Events in Music
Event of Interest
1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates his Brandenburg Concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Johann Sebastian Bach
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1941 Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox

Glenn Miller
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1955 Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances

Tennessee Williams
Elvis Presley in the Army
1958 Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)
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1962 Mick Jagger & Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & Blue Boys

Keith Richards

Mick Jagger
Music Awards
1987 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win

Janet Jackson
- 1988 "Gospel at Colonus" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 61 performances
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1992 "Jake's Women" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 245 performances

Neil Simon
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2010 The World Health Organization appoints Craig David as a Goodwill Ambassador against tuberculosis on World Tuberculosis Day

Craig David
Birthdays in Music
- 1714 Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer
- 1732 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer
- 1740 John Antes, American composer and missionary, born in Frederick, Pennsylvania (d. 1811)
- 1749 Bernard Jumentier, composer
- 1762 Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portuguese opera composer (Portogallo)
- 1808 Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836)
- 1817 Aime Maillart, composer
- 1884 Gino Marinuzzi, composer
- 1900 June [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet
- 1906 Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet singer (d. 1984)
- 1907 Lucia Chase, US ballerina/co-founder (American Ballet Theater)
- 1910 Jacques Chailley, composer
- 1922 Dave Appell, singer/musician/songwriter (In the Midnight Hour)
- 1927 Janos Decsenyi, composer
- 1928 Byron "Yanks" Janis, McKeesport Pa, pianist (NBC Symphony Orchestra)
- 1933 David Harries, composer
- 1935 Carol Kaye, American session musician (Simon & Garfunkel), born in Everett, Washington
- 1936 Fredrick Kaufmamn, composer
- 1936 Don Covay [Donald Randolph], American R & B musician and songwriter (Chain of Fools), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina (d. 2015)
- 1937 Benjamin Luxon, Redruth England, baritone (Owen Wingrave)
- 1937 Billy Stewart, US R&B singer (I Do Love You)
- 1938 Holger Czukay [Holger Schüring], German musician (Can), born in Danzig, Poland (d. 2017)
- 1946 Lee Oskar, Danish rock harmonicist (War-Why Can't We Be Friends)
- 1946 Klaus Dinger, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk)
- 1947 Mike Kellie, rock drummer (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
- 1947 Meiko Kaji, Japanese singer and actress
- 1949 Steve Lang, rock bassist (April Wine), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1949 Nick Lowe, England, rock vocalist (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind)
- 1951 Dougie Thompson, rocker (Supertramp-Bloody Well Right)
- 1960 Nena, German pop singer
- 1962 Angèle Dubeau, Canadian violinist
- 1974 Chad Butler, American drummer (Switchfoot)
- 1975 Krisdayanti, Indonesian singer, actress and diva
- 1977 Corneille, Canadian-Rwandan singer
- 1982 Nivea, American singer
Deaths in Music
- 1631 Philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68
- 1654 Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66
- 1755 Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72
- 1825 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64
- 1838 Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72
- 1878 Albin Masek, Czech composer, dies at 73
- 1894 Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68
- 1916 Enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48
- 1918 Théophile "Théo" Ysaÿe, Belgian composer and pianist, dies at 53
- 1921 Deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48
- 1946 Gustaf Heintze, composer, dies at 66
- 1962 Jean Goldkette, Greek-born musician (b. 1899)
- 1967 Marc Lavry, Israeli composer, dies at 63
- 1975 Oscar Rasbach, composer, dies at 86
- 1977 Saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73
- 1985 George London, Canadian bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto), dies at 64
- 1994 Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88
- 1995 Joey Long, blues/cajun guitarist, dies at 62
- 1996 Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga, singer, dies at 66
- 1997 Harold Melvin, American singer (Blue Notes), dies at 57
- 2008 Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, American guitarist (b. 1955)
- 2008 Neil Aspinall, British record producer (b. 1941)
- 2010 Johnny Maestro, American singer (b. 1939)