1989-03-25
Birth
Alyson Michalka
Alyson Michalka, American actress/singer was born
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1973-03-25
Birth
Anders Fridén
Anders Fridén, Swedish singer (In Flames) was born
1940-03-25
Birth
Anita Bryant
Anita Bryant, Barnsdall Oklahoma, homophobe/singer (George Gobel Show) was born
1942-03-25
Birth
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin, Memphis Tenn, Soul Sister #1/singer (Respect) was born
1867-03-25
Birth
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini, Parma Italy, temperamental conductor (NBC) was born
1976-03-25
Birth
Baek Ji Young
Baek Ji Young, South Korean singer was born
1951-03-25
Birth
Bob Pelander
Bob Pelander, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Michael Stanley Band) was born
1923-03-25
Birth
Bonnie Guitar
Bonnie Guitar, American singer was born
1881-03-25
Birth
Béla Bartok
Béla Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) was born
1770-03-25
Birth
Carl Friedrich Ebers
Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer was born
1969-03-25
Birth
Cathy Dennis
Cathy Dennis, English singer, songwriter, and actress was born
1702-03-25
Birth
Christian Gottlieb Ziegler
Christian Gottlieb Ziegler, composer was born
1950-03-25
Birth
Chuck Greenberg
Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax) (d. 1995) was born
1930-03-25
Birth
David Russell Burge
David Russell Burge, composer was born
1947-03-25
Birth
Elton John
Elton John, [Reginald Kenneth Dwight], England, singer (Rocketman) was born
1894-03-25
Birth
Erik William Gustav Leidzen
Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer was born
1762-03-25
Birth
Francesco Giuseppi Pollini
Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer was born
1903-03-25
Birth
Frankie Carle
Frankie Carle, Providence RI, orchestra leader (Golden Touch) was born
1882-03-25
Birth
Haydn Wood
Haydn Wood, composer was born
1909-03-25
Birth
Jay Blackton
Jay Blackton, NYC, conductor/arranger (Guys & Dolls) was born
1713-03-25
Birth
Jean-Baptiste Canavas
Jean-Baptiste Canavas, composer was born
1966-03-25
Birth
Jeff Healey
Jeff Healey, Canada, blind pop guitarist (See the Light) was born
1980-03-25
Birth
Joe King
Joe King, Guitarist and Co-Founder for the band The Fray was born
1699-03-25
Birth
Johann Adolf Hasse
Johann Adolf Hasse, composer was born
1688-03-25
Birth
Johann Gotthilf Ziegler
Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, composer was born
1934-03-25
Birth
Johnny Burnette
Johnny Burnette, Memphis, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16) was born
1924-03-25
Birth
Julia Perry
Julia Perry, Lexington, Kentucky, African-American composer (Cask of Amontillado) was born
1976-03-25
Birth
Juvenile
Juvenile, American rapper was born
1984-03-25
Birth
Katharine McPhee
Katharine McPhee, American singer/actress was born
1948-03-25
Birth
Kelly Garrett
Kelly Garrett, actress/singer (Holdin) was born
1936-03-25
Birth
Larry Gales
Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist was born
1495-03-25
Birth
Leonhard Paminger
Leonhard Paminger, composer was born
1910-03-25
Birth
Magda Olivero
Magda Olivero, Italian soprano was born
1951-03-25
Birth
Maisie Williams
Maisie Williams, Montserrat, rock vocalist (Boney M) was born
1910-03-25
Birth
Mario Peragallo
Mario Peragallo, Italian composer was born
1975-03-25
Birth
Melanie Blatt
Melanie Blatt, British singer (All Saints) was born
1948-03-25
Birth
Michael Stanley
Michael Stanley, Cleveland OH, rocker (Michael Stanley Band) was born
1949-03-25
Birth
Neil Jones
Neil Jones, musician (Bend Me Shape Me) was born
1745-03-25
Birth
Nicolas Etienne Framery
Nicolas Etienne Framery, composer was born
1916-03-25
Birth
Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko
Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko, composer was born
1879-03-25
Birth
Otakar Zich
Otakar Zich, composer was born
1931-03-25
Birth
Paul Motian
Paul Motian, American jazz drummer and composer was born
1532-03-25
Birth
Pietro Pontio
Pietro Pontio, composer was born
1943-03-25
Birth
Ronald Jeffers
Ronald Jeffers, composer was born
1769-03-25
Birth
Salvatore Vigano
Salvatore Vigano, composer was born
1982-03-25
Birth
Sergey Yakovlev
Sergey Yakovlev, russian musical artist and painter was born
1902-03-25
Birth
Sten Broman
Sten Broman, composer was born
1878-03-25
Birth
Theodore Samuel Holland
Theodore Samuel Holland, composer was born
1852-03-25
Death
Alexis Garaude
Alexis Garaude, composer, dies at 73
1979-03-25
Death
Anton Heiller
Anton Heiller, composer, dies at 55
1969-03-25
Death
Billy Cotton
Billy Cotton, British bandleader & entertainer (b. 1889)
1959-03-25
Death
Billy Mayerl
Billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56
2006-03-25
Death
Buck Owens
Buck Owens, American singer and television personality (b. 1929)
1918-03-25
Death
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris at 55
1823-03-25
Death
Coelestin Jungbauer
Coelestin Jungbauer, composer, dies at 75
1799-03-25
Death
Constantin Reindl
Constantin Reindl, composer, dies at 60
1991-03-25
Death
Eileen Joyce
Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78
1958-03-25
Death
Emerson Whithorne
Emerson Whithorne, composer, dies at 73
1957-03-25
Death
Fud Livingston
Fud Livingston, composer, dies at 50
1956-03-25
Death
George Luther Foote
George Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70
1965-03-25
Death
Giorgio Federico Ghedini
Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer, dies at 72
1940-03-25
Death
Ion Nonna Otescu
Ion Nonna Otescu, composer, dies at 51
1620-03-25
Death
Johannes Nucius
Johannes Nucius, German composer
1766-03-25
Death
Johannes Ritschel
Johannes Ritschel, composer, dies at 26
1880-03-25
Death
Joseph Rummel
Joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61
1991-03-25
Death
Lee Donn
Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96
1967-03-25
Death
Renato Cellini
Renato Cellini, Italian conductor (b.c.1913)
2006-03-25
Death
RocÃo Dúrcal
RocÃo Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
1909-03-25
Death
Ruperto Chapi y Lorente
Ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer, dies at 57
1958-03-25
Death
Tom Brown
Tom Brown, American musician (b. 1888)
1738-03-25
Death
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670)
1980-03-25
Death
Walter Susskind
Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
1991-03-25
Event
John Barry
63rd Academy Awards - "Dance with Wolves", Kathy Bates & J Irons win
1997-03-25
Event
Music Box
"Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 240 performances
1966-03-25
Event
The Beatles
Beatles pose with mutilated dolls & butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday & Today" album, It is later pulled
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