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
Film Premier
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
- 1938 Sol Amarfio, Ghanaian musician (Osibisa)
- 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 Lee Haskes, England, singer (Feels So Alive)
- 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, 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 Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/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)