Events in Music
- 1927 1st performance of Roger Sessions’ Symphony in E
- 1970 “Park” opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances
- 1978 23rd Eurovision Song Contest: Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta for Israel wins singing “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” in Paris
- 1989 “Welcome to the Club” closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 12 performances
- 1990 “Truly Blessed” opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 33 performances
- 1992 “High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club” closes at H Hayes NYC 14 performances
- 1993 “Who’s Tommy” opens at St James Theater NYC for 899 performances
Music Awards
Music Awards1998 33rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and George Strait win
Garth Brooks
Birthdays in Music
- 1658 Giuseppe Torelli, Verona, Italy, composer (Concerti Grossi)
- 1781 Friedrich Christian Hermann Uber, German composer, born in Breslau
- 1828 Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer
- 1858 Ethel Mary Smyth, composer
- 1868 Jose Vianna da Motta, composer
- 1884 Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer
- 1892 Nikolai Obouhov, composer
- 1906 Eric William Fenby, composer/president (Delius Society)
- 1912 Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer
- 1912 Kathleen Mary Ferrier, England, contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice)
- 1916 Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, conductor and teacher (Bartok’s Sonata), born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)
- 1922 Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus)
- 1922 Lou Stein, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1927 Pascal Bentoiu, composer
- 1927 Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
- 1932 Michael Colgrass, composer (Best Wishes), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1935 Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
- 1936 Glen Campbell, Delight Ark, actor/singer (Time I Get to Phoenix)
- 1936 Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998)
- 1937 Jack Nitzsche, composer/songwriter (An Officer & a Gentleman)
- 1943 Mel Carter, singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me)
- 1944 Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist who played a key rold in the ragtime revival of the 1970s, born in NYC, New York
- 1947 Barry Guy, English composer and double bass player, born in London
- 1950 Peter Frampton, Kent England, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive)
- 1951 Paul Carrack, rock vocalist (Squeeze/Ace-How Long), born in Sheffield, England
- 1953 Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
- 1955 Arthur Baker, rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock)
- 1969 Craig Logan, Scotland, rock bassist (Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey)
- 1970 Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
- 1974 Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born bassist (System of a Down)
- 1977 Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
- 1978 Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)
Person of Interest
Person of Interest1979 Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair), born in Newcastle, New South Wales
Daniel Johns
- 1984 Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes)
Weddings in Music
- 2011 American actor Eddie Cibrian (37) weds American country and pop singer LeAnn Rimes (28) at a private home in California
Deaths in Music
- 1776 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theorist and composer, dies at 67
- 1782 Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66
- 1844 Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76
- 1883 Octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38
- 1892 Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69
- 1925 Andre Caplet, composer, dies at 46
- 1929 Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer, dies at 86
- 1944 Mezio Agostini, composer, dies at 68
- 1962 Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61
- 1976 Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer, dies at 79
- 1977 Charles Sanford, orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
Person of Interest
1980 Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman’s USA Canteen), dies at 72
Jane Froman
- 1983 Earl “Fatha” Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies
- 1994 Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist, dies at 80
- 1995 Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53
- 1999 Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
- 2003 Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
- 2005 Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
- 2013 Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies from a heart attack at 72
