On This Day in Music: March 16

1931 Birth

Betty Johnson

Betty Johnson, Guilford County NC, singer (Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed) was born

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1973 Birth

Brant Bjork

Brant Bjork, American musician (Kyuss) was born

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1928 Birth

Christa Ludwig

Christa Ludwig, Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera) was born

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1937 Birth

Constanca Capdeville

Constanca Capdeville, composer was born

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1937 Birth

David Del Tredici

David Del Tredici, Cloverdale California, composer (1980 Pulitzer) was born

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1929 Birth

Edwin London

Edwin London, composer was born

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1949 Birth

Elliott Murphy

Elliott Murphy, US singer/songwriter was born

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1919 Birth

Erno Kiraly

Erno Kiraly, composer was born

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1959 Birth

Flavor Flav

Flavor Flav, American rapper, and reality tv star was born

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1885 Birth

Giacomo Benvenuti

Giacomo Benvenuti, composer was born

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1918 Birth

Howard Boatwright

Howard Boatwright, composer was born

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1946 Birth

Hubert Soudant

Hubert Soudant, Dutch conductor was born

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1892 Birth

James Petrillo

James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (d. 1984) was born

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1942 Birth

Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker, Oneonta NY, country singer (Mr Bojangles) was born

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1963 Birth

Jimmy Degrasso

Jimmy Degrasso, American musician, drummer was born

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1954 Birth

Jimmy Nail

Jimmy Nail, singer/actor (Evita, Spender, Howling II) was born

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1745 Birth

Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow

Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer was born

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1920 Birth

John Addison

John Addison, Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award) was born

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1814 Birth

Jules Eugene Abraham Alary

Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer was born

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1940 Birth

Keith Rowe

Keith Rowe, English guitarist (AMM) and painter was born

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1979 Birth

Leena Peisa

Leena Peisa, Finnish musician (Lordi) was born

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1948 Birth

Michael Bruce

Michael Bruce, rocker/actor (Rudy-Rainbow Drive) was born

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1609 Birth

Michael Franck

Michael Franck, composer was born

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1930 Birth

Minoru Miky

Minoru Miky, composer was born

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1954 Birth

Nancy Wilson

Nancy Wilson, SF, rock guitarist (Heart-Never, What about Love) was born

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1663 Birth

Nicholas Siret

Nicholas Siret, composer was born

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1903 Birth

Nikolai Lopatnikoff

Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto) was born

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1964 Birth

Patty Griffin

Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter was born

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1928 Birth

Ramon Barce

Ramon Barce, composer was born

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1951 Birth

Ray Benson

Ray Benson, Phila Pa, country singer (House of Blue Lights) was born

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1951 Birth

Ritchie Teeter

Ritchie Teeter, rocker was born

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1994 Birth

Sierra McClain

Sierra McClain, American actress and singer was born

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1959 Birth

Stan Thorn

Stan Thorn, Kenosha Wisc, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) was born

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1935 Birth

Teresa Berganza

Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano was born

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1823 Birth

William Henry Monk

William Henry Monk, composer was born

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1651 Birth

Zaccaria Tevo

Zaccaria Tevo, composer was born

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1942 Death

Alexander van Zemlinsky

Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69

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2025 Death

AnNa R.

AnNa R. died

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2022 Death

Barbara Morrison

Barbara Morrison died

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1867 Death

Benjamin Hanby

Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33

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2026 Death

Bettina Koster

Bettina Koster died

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2026 Death

Dolores Keane

Dolores Keane died

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2026 Death

Elisabeth Waldo

Elisabeth Waldo died

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1887 Death

Emanuel Kania

Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59

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2023 Death

Emmanuelle Mottaz

Emmanuelle Mottaz died

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1990 Death

Ernst Bacon

Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91

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1736 Death

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26

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1806 Death

Giuseppe Colla

Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74

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1967 Death

James Friskin

James Friskin, composer, dies at 80

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2026 Death

Jamie Blanks

Jamie Blanks died

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2025 Death

Jesse Colin Young

Jesse Colin Young died

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1962 Death

John Owen Jones

John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85

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1956 Death

Joseph John Richards

Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77

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1996 Death

Joseph Lee Pope

Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62

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1968 Death

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72

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1955 Death

Mayhew Lake

Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75

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1819 Death

Nicolas Sejan

Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73

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2008 Death

Ola Brunkert

Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (b. 1946)

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2025 Death

Rob de Nijs

Rob de Nijs died

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1985 Death

Roger Sessions

Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88

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1919 Death

Sigurd von Koch

Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39

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1995 Death

Sydney Simone

Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80

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1975 Death

T-Bone Walker

T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64

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1970 Death

Tammi Terrell

Tammi Terrell, soul singer (You're All I Need), dies of brain tumor at 24

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2023 Death

Tony Coe

Tony Coe died

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2004 Death

Vilém Tauský

Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)

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2026 Death

Wayne Perkins

Wayne Perkins died

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1971 Event

Carpenters

13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win

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1894 Event

Jules Massenet

Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs," premieres in Paris

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1938 Event

Noël Coward

Noel Coward's musical "Operette," premieres in London

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2021 Event

Super Junior

Super Junior released the album 'The Renaissance'

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2022 Event

Twice

Twice released the album '#Twice4'

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