On This Day in Music: March 16

On March 16 in music history, 36 artists were born, 31 died and 5 other milestones happened, among them Flavor Flav (1959), Nancy Wilson (1954) and Patty Griffin (1964).

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Flavor Flav

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

Nancy Wilson

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

Patty Griffin

Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter was born

Jerry Jeff Walker

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

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Betty Johnson

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

Brant Bjork

Brant Bjork, American musician (Kyuss) was born

Christa Ludwig

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

Constanca Capdeville

Constanca Capdeville, composer was born

David Del Tredici

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

Edwin London

Edwin London, composer was born

Elliott Murphy

Elliott Murphy, US singer/songwriter was born

Erno Kiraly

Erno Kiraly, composer was born

Flavor Flav

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

Giacomo Benvenuti

Giacomo Benvenuti, composer was born

Howard Boatwright

Howard Boatwright, composer was born

Hubert Soudant

Hubert Soudant, Dutch conductor was born

James Petrillo

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

Jerry Jeff Walker

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

Jimmy Degrasso

Jimmy Degrasso, American musician, drummer was born

Jimmy Nail

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

Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow

Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer was born

John Addison

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

Jules Eugene Abraham Alary

Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer was born

Keith Rowe

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

Leena Peisa

Leena Peisa, Finnish musician (Lordi) was born

Michael Bruce

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

Michael Franck

Michael Franck, composer was born

Minoru Miky

Minoru Miky, composer was born

Nancy Wilson

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

Nicholas Siret

Nicholas Siret, composer was born

Nikolai Lopatnikoff

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

Patty Griffin

Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter was born

Ramon Barce

Ramon Barce, composer was born

Ray Benson

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

Ritchie Teeter

Ritchie Teeter, rocker was born

Sierra McClain

Sierra McClain, American actress and singer was born

Stan Thorn

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

Teresa Berganza

Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano was born

William Henry Monk

William Henry Monk, composer was born

Zaccaria Tevo

Zaccaria Tevo, composer was born

Died on March 16

Alexander van Zemlinsky

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

AnNa R.

AnNa R. died

Barbara Morrison

Barbara Morrison died

Benjamin Hanby

Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33

Bettina Koster

Bettina Koster died

Dolores Keane

Dolores Keane died

Elisabeth Waldo

Elisabeth Waldo died

Emanuel Kania

Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59

Emmanuelle Mottaz

Emmanuelle Mottaz died

Ernst Bacon

Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

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

Giuseppe Colla

Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74

James Friskin

James Friskin, composer, dies at 80

Jamie Blanks

Jamie Blanks died

Jesse Colin Young

Jesse Colin Young died

John Owen Jones

John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85

Joseph John Richards

Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77

Joseph Lee Pope

Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72

Mayhew Lake

Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75

Nicolas Sejan

Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73

Ola Brunkert

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

Rob de Nijs

Rob de Nijs died

Roger Sessions

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

Sigurd von Koch

Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39

Sydney Simone

Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80

T-Bone Walker

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

Tammi Terrell

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

Tony Coe

Tony Coe died

Vilém Tauský

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

Wayne Perkins

Wayne Perkins died

Releases & milestones on March 16

Carpenters

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

Jules Massenet

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

Noël Coward

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

Super Junior

Super Junior released the album 'The Renaissance'

Twice

Twice released the album '#Twice4'

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