On This Day in Music: November 9

1948 Birth

Alan Gratzer

Alan Gratzer, Syracuse NY, rock drummer (Reo Speedwagon) was born

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1929 Birth

Alexandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova

Alexandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova, composer was born

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1837 Birth

Alfred Holmes

Alfred Holmes, composer was born

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1969 Birth

Allison Wolfe

Allison Wolfe, American musician (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Partyline) was born

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1868 Birth

Andrea d' Angeli

Andrea d' Angeli, composer was born

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1907 Birth

Burrill Phillips

Burrill Phillips, Omaha Nebraska, composer (Play Ball) was born

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1697 Birth

Claudio Casciolini

Claudio Casciolini, composer was born

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1835 Birth

Davorin Jenko

Davorin Jenko, composer was born

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1984 Birth

Delta Goodrem

Delta Goodrem, Australian singer was born

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1954 Birth

Dennis Stratton

Dennis Stratton, London England, rock guitarist (Iron Maiden) was born

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1922 Birth

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge, Cleveland, Ohio, American actress/singer/dancer (Porgy & Bess) was born

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1760 Birth

Henri-Philippe Gerard

Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer was born

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1918 Birth

Howard Shanet

Howard Shanet, Brooklyn NY, conductor (Night of the Tropics) was born

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1821 Birth

Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin

Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, composer was born

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1835 Birth

Jean-Theodore Radoux

Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer was born

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1877 Birth

Jesus Castillo

Jesus Castillo, composer was born

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1974 Birth

Joe C.

Joe C., American rapper (d. 2000) was born

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1664 Birth

Johannes Speth

Johannes Speth, composer was born

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1854 Birth

Joseph Miroslav Weber

Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer was born

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1960 Birth

Joëlle Ursull

Joëlle Ursull, a Guadeloupean singer was born

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1943 Birth

Lee Graziano

Lee Graziano, Chicago Ill, rock drummer (American Breed) was born

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1936 Birth

Mary Travers

Mary Travers, Louisville Ky, folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary) was born

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1948 Birth

Michel Pagliaro

Michel Pagliaro, Quebec singer was born

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1968 Birth

Nazzareno Carusi

Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist was born

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1973 Birth

Nick Lachey

Nick Lachey, American singer was born

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1969 Birth

Pepa

Pepa, rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang) was born

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1944 Birth

Phil May

Phil May, rocker (Pretty Things) was born

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1921 Birth

Pierrette Alarie

Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano was born

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1880 Birth

Rudolph Karel

Rudolph Karel, composer was born

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1970 Birth

Scarface

Scarface, American rapper was born

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1940 Birth

Sergio Cervetti

Sergio Cervetti, composer was born

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1978 Birth

Sisqó

Sisqó, American singer (Dru Hill) was born

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1954 Birth

Sue Upton

Sue Upton, English actress and dancer was born

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1970 Birth

Susan Tedeschi

Susan Tedeschi, American musician was born

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1959 Birth

Thomas Quasthoff

Thomas Quasthoff, German singer was born

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1941 Birth

Tom Fogerty

Tom Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), (d. 1990) was born

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1974 Birth

Uncle Kracker

Uncle Kracker, American singer and rapper was born

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1801 Death

Carl Philipp Stamitz

Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer, dies at 56

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1911 Death

Edmund Schuecker

Edmund Schuecker, composer, dies at 50

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1974 Death

Egon Joseph Wellesz

Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist, dies at 89

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2024 Death

Ella Jenkins

Ella Jenkins died

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1959 Death

Frederick Preston Search

Frederick Preston Search, composer, dies at 70

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2022 Death

Gal Costa

Gal Costa died

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2024 Death

George Wilkins

George Wilkins died

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1968 Death

Jan Johansson

Jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37

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1829 Death

Jean Xavier Lefevre

Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer, dies at 66

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1754 Death

Johann Christoph Fravenholtz

Johann Christoph Fravenholtz, composer, dies at 70

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2021 Death

John Kinsella

John Kinsella died

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2023 Death

Junko Ōhashi

Junko Ōhashi died

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2024 Death

Lou Donaldson

Lou Donaldson died

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2020 Death

Lê Dinh

Lê Dinh died

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2022 Death

Mattis Hætta

Mattis Hætta died

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1994 Death

Milton M Shorty Rajonsky Rogers

Milton M Shorty Rajonsky Rogers, trumpeter, dies at 70

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1897 Death

Moritz Heuzenroeder

Moritz Heuzenroeder, composer, dies at 48

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1927 Death

Ole Olsen

Ole Olsen, composer, dies at 77

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1978 Death

Otto Siegl

Otto Siegl, composer, dies at 82

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2024 Death

Ram Narayan

Ram Narayan died

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1951 Death

Resurreccion Maria de Azkue

Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer, dies at 87

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1951 Death

Sigmund Romberg

Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian/US composer (Blossom Time), dies at 64

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1993 Death

Stanley Myers

Stanley Myers, English movie composer (Deer Hunter), dies at 63

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2025 Death

Stefka Evstatieva

Stefka Evstatieva died

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1766 Death

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (b. 1692)

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1885 Event

Edward Jakobowski

Opera "Ermine," premieres in London

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2020 Event

GFriend

GFriend released the album '回:Walpurgis Night'

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2004 Event

Keith Urban

38th Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride & Keith Urban wins

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2011 Event

Taylor Swift

45th Country Music Association Award: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins

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1964 Event

Victor Borge

"Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden NYC for 192 perfs

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