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1893 ~ Allesandre Spontone, Composer
• 1653 ~ Georg Muffat, Composer • 1755 ~ Frederico Fiorillo, Italian Violist and composer • 1757 ~ Ignaz Playel, Austrian Composer and piano builder • 1763 ~ Johann Caspar Vogler, Composer, died at the age of 67 • 1765 ~ Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, Composer • 1769 ~ Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, Composer • 1771 ~ Ferdinando Paer, Composer • 1776 ~ John George Schetky, Composer • 1804 ~ Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer; "The Father of Russian Music" More information about Glinka • 1810 ~ Johann Paul Wessely, Composer, died at the age of 47 • 1826 ~ Carl Bechstein, German piano inventor • 1826 ~ Hermann Zopff, Composer • 1848 ~ Otto Valdemar Malling, Composer • 1886 ~ Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist • 1892 ~ Samuel L M Barlow, Composer • 1893 ~ Opera "Falstaff" was produced in Berlin • 1898 ~ Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, Bandleader for the Jerry Colonna Show • 1898 ~ Lieb Glantz, Composer • 1903 ~ Percy William Whitlock, Composer • 1905 ~ Dinora de Carvalho, Composer • 1909 ~ Szymon Goldberg, Polish/American violinist and conductor • 1909 ~ Giuseppe Martucci, Composer, died at the age of 53 • 1918 ~ Friedrich Richard Faltin, Composer, died at the age of 83 • 1918 ~ Jaroslav Novotny, Composer, died at the age of 32 • 1919 ~ Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, Composer • 1921 ~ Nelson Riddle, Grammy Award-winning orchestra leader and arranger of popular music for Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole • 1926 ~ Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, Composer, died at the age of 64 • 1929 ~ Yehudi Wyner, Composer • 1934 ~ Pat (Charles Eugene) Boone, Singer, married to Red Foley’s daughter, Shirley • 1935 ~ Alberto Cametti, Composer, died at the age of 64 • 1941 ~ Edo de Waart, Dutch conductor • 1942 ~ Ernest Pingoud, Composer, died at the age of 53 • 1943 ~ Ely van Tongeren, Dutch guitarist and singer • 1943 ~ Richard Goode, Concert pianist. In 1980 he won the Avery Fisher Award • 1945 ~ Frederica Von Stade, American mezzo-soprano • 1945 ~ Linda Scott, Singer • 1946 ~ Carol Neblett, American soprano with the NYC Opera • 1947 ~ Ron Wood, Guitar with Rolling Stones after 1975 • 1949 ~ Mike Levine, Rock keyboardist/bassist • 1950 ~ Graham Russell, Singer with Air Supply • 1955 ~ F Melius Christiansen, Composer, died at the age of 84 • 1959 ~ Celebrating a solid year at the top of the album charts was "Johnny’s Greatest Hits" on Columbia Records. The LP stayed for several more years at or near the top of the album charts. It became the all-time album leader at 490 weeks. • 1960 ~ "Finian's Rainbow" closed at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances • 1961 ~ There was a new sound in the air this day. FM multiplex stereo broadcasting was enjoyed for the first time by listeners to FM radio in Schenectady, NY, Los Angeles and Chicago. The FCC adopted the standard a year later. • 1964 ~ Rutkowski Bronislaw, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1966 ~ George Harrison was impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London • 1967 ~ The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released. One of the first critically-acclaimed rock albums, "Sgt. Pepper’s" became the number one album in the world and was at the top of the U.S. album list for 15 weeks. • 1968 ~ Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs Robinson hit #1 • 1970 ~ Everything was Beautiful by Ray Stevens hit #1 • 1971 ~ "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opened at Golden NYC for 31 performances • 1972 ~ Dmitri Shostakovitch's 15th Symphony premiered in West Berlin • 1973 ~ George Harrison's Living in the Material World went gold • 1973 ~ Paul McCartney and Wings released Live and Let Die • 1974 ~ Alanis Nadine Morisette, Singer • 1974 ~ "My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hit #12 • 1975 ~ "Chicago" opened at 46th St Theater NYC for 947 performances • 1980 ~ Barbra Streisand appeared at an ACLU Benefit in California • 1988 ~ "Les Miserables" opened at Shubert Theatre, LA • 1996 ~ Don Grolnick, Jazz musician, died at the age of 48 2 1577 ~ Giovanni Righi, Composer • 1614 ~ Benjamin Rogers, Composer • 1715 ~ Herman-François Delange, Composer • 1750 ~ Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German Composer, died at the age of 68 • 1806 ~ Isaac Strauss, Composer • 1807 ~ Robert Fuhrer, Composer • 1830 ~ Olivier Metra, Composer • 1831 ~ Jan G Palm Curaçao, Bandmaster/choir master/composer • 1857 ~ Sir Edward Elgar, British composer Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, usually heard at graduations, was featured in Disney's Fantasia 2000. Read quotes by and about Elgar More information about Elgar • 1858 ~ Harry Rowe Shelley, Composer • 1863 ~ Paul Felix Weingartner, German conductor • 1873 ~ François Hainl, Composer, died at the age of 65 • 1876 ~ Hakon Borresen, Composer • 1891 ~ Ernst Kunz, Composer • 1897 ~ Alexander Tansman, Composer • 1900 ~ David Wynne, Composer • 1909 ~ Robin Orr, Composer • 1913 ~ Bert Farber, Orchestra leader for Arthur Godfrey and Vic Damone • 1915 ~ Robert Moffat Palmer, American composer • 1927 ~ Carl Butler, Country entertainer, songwriter • 1927 ~ Freidrich Hegar, Composer, died at the age of 85 • 1929 ~ Alcides Lanza, Composer • 1929 ~ Frederic Devreese, Composer • 1932 ~ Sammy Turner (Samuel Black), Singer • 1934 ~ Johnny Carter() American singer • 1937 ~ Louis Vierne, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1939 ~ Charles Miller, Saxophonist and clarinetist • 1941 ~ William Guest, Singer with Gladys Knight & The Pips • 1941 ~ Charlie Watts, Drummer with Rolling Stones • 1944 ~ Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer and arranger of popular music More information about Hamlisch • 1947 ~ Hermann Darewsky, Composer, died at the age of 64 • 1949 ~ Dynam-Victor Fumet, Composer, died at the age of 82 • 1949 ~ Ernest Ford, Composer, died at the age of 91 • 1960 ~ For the first time in 41 years, the entire Broadway theatre district in New York City was forced to close. The Actors Equity Union and theatre owners came to a showdown with a total blackout of theatres. • 1964 ~ The original cast album of "Hello Dolly!" went gold -- having sold a million copies. It was quite a feat for a Broadway musical. • 1964 ~ "Follies Bergere" opened on Broadway for 191 performances • 1972 ~ Franz Philipp, Composer, died at the age of 81 • 1977 ~ Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist and composer, died at the age of 91 • 1982 ~ "Blues in the Night" opened at Rialto Theater NYC for 53 performances • 1983 ~ Stan Rogers, musician, died in aircraft fire • 1985 ~ The Huck Finn-based musical "Big River" earned seven Tony Awards in New York City at the 39th annual awards presentation. • 1986 ~ Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer died at the age of 80 • 1987 ~ Andres Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist, died at the age of 94. He established the guitar as a serious classical instrument through his numerous concerts and by his transcriptions of many pieces of Bach and Handel. More information on Segovia • 1987 ~ Sammy Kaye, Orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), died at the age of 77 • 1994 ~ Prima Sellecchia Tesh, daughter of John Tesh and Connie Sellecca • 1997 ~ Doc Cheatham, Jazz musician, died of stroke at the age of 91 • 2001 ~ Imogene Coca, the elfin actress and satiric comedienne who co-starred with Sid Caesar on television's classic "Your Show of Shows" in the 1950s, died at the age of 92. Coca's saucer eyes, fluttering lashes, big smile and boundless energy lit up the screen in television's "Golden Age" and brought her an Emmy as best actress in 1951. Although she did some broad burlesque, her forte was subtle exaggeration. A talented singer and dancer, her spoofs of opera divas and prima ballerinas tiptoed a fine line between dignity and absurdity until she pushed them over the edge at the end. With Caesar she performed skits that satirized the everyday - marital spats, takeoffs on films and TV programs, strangers meeting and speaking in cliches. "The Hickenloopers" husband-and-wife skit became a staple. 2 1657 ~ Manuel de Egues, Composer • 1660 ~ Johannes Schenck, Composer • 1661 ~ Gottfried Scheidt, Composer, died at the age of 67 • 1736 ~ Johann Christoph Oley, Composer • 1746 ~ James Hook, Composer • 1750 ~ Frederic Thieme, Composer • 1773 ~ Michael Gottard Fischer, Composer • 1801 ~ Frantisek Jan Skroup, Composer • 1804 ~ Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, Composer, died at the age of 35 • 1809 ~ John "Christmas" Beckwith, Composer, died at the age of 58 • 1828 ~ Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, Composer • 1828 ~ Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, Composer • 1829 ~ Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, Composer • 1832 ~ Alexander Charles Lecocq, Composer • 1841 ~ Eduardo Caudella, Composer • 1844 ~ Emile Paladilhe, Composer • 1849 ~ Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, Composer, died at the age of 73 • 1858 ~ Julius Reubke, Composer, died at the age of 24 • 1867 ~ Bela Anton Szabados, Composer • 1868 ~ Lvar Henning Mankell, Composer • 1872 ~ Heinrich Esser, Composer, died at the age of 53 • 1875 ~ French composer Georges Bizet died at the age of 36, the same year his "Carmen" was first produced. It caused a scandal at first but went on to become one of opera's most popular works. More information on Bizet • 1887 ~ Roland Hayes, American tenor • 1887 ~ Emil Axman, Composer • 1888 ~ Cark Reidel, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1890 ~ Henryk Oskar Kolberg, Composer, died at the age of 76 • 1893 ~ Assen Karastoyanov, Composer • 1898 ~ Nikolai Afanisev, Composer, died at the age of 77 • 1899 ~ Johann Strauss Jr., Viennese conductor and composer of waltzes including "The Blue Danube", died at the age of 73. More information on Strauss • 1904 ~ Jan Peerce (Jacob Pincus Perlemuth), Opera singer, tenor • 1906 ~ Josephine Baker, American-born French jazzjazz singer and dancer • 1907 ~ Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia, Composer • 1911 ~ Come Josephine in My Flying Machine hit #1 • 1913 ~ Josef Richard Rozkosny, Composer, died at the age of 79 • 1922 ~ Ivan Patachich, Composer • 1926 ~ Carlos Veerhoff, Composer • 1926 ~ Janez Maticic, Composer • 1927 ~ Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (Yakety Sax) • 1931 ~ The Band Wagon, a Broadway musical, opened in New York City. The show ran for • 260 performances. • 1932 ~ Dakota Staton (Aliyah Rabia), Jazz singer • 1939 ~ Beer Barrel Polka hit #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe • 1942 ~ Curtis Mayfield, American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist Grammy Award-winner, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, March 15, 1999 • 1944 ~ Mike Clarke, Musician, drummer with The Byrds • 1946 ~ Ian Hunter, Singer, songwriter with Mott the Hoople • 1949 ~ Stephen Ruppenthal, Composer • 1950 ~ Suzie Quatro (Quatrocchio), Singer • 1951 ~ Deniece Williams, Singer • 1952 ~ Frank Sinatra recorded the classic Birth of the Blues for Columbia Records • 1959 ~ Ole Windingstad, Composer, died at the age of 73 • 1961 ~ Charles Hart, Lyricist: Phantom of the Opera • 1961 ~ "Wildcat" closed at Alvin Theater NYC after 172 performances • 1964 ~ The Hollywood Palace on ABC-TV hosted the first appearance of the first U.S. concert tour of The Rolling Stones. Dean Martin emceed the show. One critic called the Stones "dirtier and streakier and more disheveled than The Beatles." • 1971 ~ Yehudi Menuhin performed on a 250-year-old Stradivarius violin at Sothby's auction house. It sold for $200,000. • 1978 ~ Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams combined their singing talents to reach the number one spot on the nation’s pop music charts with Too Much, Too Little, Too Late. • 1986 ~ Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, Composer, died at the age of 89 • 1994 ~ Hub Matthijsen, Violinist/bandmaster, died at the age of 52 4 1585 ~ Marc-Antoine de Muret, Composer, died at the age of 58 • 1770 ~ James Hewitt, Composer • 1846 ~ Josef Sittard, Music writer • 1872 ~ Stanislaw Moniuszko, Composer, died at the age of 53 • 1585 ~ Erno Rapee (1891) Hungarian conductor • 1899 ~ Leo Spies, Composer • 1905 ~ Carl Albert Loeschhorn, Composer, died at the age of 85 • 1907 ~ Marjan Kozina, Composer • 1907 ~ Agathe Grondahl, Composer, died at the age of 59 • 1909 ~ Paul Nordoff, American composer of the Frog Prince • 1913 ~ Bruno Bettinelli, Composer • 1915 ~ William Charles Denis Browne, Composer, died at the age of t 26 • 1919 ~ Robert Merrill (Moishe Miller), Metropolitan Opera singing star, baritone • 1922 ~ Irwin Bazelon, American composer • 1916 ~ Mildred J Hill, Composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), died at the age of 56 • 1927 ~ Gerry Mulligan, American jazzjazz baritone saxophonist and arranger • 1930 ~ Morgana King, Jazz singer • 1930 ~ Pentti Raitio, Composer • 1931 ~ Cesar Bolanos, Composer • 1934 ~ The Dorsey Brothers, Tommy and Jimmy, recorded Annie’s Aunt Fanny on the Brunswick label. The track featured trombonist Glenn Miller, who also vocalized on the tune. • 1937 ~ Freddie Fender, Guitarist • 1940 ~ Dorothy Rudd Moore, Composer • 1942 ~ Glenn Wallichs did what was called ‘promotion’ for Capitol Records in Hollywood. He came up with the idea that he could send copies of Capitol’s new records to influential radio announcers all around the U.S. and, maybe, add to the chances that stations would play the records. The practice would soon become common among most record labels. • 1944 ~ Roger Ball, Musician, saxophonist and keyboards with Average White Band • 1945 ~ Anthony Braxton, Jazz musician Read more about Braxton • 1945 ~ Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam), Singer with The Mamas and the Papas • 1945 ~ Gordon Waller, Singer with Peter and Gordon • 1951 ~ Conductor Serge Koussevitsky died. Born in Russia, he conducted the State Symphony Orchestra in Petrograd before moving to the U.S. to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Read more about Serge Koussevitsky • 1956 ~ Max Kowalski, Composer, died at the age of 73 • 1961 ~ "Wildcat" closed at Alvin Theater NYC after 172 performances • 1963 ~ First transmission of Pop Go The Beatles on BBC radio • 1964 ~ The Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark • 1972 ~ Godfried Devreese, Composer, died at the age of 79 • 1978 ~ 32nd Tony Awards: Da and Ain't Misbehavin' won • 1988 ~ "Cabaret" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 262 performances • 1988 ~ 42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly and Phantom of the Opera won • 1989 ~ Vaclav Kaslik, Czech opera Composer/conductor, died at the age of 71 • 1994 ~ Derek Lek Leckenby, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), died at the age of 48 • 1994 ~ Earle Warren, Alto sax player, died at the age of 79 • 1995 ~ 49th Tony Awards: Love! Valour! Compassion! and Sunset Boulevard won • 1997 ~ Ronnie Lane, bassist (Faces), died at the age of 50 of multiple sclerosis • 2001 ~ John Hartford, a versatile and wry performer who wrote the standard Gentle on My Mind and turned his back on Hollywood to return to bluegrass music, died Monday at at the age of 63. He was a singer-songwriter, comedian, tap-clog dancer, television performer and riverboat enthusiast. Gentle on My Mind has been broadcast on radio or television more than 6 million times, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated, which collects song royalties. It has been recorded more than 300 times, most prominently by Glen Campbell in 1967. Hartford's career rambled from Hollywood to Nashville, with stops writing and performing on network television, thousands of shows at bluegrass clubs and festivals, and stints as a licensed steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. At the height of his fame in the early 1970s, Hartford reconsidered his decision to take an offer to star in a detective series on CBS. Instead, he returned to Nashville and resumed his career as an innovative, relatively low-profile bluegrass singer-songwriter. "I knew that if I did it, I would never live it down," Hartford said of the television series in a 2000 interview. "Because then when I went back to music, people would start saying, `Oh, he didn't make it in acting so he's gone country."' Born in New York City and raised in St. Louis, Hartford was enthralled as a youngster by riverboats and bluegrass music, in particular that of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. He moved to Nashville in 1965, and his first album "John Hartford Looks at Life" was released the following year. Hartford's version of Gentle on My Mind from second album "Earthwords & Music" was a minor hit in 1967. The song is about a hobo whose mind is eased by the thought of a former lover. Hartford moved to California in 1968, landing a job writing and performing on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." His went on to the cast of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour." Returning to Nashville in 1971, Hartford released the landmark acoustic album "Aereo-Plain" and continued to record until his death. He was one of the performers on the hit soundtrack to the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" 5 1665 ~ Nicolas Bernier, Composer • 1686 ~ Cristoph Raupach, Composer • 1722 ~ Johann Kuhnau, Composer, died at the age of 62 • 1759 ~ Theodor Zwetler, Composer • 1785 ~ Gottfried August Homilius, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1798 ~ Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, Composer • 1813 ~ Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, Composer • 1816 ~ Giovanni Paisiello, Italian Composer (Serva Padrona), died at the age of 76 • 1826 ~ Carl Maria von Weber, German Composer (Oberon), died at the age of 39 Read more about von Weber • 1826 ~ Ivar Christian Hallstrom, Composer • 1852 ~ Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, Composer, died at the age of 45 • 1861 ~ Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, Composer, died at the age of 55 • 1863 ~ Arthur Somervell, Composer • 1868 ~ Anselm Huttenbrenner, Composer, died at the age of 73 • 1879 ~ Adolf Wiklund, Composer • 1895 ~ August Baeyens, Flemish Composer of Coriolanus • 1885 ~ Julius Benedict, Composer (Protoghesi), died at the age of 80 • 1894 ~ Immanuel Faisst, Composer, died at the age of 70 • 1908 ~ Luca Fumagalli, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1909 ~ Alfred Uhl, Composer • 1913 ~ Friedrich Wildgans, Composer • 1922 ~ Specs (Gordon) Powell, Musician: drummer: CBS staff musician • 1923 ~ Daniel Pinkham, American composer • 1925 ~ Bill Hayes, Singer, entertainer • 1927 ~ Paul Lacombe, Composer, died at the age of 89 • 1932 ~ Pete Jolly (Cragioli), Pianist • 1937 ~ Stanley Lunetta, Composer • 1941 ~ Martha Argerich, Brazilian pianist • 1941 ~ Floyd Butler, Singer with Fifth Dimension and Friends of Distinction • 1941 ~ Roy Eldridge was featured on trumpet and vocal as drummer Gene Krupa and his band recorded After You’ve Gone for Okeh Records. • 1942 ~ Sammy Kaye and his orchestra recorded the classic I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen for Victor Records. • 1942 ~ Charles Dodge, Composer • 1943 ~ Bill Hopkins, Composer • 1944 ~ Riccardo Zandonai, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1945 ~ Don Reid, Singer, Grammy Award-winning group: The Statler Brothers and CMA Vocal Group of the Year from 1972 to 1980 • 1946 ~ Fred Stone, Singer with Sly and the Family Stone • 1947 ~ Laurie Anderson, American composer and performance artist • 1956 ~ Kenny G (Gorelick), Saxophonist • 1956 ~ Elvis Presley made his second appearance on Milton Berle’s Texaco Star Theatre. Presley sang Heartbreak Hotel, his number one hit. The TV critics were not kind to Elvis’ appearance on the show. They panned him, saying his performance looked "like the mating dance of an aborigine." • 1959 ~ Bob Zimmerman graduated from high school in Hibbing, MN. Zimmerman was known as a greaser to classmates in the remote rural community, because of his long sideburns and leather jacket. Soon, Zimmerman would be performing at coffee houses at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and later, in Greenwich Village in New York City. He would also change his name to Bob Dylan (after poet Dylan Thomas, so the story goes). • 1964 ~ David Jones and The King Bees had their first record, Liza Jane, released by Vocalion Records of Great Britain. Less than a decade later, we came to know Jones better as David Bowie. • 1965 ~ "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and Pharaohs hit #2 • 1971 ~ Marky Mark (Mark Wahlberg), Guitarist, singer with Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch • 1972 ~ Maureen McGovern quit her job as a full-time secretary for a new career as a full-time singer. Maureen was part of a trio before recording as a solo artist in July, 1973. Her first song, The Morning After, from the movie, The Poseidon Adventure, was a million-seller. She also sang the theme, Different Worlds, from ABC-TV’s Angie, and Can You Read My Mind from the movie, Superman. Ms. McGovern starred in Pirates of Penzance for 14 months on Broadway. • 1993 ~ Conway Twitty, Country star (Linda on My Mind), died at the age of 59 during surgery • 1994 ~ Ish Kabbible (Merwyn A Bogue), Cornetist with Kay Kyser, died at the age of 86 • 1999 ~ Mel Torme passed away 6  Kelly C.
• 1661 ~ Giacomo Antonio Perti, Composer • 1676 ~ Georg Reidel, Composer • 1722 ~ Adrien Trudo Sale, Composer • 1735 ~ Anton Schweitzer, Composer • 1735 ~ Georg Osterreich, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1747 ~ Jean Barriere, Composer, died • 1785 ~ Johann Michael Demmler, Composer, died at the age of 36 • 1807 ~ Adrien François Servais, Composer • 1735 ~ Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto (1815) Composer • 1819 ~ William Howard Glover, Composer • 1840 ~ John Stainer, Organ composer • 1852 ~ Tommaso Marchesi, Composer, died at the age of 79 • 1861 ~ Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, died at the age of 59 • 1869 ~ Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor • 1878 ~ Gottfried Herrmann, Composer, died at the age of 70 • 1881 ~ Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1883 ~ Ciprian Porumbescu, Composer, died at the age of 29 • 1885 ~ The opera "Lakme" was produced in Paris • 1891 ~ Istvan Kardos, Composer • 1893 ~ Ludovic Feldman, Composer • 1894 ~ Sabin V Dragoi, Composer • 1891 ~ Ted Lewis (Theodore Leopold Friedman), Clarinettist, singer, bandleader with Ted Lewis & His Band. • 1902 ~ Avraham Daus, Composer • 1902 ~ James Melvin Lunceford, American jazz dance-band leader More information about Lunceford • 1903 ~ Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer More information about Khachaturian • 1905 ~ John Gart, Russian orchestra leader of the Paul Winchell Show • 1910 ~ Toshitsugu Ogiwara, Composer • 1915 ~ Vincent Persichetti, American composer • 1917 ~ Iacob Moresianu, Composer, died at the age of 59 • 1922 ~ Ian Hamilton, Composer • 1922 ~ Lillian Russell, Entertainer, died at the age of 60 • 1924 ~ Serge Nigg, Composer • 1926 ~ Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor • 1926 ~ Henry Tate, Composer, died at the age of 52 • 1928 ~ Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, Composer, died at the age of 67 • 1929 ~ Boguslaw Schaffer, Composer • 1931 ~ There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time by Guy Lombardo hit #1 • 1934 ~ Philippe Entremont, French pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra • 1935 ~ Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazzjazz pianist/composer • 1935 ~ Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), died at the age of 68 • 1936 ~ Levi Stubbs (Stubbles), Lead singer with The Four Tops • 1939 ~ Gary "US" Bonds (Anderson), Singer/songwriter • 1939 ~ Louis Andriessen, Dutch Composer • 1940 ~ Phillip Rhodes, Composer • 1943 ~ Joe Stampley, Country singer • 1944 ~ Peter Albin, Bass, guitar & vocals with Big Brother and The Holding Company • 1944 ~ Monty Alexander, Jazz musician, piano • 1955 ~ Bill Haley and Comets, Rock Around the Clock hit #1 • 1958 ~ Lily Theresa Strickland, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1962 ~ The Beatles met their producer George Martin for first time. After listening to a playback of the audition tapes, Martin said, "They’re pretty awful." He changed his mind after meeting the group, however. • 1964 ~ The Beatles arrived in Netherlands • 1966 ~ Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, died in a motorcyle crash • 1971 ~ Arnold Elston, Composer, died at the age of 63 • 1971 ~ John Lennon and Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in NYC • 1971 ~ For the last time, we saw Polish dancing bears, a little mouse named Topo Gigio, remembered The Beatles, The Dave Clark Five, the comedy of Jackie Mason, John Byner, Rich Little, Richard Pryor and so many more, as The Ed Sullivan Show left CBS-TV. Gladys Knight and The Pips and singer Jerry Vale appeared on the final show. The Ed Sullivan Show had been a showcase for more than 20 years for artists who ranged from Ethel Merman to Ella Fitzgerald, from Steve (Lawrence) and Eydie (Gorme) to The Beatles. The Ed Sullivan Show was the longest running variety show on TV ~ a "rillly big sheeeew." • 1991 ~ Stan Getz, Jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), died at the age of 64 • 1994 ~ Willie Humphrey, Jazz clarinetist, died at the age of 93 • 1995 ~ Imam Elissa, Singer, died at the age of 76 7 1571 ~ Pier Francesco Corteccia, Composer, died at the age of 68 • 1730 ~ Georg von Pasterwiz, Composer • 1736 ~ Karl Frieberth, Composer • 1778 ~ Johann Georg Zechner, Composer, died at the age of 62 • 1784 ~ Jean-Baptiste Canavas, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1789 ~ Vaclav Jan Kopriva, Composer, died at the age of 81 • 1863 ~ Franz Xavier Gruber, Composer, died at the age of 75 • 1833 ~ Alexander Ritter, Composer • 1846 ~ Wladyslaw Gorski, Composer • 1865 ~ Guido Gasperini, Composer • 1867 ~ Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi, Composer • 1873 ~ Landon Ronald, Composer • 1874 ~ Theodor Streicher, Composer • 1885 ~ Percy Brier, Composer • 1891 ~ Athos Palma, Composer • 1893 ~ Johann Schrammel, Composer, died at the age of 43 • 1897 ~ George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor • 1909 ~ Actress Mary Pickford made her motion picture debut in "The Violin Maker of Cremona". • 1911 ~ Franz Reizenstein, Composer • 1911 ~ Silas Roy Crain, Singer/arranger/songwriter • 1915 ~ Benjamin Lambord, Composer, died at the age of 35 • 1917 ~ Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti), Singer • 1922 ~ Hubert Du Plessis, Composer • 1926 ~ Dick Williams, Choral director of the Andy Williams Show • 1926 ~ Henry Charles Tonking, Composer, died at the age of 63 • 1928 ~ Charles Strouse, American of popular music • 1931 ~ Henry Weinberg, Composer • 1932 ~ Emil Pauer, Composer, died at the age of 76 • 1934 ~ Phillip Entremont, Pianist • 1934 ~ Samuel Lipman, Music critic • 1934 ~ Wynn Stewart, Singer • 1939 ~ Larry Clinton and his orchestra recorded In a Persian Market (by Ketelbey) on Victor Records. • 1940 ~ Tom Jones, Grammy Award-winning singer • 1941 ~ Jaime Laredo, Bolivian-born American violinist Clarence White (1944) Guitarist with the Byrds • 1945 ~ Ruben Marcos Campos, Composer, died at the age of 69 • 1945 ~ The opera "Peter Grimes" by Benjamin Britten, premiered in London, at Sadler's Wells Theater. • 1948 ~ Georges Adolphe Hue, Composer, died at the age of 90 • 1949 ~ Due to an impending lawsuit that stemmed from Milton Berle’s TV show, comedienne Cathy Mastice held the first musical press conference. She sang her way into announcing the court action. Due to the publicity she received, Ms. Mastice became an overnight success. • 1953 ~ Kukla, Fran (Allison) and Ollie, along with the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler, were featured on the first network telecast in ‘compatible color’. The program was broadcast from Boston, MA. • 1958 ~ Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson), Singer • 1963 ~ First Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) • 1965 ~ Pierre Cardevielle, French Composer/conductor, died at the age of 59 • 1969 ~ "Johnny Cash Show," debuted on ABC~TV • 1969 ~ Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combined on a Grand Ole Opry TV special • 1969 ~ Tommy James & Shondells released Crystal Blue Persuasion • 1970 ~ The Who's rock opera "Tommy" was performed at NY's Lincoln Center • 1972 ~ "Grease" opened at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 3,388 performances • 1974 ~ The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, used in the motion picture The Sting, earned a gold record for pianist and conductor, Marvin Hamlisch. • 1975 ~ Thank God I'm a Country Boy, by John Denver hits #1 • 1976 ~ Bobby Hackett, Jazz cornetist/orchchestra leader, died at the age of 61 • 1982 ~ Sixteenth Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell • 1983 ~ Daniele Amfiteatrov, Composer, died at the age of 81 • 1990 ~ Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains • 1991 ~ Singer Jimmy Osmond wed Michelle Larson • 1993 ~ Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol and calling himself The Artist Previously Known as Prince. He went back to "Prince" in 2000 8 1612 ~ Hans Leo Hassler, Composer, died at the age of 49 • 1722 ~ Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, Composer • 1740 ~ Gabriele Mario Piozzi, Composer • 1742 ~ Omobono Stradivari, Italian violmaker, son of Antonio, died at the age of 62 • 1753 ~ Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, Composer • 1783 ~ Joseph Lincke, Composer • 1796 ~ Felice de Giardini, Composer, died at the age of 80 • 1805 ~ Luigi Ricci, Composer • 1810 ~ Robert Schumann, German composer best known for his song cycles and piano music. Read quotes by and about Schumann More information about Schumann • 1812 ~ Spyridon Xyndas, Composer • 1814 ~ Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, Composer, died at the age of 48 • 1834 ~ George Garrett, Composer • 1837 ~ Jan Kleczynski, Composer • 1856 ~ Natalia Janotha, Composer • 1858 ~ Antonio Nicolau, Spanish Composer and conductor • 1876 ~ George Sand (Armandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin), French author and romantic companion of the composer of Chopin, died at the age of 71 • 1881 ~ Prospero Bisquertt, Composer • 1884 ~ Henry Clay Work, Composer, died at the age of 51 • 1888 ~ Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, Composer • 1906 ~ Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, Composer, died at the age of 65 • 1908 ~ Johan Lindegren, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1913 ~ Janos Jagamas, Composer • 1919 ~ Jacob Fabricius, Composer, died at the age of 78 • 1923 ~ Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish Composer of Summer Games • 1926 ~ Anatol Vieru, Composer • 1927 ~ Paul Whiteman and his orchestra recorded When Day is Done on Victor Records. • 1928 ~ Jiri Dvoracek, Composer • 1930 ~ Yannis Ioannidis, Composer • 1932 ~ Hans Gunter Helms, Composer • 1936 ~ James Darren (Ercolani), Singer • 1940 ~ Frederick Shepherd Converse, American Composer, died at the age of 69 • 1940 ~ Sherman Garnes, Rock vocalist with Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers • 1940 ~ Nancy Sinatra, Singer • 1942 ~ Chuck Negron, Singer with Three Dog Night • 1942 ~ Bing Crosby recorded Silent Night • 1944 ~ "Boz" (William) Scaggs, American rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter • 1946 ~ "Lute Song" closed at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances • 1947 ~ Mick Box, Musician, guitar, songwriter with Uriah Heep • 1947 ~ Joan La Barbara, Composer • 1948 ~ Franz Carl Bornschein, Composer, died at the age of 69 • 1949 ~ Emanuel Ax, Polish-born American pianist. He won the Artur Rubinstein Competition in 1974 • 1950 ~ Alex Van Halen, Drummer with Van Halen, brother of Eddie and Michael • 1963 ~ Kino Haitsma, pianist/arranger • 1967 ~ Elliot Griffis, Composer, died at the age of 74 • 1968 ~ Gary Puckett & Union Gap released Lady Will Power • 1968 ~ Rolling Stones released Jumpin' Jack Flash • 1969 ~ Brian Jones left The Rolling Stones • 1969 ~ Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaced Brian Jones • 1972 ~ Jimmy Rushing, American blues singer, died at the age of 68 • 1973 ~ Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, Composer, died at the age of 76 • 1979 ~ Louis Salvador Palange, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1981 ~ Fifteenth Music City News Country Awards went to the Mandrell Sisters • 1984 ~ Gordon Jacob, Composer, died at the age of 88 • 1990 ~ The post office issued another in its series of Stamps for the Performing Arts, this one honoring Cole Porter • 1992 ~ Twentysixth Music City News Country Awards went to Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks • 1995 ~ Sheikh Iman, singer, died at the age of 76 • 1995 ~ "Buttons on Broadway" opened at Ambassador Theater NYC for 40 performances 9 1361 ~ Philippe de Vitry, French Composer and poet, died at the age of at 69 • 1656 ~ Thomas Tomkins, Composer, died • 1717 ~ Louis Le Quointe, Composer, died at the age of 64 • 1810 ~ (Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) Nicolai, Composer More information about Nicolai • 1828 ~ Carlo Marsili, Composer • 1829 ~ Gaetano Braga, Composer • 1832 ~ Manuel Garcia, Composer, died at the age of 57 • 1849 ~ Joseph Vezina, Composer • 1849 ~ The term recital used for the first time to describe a solo performance by an instrumental player. The first recitalist was Franz Liszt • 1865 ~ Carl Nielsen, Danish composer and conductor More information about Nielsen • 1865 ~ Alberic Magnard, Composer • 1870 ~ Erik Drake, Composer, died at the age of 82 • 1879 ~ Oscar Back, Austrian-Dutch viola player • 1886 ~ Kusaku Yamada, Composer • 1888 ~ Hugo Kauder, Composer • 1890 ~ The opera "Robin Hood" premiered in Chicago • 1891 ~ Cole Porter, American composer and and lyricist for the musical theater. His many famous musicals include "Anything Goes", "Kiss Me Kate" and "Can Can". More information about Porter • 1892, Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, Composer, died at the age of 59 • 1900 ~ Fred Waring, Musician, conductor and inventor of the Waring Blender • 1904 ~ The London Symphony Orchestra presented its inaugural concert. • 1905 ~ Walter Kraft, Composer • 1912 ~ Edgar Evans, Tenor • 1914 ~ Hermann Haller, Composer • 1915 ~ Les Paul, Guitarist and inventor of the Les Paul guitar • 1924 ~ Jelly-Roll Blues was recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton • 1927 ~ Franco Donatoni, Composer • 1931 ~ Henrique Oswald, Composer, died at the age of 79 • 1932 ~ Natalia Janotha, Composer, died at the age of 76 • 1904 ~ Pal Karolyi, Composer • 1934 ~ Jackie Wilson, Singer • 1934 ~ Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist • 1938 ~ Charles Wuorinen, American composer, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 • 1957 ~ Robert Oboussier, Composer, died at the age of 56 • 1958 ~ Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley hit #1 • 1962 ~ Tony Bennett debuted in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City • 1963 ~ Barbra Streisand appeared on "Ed Sullivan Show" • 1967 ~ Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, Composer, died at the age of 64 • 1970 ~ Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University • 1971 ~ Paul McCartney's album "Ram" went gold • 1972 ~ Bruce Springsteen signed a record deal with Columbia • 1975 ~ David Frederick Barlow, Composer, died at the age of 48 • 1975 ~ Tony Orlando and Dawn received gold record for He Don't Love You • 1980 ~ Fourteenth Music City News Country Awards, Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn • 1984 ~ Cyndi Lauper's first #1 Time After Times • 1986 ~ Twentieth Music City News Country Awards, Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn • 1990 ~ Michael Jackson was hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage • 1991 ~ Claudio Arrau, Chilian/American pianist and composer, died at the age of 88 • 1991 ~ Bruce Springsteen wed his backup singer Patty Scialfa • 1991 ~ Max van Praag, Dutch singer, died at the age of 77 • 1992 ~ Clarence Miller, Blues/jazzjazz vocalist, died at the age of 69 of a heart attack • 1993 ~ Arthur Alexander, Singer/songwriter, died at the age of 53 • 1995 ~ Frank Chacksfield, Conductor/arranger, died at the age of 81 • 2000 ~ Jazz bassist Burgher "Buddy" Jones, who played in big bands behind Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra and toured with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, died at the age of 76. A native of Hope, Ark., Jones was a childhood friend of the late Virginia Kelley, mother of President Clinton. At 17, Jones went to the University of Kansas City, where he met and befriended saxophonist Charlie Parker. Jones later introduced Parker to his wife, Chan. Jones played in the Elliot Lawrence band, when its arrangers included Al Cohn, Tiny Kahn and Johnny Mandel. As a staff musician for CBS in New York in the • 1950s and 1960s, Jones played for the Jack Sterling radio show and in bands behind Lee and Sinatra. In 1996, Jones was inducted into the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame. 10 1781 ~ Giovanni Battista Polledro, Composer • 1790 ~ Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, Composer • 1800 ~ Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German Composer, died at the age of 53 • 1818 ~ Pesaro opera theater opened with Rossini's "La gaza ladra" • 1831 ~ W A Remy, Composer • 1843 ~ Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Composer • 1865 ~ Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" first performance Münich, Germany • 1883 ~ Carl Gradener, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1890 ~ Powell Weaver, Composer • 1891 ~ Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter of Tiptoe Through the Tulips • 1893 ~ Elek Erkel, Composer, died at the age of 49 • 1894 ~ Pavel Borkovec, Czech Composer • 1899 ~ Ernest Chausson, French Composer, died at the age of 44 More information about Chausson • 1902 ~ Gaston Brenta, Composer • 1904 ~ Frederick Loewe, Austrian-born American composer for the musical theater More information about Loewe • 1906 ~ Janos Viski, Composer • 1910 ~ Robert Still, Composer • 1910 ~ Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett), Harmonica, blues musician, rhythm guitar, singer • 1911 ~ Ralph Kirkpatrick, Harpsichordist, famed for playing the works of Domenico Scarlatti • 1913 ~ John Edmunds, Composer • 1918 ~ Arrigio Enrico Boito, Composer, died at the age of 76 • 1922 ~ Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm), American actress and singer of popular music • 1925 ~ Nat Hentoff, Journalist and music critic • 1926 ~ Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor • 1929 ~ Vasile Herman, Composer • 1934 ~ Nicolas Roussakis, Composer • 1934 ~ Frederick Delius, English Composer, died at the age of 72 More information about Delius • 1940 ~ John William Stevens, Jazz drummer • 1941 ~ Shirley Owens Alston, Singer with The Shirelles • 1946 ~ Matthew Fisher, English keyboardist with Procol Harum • 1954 ~ Will Rossiter, Composer, died at the age of 87 • 1964 ~ Louis Gruenberg, Composer, died at the age of 79 • 1964 ~ Rolling Stones recorded their 12x5 album at Chess Studios Chicago • 1966 ~ The Beatles Paperback Writer was released in England • 1966 ~ The Beatles recorded Rain, first to use reverse tapes • 1966 ~ Janis Joplin's first live concert in the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco • 1966 ~ The Mamas and The Papas won a gold record for Monday, Monday • 1968 ~ Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, Composer, died at the age of 65 • 1972 ~ Elvis Presley recorded a live album at NY's Madison Square Garden • 1972 ~ Sammy Davis, Jr. earned his place at the top of the popular music charts for the first time, after years in the entertainment business. His number one song, The Candy Man, stayed at the top for three consecutive weeks. The Candy Man was truly a song of fate for Sammy. He openly did not want to record the song, but did so as a favor to MGM Records head Mike Curb, since it was to be used in the film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Davis said he would give the tune one take, "and that’s it!" Sure enough, in that one-time recording, Sammy nailed it. The Candy Man stayed on the pop charts for 16 weeks. The best the legendary performer had done before was 12 weeks for Love Me or Leave Me in • 1955 and 11 weeks for I’ve Gotta Be Me (from Golden Rainbow) in 1969. After The Candy Man became a hit, Davis included it in his stage shows and concerts -- and collected huge royalties from it. • 1976 ~ Paul McCartney and Wings set a record for an indoor concert crowd as 67,100 fans gathered in Seattle, WA to hear the former Beatle and his new group. • 1982 ~ Addie "Micki" Harris, American singer with the Shirelles, died at the age of 42 • 1985 ~ Nineteenth Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, Barbara Mandrell • 1990 ~ "Meet Me St Louis" closed at Gershwin Theater NYC after 253 performances • 1992 ~ Hachidal Nakamura, Composer, died at the age of 61 of heart failure • 1996 ~ Thirtyth Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson • 2001 ~ Pianist Yaltah Menuhin, last of three famous siblings whose musical talents brought them fame at an early age, died at the age of 79. Yaltah, the youngest, and her sister Hepzibah, also a pianist, did not achieve the international renown of their brother, the violinist Yehudi Menuhin. But they often appeared with him in concerts around the world, including the Bath Festival in Britain, where Yehudi was artistic director in the 1960s. Yaltah Menuhin was born in San Francisco, to Russian-Jewish parents. Like her siblings, she began studying music as a child, and moved about the world performing. Her brother was astonishing audiences with his virtuosity by the age of 7. Yaltah Menuhin and her husband, pianist Joel Ryce, often performed together as a duo in the United States, and she also performed with violist Michael Mann. • 2001 ~ Harold S. Grossbardt, a founder of Colony Records, the famed record collector's store in Manhattan, died at the age of 85. Grossbardt founded the store in 1948 with his partner, Sidney Turk, and the shop quickly became popular with music lovers. Hundreds of musicians, including Frank Sinatra, John Lennon and Michael Jackson, shopped at the store. Grossbardt worked at Colony Records until his retirement in 1988. 11 Tom O.
• 1672 ~ Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Composer • 1678 ~ Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer More information about Vivaldi • 1697 ~ Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist, composer and theorist • 1704 ~ Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, Composer • 1740 ~ Luigi Gatti, Composer • 1764 ~ Christoph Stoltzenberg, Composer, died at the age of 74 • 1775 ~ Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian Composer, died at the age of 67 • 1808 ~ Giovanni Battista Cirri, Composer, died at the age of 83 • 1861 ~ Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, Composer • 1864 ~ Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor Strauss wrote in nearly every genre, but is best known for his tone poems and operas. Read quotes by and about Strauss More information about Richard Strauss • 1874 ~ Richard Stohr, Composer • 1896 ~ Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, Composer, died at the age of 72 • 1899 ~ George Frederick McKay, Composer • 1900 ~ Charles Swinnerton Heap, Composer, died at the age of 53 • 1904 ~ Emil Frantisek Burian, Composer • 1904 ~ Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, Jazz pianist and singer of Boogie Woogie Piano • 1910 ~ Carmine Coppola, Composer and conductor • 1912 ~ Mukhtar Ashrafi, Composer • 1913 ~ Risë Stevens (Steenberg), American mezzo-soprano at the New York Metropolitan Opera • 1920 ~ Shelly Manne, Composer, musician, drummer • 1920 ~ Hazel Scott, Trinidad singer and pianist • 1924 ~ Théodore Dubois, French organist and composer, died at the age of 86 • 1926 ~ Carlisle Floyd, American opera composer • 1927 ~ Josef Anton Reidl, Composer • 1928 ~ King Oliver and his band recorded Tin Roof Blues for Vocalion Records. • 1939 ~ Wilma Burgess, Country singer • 1940 ~ Joey Dee (Joseph DiNicola), Singer with Joey Dee and The Starliters • 1940 ~ The Ink Spots recorded Maybe on Decca Records. By September, 1940, the song had climbed to the number two position on the nation’s pop music charts. • 1946 ~ John Lawton, Singer • 1949 ~ Hank Williams sang a show-stopper on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He sang the classic Lovesick Blues, one of his most beloved songs. 1951 ~ Bonnie Pointer, Grammy Award-winning singer (with sister Anita) in the Pointer Sisters • 1955 ~ Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, Composer, died at the age of 72 • 1961 ~ Roy Orbison was wrapping up a week at number one on the Billboard record chart with Running Scared, his first number one hit. Orbison recorded 23 hits for the pop charts, but only one other song made it to number one: Oh Pretty Woman in • 1964. He came close with a number two effort, Crying, number four with Dream Baby and number five with Mean Woman Blues. Orbison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987; but suffered a fatal heart attack just one year later. • 1964 ~ The group, Manfred Mann, recorded Do Wah Diddy Diddy • 1966 ~ Janis Joplin made her first onstage appearance -- at the Avalon ballroom in San Francisco. She began her professional career at the age of 23 with Big Brother and The Holding Company. The group was a sensation at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Piece of My Heart was the only hit to chart for the group in 1968. Big Brother and The Holding Company disbanded in 1972, though Joplin continued in a solo career with hits such as Down on Me and Me and Bobby McGee. Janis ‘Pearl’ Joplin died of a heroin overdose in Hollywood in October, 1970. The movie The Rose, starring Bette Midler, was inspired by the life of the rock star. • 1966 ~ (I'm A) Road Runner by Jr Walker & The All-Stars peaked at #20 • 1966 ~ I Am A Rock by Simon and Garfunkel peaks at #3 • 1966 ~ "On A Clear Day You..." closed at Mark Hellinger NYC after 280 performances • 1966 ~ Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones peaked at #1 • 1966 ~ "Skyscraper" closed at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 248 performances • 1966 ~ Sloop John B by The Beach Boys hit #1 in the United Kingdom • 1969 ~ "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" by The Beatles hit #1 in the United Kingdom • 1969 ~ David Bowie released Space Oddity • 1975 ~ Floro Manuel Ugarte, Composer, died at the age of 90 • 1976 ~ Australian band AC/DC began their first headline tour of Britain • 1976 ~ The Beatles "Rock & Roll Music" LP was released in America • 1977 ~ Dance & Shake Your Tambourine by Universal Robot Band peaked at #93 • 1977 ~ I Need A Man by Grace Jones peaked at #83 • 1977 ~ I'm Your Boogie Man by KC & Sunshine Band peaked at #1 • 1977 ~ Lonely Boy by Andrew Gold peaked at #7 • 1977 ~ The Pretender by Jackson Browne peaked at #58 • 1990 ~ Clyde McCoy, Jazz trumpeter, died at the age of 86 • 1995 ~ Lovelace Watkins, Singer, died at the age of 58 • 2001 ~ Amalia Mendoza, one of Mexico's most famous singers of mariachi and ranchera music, died at the age of 78. She was famous for songs such as Echame a mi la Culpa (Put the Blame on Me) and Amarga Navidad (Bitter Christmas). Born in the Michoacan town of San Juan Huetamo in 1923, she was part of a family of noted musicians. Ranchera music is a kind of Mexican country music that overlaps with Mariachi music. • 2001 ~ Ponn Yinn, a flutist of traditional Cambodian music and dance who survived the Khmer Rouge purge and helped preserve his country's culture, died of a stroke at the age of 82. Yinn was working under Prince Norodom Sihanouk, then Gen. Lon Nol, for the Classical Symphony of the Army for the Royal Ballet, when the Khmer Rouge overthrew Cambodia's government in 1975. Khmer Rouge forces found Yinn during their campaign to uncover and eliminate Cambodia's intellectuals and artists. He begged for his life and claimed to be a steel worker who enjoyed playing the flute. He was allowed to live, but was forced to play a makeshift flute nightly into loudspeakers to drown out the screams of people being slaughtered in fields nearby. In 1979, Yinn crossed through minefields and escaped to Thailand. In a border refugee camp, Yinn headed the Khmer Classical Dance Troupe. At a time when Cambodian culture was believed to have been almost eradicated - a result of the Khmer Rouge's genocide of 1 million to 2 million people, the troupe was discovered by Western visitors. Yinn settled in Long Beach in 1984, where he taught music for more than 20 years and continued to perform. 12 1468 ~ Juan del Encina, Composer • 1526 ~ Marc-Antoine de Muret, Composer • 1616 ~ Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer, died • 1761 ~ Meinrad Spiess, Composer, died at the age of 77 • 1858 ~ William Horsley, Composer, died at the age of 83 • 1876 ~ Narciso Garay, Composer • 1881 ~ Juan de Hernandez, Composer • 1887 ~ Gustav Weber, Composer, died at the age of 41 • 1892 ~ John Donald Robb, Composer • 1900 ~ Amadeo Roldan, Composer • 1904 ~ Eino Roiha, Composer • 1907 ~ Giorgio Nataletti, Composer • 1909 ~ Mansel Treharne Thomas, Composer • 1909 ~ Archie Bleyer, Orchestra leader for Arthur Godfrey • 1909 ~ Shine On, Harvest Moon by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hit #1 • 1912 ~ Eddie Williams, Blues/jazzjazz bassist • 1917 ~ Maria Teresa Carreno, Composer, died at the age of 63 • 1922 ~ Leif Thybo, Composer • 1927 ~ Al Fairweather, Jazz musician • 1928 ~ Richard Sherman, Composer/lyricist • 1928 ~ Vic Damone (Vito Farinola), American singer of popular music • 1930 ~ Jim Nabors, Singer • 1935 ~ Ella Fitzgerald recorded her first sides for Brunswick Records. The tunes were Love and Kisses and I’ll Chase the Blues Away. She was featured with Chick Webb and his band. Ella was 17 at the time and conducted the Webb band for three years following his death in 1939. • 1938 ~ Ian Partridge, British tenor • 1941 ~ "Chick" Corea, American Grammy Award-winning (4) Jazz musician and composer • 1942 ~ Walter Leigh, Composer, died at the age of 36 • 1942 ~ Paul Whiteman and his orchestra recorded Travelin’ Light on Capitol Records of Hollywood, California. On the track with Whiteman’s orchestra was the vocal talent of ‘Lady Day’, Billie Holiday. • 1944 ~ Reg Presley, Singer with Troggs • 1947 ~ Jazeps Medins, Composer, died at the age of 70 • 1948 ~ William Tell Overture by Spike Jones (originally an opera by Rossini) peaked at #6 • 1951 ~ Bun Carlos (Brad Carlson), Musician, drummer with Cheap Trick • 1951 ~ Brad Delp, Musician, guitarist, singer with Boston • 1954 ~ Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock, was originally released • 1957 ~ James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, American orchestra leader, died at the age of 53 • 1962 ~ John N Ireland, English Composer/pianist, died at the age of 82 • 1965 ~ The Queen of England announced that The Beatles would receive the coveted MBE Award. The Order of the British Empire recognition had previously been bestowed only upon British military heroes, many of whom were so infuriated by the news, they returned their medals to the Queen. In fact, John Lennon wasn’t terribly impressed with receiving the honor. He returned it (for other reasons) four years later. • 1965 ~ Rolling Stones released Satisfaction • 1965 ~ Sonny and Cher made their first TV appearance, "American Bandstand" • 1966 ~ Hermann Scherchen, German conductor and music publisher, died at the age of 74 • 1966 ~ The Dave Clark Five set record as they appear for twelfth time on Ed Sullivan • 1968 ~ Fidelio Friedrich Finke, Composer, died at the age of 76 • 1968 ~ "What Makes Sammy Run?" closed at 84th St Theater NYC after 540 performances • 1977 ~ "Pippin" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1944 performances • 1982 ~ Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel performed in Rotterdam • 1989 ~ Peter Conrad Baden, Composer, died at the age of 80 • 1992 ~ "Batman Returns", music by Danny Elfman, was released in America • 1993 ~ Three Little Pigs by Green Jelly hit #17 • 1994 ~ Cab Calloway suffered massive stroke at his home White Plaines NY • 1995 ~ Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian Pianist, died at the age of 75. He was hailed as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. • 1996 ~ MacKenzie John, Pipe major, died at the age of 83 • 2000 ~ Robert J. Lurtsema, a classical music show host with a sonorous voice and unique delivery who became a fixture of the Boston radio scene over nearly three decades, died of lung disease. He was 68. Lurtsema, who worked at WGBH-FM for more than 28 years, is well-known to classical music buffs as the host of "Morning pro musica", which could be heard throughout the Northeast. 13 1550 ~ Johann Spangenberg, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1592 ~ Tobias Michael, Composer • 1627 ~ Fidel Molitor, Composer • 1701 ~ Angelo Antonio Caroli, Composer • 1713 ~ Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer, died at about 49 More information on Corelli • 1736 ~ Henryk Klein, Composer • 1757 ~ Christian Ludwig Dieter, Composer • 1761 ~ Anton Wranitzky, Composer • 1765 ~ Anton Eberl, Composer • 1775 ~ Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Composer • 1839 ~ Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1824 ~ Julius Eichberg, Composer • 1829 ~ Antonio Zamara, Composer • 1863 ~ Josef Venantius von Woss, Composer • 1869 ~ Ede Poldini, Composer • 1873 ~ Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani, Composer, died at the age of 51 • 1875 ~ Max d'Ollone, Composer • 1888 ~ Elisabeth Schumann, German-born American soprano • 1899 ~ Carlos Chávez, Principal Mexican composer and conductor • 1903 ~ Philipp Kutev, Composer • 1905 ~ Doc Cheatham, Jazz musician • 1911 ~ "Petrushka", one of the earliest works of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, was first performed in Paris. • 1917 ~ Sy (Simon) Zentner, Bandleader, trombonist with the Boyd Raeburn Orchestra • 1919 ~ Leif Kayser, Composer • 1927 ~ Knut Wiggen, Composer • 1928 ~ Damaso Ledesma, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1929 ~ Kurt Equiluz, Austrian tenor • 1938 ~ Gwynne Howell, British opera singer • 1939 ~ Lionel Hampton and his band recorded Memories of You for Victor Records. • 1940 ~ Bobby Freeman, Singer • 1944 ~ The wire recorder was patented by Marvin Camras. Wire recorders were the precursor of much easier to use magnetic tape recorders. • 1948 ~ Liz Phillips, Composer • 1948 ~ Dennis Locorriere, Musician, guitarist, singer • 1954 ~ Nikolai Obouhov, Composer, died at the age of 62 • 1954 ~ Jorge Santana, rocker • 1958 ~ Frank Zappa graduated from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California • 1959 ~ "Sammy Kaye Show," last aired on ABC-TV • 1960 ~ Alley-Oop by Dyna-Sores peaked at #59 • 1962 ~ Eugene Goossens, British Composer (Perseus), died at the age of 69. A member of a famed musical family, he spent his later years conducting in Australia where he trained many musicians. • 1970 ~ The Summertime by Mungo Jerry hit #1 in England • 1970 ~ The Beatles' "Let It Be," album went #1 & stayed #1 for 4 weeks • 1970 ~ The Beatles' Long & Winding Road, single went #1 & stayed #1 for 2 weeks • 1970 ~ The song Make It with You, by David Gates and Bread, was released. It turned out to be a number-one hit on August 22, 1970. Though Bread had a dozen hits, including one other million-seller (Baby I’m-A Want You, 1971); Make It with You was the soft-pop group’s only number one tune. • 1971 ~ Singer Francis Albert Sinatra made an attempt to retire from show business following a performance this night at the Music Center in Los Angeles, CA. ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’ got a bit restless in retirement, however, and was back in Sinatra - The Main Event at Madison Square Garden in November, 1973. • 1972 ~ Clyde L Mcphatter, American singer with the Drifters, died at the age of 39 • 1973 ~ Alvin Derold Etler, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1973 ~ Frantisek Suchy, Composer, died at the age of 82 • 1976 ~ Bob Marley performed in Amsterdam • 1980 ~ Billy Joel's Glass Houses hit #1 More information on Joel • 1980 ~ Paul McCartney released Waterfall More information on McCartney • 1984 ~ Marinus de Jong, Dutch Composer, died at the age of 92 • 1986 ~ Benny Goodman, American Jazz clarinetist, composer and bandleader died More information on Goodman • 1988 ~ George Harrison released This is Love • 1989 ~ Jerry Lee Lewis got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame • 1990 ~ "Les Miserables" opened at South Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary • 1993 ~ "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closed at Booth NYC after 232 performances • 2001 ~ Makanda McIntyre, a jazz musician and educator, died at the age of 69. McIntyre's best-known album was "Looking Ahead" (1960). He taught music in Manhattan schools and at Wesleyan University, Smith College, Fordham University and the New School. He was the founder and chairman of the American music, dance and theater program at the State University at Old Westbury, N.Y. McIntyre was born in Boston. After serving in the Army, he studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music and later earned a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts. Formerly Ken McIntyre, he changed his name to Makanda after a stranger in Zimbabwe handed him a piece of paper on which was written, "Makanda," a word in the Ndebele and Shona languages meaning "many skins." 14  Flag Day
• 1594 ~ Orlandus Lassus, Composer (Prophet sybillarum), died at about 61 • 1671 ~ Thomoso Albinoni, Italian composer and violinist More information about Albinoni • 1691 ~ Jan Francisci, Composer • 1709 ~ Gottfried Wegner, Composer, died at the age of 65 • 1744 ~ André Campra, Composer, died at the age of 83 • 1750 ~ Franz Anton Maichelbeck, Composer, died at the age of 47 • 1760 ~ Candido Jose Ruano, Composer • 1763 ~ Johannes Simon Mayr, Composer • 1769 ~ Dominique Della-Maria, Composer • 1789 ~ Johann Wilhelm Hertel, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1835 ~ Nikolay Rubinstein, Composer • 1854 ~ Frederik Rung, Composer • 1891 ~ Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx (1865) Composer • 1881 ~ The player piano was patented by John McTammany, Jr. of Cambridge, MA. • 1882 ~ Michael Zadora, Composer • 1884 ~ John McCormack, Irish/American singer of Irish folksongs • 1891 ~ Nicolo Gabrielli, Composer, died at the age of 77 • 1895 ~ Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike", Singer of When You Wish Upon a Star • 1904 ~ Benno Ammann, Composer • 1909 ~ Burl Ives, American folk singer, banjo player, guitarist and Oscar-winning actor. His gentle voice helped popularise American folk music. He played powerful dramatic roles in movies including "The Big Country," for which he won an Acadamy Award for best supporting actor, and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." anniversary of his death • 1910 ~ Nappy (Hilton Napoleon) Lamare, Musician with Bob Cats • 1911 ~ Johan Severin Svendsen, Composer, died at the age of 70 • 1916 ~ Karl-Rudi Griesbach, Composer • 1918 ~ Carter Harman, Composer • 1920 ~ Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo, Composer • 1923 ~ Theodore Bloomfield, Composer • 1923 ~ It was the beginning of the country music recording industry. Ralph Peer of Okeh Records recorded Fiddlin’ John Carson doing The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane -- and the first country music recording was in the can. • 1929 ~ Cy Coleman (Seymour Kaufman), American composer of popular music and pianist More information about Cy Coleman • 1932 ~ Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Composer • 1933 ~ Albert Ross Parsons, Composer, died at the age of 85 • 1940 ~ John Mizelle, Composer • 1943 ~ Muff (Mervyn) Winwood, Singer, songwriter, bass with The Spencer Davis Group • 1945 ~ Rod Argent, Keyboard • 1948 ~ Ernst Henrik Ellberg, Composer, died at the age of 79 • 1948 ~ John Blackwood McEwen, Composer, died at the age of 80 • 1953 ~ Elvis Presley graduated from L.C. Humes High School in Memphis, TN. Within three years, the truck driver-turned-singer had his first number-one record with Heartbreak Hotel. • 1960 ~ Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, Composer, died at the age of 57 • 1962 ~ Boy George, Singer • 1965 ~ Guido Guerrini, Composer, died at the age of 74 • 1965 ~ The Beatles released album "Beatles VI" • 1965 ~ John Lennon's second book "A Spaniard in the Works" was published • 1968 ~ Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer, died at the age of 51 • 1969 ~ John & Yoko appeared on David Frost's British TV Show • 1974 ~ Knud Christian Jeppesen, Composer, died at the age of 81 • 1975 ~ America reached the top spot on the Billboard pop music chart with Sister Golden Hair. The group had previously (March, 1972) taken A Horse With No Name to the number one spot. The trio of Dan Peek, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell had received the Best New Artist Grammy in 1972. America recorded a dozen hits that made it to the popular music charts in the 1970s and 1980s. Though number one, Sister Golden Hair did not qualify for gold record (million-seller) status. • 1975 ~ Janis Ian released At 17 • 1976 ~ The Beatles were awarded a gold record for the compilation album of past hits titled, Rock ’n’ Roll Music. • 1978 ~ Theodore Karyotakis, Composer, died at the age of 74 • 1980 ~ Theme From New York, New York by Frank Sinatra hit #32 • 1986 ~ Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway librettist, died in NY at 67 More information about Lerner • 1989 ~ Carole King got a star in Hollywood's walk of fame • 1994 ~ Henry Mancini passed away at the age of 70 More information about Mancini • 1994 ~ Lionel Grigson, Professor of jazzjazz, died at the age of 52 • 1994 ~ Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat), died at the age of 66 • 1996 ~ Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, died at the age of 73 • 2002 ~ Marvin Paymer, Pianist, composer, musicologist and author, died of cancer. He was 81. His son, actor David Paymer, told the Los Angeles Times that Paymer died in San Diego. In 1977, he co-founded and, until his retirement in 1993, served as associate director of the Pergolesi Research Center at City University of New York Graduate Center. Pergolesi was 18th century Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Paymer authenticated 13 Pergolesi compositions among hundreds of fakes attributed to the posthumously famous composer, who died at 26. 15  Father's Day
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• 1636 ~ Johann David Mayer, Composer • 1677 ~ Giovanni Battista Chinelli, Composer, died at the age of 67 • 1728 ~ Pietro Alessandro Pavona, Composer • 1734 ~ Johann Ernst Altenburg, Composer • 1749 ~ George Joseph Vogler, Composer • 1763 ~ Franz Danzi, Composer • 1772 ~ Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and Composer, died at the age of 77 • 1821 ~ Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, Composer • 1828 ~ Brizio Petrucci, Composer, died at the age of 91 • 1831 ~ Peter Fuchs, Composer, died at the age of 78 • 1836 ~ Théodore Dotrenge, South Netherland organist, died at about 74 • 1839 ~ Hans Skramstad, Composer, died at the age of 41 • 1843 ~ Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Norwegian composer
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More information about Grieg • 1864 ~ Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, Composer • 1865 ~ Paul Gilson, Composer • 1865 ~ Jakob Zeugheer, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1869 ~ Albert Grisar, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1886 ~ Charles Wood, Composer • 1891 ~ Robert Russell Bennett, Musician, orchestrator of the Victory at Sea series • 1893 ~ Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian Composer and conductor, died at the age of 82 • 1895 ~ Richard Genee, Composer, died at the age of 72 • 1898 ~ Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong, Organist • 1900 ~ Otto Clarence Luening, Composer • 1900 ~ Paul J Mares, American jazzjazz trumpetist and composer • 1901 ~ John Wesley Work, Composer • 1910 ~ Berend Giltay, Composer • 1910 ~ David Rose, Composer, won 22 Grammy Awards • 1917 ~ Leon Payne, Country artist, songwriter • 1920 ~ Michel-Gaston Carraud, Composer, died at the age of 55 • 1936 ~ Erroll Garner (1921) ASCAP Award-winning American jazzjazz pianist and composer • 1922 ~ John Veale, Composer • 1926 ~ Jan Carlstedt, Composer • 1929 ~ Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, Piano accompaniest • 1929 ~ Nigel Pickering, Guitarist • 1934 ~ Alfred Bruneau, Composer, died at the age of 77 • 1936 ~ Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler starred in Burlesque on the Lux Radio Theatre. • 1937 ~ Rolf Riehm, Composer • 1937 ~ Waylon Jennings, American country-music singer, songwriter and guitarist, won the Country Music Association Award in 1974 • 1938 ~ Jean-Claude Eloy, French Composer • 1940 ~ Willem Frederik Bon, Dutch Composer • 1941 ~ Harry (Edward) Nilsson III, Singer • 1944 ~ Terri Gibbs, Singer • 1945 ~ Rod Argent, English keyboardist for the Zombies • 1946 ~ Janet Lennon, Singer with the Lennon Sisters • 1947 ~ Paul Patterson, Composer • 1949 ~ Russ Hitchcock, Singer with Air Supply • 1949 ~ Michael Lutz, Bassist • 1950 ~ Noddy (Neville) Holder, Musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter • 1956 ~ Sixteen-year-old John Lennon of the music group, The Quarrymen, met 14-year-old Paul McCartney and invited him to join the group. In a few years, the group became The Beatles. • 1957 ~ "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closed at Winter Garden NYC after 123 performances • 1962 ~ Alfred Cortot, French pianist, died at the age of 84 • 1963 ~ Kyu Sakamoto from Kawasaki, Japan, reached the number one spot on the pop music charts with Sukiyaki. The popular song captivated American music buyers and was at the top of the Billboard pop chart for three weeks. In Japan, where Sakamoto was enormously popular, Sukiyaki was known as Ue O Muite Aruko (I Look Up When I Walk). The entertainer met an untimely fate in 1985. Kyu (cue) Sakamoto was one of 520 people who perished in the crash of a Japan Air Lines flight near Tokyo. He was 43 years old. • 1963 ~ "Sound of Music" closed at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 1443 performances • 1965 ~ Bob Dylan recorded Like a Rolling Stone • 1968 ~ Wes Montgomery, Jazz guitarist, died of a heart attack at 48 • 1982 ~ Art (Arthur E) Pepper, American alto saxophonist, died at the age of 56 • 1984 ~ Meredith Willson, Composer, died at the age of 82 More information about Willson • 1996 ~ Ella Fitzgerald passed away at the age of 78 16 1633 ~ Nathaniel Schnittelbach, Composer • 1651 ~ Marsilio Casentini, Composer, died at the age of 74 • 1637 ~ Giovanni Paulo Colonna, Composer • 1752 ~ Meingosus Gaelle, Composer • 1804 ~ Johann Adam Hiller, Composer, died at the age of 75 • 1808 ~ Georg Wenzel Ritter, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1813 ~ Otto Jahn, German philologist and musicographer • 1831 ~ Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, Composer, died at the age of 64 • 1837 ~ Valentino Fioravanti, Composer, died at the age of 72 • 1843 ~ David Popper, Composer • 1843 ~ Jan Malat, Composer • 1853 ~ Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, Composer • 1858 ~ Eugene Ysaye, Composer • 1863 ~ Paul Antonin Vidal, Composer • 1879 ~ Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuted at Bowery Theater New York City • 1899 ~ Helen Traubel, Opera singer at the St. Louis Symphony and New York Metropolitan Opera ("The Met’s premier Wagnerian soprano.") • 1890 ~ A glittering program of music and ballet, featuring composer Edward Strause, opened the first Madison Square Garden in New York City. • 1901 ~ Conrad Beck, Composer • 1903 ~ Huldreich Georg Fruh, Composer • 1909 ~ Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor • 1910 ~ Wendelin Weissheimer, Composer, died at the age of 72 • 1916 ~ Francis Lopez, Composer • 1928 ~ Sergiu Comissiona, Rumanian-born American conductor • 1929 ~ James Kirtland Randall, Composer • 1931 ~ Ivo Petric, Composer • 1934 ~ Lucia Dlugoszewski, Composer • 1938 ~ Mickie Finn, TV hostess and banjo player • 1939 ~ Billy ‘Crash’ Craddock, Country singer • 1940 ~ Vitezslava Kapralova, Composer, died at the age of 25 • 1941 ~ Lamont Dozier, Songwriter • 1942 ~ Eddie Levert, Singer • 1945 ~ Ian Matthews (McDonald), Musician, guitarist and singer with Fairport Convention • 1946 ~ Miloje Milojevic, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1946 ~ "Annie Get Your Gun" opened at Imperial Theater NYC for 1147 performances • 1950 ~ James Smith, American singer with the Stylistics • 1952 ~ Gino Vannelli, Singer, songwriter • 1956 ~ Be-Bop-A-Lula, by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, was released on Capitol Records. Vincent was called Capitol’s answer to Elvis Presley. The tune became Vincent Eugene Craddock’s biggest hit of three (Lotta Lovin’, Dance to the Bop) to make the pop music charts. Vincent died in 1971. • 1958 ~ Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Composer, died at the age of 45 • 1962 ~ Paula Abdul, Singer • 1967 ~ The Monterey Pop Festival got underway at the Monterey Fairgrounds in Northern California. Fifty thousand spectators migrated to the site that featured Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Mamas and the Papas and The Who. • 1969 ~ Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Composer, died at the age of 53 • 1970 ~ Heino Eller, Composer, died at the age of 83 • 1972 ~ The only museum devoted exclusively to jazzjazz music opened. The New York Jazz Museum welcomed visitors for the first time. • 1977 ~ "Beatlemania" opened on Broadway • 1978 ~ The film adaptation of Grease, a success on the Broadway stage, premiered in New York City. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Several hit songs came out of the motion picture: Grease, by Frankie Valli, You’re the One That I Want and Summer Nights (both sung by Travolta and Newton-John). The first two songs were platinum 2,000,000+ sellers, while the third was a million-seller. • 1979 ~ Ben Weber, American composer and winner of the Thorne Music Award in 1965, died at the age of 62 • 1980 ~ The movie The Blues Brothers opened in Chicago, IL. John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, formerly of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, starred. The pair played Jake and Elwood Blues. James Brown, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin performed. Cab Calloway also appeared with a rendition of his classic Minnie the Moocher. • 1990 ~ Eva Turner, British soprano, died • 1991 ~ Vicky Brown, American singer (Power of Love), died • 1991 ~ "Fiddler on the Roof" closed at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 performances • 1994 ~ Boris Alexandrov, Conductor of the Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, died at the age of 88 • 1997 ~ Thirtyfirst Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes • 2000 ~ Richard Dufallo, a conductor known for his energetic performances of contemporary music, died at age 67 of stomach cancer. Dufallo, who lived in Denton, conducted more than 80 major orchestras and festivals in the United States, Canada, and Europe, premiering numerous works by American and European composers, including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Jacob Druckman, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Krzystof Penderecki. He was a former assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic, and worked closely with Leonard Bernstein from 1965 to 1975. He also served as associate conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic and as artistic director of contemporary music at the Aspen Festival in Colorado. He was married to pianist Pamela Mia Paul. • 2001 ~ Joe Darion, the lyricist for "Man of La Mancha," died at the age of 90. "Man of La Mancha" opened in New York in 1965 and ran for 2,328 performances. It won Darion and his composing partner Mitch Leigh a Tony Award for best score. Inspired by Cervantes's "Don Quixote," the musical went on to become the third- longest-running Broadway musical of the 1960s. Its music included the popular song The Impossible Dream. In the early 1950s, Darion had three top 10 hits: the Patti Page ballad "Changing Partners," the Teresa Brewer novelty song Ricochet and Red Buttons's comedy hit The Ho Ho Song. At the time of his death, Darion was working on a show titled "Oswego." 17 1672 ~ Orazio Benevoli, Italian Composer, died at the age of 67 • 1725 ~ Joseph Anton Bauer, Composer • 1750 ~ Michel Woldemar, Composer • 1818 ~ Charles Gounod, French composer, conductor and organist Read quotes by and about Gounod More information about Gounod • 1855 ~ Fritz Steinbach, Composer • 1882 ~ Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born American composer Stravinsky's Firebird is featured in Fantasia 2000 and his The Rite of Spring was featured in the original Fantasia Read quotes by and about Stravinsky More information about Stravinsky  Grammy winner
• 1883 ~ Alexandre Cellier, Composer • 1888 ~ Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, Composer • 1900 ~ Hermann Reuter, Composer • 1902 ~ Sammy Fain (Samuel Feinberg), Oscar-winning musician, composer More information about Fain • 1908 ~ John Verrall, Composer • 1910 ~ Red (Clyde Julian) Foley, Songwriter, singer • 1910 ~ Herbert Owen Reed, Composer • 1916 ~ Einar Englund, Composer • 1917 ~ Dean Martin, Entertainer • 1922 ~ Herbert Kelsey Jones, Composer • 1926 ~ Manuel Enriquez, Composer • 1941 ~ Johan Wagenaar, Dutch Composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), died at the age of 78 • 1930 ~ Romuald Twardowski, Composer • 1932 ~ Mignon Dunn, American mezzo-soprano • 1933 ~ Christian Ferras, French violinist/conductor • 1939 ~ Dickie Doo (Gerry Granahan), Singer with Dickie Doo and The Don’ts • 1942 ~ Norman Kuhlke, Musician, drummer with The Swinging Blue Jeans • 1943 ~ Christopher Brown, Composer • 1946 ~ Barry Manilow, American singer, composer, and arranger of popular music • 1951 ~ Carl Vogler, Composer, died at the age of 77 • 1952 ~ Alberto Williams, Argentine Composer (Etrerno Reposo), died at the age of 89 • 1953 ~ Walter Niemann, Composer, died at the age of 76 • 1957 ~ So Rare by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra peaked at #2 • 1967 ~ "Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane peaked at #5 • 1967 ~ Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park performed • 1968 ~ Ohio Express' Yummy Yummy Yummy went gold • 1969 ~ Jazz musician Charles Mingus came out of a two-year, self-imposed retirement to make a concert appearance at the Village Vanguard in New York City. • 1972 ~ Long Haired Lover From Liverpool by Little Jimmy Osmond peaked at #38 • 1978 ~ Shadow Dancing, by Andy Gibb, reached the number one spot on the pop music charts for the first of seven weeks. Gibb had two other number one hits: I Just Want to Be Your Everything and (Love is) Thicker than Water. Gibb, the youngest of the Gibb brothers who made up the Bee Gees, hosted TV’s Solid Gold in 1981-82. Andy scored nine hits on the pop music charts in the 1970s and 1980s. He died of an inflammatory heart virus in Oxford, England in 1988. • 1978 ~ Cheeseburger In Paradise by Jimmy Buffett peaked at #32 • 1983 ~ Peter Mennin(i), American Composer (Moby Dick), died at the age of 60 • 1986 ~ Kate Smith died in Raleigh North Carolina at 78 • 1991 ~ Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffered a stroke at 78 • 1992 ~ Dewey Balfa, Bayou fiddler, died at the age of 65 • 1995 ~ The Who's "Tommy" closed at St James Theater NYC after 899 performances 18 1686 ~ Johann Quirsfeld, Composer, died at the age of 43 • 1726 ~ Giuseppe Scarlotti (1723) Composer • 1726 ~ Michel-Richard Delalande, Composer, died at the age of 68 • 1726 ~ August Holler (1744) Composer • 1726 ~ Ignaz Joseph Pleyel (1757) Composer • 1780 ~ Michael Henkel, Composer • 1799 ~ Johann André, Composer, died at the age of 58 • 1821 ~ Charles Hague, Composer, died at the age of 52 • 1821 ~ Opera "Der Freischütz" by Carl Maria von Weber was produced in Berlin • 1822 ~ Henry David Leslie, Composer • 1850 ~ Richard Heuberger, Composer • 1850 ~ Antoni Weinert, Composer, died at the age of 99 • 1859 ~ Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, Composer, died at the age of 65 • 1876 ~ August Rockel, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1892 ~ Edward Steuermann, Composer • 1901 ~ Jeanette MacDonald, Singer with Nelson Eddy • 1902 ~ Louis Alter, Composer • 1904 ~ Manuel Rosenthal, French composer • 1905 ~ Eduard Tubin, Composer • 1906 ~ Kaye Kyser, Bandleader Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge More information about Kyser • 1907 ~ Benny Payne, American pianist for the Billy Daniels Show • 1909 ~ Learmont Drysdale, Composer, died at the age of 42 • 1934 ~ Ray McKinley (1910) Musician, drummer, led Glenn Miller Band for the estate from 1956 until 1966. • 1911 ~ Franjo Zaver Kuhac, Composer, died at the age of 76 • 1913 ~ Sammy Cahn, Composer and lyricist Read quotes by and about Cahn More information about Cahn • 1915 ~ Victor Legley, Composer • 1917 ~ Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, Composer • 1918 ~ Bob Carroll, Singer and actor • 1923 ~ Herman Krebbers, Dutch violist and concert master • 1925 ~ Herman "Ace" Wallace, Blues guitarist and singer • 1927 ~ Simeon Pironkov, Composer • 1933 ~ Tommy Hunt, American singer • 1934 ~ Francisco Lacerda, Composer, died at the age of 65 • 1935 ~ August Reusner, Composer, died at the age of 64 • 1941 ~ Lamont Dozier, Composer • 1942 ~ Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor • 1942 ~ Arthur Willard Pryor, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1942 ~ Paul McCartney, British rock singer, songwriter and guitarist More information about McCartney • 1944 ~ Paul Lansky, Composer • 1944 ~ Douglas Young, Composer • 1948 ~ Eva Marton, Hungarian soprano • 1949 ~ "Along Fifth Avenue" closed at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 perfomances • 1953 ~ Jerome Smith, Musician, guitarist with KC & The Sunshine Band • 1955 ~ Walter Rein, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1955 ~ Willy Burkhard, Composer, died at the age of 55 • 1962 ~ Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and Composer, died at the age of 82 • 1964 ~ Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, Composer, died at the age of 58 • 1965 ~ George Melachrino, Composer, died at the age of 56 • 1973 ~ Fritz Mahler, Composer, died at the age of 71 • 1977 ~ Fleetwood Mac worked Dreams to the number one spot on the pop music charts this day. It would be the group’s only single to reach number one. Fleetwood Mac placed 18 hits on the charts in the 1970s and 1980s. Nine were top-ten tunes. 19 1618 ~ Christian de Placker, Composer • 1708 ~ Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Composer • 1717 ~ Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, Bohemian violist, conductor and composer • 1730 ~ Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Composer, died at the age of 49 • 1747 ~ Alessandro Marcello, Composer, died at the age of 77 • 1759 ~ Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, Composer, died at the age of 31 • 1762 ~ Johann Ernst Eberlin, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1766 ~ Edmund Weber, Composer • 1782 ~ John Bray, Composer • 1825 ~ Ferdinand David (1810) Violist and composer • 1815 ~ John William Glover, Composer • 1822 ~ John Bray, Composer, died on his 40th birthday • 1825 ~ Gioacchino Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims," premiered • 1842 ~ Carl Johann Adam Zeller, Composer • 1843 ~ Charles Edouard Lefebvre, Composer • 1854 ~ Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer • 1885 ~ Stevan Hristic, Composer • 1886 ~ Robert Herberigs, Flemish Composer and writer • 1898 ~ Paul Muller-Zurich, Composer • 1902 ~ Guy (Gaetano) Lombardo, Canadian-born American bandleader with The Royal Canadians: "The most beautiful music this side of heaven." • 1904 ~ Balis Dvarionas, Composer • 1905 ~ Taneli Kuusisto, Composer • 1910 ~ Edwin Gerschefski, Composer • 1910 ~ Father's Day was observed for the first time at Spokane, Wash., at the request of the the local YMCA and the Spokane Ministerial Association to earmark a Sunday to "honor thy father." The idea originated in the mind of a Ms. John Bruce Dodd, a local housewife who was inspired by her admiration for the great job her father, William Smart, had done in raising his 6 children after his wife's untimely and early death. • 1912 ~ Jerry Jerome, American saxophonist • 1913 ~ Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, Russian Composer, died at the age of 58 • 1926 ~ DeFord Bailey was the first black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry • 1927 ~ Karel Kupka, Composer • 1930 ~ Jul Levi, Composer • 1932 ~ First concert performed in San Francisco's Stern Grove • 1936 ~ Tommy DeVito, Singer with The Four Seasons • 1939 ~ Al Wilson, Musician, drummer, singer with Show and Tell • 1940 ~ Maurice Jaubert, Composer, died at the age of 40 • 1942 ~ Spanky (Elaine) McFarlane, Singer with Spanky and Our Gang • 1943 ~ Shiek Of Araby by Spike Jones & City Slickers peaked at #19 • 1951 ~ Ann Wilson, Singer with Heart • 1953 ~ Larry Dunn, Musician, keyboards with Earth, Wind & Fire • 1956 ~ Doug Stone, Singer • 1960 ~ Loretta Lynn recorded Honky Tonk Girl • 1961 ~ Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) by Coasters peaked at #23 • 1962 ~ Paula Abdul, Singer • 1965 ~ I Can’t Help Myself, by The Four Tops, topped the pop and R&B charts. The Tops, who had no personnel changes in their more than 35 years together were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. • 1966 ~ Marjan Kozina, Composer, died at the age of 59 • 1984 ~ Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, Composer, died at the age of 88 • 1988 ~ Zdenek Blazek, Composer, died at the age of 83 • 1994 ~ "She Loves Me" closed at Atkinson Theater New York City after 294 performances • 1994 ~ "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" closed at Cort New York City after 72 perfomances • 1995 ~ Murray Dickie, Opera singer/director, died at the age of 71 • 1996 ~ Alan Ande Anderson, Opera director, died at the age of 78 • 1996 ~ Vivian Ellis, Composer, died at the age of 91 • 1997 ~ Bobby Helms, singer (Jingle Bell Rock), died at the age of 63 • 1997 ~ "Forever Tango!" opened at Walter Kerr Theater New York City 20 1585 ~ Lazaro Valvasensi, Composer • 1743 ~ Anna L Barbauld, Composer of hymns • 1756 ~ Joseph Martin Kraus, Composer • 1819 ~ Jacques Offenbach, German-born French conductor, cellist and composer of operettas Read quotes by and about Offenbach More information about Offenbach • 1833 ~ Philip Knapton, Composer, died at the age of 44 • 1837 ~ Giovanni Furno, Composer, died at the age of 89 • 1842 ~ Michael Umlauf, Composer, died at the age of 60 • 1861 ~ Arthur Battelle Whiting, Composer • 1883 ~ Giannotto Bastianelli, Composer • 1888 ~ Cesare Dominiceti, Composer, died at the age of 66 • 1899 ~ Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist and composer • 1900 ~ Ernest White, Composer • 1906 ~ Bob Howard, American singer and pianist • 1910 ~ Fanny Brice, born Fannie Borach, debuted in the New York production of the Ziegfeld Follies • 1914 ~ Friedrich Zipp, Composer • 1922 ~ Vittorio Monti, Composer, died at the age of 54 • 1923 ~ Joseph Leopold Rockel, Composer, died at the age of 85 • 1924 ~ Chet Atkins (Chester Burton), Grammy Award-winning guitarist, made over 100 albums and elected to Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973. More about Chet Atkins • 1925 ~ Wilhelm Posse, Composer, died at the age of 72 • 1927 ~ John M Dengler, Jazz bass sax, trumpet, trombone • 1928 ~ Robert Satanowski, Composer • 1929 ~ Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist • 1931 ~ Arne Nordheim, Norwegian conductor and composer • 1934 ~ Cornel Taranu, Composer • 1938 ~ Nikolay Avksentevich Martinov, Composer • 1939, first TV broadcast of an operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance" by Gilbert and Sullivan W2XBS (later WCBS-TV) in New York City televised Pirates of Penzance. It was presented to a very small viewing audience since television was a new, experimental medium at the time. • 1936 ~ Billy Guy, Singer with The Coasters • 1937 ~ Jerry Keller, Singer • 1940 ~ Jehan Alain, French organist and composer, died in battle at 29 • 1942 ~ Brian Wilson, Bass player, singer with the The Beach Boys, inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 • 1945 ~ (Morna) Anne Murray, Grammy Award-winning singer • 1946 ~ André Watts, American pianist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra • 1948 ~ George Frederick Boyle, Composer, died at the age of 61 • 1949 ~ Lionel Richie, Tenor sax, songwriter, singer with the Commodores • 1951 ~ Peter Gordon, Composer • 1953 ~ Cyndi Lauper, Singer • 1953 ~ Alan Longmuir, Musician, bass with Bay City Rollers • 1955 ~ Michael Anthony, Musician, bass with Van Halen • 1955 ~ "Almost Crazy" opened at Longacre Theater New York City for 16 performances • 1960 ~ John Taylor, Musician: guitar, bass with Duran Duran • 1963 ~ The Beatles formed "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income • 1969 ~ Guitarist Jimi Hendrix earned the biggest paycheck ever paid (to that time) |