On This Day in Music: May 9

1814-05-09 Birth

Adolph von Henselt

Adolph von Henselt, composer was born

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1969-05-09 Birth

Amber

Amber, Dutch musician was born

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1979-05-09 Birth

Andrew W.K.

Andrew W.K., American musician was born

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1955-05-09 Birth

Anne-Sofie von Otter

Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano was born

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1865-05-09 Birth

August de Boeck

August de Boeck, composer was born

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1965-05-09 Birth

Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot

Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance) was born

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1916-05-09 Birth

Bernard William George Rose

Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist was born

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1949-05-09 Birth

Billy Joel

Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist (Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge) was born

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1833-05-09 Birth

Boleslaw Dembinski

Boleslaw Dembinski, composer was born

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1939-05-09 Birth

Bruce Mather

Bruce Mather, composer was born

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1943-05-09 Birth

Bruce Milner

Bruce Milner, rocker (Every Mother's Son) was born

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1914-05-09 Birth

Carlo Maria Giulini

Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor was born

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1829-05-09 Birth

Ciro Pinsuti

Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer was born

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1924-05-09 Birth

Connie Russell

Connie Russell, NYC, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large) was born

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1962-05-09 Birth

Dave Gahan

Dave Gahan, Essex, rock vocalist (Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me) was born

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1937-05-09 Birth

Dave Prater

Dave Prater, Ocilla Ga, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave) was born

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1940-05-09 Birth

Dick Morrissey

Dick Morrissey, saxophonist was born

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1944-05-09 Birth

Don Dannemann

Don Dannemann, rocker (Cyrkle) was born

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1909-05-09 Birth

Don Messer

Don Messer, Canadian country musician (d. 1973) was born

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1916-05-09 Birth

Douglas Guest

Douglas Guest, organist was born

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1892-05-09 Birth

Eric Westberg

Eric Westberg, composer was born

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1914-05-09 Birth

Frank Chacksfield

Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orchestra leader was born

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1740-05-09 Birth

Giovanni Paisiello

Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) was born

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1914-05-09 Birth

Hank Snow

Hank Snow, Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding) was born

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1962-05-09 Birth

John Corbett

John Corbett, actor/singer (Chris-Northern Exposure) was born

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1855-05-09 Birth

Julius Rontgen

Julius Rontgen, composer was born

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1964-05-09 Birth

Kevin Saunderson

Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey was born

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1942-05-09 Birth

Mike Millward

Mike Millward, rocker was born

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1846-05-09 Birth

Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov

Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer was born

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1935-05-09 Birth

Nokie Edwards

Nokie Edwards, Lahoma, Oklahoma, American guitarist (The Ventures) was born

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1928-05-09 Birth

Pall Pampichier Palsson

Pall Pampichier Palsson, composer was born

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1962-05-09 Birth

Paul Heaton

Paul Heaton, rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There) was born

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1971-05-09 Birth

Paul McGuigan

Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis) was born

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1941-05-09 Birth

Pete Birrell

Pete Birrell, rock bassist (Freddie & The Dreamers) was born

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1979-05-09 Birth

Pierre Bouvier

Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) was born

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1944-05-09 Birth

Richard Furay

Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) was born

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1963-05-09 Birth

Sanja Doležal

Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili) was born

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1937-05-09 Birth

Sonny Curtis

Sonny Curtis, Texas, guitarist (Crickets) was born

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1945-05-09 Birth

Steve Katz

Steve Katz, NYC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears) was born

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1975-05-09 Birth

Tamia

Tamia, Canadian singer was born

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1950-05-09 Birth

Tom Petersson

Tom Petersson, Rockford Il, rock bassist (Cheap Trick) was born

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1942-05-09 Birth

Tommy Roe

Tommy Roe, Atlanta, rocker (Hooray for Hazel) was born

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1966-05-09 Death

Alfred Mendelsohn

Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56

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1822-05-09 Death

Charles Duquesnoy

Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62

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1799-05-09 Death

Claude-Benigne Balbastre

Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72

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1928-05-09 Death

Constantin Dimitrescu

Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81

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1707-05-09 Death

Dietrich Buxtehude

Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69

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1905-05-09 Death

Ernst Pauer

Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78

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1944-05-09 Death

Ethel Mary Smyth

Ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86

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1957-05-09 Death

Ezio F Pinza

Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, NY Met Opera), dies

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1791-05-09 Death

Francis Hopkinson

Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53

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1785-05-09 Death

Franz Xaver Schnitzer

Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44

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2001-05-09 Death

James E. Myers

James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)

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1880-05-09 Death

Johann Hermann Berens

Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54

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1853-05-09 Death

Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt

Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73

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1989-05-09 Death

Keith Whitley

Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33

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1979-05-09 Death

Lan Adomian

Lan Adomian, composer, dies at 73

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2010-05-09 Death

Lena Horne

Lena Horne, American singer and actress (b. 1917)

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1990-05-09 Death

Luigi Nono

Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66

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1974-05-09 Death

Lyubomir Pipkov

Lyubomir Pipkov, composer, dies at 69

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1995-05-09 Death

Marshall Royal

Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82

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2005-05-09 Death

Nasrat Parsa

Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (b. 1969)

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1760-05-09 Death

Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf

Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, Austrian born German religious and social reformer, dies at 59

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1970-05-09 Death

Percy Brier

Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84

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1967-05-09 Death

Philippa Duke Schuyler

Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer, dies at 35

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1976-05-09 Death

Raymond Chevreuille

Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74

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1985-05-09 Death

Reginald Dixon

Reginald Dixon, British theatre organist, dies at 80

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1991-05-09 Death

Rudolf Serkin

Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies

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1745-05-09 Death

Tomaso Antonio Vitali

Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82

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1976-05-09 Death

Valentino Bucchi

Valentino Bucchi, composer, dies at 59

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1977-05-09 Death

Walter Kraft

Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71

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1965-05-09 Event

Bob Dylan

Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert

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1978-05-09 Event

Fats Waller

Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in NYC

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1944-05-09 Event

Jimmie Davis

Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana

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1982-05-09 Event

Maury Yeston

Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in NYC

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1962-05-09 Event

The Beatles

Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Parlophone

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1983-05-09 Event

Willie Nelson

18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Willie Nelson

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