Today in Music History (Part 5)
Sub-Topics: Blues - Country & Western - Dance - Folk Music - Heavy Metal - Jazz - Opera - Pop Music - Reggae - Rock n Roll - Songwriter
Historical Events
Results 401 - 499 of 499
1990-04-25 - 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win
1990-06-04 - 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Patty Loveless
1990-08-03 - "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 11 perfs
1990-10-08 - 24th Country Music Assn Award: George Strait wins
1990-11-07 - "Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 11 perfs
1990-11-26 - 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins
1990-11-29 - "Shogun - The Musical" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1991-01-20 - "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 72 perfs
1991-01-26 - "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 497 performances
1991-01-28 - 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer & Janet Jackson
1991-03-12 - 5th Soul Train Music Awards
1991-03-31 - Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in NYC
1991-04-04 - "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 28 performances
1991-04-16 - M Leander & E Seago's musical "Matador," premieres in London
1991-04-24 - 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
1991-04-25 - Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical premieres in NYC
1991-04-27 - "Lucifer's Child" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 28 perfs
1991-06-10 - 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton
1991-06-23 - "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music"
1991-07-09 - "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 7 perfs
1991-08-10 - "Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 7 perfs
1991-10-03 - 25th Country Music Assn Award:
1991-11-07 - "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box NYC
1991-12-09 - 2nd Billboard Music Awards
1992-01-27 - 19th American Music Award: C & C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win
1992-02-06 - "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC
1992-02-19 - Ken Ludwig's musical "Crazy for You," premieres in NYC
1992-02-22 - "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box NYC
1992-03-10 - 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole & Color Me Badd win
1992-04-27 - "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 perfs
1992-04-29 - 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
1992-06-07 - "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 perfs
1992-06-08 - 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Garth Brooks
1992-09-10 - MTV Video Music Awards, Howard Stern appears as fartman
1992-09-30 - 26th Country Music Assn Award: Garth Brooks wins
1992-12-09 - 3rd Billboard Music Awards
1993-01-25 - 20th American Music Award: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win
1993-03-09 - 7th Soul Train Music Awards
1993-04-23 - Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy," premieres in NYC
1993-04-25 - "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances
1993-05-11 - 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
1993-06-05 - Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)
1993-06-07 - 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill
1993-07-12 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Promenade" opens in London
1993-09-29 - 27th Country Music Assn Award: Vince Gill wins
1993-11-21 - "Cyrano - The Musical" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 perfs
1993-12-02 - A Websters musical "Sunset Promenade" premieres in LA
1993-12-08 - 4th Billboard Music Awards
1994-02-07 - 21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins
1994-03-07 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
1994-03-15 - 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win
1994-03-20 - "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 perfs
1994-05-03 - 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
1994-06-06 - 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Ray Stevens
1994-10-05 - 28th Country Music Assn Award
1994-12-07 - 5th Billboard Music Awards
1995-01-30 - 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men & Ace of Base win
1995-03-13 - 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win
1995-04-30 - "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 839 perfs
1995-05-10 - 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins
1995-06-05 - 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Reba McEntire
1995-10-04 - 29th Country Music Assn Award: Krauss Jackson win
1995-10-22 - "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 perfs
1995-12-06 - 6th Billboard Music Awards
1996-01-14 - "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 97 perfs
1996-01-26 - "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg
1996-01-29 - 23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins
1996-01-29 - 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
1996-02-13 - Rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway
1996-03-27 - "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 118 performances
1996-03-29 - 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men
1996-04-24 - 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain
1996-06-10 - 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson
1996-06-30 - "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 118 performances
1996-09-05 - MTV Video Music Awards
1996-10-02 - 30th Country Music Assn Award: Brooks & Dunn win
1996-12-04 - 7th Billboard Music Awards
1997-01-27 - 24th American Music Award: Toni Braxton & Alanis Morissette win
1997-03-07 - 11th Soul Train Music Awards
1997-03-25 - "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 240 performances
1997-04-03 - "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance
1997-04-23 - 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines & Brooks & Dunn
1997-06-16 - 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes
1997-07-06 - "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," closes at Royale NYC after 109 perfs
1997-09-24 - 31st Country Music Assn Award:
1997-11-02 - "Barrymore," closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 240 performances
1997-12-04 - "Diary of Anne Frank," opens at Music Box Theater NYC
1997-12-08 - 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes & Spice Girls win
1998-01-26 - 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls & Babyface win
1998-03-12 - "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1998-06-15 - 32nd TNN Music City News Country Awards
2000-05-11 - Last performance of the musical Cats in London's West End.
2000-09-10 - The musical Cats closes on Broadway.
2001-01-09 - Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, for organizing and playing digital music and videos. Now widely used by Windows and Mac users.
2002-01-09 - Michael Jackson receives the Artist of the Century award at the American music awards
2002-10-26 - Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before.
2003-01-13 - Rock musician Pete Townshend of The Who was arrested in London on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. He was later cleared.
2004-06-23 - Bob Dylan accepts honorary doctor of music degree from the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university
2006-07-30 - World's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
Famous Birthdays
Results 401 - 500 of 1,700
1936-04-03 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961)
1936-05-11 - Carla Bley, American musician and composer
1936-06-11 - Jud Strunk, American musician and comedian (d. 1981)
1936-06-22 - Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
1936-06-28 - Peter Hall, folklorist/musician
1936-07-13 - Albert Ayler, American musician (d. 1970)
1936-08-17 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician-actor (d. 2007)
1936-10-28 - Carl Davis, American-born musical conductor and composer
1936-11-14 - Cornell Gunther, LA Calif, musician (Coasters-Poison Ivy)
1936-12-23 - Frederic Forrest, Waxahachie TX, actor (Music Box, Lonesone Dove)
1937-02-26 - Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997)
1937-03-04 - [Bernard Barney Jean] Wilen, musician
1937-03-19 - Clarence "Frogman" Henry, musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love)
1937-05-02 - Lorenzo Music, Bkln NY, writer/actor/voice (Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield)
1937-06-04 - Freddy Fender, American musician (d. 2006)
1937-08-27 - Alice Coltrane, jazz musician
1937-12-30 - Paul Stookey, singer/musician (Peter, Paul, & Mary)
1938-01-16 - Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality
1938-03-24 - Holger Czukay, German musician (Can)
1938-04-29 - Klaus Voormann, German musician, artist, and record producer
1938-05-11 - Carla Bley, [Carla Borg], Oakland, musician (Escalator Over the Hill)
1938-05-28 - Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness)
1938-08-22 - Dale Hawkins, music writer (Suzy Q)
1938-10-15 - Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician (d. 1997)
1938-12-28 - Richard Sudhalter, British(?) writer/jazz musician
1939-01-07 - David Buchan, ethno-musicologist
1939-01-24 - Ray Stevens, American musician
1939-02-01 - Del McCoury, bluegrass singer/musician
1939-03-11 - Flaco Jiménez, American musician
1939-04-16 - John DeLaFose, zydeco Musician
1939-05-03 - Jonathan David Harvey, English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen)
1939-05-11 - Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician
1939-09-06 - David Allan Coe, country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy)
1939-09-08 - Guitar Shorty, American musician
1939-10-31 - Alui Farka Touré, Malian musician
1939-12-17 - James Booker, New Orleans, R & B musician (Gonzo)
1939-12-22 - James Gurley, American musician
1940-01-06 - Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979)
1940-03-10 - Dean Torrence, LA Cal, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady)
1940-03-22 - Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
1940-05-03 - Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
1940-05-26 - Levon Helm, American musician (The Band)
1940-08-28 - Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind)
1940-10-27 - Anthea Joseph, music producer
1940-11-17 - Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player
1940-11-21 - Dr. John, American musician
1940-12-31 - Mani Neumeier, German musician (Guru Guru)
1941-01-03 - Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)
1941-02-05 - Rick Laird, jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece)
1941-02-11 - Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
1941-04-03 - Jan Berry, American musician (d. 2004)
1941-04-03 - Philippé Wynne, American musician (d. 1984)
1941-04-06 - Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician
1941-05-21 - Martin Carthy, English musician
1941-06-10 - Mickey Jones, American musician and actor
1941-06-12 - Roy Harper, English musician
1941-07-01 - John Gould, British composer/musical comic
1941-07-16 - Mišo Kovač, Croatian musician
1941-08-20 - Dave Brock, British musician and founder of Hawkwind
1941-09-14 - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician
1941-10-09 - Chucho Valdés, Cuban musician
1941-11-22 - Jesse Colin Young, American musician
1941-11-24 - Pete Best, British musician
1941-12-09 - Dan Hicks, American musician
1941-12-23 - Ron Bushy, American musician
1941-12-23 - Tim Hardin, American musician (d. 1980)
1942-01-16 - René Angélil, Canadian music executive
1942-01-21 - Mac Davis, American musician
1942-02-13 - Peter Tork, American musician and actor (The Monkees)
1942-06-27 - Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger (Music Box Dancer)
1942-07-10 - Ronnie James Dio, American musician
1942-07-27 - Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician
1942-08-07 - Caetano Veloso, Brazilian musician
1942-08-29 - Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician
1942-11-29 - Felix Cavaliere, American musician
1942-12-12 - Peter Sarstedt, British musician
1942-12-17 - Paul Butterfield, Chicago, blues musician (Better Days)
1943-01-20 - Farhad Mehrad, Iranian musician
1943-02-24 - Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician
1943-03-30 - Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (d. 1998)
1943-06-17 - Barry Manilow, American musician
1943-06-23 - James Levine, musical conductor (Tosca)/dir (Metropolitan Opera)
1943-07-01 - Jeff Wayne, musician
1943-07-04 - Konrad "Conny" Bauer, German musician
1943-07-11 - Oscar D'León, Venezuelan musician
1943-08-02 - Garth Hudson, Canada, pop musician (The Band-Life is a Carnival)
1943-08-12 - William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
1943-08-17 - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
1943-12-17 - Ron Geesin, Scottish musician and composer
1943-12-27 - Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish musician
1944-01-31 - Charley Musselwhite, blues musician (Stand Back, Louisiana Fog)
1944-02-02 - Ursula Oppens, NYC, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC)
1944-02-10 - Rufus Reid, American musician
1944-03-07 - Townes Van Zandt, musician
1944-04-10 - Danny Woods, US musician (CEO of the Board)
1944-04-12 - John Kay, German-born musician
1944-04-26 - Bruce Johnston, US pop musician (Beach Boys-God Only Knows) [or 6/24]
1944-05-28 - Billy Vera, musician (& Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night)
1944-06-19 - Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician
1944-07-24 - Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader
Famous Deaths
Results 401 - 500 of 576
1999-10-26 - Hoyt Axton, American actor and country music singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
1999-11-18 - Doug Sahm, American musician (b. 1941)
1999-12-26 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942)
2000-01-02 - Nat Adderley, American musician and composer (b. 1931)
2000-01-16 - John Morris Rankin, musical entertainer (b. 1959)
2000-02-07 - Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (b. 1943)
2000-02-12 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
2000-02-12 - Andy Lewis, Australian musician (b. 1967)
2000-03-07 - Pee Wee King, American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914)
2000-03-27 - Ian Dury, English musician (b. 1942)
2000-05-18 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (b. 1946)
2000-05-30 - Tex Beneke, American bandleader and musician (b. 1914)
2000-05-31 - Tito Puente, American musician (b. 1923)
2000-10-31 - Watanabe Kazuki Japanese musician (Raphael) (b. 1981)
2001-01-27 - Stavros Damianides, Greek musician (b. 1941)
2001-03-10 - Massimo Morsello, Italian musician and far right activist (b. 1958)
2001-03-18 - John Phillips, American musician (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1935)
2001-03-28 - Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
2001-04-11 - Sandy Bull, American musician (b. 1941)
2001-04-15 - Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b. 1951)
2001-05-16 - Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (b. 1944)
2001-05-20 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (b. 1920)
2001-06-04 - John Hartford, American musician (b. 1937)
2001-06-21 - John Lee Hooker, American musician (b. 1916)
2001-08-04 - Lorenzo Music, American actor (b. 1937)
2001-09-06 - Carl Crack, German musician (Atari Teenage Riot) (b. 1971)
2001-10-18 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (b. 1922)
2001-12-13 - Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death) (b. 1967)
2001-12-15 - Rufus Thomas, American musician (b. 1917)
2001-12-16 - Stuart Adamson, English-born Scottish musician (The Skids, Big Country) (b. 1958)
2002-01-07 - Jon Lee, Welsh musician (Feeder) (b. 1968)
2002-02-13 - Waylon Jennings, American musician (b. 1937)
2002-03-03 - Harlan Howard, American musician (b. 1927)
2002-04-03 - Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (b. 1956)
2002-04-05 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (b. 1967)
2002-10-12 - Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician (b. 1916)
2002-10-30 - Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (b. 1965)
2002-11-03 - Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b. 1931)
2002-11-28 - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American blues musician (b. 1943)
2002-12-13 - Zal Yanovsky, Canadian musician (The Lovin' Spoonful) (b. 1945)
2002-12-22 - Joe Strummer, English musician (The Clash) (b. 1952)
2003-01-12 - Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
2003-03-02 - Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
2003-04-17 - Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)
2003-05-15 - June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
2003-05-25 - Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
2003-06-06 - Dave Rowberry, British musician (The Animals) (b. 1940)
2003-07-12 - Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907)
2003-07-13 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
2003-07-16 - Celia Cruz, Cuban musician (b. 1924)
2003-07-25 - Erik Brann, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1950)
2003-08-18 - Tony Jackson, English musician (The Searchers) (b. 1938)
2003-08-21 - Wesley Willis, American musician (b. 1963)
2003-09-07 - Warren Zevon, American musician (b. 1947)
2003-09-14 - John Serry, Sr., American musician, (b. 1915)
2003-09-23 - Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly musician (b. 1939)
2003-10-21 - Elliott Smith, American musician (b. 1969)
2003-10-23 - Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1944)
2003-11-15 - Speedy West, Country Music Hall of Fame Steel Guitarist (b. 1924)
2003-12-16 - Gary Stewart, American musician and songwriter (b. 1945)
2004-01-14 - Valfar, Norwegian musician (Windir) (b. 1978)
2004-01-17 - Czeslaw Niemen, Polish musician (b. 1939)
2004-01-22 - Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
2004-02-03 - Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (b. 1975)
2004-03-04 - John McGeoch, Scottish musician (b. 1955)
2004-03-10 - Dave Blood, real name David Schulthise; American musician, bassist for The Dead Milkmen (b. 1956)
2004-03-26 - Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (b. 1941)
2004-04-15 - Ray Condo, Canadian musician (b. 1950)
2004-06-03 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (b. 1966)
2004-06-10 - Ray Charles, American musician (b. 1930)
2004-07-13 - Arthur Kane, American musician (b. 1949)
2004-07-23 - Carlos Paredes, Portuguese musician and composer (b. 1925)
2004-07-23 - Piero Piccioni, Italian musician, conductor and composer (b. 1921)
2004-08-02 - Don Tosti, American musician (b. 1923)
2004-08-06 - Rick James, American musician (b. 1948)
2004-09-19 - Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist
2004-10-01 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)
2004-11-01 - Terry Knight, American music promoter (b. 1943)
2004-11-13 - John Balance, English musician and artist (b. 1962)
2004-11-19 - Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b. 1942)
2004-11-20 - Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. 1962)
2004-12-26 - Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian jazz musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1959)
2004-12-26 - Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1962)
2004-12-27 - Hank Garland, American musician (b. 1930)
2005-01-05 - Danny Sugerman, American music manager (The Doors) (b. 1954)
2005-01-11 - James Griffin, American musician (Bread) (b. 1943)
2005-01-30 - Martyn Bennet, Canadian musician (b. 1971)
2005-01-30 - Wes Wehmiller, American musician (b. 1971)
2005-02-08 - Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
2005-02-12 - Sammi Smith, American country music singer (b. 1943)
2005-03-02 - Martin Denny, American musician (b. 1911)
2005-03-04 - Robert Consoli, American actor and musician (b. 1964)
2005-04-13 - Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (b. 1924)
2005-07-01 - Obie Benson, American musician (b. 1936)
2005-07-14 - Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger (b. 1924)
2005-07-21 - Long John Baldry, British blues musician (b. 1941)
2005-08-01 - Al Aronowitz, American music journalist (b. 1928)
2005-08-06 - Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)
2005-08-16 - Vassar Clements, American musician (b. 1928)
2005-08-21 - Robert Moog, American pioneer of electronic music (b. 1934)
