1955-09-25
Birth
Adelmo "Zucchero" Fornaciari
Adelmo "Zucchero" Fornaciari, Italian R&B-singer (Senza una Donna) was born
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1951-09-25
Birth
Burleigh Drummond
Burleigh Drummond, rocker (Ambrosia) was born
1752-09-25
Birth
Carl Stenborg
Carl Stenborg, composer was born
1927-09-25
Birth
Colin Rex Davis
Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor (NY Met 1967-71) was born
1974-09-25
Birth
Daniel Kessler
Daniel Kessler, American musician (Interpol) was born
1970-09-25
Birth
Dean Ween
Dean Ween, American musician (Ween) was born
1906-09-25
Birth
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [NS] was born
1933-09-25
Birth
Erik Darling
Erik Darling, Baltimore MD, rocker (Rooftop Singers) was born
1908-09-25
Birth
Eugen Suchon
Eugen Suchon, composer was born
1944-09-25
Birth
Eugenia Zukerman
Eugenia Zukerman, Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist (Deceptive Cadence) was born
1914-09-25
Birth
Frederick William Sternfield
Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist was born
1943-09-25
Birth
Gary Alexander
Gary Alexander, TN, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association) was born
1785-09-25
Birth
George Frederic Pinto
George Frederic Pinto, composer was born
1932-09-25
Birth
Glenn Herbert Gould
Glenn Herbert Gould, Toronto Canada, pianist (sued Steinway Piano) was born
1933-09-25
Birth
Ian Tyson
Ian Tyson, rocker was born
1907-09-25
Birth
Jan Felderhof
Jan Felderhof, composer was born
1906-09-25
Birth
Jaroslav Jezek
Jaroslav Jezek, composer was born
1714-09-25
Birth
Jean-Benoit Leclair
Jean-Benoit Leclair, composer was born
1683-09-25
Birth
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized) was born
1902-09-25
Birth
Jeno Takacs
Jeno Takacs, composer was born
1886-09-25
Birth
Jesus Guridi
Jesus Guridi, composer was born
1947-09-25
Birth
John Fiddler
John Fiddler, England, rock vocalist/guitarist (British Lions) was born
1943-09-25
Birth
John Locke
John Locke, LA Clif, rock keyboardist (Spirit-I Got A Line on You) was born
1942-09-25
Birth
John Taylor
John Taylor, jazz pianist was born
1939-09-25
Birth
Joseph "Jesse" Russell
Joseph "Jesse" Russell, US singer (Slip Sliding Away) was born
1936-09-25
Birth
Juliet Prowse
Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear) was born
1830-09-25
Birth
Karl Klindworth
Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor was born
1862-09-25
Birth
Leon Boellmann
Leon Boellmann, French organist/composer (Variations Symphoniques) was born
1911-09-25
Birth
Lionel Henry Nowak
Lionel Henry Nowak, composer was born
1879-09-25
Birth
Luis da Costa
Luis da Costa, composer was born
1964-09-25
Birth
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer was born
1937-09-25
Birth
Michael Gibbs
Michael Gibbs, jazz composer was born
1924-09-25
Birth
Norman Ayrton
Norman Ayrton, opera director (Royal Shakespearean Acad - UK) was born
1945-09-25
Birth
Owen "Onnie" McIntyre
Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Scotland, guitarist (Average White Band) was born
1945-09-25
Birth
Reynold Henry Weidenaar
Reynold Henry Weidenaar, composer was born
1953-09-25
Birth
Richard Harvey
Richard Harvey, British musician and composer (Gryphon) was born
1896-09-25
Birth
Roberto Gerhard
Roberto Gerhard, composer was born
1936-09-25
Birth
Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes
Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman was born
1981-09-25
Birth
Shane Tutmarc
Shane Tutmarc, American songwriter and musician was born
1955-09-25
Birth
Steven Severin
Steven Severin, British pop bassist (Siouxsie & Banshees-Wild Thing) was born
1980-09-25
Birth
T.I.
T.I., American rapper was born
1937-09-25
Birth
Thomas Kessler
Thomas Kessler, composer was born
1916-09-25
Birth
Tolia Nikiprowetzsy
Tolia Nikiprowetzsy, composer was born
1741-09-25
Birth
Vaclav Pichl
Vaclav Pichl, composer was born
1968-09-25
Birth
Will Smith [The Fresh Prince]
Will Smith [The Fresh Prince], actor/rapper (Men in Black, Independence Day, Fresh Prince) was born
1985-09-25
Death
Albert Moeschinger
Albert Moeschinger, composer, dies at 88
2009-09-25
Death
Alicia de Larrocha
Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan pianist (b. 1923)
2012-09-25
Death
Andy Williams
Andy Williams, American singer, dies from bladder cancer at 84
1945-09-25
Death
Bela Bartok
Bela Bartok, composer, dies at 64
1813-09-25
Death
Braz Francisco de Lima
Braz Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 61
1860-09-25
Death
Carl Friedrich Zollner
Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer, dies at 60
1995-09-25
Death
Dorothy Dickson
Dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer (Paying the Piper), dies at 102
1970-09-25
Death
Efim Golishev
Efim Golishev, composer, dies at 73
1959-09-25
Death
Ennio Porrino
Ennio Porrino, composer, dies at 49
1619-09-25
Death
Francesco Soto de Langa
Francesco Soto de Langa, composer, dies
1733-09-25
Death
Georg Motz
Georg Motz, composer, dies at 79
1997-09-25
Death
Hélène Baillargeon
Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (b. 1916)
1997-09-25
Death
Jean Françaix
Jean Françaix, French composer (b. 1912)
1849-09-25
Death
Johann Baptist Strauss
Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45
1716-09-25
Death
Johann Christoph Pez
Johann Christoph Pez, composer, dies at 52
1980-09-25
Death
John Bonham
John Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32
1916-09-25
Death
Julius Fucik
Julius Fucik, composer, dies at 44
1944-09-25
Death
Leo Justinus Kauffmann
Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer, dies at 43
1920-09-25
Death
William F Sudds
William F Sudds, composer, dies at 77
1886-09-25
Event
Alfred Cellier
Comedy opera "Dorothy," 1st produced in London
1984-09-25
Event
Denis King
1st London performance of musical "Stepping Out" presented
1970-09-25
Event
Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr releases his album "Beaucoups of Blues"
1965-09-25
Event
The Beatles
The Beatle cartoon show begins in US
1981-09-25
Event
The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones begin their 6th US tour (JFK Stadium, Phila)
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