On This Day in Music: October 6

1926-10-06 Birth

Alan Copeland

Alan Copeland, Los Angeles California, orchestra leader/singer (Your Hit Parade) was born

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1970-10-06 Birth

Amy Jo Johnson

Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer was born

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1806-10-06 Birth

Andreas Randel

Andreas Randel, composer was born

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1976-10-06 Birth

Barbie Hsu

Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer was born

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1949-10-06 Birth

Bobby Farrell

Bobby Farrell, Jamaica, rock vocalist was born

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1827-10-06 Birth

Cark Reidel

Cark Reidel, composer was born

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1943-10-06 Birth

Cees Veerman

Cees Veerman, pop guitarist/singer (Cats-Sure He's a Cat) was born

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1926-10-06 Birth

Cyril Reuben

Cyril Reuben, violinist was born

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1954-10-06 Birth

David Hidalgo

David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys) was born

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1915-10-06 Birth

Edgardo Martin

Edgardo Martin, composer was born

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1886-10-06 Birth

Edwin Fischer

Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960) was born

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1948-10-06 Birth

Glenn Branca

Glenn Branca, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, avant-garde composer and guitarist was born

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1820-10-06 Birth

Jenny Lind

Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born

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1984-10-06 Birth

Joanna Pacitti

Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer was born

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1818-10-06 Birth

Joseph Rummel

Joseph Rummel, composer was born

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1880-10-06 Birth

Julia Culp

Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano was born

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1882-10-06 Birth

Karol Maciej Szymanowski

Karol Maciej Szymanowski, Timoshovka Ukraine, composer (Stabatmater) was born

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1951-10-06 Birth

Kevin Cronin

Kevin Cronin, Champaign Ill, rock vocalist (REO Speedwagon) was born

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1887-10-06 Birth

Maria Jeritza

Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Austria, singer (Vienna Opera) was born

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1888-10-06 Birth

Max Butting

Max Butting, composer was born

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1998-10-06 Birth

Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink

Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer was born

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1618-10-06 Birth

Miguel Gomez Camargo

Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born

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1902-10-06 Birth

Mihovil Logar

Mihovil Logar, composer was born

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1942-10-06 Birth

Millie Small

Millie Small, Jamaican singer was born

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1873-10-06 Birth

Oscar George Theodore Sonneck

Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer was born

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1896-10-06 Birth

Otto Siegl

Otto Siegl, composer was born

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1927-10-06 Birth

Paul Badura-Skoda

Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist (Mozart Interpretation) was born

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1866-10-06 Birth

Reginald Aubrey Fessenden

Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music was born

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1960-10-06 Birth

Richard Jobson

Richard Jobson, British TV person/rocker (Skids-Scared to Dance) was born

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1972-10-06 Birth

Ryu Shi-won

Ryu Shi-won, Korean actor and singer was born

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1950-10-06 Birth

Thomas McClary

Thomas McClary, US soul guitarist (Commodores-Still) was born

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1961-10-06 Birth

Tim Burgess

Tim Burgess, rocker was born

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1943-10-06 Birth

Udo Zimmermann

Udo Zimmermann, composer was born

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1816-10-06 Birth

William Batchelder Bradbury

William Batchelder Bradbury, composer was born

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1982-10-06 Birth

William Butler

William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire was born

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1777-10-06 Birth

William Russell

William Russell, composer was born

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1993-10-06 Death

Agnes de Mille

Agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88

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1920-10-06 Death

Alberto Nepomuceno

Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer/conductor (Artemis), dies at 56

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1999-10-06 Death

Amalia Rodrigues

Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)

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2010-10-06 Death

Antonie Kamerling

Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)

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1786-10-06 Death

Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini

Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56

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1973-10-06 Death

Arnold Maria Walter

Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71

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2010-10-06 Death

Colette Renard

Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)

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1909-10-06 Death

Dudley Buck

Dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70

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1940-10-06 Death

Ferdinando Liuzzi

Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55

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1762-10-06 Death

Francesco Onofrio Manfredini

Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78

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1935-10-06 Death

Frederic Hymen Cowen

Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer, dies at 83

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1954-10-06 Death

Hakon Borresen

Hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78

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1651-10-06 Death

Heinrich Albert

Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47

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1995-10-06 Death

Hugh Charles

Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88

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1837-10-06 Death

Jean-Francois Le Sueur

Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77

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1947-10-06 Death

Leevi Antti Madetoya

Leevi Antti Madetoya, composer, dies at 60

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1868-10-06 Death

Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer

Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51

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1985-10-06 Death

Nelson Riddle

Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)

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1860-10-06 Death

Stephen Elvey

Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55

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1874-10-06 Death

Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen

Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50

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1995-10-06 Death

Walter "Crash" Morgan

Walter "Crash" Morgan, drummer, dies at 35

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1956-10-06 Death

Walter Herlihy

Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42

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1933-10-06 Death

Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili

Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer, dies at 62

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1871-10-06 Event

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour

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1927-10-06 Event

Louis Silvers

"Jazz Singer", 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (NYC)

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