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Al Duncan, drummer was born
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Al Duncan, drummer was born
Aleksandr Gorshlov, ice dancer (holds 6 titles) was born
Antonio Palella, composer was born
Armando Gentilucci, composer was born
C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) was born
Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer was born
Carman Moore, composer was born
CeCe Winans, American singer was born
Clarence Williams, composer was born
Cliff Adams, rocker was born
DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang) was born
Dick Burnett, American musician (d. 1977) was born
Doc Green, rocker (Drifters) was born
Eivind Groven, composer was born
Erna Siikavirta, Finnish musician (Deathlike Silence) was born
Felix Woyrsch, composer was born
Franz Seydelmann, composer was born
Fred Cash, Chattanooga Tn, rocker (Impressions) was born
Gavin Friday, [Fionan Hanvey], Irish singer (Virgin Prunes) was born
George Bellamy, rocker (Tornados) was born
Gigi Durston, Balt Md, singer (Sonny Kendis Show) was born
Hamish Stuart, Scotland, guitarist/singer (Average White Band) was born
Hans Poser, composer was born
Heinrich Schutz, composer was born
Jaime de Casellas, composer was born
James Edward Sellars, composer was born
Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer was born
Johnny Ramone [Cummings], Long Island, New York, American rock guitarist (Ramones) was born
Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician was born
Louis Vierne, composer was born
Michael Rose, rocker (Average White Band) was born
Michal Jelski, composer was born
Michel-Julien Mathieu, composer was born
Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer was born
Paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer was born
Ricky Lee Phelps, Paragould Ar, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) was born
Robert "Kool" Bell, Youngstown Oh, rocker (Kool & the Gang-Joanna) was born
Roy Royer, rock guitarist (Procol Harum) was born
Ruby (Egyptian Singer), Egyptian singer was born
Stanislaw Katski, composer was born
Susan Raye, American singer was born
Svend Westergaard, composer was born
Ted Kooshian, American jazz pianist was born
Tony Wilson, Trinidad, rock vocalist (Hot Chocolate) was born
Toru Takemitsu, Tokyo Japan, composer (Ki No Kyoko) was born
Waldemar Thrane, composer was born
Walter Kittredge, American musician (d. 1905) was born
Walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish) was born
William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer was born
Zeno Octavian Vancea, composer was born
[Gregory] Chad Petree, Shawne Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See) was born
Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78
Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47
B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)
Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68
Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48
Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82
Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58
Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer , composer , lyricist (b. 1902 )
Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51
Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60
Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer, dies at 79
Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41
Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73
Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43
Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76
Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer
Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer (American Elegy), dies at 76
Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88
18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
After playing two shows at the Madison Square Garden, Bob Marley collapsed in Central Park while jogging, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital
Cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in NYC
24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins
Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera
J McHugh & A Malvin's musical "Sugar Babies," premieres in NYC
"Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 56 performances
13th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell wins
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