2022
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Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys released the album 'Santa Baby'
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Born on November 4
1986
Birth
Alexz Johnson
Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer and actress was born
1889
Birth
Alton Augustus Adams
Alton Augustus Adams, composer was born
1674
Birth
Anton Englert
Anton Englert, composer was born
1921
Birth
Antonio Ruiz Soler
Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer was born
1906
Birth
Arnold Atkinson Cooke
Arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer was born
1841
Birth
Carl Tausig
Carl Tausig, composer was born
1640
Birth
Carlo Mannelli
Carlo Mannelli, composer was born
1868
Birth
Carolina Otero
Carolina Otero, a.k.a La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan (d. 1965) was born
1974
Birth
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta) was born
1954
Birth
Chris Difford
Chris Difford, guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted) was born
1951
Birth
Dan Hartman
Dan Hartman, US singer/songwriter/producer (Instant Replay) was born
1931
Birth
Darla Hood
Darla Hood, Leedey Oklahoma, singer/actress (Little Rascals) was born
1961
Birth
Daron Hagen
Daron Hagen, American composer was born
1940
Birth
Delbert McClinton
Delbert McClinton, Lubbock Tx, singer (Gonna Find a Good Woman) was born
1800
Birth
Eduard Brendler
Eduard Brendler, composer was born
1961
Birth
Edward Knight
Edward Knight, American composer was born
1935
Birth
Elgar Howarth
Elgar Howarth, composer was born
1960
Birth
Frl. Menke
Frl. Menke, German pop singer of the Neue Deutsche Welle was born
1846
Birth
Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette
Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer was born
1881
Birth
Gena Branscombe
Gena Branscombe, composer was born
1965
Birth
Gregory Scott [Koenig]
Gregory Scott [Koenig], Dearborn Mich, guitarist (Signs of Life) was born
1938
Birth
Harry Elston
Harry Elston, rocker was born
1872
Birth
Herman Finck
Herman Finck, composer was born
1903
Birth
Ion Vasilescu
Ion Vasilescu, composer was born
1956
Birth
James Honeyman-Scott
James Honeyman-Scott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Pretenders) was born
1956
Birth
Jeff Watson
Jeff Watson, rock guitarist (Night Ranger) was born
1993
Birth
Jonathan Ric Ocasek
Jonathan Ric Ocasek, son of rocker Ric & model Paulina Porizkova was born
1956
Birth
Jordan Rudess
Jordan Rudess, American musician (Dream Theater) was born
1823
Birth
Karel Komzak
Karel Komzak, composer was born
1960
Birth
Kim Forester
Kim Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) was born
1887
Birth
Knut Algot Hakanson
Knut Algot Hakanson, composer was born
1966
Birth
Kool Rock
Kool Rock, [Damon Wimbley], rapper (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock) was born
1656
Birth
Leonard Sailer
Leonard Sailer, composer was born
1961
Birth
Les Sampou
Les Sampou, American musician was born
1900
Birth
Luigi Lucioni
Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars) was born
1965
Birth
Malandra Burrows
Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer was born
1963
Birth
Marc Déry
Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon) was born
1975
Birth
Michael Osmond
Michael Osmond, Utah, singer (Osmond Boys) was born
1891
Birth
Miroslav Krejci
Miroslav Krejci, Czech composer was born
1957
Birth
Najee
Najee, rocker was born
1897
Birth
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, Brazilian conductor/composer (Imbapara) was born
1922
Birth
Poul Rovsing Olsen
Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer was born
1708
Birth
Robert Praelisauer
Robert Praelisauer, composer was born
1963
Birth
Rosario Flores
Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress was born
1587
Birth
Samuel Scheidt
Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised was born
1969
Birth
Sean Combs [Puff Daddy]
Sean Combs [Puff Daddy], New York City, rapper/record producer (Come to Me, I'll be Missing You) was born
1906
Birth
Siegfried Borris
Siegfried Borris, composer was born
1911
Birth
Ssamu Shimizu
Ssamu Shimizu, composer was born
1859
Birth
Stanislaw Niewiadomski
Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer was born
1965
Birth
Tomoaki Ishizuka "Pata"
Tomoaki Ishizuka "Pata", Japanese musician was born
1912
Birth
Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov
Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer was born
1927
Birth
Vittorio Fellegara
Vittorio Fellegara, composer was born
1965
Birth
Wayne Static
Wayne Static, American musician (Static-X) was born
1944
Birth
Willem Breuker
Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist/conductor (WB Collective) was born
Died on November 4
2024
Death
Agnaldo Rayol
Agnaldo Rayol died
1853
Death
Alexander Stadtfeld
Alexander Stadtfeld, composer, dies at 27
1956
Death
Art[hur] Tatum
Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46
1939
Death
Charles Arnold Tournemire
Charles Arnold Tournemire, composer, dies at 69
1931
Death
Charles Buddy Bolden
Charles Buddy Bolden, US jazz musician, dies
2025
Death
Elina Salo
Elina Salo died
1953
Death
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89
1969
Death
Ferenc Szabo
Ferenc Szabo, composer, dies at 66
1994
Death
Fred "Sonic" Smith
Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist, dies at 46
1924
Death
Gabriel Urbain Faure
Gabriel Urbain Faure, French composer (Requiem), dies at 79
1847
Death
Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, German pianist/composer, dies at 38
1898
Death
Jerome Hopkins
Jerome Hopkins, composer, dies at 62
1890
Death
Kazamierz Julian Kratzer
Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer, dies at 46
2020
Death
Ken Hensley
Ken Hensley died
1965
Death
Krsto Odak
Krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77
1957
Death
Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret
Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78
2021
Death
Mario Lavista
Mario Lavista died
1995
Death
Marti Lynne Stringer Caine
Marti Lynne Stringer Caine, singer/comedienne, dies at 50
2010
Death
Michelle Nicastro
Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (b. 1960)
1935
Death
Miklos Radnai
Miklos Radnai, composer, dies at 43
2024
Death
Renato Serio
Renato Serio died
1937
Death
Rogelio del Villar
Rogelio del Villar, composer, dies at 61
2005
Death
Sheree North
Sheree North, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
2012
Death
Ted Curson
Ted Curson, American jazz trumpeter, dies from a heart attack at 77
1702
Death
Thomas Eisenhut
Thomas Eisenhut, composer, dies at 58
2024
Death
Tyka Nelson
Tyka Nelson died
Releases & milestones on November 4
2022
Event
21 Savage
21 Savage released the album 'Her Loss'
1890
Event
Alexander Borodin
Aleksandr Borodin's opera "Prins Igor" premieres in St. Petersburg
2022
Event
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys released the album 'Santa Baby'
2022
Event
Drake
Drake released the album 'Her Loss'
1909
Event
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" is produced (Munich)
1955
Event
Ludwig van Beethoven
The rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio after it was totally destroyed in World War II.
1783
Event
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
W.A. Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is premiered in Linz, Austria.
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