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