17 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ … ΑΥΤΗ ΤΗΝ ΜΕΡΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ !!!!! On This Day in Music for April 17

Events in Music

Album Release

1970 Paul McCartney‘s 1st solo album “McCartney” is released

Musician and Beatle Paul McCartney — Musician and Beatle
Paul McCartney

1977 “I Love My Wife” opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances
1994 “Little More Magic” closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 performances
1994 “Twilight – Los Angeles 1992” opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 performances

Event of Interest

2015 Jazz composer and musician John Coltrane is awarded a posthumous Special Citation by the Pulitzer Prize board

Jazz Musician John Coltrane — Jazz Musician
John Coltrane

Birthdays in Music

1587 Ivan Lukačić, Croatian composer, born in Šibenik, Croatia (d. 1648)
1683 Johann David Heinichen, German composer, born in Crössuln, Weissenfels, Germany (d. 1729)
1715 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, German composer, born in Ulm, Germany (d. 1786)
1719 Christian Gottfried Krause, German composer, born in Wińsko, Poland (d. 1770)
1738 Philip Hayes, English composer, born in Oxford (d. 1797)
1741 Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, born in Blasewitz, Dresden, Germany (d. 1801)
1774 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, Czech composer, born in Skuteč, Bohemia (d. 1850)
1797 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer and conductor, born in Hanzinne, Belgium (d. 1869)
1811 Ann Mounsey, English composer, born in Soho, London (d. 1891)
1820 Gottfried Conradi, Norwegian composer, born in Tønsberg, Norway (d. 1896)
1833 Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1900)
1863 Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer and conductor
1882 Artur Schnabel, Austrian pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas), born in Lipnik, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1951)
1883 Herman Darewsky, British composer, born in Minsk, Russian Empire (d. 1947)
1885 Cecil Burleigh, American composer, born in Wyoming, New York (d. 1980)
1886 Otto Lederer, Austrian actor (The Jazz Singer), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1965)
1897 Harald Saeverud, Norwegian composer (Saline), born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1992)
1902 Anton Beuving, Dutch lyricist (Ketelbinkie), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands d. 1977)
1903 Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist, born in Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine (d. 1976)
1903 Nicolas Nabokov, Russian composer (Holy Devil), born in Lubcza, Minsk, Belarus (d. 1978)
1919 Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer, born in San Joaquín de Flores, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (d. 2012)
1927 Christopher Whelen, composer
1929 James Last, German-born composer and big band leader, born in Bremen, Germany (d. 2015)
1930 Chris Barber, jazz trombonist
1930 Genevieve, singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples), born in Paris, France
1932 Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer
1934 Don Kirshner, rock & roll producer (invented bubblegum music)
1936 Pete Graves, rocker (Moonglows)
1940 Billy Fury [Ronald Wycherley], English singer (When Will You Say I Love You), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1983)
1940 Anja Silja, German soprano
1941 Adolphus Hailstork, composer
1943 Roy Estrada, American rocker (Mothers Of Invention), born in Santa Ana, California
1944 John Lill, professor/pianist
1947 Linda Martin, Irish singer
1948 Jan Hammer, composer (Escape from TV, Miami Vice)
1954 Michael Sembello, American musician
1955 Pete Shelley, vocal/guitar (Buzzcocks-Going Steady, Love Bites)
1955 Rob Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland)
1959 Stephen Singleton, Sheffield, rocker (ABC)
1964 Maynard James Keenan, American singer (Tool and A Perfect Circle)
1967 Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter
1970 Redman, American rapper

Victoria Beckham

1974 Victoria Beckham [Adams], English singer (Posh Spice in the Spice Girls), born in Harlow, Essex

1974 Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish guitarist and singer (Opeth)
1976 Monet Mazur, American actress and musician
1977 Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon)
1978 Bilal Abdul-samad, rocker (Boys)
1981 Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer

Weddings in Music

Wedding of Interest

1941 Actress Doris Day (19) weds trombonist Albert Jorden

Singer and Actress Doris Day — Singer and Actress
Doris Day

1993 “The Bangles” lead singer Susanna Hoffs (34) weds “Austin Powers” director Jay Roach (35)

Deaths in Music

1714 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56
1764 Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82
1854 Gottlob Wiedebein, German composer, dies at 74
1873 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60
1890 John Barnett, composer, dies at 87
1891 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
1899 Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74
1941 Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899)
1960 Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash
1967 Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)
1971 Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62
1974 Herbert Elwell, US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75
1974 Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose
1983 Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
1987 Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (“No Woman No Cry”), dies at 36
1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
2003 Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)
2008 Daniel “Danny” Federici, American rocker and musician (E Street Band), dies of melanoma at 58
2011 Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian composer (b. 1926)
2011 Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
2012 Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer, dies from a heart attack at 64
2013 Bi Kidude, Tanzanian Taarab singer, dies at c. 100