Events in Music
- 1889 Caesar Franck’s Symphony in D premieres
- 1906 George Cohan’s musical “George Washington” premieres in NYC
- 1949 “Annie Get Your Gun” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances
- 1955 McGuire Sisters’ “Sincerely” single goes #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks
- 1964 Beatles 1st NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)
Event of Interest
Event of Interest1967 Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs
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Birthdays in Music
- 1567 Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician
- 1740 Matej Sojka, Bohemian composer, born in Vilémov (d. 1817)
- 1751 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer
- 1752 Josef Reicha, Czech composer
- 1753 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer
- 1758 Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer
- 1760 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer
- 1778 Franz Joseph Volkert, composer
- 1853 Bertram Luard-Selby, composer
- 1867 Joe Howard, American vocalist (Gay Nineties Revue), born in NYC, New York
- 1870 Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (d. 1922)
- 1885 Licinio Refice, composer
- 1886 Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer
- 1886 Michel Brusselmans, composer
- 1891 Maurice Yvain, French operetta composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1965)
- 1898 [Le]Roy Harris, Oklahoma, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
- 1899 Albert Huybrechts, Belgian composer, born in Dinant, Belgium (d. 1936)
- 1902 William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader
- 1909 Barry Wood, vocalist (Your Hit Parade), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- 1914 Gordon “Tex” Beneke, American saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orchestra), born in Fort Worth, Texas; (d. 2000)
- 1916 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer (Vom Tode), born in Győr, Hungary
- 1917 Thomas K Scherman, American conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75), born in NYC, New York
- 1923 Mel Powell, American composer (Pulitzer Prize Music 1990), born in NYC, New York (d. 1998)
- 1935 Gene McDaniels, US vocalist, bandleader and actor (Young Swingers)
- 1936 Arnost Parsch, Czech composer, born in Bučovice, Czech Republic (d. 2013)
- 1939 Ray Manzarek, American musician and keyboardist (The Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2013)
- 1942 Lionel Grigson, British jazz musician, born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (d. 1994)
- 1942 Rick Frank, American drummer (Elephant’s Memory)
- 1944 Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist (Just Good Ol’ Boys)
- 1945 Joe Schermie, US bass player (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 2002)
- 1946 Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer and actress, born in Istanbul, Turkey
- 1947 Guus Willemse, Dutch bassist/singer (Solution)
- 1949 Stanley Knight, country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog)
- 1950 Steve Hackett, English rock guitarist (Genesis-GTR), born in Pimilco, London
- 1952 Michael McDonald, rock keyboardist/vocals (Doobie Brothers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- 1954 Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician and stand-up comedian
- 1955 Bill Laswell, US bassist and record producer, born in Salem, Illinois
- 1958 Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens), born in Rockhampton, Australia (d. 2006)
- 1959 Omar Hakim, US drummer and composer (Dire Straits, Weather Report), born in New York City, New York
- 1967 Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician, born in Mysore, India
- 1968 Chynna Phillips, US vocalist (Wilson Philips-Hold On), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1968 Gregory Charles, French-Canadian performing artist, born in Montreal, Canada
- 1969 Meja [Meja Anna Pernilla Kullersten], Swedish singer-songwriter (How Crazy Are You?), born in Nynäshamn, Stockholm County
- 1970 Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies), born in Scarborough, Toronto
Deaths in Music
- 1684 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67
- 1728 Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
- 1738 James Sherard, English amateur composer, dies at 71
- 1762 Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68
- 1799 Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67
- 1820 Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71
- 1861 Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72
- 1894 Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)
- 1896 Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84
- 1915 Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77
- 1920 Emile Sauret, composer, dies at 67
- 1929 Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)
- 1933 Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85
- 1970 Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79
- 1973 Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67
- 1976 Clifton Williams, American composer (The Ramparts, Sinfonians), dies from cancer at 52
- 1983 Eubie Blake, US ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 96
- 1986 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86
- 1995 Earring George Mayweather, American blues harmonica player, dies of liver cancer at 66
- 1995 Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at 82
- 1995 Tony Secunda, rock band manager, dies at 54
- 2000 Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, American R&B musician (I Put a Spell on You), dies at 70
- 2000 Andy Lewis, Australian musician (b. 1967)
- 2000 Oliver, American pop singer (b. 1945)
- 2005 Sammi Smith, American country music singer (Help Me Make It Through the Night) , dies at 61
- 2007 Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
- 2011 Elizabeth “Betty” Garrett, American actress, comedian, singer and dancer (All in the Family), dies of an aortic aneurysm at 91
- 2015 Steve Strange [Steven Harrington] pop singer (Visage) and nightclub host, dies of a heart attack at 55
- 2017 Al Jarreau, American jazz singer (Moonlighting), dies at 76