On This Day in Music: September 21

1882 Birth

Alf Thorbald Hurum

Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer was born

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1971 Birth

Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Ribeiro, NYC, actor/pianist (Alfonso-Silver Spoons) was born

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1938 Birth

Atli Heimir Sveinsson

Atli Heimir Sveinsson, composer was born

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1953 Birth

Betty Wright

Betty Wright, rocker was born

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1817 Birth

Charles Balmer

Charles Balmer, composer was born

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1959 Birth

Corrinne Drewery

Corrinne Drewery, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out) was born

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1843 Birth

David Emlyn Evans

David Emlyn Evans, composer was born

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1972 Birth

David Silveria

David Silveria, American drummer (KoЯn) was born

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1936 Birth

Dickey Lee

Dickey Lee, American singer and songwriter was born

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1947 Birth

Don Felder

Don Felder, Gainesville Florida, American rocker (Eagles) was born

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1932 Birth

Don Preston

Don Preston, rocker (Mothers Of Invention) was born

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1967 Birth

Faith Hill

Faith Hill, American singer was born

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1986 Birth

Faris Rotter

Faris Rotter, English vocalist (The Horrors) was born

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1832 Birth

Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans

Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer was born

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1760 Birth

Gaetano Valeri

Gaetano Valeri, composer was born

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1874 Birth

Gustav Theodore Holst

Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets) was born

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1912 Birth

György Sándor

György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005) was born

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1951 Birth

Henk Hofstede

Henk Hofstede, Dutch singer/guitarist/keyboardist (Nits) was born

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1869 Birth

Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski

Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer was born

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1706 Birth

Jacob Wilhelm Lustig

Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer was born

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1976 Birth

Jonas Bjerre

Jonas Bjerre, Danish singer and guitarist (Mew) was born

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1964 Birth

Jorge Drexler

Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer and composer was born

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1833 Birth

Josef Richard Rozkosny

Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer was born

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1934 Birth

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen, Montreal, singer/songwriter (Death of Ladies Man) was born

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1972 Birth

Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher, English singer (Oasis) was born

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1922 Birth

Lode Backx

Lode Backx, Flemish pianist was born

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1887 Birth

Lodewijk de Vocht

Lodewijk de Vocht, composer was born

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1728 Birth

Louis Emmanuel Eadin

Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer was born

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1527 Birth

Matthaus Ludecus

Matthaus Ludecus, composer was born

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1893 Birth

Moses Pergament

Moses Pergament, composer was born

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1926 Birth

Noor Jehan

Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress (d. 2000) was born

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1873 Birth

Papa Jack Laine

Papa Jack Laine, American musician (d. 1966) was born

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1954 Birth

Philthy Animal

Philthy Animal, [Philip Taylor], rock drummer (Motorhead) was born

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1974 Birth

Taral Hicks

Taral Hicks, American musician was born

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1885 Birth

Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann

Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer was born

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1941 Birth

Tony Moon

Tony Moon, rocker was born

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1968 Birth

Trugoy

Trugoy, rocker (De La Soul) was born

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1967 Birth

Tyler Stewart

Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer (Barenaked Ladies) was born

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1938 Birth

Yuji Takahashi

Yuji Takahashi, composer was born

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1809 Death

Alexander Reinagle

Alexander Reinagle, composer, dies at 53

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1590 Death

Ascanio Trombeti

Ascanio Trombeti, composer, dies at 45

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2024 Death

Benny Golson

Benny Golson died

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2006 Death

Boz Burrell

Boz Burrell, English rock musician (b. 1946)

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1812 Death

Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder

Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer, dies at 61

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1980 Death

Ernest White

Ernest White, composer, dies at 80

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2020 Death

Hamdi Benani

Hamdi Benani died

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2020 Death

Ira Sullivan

Ira Sullivan died

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1987 Death

Jaco Pastorious

Jaco Pastorious, jazz bassist and composer (Weather Report) dies at 36

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1839 Death

Jacob Gottfried Weber

Jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60

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2020 Death

Jacques-Louis Monod

Jacques-Louis Monod died

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1836 Death

John Stafford Smith

John Stafford Smith, composer, dies at 86

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2021 Death

La Prieta Linda

La Prieta Linda died

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1961 Death

Maurice Delage

Maurice Delage, composer, dies at 81

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2021 Death

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles died

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1908 Death

Pablo de Sarasate

Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist/composer (Spanish Dancer), dies

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2022 Death

Ray Edenton

Ray Edenton died

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2021 Death

Richard H. Kirk

Richard H. Kirk died

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1956 Death

Robert Mills Delaney

Robert Mills Delaney, composer, dies at 53

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2023 Death

Robert W. Smith

Robert W. Smith died

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2024 Death

Roger Palm

Roger Palm died

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1953 Death

Roger Quilter

Roger Quilter, British composer, dies at 75

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2025 Death

Roland Pidoux

Roland Pidoux died

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2020 Death

Tommy DeVito

Tommy DeVito died

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1981 Death

Tony Aubin

Tony Aubin, composer, dies at 73

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1995 Death

Vernell Townsend

Vernell Townsend, blues/gospel singer, dies at 64

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