On This Day in Music: November 3

On November 3 in music history, 39 artists were born, 28 died and 4 other milestones happened, among them Lulu (1948), Jungkook (2023) and Robert Miles (1969).

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Lulu

Lulu, Glasgow Scotland, singer/actress (To Sir With Love) was born

Jungkook

Jungkook released the album 'Golden'

Robert Miles

Robert Miles, Swiss record producer, composer and musician in trance and ambient music. was born

Tim McIlrath

Tim McIlrath, American musician (Rise Against) was born

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Born on November 3

Adam Ant

Adam Ant, [Stuart Goddard], London, English punk rocker (If I Strip For You) was born

Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu

Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer was born

Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch, rocker was born

Brian Poole

Brian Poole, Essex England, vocalist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes) was born

Dieter Acker

Dieter Acker, composer was born

Emils Darzins

Emils Darzins, composer was born

Eugene Samuel-Holeman

Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer was born

Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz

Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer was born

Georg Reuter

Georg Reuter, composer was born

Gideon Fagan

Gideon Fagan, composer was born

Hallgrimur Helgason

Hallgrimur Helgason, composer was born

Helios Creed

Helios Creed, American musician (Chrome) was born

James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn

James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist was born

James Prime

James Prime, British rock keyboardist (Deacon Blue-Pay Day) was born

Janis Kalnins

Janis Kalnins, composer was born

Joe Turner

Joe Turner, US jazz pianist was born

Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank

Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer was born

Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner

Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer was born

John Barry

John Barry, English composer was born

Karel Salmon

Karel Salmon, composer was born

Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz)

Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz), American musician was born

Lulu

Lulu, Glasgow Scotland, singer/actress (To Sir With Love) was born

Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter

Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter, Dutch drummer (Bob Color) was born

Marilyn

Marilyn, rocker (You Don't Love Me) was born

Mick Thomson

Mick Thomson, American guitarist (Slipknot) was born

Nick Simper

Nick Simper, rocker (Deep Purple) was born

Paula DeAnda

Paula DeAnda, American singer was born

Paula Wayne

Paula Wayne, Hobart Oklahoma, vocalist (Everything's Great) was born

Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri

Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer was born

Robert Miles

Robert Miles, Swiss record producer, composer and musician in trance and ambient music. was born

Ruma Guha Thakurta

Ruma Guha Thakurta, Singer, Actress, Dancer, Founder of Calcutta Youth Choir was born

Samuel Scheidt

Samuel Scheidt, composer was born

Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg

Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer was born

Tim McIlrath

Tim McIlrath, American musician (Rise Against) was born

Tommy Dee

Tommy Dee, rocker was born

Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen

Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer was born

Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (La Sonnambula, Norma) was born

Vladimir Ussachevsky

Vladimir Ussachevsky, Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation) was born

William Charles Denis Browne

William Charles Denis Browne, composer was born

Died on November 3

Alessandro Longo

Alessandro Longo, composer, dies at 80

Alfredo Antonini

Alfredo Antonini, conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82

Dina Mariana

Dina Mariana died

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, jazz saxophonist, dies at 65

Elizângela

Elizângela died

Faustas Latėnas

Faustas Latėnas died

Ferdinand Tobias Richter

Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer, dies at 60

Filip Lazar

Filip Lazar, composer, dies at 42

Friedrich Niggli

Friedrich Niggli, composer, dies at 83

Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette

Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer, dies at 57

Georgie Dann

Georgie Dann died

Gerd Dudek

Gerd Dudek died

Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf

Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer, dies at 83

Harry Revel

Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies

Henri E B Matisse

Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84

Henri Moreau

Henri Moreau, composer, dies at 75

Jerry Bock

Jerry Bock, American musical theatre composer (b. 1928)

Jim Clench

Jim Clench, Canadian bassist (April Wine and Bachman-Turner Overdrive) (b. 1949)

Joanna Bruzdowicz

Joanna Bruzdowicz died

John Henry Barbee

John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (b. 1905)

Joost Prinsen

Joost Prinsen died

Leon Theremin

Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor, dies at 97

Lonnie Donegan

Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b. 1931)

Paul Mauriat

Paul Mauriat, French musician (b. 1925)

Pietro Generali

Pietro Generali, composer, dies at 59

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones died

Salvador Giner y Vidal

Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79

Yocheved Kashi

Yocheved Kashi died

Releases & milestones on November 3

Jungkook

Jungkook released the album 'Golden'

Ramin Djawadi

Ramin Djawadi released the album 'Eternals – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'

Richard Rodgers

Rodgers & Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in NYC

Till Lindemann

Till Lindemann released the album 'Zunge'

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