1965
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The Beatles
The Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)
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Born on March 17
1935
Birth
Adam Wade
Adam Wade, Pitts Pa, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn) was born
1884
Birth
Alcide Nunez
Alcide Nunez, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1934) was born
1900
Birth
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman, New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing) was born
1967
Birth
Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan, American musician (Smashing Pumpkins) was born
1917
Birth
Brian Boydell
Brian Boydell, composer was born
1961
Birth
Casey Siemaszko
Casey Siemaszko, Chicago IL, actor (Biloxi Blues, 3 O'Clock High) was born
1962
Birth
Clare Grogan
Clare Grogan, rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday) was born
1941
Birth
Clarence Collins
Clarence Collins, US singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow) was born
1918
Birth
D Arendo
D Arendo, [Arend Honhoff], Dutch pianist/composer (Eleonora) was born
1932
Birth
Dick Curless
Dick Curless, singer/songwriter was born
1942
Birth
Dimitris Poulikakos
Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek composer, singer and actor was born
1928
Birth
Edino Krieger
Edino Krieger, composer was born
1941
Birth
Edward Harper
Edward Harper, composer was born
1945
Birth
Elis Regina
Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. 1982) was born
1934
Birth
Erhard Grosskopf
Erhard Grosskopf, composer was born
1948
Birth
Fran Byrne
Fran Byrne, rocker was born
1876
Birth
Frederic Ayers
Frederic Ayers, composer was born
1664
Birth
Georg Osterreich
Georg Osterreich, composer was born
1880
Birth
Guillermo Uribe Holguin
Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer was born
1946
Birth
Harold Brown
Harold Brown, Long Beach Ca, rock drummer (War-Summer, Galaxy) was born
1890
Birth
Harold Morris
Harold Morris, composer was born
1848
Birth
Horace Wadham Nicholl
Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born
1947
Birth
Ian Gomm
Ian Gomm, rock guitarist was born
1746
Birth
Jan David Holland
Jan David Holland, composer was born
1962
Birth
Janet Patricia Gardner
Janet Patricia Gardner, Juneau Alaska, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up) was born
1920
Birth
John La Montaine
John La Montaine, Oak Park Ill, composer (Pulitzer 1959), (d. 2013) was born
1944
Birth
John Sebastian
John Sebastian, NYC, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter) was born
1839
Birth
Josef Rheinberger
Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born
1975
Birth
Justin Hawkins
Justin Hawkins, British singer (The Darkness) was born
1927
Birth
Kenneth S Goldstein
Kenneth S Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist was born
1936
Birth
Ladislaw Kupkovic
Ladislaw Kupkovic, composer was born
1954
Birth
Lesley-Anne Down
Lesley-Anne Down, London, actress (A Little Night Music, Moonraker) was born
1972
Birth
Marc Gunn
Marc Gunn, poet, podcaster, and Celtic musician (Brobdingnagian Bards) was born
1927
Birth
Maurice Ingvar Karkoff
Maurice Ingvar Karkoff, composer was born
1972
Birth
Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian musician was born
1946
Birth
Michael Peter Finnissey
Michael Peter Finnissey, composer was born
1959
Birth
Mike Lindup
Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer (Level 42-Hot Water) was born
1919
Birth
Nat "King" Cole
Nat "King" Cole, Montgomery Ala, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa) was born
1963
Birth
Nick Peros
Nick Peros, Canadian composer was born
1952
Birth
Nikos Xydakis
Nikos Xydakis, Greek musician and composer was born
1948
Birth
Pat Lloyd
Pat Lloyd, rocker was born
1944
Birth
Pat McCauley
Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer (Them) was born
1944
Birth
Pattie Boyd
Pattie Boyd, English photographer and author (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton) was born
1959
Birth
Paul Black
Paul Black, American rock singer was born
1941
Birth
Paul Kantner
Paul Kantner, SF California, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane) was born
1955
Birth
Paul Overstreet
Paul Overstreet, Van Cleave Miss, country singer (Daddy's Come Around) was born
1675
Birth
Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss
Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born
1934
Birth
Q T Macon
Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar was born
1908
Birth
Radie Britain
Radie Britain, composer was born
1911
Birth
Raffaele d' Alessandro
Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer was born
1916
Birth
Ray Ellington
Ray Ellington, British singer (d. 1985) was born
1954
Birth
Rena Jones
Rena Jones, rock vocalist was born
1962
Birth
Roxy Dora Petrucci
Roxy Dora Petrucci, Rochester Minn, rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up) was born
1938
Birth
Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer/choreographer (Kirov) was born
1892
Birth
Sayed Darwish
Sayed Darwish, composer was born
1951
Birth
Scott Gorham
Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns) was born
1924
Birth
Stephen Dodgson
Stephen Dodgson, composer was born
1976
Birth
Stephen Gately
Stephen Gately, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) was born
1927
Birth
Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze
Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze, composer was born
1906
Birth
Tamara Geva
Tamara Geva, dancer was born
1967
Birth
Van Conner
Van Conner, rocker (Screaming Trees) was born
1940
Birth
Vito Picone
Vito Picone, rocker (Elegants) was born
1954
Birth
Wally Stocker
Wally Stocker, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Babys-Missing You) was born
1947
Birth
Yury Chernavsky
Yury Chernavsky, Russian-born Composer and Producer was born
Died on March 17
1857
Death
Adolph Trube
Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42
2010
Death
Alex Chilton
Alex Chilton, American musician (b. 1950)
2021
Death
Antón García Abril
Antón García Abril died
2025
Death
Aurelio Martínez
Aurelio Martínez died
2006
Death
Bob Blue
Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
1803
Death
Candido Jose Ruano
Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42
2010
Death
Charlie Gillett
Charlie Gillett, British musicologist and radio presenter (b. 1942)
1953
Death
Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta
Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73
1999
Death
Ernest Gold
Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. 1921)
2021
Death
Freddie Redd
Freddie Redd died
1862
Death
Fromental Halevy
Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62
2023
Death
Fuzzy Haskins
Fuzzy Haskins died
1902
Death
George William Warren
George William Warren, composer, dies at 73
2020
Death
Gerald Freedman
Gerald Freedman died
1927
Death
James Scott Skinner
James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83
1910
Death
Joaquin Valverde
Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64
1801
Death
Juan de Sesse y Balaguer
Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64
2023
Death
Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick died
1988
Death
Nikolas Asimos
Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. 1949)
1861
Death
Petter Conrad Boman
Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56
1959
Death
Raffaele d' Alessandro
Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday
1855
Death
Ramon Carnicer y Batlle
Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65
1990
Death
Rick Grech
Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
2007
Death
Roger Bennett
Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel performer (b. 1959)
1980
Death
Rudolf G Escher
Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68
2024
Death
Sandra Crouch
Sandra Crouch died
1995
Death
Sunnyland Smart
Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
1996
Death
Terry Stafford
Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)
1966
Death
Walter Lang
Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69
1963
Death
William Henry Squire
William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91
Releases & milestones on March 17
2023
Event
All Time Low
All Time Low released the album 'Tell Me I'm Alive'
2022
Event
Bladee
Bladee released the album 'Crest'
2026
Event
Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys released the album 'New England Forever'
2022
Event
Ecco2k
Ecco2k released the album 'Crest'
1992
Event
Garth Brooks
18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks & Reba McEntire
1847
Event
Giuseppe Verdi
"Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence
1978
Event
György Ligeti
Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre," premieres in Stockholm
1926
Event
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers & L Hart's musical "Girl Friend," premieres in NYC
1965
Event
The Beatles
The Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)
2023
Event
U2
U2 released the album 'Songs of Surrender'
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