1937
Birth
Dick Dale
Dick Dale, American guitarist was born
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Born on May 4
1987
Birth
Anjeza Shahini
Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer was born
1985
Birth
Anthony Fedorov
Anthony Fedorov, American singer was born
1923
Birth
Assi Rahbani
Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author was born
1611
Birth
Carlo Rainaldi
Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born
1769
Birth
Charles Hague
Charles Hague, composer was born
1777
Birth
Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens
Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer was born
1951
Birth
Colin Bass
Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel) was born
1902
Birth
Cvjetko Rihtman
Cvjetko Rihtman, composer was born
1950
Birth
Darryl Hunt
Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes) was born
1941
Birth
David LaFlamme
David LaFlamme, Utah, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day) was born
1937
Birth
Dick Dale
Dick Dale, American guitarist was born
1919
Birth
Dimiter Petkov
Dimiter Petkov, composer was born
1867
Birth
Dynam-Victor Fumet
Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer was born
1923
Birth
Ed Cassidy
Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit) was born
1835
Birth
Edmund Hart Turpin
Edmund Hart Turpin, composer was born
1917
Birth
Edward Toner Cone
Edward Toner Cone, composer was born
1860
Birth
Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) was born
1932
Birth
Fausto Razzi
Fausto Razzi, composer was born
1763
Birth
Franz Stanislaus Spindler
Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer was born
1891
Birth
Frederick Jacobi
Frederick Jacobi, composer was born
1931
Birth
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio) was born
1945
Birth
George Wadenius
George Wadenius, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears) was born
1970
Birth
Gregg Alexander
Gregg Alexander, American musician (New Radicals) was born
1937
Birth
Hans Ulrich Lehmann
Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer was born
1982
Birth
Hector King
Hector King, Mexican singer-songwriter was born
1951
Birth
Jackie Jackson
Jackie Jackson, [Sigmund], Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC) was born
1961
Birth
Jay Aston
Jay Aston, rocker was born
1738
Birth
Josef Kohaut
Josef Kohaut, composer was born
1968
Birth
Julian Barratt
Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh was born
1954
Birth
Julie Budd
Julie Budd, Bkln, singer (Child of Plenty) was born
1979
Birth
Lance Bass
Lance Bass, American singer (*NSYNC) was born
1912
Birth
Lou Brown
Lou Brown, Bkln, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show) was born
1744
Birth
Marianne von Martinez
Marianne von Martinez, composer was born
1919
Birth
Mary Ann McCall
Mary Ann McCall, singer was born
1916
Birth
Maurice "Moe" Purtill
Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer was born
1928
Birth
Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson, Verdun Quebec, jazz trumpeter (Roulette) was born
1951
Birth
Mick Mars
Mick Mars, American guitarist (Mötley Crüe) was born
1972
Birth
Mike Dirnt [Michael Ryan Pritchard]
Mike Dirnt [Michael Ryan Pritchard], Berkeley, California, American musician (Green Day) was born
1905
Birth
Mátyás Seiber
Mátyás Seiber, Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando) was born
1943
Birth
Nickolas Ashford
Nickolas Ashford, SC, singer (Ashford & Simpson-Solid as a Rock) was born
1962
Birth
Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams, American singer was born
1975
Birth
Pablo Ruiz
Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer was born
1915
Birth
Pedro Saenz
Pedro Saenz, composer was born
1944
Birth
Peggy Santiglia McGannon
Peggy Santiglia McGannon, NJ, rocker (Angels) was born
1959
Birth
Randy Travis
Randy Travis, Marshville NC, country singer (Diggin' Up Bones) was born
1982
Birth
Rasheeda
Rasheeda, merican hiphop singer was born
1955
Birth
Robert Ellis Orrall
Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer was born
1930
Birth
Roberta Peters
Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met) was born
1937
Birth
Ron Carter
Ron Carter, jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach) was born
1942
Birth
Ronnie Bond
Ronnie Bond, drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing) was born
1956
Birth
Sharon Jones
Sharon Jones, Augusta Georgia, soul/funk singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings) was born
1943
Birth
Stella Parton
Stella Parton, sister of Dolly Parton/singer (A Woman's Touch) was born
1924
Birth
Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva
Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva, composer was born
1951
Birth
Tirso Cruz III
Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer. was born
1767
Birth
Tyagaraja
Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) was born
1938
Birth
Tyrone Davis
Tyrone Davis, US R&B singer (Are you serious) was born
1904
Birth
Umm Kulthum
Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (official Date of Birth) (d. 1975) was born
1949
Birth
Zal Cleminson
Zal Cleminson, rocker (Alex Harvey Band) was born
Died on May 4
2022
Death
Albin Julius
Albin Julius died
2020
Death
Aldir Blanc
Aldir Blanc died
2012
Death
Beastie Boys
MCA [Adam Yauch], Beastie Boys vocalist, dies from cancer at 47
1967
Death
Bengt Axel von Torne
Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75
1855
Death
Camille Pleyel
Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66
1770
Death
Christian Gottfried Krause
Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51
1604
Death
Claudio Merulo
Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71
2025
Death
David Cope
David Cope died
2020
Death
Dragan Vučić
Dragan Vučić died
1893
Death
George Washington Hewitt
George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82
1955
Death
Georges Enescu
Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73
1929
Death
Henry Morton Dunham
Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75
1974
Death
Israel Citkowitz
Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65
2026
Death
Jorge Calandrelli
Jorge Calandrelli died
1966
Death
Juan Maria Thomas Sabater
Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69
2024
Death
Jūrō Kara
Jūrō Kara died
1995
Death
Louis Krasner
Louis Krasner, violinist, dies at 91
2020
Death
Michael McClure
Michael McClure died
2021
Death
Nick Kamen
Nick Kamen died
1983
Death
Nino Sanzogno
Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72
1937
Death
Noel Rosa
Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910)
1987
Death
Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44
1953
Death
Thomas Tertius Noble
Thomas Tertius Noble, composer, dies at 85
2026
Death
Yūji Ōno
Yūji Ōno died
Releases & milestones on May 4
2026
Event
Cortis
Cortis released the album 'GreenGreen'
2022
Event
Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman released the album 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'
1959
Event
Ella Fitzgerald
1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win
1728
Event
George Frideric Handel
George F Handel's opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London
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