- 1886 Modest Mussorgsky’s musical fantasy “Night on Bald Mountain” premieres in St. Petersburg’s Kononov Hall, Russia
Event of Interest
Event of Interest1905 Claude Debussy‘s “La Mer” premieres
Claude Debussy
- 1914 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded
Execution
Music Awards
Music Awards1969 3rd Country Music Association Award: Johnny Cash & Tammy Wynette wins
Johnny Cash
Tammy Wynette
- 1973 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins
Music Single
Music Single1976 Ringo Starr releases single “A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Ringo Starr
Birthdays in Music
- 1761 Peter Gronland, composer
- 1762 Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer
- 1775 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer
- 1784 Thomas Hastings, composer
- 1799 August Ferdinand Haeser, composer
- 1852 Wilhelm Posse, composer
- 1858 Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer
- 1874 Otallo Morales, composer
- 1890 Arcady Dubensky, composer
- 1898 Gunther Ramin, composer
- 1902 Andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer
- 1902 William Edmundson, vocalist (Southernaires), born in Spokane, Washington
- 1905 Alexey Kozlovsky, composer
- 1905 Dag Ivar Wiren, composer
- 1905 Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher
- 1924 Colin Romoff, American orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show), born in NYC, New York
- 1925 Mickey Baker, guitar player (“Love is strange”), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2012)
- 1926 Karl Richter, composer
- 1932 Jaan Raats, Estonian composer, born in Tartu
- 1934 N. Ramani, Indian flutist
- 1935 Barry McGuire, American singer (Eve of Destruction), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1936 Kari Rydman, Finnish composer, born in Helsinki
- 1938 Fela Ransome/Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian singer/saxophonist (d. 1997)
- 1938 Marvin E “Marv” Johnson, US gospel/R&B singer (Move 2 mountains)
- 1938 Rafael Aponte-Ledee, composer
- 1942 Don Stevenson, rock drummer (Moby Grape), born in Seattle, Washington
- 1946 Richard Carpenter, vocalist (Carpenters-Close to You), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- 1950 Chris De Burgh, [Davidson], British-Irish rock vocalist (The Lady in Red), born in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
- 1951 Frank Dimino, rock vocalist (Angel), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1953 [Toriano] Tito Jackson, singer (Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye)
- 1966 Douglas Vipond, Scottish pop drummer (Deacon Blue) and broadcaster, born in Elderslie, Scotland
- 1968 Jyrki 69, Finnish musician The 69 Eyes
- 1970 Eric Benét, American singer
- 1973 Dax Riggs, American musician
- 1975 Ginuwine, American singer
- 1976 Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer
- 1977 Erin McKeown, American musician
- 1980 Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer (Killer)
- 1981 Keyshia Cole, African American R&B singer
- 1982 Paulini Curuenavuli, Fijian singer
- 1983 Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1986 Lee Donghae, Korean singer (a member of super junior)
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Wedding of Interest1963 Folk singer Mary Travers (26) weds photographer Barry Feinstein
Mary Travers
- 2016 Former “Glee” actress Dianna Agron (30) weds Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall (27) in Morocco
Deaths in Music
- 1955 Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41
- 1964 Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73
- 1965 Carl Hoff, orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
- 1968 Franz Reizenstein, composer, dies at 57
- 1993 Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34
- 2008 Edie Adams, American singer and Broadway actress (b. 1927)