Events in Music
- 1935 Cole Porters musical “Jubilee” premieres in NYC
- 1950 “Call Me Madam” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances
- 1957 “Mask & Gown” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 39 performances
- 1957 “Simply Heavenly” closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 62 performances
- 1961 “Let It Ride” opens at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC for 68 performances
- 1963 “Student Gypsy” closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 16 performances
Event of Interest
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience forms with Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell
Jimi Hendrix
Murder of Interest
1978 Sid Vicious charged with murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen
Sid Vicious
Event of Interest
1987 George Harrison releases “Got My Mind Set On You”
George Harrison
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)
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
Person of Interest
1968 Hugh Jackman, Australian actor and singer (X-men, Real Steel), born in Sydney, Australia
Hugh Jackman
- 1969 Martie Maguire, American musician (Dixie Chicks)
- 1971 Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor, composer and singer
- 1977 Jay Jenkins, American rapper also known as “Young Jeezy”
- 1979 Jordan Pundik, American singer (New Found Glory)
- 1982 Molly Bennett, Irish singer
- 1992 Taylor Horn, American singer and actress
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
1942 Jazz musician Louis Armstrong (41) weds dancer Lucille Wilson (28)
Louis Armstrong
Person of Interest
2001 Singer Natalie Cole marries Kenneth H. Dupree
Natalie Cole
Wedding of Interest
2013 Grammy award-winning record producer Pharrell Williams (40) weds model Helen Lasichanh in Miami, Florida
Pharrell Williams
- 2013 Former Guns N’ Roses Matt Sorum (52) weds singer and dancer Adriane Harper in Palm Springs, California
Deaths in Music
- 1692 Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60
- 1794 James Lyon, American composer, dies at 59
- 1797 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84
- 1817 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66
- 1865 William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53
- 1924 Monroe A Althouse, composer, dies at 71
- 1966 Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74
- 1971 Gene Vincent, rocker, dies of bleeding ulcers at 36
- 1974 Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74
- 1976 Jose Rozo Contreras, Colombian composer, dies at 82
- 1982 Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73
- 1985 Ricky Wilson, rock guitarist (B-52’s), dies of AIDS at 32
- 1989 Franco, [Francis Luambo/”Makiadi”], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51
- 1995 Eleanor Aller, cellist, dies at 78
- 1996 Vernon Elliott, British composer and bassoonist, dies at 84
Person of Interest
1997 John Denver, American country music star (Country Boy), dies in a plane crash at 53
John Denver