Events in Music
Birthdays in Music
- 1642 Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer
- 1689 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer
- 1751 Johann Georg Witthauer, composer
- 1806 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
- 1809 Francesco Schira, composer
- 1825 Kate Fanny Loder, composer
- 1829 Otto Goldschmidt, composer
- 1852 Benedetto Junck, composer
- 1893 Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer
- 1902 Renato Fasano, composer
- 1903 Yannis Constantinidis, composer
- 1904 [William] Count Basie, jazz musician and band leader ( “One O’Clock Jump”), born in Red Bank, New Jersey (d. 1984)
- 1906 Joachim Homs, composer
- 1909 Jon William Jr Haussermann, composer
- 1912 Bruce Trent, British singer and actor, born in St. Helier, Channel Islands (d. 1995)
- 1915 Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (Seven Lonely Days), born in Copenhagen (d. 1998)
- 1926 Ben-Zion Orgad, composer
- 1927 Wilhelm Jr Killmayer, composer
- 1928 Zdenek Lukas, composer
- 1931 Gregg Smith, choral conductor and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
- 1933 Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave), born in Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
- 1934 Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist
Person of Interest
Person of Interest1938 Kenny Rogers, singer (Through the Years), born in Houston, Texas
Kenny Rogers
- 1939 Ernie Maresca, American singer and songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer), born in The Bronx, NY (d. 2015)
- 1939 Harold W Reid, Augusta County Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of ’57)
- 1939 James Burton, American guitarist, born in Dubberly, Louisiana
- 1944 Jackie DeShannon, American singer (What the World Needs Now), born in Hazel, Kentucky
- 1945 Basil Poledouris, American film score composer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2006)
- 1947 Carl Giammarese, rock guitarist (Buckinghams), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1948 Robert Hazard, American singer-songwriter (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
- 1950 Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer, born in Montreux, Switzerland
- 1952 Joe Strummer, British lead singer of the punk band “The Clash” (Rock the Casbah), born in Ankara, Turkey (d. 2002)
- 1952 Glenn Hughes, British bassist and vocalist (Finders Keepers/Trapeze/Deep Purple), born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England
- 1954 Steve Smith, rock drummer (Journey), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1957 Budgie [Peter Edward Clarke], English rock drummer (Slits, Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing), born in St Helens, Lancashire, England
- 1957 Kim Sledge, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1967 Serj Tankian, Armenian-born singer (System of a Down), born in Beirut, Lebanon
- 1971 Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy), born in Braintree, Essex, England
- 1971 Matthew Noonan, American Concert Organist
- 1979 Kelis Rogers-Jones, American singer (Milkshake), born in NYC, New York
- 1981 Collie Buddz [Colin Patrick Harper], American Reggae & Dancehall artist (Come Around), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1984 Alizée Jacotey, French singer (Moi… Lolita), born in Ajaccio, France
- 1985 Jacob (Jake) Pitts, American rock guitarist (Black Veil Brides), born in Idaho
- 1987 Kim Kibum, South Korean actor and singer, one of the member of Korean boy band Super Junior, born in Seoul
- 1988 Louise Setara, English singer and songwriter, born in Reading, England
- 1988 Paris Bennett, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5), born in Rockford, Illinois
- 1992 Brad Kavanagh, English songwriter and actor (House of Anubis-Fabian Rutter), born in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
- 1996 Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
- 1993 Lyricist Bernie Taupin weds Strephanie Haymes
Deaths in Music
- 1627 Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69
- 1772 Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29
- 1772 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer, dies at 48
- 1812 Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67
- 1824 Santiago Ferrer, composer, dies at 62
- 1856 Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64
- 1898 Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40
- 1932 Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80
- 1935 Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76
- 1940 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer, dies at 68
- 1949 Gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75
- 1951 (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45
- 1958 Stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73
- 1970 Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79
- 1977 Danny Lockin, American actor/dancer, dies from bleeding to death after being stabbed 100 times
- 1981 Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer, dies at 85
- 1989 Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
- 1995 Anatole Fistoulari, conductor, dies at 88
- 1995 James Truitte, dancer, dies at 72
- 2003 Wesley Willis, American musician (b. 1963)
- 2005 Robert Moog, American engineer (Moog synthesizer, Moog Music), dies of a brain tumor at 71
- 2005 Martin Dillon, tenor, American opera singer (b. 1957)
- 2006 Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian musician (b. 1916)
- 2008 Jerry Finn, American record producer (b. 1969)
- 2008 Buddy Harman, Country music drummer (Grand Ole Opry, Elvis Presley), dies at 79
- 2009 Johnny Carter, US singer (The Flamingos, The Dells), dies at 75
- 2009 Dean Turner, Australian musician (b. 1972)
- 2013 Sid Bernstein, American music producer/promoter, dies at 95