1977
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"Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
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Born on May 25
1925
Birth
Aldo Clementi
Aldo Clementi, composer was born
1847
Birth
Alphonse Goovaerts
Alphonse Goovaerts, composer was born
1929
Birth
Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills, [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Brooklyn New York, American soprano was born
1942
Birth
Bill Young
Bill Young, rocker was born
1877
Birth
Billy Murray
Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale) was born
1942
Birth
Brian "Blinky" Davison
Brian "Blinky" Davison, rocker was born
1688
Birth
Christian August Jacobi
Christian August Jacobi, composer was born
1958
Birth
Claus Minah
Claus Minah, singer (Scorpions) was born
1951
Birth
Clifford Archer
Clifford Archer, bassist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) was born
1956
Birth
David P. Sartor
David P. Sartor, American music composer was born
1821
Birth
Diederich Krug
Diederich Krug, composer was born
1912
Birth
Eddie Maxwell
Eddie Maxwell, singer (Yes We Have No Bananas) was born
1767
Birth
Ferdinand Franzl
Ferdinand Franzl, composer was born
1974
Birth
Frank Klepacki
Frank Klepacki, American musician was born
1767
Birth
Friedrich Johann Eck
Friedrich Johann Eck, composer was born
1928
Birth
Frigyes Hidas
Frigyes Hidas, composer was born
1889
Birth
Gilardo Gilardi
Gilardo Gilardi, composer was born
1919
Birth
Gino Negri
Gino Negri, composer was born
1726
Birth
Giuseppi Paolucci
Giuseppi Paolucci, composer was born
1921
Birth
Hal David
Hal David, New York, lyricist (Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head), (d. 2012) was born
1902
Birth
Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska
Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer was born
1947
Birth
Jessi Colter
Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa) was born
1917
Birth
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist was born
1943
Birth
John "Poli" Palmer
John "Poli" Palmer, rocker (Family K) was born
1899
Birth
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (d. 1976) was born
1926
Birth
Kitty Kallen
Kitty Kallen, rocker was born
1958
Birth
Klaus Meine
Klaus Meine, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You) was born
1984
Birth
Kostas Martakis
Kostas Martakis, Greek singer was born
1904
Birth
Kurt George Hugo Thomas
Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer was born
1943
Birth
Leslie Uggams
Leslie Uggams, NYC, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots) was born
1985
Birth
Luciana Abreu
Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress was born
1984
Birth
Marion Raven
Marion Raven, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M) was born
1965
Birth
Mark Knight
Mark Knight, California, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals) was born
1901
Birth
Milenko Zivkovic
Milenko Zivkovic, composer was born
1888
Birth
Miles Malleson
Miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock) was born
1898
Birth
Mischa Levitzki
Mischa Levitzki, composer was born
1947
Birth
Mitch Margo
Mitch Margo, Bkln, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight) was born
1943
Birth
Poli Palmer
Poli Palmer, rocker (Family) was born
1965
Birth
Remco Prins
Remco Prins, Dutch rock guitarist/vocalist (Burma Shave-Stash) was born
1953
Birth
Rich Alves
Rich Alves, Pleasanton California, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) was born
1976
Birth
Sandra Nasic
Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes) was born
1956
Birth
Sugar Minott
Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer was born
1889
Birth
Sverre Jordan
Sverre Jordan, composer was born
1936
Birth
Tom T Hall
Tom T Hall, Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA) was born
1916
Birth
Virginia Ginny Simms
Virginia Ginny Simms, actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band) was born
Died on May 25
2020
Death
Bucky Baxter
Bucky Baxter died
1826
Death
Christian Friedrich Ruppe
Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72
2006
Death
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)
1995
Death
Dick Curless
Dick Curless, singer/songwriter, dies at 63
1994
Death
Eric Gale
Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55
2025
Death
Foday Musa Suso
Foday Musa Suso died
1934
Death
Gustav Theodore Holst
Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59
2025
Death
Ilselil Larsen
Ilselil Larsen died
1936
Death
Jan Levoslav Bella
Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92
2022
Death
Jean-Louis Chautemps
Jean-Louis Chautemps died
2023
Death
Jean-Louis Murat
Jean-Louis Murat died
2003
Death
Jeremy Michael Ward
Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
2023
Death
Joy McKean
Joy McKean died
1917
Death
Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur
Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72
1971
Death
Mark Brunswick
Mark Brunswick, composer, dies at 69
2023
Death
Meco
Meco died
1974
Death
Pam Morrison
Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose
1914
Death
Paolo Giorza
Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81
1765
Death
Pierre-Joseph Le Blan
Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53
1984
Death
Piet Ketting
Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79
2024
Death
Richard M. Sherman
Richard M. Sherman died
1981
Death
Rosa Ponselle
Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84
1981
Death
Roy Brown
Roy Brown, American boxer/rocker, dies of a heart attack at 55
2005
Death
Ruth Laredo
Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)
2025
Death
Simon House
Simon House died
2010
Death
Siphiwo Ntshebe
Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African opera singer (b. 1975)
1965
Death
Sonny Boy Williamson
Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65
2026
Death
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins died
1924
Death
Theodore Morse
Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51
2021
Death
Tõnu Kilgas
Tõnu Kilgas died
1964
Death
Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov
Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92
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