Events in Music
- 1947 “Louisiana Lady” opens at Century Theater NYC for 4 performances
- 1964 “Folies Bergère” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
- 1964 Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass
- 1973 “Nash at Nine” closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 21 performances
- 1980 “Your Arm’s Too Short to Box…” opens at Ambassador NYC for 149 performances
- 1982 “Blues in the Night” opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 53 performances
- 1985 39th Tony Awards: Biloxi Blues & Big River win
Birthdays in Music
- 1577 Giovanni Righi, Italian composer and friar, born in Fabriano (d. 1539)
- 1614 Benjamin Rogers, composer
- 1715 Herman-Francois Delange, composer
- 1751 Antoni Weinert, composer
- 1777 Christian Traugott Tag, composer
- 1806 Isaac Strauss, composer
- 1807 Robert Fuhrer, composer
- 1828 James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer
- 1830 Olivier Metra, composer
- 1831 Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer
- 1857 Edward William Elgar, English composer (Pomp & Circumstance), born in Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire (d. 1934)
- 1858 Harry Rowe Shelley, composer
- 1863 Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)
- 1876 Hakon Borresen, composer
- 1887 Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941)
- 1891 Ernst Kunz, Swiss composer, born in Bern (d. 1980)
- 1900 David Wynne, Welsh composer (Owain ab Urien), born in Penderyn (d. 1983)
- 1909 Robin Orr, Scottish composer, born in Brechin (d. 2006)
- 1913 Bert Farber, American orchestra leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1913 Walter Andreas Schwarz, German singer and author (d. 1992)
- 1915 Robert Moffat Palmer, American composer, born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2010)
- 1917 Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)
- 1923 Del Simmons [James Joseph Simonian], American saxophonist (Captain Beefheart) (d. 2011)
- 1927 Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera)
- 1929 Alcides Lanza, composer
- 1929 Frederic Devreese, composer
- 1932 Sammy Turner, Patterson, NJ, singer (Lavender Blue Moods)
- 1933 Bob Rozario, orchestra leader (Tony Orlando, Marie), born in Shanghai, China
- 1934 Johnny Carter, US singer (The Flamingos, The Dells), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2009)
- 1936 Otis Williams, doo wop singer (Charms), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1937 Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (Handy Man), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2012)
- 1939 Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist (War)
Person of Interest
Person of Interest1941 Charlie Watts, drummer (Rolling Stones), born in London, England
Charlie Watts
- 1941 William Guest, singer (Gladys Knight Show), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d 2015)
- 1943 Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer
- 1944 Marvin Hamlisch, American composer/pianist (Sting, Chorus Line), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
- 1947 Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor
- 1950 [Antone] Chubby Tavares, rocker (Tavares)
- 1951 Steve Brookins, rocker (.38 Special)
- 1954 Michael Steele, rocker (Bangles-Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian)
- 1957 King Lizzard, American entertainer and songwriter
- 1959 Lydia Lunch, US singer/poetess (Teenage Jesus, Jerks)
- 1960 Tony Hadley, rock vocalist (Spandau Ballet-True)
- 1961 John Cameroon, guitarist (Claw Boys Claw)
- 1961 Dez Cadena, American musician (Black Flag)
- 1966 Pedro Guerra, Spanish songwriter and singer
- 1970 B-Real, American rapper (Cypress Hill)
- 1976 Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
- 1976 Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane)
- 1980 Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-born rock drummer (The Stro
- 1981 Tucker Rountree, American guitarist and composer.
- 1983 Brooke White, American singer
- 1985 Ana Cristina, Cuban American singer, composer, and actress
- 1987 Darin Zanyar, Swedish Singer
Weddings in Music
- 1989 Rolling Stones Bill Wyman marries Mandy Smith
Deaths in Music
- 1750 Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68
- 1873 Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65
- 1919 Ernest Ford, English composer, dies at 61
- 1927 Freidrich Hegar, composer, dies at 85
- 1937 Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66
- 1947 Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64
- 1949 Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer, dies at 82
- 1951 John Erskine, US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71
- 1968 André Mathieu, Quebec pianist and composer (b. 1929)
- 1972 Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81
- 1977 Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91
- 1983 Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire
- 1984 Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (b. 1908)
- 1986 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor/composer (Elegie), dies at 80
- 1987 Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94
- 1987 Sammy Kaye, American orchestra leader (Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye)), dies of cancer at 77
- 1990 Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies
- 1997 Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91
- 1999 Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican musician (The Wailers) (b. 1949)
- 2006 Vince Welnick, musician, keyboardist (The Grateful Dead) (b. 1951)
- 2007 Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (b. 1949)
- 2008 Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)
- 2011 Willem Duys, Dutch commentator and music producer (b. 1928)
- 2015 Paul Karolyi, Hungarian composer, dies at 80