On This Day in Music for July 16

Events in Music

Music Premiere

1782 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" premieres in Vienna with Mozart conducting

Classical Musician and Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Classical Musician and Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Birthdays in Music

1725 Georg Simon Löhlein, German pianist and composer, born in Neustadt bei Coburg, Germany (d. 1781)
1728 Henri Moreau, Flemish composer, born in Liège (d. 1803)
1822 Luigi Arditi, Italian violinist and composer, born in Crescentino, Italy (d. 1903)
1834 Carlo Angeloni, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1901)
1848 Henri Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer (Lexicon of Music), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1933)
1855 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer (d. 1923)
1858 Eugene Ysaye, Belgian composer and violinist, born in Liège (d. 1931)
1901 Fritz Mahler, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1973)
1902 Mary Philbin, American actress (Phantom of the Opera), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993)
1903 Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician, born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 1971)
1904 Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (Beatitudines), born in Zagarolo, Italy (d. 2003)
1909 Teddy [John Edward] Buckner, American trumpeter (Dixieland music), born in Sherman, Texas (d. 1994)

Ginger Rogers

1911 Ginger Rogers [Virginia McMath], American actress, dancer and singer (Top Hat, Kitty Foyle), born in Independence, Missouri (d. 1995)

1912 Ray Barr, American pianist (Vincent Lopez Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 1983)
1918 Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor [Okey Ka Fairy Ko!], born in San Pablo, Laguna, Philippine Islands (d. 1989)
1925 Cal Tjader, American Latin jazz musician, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1982)
1928 Bella Davidovich, Jewish Soviet-American pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel), born in Baku, Azerbaijan
1928 Ticho Parly, Danish tenor, born in Copenhagen (d. 1993)
1930 John Everett Watts, American composer, born in Maryville, Tennessee (d. 1982)
1932 John Chilton, English jazz trumpeter (Feetwarmers), born in London (d. 2016)
1933 Sollie McElroy, R&B singer (Flamingos-Golden Teardrops), born in Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1936 Buddy Merrill, American guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show), born in Torrey, Utah
1938 Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic composer, born in Reykjavik (d. 2013)
1939 William Bell, American singer (Tryin' to Love Two), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1939 Denise LaSalle [Ora Denise Allen], American blues and R&B singer recognized as the "Queen of the Blues" (Trapped by a Thing Called Love), born in Leflore County, Mississippi (d. 2018)
1941 Mišo Kovač, Croatian musician (Mojoj vjernoj publici), born in Tribunj, Croatia
1942 Desmond Dekker, Jamaican reggae pioneer (Aces-Israelites), born in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica (d. 2006)
1944 Thomas Boggs, American rock drummer (Box Tops), born in Wynne, Arkansas (d. 2008)
1948 Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli-American violinist (Leventritt 1967), born in Tel Aviv, Israel
1948 Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and actor, born in Panama City, Panama
1949 Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, rock keyboardist and vocalist (Night Ranger)
1949 Ray Major, rock guitarist (British Lions)
1950 Tom Terrell, American musicologist, deejay and NPR reviewer, born in Summit, New Jersey (d. 2007)
1952 Stewart Copeland, American drummer (The Police-Roxanne), born in Alexandria, Virginia

Michael Flatley

1958 Michael Flatley, Irish choreographer (Lord of Dance), born in Chicago, Illinois

1959 Doug Herzog, American television executive (Viacom Music and Entertainment Group), born in Paterson, New Jersey
1960 Eus van Someren, Dutch pop guitarist (Scene, Blaauw), born in Beverwijk, Netherlands
1971 Ed Kowalczyk, American singer (Live), born in York, Pennsylvania
1972 Mindy Carson, American vocalist (Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue), born in NYC, New York
1975 Jamie Oliver, Welsh keyboardist (No Devotion), born in Pontypridd, Wales
1994 Mark Indelicato, American singer and actor (Ugly Betty), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Weddings in Music

1974 "The Osmonds" singer Alan Osmond (25) weds Suzanne Pinegar at LDS Temple in Provo, Utah

Wedding of Interest

1980 Five-time Grammy Award singer Donna Summer (31) weds award winning arranger Bruce Sudano (31) in Los Angeles, California

2010 Def Leppard lead guitarist Phil Collen (52) weds costume designer Helen L. Simmons (42) at Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach Resort in Florida

Divorces in Music

Divorce of Interest

2012 Actor-comedian Russell Brand (36) divorces popstar Katy Perry (27) due to irreconcilable differences a year after the fairy-tale wedding in India

Comedian
Russell Brand

Pop Star Katy Perry — Pop Star
Katy Perry

Deaths in Music

1698 Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84
1729 Johann David Heinichen, German composer, dies at 46
1762 Jacques Hotteterre, French composer and flautist, dies at 87
1868 Louis François Dauprat, French composer and horn player, dies at 87
1916 Ludwig P Scharwenka, German composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70
1917 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70
1972 Giorgio Nataletti, Italian composer, dies at 65
1972 Max Zehnder, Swiss composer, dies at 70
1979 Alfred Deller, English countertenor (b. 1912)
1981 Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38
1984 Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
1985 Wayne King, orchestra leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84
1989 Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic), dies at 81
1990 Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor and organist (b. 1908)
1995 Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83
1995 Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher, dies at 91
1996 John Panozzo, drummer, dies at 48
1999 Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer (b. 1979)
2003 Celia Cruz, Cuban musician (b. 1924)
2005 Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer, lyricist, and entertainer (b. 1920)
2008 Jo Stafford, American singer of traditional pop music (b. 1917)
2012 Jon Lord, English musician, dies from a pulmonary embolism at 71
2012 Kitty Wells, American country singer, dies from complications after a stroke at 92
2012 Bob Babbitt [Robert Kreinar], Hungarian-American bassist (The Funk Brothers), dies of brain cancer at 74
2014 Johnny Winter, American Hall of Fame blues musician, dies at 70
2016 Bonnie Brown, American country singer (The Browns), dies at 77

15 Jul
On This Day in Music
Jul 17