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Alfred Hill, composer was born
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Alfred Hill, composer was born
Allison Crowe, Canadian singer was born
Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer was born
Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer [OS] was born
Bob Gibson, rocker was born
Burnet Corwin Tuthill, NYC, composer (Laurentia) was born
Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer was born
Carolina Parra, Brazilian musician (CSS) was born
Chi Coltrane, US pianist/singer was born
Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein) was born
Corinne Hermès, French singer was born
Dan Penn, US songwriter/producer/gospel singer (Out in Left Field) was born
Daniel Read, composer was born
Diana Krall, Canadian Jazz pianist and singer was born
Donna McKechnie, Pontiac Michigan, actress/dancer (Company) was born
Eddie Condon, Goodland Ind, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show) was born
Edmund Schuecker, composer was born
Eric Judy, American Musician was born
Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/composer (In Tempore Belli) was born
Francois Hainl, composer was born
Frederick Scotson Clark, composer was born
Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer was born
Garrett "Garnet" Mimms, Ashland West Virginia, singer (Enchanters-Cry Baby) was born
Gay "Mani" Mournfield, English pop bassist (Stone Roses) was born
Girolamo Abos, composer was born
Guillaume Dumanoir, composer was born
Harry Rushakoff, rocker (Concrete Blonde) was born
Hubert Sumlin, American blues musician was born
Josh Silver, American musician (Type O Negative) was born
K, South Korean singer was born
Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer was born
Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist was born
Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer was born
Pattie Santos, rocker was born
Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963) was born
Paul Sartorius, composer was born
Richard Landry, composer was born
Robert Archibald Smith, composer was born
Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv) was born
Shirvani Chalayev, composer was born
Ton de Leeuw, Dutch composer was born
Toni Brown, US guitarist/singer/keyboardist (Joy of Cooking) was born
Udo Kasemets, composer was born
Vaclav Suk, composer was born
William Ackerman, composer was born
William Christopher Handy, Alabama, jazz star (St Louis Blues) (d. 1958) was born
Winfred "Blue" Lovett, US singer (Manhattans-One Life to Live) was born
Albert Hay Malotte, composer, dies at 69
Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer, dies at 78
Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer, dies at 87
Chester Dino Powers Valenti, singer/Songwriter, dies at 57
Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer, dies at 83
Dino Valente, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b.1943)
Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75
Francis Thome, composer, dies at 59
George Alexander Osborne, composer, dies at 87
Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
Harvey Watkins, gospel Singer, dies at 64
Jack Popplewell, composer/playwright, dies at 87
Joe C., American rapper (b. 1974)
Kurt Schindler, composer, dies at 53
Lucia Popp, Czech/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54
Marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28
Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer, dies at 34
Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer
Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (b. 1907)
Arturo Toscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera
Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry"
"Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 1443 perfs
Victor Herbert & H Smith' musical "Babette" premieres in NYC
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