Events in Music
Music Premiere
Music Premiere1724 George Frideric Handel‘s opera “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” premieres at the King’s Theatre in Haymarket, London
George Frideric Handel
Film Release
Film Release1952 “African Queen” film directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn is released in the US
Humphrey Bogart
Katharine Hepburn
Event of Interest
Event of Interest1959 Jimi Hendrix (16), rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig in the Temple De Hirsch synagogue basement, Seattle. He is fired from the band after the 1st set due to “wild” playing
Jimi Hendrix
Film and TV Awards
Film and TV Awards1978 4th People’s Choice Awards: John Wayne & Barbra Streisand win (Motion Picture) and James Garner & Mary Tyler Moore win (TV)
Music Awards
Music Awards1991 33rd Grammy Awards: Another Day in Paradise, Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Event of Interest
2016 4-inch lock of John Lennon‘s hair sells for $35,000 to a memorabilia collector at an auction in Dallas, Texas
John Lennon
Birthdays in Music
- 1734 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer
- 1745 Johann Peter Salomon, composer
- 1752 Charles Broche, composer
- 1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer, born in České Budějovice Bohemia
- 1770 Ferdinando Carulli, composer
- 1791 Carl Czerny, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen), born in Vienna, Austria
- 1802 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
- 1803 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer
- 1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
- 1854 Louis van Westerhoven, Dutch actor, singer and opera director (Youth), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1912)
- 1874 Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star
- 1876 Théodore “Fyodor” Akimenko, Ukrainian composer, born in Kharkiv Drapeau, Ukraine (d. 1945)
- 1887 David McKinley Williams, composer
- 1889 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer
- 1899 Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)
- 1900 Antonio Veretti, composer
- 1903 Karel Janeček, Czech composer, born in Czestochowa (d. 1974)
- 1904 Armin Loos, German-born American composer, born in Darmstadt (d. 1971)
- 1907 Nadine Conner, California, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute)
- 1911 Robert Guyn McBride, composer (Mexican Rhapsody), born in Tucson, Arizona
- 1913 Jozef Kresanek, composer
- 1916 Julius Juzeliūnas, Lithuanian composer and organist (The Game), born in Čepolė, Lithuania (d. 2001)
- 1920 Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace)
- 1921 Mervin Shiner, American country singer, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- 1921 Ruth Gipps, British prolific conductor and composer, born in Bexhill-on-Sea, England (d. 1999)
- 1929 Toshiro Mayuzumi, composer (Sphenogramme), born in Yokohama, Japan
- 1937 David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter (American Gothic)
- 1937 Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love)
- 1939 Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher
- 1940 Barbara Ellis, American rocker (Fleetwoods), born in Olympia, Washington
- 1940 Christoph Eschenbach, German-born pianist and conductor, born in Breslau, Germany
- 1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone)
- 1942 Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City)
- 1944 Lew Soloff, American jazz trumpeter (Blood, Sweat & Tears), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1945 Alan Hull, singer/composer
- 1946 J. Geils [John Warren Geils Jr], American rock guitarist (J Geils Band-Centerfold), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
- 1948 Barry Wordsworth, conductor
- 1948 Billy Zoom, American guitarist (X), born in Savanna, Illinois
Walter Becker
1950 Walter Becker, American rock bassist and record producer (Steely Dan-Peg), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
Walter Becker
- 1951 Kathy Baillie, country vocalist (Baille Boys-Oh Heart), born in Morristown, New Jersey
- 1951 Randy [Wolfe] California, American guitarist (Spirit), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1997)
- 1953 Riccardo Chailly, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orchestra), born in Milan, Italy
- 1953 Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps)
- 1954 Jon Brant, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
- 1960 Kee Marcello [Kjell Hilding Löfbom], Swedish rock musician and singer (Europe-Final Countdown, Easy Action), born in Ludvika, Sweden
- 1962 Joel Ellis, American rocker (Heavy Bones)
- 1963 Ian Brown, English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone)
- 1964 Terry Ilous, rock vocalist (XYZ, Cannibal Jacket) [or Jun 28]
Kurt Cobain
1967 Kurt Cobain, American rock vocalist (Nirvana), born in Aberdeen, Washington (d. 1994)
Kurt Cobain
Weddings in Music
Divorces in Music
Divorce of Interest
Divorce of Interest2007 Baywatch actress Carmen Electra (34) divorces rocker Dave Navarro (39) due to irreconcilable differences after less than three years of marriage
Carmen Electra
Deaths in Music
- 1626 John Dowland, composer, dies
- 1628 Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63
- 1731 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50
- 1786 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70
- 1809 Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76
- 1810 Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer, dies at 57
- 1817 Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27
- 1845 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57
- 1851 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81
- 1904 Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83
- 1911 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56
- 1911 Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer, dies at 76
- 1941 La Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894)
- 1942 Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76
- 1946 Hugh Allen, musician, dies
- 1951 Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80
- 1959 Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38
- 1961 Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78
- 1963 Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914)
- 1963 Jacob Gade, Danish composer(b. 1879)
- 1969 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85
- 1970 Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86
- 1972 Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69
- 1973 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933), dies at 80
- 1974 David Monrad Johansen, composer, dies at 85
- 1975 Edgar “Cookie” Fairchild, American bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76
- 1984 Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, composer, dies at 61
- 1986 Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer, dies at 88
- 1987 Ivan Brkanovic, composer, dies at 80
- 1996 Toru Takemitsu, composer, dies at 65
- 1997 Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (b. 1960)
- 2003 Ty Longley, American guitarist (Great White) (b. 1971)
- 2005 John Raitt, American actor and singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game), dies rom complications due of pneumonia at 88
- 2005 Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (b. 1954)