Events in Music
- 1948 "Heaven on Earth" opens at Century Theater NYC for 12 performances
- 1948 "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" closes at Century NYC after 12 performances
Event of Interest
1966 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center, New York with Leontyne Price as Cleopatra in "Antony and Cleopatra" by Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber
Leontyne Price
- 1973 "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 15 performances
Album Release
2014 Barbra Streisand releases album "Partners" features duets with other artists, when reaches No 1, makes Streisand only recording-artist with top album in six decades
Barbra Streisand
Birthdays in Music
- 1098 Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known, born in Böckelheim, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1179)
- 1557 Jacques Mauduit, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1627)
- 1797 Anthony Panizzi, Italian librarian at British Museum, born in Brescello, Italy (d. 1879)
- 1800 Józef Nowakowski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Koryciska, Przysucha County, Poland (d. 1865)
- 1847 Albert Ross Parsons, American composer, born in Sandusky, Ohio (d. 1933)
- 1887 Nadia Boulanger, French composer and conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony), born in Paris, France (d. 1979)
- 1891 Czesław Marek, Polish composer, born in Przemyśl, Eastern Galicia, Lwów (d. 1985)
- 1895 Karol Rathaus, German-Austrian composer, born in Ternopil, Austria-Hungary (d. 1954)
- 1899 Hans Swarowsky, Austrian conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1975)
- 1906 Johanna Sophia Hermes, Dutch singer, born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1995)
- 1915 Cy Walter, American jazz pianist (Three's Company), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1968)
- 1916 M.S. [Madurai Shanmukhavadivu] Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (1st singer to be awarded the Bharat Ratna), born in Madurai, Madras Presidency (d. 2004)
- 1919 Milan Harašta, Czech composer, born in Brno, Moravia Czechoslovakia (d. 1946)
- 1921 Fritz Geissler, German composer, born in Wurzen, Saxony (d. 1984)
- 1921 John Hendricks, American lyricist and singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), born in Newark, Ohio (d. 2017)
- 1924 Lauren Bacall, American actress and singer named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema (Dark Passage, Key Largo), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2014)
B.B. King
1925 [Riley B.] B.B. King, American blues guitarist and singer (The Thrill is Gone), born in Itta Bena, Mississippi (d. 2015)
B.B. King
- 1925 Charlie Byrd, American jazz and bossa nova guitarist (Desfinado), born in Suffolk, Virginia (d. 1999)
- 1931 Jan Johansson, Swedish jazz pianist, born in Söderhamn, Hälsingland, Sweden (d. 1968)
- 1934 George Chakiris, American actor (West Side Story), born in Norwood, Ohio
- 1934 Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (The Dubliners), born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 2008)
- 1941 Joe Butler, American rock vocalist and drummer (Lovin' Spoonful), born in Glen Cove, New York
- 1942 Bernie Calvert, English rock bassist (Hollies), born in Brierfield, England
- 1944 Betty Kelly, American rocker (Martha Reeves & Vandellas), born in Attalla, Alabama
- 1946 Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer, born in Alcoy, Spain
- 1948 Kenney Jones, English rock drummer and vocalist (Small Faces, The Who), born in London, England
- 1948 Ron Blair, American rock bassist (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), born in San Diego, California
- 1950 David Bellamy, American singer (The Bellamy Brothers-Let Your Love Flow), born in Darby, Florida
- 1953 Earl Klugh, American jazz pianist and guitarist, born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1953 Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie), born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England (d. 1995)
- 1954 Colin Newman, English musician (Wire), born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- 1954 Frank Reed, American singer (Chi-Lites), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2014)
- 1955 Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer, born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
- 1956 Charles Fearing, American rock guitarist (Raydio)
- 1956 Peter Zaremba, American rocker (Fleshtones), born in Queens, New York
- 1956 Dave Blood [Schulthise], American rock bassist (The Dead Milkmen -"Punk Rock Girl"), born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
- 1958 Terry McBride, American singer (McBride & Ride-Can I Count on You), born in Austin, Texas
- 1961 Bilinda Butcher, British singer (My Bloody Valentine), born in London
- 1963 Richard Marx, American rock musician (Hold on to the Night), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1964 David Michael Sabo, American rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- 1968 Marc Anthony [Marco Antonio Muñiz], American sala singer-songwriter, born in NYC, New York
- 1969 Kathi Wolfgram, American rocker (Jets-You Got it All), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1969 Justine Frischmann, English musician (Elastica), born in Kensington, London
- 1970 Mark Schultz, American Christian musician, born in Kansas City, Kansas
- 1976 Andres Javier Blazquez, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
- 1976 Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club 7), born in Hammersmith, London
- 1978 Matthew Rogers, American TV host and country singer, born in Arcadia, California
- 1981 Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress and singer (My Fair Princess), born in Qingdao, Shandong
- 1984 Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer (The Cheetah Girls), born in Yorba Linda, California
- 1984 Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer (Piece by Piece), born in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
- 1986 Kyla Pratt, American actress and musician (The Proud Family), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1987 Travis Wall, American dancer and choreographer, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
- 1988 Teddy Geiger, American singer and songwriter (Stitches - Shawn Mendes), born in Rochester, New York
Nick Jonas
1992 Nick Jonas, American singer, actor and producer (The Jonas Brothers), born in Dallas, Texas
Nick Jonas
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
1989 Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher
Natalie Cole
Wedding of Interest
1991 Country singer Willie Nelson (58) weds Annie D'Angelo in Nashville, Tennessee
Willie Nelson
Deaths in Music
- 1652 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer, dies at 61
- 1696 Lambert Pietkin, Flemish composer, dies at 83
- 1798 Damasus Brosmann, Moravian composer, dies at 67
- 1896 Antônio Carlos Gomez, Brazilian opera composer, 1st from New World to be successful in Europe, dies at 60
- 1925 Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies at 52
- 1945 John McCormack, Irish-American tenor (Irish folksongs), dies at 61
- 1946 Mamie Smith, American vaudeville singer, dancer and actress (Crazy Blues), dies at 63
- 1964 Ernest Hill, American jazz double-bassist, dies at 64
- 1965 Ahn Eak-tai, Korean musician, composer, and conductor (b. 1906)
- 1977 Marc Bolan, English rock vocalist and guitarist (T-Rex-Bang a Gong (Get It On)), dies in a car crash at 29
- 1977 Maria Callas, American soprano (Carmen), dies in Paris at 53
- 1990 Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71
- 1994 Bernie Lazaroff Leighton, pianist, dies at 73
- 2003 Sheb Wooley, American vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw), dies at 82
- 2004 Izora Rhodes Armstead, American singer (The Weather Girls), dies at 62
- 2005 Harry Freedman (Henryk Frydmann), Canadian composer, dies at 83
- 2005 Constance Moore, American singer and actress (Buck Rogers, Show Business, Atlantic City), dies at 85
- 2007 Jean Balissat, Swiss composer pedagogue and conductor (Kaleidoscope for trumpet and percussion), dies at 71
- 2008 Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown (I Heard It Through the Grapevine), dies at 68
Mary Travers
2009 Mary Travers, American folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary), dies of leukemia at 72
Mary Travers
