1886-05-26
Birth
Al Jolson
Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], jazz singer/silent actor (Mamie, Swanee) was born
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1846-05-26
Birth
Arthur Coquard
Arthur Coquard, composer was born
1959-05-26
Birth
Beverly Lee
Beverly Lee, rocker was born
1962-05-26
Birth
Colin Vearncombe
Colin Vearncombe, rocker (Black-Wonderful Like) was born
1952-05-26
Birth
David Meece
David Meece, Christian musician was born
1591-05-26
Birth
Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck
Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born
1981-05-26
Birth
Eda-Ines Etti
Eda-Ines Etti, Estonian singer was born
1898-05-26
Birth
Ernst Bacon
Ernst Bacon, composer was born
1893-05-26
Birth
Eugene Goossens
Eugene Goossens, London England, conductor/composer (Perseus) was born
1825-05-26
Birth
Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza
Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer was born
1945-05-26
Birth
Garry Peterson
Garry Peterson, rocker (Guess Who) was born
1904-05-26
Birth
George Formby
George Formby, [William Booth], British singer/comic (Let George Do It) was born
1856-05-26
Birth
George Templeton Strong
George Templeton Strong, composer was born
1898-05-26
Birth
Gerard Bertouille
Gerard Bertouille, composer was born
1949-05-26
Birth
Hank Williams Jr
Hank Williams Jr, Shreveport La, country singer (Honky Tonk) was born
1773-05-26
Birth
Hans Georg Nageli
Hans Georg Nageli, composer was born
1905-05-26
Birth
Hans Holewa
Hans Holewa, composer was born
1941-05-26
Birth
Imants Kalnins
Imants Kalnins, composer was born
1981-05-26
Birth
Irini Merkouri
Irini Merkouri, Greek singer was born
1877-05-26
Birth
Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan, San Franciso, American free form/interpretative dancer was born
1938-05-26
Birth
Jackie Liebesit
Jackie Liebesit, rocker (Can) was born
1782-05-26
Birth
Joseph Drechsler
Joseph Drechsler, composer was born
1976-05-26
Birth
Justin Pierre
Justin Pierre, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack) was born
1957-05-26
Birth
Kristina Olsen
Kristina Olsen, American musician was born
1975-05-26
Birth
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill, South Orange New Jersey, American singer-songwriter (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill) was born
1964-05-26
Birth
Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz, American musician was born
1940-05-26
Birth
Levon Helm
Levon Helm, Elaine Arkansas, American musician (The Band), (d. 2012) was born
1883-05-26
Birth
Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith, American singer (d. 1946) was born
1926-05-26
Birth
Maria de Lourdes Martins
Maria de Lourdes Martins, composer was born
1977-05-26
Birth
Mark Hunter
Mark Hunter, American musician (Chimaira) was born
1946-05-26
Birth
Mick Ronson
Mick Ronson, English musician (d. 1993) was born
1926-05-26
Birth
Miles Davis
Miles Davis, Alton, Illinois, American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer (d. 1991) was born
1853-05-26
Birth
Monroe A Althouse
Monroe A Althouse, composer was born
1916-05-26
Birth
Moondog
Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (d. 1999) was born
1920-05-26
Birth
Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee, American singer (d. 2002) was born
1978-05-26
Birth
Phil Elverum
Phil Elverum, American singer-songwriter was born
1959-05-26
Birth
Steve Hanley
Steve Hanley, English musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers) was born
1948-05-26
Birth
Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks, American rocker and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, Bella Donna) was born
1938-05-26
Birth
Teresa Stratas
Teresa Stratas, [Anastasia Stratakis], Toronto, soprano (Salome) was born
1944-05-26
Birth
Verden "Phally" Allen
Verden "Phally" Allen, keyboardist (Mott the Hoople) was born
1904-05-26
Birth
Vlado Perlemuter
Vlado Perlemuter, Polish pianist (d. 2002) was born
1959-05-26
Birth
Wayne Hussey
Wayne Hussey, rocker (Mission-Lover for Life) was born
1938-05-26
Birth
William Elden Bolcom
William Elden Bolcom, Seattle Washington, composer (Oracles) was born
1937-05-26
Birth
Yehuda Yannay
Yehuda Yannay, composer was born
1871-05-26
Death
Aime Maillart
Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54
1950-05-26
Death
Antonina Neshdanova
Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies
1873-05-26
Death
August Conradi
August Conradi, composer, dies at 51
1993-05-26
Death
Cor de Great
Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
1832-05-26
Death
Francois-Louis Perne
Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59
1891-05-26
Death
Frederick Bowen Jewson
Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67
2007-05-26
Death
J Edward Oliver
J Edward Oliver, cartoonist and composer (b. 1942)
1912-05-26
Death
Jan Blockx
Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
1977-05-26
Death
Jim Boles
Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63
1933-05-26
Death
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35
1924-05-26
Death
Johann Heinrich Beck
Johann Heinrich Beck, composer, dies at 67
1880-05-26
Death
John Curwen
John Curwen, composer, dies at 63
1996-05-26
Death
Matima Kinuani Mpiosso
Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician, dies at 45
1999-05-26
Death
Paul Sacher
Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (b. 1906)
1995-05-26
Death
Ron Weatherburn
Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61
1703-05-26
Death
Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70
1924-05-26
Death
Victor Herbert
Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65
1994-05-26
Death
Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock
Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, American jazz Guitarist, dies at 53
1968-05-26
Death
William E "Little Willie" John
William E "Little Willie" John, US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)
1977-05-26
Death
William Powell
William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35
1973-05-26
Event
The Beatles
Beatles' "Beatles 1967-1970," album goes #1
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