On This Day in Music: October 27

1970 Birth

Adrian Erlandsson

Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth) was born

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1921 Birth

Anestis Logothetis

Anestis Logothetis, composer was born

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1969 Birth

Annie Patterson

Annie Patterson, composer was born

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1940 Birth

Anthea Joseph

Anthea Joseph, music producer was born

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1817 Birth

Antoni Katski

Antoni Katski, composer was born

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1894 Birth

Antonius "Toon" Verhey

Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch) was born

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1948 Birth

Byron Allred

Byron Allred, Logan Ut, rocker (Steve Miller Band) was born

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1912 Birth

Conlon Nancarrow

Conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4) was born

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1927 Birth

Dominick Argento

Dominick Argento, York Penn, composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint) was born

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1972 Birth

Elissa (singer)

Elissa (singer), Lebanese singer was born

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1933 Birth

Floyd Cramer

Floyd Cramer, La, hall of fame pianist (Last Date, On the Rebound) was born

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1739 Birth

Franz Ignaz Kaa

Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born

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1949 Birth

Garry W Tallent

Garry W Tallent, rocker (E Street Band) was born

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1746 Birth

Georg Anton Kreusser

Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born

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1958 Birth

Hazell Dean

Hazell Dean, rocker (Always Doesn't Mean Forever) was born

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1907 Birth

Helmut Walcha

Helmut Walcha, German organist (church music) was born

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1873 Birth

Henry Tate

Henry Tate, composer was born

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1811 Birth

Issac Merrit Singer

Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine) was born

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1949 Birth

Jack Daniels

Jack Daniels, Choctaw Oklahoma, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) was born

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1893 Birth

Johan G Dancer

Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings) was born

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1895 Birth

John Boles

John Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad) was born

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1951 Birth

K K Downing

K K Downing, rock guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law) was born

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1982 Birth

Keri Hilson

Keri Hilson, American singer, songwriter was born

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1942 Birth

Lee Greenwood

Lee Greenwood, Los Angeles, California, American country singer (God Bless the USA) was born

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1972 Birth

Marika Krook

Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea) was born

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1782 Birth

Niccolo Paganini

Niccolo Paganini, Genoa It, composer/violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca) was born

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1945 Birth

Peter Martins

Peter Martins, Copenhagen, dancer-choreographer was born

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1942 Birth

Phillip Catherine

Phillip Catherine, rocker was born

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1967 Birth

Scott Weiland

Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver) was born

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1958 Birth

Simon Le Bon

Simon Le Bon, rock vocalist (Duran, Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf) was born

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1980 Birth

Tanel Padar

Tanel Padar, Estonian singer was born

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1775 Birth

Traugott Maximilian Eberwein

Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer was born

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1978 Birth

Vanessa-Mae

Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician was born

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1848 Death

Alexander Egorovich Varlamov

Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46

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1864 Death

Andreas Randel

Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58

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1991 Death

Andrzei Panufkin

Andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor/composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies

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1796 Death

Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz

Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer, dies at 45

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2023 Death

Axali Doëseb

Axali Doëseb died

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1943 Death

Bela Reinitz

Bela Reinitz, composer, dies at 64

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1996 Death

Belinda Quirey

Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84

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1822 Death

Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke

Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 55

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1833 Death

Ferdinand Franzl

Ferdinand Franzl, composer, dies at 66

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1940 Death

Fini Valdemar Henriques

Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72

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1954 Death

Franco Alfano

Franco Alfano, Ital (opera)composer (Puccini's Turandot), dies at 78

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1949 Death

Ginette Neveu

Ginette Neveu, French violinist (b. 1919)

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1781 Death

Herman-Francois Delange

Herman-Francois Delange, composer, dies at 66

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2023 Death

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Hiroshi Inuzuka died

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1969 Death

Jaime Pahissa

Jaime Pahissa, composer, dies at 89

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2022 Death

Janne Heiskanen

Janne Heiskanen died

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1771 Death

Johann Gottlieb Graun

Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies

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1996 Death

John Gregory

John Gregory, dancer, dies at 82

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1933 Death

Julius Klengel

Julius Klengel, composer, dies at 74

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2020 Death

Naresh Kanodia

Naresh Kanodia died

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2021 Death

Oddie Agam

Oddie Agam died

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1994 Death

Robert White

Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57

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1485 Death

Rudolph Agricola

Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies

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1980 Death

Steven Peregrine Took

Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31

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2023 Death

Swarup Nayak

Swarup Nayak died

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2024 Death

Terry L. Bencini

Terry L. Bencini died

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1955 Death

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer, dies at 66

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1925 Death

Wilhelm Gericke

Wilhelm Gericke, composer, dies at 80

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1990 Death

Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat, Spanish-born musician (b. 1900)

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1953 Death

Zdzislaw Jachimecki

Zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer, dies at 71

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1960 Event

Ben E. King

Singer Ben E King records "Spanish Harlem" & "Stand By Me"

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1975 Event

Bruce Springsteen

Covers of both Time & Newsweek picture rock singer Bruce Springsteen

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2023 Event

Duran Duran

Duran Duran released the album 'Danse Macabre'

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2023 Event

In This Moment

In This Moment released the album 'Godmode'

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1886 Event

Modest Mussorgsky

Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia

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2023 Event

Poppy

Poppy released the album 'Zig'

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2023 Event

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift released the album '1989 (Taylor's Version)'

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