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1586 ~ Claudio Saracini, Composer
• 1592 ~ Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist and composer, died • 1662 ~ Simon Ives, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1663 ~ Franz Xaver Murschhauser, Composer • 1688 ~ Johann Ludwig Steiner, Composer • 1691 ~ Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, Composer, died at the age of 77 • 1735 ~ James Lyon, Composer • 1742 ~ Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk and composer, died at the age of 58 • 1764 ~ Georg Christoph Grosheim, Composer • 1784 ~ Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Composer, son of J.S. Bach, died More information about Wilhelm Friedemann Bach • 1805 ~ Georg Ritschel, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1883 ~ Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, Composer, died at the age of 39 • 1899 ~ Cavan O'Connor, Singer • 1908 ~ Peter Anders, German opera singer • 1910 ~ Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer, died • 1914 ~ Earle Warren, Alto sax player • 1915 ~ Willie Dixon, Blues Musician • 1917 ~ William Gillock, Educational Music Composer • 1925 ~ Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer, died at the age of 59 More information about Satie • 1926 ~ Hans Werner Henze, German composer • 1927 ~ Hans Eklund, Composer • 1928 ~ Volker Wangenheim, Composer • 1930 ~ Leslie Caron, Dancer • 1933 ~ Strauss and von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premiered in Dresden More information about Strauss • 1935 ~ James Cotton, blues vocalist • 1939 ~ Louis Davids (Simon David), Cabaret performer/chorus performer, died • 1941 ~ Twila Tharp, Choreographer • 1941 ~ John Gould, British composer and musical comic • 1942 ~ Andrae Crouch, Gospel Singer • 1945 ~ Debbie Harry, American singer • 1946 ~ June Montiero, American vocalist • 1947 ~ Clarence Lucas, Composer, died at the age of 80 • 1950 ~ Edward Faber Schneider, Composer, died at the age of 77 • 1954 ~ Fred Schneider, Singer for pop-punk band the B-52s • 1956 ~ Elvis Presley appeared wearing a tuxedo on the Steve Allen Show • 1960 ~ Benjamin Britten's cantata "Carmen Baseliense," premiered in Basel More information about Britten • 1963 ~ The Beatles recorded She Loves You & I'll Get You • 1964 ~ Pierre Monteux, French/American conductor, died at the age of 89 • 1965 ~ Claude Thornhill, Composer, died at the age of 55 • 1967 ~ "Funny Girl", the story of Fanny Brice, closed at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1348 performances More information about Fanny Brice • 1967 ~ The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, went #1 for 15 weeks • 1968 ~ John Lennon's first full art exhibition (You are Here) • 1969 ~ John & Yoko were hospitalized after a car crash • 1969 ~ Shelby Singleton bought Sun Records from Sam Phillips • 1970 ~ Jimi Hendrix first recording session (New York City) • 1972 ~ "Follies" closed at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 524 performances • 1972 ~ "Hair" closesd at Biltmore Theater New York City after 1750 performances • 1973 ~ Mario La Broca, Composer, died at the age of 76 • 1973 ~ "Jesus Christ Superstar", by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, closed at Mark Hellinger New York City after 711 performances • 1978 ~ "Act" closed at Majestic Theater New York City after 233 performances • 1982 ~ John Everett Watts, Composer, died at the age of 51 • 1982 ~ Shon Coco Palm, (Jacobo JM Palm), Curaçan Composer, died • 1982 ~ ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere, but it never happened • 1988 ~ Hellmuth Christian Wolff, Composer, died at the age of 82 • 1988 ~ Lex van Delden, Dutch Composer and writer, died at the age of 68 • 1995 ~ "Kiss of the Spider Woman" closed at Broadhurst New York City after 906 performances • 1996 ~ Placido Domingo became art director of Washington Opera 2 1581 ~ Johann Staden, Composer • 1589 ~ Guillaume van Messaus, Composer • 1636 ~ Daniel Speer, Composer • 1663 ~ Thomas Selle, Composer, died at the age of 64 • 1714 ~ Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer of operas including "Orfeo ed Euridice" and "Alceste" More information about Gluck • 1737 ~ François Leonard Rouwyzer, Composer • 1746 ~ Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, Composer • 1763 ~ Peter Ritter, Composer • 1778 ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1793 ~ Antoine Prumier, Composer • 1794 ~ Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, Composer, died at the age of 65 • 1814 ~ Atale Therese Annette Wartel, Composer • 1857 ~ Francesco Spetrino, Composer • 1878 ~ François-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1880 ~ Albert Szirmai, Composer • 1887 ~ Marcel Tabuteau, French oboist with the Philadelphia Orchestra 1915 to 1954 • 1892 ~ Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader and impresario • 1895 ~ William Rockstro, Composer, died at the age of 72 • 1900 ~ Sibelius' "Finlandia," premiered in Helsinki More information about Sibelius • 1904 ~ Carl Weinrich, Composer • 1906 ~ Robert Levine Sanders, Composer • 1910 ~ Earl Hawley Robinson, Composer • 1910 ~ William Douglas Denny, Composer • 1911 ~ Felix Mottl, Composer, died at the age of 54 • 1918 ~ Sheikh Imam Elissa, Player and singer • 1922 ~ Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, Composer • 1924 ~ Rick Besoyan, Composer • 1925 ~ Marvin Rainwater (Marvin Kalton Percy), American country singer • 1925 ~ Yasushi Akutagawa, Composer • 1926 ~ Billy Usselton, Saxophonist • 1926 ~ Lee Allen, American tenor sax • 1927 ~ Brock Peters, American actor and singer • 1929 ~ Ruby Keeler starred in Flo Ziegfeld’s production of Show Girl which opened in New York City. Critics liked the show. • 1930 ~ Ahmad Jamal, American jazzjazz pianist • 1933 ~ David Benjamin Lewin, Composer • 1935 ~ Gilbert Kalish, American pianist and professor at SUNY-Stony Brook • 1936 ~ Tom Springfield, Folk singer with the Springfields • 1939 ~ Paul Williams, Singer with The Primes and The Temptations • 1940 ~ Bertram Shapleigh, Composer, died at the age of 69 • 1942 ~ Mike Abene, Composer of the score to Goodbye, New York • 1942 ~ Jo Stafford joined Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra for Manhattan Serenade, which was recorded for Victor Records, in Manhattan. • 1945 ~ James Orville Fulkerson, Composer • 1949 ~ "High Button Shoes" closed at Century Theater New York City after 727 performances • 1951 ~ Joe Puerta, Musician, bass, singer • 1952 ~ Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player, pianist, composer, died at the age of 56 • 1955 ~ "7th Heaven" closed at ANTA Theater New York City after 44 performances • 1955 ~ "Almost Crazy" closed at Longacre Theater New York City after 16 performances • 1955 ~ "Lawrence Welk Show" premiered on ABCIn Welk’s 24-piece band was the ’Champagne Lady’, Alice Lon. More information about Welk • 1956 ~ Elvis Presley recorded Hound Dog and Don't Be Cruel • 1960 ~ "Once Upon a Mattress" closed at Alvin Theater New York City after 460 performances • 1971 ~ Edward Ballantine, Composer, died at the age of 84 • 1972 ~ "Fiddler on the Roof" closed at Imperial Theater New York City after 3242 performances • 1973 ~ Betty Grable, U.S. actress, singer and World War Two pin-up girl, died. Her films included "How To Marry A Millionaire," "Down Argentine Way" and "Tin Pan Alley." • 1982 ~ Paul Rovsing Olsen, Composer, died at the age of 59 • 1984 ~ Ramiro Cortes, Composer, died at the age of 50 • 1984 ~ Epic Records set a record as two million copies of the Jacksons’ new album, Victory, were shipped to stores. It was the first time that such a large shipment had been initially sent to retailers. The LP arrived just days before Michael and his brothers started their hugely successful Victory Tour. • 1987 ~ Michael Bennet, Choreographer of A Chorus Line, died at the age of 44 • 1990 ~ Snooky Lanson (Roy Landman) passed away • 1992 ~ Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, died at the age of 42 • 1992 ~ Jose Monje, Spanish flamenco singer, died • 1994 ~ Marion Williams, Gospel singer, died at the age of 66 • 1995 ~ "Rose Tattoo" closed at Circle in the Square New York City after 80 performances • 2002 ~ Ray Brown, a legendary jazz bassist who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and his one-time wife Ella Fitzgerald in a career that spanned a half century, died in his sleep in Indianapolis. He was 75. Brown was in Indianapolis for an engagement at the Jazz Kitchen. Brown, whose fluid sound helped define the bebop era, started his career in the • 1940s and performed during jazz's Golden Age with Gillespie, Parker and Bud Powell. He was a founder of bebop and appeared with Gillespie in the 1946 film "Jivin' in Be-Bop." Brown later became musical director and husband of singer Ella Fitzgerald. They divorced in the early 1950s. Ray Matthews Brown was born in Pittsburgh in 1926 and moved in 1945 to New York. While playing in Gillespie's Big Band in 1946 and 1947, he became Fitzgerald's music director - and, in the late 1940s, her husband. Brown played with an early edition of what became the Modern Jazz Quartet, recording with the Milt Jackson Quartet in 1951. He subsequently was a founding member of the Oscar Peterson's Trio, which ranked among jazz's most popular groups of the '50s and '60s. Among his recordings is the solo effort Something for Lester. • 2002 ~ Experimental composer Earle Brown, whose visually elegant scores and collaborative spirit pushed traditional musical composition, died at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 75. Brown worked with composer John Cage and became known for his graphic scores. One of their most famous works is "December 1952." Brown believed in allowing musicians much freedom in playing his compositions, describing "December 1952" as "an activity rather than a piece by me, because of the content being supplied by the musicians." Brown's music was highly influential in Europe and he was repertory director of an important series of new-music recordings that included works by 49 composers from 16 countries between 1960 and 1973. He taught at Yale University, the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and at the Tanglewood and Aspen music festivals. 3 1801 ~ Johann Nepomuk Went, Composer, died at the age of 56 • 1892 ~ Joseph Labitzky, Composer • 1809 ~ Joseph Quesne, Composer, died at the age of 62 • 1814 ~ Janis Cimze, Composer • 1819 ~ Louis Theodore Gouvy, Composer • 1846 ~ Achilles Alferaki, Composer • 1850 ~ Alfredo Kiel, Composer • • 1854 ~ Leos Janácek, Czech composer, conductor and collector of Moravian folk songs. He is best known for his operas including "Jenufa" and "The Cunning Little Vixen" as well as for his orchestral piece "Taras Bulba." More information about Janácek • 1855 ~ Piotr Maszynski, Composer • 1860 ~ William Wallace, Composer • 1862 ~ Friedrich Ernst Koch, Composer • 1871 ~ Vicente Arregui Garay, Composer • 1873 ~ Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, Composer, died at the age of 57 • 1878 ~ George M. Cohan, American songwriter, vaudeville performer, playwright and producer Listen to Cohan's music More information about Cohan • 1879 ~ Philippe Gaubert, Composer • 1880 ~ Carl Schuricht, Composer • 1891 ~ Stefano Golinelli, Composer, died at the age of 72 • 1930 ~ Carlos Kleiber, German conductor • 1930 ~ Pete Fountain, Jazz clarinetist • 1940 ~ Fontella Bass, Singer • 1941 ~ Cab Calloway and his orchestra recorded the standard, St. James Infirmary, for Okeh Records. • 1945 ~ Johnny Lee, Country singer • 1945 ~ Victor Borge was first heard on NBC radio. The network gave the comedian/pianist the summer replacement slot for Fibber McGee and Molly. More information about Borge • 1948 ~ Paul Barrere, Musician, guitarist with Little Feat • 1952 ~ Daniel Zamudio, Composer, died at the age of 64 • 1953 ~ Harry Belafonte was shown with actress Janet Leigh and film star Tony Curtis on the cover of Ebony magazine. It was the first time a black person and two Caucasians were seen together on a U.S. magazine cover. • 1954 ~ "Wonderful Town" closed at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 559 performances • 1955 ~ Neil Clark, Musician, guitarist with Lloyd Cole & The Commotions • 1957 ~ Laura Branigan, Singer • 1957 ~ Richard Mohaupt, German Composer (Bucolica), died at the age of 52 • 1958 ~ "Andy Williams Show" premiered on ABC (later on CBS & NBC) • 1960 ~ Alfred Henry Ackley, Composer, died at the age of 73 • 1961 ~ Vince Clarke, Songwriter, keyboards • 1965 ~ Clarence Loomis, Composer, died at the age of 75 • 1966 ~ Andre Gailhard, Composer, died at the age of 81 • 1966 ~ Joseph Deems Taylor, Composer, died at the age of 80 • 1969 ~ Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25 • 1969 ~ Hermann Grabner, Composer, died at the age of 83 • 1971 ~ Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), died of heart failure at 27 • 1971 ~ The Newport Jazz Festival’s reputation was tarnished as gate crashers stormed the stage. The unruly mob forced the show to leave Newport, Rhode Island and move to New York City. Oh, and the artist the crowd got unruly over? Not Bob Dylan, not Miles Davis, but Dionne Warwick's! She was singing What the World Needs Now is Love at the time of the incident. • 1972 ~ Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, died at the age of 68 • 1973 ~ Charles Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto), died at the age of 63 • 1973 ~ Clint Holmes received a gold record for his hit single, Playground in My Mind. • 1976 ~ Brian Wilson rejoined The Beach Boys, who were appearing at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, CA (before 74,000 fans). Wilson had been out of the group’s road tour schedule for 12 years. • 1977 ~ Hugh Le Caine, Composer, died at the age of 63 • 1986 ~ Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams), died at the age of 84 • 1986 ~ Mikhail Baryshnikov, considered by many to be the world’s greatest ballet dancer, became a U.S. citizen in ceremonies at Ellis Island, New York Harbor. • 1991 ~ Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, died at the age of 77 • 1995 ~ Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, died at the age of 47 • 2001 ~ Country guitar player Roy Nichols, who played in Merle Haggard's band for 22 years and helped create the Bakersfield Sound, died after being hospitalized with kidney inflammation and a bacterial infection. He was 68. Nichols began recording with Haggard's band The Strangers in 1963 and played with some of country music's biggest names from the time he was 16 years old. "A lot of people may or may not know that he played for Johnny Cash on Tennessee Flat Top Box, the original version, and also on The Ballad of Ira Hayes," Haggard told the Associated Press in a telephone interview. Haggard credits Nichols with jump-starting his own career and playing a key role in developing The Stranger's distinctive sound. • 2001 ~ Grand Ole Opry star Johnny Russell, whose song Act Naturally was recorded by Buck Owens and The Beatles, died of leukemia, diabetes and other ailments at the age of 61. Russell once said that it took him two years to get someone to record Act Naturally, co-written with Voni Morrison. When Owens recorded a version in 1963, it went to No. 1 on the country charts. Two years later, it was recorded by the Beatles, with Ringo Starr singing the vocal. In 1989, Starr and Owens recorded a duet of the song that was nominated for Grammy and Country Music Association awards. Russell's own recording career took off in the 1970s. His biggest hit was the working class anthem Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer, which went to No. 4 in 1973 and was nominated for a Grammy. Russell joined the cast of the Grand Ole Opry in 1985, and over the years became its regular closing act. A jolly, 275-pound man, he would joke to audiences in his opening line: "Can everybody see me all right?" Russell also wrote the No. 1 hit Let's Fall to Pieces Together, recorded in 1984 by George Strait, and Making Plans, which was recorded by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt on their Trio album in 1987. 4 
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On July 4, 1776 the Continental Congress adopted the
Declaration of Independence. This declaration
announced to the world that the 13 colonies would
no longer be held by British rule.
Today Americans celebrate by the flying of a flag,
cooking at home (usually a cookout, also known as
a barbecue), and watching a brilliant fireworks
display.
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• • 1826 ~ Stephen Foster, American composer of songs More information about Foster • 1832 ~ It was on this day that America was sung in public for the first time -- at the Park Street Church in Boston, MA. Dr. Samuel Francis Smith wrote the words, borrowing the tune from a German songbook. Ironically, and unknown to Dr. Smith at the time, the melody is the same as the British national anthem. • 1895 ~ America the Beautiful, the famous song often touted as the true U.S. national anthem, was originally a poem written by Katherine Lee Bates. The Wellesley College professor’s poem was first published this day in the Congregationalist, a church newspaper. • 1898 ~ Michael Aaron, Piano Educator • 1900 ~ Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, American jazzjazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader Read quotes by and about Armstrong More information about Armstrong • 1909 ~ Alec Templeton, Pianist • 1911 ~ Mitch Miller, American conductor, oboist, record company executive, producer, arranger for the Sing Along with Mitch LPs and TV show • 1937 ~ Ray Pillow, Singer • 1938 ~ Bill Withers, Grammy Award-winning songwriter, singer • 1942 ~ The Irving Berlin musical, This is the Army, opened at New York’s Broadway Theatre. Net profits of the show were $780,000. • 1943 ~ Al ‘Blind Owl’ Wilson, Musician, guitarist, harmonica, singer with Canned Heat • 1943 ~ The Rhythm Boys, Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris, were reunited for the first time since the 1930s on Paul Whiteman Presents on NBC radio. • 1948 ~ Jeremy Spencer, Musician, guitarist with Fleetwood Mac • 1955 ~ John Waite, Singer • 1958 ~ Kirk Pengily, Rock Musician • 1985 ~ A crowd, estimated at one million, gathered in Philadelphia to celebrate the 209th anniversary of America’s independence. The Beach Boys were joined by Mr. T. on drums to really add some fireworks to the festivities. The Oak Ridge Boys, Joan Jett and Jimmy Page joined in the celebration. • 1999 ~ Ronny Graham passed away • 2001 ~ Maceo Anderson, a tap dancer and founding member of the Four Step Brothers, died in Los Angeles at the age of 90. The group tap danced all over the world, performing for the queen of England and the emperor of Japan. The Four Step Brothers also performed at Radio City Music Hall. The group started as a trio. In the mid-1920s, the group performed at the Cotton Club with Duke Ellington, who wrote The Mystery Song for them. Anderson began dancing as a child in the South. When he was six, he and his mother moved to a basement apartment in Harlem. He taught tap dance at his own school in Las Vegas and across the country until 1999. 5 1546 ~ Johann Steuerlein, Composer • 1654 ~ Antonio Maria Pacchioni, Composer • 1764 ~ Janos Lavotta, Composer • 1847 ~ Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, Composer • 1852 ~ Stefano Gobatti, Composer • 1874 ~ Gerhard von Keussler, Composer • 1877 ~ Wanda Landowska, Harpsichordist • 1878 ~ Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist, conductor and composer • 1897 ~ Paul Ben-Haim, Israeli composer and student of Middle Eastern folk music • 1918 ~ George Rochberg, American composer and music editor • 1924 ~ Janos Starker, Hungarian-born Grammy Award-winning American cellist. • 1934 ~ Love in Bloom, sung by Bing Crosby with Irving Aaronson’s orchestra, was recorded for Brunswick Records in Los Angeles. The song was fairly popular, but became a much bigger success when comedian Jack Benny made it a popular standard. • 1944 ~ Robbie Robertson, Musician, composer, guitarist with The Band • 1950 ~ Michael Monarch, Musician, guitarist with Steppenwolf • 1951 ~ Huey Lewis (Cregg), Rock Singer • 1954 ~ Elvis Presley recorded That’s All Right (Mama) and Blue Moon of Kentucky. It was his first session for Sam Phillips and Sun Records in Memphis, TN. • 1965 ~ Maria Callas gave her last stage performance, singing Puccini's opera "Tosca" at London's Covent Garden. • 1969 ~ The Rolling Stones gave a free concert in Hyde Park, London, in memory of Brian Jones, who had died two days before. • 1973 ~ Bengt Lagerberg, Rock Musician • 1992 ~ Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian composer, died More information about Piazzolla • 1983 ~ Placido Domingo's performance of Puccini's opera La Bohème had one and one half hours of applause and 83 curtain calls at the State Opera house in Vienna, Austria. • 2001 ~ Ernie K-Doe, a flamboyant rhythm and blues singer who had a No. 1 hit with Mother-In-Law in 1961, died Thursday. He was 65. K-Doe, born Ernest Kador Jr., was one of many New Orleans musicians, including Fats Domino, Aaron Neville and The Dixie Cups, who landed singles at or near the top of the national charts in the 1950s and '60s. He had a handful of minor hits, such as T'aint it the Truth, Come on Home and Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta. But he was forever associated with his only No. 1 single. Mother-In-Law was produced by legendary New Orleans producer and songwriter Allen Toussaint, who also played piano for the recording. In 1995, K-Doe opened Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge near the French Quarter, where he performed on Sundays. 6 1865 ~ Emile Jacques-Dalcroze, Composer • 1906 ~ Elisabeth Lutyens, British composer • • 1915 ~ Laverne Andrews, Pop Singer More information about The Andrews Sisters • 1915 ~ Dorothy Kirsten, Opera Singer • 1925 ~ Merv Griffin, Entertainer • 1925 ~ Bill Haley, American rock-and-roll singer, songwriter and guitarist with Bill Haley and His Comets • 1932 ~ Della Reese (Delloreese Patricia Early), Pop Singer • 1937 ~ Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-born Icelandic pianist and conductor More information about Ashkenazy  Grammy winner
• 1937 ~ Gene Chandler (Eugene Dixon), Singer • 1937 ~ The big band classic, Sing, Sing, Sing was recorded by Benny Goodman and his band. Sitting in on this famous Victor Records session was Gene Krupa, Ziggy Elman and Harry James. • 1945 ~ Rik Elswit, Musician, guitarist and singer with Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show • 1954 ~ Nanci Griffith, Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter • 1959 ~ Jon Keeble, Musician, drummer with Spandau Balle • 1971 ~ Louis Armstrong, Jazz musician, died. His groups, the Hot Five and Hot Seven, from 1925 to 1927, had a revolutionary impact on jazzjazz. • 1971 ~ Karen and Richard Carpenter hosted the summer series, Make Your Own Kind of Music, on NBC-TV. • 1973 ~ Otto Klemperer, German conductor particularly known for his interpretations of Beethoven, died. • 1984 ~ Michael Jackson and his brothers started their Victory Tour in Kansas City, Missouri’s Arrowhead Stadium. The tour turned out to be a victory for the Jacksons when the nationwide concert tour concluded months later. • 1998 ~ Roy Rogers, U.S. film actor known as "the singing cowboy", died. 7 1860 ~ Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor
More information about Mahler Grammy winner
• 1911 ~ Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian composer and conductor More information about Menotti • 1962 ~ Mary Ford (Iris Colleen Summers), Singer with Les Paul • 1927 ~ Doc (Carl) Severinsen , Bandleader, trumpeter, The Tonight Show Band, The Doc Severinsen Band, played with Charlie Barnet and Tommy Dorsey Orchestras, owner of a trumpet factory • 1927 ~ Charlie Louvin (Loudermilk), Country singer, joined Grand Ole Opry in 1955 • 1940 ~ Ringo Starr, British rock drummer and singer with The Beatles • 1944 ~ Warren Entner, Musician, guitarist and singer with The Grass Roots • 1950 ~ David Hodo, Singer with The Village People • 1954 ~ Cherry Boone, Singer; daughter of singer Pat Boone, sister of singer Debby Boone • 1962 ~ Mark White, Rock Musician • 1962 ~ Orchestra leader David Rose reached the top spot on the popular music charts. The Stripper stayed at the pinnacle of musicdom for one week. Rose’s previous musical success on the charts was in 1944 with Holiday for Strings. • 2001 ~ Folk singer Fred Neil, who had such hits as Everybody's Talking, and Candyman, died at the age of 64. Neil started his music career in 1955 when he moved from St. Petersburg to Memphis, Tenn. He released his first single, You Ain't Treatin' Me Right/Don't Put the Blame On Me, two years later. The singer became a cult favorite in New York City's Greenwich Village folk scene after Roy Orbison released a blues recording of Neil's Candyman in 1960. Neil released his first solo album, Bleecker & MacDougal, in 1965. After moving back to Florida, Neil took an interest in protecting dolphins. He frequently visited Kathy, the star of the television show Flipper, and wrote a song called The Dolphins, which was released on his 1967 album Fred Neil. In 1970, Neil co-founded the Dolphin Research Project to help curb the capture and exploitation of dolphins worldwide. His last big hit came in 1969 when the film Midnight Cowboy featured singer Harry Nilsson's version of Neil's Everybody's Talking. • 2002 ~ Dorle Jarmel Soria, a writer and co-founder of the music label Angel Records, died. She was 101. Soria and her husband, Dario Soria, together founded Angel Records, which distributed some of the labels of EMI, a British company. The label released some 500 recordings, including the work of singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, pianist Walter Gieseking and conductor Herbert von Karajan. The company was eventually sold by EMI, and the Sorias went on to help found Gian Carlo Menotti's Festival of Two Worlds in Italy. Before founding Angel, Soria had a career in journalism and worked for Arthur Judson, who was a concert manager for the New York Philharmonic. Soria wrote regularly for several music magazines, and had a weekly column for the Carnegie Hall program in the 1960s. She also published a book about the history of the Metropolitan Opera. 8 1574 ~ Giovanni Battista Stefanini, Composer • 1637 ~ Johann Georg Ebeling, Composer • 1638 ~ Matteo Coferati, Composer • 1681 ~ Georg Neumark, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1757 ~ Richard Wainwright, Composer • 1819 ~ Vatroslav Lisinski, Composer • 1857 ~ Rudolf Dellinger, Composer • 1871 ~ Clement Harris, Composer • 1878 ~ Harry Von Tilzer, Composer More information about Von Tilzer • 1876 ~ Josef Dessauer, Composer, died at the age of 78 • 1882 ~ Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian-born American pianist and composer. He is famed for his use of folk-song melodies and is best remembered for his Country Gardens and Molly on the Shore. • 1885 ~ Hendrick Waelput, Composer, died at the age of 39 • 1885 ~ Henry Waelput ~ Flemish Composer and conductor (Blessing of Arms), died • 1894 ~ Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, Composer, died • 1900 ~ George Antheil, American composer • 1904 ~ Bill Challis, Arranger and pianist • 1907 ~ Kishio Hirao, Composer • 1907 ~ Florenz Ziegfeld staged the first Ziegfeld Follies at the roof garden of the New York Theatre. • 1908 ~ Louis (Thomas) Jordan, Musician, alto sax, singer • 1912 ~ Jacques Stehman, Composer • 1907 ~ Billy Eckstine (William Clarence Eckstein), Pop Singer, band leader, bass-baritone singer • 1927 ~ Carlo Franci, Composer • 1928 ~ Norma Donaldson, Singer and actress • 1931 ~ Louis W. Ballard, American composer • 1931 ~ Jerry Vale (Genaro Vitaliano)() Pop Singer • 1935 ~ Steve Lawrence (Sidney Leibowitz)() Pop Singer, married to singer Eydie Gorme • 1941 ~ Philippe Gaubert, Composer, died at the age of 62 • 1942 ~ Catherinus Elling, Composer, died at the age of 83 • 1946 ~ Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor, died at the age of 63 • 1948 ~ Raffi Cavoukian, Singer, songwriter: children’s songs • 1949 ~ Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1951 ~ Pleas Ned Sublette, Composer • 1957 ~ Henry Fevrier, Composer, died at the age of 81 • 1958 ~ The first gold record album presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was awarded. It went to the soundtrack LP, Oklahoma!. The honor signified that the album had reached one million dollars in sales. The first gold single issued by the RIAA was Catch a Falling Star, by Perry Como, in March of 1958. A gold single also represents sales of one million records. • 1961 ~ Andy Fletcher, Musician with Depeche Mode • 1961 ~ Graham Jones, Musician, guitarist with Haircut 100 • 1961 ~ Julian Bautista, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1969 ~ Gladys Swarthout, Opera singer and actress (Ambush), died at the age of 64 • 1994 ~ Dominic Lucero, Dancer and singer, died • 1996 ~ James Woodie Alexander, Songwriter and vocalist, died at the age of 80 • 2002 ~ Lore Noto, producer of "The Fantasticks," the world's longest-running musical, died after a long battle with cancer. He was 79. It was Noto, a former actor and artists' agent, who saw the possibilities in a small one-act musical written by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt when it was first produced in 1959 at Barnard College in New York. He commissioned the authors to expand the show, which eventually opened at the tiny Sullivan Street Playhouse in Greenwich Village on May 3, 1960. It ran for 17,162 performances, closing Jan. 13 after a more than 40-year run. The musical, with book and lyrics by Jones and music by Schmidt, told an affecting tale of first love. A girl and boy are secretly brought together by their fathers and an assortment of odd characters including a rakish narrator, an old actor, an Indian named Mortimer and a Mute. Over the years, scores of performers appeared in the New York production. Among the musical's better-known alums are its original El Gallo, Jerry Orbach, and such soap-opera stars as Eileen Fulton and David Canary. F. Murray Abraham, long before his Academy Award for "Amadeus", played the Old Actor in the '60s. Early in the show's run, Noto went on in the role of the boy's father and played the part, off and on, for 17 years. 9 1607 ~ God Save the King was first sung • 1656 ~ Michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera Composer, buried. He was about 55 • 1713 ~ First performance of George Frederic Handel's "To Deum" & "Jubilate" More information about Handel • 1747 ~ Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera composer, died at the age of 76 • 1755 ~ Gottlob Harrer, Composer, died at the age of 52 • 1774 ~ Giuseppi Maria Carretti, Composer, died at the age of 83 • 1791 ~ Nicolas Ledesma, Composer • 1794 ~ Pascal Boyer, Composer, died at the age of 51 • 1805 ~ Henry John Gauntlett, Composer • 1821 ~ Tommaso Sogner, Composer, died at the age of 58 • 1826 ~ Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, Flautist and composer, died at the age of 56 • 1839 ~ Carl Baermann, Composer • 1841 ~ Carl Christian Lumbye, Composer • 1855 ~ Johann P Zilcher, German composer • 1879 ~ Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer,viola-player, pianist and conductor Respighi's Pines of Rome is featured in Fantasia 2000. More information about Respighi • 1882 ~ Richard Hageman, Dutch and American pianist, composer and conductor • 1883 ~ Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, Composer, died at the age of 67 • 1898 ~ Marcel Delannoy, Composer • 1900 ~ Robert Oboussier, Composer • 1910 ~ Harold C Fox, Fashion designer and musician • 1915 ~ David Diamond, American composer, winner of the Paderewski Prize in 1943 • 1916 ~ Joe Liggins, American Composer • 1918 ~ Herbert Brun, Composer • 1924 ~ Leonard Pennario, Concert pianist and composer • 1924 ~ Pierre Cochereau, Composer • 1925 ~ Alan Dale, American singer • 1927 ~ Ed Ames, Singer with The Ames Brothers • 1927 ~ Jim McReynolds, Folk singer with his brother Jesse More information about Jim McReynolds • 1929 ~ Lee Hazlewood, Songwriter of The Fool, These Boots are Made for Walkin’; singer with Nancy Sinatra • 1930 ~ Buddy Bregman, American orchestra leader of the Eddie Fisher Show • 1933 ~ Nodar Kalistratovich Gabuniya, Composer • 1934 ~ Otakar Zich, Composer, died at the age of 55 • 1935 ~ Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer • 1936 ~ David Joel Zinman, American composer and conductor • 1946 ~ Bon (Ronald) Scott, Singer with AC/DC • 1947 ~ Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer • 1949 ~ Fritz Bennicke Hart, Composer, died at the age of 75 • 1949 ~ Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony premiered • 1949 ~ "Cabatgata (A Night Spain)" opened at Broadway New York City for 76 performances • 1951 ~ Jorgen Bentzon, Composer, died at the age of 54 • 1952 ~ John Tesh, Emmy Award-winning composer and pianist • 1954 ~ Debbie Sledge, Rhythm and Blues Singer with Sister Sledge • 1955 ~ Bill Haley & Comets' Rock Around the Clock hit #1 on Top 100 chart • 1956 ~ Douglas Moore and John Latouche opera "Ballad of Baby Doe" premiered • 1956 ~ Dick Clark's first appearance as host of American Bandstand • 1957 ~ Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, Composer, died at the age of 80 • 1959 ~ Marc (Peter) Almond, Singer • 1959 ~ Jim Kerr, Singer with Simple Minds • 1960 ~ Edward Burlingame Hill, Composer, died at the age of 86 • 1964 ~ Courtney Love, Rock Singer • 1965 ~ Frank Bello, Musician, bass with Anthrax • 1965 ~ Otis Redding recorded Respect • 1967 ~ The Beatles' All You Need is Love was released • 1967 ~ Doors' Light My Fire hit #1 • 1968 ~ Rock group "Yardbirds" disbanded • 1972 ~ Paul McCartney appeared on stage for the first time since 1966 as his group, Wings, opened at Chateauvillon in the south of France. • 1977 ~ Undercover Angel, by songwriter (turned pop singer) Alan O’Day, reached the top spot on the Billboard chart. It was not the first visit to the top of the pop music world for O’Day, though the million-seller would be his last as a singer. He wrote Angie Baby, a number one hit for Helen Reddy and the #3 hit, Rock And Roll Heaven, for The Righteous Brothers. • 1978 ~ Aladar Zoltan, Composer, died at the age of 49 • 1978 ~ "Hello, Dolly!" closed at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 152 performances • 1981 ~ Oscar van Hemel, Composer, died at the age of 88 • 1984 ~ Randall Thompson, American composer, died at the age of 85 • 1986 ~ A new Broadway showplace opened. It was the first new theatre on Broadway in • 13 years. The Marquis Theatre, located at the corner of 46th Street and Broadway, seated 1,600 theatregoers. • 1994 ~ Cornelius Boyson, Bassist, died at the age of 57 • 1994 ~ William "Sabby" Lewis, Jazz Pianist and Arranger, died at the age of 79 • 1994 ~ "Les Miserables" opened at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo 10 1594 ~ Paulo Bellasio, Composer, died at the age of 40 • 1668 ~ Adam-Nicolas Gascon, Composer, died at the age of 45 • 1690 ~ Domenico Gabrielli, Composer, died at the age of 39 • 1697 ~ François Hanot, Composer • 1759 ~ Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, Composer • 1778 ~ Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian Composer and royal chaplemaster • 1779 ~ Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, Composer • 1826 ~ Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, Composer • 1835 ~ Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer More information about Wieniawski • 1839 ~ Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, Composer, died at the age of 61 More information about Sor • 1858 ~ Karl Flodin, Composer • 1863 ~ Clement Clarke Moore passed away • 1868 ~ Carlo Conti, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1882 ~ Ima Hogg, Texas art patron and founder of Houston Symphony • 1882 ~ Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, Composer • 1887 ~ Alfred Ernest Whitehead, Composer • 1888 ~ Rafael Hernando, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1890 ~ Andre Souris, Composer • 1894 ~ Jimmy Francis McHugh, Composer • 1895 ~ Carl Orff, German composer More information about Orff • 1900 ~ Elsie Evelyn Laye, English singer and actress • 1900 ~ One of the most famous trademarks in the world, ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Recording Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone machine. • 1904 ~ Isa Krejci, Composer • 1913 ~ Ljuba Welitsch, Bulgarian opera soprano • 1915 ~ Milt Buckner, Musician, piano, organ, composer • 1916 ~ Dick Cary, Jazz musician: trumpet, arranger, first pianist in Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars, 1947 to 1948 • 1919 ~ Rusty Gill, American singer • 1930 ~ Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist • 1933 ~ Jerry Herman, Composer, lyricist for such shows as Hello, Dolly!, La Cage aux Folles, Mame, Dear World, Mack and Mabel • 1936 ~ Jan Wincenty Hawel, Composer • 1936 ~ Billie Holiday recorded Billie’s Blues for Okeh Records in New York. Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw and Cozy Cole supported Holiday, instrumentally, on the track. • 1937 ~ Sandy Stewart (Galitz), Singer • 1937 ~ Attilio Brugnoli, Composer, died at the age of 56 • 1941 ~ Ian Whitcomb, Singer • 1941 ~ Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazzjazz pianist, died in Los Angeles at 56 More about Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton • 1943 ~ Jerry Miller, Musician, guitarist with Moby Grape • 1943 ~ Arthur Finlay Nevin, Composer, died at the age of 72 • 1947 ~ Arlo Guthrie, American folk singer and songwriter, son of legendary folk singer, Woody Guthrie • 1948 ~ "Allegro" closed at Majestic Theater New York City after 318 performances • 1948 ~ "Ballet Ballads" closed at Music Box Theater New York City after 62 performances • 1948 ~ "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" closed at Adelphi Theater New York City after 188 performances • 1949 ~ Ronnie James Dio (Padavona), Singer, songwriter • 1950 ~ "Your Hit Parade" premiered on NBC (later CBS) TV • 1952 ~ Rued Immanuel Langgaard, Composer, died at the age of 58 • 1953 ~ Sidney Homer, Composer, died at the age of 88 • 1954 ~ Neil Tennant, Singer • 1965 ~ The Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album went #1 and stayed #1 for 6 weeks • 1965 ~ Rolling Stones scored their first #1, I Can't Get No Satisfaction • 1967 ~ Bobbie Gentry recorded Ode to Billie Joe • 1975 ~ Gladys Knight and the Pips Summer Series premiered on NBC-TV • 1977 ~ Norman Paris, Orchestra leader, died at the age of 41 • 1977 ~ "Happy End" closed at MartBeck Theater New York City after 75 performances • 1978 ~ Michel Gusikoff, Composer, died at the age of 85 • 1979 ~ Arthur Fiedler, Orchestra leader of the Boston Pops Orchestra, died at the age of 84 More information on Fiedler • 1980 ~ Jessica Simpson, Pop singer who released her debut hit album "Sweet Kisses" in 1999 in Texas. • 1982 ~ Maria Jeritza (Jedlicka) Austrian and American singer at the Metropolitan Opera, died • 1983 ~ Werner Egk, German composer, died at the age of 82 • 2001 ~ James "Chuck" Cuminale, a musician whose quirky rock band Colorblind James Experience won acclaim in England in the late 1980s, was died at the age of 49. Although Cuminale's band never achieved commercial success, it picked up a cult following in parts of Europe after John Peel, an influential radio personality in London, began playing its music in 1987. • 2002 ~ Alan Shulman, a professional cellist who composed scores for orchestras and chamber groups, died at the age of 86. Shulman composed A Laurentian Overture, which premiered with the New York Philharmonic in 1952, as well as Cello Concerto and Neo-Classical Theme and Variations for Viola and Piano. Born in Baltimore, Shulman studied at the Peabody Conservatory and trained at the Juilliard School with cellist Felix Salmond and composer Bernard Wagenaar. He was a founding member of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, which was formed in 1937. Shulman performed with the orchestra until 1942, when he joined the United States Maritime Service. He returned to the NBC Symphony in 1948, and continued to perform with the orchestra and its successor until 1957. Shulman formed the Stuyvesant String Quartet with his brother, the violist Slyvan Shulman, in 1938, and played with several other chamber ensembles. 11 1768 ~ Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1781 ~ Adolph Carl Kunzen, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1824 ~ Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, Composer • 1826 ~ Carl Bernhard Wessely, Composer, died at the age of 57 • 1836 ~ Carlos Gomez, Composer • 1837 ~ Paul Lacombe, Composer • 1857 ~ Iacob Moresianu, Composer • 1861 ~ Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Composer • 1862 ~ Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, Composer • 1892 ~ Giorgio Federico Ghedini, Composer • 1897 ~ Blind Lemon Jefferson, Singer • 1914 ~ Ahti Sonninen, Composer • 1916 ~ Howard Brubeck, Composer • 1918 ~ Enrico Caruso bypassed opera for a short time to join the war (WWI) effort. Caruso recorded Over There, the patriotic song written by George M. Cohan. • 1920 ~ Yul Brynner (Taidje Khan), Academy & Tony Award-winning actor in The King and I • 1925 ~ Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano • 1925 ~ Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor • 1926 ~ Rodolfo Arizaga, Composer • 1927 ~ Herbert Blomstedt, American-born Swedish conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic from 1954 until 1961 • 1928 ~ Robert Washburn, Composer • 1929 ~ Hermann Prey, German baritone • 1931 ~ Thurston Harris, American vocalist • 1931 ~ Tab Hunter (Arthur Gelien), Singer • 1932 ~ Alex Hassilev, American vocalist with the Limeliters • 1937 ~ George Gershwin, Composer of An American Paris, died at the age of 38 More information about Gershwin • 1938 ~ Terry Garthwaite, American guitarist and singer • 1944 ~ Bobby Rice, Singer • 1945 ~ Debbie Harry, Singer • 1947 ~ Jeff Hanna, Singer, guitarist with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • 1950 ~ Patty Pointer, Singer with Pointer Sisters • 1950 ~ Timotei Popovici, Composer, died at the age of 79 • 1951 ~ Bonnie Pointer, Singer with Pointer Sisters • 1957 ~ Peter Murphy, Singer with Bauhaus • 1959 ~ Richie Sambora, Guitarist • 1964 ~ 18-year-old Millie Small was riding high on the pop music charts with My Boy Lollipop. Rod Stewart played harmonica. Millie Small was known as the ’Blue Beat Girl’ in Jamaica, her homeland. • 1967 ~ Kenny Rogers formed The First Edition just one day after he and members Thelma Camacho, Mike Settle and Terry Williams left The New Christy Minstrels. The First Edition hosted a syndicated TV variety show in 1972. • 1969 ~ David Bowie released Space Oddity • 1969 ~ Rolling Stones released Honky Tonk Woman • 1973 ~ Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian Composer, died at the age of 72 • 1980 ~ Boleslaw Woytowicz, Composer, died at the age of 80 • 1984 ~ Karel Mengelberg, Composer, died at the age of 81 • 1993 ~ Mario Bauza, Cuban/American jazzjazz musician ~ died at the age of 82 • 1994 ~ Charles "Lefty" Edwards, Saxophonist, died at the age of 67 • 1994 ~ Lex P Humphries, Drummer, died at the age of 57 • 1996 ~ Louis Gottlieb, Musician, died at the age of 72 • 1999 ~ Big band jazzjazz singer Helen Forrest died • 2001 ~ Herman Brood, an artist and musician in the Dutch rock scene for 30 years, died at the age of 55. Brood became a sensation with his 1978 hit single Saturday Night, which he wrote as leader of the band Wild Romance. Over 25 years, he recorded nearly 20 albums. He also appeared in Dutch movies. • 2002 ~ Blues singer Rosco Gordon died of a heart attack. He was 74. Rosco was known for 1950s hits including Booted, No More Doggin', Do the Chicken and Just a Little Bit, which sold more than 4 million copies in covers by Etta James, Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Jerry Butler. His offbeat, rhythmic style influenced the early sounds of ska and reggae after he toured the Caribbean in the late '50s. Gordon quit the music business in the 1960s and invested his winnings from a poker game in a dry cleaning business. He started his own record label in 1969 and returned to concert performances in 1981. 12 1633 ~ Simon Besler, Composer, died at the age of 49 • 1757 ~ Christian Danner, Composer • 1773 ~ Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist and composer, died at the age of 76 • 1801 ~ John Hill Hewitt, Composer • 1802 ~ Charles-Louis Hanssens, Composer • 1821 ~ Cesare Dominiceti, Composer • 1839 ~ Christian Traugott Tag, Composer, died at the age of 62 • 1882 ~ Alfred Humphreys Pease, Composer, died at the age of 44 • 1883 ~ Hermann Zopff, Composer, died at the age of 57 • 1885 ~ George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, Composer • 1895 ~ Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano, famed for her performances of Wagner and noted for her noble and easy delivery • 1895 ~ Oscar (Greeley Clendenning) Hammerstein II, American lyricist for the musical theater More information about Hammerstein • 1897 ~ Felix Godefroid, Composer, died at the age of 78 • 1906 ~ Henrique Alves de Mesquita, Composer, died at the age of 70 • 1908 ~ Johan Franco, Composer • 1920 ~ Paul Foster, Singer • 1926 ~ Charles Wood, Composer, died at the age of 40 • 1927 ~ Conte (Secondo) Candoli, Trumpeter, bandleader; toured with Stan Kenton • 1934 ~ Van Cliburn (Harvey Lavan), American piano virtuoso, won the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 • 1942 ~ Richard Stolzman, clarinet soloist • 1943 ~ Christine (Perfect) McVie, Singer with Fleetwood Mac • 1946 ~ Benjamin Britten's "Rape of Lucretia," premiered at Glyndebourne • 1947 ~ James Melvin Lunceford, American jazz dance-band leader, passed away More information about Lunceford • 1949 ~ John Wetton, Bassist, singer with Asia • 1952 ~ Liz Mitchell, Singer • 1953 ~ Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, died at the age of 79 • 1956 ~ Sandi Patti, Gospel Singer • 1958 ~ "Li'l Abner" closed at St James Theater New York City after 693 performances • 1958 ~ Yakety Yak, by The Coasters, became the number one song in America according to Billboard magazine. It was the first stereo record to reach the top of the chart. • 1962 ~ The Rolling Stones first performance, at the Marquee Club, London. The lineup featured Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, bass player Dick Taylor and drummer Mick Avory. Taylor and Avory were soon replaced. • 1970 ~ Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin's debut, in Kentucky • 1979 ~ Kalervo Tuukkanen, Composer, died at the age of 69 • 1979 ~ Minnie Ripperton (Andrea Davis) Singer, died at the age of 30 • 1985 ~ "Singin' the Rain" opened at Gershwin Theater New York City for 367 performances • 1990 ~ Les Miserables opened at National Theatre, Washington • 1993 ~ Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Promenade" opened in London • 1995 ~ Alan David Marks, Pianist and composer, died at the age of 49 • 1995 ~ Earl Coleman, Singer, died at the age of 69 • 1995 ~ Ernie Furtado, Bassist, died at the age of 72 • 1996 ~ Gottfried von Einem, Composer, died at the age of 78 • 1996 ~ Jonathan Melvoin, Keyboardist with Smashing Pumpkins, died • 2000 ~ Ras Shorty I, who fused calypso with an up-tempo beat that he said represented the true soul of calypso, died of bone cancer. He was 59. He was born Garfield Blackman and started singing calypso as Lord Shorty. Dozens of musicians later adopted his up-tempo "soca" beat, which he called the "Indianization of calypso," bringing together the music of his Caribbean nation's two major ethnic groups, descendants of African slaves and of indentured laborers from India. • 2001 ~ James Bernard, who composed the eerie musical scores for some of Britain's most famous horror films, died at the age of 75. The British composer was best known for his work with Hammer Film studios, which made low-budget gothic horror films featuring actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. During his nearly 40-year career, Bernard composed scores for "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957), "Dracula" (1958) and "The Devil Rides Out" (1968). He won an Academy Award, but not for his music. Bernard shared an Oscar in 1951 with Paul Dehn for best motion picture story for "Seven Days to Noon." His last work was the score for "Universal Horror" in 1998, a documentary of Universal Studios' horror films of the 1930s and 1940s. 13 1668 ~ Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premiered in Vienna • 1813 ~ Johann Friedrich Peter, Composer, died at the age of 67 • 1844 ~ Johann Gansbacher, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1866 ~ C.C. Birchard, Music Publisher • 1877 ~ Karl Erb, German tenor • 1884 ~ John Francis Larchet, Composer • 1889 ~ Carli Zoeller, Composer, died at the age of 49 • 1891 ~ Franco Casavola, Composer • 1894 ~ Juventino Rosas, Composer, died at the age of 26 • 1898 ~ Guglielmo Marconi patented the radio • 1903 ~ August Reissmann, Composer, died at the age of 77 • 1906 ~ Harry Sosnik, American orchestra leader of the Jack Carter Show and Your Hit Parade • 1909 ~ David Branson, Composer • 1909 ~ Paul Constantinescu, Composer • 1909 ~ Washington Castro, Composer • 1913 ~ Ladislav Holoubek, Composer • 1915 ~ Paul Williams, Jazz saxophonist and band leader Williams played with Clarence Dorsey in 1946, and then made his recording debut with King Porter in 1947 for Paradise before forming his own band later that year. More information about Williams • 1921 ~ Ernest Gold, Composer • 1921 ~ Charles Scribner Jr, Music publisher • 1923 ~ Asger Hamerik (Hammerich) German composer, died at the age of 80 • 1924 ~ Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor • 1926 ~ Meyer Kupferman, American composer • 1928 ~ Donal Michalsky, Composer • 1932 ~ Per Nørgård, Danish composer More information about Nørgård • 1934 ~ Roger Reynolds, Composer • 1936 ~ Izydor Lotto, Composer, died at the age of 91 • 1939 ~ Frank Sinatra made his recording debut with the Harry James band. Frankie sang Melancholy Mood and From the Bottom of My Heart. • 1942 ~ Roger McGuinn, Musician, guitarist with the Byrds • 1951 ~ Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-born composer, died in Los Angeles; he was best known for his 12-note serial method and his composition Verklaerte Nacht and his opera "Moses und Aaron." More information about Schoenberg • 1942 ~ Stephen Jo Bladd , American drummer with the J Geils Band • 1954 ~ Louise Mandrell, American country singer with the Mandrell Sisters • 1958 ~ Karl Erb, German tenor, died on 81st birthday • 1959 ~ Dedicated to the One I Love, by The Shirelles, was released. The tune went to number 83 on the Top 100 chart of "Billboard" magazine. The song was re-released in 1961 and made it to number three on the charts. • 1961 ~ Lawrence Donegan, Musician, bass with Lloyd Cole & The Commotions • 1965 ~ Neil Thrasher, Country Singer • 1973 ~ Martian Negrea, Composer, died at the age of 80 • 1973 ~ The Everly Brothers called it quits during a concert at the John Wayne Theatre in Buena Park, CA. Phil Everly walked off the stage in the middle of the show and brother Don said, "The Everly Brothers died ten years ago." The duo reunited a decade later for a short time. • 1976 ~ Max Butting, Composer, died at the age of 87 • 1978 ~ Antonio Veretti, Composer, died at the age of 78 • 1979 ~ George Harrison released Faster • 1985 ~ Duran Duran took A View to a Kill, from the James Bond movie of the same name, to the top of the record charts this day. The song stayed on top for two weeks. Live and Let Die by Wings and Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon -- both James Bond themes -- got only as high as number two on the record charts. • 1985 ~ Live Aid, a rock concert masterminded by Bob Geldof, took place in London and Philadelphia and raised over 60 million dollars for famine in Africa. • 1992 ~ Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist, died at the age of 78 • 1994 ~ Eddie Boyd, Blues vocalist and pianist, died at the age of 79 14 Bastille Day (France) • 1789 ~ This was the day the French Revolution began -- at the fall of the Bastille. It is still celebrated in many countries throughout the world and is a public holiday in France; generally called Bastille Day or Fete National. It is considered the day freedom was born in France. • 1682 ~ Henry Purcell appointed organist of Chapel Royal, London More information about Purcell • 1707 ~ Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, Composer • 1788 ~ Johann Gottfried Muthel, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1803 ~ Esteban Salas y Castro, Composer, died • 1839 ~ Edward Sydney Smith, Composer • 1844 ~ Oscar Beringer, Pianist • 1854 ~ Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, Composer • 1855 ~ Richard Samuel Hughes, Composer • 1873 ~ Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist and composer, died at the age of 63 • 1883 ~ Alexandru Zirra, Composer • 1895 ~ Alexander Ewing, Composer, died at the age of 65 • 1901 ~ Gerald Raphael Finzi, British composer • 1906 ~ Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings, Composer • 1908 ~ William Mason, Composer, died at the age of 79 • 1910 ~ Peter Stadlen, Pianist, critic • 1912 ~ Woody (Woodrow Wilson) Guthrie born. He was the ‘father of modern American folk music’, American folk singer, songwriter of more than 1,000 original songs and author and father of folk singer Arlo Guthrie • 1917 ~ Arthur Leavins, Violinist • 1922 ~ Peter Andrew Tranchell, Composer • 1923 ~ Louis Ganne, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1925 ~ Luis Antonio Escobar, Composer • 1926 ~ Jan Krenz, Composer • 1927 ~ Alexander Popov, Bulgarian composer • 1928 ~ Ole Schmidt, Composer • 1929 ~ George Alan Dawson, Jazz drummer, teacher • 1930 ~ Eric Norman Stokes, Composer • 1930 ~ Polly Bergen, Pop Singer • 1933 ~ Del (Franklin Delano) Reeves, Singer, guitarist • 1942 ~ Helen O’Connell and Bob Eberly sang their last duet together as they recorded the famous Brazil with the Jimmy Dorsey band. • 1945 ~ Peter James Leonard Klatzow, Composer • 1951 ~ "Courtin' Time" closed at National Theater New York City after 37 performances • 1951 ~ "Make a Wish" closed at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 102 performances • 1952 ~ George Louis Francis Lewis, Composer • 1956 ~ Jaroslav Ridky, Composer, died at the age of 58 • 1962 ~ Bobby Vinton’s Roses are Red became the top song in the U.S. The song stayed at the top for four weeks and was the first of four #1 hits for Vinton. The others were: Blue Velvet, There! I’ve Said It Again and Mr. Lonely. Roses are Red was also Vinton’s first million-seller. He had two others: I Love How You Love Me (#9 in 1968) and My Melody of Love (#3 in 1974.) • 1973 ~ Clarence White, Guitarist with the Byrds, killed by a car • 1973 ~ Phil Everly stormed off stage declaring an end to Everly Brothers • 1975 ~ Tameka Cottle, Rock Singer • 1975 ~ Zutty Singleton, American jazzjazz drummer, died at the age of 77 • 1982 ~ George Amadee Tremblay, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1984 ~ Philippe Wynne, American soul singer, died at the age of 43 • 1986 ~ Paul McCartney released "Press" • 1996 ~ "How To Succeed Business..." closed at Richard Rodgers New York City after 548 performances • 1996 ~ "Thousand Clowns" opened at Criterion Theater New York City for 32 performances • 2001 ~ Norman Singer, a teacher and director of several music organizations in New York City, died at the age of 80. Singer began his career in the arts in 1948 as a psychology and sociology teacher at the Juilliard School. Dance played a major role in programming when Singer served as executive director of the City Center of Music and Drama from 1968 to 1975. He was the executive director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center from • 1975 until his retirement in 1981. 15 1738 ~ Antonio Maria Pacchioni, Composer, died at the age of 84 • 1779 ~ Clement Moore, Lyricist, author of ’Twas the Night before Christmas (A Visit from St. Nicholas) born • 1782 ~ Farinelli, Italian singer, died at the age of 77 • 1782 ~ Richard Wainwright, Composer, died at the age of 33 • 1789 ~ Jacques Duphly, Composer, died at the age of 74 • 1795 ~ Marseillaise became the French national anthem • 1798 ~ Gaetano Pugnani, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1810 ~ Jean-Baptiste Rey, Composer, died at the age of 75 • 1854 ~ Wincenty Studzinski, Composer, died at the age of 39 • 1857 ~ Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and Composer, died at the age of 66 More information on Czerny • 1905 ~ Dorothy Fields born, Composer,lyricist with Cy Coleman of Sweet Charity and Seesaw; with Jimmy McHugh - I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, I’m in the Mood for Love and On the Sunny Side of the Street. She was the daughter of comedian Lew Fields • 1913 ~ Cowboy (Lloyd) Copas born. He was a country singer who was killed in plane crash with singer, Patsy Cline • 1915 ~ Ludwik Grossman, Composer, died at the age of 80 • 1929 ~ Hugo von Hofmannstahl, Austrian author and librettist, died. He was best known for his collaboration with composer Richard Strauss for whom he wrote the libretto to the opera "Der Rosenkavelier." • 1930 ~ Leopold von Auer, Hungarian-American violinist, died • 1933 ~ Julian Bream, British guitarist and lutenist • 1934 ~ Harrison Birtwistle, British composer • 1940 ~ Tommy Dee (Thomas Donaldson) Singer and record company executive • 1942 ~ Glenn Miller and his band recorded the classic Jukebox Saturday Night for Victor Records. • 1944 ~ Millie Jackson, Rhythm and Blues Singer • 1945 ~ Peter Lewis, Guitarist, singer with Moby Grape • 1946 ~ Linda Ronstadt, American singer of rock and popular music • 1949 ~ "Miss Liberty" opened at Imperial Theater New York City for 308 performances • 1952 ~ Singer Patti Page made her TV debut in a summer replacement series for Perry Como. The 15-minute program spotlighted Patti three times each week on CBS. • 1959 ~ Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American Composer, died at the age of 78 More information about Bloch • 1960 ~ Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, died after surgery at 63 • 1966 ~ Singer Percy Sledge earned a gold record for When a Man Loves A Woman. It was his only song to make it to number one (5/28/66) and the only one of five to break into the top ten. • 1967 ~ "Sweet Charity" closed at Palace Theater New York City after 608 performances • 1972 ~ Elton John landed at the top spot on the Billboard album chart for the first time as Honky Chateau made it to the top for a five-week stay. • 1978 ~ Bob Dylan performed before the largest open-air concert audience (for a single artist). Some 200,000 fans turned out to hear Dylan at Blackbushe Airport in England. • 1980 ~ Henri Martelli, Composer, died at the age of 85 • 1982 ~ Bill (William E.) Justis (Jr.) passed away • 1983 ~ Linda Ronstadt debuted as Mabel "Pirates of Penzance" • 1984 ~ John Lennon released I'm Stepping Out • 2000 ~ Canadian baritone Louis Quilico, who sang many of the most famous opera roles, died after complications from surgery. He was 75. • 2000 ~ Singer Paul Young, who found fame with the band Mike and the Mechanics, died from what might have been a heart attack at the age of 53. The band just finished recording their fifth album and had planned to tour Europe this month. • 2001 ~ Denes Koromzay, a violist who helped found the Hungarian String Quartet, died at the age of 88. Koromzay studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest when composer Béla Bartók was on the faculty. Though trained as a violinist, Koromzay was the violist in the group that founded the Hungarian String Quartet in 1935. He remained with the famed ensemble until it disbanded in 1972. For the next seven years, he performed with the New Hungarian Quartet, an ensemble at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio. Koromzay moved to Boulder in 1962, when the Hungarian String Quartet was named resident ensemble at the University of Colorado. He returned to the university to teach viola and coach chamber music in 1980. He retired from the school in 1996. 16 1698 ~ Cristoph Kaldenbach, Composer, died at the age of 84 • 1725 ~ Georg Simon Lohlein, Composer • 1728 ~ Henri Moreau, Composer • 1729 ~ Johann David Heinichen, Composer, died at the age of 46 • 1762 ~ Jacques Hotteterre, Composer, died at the age of 87 • 1782 ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Das Entführung aus dem Serail," premiered in Vienna • 1822 ~ Luigi Arditi, Violinist and composer • 1834 ~ Carlo Angeloni, Composer • 1855 ~ Charles Francis Abdy Williams, Composer • 1858 ~ Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, conductor and composer. He taught fellow violinist Yehudi Menuhin for a short period. • 1868 ~ Louis-Francois Dauprat, Composer, died at the age of 87 • 1901 ~ Fritz Mahler, Composer • 1909 ~ John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, Trumpeter • 1911 ~ Ginger Rogers, Dancer • 1912 ~ Ray Barr, American pianist on the Vincent Lopez Show • 1916 ~ Ludwig P Scharwenka, German Composer, died at the age of 70 • 1925 ~ Cal Tjader, Vibraharpist • 1928 ~ Bella Davidovich, Soviet-born American pianist • 1930 ~ John Everett Watts, Composer • 1932 ~ John Chilton, Jazz trumpeter • 1933 ~ Sollie McElroy ~ Rhythm and Blues singer • 1934 ~ The NBC Red radio network premiered the musical drama, Dreams Come True. It was a show about baritone singer Barry McKinley and his novelist sweetheart. • 1936 ~ Buddy Merrill, American guitarist on the Lawrence Welk Show • 1939 ~ William Bell, American singer • 1940 ~ Tony Jackson, British rock bassist, vocalist with the Searchers • 1947 ~ Tom Boggs ~ rock drummer (Box Tops) • 1948 ~ Pinchas Zuckerman, Israeli violinist, violist and conductor • 1948 ~ Ruben Blades, Singer • 1949 ~ Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, Rock keyboardist, vocalist • 1949 ~ Ray Major, Rock guitarist • 1952 ~ Stewart Copeland, Drummer • 1956 ~ Ian Curtis ~ English rock vocalist (Joy Division-Transmission) • 1972 ~ Giorgio Nataletti, Composer, died at the age of 65 • 1972 ~ Max Zehnder, Composer, died at the age of 70 • 1981 ~ Harry Chapin, Folk vocalist, died in a car crash in New York. Chapin was 38. His hit songs included Taxi, W-O-L-D and the million seller, Cat’s in the Cradle. He was a champion of the hungry and homeless and organized a massive effort to provide food for the needy. This was his legacy to the world; his work continues by other performers. • 1984 ~ Billy Williams, Singer in Your Show of Shows, died at the age of 73 • 1985 ~ Wayne King, Orchestra leader, Wayne King Show, died at the age of 84 • 1986 ~ Columbia Records announced that after 28 years with the label, the contract of country star Johnny Cash would not be renewed. Cash recorded 13 hits on the pop music charts from 1956 to 1976, all but four on Columbia. The others were on Sam Phillips' Memphis-based label, Sun. Cash’s biggest hit for Columbia was A Boy Named Sue in 1969. • 1989 ~ Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, died at the age of 81. He was one of the great conductors of the 20th century, dominating the post- war world of music in the concert hall, opera house and recording studio. • 1994 ~ 3 Tenors, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras, perform in LA • 1995 ~ Charles Bruck, Hungarian-French-American conductor, died at the age of 83 • 1996 ~ John Panozzo, Drummer, died at the age of 48 17 1682 ~ Johann Heinrich Kittel, Composer, died at the age of 29 • 1702 ~ Johann Schneider, Composer • 1775 ~ August Harder, Composer • 1817 ~ Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, Composer • 1832 ~ Johan August Soderman, Composer • 1839 ~ Friedrich Gernsheim, Composer • 1853 ~ Francesco Fanciulli, Composer • 1871 ~ Karl Tausig, Polish pianist, died at the age of 29 • 1873 ~ Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano • 1875 ~ Donald Francis Tovey, English, musicologist and composer • 1876 ~ Vittorio Gnecchi, Composer • 1878 ~ Henri Zagwijn, Composer • 1885 ~ Benjamin James Dale, Composer • 1904 ~ Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist and conductor • 1908 ~ Rudolf Petzold, Composer • 1913 ~ Everett Helm, Composer • 1915 ~ Esther Williamson Ballou, Composer • 1916 ~ Eleanor Steber, American soprano. She was an internationally acclaimed Metropolitan Opera diva, appeared in 50 different leading operatic roles, heard in more premiers at the Met than any other artist. • 1928 ~ Vince Guaraldi, Pianist on the Charlie Brown TV specials • 1933 ~ Mimi Hines, Pop singer in Ford & Hines (with husband, Phil Ford) and Broadway singer • 1935 ~ Peter Schickele , American composer, creator of
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• 1935 ~ Diahann Carroll, Pop Singer • 1939 ~ Spencer Davis, Musician with Spencer Davis Group • 1939 ~ Charlie Barnet and his orchestra recorded Cherokee for Bluebird Records. Listen carefully and you’ll hear the horn of Billy May on the piece. • 1952 ~ Phoebe Snow, American singer of popular music • 1952 ~ Nicolette Larson, Singer • 1954 ~ The first Newport Jazz Festival was held on the grass tennis courts of the Newport Casino in Newport RI. Eddie Condon and his band played Muskrat Ramble as the opening number of the world’s first jazz fest. • 1959 ~ Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) passed away • 1961 ~ Rocker Bobby Lewis was starting week #2 of a seven-week stay at number one (one, one, one) on the pop-music charts with his smash, Tossin’ and Turnin’. Lewis, who grew up in an orphanage, learned to play the piano at age 5. He became popular in the Detroit, MI area before moving on to fame and fortune with Beltone Records. • 1967 ~ John (William) Coltrane passed away • 1967 ~ Monkees performed at Forest Hills NY as Jimi Hendrix's opening act • 1968 ~ The Beatles' feature-length cartoon, Yellow Submarine, premiered at the London Pavilion. The song, Yellow Submarine, had been a #2 hit for the supergroup (9/17/66) and was the inspiration for the movie. • 1987 ~ "Les Miserables" opened at Imperial Theatre in Tokyo • 1989 ~ Paul McCartney released "This One" • 1993 ~ Scott Salmon, American choreographer, died at the age of 51 • 1994 ~ Sebastian Piana, Argentine pianist and tango composer, died at the age of 91 • 2000 ~ Thea Dispeker, who molded operatic talent from Lauritz Melchior to Richard Leech, died at the age of 97. More information about Dispeker • 2002 ~ Lee Maye, a singer who played in the Milwaukee Braves outfield with Hank Aaron in the 1960s, died. He was 67. Maye began his 13-year major league career in 1959 and played with the Braves from 1959 to 1965. He later played for the Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox before retiring in 1971. Maye had a lifetime average of .274 and was admired for his ability to juggle his baseball and music careers. He performed with two doo-wop groups - Arthur Lee Maye and the Crowns, and Country Boys & City Girls - and sometimes sang with The Platters. He produced several popular singles during his 1960s recording career, including Gloria, Cool Loving and I Wanna Love. 18 0064 ~ Rome burned on this day - while Nero fiddled, literally. • 1670 ~ Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian composer • 1909 ~ Harriet Nelson (Hilliard) (Peggy Lou Snyder). Singer in Ozzie Nelson’s orchestra; actress in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Follow the Fleet and Rick & Dave’s mother • 1910 ~ Lou Busch (Joe ‘Fingers’ Carr), Musician: piano, arranger, composer • 1913 ~ Red (Richard) Skelton, Emmy Award-winning comedian: The Red Skelton Show ATAS Governor’s Award, recording artist • 1927 ~ Kurt Masur, German conductor • 1929 ~ Screamin’ Jay (Jalacy) Hawkins Rhythm and Blues singer, pianist. I Put a Spell on You was voted one of 50 greatest songs of the 1950s by Rolling Stone magazine • 1931 ~ ‘Papa Dee’ (Thomas) Allen, Musician, keyboards • 1939 ~ Dion DiMucci born, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer with Dion and the Belmonts • 1939 ~ Brian Auger born, Musician, keyboards with the Mahavishnu Players • 1941 ~ Lonnie Mack (McIntosh) born, Musician: guitar: Memphis • 1941 ~ Martha Reeves, American Rhythm and Blues singer with Martha and the Vandellas • 1964 ~ The 4 Seasons reached the top spot on the record charts with Rag Doll, the group’s fourth hit to climb to the #1 position. The song stayed on top for two weeks. Other #1 hits by Frankie Valli and company include, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like a Man, and December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night). • 1968 ~ Hugh Masekela struck gold with the breezy, latin-soul instrumental Grazing in the Grass, while Gary Puckett and The Union Gap received a similar honor for the hit, Lady Willpower. Masekela, a trumpeter since age 14, saw Grazing in the Grass go to number one for two weeks (July 20/27). Grazing was his only entry on the pop music charts. The Union Gap scored three more million-sellers in the late • 1960s: Woman, Woman, Young Girl and Over You. The Union Gap was formed in 1967 and named after the town of Union Gap, Washington. • 1983 ~ Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel took to the road to begin a 19-city tour beginning in Akron, OH. It was the first tour by the popular singing duo since their success in the 1960s. • 2001 ~ Mimi Farina, sister of folk singer Joan Baez and founder of an organization that brought free live music performances to the sick and imprisoned, died of complications related to cancer. She was 56. She founded Bread & Roses in 1974. The organization produced 500 shows annually for audiences in senior centers, psychiatric, rehabilitation and correctional facilities as well as centers for abused and neglected children. Long part of the San Francisco Bay area's folk music elite as a singer herself, Farina drew many fellow musical luminaries to take part in performances. Her sister, Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt and Peter, Paul and Mary all volunteered their services to make Bread & Roses and long running success. Farina was the youngest of three daughters and was raised a Quaker alongside siblings Joan Baez and Pauline Bryan. She learned the guitar with her sister Joan during the folk music revival of the late 1950s and frequently played the folk scene around Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass. • 2002 ~ Seymour Solomon, co-founder of Vanguard Records, a label that dominated American folk music with stars such as Joan Baez, died. He was 80. Solomon founded Vanguard in 1950 with his brother, Maynard. The label recorded famed artists like Odetta, Baez and Buffy Sainte-Marie. It also signed such jazz and blues legends as Mississippi John Hurt and Buddy Guy and maintained a strong classical list. From its earliest days, the Solomons took risks, signing performers like the Weavers and Paul Robeson who had been blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Starting in 1959, Vanguard recorded the Newport Folk Festival, and later recorded the Newport Jazz festival as well. Solomon and his brother sold Vanguard in 1985 to the Welk Record Group, and three years later opened Omega Classics. He later bought back Vanguard's old classical catalog and reissued it on compact disc. Solomon had studied violin at the Juilliard School and played in the Air Corps Orchestra during World War II. After the war, he studied musicology and worked as a critic and commentator for music magazines and radio stations. 19 1592 ~ Erhard Buttner, Composer • 1735 ~ Garret Wesley Mornington, Composer • 1742 ~ Jean-Baptiste Davaux, Composer • 1750 ~ Alessio Prati, Composer • 1782 ~ Jonathan Blewitt, Composer • 1789 ~ John Martin, English painter • 1797 ~ Johann Gottlieb Schneider, Composer • 1811 ~ Vincenz Lachner, German organist, conductor and composer • 1906 ~ Klauss Egge, Norwegian composer • 1913 ~ Charles Teagarden, trumpeter, bandleader, brother of Jack • 1926 ~ Sue Thompson (Eva McKee), singer of Norman and Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) • 1937 ~ George Hamilton IV, Singer • 1939 ~ Jack Teagarden and his orchestra recorded Aunt Hagar’s Blues for Columbia Records. Teagarden provided the vocal on the session recorded in Chicago, IL. • 1941 ~ Natalya Besamertnova, Ballet Dancer with the Bolshoi ballet • 1942 ~ The Seventh Symphony, by Dmitri Shostakovitch, was performed for the first time in the United States by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. • 1942 ~ Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta deCasilla Martinez Cardona), Pop Singer • 1946 ~ Alan Gorrie, Rock Singer with the Average White Band • 1947 ~ Bernie Leadon, Musician, guitar with The Eagles • 1947 ~ Brian Harold May, Musician, guitar with Queen • 1949 ~ Singer Harry Belafonte began recording for Capitol Records on this day. The first sessions included They Didn’t Believe Me and Close Your Eyes. A short time later, Capitol said Belafonte wasn’t "commercial enough," so he signed with RCA Victor (for a very productive and commercial career). • 1952 ~ Allen Collins, Musician, guitar with Lynyrd Skynyrd • 1952 ~ "Paint Your Wagon" closed at Shubert Theater New York City after 289 performances • 1966 ~ Frank Sinatra married actress Mia Farrow this day. • 1963 ~ Kelly Shiver, Country Singer • 1980 ~ Billy Joel earned his first gold record with It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me, which reached the top of the Billboard pop music chart. He would score additional million-sellers with Just the Way You Are, My Life, Uptown Girl (for girlfriend and later, wife and supermodel Christie Brinkley) and We Didn’t Start the Fire. Joel reached the top only one other time, with Tell Her About It in 1983. • 2000 ~ H. LeBaron Taylor, a Sony executive who pioneered the mass marketing of music rooted in black culture and fostered minority development in the corporate world, died at the age of 65 of a heart attack. He was recognized by Ebony magazine as one of the top 50 black executives in corporate America. In the • 1970s, Taylor was at CBS Records, leading its Black Music Marketing department, which sold music originating in black culture and styles that sprang from it, such as blues, soul, rap and hip-hop. 20 1872 ~ Déodat de Séeverac, French composer • 1913 ~ Sally Ann Howes, Singer • 1932 ~ Nam June Paik, Korean-born American avant-guarde composer • 1938 ~ Jo Ann Campbell, Singer • 1940 ~ Billboard magazine published its first listing of best-selling singles. 10 tunes were listed. • 1943 ~ John Lodge, Guitar with Justin Hayward, singer with the Moody Blues • 1944 ~ T.G. Shepherd (William Bowder), Country Singer • 1946 ~ Kim Carnes, Grammy Award-winning singer, co-wrote score to Flashdance • 1946 ~ John Almond, Reeds, keyboards, vibes with Johnny Almond and the Music Machine • 1947 ~ Carlos Santana, Mexican-born American rock guitarist • 1958 ~ Mick McNeil, Keyboards with Simple Minds • 1961 ~ Stop the World, I Want to Get Off opened in London. The show went to Broadway in 1962. • 1963 ~ Dino Esposito, Singer • 1963 ~ Ray Conniff received two gold-record awards - for the albums, Concert in Rhythm and Memories are Made of This - on Columbia Records. Conniff recorded dozens of albums of easy listening music for the label. He had been a trombonist and arranger with Bunny Berigan, Bob Crosby, Harry James, Vaughn Monroe and Artie Shaw. • 1964 ~ Chris Cornell, Grammy Award-winning musician: drums, singer, songwriter with Soundgarden • 1966 ~ Stone Gossard, Rock Musician 21 1748 ~ Louis-Henry Paisible, Composer • 1779 ~ Gottlob Wiedebein, Composer • 1782 ~ Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, Composer, died at the age of 63 • 1797 ~ Franz Schoberlechner, Composer • 1865 ~ Robert Kahn, Composer • 1870 ~ Josef Strauss, Austrian composer, died at the age of 42 • 1896 ~ Jean Rivier-Villemomble France, Composer • 1898 ~ Ernest Willem Mulder, Composer • 1898 ~ Sara Carter, Vocalist/guitarist with the Carter Family • 1903 ~ Theodore Karyotakis, Composer • 1906 ~ Daniel Ayala Perez, Composer • 1915 ~ Floyd McDaniel ~ blues singer/guitarist • 1920 ~ Isaac Stern, American concert violinist
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The gala show featured singer Kate Smith, composer George Gershwin and New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker. • 1935 ~ Kaye Stevens, Singer and comedienne on the Jerry Lewis Show • 1938 ~ Anton Emil Kuerti, Composer • 1938 ~ Paul Hindemith and Leonide Massines ballet premiered in London • 1947 ~ Cat Stevens (Steven Demitri Georgiou) (Muslim name: Yusuf Islam), British folk-rock singer and songwriter • 1948 ~ Donald Nichols Tweedy, Composer, died at the age of 58 • 1950 ~ Albert Riemenschneider, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1958 ~ The last of Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts programs aired on CBS-TV. Many artists got their start on Talent Scouts, including Tony Bennett, Pat Boone, The McGuire Sisters and a singer named Connie Francis, who not only sang, but played the accordion, as well. • 1962 ~ Dmitri Shostakovitch completed his 13th Symphony • 1964 ~ Dmitri Shostakovitch completed his 10th String quartet • 1969 ~ Just one day after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Duke Ellington and a portion of his band performed a 10-minute composition on ABC-TV titled Moon Maiden. The work featured piano, drums, bass and vocals. • 1973 ~ Bad, Bad Leroy Brown reached the top spot on the Billboard pop-singles chart, becoming Jim Croce's first big hit. Croce died in a plane crash two months later (September 20, 1973). • 1976 ~ "Guys & Dolls" opened at Broadway Theater New York City for 239 performances • 1994 ~ Dorothy Collins, Singer on Your Hit Parade, died at the age of 67 • 1995 ~ Edwin "Russell" House, Saxophonist, died at the age of 65 • 2000 ~ Iain Hamilton, the Scottish composer who turned Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" into an opera at the age of 78. Hamilton wrote four symphonies and dozens of orchestral and chamber works but is known best for his vocal music, which includes a cantata based on the poems of Robert Burns. "Anna Karenina" premiered at the English National Opera in 1981 to critical acclaim. His other operas include "Agamemnon", "The Catiline Conspiracy", based on a Ben Jonson play, and an adaptation of Peter Shaffer's play "The Royal Hunt of the Sun". From 1961 to 1978 he was a professor of music at Duke University in North Carolina. • 2000 ~ Barbra Streisand announced final concerts • 2001 ~ Norman Hall Wright, the last surviving writer who worked on the Disney film Fantasia 2000, died at the age of 91. Wright studied at the University of Southern California before being hired by Walt Disney Productions. He started as an animator but later became a writer, producer and director. Wright developed the story of The Nutcracker Suite sequence for Fantasia 2000. He also was responsible for a sequence in Bambi. He wrote several cartoon shorts for Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy and also produced several Wonderful World of Disney television programs. • 2002 ~ Gus Dudgeon, a respected music producer who worked on many of Elton John's hit recordings, died in a car crash in western England. He was 59. Dudgeon produced Rocket Man, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Your Song, Daniel and Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me. Dudgeon also produced David Bowie's Space Oddity and worked with other stars, including Chris Rea and Joan Armatrading. But it was his partnership with Sir Elton in the 1970s for which he will be best remembered. Dudgeon began his career in the early 1960s as a tea boy, running errands at Olympic Studios in London before joining Decca Records. He engineered the Zombies' classic She's Not There and the groundbreaking Blues Breakers album by John Mayall with Eric Clapton, before moving into producing. 22 1597 ~ Virgilio Mazzocchi, Composer • 1635 ~ Pietro Antonio Tamburini, Composer, died at the age of 45 • 1642 ~ Johann Quirsfeld, Composer • 1651 ~ Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Composer • 1721 ~ François-Joseph Krafft, Composer • 1786 ~ Vaclav Kalous, Composer ~ died at the age of 71 • 1794 ~ Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, Composer ~ died at the age of 59 • 1830 ~ Herbert Stanley Oakeley, Composer • 1833 ~ Benjamin Hanby, Composer • 1848 ~ Lucien Fugère, French baritone • 1871 ~ Akos Buttykai, Composer • 1873 ~ Ettore Pozzoli, Composer • 1878 ~ Ernest R. Ball, Composer • 1879 ~ Gustaf Heintze, Composer • 1889 ~ Frederick Preston Search, Composer • 1893 ~ Katherine Lee Bates wrote America the Beautiful in Colorado • 1913 ~ Licia Albanese, Italian-born American soprano. She is best remembered for her roles at New York's Metropolitan Opera and for her recording of La Boheme conducted by Arturo Toscanini. • 1919 ~ De Falla and Massine's "Three-cornered Hat", premiered in London • 1924 ~ Margaret Whiting, Pop Singer • 1932 ~ Florenz Ziegfeld, U.S. theatrical producer and impresario, died. He was famed for his "Follies" spectacular revues which ran every year from 1907 to 1931. • 1933 ~ Caterina Jarboro became the first black prima donna of an opera company. The singer performed Verdi’s "Aida" with the Chicago Opera Company at the Hippodrome in New York City. • 1937 ~ Chuck Jackson, Singer • 1937 ~ Hal Kemp and his orchestra recorded the now-standard tune, Got a Date with an Angel, for Victor Records in Hollywood, California. The distinctive vocal on the tune is provided by Skinnay Ennis. • 1940 ~ George Clinton, Singer • 1941 ~ Thomas Wayne (Perkins), Singer • 1944 ~ Estelle Bennett, Singer with The Ronettes • 1944 ~ Richard Davies, Keyboards, singer with Supertramp • 1945 ~ Bobby Sherman, Singer, actor and founder of TAC-5, a paramedics group • 1947 ~ Don Henley, Drummer, singer with Shiloh; The Eagles, songwriter • 1959 ~ Benjamin Britten's "Missa Brevis" in D premiered • 1963 ~ The Beatles released "Introducing the Beatles" • 1967 ~ The Billboard singles chart showed that Windy, by The Association, was the most popular record in the U.S. for the fourth straight week. The Los Angeles~based sextet would make way for Jim Morrison and The Doors a week later when Light My Fire became the hottest record of the mid~summer. • 1977 ~ Tony Orlando announced his retirement from show business. Orlando was performing in Cohasset, MA when he said that he had finally decided to call it quits. Orlando had two solo hits in 1961 (Halfway to Paradise and Bless You) and 14 hits with his backup singers,Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent, (known as Dawn) through the mid~1970s. He also hosted a weekly TV variety show with Dawn from 1974~1976. • 1985 ~ Bruce Springsteen became the hottest ticket in the rock concert biz as 70,000 Cleveland fans lined up (in less than three hours) to grab tickets to see the ‘Boss’. • 2001 ~ Bob Ferguson, who wrote the standard Wings of a Dove and produced records for Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner and other country music stars, died at the age of 73. Ferguson, a native of Willow Springs, Mo., was hired in 1955 to produce films for the Tennessee Game & Fish Commission. He worked there until • 1960, when he wrote and produced the No. 1 hit Wings of a Dove for Ferlin Husky. As a staff producer at RCA Records in the 1960s and early '70s, Ferguson worked with artists like Parton, Connie Smith, Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass, Jim Ed Brown, George Hamilton IV and Archie Campbell. He wrote The Carroll County Accident, a No. 2 hit for Wagoner. It was named the best country song of 1969 by the Country Music Association. • 2002 ~ Jazz singer Marion Montgomery, who frequently performed on British television and was known for her smooth, versatile voice, died. She was 67. Montgomery, was born in Natchez, Miss., and lived in England for more than 30 years. She was well-known to television audiences as a resident singer on the British Broadcasting Corp. talk show "Parkinson" through the 1970s and was widely praised for her smooth voice and intimate, relaxed singing style. Montgomery worked as a cabaret singer in Las Vegas, New York and Los Angeles before moving to Britain. She starred in the West End production of "Anything Goes" in 1969 and recorded a one-woman show for the BBC in 1975. Her albums included "Swings for Winners and Losers" (1963), "Let There Be Marion Montgomery," (1963) and "Sometimes in the Night" (1989). 23 1757 ~ Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer and harpsichordist, died. He composed over 500 keyboard sonatas, using new techniques and achieving brilliant effects. • 1796 ~ Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer and violinst • 1916 ~ Ben Weber, American composer and winner of the |