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Ad-Rock, [Adam Horowitz], rocker (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight) was born
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Ad-Rock, [Adam Horowitz], rocker (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight) was born
Alui Farka Touré, Malian musician was born
Anita Kerr, Memphis TN, singer composer and producer (The Anita Kerr Singers) was born
Annabella Lwin, [Myant Aye], Rangoon Burma, singer (I Want Candy) was born
Bernard Edwards, Greenville NC, bassist (Chicago-Addicted to Love) was born
Bob Selbenberg, rocker (Supertramp) was born
Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor was born
Charlotte "Lotte" Bartschart, German/Dutch operetta singer was born
Colm Ó CÃosóig, Irish drummer (My Bloody Valentine, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions) was born
Darryl Worley, American country singer was born
David Lumsdaine, composer was born
Erik Routley, composer was born
Ethel Waters, Chester Pa, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather) was born
Ferdinand Huber, composer was born
Frank Iero, American musician (My Chemical Romance, Leathermouth, Pencey Prep; founder of Skeleton Crew) was born
Harold Vincent Milligan, composer was born
Ignaz Spangler, composer was born
Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist (d. 2004) was born
James Charles Lewis aka Lil' JJ, American actor/singer was born
Johnny Marr, rocker (Smiths-Ask, Girl Afraid) was born
Johnny Moeller, American blues guitarist was born
Jon Crocker, American songwriter was born
Joseph Gelineau, French composer (d. 2008), was born
Kate Campbell, American musician was born
Kinky Friedman, Palestine Tx, country rocker (Ride 'em Jewboy) was born
Larry Mullen Jr, Dublin Ireland, rock drummer (U2-I Will Follow) was born
Linn Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base) was born
Louise Talma, Arcachon France, composer (Summer Sounds) was born
Mikkey Dee, Swedish musician, drummer for Motörhead was born
Mitch Harris, American guitarist (Napalm Death, among others) was born
Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist (d. 2007) was born
Odaline de la Martinez, composer was born
Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born
Ray Crane, trumpeter was born
Robert Pollard, American rocker was born
Rogers Stevens, American guitarist (Blind Melon) was born
Russ Ballard, rocker (Argent) was born
Séverine Ferrer, French singer was born
The Cheeky Girls, British-Romanian singers was born
Tom Paxton, Chicago, folk singer/songwriter (Forest Lawn) was born
Vanilla Ice, American rapper (Ice Ice Baby) and actor (Cool as Ice) was born
Walter Steffens, composer was born
Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher, dies at 94
Conrad Beck, composer, dies at 88
Daniel Belknap, composer, dies at 44
Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62
Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, dies at 78
Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies
George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74
Hugo Pfister, composer, dies at 55
Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer, dies at 67
John "Beatz" Holohan, American drummer (Bayside) (b. 1974)
Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50
Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76
Lloyd Lambert, bassist, dies at 67
Louis Levy Jr, music publisher, dies at 84
Mihaly Mosonyi, composer, dies at 55
Watanabe Kazuki Japanese musician (Raphael) (b. 1981)
SD Burman, Indian musician (b. 1906)
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian singer (b. 1908)
Howard Goodall/Melvyn Bragg's musical "Hired Man," premieres in London
Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatles & their fans at London Airport
Rapper Tupac Shakur charged with aggravated assault
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