On This Day in Music: May 21

1978 Birth

Adam Gontier

Adam Gontier, Canadian singer Three Days Grace was born

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1972 Birth

Adriano Cintra

Adriano Cintra, Brazilian musician (CSS) was born

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1890 Birth

Albert van Raalte

Albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra) was born

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1720 Birth

Antonio Corbisiero

Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born

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1949 Birth

Arno Hintjens

Arno Hintjens, Belgian singer (T C Matic) was born

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1671 Birth

Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia

Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Bill Champlin

Bill Champlin, Oakland Ca, rocker was born

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1929 Birth

Charles Wadsworth

Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist (Lincoln Center) was born

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1976 Birth

Deron Miller

Deron Miller, American rock musician was born

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1923 Birth

Doris Mae Akers

Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter was born

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1905 Birth

Edward Lockspeiser

Edward Lockspeiser, composer was born

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1904 Birth

Fats Waller

Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin') was born

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1680 Birth

Frederich Karl Erbach

Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born

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1979 Birth

Gaspard Augé

Gaspard Augé, French musician was born

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1913 Birth

Gina Bachauer

Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (d. 1976) was born

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1974 Birth

Havoc

Havoc, American rapper (Mobb Deep) was born

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1939 Birth

Heinz Holliger

Heinz Holliger, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Hilton Valentine

Hilton Valentine, rock guitarist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) was born

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1901 Birth

Horace Heidt

Horace Heidt, Alameda California, orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon) was born

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1955 Birth

John Glavin

John Glavin, rock keyboardist (Molly Hatchet was born

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1926 Birth

Joseph Horovitz

Joseph Horovitz, composer was born

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1841 Birth

Joseph Parry

Joseph Parry, composer was born

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1633 Birth

Joseph de La Barre

Joseph de La Barre, composer was born

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1968 Birth

Julie Vega

Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (d. 1985) was born

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1985 Birth

Kano

Kano, British rapper was born

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1976 Birth

Kardinal Offishall

Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper was born

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1898 Birth

Karel Haba

Karel Haba, composer was born

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1963 Birth

Kevin Shields

Kevin Shields, Musician (My Bloody Valentine) was born

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1975 Birth

Lee Gaze

Lee Gaze, Welsh guitarist was born

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1948 Birth

Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer (When I Need Love) was born

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1954 Birth

Marc Ribot

Marc Ribot, American musician was born

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1944 Birth

Marcie Blane

Marcie Blane, rocker was born

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1985 Birth

Marco Carta

Marco Carta, Italian singer was born

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1867 Birth

Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque

Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer was born

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1941 Birth

Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy, English musician was born

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1933 Birth

Maurice André

Maurice André, French trumpeter, (d. 2012) was born

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1981 Birth

Max

Max, German singer was born

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1888 Birth

May Aufderheide

May Aufderheide, composer was born

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1985 Birth

Mutya Buena

Mutya Buena, English singer (ex-Sugababes) was born

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1986 Birth

Myra

Myra, Mexican-American singer was born

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1992 Birth

Olivia Olson

Olivia Olson, American singer and actress was born

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1880 Birth

Pablo Luna y Carne

Pablo Luna y Carne, composer was born

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1924 Birth

Robert Parris

Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer (Book of Imaginery Beings) was born

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1932 Birth

Robert Sherlaw Johnson

Robert Sherlaw Johnson, composer was born

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1941 Birth

Ronald Isley

Ronald Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout) was born

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1949 Birth

Rosalind Plowright

Rosalind Plowright, British soprano (Aida, Senta) was born

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1955 Birth

Stan Lynch

Stan Lynch, Gainesville Fl, rock drummer (Tommy Petty & Heartbreakers) was born

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1935 Birth

Terry Lightfoot

Terry Lightfoot, clarinetist/bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen) was born

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1972 Birth

The Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace]

The Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace], New York City, New York, rapper (Life After Death), (d. 1997) was born

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1940 Birth

Tony Sheridan

Tony Sheridan, Norwich, Norfolk,singer-songwriter and guitarist, (d. 2013) was born

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1722 Birth

Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle

Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born

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1957 Death

Aleksandr Vertinsky

Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer (b. 1889)

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2006 Death

Billy Walker

Billy Walker, American singer (b. 1929)

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2023 Death

Ed Ames

Ed Ames died

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1983 Death

Finn Einar Mortensen

Finn Einar Mortensen, composer, dies at 61

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1895 Death

Franz von Suppe

Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76

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1885 Death

Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin

Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73

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1926 Death

Georgy L'vovich Catoire

Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65

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1844 Death

Guiseppi Baini

Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68

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2024 Death

Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

Jan A. P. Kaczmarek died

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1954 Death

Janos Hammerschlag

Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68

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1817 Death

Johann Friedrich Christmann

Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64

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1860 Death

Johannes Frederick Frohlich

Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53

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1812 Death

Joseph Wolfl

Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38

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1999 Death

Karnail "Bugz" Pitts

Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12) (b. 1979)

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1897 Death

Karol Mikuli

Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77

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2006 Death

Katherine Dunham

Katherine Dunham, American dancer (b. 1909)

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1996 Death

Peter Fletcher

Peter Fletcher, music teacher, dies at 60

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1815 Death

Roman Hoffstetter

Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73

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1976 Death

Sulo Nikolai Salonen

Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer, dies at 77

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1973 Death

Vaughn Monroe

Vaughn Monroe, singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61

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2020 Event

Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen released the album 'Dedicated Side B'

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1983 Event

David Bowie

David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single goes #1

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1979 Event

Elton John

Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in USSR

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1941 Event

Johan Heesters

Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp

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2021 Event

Morgenshtern

Morgenshtern released the album 'Million Dollar: Happiness'

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2021 Event

Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Rodrigo released the album 'Sour'

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2021 Event

Pink

Pink released the album 'All I Know So Far: Setlist'

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1892 Event

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" premieres in Milan

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2021 Event

Twenty One Pilots

Twenty One Pilots released the album 'Scaled and Icy'

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