On This Day in Music: October 24

1983-10-24 Birth

Adrienne Bailon

Adrienne Bailon, American actress and singer was born

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1970-10-24 Birth

Alonza Bevan

Alonza Bevan, London, bassist/tabla (Kula Shaker) was born

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1986-10-24 Birth

Aubrey Graham

Aubrey Graham, Canadian actor and rapper was born

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1979-10-24 Birth

Ben Gillies

Ben Gillies, Australian musician (Silverchair) was born

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1930-10-24 Birth

Big Bopper

Big Bopper, [JP Richardson], Sabine Pass Tx, vocalist (Chantiily Lace) was born

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1936-10-24 Birth

Bill Wyman

Bill Wyman, England, rocker (Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb) was born

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1953-10-24 Birth

Billy Thomas

Billy Thomas, Ft Meyers Fla, singer (McBride & Ride-I Count on You) was born

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1960-10-24 Birth

Carolien de Windt

Carolien de Windt, Suriname/Dutch singer (Mai Tai) was born

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1987-10-24 Birth

Charlie White

Charlie White, American ice dancer was born

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1948-10-24 Birth

Dale "Buffin" Griffin

Dale "Buffin" Griffin, rock drummer (Mott The Hoople) was born

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1947-10-24 Birth

Edgar Broughton

Edgar Broughton, rocker was born

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1905-10-24 Birth

Elizabeth Poston

Elizabeth Poston, composer was born

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1808-10-24 Birth

Ernst Friedrich Richter

Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer was born

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1811-10-24 Birth

Ferdinand Hiller

Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor was born

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1867-10-24 Birth

Franco Leoni

Franco Leoni, composer was born

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1938-10-24 Birth

Fred E Finn

Fred E Finn, SF California, pianist (Mickie Finn's) was born

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1929-10-24 Birth

George H Crumb

George H Crumb, Charleston WV, composer (Pulitzer 1968-Echoes of Time) was born

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1927-10-24 Birth

Gilbert Bécaud

Gilbert Bécaud, French composer and actor (d. 2001) was born

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1901-10-24 Birth

Gilda Gray

Gilda Gray, Polish-born American actress and dancer (d. 1959) was born

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1915-10-24 Birth

Jean Vallerand

Jean Vallerand, composer was born

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1946-10-24 Birth

Jerry Edmonton

Jerry Edmonton, Canada, rock drummer (Steppenwolf) was born

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1924-10-24 Birth

Jose Casanovas

Jose Casanovas, composer was born

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1842-10-24 Birth

Josef Nesvera

Josef Nesvera, composer was born

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1954-10-24 Birth

Jozef Ráž

Jozef Ráž, Slovak musician was born

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1978-10-24 Birth

Justin Lee Brannan

Justin Lee Brannan, American musician was born

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1984-10-24 Birth

Kaela Kimura

Kaela Kimura, Japanese model and singer was born

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1900-10-24 Birth

Karl Otto Runolfsson

Karl Otto Runolfsson, composer was born

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1890-10-24 Birth

Kathleen Lockhart Manning

Kathleen Lockhart Manning, composer was born

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1897-10-24 Birth

Lazar Weiner

Lazar Weiner, composer was born

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1972-10-24 Birth

Louis Michael Anthony Sassin

Louis Michael Anthony Sassin, Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun) was born

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1925-10-24 Birth

Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio, Oneglia Italy, composer (Chemins) was born

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1863-10-24 Birth

Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry

Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer was born

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1958-10-24 Birth

Mathilde Santing

Mathilde Santing, Dutch rock singer (Breast & Brow) was born

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1937-10-24 Birth

Miguel Angel Coria

Miguel Angel Coria, composer was born

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1980-10-24 Birth

Monica

Monica, American singer was born

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1948-10-24 Birth

Paul and Barry Ryan

Paul and Barry Ryan, British composers-singers was born

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1877-10-24 Birth

Pavel Grigor'yevich

Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer was born

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1954-10-24 Birth

Perry Lee "Tiny" Tavares

Perry Lee "Tiny" Tavares, rocker was born

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1936-10-24 Birth

Rainer Kunad

Rainer Kunad, composer was born

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1789-10-24 Birth

Ramon Carnicer y Batlle

Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer was born

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1927-10-24 Birth

Renato de Grandis

Renato de Grandis, composer was born

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1931-10-24 Birth

Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian composer (Stimmen Verstummen) was born

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1911-10-24 Birth

Sonny Terry

Sonny Terry, rocker was born

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1950-10-24 Birth

Steven Greenberg

Steven Greenberg, American composer was born

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1944-10-24 Birth

Ted Templeman

Ted Templeman, rocker was born

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1950-10-24 Birth

Terry Buffin

Terry Buffin, rock drummer (British Lions) was born

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1939-10-24 Birth

Uri Sharvit

Uri Sharvit, composer was born

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1918-10-24 Death

Alexander Charles Lecocq

Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86

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1799-10-24 Death

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59

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1971-10-24 Death

Carl Ruggles

Carl Ruggles, US composer (Evocations), dies at 95

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1974-10-24 Death

David Oistrach

David Oistrach, Russian violinist, dies at 65

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1953-10-24 Death

Ernest Irving

Ernest Irving, composer, dies at 74

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1971-10-24 Death

Fernand Quinet

Fernand Quinet, Belgian composer/conductor (Guerre), dies at 73

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1948-10-24 Death

Franz Lehar

Franz Lehar, Austrian/Hungarian composer (Wiener Frauen), dies at 78

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1952-10-24 Death

Frederick Jacobi

Frederick Jacobi, composer, dies at 61

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1785-10-24 Death

Jean-Jacques Robson

Jean-Jacques Robson, composer, dies at 64

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1949-10-24 Death

Joaquin Nin y Castellanos

Joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer, dies at 70

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1789-10-24 Death

Joaquin de Oxinaga

Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer, dies at 69

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1958-10-24 Death

Martin Fallas Shaw

Martin Fallas Shaw, composer, dies at 83

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2008-10-24 Death

Moshe Cotel

Moshe Cotel, American composer and pianist (b. 1943)

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1969-10-24 Death

Otto Jochum

Otto Jochum, composer, dies at 71

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1901-10-24 Death

Paul Henrion

Paul Henrion, composer, dies at 82

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2007-10-24 Death

Petr Eben

Petr Eben, Czech organ composer (b. 1929)

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1976-10-24 Death

Richard Sturzenegger

Richard Sturzenegger, composer, dies at 70

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1521-10-24 Death

Robert Fayrfax

Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57

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2003-10-24 Death

Rosie Nix Adams

Rosie Nix Adams, Stepdaughter of Johnny Cash (b. 1958)

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1996-10-24 Death

Sid Pye

Sid Pye, drummer, dies at 55

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1940-10-24 Death

Victor Hollaender

Victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74

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1902-10-24 Death

Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba

Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 69

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1939-10-24 Event

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance"

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1885-10-24 Event

Johann Strauss II

Johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna

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