On This Day in Music: May 16

1850 Birth

Arthur Henry Mann

Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer was born

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1947 Birth

Barbara Lee

Barbara Lee, US singer (Chiffons, He's So Fine) was born

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1944 Birth

Billy Cobham

Billy Cobham, Panama, jazz artist (Same Ole Love) was born

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1964 Birth

Boyd Tinsley

Boyd Tinsley, American violinist (Dave Matthews Band) was born

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1978 Birth

David Ford

David Ford, English singer/songwriter was born

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1977 Birth

Dolcenera

Dolcenera, Italian singer was born

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1931 Birth

Donald James Martino

Donald James Martino, Plainfield NJ, composer (Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974) was born

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1822 Birth

Eduard Hille

Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor was born

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1858 Birth

Frank Lynes

Frank Lynes, composer was born

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1930 Birth

Friedrich Gulda

Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer (Hangman's Songs) was born

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1917 Birth

Geraint Jones

Geraint Jones, conductor/organist was born

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1958 Birth

Glenn Gregory

Glenn Gregory, rock vocalist (Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams) was born

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1858 Birth

Hanus Trnecek

Hanus Trnecek, composer was born

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1955 Birth

Hazel O'Connor

Hazel O'Connor, Coventry England, singer/actress (Breaking Glass) was born

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1932 Birth

Isaac "Redd" Holt

Isaac "Redd" Holt, US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd) was born

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1902 Birth

Jan Kiepura

Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie) was born

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1926 Birth

Jan Zimmer

Jan Zimmer, composer was born

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1966 Birth

Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer, Michael's sister (Control) was born

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1950 Birth

Jock Bartley

Jock Bartley, rocker (Firefall) was born

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1951 Birth

Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman, rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae) was born

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1857 Birth

Juan Morel Campos

Juan Morel Campos, composer was born

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1965 Birth

Krist Novoselic

Krist Novoselic, American bassist (Nirvana) was born

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1974 Birth

Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer was born

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1941 Birth

Maurice Henry Weddington

Maurice Henry Weddington, composer was born

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1983 Birth

Mince Fratelli

Mince Fratelli, Scottish Drummer (The Fratellis) was born

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1983 Birth

Nancy Ajram

Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer was born

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1945 Birth

Nicky Chinn

Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman) was born

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1929 Birth

Osmo Uolevi Lindeman

Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer was born

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1893 Birth

Paul Amadeus Pisk

Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer was born

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1971 Birth

Rachel Goswell

Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive, Mojave 3) was born

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1968 Birth

Ralph Tresvant

Ralph Tresvant, Boston, singer (New Editon) was born

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1950 Birth

Ray Condo

Ray Condo, Canadian rockabilly musician was born

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1953 Birth

Richard Page

Richard Page, Los Angeles California, rocker (Mr Mister) was born

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1892 Birth

Richard Tauber

Richard Tauber, [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor was born

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1946 Birth

Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp, guitarist (King Crimson) was born

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1946 Birth

Roger Earl

Roger Earl, rocker (Foghat) was born

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1974 Birth

Sonny Sandoval

Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.) was born

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1975 Birth

Tony Kakko

Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica) was born

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1975 Birth

Tonéx

Tonéx, American singer was born

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1897 Birth

Walther Geiser

Walther Geiser, composer was born

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1949 Birth

William Sputnik Spooner

William Sputnik Spooner, rock guitarist (Grateful Dead, Tubes) was born

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1913 Birth

Woody Herman

Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds) was born

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1919 Birth

[Wladziu Valentino] Liberace

[Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman) was born

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2022 Death

Arkady Mandjiev

Arkady Mandjiev died

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2001 Death

Brian Pendleton

Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (b. 1944)

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1983 Death

Carel Brons

Carel Brons, composer, dies at 52

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1992 Death

Chalino Sanchez

Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (b, 1960)

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2021 Death

Chetan Karki

Chetan Karki died

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1954 Death

Clemens Krauss

Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61

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2026 Death

Dennis Locorriere

Dennis Locorriere died

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1953 Death

Django Reinhardt

Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910)

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2020 Death

Donn Trenner

Donn Trenner died

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1903 Death

Eduard Rappoldi

Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72

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1981 Death

Ernie Freeman

Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (b. 1922)

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1762 Death

Ernst Chreistian Hesse

Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86

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2020 Death

Eusebio Grados

Eusebio Grados died

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1835 Death

Felicia Dorothea Hemans

Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies

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1754 Death

Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari

Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76

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2010 Death

Hank Jones

Hank Jones, American jazz pianist (b. 1918)

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2026 Death

Ike Willis

Ike Willis died

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1880 Death

Karl August Krebs

Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76

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1847 Death

Kaspar Ett

Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59

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1944 Death

Leone Sinigaglia

Leone Sinigaglia, composer, dies at 75

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2023 Death

Lester Sterling

Lester Sterling died

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1929 Death

Lilli Lehmann

Lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies

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1995 Death

Lola Flores

Lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70

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1993 Death

Marv Johnson

Marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54

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1972 Death

Maxime Dumoulin

Maxime Dumoulin, composer, dies at 79

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2010 Death

Ronnie James Dio

Ronnie James Dio, American heavy metal vocalist (b. 1942)

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1990 Death

Sammy Davis Jr

Sammy Davis Jr, singer/actor (Golden Boy), dies at 64

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2022 Event

Astro

Astro released the album 'Drive to the Starry Road'

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1868 Event

Bedřich Smetana

Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor," premieres in Prague

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1971 Event

Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave," premieres in Aldwych

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2025 Event

Damiano David

Damiano David released the album 'Funny Little Fears'

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1946 Event

Irving Berlin

Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in NYC

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