Today in Music History (Part 6)
Sub-Topics: Blues - Country & Western - Dance - Folk Music - Heavy Metal - Jazz - Opera - Pop Music - Reggae - Rock n Roll - Songwriter
Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays
Results 501 - 600 of 1,700
1944-08-08 - John Renbourn, English musician
1944-08-30 - John Surman, jazz musician
1944-10-07 - Judee Sill, American musician (d. 1979)
1944-10-09 - Peter Tosh, Jamaica, reggae musician (Mystic Man, Mama Africa)
1944-12-01 - Eric Bloom, American musician (Blue Öyster Cult)
1945-01-28 - Robert Wyatt, English musician
1945-02-15 - John Helliwell, British musician (Supertramp)
1945-04-24 - Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)
1945-05-02 - Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)
1945-05-08 - Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
1945-05-10 - Pamelo Mounk'a, musician
1945-05-19 - Pete Townshend, English musician (The Who)
1945-06-04 - Anthony Braxton, jazz musician
1945-08-28 - Bob Segarini, Musician and radio personality
1945-08-31 - Van Morrison, Northern Irish musician
1945-09-19 - David Bromberg, Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise)
1945-09-26 - Brian Ferry, England, rocker (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together)
1945-10-05 - Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow)
1945-10-09 - Taiguara, Brazilian musician (d. 1996)
1945-10-14 - Colin Hodgkinson, English musician (Whitesnake)
1945-12-12 - Tony Williams, jazz musician
1946-01-13 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
1946-03-09 - Jim Cregan, British rock musician
1946-03-24 - Klaus Dinger, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk)
1946-03-27 - Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers)
1946-04-01 - Arthur Conley, US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music)
1946-05-10 - Donovan, Scottish musician
1946-05-11 - Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician
1946-05-17 - Udo Lindenberg, German musician
1946-05-26 - Mick Ronson, English musician (d. 1993)
1946-05-27 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish musician (d. 2005)
1946-07-22 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician (d. 2000)
1946-07-23 - Andy MacKay, London, rock sax/oboe (Roxy Music-Dance Away)
1946-08-06 - Allan Holdsworth, British musician
1946-08-20 - Ralf Hütter, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1946-09-02 - Billy Preston, Houston, Texas, American soul musician/singer and pianist, 5th Beatle (David Brenner Show)
1946-10-14 - Dan McCafferty, Scottish musician (Nazareth)
1946-12-15 - Carmine Appice, musician (Have You Heard, Keep on Rolling)
1947-01-04 - Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
1947-01-21 - Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan)
1947-01-29 - Marián Varga, Slovak musician
1947-02-24 - Rupert Holmes, English musician
1947-03-04 - Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician
1947-04-07 - Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1947-04-10 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
1947-04-28 - Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz)
1947-06-17 - George S. Clinton, American composer and musician
1947-07-09 - Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician
1947-07-17 - Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1947-09-23 - Don Grolnick, jazz musician
1947-10-11 - Al Atkins, English musician
1947-11-06 - George Young, Australian musician (AC/DC)
1947-11-24 - Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North)
1947-12-04 - Terry Woods, Irish musician (The Pogues, Steeleye Span)
1947-12-14 - Christopher Parkening, LA Calif, guitarist (transcribed sacred music)
1947-12-21 - Paco de Lucía, Spanish musician
1948-01-14 - T-Bone Burnett, musician/producer
1948-02-20 - Billy Zoom, musician
1948-03-01 - Burning Spear, Jamaican singer and musician
1948-03-05 - Richard Hickox, English musical conductor
1948-03-23 - David Olney, American musician
1948-05-11 - Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician
1948-05-25 - Klaus Meine, German musician (Scorpions)
1948-06-06 - Richard Sinclair, English musician (Caravan)
1948-06-27 - Camile Baudoin, American musician
1948-07-28 - Gerald Casale, american musician and director (founding member of Devo)
1948-08-14 - Terry Adams, American musician (NRBQ)
1948-08-17 - Rod MacDonald, American musician
1948-08-20 - Robert Plant, British Musician (Led Zeppelin)
1948-08-24 - Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician
1948-08-27 - Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek musician (d. 1990)
1948-09-11 - John Martyn, English musician
1948-09-19 - Mihai Timofti, Director, actor, musician from Moldova-Chisinau
1948-09-22 - Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician
1948-10-05 - Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)
1948-10-10 - Ed Volker, American musician
1948-10-13 - John Ford Coley, American musician
1948-10-19 - Patrick Simmons, American musician
1948-12-18 - Bill Nelson, English musician (Be Bop Deluxe)
1948-12-21 - Willi Resetarits, Austrian musician
1949-02-03 - Arthur Kane, American musician
1949-03-25 - Neil Jones, musician (Bend Me Shape Me)
1949-05-01 - Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow)
1949-05-28 - Wendy O. Williams, American musician (The Plasmatics) (d. 1998)
1949-06-14 - Jimmy Lea, British musician (Slade)
1949-06-18 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
1949-07-10 - Greg Kihn U.S. pop musician & radio personality.
1949-08-16 - Scott Asheton, American musician (The Stooges)
1949-08-20 - Phil Lynott, Irish musician (d. 1986)
1949-08-23 - John Bauldie, music journalist/dylanologist
1949-08-27 - Jeff Cook, Fort Payne Ala, country guitar/vocalist (Alabama-Mt Music)
1949-08-30 - Peter Maffay, German musician
1949-09-14 - Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003)
1949-09-23 - Bruce Springsteen, [Boss], Asbury NJ, rock musician (Born in the USA)
1949-10-03 - Lindsey Buckingham, American musician (Fleetwood Mac)
1949-10-05 - Brian McManus Connolly, musician
1949-10-18 - Joe Egan, British musician (Stealers Wheel)
1949-10-22 - Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
1949-10-23 - Michael 'Wurzel' Burston, British musician (Motörhead)
1949-10-25 - Walter Hyatt, Musician
Famous Deaths
Results 501 - 576 of 576
2005-09-01 - R. L. Burnside, American musician (b. 1926)
2005-09-10 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American musician (b. 1924)
2005-10-19 - Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends) (b. 1982)
2005-10-28 - Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer and musician (b. 1922)
2005-11-06 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (b. 1967)
2005-11-20 - Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960)
2005-12-13 - Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (b. 1981)
2006-01-01 - Bryan Harvey, American musician (House of Freaks) (b. 1956)
2006-02-08 - Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
2006-02-14 - Darry Cowl, French musician and actor (b. 1925)
2006-02-17 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
2006-02-22 - Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961)
2006-03-01 - Johnny Jackson, American musician (b. 1951)
2006-03-06 - King Floyd, American musician (b. 1945)
2006-03-07 - Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician (b. 1939)
2006-03-18 - Dan Gibson, musician (b. 1922)
2006-03-28 - Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)
2006-05-25 - Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)
2006-06-02 - Vince Welnick, musician, keyboardist (The Grateful Dead) (b. 1951)
2006-06-06 - Billy Preston, American musician (b. 1946)
2006-07-09 - Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
2006-07-17 - Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (b. 1936)
2006-08-03 - Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock musician (b. 1945)
2006-08-16 - Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (b. 1975)
2006-08-21 - Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian musician (b. 1916)
2006-09-09 - Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (b. 1955)
2006-09-21 - Boz Burrell, English rock musician (b. 1946)
2006-10-14 - Freddy Fender, American musician (b. 1937)
2006-10-18 - Anna Russell, English music satirist (b. 1911)
2006-11-03 - Paul Mauriat, French musician (b. 1925)
2006-12-03 - Logan Whitehurst, American musician (b. 1977)
2006-12-07 - Jay McShann, American musician (b. 1910)
2006-12-23 - Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (b. 1952)
2007-01-01 - Tad Jones, American jazz music historian (b. 1952)
2007-01-06 - Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
2007-01-12 - Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
2007-01-18 - Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. 1963)
2007-01-28 - Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)
2007-02-03 - Pedro Knight, Cuban-American musician, husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz (b. 1921)
2007-02-17 - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
2007-02-28 - Billy Thorpe, Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (b. 1946)
2007-04-05 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)(b. 1956)
2007-04-14 - Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930)
2007-07-04 - Barış Akarsu, Turkish rock musician (b. 1979)
2007-07-05 - George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926)
2007-08-10 - Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (b. 1950)
2007-09-03 - Carter Albrecht, Musician (b. 1973)
2007-09-05 - Thomas Hansen (musician) (b. 1976)
2007-09-09 - Hughie Thomasson, American musician (b. 1952)
2007-09-11 - Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932)
2007-09-15 - Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (b. 1928)
2007-10-16 - Toše Proeski, Macedonian music star (b. 1981)
2007-10-18 - Lucky Dube, South African musician (b. 1964)
2007-10-21 - Paul Fox, English musician and singer (The Ruts) (b. 1951)
2007-11-29 - Tom Terrell, musicologist, NPR reviewer, deejay (b. 1950)
2007-12-25 - Mighty King Kong, Kenyan reggae musician. (b. 1973)
2007-12-31 - Markku Peltola, Finnish actor and musician (b. 1956)
2008-01-08 - Clyde Otis, American song writer and music producer (b. c. 1924)
2008-01-18 - Frank Lewin, American composer and music theorist (b. 1925)
2008-01-19 - John Stewart, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1939)
2008-01-25 - Evelyn Barbirolli,English musician (b. 1911)
2008-02-24 - Larry Norman, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2008-02-28 - Mike Smith, English musician (The Dave Clark Five) (b. 1943)
2008-03-02 - Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
2008-03-20 - Klaus Dinger, German Musician (b. 1946)
2008-03-22 - Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician (b. 1918)
2008-04-25 - Humphrey Lyttelton, Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921)
2008-05-08 - Eddy Arnold, Country music star (b. 1918)
2008-06-02 - Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)
2008-06-08 - Šaban Bajramović, Serbian Romani musician (b. 1936)
2008-07-02 - Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician (b. 1956)
2008-07-16 - Jo Stafford, American singer of traditional pop music (b. 1917)
2008-08-10 - Isaac Hayes, American musician and actor (b. 1942)
2008-08-15 - Jerry Wexler, music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues"
2008-08-19 - LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (b.1961)
2008-08-31 - Jerry Reed, American country music singer and actor (b. 1937)
