1935 in Music

Events in Music

Event of Interest

Dec 26 Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth"

Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin — Soviet General Secretary
Joseph Stalin

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 150

Jan 1 Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor
Jan 6 Nino Tempo, rock vocalist (Deep Purple), born in Niagara Falls, New York
Jan 6 Paul Wilson, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
Jan 7 Noam Sheriff, composer
Jan 7 Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (d. 2006)
Jan 7 Tommy Johnson, American tubist (d. 2006)

Elvis Presley

Jan 8 Elvis Presley, American singer and King of Rock and Roll (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog), born in Tupelo Mississippi (d. 1977)

Jan 8 Ian Bargh, Prestwick, Scotland, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (d.2012)
Jan 9 Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer
Jan 10 Georg Katzer, composer
Jan 10 Sherrill Milnes, Hinsdale Illinois, baritone
Jan 10 Ronnie Hawkins, American musician
Jan 10 Eddy Clearwater [Edward Harrington], American blues musician (West Side Strut), born in Macon, Mississippi (d. 2018)
Jan 11 Chuck Barksdale, US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow)
Jan 12 William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys)
Jan 15 Malcolm Frager, pianist, born in St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 26 Peter Ronnefeld, German composer and conductor (Die Nachtausgabe), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1965)
Jan 26 Zbigniew Penherski, composer
Jan 28 Leonid Grabovsky, composer
Jan 31 Bojidar Dimov, composer
Feb 3 Johnny "Guitar" Watson, rock guitarist
Feb 5 Alex Harvey, rocker (Just Visiting This Planet)
Feb 10 Salvator Pueyo, composer
Feb 10 Theodore Antoniou, composer
Feb 11 Bent Lorentzen, composer
Feb 11 Gene Vincent, Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
Feb 12 Gene McDaniels, US vocalist, bandleader and actor (Young Swingers)
Feb 16 Salvatore "Sonny" Bono, American actor, musician, vocalist, (Sonny & Cher) and politician (Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1998)
Feb 17 Johnny Bush, country singer
Feb 18 Bosko Petrovic, Croatian jazz musician, founder of the Zagreb Jazz Quartet, born in Bjelovar (d. 2011)
Feb 27 Alberto Remedios, British opera/concert singer, born in Liverpool (d. 2016)
Feb 27 Mirella Freni, Italian lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly), born in Modena, Italy
Mar 4 Nancy Whiskey, Scottish folk singer (d. 2003)
Mar 12 Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu)
Mar 14 Jo van den Booren, composer
Mar 16 Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano
Mar 17 Adam Wade, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mar 20 Sam Lay, American drummer and vocalist (Original Thunderbirds, Howlin' Wolf Tribute), born in Birmingham, Alabama
Mar 24 Carol Kaye, American session musician (Simon & Garfunkel), born in Everett, Washington
Mar 29 Ruby Murray, Irish pop singer (Softly Softly), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1996)
Mar 30 Gordon Mumma, composer
Mar 30 John Charles Eaton, composer
Mar 30 Karl Berger, German musicologist and musician
Mar 31 Herb Alpert, bandleader/trumpeteer (Tijuana Brass)/CEO (A & M)
Apr 4 François-Bernard Mâche, French composer, born in Clermont-Ferrand, France
Apr 5 Peter Grant, English rock band manager, born in South Norwood, England (d. 1995)
Apr 7 Bobby Bare, Irontown Oh, country singer (Detroit City)
Apr 9 Aulis Sallinen, composer
Apr 10 Jorge Mester, Mexican conductor (Louisville Orch 1967-79), born in Mexico City, Mexico
Apr 11 Father Abraham [Pierre Kartner], Dutch singer (Smurf Song), born in Elst, Netherlands
Apr 11 Richard Berry, African-American singer and musician (Louie Louie), born in Extension, Louisiana (d. 1997)
Apr 15 Gene Cherico, American jazz bassist, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1996)
Apr 16 Bobby Vinton, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Apr 16 Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist
Apr 18 Paul A Rothchild, record producer

Dudley Moore

Apr 19 Dudley Moore, English actor and comedian (10, Arthur, Bedazzled), born in London (d. 2002)

Apr 22 Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
Apr 23 Bunky Green, American jazz musician, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 29 Otto M Zykan, composer
Apr 29 Otis Rush, American blues musician (Right Place, Wrong Time), born in Philadelphia. Mississippi
May 5 Edward "Kidd" Jordan, American jazz saxophonist and music educator, born in Crowley, New Orleans
May 9 Nole "Nokie" Edwards, American surf-rock guitarist (The Ventures) and actor (Deadwood), born in Lahoma, Oklahoma (d. 2018)
May 10 Henry Fambrough, US singer (Spinners)
May 10 Larry Williams, American musician (Dizzy, Miss Lizzie), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1980)
May 11 Christopher "Kit" Lamber, British record producer and manager of The Who, born in Knightsbridge, London (d. 1981)
May 13 Nigel Butterley, composer
May 13 Yizhak Sadai, composer
May 13 Dominic Cossa, American baritone
May 15 Gordon Mills, British songwriter (Tom Jones - "Its not Unusual"), born in Madras, India (d. 1986)
May 21 Terry Lightfoot, clarinetist/bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen)
May 27 Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer
May 27 Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy)
May 27 Malcolm "Mal" Evans, British Beatles roadie and assistant, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1976)
Jun 3 Ted Curson [Theodore], Jazz Trumpeter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
Jun 5 Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion)
Jun 6 Misha Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist and composer (Reconstruction), born in Kiev, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (d. 2017)
Jun 6 Grant Green, American jazz guitarist, born in St. Louis (d. 1979)
Jun 19 Tommy Devito, rock vocalist (Four Seasons-Sherry), born in Montclair, New Jersey
Jun 24 Terry Riley, Colfax California, composer (Spectra)
Jun 25 Eddie Floyd, American singer and composer (California Girl, Falcons), born in Montgomery, Alabama
Jun 25 Kurt Schwertsik, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria
Jun 29 Johnnie Richardson, American R&B musician (Johnnie & Joe), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1988)
Jul 1 James Cotton, American blues vocalist and harmonica player, born in Tunica, Mississippi (d. 2017)
Jul 2 Gilbert Kalish, pianist/professor (SUNY Stony Brook), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jul 8 Steve Lawrence, American singer and actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jul 9 Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer (exponent of nueva canción), born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina (d. 2009)
Jul 11 Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist
Jul 17 P D Q Bach, [Peter Schickele], Iowa, composer (5th of Beethoven)
Jul 21 Kaye Stevens, Pitts, singer/comedienne (Jerry Lewis Show)
Jul 23 Cleveland Dunkin, rocker (Penguins)
Jul 24 Les Reed, songwriter ("It's Not Unusual)
Jul 29 Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor (Dresden State Opera 1961)
Aug 2 John MacIvor Perkins, composer
Aug 3 Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader
Aug 7 Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (Bright Moments, The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1977)
Aug 9 George S Leotsakos, composer
Aug 10 Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli, Georgian composer (Night Prayers)
Aug 15 Jim Dale, English actor, director and singer (Barnum, My One & Only), born in Rothwell, England
Aug 18 Lajos Papp, Hungarian composer, born in Debrecen
Aug 20 Charles Shere, composer

Weddings in Music

Wedding of Interest

Aug 19 French singer Édith Piaf (19) weds Andrew Johnseppe in Belleville, Paris

Deaths in Music

Jan 16 Richard Wetz, composer, dies at 59
Jan 28 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75
Feb 9 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
Feb 28 Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian composer (b. 1847).
Mar 30 Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer, dies at 51
Apr 5 Emil Młynarski, Polish conductor and composer, dies at 64
Apr 24 Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80
Apr 28 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish composer, dies at 87
Apr 29 Leroy Carr, American blues singer-songwriter, dies at 30
May 17 Paul Dukas, French composer (b. 1865)
May 19 Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74
May 29 Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61
May 30 Lothar Windsperger, composer, dies at 49
Jun 1 Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64
Jun 6 Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68
Jun 18 August Reusner, composer, dies at 64

Carlos Gardel

Jun 24 Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer and the most prominent figure in the history of tango, dies in a plane crash at 44

Aug 6 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70
Aug 15 Gerard Brucken Fock, Dutch composer and painter, dies at 75
Aug 20 Otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56
Aug 21 Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76
Aug 29 Charles Lee Williams, composer, dies at 82
Sep 22 Karl Schroder, composer, dies at 86
Sep 27 Alan Gray, composer, dies at 79
Oct 4 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (b. 1874)
Oct 6 Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer, dies at 83
Oct 22 Komitas, Armenian composer (b. 1869)
Oct 26 Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64
Nov 4 Miklos Radnai, composer, dies at 43
Nov 16 Kurt Schindler, composer, dies at 53
Nov 28 Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1877)
Dec 4 Johan Halvorsen, composer, dies at 71
Dec 24 Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50

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