On This Day in Music: May 12

1917 Birth

Andre A Rieu

Andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor was born

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1941 Birth

Anthony Newman

Anthony Newman, Los Angeles California, harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb) was born

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1978 Birth

Aya Ishiguro

Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume) was born

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1966 Birth

Bebel Gilberto

Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian singer was born

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1961 Birth

Billy Duffy

Billy Duffy, rocker (Cult-Hell's Kitchen) was born

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1950 Birth

Billy Squier

Billy Squier, Mass, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No) was born

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1942 Birth

Billy Swan

Billy Swan, Cape Giradeau La, rocker (I Can Help) was born

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1962 Birth

Brett Gurewitz

Brett Gurewitz, American songwriter and record producer (Bad Religion) (Epitaph) was born

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1928 Birth

Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again) was born

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1863 Birth

Charles Bordes

Charles Bordes, composer was born

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1963 Birth

Charles Pettigrew

Charles Pettigrew, American singer (Charles and Eddie) (d. 2001) was born

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1943 Birth

David Walker

David Walker, rock keyboardist (Gary Lewis & Playboys-Diamond Ring) was born

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1921 Birth

Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan

Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer was born

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1916 Birth

Ellis Bonoff Kohs

Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer was born

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1958 Birth

Eric Singer

Eric Singer, American drummer was born

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1754 Birth

Franz Anton Hoffmeister

Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer was born

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1845 Birth

Gabriel Urbain Faure

Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade) was born

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1751 Birth

Gaetano Manna

Gaetano Manna, composer was born

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1679 Birth

Giovanni Antonio Ricieri

Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer was born

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1910 Birth

Gordon Jenkins

Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour) was born

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1928 Birth

Henry Cosby

Henry Cosby, African-American songwriter (d. 2002) was born

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1886 Birth

Hermann Grabner

Hermann Grabner, composer was born

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1901 Birth

Hyam Greenbaum

Hyam Greenbaum, composer was born

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1942 Birth

Ian Dury

Ian Dury, Upminster Essex, rocker (Blockheads)/actor (Judge Dredd) was born

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1946 Birth

Ian McLagan

Ian McLagan, rocker (Faces) was born

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1944 Birth

James Purify

James Purify, US singer (I'm Your Puppet) was born

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1945 Birth

Jayotis Washington

Jayotis Washington, rocker was born

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1950 Birth

Jocko Marcellino

Jocko Marcellino, rocker (Sha Na Na) was born

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1921 Birth

Joe (born Otis W.) Maphis

Joe (born Otis W.) Maphis, Suffolk, Virginia, American country music guitarist was born

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1739 Birth

Johann Baptist (Jan Krtitel) Vanhal

Johann Baptist (Jan Krtitel) Vanhal, composer was born

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1797 Birth

Johann Hermann Kufferath

Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer was born

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1776 Birth

Juan Bros y Bertomel

Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer was born

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1842 Birth

Jules Massenet

Jules Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid) was born

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1981 Birth

Kentaro Sato

Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer was born

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1955 Birth

Kix Brooks

Kix Brooks, Shreveport La, singer (Brooks & Dunn-Brand New Man) was born

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1903 Birth

Lennox R F Berkeley

Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway) was born

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1941 Birth

Little Jayotis Washington

Little Jayotis Washington, US R&B singer (Persuasions) was born

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1912 Birth

Marshall Royal

Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet was born

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1887 Birth

Nandor Zsolt

Nandor Zsolt, composer was born

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1829 Birth

Pavlos Carrer

Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896) was born

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1941 Birth

Ruud de Wolff

Ruud de Wolff, singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds) was born

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1948 Birth

Steve Winwood

Steve Winwood, England, rock bassist (A Higher Love) was born

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1978 Birth

Wilfred Le Bouthillier

Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Acadian singer was born

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1945 Birth

Willie Parnell

Willie Parnell, US singer (Archie Bell & the Drells) was born

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1943 Death

Albert Stoessel

Albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48

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2009 Death

Antonio Vega

Antonio Vega, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (b. 1957)

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1925 Death

Artur Napoleao dos Santos

Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer, dies at 82

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1884 Death

Bedrich Friedrich Smetana

Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60

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1960 Death

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70

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1924 Death

Charles Henri Marechal

Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82

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1861 Death

Christian Heinrich Hohmann

Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50

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1871 Death

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89

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2024 Death

David Sanborn

David Sanborn died

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1825 Death

Elias Mann

Elias Mann, American composer, dies at 75

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2025 Death

Ernst Mahle

Ernst Mahle died

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1931 Death

Eugene Ysaye

Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72

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1931 Death

Eugene-Auguste Ysaye

Eugene-Auguste Ysaye, composer, dies at 72

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2023 Death

Francis Monkman

Francis Monkman died

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1948 Death

Isidor Achron

Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55

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1843 Death

Johann Georg Lickl

Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74

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1896 Death

Juan Morel Campos

Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38

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1967 Death

Julius Kalas

Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64

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1811 Death

Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey

Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52

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2021 Death

Maran

Maran died

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1989 Death

Marcelle de Manziarly

Marcelle de Manziarly, composer, dies at 89

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1908 Death

Melesio Morales

Melesio Morales, composer, dies at 69

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2020 Death

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli died

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2005 Death

Monica Zetterlund

Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1937)

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2001 Death

Perry Como

Perry Como, American singer (b. 1912)

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2024 Death

Phil Lee

Phil Lee died

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2026 Death

Romuald Figuier

Romuald Figuier died

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1825 Death

Stanislao Mattei

Stanislao Mattei, composer, dies at 75

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2026 Death

Stanislava Celińska

Stanislava Celińska died

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1963 Death

Stanislaw Wiechowicz

Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69

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1987 Death

Victor Feldman

Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53

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1956 Death

Vladimir Ambros

Vladimir Ambros, composer, dies at 65

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2023 Event

Cattle Decapitation

Cattle Decapitation released the album 'Terrasite'

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1950 Event

Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud's opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris

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2022 Event

Ethel Cain

Ethel Cain released the album 'Preacher's Daughter'

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1832 Event

Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan

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2023 Event

Jonas Brothers

Jonas Brothers released the album 'The Album'

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1981 Event

Lena Horne

"Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander NYC for 333 perfs

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1977 Event

Pink Floyd

1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)

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2026 Event

Yuval Dayan

Yuval Dayan released the album 'Q140474082'

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