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Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) was born
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Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) was born
Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician was born
Amy Winehouse, Southgate, London, singer ("Stronger Than Me, Rehab), (d. 2011) was born
Andre Matos, Brazilian musician was born
Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer was born
Barry Cowsill, Newport RI, rock bassist (Cowsills-We Can Fly) was born
Bernie Green, NYC, orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show) was born
Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear) was born
Danielle Peck, country music singer was born
Deryck Victor Cooke, composer was born
Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer was born
Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist was born
Georg Johann Schinn, composer was born
George Elbridge Whiting, composer was born
Giorgos Papasideris Greek musician (d. 1977) was born
Harald Fryklof, composer was born
Hovhannes Gorgeni Ter-T'at'evosyan, composer was born
Jeff Loomis, American guitarist (Nevermore) was born
Joey Heatherton, Rockville Center NY, dancer/actress (Bluebeard) was born
Johann Michael Haydn, composer was born
Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer was born
Jon "Bowser" Bauman, Queens NY, singer (Sha Na Na) was born
Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer was born
Kuldar Sink, composer was born
Lehman Engel, Jackson Miss, conductor/comp (Streetcar Named Desire) was born
M Luigi CZS Cherubini, Italian prodigy/composer was born
Melissa McGhee, American singer was born
Michael Spisak, composer was born
Mike Cooley, American guitarist was born
Miyavi, Japanese singer and actor was born
Morten Harket, Konigsberg Norway, rocker (Aha-Take on Me) was born
Oliver Eugene Lake, composer was born
Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium) was born
Paul Kossoff, London England, rock guitarist (Free) was born
Pavel Lambert Masek, composer was born
Richard Elsasser, composer was born
Richard Mohaupt, Breslau Germany, composer (Bucolica) was born
Steve Gaines, Seneca Mo, rock vocalist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) was born
Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998) was born
Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003) was born
Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d'aspetto) was born
Carl T Pachelbel, US organist/composer
Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)
Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83
Fritz Busch, German conductor (b. 1890)
Heinrich Steuccius, composer, dies at 65
Henry Gibson, American actor and songwriter (b. 1935)
Hubert Reis, composer, dies at 84
Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53
Johann Michael Muller, composer, dies at 59
Johann Philipp Sack, composer, dies at 40
John Serry, Sr., American musician, (b. 1915)
Juliet Prowse, actress/dancer (Mona McCluskey), dies at 59
Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64
Mary Howe, composer, dies at 82
Oliver Holden, composer, dies at 78
Ossip Gabrilovich, composer, dies at 58
Patrick Swayze, American actor, dancer, and songwriter (b. 1952)
Raymond Loucheur, composer, dies at 80
Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer, dies at 76
Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (b. 1931)
Theodore-Jean Tarade, composer, dies at 56
Vincenzo Lavigna, composer, dies at 60
Walter Herbert, German conductor and impresario (b. 1902)
Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer, dies
Yasuji Kiyose, composer, dies at 81
Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48
[Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack
Benjamin Britten's opera 'Turn of the Screw' premieres in Venice
1st MTV awards-Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd host
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