1623-03-14
Birth
Adam-Nicolas Gascon
Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer was born
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1954-03-14
Birth
Adrian Zmed
Adrian Zmed, Chicago Ill, actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever) was born
1915-03-14
Birth
Alexander Brott
Alexander Brott, composer was born
1955-03-14
Birth
Boon Gould
Boon Gould, rock guitarist (Level 42-Hot Water) was born
1915-03-14
Birth
Carlos Surinach
Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [NS] was born
1930-03-14
Birth
Dieter Schnebel
Dieter Schnebel, German vicar/composer was born
1926-03-14
Birth
Francois d'Assise Morel
Francois d'Assise Morel, composer was born
1681-03-14
Birth
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer was born
1945-03-14
Birth
Herman[us J] van Veen
Herman[us J] van Veen, Neth, cabaretier/singer/composer/writer was born
1985-03-14
Birth
Idaira
Idaira, Spanish singer was born
1954-03-14
Birth
Jann Browne
Jann Browne, country singer (Mexican Wind) was born
1943-03-14
Birth
Jim Pons
Jim Pons, Santa Monica CA, bassist (Turtles, Mothers of Invention) was born
1947-03-14
Birth
Jimmy O'Rourke
Jimmy O'Rourke, rocker was born
1914-03-14
Birth
Jiri Reinberger
Jiri Reinberger, composer was born
1935-03-14
Birth
Jo van den Booren
Jo van den Booren, composer was born
1727-03-14
Birth
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer was born
1804-03-14
Birth
Johann Strauss
Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer (Radetzky March) (d. 1849) was born
1983-03-14
Birth
Jordan Taylor Hanson
Jordan Taylor Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop) was born
1726-03-14
Birth
Josef Antonin Stepan
Josef Antonin Stepan, composer was born
1894-03-14
Birth
Josef Schelb
Josef Schelb, composer was born
1815-03-14
Birth
Josephine Lang
Josephine Lang, composer was born
1883-03-14
Birth
Juan Manen
Juan Manen, composer was born
1887-03-14
Birth
Lawrence Collingwood
Lawrence Collingwood, composer was born
1914-03-14
Birth
Lee Elhardt Hays
Lee Elhardt Hays, American folksinger (d. 1981) was born
1831-03-14
Birth
Leon Leopold Lewandoski
Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer was born
1922-03-14
Birth
Les Baxter
Les Baxter, US, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again) was born
1912-03-14
Birth
Les Brown
Les Brown, Reinerton Pa, American bandleader (d. 2001) was born
1919-03-14
Birth
Luther Henderson Jr
Luther Henderson Jr, KC Mo, orchestra leader (Polly Bergen Show) was born
1835-03-14
Birth
Manuel Fernandez Caballero
Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer was born
1981-03-14
Birth
Mei-Ting Sun
Mei-Ting Sun, Chinese-born pianist was born
1945-03-14
Birth
Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey, Dallas Tx, country singer (Wildfire) was born
1908-03-14
Birth
Nikolay Petrovich Rakov
Nikolay Petrovich Rakov, composer was born
1875-03-14
Birth
Norman Houstoun O'Neill
Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer was born
1959-03-14
Birth
Patrick Dupond
Patrick Dupond, Paris, dancer (La Bayadere) was born
1931-03-14
Birth
Phil Phillips [Baptiste]
Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist (Sea Of Love) was born
1755-03-14
Birth
Pierre-Louis Couperin
Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer was born
1933-03-14
Birth
Quincy Jones Jr
Quincy Jones Jr, Chicago Ill, composer/singer (We Are The World) was born
1795-03-14
Birth
Rubert Lucas Pearsall
Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer was born
1934-03-14
Birth
Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott, swing/blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine) was born
1939-03-14
Birth
Stavros Xarhakos
Stavros Xarhakos, Greek composer was born
1906-03-14
Birth
Ulvi Cemal Erkin
Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer was born
1945-03-14
Birth
Walt Parazaider
Walt Parazaider, Chicago Ill, rock saxophonist (Chicago) was born
1826-03-14
Birth
William Fisk Sherwin
William Fisk Sherwin, composer was born
1884-03-14
Birth
Winter Haynes Watts
Winter Haynes Watts, composer was born
1913-03-14
Birth
Witold Rudzinski
Witold Rudzinski, composer was born
1861-03-14
Death
Abraham Louis Niedermeyer
Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58
2009-03-14
Death
Alain Bashung
Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. (b. 1947)
1760-03-14
Death
Anton Filtz
Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26
1986-03-14
Death
Benno Ammann
Benno Ammann, composer, dies at 81
1801-03-14
Death
Christian Friedrich Penzel
Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, dies at 63
1958-03-14
Death
Eugeen Van de Velde
Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64
1995-03-14
Death
Gerard Thomas Victory
Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73
1991-03-14
Death
Howard Ashman
Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40
1991-03-14
Death
Jerome "Doc" Pomus
Jerome "Doc" Pomus, lyricist (Save Last Dance for Me), dies at 65
1986-03-14
Death
Jozef Kresanek
Jozef Kresanek, composer, dies at 73
1982-03-14
Death
Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov
Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59
1954-03-14
Death
Ludomir Michal Rogowski
Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer, dies at 72
1944-03-14
Death
Pavel Grigor'yevich
Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66
1973-03-14
Death
Rafael Godoy
Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
1768-03-14
Death
Vigilio Blasio Faitello
Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer, dies at 58
1885-03-14
Event
Gilbert & Sullivan
Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera "Mikado," premieres in London
1990-03-14
Event
Janet Jackson
4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson
1971-03-14
Event
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
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