Events in Music
Event of Interest
Event of Interest1749 First performance of George Frideric Handel‘s Fireworks Music in Green Park, London.
George Frideric Handel
Ludwig van Beethoven
Event of Interest
1964 John Lennon‘s “In His Own Write” is published in US
John Lennon
Event of Interest
1979 George Harrison releases “Love Comes to Everyone”
George Harrison
- 1986 “Sweet Charity” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 368 performances
- 1989 “Starmites” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 60 performances
- 1991 “Lucifer’s Child” closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 28 performances
- 1992 “Small Family Business” opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 performances
- 1994 “An Inspector Calls” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 454 performances
- 1995 “Indiscretions” opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 performances
- 1997 “Little Foxes” opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 56 performances
- 1997 “Stanley” closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC
Music Single
Music Single2014 Ariana Grande‘s first single from her second debut album, “Problem” featuring Iggy Azalea, is released
Ariana Grande
Birthdays in Music
- 1623 Johann Adam Reincken, composer
- 1724 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
- 1767 Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)
- 1802 Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer
- 1803 Alfred Julius Becher, composer
- 1812 Friedrich von Flotow, composer
- 1824 William Richard Bexfield, composer
- 1861 Georgy L’vovich Catoire, composer
- 1869 William Victor Harris, composer
- 1871 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer
- 1894 Nicolas Slonimsky, composer
- 1905 Philip Radcliffe, composer
- 1916 Jan Rychlik, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 1964)
- 1918 Kirby Stone, American jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles & Beads), born in NYC, New York
- 1918 Willem N “Pim” Koot, pianist of Concert building (Oh, Lady! Lady!)
- 1920 Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
- 1922 Daphne Anderson, actress (Beggar’s Opera, Hobson’s Choice), born in London, England
- 1927 Connie Kay, American jazz drummer (Modern Jazz Quartet), born in Tuckahoe, New York (d. 1994)
- 1931 Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist/son of David Oistrach
- 1931 Krzystzof Komeda, composer
- 1932 Francois Bayle, composer
- 1932 Maxine Brown, country music singer (Browns), born in Campti, Louisiana
- 1932 Petar Ozgijan, composer
- 1936 Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer
- 1939 Jerry Mercer, rock drummer (April Wine), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1941 Friedrich Goldmann, composer
- 1941 Judith Blegen, Missoula Mont, opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute)
- 1943 Eugene Polyakov, Russian balletmaster (Paris Opera Ballet), born in Moscow (d. 1996)
- 1944 Cuba Gooding, US singer (Everybody Plays the Fool)
- 1944 Herb Pedersen, Berkley Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
- 1947 Ann Peebles, Missouri, singer (I Can’t Stand the Rain)
- 1947 Herbie Murrell, US soul singer (Stylistics-You are My Everything)
- 1947 Pete Ham, Welsh rock vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It), born in Swansea, Wales
- 1947 Peter Gena, American composer
- 1948 Katie Pierson, NJ, vocals/guitarist (B-52’s-Rock Lobster, Love Shack)
- 1951 Ace Frehley, heavy metal rocker (Kiss-Beth, Frehley’s Comet), born in The Bronx, New York
- 1951 Boris Kinberg, rock percussionist (Mink Deville)
- 1953 Arielle Dombasle, French singer and actress
- 1956 Bryan Harvey, American musician
- 1958 Keith Denunzio, rocker
- 1959 Marco Pirroni, rock guitarist (Adam & The Ants), born in London, England
- 1959 Sheena Easton, [Shirley Orr], singer (Sugar Walls), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1959 Louis Lortie, French Canadian concert pianist
- 1963 Arther van Dijk, drummer (Ivy Green)
- 1967 Tommy Smith, Scottish jazz musician
- 1969 Mica Paris, British Rhythm & Blues singer (So Good), born in London
- 1976 Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer
- 1979 Will Boyd, American musician
- 1981 Fabrizio Faniello, Maltese singer
Person of Interest
1984 Patrick Stump, American musician (Fall Out Boy), born in Evanston, Illinois
Patrick Stump
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Wedding of Interest1981 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach]
Ringo Starr
Barbara Bach
Divorces in Music
Person of Interest
2004 Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry files for divorce from her second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet, six months after the couple separated
Halle Berry
Deaths in Music
- 1758 Jan Francisci, Slovak composer, dies at 66
- 1764 Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73
- 1871 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59
- 1901 Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81
- 1915 Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (Prometheus) and pianist, dies at 43
- 1950 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70
- 1950 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies
- 1972 Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling
- 1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83
- 1999 Al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922)
- 2000 Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954)
- 2007 Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
- 2009 Frankie Manning, an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop. (b. 1914)