On This Day in Music: March 17

1935-03-17 Birth

Adam Wade

Adam Wade, Pitts Pa, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn) was born

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1884-03-17 Birth

Alcide Nunez

Alcide Nunez, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1934) was born

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1900-03-17 Birth

Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman, New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing) was born

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1967-03-17 Birth

Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan, American musician (Smashing Pumpkins) was born

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1917-03-17 Birth

Brian Boydell

Brian Boydell, composer was born

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1961-03-17 Birth

Casey Siemaszko

Casey Siemaszko, Chicago IL, actor (Biloxi Blues, 3 O'Clock High) was born

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1962-03-17 Birth

Clare Grogan

Clare Grogan, rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday) was born

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1941-03-17 Birth

Clarence Collins

Clarence Collins, US singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow) was born

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1918-03-17 Birth

D Arendo

D Arendo, [Arend Honhoff], Dutch pianist/composer (Eleonora) was born

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1932-03-17 Birth

Dick Curless

Dick Curless, singer/songwriter was born

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1942-03-17 Birth

Dimitris Poulikakos

Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek composer, singer and actor was born

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1928-03-17 Birth

Edino Krieger

Edino Krieger, composer was born

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1941-03-17 Birth

Edward Harper

Edward Harper, composer was born

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1945-03-17 Birth

Elis Regina

Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. 1982) was born

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1934-03-17 Birth

Erhard Grosskopf

Erhard Grosskopf, composer was born

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1948-03-17 Birth

Fran Byrne

Fran Byrne, rocker was born

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1876-03-17 Birth

Frederic Ayers

Frederic Ayers, composer was born

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1664-03-17 Birth

Georg Osterreich

Georg Osterreich, composer was born

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1880-03-17 Birth

Guillermo Uribe Holguin

Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer was born

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1946-03-17 Birth

Harold Brown

Harold Brown, Long Beach Ca, rock drummer (War-Summer, Galaxy) was born

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1890-03-17 Birth

Harold Morris

Harold Morris, composer was born

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1848-03-17 Birth

Horace Wadham Nicholl

Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born

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1947-03-17 Birth

Ian Gomm

Ian Gomm, rock guitarist was born

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1746-03-17 Birth

Jan David Holland

Jan David Holland, composer was born

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1962-03-17 Birth

Janet Patricia Gardner

Janet Patricia Gardner, Juneau Alaska, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up) was born

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1920-03-17 Birth

John La Montaine

John La Montaine, Oak Park Ill, composer (Pulitzer 1959), (d. 2013) was born

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1944-03-17 Birth

John Sebastian

John Sebastian, NYC, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter) was born

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1839-03-17 Birth

Josef Rheinberger

Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born

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1975-03-17 Birth

Justin Hawkins

Justin Hawkins, British singer (The Darkness) was born

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1927-03-17 Birth

Kenneth S Goldstein

Kenneth S Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist was born

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1936-03-17 Birth

Ladislaw Kupkovic

Ladislaw Kupkovic, composer was born

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1954-03-17 Birth

Lesley-Anne Down

Lesley-Anne Down, London, actress (A Little Night Music, Moonraker) was born

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1972-03-17 Birth

Marc Gunn

Marc Gunn, poet, podcaster, and Celtic musician (Brobdingnagian Bards) was born

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1927-03-17 Birth

Maurice Ingvar Karkoff

Maurice Ingvar Karkoff, composer was born

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1972-03-17 Birth

Melissa Auf der Maur

Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian musician was born

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1946-03-17 Birth

Michael Peter Finnissey

Michael Peter Finnissey, composer was born

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1959-03-17 Birth

Mike Lindup

Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer (Level 42-Hot Water) was born

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1919-03-17 Birth

Nat "King" Cole

Nat "King" Cole, Montgomery Ala, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa) was born

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1963-03-17 Birth

Nick Peros

Nick Peros, Canadian composer was born

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1952-03-17 Birth

Nikos Xydakis

Nikos Xydakis, Greek musician and composer was born

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1948-03-17 Birth

Pat Lloyd

Pat Lloyd, rocker was born

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1944-03-17 Birth

Pat McCauley

Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer (Them) was born

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1944-03-17 Birth

Pattie Boyd

Pattie Boyd, English photographer and author (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton) was born

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1959-03-17 Birth

Paul Black

Paul Black, American rock singer was born

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1941-03-17 Birth

Paul Kantner

Paul Kantner, SF California, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane) was born

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1955-03-17 Birth

Paul Overstreet

Paul Overstreet, Van Cleave Miss, country singer (Daddy's Come Around) was born

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1675-03-17 Birth

Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss

Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born

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1934-03-17 Birth

Q T Macon

Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar was born

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1908-03-17 Birth

Radie Britain

Radie Britain, composer was born

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1911-03-17 Birth

Raffaele d' Alessandro

Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer was born

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1916-03-17 Birth

Ray Ellington

Ray Ellington, British singer (d. 1985) was born

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1954-03-17 Birth

Rena Jones

Rena Jones, rock vocalist was born

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1962-03-17 Birth

Roxy Dora Petrucci

Roxy Dora Petrucci, Rochester Minn, rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up) was born

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1938-03-17 Birth

Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer/choreographer (Kirov) was born

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1892-03-17 Birth

Sayed Darwish

Sayed Darwish, composer was born

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1951-03-17 Birth

Scott Gorham

Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns) was born

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1924-03-17 Birth

Stephen Dodgson

Stephen Dodgson, composer was born

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1976-03-17 Birth

Stephen Gately

Stephen Gately, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) was born

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1927-03-17 Birth

Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze

Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze, composer was born

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1906-03-17 Birth

Tamara Geva

Tamara Geva, dancer was born

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1967-03-17 Birth

Van Conner

Van Conner, rocker (Screaming Trees) was born

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1940-03-17 Birth

Vito Picone

Vito Picone, rocker (Elegants) was born

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1954-03-17 Birth

Wally Stocker

Wally Stocker, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Babys-Missing You) was born

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1947-03-17 Birth

Yury Chernavsky

Yury Chernavsky, Russian-born Composer and Producer was born

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1857-03-17 Death

Adolph Trube

Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42

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2010-03-17 Death

Alex Chilton

Alex Chilton, American musician (b. 1950)

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2006-03-17 Death

Bob Blue

Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)

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1803-03-17 Death

Candido Jose Ruano

Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42

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2010-03-17 Death

Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett, British musicologist and radio presenter (b. 1942)

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1953-03-17 Death

Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta

Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73

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1999-03-17 Death

Ernest Gold

Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. 1921)

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1862-03-17 Death

Fromental Halevy

Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62

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1902-03-17 Death

George William Warren

George William Warren, composer, dies at 73

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1927-03-17 Death

James Scott Skinner

James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83

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1910-03-17 Death

Joaquin Valverde

Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64

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1801-03-17 Death

Juan de Sesse y Balaguer

Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64

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1988-03-17 Death

Nikolas Asimos

Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. 1949)

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1861-03-17 Death

Petter Conrad Boman

Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56

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1959-03-17 Death

Raffaele d' Alessandro

Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday

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1855-03-17 Death

Ramon Carnicer y Batlle

Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65

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1990-03-17 Death

Rick Grech

Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44

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2007-03-17 Death

Roger Bennett

Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel performer (b. 1959)

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1980-03-17 Death

Rudolf G Escher

Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68

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1995-03-17 Death

Sunnyland Smart

Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87

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1996-03-17 Death

Terry Stafford

Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)

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1966-03-17 Death

Walter Lang

Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69

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1963-03-17 Death

William Henry Squire

William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91

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1992-03-17 Event

Garth Brooks

18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks & Reba McEntire

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1847-03-17 Event

Giuseppe Verdi

"Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence

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1978-03-17 Event

György Ligeti

Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre," premieres in Stockholm

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1926-03-17 Event

Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers & L Hart's musical "Girl Friend," premieres in NYC

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1965-03-17 Event

The Beatles

The Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)

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