On This Day in Music: May 11

On May 11 in music history, 44 artists were born, 35 died and 7 other milestones happened, among them Bob Marley (1981), Madonna (1985) and Garth Brooks (1993).

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Bob Marley

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

Madonna

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

Garth Brooks

28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins

Eric Burdon

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

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Born on May 11

Ace Hood

Ace Hood, American rapper was born

Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov

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

Arnie Satin

Arnie Satin, rocker was born

Beryl Bryden

Beryl Bryden, jazz singer was born

Carla Bley [Carla Borg]

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

Carlos Lyra

Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician was born

Cecile Licad

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

Christoph Schneider

Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein) was born

Clare Grundman

Clare Grundman, composer was born

Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks

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

Edgar Riley Jr

Edgar Riley Jr, rocker (Axe K) was born

Eric Burdon

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

Erin Lang

Erin Lang, Canadian musician was born

Fanny Cerrito

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

Filippo Capocci

Filippo Capocci, composer was born

Francisco Lacerda

Francisco Lacerda, composer was born

George Edwards

George Edwards, composer was born

Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli, American musician was born

Harvey Sollberger

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

Henri-Jean Rigel

Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born

Herbert Murrill

Herbert Murrill, composer was born

Holly Valance

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

Irving Berlin

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

Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek

Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer was born

Jan van Gilse

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

Joe "King" Oliver

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

Johann Gottfried Seyfert

Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born

Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos

Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer was born

Jos Haagmans

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

Joseph Marx

Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic was born

Josip Slavenski

Josip Slavenski, composer was born

Judith Weir

Judith Weir, composer was born

Kārlis Baumanis

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

Les Chadwick

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

Mark Herndon

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

Pascual Rogatis

Pascual Rogatis, composer was born

Perttu Kivilaakso

Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica was born

Plume Latraverse

Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician was born

Renaud Séchan

Renaud Séchan, French composer was born

Ronald Anthony Pellegrino

Ronald Anthony Pellegrino, composer was born

Shigeru Izumiya

Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician was born

Sifow (Shiho Fujita)

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

Tutti Camarata

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

William Grant Still

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

Died on May 11

Alberto Carpani

Alberto Carpani died

Alexander Toradze

Alexander Toradze died

Bob Marley

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

Bruce Boyce

Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher, dies at 85

Camille Schmit

Camille Schmit, composer, dies at 68

Caspar Furstenau

Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47

Christoph Buel

Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57

Danny Overbea

Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 68

Dottie Rambo

Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (b. 1934)

Feliks Jaronski

Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71

Ferdinand Hiller

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

Giovanni Tebaldini

Giovanni Tebaldini, composer, dies at 87

Jack Douglas

Jack Douglas died

John Albert Delany

John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54

John Rutsey

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

John Whitehead

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

Johnny Hodges

Johnny Hodges, American musician (b. 1906)

Karoly Filtsch

Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14

Leonard Friedman

Leonard Friedman, violinist, dies at 63

Lester Raymond Flatt

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

Luc Bürgin

Luc Bürgin died

Marie Nejar

Marie Nejar died

Max Reger

Max Reger, composer, dies at 43

Max [Johann BJM] Reger

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

Michalis Genitsaris

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

Moon Martin

Moon Martin died

Noel Redding

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

Otto Adolf Klauwell

Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66

Otto Nicolai

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

Piet van Egmond

Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70

Ture Rangstrom

Ture Rangstrom, composer, dies at 62

Viliam Figus

Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62

Walter Hyatt

Walter Hyatt, #Musician, dies at 46

William Bennett

William Bennett died

Yossi Banai

Yossi Banai, Israeli singer (b. 1932)

Releases & milestones on May 11

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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

Bedřich Smetana

Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa" premieres in Prague

Charles Strouse

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

Garth Brooks

28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins

Madonna

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

Nmixx

Nmixx released the album 'Heavy Serenade (EP)'

Richard Rodgers

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

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