On This Day in Music: September 11

1876-09-11 Birth

Alfonso Broqua

Alfonso Broqua, composer was born

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1902-09-11 Birth

Alice Tully

Alice Tully, Corning, NY, singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall) was born

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1935-09-11 Birth

Arvo Part

Arvo Part, composer was born

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1925-09-11 Birth

Ashley Heenan

Ashley Heenan, composer was born

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1978-09-11 Birth

Ben Lee

Ben Lee, Australian musician and singer was born

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1940-09-11 Birth

Bernie Dwyer

Bernie Dwyer, rock drummer (Freddie & The Dreamers) was born

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1911-09-11 Birth

Bola de Nieve

Bola de Nieve, Cuban pianist (d. 1971) was born

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1938-09-11 Birth

Charles Patrick

Charles Patrick, rocker (Monotones) was born

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1946-09-11 Birth

Dennis Tufano

Dennis Tufano, Chicago, rock guitarist/vocalist (Buckinghams) was born

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1825-09-11 Birth

Eduard Hanslick

Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904) was born

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1976-09-11 Birth

Elephant Man

Elephant Man, Jamaican musician was born

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1961-09-11 Birth

Elizabeth Daily

Elizabeth Daily, Los Angeles, California, American actress and singer (Buttercup-The Powerpuff Girls) was born

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1753-09-11 Birth

Friedrich August Baumbach

Friedrich August Baumbach, composer was born

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1786-09-11 Birth

Friedrich Kuhlau

Friedrich Kuhlau, composer was born

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1844-09-11 Birth

George Clement Martin

George Clement Martin, composer was born

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1969-09-11 Birth

Gidget Gein

Gidget Gein, American musician was born

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1967-09-11 Birth

Harry Connick Jr

Harry Connick Jr, New Orleans Louisiana, singer (We Are in Love) was born

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1925-09-11 Birth

Harry Stuart Somers

Harry Stuart Somers, composer was born

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1895-09-11 Birth

Harry Tobias

Harry Tobias, songwriter was born

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1874-09-11 Birth

Heinrich Kaspar Schmid

Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer was born

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1885-09-11 Birth

Herbert Stothart

Herbert Stothart, composer was born

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1807-09-11 Birth

Ignaz Lachner

Ignaz Lachner, composer was born

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1937-09-11 Birth

Iosif Kobzon

Iosif Kobzon, Soviet singer and Russian businessman was born

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1915-09-11 Birth

Jack Fascinato

Jack Fascinato, Bevier Mo, pianist/orchestra leader (Kukla Fran & Ollie) was born

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1700-09-11 Birth

James Thomson

James Thomson, songwriter (Rule Britannia) was born

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1899-09-11 Birth

Jimmie Davis

Jimmie Davis, Quitman, Louisiana, American singer and songwriter (You Are My Sunshine) was born

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1948-09-11 Birth

John Martyn

John Martyn, English musician was born

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1977-09-11 Birth

Jon Buckland

Jon Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay) was born

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1957-09-11 Birth

Jon Moss

Jon Moss, rock drummerer (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me) was born

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1968-09-11 Birth

Kay Hanley

Kay Hanley, American musician was born

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1945-09-11 Birth

Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke, Athens Ga, guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse) was born

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1977-09-11 Birth

Ludacris

Ludacris, American rapper was born

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1890-09-11 Birth

Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad

Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer was born

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1975-09-11 Birth

Mark Klepaski

Mark Klepaski, American musician was born

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1958-09-11 Birth

Mick Talbot

Mick Talbot, rock keyboardist (Style Council-You're the Best Thing) was born

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1943-09-11 Birth

Mickey Hart

Mickey Hart, drummer (Grateful Dead) was born

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1965-09-11 Birth

Moby

Moby, American musician was born

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1960-09-11 Birth

Neal X

Neal X, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) was born

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1899-09-11 Birth

Nelly A "Nell" Knoop

Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Driestuivers Opera) was born

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1891-09-11 Birth

Noel Gallon

Noel Gallon, composer was born

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1934-09-11 Birth

Oliver Jones

Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist was born

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1614-09-11 Birth

Philipp Buchner

Philipp Buchner, composer was born

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1971-09-11 Birth

Richard Ashcroft

Richard Ashcroft, British singer was born

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1970-09-11 Birth

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer was born

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1970-09-11 Birth

Ted Leo

Ted Leo, American musician was born

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1953-09-11 Birth

Tommy Shaw

Tommy Shaw, American musician and singer (Styx) was born

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1764-09-11 Birth

Valentino Fioravanti

Valentino Fioravanti, composer was born

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1964-09-11 Birth

Victor Wooten

Victor Wooten, American musician was born

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1898-09-11 Death

Adolphe-Abraham Samuel

Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer, dies at 74

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1858-09-11 Death

Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov

Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55

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1896-09-11 Death

Anton Joseph Bruckner

Anton Joseph Bruckner, Austrian composer, dies at 72

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1892-09-11 Death

Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel

Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer, dies at 84

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1993-09-11 Death

Erich Leinsdorf

Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81

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1733-09-11 Death

Francois Couperin

Francois Couperin, French composer (Le Grand), dies at 64

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2004-09-11 Death

Fred Ebb

Fred Ebb, American lyricist (b. 1933)

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1949-09-11 Death

Henri Rabaud

Henri Rabaud, French composer/conductor (L'ete), dies at 75

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1848-09-11 Death

Henri-Philippe Gerard

Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87

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1984-09-11 Death

Hilding Hallnas

Hilding Hallnas, composer, dies at 81

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1976-09-11 Death

Jan Kunc

Jan Kunc, composer, dies at 93

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2007-09-11 Death

Joe Zawinul

Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932)

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1646-09-11 Death

Johann Stobaeus

Johann Stobaeus, composer, dies at 66

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1980-09-11 Death

Jose Antonio Calcano

Jose Antonio Calcano, composer, dies at 80

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1954-09-11 Death

Licinio Refice

Licinio Refice, composer, dies at 69

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1922-09-11 Death

Louis Coerne

Louis Coerne, composer, dies at 52

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1789-09-11 Death

Luca Sorkocevic

Luca Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 55

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1924-09-11 Death

Mieczyslaw Surzynski

Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer, dies at 57

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1957-09-11 Death

Petar Stojanovic

Petar Stojanovic, composer, dies at 80

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1987-09-11 Death

Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh, reggae singer shot dead in Jamacia at 42

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1958-09-11 Death

Robert Lach

Robert Lach, composer, dies at 84

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1985-09-11 Death

William Alwyn

William Alwyn, composer, dies at 79

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1959-09-11 Event

Duke Ellington

"Duke" Ellington wins Springarn Medal for his musical achievements

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1964-09-11 Event

George Harrison

George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company

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1951-09-11 Event

Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky's opera "Rake's Progress," premieres in Venice

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1987-09-11 Event

Peter Gabriel

4th MTV Awards: Peter Gabriel wins

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1962-09-11 Event

Ringo Starr

Drummer Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best of the Beatles

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1967-09-11 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' Magical Mystery Bus driven around England

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1966-09-11 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones perform on Ed Sullivan Show

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1914-09-11 Event

William Christopher Handy

William Christopher Handy publishes "St Louis Blues"

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