On This Day in Music: May 1

1912-05-01 Birth

Anna Pollak

Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano was born

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1858-05-01 Birth

Anthony Johnson Showalter

Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer was born

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1937-05-01 Birth

Bo Nilsson

Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer (Doppelspiel) was born

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1859-05-01 Birth

Bohuslav Jeremias

Bohuslav Jeremias, composer was born

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1947-05-01 Birth

Carlos Ward

Carlos Ward, rocker (B T Express) was born

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1968-05-01 Birth

D'arcy Wretzky

D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins) was born

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1977-05-01 Birth

Dan Regan

Dan Regan, American musician (Reel Big Fish) was born

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1924-05-01 Birth

Earl George

Earl George, composer was born

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1924-05-01 Birth

Enrico Josif

Enrico Josif, composer was born

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1884-05-01 Birth

Felipe Boero

Felipe Boero, composer was born

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1912-05-01 Birth

Felipe Padilla de Leon

Felipe Padilla de Leon, composer was born

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1953-05-01 Birth

Felix Hanemann

Felix Hanemann, rocker (Zebra) was born

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1771-05-01 Birth

George Guest

George Guest, composer was born

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1909-05-01 Birth

George Melachrino

George Melachrino, composer was born

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1953-05-01 Birth

Glen Ballard

Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer was born

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1764-05-01 Birth

Gottfried Rieger

Gottfried Rieger, composer was born

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1901-05-01 Birth

Heinz Eric Roemheld

Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985) was born

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1892-05-01 Birth

Howard Barlow

Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone) was born

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1775-05-01 Birth

Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn

Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer was born

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1948-05-01 Birth

James Wise

James Wise, US soul singer (Archie Bell & the Drells) was born

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1946-05-01 Birth

Jerry Weiss

Jerry Weiss, NYC, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears) was born

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1966-05-01 Birth

Johnny Colt

Johnny Colt, Cherry Point NC, rock bassist (Black Crowes) was born

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1939-05-01 Birth

Judy Collins

Judy Collins, Seattle Wash, singer (Send in the Clowns, Clouds) was born

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1941-05-01 Birth

Juraj Hatrick

Juraj Hatrick, composer was born

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1907-05-01 Birth

Kate Smith

Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986) was born

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1984-05-01 Birth

Keiichiro Koyama

Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS) was born

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1957-05-01 Birth

Ko Otani

Ko Otani, Japanese composer was born

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1895-05-01 Birth

Leo Sowerby

Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946) was born

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1930-05-01 Birth

Little Walter

Little Walter, [Marion Walter Jacobs], rocker was born

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1582-05-01 Birth

Marco da Gagliano

Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer was born

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1968-05-01 Birth

Mark Scott

Mark Scott, Paramus NJ, rock drummer (Trixter-Give It To Me Good) was born

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1955-05-01 Birth

Nick Feldman

Nick Feldman, English musician was born

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1946-05-01 Birth

Nick Fortune

Nick Fortune, [Nicholas Fortuna], rock bassist (Buckinghams Chicago) was born

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1959-05-01 Birth

Paul Smith

Paul Smith, rock saxophonist (Haircut 100) was born

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1954-05-01 Birth

Ray Parker Jr

Ray Parker Jr, Detroit Mich, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters) was born

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1944-05-01 Birth

Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge, Nashville Tn, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone) was born

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1929-05-01 Birth

Sonny James

Sonny James, [James Loden], Hackelburg AL, rocker (Young Love) was born

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1957-05-01 Birth

Steve Farris

Steve Farris, rock guitarist (Mr Mister) was born

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1949-05-01 Birth

Tim Hodgkinson

Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow) was born

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1967-05-01 Birth

Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw, American musician was born

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1946-05-01 Birth

Tony Ashton

Tony Ashton, rocker was born

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1913-05-01 Birth

Walter Susskind

Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor was born

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1927-05-01 Birth

William Mitchell Byers

William Mitchell Byers, musician was born

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1934-05-01 Death

Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko

Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35

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1904-05-01 Death

Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)

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1904-05-01 Death

AntonínDvorak

AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62

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1978-05-01 Death

Aram Katchaturian

Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74

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2006-05-01 Death

Big Hawk

Big Hawk, American rapper (b.1969)

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2012-05-01 Death

Charles "skip" Pitts

Charles "skip" Pitts, American soul and blues guitarist, dies from lung cancer at 65

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1945-05-01 Death

Desider Antalffy-Zsiross

Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59

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1946-05-01 Death

Edward Cuthbert Bairstow

Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71

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1679-05-01 Death

Esaias Reusner

Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43

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1984-05-01 Death

Gordon Jenkins

Gordon Jenkins, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73

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1886-05-01 Death

Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl

Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer, dies at 56

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1986-05-01 Death

Hugo Peretti

Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)

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1731-05-01 Death

Johann Ludwig Bach

Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677)

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2006-05-01 Death

Johnny Paris

Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940)

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1965-05-01 Death

Leo Spies

Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65

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1921-05-01 Death

Louis Campbell-Tipton

Louis Campbell-Tipton, composer, dies at 43

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1903-05-01 Death

Luigi Arditi

Luigi Arditi, violist/composer, dies at 80

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1946-05-01 Death

Percy William Whitlock

Percy William Whitlock, composer, dies at 42

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2010-05-01 Death

Rob McConnell

Rob McConnell, Canadian jazz composer/arranger and valve trombonist (b. 1935)

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1992-05-01 Death

Sharon Redd

Sharon Redd, American house music and urban contemporary singer (b. 1945)

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1937-05-01 Death

Snitz Edwards

Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75

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1965-05-01 Death

Spike Jones

Spike Jones, composer (Spike Jones Show), dies at 53

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1874-05-01 Death

Vilem Blodek

Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39

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1996-05-01 Death

William Mitchell Byers

William Mitchell Byers, musician, dies on 79th birthday

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1980-05-01 Event

Barbara Mandrell

15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins

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1979-05-01 Event

Elton John

Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel

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1931-05-01 Event

Kate Smith

Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS

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1966-05-01 Event

The Beatles

Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)

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1971-05-01 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar"

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1786-05-01 Event

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna)

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