On This Day in Music: March 8

1911-03-08 Birth

Alan Hovhaness

Alan Hovhaness, Somerville Mass, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo) was born

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1979-03-08 Birth

Andy Ross

Andy Ross, American guitarist (OK Go) was born

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1972-03-08 Birth

Angie Hart

Angie Hart, Australian pop singer was born

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1872-03-08 Birth

Anna Held

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

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1973-03-08 Birth

Anneke van Giersbergen

Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer (The Gathering) was born

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1909-03-08 Birth

Anthony Donato

Anthony Donato, composer was born

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1743-03-08 Birth

Bendix Friedrich Zinck

Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer was born

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1957-03-08 Birth

Billy Childs

Billy Childs, composer/pianist was born

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1953-03-08 Birth

Bob Brozman

Bob Brozman, American musician was born

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1945-03-08 Birth

Bruce Broughton

Bruce Broughton, American composer was born

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1714-03-08 Birth

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach was born

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1947-03-08 Birth

Carole Bayer Sager

Carole Bayer Sager, American composer was born

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1964-03-08 Birth

Cheryl "Salt" James

Cheryl "Salt" James, singer (Salt-N-Pepa) was born

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1954-03-08 Birth

Cheryl Baker

Cheryl Baker, rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) was born

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1934-03-08 Birth

Christian Wolff

Christian Wolff, composer was born

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1921-03-08 Birth

Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (Singing in the Rain) was born

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1925-03-08 Birth

Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis

Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer was born

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1984-03-08 Birth

Dave Moffatt

Dave Moffatt, Canadian musician was born

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1560-03-08 Birth

Don Carlo Gesualdo

Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born

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1853-03-08 Birth

Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels

Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina) was born

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1921-03-08 Birth

Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson

Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter was born

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1985-03-08 Birth

Ewa Sonnet

Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer was born

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1876-03-08 Birth

Franco Alfano

Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) was born

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1840-03-08 Birth

Franco Faccio

Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor was born

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1928-03-08 Birth

Frank Michael Beyer

Frank Michael Beyer, composer was born

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1778-03-08 Birth

Friedrich August Kanne

Friedrich August Kanne, composer was born

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1936-03-08 Birth

Gabor Szabo

Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle) was born

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1958-03-08 Birth

Gary Numan

Gary Numan, [Gary Webb], Hammersmith England, vocalist (Replicas) was born

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1825-03-08 Birth

George William Martin

George William Martin, composer was born

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1783-03-08 Birth

Gottfied Wilhelm Fink

Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer was born

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1941-03-08 Birth

Ivana Loudova

Ivana Loudova, composer was born

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1919-03-08 Birth

Ivor Keys

Ivor Keys, musician/teacher was born

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1920-03-08 Birth

James Daniel "Danny" Turner

James Daniel "Danny" Turner, saxophonist was born

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1927-03-08 Birth

Jaromir Podesva

Jaromir Podesva, composer was born

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1607-03-08 Birth

Johann Rist

Johann Rist, composer was born

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1933-03-08 Birth

Johnny Dollar

Johnny Dollar, singer was born

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1927-03-08 Birth

Joseph Berg

Joseph Berg, composer was born

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1928-03-08 Birth

Judy Johnson

Judy Johnson, Norfolk Va, singer (Your Show of Shows) was born

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1938-03-08 Birth

Lew DeWitt

Lew DeWitt, Va, country singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall) was born

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1948-03-08 Birth

Little Peggy March

Little Peggy March, [Margaret Battavio], vocalist (I Will Follow Him) was born

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1883-03-08 Birth

Manuel Gomez Carillo

Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer was born

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1945-03-08 Birth

Micky Dolenz

Micky Dolenz, Los Angeles California, actor (Circus Boy)/singer (Monkees) was born

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1947-03-08 Birth

Mike Allsup

Mike Allsup, Modesto Ca, rock guitarist (Three Dog Night) was born

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1859-03-08 Birth

Otto Taubmann

Otto Taubmann, composer was born

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1944-03-08 Birth

Palito Ortega

Palito Ortega, Argentine singer and actor was born

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1872-03-08 Birth

Paul Juon

Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer was born

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1975-03-08 Birth

Peggy Zina

Peggy Zina, Greek singer was born

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1843-03-08 Birth

Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom

Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer was born

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1964-03-08 Birth

Peter Ged Gill

Peter Ged Gill, drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-2 Tribes) [or 1/8] was born

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1946-03-08 Birth

Randy Meisner

Randy Meisner, rock bassist/vocalist (Poco, Eagles-Take it Easy) was born

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1937-03-08 Birth

Raynoma Gordy

Raynoma Gordy, [Mayberry], US orchestra leader (Rayber Voices) was born

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1937-03-08 Birth

Richard Farina

Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind) was born

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1939-03-08 Birth

Robert Tear

Robert Tear, Barry Wales, tenor (Welsh Natl Opera 1970) was born

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1944-03-08 Birth

Sergey Nikitin

Sergey Nikitin, Russian composer was born

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1968-03-08 Birth

Shawn Mullins

Shawn Mullins, American musician was born

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1915-03-08 Birth

Tapio Rautavaara

Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (d. 1979) was born

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1979-03-08 Birth

Tom Chaplin

Tom Chaplin, English singer (Keane) was born

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1939-03-08 Birth

Yannis Vlachopoulos

Yannis Vlachopoulos, composer was born

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1941-03-08 Birth

Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff

Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff, composer was born

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2003-03-08 Death

Adam Faith

Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b. 1940)

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1862-03-08 Death

Adrien de La Fage

Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56

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1919-03-08 Death

Auguste Tolbecque

Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88

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1993-03-08 Death

Billy Eckstine

Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke

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1734-03-08 Death

Carolomannus Pachschmidt

Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33

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1931-03-08 Death

Clara Kathleen Rogers

Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87

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1720-03-08 Death

Georg Bronner

Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53

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1640-03-08 Death

Guillaume van Messaus

Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50

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1716-03-08 Death

Harald Vallerius

Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69

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1988-03-08 Death

Henryk Szeryng

Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (b. 1918)

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1995-03-08 Death

Ingo Schwichtenberg

Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (b. 1965)

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1950-03-08 Death

Jaroslav Kocian

Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67

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1828-03-08 Death

Johann Anton Sulzer

Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75

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1951-03-08 Death

John Winter Thompson

John Winter Thompson, composer, dies at 83

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1941-03-08 Death

Jose Serrano Simeon

Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67

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1869-03-08 Death

Louis Hector Berlioz

Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65

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2011-03-08 Death

Mike Starr (musician)

Mike Starr (musician), American Musician (b. 1966)

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1957-03-08 Death

Othmar Schoeck

Othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70

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1996-03-08 Death

Paul Lewis Harrhy

Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38

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1901-03-08 Death

Peter Benoit

Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66

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1992-03-08 Death

Red Callender

Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76

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1973-03-08 Death

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots), dies at 27

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1961-03-08 Death

Thomas Beecham

Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81

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1983-03-08 Death

William T Walton

William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80

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1993-03-08 Event

Fela Kuti

Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder

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1971-03-08 Event

Jimi Hendrix

Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner"

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1962-03-08 Event

The Beatles

Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC)

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