Events in Music
Event of Interest
Event of Interest1989 Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself out
Rod Stewart
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Birthdays in Music
- 1546 Johann Steuerlein, composer
- 1654 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer
- 1764 Janos Lavotta, composer
- 1775 William Crotch, composer
- 1847 Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer
- 1852 Stefano Gobatti, composer
- 1868 William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren)
- 1874 Gerhard von Keussler, composer
- 1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer
- 1879 Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne), born in Warsaw, Poland
- 1879 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Tonhalle Orchestra)
- 1880 Jan Kubelik, Czech composer and violinist, born in Michle (d. 1940)
- 1895 Gordon Jacob, English composer, born in London (d. 1984)
- 1897 Paul Ben-Haim, [Frankenburger], Israeli composer, born in Munich. Germany
- 1899 Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, composer
- 1903 Irwin Fischer, composer
- 1904 Franz Adolf Syberg, composer
- 1913 Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin’)
- 1918 George Rochberg, composer (Concord Quartet), born in Paterson, New Jersey
- 1920 Issachar Miron, composer
- 1924 János Starker, Hungarian cellist, (d. 2013)
- 1926 Kenneth Gaburo, composer
- 1930 Yutaka Makino, composer
- 1938 Stanley Joel Silverman, composer
- 1940 Arthur Blythe, American jazz saxophonist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
- 1943 Robbie Robertson [Jamie], Canadian-American singer-songwriter and rock guitarist (The Band), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1950 Huey Lewis [Hugh Anthony Cregg III], American musician (Huey Lewis and the News), born in New York City
- 1950 Michael Monarch, rock guitarist (Steppenwolf), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1951 Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult)
- 1951 Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer
- 1952 Michael Don McNabb, composer
- 1954 Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith)
- 1955 Michael Gismondi, rock saxophonist (Michael Stanley Band)
- 1958 Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor
- 1959 Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis)
- 1961 Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
- 1963 Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
- 1965 Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
- 1968 Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
- 1969 RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
- 1970 Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
- 1973 Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
- 1973 Róisín Murphy, Irish musician
- 1975 Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (Týr)
- 1975 Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor
- 1976 Bizarre, American rapper (D12)
- 1977 Royce Da 5’9″, American rapper
- 1979 Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife)
- 1980 Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse)
- 1984 Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer
- 1985 Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress
- 1985 Nick O’Malley, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)
- 1989 Joseph King, American musician (Canvas)
Weddings in Music
- 1943 Actress Betty Grable (26) weds big band leader Harry James (27)
Divorces in Music
Divorce of Interest
Divorce of Interest1957 Singer/actor Frank Sinatra and movie star Ava Gardner divorce after 6 years of marriage
Frank Sinatra
Ava Gardner
- 2007 Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese (34) divorces rocker Marilyn Manson (38) due to irreconcilable differences after a year of marriage
Deaths in Music
- 1803 William Jackson, (Jackson of Exeter), English composer and organist, dies at 73
- 1852 Johann Baptist Weigl, composer, dies at 69
- 1883 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer, dies at 42
- 1884 Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62
- 1909 Emil Bohn, composer, dies at 70
- 1925 Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer, dies at 61
- 1941 Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69
- 1944 William Gillies Whittaker, composer, dies at 67
- 1963 Daniel Ruyneman, composer, dies at 76
- 1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
- 1975 Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (b. 1892)
- 1979 Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76
- 1980 Archibald James Potter, composer, dies at 61
- 1981 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer, dies at 75
- 1983 Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies at 67
- 1983 Vaclav Trojan, composer, dies at 76
- 1989 Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84
- 1992 Georgia Brown, British singer/actress (Love at Stake), dies at 59
- 1997 Mrs. Miller, American singer (b. 1907)
- 2001 Ernie K-Doe, African-American singer (Mother-in-Law), dies of cirrhosis at 65
- 2005 Shirley Goodman, American singer (b. 1936)
- 2007 Régine Crespin, French operatic soprano (b. 1927)
- 2007 George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926)