On This Day in Music: September 5

1945-09-05 Birth

Al Stewart

Al Stewart, Glasgow Scotland, rocker (Year of the Cat) was born

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1977-09-05 Birth

Alexey Harkov

Alexey Harkov, Russian bassist (Kipelov, Sergey Mavrin) was born

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1792-09-05 Birth

Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault

Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault, composer was born

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1867-09-05 Birth

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, American composer and pianist (d. 1944) was born

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1968-09-05 Birth

Brad Wilk

Brad Wilk, American musician (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine) was born

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1946-09-05 Birth

Buddy Miles

Buddy Miles, rocker was born

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1815-09-05 Birth

Carl Wilhelm

Carl Wilhelm, composer was born

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1934-09-05 Birth

Carol Lawrence

Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress (West Side Story) was born

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1936-09-05 Birth

Cornelius Boyson

Cornelius Boyson, bassist was born

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1949-09-05 Birth

David "Clem" Clempson

David "Clem" Clempson, rocker (Humble Pie) was born

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1969-09-05 Birth

Dweezil Zappa

Dweezil Zappa, Hollywood CA, rock guitarist/son of Frank/VJ (MTV) was born

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1898-09-05 Birth

Ebbe Hamerik

Ebbe Hamerik, composer was born

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1942-09-05 Birth

Eduardo Mata

Eduardo Mata, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Improvisaciones) was born

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1694-09-05 Birth

Frantisek Antonin Mica

Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer was born

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1946-09-05 Birth

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury, [Bulsara], British vocalist (Queen-We are Champions) was born

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1914-09-05 Birth

Gail Kubik

Gail Kubik, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, composer (Gerald McBoing Boing) was born

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1791-09-05 Birth

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vogelsdorf Germany, composer (Golt Und Die Natur) was born

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1666-09-05 Birth

Gottfried Arnold

Gottfried Arnold, German theologist/historian/songwriter was born

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1935-09-05 Birth

Helen Gifford

Helen Gifford, composer was born

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1975-09-05 Birth

Jamie Spaniolo

Jamie Spaniolo, American horrorcore rapper was born

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1734-09-05 Birth

Jean-Benjamin de La Borde

Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer was born

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1908-09-05 Birth

Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell

Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer was born

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1943-09-05 Birth

Joe "Speedo" Frazier

Joe "Speedo" Frazier, rocker (Impalas) was born

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1735-09-05 Birth

Johann Christian Bach

Johann Christian Bach, composer, son of JS Bach (English Bach) was born

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1737-09-05 Birth

Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann

Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer was born

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1912-09-05 Birth

John Cage

John Cage, Los Angeles California, composer (Imaginary Landscape No 1/O'O) was born

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1939-09-05 Birth

John Stewart

John Stewart, San Diego Ca, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind) was born

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1892-09-05 Birth

Joseph Szigeti

Joseph Szigeti, Budapest Hungary, violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933) was born

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1924-09-05 Birth

Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar

Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar, composer was born

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1940-09-05 Birth

Lewis Spratlan

Lewis Spratlan, composer was born

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1970-09-05 Birth

Liam Lynch

Liam Lynch, American musician (Sifl and Olly) was born

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1600-09-05 Birth

Loreto Vittori

Loreto Vittori, composer was born

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1946-09-05 Birth

Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III, vocalist (April Fool's Day Morn) was born

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1848-09-05 Birth

Manuel Giro

Manuel Giro, composer was born

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1961-09-05 Birth

Marc-André Hamelin

Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist was born

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1901-09-05 Birth

Mieczyslaw Kolinski

Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer was born

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1883-09-05 Birth

Otto E Deutsch

Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier) was born

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1953-09-05 Birth

Paulie Carmen

Paulie Carmen, Champaign Ill, rock vocalist was born

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1906-09-05 Birth

Peter Mieg

Peter Mieg, composer was born

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1920-09-05 Birth

Peter Racine Fricker

Peter Racine Fricker, British composer was born

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1956-09-05 Birth

Roine Stolt

Roine Stolt, Swedish guitarist (The Flower Kings) was born

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1982-09-05 Birth

Sondre Lerche

Sondre Lerche, Norwegian musician was born

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1907-09-05 Birth

Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim

Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist was born

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1984-09-05 Birth

Trey Hill

Trey Hill, Grammy-nominated musician was born

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1933-09-05 Birth

Vincent McDermott

Vincent McDermott, composer was born

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1983-09-05 Death

Antonio Mairena

Antonio Mairena, flamenco singer (b. 1909)

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1994-09-05 Death

Billy Usselton

Billy Usselton, saxophonist, dies at 68

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1629-09-05 Death

Domenico Allegri

Domenico Allegri, Italian composer (b. c. 1585)

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1803-09-05 Death

Francois Devienne

Francois Devienne, composer, dies at 44

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1910-09-05 Death

Franz Xaver Haberl

Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, dies at 70

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1975-09-05 Death

Georg Ots

Georg Ots, Estonian singer (b. 1920)

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1997-09-05 Death

Georg Solti

Georg Solti, conductor, dead, dies at 84

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2003-09-05 Death

Gisele MacKenzie

Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-born singer (b. 1927)

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1969-09-05 Death

Henk Bijvanck

Henk Bijvanck, composer, dies at 59

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1995-09-05 Death

James "Pigmeat" Jarrett

James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist, dies at 95

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2012-09-05 Death

Joe South

Joe South, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies from heart failure at 72

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1968-09-05 Death

Juan Jose Castro

Juan Jose Castro, composer, dies at 73

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1910-09-05 Death

Julian Edwards

Julian Edwards, composer, dies at 54

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1890-09-05 Death

Ludwig Deppe

Ludwig Deppe, composer, dies at 61

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1969-09-05 Death

Mitchell Ayres

Mitchell Ayres, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58

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1993-09-05 Death

René Klijn

René Klijn, [Dorian], singer (Mr Blue), dies of AIDS at 30)

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2007-09-05 Death

Thomas Hansen

Thomas Hansen (musician) (b. 1976)

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1994-09-05 Death

William Usselton

William Usselton, US tenor saxophonist, dies at 68

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1986-09-05 Event

Dire Straits

MTV Music Awards - Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" wins

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1991-09-05 Event

R.E.M.

8th MTV Awards: REM wins

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1986-09-05 Event

Whitney Houston

3rd MTV Awards: Whitney Houston wins

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