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Music News in History
1914 - Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini," premieres in Turin
1922 - Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer
1942 - Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah"
1947 - CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"
1964 - UK flies a ton of Beatle wigs to U.S.
1971 - Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK
1977 - Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album released
1981 - George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" for "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine".
Births in Music
1912 - Stan Kenton, [Newcomb], Wichita Ks, jazz musician (Music 55)
1940 - William "Smokey" Robinson, Detroit, vocalist/composer (and Miracles)
1946 - Paul Dean, Candian rock guitarist/vocalist (Loverboy)
1948 - Tony Iommi, rock guitarist (Black Sabbath)
1963 - Seal, English singer
1616 - Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer
1671 - Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer
1687 - Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer
1743 - [Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer, cellist (Minuet)
1762 - Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer
1763 - Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
1812 - Lauro Rossi, composer
1841 - Felipe Pedrell, composer
1843 - Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)
1863 - Emanuel Moor, composer
1877 - Louis Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera)
1880 - Arthur Shepherd, composer
1881 - Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle)
1886 - George Luther Foote, composer
1902 - John Bubbles, Louisville Ky, rhythm tap dancer (No Maps on My Taps)
1906 - Grace Mary Williams, composer
1911 - Nikola Hercigonja, composer
1912 - Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)
1913 - Alvin Derold Etler, composer
1920 - George Rose, British music hall entertainer (d. 1988)
1921 - Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer
1922 - Josef Matej, composer
1923 - Donald Lybbert, composer
1925 - Jindrich Feld, composer
1926 - Gyorgy Kurtag, composer
1936 - Bob Engemann, singer
1936 - Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
1937 - Robert "Bilbo" Walker Jr., American blues guitarist
1940 - Bobby Rogers, US vocalist (Miracles-You Really Got a Hold on Me)
1941 - Carlos Roque Alsina, composer
1943 - Lou Christie, [Lugee Sacco], Penn, vocalist (Lightning Striking Again)
1946 - Pierre van der Linden, Dutch drummer (Brainbox)
1948 - Mark Andes, Philadelphia Pa, rock bassist (Spirit, Heart, Fireball)
1949 - Edward Hardin, NYC, rock guitarist (Spencer Davis Group)
1950 - Andy Powell, British musician (Wishbone Ash)
1954 - Frances Bucholz, rocker (Scorpions-Wind of Change)
1954 - Jamie West-Oram, rock guitarist (Fixx)
1956 - Dave Wakeling, rock singer/guitarist
1956 - Peter Holsapple, rocker (Continental Drifters)
1957 - Falco, (Johann Hoelcel), Austrian vocalist (Rock Me Amadeus)
1960 - Holly Johnson, England, rock vocalist (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
1964 - Doug Aldrich, rocker
1966 - Prince Markie D, [Mark Morale], rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1969 - Burton C. Bell, American vocalist
1971 - Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist
1975 - Katja Schuurman, Dutch actress and singer
1977 - Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark)
1978 - Immortal Technique, American rapper
1979 - Mariska, Finnish rapper
1979 - Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress
1981 - Beth Ditto, American singer (The Gossip)
1981 - Vitas, Russian singer
1983 - Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress
1984 - Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
1985 - Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
1986 - Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
Deaths in Music
1605 - Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, Italian composer, dies at 54
1653 - Luigi Rossi, Italian composer (b. 1597)
1785 - Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84
1790 - Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47
1815 - Leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47
1822 - Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78
1858 - Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78
1875 - Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76
1894 - Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78
1923 - Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68
1927 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (b. 1847) , dies at 80
1933 - Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, dies at 77
1941 - Hamilton Hamilton Harty, composer/conductor, dies at 61
1944 - Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, dies at 76
1949 - Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83
1950 - Edyth Walker, US singer, dies at 82
1962 - Albert Israel Elkus, composer, dies at 77
1973 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
1975 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer, dies at 71
1980 - Bon Scott, Australian rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33
1981 - Frank Merrik, composer, dies at 94
1984 - Ina Ray Hutton, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66
2001 - Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
2003 - Johnny PayCheck, American singer (b. 1938)
Todays News
- Fidel Castro retires, resigning as the President of Cuba (after 51 years in office) and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, effective 24 February 2008 upon the election of his successor. (AFP via News Limited), (Granma), (Reuters UK)
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the chairman of Pakistan's governing party, the pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) concedes defeat after preliminary results show that it cannot retain a majority in the Parliament of Pakistan. (AFP/AP via the Melbourne Age)
- The United States will make its first attempt to shoot down failed spy satellite USA 193 early Thursday morning UTC (late Wednesday evening EST). (CNN.com)
- California-based Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company voluntarily recalls just over 143 million pounds (65 million kilograms) of raw and frozen beef products, considered the largest meat recall in the United States, following an investigation into animal cruelty. (AP). We don't believe in volence, but these employees should be punished severely! Did you all see the videos. Disgusting!
- The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 134-128 in the 2008 NBA All-Star Game. (NBA)
Other bits of news in History
1600 - The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina exploded in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
1949 - Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
1953 - Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
1985 - Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
2004 - Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal is awarded an honorary knighthood in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity."
Holidays and Observances
- Chaoflux (Discordianism)
- Astrology: First day of sun sign Pisces
- Astrology: Can also be last day of sun sign Aquarius depending on the time of birth and the astrologer's viewpoint.
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