Events in Music
Event of Interest
Oct 25 Rolling Stones appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the 1st time
Ed Sullivan
- Oct 27 "Ben Franklin in Paris" opens at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 215 performances
#1 in the Charts
Oct 31 Barbra Streisand's "People" album goes #1 for 5 weeks
Barbra Streisand
- Nov 9 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden NYC for 192 performances
- Nov 10 "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 15 performances
- Nov 14 "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 performances
- Nov 14 "Folies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances
- Nov 14 "Oliver!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
Event of Interest
Nov 20 Dmitri Shostakovich's 9th/10th String Quartet premieres in Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Nov 21 "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 15 performances
- Nov 21 "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
- Nov 23 "Bajour" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
- Nov 23 Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"
- Dec 4 The Beatles release their "Beatles For Sale" album
Event of Interest
Dec 7 George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs
George Harrison
Music Recording
Dec 9 John Coltrane's Quartet records their greatest work "A Love Supreme" at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
John Coltrane
- Dec 18 "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances
- Dec 18 During funeral service held for soul singer Sam Cooke, fans cause damage to funeral home
- Dec 25 George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans
- Dec 26 Beatles' "I Feel Fine" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
TV Show Appearance
Dec 27 The Supremes 1st appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show" singing "Come See About Me"
Diana Ross
Ed Sullivan
- Dec 28 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's cantata "The Execution of Stepan Razin"
Birthdays in Music
- Jul 20 Chris Cornell, American musician (Soundgarden; Audioslave), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2017)
- Jul 27 Rex Brown, American musician (Pantera), born in Graham, Texas
- Jul 27 Ron Jackson, American jazz guitarist, composer, arranger (Flubby Dubby), and educator, born in Manila, Philippines
- Jul 31 Jim Corr, Irish singer and musician (The Corrs), born in Dundalk, Ireland
- Aug 1 Nick Christian Sayer, British rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
- Aug 1 Adam Duritz, American musician (Counting Crows), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Adam Yauch
Aug 5 MCA [Adam Yauch], American rap-rock vocalist (Beastie Boys -"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
Adam Yauch
- Aug 10 Aaron Hall, American songwriter
- Aug 11 Hamish, rocker (The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train)
- Aug 13 Ian Haugland, heavy metal rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown), born in Storslett, Nordreisa, Norway
- Aug 17 Colin James, Canadian singer-songwriter, born in Regina, Saskatchewan
- Aug 18 Edith Frost, American singer and songwriter, born in San Antonio, Texas
- Aug 20 Miljenko "Dino" Dvornik, Croatian singer known as "the Croatian king of funk", born in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (d. 2008)
- Aug 24 Pebbles, American rock vocalist (Girlfriend), born in Oakland, California
Keanu Reeves
Sep 2 Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Matrix), born in Beirut, Lebanon
Keanu Reeves
- Sep 3 Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer (Vital Signs 1), born in Karachi, West Pakistan (d. 2016)
- Sep 4 René Pape, German opera singer (bass), born in Dresden, East Germany
- Sep 8 Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (Jokke & Valentinerne), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2000)
- Sep 11 Victor Wooten, American bass guitarist, born in Mountain Home, Idaho
- Sep 15 Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein [Paul Caiafa], American musician, former guitarist for horror punk band The Misfits, born in Lodi, New Jersey
- Sep 16 David Michael Sabo, American rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- Sep 18 Marco Masini, Italian singer and songwriter, born in Florence, Italy
- Sep 18 Luca Belcastro, Italian classical music composer, born in Como, Italy
Trisha Yearwood
Sep 19 Trisha Yearwood, American country singer (Sweetest Gift), born in Monticello, Georgia
Trisha Yearwood
- Sep 21 Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan pop singer and composer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Sep 22 Marq Torien, rocker (Bullet Boys-For Love of Money)
- Sep 23 Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
- Sep 25 Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer, born in Clontarf, Ireland
- Sep 26 Nicki French, English singer, born in Carlisle, United Kingdom
- Sep 27 Stephan Jenkins, American singer-songwriter and gutairist (Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"), born in Indio, California
- Sep 30 Robby Takac, American rock Bassist (Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris"), born in Buffalo, New York
- Sep 30 (Ernest Joseph) "Trey" Anastasio III, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Phish), born in Ft. Worth, Texas
- Oct 1 Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer and broadcaster, born in Yokohama, Japan
- Oct 7 Sam Brown, English singer & songwriter (Stop!), born in Stratford, United Kingdom
- Oct 8 CeCe Winans [Priscilla Marie Winans Love], American gospel singer (won 12 Grammy Awards), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 21 Jon Carin, American musician (Pink Floyd; The Who), born in New York, New York
- Oct 22 Toby Mac, American singer and songwriter
- Oct 25 Nicholas Bernard Thorp, English musician (Curiosity Killed the Cat), born in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey
- Oct 25 Nicole [Hohloch], German singer (won 1982 Eurovision Song Contest), born in Saarbrücken, Germany
- Oct 28 Costantino Mastroprimiano, Italian classical pianist, educator, and musicologist, born in Foggia, Italy
- Oct 31 Darryl Worley, American country singer (Hard Rain Don't Last), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Nov 1 Sophie B. Hawkins, American singer-songwriter ("Damn! I Wish I Was Your Lover"), born in New York, New York
- Nov 6 Corey Glover, American rock guitarist and singer (Living Colour), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 6 Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Nov 7 Liam Ó Maonlaí, Irish vocalist and pianist (Hothouse Flowers - "I'm Sorry"), born in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland
- Nov 12 Dave Ellefson, Jackson, Minnesota, American heavy metal bassist (Megadeth)
- Nov 14 Andrew, rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
- Nov 14 Joseph "Run" Simmons, American rapper and minister (Run-D.M.C. - "Walk This Way"), born in NYC, New York
- Nov 16 Diana Krall, Canadian jazz pianist and singer, born in Nanaimo, British Columbia
- Nov 24 Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
- Nov 25 Mark Lanegan, American grunge-rock singer-songwriter (Screaming Trees), born in Ellensburg, Washington
- Nov 28 Jesse Cook, French-Canadian jazz-flamenco guitarist (Free Fall), born in Paris, France
- Dec 4 Sertab Erener, Turkish singer (Sakin Ol!), born in Istanbul, Turkey
- Dec 7 Duncan Millar, English pop and jazz pianist (Blue Mercedes - Rich & Famous), born in London, England
- Dec 8 James Blundell, Australian country singer
- Dec 8 Sandy Burnett, English record producer
- Dec 9 Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein), born in Berlin
- Dec 11 Justin Currie, Scottish rock vocalist and bassist (Del Amitri - "Roll To Me"), born in Glasgow
- Dec 11 Dave Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Dec 11 Cosy Sheridan, American singer (The Pomegranate Seed), born in Concord, New Hampshire
- Dec 12 Rockin' Jeff [Jeff Aaron Brown], British rock musician (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
- Dec 13 Lucky Peterson [Judge Kenneth Peterson], American musician (The Son of a Bluesman), born in Buffalo, New York
- Dec 14 C. J. Snare, American vocalist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), born in Washington, D.C.
- Dec 17 Ginger Wildheart [David Leslie Walls], British singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Wildhearts), born in Suth Shields, Tyne & Wear, England
- Dec 18 Robson Green, English actor and singer
- Dec 23 Eddie Vedder, American rock singer (Pearl Jam - Ten; "Jeremy"), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Dec 25 Tim Royes, English-American music video director, born in London (d. 2007)
- Dec 30 Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits)