On This Day in Music: November 25

1960 Birth

Amy Grant

Amy Grant, Augusta, Georgia, American gospel/rock singer (Glory of Love, Baby Baby) was born

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1900 Birth

Arthur Schwartz

Arthur Schwartz, composer (Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust) was born

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1951 Birth

Bill Morrissey

Bill Morrissey, American musician was born

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1955 Birth

Bruno Tonioli

Bruno Tonioli, Italian born British dancer was born

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1737 Birth

Christian Friedrich Penzel

Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer was born

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1914 Birth

Eddie Boyd

Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist (Mississippi) was born

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1968 Birth

Erick Sermon

Erick Sermon, American rap music artist was born

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1862 Birth

Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin

Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer was born

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1787 Birth

Franz Xavier Gruber

Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer (Silent Night) was born

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1958 Birth

Gary Coveyou

Gary Coveyou, rocker was born

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1922 Birth

Gloria Lasso

Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (d. 2005) was born

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1967 Birth

Gregg Turkington

Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and musician was born

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1904 Birth

Herbert Reynolds Inch

Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer was born

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1963 Birth

Holly Cole

Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer was born

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1922 Birth

Ilja Hurnik

Ilja Hurnik, composer was born

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1928 Birth

James "Jimmy" Johnson

James "Jimmy" Johnson, US gospel/blues singer/guitarist was born

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1834 Birth

Jean-Baptist Colyns

Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer was born

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1741 Birth

Johann Christian Frischmuth

Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer was born

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1752 Birth

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer was born

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1734 Birth

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, composer was born

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1960 Birth

Kasey Smith

Kasey Smith, Queens NY, heavy metal artist (Danger Danger-Screw It) was born

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1986 Birth

Katie Cassidy

Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress was born

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1983 Birth

Kirsty Crawford

Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter was born

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1933 Birth

Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer (Die Teufel von Loudon) was born

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1947 Birth

Linda Laflamme

Linda Laflamme, rocker was born

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1964 Birth

Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees) was born

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1753 Birth

Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth

Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer was born

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1924 Birth

Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist was born

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1881 Birth

Peder Gram

Peder Gram, composer was born

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1940 Birth

Percy Sledge

Percy Sledge, soul singer (When A Man Loves A Woman) was born

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1933 Birth

Ramiro Cortes

Ramiro Cortes, composer was born

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1886 Birth

Rex Maupin

Rex Maupin, St Joseph Mo, orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV) was born

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1978 Birth

Ringo Shiina

Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician was born

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1943 Birth

Roy Lynes

Roy Lynes, rocker (Status Quo) was born

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1856 Birth

Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev

Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russia, composer (Oresteia) was born

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1966 Birth

Stacy Lattisaw

Stacy Lattisaw, Wash DC, disco singer (Million Dollar Baby) was born

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1839 Birth

Stanislaw Duniecki

Stanislaw Duniecki, composer was born

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1959 Birth

Steve Rothery

Steve Rothery, Brampton, guitarist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws) was born

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1979 Birth

Thea Gilmore

Thea Gilmore, British songwriter was born

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1929 Birth

Theo Bruins

Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Sei Studii) was born

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1901 Birth

Tibor Serly

Tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy) was born

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1966 Birth

Tim Armstrong

Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid and The Transplants) was born

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1904 Birth

Toni Ortelli

Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000) was born

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1936 Birth

Trisha Brown

Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer was born

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1924 Birth

Tui St George Tucker

Tui St George Tucker, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Val Fuentes

Val Fuentes, rocker (It's A Beautiful Day) was born

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1896 Birth

Virgil Thomson

Virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts) was born

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1895 Birth

Wilhelm Kempff

Wilhelm Kempff, Juterbog Germany, pianist (Unter dem Zimbelstern) was born

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1952 Death

Antonio Guarnieri

Antonio Guarnieri, composer, dies at 72

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2023 Death

B. Sasikumar

B. Sasikumar died

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1997 Death

Barbara

Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)

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2025 Death

Biyouna

Biyouna died

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1773 Death

Carl Hockh

Carl Hockh, composer, dies at 66

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1965 Death

Dame Myra Hess

Dame Myra Hess, British pianist (b. 1890)

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1914 Death

Davorin Jenko

Davorin Jenko, composer, dies at 79

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1895 Death

Edmond van der Straeten

Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68

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1997 Death

Fenton Robinson

Fenton Robinson, US blues guitarist (Tennessee Woman), dies at 62

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2020 Death

Flor Silvestre

Flor Silvestre died

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1750 Death

Francesco Feroci

Francesco Feroci, composer, dies at 77

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1640 Death

Giles Farnaby

Giles Farnaby, composer, dies

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2022 Death

Irene Cara

Irene Cara died

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1952 Death

Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin

Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer, dies at 71

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1755 Death

Johann Georg Pisendel

Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76

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1815 Death

Johann Peter Saloman

Johann Peter Saloman, composer, dies at 70

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1901 Death

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62

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2006 Death

Leo Chiosso

Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (b. 1920)

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1883 Death

Ludwig Erk

Ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76

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1949 Death

Luther "Bill" Robinson

Luther "Bill" Robinson, "Bojangles" famed tap dancer, dies at 71

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1968 Death

Marcel Labey

Marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93

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1974 Death

Nick Drake

Nick Drake, rocker, dies of a drug overdose at 26

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1830 Death

Pierre Rode

Pierre Rode, composer, dies at 56

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1899 Death

Robert Lowry

Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73

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2006 Death

Valentin Elizalde

Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979)

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2023 Death

Yngvar Numme

Yngvar Numme died

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1902 Event

Franz Lehar

Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen" premieres in Vienna

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1847 Event

Friedrich von Flotow

Opera "Martha" is produced (Vienna)

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1966 Event

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club

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1805 Event

Jules Massenet

Opera "Thaïs", by Jules Massenet, gets 1st American performance

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2022 Event

Mylène Farmer

Mylène Farmer released the album 'L'Emprise'

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