On This Day in Music: October 5

1936-10-05 Birth

Annerose Schmidt

Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist was born

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1935-10-05 Birth

Arlene Saunders

Arlene Saunders, American soprano was born

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1970-10-05 Birth

Audie Pitre

Audie Pitre, bass guitarist (d. 1996) was born

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1949-10-05 Birth

B. W. Stevenson

B. W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988) was born

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1988-10-05 Birth

Bahar Kızıl

Bahar Kızıl, German Singer (Monrose) was born

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1954-10-05 Birth

Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof, rocker was born

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1899-10-05 Birth

Boleslaw Woytowicz

Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer was born

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1948-10-05 Birth

Brian Connolly

Brian Connolly, Scotland, rocker (Sweet) was born

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1947-10-05 Birth

Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson, Australia, hard rocker (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie) was born

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1949-10-05 Birth

Brian McManus Connolly

Brian McManus Connolly, musician was born

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1938-10-05 Birth

Carlo Mastrangelo

Carlo Mastrangelo, Bronx NY, rocker (Dion & The Belmonts) was born

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1883-10-05 Birth

Charles Maduro

Charles Maduro, Antillean composer was born

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1974-10-05 Birth

Colin Meloy

Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists) was born

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1875-10-05 Birth

Cyril Rootham

Cyril Rootham, composer was born

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1948-10-05 Birth

Delroy George Wilson

Delroy George Wilson, singer was born

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1817-10-05 Birth

Eduard Franck

Eduard Franck, composer was born

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1823-10-05 Birth

Feliks Jaronski

Feliks Jaronski, composer was born

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1840-10-05 Birth

Fran Gerbic

Fran Gerbic, composer was born

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1945-10-05 Birth

Geoff Leigh

Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow) was born

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1743-10-05 Birth

Giuseppi Gazzaniga

Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer was born

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1926-10-05 Birth

Gottfried Michael Koenig

Gottfried Michael Koenig, composer was born

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1722-10-05 Birth

Gregorio Sciroli

Gregorio Sciroli, composer was born

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1879-10-05 Birth

Halfdan Cleve

Halfdan Cleve, composer was born

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1822-10-05 Birth

Hans Hampel

Hans Hampel, composer was born

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1974-10-05 Birth

Heather Headley

Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer was born

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1978-10-05 Birth

James Valentine

James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5) was born

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1684-10-05 Birth

Johann Jacob de Neufville

Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer was born

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1626-10-05 Birth

Johann Schop

Johann Schop, composer was born

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1927-10-05 Birth

John Downey

John Downey, composer was born

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1879-10-05 Birth

John Erskine

John Erskine, US, poet/pianist (Private Life of Helen of Troy) was born

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1981-10-05 Birth

Kelvin Tan Wei Lian

Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer was born

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1962-10-05 Birth

Ken Noda

Ken Noda, NYC, pianist (Rivalry) was born

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1957-10-05 Birth

Lee "Kix" Thompson

Lee "Kix" Thompson, saxophonist (Madness-Baggy Trousers) was born

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1955-10-05 Birth

Leo Barnes

Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist (Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go) was born

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1906-10-05 Birth

Louise Brown

Louise Brown, dancer/teacher was born

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1948-10-05 Birth

Lucius Ross

Lucius Ross, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-One Nation Under a Groove) was born

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1939-10-05 Birth

Marie Laforêt

Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress was born

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1902-10-05 Birth

Michael Kondracki

Michael Kondracki, composer was born

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1907-10-05 Birth

Mrs. Miller

Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997) was born

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1985-10-05 Birth

Nicola Roberts

Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud) was born

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1980-10-05 Birth

Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas, American bassist (Good Charlotte) was born

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1946-10-05 Birth

Richard Kermode

Richard Kermode, rocker was born

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1942-10-05 Birth

Richard Street

Richard Street, Detroit Mi, rocker (Temptations) was born

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1953-10-05 Birth

Russell Mael

Russell Mael, [Dwight Russel Day], California, rock vocalist (Sparks) was born

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1953-10-05 Birth

Sandra "Puma" Jones

Sandra "Puma" Jones, Kingston Jamaica, rocker (Black Uhuru) was born

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1961-10-05 Birth

Sharon Cheslow

Sharon Cheslow, American musician, composer and artist was born

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1970-10-05 Birth

South Park Mexican

South Park Mexican, American rapper was born

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1943-10-05 Birth

Steve Miller

Steve Miller, Milwaukee, rocker (Abracadabra, Space Cowboy) was born

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1948-10-05 Birth

Tawl Ross

Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk) was born

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1758-10-05 Birth

Thomas Greatorex

Thomas Greatorex, composer was born

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1959-10-05 Birth

Troy Luccketta

Troy Luccketta, rock drummer (Tesla-Psychotic Supper) was born

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2011-10-05 Death

Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician (b. 1943)

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1911-10-05 Death

Charles-Theodore Malherbe

Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer, dies at 58

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1707-10-05 Death

Daniel Speer

Daniel Speer, composer, dies at 71

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1995-10-05 Death

Dick Henry Jurgen

Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader, dies at 85

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1992-10-05 Death

Eddie Kendricks

Eddie Kendricks, singer (Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52

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1813-10-05 Death

Etienne Ozi

Etienne Ozi, composer, dies at 58

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1954-10-05 Death

Flor Alpaerts

Flor Alpaerts, Flem composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel/Pallieter), dies at 78

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1965-10-05 Death

Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson

Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer, dies at 79

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1880-10-05 Death

Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (b. 1819)

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1919-10-05 Death

Jean Louis Nicode

Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66

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1899-10-05 Death

Johann Nepomuk Fuchs

Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer, dies at 57

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1915-10-05 Death

Jose Maria Usandizaga

Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer, dies at 28

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1924-10-05 Death

Joseph Vezina

Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75

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1981-10-05 Death

Jud Strunk

Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48

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1943-10-05 Death

Leon Roppolo

Leon Roppolo, American musician (b. 1902)

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1915-10-05 Death

Otto Valdemar Malling

Otto Valdemar Malling, composer, dies at 67

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1992-10-05 Death

Paul Acket

Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies

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1564-10-05 Death

Pierre de Manchicourt

Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer

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1940-10-05 Death

Silvestre Revueltas

Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40

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2010-10-05 Death

Steve Lee

Steve Lee, Swiss musician and vocalist (Gotthard) (b. 1963)

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1867-10-05 Death

Thomas Taglichsbeck

Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer, dies at 67

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1762-10-05 Event

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna)

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1823-10-05 Event

Ludwig V. Beethoven

Weber visits Beethoven

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1962-10-05 Event

The Beatles

Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do"

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1994-10-05 Event

Vince Gill

28th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill & Pam Tillis wins

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