On This Day in Music: May 7

1960 Birth

Adam Bernstein

Adam Bernstein, American music video/television director was born

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1944 Birth

Alison Margaret Bauld

Alison Margaret Bauld, composer was born

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1956 Birth

Anne Dudley

Anne Dudley, British composer was born

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1918 Birth

Argeliers Leon

Argeliers Leon, composer was born

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1940 Birth

Armando Krieger

Armando Krieger, composer was born

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1946 Birth

Bill Danoff

Bill Danoff, Springfield Mass, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band) was born

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1946 Birth

Bill Kreutzmann

Bill Kreutzmann, Palo Alto CA, American rock drummer (Grateful Dead) was born

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1704 Birth

Carl Heinrich Graun

Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Christopher Taylor White

Christopher Taylor White, rocker was born

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1873 Birth

Clarence Dickinson

Clarence Dickinson, composer was born

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1936 Birth

Cornelius Cardew

Cornelius Cardew, composer was born

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1952 Birth

Derek Taylor

Derek Taylor, rocker (Let it Be, Beatles Anthology) was born

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1934 Birth

Donald Russell Holler

Donald Russell Holler, composer was born

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1969 Birth

Eagle Eye Cherry

Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician was born

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1883 Birth

Gino Roncaglia

Gino Roncaglia, composer was born

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1769 Birth

Giuseppe Farinelli

Giuseppe Farinelli, composer was born

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1934 Birth

Heinz Marti

Heinz Marti, composer was born

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1971 Birth

Horgh

Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy) was born

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1907 Birth

Jef van Durme

Jef van Durme, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Jim Lowe

Jim Lowe, American singer was born

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1939 Birth

Jimmy Ruffin

Jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted) was born

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1803 Birth

Johan Peter Cronhamm

Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer was born

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1833 Birth

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer was born

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1963 Birth

Johnny Lee Middleton

Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra) was born

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1939 Birth

Johnny Maestro

Johnny Maestro, NY rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge) was born

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1922 Birth

Lew Anderson

Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (d. 2006) was born

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1901 Birth

Marcel Poot

Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer was born

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1986 Birth

Matt Helders

Matt Helders, English musician, drummer for Arctic Monkeys was born

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1933 Birth

Nexhmije Pagarusha

Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer was born

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1948 Birth

Peter Wingfield

Peter Wingfield, Wales, rocker/actor (Methos-Highlander) was born

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1961 Birth

Phil Campbell

Phil Campbell, British musician (Motörhead) was born

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1950 Birth

Prairie Prince

Prairie Prince, rocker (Tubes) was born

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1840 Birth

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk, Russia, composer (1812 Overture, Swan Lake), (d. 1893) [NS] was born

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1943 Birth

Rick West

Rick West, [Richard Westwood], rocker (Brian Poole & Tremeloes) was born

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1978 Birth

Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon)

Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Norwegian Black Metal musician was born

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1931 Birth

Teresa Brewer

Teresa Brewer, Toledo Ohio, singer (Put Another Nickel In) was born

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1908 Birth

Wouter Paap

Wouter Paap, composer was born

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1928 Death

Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan

Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56

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2020 Death

Andre Harrell

Andre Harrell died

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1825 Death

Antonio Salieri

Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74

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2011 Death

Big George

Big George, British broadcaster, composer, bandleader and musician (b. 1957)

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1970 Death

Carlos Estrada

Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60

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1998 Death

Eddie Rabbitt

Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)

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1914 Death

Edward Mollenhauer

Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87

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1934 Death

Edward Naylor

Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67

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1942 Death

Felix Paul von Weingartner

Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79

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1814 Death

Franz Volrath Buttstett

Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79

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1876 Death

Franz count of Pocci

Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69

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1977 Death

Irwin Fischer

Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73

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2021 Death

Jamal Salameh

Jamal Salameh died

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2026 Death

James F. Sundah

James F. Sundah died

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2024 Death

Jan Wróblewski

Jan Wróblewski died

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1667 Death

Johann Jakob Froberger

Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50

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1736 Death

John Weldon

John Weldon, composer, dies at 60

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1818 Death

Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh

Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70

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2006 Death

Machiko Soga

Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend (b. 1943)

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1993 Death

Mary Philbin

Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89

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1922 Death

Max Wagenknecht

Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857)

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2022 Death

Mickey Gilley

Mickey Gilley died

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1981 Death

Mieczyslaw Kolinski

Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79

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1800 Death

Niccolo Piccinni

Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72

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1836 Death

Norbert Burgmuller

Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26

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1793 Death

Pietro Nardini

Pietro Nardini, composer, dies at 71

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1995 Death

Ray McKinley

Ray McKinley, drummer, dies at 84

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1900 Death

Richard Storrs Willis

Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81

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2024 Death

Steve Albini

Steve Albini died

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2020 Death

Ty

Ty died

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2021 Death

Vanraj Bhatia

Vanraj Bhatia died

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2020 Death

İbrahim Gökçek

İbrahim Gökçek died

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2021 Event

Bebe Rexha

Bebe Rexha released the album 'Better Mistakes'

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1888 Event

Edouard Lalo

Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris

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2026 Event

J.Lamotta

J.Lamotta released the album 'Israeliana'

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1824 Event

Ludwig V. Beethoven

Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna

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1970 Event

The Beatles

"Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release

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