Events in Music
- 1950 "Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 134 performances
- 1957 Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format
- 1967 "Sherry!" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 65 performances
- 1972 "Applause" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 900 performances
- 1972 Jimmy Castor Bunch's "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" hits #6
Event of Interest
1975 Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"
Paul McCartney
- 1976 "Something's Afoot" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 61 performances
Event of Interest
1977 The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen", sparking major controversy and leading to a ban on the song by the BBC
Malcolm McLaren
Steve Jones
Birthdays in Music
- 1738 Bonaventura Furlanetto, Italian composer, born in Venice (d. 1817)
- 1799 Fromental Halévy, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1862)
- 1806 Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1835)
- 1822 Henry Wylde, English composer and conductor, born in Bushey, Hertfordshire (d. 1890)
- 1822 Joachim Raff, German-Swiss composer, born in Lachen, Switzerland (d. 1882)
- 1849 "Blind" Tom Wiggins, African-American pianist and composer, born in Harris County, Georgia (d. 1908)
- 1884 Max Brod, Czech-born Israeli composer, writer and biographer of Kafka, born in Prague (d. 1968)
- 1888 Louis Durey, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1979)
- 1891 Claude Champagne, Canadian composer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1965)
- 1895 Marij Kogoj, Slovenian composer, born in Trieste (d. 1956)
- 1902 Celius Dougherty, American pianist and composer, born in Glenwood, Minnesota (d. 1986)
- 1907 Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader and pianist, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1981)
- 1908 Harold Rome, American composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1993)
- 1909 Isador Goodman, South African-Australian composer, born in Cape Town, Saouth African (d. 1982)
- 1914 Hugh Le Caine, Canadian physicist and composer, born in Thunder Bay, Canada (d. 1977)
- 1928 Thea Musgrave, Scottish composer (Mary Queen of Scots, Pontalba), born in Barnton, Edinburgh
- 1930 Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer (Joanna tentata), born in Tallinn, Estonia (d. 2010)
- 1931 Kenny Price, American country singer (Walking on New Grass, Happy Tracks), born in Florence, Kentucky (d. 1987)
- 1931 Veroslav Neumann, composer
- 1932 Jeffrey Bernard, British writer (Spectator Magazine - Low Life), born in Hampstead, london (d. 1997)
- 1935 Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer
- 1935 Ramsey Lewis, American jazz-pop pianist (Hang on Sloopy), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1935 Mal Evans [Malcolm Frederick Evans], British Beatles roadie and assistant, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1976)
- 1939 Donald "Don" Williams, American country singer (I Believe in You), born in Floydada Texas (d. 2017)
- 1939 Leo LeBlanc, American country musician and pianist who was legally blind, born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
- 1940 Rene Koering, composer
- 1942 Priscilla Anne McLean, composer
- 1943 Cilla Black [Priscilla White], pop singer and TV personality (Blind Date), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2015)
- 1945 Bruce Cockburn, folk rock vocalist (Waterwalker), born in Ottawa, Canada
- 1946 Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish musician (d. 2005)
- 1947 Liana Alexandra, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2011)
- 1948 Pete Sears, bassist (Jefferson Starship)
- 1957 Eddie Harsch [Edward Hawrysch], Canadian keyboardist (Bulldog, The Black Crowes), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2016)
- 1958 Neil Finn, New Zealand musician (Split Enz, Crowded House), born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand
- 1966 Sean Kinney, US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young)
- 1971 Left Eye [Lisa Lopes], American singer (TLC), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
- 1972 Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer
- 1975 André 3000 [Benjamin], American rapper and actor (OutKast), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1975 Jadakiss [Jason Phillips], American rapper (The Lox), born in Yonkers, New York
- 1981 Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor
Weddings in Music
- 1996 "Crosby, Stills & Nash" Rock and Roll Hall of Famer guitarist Stephen Stills (51) weds recording-studio manager Kristen Hathaway (30) at the Ritz-Carlton in Palm Beach, Florida
Deaths in Music
- 1638 Nicolas Formé, French composer, dies at 71
- 1652 Jacques Huyn, French baroque composer, dies at 39
- 1690 Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63
- 1708 Jacques Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 51
- 1840 Niccolo Paganini, Italian composer and violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca), dies at 57
- 1878 Carlo Marsili, Italian composer, dies at 49
- 1968 Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30
- 1983 Arnoldus van Wyk, South African composer, dies at 67
- 1988 Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
- 1991 Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904)
- 1992 Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42
- 1994 Robert Chudnick [Red Rodney], American jazz trumpeter, dies from lung cancer at 66
- 1995 C W Stubblefield, music promoter, dies at 64
- 1995 Ulysses Simpson Kay, American composer (Of New Horizons: Overture), dies at 78
- 1996 Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79
- 2003 Luciano Berio, Italian composer (Chemins), dies at 77
- 2004 Denis ApIvor, British composer, dies at 88
- 2007 Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
- 2007 Gretchen Wyler, American actress, dancer and animal rights activist (Silk Stockings), dies at 75
- 2011 Gill Scott-Heron, American writer, poet and singer (Whitey on the Moon), dies at 62
- 2017 Gregg Allman, American musician and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band), dies of cancer at 69
- 2018 Russell Nype, American singer and actor (The Stuff, Call Me Madam, Dorothy), dies at 98
