Events in Music
Music Premiere
Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
- 1955 "Golden Horseshoe Revue" 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland
- 1966 "Half a Sixpence" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 512 performances
- 1994 "Sisters Rosensweig" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 556 performances
- 1994 3 tenors-Placid Domingo, Luciano Parvoti, Jose Carreras, perform in LA
- 1995 "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 40 performances
- 1995 "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" closes at Plymouth NYC after 55 performances
Birthdays in Music
- 1725 Georg Simon Lohlein, composer
- 1728 Henri Moreau, Flemish composer, born in Liège (d. 1803)
- 1822 Luigi Arditi, violinist/composer
- 1834 Carlo Angeloni, composer
- 1848 Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)
- 1855 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer
- 1858 Eugene Ysaye, Belgian composer and violinist, born in Liège
- 1901 Fritz Mahler, composer
- 1902 Mary Philbin, American actress (Phantom of the Opera), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993)
- 1903 Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician (d. 1971)
- 1904 Goffredo Petrassi, Zagarolo Italy, composer (Beatitudines)
- 1909 John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, trumpeter
Ginger Rogers
1911 Ginger Rogers [Virginia McMath], American actress, dancer and singer (Top Hat, Kitty Foyle) born in Independence, Missouri (d. 1995)
Ginger Rogers
- 1912 Ray Barr, American pianist (Vincent Lopez Show), born in NYC, New York
- 1918 Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor [Okey Ka Fairy Ko!], born in San Pablo, Laguna, Philippine Islands (d. 1989)
- 1925 Cal Tjader, American musician (d. 1982)
- 1928 Bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel)
- 1928 Ticho Parly, Danish tenor (d. 1993)
- 1930 John Everett Watts, composer
- 1932 John Chilton, English jazz trumpeter (Feetwarmers), born in London (d. 2016)
- 1933 Sollie McElroy, R&B singer (Flamingos-Golden Teardrops)
- 1936 Buddy Merrill, Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show)
- 1938 Thorkell Sigurbjornsson, composer
- 1939 William Bell, [Yarborough], US singer (Tryin' to Love Two)
- 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)
- 1940 Tony Jackson, rock bassist/vocalist (Searchers), born in Liverpool, England
- 1941 Mišo Kovač, Croatian musician
- 1942 Desmond Dekker, [Dacris], Jamaica, reggae pioneer (Aces-Israelites)
- 1947 Tom Boggs, rock drummer (Box Tops)
- 1948 Pinchas Zukerman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967)
- 1948 Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and actor
- 1949 Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Night Ranger)
- 1949 Ray Major, rock guitarist (British Lions)
- 1950 Tom Terrell, musicologist, deejay
- 1952 Stewart Copeland, Alexandria Egypt, drummer (Police-Roxanne)
Michael Flatley
1958 Michael Flatley, Irish choreographer (Lord of Dance), born in Chicago, Illinois
Michael Flatley
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
Donna Summer
- 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
Russell Brand
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-Francois Dauprat, composer, 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, 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
- 2014 Johnny Winter, American Hall of Fame blues musician, dies at 70
- 2016 Bonnie Brown, American country singer (The Browns), dies at 77