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Today in Music History
1968 - The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway.
1969 - "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 perfs
1992 - Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
Births in Music
1879 - Thomas Beecham, England, composer (founded London Philharmonic)
1899 - Duke Ellington, Wash DC, [Edward Kennedy], pianist/bandleader (Take "A" Train)
1922 - Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer
1931 - Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan, Scotish skiffle vocalist/guitarist
1945 - [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, [Montgomery], singer (Ain't No Mt High)
1947 - Tommy James, singer (cri-im-son and clo-o-ver o-o-ver and o-o-ver)
1955 - Gino Quilico, Canadian baritone
1974 - Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist
1584 - Melchior Teschner, composer
1636 - Esaias Reusner, composer
1660 - Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer
1771 - Matthaus Stegmayer, composer
1842 - Karl Millecker, Austria conductor/composer (Beggar Student)
1855 - Edmund van der Straeten, composer
1855 - Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)
1857 - Frantisek Ondricek, composer
1862 - Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer
1872 - Eyvind Alnaes, composer
1885 - Wallingford Riegger, Albany Georgia, composer (Bacchangle)
1895 - Sir Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (d. 1967)
1896 - Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer
1899 - Karl Yngve Skold, composer
1902 - Theodore Chanler, composer
1903 - Frank Parker, NYC, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party)
1904 - Russ Morgan, Scranton Pa, orch leader (Welcome Aboard)
1907 - Tino Rossi, Ajaccio France, singer (Deux Amours, Marlene)
1908 - Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter
1913 - Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist
1915 - Donald Mills, singer (Mills Brothers)
1920 - Harold Samuel Shapero, Lynn Mass, composer (9 Minute Opera)
1925 - Danny Davis, rocker (Nashville Brass
1928 - Big Jay McNeely, rocker
1928 - Carl Gardner, Tyler Tx, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)
1929 - Peter Joshua Sculthorpe, Australian composer
1929 - Vaclav Kucera, composer
1929 - Ray Baretto, American jazz musician (d. 2006)
1933 - Darijan Bozic, composer
1933 - Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist
1933 - Rod Marvin McKuen, Oakland Calif, singer/composer (Alone, Beatsville)
1934 - Otis Rush, American musician
1935 - Otto M Zykan, composer
1936 - April Stevens, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
1936 - Zubin Mehta, Indian-born conductor
1942 - Klaus Voorman, rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1943 - Duane Allen, Taylortown Texas, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
1945 - Hugh Hopper, rocker (Soft Machine)
1947 - Tommy James, American musician
1948 - Michael Karoli, German guitarist and violinist (Can) (d. 2001)
1949 - Francis Rossi, England, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down)
1954 - Deborah Iyall, rocker (Romeo Void)
1956 - Ron Verlin, rocker (Shooting Star)
1956 - Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer
1957 - Mark Kendall, American guitarist
1957 - Richie C Robertson, rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles)
1958 - Simon Edwards, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
1960 - Phil King, English bassist
1960 - Gerard Joling, Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes)
1967 - Master P, American rapper
1968 - Carnie Wilson, LA Calif, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On)
1970 - China Forbes, American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini)
1973 - Johan Hegg, Swedish heavy metal vocalist
1974 - Anggun, Indonesian singer
1976 - Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and producer
1979 - Jo O'Meara, British singer (S Club)
1979 - Matt Tong, English drummer (Bloc Party)
1980 - Kian Egan, Irish singer (Westlife)
1988 - Younha, Korean pop singer
Deaths in Music
1712 - Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67
1813 - Christian Danner, composer, dies at 55
1905 - Ignacio Cervantes, composer, dies at 57
1935 - Leroy Carr, American blues singer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)
1943 - Joseph Achron, Latvian violinist/composer (Golem suite), dies at 56
1943 - Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer, dies at 68
1956 - Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer, dies at 75
1957 - Otallo Morales, composer, dies at 82
1961 - Cisco Houston, American folk singer (b. 1918)
1973 - Manfred Gurlitt, composer, dies at 82
1976 - Wilhelm Maler, composer, dies at 73
1979 - Julia A Perry, US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55
1988 - Jan Kapr, composer, dies at 74
1988 - James McCracken, American tenor (b. 1926)
1993 - Mick Ronson, English musician (b. 1946)
Today in the News
- The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon establishes a task force to tackle the 2007–2008 world food price crisis. (Associated Press)
- Tornadoes sweep through central and southeastern Virginia injuring more than 200 people and damaging multiple houses. (AP via The Southern Ledger)
- Officials with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services find that 31 of the 53 girls between ages 14 and 17 seized from the YFZ Ranch have been, or are currently, pregnant. (AP via Fox News)
- General Motors announces that it will cut production of pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles in three plants in Michigan and one in Oshawa, Ontario and negotiate layoffs with the United Auto Workers and Canadian Auto Workers. (Reuters via The Guardian)
Mars, Incorporated announces that it is buying the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the world's largest chewing gum manufacturer, in a deal worth $23 billion. The deal is being partly financed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway company. (Bloomberg)
News on this Day in History
1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
1770 - James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
1953 - The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
1967 - After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
1986 - Roger Clemens then of the Boston Red Sox sets a major league baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners.
1992 - 1992 Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
2004 - Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
Holidays and Observances
International Dance Day.
Japan (public holiday since 1927, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period.)
- The Emperor's Birthday (1927-1988. Holiday of Emperor Hirohito's birthday until his death in 1989).
- Greenery Day (1989-2006).
- Shōwa Day (2007 - Day of Showa period, which is reigned by Emperor Hirohito)
Roman Empire - second day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
Bahá'í Faith - The ninth day of the Festival of Ridván.
Roman Catholic Calendar of saints:
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Robert (d.1111)
Saint Wilfred the Younger
Saint Peter of Verona
Saint Hugh of Cluny
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