On This Day in Music: October 19

1828 Birth

Adolfo Fumagalli

Adolfo Fumagalli, composer was born

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1958 Birth

Antoine Trousers

Antoine Trousers, rock drummer/singer (Dike-Bleeding Heart) was born

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1926 Birth

Arne Bendiksen

Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and songwriter was born

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1979 Birth

Brian Robertson

Brian Robertson, American trombonist was born

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1948 Birth

Chester Biscardi

Chester Biscardi, composer was born

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1978 Birth

Chris Sellers

Chris Sellers, Cleve Ohio, rapper (Another Bad Creation) was born

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1866 Birth

Clarence Lucas

Clarence Lucas, composer was born

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1960 Birth

Dan Woodgate

Dan Woodgate, London, England, rock drummer (Madness, Voice of Beehive) was born

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1934 Birth

David Guard

David Guard, rocker (Kingston Trio) was born

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1929 Birth

Dumitru Capoianu

Dumitru Capoianu, composer was born

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1916 Birth

Emil Gilels

Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist (Brussels Competition-1938) was born

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1900 Birth

Erna Berger

Erna Berger, German soprano (d. 1990) was born

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1915 Birth

Farid al-Atrash

Farid al-Atrash, Syrian composer, musician, and actor (d. 1974) was born

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1824 Birth

Frantisek Pivoda

Frantisek Pivoda, composer was born

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1911 Birth

George Cates

George Cates, NYC, orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show) was born

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1944 Birth

George McCrae

George McCrae, US singer (Lead Me On, Rock Your Baby) was born

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1545 Birth

Giovanale Ancina

Giovanale Ancina, composer was born

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1690 Birth

Giuseppi Maria Carretti

Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer was born

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1978 Birth

Henri Sorvali

Henri Sorvali, Finnish musician was born

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1892 Birth

Ilmari Hannikainen

Ilmari Hannikainen, composer was born

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1960 Birth

Jennifer Holliday

Jennifer Holliday, Houston Texas, singer/actress (Dream Girls) was born

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1935 Birth

Jim Reeves

Jim Reeves, rocker was born

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1684 Birth

Johann Christoph Fravenholtz

Johann Christoph Fravenholtz, composer was born

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1960 Birth

Jonathan FeBland

Jonathan FeBland, English musician and artist was born

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1957 Birth

Karl Wallingher

Karl Wallingher, Prestatyn Wales, rocker (World Party) was born

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1916 Birth

Karl-Birger Blomdahl

Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Sweden, opera composer (Herr von Hancken) was born

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1945 Birth

Keith Reid

Keith Reid, rocker (Procol Harum) [or 10/10/46] was born

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1931 Birth

Laszlo Kalmar

Laszlo Kalmar, composer was born

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1958 Birth

Lou Briel

Lou Briel, Puerto Rican singer and actor was born

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1652 Birth

Louis Le Quointe

Louis Le Quointe, composer was born

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1908 Birth

Nils Geirr Tveitt

Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer was born

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1956 Birth

Nino DeFranco

Nino DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family) was born

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1908 Birth

Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes

Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician/composer (Elegy) was born

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1948 Birth

Patrick Simmons

Patrick Simmons, guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute) was born

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1944 Birth

Peter Tosh [Winston Hubert McIntosh]

Peter Tosh [Winston Hubert McIntosh], Jamaica, reggae musician (Mystic Man, Mama Africa) was born

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1972 Birth

Pras

Pras, American musician was born

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1943 Birth

Robert Morris

Robert Morris, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Robin Greville Holloway

Robin Greville Holloway, composer was born

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1907 Birth

Roger Wolfe Kahn

Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (d. 1962) was born

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1968 Birth

Sinitta

Sinitta, Seattle, Washington, British-American singer (So Macho, Toy Boy) was born

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1900 Birth

Theodoro Valcarcel

Theodoro Valcarcel, composer was born

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1889 Birth

Uncle Art Satherly

Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer (1968 Acad of Country Music Award) was born

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1952 Birth

Veronica Judith Sainz Castro

Veronica Judith Sainz Castro, Mexico, spanish singer/actress (Nana) was born

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1913 Birth

Vinicius de Moraes

Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and songwriter (d. 1980) was born

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1903 Birth

Vittorio Giannini

Vittorio Giannini, composer was born

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1947 Birth

Wilbert Hart

Wilbert Hart, US singer (Four Gents, Delfonics-Didn't I) was born

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1967 Birth

Yoko Shimomura

Yoko Shimomura, Japanese composer was born

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2025 Death

Anthony Jackson

Anthony Jackson died

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1932 Death

Arthur Friedheim

Arthur Friedheim, composer, dies at 72

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2023 Death

Atsushi Sakurai

Atsushi Sakurai died

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2023 Death

Carl Morten Iversen

Carl Morten Iversen died

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2005 Death

Dallas Cook

Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends) (b. 1982)

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1995 Death

Don E Cherry

Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58

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2004 Death

Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith, American Singer Songwriter(b. 1969)

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1793 Death

Francisco Morera

Francisco Morera, composer, dies at 62

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2020 Death

Gianni Dei

Gianni Dei died

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1997 Death

Glen Buxton

Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49

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1960 Death

Gunther AR Raphael

Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57

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2000 Death

Hortense Ellis

Hortense Ellis, Jamaican reggae singer (b. 1941)

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1956 Death

Isham Jones

Isham Jones, American musician (b. 1894)

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1987 Death

Jacqueline du Pre

Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies at 42

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1758 Death

Johan H Roman

Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer/conductor/violinist, dies

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1961 Death

John Axel Fernstrom

John Axel Fernstrom, composer, dies at 63

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2022 Death

Kōji Nakamoto

Kōji Nakamoto died

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2007 Death

LaLa Brown

LaLa Brown, American singer (b. 1986)

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2023 Death

Lasse Berghagen

Lasse Berghagen died

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2021 Death

Leslie Bricusse

Leslie Bricusse died

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1992 Death

Maurice le Roux

Maurice le Roux, French conductor/composer (Contes immoraux), dies

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2024 Death

Norma Beecroft

Norma Beecroft died

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1786 Death

Pietro Alessandro Pavona

Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer, dies at 58

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1988 Death

Son House

Son House, American musician (b. 1902)

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2020 Death

Spencer Davis

Spencer Davis died

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1959 Death

Stanley Bate

Stanley Bate, composer, dies at 45

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2023 Death

The 45 King

The 45 King died

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2020 Death

Tony Lewis (born as Anthony James Lewis)

Tony Lewis (born as Anthony James Lewis) died

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1953 Event

Arthur Godfrey

Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey

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1989 Event

Astor Piazzolla

Astor Piazzolla & Wm Finn's musical "Dangerous Games" premieres in NYC

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1969 Event

Jerry Bock

J Bock & S Harnicks musical "Rothschilds," premieres in NYC

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1975 Event

Marvin Hamlisch

Hamlisch & Klebans musical "Chorus Line" premieres in NYC

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1845 Event

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhäuser," premieres in Dresden

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2020 Event

Seventeen

Seventeen released the album 'Semicolon'

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1963 Event

The Beatles

Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

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