On This Day in Music: October 7

1801 Birth

Adolf Muller

Adolf Muller, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Al Martino

Al Martino, Phila, singer (Here in My Heart)/actor (Godfather) was born

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1978 Birth

Alesha Dixon

Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq) was born

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1914 Birth

Alfred Drake

Alfred Drake, [Capurro], Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Kiss Me Kate) was born

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1898 Birth

Alfred Wallenstein

Alfred Wallenstein, Chicago Illinois, conductor (Chic Symph 1922-29) was born

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1946 Birth

Bernard Lavilliers

Bernard Lavilliers, French singer was born

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1802 Birth

Bernhard Molique

Bernhard Molique, German violinist and composer was born

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1961 Birth

Brian Mannix

Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor was born

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1951 Birth

Carmen R "Tata" Vega

Carmen R "Tata" Vega, US soul singer (Color Purple soundtrack) was born

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1936 Birth

Charles Dutoit

Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor was born

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1974 Birth

Charlotte Nilsson

Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer was born

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1939 Birth

Colin Cooper

Colin Cooper, rocker (Climax Blues Band) was born

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1975 Birth

Damian Kulash

Damian Kulash, American musician (OK Go) was born

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1971 Birth

Daniel Boucher

Daniel Boucher, Québécois musician was born

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1949 Birth

Dave Hope

Dave Hope, rock bassist (Kansas) was born

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1940 Birth

Dino Valenti

Dino Valenti, rock guitarist/vocalist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) was born

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1835 Birth

Felix Draeseke

Felix Draeseke, composer was born

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1774 Birth

Ferdinando Orlandi

Ferdinando Orlandi, composer was born

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1698 Birth

Henri Madin

Henri Madin, composer was born

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1984 Birth

Ikuta Toma

Ikuta Toma, Japanese Singer/Actor was born

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1913 Birth

Irina Nijinska

Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer was born

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1926 Birth

Ivan Jirko

Ivan Jirko, composer was born

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1880 Birth

Jaime Pahissa

Jaime Pahissa, composer was born

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1969 Birth

Javier Álvarez

Javier Álvarez, Spanish singer-songwriter was born

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1879 Birth

Joe Hill

Joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr was born

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1911 Birth

Joe Jones

Joe Jones, Chicago IL, drummer was born

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1951 Birth

John Cougar Mellencamp

John Cougar Mellencamp, Seymour Indiana, rocker (Jack & Diane) was born

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1879 Birth

Joseph Bovet

Joseph Bovet, composer was born

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1944 Birth

Judee Sill

Judee Sill, American musician (d. 1979) was born

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1954 Birth

Kenneth Atchley

Kenneth Atchley, American composer was born

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1945 Birth

Kevin Godley

Kevin Godley, Manchester England, rock vocalist (10cc) was born

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1949 Birth

Kieran Kane

Kieran Kane, Queens NY, singer (O'Kanes-Daddies Need to Grow Up Too) was born

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1960 Birth

Kyosuke Himuro

Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer was born

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1982 Birth

Li Yundi

Li Yundi, Chinese classical pianist was born

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1967 Birth

Luke Haines

Luke Haines, English musician (The Auteurs, Black Box Recorder) was born

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1926 Birth

Marcello Abbado

Marcello Abbado, composer was born

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1966 Birth

Marco Beltrami

Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer was born

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1922 Birth

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart, Bardwell Ky, singer/actress (Daisy Kenyon, Doll Face) was born

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1941 Birth

Martin Murray

Martin Murray, London England, rocker (Honeycombs) was born

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1758 Birth

Paul Anton Wineberger

Paul Anton Wineberger, composer was born

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1901 Birth

Ralph Rainger

Ralph Rainger, composer was born

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1915 Birth

Roman Padlewski

Roman Padlewski, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Sam Brown

Sam Brown, English singer/songwriter (Stop!) was born

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1911 Birth

Shura Cherkassky

Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (d. 1995) was born

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1988 Birth

Stacy DuPree

Stacy DuPree, American musician (Eisley) was born

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1976 Birth

Taylor Hicks

Taylor Hicks, American musician was born

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1968 Birth

Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke, British pop musician and lead singer of Radiohead ('Creep', 'Paranoid Android' and 'Pyramid Song') was born

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1953 Birth

Tico Torres

Tico Torres, rock drummer (Bon Jovi-Always) was born

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1975 Birth

Tim Minchin

Tim Minchin, Australian comedian and musician was born

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1967 Birth

Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton, American singer was born

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1941 Birth

Tony Sylvester

Tony Sylvester, rocker (Main Ingredient) was born

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1911 Birth

Vaughn Monroe

Vaughn Monroe, Akron Oh, singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show) was born

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1960 Birth

Viktor Lazlo

Viktor Lazlo, Belgian singer was born

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1902 Birth

Willemina J H "Mascha" ter Weene

Willemina J H "Mascha" ter Weene, dancer/ballerina was born

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1746 Birth

William Billings

William Billings, Boston Mass, hymn composer (Rose of Sharon) was born

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1955 Birth

Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma, Paris, France, world famous cellist (2001 National Medal of Arts, 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom) was born

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1934 Birth

[Everett] LeRoi Jones

[Everett] LeRoi Jones, [Amiri Baraka], US writer (Black Music) was born

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1766 Death

Andre Cheron

Andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71

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2023 Death

Aner Shapira

Aner Shapira died

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2003 Death

Arthur Berger

Arthur Berger, American composer (b. 1912)

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1988 Death

Billy Daniels

Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73

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1918 Death

C Hubert H Parry

C Hubert H Parry, Engl musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70

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2024 Death

Cissy Houston

Cissy Houston died

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1553 Death

Cristóbal de Morales

Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)

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1992 Death

Ed Blackwell

Ed Blackwell, US jazz drummer (Quartet), dies

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2025 Death

Edward Reekers

Edward Reekers died

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1887 Death

George James Webb

George James Webb, composer, dies at 84

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2025 Death

Halid Bešlić

Halid Bešlić died

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1925 Death

Hubert Platt Main

Hubert Platt Main, composer, dies at 86

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2024 Death

Jack Ponti

Jack Ponti died

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1890 Death

John Hill Hewitt

John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89

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1966 Death

Johnny Kidd

Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash

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2022 Death

Jure Robežnik

Jure Robežnik died

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2020 Death

Kyōhei Tsutsumi

Kyōhei Tsutsumi died

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1959 Death

Mario Lanza

Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack

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1976 Death

Nikolai Lopatnikoff

Nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73

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2020 Death

Ray Pennington

Ray Pennington died

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2022 Death

Ronnie Cuber

Ronnie Cuber died

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1915 Death

Samuel Prowse Warren

Samuel Prowse Warren, composer, dies at 74

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1966 Death

Smiley Lewis

Smiley Lewis, [Overton Amos Lemons], rocker, dies at 46

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2010 Death

T Lavitz

T Lavitz, American musician (b. 1956)

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2022 Death

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Toshi Ichiyanagi died

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1981 Death

Wouter Paap

Wouter Paap, composer, dies at 73

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2022 Event

Alvvays

Alvvays released the album 'Blue Rev'

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2022 Event

Charlie Puth

Charlie Puth released the album 'Charlie'

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1977 Event

Genesis

Guitarist Steve Hackett quits Genesis

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1943 Event

Kurt Weill

Weill/Perelman/Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus," premieres in NYC

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2022 Event

Lamb of God

Lamb of God released the album 'Omens'

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1967 Event

The Beatles

Beatles turn down $1 million NY concert offer by Sid Berstein

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