On This Day in Music: May 25

On May 25 in music history, 45 artists were born, 31 died and 3 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1977), The Rolling Stones (1968) and Beverly Sills (1929).

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The Beatles

"Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"

Beverly Sills

Beverly Sills, [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Brooklyn New York, American soprano was born

Desmond Dekker

Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)

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Born on May 25

Aldo Clementi

Aldo Clementi, composer was born

Alphonse Goovaerts

Alphonse Goovaerts, composer was born

Beverly Sills

Beverly Sills, [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Brooklyn New York, American soprano was born

Bill Young

Bill Young, rocker was born

Billy Murray

Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale) was born

Brian "Blinky" Davison

Brian "Blinky" Davison, rocker was born

Christian August Jacobi

Christian August Jacobi, composer was born

Claus Minah

Claus Minah, singer (Scorpions) was born

Clifford Archer

Clifford Archer, bassist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) was born

David P. Sartor

David P. Sartor, American music composer was born

Diederich Krug

Diederich Krug, composer was born

Eddie Maxwell

Eddie Maxwell, singer (Yes We Have No Bananas) was born

Ferdinand Franzl

Ferdinand Franzl, composer was born

Frank Klepacki

Frank Klepacki, American musician was born

Friedrich Johann Eck

Friedrich Johann Eck, composer was born

Frigyes Hidas

Frigyes Hidas, composer was born

Gilardo Gilardi

Gilardo Gilardi, composer was born

Gino Negri

Gino Negri, composer was born

Giuseppi Paolucci

Giuseppi Paolucci, composer was born

Hal David

Hal David, New York, lyricist (Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head), (d. 2012) was born

Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska

Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer was born

Jessi Colter

Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa) was born

Jimmy Hamilton

Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist was born

John "Poli" Palmer

John "Poli" Palmer, rocker (Family K) was born

Kazi Nazrul Islam

Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (d. 1976) was born

Kitty Kallen

Kitty Kallen, rocker was born

Klaus Meine

Klaus Meine, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You) was born

Kostas Martakis

Kostas Martakis, Greek singer was born

Kurt George Hugo Thomas

Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer was born

Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams, NYC, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots) was born

Luciana Abreu

Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress was born

Marion Raven

Marion Raven, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M) was born

Mark Knight

Mark Knight, California, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals) was born

Milenko Zivkovic

Milenko Zivkovic, composer was born

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock) was born

Mischa Levitzki

Mischa Levitzki, composer was born

Mitch Margo

Mitch Margo, Bkln, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight) was born

Poli Palmer

Poli Palmer, rocker (Family) was born

Remco Prins

Remco Prins, Dutch rock guitarist/vocalist (Burma Shave-Stash) was born

Rich Alves

Rich Alves, Pleasanton California, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) was born

Sandra Nasic

Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes) was born

Sugar Minott

Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer was born

Sverre Jordan

Sverre Jordan, composer was born

Tom T Hall

Tom T Hall, Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA) was born

Virginia Ginny Simms

Virginia Ginny Simms, actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band) was born

Died on May 25

Bucky Baxter

Bucky Baxter died

Christian Friedrich Ruppe

Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72

Desmond Dekker

Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)

Dick Curless

Dick Curless, singer/songwriter, dies at 63

Eric Gale

Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55

Foday Musa Suso

Foday Musa Suso died

Gustav Theodore Holst

Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59

Ilselil Larsen

Ilselil Larsen died

Jan Levoslav Bella

Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92

Jean-Louis Chautemps

Jean-Louis Chautemps died

Jean-Louis Murat

Jean-Louis Murat died

Jeremy Michael Ward

Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)

Joy McKean

Joy McKean died

Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur

Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72

Mark Brunswick

Mark Brunswick, composer, dies at 69

Meco

Meco died

Pam Morrison

Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose

Paolo Giorza

Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81

Pierre-Joseph Le Blan

Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53

Piet Ketting

Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79

Richard M. Sherman

Richard M. Sherman died

Rosa Ponselle

Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84

Roy Brown

Roy Brown, American boxer/rocker, dies of a heart attack at 55

Ruth Laredo

Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)

Simon House

Simon House died

Siphiwo Ntshebe

Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African opera singer (b. 1975)

Sonny Boy Williamson

Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins died

Theodore Morse

Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51

Tõnu Kilgas

Tõnu Kilgas died

Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov

Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92

Releases & milestones on May 25

Arthur S Sullivan

Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London

The Beatles

"Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"

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