1925-05-25
Birth
Aldo Clementi
Aldo Clementi, composer was born
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1847-05-25
Birth
Alphonse Goovaerts
Alphonse Goovaerts, composer was born
1929-05-25
Birth
Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills, [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Brooklyn New York, American soprano was born
1942-05-25
Birth
Bill Young
Bill Young, rocker was born
1877-05-25
Birth
Billy Murray
Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale) was born
1942-05-25
Birth
Brian "Blinky" Davison
Brian "Blinky" Davison, rocker was born
1688-05-25
Birth
Christian August Jacobi
Christian August Jacobi, composer was born
1958-05-25
Birth
Claus Minah
Claus Minah, singer (Scorpions) was born
1951-05-25
Birth
Clifford Archer
Clifford Archer, bassist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) was born
1956-05-25
Birth
David P. Sartor
David P. Sartor, American music composer was born
1821-05-25
Birth
Diederich Krug
Diederich Krug, composer was born
1912-05-25
Birth
Eddie Maxwell
Eddie Maxwell, singer (Yes We Have No Bananas) was born
1767-05-25
Birth
Ferdinand Franzl
Ferdinand Franzl, composer was born
1974-05-25
Birth
Frank Klepacki
Frank Klepacki, American musician was born
1767-05-25
Birth
Friedrich Johann Eck
Friedrich Johann Eck, composer was born
1928-05-25
Birth
Frigyes Hidas
Frigyes Hidas, composer was born
1889-05-25
Birth
Gilardo Gilardi
Gilardo Gilardi, composer was born
1919-05-25
Birth
Gino Negri
Gino Negri, composer was born
1726-05-25
Birth
Giuseppi Paolucci
Giuseppi Paolucci, composer was born
1921-05-25
Birth
Hal David
Hal David, New York, lyricist (Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head), (d. 2012) was born
1902-05-25
Birth
Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska
Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer was born
1947-05-25
Birth
Jessi Colter
Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa) was born
1917-05-25
Birth
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist was born
1943-05-25
Birth
John "Poli" Palmer
John "Poli" Palmer, rocker (Family K) was born
1899-05-25
Birth
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (d. 1976) was born
1926-05-25
Birth
Kitty Kallen
Kitty Kallen, rocker was born
1958-05-25
Birth
Klaus Meine
Klaus Meine, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You) was born
1984-05-25
Birth
Kostas Martakis
Kostas Martakis, Greek singer was born
1904-05-25
Birth
Kurt George Hugo Thomas
Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer was born
1943-05-25
Birth
Leslie Uggams
Leslie Uggams, NYC, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots) was born
1985-05-25
Birth
Luciana Abreu
Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress was born
1984-05-25
Birth
Marion Raven
Marion Raven, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M) was born
1965-05-25
Birth
Mark Knight
Mark Knight, California, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals) was born
1901-05-25
Birth
Milenko Zivkovic
Milenko Zivkovic, composer was born
1888-05-25
Birth
Miles Malleson
Miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock) was born
1898-05-25
Birth
Mischa Levitzki
Mischa Levitzki, composer was born
1947-05-25
Birth
Mitch Margo
Mitch Margo, Bkln, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight) was born
1943-05-25
Birth
Poli Palmer
Poli Palmer, rocker (Family) was born
1965-05-25
Birth
Remco Prins
Remco Prins, Dutch rock guitarist/vocalist (Burma Shave-Stash) was born
1953-05-25
Birth
Rich Alves
Rich Alves, Pleasanton California, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) was born
1976-05-25
Birth
Sandra Nasic
Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes) was born
1956-05-25
Birth
Sugar Minott
Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer was born
1889-05-25
Birth
Sverre Jordan
Sverre Jordan, composer was born
1936-05-25
Birth
Tom T Hall
Tom T Hall, Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA) was born
1916-05-25
Birth
Virginia Ginny Simms
Virginia Ginny Simms, actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band) was born
1826-05-25
Death
Christian Friedrich Ruppe
Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72
2006-05-25
Death
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)
1995-05-25
Death
Dick Curless
Dick Curless, singer/songwriter, dies at 63
1994-05-25
Death
Eric Gale
Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55
1934-05-25
Death
Gustav Theodore Holst
Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59
1936-05-25
Death
Jan Levoslav Bella
Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92
2003-05-25
Death
Jeremy Michael Ward
Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
1917-05-25
Death
Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur
Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72
1971-05-25
Death
Mark Brunswick
Mark Brunswick, composer, dies at 69
1974-05-25
Death
Pam Morrison
Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose
1914-05-25
Death
Paolo Giorza
Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81
1765-05-25
Death
Pierre-Joseph Le Blan
Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53
1984-05-25
Death
Piet Ketting
Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79
1981-05-25
Death
Rosa Ponselle
Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84
1981-05-25
Death
Roy Brown
Roy Brown, American boxer/rocker, dies of a heart attack at 55
2005-05-25
Death
Ruth Laredo
Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)
2010-05-25
Death
Siphiwo Ntshebe
Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African opera singer (b. 1975)
1965-05-25
Death
Sonny Boy Williamson
Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65
1924-05-25
Death
Theodore Morse
Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51
1964-05-25
Death
Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov
Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92
1878-05-25
Event
Arthur S Sullivan
Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London
1977-05-25
Event
The Beatles
"Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
1968-05-25
Event
The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"
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