1954-11-03
Birth
Adam Ant
Adam Ant, [Stuart Goddard], London, English punk rocker (If I Strip For You) was born
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1815-11-03
Birth
Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu
Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer was born
1943-11-03
Birth
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch, rocker was born
1941-11-03
Birth
Brian Poole
Brian Poole, Essex England, vocalist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes) was born
1940-11-03
Birth
Dieter Acker
Dieter Acker, composer was born
1875-11-03
Birth
Emils Darzins
Emils Darzins, composer was born
1863-11-03
Birth
Eugene Samuel-Holeman
Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer was born
1753-11-03
Birth
Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz
Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer was born
1656-11-03
Birth
Georg Reuter
Georg Reuter, composer was born
1904-11-03
Birth
Gideon Fagan
Gideon Fagan, composer was born
1914-11-03
Birth
Hallgrimur Helgason
Hallgrimur Helgason, composer was born
1953-11-03
Birth
Helios Creed
Helios Creed, American musician (Chrome) was born
1907-11-03
Birth
James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn
James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist was born
1960-11-03
Birth
James Prime
James Prime, British rock keyboardist (Deacon Blue-Pay Day) was born
1904-11-03
Birth
Janis Kalnins
Janis Kalnins, composer was born
1907-11-03
Birth
Joe Turner
Joe Turner, US jazz pianist was born
1781-11-03
Birth
Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank
Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer was born
1689-11-03
Birth
Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner
Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer was born
1933-11-03
Birth
John Barry
John Barry, English composer was born
1897-11-03
Birth
Karel Salmon
Karel Salmon, composer was born
1973-11-03
Birth
Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz)
Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz), American musician was born
1948-11-03
Birth
Lulu
Lulu, Glasgow Scotland, singer/actress (To Sir With Love) was born
1960-11-03
Birth
Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter
Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter, Dutch drummer (Bob Color) was born
1962-11-03
Birth
Marilyn
Marilyn, rocker (You Don't Love Me) was born
1973-11-03
Birth
Mick Thomson
Mick Thomson, American guitarist (Slipknot) was born
1946-11-03
Birth
Nick Simper
Nick Simper, rocker (Deep Purple) was born
1989-11-03
Birth
Paula DeAnda
Paula DeAnda, American singer was born
1937-11-03
Birth
Paula Wayne
Paula Wayne, Hobart Oklahoma, vocalist (Everything's Great) was born
1880-11-03
Birth
Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri
Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer was born
1969-11-03
Birth
Robert Miles
Robert Miles, Swiss record producer, composer and musician in trance and ambient music. was born
1934-11-03
Birth
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Ruma Guha Thakurta, Singer, Actress, Dancer, Founder of Calcutta Youth Choir was born
1587-11-03
Birth
Samuel Scheidt
Samuel Scheidt, composer was born
1867-11-03
Birth
Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg
Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer was born
1979-11-03
Birth
Tim McIlrath
Tim McIlrath, American musician (Rise Against) was born
1946-11-03
Birth
Tommy Dee
Tommy Dee, rocker was born
1780-11-03
Birth
Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen
Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer was born
1801-11-03
Birth
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (La Sonnambula, Norma) was born
1911-11-03
Birth
Vladimir Ussachevsky
Vladimir Ussachevsky, Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation) was born
1888-11-03
Birth
William Charles Denis Browne
William Charles Denis Browne, composer was born
1945-11-03
Death
Alessandro Longo
Alessandro Longo, composer, dies at 80
1983-11-03
Death
Alfredo Antonini
Alfredo Antonini, conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82
1986-11-03
Death
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, jazz saxophonist, dies at 65
1711-11-03
Death
Ferdinand Tobias Richter
Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer, dies at 60
1936-11-03
Death
Filip Lazar
Filip Lazar, composer, dies at 42
1959-11-03
Death
Friedrich Niggli
Friedrich Niggli, composer, dies at 83
1904-11-03
Death
Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette
Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer, dies at 57
1913-11-03
Death
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer, dies at 83
1958-11-03
Death
Harry Revel
Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies
1954-11-03
Death
Henri E B Matisse
Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84
1803-11-03
Death
Henri Moreau
Henri Moreau, composer, dies at 75
2010-11-03
Death
Jerry Bock
Jerry Bock, American musical theatre composer (b. 1928)
2010-11-03
Death
Jim Clench
Jim Clench, Canadian bassist (April Wine and Bachman-Turner Overdrive) (b. 1949)
1964-11-03
Death
John Henry Barbee
John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (b. 1905)
1993-11-03
Death
Leon Theremin
Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor, dies at 97
2002-11-03
Death
Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b. 1931)
2006-11-03
Death
Paul Mauriat
Paul Mauriat, French musician (b. 1925)
1832-11-03
Death
Pietro Generali
Pietro Generali, composer, dies at 59
1911-11-03
Death
Salvador Giner y Vidal
Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79
1927-11-03
Event
Richard Rodgers
Rodgers & Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in NYC
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