On This Day in Music: October 17

1941-10-17 Birth

Alan Howard

Alan Howard, rock bassist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes) was born

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1958-10-17 Birth

Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson, Newnan Ga, country singer (Here in the Real World) was born

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1914-10-17 Birth

Albert Markos

Albert Markos, composer was born

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1967-10-17 Birth

Allen West

Allen West, US metal guitarist (Obituary, Cause of Death) was born

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1878-10-17 Birth

Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov

Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai was born

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1930-10-17 Birth

Angelo Paccignini

Angelo Paccignini, composer was born

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1923-10-17 Birth

Barney Kessel

Barney Kessel, American musician (d. 2004) was born

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1971-10-17 Birth

Chris Kirkpatrick

Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer ('N Sync) was born

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1909-10-17 Birth

Crozy [William] Cole

Crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer was born

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1860-10-17 Birth

Dionyssios Lavrangas

Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer was born

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1688-10-17 Birth

Domenico Zipoli

Domenico Zipoli, composer was born

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1895-10-17 Birth

Doris Humphrey

Doris Humphrey, Oak Park Ill, dancer (Dances of Women) was born

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1941-10-17 Birth

Earl Thomas Conley

Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth Oh, country singer (Too Many Times) was born

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1972-10-17 Birth

Eminem [Marshall Bruce Mathers III]

Eminem [Marshall Bruce Mathers III], Saint Joseph Missouri, rapper and movie star ('The Real Slim Shady', 'Stan' and '8 Mile') was born

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1730-10-17 Birth

Ernestus Weinrauch

Ernestus Weinrauch, composer was born

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1942-10-17 Birth

Gary Puckett

Gary Puckett, vocalist (& Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl) was born

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1932-10-17 Birth

Gundaris Pone

Gundaris Pone, composer was born

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1878-10-17 Birth

Henri Mulet

Henri Mulet, composer was born

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1892-10-17 Birth

Herbert Norman Howells

Herbert Norman Howells, composer was born

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1928-10-17 Birth

Ivan Marinov

Ivan Marinov, composer was born

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1946-10-17 Birth

James Ray Tucker

James Ray Tucker, Los Angeles California, rock guitarist (Turtles-Eleanor) was born

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1941-10-17 Birth

James Seals

James Seals, Sidney Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze) was born

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1893-10-17 Birth

Jean Binet

Jean Binet, composer was born

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1974-10-17 Birth

John Rocker

John Rocker, American baseball player was born

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1922-10-17 Birth

Luiz Bonfá

Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian composer (d. 2001) was born

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1979-10-17 Birth

Marcela Bovio

Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer and violinist (Stream of Passion) was born

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1720-10-17 Birth

Maria Teresa Agnesi

Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer was born

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1949-10-17 Birth

Maurice Willis Wright

Maurice Willis Wright, composer was born

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1844-10-17 Birth

Miguel Nieto

Miguel Nieto, composer was born

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1892-10-17 Birth

Otakar Jeremias

Otakar Jeremias, composer was born

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1729-10-17 Birth

Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny

Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer was born

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1929-10-17 Birth

Ram Da-Oz

Ram Da-Oz, composer was born

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1967-10-17 Birth

René Dif

René Dif, Danish musician (Aqua) was born

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1950-10-17 Birth

Sandra Reemer

Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer (As Love Goes) was born

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1898-10-17 Birth

Shinichi Suzuki

Shinichi Suzuki, Nagoya, Japanese music teacher (Suzuki Method) was born

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1943-10-17 Birth

Susan Davenny Wyner

Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven Ct, soprano (Walter Naumberg Prize) was born

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1916-10-17 Birth

Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz

Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer was born

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1972-10-17 Birth

Tarkan

Tarkan, Turkish singer was born

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1972-10-17 Birth

Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean, Haitian-born singer was born

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1968-10-17 Birth

Ziggy Marley

Ziggy Marley, reggae performer was born

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1984-10-17 Death

Alberta Hunter

Alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89

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1996-10-17 Death

Berthold Goldschmidt

Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93

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1972-10-17 Death

Billy Williams

Billy Williams, American singer (b. 1910)

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1996-10-17 Death

Christopher Acland

Christopher Acland, musician, dies at 30

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1993-10-17 Death

Criss Oliva

Criss Oliva, American musician (Savatage) (b. 1963)

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1981-10-17 Death

David Guion

David Guion, composer, dies at 88

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1849-10-17 Death

Frederic Chopin

Frederic Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39

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1897-10-17 Death

Isidor Dannstrom

Isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84

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2001-10-17 Death

Jay Livingston

Jay Livingston, American songwriter (b. 1915)

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1837-10-17 Death

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58

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1910-10-17 Death

Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91

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1979-10-17 Death

Karel Reiner

Karel Reiner, composer, dies at 69

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2008-10-17 Death

Levi Stubbs

Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer (Four Tops) (b. 1936)

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1909-10-17 Death

Nicola Spinelli

Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44

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1904-10-17 Death

Nikolai Amani

Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32

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1944-10-17 Death

Pavel Haas

Pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45

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1825-10-17 Death

Peter Winter

Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71

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1890-10-17 Death

Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton

Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77

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1991-10-17 Death

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72

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2007-10-17 Death

Teresa Brewer

Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (b. 1931)

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2004-10-17 Death

Uzi Hitman

Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (b. 1952)

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2009-10-17 Death

Vic Mizzy

Vic Mizzy, American composer (themes to Green Acres and The Addams Family) (b. 1916)

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1975-10-17 Death

Vittorio Gui

Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90

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1966-10-17 Death

Wieland Wagner

Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies

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1979-10-17 Event

The Beatles

"Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 920 perfs

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