Events in Music
- 1868 Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg" premieres in Munich
- 1951 "17" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances
Event of Interest
1955 Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
Johnny Cash
Music Premiere
1969 Dmitri Shostakovich's 14th Symphony premieres in Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich
Event of Interest
1975 Elton John, The Eagles and The Beach Boys play Wembley Stadium
Elton John
Event of Interest
1975 Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple, forms Rainbow
Ritchie Blackmore
Music Premiere
1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical "Evita" premieres in London
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tim Rice
Event of Interest
1981 Donald Fagen and Walter Becker disband their rock group Steely Dan
Walter Becker
Donald Fagen
Event of Interest
1982 Paul McCartney releases "Take it Away"
Paul McCartney
Event of Interest
1990 Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
Little Richard
Album Release
2005 Billy Corgan releases "TheFutureEmbrace", his first solo album
Billy Corgan
Event of Interest
2020 Kurt Cobain's guitar during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show sells for a record $6 million
Kurt Cobain
Birthdays in Music
- 1577 Giovanni Del Turco, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1647)
- 1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer, born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1732)
- 1732 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer and 5th son of Johann Sebastian Bach, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1795)
- 1790 Wilhelm Speyer, German violinist and composer, born in Offenbach, Hesse, Germany (d. 1878)
- 1805 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1841)
- 1818 Ernst II, duke of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93) and composer, born in Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, Germany (d. 1893)
- 1862 Henry Holden Huss, American composer, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1953)
- 1865 Herbert Brewer, English composer, born in Gloucester, England (d. 1928)
- 1891 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (Nature of Music), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1966)
- 1893 Alois Hába, Czech composer, born in Vizovice, Zlín Region, Czech Republic (d. 1973)
- 1899 Pavel Haas, Czech Jewish composer killed during the Holocaust, born in Brno, Czech Republic (d. 1944)
- 1900 Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer and musician, born in Asarum Blekinge (d. 1981)
- 1902 Wilhelm Maler, German composer, born in Heidelberg, Germany (d. 1976)
- 1903 Louis Krasner, Ukrainian-American violinist, born in Cherkasy, Ukraine (d. 1995)
- 1906 Helene Costello, American dancer and actress (Love Toy), born in NYC, New York (d. 1957)
- 1906 Lluís Maria Millet, Catalan composer, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1990)
- 1906 Harold Spina, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)
- 1909 Kurt Schwaen, German composer, born in Katowice, Poland (d. 2007)
- 1910 Bela Tardos, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1966)
- 1910 Charles Jones, composer, born in Tamworth, Ontario, Canada (d. 1997)
- 1914 Jan Decadt, Flemish composer, born in Ypres (d. 1995)
- 1921 Frank Scott, American pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), born in Fargo, North Dakota (d. 1995)
- 1924 Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1928 Judith Raskin, American soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro), born in NYC, New York (d. 1984)
- 1929 Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist and composer, born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1999)
- 1932 Lalo [Boris] Schifrin, Argentine-American jazz pianist and composer (Mission Impossible), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1932 O. C Smith, American jazz singer (Little Green Apples), born in Mansfield, Louisiana (d. 2001)
- 1937 Raphaël Sommer, Czech cellist, and educator, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2001)
- 1939 Charles Boone, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1943 Salomé [Maria Rosa Marco Poquet], Spanish singer, born in Barcelona
- 1944 Jon Hiseman, English drummer (Colosseum), born in London, United Kingdom (d. 2018)
- 1944 Ray Davies, British singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset"; "Lola"), born in Muswell Hill, North London, England
- 1946 Brenda Holloway, American singer and songwriter (When I'm Gone), born in Atascadero, California
- 1947 Joseph "Joey" Molland, British rock guitarist (Badfinger-Come & Get It), born in Liverpool, England
- 1950 Joey Kramer, American hard rock drummer (Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic), born in NYC, New York
- 1951 Nils Lofgren, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (E Street Band), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1952 Marcella Detroit [Levy], American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter (Lay Down Sally), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1953 Augustus Pablo, Jamaican musician (King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown), born in St. Andrew, Jamaica (d. 1999)
- 1957 Mark Brzezicki, English rock drummer (Big Country-Wonderland), born in Slough, Berkshire, England
- 1959 Kathy Mattea, American country and bluegrass singer (Love at the Five & Dime), born in South Charleston, West Virginia
- 1961 Kip Winger, rocker (Winger-17)
- 1961 Manu Chao, Spanish musician
- 1961 Sascha Konietzko, German musician
- 1962 Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician
- 1967 Tim Simenson, rocker (Bomb the Bass)
- 1968 Sonique [Sonia Marina Clarke], British musician and DJ, born in London
- 1970 Pete Rock, American rapper/producer, born in The Bronx, New York
- 1971 Anette Olzon, Swedish singer
- 1974 Neely Jenkins, American indie rocker (Tilley and the Wall), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- 1976 Mike Einziger, American rock musician (Incubus), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1981 Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers), born in Henderson, Nevada
- 1982 Jussie Smollett, American actor and singer (Empire), born in Santa Rosa, California
Lana Del Rey
1985 Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter (Born to Die, Ultraviolence), and model (H&M), born in NYC, New York
Lana Del Rey
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
1970 "The Doors" lead singer Jim Morrison (26) "marries" author Patricia Kennealy (24) in a celtic pagan hand fasting ceremony, but the marriage is not legally binding
Jim Morrison
Wedding of Interest
1976 Country singer Reba McEntire (21) weds national steer wrestling champion Charlie Battles
Reba McEntire
Wedding of Interest
1986 The Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof (34) weds broadcaster and writer Paula Yates (27) in Las Vegas
Bob Geldof
- 1992 Actress Marina Sirtis (Star Trek NG) marries rocker Michael Lamper
Deaths in Music
- 1621 Kryštof Harant, Polish soldier, writer, and composer (b. 1564)
- 1887 Adolf Schimon, Austrian German composer, dies at 67
- 1900 Polibo Fumagalli, Italian composer, dies at 69
- 1908 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 (OS 8 Jun)
- 1914 Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30
- 1946 Heinrich Kaminski, German composer, dies at 59
- 1972 Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (Six Pieces for Organ), dies at 90
- 1975 Heinz Lau, German composer, dies at 49
- 1979 Angus Maclise, American mystic, shaman, musician, and composer (b. 1938)
- 1980 Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader and songwriter, dies of a stroke at 56
- 1981 Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer, dies on his 81st birthday
- 1986 Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author, dies at 63
- 1990 June Christy, American jazz singer (Tampico), dies at 64
- 1992 Thomas Whitfield, American gospel vocalist, dies of heart attack at 38
- 1993 Ticho Parly, Danish tenor, dies at 64
- 1997 Arthur Prysock, American jazz and R&B singer (I Didn't Sleep a Wink Last Night), dies at 68 or 73
- 1997 Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director (Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman), dies at 65
- 1999 Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (b. 1973)
- 2000 Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo), dies at 89
- 2001 John Lee Hooker, American blues guitarist (Boogie Chillen), dies at 83
- 2002 Matt Dennis, American pop singer, pianist, composer, and arranger ("Everything Happens To Me"; "Angel Eyes"), dies at 88
- 2012 Richard Adler, American composer and songwriter (Pajama Game; Damn Yankees)), dies at 90
- 2015 Gunther Schuller, American hornist and jazz composer (1994 Pulitzer Prize), dies at 89
- 2016 Wayne Lamar Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpeter ( Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns), dies of congestive heart failure at 74
- 2017 Ludger Rémy, German harpsichordist, conductor (Les Amis de Philippe), and musicologist, dies at 68
