On This Day in Music: October 13

1933 Birth

Adam Kaczynski

Adam Kaczynski, composer was born

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1922 Birth

Alan Scott

Alan Scott, Haddonfield NJ, TV host/songwriter (Spin the Picture) was born

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1794 Birth

Anselm Huttenbrenner

Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer was born

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1910 Birth

Art[hur] Tatum

Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer was born

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1980 Birth

Ashanti

Ashanti, American singer was born

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1946 Birth

Bram Vermeulen

Bram Vermeulen, Dutch singer (Neerlands Hoop) was born

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1965 Birth

Cherelle

Cherelle, rocker (Affair-First Bite) was born

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1940 Birth

Chris Farlowe

Chris Farlowe, rocker was born

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1945 Birth

Christophe

Christophe, French singer was born

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1949 Birth

Craig McGregor

Craig McGregor, rocker (Foghat) was born

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1975 Birth

David Kennedy

David Kennedy, American musician (Box Car Racer, Angels & Airwaves) was born

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1783 Birth

Frantiszek Soltyk

Frantiszek Soltyk, composer was born

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1881 Birth

George Bacovia

George Bacovia, [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer/painter was born

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1900 Birth

Gerald Marks

Gerald Marks, American songwriter (All of Me) (d. 1997) was born

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1922 Birth

Gilberto Mendes

Gilberto Mendes, composer was born

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1890 Birth

Gosta Nystroem

Gosta Nystroem, composer was born

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1925 Birth

Gustav Winckler

Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (d. 1979) was born

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1921 Birth

Harper MacKay

Harper MacKay, Boston Mass, orchestra leader (NBC Follies) was born

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1974 Birth

Hawick Lau

Hawick Lau, Chinese actor and singer was born

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1824 Birth

Henry Stephen Cutler

Henry Stephen Cutler, composer was born

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1912 Birth

Hugo David Weisgall

Hugo David Weisgall, Ivancice Moravia, composer (4 Impressions) was born

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1823 Birth

Immanuel Faisst

Immanuel Faisst, composer was born

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1958 Birth

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, American musician and composer was born

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1903 Birth

Jens Bjerre

Jens Bjerre, composer was born

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1960 Birth

Joey Belladonna

Joey Belladonna, Oswego NY, heavy metal vocalist (Anthrax-Protest) was born

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1652 Birth

Johann Heinrich Kittel

Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer was born

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1951 Birth

John Ford Coley

John Ford Coley, rocker (England Dan & John Ford Coley) was born

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1980 Birth

Jon Micah Sumrall

Jon Micah Sumrall, American singer (Kutless) was born

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1958 Birth

Joseph Richard Sylvers

Joseph Richard Sylvers, rocker was born

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1974 Birth

Joseph Utsler

Joseph Utsler, American rapper (Insane Clown Posse) was born

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1945 Birth

Karen Akers

Karen Akers, NYC, singer (On Stage at Wolf Trap) was born

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1822 Birth

Karl Reinthaler

Karl Reinthaler, composer was born

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1981 Birth

Kele Okereke

Kele Okereke, lead singer of Bloc Party was born

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1948 Birth

Lacy J Dalton

Lacy J Dalton, Bloomsburg Pa, country singer (Crazy Blue Eyes) was born

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1891 Birth

Ludwig Weber

Ludwig Weber, composer was born

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1899 Birth

Marcelle de Manziarly

Marcelle de Manziarly, composer was born

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1959 Birth

Marie Osmond

Marie Osmond, Ogden Ut, singer/actress (Paper Roses, Goin' Coconuts) was born

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1900 Birth

Marius-Francois Gaillard

Marius-Francois Gaillard, composer was born

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1970 Birth

Mel Jackson

Mel Jackson, American actor and R&B musician was born

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1984 Birth

Misono

Misono, Japanese singer (formerly Day After Tomorrow) was born

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1792 Birth

Moritz Hauptmann

Moritz Hauptmann, composer was born

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1934 Birth

Nana Mouskouri

Nana Mouskouri, Crete Greece, singer (Try to Remember) [or 10/10/36] was born

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1951 Birth

Olympia-Ann Sylvers

Olympia-Ann Sylvers, rocker was born

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1910 Birth

Otto Joachim

Otto Joachim, composer was born

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1970 Birth

Paul Potts

Paul Potts, British Opera singer and winner of Britain's Got Talent was born

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1941 Birth

Paul Simon

Paul Simon, Newark NJ, singer/actor (Kodachrome, 1 Trick Pony) was born

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1879 Birth

Peter Van Anrooy

Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie) was born

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1940 Birth

Pharoah Sanders

Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist was born

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1926 Birth

Ray Brown

Ray Brown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, American jazz double bassist was born

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1944 Birth

Robert Lamm

Robert Lamm, NYC, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now) was born

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1947 Birth

Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar, Monterey CA, rock vocalist (Van Halen-Jump) was born

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1924 Birth

Terry Gibbs

Terry Gibbs, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Steve Allen Comedy Hour) was born

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1911 Birth

Ticker Freeman

Ticker Freeman, Paterson NJ, pianist (Dinah Shore Show) was born

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1921 Birth

Yves Montand

Yves Montand, France, actor/singer (Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix) was born

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1958 Death

Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik

Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59

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2021 Death

Andrea Haugen

Andrea Haugen died

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1701 Death

Andreas Anton Schmelzer

Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer, dies at 47

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1777 Death

Dismas Hatas

Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52

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1680 Death

Francois Roberday

Francois Roberday, composer, dies at 56

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2023 Death

Garry Mapanzure

Garry Mapanzure died

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1819 Death

Giovanni Battista Gaiani

Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer, dies at 61

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1995 Death

Golfredo Corradetti

Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79

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1855 Death

Gottfried Rieger

Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91

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1805 Death

Johann Christoph Kuhnau

Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer, dies at 70

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1970 Death

Julia Culp

Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90

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1959 Death

K Rudolf Mengelberg

K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67

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1987 Death

Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar, Indian Singer (b.1929)

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2024 Death

Libby Titus

Libby Titus died

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2024 Death

Mayra Gómez Kemp

Mayra Gómez Kemp died

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2022 Death

Mike Schank

Mike Schank died

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2001 Death

Peter Doyle

Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers) (b. 1949)

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1979 Death

Rebecca Clarke

Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93

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2022 Death

Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta

Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta died

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1980 Event

George Jones

14th Country Music Association Award: Barbara Mandrell, Emmylou Harris & George Jones wins

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1975 Event

John Denver

9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins

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1986 Event

Reba McEntire

20th Country Music Association Award: Reba McEntire wins

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1931 Event

Sammy Fain

Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with T/J Dorsey premieres in NYC

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1963 Event

The Beatles

"Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at Palladium

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2023 Event

Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan released the album 'Something to Give Each Other'

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