Events in Music
Music Premiere
1869 Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold" premieres in Munich
Richard Wagner
- 1921 Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St NYC
Contract of Interest
1980 John Lennon and Yoko Ono sign a recording contract with Geffen Records
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Music Concert
1985 First Farm Aid concert held, organised by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp
Willie Nelson
Neil Young
- 1985 Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois
Music Release
1997 Elton John releases "Candle in the Wind 1997", a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales in the US
Elton John
Diana Spencer
Music Awards
1999 33rd Country Music Association Award: Shania Twain, Martina McBride and Tim McGraw win
Shania Twain
Television Premiere
2009 Crime drama "NCIS LA" starring Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J and Daniela Ruah premieres on CBS
Chris O'Donnell
LL Cool J
Birthdays in Music
- 1720 Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer
- 1729 George Wilhelm Gruber, composer
- 1733 Anton Filtz [Fils], German composer, born in Eichstätt (d. 1760)
- 1767 José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian classical composer (Master of Music at the Royal Chapel), born in Rio de Janiero, Brazil (d. 1830)
- 1860 Heinrich Reitsch, composer
- 1870 Arthur Pryor, American band composer and trombone player, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri (d. 1942)
- 1872 Luis Villalba Munoz, composer
- 1875 Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer
- 1882 Emil Abranyi, composer
- 1883 Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer
- 1891 Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor (Residence Orchestra)
- 1894 Hieronim Feicht, composer
- 1910 Klement Slavicky, composer
- 1913 Leroy Holmes, orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1918 Archibald James Potter, composer
- 1918 Henryk Szeryng, Zelazowa Wola Poland, violinist (Brahms Concerto)
- 1919 Jack Russell, singer (Your Show of Shows), born in Saratoga Springs, New York
- 1926 William O Smith, composer
- 1929 Serge Garant, composer
- 1930 Roger Durham Hannay, composer
- 1933 Leonardo Balada, composer
- 1940 Edward Boguslawski, composer
- 1943 Toni Basil, American singer
- 1946 King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer
- 1948 Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician
- 1949 David Coverdale, English singer (Whitesnake, Deep Purple), born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England
- 1950 Kirka, Finnish singer (d. 2007)
- 1952 Gary Holton, English actor and musician (d. 1985)
- 1953 Richard Fairbrass, English singer and bassist (Right Said Fred), born in Kingston upon Thames, England
- 1956 Debby Boone, American singer (You Light Up My Life), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
- 1956 Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star)
- 1957 Johnette Napolitano, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
Andrea Bocelli
1958 Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor (The Prayer), born in Lajatico, Italy
Andrea Bocelli
- 1964 Marq Torien, rocker (Bullet Boys-For Love of Money)
- 1965 Andy Cairns, Irish musician
- 1966 Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer
- 1969 Matt Sharp, American musician (Weezer, The Rentals)
- 1970 Mystikal, American rapper
- 1971 Chesney Hawkes, English singer (Feels So Alive, The One and Only), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England
- 1974 Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress
- 1975 Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
- 1979 Emilie Autumn, American singer, violinist, and harpsichordist
- 1981 Adam Lazzara, American singer (Taking Back Sunday)
- 1981 Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer, dancer, actor (Kanjani8)
- 1982 Mandy Chiang, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1982 Billie Piper, English singer and actress (Dr Who), born in Swindon, Wiltshire
- 1984 Eduardo Rubio, Mexican pilot and pianist
- 1984 Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1984 Ross Jarman, Drummer The Cribs
- 1988 Bethany Dillon, American musician
Divorces in Music
- 2000 Actress Patsy Kensit (32) divorces Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (28) due to unreasonable behaviour after 3 years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- 1712 Jose Solana, Spanish composer and organist, dies at 69
- 1737 Francesco Mancini, composer, dies at 65
- 1737 Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, French composer, dies at 69
- 1796 George Wilhelm Gruber, composer, dies on 67th birthday
- 1796 Joseph Lederer, composer, dies at 63
- 1927 Giannotto Bastianelli, composer, dies at 44
- 1935 Karl Schroder, composer, dies at 86
- 1959 Josef Matthias Hauer, composer, dies at 76
- 1971 Yvonne St Clair, dancer, dies at 57
- 1975 Franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75
- 1981 Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (b. 1893)
- 1987 Louis Kentner, Hungarian-British composer, dies at 82
- 1988 Rezso Sugar, Hungarian composer, dies at 68
Irving Berlin
1989 Irving Berlin [Israel Isidore Baline], American composer and lyricist considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history (God Bless America, White Xmas), dies at 101
Irving Berlin
- 1994 Teddy [John Edward] Buckner, American trumpeter (Dixieland music), dies at 85
- 1994 Leonard Feather, British jazz critic and musician, dies at 80
- 1994 Mattie Moss Clark, gospel Singer, dies at 69
- 1995 Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician/composer, dies at 62
- 1996 Dorothy Lamour [Mary Kaumeyer], American actress and singer (Road to Bali, My Favorite Brunette), dies of a heart attack at 81
- 1996 Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer, dies at 72
- 2001 Isaac Stern, American-Ukrainian violinist (debut San Francisco Symphony), dies at 81
- 2010 Eddie Fisher, American singer (b. 1928)
September in History
Arc Lamps Light the Way to World-Beating Display
"Artificial sunshine" came to a Northern England holiday resort in 1879, dazzling the visitors and showing the world the possibilities of outside electricity.
September 18, 1879
The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote
In the late 19th century the women's suffrage movement was widespread in Europe, America, Britain and its colonies. But who was first to grant women the vote?
September 19, 1893
A Sheep's Coat at Sunrise, A Man's Coat at Sunset
Is it possible to produce a wearable man’s coat from wool shorn from a sheep the same day? They did it in 1811 and again – in record time – 180 years later.
September 21, 1991
Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman
They dropped their bombs and planned to escape, but the German airship crew hadn’t reckoned on the tenacity of a lone British policeman on his bike.
September 24, 1916