1817-03-24
Birth
Aime Maillart
Aime Maillart, composer was born
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1962-03-24
Birth
Angèle Dubeau
Angèle Dubeau, Canadian violinist was born
1895-03-24
Birth
Arthur Murray
Arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party) was born
1749-03-24
Birth
Bernard Jumentier
Bernard Jumentier, composer was born
1937-03-24
Birth
Billy Stewart
Billy Stewart, US R&B singer (I Do Love You) was born
1928-03-24
Birth
Byron "Yanks" Janis
Byron "Yanks" Janis, McKeesport Pa, pianist (NBC Symphony Orch) was born
1714-03-24
Birth
Carlo Giovanni Testori
Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer was born
1974-03-24
Birth
Chad Butler
Chad Butler, American drummer (Switchfoot) was born
1977-03-24
Birth
Corneille
Corneille, Canadian-Rwandan singer was born
1922-03-24
Birth
Dave Appell
Dave Appell, singer/musician/songwriter (In the Midnight Hour) was born
1933-03-24
Birth
David Harries
David Harries, composer was born
1951-03-24
Birth
Dougie Thompson
Dougie Thompson, rocker (Supertramp-Bloody Well Right) was born
1820-03-24
Birth
Fanny Crosby
Fanny Crosby, American hymnist (d. 1915) was born
1936-03-24
Birth
Fredrick Kaufmamn
Fredrick Kaufmamn, composer was born
1494-03-24
Birth
Georgius Agricola
Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born
1732-03-24
Birth
Gian Francesco de Majo
Gian Francesco de Majo, composer was born
1884-03-24
Birth
Gino Marinuzzi
Gino Marinuzzi, composer was born
1938-03-24
Birth
Holger Czukay
Holger Czukay, German musician (Can) was born
1910-03-24
Birth
Jacques Chailley
Jacques Chailley, composer was born
1927-03-24
Birth
Janos Decsenyi
Janos Decsenyi, composer was born
1740-03-24
Birth
John Antes
John Antes, composer was born
1900-03-24
Birth
June Clark
June [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet was born
1946-03-24
Birth
Klaus Dinger
Klaus Dinger, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk) was born
1906-03-24
Birth
Klavdiya Shulzhenko
Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet singer (d. 1984) was born
1975-03-24
Birth
Krisdayanti
Krisdayanti, Indonesian singer, actress and diva was born
1762-03-24
Birth
Marcos Antonio da Fonseca
Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo) was born
1808-03-24
Birth
Maria Malibran
Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836) was born
1947-03-24
Birth
Meiko Kaji
Meiko Kaji, Japanese singer and actress was born
1947-03-24
Birth
Mike Kellie
Mike Kellie, rock drummer (Spooky Tooth-It's All About) was born
1960-03-24
Birth
Nena
Nena, German pop singer was born
1949-03-24
Birth
Nick Lowe
Nick Lowe, England, rock vocalist (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind) was born
1982-03-24
Birth
Nivea
Nivea, American singer was born
1947-03-24
Birth
Paul McCandless
Paul McCandless, rocker (Torches on the Lake) was born
1949-03-24
Birth
Steve Lang
Steve Lang, Montreal Canada, rock bassist (April Wine) was born
1878-03-24
Death
Albin Masek
Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73
2008-03-24
Death
Chalmers "Spanky" Alford‎
Chalmers "Spanky" Alford‎, American guitarist (b. 1955)
1921-03-24
Death
Deodat de Severac
Deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48
1916-03-24
Death
Enrique y Campina Granados
Enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48
1825-03-24
Death
Giovanni Domenico Perotti
Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64
1946-03-24
Death
Gustaf Heintze
Gustaf Heintze, composer, dies at 66
1962-03-24
Death
Jean Goldkette
Jean Goldkette, Greek-born musician (b. 1899)
1995-03-24
Death
Joey Long
Joey Long, blues/cajun guitarist, dies at 62
2010-03-24
Death
Johnny Maestro
Johnny Maestro, American singer (b. 1939)
1967-03-24
Death
Marc Lavry
Marc Lavry, composer, dies at 63
1996-03-24
Death
Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga
Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga, singer, dies at 66
1975-03-24
Death
Oscar Rasbach
Oscar Rasbach, composer, dies at 86
1631-03-24
Death
Philipp Dulichius
Philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68
1894-03-24
Death
Robert Prescott Stewart
Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68
1977-03-24
Death
Saburo Moroi
Saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73
1654-03-24
Death
Samuel Scheidt
Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66
1755-03-24
Death
Theodor Christleib Reinhold
Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72
1918-03-24
Death
Theophile Ysaye
Theophile Ysaye, composer, dies at 53
1838-03-24
Death
Thomas Attwood
Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72
1994-03-24
Death
Tommy Benford
Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88
1721-03-24
Event
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts
1987-03-24
Event
Luther Vandross
1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross
1980-03-24
Event
The Beatles
Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks
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