Events in Music
Event of Interest
Event of Interest1836 Felix Mendelssohn‘s oratorio “St Paul” premieres in Dusseldorf
Felix Mendelssohn
- 1900 Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player
- 1926 “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue” by Gene Austin hits #1
- 1961 “Mother-In-Law” by Ernie K-Doe hits #1
- 1961 “Touchables In Brooklyn” by Dickie Goodman hits #42
- 1965 “Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious” hits #66
- 1965 Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride” single goes #1
- 1996 “Tartuffe: Born Again” opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 performances
- 2002 The remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.
- 2002 37th Academy of Country Music Awards: Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride & Alan Jackson win
Music Awards
Album Release
Album Release2015 Daniel Johns releases “Talk”, his debut album as a solo artist
Daniel Johns
Music Concert
Music Concert2017 Suicide bombing at Manchester Arena, England, after Ariana Grande concert kills 22 and injures 59
Ariana Grande
Birthdays in Music
Richard Wagner
1813 Richard Wagner, German composer (Ring, Flying Dutchman), born in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany (d. 1883)
Richard Wagner
- 1820 Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer
- 1850 Johann Schrammel, composer
- 1852 Emile Sauret, composer
- 1865 Enrique Morera, composer
- 1874 Francesco Paolo Neglia, composer
- 1879 Eastwood Lane, composer
- 1879 Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer
- 1884 Alceo Toni, Italian composer, born in Lugo di Romagna (d. 1969)
- 1885 Julio Fonseca, composer
- 1891 Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (d. 1963)
- 1892 Louis van Tulder, Dutch tenor (From Office Stool to High C)
- 1898 René de Vos, Dutch actor and composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), born in Denmark (d. 1977)
- 1914 Sun Ra, American musician (d. 1993)
- 1916 Gordon Binkerd, American composer, born in Lynch, Nebraska (d. 2003)
- 1917 Georg Tintner, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1999)
- 1917 Daniel Nagrin, American modern dancer and choreographer
- 1924 Charles Aznavour, Armenia, French singer (Monsieur Carnavel, Tin Drum)
- 1924 Claude Andre Francois Ballif, composer
- 1925 James King, American tenor (d. 2005)
- 1928 Roscoe Robinson, US gospel singer
- 1929 Asher Ben-Yohanan, composer
- 1930 Kenny Ball, English jazz musician, born in Ilford, Essex (d. 2013)
- 1933 John Browning, pianist (Leventritt Award-1956), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1934 Peter Nero, American conductor/pianist (A Sunday in NY), born in NYC, New York
- 1941 Sebastian Forbes, composer
- 1942 Calvin Simon, US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-1 Nation Under a Groove)
- 1942 Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer
- 1950 Bernie Taupin, British singer and lyricist (writes with Elton John), born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire
- 1954 Jerry Dammers, keyboardist (Specials-Special)
- 1955 Iva Davies, rock guitarist/vocalist (Icehouse)
- 1955 Jimmy Lyon, American guitarist (Eddie Money, The Greg Kihn Band), born in Tampa, Florida
- 1956 Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician
- 1959 [Steven] Morrissey, British rock vocalist (The Smiths), born in Davyhulme, Lancashire
- 1961 Dana Williams, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle), born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1966 Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (Type O Negative)
- 1967 John Vanderslice, American musician
- 1980 Rhett Fisher, actor/musician
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Wedding of Interest1956 Actress Anita Ekberg (24) weds actor and singer Anthony Steel (36) in Florence, Italy
Anita Ekberg
Wedding of Interest
2010 Singer-songwriter and guitarist Alanis Morissette (38) weds rapper Mario Treadway (32) in Los Angeles
Alanis Morissette
- 2011 R&B singer Keyshia Cole (28) weds NBA Cleveland Cavaliers Daniel Gibson (25) in Cleveland, Ohio
Deaths in Music
Langston Hughes
1967 Langston Hughes, American poet (Weary Blues) and playwright (Mulatto), dies at 65
Langston Hughes
- 1977 Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, dies at 80
- 1978 Bjarne Brustad, Norwegian composer, dies at 83
- 1987 Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65
- 1988 Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71
- 1989 Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953)
- 1990 Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock & Roll), dies at 71 of heart failure
- 1993 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish-American pianist, dies at 100 (b. 1892)
- 2005 Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and bass singer (Tony the Tiger, You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch), dies from prostate cancer at 91
- 2013 Henri Dutilleux, French composer (Tout un monde lointain, L’arbre des songes), dies at 97