On This Day in Music: October 10

1979-10-10 Birth

Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta)

Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T. was born

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1945-10-10 Birth

Alan Cartwright

Alan Cartwright, rocker (Procul Harum) was born

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1910-10-10 Birth

Alan Frank

Alan Frank, music publisher was born

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1804-10-10 Birth

Albin Masek

Albin Masek, composer was born

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1862-10-10 Birth

Arthur De Greef

Arthur De Greef, composer was born

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1946-10-10 Birth

Ben Vereen

Ben Vereen, Miami Fla, actor/dancer (Pippin, Roots, Webster) was born

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1918-10-10 Birth

Bobby Byrne

Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orchestra leader (Club Seven) was born

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1959-10-10 Birth

Chris Lowe

Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist (Pet Shop Boys-It's a Sin) was born

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1970-10-10 Birth

Corinna May

Corinna May, German singer was born

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1954-10-10 Birth

David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth, Bloomington Indiana, rock singer (Van Halen-Jump) was born

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1943-10-10 Birth

Denis D'Ell

Denis D'Ell, [Dennis Dalziel], rocker was born

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1948-10-10 Birth

Ed Volker

Ed Volker, American musician was born

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1960-10-10 Birth

Eric Martin

Eric Martin, rocker (Mr Big) was born

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1971-10-10 Birth

Evgeny Kissin

Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist was born

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1991-10-10 Birth

Gabriella Cilmi

Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer was born

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1790-10-10 Birth

George Gerson

George Gerson, composer was born

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1847-10-10 Birth

Gheorghe Dima

Gheorghe Dima, composer was born

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1813-10-10 Birth

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto, First French Empire, Italian composer (La donna è mobile - Rigoletto), (d. 1901) was born

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1868-10-10 Birth

Guillermo M Tomas

Guillermo M Tomas, composer was born

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1924-10-10 Birth

Huey "Piano" Smith

Huey "Piano" Smith, rocker (Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu) was born

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1914-10-10 Birth

Ivory Joe Hunter

Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker was born

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1854-10-10 Birth

Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido

Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer was born

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1713-10-10 Birth

Johann Ludwig Krebs

Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born

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1946-10-10 Birth

John Prine

John Prine, Maywood Ill, country singer (Hello in There) was born

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1908-10-10 Birth

John Waldo Green

John Waldo Green, NYC, composer (Body & Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger) was born

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1966-10-10 Birth

Kevin Paige

Kevin Paige, vocalist (Don't Shut Me Out) was born

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1959-10-10 Birth

Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty MacColl, English singer (d. 2000) was born

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1897-10-10 Birth

Lamar Stringfield

Lamar Stringfield, composer was born

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1923-10-10 Birth

Louis Gottlieb

Louis Gottlieb, musician was born

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1924-10-10 Birth

Ludmilla Tcherina

Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer (Sins of Rome) was born

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1991-10-10 Birth

Mariana Espósito

Mariana Espósito, Argentine actress, singer and model was born

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1961-10-10 Birth

Martin Kemp

Martin Kemp, London, rock bassist (Spandau Ballet) was born

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1953-10-10 Birth

Midge Ure

Midge Ure, Glasgow Scot, rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance) was born

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1910-10-10 Birth

Milton "Tippy" Larkin

Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader was born

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1954-10-10 Birth

Mohamed Mounir

Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian singer and actor was born

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1979-10-10 Birth

Mya Harrison

Mya Harrison, American singer was born

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1926-10-10 Birth

Oscar Brown Jr

Oscar Brown Jr, US songwriter (Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit) was born

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1935-10-10 Birth

Paolo Renosto

Paolo Renosto, composer was born

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1906-10-10 Birth

Paul Creston

Paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony) was born

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1916-10-10 Birth

Scott Huston

Scott Huston, composer was born

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1980-10-10 Birth

Sherine

Sherine, Egyptian singer was born

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1984-10-10 Birth

Stephanie Cheng

Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer was born

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1944-10-10 Birth

Stephen Scott

Stephen Scott, composer was born

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1948-10-10 Birth

Séverine

Séverine, French singer was born

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1958-10-10 Birth

Tanya Tucker

Tanya Tucker, Seminole Tx, country singer/actress (Follow that Car) was born

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1917-10-10 Birth

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk, Rocky Mount North Carolina, American jazz pianist and composer was born

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1927-10-10 Birth

Thomas Brendon Wilson

Thomas Brendon Wilson, composer was born

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1980-10-10 Birth

Tim Maurer

Tim Maurer, American singer (Suburban Legends) was born

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1965-10-10 Birth

Toshi

Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan) was born

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1903-10-10 Birth

Vernon Duke

Vernon Duke, composer was born

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1876-10-10 Birth

Walter Niemann

Walter Niemann, composer was born

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1889-10-10 Death

Adolph von Henselt

Adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75

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1727-10-10 Death

Alphonse d' Eve

Alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61

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1997-10-10 Death

Brian Connolly

Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52

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1993-10-10 Death

Catherine Collard

Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46

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1976-10-10 Death

Connee Boswell

Connee Boswell, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68

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2010-10-10 Death

Dame Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano (b. 1926)

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1994-10-10 Death

Danny Gatton

Danny Gatton, US guitarist, commits suicide at 48

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1967-10-10 Death

Ervin Major

Ervin Major, composer, dies at 66

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2003-10-10 Death

Eugene Istomin

Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)

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1964-10-10 Death

Frantisek Picha

Frantisek Picha, composer, dies at 71

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1965-10-10 Death

Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov

Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer, dies at 63

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1964-10-10 Death

Heinrich Neuhaus

Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (b. 1888)

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1867-10-10 Death

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60

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1836-10-10 Death

Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn

Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer, dies at 61

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1745-10-10 Death

Jacobus Nozeman

Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52

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2011-10-10 Death

Jagjit Singh

Jagjit Singh, Indian Musician, Ghazal Maestro, Padma Bhusan awardee (b. 1941)

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1843-10-10 Death

Karl Theodor Toeschi

Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer, dies at 75

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1856-10-10 Death

Michal Wielhorski

Michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67

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1994-10-10 Death

Nikolai Karetnikov

Nikolai Karetnikov, composer, dies at 64

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1979-10-10 Death

Paul Paray

Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93

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1789-10-10 Death

Pierre-Louis Couperin

Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34

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1978-10-10 Death

Ralph Marterie

Ralph Marterie, American big band leader (b. 1914)

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1964-10-10 Death

Russ Case

Russ Case, orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52

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1676-10-10 Death

Sebastian Knupfer

Sebastian Knupfer, composer, dies at 43

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1976-10-10 Death

Silvana Armenulic

Silvana Armenulic, Yugoslavian folk singer (b. 1939)

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2010-10-10 Death

Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke, American singer (b. 1940)

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2009-10-10 Death

Stephen Gately

Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (b. 1976)

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2002-10-10 Death

Teresa Graves

Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (b. 1948)

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1939-10-10 Death

The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby, a real person whose name may have suggested the title to The Beatles song (b. 1895)

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1983-10-10 Event

Alabama

17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins

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1947-10-10 Event

Allegro

Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "Allegro," premieres in NYC

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1971-10-10 Event

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Fenholt & Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," premieres in NYC

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1971-10-10 Event

Charley Pride

5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins

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1988-10-10 Event

K

22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win

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1977-10-10 Event

Ronnie Milsap

11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins

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