Events in Music
Event of Interest
Event of Interest1904 Anton Chekhov‘s play “Cherry Orchard” opens at Moscow Art Theater
Anton Chekhov
#1 in the Charts
#1 in the Charts1976 “I Write the Songs” by Barry Manilow hits #1
Barry Manilow
- 1983 10th American Music Awards: John Cougar & Rick Springfield, Olivia Newton-John
- 1988 “Teddy & Alice” closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 77 performances
- 1990 5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin
- 1990 Who, Simon & Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & The Kinks inducted into Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- 1995 “Carousel” closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 322 performances
Music Awards
Music Awards2000 27th American Music Awards: Shania Twain & Will Smith win
Shania Twain
Will Smith
- 2011 “Sure Thing” single released by Miguel (Billboard Song of the Year 2011)
Birthdays in Music
- 1517 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)
- 1545 Antonio Pace, Italian composer (d. 1581)
- 1574 Robert Fludd, English composer, born in Bearsted (d. 1637) baptismal date
- 1659 Antonio Veracini, composer
- 1712 John Stanley, English blind composer and organist, born in London (d. 1786)
- 1719 Jean-Joseph Vade, composer
- 1728 Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer
- 1733 Thomas Linley the elder, English composer and tenor, born in Badminton, Gloucestershire (d. 1795)
- 1734 Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs, Mirza)
- 1745 Nicolas Roze, composer
- 1769 Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer
- 1828 Eduard Remenyi, Hungarian violinist (d. 1898)
- 1835 Johan Filip von Schantz, composer
- 1836 Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer
- 1850 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, Russian composer, born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1918)
- 1857 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)
- 1863 Henry Charles Tonking, British organist and composer, born in Camborne, Cornwall (d. 1926)
- 1873 Francois Rasse, Belgian composer, born in Helchin (d. 1955)
- 1877 Hans Jelmoli, Swiss pianist and composer, born in Zurich (d. 1936)
- 1896 Harry Reser, American banjo player and bandleader (Sammy Kaye Show), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1965)
- 1901 Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer
- 1907 Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes)
- 1911 Hermann Pfrogner, Austrian musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus)
- 1912 Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer
- 1916 Joel Herron, orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1917 Oskar Morawetz, Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer
- 1917 Ulysses Simpson Kay, US composer, born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 1995)
- 1920 George Handy [George Joseph Hendleman], American jazz musician (Handyland, U.S.A.), born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)
- 1925 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias)
- 1927 Donald Erb, American composer known for large orchestral works, born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 2008)
- 1927 Eartha Kitt, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman), born in North, South Carolina (d. 2008)
- 1928 Jean Barraqué, French composer (d. 1973)
- 1929 Grady Martin, country music guitarist (The Nashville A-Team), born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee (d. 2001)
- 1930 Robert Ceely, composer
- 1931 Frederick Alfred Fox, composer
- 1933 Dalida, Egyptian actress and singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day)
- 1934 Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer
- 1941 Dame Gillian Weir, New Zealand organist
- 1942 Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist
- 1943 Chris Montez [Ezekiel Montanez], American guitarist and singer, born in Los Angeles
- 1944 Françoise Hardy, French singer
- 1945 William Hart, US singer (4 Gents, Delfonics-I’m Sorry)
- 1945 Javed Akhtar, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter
- 1947 Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer
- 1948 Mick Taylor, rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
- 1948 Anne Queffélec, French pianist
- 1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and film composer (Academy Award 1988 for score to The Last Emperor), born in Tokyo, Japan
- 1953 Sheila Hutchinson, rocker
- 1955 Steve Earle, country singer (Guitar Town), born in San Antonio, Texas
- 1956 Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Every Time You Go Away)
- 1958 Jez Strode, rocker (Kajagoogoo)
- 1959 Susanna Hoffs, actress/rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian)
- 1959 Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress
- 1963 Kai Hansen, German singer and guitarist (Gamma Ray)
- 1966 Shabba Ranks [Rexton Gordon], Jamaican dancehall musician and reggae deejay (X-tra Naked ), born in St. Ann, Jamaica
- 1971 Kid Rock [Robert James Ritchie], American rapper, songwriter, musician and actor (Devil Without a Cause), born in Romeo, Michigan
- 1971 Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician
- 1972 Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter
- 1974 Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian musician
- 1975 Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher)
- 1975 Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter/producer
- 1981 Ray J [William Ray Norwood Jr.], McComb, Mississippi, American singer and actor (Everything You Want, Sex tape)
- 1982 Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer
- 1982 Alex Varkatzas, American Singer (Atreyu)
- 1983 Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician
- 1985 Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica)
- 1985 Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer (BeForU), born in Yokohama, Japan
- 1985 Kang-In, South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ(Super Junior)
Deaths in Music
- 1103 Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies
- 1604 Santino Garsi da Parma, Italian composer, dies at 61
- 1625 Nicolò Rubini, Italian composer and cornettist, dies at 50
- 1676 Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, dies at 73
- 1738 Jean-Francois Dandrieu, composer, dies
- 1750 Tomaso Albinioni, Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 78
- 1788 Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37
- 1826 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806)
- 1856 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41
- 1869 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55
- 1890 Salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85
- 1891 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74
- 1892 Alexandre Levy, Brazilian composer and pianist, dies at 27
- 1913 Carl Baermann, composer, dies at 73
- 1942 Frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61
- 1946 Gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59
- 1969 Grazyna Bacewicz, composer, dies at 59
- 1970 Billy Stewart, singer (I Do Love You), dies in auto-accident at 32
- 1970 Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoonist (b. 1890)
- 1972 Betty Smith, American writer and singer (b. 1896)
- 1992 Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer
- 1994 Grady “Fats” Jackson, tenor Sax Player, dies at 66
- 1994 Noel Chiboust, trumpeter/sax, dies at 84
- 1996 Robert Covington, drummer/singer, dies at 54
- 1996 Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)
- 2000 Philip Jones, British trumpeter (b. 1928)
- 2003 Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)
- 2004 Czeslaw Niemen, Polish musician (b. 1939)
- 2011 Don Kirshner, American composer (b. 1934)
- 2012 Johnny Otis [Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes], US R&B musician, producer, and talent scout (“godfather of rhythm and blues”), dies at 90
- 2013 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano, dies at 86