1957 Birthday Nick Cave, Australian singer and songwriter, Bath Seeds-Murder Ballads 1952 Birthday Cliff Adams, born in London, England, rocker, formed Cliff Adams Singers, known for ballads and novelty songs 1948 Event "Ballet Ballads" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 62 performances 1948 Event "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 62 performances 1936 Birthday Wolf Biermann, born in Hamburg, Germany, singer, songwriter, former East German dissident, wrote folk music, political ballads, studied political economics at Humboldt University of Berlin 1878 Birthday John Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate, Salt-Water Ballads 1867 Birthday Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku and tanka poet/diarist, Salt Water Ballads
