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Drake released the album 'Certified Lover Boy'
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Born on September 3
1950
Birth
Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith, rocker (Romeo Void) was born
1915
Birth
Abel Ehrlich
Abel Ehrlich, composer was born
1568
Birth
Adriano Banchieri
Adriano Banchieri, composer was born
1942
Birth
Al Jardine
Al Jardine, Lima Oh, guitarist/singer (Beach Boys-Surfin, In My Room) was born
1803
Birth
Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov
Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer was born
1982
Birth
Andrew McMahon
Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter was born
1980
Birth
Cone McCaslin
Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum 41) was born
1943
Birth
Don Brewer
Don Brewer, rocker was born
1948
Birth
Donald Brewer
Donald Brewer, Flint Mich, rock drummer (Grand Funk Railroad) was born
1910
Birth
Dorothy Maynor
Dorothy Maynor, Norfolk Va, soprano/founder (Harlem School of Arts) was born
1950
Birth
Doug Pinnick
Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X) was born
1901
Birth
Eduard A van Beinum
Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor was born
1947
Birth
Eric Bell
Eric Bell, rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy Belfast, N Ireland was born
1719
Birth
Ferdinand Zellbell
Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born
1893
Birth
Florrie Rodrigo
Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer/choreography/teacher (Schepelingen) was born
1897
Birth
Francisco Paolo Mignone
Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer was born
1887
Birth
Frank Christian
Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973) was born
1934
Birth
Freddie King
Freddie King, Gilmer Tx, blues singer (Hideaway) was born
1944
Birth
Gary Leeds
Gary Leeds, Glendale Ca, rocker (Walker Brothers) was born
1945
Birth
George Biondo
George Biondo, rocker (Steppenwolf) was born
1864
Birth
Hale Ascher VanderCook
Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer was born
1925
Birth
Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson, American singer (d. 2007) was born
1840
Birth
Jacob Fabricius
Jacob Fabricius, composer was born
1778
Birth
Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer
Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer was born
1964
Birth
Junaid Jamshed
Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer was born
1982
Birth
Kaori Natori
Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model was born
1915
Birth
Knut Nystedt
Knut Nystedt, composer was born
1789
Birth
Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy
Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer was born
1916
Birth
Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker was born
1945
Birth
Mike Harrison
Mike Harrison, keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About) was born
1973
Birth
Norihiko Hibino
Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer was born
1935
Birth
Otto Ketting
Otto Ketting, trumpeter/composer (Passacaglia) was born
1695
Birth
Pietro Antonio Locatelli
Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer was born
1905
Birth
Robert Ruthenfranz
Robert Ruthenfranz, composer was born
1933
Birth
Roland Kayn
Roland Kayn, composer was born
1922
Birth
Rosendo Ejercito Santos
Rosendo Ejercito Santos, composer was born
1931
Birth
Rudolf Kelterborn
Rudolf Kelterborn, composer was born
1925
Birth
Shoista Mullodzhanova
Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer was born
1955
Birth
Steve Jones
Steve Jones, London, rock guitarist (Sex Pistols) was born
1980
Birth
The B.G.
The B.G., American rapper was born
1921
Birth
Thurston Dart
Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971) was born
1965
Birth
Todd Lewis
Todd Lewis, musician (Toadies) was born
1979
Birth
Tomo MiliÄević
Tomo MiliÄević, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars) was born
1933
Birth
Tompall Glaser
Tompall Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again), (d. 2013) was born
1978
Birth
Valfar
Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir) (d. 2004) was born
1934
Birth
Xavier Darasse
Xavier Darasse, composer was born
Died on September 3
1970
Death
Al Wilson
Al Wilson, "Blind Owl", guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
2021
Death
Bernadetta Matuszczak
Bernadetta Matuszczak died
2020
Death
Bill Pursell
Bill Pursell died
1946
Death
Carl Emil Paul Lincke
Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79
2007
Death
Carter Albrecht
Carter Albrecht, Musician (b. 1973)
1708
Death
Christian Liebe
Christian Liebe, composer, dies at 53
1944
Death
Frantisek Alois Drdla
Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer, dies at 75
1963
Death
Frico Kafenda
Frico Kafenda, composer, dies at 79
2024
Death
Göran Fristorp
Göran Fristorp died
1974
Death
Harry Partch
Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901)
1811
Death
Ignaz Franzl
Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75
1985
Death
Joe Jones
Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73
1985
Death
John Herbert McDowell
John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58
1960
Death
Joseph Lamb
Joseph Lamb, composer, dies at 72
1964
Death
Joseph Marx
Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82
1914
Death
Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard
Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, composer, dies at 49
1994
Death
Major Lance
Major Lance, soul singer, dies at 55
1987
Death
Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman, US composer, dies at 61
1965
Death
Otto Lederer
Otto Lederer, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 79
1951
Death
Robert Franz Richard Hernried
Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer, dies at 67
2020
Death
Rudy Clark
Rudy Clark died
1790
Death
Thomas Norris
Thomas Norris, composer, dies at 49
1871
Death
Vaclav Horak
Vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71
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