On This Day in Music: September 25

1955 Birth

Adelmo "Zucchero" Fornaciari

Adelmo "Zucchero" Fornaciari, Italian R&B-singer (Senza una Donna) was born

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1951 Birth

Burleigh Drummond

Burleigh Drummond, rocker (Ambrosia) was born

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1752 Birth

Carl Stenborg

Carl Stenborg, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Colin Rex Davis

Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor (NY Met 1967-71) was born

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1974 Birth

Daniel Kessler

Daniel Kessler, American musician (Interpol) was born

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1970 Birth

Dean Ween

Dean Ween, American musician (Ween) was born

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1906 Birth

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [NS] was born

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1933 Birth

Erik Darling

Erik Darling, Baltimore MD, rocker (Rooftop Singers) was born

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1908 Birth

Eugen Suchon

Eugen Suchon, composer was born

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1944 Birth

Eugenia Zukerman

Eugenia Zukerman, Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist (Deceptive Cadence) was born

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1914 Birth

Frederick William Sternfield

Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist was born

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1943 Birth

Gary Alexander

Gary Alexander, TN, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association) was born

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1785 Birth

George Frederic Pinto

George Frederic Pinto, composer was born

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1932 Birth

Glenn Herbert Gould

Glenn Herbert Gould, Toronto Canada, pianist (sued Steinway Piano) was born

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1933 Birth

Ian Tyson

Ian Tyson, rocker was born

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1907 Birth

Jan Felderhof

Jan Felderhof, composer was born

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1906 Birth

Jaroslav Jezek

Jaroslav Jezek, composer was born

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1714 Birth

Jean-Benoit Leclair

Jean-Benoit Leclair, composer was born

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1683 Birth

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized) was born

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1902 Birth

Jeno Takacs

Jeno Takacs, composer was born

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1886 Birth

Jesus Guridi

Jesus Guridi, composer was born

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1947 Birth

John Fiddler

John Fiddler, England, rock vocalist/guitarist (British Lions) was born

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1943 Birth

John Locke

John Locke, LA Clif, rock keyboardist (Spirit-I Got A Line on You) was born

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1942 Birth

John Taylor

John Taylor, jazz pianist was born

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1939 Birth

Joseph "Jesse" Russell

Joseph "Jesse" Russell, US singer (Slip Sliding Away) was born

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1936 Birth

Juliet Prowse

Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear) was born

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1830 Birth

Karl Klindworth

Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor was born

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1862 Birth

Leon Boellmann

Leon Boellmann, French organist/composer (Variations Symphoniques) was born

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1911 Birth

Lionel Henry Nowak

Lionel Henry Nowak, composer was born

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1879 Birth

Luis da Costa

Luis da Costa, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer was born

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1937 Birth

Michael Gibbs

Michael Gibbs, jazz composer was born

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1924 Birth

Norman Ayrton

Norman Ayrton, opera director (Royal Shakespearean Acad - UK) was born

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1945 Birth

Owen "Onnie" McIntyre

Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Scotland, guitarist (Average White Band) was born

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1945 Birth

Reynold Henry Weidenaar

Reynold Henry Weidenaar, composer was born

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1953 Birth

Richard Harvey

Richard Harvey, British musician and composer (Gryphon) was born

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1896 Birth

Roberto Gerhard

Roberto Gerhard, composer was born

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1936 Birth

Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes

Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman was born

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1981 Birth

Shane Tutmarc

Shane Tutmarc, American songwriter and musician was born

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1955 Birth

Steven Severin

Steven Severin, British pop bassist (Siouxsie & Banshees-Wild Thing) was born

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1980 Birth

T.I.

T.I., American rapper was born

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1937 Birth

Thomas Kessler

Thomas Kessler, composer was born

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1916 Birth

Tolia Nikiprowetzsy

Tolia Nikiprowetzsy, composer was born

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1741 Birth

Vaclav Pichl

Vaclav Pichl, composer was born

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1968 Birth

Will Smith [The Fresh Prince]

Will Smith [The Fresh Prince], actor/rapper (Men in Black, Independence Day, Fresh Prince) was born

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1985 Death

Albert Moeschinger

Albert Moeschinger, composer, dies at 88

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2009 Death

Alicia de Larrocha

Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan pianist (b. 1923)

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2012 Death

Andy Williams

Andy Williams, American singer, dies from bladder cancer at 84

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2023 Death

Anneke Uittenbosch

Anneke Uittenbosch died

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1945 Death

Bela Bartok

Bela Bartok, composer, dies at 64

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1813 Death

Braz Francisco de Lima

Braz Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 61

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1860 Death

Carl Friedrich Zollner

Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer, dies at 60

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2025 Death

Chris Dreja

Chris Dreja died

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2023 Death

David McCallum

David McCallum died

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1995 Death

Dorothy Dickson

Dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer (Paying the Piper), dies at 102

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1970 Death

Efim Golishev

Efim Golishev, composer, dies at 73

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1959 Death

Ennio Porrino

Ennio Porrino, composer, dies at 49

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1619 Death

Francesco Soto de Langa

Francesco Soto de Langa, composer, dies

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1733 Death

Georg Motz

Georg Motz, composer, dies at 79

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1997 Death

Hélène Baillargeon

Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (b. 1916)

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1997 Death

Jean Françaix

Jean Françaix, French composer (b. 1912)

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1849 Death

Johann Baptist Strauss

Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45

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1716 Death

Johann Christoph Pez

Johann Christoph Pez, composer, dies at 52

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1980 Death

John Bonham

John Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32

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1916 Death

Julius Fucik

Julius Fucik, composer, dies at 44

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1944 Death

Leo Justinus Kauffmann

Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer, dies at 43

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2021 Death

Patricio Manns

Patricio Manns died

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2020 Death

Rajee Narayan

Rajee Narayan died

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2020 Death

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam died

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1920 Death

William F Sudds

William F Sudds, composer, dies at 77

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1886 Event

Alfred Cellier

Comedy opera "Dorothy," 1st produced in London

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2020 Event

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood released the album 'My Gift'

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2020 Event

Deftones

Deftones released the album 'Ohms'

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1984 Event

Denis King

1st London performance of musical "Stepping Out" presented

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2020 Event

Joji

Joji released the album 'Nectar'

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1970 Event

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr releases his album "Beaucoups of Blues"

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2020 Event

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens released the album 'The Ascension'

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1965 Event

The Beatles

The Beatle cartoon show begins in US

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1981 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones begin their 6th US tour (JFK Stadium, Phila)

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