1965
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The Beatles
Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace
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Born on October 26
1965
Birth
Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing
Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer was born
1984
Birth
Amanda Overmyer
Amanda Overmyer, American Singer, American Idol (season 7) was born
1971
Birth
Anthony Rapp
Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor was born
1859
Birth
Arthur Friedheim
Arthur Friedheim, composer was born
1898
Birth
Beryl Rubinstein
Beryl Rubinstein, composer was born
1951
Birth
Bootsy Collins
Bootsy Collins, Cin, rocker (Parliaments-We Got the Funk) was born
1936
Birth
Bruce Belland
Bruce Belland, Chicago, singer (Tim Conway Hour) was born
1942
Birth
Dietmar Polaczek
Dietmar Polaczek, composer was born
1685
Birth
Domenico Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti, Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist was born
1740
Birth
Ernest Louis Muller
Ernest Louis Muller, composer was born
1907
Birth
Giovanni Salviucci
Giovanni Salviucci, composer was born
1915
Birth
Golfredo Corradetti
Golfredo Corradetti, conductor was born
1886
Birth
Gustav Hermann Unger
Gustav Hermann Unger, composer was born
1981
Birth
Guy Sebastian
Guy Sebastian, Australian singer was born
1483
Birth
Hans Buchner
Hans Buchner, composer was born
1929
Birth
Hans Peter Haller
Hans Peter Haller, composer was born
1934
Birth
Hans-Joachim Rödelius
Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster, Harmonia) was born
1845
Birth
Hendrick Waelput
Hendrick Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Forest, Stella) was born
1813
Birth
Henry Thomas Smart
Henry Thomas Smart, composer was born
1871
Birth
Hermann Lohr
Hermann Lohr, composer was born
1719
Birth
Joaquin de Oxinaga
Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer was born
1694
Birth
Johan Helmich Roman
Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer/conductor/violinist was born
1789
Birth
Joseph Mayseder
Joseph Mayseder, composer was born
1864
Birth
Joseph Moorat
Joseph Moorat, composer was born
1953
Birth
Julian Keith Strickland
Julian Keith Strickland, Athens Ga, drummer (B-52's-Rock Lobster) was born
1946
Birth
Keith Hopwood
Keith Hopwood, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits) was born
1967
Birth
Keith Urban
Keith Urban, New Zealand singer was born
1974
Birth
LISA
LISA, Japanese musician was born
1758
Birth
Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey
Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer was born
1951
Birth
Maggie Roche
Maggie Roche, rocker (Roches) was born
1911
Birth
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson, New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands) was born
1978
Birth
Mark Barry
Mark Barry, English musician (BBMak) was born
1966
Birth
Masaharu Iwata
Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer was born
1944
Birth
Mike Piano
Mike Piano, rocker (Sandpipers) was born
1963
Birth
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant, US singer/songwriter (10,000 Maniacs) was born
1929
Birth
Neal Matthews
Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000) was born
1795
Birth
Nicolaos Mantzaros
Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer was born
1830
Birth
Polibo Fumagalli
Polibo Fumagalli, composer was born
1818
Birth
Stefano Golinelli
Stefano Golinelli, composer was born
1951
Birth
William "Bootsy" Collins
William "Bootsy" Collins, US bassist (Psychotic bump school) was born
Died on October 26
1935
Death
Akos Buttykai
Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64
1966
Death
Alma Cogan
Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)
1706
Death
Andreas Werkmeister
Andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60
1733
Death
Antonio Veracini
Antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74
1955
Death
Arne Eggen
Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74
1976
Death
Deryck Victor Cooke
Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57
2009
Death
George Na'ope
George Na'ope, American musician (b. 1928)
1952
Death
Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895)
1903
Death
Herbert Stanley Oakeley
Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73
1999
Death
Hoyt Axton
Hoyt Axton, American actor and country music singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
1858
Death
Isac Baker Woodbury
Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39
2025
Death
Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette died
1992
Death
Jerome Andrews
Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies
1756
Death
Johann Theodor Romhild
Johann Theodor Romhild, composer, dies at 72
1867
Death
John Fawcett
John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77
1678
Death
John Jenkins
John Jenkins, composer, dies
1984
Death
John Woods Duke
John Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85
1823
Death
Josef Preindl
Josef Preindl, composer, dies at 67
2022
Death
Lia Origoni
Lia Origoni died
1749
Death
Louis-Nicholas Clerambault
Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72
1874
Death
Peter Cornelius
Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49
1607
Death
Philipp Nicolai
Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52
2023
Death
Rigo Star
Rigo Star died
2020
Death
Stan Kesler
Stan Kesler died
1903
Death
Victorin de Joncieres
Victorin de Joncieres, composer, dies at 64
1956
Death
Walter Gieseking
Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60
1994
Death
Wilbert Harrison
Wilbert Harrison, singer, dies at 65
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