On This Day in Music: September 14

On September 14 in music history, 41 artists were born, 35 died and 3 other milestones happened, among them Amy Winehouse (1983), Dámaso Pérez Prado (1989) and Bette Midler (1984).

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Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse, Southgate, London, singer ("Stronger Than Me, Rehab), (d. 2011) was born

Dámaso Pérez Prado

Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)

Bette Midler

1st MTV awards-Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd host

Aespa

Aespa released the album 'Synk: Complaexity'

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Born on September 14

Ai Takahashi

Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) was born

Alberto Naranjo

Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician was born

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse, Southgate, London, singer ("Stronger Than Me, Rehab), (d. 2011) was born

Andre Matos

Andre Matos, Brazilian musician was born

Aya Ueto

Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer was born

Barry Cowsill

Barry Cowsill, Newport RI, rock bassist (Cowsills-We Can Fly) was born

Bernie Green

Bernie Green, NYC, orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show) was born

Craig Montoya

Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear) was born

Danielle Peck

Danielle Peck, country music singer was born

Deryck Victor Cooke

Deryck Victor Cooke, composer was born

Eikichi Yazawa

Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer was born

Fred "Sonic" Smith

Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist was born

Georg Johann Schinn

Georg Johann Schinn, composer was born

George Elbridge Whiting

George Elbridge Whiting, composer was born

Giorgos Papasideris

Giorgos Papasideris Greek musician (d. 1977) was born

Harald Fryklof

Harald Fryklof, composer was born

Hovhannes Gorgeni Ter-T'at'evosyan

Hovhannes Gorgeni Ter-T'at'evosyan, composer was born

Jeff Loomis

Jeff Loomis, American guitarist (Nevermore) was born

Joey Heatherton

Joey Heatherton, Rockville Center NY, dancer/actress (Bluebeard) was born

Johann Michael Haydn

Johann Michael Haydn, composer was born

Johann Paul Schulthesius

Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer was born

Jon "Bowser" Bauman

Jon "Bowser" Bauman, Queens NY, singer (Sha Na Na) was born

Joseph Paul Ziegler

Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer was born

Kuldar Sink

Kuldar Sink, composer was born

Lehman Engel

Lehman Engel, Jackson Miss, conductor/comp (Streetcar Named Desire) was born

Luigi Cherubini

M Luigi CZS Cherubini, Italian prodigy/composer was born

Melissa McGhee

Melissa McGhee, American singer was born

Michael Spisak

Michael Spisak, composer was born

Mike Cooley

Mike Cooley, American guitarist was born

Miyavi

Miyavi, Japanese singer and actor was born

Morten Harket

Morten Harket, Konigsberg Norway, rocker (Aha-Take on Me) was born

Oliver Eugene Lake

Oliver Eugene Lake, composer was born

Paolo Gregoletto

Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium) was born

Paul Kossoff

Paul Kossoff, London England, rock guitarist (Free) was born

Pavel Lambert Masek

Pavel Lambert Masek, composer was born

Richard Elsasser

Richard Elsasser, composer was born

Richard Mohaupt

Richard Mohaupt, Breslau Germany, composer (Bucolica) was born

Steve Gaines

Steve Gaines, Seneca Mo, rock vocalist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) was born

Tom Cora

Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998) was born

Tommy Seebach

Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003) was born

Vittorio Gui

Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d'aspetto) was born

Died on September 14

Al Kasha

Al Kasha died

Alicia Maguiña

Alicia Maguiña died

Anton Fier

Anton Fier died

Carl T Pachelbel

Carl T Pachelbel, US organist/composer

Christian Ferras

Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)

Dámaso Pérez Prado

Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)

Fortunato Santini

Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83

Fritz Busch

Fritz Busch, German conductor (b. 1890)

Heinrich Steuccius

Heinrich Steuccius, composer, dies at 65

Henry Gibson

Henry Gibson, American actor and songwriter (b. 1935)

Hubert Reis

Hubert Reis, composer, dies at 84

Irene Papas

Irene Papas died

Jean Emile Paul Cras

Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53

Johann Michael Muller

Johann Michael Muller, composer, dies at 59

Johann Philipp Sack

Johann Philipp Sack, composer, dies at 40

John Serry

John Serry, Sr., American musician, (b. 1915)

Juliet Prowse

Juliet Prowse, actress/dancer (Mona McCluskey), dies at 59

Marcel Delannoy

Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64

Mary Howe

Mary Howe, composer, dies at 82

Michael McGrath

Michael McGrath died

Oliver Holden

Oliver Holden, composer, dies at 78

Ossip Gabrilovich

Ossip Gabrilovich, composer, dies at 58

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze, American actor, dancer, and songwriter (b. 1952)

Pete Byrne

Pete Byrne died

Raymond Loucheur

Raymond Loucheur, composer, dies at 80

Reinhold Finsterbusch

Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer, dies at 76

Siegmund Nimsgern

Siegmund Nimsgern died

Stelios Kazantzidis

Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (b. 1931)

Theodore-Jean Tarade

Theodore-Jean Tarade, composer, dies at 56

Vincenzo Lavigna

Vincenzo Lavigna, composer, dies at 60

Walter Herbert

Walter Herbert, German conductor and impresario (b. 1902)

Wime de Craene

Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer, dies

Yasuji Kiyose

Yasuji Kiyose, composer, dies at 81

Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin

Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48

[Walter] Furry Lewis

[Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack

Releases & milestones on September 14

Aespa

Aespa released the album 'Synk: Complaexity'

Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten's opera 'Turn of the Screw' premieres in Venice

Bette Midler

1st MTV awards-Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd host

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