1942-09-27
Birth
Alvin Stardust
Alvin Stardust, English singer was born
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1961-09-27
Birth
Andy Lau
Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer was born
1984-09-27
Birth
Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter was born
1948-09-27
Birth
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Dickson, singer was born
1943-09-27
Birth
Bob Curiano
Bob Curiano, rock bassist (Mink Deville) was born
1927-09-27
Birth
Boris Porena
Boris Porena, composer was born
1978-09-27
Birth
Brad Arnold
Brad Arnold, American singer (3 Doors Down) was born
1924-09-27
Birth
Bud Powell
Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer was born
1973-09-27
Birth
Chris Demakes
Chris Demakes, American singer/guitarist (Less Than Jake) was born
1879-09-27
Birth
Cyril M Scott
Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author (Heroic Suite) was born
1976-09-27
Birth
Dean Butterworth
Dean Butterworth, English musician was born
1928-09-27
Birth
Earring George Mayweather
Earring George Mayweather, blues Harmonica Player was born
1881-09-27
Birth
Ernest Samuel Williams
Ernest Samuel Williams, composer was born
1924-09-27
Birth
Fred Singer
Fred Singer, American scientist was born
1931-09-27
Birth
Freddy Quinn
Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer was born
1677-09-27
Birth
Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari
Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer was born
1953-09-27
Birth
Greg Ham
Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist (Men At Work) was born
1637-09-27
Birth
Hieronymus Gradenthaler
Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer was born
1930-09-27
Birth
Igor Kipnis
Igor Kipnis, Berlin Germany, harpsichordist/professor (Fairfield) was born
1949-09-27
Birth
Jahn Teigen
Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer was born
1922-09-27
Birth
James Wilson
James Wilson, composer was born
1909-09-27
Birth
Jean Berger
Jean Berger, composer was born
1881-09-27
Birth
Johanna "Annie" Bakker
Johanna "Annie" Bakker, Dutch revue-artist/singer/actress was born
1786-09-27
Birth
Jose Mariano Elizaga
Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer was born
1940-09-27
Birth
Josephine Barstow
Josephine Barstow, opera singer was born
1982-09-27
Birth
Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne, American rapper was born
1966-09-27
Birth
Lorenzo Cherubini
Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer (Jovanotti) was born
1932-09-27
Birth
Mario Bertoncini
Mario Bertoncini, composer was born
1970-09-27
Birth
Mark Caldero
Mark Caldero, Oklahoma City, vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up) was born
1923-09-27
Birth
Mary McCarty
Mary McCarty, Winfield Ks, actress/singer (Starch-Trapper John MD) was born
1947-09-27
Birth
Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf, [Marvin Lee Aday], Dallas, rocker (Bat Out of Hell) was born
1951-09-27
Birth
Michel Rivard
Michel Rivard, Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage) was born
1945-09-27
Birth
Misha Dichter
Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist (Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966) was born
1943-09-27
Birth
Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman, Winnipeg, rocker (Bachman-Turner Overdrive-Roll On) was born
1927-09-27
Birth
Red Robert Chudnick Rodney
Red Robert Chudnick Rodney, jazz trumpeter was born
1953-09-27
Birth
Robbie Shakespeare
Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaica, reggae bassist (Sly & Robbie-DJ Riot) was born
1958-09-27
Birth
Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Cassidy, Los Angeles California, American actor/singer (Hardy Boys, Breaking Away) was born
1964-09-27
Birth
Stephan Jenkins
Stephan Jenkins, American singer (Third Eye Blind) was born
1943-09-27
Birth
Steve Boone
Steve Boone, NC, rock vocalist/bassist (Lovin' Spoonful) was born
1912-09-27
Birth
Tauno Marttinen
Tauno Marttinen, composer was born
1983-09-27
Birth
Travis MacRae
Travis MacRae, Canadian singer-songwriter was born
1898-09-27
Birth
Vincent (Miller) Youmans
Vincent (Miller) Youmans, US composer/songwriter (Tea for Two) was born
1919-09-27
Death
Adelina [Adela JM] Patti
Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76
1935-09-27
Death
Alan Gray
Alan Gray, composer, dies at 79
1784-09-27
Death
Boniface Stoecki
Boniface Stoecki, composer, dies at 38
1995-09-27
Death
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71
1986-09-27
Death
Cliff Burton
Cliff Burton, rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24
2012-09-27
Death
Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert, American bebop jazz trombonist, dies at 90
1921-09-27
Death
Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck, Ger opera composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67
1956-09-27
Death
Gerald Finzi
Gerald Finzi, British composer (Dies natalis), dies at 55 of disseminated shingles, complicated by encephalitis
1965-09-27
Death
Harry Reser
Harry Reser, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69
1979-09-27
Death
Jimmy McCullough
Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose
2011-09-27
Death
Johnny "Country" Mathis
Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country singer (b. 1933)
2008-09-27
Death
Mahendra Kapoor
Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (b. 1934)
2012-09-27
Death
R. B. Greaves
R. B. Greaves, American singer, dies from prostate cancer at 68
1972-09-27
Death
Rory Storm
Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm & Hurricane), commits suicide
1983-09-27
Death
Tino Rossi
Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76
1943-09-27
Death
Waclaw Gieburowski
Waclaw Gieburowski, composer, dies at 65
1990-09-27
Event
Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone arrested on marijuana possession
2003-09-27
Event
Eric Benét
Actress Halle Berry announces her separation from second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet
1855-09-27
Event
George Frederick Bristow
George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC
1912-09-27
Event
William Christopher Handy
W C Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" 1st Blues Song, 1912
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