On This Day in Music: October 22

1752-10-22 Birth

Ambrogio Minoja

Ambrogio Minoja, composer was born

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1832-10-22 Birth

August Labitzky

August Labitzky, composer was born

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1958-10-22 Birth

Bobby Blotzner

Bobby Blotzner, rock drummer (Ratt-Round & Round) was born

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1942-10-22 Birth

Bobby Fuller

Bobby Fuller, Baytown, Texas, American rock vocalist/guitarist (Bobby Fuller Four) was born

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1838-10-22 Birth

Carl Fuchs

Carl Fuchs, composer was born

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1906-10-22 Birth

Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren

Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Willem Pijper) was born

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1982-10-22 Birth

Daniel M. Johnson "The Untouchable DJ Drastic"

Daniel M. Johnson "The Untouchable DJ Drastic", American DJ, music industry professional, and radio presenter was born

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1765-10-22 Birth

Daniel Steibelt

Daniel Steibelt, composer was born

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1960-10-22 Birth

Darryl Jenifer

Darryl Jenifer, American bassist (Bad Brains) was born

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1929-10-22 Birth

Dory Previn

Dory Previn, Rahway NJ, pop singer (Love Be My Cover) was born

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1925-10-22 Birth

Dory Previn [Dorothy Veronica Langan]

Dory Previn [Dorothy Veronica Langan], Rahway, New Jersey, singer-songwriter (Mythical Kings, Iguanas), (d. 2012) was born

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1946-10-22 Birth

Eddie Brigati

Eddie Brigati, Garfield NJ, rock vocalist (Rascals) was born

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1809-10-22 Birth

Federico Ricci

Federico Ricci, composer was born

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1891-10-22 Birth

Fidelio Friedrich Finke

Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer was born

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1811-10-22 Birth

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist ( Faust Symphony), (d. 1886) was born

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1980-10-22 Birth

Garrett Tierney

Garrett Tierney, American musician (Brand New) was born

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1686-10-22 Birth

Georg Balthasar Schott

Georg Balthasar Schott, composer was born

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1921-10-22 Birth

Georges Brassens

Georges Brassens, French poet/cabaret singer was born

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1929-10-22 Birth

Giorgio Gaslini

Giorgio Gaslini, composer was born

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1885-10-22 Birth

Giovanni Martinelli

Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met) was born

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1826-10-22 Birth

Guglielmo Quarenghi

Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer was born

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1969-10-22 Birth

Helmut Lotti

Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer was born

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1931-10-22 Birth

Hikaru Hayashi

Hikaru Hayashi, composer was born

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1761-10-22 Birth

Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz

Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer was born

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1965-10-22 Birth

John Wesley Harding

John Wesley Harding, American musician was born

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1976-10-22 Birth

Jon Foreman

Jon Foreman, American musician (Switchfoot) was born

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1905-10-22 Birth

Joseph Kosma

Joseph Kosma, composer was born

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1832-10-22 Birth

Leopold Damrosch

Leopold Damrosch, composer was born

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1945-10-22 Birth

Leslie West

Leslie West, [Weinstein] rocker (Mountain-Mississippi Queen) was born

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1885-10-22 Birth

Lothar Windsperger

Lothar Windsperger, composer was born

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1937-10-22 Birth

Manos Loïzos

Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (d. 1982) was born

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1959-10-22 Birth

Marc Shaiman

Marc Shaiman, American composer was born

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1898-10-22 Birth

Marcel Mihalovici

Marcel Mihalovici, composer was born

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1894-10-22 Birth

Méi Lánfāng

Méi Lánfāng, Chinese opera performer (d. 1961) was born

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1947-10-22 Birth

Neil Burton Rolnick

Neil Burton Rolnick, composer was born

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1698-10-22 Birth

Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino

Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer was born

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1913-10-22 Birth

Patricia "Boots" Mallory

Patricia "Boots" Mallory, US dancer/actress (Handle With Care) was born

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1904-10-22 Birth

Paul Arma

Paul Arma, composer was born

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1943-10-22 Birth

Paul Zukofsky

Paul Zukofsky, Brooklyn NY, violinist (Cappricio) was born

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1939-10-22 Birth

Ray Jones

Ray Jones, rock bassist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas) was born

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1967-10-22 Birth

Rita Guerra

Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer was born

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1943-10-22 Birth

Robert Long

Robert Long, [Leverman], Dutch singer/actor (Vroeger Kon je Lachen) was born

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1942-10-22 Birth

Robin John Maconie

Robin John Maconie, composer was born

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1968-10-22 Birth

Shaggy [Orville Richard Burrell]

Shaggy [Orville Richard Burrell], Kingston, Jamaica, reggae rapper (Boombastic) was born

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1968-10-22 Birth

Shelby Lynne

Shelby Lynne, Quantico Va, country singer (If I Could Bottle This Up) was born

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1949-10-22 Birth

Stiv Bators

Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990) was born

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1937-10-22 Birth

Tadeas Salva

Tadeas Salva, composer was born

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1974-10-22 Birth

Tim Kinsella

Tim Kinsella, American musician was born

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1964-10-22 Birth

Toby Mac

Toby Mac, American singer and songwriter was born

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1883-10-22 Birth

Viktor Jacobi

Viktor Jacobi, composer was born

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1737-10-22 Birth

Vincenzo Manfredini

Vincenzo Manfredini, composer was born

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1985-10-22 Birth

Zac Hanson

Zac Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop) was born

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1725-10-22 Death

Alessandro Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian baroque composer, dies at 65

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1813-10-22 Death

August Harder

August Harder, composer, dies at 38

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1994-10-22 Death

David Buchan

David Buchan, ethno-Musicologist, dies at 55

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2005-10-22 Death

Franky Gee

Franky Gee, American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962)

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1969-10-22 Death

Giovanni Martinelli

Giovanni Martinelli, Ital opera singer (NY Met), dies on 84th birthday

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1984-10-22 Death

Harold Laurence Walters

Harold Laurence Walters, composer, dies at 66

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1651-10-22 Death

Jacob Praetorius

Jacob Praetorius, composer, dies at 65

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1881-10-22 Death

Janis Cimze

Janis Cimze, composer, dies at 67

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1764-10-22 Death

Jean Marie I'aine Leclair

Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer, dies at 67

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1996-10-22 Death

John Bauldie

John Bauldie, music journalist/Dylanologist, dies at 47

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1943-10-22 Death

Josef Venantius von Woss

Josef Venantius von Woss, composer, dies at 80

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1935-10-22 Death

Komitas

Komitas, Armenian composer (b. 1869)

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1859-10-22 Death

Louis Spohr

Louis (Ludwig) Spohr, composer (Faust), dies at 75

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1979-10-22 Death

Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (b. 1887)

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1889-10-22 Death

Olivier Metra

Olivier Metra, composer, dies at 59

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1973-10-22 Death

Pablo Casals

Pablo Casals, Spanish violin cellist/conductor/composer, dies at 96

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1613-10-22 Death

Pomponio Nenna

Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer

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1802-10-22 Death

Samuel Arnold

Samuel Arnold, English composer, dies at 62

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1985-10-22 Death

Viorica Ursuleac

Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (b. 1894)

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1835-10-22 Death

Willem G F Bentinck

Willem G F Bentinck, earl/politician/organist, dies at 73

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1959-10-22 Event

Bob Merrill

Bob Merrill's musical "Take me Along," premieres in NYC

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1883-10-22 Event

Charles Gounod

Original Metropolitan Opera House (NYC) grand opening (Faust)

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1868-10-22 Event

Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in NYC

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1995-10-22 Event

Johny Burke

"Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 perfs

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1922-10-22 Event

Richard Wagner

Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, named for knight in Wagner's Opera

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1964-10-22 Event

The Who

EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers", they go on to become The Who

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