1864-10-25
Birth
Alexander Gretchaninov
Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. 1956) was born
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1971-10-25
Birth
Athena Chu
Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer was born
1869-10-25
Birth
August Otto Halm
August Otto Halm, composer was born
1981-10-25
Birth
Austin Winkler
Austin Winkler, American lead vocalist (Hinder) was born
1927-10-25
Birth
Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook, Atlanta Ga, stage singer/actress (Music Man) was born
1985-10-25
Birth
Ciara Harris
Ciara Harris, American singer was born
1772-10-25
Birth
Corneille Vander Planken
Corneille Vander Planken, composer was born
1970-10-25
Birth
Ed Robertson
Ed Robertson, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies) was born
1902-10-25
Birth
Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933) was born
1975-10-25
Birth
Eirik Glambek Bøe
Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian musician was born
1982-10-25
Birth
Eman Lam
Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer was born
1815-10-25
Birth
Ernesto Camillo Sivori
Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer was born
1926-10-25
Birth
Galina Vishnevskaya
Galina Vishnevskaya, Leningrad, USSR, soprano opera singer, (d. 2012) was born
1866-10-25
Birth
Georg Alfred Schumann
Georg Alfred Schumann, composer was born
1709-10-25
Birth
Georg Gebel
Georg Gebel, composer was born
1838-10-25
Birth
Georges Bizet
Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, France, composer (Carmen) was born
1947-10-25
Birth
Glenn Tipton
Glenn Tipton, rock guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law) was born
1882-10-25
Birth
Heinrich Max Ludwig
Heinrich Max Ludwig, composer was born
1941-10-25
Birth
Helen Reddy
Helen Reddy, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (I Am Woman) was born
1913-10-25
Birth
Horace Grant Fletcher
Horace Grant Fletcher, composer was born
1879-10-25
Birth
Jean Rogister
Jean Rogister, composer was born
1981-10-25
Birth
Jerome Isaac Jones
Jerome Isaac Jones, American singer was born
1825-10-25
Birth
Johann Baptist Strauss
Johann Baptist Strauss, (the younger), Austria, composer (Waltz King) was born
1947-10-25
Birth
John Hall
John Hall, rocker was born
1944-10-25
Birth
Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson, English rock singer for Yes was born
1944-10-25
Birth
Kathy "Taffy" Danoff
Kathy "Taffy" Danoff, Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band) was born
1984-10-25
Birth
Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson]
Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson], pop singer (I Kissed A Girl, Waking Up In Vegas) was born
1956-10-25
Birth
Matthias Jabs
Matthias Jabs, rock guitarist (Scorpions-Wind of Change) was born
1879-10-25
Birth
Mayhew Lake
Mayhew Lake, composer was born
1971-10-25
Birth
Midori
Midori, violinist was born
1964-10-25
Birth
Nick Thorp
Nick Thorp, rocker was born
1965-10-25
Birth
Nick Thorpe
Nick Thorpe, rocker (Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance) was born
1964-10-25
Birth
Nicole
Nicole, German singer was born
1881-10-25
Birth
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica), (d. 1973) was born
1946-10-25
Birth
Peter Lieberson
Peter Lieberson, composer was born
1716-10-25
Birth
Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi
Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, composer was born
1815-10-25
Birth
Philipp Fahrbach
Philipp Fahrbach, composer was born
1721-10-25
Birth
Pierre Talon
Pierre Talon, composer was born
1951-10-25
Birth
Ransom Wilson
Ransom Wilson, Tuscaloosa Alabama, flutist (Soliste NY) was born
1951-10-25
Birth
Richard Lloyd
Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television) was born
1948-10-25
Birth
Rob Halford
Rob Halford, Engl metal singer (Judas Priest-Sin After Sin) [or 8/25] was born
1957-10-25
Birth
Robbie Macintosh
Robbie Macintosh, rock guitarist/vocalist (Pretenders) was born
1955-10-25
Birth
Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks, American jazz trombonist was born
1943-10-25
Birth
Roy Lynes
Roy Lynes, England, rock organist (Status Quo) was born
1984-10-25
Birth
Sara Helena Lumholdt
Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician (A-Teens) was born
1576-10-25
Birth
Thomas Weelkes
Thomas Weelkes, composer was born
1949-10-25
Birth
Walter Hyatt
Walter Hyatt, Musician was born
1887-10-25
Birth
Willem CN Andriessen
Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven) was born
1935-10-25
Birth
Zdenek Pololanik
Zdenek Pololanik, composer was born
1963-10-25
Death
Abu-Bakr Khairat
Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer, dies at 53
1895-10-25
Death
Charles Halle
Charles Halle, British pianist, dies
1907-10-25
Death
Edmund Hart Turpin
Edmund Hart Turpin, composer, dies at 72
1996-10-25
Death
Eugene Polyakov
Eugene Polyakov, dancer, dies at 95
1926-10-25
Death
Frederick Jr Zech
Frederick Jr Zech, composer, dies at 68
2010-10-25
Death
Gregory Isaacs
Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)
1983-10-25
Death
Hermann Ambrosius
Hermann Ambrosius, composer, dies at 86
1960-10-25
Death
José Padilla
José Padilla, Spanish composer and pianist (La Violetera - City Lights, Ça c'est Paris - Moulin Rouge), dies at 71
1878-10-25
Death
Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer
Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer, dies at 89
1985-10-25
Death
Morton Downey
Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83
1984-10-25
Death
Pascale Ogier
Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24
1992-10-25
Death
Roger Miller
Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), dies at 56
1969-10-25
Death
Rudolf Forster
Rudolf Forster, actor (Threepenny Opera, Tonio Kroeger), dies at 84
1952-10-25
Death
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer, dies at 75
1904-10-25
Death
Teresa Milanollo
Teresa Milanollo, composer, dies at 77
1940-10-25
Event
Duke
Duke, Latouche & Felter's musical premieres in NYC
1963-10-25
Event
The Beatles
Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden
1965-10-25
Event
The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"
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