1963
Event
The Beatles
Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden
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1965
Event
The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"
1984
Birth
Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson]
Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson], pop singer (I Kissed A Girl, Waking Up In Vegas) was born
1941
Birth
Helen Reddy
Helen Reddy, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (I Am Woman) was born
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Born on October 25
1864
Birth
Alexander Gretchaninov
Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. 1956) was born
1971
Birth
Athena Chu
Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer was born
1869
Birth
August Otto Halm
August Otto Halm, composer was born
1981
Birth
Austin Winkler
Austin Winkler, American lead vocalist (Hinder) was born
1927
Birth
Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook, Atlanta Ga, stage singer/actress (Music Man) was born
1985
Birth
Ciara Harris
Ciara Harris, American singer was born
1772
Birth
Corneille Vander Planken
Corneille Vander Planken, composer was born
1970
Birth
Ed Robertson
Ed Robertson, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies) was born
1902
Birth
Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933) was born
1975
Birth
Eirik Glambek Bøe
Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian musician was born
1982
Birth
Eman Lam
Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer was born
1815
Birth
Ernesto Camillo Sivori
Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer was born
1926
Birth
Galina Vishnevskaya
Galina Vishnevskaya, Leningrad, USSR, soprano opera singer, (d. 2012) was born
1866
Birth
Georg Alfred Schumann
Georg Alfred Schumann, composer was born
1709
Birth
Georg Gebel
Georg Gebel, composer was born
1838
Birth
Georges Bizet
Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, France, composer (Carmen) was born
1947
Birth
Glenn Tipton
Glenn Tipton, rock guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law) was born
1882
Birth
Heinrich Max Ludwig
Heinrich Max Ludwig, composer was born
1941
Birth
Helen Reddy
Helen Reddy, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (I Am Woman) was born
1913
Birth
Horace Grant Fletcher
Horace Grant Fletcher, composer was born
1879
Birth
Jean Rogister
Jean Rogister, composer was born
1981
Birth
Jerome Isaac Jones
Jerome Isaac Jones, American singer was born
1825
Birth
Johann Baptist Strauss
Johann Baptist Strauss, (the younger), Austria, composer (Waltz King) was born
1947
Birth
John Hall
John Hall, rocker was born
1944
Birth
Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson, English rock singer for Yes was born
1944
Birth
Kathy "Taffy" Danoff
Kathy "Taffy" Danoff, Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band) was born
1984
Birth
Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson]
Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson], pop singer (I Kissed A Girl, Waking Up In Vegas) was born
1956
Birth
Matthias Jabs
Matthias Jabs, rock guitarist (Scorpions-Wind of Change) was born
1879
Birth
Mayhew Lake
Mayhew Lake, composer was born
1971
Birth
Midori
Midori, violinist was born
1964
Birth
Nick Thorp
Nick Thorp, rocker was born
1965
Birth
Nick Thorpe
Nick Thorpe, rocker (Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance) was born
1964
Birth
Nicole
Nicole, German singer was born
1881
Birth
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica), (d. 1973) was born
1946
Birth
Peter Lieberson
Peter Lieberson, composer was born
1716
Birth
Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi
Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, composer was born
1815
Birth
Philipp Fahrbach
Philipp Fahrbach, composer was born
1721
Birth
Pierre Talon
Pierre Talon, composer was born
1951
Birth
Ransom Wilson
Ransom Wilson, Tuscaloosa Alabama, flutist (Soliste NY) was born
1951
Birth
Richard Lloyd
Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television) was born
1948
Birth
Rob Halford
Rob Halford, Engl metal singer (Judas Priest-Sin After Sin) [or 8/25] was born
1957
Birth
Robbie Macintosh
Robbie Macintosh, rock guitarist/vocalist (Pretenders) was born
1955
Birth
Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks, American jazz trombonist was born
1943
Birth
Roy Lynes
Roy Lynes, England, rock organist (Status Quo) was born
1984
Birth
Sara Helena Lumholdt
Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician (A-Teens) was born
1576
Birth
Thomas Weelkes
Thomas Weelkes, composer was born
1949
Birth
Walter Hyatt
Walter Hyatt, Musician was born
1887
Birth
Willem CN Andriessen
Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven) was born
1935
Birth
Zdenek Pololanik
Zdenek Pololanik, composer was born
Died on October 25
1963
Death
Abu-Bakr Khairat
Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer, dies at 53
2025
Death
Björn Andrésen
Björn Andrésen died
1895
Death
Charles Halle
Charles Halle, British pianist, dies
2020
Death
Dolores Abril
Dolores Abril died
1907
Death
Edmund Hart Turpin
Edmund Hart Turpin, composer, dies at 72
1996
Death
Eugene Polyakov
Eugene Polyakov, dancer, dies at 95
2025
Death
Floria Márquez
Floria Márquez died
1926
Death
Frederick Jr Zech
Frederick Jr Zech, composer, dies at 68
2010
Death
Gregory Isaacs
Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)
2020
Death
György Fischer
György Fischer died
2025
Death
Gérard Badini
Gérard Badini died
2023
Death
Hans Mosesson
Hans Mosesson died
1983
Death
Hermann Ambrosius
Hermann Ambrosius, composer, dies at 86
2020
Death
Jan Boerman
Jan Boerman died
1960
Death
José Padilla
José Padilla, Spanish composer and pianist (La Violetera - City Lights, Ça c'est Paris - Moulin Rouge), dies at 71
2022
Death
Jules Bass
Jules Bass died
1878
Death
Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer
Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer, dies at 89
2020
Death
Mahesh Kumar Kanodia
Mahesh Kumar Kanodia died
1985
Death
Morton Downey
Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83
1984
Death
Pascale Ogier
Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24
2024
Death
Phil Lesh
Phil Lesh died
1992
Death
Roger Miller
Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), dies at 56
1969
Death
Rudolf Forster
Rudolf Forster, actor (Threepenny Opera, Tonio Kroeger), dies at 84
1952
Death
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer, dies at 75
1904
Death
Teresa Milanollo
Teresa Milanollo, composer, dies at 77
2021
Death
Willie Cobbs
Willie Cobbs died
2023
Death
Zdeněk Mácal
Zdeněk Mácal died
Releases & milestones on October 25
2024
Event
Amyl and the Sniffers
Amyl and the Sniffers released the album 'Cartoon Darkness'
1940
Event
Duke
Duke, Latouche & Felter's musical premieres in NYC
2024
Event
Halsey
Halsey released the album 'The Great Impersonator'
1963
Event
The Beatles
Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden
1965
Event
The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"
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