1940-11-19
Birth
Alberto Villalpando
Alberto Villalpando, composer was born
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1971-11-19
Birth
Alice Peacock
Alice Peacock, American folk singer was born
1954-11-19
Birth
Annette Guest
Annette Guest, US singer (First Choice) was born
1944-11-19
Birth
Charlie Coe
Charlie Coe, rock bassist (Paul Revers & The Raiders) was born
1907-11-19
Birth
Christian J H English
Christian J H English, [Luc Tournier], Neth/Curacaos painter/composer was born
1934-11-19
Birth
Dave Guard
Dave Guard, rocker was born
1934-11-19
Birth
David Lloyd-Jones
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor was born
1936-11-19
Birth
Emin Aristakesian
Emin Aristakesian, composer was born
1943-11-19
Birth
Fred Lipsius
Fred Lipsius, NYC, rock pianist/sax (Blood, Sweat & Tears) was born
1938-11-19
Birth
Hank Medress
Hank Medress, Brooklyn NY, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight) was born
1906-11-19
Birth
Henri Temianka
Henri Temianka, composer was born
1906-11-19
Birth
Jacques Leguerney
Jacques Leguerney, composer was born
1946-11-19
Birth
Joe Correro
Joe Correro, Greenwood Ms, rock drummer (Paul Revers & The Raiders) was born
1796-11-19
Birth
Johann Wilhelm Mangold
Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer was born
1761-11-19
Birth
Joseph Supries
Joseph Supries, composer was born
1976-11-19
Birth
Jun Shibata
Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter was born
1970-11-19
Birth
Justin Chancellor
Justin Chancellor, English bassist (Tool) was born
1874-11-19
Birth
Karl Adrian Wohlfart
Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer was born
1979-11-19
Birth
Keith Buckley
Keith Buckley - American singer (Every Time I Die) was born
1978-11-19
Birth
Matt Dusk
Matt Dusk, Canadian jazz musician / vocalist was born
1960-11-19
Birth
Matt Sorum
Matt Sorum, US pop drummer (Guns n' Roses, Like a Suicide) [or Nov 2] was born
1936-11-19
Birth
Michel Decoust
Michel Decoust, composer was born
1908-11-19
Birth
Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki
Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki, composer was born
1859-11-19
Birth
Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov
Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody) was born
1957-11-19
Birth
Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000) was born
1939-11-19
Birth
Pete Moore
Pete Moore, Detroit MI, rocker (Miracles) was born
1709-11-19
Birth
Pierre Leclair
Pierre Leclair, composer was born
1937-11-19
Birth
Ray Collins
Ray Collins, rocker (Mothers of Invention) was born
1973-11-19
Birth
Savion Glover
Savion Glover, dancer/choreographer (Bring in 'da Noise) was born
1929-11-19
Birth
Slavko Avsenik
Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician was born
1753-11-19
Birth
Stanislas Champein
Stanislas Champein, composer was born
1954-11-19
Birth
Tom Scheckel
Tom Scheckel, Chicago IL, rock drummer (Buckinghams) was born
1905-11-19
Birth
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane Pa, orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany) was born
1870-11-19
Birth
Vicente Lleo
Vicente Lleo, composer was born
1939-11-19
Birth
Warren "Pete" Moore
Warren "Pete" Moore, US singer (Miracles-Tears of a Clown) was born
1928-11-19
Death
Achille Simonetti
Achille Simonetti, composer, dies at 71
1854-11-19
Death
Alberich Zwyssig
Alberich Zwyssig, composer, dies at 46
1908-11-19
Death
Albert Dietrich
Albert Dietrich, composer, dies at 79
1929-11-19
Death
Arthur H Mann
Arthur H Mann, English composer (Church of England Hymnal), dies
1785-11-19
Death
Bernard de Bury
Bernard de Bury, composer, dies at 65
1992-11-19
Death
Bobby Russell
Bobby Russell, song writer (Honey, Little Green Apples), dies at 52
1995-11-19
Death
Bruce Trent
Bruce Trent, singer, dies at 83
1963-11-19
Death
Carmen Amaya
Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50
1942-11-19
Death
Edouard Combe
Edouard Combe, composer, dies at 76
1996-11-19
Death
Edward Kassner
Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76
1828-11-19
Death
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (Die schöne Müllerin), dies at 31 from typhoid fever
1931-11-19
Death
Frederic Cliffe
Frederic Cliffe, composer, dies at 74
1974-11-19
Death
George Brunies
George Brunies, American musician (b. 1902)
1825-11-19
Death
Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek
Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer, dies at 34
1915-11-19
Death
Joe Hill
Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder
1630-11-19
Death
Johann Hermann Schein
Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44
2007-11-19
Death
Kevin DuBrow
Kevin DuBrow, American singer (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955)
1995-11-19
Death
Martha Hill
Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94
1804-11-19
Death
Pietro Alessandro Guglieli
Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, Italian opera composer, dies at 75
1995-11-19
Death
Shirley Bergeron
Shirley Bergeron, singer/guitarist, dies at 62
2004-11-19
Death
Terry Melcher
Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b. 1942)
1795-11-19
Death
Thomas Linley
Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 62
1950-11-19
Death
Thomas Wood
Thomas Wood, composer, dies at 57
1983-11-19
Death
Tom Evans
Tom Evans, English bass guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
1995-11-19
Event
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