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Today in Music History
1725 - Georg F Handels opera "Tamerlano," premieres in London
1862 - Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St Petersburg Russia)
1955 - Elvis Presley was voted the most promising new country & western artist by Billboard magazine.
1968 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album
1969 - Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in UK
1972 - Allman Brothers bass player Berry Oakley was killed when his motorcycle hit a bus at the same intersection as former band member Duane Allman, who had died a year earlier. Oakley was 24 years old.
1978 - The Cars released the first picture- disc single commercially available, 'My Best Friend's Girl' which made No.3 in the UK charts.
Births in Music
1976 - Jesse F. Keeler, Toronto, Canada, bassist/musician
1688 - Lorenzo Somis, composer
1690 - Gerhard Hoffmann, composer
1696 - Andrea Zani, composer
1722 - Johann Philipp Sack, composer
1731 - Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer
1767 - Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster
1788 - Michal Wielhorski, composer
1832 - Paolo Giorza, composer
1883 - Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (d. 1969)
1894 - Aaron Avshalomov, composer
1895 - Jacov Gotovac, composer
1910 - Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist
1913 - German Leont'yevich Zhukovsky, composer
1914 - Hansje Toussaint, [Hermina A Schenk], singer (Sing of the Cross)
1917 - Julien-Francois Zbinden, composer
1918 - Jurg Baur, composer
1927 - Mose Allison, American jazz pianist and singer
1928 - Arthur Cunningham, composer
1928 - Ernestine Anderson, jazz vocalist
1929 - LaVern Baker, Chicago, RandB vocalist (I Cried a Tear)
1930 - Hank Garland, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2004)
1930 - Vernon Handley, English conductor
1932 - Al Levitt, drummer
1936 - Jack Keller, American songwriter (d. 2005)
1937 - Buddy Jimmy Lee Land Ace, singer
1938 - Roger Laver, [Jackson], rock keyboardist (Tornados)
1941 - Jesse Colin Young, American singer and songwriter (The Youngbloods)
1943 - Chas Hodges, rocker
1943 - Karin Kent, [Janneke Kanteman], Dutch singer
1945 - Chris Dreja, London, rocker (Yardbirds)
1945 - Vince Martell, NYC, rock guitarist (Vanilla Fudge)
1946 - Chip Hawkes, rocker
1947 - Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist
1947 - Pat "Dirty" Daugherty, rocker (Black Oak Arkansas)
1950 - Jim Peterik, American musician and songwriter (Survivor)
1950 - Rudy Sarzo, Cuban bass guitarist
1952 - Paul Cowsill, Newport RI, rock keyboardist (Cowsills)
1953 - Andy Partridge, English rock vocalist/guitarist (XTC)
1953 - Marshall Crenshaw, American musician
1955 - Dave Alvin, American songwriter and guitarist
1956 - Billy Smith, Reidsville NC, country singer (Billy and Terry Smith)
1956 - Ian Craig Marsh, England, rocker (Heaven 17)
1958 - Luz Casal, Spanish singer
1961 - Jan Kuehnemund, American guitarist
1962 - Mic Michaeli, Swedish keyboardist
1962 - James Morrison, Australian musician
1966 - Jeff Buckley, musician
1968 - Jo Kittsee, Germany, rocker (Fuzzbox)
1968 - Wyatt Pauley, Ecuador, rocker (Linear)
1970 - Derry Brownson, rock keyboardist (EMF)
1973 - Jason White, American musician (Green Day)
1974 - Static Major, American singer (d. 2008)
1985 - Jessica Sierra, American singer
Deaths in Music
1895 - Julius Tausch, composer, dies at 68
1901 - Antonio Zamara, composer, dies at 72
1907 - Henry Gadsby, composer, dies at 64
1912 - Joseph Wieniawski, composer, dies at 75
1929 - Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer, dies at 66
1936 - Edward German, composer, dies at 74
1945 - Jerome Kern, US composer (Sally, Leave it to Jane), dies at 60
1954 - John Rosamund Johnson, composer, dies at 81
1956 - Victor Young, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
1964 - Edward Steuermann, composer, dies at 72
1967 - Harry Seymour, composer/actor (Tenderfoot), dies of heart attack at 76
1968 - Jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47
1972 - Berry Oakley, US rock bassist (Allman Bro), dies in car crash at 24
1973 - David "Stringbean" Akeman, American banjo player (b. 1915)
1974 - Alfonso Leng, Chilean composer, dies at 80
1977 - Greta Keller, Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress (b. 1903)
1979 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (b. 1894)
1988 - William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor & organist (b. 1900)
1993 - Erskine Hawkins, US trumpeter/composer (After Hours), dies at 79
1994 - Elizabeth Lefanu Maconchy, Engl composer (My Dark Heart), dies at 87
News from this Day in History
1926 - U.S. Route 66 is established.
1930 - Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
1992 - The Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
World Holidays and Observances
- Colombia - Independence of Cartagena, Colombia, from Spain (1811)
- Angola - Independence Day (1975)
- Opening of carnival season in Germany ("Karneval"/"Fasching" on 11-11, at 11:11), the Netherlands, and other countries
- South Korea - Pepero Day
- Maldives - Republic Day (1968)
Several nations celebrate, in some way, the end of World War I, the ceasefire of which went into effect at 11:00am CET on this day in 1918.
- Veterans Day in the United States (called Armistice Day until 1952, when the name was changed, and the holiday was re-geared toward all military veterans)
- Armistice Day in New Zealand, France and Belgium
- Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada.
- Poland - Independence Day (1918)
- Lāčplēsis Day (1919) in Latvia: the official date for commemoration of Latvian soldiers, who had died for the country's freedom.
Feast day of:
- Bartholomew of Grottaferrata in the Roman Catholic Church
- Martin of Tours in the Roman Catholic Church
- St. Martin's Day in the Netherlands, Germany, Flanders, Austria, Portugal and Malta
- Saint Menas in the Roman Catholic Church
- Soren Kierkegaard in the Lutheran Church
Popular culture:
- Singles Day in China
- Twins Day (1987) in Taiwan: a festival for biological twins and other multiples. The eleventh day of the eleventh month (11-11) consists of the same numeral in pairs and symbolizes their characteristics.
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