On This Day in Music: March 5

On March 5 in music history, 43 artists were born, 28 died and 9 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1963), Mariah Carey (1998) and Eddy Grant (1948).

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The Beatles

Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl"

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey divorces Tommy Mottola

Eddy Grant

Eddy Grant, Guyana, reggae performer (Electric Avenue) was born

Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30

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Born on March 5

Alan Clark

Alan Clark, keyboardist (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing) was born

Alfonse Hasselmans

Alfonse Hasselmans, composer was born

Andy Gibb

Andy Gibb, Manchester England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold) was born

Anthony Headges

Anthony Headges, composer was born

Arthur W Foote

Arthur W Foote, Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E) was born

Charlie and Craig Reid

Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers) was born

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born

Clodagh Rodgers

Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer was born

Dan Stuart

Dan Stuart, US singer/songwriter (Green on Red) was born

Daniel Brink Towner

Daniel Brink Towner, composer was born

David Tibet

David Tibet, English musician (Current 93) was born

Eddie Hodges

Eddie Hodges, Miss, actor/singer (High Hopes, Adv of Huckleberry Finn) was born

Eddy Grant

Eddy Grant, Guyana, reggae performer (Electric Avenue) was born

Elaine Paige

Elaine Paige, English singer and actress was born

Eugene Fodor

Eugene Fodor, Turkey Creek CO, violinist (1974 Tchaikovsky Award) was born

Evil Jared Hasselhoff

Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (Bloodhound Gang) was born

Francesco Gasparini

Francesco Gasparini, composer was born

Fritz Usinger

Fritz Usinger, German writer (Eternal Struggle) was born

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz) was born

Horace Ian Parrott

Horace Ian Parrott, composer was born

Jacques Kloes

Jacques Kloes, singer (Dizzy Man's Band) was born

Jan Krtitel Kuchar

Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born

Johann Gungl

Johann Gungl, composer was born

John Frusciante

John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) was born

Lowell Peters

Lowell Peters, Cleveland Tn, vocalist (Southernaires) was born

Luca Turilli

Luca Turilli, Italian musician (Rhapsody) was born

Lucio Battisti

Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (d. 1998) was born

MC Solaar

MC Solaar, French rapper was born

Mark E Smith

Mark E Smith, English rock vocalist (Fall-Fall in a Hole) was born

Michael Warren

Michael Warren, Indiana, actor (Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues) was born

Murray Head

Murray Head, singer was born

Norbert Linke

Norbert Linke, composer was born

Papoose

Papoose, American rapper was born

Patrick Hadley

Patrick Hadley, composer was born

Paul Evans

Paul Evans, singer/pedal guitarist (Damascus Road) was born

Richard Hickox

Richard Hickox, English musical conductor was born

Teena Marie

Teena Marie, American singer was born

Theodore Labarre

Theodore Labarre, composer was born

Thomas Linley

Thomas Linley, composer was born

Vincenzo Galeotti

Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born

William F Sudds

William F Sudds, composer was born

William Shield

William Shield, composer was born

Yulian Grigor'yevich Kreyn

Yulian Grigor'yevich Kreyn, composer was born

Died on March 5

Alfredo Casella

Alfredo Casella, Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63

Cowboy Copas

Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)

Elguja Burduli

Elguja Burduli died

Erich Itor Kahn

Erich Itor Kahn, composer, dies at 50

Gary Rossington

Gary Rossington died

Harry Salter

Harry Salter, orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85

Hawkshaw Hawkins

Hawkshaw Hawkins, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at 41

Joe Daley

Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75

Josef Reicha

Josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42

Joseph-Francois Salomon

Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82

Jozef Surzynski

Jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67

Lockrem Johnson

Lockrem Johnson, composer, dies at 52

Marie d'Agoult

Marie d'Agoult, [pen name Daniel Stern], French author and mother of composer Franz Liszt's children, dies at 70

Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor

Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34

Michael Jeffery

Michael Jeffery, British music manager (b. 1933)

Moses Pergament

Moses Pergament, composer, dies at 83

Nils Bjorkander

Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78

Otakar Jeremias

Otakar Jeremias, composer, dies at 69

Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30

Richard Samuel Hughes

Richard Samuel Hughes, composer, dies at 37

Rupert Crosse

Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukrainian composer, dies at 61

Sherifa Fadel

Sherifa Fadel died

Thomas A Arne

Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67

Uladzimir Karyzna

Uladzimir Karyzna died

Vicente Ascone

Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81

Vivian Stanshall

Vivian Stanshall, British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51

Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer, dies at 63

Releases & milestones on March 5

Arrigo Boito

Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan

Grace Slick

Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop

Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon released the album 'When You See Yourself'

Louis Hirsch

Louis Hirsch & Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in NYC

Ludwig V. Beethoven

1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey divorces Tommy Mottola

Mikis Theodorakis

Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party

The Beatles

Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl"

Zara Larsson

Zara Larsson released the album 'Poster Girl'

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