Well, Well
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Today in Music History
1852 - Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St Petersburg
1885 - Boston Pops Orchestra forms
1902 - Debussy's opera "Pelleas et Melissande," premieres in Paris
1945 - "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
1972 - "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
1973 - Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love"
1976 - Wings release "Silly Love Songs"
Births in Music
1923 - Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
1927 - Johnny Horton, Los Angeles Ca, rocker
1933 - Willie Nelson, Abbott Texas, country singer (On the Road Again)
1939 - Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Miami Florida, (1st woman composer Pulitzer 1982)
1717 - Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer
1792 - Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer
1837 - Alfred Gaul, composer
1870 - Franz Lehar, operetta composer (Naughty Marietta)
1883 - David John de Lloyd, composer
1884 - Albert Israel Elkus, composer
1885 - Luigi Russolo, composer
1886 - Frank Merrik, composer
1889 - Acario Cotapos, composer
1889 - Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer
1896 - Gary Davis, Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith)
1902 - Andre-Francois Marescotti, composer
1902 - Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer
1903 - Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve)
1911 - Hans Studer, composer
1914 - Sid Weiss, bassist
1916 - Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
1917 - Bea Wain, US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade)
1920 - Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist/composer
1932 - Anton Larrauri, composer
1934 - Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (d.1995)
1941 - Wilfried Jentzsh, composer
1941 - Johnny Farina, American musician and composer (Santo and Johnny)
1943 - Bobby Vee, American singer
1944 - Richard Shoff, rocker (Sandpipers)
1945 - Mike Beacon, rocker (Ox)
1945 - Mimi Farina, rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
1947 - Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer
1953 - Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie)
1956 - Richard Farina, folk singer (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
1956 - Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese baritone
1964 - Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
1968 - Paulo Jr, Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions)
1969 - Joey Restivo, Brooklyn, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies)
1969 - Warren Defever, American musician, composer
1973 - Akon, American R&B Singer
1974 - Mikey Chan, Australian musician
1976 - Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls)
1982 - Lloyd Banks, American rapper
1982 - Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress
1982 - Andrew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
1985 - Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl
Deaths in Music
1630 - Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44
1758 - François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
1792 - Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer, dies at 36
1793 - Lorenzo Fago, composer, dies at 88
1855 - Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68
1887 - Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71
1893 - Gyula Beliczay, composer, dies at 57
1896 - Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68
1912 - Frantisek Kmoch, composer
1942 - Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51
1952 - Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer
1957 - Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
1959 - Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81
1970 - Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82
1976 - Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer, dies at 51
1977 - Clive Martin Douglas, composer, dies at 73
1982 - Lester Bangs, American music journalist, author, and musician (b. 1949)
1983 - George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79
1983 - Muddy Waters, U.S. blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68
1988 - James McCracken, US tenor, dies at 61
2007 - Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
2007 - Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
Todays News
- The S&P/Case-Shiller index of United States real estate pricing shows a decline of 12.7% from February 2007 to February 2008, with 17 of 20 regions showing falls. (BBC News)
- The United States Consumer Confidence Index falls again in April due to concerns over the rising price of petroleum and weaker job prospects. (AP via Google News)
- The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon establishes a task force to tackle the 2007–2008 world food price crisis. (AP via Google News)
- Researchers discover what is believed to be the first use of oil painting at Bamyan in Afghanistan, predating European oil painting by some six centuries.
- Maoists win a plurality of seats in the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, the first election in Nepal in nine years.
News on this Day in History
1006 - Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
1483 - Orbital calculations suggest that on this day, Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503.
1492 - Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
1789 - On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
1803 - Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
1900 - Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
1927 - Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
1938 - The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit.
1938 - The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
1939 - RCA owned NBC begins regularly scheduled television service from its New York station with the opening ceremonies of the 1939 New York World's Fair broadcast.
1939 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. President to appear on television during the World Fair's opening ceremonies broadcast.
1993 - The World Wide Web is born at CERN.
1993 - Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
1995 - U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first President to visit Northern Ireland.
Holidays and Observances
Walpurgis Night - Celebrated in Germany, central, and western Europe
Scandinavia - The arrival of spring.
Sweden - Birthday of King Carl XVI Gustav, an official flag day.
The Netherlands - Queen's Day, the largest one-day holiday in the Netherlands.
Roman Empire - third day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
Bealtaine Eve - (From either Irish Bealtaine or Scottish Gaelic). Originally a Celtic Druid holiday.
Vietnam - Liberation Day.
Mexico - Children's Day.
Czech Republic and Slovakia - Carodejnice - witches' night
in the Roman Catholic Church:
Saint Adjutor
Saint Eutropius
Saint Maximus, 3rd century martyr
Saint Quirinus of Neuss
Saint Suitbert the Younger (d. 807)
Saint Pope Pius V
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