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Today in Music History
1797 - Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser," premieres in Vienna
1924 - Premiere of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with Paul Whiteman's Palais Royal Orchestra in Aeolian Hall in New York City.
1924 - President Calvin Coolidge makes 1st presidential radio speech
1964 - Beatles 1st NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)
1967 - Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for drugs
Births in Music on this Day
1935 - Ray Manzarek, keyboardist (Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier)
1950 - Steve Hackett, rock guitarist (Genesis-Against All Odds/GTR)
1951 - Gil "The Bird" Moore, rocker (Triumph)
1952 - Michael McDonald, American musician
1959 - Omar Hakim, drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report)
1970 - Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)
1567 - Thomas Campion, English composer and poet (d. 1620)
1740 - Matej Sojka, composer
1751 - Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer
1753 - Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer
1758 - Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer
1760 - Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer
1778 - Franz Joseph Volkert, composer
1853 - Bertram Luard-Selby, composer
1867 - Joe Howard, NYC, vocalist (Gay Nineties Revue)
1885 - Licinio Refice, composer
1886 - Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer
1886 - Michel Brusselmans, composer
1891 - Maurice Yvain, composer
1898 - [Le]Roy Harris, Okla, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
1899 - Albert Huybrechts, composer
1909 - Barry Wood, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
1914 - Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch)
1916 - Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer (Vom Tode)
1923 - Mel Powell, composer
1929 - Agustin Gonzalez Acilu, composer
1935 - Gene McDaniels, American singer
1936 - Arnost Parsch, composer
1942 - Lionel Grigson, professor of jazz
1942 - Rick Frank, rocker
1944 - Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist (Just Good Ol' Boys)
1945 - Joe Schermie, Madison Wi, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1946 - Cliff DeYoung, American actor and musician
1946 - Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer
1947 - Guus Willemse, Dutch bassist/singer (Solution)
1949 - Joaquin Sabina, Spanish singer and songwriter
1954 - Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician and stand-up comedian
1955 - Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer
1956 - Brian Robertson, Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motörhead)
1958 - Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006)
1959 - Per Gessle, rocker (Roxette-Joy Ride)
1967 - Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
1968 - Chynna Phillips, LA Calif, vocalist (Wilson Philips-Hold On)
1968 - Grégory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host
1969 - Meja, Swedish singer
Deaths in Music on this Day
1684 - Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67
1728 - Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
1738 - James Sherard, composer, dies at 71
1762 - Laurent Belissen, French composer, dies at 68
1799 - Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67
1820 - Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71
1861 - Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72
1894 - Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)
1896 - Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84
1915 - Charles Emile Waldteufel, French composer, dies at 77
1920 - Emile Sauret, composer, dies at 67
1929 - Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)
1933 - Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85
1959 - George Antheil, US pianist/composer (Ballet Macanique), dies at 58
1970 - Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79
1973 - Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67
1976 - James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52
1983 - Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100
1986 - Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86
1991 - Roger Patterson, American death metal bass player (b. 1968)
1995 - Philip Taylor Kramer, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1952)
1995 - Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at 82
2000 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
2000 - Oliver, American pop singer (b. 1945)
2005 - Sammi Smith, American country music singer (b. 1943)
2007 - Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
Today's News
-The United States files charges against six alleged al-Qaeda operatives including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks, seeking the death penalty for war crimes and murder. (Sky News)
-Paintings by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet are stolen from the Foundation E.G. Bührle, a museum in Zürich. (AFP)
-The Singapore Flyer, the largest observation wheel in the world (30 meters higher than London Eye), starts to turn. (The Straits Times)
-Gregg Bergersen, a United States Defense Department Analyst, is arrested and charged with espionage after being accused of leaking American military secrets to the Chinese government. (CNN)
-Ten people are trampled to death at a rock concert in Bandung, Indonesia. (AFP)
Interesting News and Tidbits on this Day in History
1541 - Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
1879 - At New York City's Madison Square Garden the first artificial ice rink in North America opens.
1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
2001 - NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
Holidays and Observances
-United States - Lincoln's Birthday
-Georgia Day in the U.S. state of Georgia
-National Freedom to Marry Day (unofficial)
-Darwin Day
-Red Hand Day
In the Roman Catholic Church:
-Saint Benedict of Aniane
-Saint Alexis of Moscow
-Saint Damian of Alexandria
-Saint Julian the Hospitaller
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