Events in Music
- 1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
Music Premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven
Event of Interest
1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
Keith Richards
Music Awards
1980 22nd Grammy Awards: "What a Fool Believes" best song, Billy Joel best album
Billy Joel
Event of Interest
1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"
Paul McCartney
Event of Interest
1991 Singer James Brown is released from prison
James Brown
Music Awards
1998 12th Soul Train Music Awards: Puff Daddy, Whitney Houston win
Puff Daddy
Whitney Houston
Music Awards
2002 44th Grammy Awards: Walk On, Alicia Keys wins
Alicia Keys
Film Awards
2005 77th Academy Awards: "Million Dollar Baby", Jamie Foxx & Hilary Swank win
Hilary Swank
Jamie Foxx
Film Awards
2011 83rd Academy Awards: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win Best Original Score for 'The Social Network'
Trent Reznor
Event of Interest
2018 Barbara Streisand reveals she has cloned her dog twice
Barbra Streisand
Birthdays in Music
- 1649 Johann Philipp Krieger, composer
- 1702 Johann Valentin Gorner, composer
- 1745 Silverius Muller, composer
- 1746 Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer
- 1759 Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer
- 1784 Job Plimpton, composer
- 1822 Eugene Gautier, composer
- 1846 Joaquin Valverde, composer
- 1848 Hubert Parry, English musicologist and composer (Jerusalem), born in Bournemouth, England (d. 1918)
- 1867 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and music critic, born in Ullånger, Sweden (d. 1942)
- 1870 Louis Coerne, composer
- 1879 Jose Sancho Marraco, composer
- 1888 Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (Der Rosenkavalier, Fidelio), born in Perleberg Germany (d. 1976)
- 1890 Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
- 1891 Georges E Migot, French composer
- 1893 Joseph Messner, composer
- 1894 Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer
Marian Anderson
1897 Marian Anderson, American contralto and celebrated singer (My Lord, What a Morning), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1993)
Marian Anderson
- 1898 Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer
- 1899 Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer
- 1907 Mildred Bailey [Rinker], American jazz singer known as "The Queen of Swing" (Rockin' Chair, Please Be Kind), born in Teoka, Washington (d. 1951)
- 1909 Elisabeth Welch, singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon)
- 1919 Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, composer
- 1920 Jose Melis, orchestra leader (Jack Paar Program), born in Havana, Cuba
- 1921 Andras Szollosy, composer
- 1922 Jackie Kelso [John Joseph Kelson Jr], American jazz saxophonist and session musician, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
- 1923 Dexter Gordon, American jazz tenor saxophonist and actor (Round Midnight, The Other Side of Round Midnight), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1990)
- 1923 Viktor Kalabis, composer
- 1927 Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernik], American singer and actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1999)
- 1935 Alberto Remedios, British opera/concert singer, born in Liverpool (d. 2016)
- 1935 Mirella Freni, Italian lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly), born in Modena, Italy
- 1936 Chuck Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
- 1939 Antoinette Sibley, ballerina (Turning Point)
- 1943 Morten Lauridsen, American composer
- 1947 Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970)
- 1947 Louis Clark, British musical arranger and keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra), born in Kempston, England
- 1948 Eddie Gray, rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
- 1951 Steve Harley, rocker (Come Up & See Me)
- 1952 Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer (Good Cause)
- 1952 Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band)
- 1954 Neal Schon, rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English)
- 1955 Garry Christian, rocker
- 1955 Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director
- 1957 Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High)
- 1959 Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1960 Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC)
- 1960 Paul Humphreys, rock synthesizer (OMD-Crush, Pacific Age)
- 1964 Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist (Deacon Blue), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1965 Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
- 1969 Brad Vander Ark, American musician
- 1970 Patricia Petibon, French opera singer
- 1971 Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
- 1973 "Pooh" Clark, rocker (High-5)
- 1980 Bobby Valentino, American singer
Josh Groban
1981 Josh Groban, American singer (You Raise Me Up), born in Los Angeles, California
Josh Groban
Weddings in Music
Deaths in Music
- 1731 Angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
- 1797 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61
- 1805 Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57
- 1852 Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
- 1887 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
- 1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67
- 1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara, Spanish composer (The Oresteia), dies at 65
- 1956 Frank Dailey, orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
- 1956 Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57
- 1968 Ludvik Podest, composer, dies at 46
- 1968 Frankie Lymon, American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer (The Teenagers), dies at 25 of a heroin overdose
- 1969 John Boles, American singer and actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
- 1973 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72
- 1978 Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer, dies at 65
- 1982 Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39
- 1991 H J of Royen, manager Dutch (Concertgebouw Orchestra), dies at 52
- 2003 John Lanchbery, English composer (b. 1923)
- 2007 Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (b. 1924)
- 2013 Van Cliburn. American pianist (Tchaikovsky Competition winner, 1958), dies at 78