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Today in Music History
1975 - John Lennon releases "Stand by Me"
1977 - "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box NYC for 390 perfs
Births in Music
1924 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Vinton La, blues singer (Mary is Fine)
1946 - Alexander "Skip" Spence, Canada, guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape-Omaha)
1982 - Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer
1605 - Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer
1759 - Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
1764 - Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
1777 - Ignac Ruzitska, composer
1786 - Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
1806 - Ludwig Schuberth, composer
1819 - Franz von Suppe, Spalato, Dalmatia, Austria, composer (Light Cavalry Over)
1839 - Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer
1845 - Wilhelm Gericke, composer
1855 - Josef Gruber, composer
1863 - Felix Blumenfeld, composer
1873 - Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer
1881 - Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart)
1882 - Leopold Stokowski, Polish conductor (d. 1977)
1903 - Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer
1907 - Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1995)
1910 - Sylvia Fisher, soprano (Albert Herring Opera)
1913 - Milos Sokola, composer
1913 - Kent Wheeler Kennan, composer
1918 - Tony Mottola, Kearney, NJ, guitarist/host (Melody Street)
1919 - Virginia O'Brien, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
1924 - Buxton Daeblite Orr, composer
1925 - Robert Caldwell Crawford, composer
1925 - Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician
1934 - Jan Klusak, composer
1934 - George Shirley, American tenor
1939 - Glen Hardin, rocker
1941 - Mike Vickers, rock guitarist and saxophonist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1944 - Rudy Shackelford, composer
1946 - Lenny Baker, rocker (Sha Na Na)
1946 - Harvey Kagan, rocker
1946 - Anne Boyd, composer
1948 - Catherine Malfitano, NYC, soprano (Metropolitan Opera)
1950 - Bill Sudderth III, trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)
1952 - Jim Scholten, Midland Mich, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad)
1954 - Kim Stone, bassist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1958 - Lee Pattinson, rock bassist (Echo and Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
1960 - Ocl Sweda, rocker (Bulletboys)
1961 - Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You)
1962 - Shirlie Hollman, rocker (Pepsi and Shirley-All Right Now)
1964 - Jim Ellison, musician
1965 - Diana Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1965 - Sylvia Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1965 - Vicky Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1967 - Jayce Fincher Jr, heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
1970 - Greg Eklund, American musician
1974 - Mark Tremonti, American musician
1974 - Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican singer
1976 - Fayray, Japanese singer
1979 - Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer
1987 - Sandra Lyng Haugen, Norwegian singer
1996 - Alexey Zhigalkovich, Belarusian Singer
Deaths in Music
1710 - Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75
1800 - John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84
1824 - Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72
1830 - Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62
1854 - Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 84
1861 - Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67
1883 - Agnes Tyrrell, composer, dies at 36
1928 - Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58
1936 - Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (Belkis), dies at 56
1936 - Seaborn M Denson, composer, dies at 82
1938 - Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist
1944 - Cecile Chamindale, composer
1964 - Albe Vidakovic, composer, dies at 49
1971 - Masao Oki, composer, dies at 69
Today in the News
- South Korea agrees to open its market to beef from the United States ahead of trade talks. (Reuters via Washington Post)
- Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake occurs at 05:37 Eastern Standard Time with its epicenter six miles (10 km) from Salem, Illinois. Effects are felt as far off as Evansville, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Detroit. While shaking was reported in Downtown Chicago, Illinois and Cincinnati, there are no reports of damages.
- The Marshall Islands recognizes Kosovo. (New Kosova Report)
- South Korean special prosecutors investigating Samsung Group indict the Chairman Lee Kun-hee for tax evasion and breach of trust. (AP via The Wall Street Journal)
News on this Day in History
1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
1506 - The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
1881 - Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
1906 - The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire destroys much of San Francisco, California.
1906 - The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
1909 - Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
1923 - Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens.
1958 - A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound is to be released from an insane asylum.
Holidays and Observances
- Iran - Army Day.
- Zimbabwe – Independence Day.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Saint Apollonius (d. 185/6)
Saint Galdino (d. 1176)
Saint Perfecto (d. 850)
Saint Laserian
Saint Emma
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