othmayr
Caspar Othmayr, composer was born
1978
Birth
Claudio Sanchez
Claudio Sanchez, American musician (Coheed and Cambria) was born
1848
Birth
Cyrill Kistler
Cyrill Kistler, composer was born
1948
Birth
Dana Walden
Dana Walden, rock keyboardist (Champaign) was born
1986
Birth
Danny Jones
Danny Jones, English singer (McFly) was born
1938
Birth
Dimitri Terzakis
Dimitri Terzakis, composer was born
1874
Birth
Edmund Eysler
Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer was born
1937
Birth
Elizabeth Vaughan
Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria) was born
1837
Birth
Felix Alexandre Guilmant
Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer was born
1925
Birth
Georges Delerue
Georges Delerue, composer was born
1921
Birth
Gordon MacRae
Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel) was born
1969
Birth
Graham Coxon
Graham Coxon, singer (Blur) was born
1888
Birth
Hall Johnson
Hall Johnson, composer was born
1945
Birth
Hans van Emden
Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist (Les Baroques) was born
1935
Birth
Helga Pilarczyk
Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu) was born
1975
Birth
Herman Li
Herman Li, Cantonese guitarist was born
1951
Birth
Jack Green
Jack Green, rocker was born
1948
Birth
James Taylor
James Taylor, Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof) was born
1914
Birth
Jan Kapr
Jan Kapr, composer was born
1896
Birth
Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller
Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great was born
1855
Birth
John White
John White, composer was born
1859
Birth
Josef Cyril Sychra
Josef Cyril Sychra, composer was born
1878
Birth
Joseph Gustav Mraczek
Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer was born
1883
Birth
Judge Jackson
Judge Jackson, composer was born
1875
Birth
Julio Garreta
Julio Garreta, composer was born
1975
Birth
Kelle Bryan
Kelle Bryan, English singer was born
1960
Birth
Kipp Lennon
Kipp Lennon, American singer was born
1953
Birth
Labamba
Labamba, [Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes) was born
1948
Birth
Les Holroyd
Les Holroyd, Oldham England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest) was born
1938
Birth
Lew De Witt
Lew De Witt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall) was born
1946
Birth
Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli, Hollywood CA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret) was born
1965
Birth
Liza Umarova
Liza Umarova, Chechen torch singer was born
1940
Birth
M.A. Numminen
M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer was born
1960
Birth
Maki Nomiya
Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five) was born
1957
Birth
Marlon D Jackson
Marlon D Jackson, Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow) was born
1949
Birth
Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons, Swansea Wales, rock drummer (Badfinger) was born
1960
Birth
Minoru Niihara
Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer was born
1927
Birth
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich, Baku Russia, cellist (Cello Concerto) [3/22 NS] was born
1952
Birth
Naomi Shihab Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet, songwriter, and novelist was born
1923
Birth
Norbert Brainin
Norbert Brainin, violinist was born
1607
Birth
Paul Gerhardt
Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born
1912
Birth
Paul Weston
Paul Weston, Springfield Mass, orchestra leader (Jim Nabors Hour) was born
1979
Birth
Pete Doherty
Pete Doherty, English musician was born
1928
Birth
Phil Jones
Phil Jones, principal (Trinity College of Music) was born
1921
Birth
Ralph Shapey
Ralph Shapey, Phila, composer (Fantasy, Rituals) was born
1826
Birth
Robert Lowry
Robert Lowry, composer was born
1926
Birth
Rolv Berger Yttrehus
Rolv Berger Yttrehus, composer was born
1970
Birth
Roy Khan
Roy Khan, Norwegian singer (Kamelot) was born
1860
Birth
Salvatore Di Giacomo
Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer was born
1984
Birth
Shareefa [Faradah Cooper]
Shareefa [Faradah Cooper], Newark New Jersey, American R & B singer was born
1984
Birth
Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer was born
1976
Birth
Simon Young
Simon Young, English music journalist was born
1930
Birth
Stanko Horvat
Stanko Horvat, composer was born
1957
Birth
Steve Harris
Steve Harris, London, hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss) was born
1710
Birth
Thomas Augustine Arne
Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia) was born
1922
Birth
Thomas Hugh Eastwood
Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer was born
1938
Birth
Tona Scherchen-Hsiao
Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, composer was born
1890
Birth
Vaslav Nijinsky
Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka) [OS=Feb 28] was born
1900
Birth
Zoltan Vasarhelyi
Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer was born
Died on March 12
2026
Death
Al Festa
Al Festa died
1941
Death
Charles Sanford Skilton
Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72
1937
Death
Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor
Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93
1955
Death
Charlie "Bird" Parker
Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC
1877
Death
Crystobal Oudrid y Segura
Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52
1832
Death
Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau
Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45
1942
Death
Enrique Morera
Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76
1973
Death
Esther Williamson Ballou
Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57
1985
Death
Eugene Ormandy [Blau]
Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85
1840
Death
Friedrich Westenholz
Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61
2026
Death
Hamid Hiraad
Hamid Hiraad died
1824
Death
Heinrich Carl Ebell
Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48
1937
Death
Jeno Hubay
Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78
2022
Death
Jessica Williams
Jessica Williams died
1831
Death
Johann Franz Volkert
Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64
1628
Death
John Bull
John Bull, English organist/composer, dies
1913
Death
Joseph Bayer
Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61
1852
Death
Juan Bros y Bertomel
Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75
1998
Death
Judge Dread
Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)
1993
Death
June Valli
June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62
2023
Death
Marek Kopelent
Marek Kopelent died
2025
Death
Michel Arrignon
Michel Arrignon died
2012
Death
Mike Hossack
Mike Hossack, American rock drummer, dies from cancer at 65
2022
Death
Pete St. John
Pete St. John died
2021
Death
Stahan Rakhimov
Stahan Rakhimov died
2005
Death
Stavros Koujioumtzis
Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (b. 1932)
1978
Death
Tolchard Evans
Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies
2022
Death
Traci Braxton
Traci Braxton died
1999
Death
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (b. 1916)
Releases & milestones on March 12
2021
Event
Blackmore's Night
Blackmore's Night released the album 'Nature's Light'
1857
Event
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice
1964
Event
Henry Mancini
6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Striesand wins 2
1832
Event
Herman Lovenskiold
The ballet La Sylphide first premieres at the Opéra de Paris.
2021
Event
Nick Jonas
Nick Jonas released the album 'Spaceman'
1998
Event
Richard Rodgers
"Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
2021
Event
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie released the album 'The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy'
1969
Event
Simon & Garfunkel
11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
1981
Event
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in NYC
1963
Event
The Beatles
The Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
1897
Event
Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel
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