On This Day in Music: March 18

On March 18 in music history, 47 artists were born, 27 died and 7 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1967), The Rolling Stones (1965) and Queen Latifah (1970).

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The Beatles

Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah, rap singer/actress (Khadijah James-Living Single) was born

Irene Cara

Irene Cara, Bronx NYC, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury) was born

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Born on March 18

Adam Levine

Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5) was born

Anna Held

Anna Held, Polish actress and singer (d. 1918) was born

Barry Wilson

Barry Wilson, England, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) was born

Cesar Guerra Peixe

Cesar Guerra Peixe, composer was born

Charley Pride

Charley Pride, Sledge Miss, country singer (Sweet Country) was born

Courtney Pine

Courtney Pine, British jazz saxophonist was born

Ctirad Kohoutek

Ctirad Kohoutek, composer was born

Devin Lima

Devin Lima, American singer was born

Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu

Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer was born

Frank Hoyt Losey

Frank Hoyt Losey, composer was born

Gian Francesco Malipiero

Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer was born

Giannis Markopoulos

Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer was born

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer was born

Gottfried Wegner

Gottfried Wegner, composer was born

Gustave Vogt

Gustave Vogt, composer was born

György Pazdera

György Pazdera, Hungarian bassist (Pokolgép) was born

Irene Cara

Irene Cara, Bronx NYC, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury) was born

James Conlon

James Conlon, NYC, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979) was born

Jamie West-Oram

Jamie West-Oram, rocker (Fixx) was born

Jang Nara

Jang Nara, Korean singer and actress was born

Jean Goldkette

Jean Goldkette, Greek-born jazz musician (d. 1962) was born

Jeff Labarr

Jeff Labarr, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station) was born

Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Cantrell, US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt) was born

Johann Christoph Vogel

Johann Christoph Vogel, composer was born

John Harold Kander

John Harold Kander, composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs Kramer) was born

John Hartman

John Hartman, Falls Church Va, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers) was born

John Kirkpatrick

John Kirkpatrick, NYC, pianist (Concord Sonata) was born

Joseph Schmitt

Joseph Schmitt, composer was born

Louis Gaste

Louis Gaste, songwriter was born

Louis Toebosch

Louis Toebosch, composer was born

Maurice Peress

Maurice Peress, NYC, conductor (KC Philharmonic 1974-80) was born

Melvin Gentry

Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking) was born

Miki Berenyi

Miki Berenyi, English singer (Lush) was born

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade) was born

Otto Jochum

Otto Jochum, composer was born

Pat Halcox

Pat Halcox, British musician, (d. 2013) was born

Paul Le Flem

Paul Le Flem, composer was born

Pavle Despalj

Pavle Despalj, composer was born

Piotr Perkowski

Piotr Perkowski, composer was born

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah, rap singer/actress (Khadijah James-Living Single) was born

Robert Lee Smith

Robert Lee Smith, US singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy) was born

Rodleen Getsic

Rodleen Getsic, American musician, civil servant was born

Rozalla

Rozalla, Zambian singer was born

Travis Pritchett

Travis Pritchett, rocker (Travis & Bob) was born

Vanessa L Williams

Vanessa L Williams, Millwood NY, 1st black Miss America (1983)/singer was born

Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett, Prattville Alabama, R&B singer (Funky Broadway) was born

Åse Kleveland

Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician was born

Died on March 18

Bedros Kirkorov

Bedros Kirkorov died

Bob Harvey

Bob Harvey died

Charles Drain

Charles Drain, singer, dies at 65

Cyril Rootham

Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62

Dan Gibson

Dan Gibson, musician (b. 1922)

Ferdinand Laub

Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43

Glen Glenn

Glen Glenn died

Heinrich Sutermeister

Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84

Jack Miller

Jack Miller, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89

Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval

Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69

Jimmy Blaine

Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42

Jimmy Hastings

Jimmy Hastings died

Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide

Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48

Johann Jakob Walder

Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67

Johann Paul Schulthesius

Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67

John Frederick Bridge

John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79

John Phillips

John Phillips, American musician (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1935)

John Randall

John Randall, composer, dies at 82

Kenneth Kafui

Kenneth Kafui died

Manuel Gomez Carillo

Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85

Nadia Cassini

Nadia Cassini died

Paul Frances Webster

Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76

Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson died

Robert de Roos

Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69

Robin Harris

Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36

Willem Coenen

Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80

William Henry Monk

William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66

Releases & milestones on March 18

Charli XCX

Charli XCX released the album 'Crash'

Frederick Shepherd Converse

"The Pipe of Desire", 1st opera by an US composer (Rederick Converse) performed at the Met, NYC

Miliyah Kato

Miliyah Kato released the album 'Velvet Grace'

Rosalía

Rosalía released the album 'Motomami'

Teddy Pendergrass

Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident

The Beatles

Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination

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