On This Day in Music: May 5

1934 Birth

Ace Cannon

Ace Cannon, American saxophonist was born

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1848 Birth

Adalbert von Goldschmidt

Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born

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1988 Birth

Adele [Adele Laurie Blue Adkins]

Adele [Adele Laurie Blue Adkins], Tottenham, London, English singer (Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like You) was born

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1871 Birth

Alberto Cametti

Alberto Cametti, composer was born

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1954 Birth

Angelo Kimball

Angelo Kimball, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Face To Face) was born

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1854 Birth

Antonio Smareglia

Antonio Smareglia, composer was born

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1932 Birth

Aurel Stroe

Aurel Stroe, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Bill Ward

Bill Ward, Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath) was born

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1901 Birth

Blind Willie McTell

Blind Willie McTell, American ragtime singer and guitarist (d. 1959) was born

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1988 Birth

Brooke Hogan

Brooke Hogan, American singer was born

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1927 Birth

Charles Rosen

Charles Rosen, NYC, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms) was born

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1989 Birth

Chris Brown

Chris Brown, American singer was born

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1981 Birth

Craig David

Craig David, Southhampton England, English singer (7 Days, Insomnia) was born

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1715 Birth

Daniel Dal Barba

Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born

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1971 Birth

David Reilly

David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005) was born

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1956 Birth

Dick Kemper

Dick Kemper, Amsterdam Neth, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg) was born

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1982 Birth

Edyta Sliwinska

Edyta Sliwinska, Polish ballroom dancer was born

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1918 Birth

Erbie Bowser

Erbie Bowser, pianist was born

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1984 Birth

Eve Torres

Eve Torres, American dancer and model was born

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1846 Birth

Federico Chueca

Federico Chueca, composer was born

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1865 Birth

Felicjan Szopski

Felicjan Szopski, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Frank Esier-Smith

Frank Esier-Smith, rocker was born

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1680 Birth

Giuseppe Porsile

Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born

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1950 Birth

Googoosh

Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress was born

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1869 Birth

Hans Pfitzner

Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949) was born

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1900 Birth

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt) was born

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1959 Birth

Ian McCullough

Ian McCullough, rock vocalist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here) was born

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1657 Birth

Jacques Danican Philidor

Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born

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1963 Birth

James LaBrie

James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater) was born

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1749 Birth

Jean-Frederic Edelmann

Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born

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1962 Birth

Jenifer McKitrick

Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter was born

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1945 Birth

Jiri Svoboda

Jiri Svoboda, composer (Accumulator 1) was born

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1842 Birth

Johann Nepomuk Fuchs

Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer was born

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1938 Birth

Johnnie Taylor

Johnnie Taylor, Crawfordsville, Arkansas, R&B and multi-genre singer (Disco Lady, I Believe in You), (d. 2000) was born

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1883 Birth

Leopold Samuel

Leopold Samuel, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Lorraine McIntosh

Lorraine McIntosh, British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums) was born

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1952 Birth

Louis Cortelezzi

Louis Cortelezzi, rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille) was born

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1950 Birth

Maggie MacNeal

Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star) was born

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1886 Birth

Manuel Borguno

Manuel Borguno, composer was born

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1987 Birth

Marija Šestić

Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer was born

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1916 Birth

Mutal' Burkhanov

Mutal' Burkhanov, composer was born

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1936 Birth

Patrick Gowers

Patrick Gowers, British composer was born

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1883 Birth

Petar Konjovic

Petar Konjovic, composer was born

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1922 Birth

Phil Gordon

Phil Gordon, Meridian Miss, singer/actor (Jasper-Bev Hillbillies) was born

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1945 Birth

Raphael

Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano) was born

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1951 Birth

Rex Goh

Rex Goh, rock guitarist (Air Supply) was born

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1966 Birth

Shawn Drover

Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth) was born

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1985 Birth

Shoko Nakagawa

Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer was born

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1988 Birth

Skye Sweetnam

Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter was born

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1921 Birth

Sonja Oosterman

Sonja Oosterman, Dutch singer (Marketensters) was born

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1819 Birth

Stanislaw Moniuszko

Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born

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1942 Birth

Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh]

Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh], Redbay Alabama, country singer (Stand by your Man), (d. 1998) was born

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1924 Birth

Theo Olof

Theo Olof, German/Neth violinist/prodigy/concert master was born

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1957 Birth

Thereza Bazaar

Thereza Bazaar, rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me) was born

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1867 Birth

Thomas Tertius Noble

Thomas Tertius Noble, composer was born

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1984 Birth

Wade MacNeil

Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire) was born

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1907 Birth

Yoritsune Matsudaira

Yoritsune Matsudaira, composer was born

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2024 Death

Belgacem Bouguenna

Belgacem Bouguenna died

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2023 Death

Chris Strachwitz

Chris Strachwitz died

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2020 Death

Ciro Pessoa

Ciro Pessoa died

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1604 Death

Claudio Merulo

Claudio Merulo, Italian organist/composer, dies at 71

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2020 Death

Didi Kempot

Didi Kempot died

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2024 Death

Etelka Kenéz Heka

Etelka Kenéz Heka died

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1831 Death

Friedrich Ludwig Seidel

Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65

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1840 Death

Gottlob Benedikt Bierey

Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67

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1963 Death

Heinrich Gebhard

Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies

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1702 Death

Jacob Hintze

Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79

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1892 Death

Jan Nepomuk Skroup

Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80

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2025 Death

Joan O'Brien

Joan O'Brien died

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1613 Death

Johann Steuerlein

Johann Steuerlein, composer, dies at 66

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1986 Death

Jon William Haussermann Jr

Jon William Haussermann Jr, composer, dies at 76

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2020 Death

Kjell Karlsen

Kjell Karlsen died

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1885 Death

Lauro Rossi

Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73

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1840 Death

Matthaus Fischer

Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76

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1957 Death

Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin

Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74

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2020 Death

Millie Small

Millie Small died

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2006 Death

Naushad Ali

Naushad Ali, Indian composer (b. 1919)

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1837 Death

Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli

Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85

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1972 Death

Rev Gary David

Rev Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76

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2004 Death

Ritsuko Okazaki

Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1959)

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1986 Death

Rui Coelho

Rui Coelho, composer, Portuguese composer, dies at 94

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1960 Death

Sulho Ranta

Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58

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1995 Death

Thomas Eden Binkley

Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63

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2020 Event

Chris Brown

Chris Brown released the album 'Slime & B'

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2023 Event

Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran released the album '-'

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1726 Event

Marie de Camargo

Marie de Camargo (age 16) premieres at Opera of Paris

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1891 Event

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in NY, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor

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1992 Event

Tammy Wynette

Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection

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2023 Event

The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins released the album 'Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts'

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2020 Event

Young Thug

Young Thug released the album 'Slime & B'

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