On This Day in Music: May 2

On May 2 in music history, 58 artists were born, 20 died and 4 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1964), Pink Floyd (1980) and Engelbert Humperdinck (1936).

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The Beatles

Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 & stays #1 for for 5 weeks

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa

Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck, [Arnold George Dorsey], Madras India, singer (EH Show) was born

Lesley Gore

Lesley Gore, Tenafly NJ, singer (It's My Party) was born

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Born on May 2

Aafje Heynis

Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer was born

Bob Henrit

Bob Henrit, English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset) was born

Bunk Gardner

Bunk Gardner, rocker (Mothers Of Invention) was born

Carl Michael Ziehrer

Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born

Christina Spierenburg

Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer was born

David Rhodes

David Rhodes, English guitarist was born

Doctor Robert

Doctor Robert, [Bruce R Howard], rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) was born

Doris Fisher

Doris Fisher, American songwriter (d. 2003) was born

Edward Levy Irving

Edward Levy Irving, composer was born

Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck, [Arnold George Dorsey], Madras India, singer (EH Show) was born

Eugene D'Harcourt

Eugene D'Harcourt, composer was born

Florian Johann Deller

Florian Johann Deller, composer was born

Frederic Cliffe

Frederic Cliffe, composer was born

Georgi Dimitrov

Georgi Dimitrov, composer was born

Goldy McJohn

Goldy McJohn, rocker (Steppenwolf) was born

Hans Christian Lumbye

Hans Christian Lumbye, composer was born

Helen Morgan

Helen Morgan, singer/actress (Applause, Frankie & Johnny) was born

J. Fred Coots

J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985) was born

Jacob Gilboa

Jacob Gilboa, composer was born

Jan Hanus

Jan Hanus, composer was born

Jay Osmond

Jay Osmond, rocker (Osmond Brothers) was born

Jean-Marie Auberson

Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004) was born

Joe Callis

Joe Callis, rocker was born

John Verity

John Verity, rocker (Argent) was born

Judge Dread

Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998) was born

Lara Liang

Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American Singer was born

Larry Gatlin

Larry Gatlin, Seminole Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady) was born

Lesley Gore

Lesley Gore, Tenafly NJ, singer (It's My Party) was born

Lillian Rambach

Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist was born

Lily Allen

Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter was born

Link Wray

Link Wray, American rock guitarist (d. 2005) was born

Lorenz Hart

Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d. 1943) was born

Lorenzo Music

Lorenzo Music, Brooklyn New York, American writer/actor/voice (Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield) was born

Lorie

Lorie, French singer was born

Lou Gramm

Lou Gramm, Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love Is) was born

Luc Ferrari

Luc Ferrari, composer was born

Ludwig August Lebrun

Ludwig August Lebrun, composer was born

Malcolm Leyland Lipkin

Malcolm Leyland Lipkin, composer was born

Mari Natsuki

Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress was born

Marie F M Emmanuel

Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine) was born

Maurice Thiriet

Maurice Thiriet, composer was born

Michael Rabin

Michael Rabin, NYC, violinist (In Memorium) was born

Nana Kitade

Nana Kitade, Japanese singer was born

Oivin Fjeldstad

Oivin Fjeldstad, composer was born

Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti

Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born

Randy Cain

Randy Cain, US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics) was born

Robert Henrit

Robert Henrit, England, rocker (Argent) was born

Steve Bays

Steve Bays, Canadian musician was born

Svatopluk Havelka

Svatopluk Havelka, composer was born

Than Wyenn

Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues) was born

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer/actor (Russians Are Coming) was born

Theodore Moses Tobani

Theodore Moses Tobani, composer was born

Van Alexander

Van Alexander, NYC, orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show) was born

Vernon Castle

Vernon Castle, English dancer (d. 1918) was born

Vicente Martin y Soler

Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born

Ziana Zain

Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress was born

Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky

Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer was born

Zygmunt Noskowski

Zygmunt Noskowski, composer was born

Died on May 2

Arthur Somervell

Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73

Cady Groves

Cady Groves died

Cheikh Mwijo

Cheikh Mwijo died

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72

Hal LeRoy

Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery

Henri-Joseph Rigel

Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58

Hideto "hide" Matsumoto

Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964)

Jeff Hanneman

Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist, dies from liver failure at 49

Joey Cuevas

Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34

Larry Clinton

Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)

Lodovico Grossi da Viadana

Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)

Margareth Wallmann

Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88

Pauline de Cock-Manifarges

Pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82

Richie Cole

Richie Cole died

Tadeusz Jarecki

Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66

Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern

Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer, dies at 53

Tomas Vackar

Tomas Vackar, composer, dies at 17

Wilhelm Rust

Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69

William Cleaver Francis Robinson

William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63

William Levi Dawson

William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90

Releases & milestones on May 2

John Cage

1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music"

Kenny Rogers

14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa

The Beatles

Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 & stays #1 for for 5 weeks

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