Events in Music
Event of Interest
Event of Interest1976 George Harrison releases “This Song”
George Harrison
- 1990 Pop duo Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it is learned they did not sing on their award-winning “Girl You Know Its True” album
- 1992 “3 From Brooklyn” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 45 performances
- 1995 “Beatle Anthology” premieres on ABC-TV
- 1995 “Sacrilege” closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 21 performances
- 1995 “School for Scandal” opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 23 performances
- 1996 “God Said, Ha!” opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 22 performances
- 1996 “Sex & Longing” closes at Cort Theater NYC
- 1997 “Eugene Onegin” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
- 1997 “Old Neighborhood” opens at Booth Theater NYC
Birthdays in Music
- 1709 Pierre Leclair, French composer and violinist (d. 1784)
- 1753 Stanislas Champein, composer
- 1761 Joseph Supries, composer
- 1796 Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer
- 1859 Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian musician (Armenian Rhapsody)
- 1870 Vicente Lleo, composer
- 1874 Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer
- 1905 Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane Pa, orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany)
- 1906 Henri Temianka, composer
- 1906 Jacques Leguerney, composer
- 1907 Christian J H English, [Luc Tournier], Neth/Curacaos painter/composer
- 1908 Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki, composer
- 1929 Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician
- 1934 Dave Guard, singer-songwriter (The Kingston Trio), born in San Francisco, California (1991)
- 1934 David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
- 1936 Emin Aristakesian, composer
- 1936 Michel Decoust, composer
- 1937 Ray Collins, rocker (Mothers of Invention)
- 1938 Hank Medress, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1939 Warren “Pete” Moore, US singer (Miracles-Tears of a Clown), Detroit MI
- 1940 Alberto Villalpando, composer
- 1943 Fred Lipsius, American rock pianist/sax (Blood, Sweat & Tears), born in NYC, New York
- 1944 Charlie Coe, rock bassist (Paul Revers & The Raiders)
- 1946 Joe Correro, Greenwood Ms, rock drummer (Paul Revers & The Raiders)
- 1954 Annette Guest, US singer (First Choice)
- 1954 Tom Scheckel, rock drummer (Buckinghams), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1957 Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
- 1960 Matt Sorum, US pop drummer (Guns n’ Roses, Like a Suicide) [or Nov 2]
- 1970 Justin Chancellor, English bassist (Tool)
- 1971 Alice Peacock, American folk singer
- 1976 Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter
- 1978 Matt Dusk, Canadian jazz musician / vocalist
- 1979 Keith Buckley – American singer (Every Time I Die)
- 1989 Tyga, American rapper
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Wedding of Interest2005 Singer and actress Christina Aguilera (28) weds music executive Jordan Bratman (32) under a mountainside tent at the Staglin Family Vineyards in Rutherford, California
Christina Aguilera
- 2005 “KISS” lead singer Paul Stanley (53) weds Erin Sutton at The Ritz-Carlton, Huntington Hotel and Spa in Pasadena, California
Divorces in Music
- 2004 Singer Jermaine Jackson (49) divorces Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza (35) after 9 years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- 1630 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44
- 1785 Bernard de Bury, composer, dies at 65
- 1795 Thomas Linley the elder, English musician and tenor, dies at 62
- 1804 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, Italian opera composer, dies at 75
- 1825 Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer, dies at 34
Person of Interest
1828 Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (Die schöne Müllerin), dies at 31 from typhoid fever
Franz Schubert
- 1854 Alberich Zwyssig, composer, dies at 46
- 1908 Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor, dies at 79
- 1915 Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder
- 1928 Achille Simonetti, composer, dies at 71
- 1929 Arthur H Mann, English composer (Church of England Hymnal), dies
- 1931 Frederic Cliffe, composer, dies at 74
- 1942 Edouard Combe, composer, dies at 76
- 1950 Thomas Wood, English composer, dies at 57
- 1963 Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50
- 1974 George Brunies, American musician (b. 1902)
- 1977 Sonny [William] Criss, American jazz musician (bebop, Jazz USA), commits suicide at 50
- 1983 Tom Evans, English bass guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
- 1992 Bobby Russell, song writer (Honey, Little Green Apples), dies at 52
- 1995 Bruce Trent, British singer and actor, dies at 83
- 1995 Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94
- 1995 Shirley Bergeron, singer/guitarist, dies at 62
- 1996 Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76
- 1998 Earl Kim, Korean-American composer, dies at 78
- 2003 Greg Ridley, English musician (Humble Pie), dies at 56
- 2004 Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b. 1942)
- 2007 Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer (Quiet Riot), dies of an overdose at 53
- 2015 Armand [Herman van Loenhout], Dutch singer (Blommenkinders), dies at 69
- 2017 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family), dies at 86
- 2017 Mel Tillis [Lonnie Melvin Tillis], American country singer (Who’s Julie, M-M-Mel), dies of respiratory failure at 85