On This Day in Music: November 2

1962 Birth

Andrew Elt

Andrew Elt, singer (Sleeze Beez) was born

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1846 Birth

Antonio Pena y Goni

Antonio Pena y Goni, composer was born

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1915 Birth

Beryl McBurnie

Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (d. 2000) was born

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1963 Birth

Bobby Dall

Bobby Dall, American rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn), was born

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1941 Birth

Bruce Welch

Bruce Welch, [Cripps], rocker (Shadows Bognor Regis) was born

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1957 Birth

Carter Beauford

Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band) was born

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1843 Birth

Caryl Florio

Caryl Florio, composer, Pen-name of William James Rob John was born

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1955 Birth

Chris Burnett

Chris Burnett, American musician was born

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1975 Birth

Chris Walla

Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie) was born

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1947 Birth

Dave Pegg

Dave Pegg, British pop bassist (Jethro Tull-Crest of a Wave) was born

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1947 Birth

David Anthony Ahern

David Anthony Ahern, composer was born

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1915 Birth

Douglas Gordon Lilburn

Douglas Gordon Lilburn, composer was born

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1937 Birth

Earl "Speedoo" Carroll

Earl "Speedoo" Carroll, NYC, rocker (Cadillacs, Coasters) was born

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1843 Birth

Elek Erkel

Elek Erkel, composer was born

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1986 Birth

Erika Jo

Erika Jo, American musician was born

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1876 Birth

Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa

Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer was born

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1920 Birth

Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta

Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer was born

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1921 Birth

Fernando Correia de Oliveira

Fernando Correia de Oliveira, composer was born

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1955 Birth

Frank Gilligan

Frank Gilligan, Queens NY, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around) was born

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1785 Birth

Frederic Kalkbrenner

Frederic Kalkbrenner, composer was born

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1883 Birth

Frico Kafenda

Frico Kafenda, composer was born

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1946 Birth

Giuseppe Sinopoli

Giuseppe Sinopoli, Venice Italy, conductor/composer (Sunnyata) was born

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1929 Birth

Harold Farberman

Harold Farberman, NYC, conductor/composer (Medea) was born

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1977 Birth

Jason Cerbone

Jason Cerbone, American actor (The Sopranos) was born

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1938 Birth

Jay Black

Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans) was born

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1938 Birth

Jay Traynor

Jay Traynor, rocker (Jay & The Americans) was born

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1879 Birth

Jean Gilbert

Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer (Prince Regent) was born

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1785 Birth

Johann Leopold Fuchs

Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer was born

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1880 Birth

John Foulds

John Foulds, composer was born

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1912 Birth

Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen

Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer was born

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1961 Birth

K.D. Lang [Kathy Dawn]

K.D. Lang [Kathy Dawn], Consort Alberta, Canadian country singer was born

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1739 Birth

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer was born

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1989 Birth

Katelyn Tarver

Katelyn Tarver, American singer was born

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1982 Birth

Kyoko Fukada

Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress, model and singer was born

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1951 Birth

Lindy Morrison

Lindy Morrison, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) was born

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1967 Birth

Marc van Roon

Marc van Roon, Dutch improvising musician was born

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1952 Birth

Maxine Nightingale

Maxine Nightingale, English soul singer was born

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1929 Birth

Milan Stibilj

Milan Stibilj, composer was born

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1962 Birth

Mireille Delunsch

Mireille Delunsch, French soprano was born

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1974 Birth

Nelly

Nelly, American rapper was born

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1842 Birth

Otto Reubke

Otto Reubke, composer was born

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1892 Birth

Paul Abraham

Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Viktoria und ihr Huzar) was born

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1974 Birth

Prodigy

Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep) was born

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1969 Birth

Reginald Arvizu

Reginald Arvizu, American bassist (KoЯn) was born

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1948 Birth

Rich Gooch

Rich Gooch, rock bassist (Quarterflash) was born

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1968 Birth

Ultra Naté

Ultra Naté, American musician was born

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1692 Birth

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766) was born

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1958 Death

Adam von Ahn Carse

Adam von Ahn Carse, composer, dies at 80

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2022 Death

Atilio Stampone

Atilio Stampone died

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1884 Death

Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil

Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer, dies at 62

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1635 Death

Aurelio Signoretti

Aurelio Signoretti, composer, dies at 68

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1882 Death

Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques

Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer, dies at 61

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1845 Death

Chretien Urhan

Chretien Urhan, composer, dies at 55

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1960 Death

Dimitri Mitropoulos

Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64

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2025 Death

Donna Jean Godchaux

Donna Jean Godchaux died

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1994 Death

Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson

Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter, dies at 73

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1968 Death

Ernst Hess

Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56

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1996 Death

Eva Cassidy

Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)

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1962 Death

Felice Lattuada

Felice Lattuada, composer, dies at 80

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1991 Death

Fran Stevens

Fran Stevens, singer, dies of cancer in Bronx NY at 72

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2020 Death

Gigi Proietti

Gigi Proietti died

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1956 Death

Jacob Weinberg

Jacob Weinberg, composer, dies at 77

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1887 Death

Jenny Lind

Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67

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1717 Death

Johann Jacob Walther

Johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies

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1731 Death

Johann Matthias Leffloth

Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer, dies at 26

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2025 Death

Lô Borges

Lô Borges died

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1937 Death

Maude Valerie White

Maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82

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1966 Death

Mississippi John Hurt

Mississippi John Hurt, rocker, dies at 73

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2021 Death

Sabah Fakhri

Sabah Fakhri died

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2011 Death

Sickan Carlsson

Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915)

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2007 Death

Witold Kiełtyka

Witold Kiełtyka, Polish metal drummer (Decapitated) (b. 1984)

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1973 Event

Barbra Streisand

"Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV

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2021 Event

Diablo Swing Orchestra

Diablo Swing Orchestra released the album 'Swagger & Stroll Down the Rabbit Hole'

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1931 Event

Harry Warren

Warren, Dixon & Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in NYC

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2020 Event

Monsta X

Monsta X released the album 'Fatal Love'

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1979 Event

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Peter Shaffer's musical "Amadeus", premieres in London

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