On This Day in Music: March 6

1975-03-06 Birth

Aracely Arambula

Aracely Arambula, Mexican actress and singer was born

→

1843-03-06 Birth

Artur Napoleao dos Santos

Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer was born

→

1793-03-06 Birth

Bernhard Joseph Klein

Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer was born

→

1931-03-06 Birth

Carmen Delavallade

Carmen Delavallade, US dancer/singer/actress (Aida) was born

→

1909-03-06 Birth

Dave Clark

Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter was born

→

1944-03-06 Birth

David Gilmore

David Gilmore, Cambridge England, guitarist (Pink Floyd) was born

→

1946-03-06 Birth

David Jon Gilmour

David Jon Gilmour, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall) was born

→

1949-03-06 Birth

Donald York

Donald York, rocker (Sha Na Na) was born

→

1933-03-06 Birth

Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins

Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician/composer was born

→

1923-03-06 Birth

Erhard Karkoschka

Erhard Karkoschka, composer was born

→

1710-03-06 Birth

Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli

Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli, composer was born

→

1887-03-06 Birth

Henri Gagnon

Henri Gagnon, composer was born

→

1945-03-06 Birth

Hugh Grundy

Hugh Grundy, Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There) was born

→

1763-03-06 Birth

Jean Xavier Lefevre

Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer was born

→

1939-03-06 Birth

Jerry Naylor

Jerry Naylor, Stephenville Tx, rock vocalist (Crickets) was born

→

1898-03-06 Birth

Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent

Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Mattheus Passion) was born

→

1926-03-06 Birth

Jon Nordal

Jon Nordal, composer was born

→

1852-03-06 Birth

Joseph Bayer

Joseph Bayer, composer was born

→

1967-03-06 Birth

Julio Bocca

Julio Bocca, Argentinean Ballet Dancer was born

→

1921-03-06 Birth

Julius Rudel

Julius Rudel, Vienna Austria, conductor (NYC Opera 1957) was born

→

1785-03-06 Birth

Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski

Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer was born

→

1947-03-06 Birth

Kiki Dee

Kiki Dee, Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart) was born

→

1944-03-06 Birth

Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri Te Kanawa, Gisborne NZ, operatic soprano (Don Giovanni) was born

→

1914-03-06 Birth

Kirill P Kondrashin

Kirill P Kondrashin, Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981) was born

→

1930-03-06 Birth

Lorin Maazel

Lorin Maazel, Neuilly France, conductor (NBC Symphony Orch 1941) was born

→

1938-03-06 Birth

Lovelace Watkins

Lovelace Watkins, singer was born

→

1835-03-06 Birth

Ludwik Grossman

Ludwik Grossman, composer was born

→

1964-03-06 Birth

Madonna Wayne Gacy

Madonna Wayne Gacy, American musician was born

→

1616-03-06 Birth

Malachias Siebenhaar

Malachias Siebenhaar, composer was born

→

1944-03-06 Birth

Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go) was born

→

1968-03-06 Birth

Michael Romeo

Michael Romeo, American musician (Symphony X) was born

→

1926-03-06 Birth

Miroslav Klega

Miroslav Klega, composer was born

→

1992-03-06 Birth

Momoko Tsugunaga

Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer was born

→

1844-03-06 Birth

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18) was born

→

1870-03-06 Birth

Oscar Straus

Oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum) was born

→

1937-03-06 Birth

Paul Mefano

Paul Mefano, composer was born

→

1779-03-06 Birth

Philipp Roth

Philipp Roth, composer was born

→

1964-03-06 Birth

Reniet Vrieze

Reniet Vrieze, rock singer/guitarist (Pilgrims-White Men) was born

→

1911-03-06 Birth

Roland Jacobi Leich

Roland Jacobi Leich, composer was born

→

1928-03-06 Birth

Ronald Stevenson

Ronald Stevenson, composer was born

→

1924-03-06 Birth

Sarah Caldwell

Sarah Caldwell, Maryville Mo, conductor/opera director (Flagstaff) was born

→

1963-03-06 Birth

Suzanne Crough

Suzanne Crough, rocker (Partridge Family) was born

→

1946-03-06 Birth

Tony Klatka

Tony Klatka, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears) was born

→

1925-03-06 Birth

Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery, American musician (d. 1968) was born

→

1893-03-06 Birth

[Walter] Furry Lewis

[Walter] Furry Lewis, father of the blues was born

→

1851-03-06 Death

Alexander Aliabiev

Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63

→

2013-03-06 Death

Alvin Lee

Alvin Lee, English rocker, dies from complications from surgery at 68

→

1842-03-06 Death

Constanze Mozart

Constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)

→

1995-03-06 Death

Delroy George Wilson

Delroy George Wilson, singer, dies at 46

→

1961-03-06 Death

George Formby

George Formby, British singer/comedian, dies at 56

→

1753-03-06 Death

Gerhardus Havingha

Gerhardus Havingha, composer, dies at 56

→

1996-03-06 Death

Herb Hall

Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 88

→

1968-03-06 Death

Isa Krejci

Isa Krejci, composer, dies at 63

→

1932-03-06 Death

John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77

→

1936-03-06 Death

Josef Stransky

Josef Stransky, composer, dies at 63

→

1860-03-06 Death

Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer

Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783)

→

2006-03-06 Death

King Floyd

King Floyd, American musician (b. 1945)

→

1988-03-06 Death

Konstantin Iliev

Konstantin Iliev, composer, dies at 63

→

1994-03-06 Death

Leighton Noble

Leighton Noble, singer/Bandleader, dies at 81

→

1954-03-06 Death

Louis Zimmermann

Louis Zimmermann, violinist, dies at 80

→

1947-03-06 Death

Ludwig Weber

Ludwig Weber, composer, dies at 55

→

1994-03-06 Death

Moses Rascoe

Moses Rascoe, blues singer, dies at 77

→

1967-03-06 Death

Nelson Eddy

Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65

→

1973-03-06 Death

Paul Klecki/Kletzki

Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72

→

1984-03-06 Death

Pierre Cochereau

Pierre Cochereau, composer, dies at 59

→

1962-03-06 Death

Rezso Kokai

Rezso Kokai, composer, dies at 56

→

1966-03-06 Death

Richard Hageman

Richard Hageman, composer, dies at 83

→

2012-03-06 Death

Robert Sherman

Robert Sherman, American songwriter, dies at 86

→

1936-03-06 Death

Rubin Goldmark

Rubin Goldmark, composer, dies at 63

→

1945-03-06 Death

Rudolph Karel

Rudolph Karel, composer, dies at 64

→

1965-03-06 Death

Ruvim Pergament

Ruvim Pergament, composer, dies at 58

→

1867-03-06 Death

Wiktor Kazynski

Wiktor Kazynski, composer, dies at 54

→

1967-03-06 Death

Zoltán Kodály

Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)

→

1853-03-06 Event

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata," premieres in Venice

→

1970-03-06 Event

The Beatles

Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK

→

1831-03-06 Event

Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan

→