Events in Music
Event of Interest
Event of Interest1970 Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles
Paul McCartney
- 1986 “Big Deal” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 70 performances
Music Awards
Music Awards1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, George Strait, and K.T. Oslin win
Hank Williams Jr
Music Awards
2006 40th CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood & Kenny Chesney wins
Carrie Underwood
Birthdays in Music
- 1633 Werner Fabricius, composer
- 1737 Francois Giroust, composer
- 1808 Auguste Franchomme, composer
- 1847 Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer
- 1854 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone
- 1864 Eugene Francis Charles D’Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)
- 1887 Heinz Tiessen, Königsberg, German composer
- 1892 Victor de Sabata, Trieste Italy, conductor/composer (Il Macigno)
- 1903 Nick Stuart, Romania, bandleader
- 1906 Fud Livingston, composer
- 1910 Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer
- 1911 Martin Denny, musician (Exotica), born in New York City (d. 2005)
- 1921 Sheb Wooley, Erick Oklahoma, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw)
- 1926 “Alvin” Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw)
- 1926 Jacques Casterede, composer
- 1929 Dusan Radic, Serbian composer, born in Sombor (d. 2010)
- 1932 Nate Nelson, American singer (Flamingos – ”I Only Have Eyes for You.”), (d. 1984)
- 1933 Philip Corner, composer
- 1933 Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author
- 1934 Zsolt Durko, Hungarian composer, born in Szeged (d. 1997)
- 1935 Jorge Mester, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Louisville Orch 1967-79)
- 1936 Robert “Bobby” Smith, US singer (Spinners), (d. 2013)
- 1944 Danny Woods, US musician (CEO of the Board)
- 1946 Armand, [Herman van Loenhout], singer (Blommenkinders)
- 1946 Anne Boyd, Australian composer, born in Sydney
- 1947 Bunny Wailer, vocalist/percussionist (The Wailers with Bob Marley), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1949 Frank de Leeuw, Dutch rock guitarist (Bob Color)
- 1950 Eddie Hazel, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You)
- 1953 Terre Roche, rocker (Roches)
- 1955 Lesley Garrett, British soprano
- 1957 Steve Gustafson, American musician
- 1958 Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
- 1959 Brian Setzer, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Stray Cats), born in Massapequa Park, New York
- 1960 Katrina Leskanich, American musician
- 1963 Warren DeMartini, heavy metal musician (Ratt)
- 1964 Alan “Reni” Wren, English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools Gold)
- 1964 Felicia Collins, guitarist (David Letterman), born in Albany, New York
- 1965 Tim Alexander, American funk metal drummer (Primus-Pork soda), born in Cherry Point, North Carolina
- 1970 Matt Barlow, American musician
- 1970 Kenny Lattimore, American singer
- 1970 Mike Mushok, American musician
- 1970 Q-Tip, American musician
- 1973 Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician
- 1975 Chris Carrabba, American singer
- 1979 Shemekia Copeland, American singer
- 1979 Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
- 1980 Bryce Soderberg, American musician
- 1981 Liz McClarnon, British singer
- 1984 Mandy Moore, American singer (Candy) and actress (Rebecca Pearson-This Is Us), born in Nashua, New Hampshire
- 1987 Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
- 1991 Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer
Deaths in Music
- 1545 Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
- 1640 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61
- 1731 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer, dies at 58
- 1756 Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94
- 1810 Konrad Back, German monastic composer, dies at 60
- 1911 Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer, dies at 35
- 1937 Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77
- 1938 Joe “King” Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
- 1955 Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68
- 1956 Bozidar Sirola, composer, dies at 66
- 1956 Jozef Szulc, Polish composer, dies at 81
- 1958 Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30
- 1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66
- 1962 Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21
- 1979 Nino Rota, Italian composer (Torquemada), dies at 67
- 1986 Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
- 1994 James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77
- 1995 Joseph Anthony “Joe” Richards, singer/actor (Colo Ranger), dies at 44
Person of Interest
2003 Little Eva [Eva Boyd], American pop singer (Locomotion), dies of cervical cancer at 59
Little Eva