On This Day in Music: November 14

On November 14 in music history, 56 artists were born, 19 died and 3 other milestones happened, among them Michael Jackson (1991), Joseph "Run" Simmons (1964) and Aaron Copland (1900).

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Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV

Joseph "Run" Simmons

Joseph "Run" Simmons, New York, American rapper (Run DMC) was born

Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland, American composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring) (d. 1990) was born

Lil Boosie

Lil Boosie, American rapper was born

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Born on November 14

Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland, American composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring) (d. 1990) was born

Alec John Such

Alec John Such, US pop bassist (Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead or Alive) was born

Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov

Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer was born

Andrew

Andrew, rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train) was born

Annie Schilder

Annie Schilder, Dutch singer (BZN) was born

August Reissmann

August Reissmann, composer was born

Barry Brandt

Barry Brandt, Wash DC, rock drummer (Angel) was born

Bernhard Paumgartner

Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer was born

Billy Jim Layton

Billy Jim Layton, composer was born

Butch Walker

Butch Walker, Rome Ga, heavy metal guitarist (Southgang-Tainted Angel) was born

Carlo Conti

Carlo Conti, composer was born

Cornell Gunther

Cornell Gunther, Los Angeles California, musician (Coasters-Poison Ivy) was born

Donald Edwin White

Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator was born

Edyta Górniak

Edyta Górniak, Polish singer was born

Ellis Marsalis

Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician was born

Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel

Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer was born

Faye Tozer

Faye Tozer, British musician (Steps) was born

Frank Affolter

Frank Affolter, pianist/writer/composer (If Nobody Does) was born

Freddie Garrity

Freddie Garrity, rocker (Freddie & the Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now) was born

Friederich Wilhelm Zachow

Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer was born

Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini

Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer was born

Geoffrey Turton Shaw

Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer was born

Giulio Roberti

Giulio Roberti, composer was born

Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn

Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer was born

James Young

James Young, Chicago IL, rock guitarist (Styx) was born

Jessie Jacobs

Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008) was born

Johann Ernst Perabo

Johann Ernst Perabo, composer was born

Johann Georg Leopold Mozart

Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer was born

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer was born

Johann van Beethoven

Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792) was born

John Curwen

John Curwen, composer was born

John Henry Barbee

John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964) was born

Johnny Desmond

Johnny Desmond, Detroit Mich, singer (Your Hit Parade) was born

Joseph "Run" Simmons

Joseph "Run" Simmons, New York, American rapper (Run DMC) was born

Ken Carson

Ken Carson, Coalgate Oklahoma, singer (Garry Moore Show) was born

Leonid B Kogan

Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist (Lenin Prize-1952) was born

Leonie Rysanek

Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54) was born

Lil Boosie

Lil Boosie, American rapper was born

Lisa Otto

Lisa Otto, German soprano was born

Marija Šerifović

Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer was born

Marina Candael

Marina Candael, Flemish dancer/choreography (Rhapsody in Blue) was born

Moka Only

Moka Only, Canadian musician was born

Morton Downey

Morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family) was born

Narciso Yepes

Narciso Yepes, Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947) was born

Nina Gordon

Nina Gordon, American singer was born

Obie Trice

Obie Trice, American rapper was born

Ramon Zupko

Ramon Zupko, composer was born

Rev Run

Rev Run, American rapper was born

Sandahl Bergman

Sandahl Bergman, KC Missouri, actress (Conan, All that Jazz) was born

Scherrie Payne

Scherrie Payne, US singer (Supremes-Incredible) was born

Stephen Bishop

Stephen Bishop, rocker vocalist was born

Tobin Esperance

Tobin Esperance, American musician (Papa Roach) was born

Tom Judson

Tom Judson, American actor and composer was born

Travis Barker

Travis Barker, American musician (Blink-182, +44) was born

Wendy (Walter) Carlos

Wendy (Walter) Carlos, Pawtucket RI, composer (Switched on Bach) was born

Yanni

Yanni, new age musician (Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance) was born

Died on November 14

Aashish Khan

Aashish Khan died

Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann

Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer, dies at 78

Buzy

Buzy died

Carl Flesch

Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)

Carl Michael Ziehrer

Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer, dies at 79

Christoph Bernhard

Christoph Bernhard, German composer, dies at 64

Des O'Connor

Des O'Connor died

Feliks Ostrowski

Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58

George Adams

George Adams, US tenor saxophonist/flautist (Changes One), dies

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74

Jerzy Połomski

Jerzy Połomski died

Joachim Stutschewsky

Joachim Stutschewsky, composer, dies at 91

Manuel de Falla

Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876)

Michel Colombier

Michel Colombier, French composer (b. 1939)

Richard Addinsell

Richard Addinsell, English composer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 73

Shōhei Hino

Shōhei Hino died

Theodor Leschetizky

Theodor Leschetizky, composer, dies at 85

Todd Snider

Todd Snider died

Vic Flick

Vic Flick died

Releases & milestones on November 14

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV

Oscar Strauss

Oscar Strauss' musical "Der tapfere Soldat" premieres in Vienna

Usher

31st American Music Award: Sheryl Crow, Usher & Kenny Chesney win

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