On This Day in Music: November 12

1968-11-12 Birth

Aaron Stainthorpe

Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride) was born

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1833-11-12 Birth

Alexander Borodin

Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable, Price Igor) was born

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1858-11-12 Birth

Alexis Contant

Alexis Contant, composer was born

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1978-11-12 Birth

Andrew Kinlochan

Andrew Kinlochan, English singer and musician was born

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1949-11-12 Birth

Arthur "Pooch" Tavares

Arthur "Pooch" Tavares, rocker was born

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1968-11-12 Birth

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress/singer was born

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1931-11-12 Birth

Bob Crewe

Bob Crewe, rocker was born

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1944-11-12 Birth

Booker T Jones

Booker T Jones, organist [or Dec 11] was born

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1943-11-12 Birth

Brian Hyland

Brian Hyland, Queens NY, rocker (She Wore an Itsy Bitsy ... Bikini) was born

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1911-11-12 Birth

Buck Clayton

Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1991) was born

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1934-11-12 Birth

Bukka White

Bukka White, rocker was born

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1817-11-12 Birth

Carlo Pedrotti

Carlo Pedrotti, composer was born

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1967-11-12 Birth

Charlie Pennaelino

Charlie Pennaelino, Queens NY, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way) was born

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1964-11-12 Birth

Dave Ellefson

Dave Ellefson, Jackson, Minnesota, American heavy metal bassist (Megadeth) was born

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1947-11-12 Birth

Donald Roeser

Donald Roeser, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult) was born

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1948-11-12 Birth

Errol Brown

Errol Brown, Kingston Jamaica, rock vocalist (Hot Chocolate) was born

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1986-11-12 Birth

Evan Yo

Evan Yo, Taiwanese pop singer was born

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1905-11-12 Birth

Evgeny Grigor'yevich Bruslovsky

Evgeny Grigor'yevich Bruslovsky, composer was born

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1941-11-12 Birth

Frank Rosenthal

Frank Rosenthal, rocker was born

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1676-11-12 Birth

Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo

Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born

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1827-11-12 Birth

Gustav Adolf Merkel

Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer was born

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1947-11-12 Birth

J C Crowley

J C Crowley, rocker was born

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1916-11-12 Birth

Jean Papineau-Couture

Jean Papineau-Couture, composer was born

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1941-11-12 Birth

Jennifer Helen McLeod

Jennifer Helen McLeod, composer was born

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1943-11-12 Birth

Jimmy "Bro" Hayes

Jimmy "Bro" Hayes, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk) was born

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1917-11-12 Birth

Jo Stafford

Jo Stafford, Coalinga California, singer (You Belong to me, Never Smile Again) was born

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1943-11-12 Birth

John Maus

John Maus, NYC, rock vocalist (Walker Brothers) was born

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1976-11-12 Birth

Judith Holofernes

Judith Holofernes, German singer (Wir sind Helden) was born

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1897-11-12 Birth

Karl Marx

Karl Marx, Germany, composer/conductor was born

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1969-11-12 Birth

Kathleen Hanna

Kathleen Hanna, American singer and songwriter was born

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1955-11-12 Birth

Leslie McKeown

Leslie McKeown, rock vocalist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night) was born

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1939-11-12 Birth

Lucia Popp

Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (d. 1993) was born

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1817-11-12 Birth

Martin Gustav Nottebohm

Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer was born

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1960-11-12 Birth

Maurane

Maurane, Belgian singer was born

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1973-11-12 Birth

Mayte Garcia

Mayte Garcia, American dancer was born

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1961-11-12 Birth

Michaela Paetsch

Michaela Paetsch, American violinist was born

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1936-11-12 Birth

Mort Shuman

Mort Shuman, rocker was born

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1945-11-12 Birth

Neil Young

Neil Young, Toronto, singer/songwriter (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) was born

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1844-11-12 Birth

Octave Fouque

Octave Fouque, composer was born

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1984-11-12 Birth

Omarion

Omarion, American R&B musician was born

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1921-11-12 Birth

Robert Fleming

Robert Fleming, composer was born

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1936-11-12 Birth

Robert White

Robert White, guitarist was born

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1939-11-12 Birth

Ruby Nash Curtis

Ruby Nash Curtis, US singer (Romantics-Our Day Will Come) was born

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1924-11-12 Birth

Sam Jones

Sam Jones, jazz bassist (d. 1981) was born

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1905-11-12 Birth

Solon Michaelides

Solon Michaelides, composer was born

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1935-11-12 Birth

Terry Johnson

Terry Johnson, US R&B singer (Flamingos-I Know Better) was born

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1975-11-12 Birth

Tevin Jermod Campbell

Tevin Jermod Campbell, Dallas Tx, rapper was born

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1953-11-12 Birth

Vasilis Karras

Vasilis Karras, Greek singer was born

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1940-11-12 Death

Alejandro Garcia Caturla

Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34

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1980-11-12 Death

Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen

Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85

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1962-11-12 Death

Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach

Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68

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1997-11-12 Death

Carlos Surinach

Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915)

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1994-11-12 Death

Charles "Honi" Coles

Charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81

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1979-11-12 Death

Dimitri Tiompkin

Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85

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1944-11-12 Death

Edgar Stillman Kelley

Edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87

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1823-11-12 Death

Emmanuel Aloys Forster

Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75

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2000-11-12 Death

Franck Pourcel

Franck Pourcel, French popular orchestra leader (b. 1913)

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1852-11-12 Death

Georg Hellmesberger

Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22

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1996-11-12 Death

Gwen Catley

Gwen Catley, soprano, dies at 90

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2010-11-12 Death

Henryk Górecki

Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)

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1978-11-12 Death

Howard Swanson

Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71

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1739-11-12 Death

Ludwig Ernst

Ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71

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1606-11-12 Death

Matthaus Ludecus

Matthaus Ludecus, composer, dies at 79

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2008-11-12 Death

Mitch Mitchell

Mitch Mitchell, English musician (b. 1947)

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1990-11-12 Death

Nico Haak

Nico Haak, Dutch singer (Foxy Foxtrot), dies

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1966-11-12 Death

Quincy Porter

Quincy Porter, US composer, dies at 69

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1925-11-12 Death

Roman Statkowski

Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65

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1944-11-12 Death

Roy Agnew

Roy Agnew, composer, dies at 51

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1972-11-12 Death

Rudolf Friml

Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite), dies at 92

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1896-11-12 Death

Spyridon Xyndas

Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84

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2003-11-12 Death

Tony Thompson

Tony Thompson, American drummer (Chic, Power Station) (b. 1954)

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1948-11-12 Death

Umberto Giordano

Umberto Giordano, composer, dies at 81

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1976-11-12 Death

Walter Hamor Piston

Walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82

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2008-11-12 Event

Brad Paisley

42nd Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins

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1989-11-12 Event

George Forrest

George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel" premieres in NYC

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