On This Day in Music: May 5

On May 5 in music history, 57 artists were born, 26 died and 7 other milestones happened, among them Adele [Adele Laurie Blue Adkins] (1988), Bill Ward (1948) and Chris Brown (1989).

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Adele [Adele Laurie Blue Adkins]

Adele [Adele Laurie Blue Adkins], Tottenham, London, English singer (Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like...

Bill Ward

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

Chris Brown

Chris Brown, American singer was born

Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh]

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

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Ace Cannon

Ace Cannon, American saxophonist was born

Adalbert von Goldschmidt

Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born

Adele [Adele Laurie Blue Adkins]

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

Alberto Cametti

Alberto Cametti, composer was born

Angelo Kimball

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

Antonio Smareglia

Antonio Smareglia, composer was born

Aurel Stroe

Aurel Stroe, composer was born

Bill Ward

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

Blind Willie McTell

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

Brooke Hogan

Brooke Hogan, American singer was born

Charles Rosen

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

Chris Brown

Chris Brown, American singer was born

Craig David

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

Daniel Dal Barba

Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born

David Reilly

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

Dick Kemper

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

Edyta Sliwinska

Edyta Sliwinska, Polish ballroom dancer was born

Erbie Bowser

Erbie Bowser, pianist was born

Eve Torres

Eve Torres, American dancer and model was born

Federico Chueca

Federico Chueca, composer was born

Felicjan Szopski

Felicjan Szopski, composer was born

Frank Esier-Smith

Frank Esier-Smith, rocker was born

Giuseppe Porsile

Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born

Googoosh

Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (ÙØ§Ø¦Ù‚Ù‡ Ø¢ØªØ´ÛŒÙ†), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress was born

Hans Pfitzner

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

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

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

Ian McCullough

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

Jacques Danican Philidor

Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born

James LaBrie

James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater) was born

Jean-Frederic Edelmann

Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born

Jenifer McKitrick

Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter was born

Jiri Svoboda

Jiri Svoboda, composer (Accumulator 1) was born

Johann Nepomuk Fuchs

Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer was born

Johnnie Taylor

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

Leopold Samuel

Leopold Samuel, composer was born

Lorraine McIntosh

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

Louis Cortelezzi

Louis Cortelezzi, rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille) was born

Maggie MacNeal

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

Manuel Borguno

Manuel Borguno, composer was born

Marija Šestić

Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer was born

Mutal' Burkhanov

Mutal' Burkhanov, composer was born

Patrick Gowers

Patrick Gowers, British composer was born

Petar Konjovic

Petar Konjovic, composer was born

Phil Gordon

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

Raphael

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

Rex Goh

Rex Goh, rock guitarist (Air Supply) was born

Shawn Drover

Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth) was born

Shoko Nakagawa

Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer was born

Skye Sweetnam

Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter was born

Sonja Oosterman

Sonja Oosterman, Dutch singer (Marketensters) was born

Stanislaw Moniuszko

Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born

Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh]

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

Theo Olof

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

Thereza Bazaar

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

Thomas Tertius Noble

Thomas Tertius Noble, composer was born

Wade MacNeil

Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire) was born

Yoritsune Matsudaira

Yoritsune Matsudaira, composer was born

Died on May 5

Belgacem Bouguenna

Belgacem Bouguenna died

Chris Strachwitz

Chris Strachwitz died

Ciro Pessoa

Ciro Pessoa died

Claudio Merulo

Claudio Merulo, Italian organist/composer, dies at 71

Didi Kempot

Didi Kempot died

Etelka Kenéz Heka

Etelka Kenéz Heka died

Friedrich Ludwig Seidel

Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65

Gottlob Benedikt Bierey

Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67

Heinrich Gebhard

Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies

Jacob Hintze

Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79

Jan Nepomuk Skroup

Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80

Joan O'Brien

Joan O'Brien died

Johann Steuerlein

Johann Steuerlein, composer, dies at 66

Jon William Haussermann Jr

Jon William Haussermann Jr, composer, dies at 76

Kjell Karlsen

Kjell Karlsen died

Lauro Rossi

Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73

Matthaus Fischer

Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76

Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin

Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74

Millie Small

Millie Small died

Naushad Ali

Naushad Ali, Indian composer (b. 1919)

Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli

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

Rev Gary David

Rev Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76

Ritsuko Okazaki

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

Rui Coelho

Rui Coelho, composer, Portuguese composer, dies at 94

Sulho Ranta

Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58

Thomas Eden Binkley

Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63

Releases & milestones on May 5

Chris Brown

Chris Brown released the album 'Slime & B'

Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran released the album '-'

Marie de Camargo

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

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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

Tammy Wynette

Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection

The Smashing Pumpkins

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

Young Thug

Young Thug released the album 'Slime & B'

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