On This Day in Music: May 19

1878 Birth

Adam von Ahn Carse

Adam von Ahn Carse, composer was born

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1895 Birth

Albert Hay Malotte

Albert Hay Malotte, composer was born

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1839 Birth

Alice Mary Smith

Alice Mary Smith, composer was born

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1932 Birth

Alma Cogan

Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966) was born

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1770 Birth

Antoine-Charles Glachant

Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer was born

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1884 Birth

Arthur Meulemans

Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10) was born

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1952 Birth

Barbara Loomis

Barbara Loomis, rocker (BT Express) was born

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1895 Birth

Cecil Gray

Cecil Gray, composer was born

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1861 Birth

Dame Nellie Melba

Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931) was born

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1949 Birth

Dusty Hill

Dusty Hill, rocker (ZZ Top) was born

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1873 Birth

Federico Gerdes

Federico Gerdes, composer was born

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1755 Birth

Gabriele Prota

Gabriele Prota, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Grace Jones

Grace Jones, [Mendoza], Spanishtown Jamacia, singer/actress (Vamp) was born

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1930 Birth

Hans Kox

Hans Kox, composer was born

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1962 Birth

Iain Harvie

Iain Harvie, Scottish rock guitarist (Nothing Ever Happens) was born

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1901 Birth

Ivo Cruz

Ivo Cruz, composer was born

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1934 Birth

Jan Wijn

Jan Wijn, Dutch pianist was born

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1972 Birth

Jenny Berggren

Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base) was born

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1947 Birth

Jerry Hyman

Jerry Hyman, Bkln, rock singer/trombonist (Blood Sweat & Tears) was born

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1951 Birth

Joey Ramone

Joey Ramone, [Jeffrey Hyman], lead singer of the punk rock band The Ramones (Baby I Love You) was born

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1746 Birth

Johann Friedrich Peter

Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born

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1616 Birth

Johann Jakob Froberger

Johann Jakob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born

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1991 Birth

Jordan Pruitt

Jordan Pruitt, American singer was born

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1941 Birth

Marc-Antonio Consoli

Marc-Antonio Consoli, composer was born

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1956 Birth

Martyn Ware

Martyn Ware, rocker (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams) was born

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1929 Birth

Michael Adamis

Michael Adamis, composer was born

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1940 Birth

Mickey Newbury

Mickey Newbury, rocker was born

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1981 Birth

Nate Cole

Nate Cole, American singer was born

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1859 Birth

Nellie Melba

Nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano (Peach Melba) was born

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1926 Birth

Paul Cooper

Paul Cooper, composer was born

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1945 Birth

Pete Townshend

Peter Townshend, England, rock guitarist/vocalist/composer (The Who-Tommy) was born

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1954 Birth

Phil Rudd

Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC) was born

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1946 Birth

Phillip Rudd

Phillip Rudd, Melbourne, rock drummer (AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation) was born

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1939 Birth

Richard Lowe Teitelbaum

Richard Lowe Teitelbaum, composer was born

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1931 Birth

Ruben Radica

Ruben Radica, composer was born

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1924 Birth

Sandy Wilson

Sandy Galbraith Wilson, composer was born

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1909 Birth

Schlomo Joffe

Schlomo Joffe, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Tom Scott

Tom Scott, LA, saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show) was born

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1939 Birth

Tomasz Sikorski

Tomasz Sikorski, composer was born

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1960 Birth

Yazz

Yazz, [Yasmin Evans], London, England, singer (Fine Time) was born

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2021 Death

Alix Dobkin

Alix Dobkin died

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2023 Death

Andy Rourke

Andy Rourke died

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1971 Death

Bernard Wagenaar

Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76

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2022 Death

Bernard Wright

Bernard Wright died

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1958 Death

Bruno Sturmer

Bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65

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1954 Death

Charles Edward Ives

Charles Edward Ives, US composer (Unanswered Question), dies at 79

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1935 Death

Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler

Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74

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1969 Death

Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies

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2025 Death

Colton Ford

Colton Ford died

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1601 Death

Costanzo Porta

Costanzo Porta, Italian composer

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2006 Death

Freddie Garrity

Freddie Garrity, English lead singer from the band Freddie and the Dreamers (b. 1940)

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1928 Death

Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert

Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59

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1986 Death

Jimmy Lyons

Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931)

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1961 Death

Joe Howard

Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94

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1786 Death

John Stanley

John Stanley, composer, dies at 74

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2021 Death

Martin Turnovský

Martin Turnovský died

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2023 Death

Pete Brown

Pete Brown died

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2001 Death

Susannah McCorkle

Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)

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2025 Event

I-dle

I-dle released the album 'We Are'

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2023 Event

Kesha

Kesha released the album 'Gag Order'

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2023 Event

Lewis Capaldi

Lewis Capaldi released the album 'Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent'

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1911 Event

Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel's opera "L'Heure Espagnole" premieres in Paris

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2023 Event

Paul Simon

Paul Simon released the album 'Seven Psalms'

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2023 Event

Sleep Token

Sleep Token released the album 'Take Me Back to Eden'

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2023 Event

Yes

Yes released the album 'Mirror to the Sky'

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