Year 1936 in Music History

• Jan 4 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade

• Feb 6 Pravda criticizes Dmitri Shostakovich's ballet "Clear Brook"
• Apr 11 Rodgers & Hart's musical "On Your Toes" premieres in NYC

• Apr 26 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 4th Symphony
• May 2 Sergei Prokofiev's musical "Peter and the Wolf" premieres in Moscow

• Nov 24 Noël Coward's "Tonight at 8:30" premieres in NYC
• Dec 26 Israel's Philarmonic Orchestra forms

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 188

• Jan 1 Eve Queler, American conductor, born in NYC, New York

• Jan 2 Paul Freeman, American conductor and composer (Chicago Sinfonietta, 1987 -2011; Czech National Symphony, 1996-2007), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 2015)
• Jan 3 Jos Kunst, Dutch composer, born in Roermond, Netherlands (d. 1996)
• Jan 6 Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian musician and composer (highlife, afrobeat), born in Cape Coast, Gold Coast
• Jan 7 Eldee Young, US jazz upright bassist (Ramsey Lewis Trio; Young-Holt Unlimited Soulful Strut), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
• Jan 7 Richard Podolor, American session guitarist, sound engineer and, record producer (Three Dog Night; Steppenwolf), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jan 8 Zdeněk Mácal, Czech conductor, born in Bmo, Czech Republic
• Jan 9 Peter Fletcher, British orchestral and choral conductor, and music teacher (d. 1999)
• Jan 11 Katie Webster [Kathyrne Jewel Thorne], American boogie pianist (The Swamp Boogie Queen), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1999)
• Jan 13 Ami Maayani, Israeli composer and conductor, born in Ramat Gan, Israel
• Jan 13 Renato Bruson, Italian operatic baritone
• Jan 14 Clarence Carter, American blues singer-songwriter ("Patches"), born in Montgomery, Alabama
• Jan 19 Elliott Schwartz, composer, born in New York City
• Jan 20 Luther Tucker, American blues guitarist, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1983)
• Jan 24 Daniel Goode, American composer, born in New York
• Jan 24 Jack Scott, Canadian rock and roll singer-songwriter (My True Love), born in Windsor, Ontario (d. 2019)
• Jan 28 Robert Suderburg, American pianist, composer, and conductor, born in Spencer, Iowa (d. 2013)
• Jan 29 Malcolm Binns, concert pianist
• Jan 29 James Jamerson, American session pop and R&B bass guitarist (Motown Records), born in Edisto, South Carolina (d. 1983)
• Jan 31 Marvin Junior, American R&B baritone singer (The Dells - "Oh What a Nite"), born in Harold, Arkansas (d. 2013)
• Feb 3 Jim Marshall, American photographer (The Beatles, Woodstock), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
• Feb 8 Larry Verne, singer (Custer)
• Feb 9 "Stompin' Tom" Connors, Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter ("The Hockey Song"), born in St. John, New Brunswick, (d. 2013)
• Feb 12 Arnost Parsch, Czech composer, born in Bučovice, Czech Republic (d. 2013)
• Feb 16 William "Buddy" Deppenschmidt, American jazz drummer (Charlie Byrd Trio - "Jazz Samba") born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Feb 17 John Leyton, British actor and singer ("Johnny Remember Me"), born in Frinton-on-Sea, England
• Feb 19 Bob Engemann, American singer (The Lettermen), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 2013)
• Feb 22 Ernie K-Doe [Ernest Kador Jr.], African-American R&B singer (Mother-in-Law"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Feb 25 Norman Orville Scribner, composer
• Feb 26 Cyrus Faryar, American folk musician, songwriter, and record producer (Modern Folk Quartet), born in Tehran, Persia
• Feb 27 Chuck Glaser, American country singer (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers), born in Spalding, Nebraska (d. 2019)
• Mar 4 Aribert Reimann, composer
• Mar 4 Eric Allandale, rocker (Foundations)
• Mar 6 Sylvia Robinson, American rocker (Mickey & Sylvia-Love is Strange), born in Harlem, New York (d. 2011)
• Mar 8 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz guitarist (Perfect Circle)
• Mar 9 Mickey Gilley, American country singer (Urban Cowboy), born in Natchez, Mississippi
• Mar 16 Frederick "Fred" Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and dolphin conservationist (Everybody's Talkin'), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2001)
• Mar 17 Ladislaw Kupkovic, composer
• Mar 18 Robert Lee Smith, American singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy)
• Mar 19 Amancio D'Silva, musician
• Mar 19 Birthe Wilke, Danish singer
• Mar 20 Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican Reggae artist

• Mar 21 Marek Stachowski, composer
• Mar 22 Roger Whittaker, country singer (Durham Town), born in Nairobi, Kenya
• Mar 24 Fredrick Kaufmamn, composer
• Mar 24 Don Covay [Donald Randolph], American R & B musician and songwriter (Chain of Fools), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina (d. 2015)
• Mar 25 Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist
• Mar 26 Erich Urbanner, Austrian composer and educator, born in Innsbruck, Austria
• Mar 26 Fred Paris, rocker (Five Satins)
• Mar 27 Malcolm Goldstein, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York
• Mar 29 Richard Rodney Bennett, English pianist, classical and film score composer (Four Weddings And A Funeral), born in Kent, England (d. 2012)
• Apr 3 Scott LaFaro, American jazz bassist (Bill Evans Trio), born in Irvington, New Jersey (d. 1961)
• Apr 3 Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist, born in Germantown, Philadelphia (d. 2008)
• Apr 4 Margo J. Sylvia, rocker (Tune Weavers) (d. 1991)
• Apr 5 John White, English composer and musical performer (systems music), born in Berlin, Germany
• Apr 6 Manfred Schoof, composer
• Apr 9 Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer and conductor (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 1983-93), born in Grodno, Poland
• Apr 10 Bobby Smith, American R&B singer (The Spinners), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
• Apr 15 Héctor Quintanar, Mexican composer, born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2013)
• Apr 17 Pete Graves, American rocker (Moonglows), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Apr 19 Csaba Szabo, Hungarian composer, born in Ákosfalva, Transylvania (d. 2003)
• Apr 19 Ruby Johnson, American singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away), born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina (d. 1999)
• Apr 21 Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, American electronic composer (First Things First), born in Plainville, Connecticut

• Apr 22 Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1998)
• Apr 23 Roy Orbison, American rock musician (Pretty Woman), born in Vernon, Texas (d. 1988)
• Apr 26 Doug Sax, American mastering engineer (Bob Dylan, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Ray Charles), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
• Apr 27 Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer, born in Atherton, Lancashire (d. 2016)
• Apr 28 John Tchicai, Danish jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2012)
• Apr 29 April Stevens, American vocalist (single Deep Purple), born in Niagara Falls, New York
• Apr 29 Zubin Mehta, conductor (NY Philharmonic), born in Mumbai, India
• Apr 30 Robert "Bobby" Gregg, American drummer and record producer (Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
• May 2 Michael Rabin, American violinist (In Memorium), born in NYC, New York (d. 1972)
• May 2 Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], British singer, born in Madras, India
• May 5 Patrick Gowers, Britishchoral and film score composer (Viri Galilaei; Hamlet; Smiley's People), born in Islington, England (d. 2014)
• May 7 Cornelius Cardew, British composer (Scratch Orchestra), born in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire (d. 1981)
• May 7 Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted), born in Collinsville, Mississippi (d. 2014)
• May 12 Klaus Doldinger, German jazz saxophonist (Passport) and composer for film, born in Berlin
• May 14 Bobby Darin [Walden Robert Cassotto], American singer (Mack the Knife), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1973)
• May 15 Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American singer/actress (Cinderfella), born in Pesaro, Italy
• May 15 Jean Balissat, Swiss composer pedagogue and conductor (Kaleidoscope for trumpet and percussion), born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 2007)
• May 17 Philippe Boesmans, composer
• May 22 Toshiaki Tsushima, Japanese film score composer, born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan (d. 2013)
• May 23 Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
• May 24 Harold Budd, American avant-garde ambient pianist and composer (The Pavilion of Dreams), born in Los Angeles (d. 2020) [1]
• May 25 Tom T. Hall, American country singer and writer (Harper Valley PTA), born in Olive Hill, Kentucky
• May 28 Maki Ishii, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo (d. 2003)
• Jun 1 Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator (Pink Floyd's The Wall), born in London, England
• Jun 2 Otis Williams, doo wop singer (Charms), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Jun 3 Eddie Willis, American guitar and sitar player (The Funk Brothers), born in Grenada, Mississippi (d. 2018)
• Jun 6 Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer (4 Tops-Same Old Song), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2008)
• Jun 11 Jud Strunk, American singer and comedian (Laugh-In), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1981)
• Jun 14 Renaldo "Obie" Benson, American singer (The Four Tops), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2005)
• Jun 15 Alexandru Hrisanide, Romanian composer, born in Petrila, Romania (d. 2018)
• Jun 19 Shirley Goodman, US R&B singers (Shirley & Lee-Feels so Good)
• Jun 19 Marisa Galvany, American soprano
• Jun 20 Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters-Young Blood), born in Itasca, Texas (d. 2002)
• Jun 22 Kris Kristofferson, American singer and actor (Amerika, Millennium), born in Brownsville, Texas

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• Jun 14 Singer and cowboy actor Roy Rogers (24) weds Arlene Wilkins in Roswell, New Mexico

• Jan 7 Guy d'Hardelot [Helen Rhodes], French composer (Because), dies at 78
• Jan 22 Louis Glass, Danish composer, dies at 71
• Jan 23 Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62
• Mar 4 Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64
• Mar 6 Rubin Goldmark, American composer, dies at 63
• Mar 6 Josef Stránský, Czech conductor (New York Philharmonic, 1911-23) dies at 63
• Mar 21 Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70
• Mar 30 Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer, dies at 40
• Apr 1 Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 61
• Apr 11 Mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44
• Apr 13 Milton Brown, American swing bandleader, dies at 32
• Apr 18 Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (Belkis), dies at 56
• Apr 18 Seaborn McDaniel Denson, American composer, dies at 82
• Apr 24 Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73
• Apr 24 Bernard van Dieren, composer, dies at 51
• May 6 Hans Jelmoli, Swiss pianist and composer, dies at 59
• May 18 Alexander "Alick" Maclean, British composer and conductor (Scarborough Spa Orchestra, 1912-35), dies at 63
• May 25 Ján Levoslav Bella, Slovak composer, dies at 92
• Jun 24 Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49
• Jul 13 Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91
• Jul 20 Arthur Battelle Whiting, American composer and teacher, dies at 75
• Jul 24 James Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52
• Jul 30 Adolf Philipp, composer, dies at 72
• Aug 4 Henry Schoenfeld, American composer, dies at 78
• Aug 15 Stanisław Niewiadomski, Polish composer, dies at 76
• Aug 15 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), dies at 71
• Aug 17 Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery & Foules), dies at 36
• Aug 19 Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38
• Sep 14 Ossip Gabrilovich Russian-American pianist, conductor (Detroit Symphony, 1918-36), and composer, dies of stomach cancer at 58
• Sep 19 Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
• Nov 3 Filip Lazar, Romanian composer, dies at 42
• Nov 11 Edward German, English Welsh composer (Merrie England), dies at 74
• Nov 17 Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861)
• Dec 25 Pierre Maurice, Swiss composer, dies at 68