Today in Songwriter History (Part 2)
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Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 392
1937-02-08 - Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street)
1937-02-20 - David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter (American Gothic)
1937-04-22 - Jack Nitzsche, composer/songwriter (An Officer & a Gentleman)
1937-05-20 - Teddy Randazzo, song writer (I'm on the Outside Looking In)
1937-10-18 - Cynthia Weil, American songwriter
1937-10-31 - Tom Paxton, Chicago, folk singer/songwriter (Forest Lawn)
1938-01-14 - Allen Toussaint, [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter (Ride Your Pony)
1938-10-16 - Nico (born Christa Päffgen; singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress) (d. 1988)
1939-01-31 - Claude Gauthier, Canadian singer and songwriter
1939-03-13 - Neil Sedaka, Bkln NY, singer/songwriter (Breaking Up is Hard to Do)
1939-04-21 - Ernie Maresca, singer/songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer)
1939-05-23 - Michel Colombier, French composer and songwriter (d. 2004)
1939-06-06 - Gary "US" Bonds, [Anderson], Fla, singer/songwriter (New Orleans)
1939-09-29 - Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce & Hart)
1939-10-23 - Charlie Foxx, US songwriter/soul singer (Mockingbird)
1939-10-30 - Eddie Holland, US singer/songwriter (Jamie, Leaving Here)
1940-02-28 - Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play)
1940-04-04 - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter
1940-05-10 - Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
1941-02-17 - Gene Pitney, Hartford Ct, vocalist/songwriter (Town Without Pity)
1941-05-24 - Bob Dylan, [Zimmerman], Minn, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind)
1941-06-16 - Lamont Dozier, Detroit, songwriter (Dozier-Holland-Dozier)
1941-07-02 - Stéphane Venne, French Canadian songwriter
1941-07-26 - Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny)
1941-08-01 - Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1941-08-02 - Homer Banks, US singer/songwriter (Be What You Are)
1941-10-21 - Steve Cropper, TN, guitarist/songwriter (Booker T & MGs)
1941-11-11 - Jesse Colin Young, American singer and songwriter (The Youngbloods)
1941-11-16 - Dan Penn, US songwriter/producer/gospel singer (Out in Left Field)
1941-11-21 - David Porter, US songwriter (Soul Man)
1942-05-17 - Taj Mahal, NYC, singer/songwriter (Real Thing)
1942-07-21 - Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter
1943-01-07 - Leona Williams, singer/songwriter (Ladies Get the Blues)
1943-03-21 - Vivian Stanshall, songwriter/comic
1943-05-23 - Norman Johnson, singer/songwriter
1943-08-11 - Kenny Gamble, US songwriter (Me & Mrs Jones)
1943-08-12 - William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
1944-01-06 - Van McCoy, US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle)
1944-05-13 - Carolyn Franklin, US singer/songwriter (Baby Baby Baby, Angel)
1944-05-17 - Jesse Winchester, Shreveport La, singer/songwriter (Learn to Love it)
1944-06-07 - Townes Van Zandt, Texas, singer/songwriter (Kathleen, Loretta)
1944-07-27 - Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, singer/songwriter (Ode to Billy Joe)
1944-08-24 - Jim Capaldi, English singer/songwriter (Traffic-Something So Strong)
1944-09-29 - Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce & Hart, Monkees)
1944-11-13 - Timmy Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Why Can't We Live Together)
1944-11-30 - Luther T Ingram, US singer/songwriter (I'll Be Your Shelter)
1945-01-03 - Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)
1945-03-23 - Franco Battiato, Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker
1945-04-07 - Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter and writer
1945-04-26 - Giorgio Moroder, producer/singer/songwriter (150 gold discs)
1945-05-16 - Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman)
1945-09-10 - Jose Feliciano, Lares PR, singer/songwriter (Light my Fire)
1945-10-01 - Donny Hathaway, Chicago, singer/songwriter (Where is the Love)
1945-10-02 - Don McLean, New Rochelle NY, singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent)
1945-11-12 - Neil Young, Toronto, singer/songwriter (Cosby, Sills & Young)
1945-12-25 - Steve Mancha, [Clyde Wilson], US singer/songwriter (Too Many Cooks)
1946-02-06 - Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer and songwriter
1946-04-28 - Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
1946-06-21 - Brenda Holloway, US singer/songwriter (When I'm Gone)
1946-08-15 - Jimmy Webb, Elk City Okla, songwriter (MacArthur Park, Up Up & Away)
1946-12-20 - Patti Smith, singer/songwriter
1947-02-03 - Melanie, [Safka], Astoria, vocalist/songwriter (Candles in Rain)
1947-04-15 - Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman)
1947-05-10 - Dave Mason, Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree)
1947-10-18 - Laura Nyro, Bronx, singer/songwriter (Eli's Coming, Stoney End)
1947-11-01 - Jim Steinman, American songwriter
1947-11-28 - Michel Berger, French songwriter (d. 1992)
1948-05-26 - Stevie Nicks, American rocker and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, Bella Donna)
1948-07-02 - Gene McFadden, American songwriter (d. 2006)
1948-07-25 - Steve Goodman, Chicago, singer/songwriter (Somebody Elses Trouble)
1948-10-11 - Daryl Hall, [Hohl], Penn, rocker/songwriter (Hall & Oates-Sara Smile)
1948-11-05 - Peter Hammill, English singer/songwriter (Patient)
1948-11-10 - Hugh Moffatt, American songwriter
1949-03-04 - Carroll Baker, Canadian country singer and songwriter
1949-03-16 - Elliott Murphy, US singer/songwriter
1949-04-24 - Véronique Sanson, French singer and songwriter
1949-11-05 - Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
1949-11-29 - Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
1949-12-06 - Linda Creed, American songwriter (d. 1986)
1949-12-07 - Tom Waits, Calif, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine)
1950-01-28 - Bob Hay, American songwriter and musician
1950-05-13 - Stevie Wonder, singer/songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Love)
1950-07-19 - Freddy Moore, American songwriter
1950-11-21 - Stephen Geyer, American film & television songwriter
1950-12-21 - Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1951-06-21 - Nils Lofgren, Chicago, guitarist/singer/songwriter (East Street Band)
1951-07-10 - Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter
1951-11-04 - Dan Hartman, US singer/songwriter/producer (Instant Replay)
1951-12-08 - Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1952-01-18 - R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer
1952-01-25 - Sara Mandiano, French singer and songwriter
1952-02-05 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer and songwriter (d. 1986)
1952-03-12 - Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet, songwriter, and novelist
1952-08-20 - John Hiatt, US singer/songwriter (Have a Little Faith in Me)
1953-05-01 - Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
1953-06-14 - David Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Pere Ubu)
1953-07-06 - Nanci Griffith, US singer/songwriter (Poet in My Window)
1953-08-01 - Robert Cray, Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy)
1953-09-28 - Jim Diamond, Scotish singer/songwriter (I Should Have Known Better)
1954-01-23 - Edward Ka-spel, English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots)
Famous Deaths
Results 101 - 169 of 169
2000-03-07 - Pee Wee King, American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914)
2000-03-09 - Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
2000-05-10 - Dédé Fortin, Quebec singer and songwriter (Les Colocs) (b. 1962)
2000-10-01 - Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
2000-12-03 - Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (b. 1922)
2000-12-18 - Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (b. 1959)
2001-05-09 - James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)
2001-07-03 - Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1940)
2001-07-07 - Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2001-10-17 - Jay Livingston, American songwriter (b. 1915)
2001-11-29 - Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969)
2001-11-29 - George Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
2002-02-10 - Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (b. 1936)
2002-05-06 - Otis Blackwell, American pianist, singer and songwriter (b. 1932)
2002-05-17 - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (b. 1940)
2002-10-14 - Norbert Schultze, American composer and songwriter (b. 1911)
2002-11-26 - Polo Montañez, Cuban singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
2003-01-12 - Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
2003-01-15 - Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
2003-02-18 - Johnny Paycheck, American country singer/songwriter (b. 1938)
2003-04-17 - Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)
2003-04-22 - Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
2003-08-03 - Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)
2003-08-13 - Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2003-08-15 - Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)
2003-12-16 - Gary Stewart, American musician and songwriter (b. 1945)
2004-01-12 - Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
2004-04-01 - Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (b. 1927)
2004-05-05 - Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
2004-05-31 - Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2004-06-24 - Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter (b. 1957)
2004-10-19 - Elliott Smith, American Singer Songwriter(b. 1969)
2004-11-18 - Cy Coleman, American composer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1929)
2004-11-24 - Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b. 1940)
2005-01-22 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b. 1924)
2005-01-28 - Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
2005-02-08 - Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)
2005-02-15 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
2005-03-12 - Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (b. 1932)
2005-04-01 - Jack Keller, American songwriter (b. 1936)
2005-07-22 - Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2006-01-27 - Gene McFadden, American singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
2006-03-17 - Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
2006-03-23 - Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
2006-03-26 - Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)
2006-05-31 - Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930)
2006-07-17 - Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (b. 1936)
2006-09-20 - John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)
2006-10-28 - Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter (b. 1920)
2006-12-22 - Dennis Linde, American songwriter (b. 1943)
2006-12-24 - "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (b. 1907)
2007-01-11 - Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (b. 1926)
2007-02-02 - Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
2007-02-15 - Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
2007-02-17 - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
2007-02-25 - Mark Spoelstra, American singer/songwriter (b. 1940)
2007-03-19 - Luther Ingram, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
2007-04-21 - Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1941)
2007-04-25 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
2007-05-06 - Đorđe Novković, Croatian songwriter (b. 1943)
2007-06-04 - Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
2007-07-23 - Ron Miller, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1933)
2007-08-04 - Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2007-12-16 - Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (b. 1951)
2008-01-08 - Clyde Otis, American song writer and music producer (b. c. 1924)
2008-02-19 - Yegor Letov, Russian song writer and singer (b. 1964)
2008-02-24 - Larry Norman, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2008-08-05 - Reg Lindsay, Australian country and western singer/songwriter (b. 1929)
2008-08-16 - Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer and songwriter (b. 1914)
