On This Day in Music: November 25

On November 25 in music history, 48 artists were born, 26 died and 5 other milestones happened, among them Amy Grant (1960), Percy Sledge (1940) and Jimi Hendrix (1966).

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Amy Grant

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

Percy Sledge

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

Jimi Hendrix

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

Ringo Shiina

Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician was born

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Born on November 25

Amy Grant

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

Arthur Schwartz

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

Bill Morrissey

Bill Morrissey, American musician was born

Bruno Tonioli

Bruno Tonioli, Italian born British dancer was born

Christian Friedrich Penzel

Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer was born

Eddie Boyd

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

Erick Sermon

Erick Sermon, American rap music artist was born

Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin

Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer was born

Franz Xavier Gruber

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

Gary Coveyou

Gary Coveyou, rocker was born

Gloria Lasso

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

Gregg Turkington

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

Herbert Reynolds Inch

Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer was born

Holly Cole

Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer was born

Ilja Hurnik

Ilja Hurnik, composer was born

James "Jimmy" Johnson

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

Jean-Baptist Colyns

Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer was born

Johann Christian Frischmuth

Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer was born

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer was born

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, composer was born

Kasey Smith

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

Katie Cassidy

Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress was born

Kirsty Crawford

Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter was born

Krzysztof Penderecki

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

Linda Laflamme

Linda Laflamme, rocker was born

Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees) was born

Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth

Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer was born

Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist was born

Peder Gram

Peder Gram, composer was born

Percy Sledge

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

Ramiro Cortes

Ramiro Cortes, composer was born

Rex Maupin

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

Ringo Shiina

Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician was born

Roy Lynes

Roy Lynes, rocker (Status Quo) was born

Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev

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

Stacy Lattisaw

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

Stanislaw Duniecki

Stanislaw Duniecki, composer was born

Steve Rothery

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

Thea Gilmore

Thea Gilmore, British songwriter was born

Theo Bruins

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

Tibor Serly

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

Tim Armstrong

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

Toni Ortelli

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

Trisha Brown

Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer was born

Tui St George Tucker

Tui St George Tucker, composer was born

Val Fuentes

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

Virgil Thomson

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

Wilhelm Kempff

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

Died on November 25

Antonio Guarnieri

Antonio Guarnieri, composer, dies at 72

B. Sasikumar

B. Sasikumar died

Barbara

Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)

Biyouna

Biyouna died

Carl Hockh

Carl Hockh, composer, dies at 66

Dame Myra Hess

Dame Myra Hess, British pianist (b. 1890)

Davorin Jenko

Davorin Jenko, composer, dies at 79

Edmond van der Straeten

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

Fenton Robinson

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

Flor Silvestre

Flor Silvestre died

Francesco Feroci

Francesco Feroci, composer, dies at 77

Giles Farnaby

Giles Farnaby, composer, dies

Irene Cara

Irene Cara died

Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin

Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer, dies at 71

Johann Georg Pisendel

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

Johann Peter Saloman

Johann Peter Saloman, composer, dies at 70

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

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

Leo Chiosso

Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (b. 1920)

Ludwig Erk

Ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76

Luther "Bill" Robinson

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

Marcel Labey

Marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93

Nick Drake

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

Pierre Rode

Pierre Rode, composer, dies at 56

Robert Lowry

Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73

Valentin Elizalde

Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979)

Yngvar Numme

Yngvar Numme died

Releases & milestones on November 25

Franz Lehar

Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen" premieres in Vienna

Friedrich von Flotow

Opera "Martha" is produced (Vienna)

Jimi Hendrix

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

Jules Massenet

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

Mylène Farmer

Mylène Farmer released the album 'L'Emprise'

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