On This Day in Music: September 15

1977 Birth

Angela Aki

Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter was born

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1923 Birth

Anton Heiller

Anton Heiller, composer was born

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1971 Birth

Ben Wallers

Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers) was born

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1924 Birth

Bobby Short

Bobby Short, Danville Ill, singer/pianist (Carlisle Hotel) was born

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1876 Birth

Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter, [B W Schlesinger], Berlin Germany, conductor (NY Phil) was born

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1909 Birth

Carlos Estrada

Carlos Estrada, composer was born

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1989 Birth

Chetan Ramlu

Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand musician was born

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1586 Birth

Cristobal de Isla Diego

Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein

Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, former guitarist for horror punk band The Misfits was born

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1958 Birth

Dr. Know

Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains) was born

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1816 Birth

Edward Wolff

Edward Wolff, composer was born

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1572 Birth

Erasmus Widmann

Erasmus Widmann, composer was born

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1884 Birth

Floro Manuel Ugarte

Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer was born

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1890 Birth

Frank Martin

Frank Martin, Geneva Switzerland, composer (In Terra Fax) was born

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1764 Birth

Friedrich Heine

Friedrich Heine, composer was born

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1744 Birth

Georg Ritschel

Georg Ritschel, composer was born

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1912 Birth

Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo

Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer was born

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1685 Birth

Gottfried Kirkhoff

Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer was born

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1913 Birth

Henry Dreyfus Brant

Henry Dreyfus Brant, Montreal Canada, composer (Great American Goot) was born

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1863 Birth

Horatio William Parker

Horatio William Parker, composer was born

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1690 Birth

Ignazio Prota

Ignazio Prota, composer was born

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1974 Birth

Jamie Stevens

Jamie Stevens, German singer was born

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1921 Birth

Jan Frank Fischer

Jan Frank Fischer, composer was born

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1811 Birth

Jan Nepomuk Skroup

Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer was born

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1858 Birth

Jeno Hubay

Jeno Hubay, composer was born

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1967 Birth

Jerry Dixon

Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist (Warrant-Cherry Pie) was born

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1945 Birth

Jessye Norman

Jessye Norman, US, opera singer (Carmen) was born

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1980 Birth

Jolin Tsai

Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese pop singer was born

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1851 Birth

Josif Marinkovic

Josif Marinkovic, composer was born

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1928 Birth

Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley

Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, Tampa Florida, US jazz hard bop musician (Black Messiah) was born

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1969 Birth

KG

KG, rocker (Naughty by Nature) was born

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1906 Birth

Kathryn Murray

Kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party) was born

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1952 Birth

Kelly Keagy

Kelly Keagy, rock vocalist (Night Ranger) was born

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1972 Birth

Kit Chan

Kit Chan, Singaporean singer was born

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1942 Birth

Lee Dorman

Lee Dorman, American Bassist was born

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1837 Birth

Leo van Gheluwe

Leo van Gheluwe, composer was born

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1808 Birth

Louis Clapisson

Louis Clapisson, composer was born

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1956 Birth

Maggie Reilly

Maggie Reilly, Scottish folk singer was born

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1956 Birth

Ned Rothenberg

Ned Rothenberg, composer was born

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1764 Birth

Paolo Francesco Parenti

Paolo Francesco Parenti, composer was born

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1953 Birth

Pat Barrett

Pat Barrett, rocker (Crew Cuts) was born

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1976 Birth

Paul Thomson

Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand) was born

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1933 Birth

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor was born

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1917 Birth

Richard Arnell

Richard Arnell, composer was born

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1913 Birth

Roger "Ram" Ramirez

Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer was born

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1903 Birth

Roy Acuff

Roy Acuff, Maynardville Tenn, country musician (Hee Haw) was born

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1911 Birth

Silas Hogan

Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist was born

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1896 Birth

Tadeusz Szeligowski

Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer was born

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2007 Death

Aldemaro Romero

Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (b. 1928)

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1841 Death

Alessandro Rolla

Alessandro Rolla, composer, dies at 84

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1991 Death

Allan Sobek

Allan Sobek, dancer, dies

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1924 Death

Anthony Johnson Showalter

Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer, dies at 66

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1945 Death

Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern

Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61

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2010 Death

Arrow

Arrow, Montserratian soca musician (b. 1949)

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1936 Death

Bela Anton Szabados

Bela Anton Szabados, composer, dies at 69

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1980 Death

Bill Evans

Bill Evans, US jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51

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1932 Death

Charles Hutchison Gabriel

Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer, dies at 76

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1750 Death

Charles Theodore Pachelbel

Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer, dies at 59

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1934 Death

David Vaughan Thomas

David Vaughan Thomas, composer, dies at 61

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2023 Death

Franco Migliacci

Franco Migliacci died

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1840 Death

Franz Xaver Pechacek

Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47

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1993 Death

Frits Noske

Frits Noske, musicologist (Tie Musikwerk), dies at 72

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1967 Death

Hans Haug

Hans Haug, composer, dies at 67

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1943 Death

Hans Ulrich Humpert

Hans Ulrich Humpert, composer, dies at 2

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1956 Death

Henry Clough-Leiter

Henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82

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1916 Death

Isidore Edouard Legouix

Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer, dies at 82

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1951 Death

Jacinto Guerrero

Jacinto Guerrero, composer, dies at 56

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2003 Death

Jack Brymer

Jack Brymer, English clarinetist (b. 1915)

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1942 Death

Jack Singer

Jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp), dies

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1953 Death

Jacques Thibaud

Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies

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1895 Death

Jan Kleczynski

Jan Kleczynski, composer, dies at 58

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2020 Death

Jan Krenz

Jan Krenz died

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1875 Death

Jeanne-Louise Farrenc

Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer, dies at 71

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1747 Death

Johann Gotthilf Ziegler

Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, composer, dies at 59

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2004 Death

Johnny Ramone

Johnny Ramone, American lead guitarist of the punk rock band The Ramones

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1885 Death

Juliusz Zarebski

Juliusz Zarebski, composer, dies at 31

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2022 Death

Jörg Faerber

Jörg Faerber died

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2025 Death

Marilyn Knowlden

Marilyn Knowlden died

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2020 Death

Paul Méfano

Paul Méfano died

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1842 Death

Pierre MF de Sales Baillot

Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer, dies at 70

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1983 Death

Prince Far I

Prince Far I, reggae deejay, producer and Rastafarian

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2008 Death

Richard Wright

Richard Wright, English singer/songwriter (Pink Floyd), dies of cancer at 65

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1923 Death

Sayed Darwish

Sayed Darwish, composer, dies at 31

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2025 Death

Silu Seppälä

Silu Seppälä died

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1965 Death

Steve Brown

Steve Brown, American musician (b. 1890)

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2020 Death

Susanne Lautenbacher

Susanne Lautenbacher died

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2024 Death

Tito Jackson

Tito Jackson died

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1979 Death

Tommy Leonetti

Tommy Leonetti, singer/actor (Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 50

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1972 Death

Ulvi Cemal Erkin

Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer, dies at 66

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1973 Death

Victor Jara

Victor Jara, Chilean musician (b. 1941)

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1950 Death

Vojtech Rihovsky

Vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79

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1880 Death

William Hauser

William Hauser, composer, dies at 67

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1983 Death

Willie Bobo

Willie Bobo, jazz drummer (Cos), dies at 49

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2023 Event

30 Seconds to Mars

30 Seconds to Mars released the album 'It's the End of the World but It's a Beautiful Day'

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2023 Event

Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato released the album 'Revamped'

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1928 Event

Herbert Stothart

Stothard, Kalmar & Ruby's musical "Good Boy", premieres in NYC

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2023 Event

Madison Beer

Madison Beer released the album 'Silence Between Songs'

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2023 Event

Mitski

Mitski released the album 'The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We'

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2023 Event

Teddy Swims

Teddy Swims released the album 'I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1)'

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1964 Event

The Beatles

Beatles play at Public Auditorium in Cleveland

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1985 Event

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert

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