12 ΟΚΤΩΜΒΡΙΟΥ … ΑΥΤΗ ΤΗΝ ΜΕΡΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ !!!!! On This Day in Music for October 12

Events in Music

Event of Interest

1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience forms with Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell

Rock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix — Rock Guitarist
Jimi Hendrix

1968 “Noel Coward’s Sweet Potato” closes at Barrymore NYC after 17 performances
1971 “Jesus Christ Superstar” opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 711 performances
1972 “Hurry, Harry” opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 2 performances

Murder of Interest

1978 Sid Vicious charged with murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen

Musician Sid Vicious — Musician
Sid Vicious

1980 “Your Arm’s Too Short to Box” closes at Ambassador NYC after 149 performances
1981 “Marlowe” opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 48 performances
1981 15th Country Music Association Award: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones wins
1987 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William Jr wins

Event of Interest

1987 George Harrison releases “Got My Mind Set On You”

Singer-Songwriter George Harrison — Singer-Songwriter
George Harrison

1989 Musical “Buddy” with Paul Hipp premieres in London
1993 “Mixed Emotions” opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 48 performances
1995 “Patti LuPone on Broadway” opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances

Birthdays in Music

1490 Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1548)
1686 Silvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist, born in Grodków, Poland (d. 1750)
1763 John Ross, English composer and organist, born in Newcastle upon Tyne (d. 1837)
1808 John Liptrot Hatton, English composer and pianist, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1886)
1845 Amintore Galli, Italian composer, born in Perticara, Italy (d. 1919)
1855 Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic), born in Mosonszentmiklós, Hungary (d. 1922)
1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (Hugh the Drover), born in Down Ampney, England (d. 1958)
1880 Healey Willan, Anglo-Canadian composer, born in Balham, London (d. 1968)
1881 Carlos Lopez Buchardo, Argentine composer, born in Buenos Aires (d. 1948)
1882 Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist and composer, born in Göttingen, Germany (d. 1954)
1890 Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1955)
1892 Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano, born in Verona, Italy (d. 1975)
1893 Pall Isolfsson, Icelandic composer, born in Stokkseyri, Iceland (d. 1974)
1906 Willy Hess, Swiss musicologist, composer and famous Beethoven scholar, born in Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 1997)
1907 Wolfgang Fortner, German composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1987)
1918 Emil Cossetto, Croatian composer, born in Trieste, Italy (d. 2006)
1919 Andre Casanova, composer, born in Paris (d. 2009)
1925 Guitar Gabriel [Robert Lewis Jones], American blues singer and guitarist, born in Decatur, Georgia (d. 1996)
1930 Jack Gottlieb, American composer, writer and editor, born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2011)
1931 Raoul Pleskow, Austrian-American composer, born in Vienna, Austria
1932 Mayer Joel Mandelbaum, composer

Person of Interest

1935 Luciano Pavarotti, Italian operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio, 3 Tenors), born in Modena, Italy (d. 2007)

Operatic Tenor Luciano Pavarotti — Operatic Tenor
Luciano Pavarotti

1935 Sam Moore, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave-Soul Sister), born in Miami, Florida
1942 Melvin Franklin, American musician (The Temptations), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1995)
1947 George Lam, Hong Kong veteran Cantopop singer, born in Hong Kong
1948 Rick Parfitt, English pop guitarist and singer (Status Quo-Wanderer), born in Surrey, England
1955 Pat DiNizio, rock vocalist (The Smithereens), born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey
1955 Jane Siberry, Canadian musician (Mimi on the beach), born in Toronto, Canada
1956 David Vanian, British singer (The Damned), born in Hemel Hempstead, England
1958 Jeff Keith, rock vocalist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
1958 Bryn Merrick, British musician, (The Damned)
1962 Chris Botti, American jazz musician
1966 Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish musician and author