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Allyn Ferguson, San Jose California, orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show) was born
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Allyn Ferguson, San Jose California, orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show) was born
Anita O'Day (born Anita Belle Colton), Chicago, jazz singer was born
Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) was born
Bobby Troup, Harrisburg Pa, pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco) was born
Camillo Togni, composer was born
Chuck Berry, St Louis, rocker (Roll over Beethoven) was born
Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist was born
Cynthia Weil, New York NY, American songwriter was born
Egil Hovland, composer was born
Emile Enthoven, composer was born
Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer was born
Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer was born
Francis Thome, composer was born
Gary Richrath, Peoria IL, rock guitarist (REO Speedwagon) was born
Giovanni Tadolini, composer was born
Grzegorz Fitelberg, Polish composer was born
Howard Shore, Canadian film composer was born
Hugh Allan "Buddy" MacMaster, Canadian musician was born
Joe Egan, British musician (Stealers Wheel) was born
Johannes Habert, composer was born
Jorge Cervello, composer was born
Laura Nyro, Bronx, singer/songwriter (Eli's Coming, Stoney End) was born
Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer], Austrian singer and actress (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, From Russia with Love) was born
Ne-Yo [Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr], Camden, Arkansas, American pop and R&B singer and songwriter was born
Peter Svensson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) was born
Ronnie Bright, rocker (Coasters) was born
Russ Giguere, Portsmouth NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Association) was born
Vaclav Kalik, composer was born
Valentin Strobel, composer was born
Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer was born
Vojislav Vuckovic, composer was born
Wim van Gennep, Dutch singer/keyboardist (Heikrekels) was born
Wynton Marsalis, New Orleans La, jazz trumpeter (Grammy 1983) was born
Zhou Xun, Quzhou, Zhejiang, Chinese actress and singer (Suzhou River, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress) was born
Anna Russell, English music satirist (b. 1911)
Benedictus H Dancer, botanist, dies at 52
Bryan Johnson, singer/actor, dies at 69
Charles Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba, Faust), dies at 75
Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68
David Spencer Ware, American free jazz saxophonist, dies at 62
Dee Dee Warwick, American soul singer (b. 1945)
Etienne-Nicolas Méhul, French composer (b. 1763)
Federico Gerdes, composer, dies at 80
Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
Gwen Verdon, American dancer and actress (b. 1925)
Jacques Francois Gallay, composer, dies at 68
Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56
John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55
Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45
Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
Lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68
Lucky Dube, South African musician (b. 1964)
Marion Brown, American jazz musician (b. 1931)
Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (b. 1922)
Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73
Pierre De La Barre, composer, dies at 42
Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62
Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (b. 1950)
Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village"
Judd Woldin & Robert Brittens musical "Raisin", premieres in NYC
"Beatlemania" opens in London
Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance"
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