On This Day in Music: October 8

1927 Birth

Al Duncan

Al Duncan, drummer was born

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1946 Birth

Aleksandr Gorshlov

Aleksandr Gorshlov, ice dancer (holds 6 titles) was born

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1692 Birth

Antonio Palella

Antonio Palella, composer was born

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1939 Birth

Armando Gentilucci

Armando Gentilucci, composer was born

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1965 Birth

C-Jay Ramone

C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) was born

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1813 Birth

Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold

Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer was born

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1936 Birth

Carman Moore

Carman Moore, composer was born

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1964 Birth

CeCe Winans

CeCe Winans, American singer was born

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1898 Birth

Clarence Williams

Clarence Williams, composer was born

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1952 Birth

Cliff Adams

Cliff Adams, rocker was born

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1974 Birth

DJ Q-Ball

DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang) was born

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1883 Birth

Dick Burnett

Dick Burnett, American musician (d. 1977) was born

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1934 Birth

Doc Green

Doc Green, rocker (Drifters) was born

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1901 Birth

Eivind Groven

Eivind Groven, composer was born

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1977 Birth

Erna Siikavirta

Erna Siikavirta, Finnish musician (Deathlike Silence) was born

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1860 Birth

Felix Woyrsch

Felix Woyrsch, composer was born

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1748 Birth

Franz Seydelmann

Franz Seydelmann, composer was born

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1940 Birth

Fred Cash

Fred Cash, Chattanooga Tn, rocker (Impressions) was born

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1959 Birth

Gavin Friday

Gavin Friday, [Fionan Hanvey], Irish singer (Virgin Prunes) was born

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1941 Birth

George Bellamy

George Bellamy, rocker (Tornados) was born

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1927 Birth

Gigi Durston

Gigi Durston, Balt Md, singer (Sonny Kendis Show) was born

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1949 Birth

Hamish Stuart

Hamish Stuart, Scotland, guitarist/singer (Average White Band) was born

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1917 Birth

Hans Poser

Hans Poser, composer was born

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1585 Birth

Heinrich Schutz

Heinrich Schutz, composer was born

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1690 Birth

Jaime de Casellas

Jaime de Casellas, composer was born

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1943 Birth

James Edward Sellars

James Edward Sellars, composer was born

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1747 Birth

Johann Wilhelm Stadler

Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Johnny Ramone [Cummings]

Johnny Ramone [Cummings], Long Island, New York, American rock guitarist (Ramones) was born

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1955 Birth

Lonnie Pitchford

Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician was born

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1870 Birth

Louis Vierne

Louis Vierne, composer was born

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1949 Birth

Michael Rose

Michael Rose, rocker (Average White Band) was born

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1831 Birth

Michal Jelski

Michal Jelski, composer was born

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1740 Birth

Michel-Julien Mathieu

Michel-Julien Mathieu, composer was born

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1837 Birth

Otto Winter-Hjelm

Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer was born

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1908 Birth

Paul Van Buskirk Yoder

Paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer was born

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1953 Birth

Ricky Lee Phelps

Ricky Lee Phelps, Paragould Ar, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) was born

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1950 Birth

Robert "Kool" Bell

Robert "Kool" Bell, Youngstown Oh, rocker (Kool & the Gang-Joanna) was born

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1945 Birth

Roy Royer

Roy Royer, rock guitarist (Procol Harum) was born

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1981 Birth

Ruby (Egyptian Singer)

Ruby (Egyptian Singer), Egyptian singer was born

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1820 Birth

Stanislaw Katski

Stanislaw Katski, composer was born

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1944 Birth

Susan Raye

Susan Raye, American singer was born

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1922 Birth

Svend Westergaard

Svend Westergaard, composer was born

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1961 Birth

Ted Kooshian

Ted Kooshian, American jazz pianist was born

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1947 Birth

Tony Wilson

Tony Wilson, Trinidad, rock vocalist (Hot Chocolate) was born

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1930 Birth

Toru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu, Tokyo Japan, composer (Ki No Kyoko) was born

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1790 Birth

Waldemar Thrane

Waldemar Thrane, composer was born

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1834 Birth

Walter Kittredge

Walter Kittredge, American musician (d. 1905) was born

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1913 Birth

Walter Schumann

Walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish) was born

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1885 Birth

William Henry Bennett Vodery

William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer was born

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1900 Birth

Zeno Octavian Vancea

Zeno Octavian Vancea, composer was born

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1979 Birth

[Gregory] Chad Petree

[Gregory] Chad Petree, Shawne Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See) was born

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1975 Death

Alberto Hemsi

Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78

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1728 Death

Anne Danican Philidor

Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47

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1990 Death

B.J. Wilson

B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)

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2020 Death

Brian Locking

Brian Locking died

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1895 Death

Charles Oberthur

Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76

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1842 Death

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68

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1995 Death

Christopher Keene

Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48

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1988 Death

Ernst Hermann Meyer

Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82

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1834 Death

Francois-Adrien Boieldieu

Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58

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1977 Death

Giorgos Papasideris

Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer , composer , lyricist (b. 1902 )

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1996 Death

Harold Watkins Shaw

Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85

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1865 Death

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51

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1772 Death

Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville

Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60

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2025 Death

Joan Bennett Kennedy

Joan Bennett Kennedy died

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1971 Death

Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman

Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer, dies at 79

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2024 Death

Jorge Arriagada

Jorge Arriagada died

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1953 Death

Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41

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1993 Death

Manke Nelis

Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73

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1897 Death

Martin Pluddemann

Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43

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2020 Death

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian died

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2023 Death

Nina Matviienko

Nina Matviienko died

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2021 Death

Petru Guelfucci

Petru Guelfucci died

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1683 Death

Philipp Friedrich Boddecker

Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76

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2021 Death

Rabah Driassa

Rabah Driassa died

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2023 Death

Shinji Tanimura

Shinji Tanimura died

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1962 Death

Solomon Linda

Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer

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1978 Death

Tibor Serly

Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer (American Elegy), dies at 76

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1912 Death

Wilhelm Kuhe

Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88

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1984 Event

Alabama

18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins

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1980 Event

Bob Marley

After playing two shows at the Madison Square Garden, Bob Marley collapsed in Central Park while jogging, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital

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1928 Event

Cole Porter

Cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in NYC

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1990 Event

George Strait

24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins

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1897 Event

Gustav Mahler

Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera

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1979 Event

Jimmy McHugh

J McHugh & A Malvin's musical "Sugar Babies," premieres in NYC

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2021 Event

Madonna

Madonna released the album 'Madame X: Music from the Theater Xperience'

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1951 Event

Oscar Hammerstein

"Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 56 performances

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2021 Event

Trivium

Trivium released the album 'In the Court of the Dragon'

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1979 Event

Willie Nelson

13th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell wins

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2021 Event

wank

wank released the album 'Seventeen Going Under'

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