On This Day in Music: November 13

1956 Birth

Aldo Nova

Aldo Nova, rocker (Blood on the Bricks) was born

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1953 Birth

Andy "the Clobberer" Ranken

Andy "the Clobberer" Ranken, English pop drummer (The Pogues) was born

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1718 Birth

Anton Laube

Anton Laube, composer was born

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1973 Birth

Ari Hoenig

Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer was born

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1951 Birth

Bill Gibson

Bill Gibson, California, rock drummer (Huey Lewis & The News) was born

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1977 Birth

Chanel Cole

Chanel Cole, Australian singer was born

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1933 Birth

Clyde McPhatter

Clyde McPhatter, rocker was born

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1906 Birth

Conrad Thibault

Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room) was born

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1855 Birth

Daniel F Scheurleer

Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker was born

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1921 Birth

Eddie Calhoun

Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist was born

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1663 Birth

Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow

Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, composer was born

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1854 Birth

George Whitfield Chadwick

George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) was born

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1977 Birth

Huang Xiaoming

Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer was born

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1939 Birth

Idris Muhammad

Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer was born

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1699 Birth

Jan Zach

Jan Zach, composer was born

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1951 Birth

Janet Collins

Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co (Aida) was born

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1918 Birth

Janine Andrade

Janine Andrade, French violinist was born

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1990 Birth

Jibbs

Jibbs, American rapper was born

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1971 Birth

John Francis Zingg

John Francis Zingg, Boston Mass, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys) was born

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1882 Birth

John Lowry

John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall) was born

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1943 Birth

John Paul Hammond

John Paul Hammond, NYC, blues singer (So Many Roads) was born

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1921 Birth

Joonas Kokkonen

Joonas Kokkonen, composer was born

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1940 Birth

Justine "Baby" Washington

Justine "Baby" Washington, US singer (Only Those in Love) was born

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1937 Birth

Kamahl

Kamahl, [Kamalesvaran], Australian singer (Elephant Song) was born

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1982 Birth

Koda Kumi

Koda Kumi, Japanese singer was born

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1946 Birth

Martin Bresnick

Martin Bresnick, composer was born

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1789 Birth

Martin de Ron

Martin de Ron, composer was born

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1886 Birth

Mary Wigman

Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973) was born

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1879 Birth

Maurice Delage

Maurice Delage, composer was born

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1926 Birth

Max Vernon Mathews

Max Vernon Mathews, composer was born

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1982 Birth

Michael Copon

Michael Copon, American actor and singer was born

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1885 Birth

Montague Fawcett Phillips

Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer was born

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1978 Birth

Nikolai Fraiture

Nikolai Fraiture, American bassist (The Strokes) was born

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1868 Birth

Pierre Maurice

Pierre Maurice, composer was born

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1875 Birth

Rogelio del Villar

Rogelio del Villar, composer was born

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1949 Birth

Roger Steen

Roger Steen, rock guitarist/vocalist (Tubes) was born

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1972 Birth

Shom-Rock

Shom-Rock, rocker (Young Nation) was born

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1856 Birth

Sigwart Aspestrand

Sigwart Aspestrand, composer was born

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1979 Birth

Subliminal

Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer was born

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1972 Birth

T-Haxx

T-Haxx, rocker (DYC) was born

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1972 Birth

Takuya Kimura

Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor was born

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1949 Birth

Terry Reid

Terry Reid, rock guitarist (River, Bang Bang You're Terry Reid) was born

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1944 Birth

Timmy Thomas

Timmy Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Why Can't We Live Together) was born

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1759 Birth

Timothy Olmstead

Timothy Olmstead, composer was born

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1955 Birth

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg [Caryn Johnson], New York, actress, comedian, and singer (Color Purple, Burglar) was born

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1921 Birth

Yoshiro Irino

Yoshiro Irino, composer was born

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1811 Birth

Yuri Arnold

Yuri Arnold, composer was born

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1983 Death

"Alvin" Junior Samples

"Alvin" Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56

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1997 Death

André Boucourechliev

André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925)

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1988 Death

Antal Dorati

Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82

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1896 Death

Antonio Pena y Goni

Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50

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1992 Death

Bobby McClure

Bobby Mcclure, US singer (Don't mess up a good thing), dies at 50)

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1973 Death

Bruno Maderna

Bruno Maderna, Italian composer/conductor (Satyricon), dies at 53

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1999 Death

Donald Mills

Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1915)

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2020 Death

Doug Supernaw

Doug Supernaw died

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2025 Death

Encarnita Polo

Encarnita Polo died

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2025 Death

Fosforito

Fosforito died

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1916 Death

Frederik Septimus Kelly

Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer, dies at 35

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1868 Death

Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76

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1967 Death

Harriet Cohen

Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)

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2020 Death

Henry Slaughter

Henry Slaughter died

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1951 Death

Hugo Leichtentritt

Hugo Leichtentritt, composer, dies at 77

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1988 Death

Jaromír Vejvoda

Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)

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2004 Death

John Balance

John Balance, English musician and artist (b. 1962)

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2020 Death

Kićo Slabinac

Kićo Slabinac died

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1992 Death

Maurice Ohana

Maurice Ohana, pianist/composer, dies

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1951 Death

Nikolai Karlovich Metner

Nikolai Karlovich Metner, composer, dies at 71

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2004 Death

Ol' Dirty Bastard

Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968)

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1944 Death

Paul Graener

Paul Graener, composer, dies at 72

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1967 Death

Pierre Moulaert

Pierre Moulaert, composer, dies at 60

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1877 Death

Pietro Coppola

Pietro Coppola, composer, dies at 83

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1995 Death

Ralph Blane

Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter, dies at 81

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1979 Death

Rebecca Clarke

Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93

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1986 Death

Rudolf Schock

Rudolf Schock, German opera/operetta singer, dies at 71

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2024 Death

Shel Talmy

Shel Talmy died

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1996 Death

William Ballard Doggett

William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80

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2020 Event

AC/DC

AC/DC released the album 'Power Up'

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2020 Event

Aya Nakamura

Aya Nakamura released the album 'Aya'

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1975 Event

Cole Porter

"Musical Jubilee" by Cole Porter opens at St James Theater NYC for 92 performances

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2020 Event

Future

Future released the album 'Pluto × Baby Pluto'

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1922 Event

George M Cohan

George Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly" premieres in NYC

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2020 Event

Lil Uzi Vert

Lil Uzi Vert released the album 'Pluto × Baby Pluto'

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2020 Event

McFly

McFly released the album 'Young Dumb Thrills'

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2020 Event

Paris Jackson

Paris Jackson released the album 'wilted'

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2010 Event

Powderfinger

Australian rock band Powderfinger, perform their last concert at the Brisbane River Stage

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2023 Event

Red Velvet

Red Velvet released the album 'Chill Kill'

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