Events in Music
Album Release
Album Release1991 Heavy metal band Metallica release their 5th album “Metallica”, debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart
James Hetfield
Jason Newsted
Birthdays in Music
- 1626 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer
- 1644 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer
- 1644 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer
- 1696 Maurice Greene, English composer, born in London (d. 1755)
- 1751 Johann Baptist Lasser, composer
- 1825 Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer
- 1838 Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
- 1853 Jean Louis Nicode, composer
- 1875 Ettore Panizza, composer
- 1875 Mezio Agostini, Italian composer, born in Fano, Italy (d. 1944)
- 1881 Vaclav Vackar, composer
- 1885 Alexander Albrecht, composer
- 1890 Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
- 1897 Manuel Blancafort, composer
- 1897 Ramon Gonzalez Barron, composer
- 1900 Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer
- 1910 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Romeo & Juliet)
- 1914 Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and composer (I’ll Never Smile Again) (d. 1981)
- 1915 Michael Kidd, American choreographer and dancer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2007)
- 1917 Marjorie Reynolds [Goodspeed], American actress and dancer (Holiday Inn, Life of Riley), born in Buhl, Idaho (d. 1997)
- 1918 Sid Bernstein, music producer/promoter (Beatles, Rolling Stones), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
- 1925 Earl Coleman, American jazz singer, born in Port Huron, Michigan (d. 1995)
- 1926 Joe Jones, American R&B singer (d. 2005)
- 1927 Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y’All Come), (d. 2007)
- 1929 Buck Owens, [Alvis Edgar], Sherman Texas, country singer (Hee Haw)
- 1929 Joji Yuasa, Japanese composer, born in Kōriyama, Fukushima
- 1932 Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, composer
- 1936 Gerard Masson, composer
- 1940 Alexander Yossifov, composer
- 1943 William Mac Lance “Tiny” McCloud, musician/songwriter
- 1944 Peter Hofmann, German tenor
- 1945 Ron Mael, American songwriter, composer and record producer (Sparks), born in Culver City, California
- 1949 Mark Knopfler, British musician (Dire Straits), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1950 Kid Creole, [August Darnell], musician and actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear), born in The Bronx, New York
- 1954 Pat Metheny, jazz guitarist (As Wichita Falls)
- 1955 Heintje, [Hendrik Simons], Dutch singer (Mama)
- 1960 Morty Black, heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas)
- 1961 Roy Hay, guitarist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
- 1961 Lawrence Hayward, English musician (Felt, Denim, Go Kart Mozart)
- 1963 Sir Mix A Lot, American rapper
- 1967 Tom Holkenborg, drummer (Weekend at Waikiki)
- 1967 Andy Hui, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1972 Del “The Funkee Homosapian”, rapper
- 1976 Mikko Viljami “Linde” Lindström, Finnish guitarist
- 1976 Wednesday 13, American musician (Wednesday 13, Murderdolls)
- 1977 Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer
- 1980 Matt Thiessen, Canadian-American musician (Relient K)
- 1980 Jade Villalon, American singer/songwriter
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Wedding of Interest1988 Country singer John Denver (44) weds actress Cassandra Delaney
John Denver
Divorces in Music
- 2011 Rock singer John Mellencamp (59) divorces model Elaine Irwin (41) after 18 years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- 1588 Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45
- 1612 Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60
- 1633 Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer who wrote the 1st recognized opera “Dafne”, dies at 71
- 1797 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, German composer, dies at 73
- 1812 Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81
- 1830 Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50
- 1928 Leoš Janáček, Czech composer, dies at 74
- 1943 Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76
- 1982 Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80
- 1982 Joe Tex, rocker, dies at 49
- 1985 Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86
- 1985 Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor, dies in JAL 123 crash at 43
- 1988 Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies
- 1991 Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies
- 1992 John Cage, American composer (Imaginary Landscape No 1/O’O), dies of a stroke at 79
- 1994 Gene Cherico, American jazz bassist, dies at 59
- 1997 Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57
- 1997 Jack Delano [Jacob Ovcharov], Russian-born American composer and photographer, dies at 83
- 2000 Patrick Peter Sacco, American composer, dies at 71
- 2007 Douglas “Doug” Riley [Dr Music], Canadian musician and musical director (Famous People Players), dies of a heart attack at 62
- 2008 Christie Allen, British-Australian pop singer (b. 1954)
- 2008 Donald Erb, American composer known for large orchestral works, dies at 81
- 2010 Richie Hayward, American musician and songwriter (Little Feat), dies from complications of liver cancer at 64
- 2014 Lauren Bacall, American actress and singer named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema (Dark Passage, Key Largo), dies of a stroke at 89