On This Day in Music: October 25

On October 25 in music history, 49 artists were born, 27 died and 5 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1963), The Rolling Stones (1965) and Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson] (1984).

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The Beatles

Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"

Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson]

Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson], pop singer (I Kissed A Girl, Waking Up In Vegas) was born

Helen Reddy

Helen Reddy, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (I Am Woman) was born

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Born on October 25

Alexander Gretchaninov

Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. 1956) was born

Athena Chu

Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer was born

August Otto Halm

August Otto Halm, composer was born

Austin Winkler

Austin Winkler, American lead vocalist (Hinder) was born

Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook, Atlanta Ga, stage singer/actress (Music Man) was born

Ciara Harris

Ciara Harris, American singer was born

Corneille Vander Planken

Corneille Vander Planken, composer was born

Ed Robertson

Ed Robertson, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies) was born

Eddie Lang

Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933) was born

Eirik Glambek Bøe

Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian musician was born

Eman Lam

Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer was born

Ernesto Camillo Sivori

Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer was born

Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Vishnevskaya, Leningrad, USSR, soprano opera singer, (d. 2012) was born

Georg Alfred Schumann

Georg Alfred Schumann, composer was born

Georg Gebel

Georg Gebel, composer was born

Georges Bizet

Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, France, composer (Carmen) was born

Glenn Tipton

Glenn Tipton, rock guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law) was born

Heinrich Max Ludwig

Heinrich Max Ludwig, composer was born

Helen Reddy

Helen Reddy, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (I Am Woman) was born

Horace Grant Fletcher

Horace Grant Fletcher, composer was born

Jean Rogister

Jean Rogister, composer was born

Jerome Isaac Jones

Jerome Isaac Jones, American singer was born

Johann Baptist Strauss

Johann Baptist Strauss, (the younger), Austria, composer (Waltz King) was born

John Hall

John Hall, rocker was born

Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson, English rock singer for Yes was born

Kathy "Taffy" Danoff

Kathy "Taffy" Danoff, Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band) was born

Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson]

Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson], pop singer (I Kissed A Girl, Waking Up In Vegas) was born

Matthias Jabs

Matthias Jabs, rock guitarist (Scorpions-Wind of Change) was born

Mayhew Lake

Mayhew Lake, composer was born

Midori

Midori, violinist was born

Nick Thorp

Nick Thorp, rocker was born

Nick Thorpe

Nick Thorpe, rocker (Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance) was born

Nicole

Nicole, German singer was born

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica), (d. 1973) was born

Peter Lieberson

Peter Lieberson, composer was born

Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi

Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, composer was born

Philipp Fahrbach

Philipp Fahrbach, composer was born

Pierre Talon

Pierre Talon, composer was born

Ransom Wilson

Ransom Wilson, Tuscaloosa Alabama, flutist (Soliste NY) was born

Richard Lloyd

Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television) was born

Rob Halford

Rob Halford, Engl metal singer (Judas Priest-Sin After Sin) [or 8/25] was born

Robbie Macintosh

Robbie Macintosh, rock guitarist/vocalist (Pretenders) was born

Robin Eubanks

Robin Eubanks, American jazz trombonist was born

Roy Lynes

Roy Lynes, England, rock organist (Status Quo) was born

Sara Helena Lumholdt

Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician (A-Teens) was born

Thomas Weelkes

Thomas Weelkes, composer was born

Walter Hyatt

Walter Hyatt, Musician was born

Willem CN Andriessen

Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven) was born

Zdenek Pololanik

Zdenek Pololanik, composer was born

Died on October 25

Abu-Bakr Khairat

Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer, dies at 53

Björn Andrésen

Björn Andrésen died

Charles Halle

Charles Halle, British pianist, dies

Dolores Abril

Dolores Abril died

Edmund Hart Turpin

Edmund Hart Turpin, composer, dies at 72

Eugene Polyakov

Eugene Polyakov, dancer, dies at 95

Floria Márquez

Floria Márquez died

Frederick Jr Zech

Frederick Jr Zech, composer, dies at 68

Gregory Isaacs

Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)

György Fischer

György Fischer died

Gérard Badini

Gérard Badini died

Hans Mosesson

Hans Mosesson died

Hermann Ambrosius

Hermann Ambrosius, composer, dies at 86

Jan Boerman

Jan Boerman died

José Padilla

José Padilla, Spanish composer and pianist (La Violetera - City Lights, Ça c'est Paris - Moulin Rouge), dies at 71

Jules Bass

Jules Bass died

Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer

Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer, dies at 89

Mahesh Kumar Kanodia

Mahesh Kumar Kanodia died

Morton Downey

Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83

Pascale Ogier

Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24

Phil Lesh

Phil Lesh died

Roger Miller

Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), dies at 56

Rudolf Forster

Rudolf Forster, actor (Threepenny Opera, Tonio Kroeger), dies at 84

Sergei Bortkiewicz

Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer, dies at 75

Teresa Milanollo

Teresa Milanollo, composer, dies at 77

Willie Cobbs

Willie Cobbs died

Zdeněk Mácal

Zdeněk Mácal died

Releases & milestones on October 25

Amyl and the Sniffers

Amyl and the Sniffers released the album 'Cartoon Darkness'

Duke

Duke, Latouche & Felter's musical premieres in NYC

Halsey

Halsey released the album 'The Great Impersonator'

The Beatles

Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"

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