On This Day in Music: May 11

1989 Birth

Ace Hood

Ace Hood, American rapper was born

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1855 Birth

Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov

Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born

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1943 Birth

Arnie Satin

Arnie Satin, rocker was born

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1920 Birth

Beryl Bryden

Beryl Bryden, jazz singer was born

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1938 Birth

Carla Bley [Carla Borg]

Carla Bley [Carla Borg], Oakland, California, American musician (Escalator Over the Hill) was born

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1939 Birth

Carlos Lyra

Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician was born

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1961 Birth

Cecile Licad

Cecile Licad, Manila Philippines, pianist (Leventritt Award-1981) was born

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1966 Birth

Christoph Schneider

Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein) was born

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1913 Birth

Clare Grundman

Clare Grundman, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks

Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks, drummer (Allman Brothers) was born

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1954 Birth

Edgar Riley Jr

Edgar Riley Jr, rocker (Axe K) was born

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1941 Birth

Eric Burdon

Eric Burdon, Walker-on-Tyne England, rock vocalist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) was born

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1979 Birth

Erin Lang

Erin Lang, Canadian musician was born

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1817 Birth

Fanny Cerrito

Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) was born

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1840 Birth

Filippo Capocci

Filippo Capocci, composer was born

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1869 Birth

Francisco Lacerda

Francisco Lacerda, composer was born

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1943 Birth

George Edwards

George Edwards, composer was born

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1965 Birth

Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli, American musician was born

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1938 Birth

Harvey Sollberger

Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids Ia, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Troping) was born

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1772 Birth

Henri-Jean Rigel

Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born

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1909 Birth

Herbert Murrill

Herbert Murrill, composer was born

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1983 Birth

Holly Valance

Holly Valance, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian actress (Felicity "Flick" Scully-Neighbours) and singer was born

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1888 Birth

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas) was born

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1791 Birth

Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek

Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer was born

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1881 Birth

Jan van Gilse

Jan van Gilse, composer/resistance fighter (Frau Helga von Staveren) was born

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1885 Birth

Joe "King" Oliver

Joe "King" Oliver, American jazz musician (d. 1938) was born

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1731 Birth

Johann Gottfried Seyfert

Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born

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1910 Birth

Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos

Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer was born

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1955 Birth

Jos Haagmans

Jos Haagmans, Dutch singer (Frank Boeijen Group) was born

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1882 Birth

Joseph Marx

Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic was born

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1896 Birth

Josip Slavenski

Josip Slavenski, composer was born

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1954 Birth

Judith Weir

Judith Weir, composer was born

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1835 Birth

Kārlis Baumanis

Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born

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1943 Birth

Les Chadwick

Les Chadwick, bassist (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersy) was born

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1955 Birth

Mark Herndon

Mark Herndon, Springfield Mass, country drummer (Alabama-Take Me Down) was born

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1881 Birth

Pascual Rogatis

Pascual Rogatis, composer was born

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1978 Birth

Perttu Kivilaakso

Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica was born

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1946 Birth

Plume Latraverse

Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician was born

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1952 Birth

Renaud Séchan

Renaud Séchan, French composer was born

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1940 Birth

Ronald Anthony Pellegrino

Ronald Anthony Pellegrino, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Shigeru Izumiya

Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician was born

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1985 Birth

Sifow (Shiho Fujita)

Sifow (Shiho Fujita), Japanese pop star and business woman was born

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1913 Birth

Tutti Camarata

Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge NJ, orchestra leader (Vic Damone Show) was born

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1895 Birth

William Grant Still

William Grant Still, Woodville Mississippi, composer (Afro-American) was born

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2020 Death

Alberto Carpani

Alberto Carpani died

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2022 Death

Alexander Toradze

Alexander Toradze died

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1981 Death

Bob Marley

Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36

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1996 Death

Bruce Boyce

Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher, dies at 85

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1976 Death

Camille Schmit

Camille Schmit, composer, dies at 68

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1819 Death

Caspar Furstenau

Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47

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1631 Death

Christoph Buel

Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57

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1994 Death

Danny Overbea

Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 68

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2008 Death

Dottie Rambo

Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (b. 1934)

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1895 Death

Feliks Jaronski

Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71

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1885 Death

Ferdinand Hiller

Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73

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1952 Death

Giovanni Tebaldini

Giovanni Tebaldini, composer, dies at 87

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2026 Death

Jack Douglas

Jack Douglas died

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1907 Death

John Albert Delany

John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54

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2008 Death

John Rutsey

John Rutsey, Canadian drummer, formerly for Canadian progressive rock band Rush (b.1953)

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2004 Death

John Whitehead

John Whitehead, American singer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1949)

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1970 Death

Johnny Hodges

Johnny Hodges, American musician (b. 1906)

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1845 Death

Karoly Filtsch

Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14

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1994 Death

Leonard Friedman

Leonard Friedman, violinist, dies at 63

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1979 Death

Lester Raymond Flatt

Lester Raymond Flatt, musician (Ballad of Jed Clampett), dies at 64

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2024 Death

Luc Bürgin

Luc Bürgin died

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2025 Death

Marie Nejar

Marie Nejar died

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1916 Death

Max Reger

Max Reger, composer, dies at 43

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1916 Death

Max [Johann BJM] Reger

Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43

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2005 Death

Michalis Genitsaris

Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer and composer (b. 1917)

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2020 Death

Moon Martin

Moon Martin died

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2003 Death

Noel Redding

Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1945)

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1917 Death

Otto Adolf Klauwell

Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66

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1849 Death

Otto Nicolai

Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer and conductor, dies at 38 of a stroke

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1982 Death

Piet van Egmond

Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70

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1947 Death

Ture Rangstrom

Ture Rangstrom, composer, dies at 62

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1937 Death

Viliam Figus

Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62

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1996 Death

Walter Hyatt

Walter Hyatt, #Musician, dies at 46

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2022 Death

William Bennett

William Bennett died

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2006 Death

Yossi Banai

Yossi Banai, Israeli singer (b. 1932)

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2002 Event

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Last performance of the musical Cats in London's West End.

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1881 Event

Bedřich Smetana

Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa" premieres in Prague

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1983 Event

Charles Strouse

"Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC

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1993 Event

Garth Brooks

28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins

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1985 Event

Madonna

Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1

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2026 Event

Nmixx

Nmixx released the album 'Heavy Serenade (EP)'

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1959 Event

Richard Rodgers

Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once upon a mattress," premieres in NYC

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