Events in Music
Event of Interest
1881 Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
Anton Bruckner
Music Concert
1912 Arnold Schoenberg's "Funf Orchesterstucke" (Five Pieces for Orchestra) premieres in London at a Promenade Concert
Arnold Schoenberg
#1 in the Charts
1966 Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"
Donovan Philips Leitch
Event of Interest
1970 Bill Haley & His Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia
Bill Haley
Event of Interest
1971 John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
John Lennon
- 1973 American golfer Billy Casper finishes at 20-under-par 264 to beat Australian Bruce Devlin by 1 stroke to win the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open; his 50th PGA Tour title
- 1989 "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 764 performances
Birthdays in Music
- 1568 Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1634)
- 1695 Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer, born in Bergamo, Italy (d. 1764)
- 1719 Ferdinand Zellbell the younger, Swedish composer and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1780)
- 1778 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, French violinist and composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1832)
- 1789 Edmund Passy, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1870)
- 1803 Alexander Gurilyov, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1858)
- 1840 Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1919)
- 1864 Hale A. VanderCook, American composer, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 1949)
- 1887 Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter, born in Bywater, New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1973)
- 1893 Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer, choreography and teacher (Schepelingen), born in Amsterdam (d. 1996)
- 1897 Francisco Mignone, Brazilian composer, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1986)
- 1901 Eduard van Beinum, Dutch musician and conductor, born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1959)
- 1905 Robert Ruthenfranz, German composer, born in Witten, Germany (d. 1970)
- 1910 Dorothy Maynor, American soprano and founder (Harlem School of Arts), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1996)
- 1915 Abel Ehrlich, Israeli composer, born in Cranz, East Prussia (d. 2003)
- 1915 Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist, choral composer, and conductor, born in Kristiania, Norway (d. 2014)
- 1915 Memphis Slim [John Len Chatman], American blues musician ("Every Day I Have the Blues"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1988)
- 1921 Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor, born in Surbiton, London (d. 1971)
- 1922 Rosendo Ejercito Santos, Filipino composer, born in Caridad, Cavite City, Philippines (d. 1994)
- 1925 Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer, born in Dushanbe, Tajik ASSR (d. 2010)
- 1925 Hank Thompson, American country music singer (The Brazos Valley Boys), born in Waco, Texas (d. 2007)
- 1931 Rudolf Kelterborn, Swiss musician and composer, born in Basel, Switzerland
- 1933 Roland Kayn, German electronic music composer, born in Reutlingen (d. 2011)
- 1933 Tompall Glaser, American singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again), born in Spalding, Nebraska (d. 2013)
- 1934 Xavier Darasse, French organist and composer, born in Toulouse, France (d. 1992)
- 1934 Freddie King, American blues singer (Hideaway), born in Gilmer, Texas (d. 1976)
- 1935 Otto Ketting, Dutch trumpeter and composer (Passacaglia), born in Amsterdam (d. 2012)
- 1935 Dorothy Masuka, Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer and activist, born in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2019)
- 1942 Al Jardine, American guitarist and singer (Beach Boys - "Help Me Rhonda"; "Sloop John B."), born in Lima, Ohio
- 1945 George Biondo, American rock bass player (Steppenwolf), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1945 Mike Harrison, English keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About), born in Carlisle, Cumbria, England
- 1947 Eric Bell, Northern Irish rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy - "Whiskey In The Jar"), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 1948 Don Brewer, American rock drummer (Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band"), born in Flint, Michigan
- 1950 Aaron "A-Train" Smith, American drummer (The Temptations; Romeo Void), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1950 Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X), born in Braidwood, Illinois
Steve Jones
1955 Steve Jones, rock guitarist (Sex Pistols), born in London, England
Steve Jones
- 1964 Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer (Vital Signs 1), born in Karachi, West Pakistan (d. 2016)
- 1965 Vaden Todd Lewis, American musician (Toadies), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- 1973 Norihiko Hibino, Japanese video game composer, born in Osaka, Japan
- 1978 Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir), born in Sogndal, Norway (d. 2004)
- 1979 Tomo Miličević, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars), born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
- 1980 The B.G. [Christopher Dorsey], American rapper, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1980 Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum 41), born in North York, Ontario
- 1982 Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter (Something Corporate), born in Concord, Massachusetts
- 1982 Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model (Spontania)
Weddings in Music
Divorces in Music
- 2010 Pop singer Cheryl Cole (27) divorces England soccer player Ashley Cole (29) due to unreasonable behavior after 3 and a half years of marriage
Deaths in Music
- 1708 Christian Liebe, German composer, dies at 53
- 1790 Thomas Norris, English composer, dies at 49
- 1811 Ignaz Franzl, German composer and violinist, dies at 75
- 1871 Vaclav Horak, Czech composer, dies at 71
- 1914 Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, French composer, dies defending his property against invading German at 49
- 1944 František Drdla, Czech composer, dies at 75
- 1946 Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta (Frau Luna, Lysistrata), dies at 79
- 1951 Robert Hernried, Austrian born American composer and conductor, dies at 67
- 1960 Joseph Lamb, American ragtime composer, dies at 72
- 1963 Frico Kafenda, Slovak composer, dies at 79
- 1964 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82
- 1970 Alan Wilson, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
- 1971 Dave Street [Patrick Devlin], American actor and singer (Moonrise, I Surrender Dear, Broadway Open House), dies of cancer at 53
- 1974 Harry Partch, American composer (Revelations in the Courthouse Park; Delusion Of The Fury), dies at 73
- 1984 Arthur Schwartz, American composer (Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust), dies at 83
- 1985 Jo Jones, American jazz drummer, dies at 73
- 1985 John Herbert McDowell, American composer for ballet, TV and the stage, dies at 58
- 1987 Morton Feldman, American composer (For Philip Guston, Rothko Chapel), dies at 61
- 1994 Major Lance, American soul singer (The Monkey Time), dies at 55
- 2004 Billy Davis, American music producer and songwriter (I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke), dies at 72
- 2006 Ian Hamer, British jazz trumpeter and session musician (Beatles - "Got To Get You Into My Life"; Top of the Pops studio band), dies at 73
- 2007 Carter Albrecht, American musician, dies in a gun accident at 34
- 2010 Mike Edwards [Swami Deva Pramada], English musician (ELO), killed by a rolling hay bale at 62
Walter Becker
2017 Walter Becker, American rock bassist, guitarist, songwriter and record producer (Steely Dan - "Deacon Blues"; "Peg"), dies of esophageal cancer at 67
Walter Becker
