On This Day in Music: November 5

1841 Birth

Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin

Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer was born

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1974 Birth

Angela Gossow

Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy) was born

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1941 Birth

Art Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel, New York, American singer/actor (Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge) was born

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1666 Birth

Attilio Ariosti

Attilio Ariosti, Italian composer born in Bologna was born

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1986 Birth

BoA

BoA, Korean singer was born

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1962 Birth

Brian Wheat

Brian Wheat, rock bassist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper) was born

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1959 Birth

Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, Vancouver BC Canada, singer (Heaven) was born

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1654 Birth

Christian Liebe

Christian Liebe, German composer was born

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1917 Birth

Claus Adam

Claus Adam, composer was born

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1866 Birth

Daniel Protheroe

Daniel Protheroe, composer was born

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1957 Birth

David Moyse

David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply) was born

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1958 Birth

Don Falcone

Don Falcone, American musician and producer was born

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1971 Birth

Edmond Leung

Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer was born

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1946 Birth

Gram Paarson

Gram Paarson, [Cecil Connor], Winter Haven Fl, rocker (Byrds) was born

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1921 Birth

Gyorgy Cziffra

Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt) was born

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1494 Birth

Hans Sachs

Hans Sachs, German composer, playwright and shoemaker was born

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1946 Birth

Herman Brood

Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist (Sleepin' Bird) was born

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1931 Birth

Ike Turner

Ike Turner, Miss, AKA Mr Tina Turner!, guitarist (A Fool in Love) was born

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1924 Birth

Ivan Rezak

Ivan Rezak, composer was born

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1935 Birth

Jerry Amper Dadap

Jerry Amper Dadap, composer was born

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1949 Birth

Jimmie Spheeris

Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984) was born

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1938 Birth

Joe Dassin

Joe Dassin, French-speaking American singer (d. 1980) was born

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1935 Birth

John Nicholas Maw

John Nicholas Maw, composer was born

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1971 Birth

Jonny Greenwood

Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead) was born

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1819 Birth

Josef Rudolf Zavrtal

Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer was born

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1987 Birth

Kevin Jonas

Kevin Jonas, American guitarist, member of the Jonas Brothers was born

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1979 Birth

Mihalis Hatzigiannis

Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot songwriter and singer was born

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1956 Birth

Mike Score

Mike Score, Liverpool England, rock guitarist (Flock Of Seagulls) was born

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1943 Birth

Pablo Gomez

Pablo Gomez, rocker was born

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1887 Birth

Paul Wittgenstein

Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist was born

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1948 Birth

Peter Hammill

Peter Hammill, English singer/songwriter (Patient) was born

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1947 Birth

Peter Noone

Peter Noone, rocker (Herman-Herman's Hermits-Silhouttes) was born

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1960 Birth

René Froger

René Froger, Dutch singer (Everything Can Make a Man Happy) was born

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1948 Birth

Rick Cobb

Rick Cobb, rocker was born

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1956 Birth

Rob Fisher

Rob Fisher, Bath England, rock keyboardist (Naked Eyes) was born

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1974 Birth

Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams, American musician was born

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1895 Birth

Walter Gieseking

Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer was born

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2022 Death

Aaron Carter

Aaron Carter died

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1951 Death

Agrippina J Vaganova

Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancers/pegagoge, dies at 72

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2022 Death

Alejandro Chomski

Alejandro Chomski died

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1964 Death

Alexander Uriah Boskovich

Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer, dies at 57

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1743 Death

Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer

Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer, dies at 44

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1956 Death

Art Tatum

Art Tatum, American musician (b. 1909)

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1989 Death

Barry Sadler

Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn

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1951 Death

Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann

Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann, composer, dies at 67

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2011 Death

Bhupen Hazarika

Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer, composer, lyricist, music director, and filmmaker from Assam (b. 1926)

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2002 Death

Billy Guy

Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)

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2003 Death

Bobby Hatfield

Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)

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1990 Death

Bobby Nunn

Bobby Nunn, US bassist (Coasters-Down in Mexico), dies at about 65

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1860 Death

Carl Binder

Carl Binder, composer, dies at 43

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2021 Death

Charles Brackeen

Charles Brackeen died

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2023 Death

Donald Hunsberger

Donald Hunsberger died

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1996 Death

Eddie Harris

Eddie Harris, saxophonist/composer, dies at 62

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2012 Death

Elliott Carter

Elliott Carter, American composer, dies from natural causes at 103

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1997 Death

Epic Soundtracks

Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)

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1942 Death

George M Cohan

George M Cohan, composer, dies at 64

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1977 Death

Guy Lombardo

Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75

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2000 Death

Jimmie Davis

Jimmie Davis, singer and politician (b. 1899)

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1772 Death

Johannes Schmidlin

Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50

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1960 Death

Johnny Horton

Johnny Horton, country singer, dies at 33

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2025 Death

Joseph Byrd

Joseph Byrd died

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2020 Death

Len Barry

Len Barry died

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2020 Death

Ossi Runne

Ossi Runne died

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1996 Death

Paula Hinton

Paula Hinton, dancer, dies at 72

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2024 Death

Sharda Sinha

Sharda Sinha died

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2010 Death

Shirley Verrett

Shirley Verrett, American operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1931)

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1946 Death

Sigismond Stojowski

Sigismond Stojowski, composer, dies at 77

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1933 Death

Texas Guinan

Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)

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2022 Death

Tyrone Downie

Tyrone Downie died

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2005 Death

Virginia MacWatters

Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)

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1989 Death

Vladimir Horovitz

Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/US pianist, dies at 85

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2021 Event

ABBA

ABBA released the album 'Voyage'

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2003 Event

Alan Jackson

37th Country Music Association Award: Alan Jackson & Martina McBride wins

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2021 Event

Bullet for My Valentine

Bullet for My Valentine released the album 'Bullet for My Valentine'

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2021 Event

Diana Ross

Diana Ross released the album 'Thank You'

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1989 Event

Kurt Weill

"Threepenny Opera" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 perfs

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2021 Event

Radiohead

Radiohead released the album 'Kid A Mnesia'

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1987 Event

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres

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2021 Event

Summer Walker

Summer Walker released the album 'Still Over It'

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