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2009 Ellie Greenwich, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron', dies in Manhattan, New York, at age 68
2006 Otto Zykan, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim', dies in Sachsendorf, Austria 2005 Harold Kalin, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin, dies from automobile accident injuries, at age 71 2003 Abel Ehrlich, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 2003 Buddy Hackett, comedian/actor, The Music Man, dies at 78 2003 Maki Ishii, composer, contemporary classical music, dies of thyroid cancer in Kashiwa, Japan, at age 66 2002 Arne Mellnas, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 2002 Mickey Newbury, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music, dies 2001 Lorenzo Music, voice, ", voice of Garfield, the Cat, ", dies at 64 1999 Boxcar Willie, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music, dies from leukemia, in Branson, Missouri, at age 67 1999 Lionel Bart, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver!, dies at 68 1998 32nd TNN Music City News Country Awards 1998 "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1998 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls and Babyface win 1998 Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99 1998 Shinichi Suzuki, music educator, "developed the ""Suzuki Method"" which taugh violin to children", dies at 98 1998 Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher, dies at 99 1998 Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93 1997 Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57 1997 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes and Spice Girls win 1997 "Diary of Anne Frank," opens at Music Box Theater New York City 1997 "Barrymore," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 240 performances 1997 Stikkan Stig Anderson, music entrepreneur (Polar), dies at 66 1997 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes 1997 Jeff Buckley, musician, singer, guitarist, alternative rock, folk music genres, performed with Gods and Monsters, dies of an accidental drowning at age 30 1997 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines and Brooks and Dunn 1997 "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 240 performances 1997 11th Soul Train Music Awards 1997 24th American Music Award: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win 1996 7th Billboard Music Awards 1996 Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76 1996 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1996 John Bauldie, music journalist/Dylanologist, dies at 47 1996 James Wild, music teacher, dies at 68 1996 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win 1996 Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine, dies at 59 1996 Bill Monroe, bluegrass vocalist (created bluegrass music), dies at 84 1996 MTV Video Music Awards 1996 "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 118 performances 1996 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson 1996 Peter Fletcher, music teacher, dies at 60 1996 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain 1996 Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at 89 1996 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men 1996 "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 118 performances 1996 Alan Ridout, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, dies at 61 1996 23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins 1996 "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 97 performances 1995 6th Billboard Music Awards 1995 Louis Levy, Jr., music publisher, dies at 84 1995 "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 97 performances 1995 29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win 1995 Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85 1995 Jorge Peixinho, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, dies in Lisbon, Portugal 1995 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire 1995 C. W. Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64 1995 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins 1995 "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 839 performances 1995 Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer, dies at 75 1995 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win 1995 Denny Cordel, rock music producer-Laverack, dies at 51 1995 Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50 1995 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win 1994 Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60 1994 George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85 1994 5th Billboard Music Awards 1994 Irwin Kostal, U.S. arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83 1994 Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76 1994 William Henry Swinburne, music teacher, dies at 87 1994 Joan Dickson, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, dies at 72 1994 28th Country Music Association Award 1994 Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, dies at 57 1994 Alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83 1994 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens 1994 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins 1994 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win 1994 21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins 1994 James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas 1993 4th Billboard Music Awards 1993 Frank V Zappa, U.S. music/composer (Mothers of Invention), dies at 52 1993 Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey 1993 27th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill wins 1993 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill 1993 Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music) 1993 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins 1993 "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 839 performances 1993 Daniel Jones, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 1993 Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61 1993 7th Soul Train Music Awards 1993 20th American Music Award: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win 1992 3rd Billboard Music Awards 1992 Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies 1992 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins 1992 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks 1992 "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances 1992 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks 1992 "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances 1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure 1992 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and Color Me Badd win 1992 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box New York City 1992 "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC 1992 19th American Music Award: C and C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win 1991 2nd Billboard Music Awards 1991 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box New York City 1991 25th Country Music Association Award: 1991 Alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancer 1991 "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 7 performances 1991 "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 7 performances 1991 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music" 1991 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton 1991 "Lucifer's Child" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 28 performances 1991 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks 1991 "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 28 performances 1991 5th Soul Train Music Awards 1991 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer and Janet Jackson 1991 "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 497 performances 1991 Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies 1990 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins 1990 Bulent Arel, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, dies at 72 1990 "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 11 performances 1990 24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins 1990 "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 11 performances 1990 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless 1990 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black and Kathy Mattea win 1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City 1990 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson 1990 17th American Music Award: Milli Vanilli 1989 "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances 1989 Conrad Beck, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, dies at 88 1989 Franco, Francis Luambo/"Makiadi", Zaire composer/music, dies at 51 1989 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins 1989 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Randy Travis 1989 "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 12 performances 1989 "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 12 performances 1989 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker 1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams, Jr., Alabama 1989 16th American Music Award: Randy Travis and George Michael wins 1988 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win 1988 Arwel Hughes, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn, dies at 79 1988 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis and Statler Brothers 1988 "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 36 performances 1988 "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 36 performances 1988 2nd Soul Train Music Awards 1988 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams, Jr. 1988 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston 1987 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William, Jr. wins 1987 WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format 1987 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis 1987 Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89 1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr 1987 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross 1987 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama 1986 20th Country Music Association Award: 1986 MTV Music Awards - Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" wins 1986 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn 1986 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire 1986 Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58 1986 13th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and C Gayle 1985 19th Country Music Association Award: Ricky Skaggs wins 1985 Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million 1985 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell 1985 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Judds win 1985 12th American Music Award 1984 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins 1984 Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78 1984 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers 1984 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama 1984 Harry Salter, orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 1983 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins 1983 Claus Adam, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto, dies at 65 1983 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff 1983 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson 1983 10th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers 1982 16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson and Ricky Skagg 1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) 1982 "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" closes at Nederlander New York City after 333 performances 1982 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell 1982 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1982 9th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers win 1981 15th Country Music Association Award: 1981 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters 1981 "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander New York City for 333 performances 1981 16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell and George Jones 1981 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins 1981 Bill Hopkins, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine" 1981 8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins 1980 14th Country Music Association Award 1980 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn 1980 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins 1980 Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music, dies at 61 1979 Stan Kenton, orchestra leader (Music 55), dies at 67 1979 Ben Weber, U.S. composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62 1979 Radio City Music Hall (New York City) reopens 1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell 1979 Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht, Netherlands 1979 6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win 1978 12th Country Music Association Award 1978 Tracie Spencer, born in Waterloo, Iowa, singer, songwriter, actress, model, performed pop, rhythm and blues, dance pop, quiet music genres, 'This House' reached Billboard Hot 100, guest on ABC sitcom Family Matters, sang background vocals for Eve, Kanye West, 50 Cent 1978 5th American Music Award: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac and C Twitty 1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Imperial New York after 66 perf 1977 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins 1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" opens at Imperial New York City for 66 performances 1977 Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63 1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box New York City for 390 performances 1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box New York City after 390 performances 1976 "Music Is" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 8 performances 1976 "Music Is" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 8 performances 1976 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins 1976 Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74 1976 Jan Kunc, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal, dies at 93 in Brno, Czech Republic 1976 Beatles "Rock and Roll Music" LP is released in USA 1976 Lukas Hass, actor, Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box 1976 Lukas Haas, actor, Music Box, Witness, Testament, Leap of Faith 1976 Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957, dies at 46 1976 CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts 1975 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music) 1975 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins 1975 2nd American Music Awards 1975 Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72 1974 8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich 1974 "Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 601 performances 1974 "Words and Music" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 127 performances 1974 "Words and Music" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 127 performances 1974 "Rainbow Jones" opens and closes at Music Box Theater New York City 1973 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins 1973 "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway 1973 Jeremy Jordan, born in Hammond, Indiana, singer, actor, pop, dance music, recorded music featured in the film 'Airborne', appeared in made-for-TV movies and theater performance of Never Been Kissed 1973 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win 1973 "Little Night Music" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 601 performances 1973 Steven Sondheim's musical "Little Night Music," premieres in New York City 1973 "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV 1971 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins 1971 Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance, dies at 40 1971 New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music 1971 Mariah Carey, born in Huntington, New York, singer, rhythm and blues, pop music genres, five-time Grammy award winner, sold over 62.5 million albums 1970 4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins 1970 "Words and Music," debuts on NBC-TV 1970 Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton 1970 "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 23 performances 1970 "Charles Aznavour" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 23 performances 1969 "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1969 Casper Howeler, music critic, dies at 71 1969 Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd. 1967 Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit 1967 Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names 1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station 1967 Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75 1967 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California 1967 Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 1967 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards 1966 Jeff Buckley, born in Anaheim, California, musician, singer, guitarist, alternative rock, folk music genres, performed with Gods and Monsters 1966 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 1966 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie and L Marvin win 1966 Freedom Williams, rock vocalist, C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now 1965 Carl Hoff, orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 1965 "Sound Of Music" opens 1964 Ida Moore, actress (Mr Music, Johnny Belinda), dies at 82 1964 George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company 1964 Carole Coleman, singer (Face the Music), dies at 42 1963 Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir played music together for the 1st time 1963 Mart Saar, composer, organist, combined folk music with contemporary sounds, composed choir, solo, piano music, dies at 81 1963 "Sound of Music" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 1443 performances 1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1962 Elizabeth Daily, actress, Street Music 1961 Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller 1961 "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1375 performances 1961 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64 1960 Nancy Martinez, born in Montreal, Quebec, rocker, musician, singer, known for dance-pop music hit songs 'For Tonight', 'Move Out' 1960 Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1960 John Cage's "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos," premieres 1959 "Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 1443 performances 1959 Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music, Depeche Mode-Wild! 1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV 1959 Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1958 Pam Tills, Country music artist 1958 Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin" 1958 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello and Music Man win 1958 Gary Brian Tibbs, London, rock bassist, Adam and The Ants, Roxy Music 1957 "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1375 performances 1957 John "Jellybean" Benitez, music producer 1957 William Orlamond, actor (Flesh and Devil, Words and Music), dies at 89 1956 Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 1956 Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78 1956 Frank Dailey, orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City after 849 performances 1955 Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music and popular music 1955 RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer 1954 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad 1954 Danielle Alexander, Ft. Worth, Texas, country music pianist 1954 Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation 1954 Judith Weir, born in Cambridge, England, composer, professor of music at Cardiff University, Artistic Director, Spitafields Festival, Composer in Association for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1954 Lesley-Anne Down, born in London, actress, A Little Night Music, Moonraker 1953 David Leisner, born in America, teacher, classical guitarist, composer, taught at Manhattan School of Music, expert in focal dystonia 1953 Betty Wright, born in Miami, Florida, singer, rhythm and blues, soul music, influenced the world of hip hop, sang with Alice Cooper, Gloria Estefan, song Shoorah! Shoorah!, used in movie Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1953 Tod Machover, born in Mount Vernon, New York, composer, innovative use of technology in music, designed interactive systems for Yo Yo Ma, Ying Quartet 1953 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden New York City for 849 perf 1953 Michael Byron, born in America, composer, released music on Koch Records, Meridien Records, editor, contemporary music anthologies 1953 Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1953 Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, Jonathan 'Johnny' Clegg, musician, recording artist, Grammy-Award nominee, mbaqanga, Afro-pop genres, formed and performed with Juluka band, formed Savuka band, popular figure in South African music history 1953 Wayne Siegel, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, influenced by minimalist Steve Reich, music commissioned by Kronos Quartet, Harry Sparnaay, Safri Duo 1953 Alan Rubin, music figure, Blues Brothers 1953 Carl Joseph Stone, born in America, composer, electronic music genre, minimalist, studied composition at California Institute of the Arts, served as President of the American Music Center 1952 Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style 1952 Rhys Chatham, born in New York City, New York, composer, trumpet player, guitarist, minimalist, avant garde music 1952 Dominic Muldowney, born in Southampton, England, composer, created television, film scores for Loose Connections, King Lear, radio work, theater music, created large-scale oboe concerto, versatile has created music for David Bowie, Royal Academy of Music teacher 1952 David Pack, born in Los Angeles, California, musician, producer, Grammy-Award winning record producer for Wynnona, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Music Director for President Bill Clinton's Inaugurations, 1992 and 1996, cofounder, lead vocalist for band, Ambrosia 1952 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music" 1952 Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music 1951 "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 56 performances 1951 "Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 56 performances 1951 Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69 1951 Ned Sublette, born in Lubbock, Texas, composer, musician, musicologist, producer, guitarist, studied classical guitar with Emilio Pujol, composition with Kenneth Gaburo, Cuban music scholar, known for mixing country-western, afro-Caribbean salsa, cumbia, rumba music styles 1951 Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack 1951 Paul Thompson, rock drummer, Roxy Music 1950 Davey O'List, rocker, Roxy Music 1950 Richard Branson, British music enterperneur, Virgin Atlantic 1950 David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful 1950 "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 281 performances 1950 Brockway and Weinstock publish "Men of Music" 1950 Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1949 Randy Owen, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music 1949 "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts 1949 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 281 performances 1949 Shulamit Ran, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, composer, second woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, for Symphony, 1990 1949 Jeff Cook, Fort Payne, Alabama, country guitar/vocalist, Alabama - Mountain Music 1949 John Bauldie, music journalist/dylanologist 1948 Merry Clayton, born in Gert Town, New Orleans, singer, actress, sang gospel and soul music, famous for singing with The Rolling Stones' song 'Gimme Shelter' with Mick Jagger 1948 "Ballet Ballads" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 62 performances 1948 Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music 1948 Nigel Osborne, born in Manchester, England, composer, studied with Egon Wellesz, Kenneth Leighton, music professor, University of Edinburgh 1948 "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 62 performances 1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio 1948 "Music in My Heart" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 124 performances 1948 T-Bone Burnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, musician, songwriter, produced artists including BoDeans, Counting Crows, music for films 1948 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cin 1947 Christopher Parkening, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, transcribed sacred music 1947 "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 124 performances 1947 Paul Patterson, born in Britain, composer, professor, Royal Academy of Music, composes for orchestra, ensemble, film, television, education 1947 Barry Guy, born in London, England, composer, musician, double bass player, Guildhall School of Music teacher, influenced by contemporary jazz, member Michael Nyman Band 1947 Jim Nollman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated from Tufts University, composer, musical theater, conceptual artist, environmental activist, recorded interspecies music with wolves, whales, dolphins, deer, elk, desert rats 1946 Alan "Bam" King, born in Kentish Town, London, guitarist, singer with British rock music band, Ace 1946 John Klemmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, songwriter, arranger, saxophonist, plays jazz, pop, cross over jazz, co-written music with David Batteau 1946 Daria Semegen, born in Bambery, West German, composer, classical music, electronic music genres, Fulbright Fellow 1946 Janice Giteck, born in Hicksville, New York, composer, influenced by world music, American Indian music, studied with Olivier Messiaen 1946 Anne Boyd, born in Sydney, New South Wales, composer, professor of composition at the University of Sydney, recipient, Order of Australia, for contributions to music 1946 Barbara Benary, born in America, composer, co-founder, Gamelan Son of Lion, New York City repertory ensemble, composes theater music, chamber music 1946 Arthur Conley, U.S. soul singer, Sweet Soul Music 1945 Laurie Spiegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, guitar, known for algorithmic composition software Music Mouse, electronic-music compositions 1945 Barry Schrader, born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, composer, electro-acoustic genre, wrote, 'Introducton to Electro-Acoustic Music' 1944 Jonathan King, born in London, England, Kenneth George King, singer, songwriter, pop music producer, wrote song 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon', successful writer, producer for other musical artists 1944 Michael Franks, born in LaJolla, California, singer, songwriter, jazz music genre, worked with Art Garfunkel, Patti Austin 1944 Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75 1944 Michael Johnson, born in Alamosa, Colorado, pop, guitarist, country, pop music, known for song, 'Bluer Than Blue' 1944 Byron Berline, born in Caldwell, Kansas, musician, fiddle, mandolin player, famous for contemporary bluegrass music, played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, worked with Manassas, founded Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival 1944 Jon Hiseman, born in Woolwich, London, musician, drummer, record producer and music publisher, formed bands Colosseum, Coloseeum II with Don Airey, Gary Moore and Tempest with Alan Holdsworth 1944 Paul Lansky, born in New York, composer, electronic music, computer music language pioneer, studied with George Perle and Milton Babbitt, professor of music at Princeton University 1944 Rick Price, born in Birmingham, England, bassist, rock music, bass player, played with Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, The Move 1944 Mick Ralphs, born in Hereford, England, born Michael Geoffrey Ralphs, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of music bands Mott the Hopple and Bad Company 1944 Marcie Blane, born in Brooklyn, New York, given name, Marcia Blank, singer, pop music, known for hit song, Bobby's Girl 1944 Joseph Celli, born in America, composer, musician, experimental, contemporary music genres, worked with John Cage, the Kronos Quartet 1944 Neely Bruce, born in America, composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, chorus director for Connecticut Opera 1943 Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House 1943 Mike Smith, born in Edmonston, England, born Michael George Smith, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, music producer, played for The Dave Clark Five 1943 Udo Zimmermann, born in Dresden, Germany, composer, conductor, artistic director, music director, Leipzig Opera House 1943 Garrett List, born in Phoenix, Arizona, composer, vocalist, trombonist, formed Julliard Ensemble, composed classical, jazz, pop, free jazz music 1943 Judith Durham, born Melbourne, Australia, Judith Mavis Cock, singer, jazz, lead vocalist for The Seekers, Australian popular folk music group 1943 Johnny Halliday, born in Cite Malesherbes, France, Jean-Philippe Smet, actor, singer, 48-year music career, compared to Elvis Presley 1943 Bill Hopkins, born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1943 Tison Street, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, violinist, contemporary classical music, winner, Guggenheim Fellowship 1943 Donnie Iris, born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, musician, guitarist, performed with The Jaggerz, Cellarful of Noise, The Cruisers, famous for Wild Cherry's hit 'Play That Funky Music' 1942 Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger, Music Box Dancer 1942 Charles Dodge, born in Ames, Iowa, composer, electronic music, computer music genres, studied with Gunther Schuller, Darius Milhaud 1942 Barbara Lynn, born in Beaumont, Texas, American guitarist, singer, rhythm and blues, toured with soul music greats like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, recorded the song Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin') with The Rolling Stones 1941 Dan Hicks, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, singer, songwriter, performed with dance bands, performed on Time Out For Teens radio program, part of San Francisco's folk music scene 1941 Imants Kalnins, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, wrote six symphonies, first composer of intellectual rock music, Latvia's most important composer 1941 Jackson Hill, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer, vocal music, teacher, Ph.D. Musicology, teacher, Duke University, Bucknell University 1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music 1941 WPAT radio in New Jersey begins broadcasting (country music format) 1940 Bruce Channel, born in Jacksonville, Bruce McMeans, Texas, singer, rocker, known for hit song, 'Hey! Baby', rock and roll, pop music, recorded with Smash Records, Mercury Records 1940 Anthea Joseph, music producer 1940 Lewis Spratlan, born in Miami, Florida, composer, contemporary classical music genre, Professor of Music Emeritus, Amherst College 1940 Mickey Newbury, born in Houston, Texas, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music 1940 Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies 1940 Dean Torrence, born in Los Angeles, California, surf music singer, Jan and Dean-Little Old Lady 1940 David C. Johnson, born in Batavia, New York, composer, flutist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, performed live-electronic music 1940 Jorge Peixinho, born in Montijo, Portugal, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group 1939 Tom Johnson, born in Greely, Colorado, composer, minimalist style, new music critic for the Village Voice, wrote music based on tiling, involving mathematical and logical processes 1939 Ellie Greenwich, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron' 1939 BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed 1939 Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems 1939 Bruce Mather, born in Canada, composer, pianist, known for microtonal music, contemporary classical music compositions 1939 Jonathan David Harvey, English composer, Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen 1939 John McCabe, born in Huyton, England, composer, pianist, wrote thirteen symphonies by age 11, composed Notturni ed Alba in 1970, ballets, string quartets, piano music, known for his concerti 1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart 1939 Marlos Nobre, born in Recife, Brazil, composer, pianist, conductor, commissioned by Free University of Music, Sao Paulo, Ministry of Culture 1939 Harold Kalin, born in Port Jervis, New York, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin 1939 Jon Appleton, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, pioneer in electro-acoustic music, won Guggenheim, Fulbright Foundation fellowships 1938 David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley 1938 Richard Stoker, born in Britain, composer, writer, guitarist, fellow, Royal Academy of Music, studied under Nadia Boulanger in Paris 1938 Zygmunt Krauze, born in Poland, composer, pianist, contemporary classical music genre, professor, Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy 1938 Dale Hawkins, music writer, Suzy Q 1938 Mike Mainieri, born in the Bronx, New York, jazz fusion vibraphonist, worked with Steps Ahead, pioneer in 'synth-vibe' electronic vibraphone music, recorded with Buddy Rich, Jeremy Steig, featured on Dire Straights tracks 1938 Douglas Leedy, born in Portland, Oregon, pseudonym, Bhishma Xenotechnites, composer, music scholar, performer, works include 'Trio' 1937 Jimmy Bowen, born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, record producer, pop music performer, famous for 'I'm Stickin' With You', produced chart hits for Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. 1937 Edwin Roxburgh, born in England, composer, principal oboist, Sadler's Wells Opera, wrote, Manuhin Music Guide 1937 Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa 1937 David Behrman, born in Salzburg, Austria, composer, producer, Music of Our Time series, Columbia Records, founding member, Sonic Arts Union 1937 Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine 1937 Yehuda Yannay, born in Romania, composer, film maker, performance artist, international figure in contemporary music 1937 Lorenzo Music, born in Brooklyn, New York, writer/actor/voice, Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield 1937 William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77 1937 Jon Hassell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, composer, played the trumpet, PhD in musicology, known for influencing world music scene with unique electronic manipulation of trumpet sounds 1936 Frederic Forrest, Waxahachie, Texas, actor, Music Box, Lonesone Dove 1936 Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor 1936 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 1936 Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef 1936 Maki Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, contemporary classical music 1936 Harold Budd, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, avant-garde, ambient music, created soundtrack for 2005 film Mysterious Skin, with Robin Guthrie 1936 John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew 1936 Daniel Goode, born in America, composer, clarinetist, studied with Henry Cowell, influenced by Indonesian gamelan music, bird song, Cape Breton fiddling, minimal music, member, Gamelan Son of Lion, Director, Electronic Music Studio, Rutgers University 1936 Peter Fletcher, music teacher 1936 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade 1935 Bruno Canino, born in Naples, Italy, composer, pianist, chamber musician, accompanist, studied with Vincenzo Vitale, and in Milan with Bruno Bettinelli, music director of Biennale di Venezia, recordings include Bach Goldberg Variations 1935 David Houston, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, singer, country music, recorded hit 'Almost Pursuaded', and 'With One Exception', 'My Elusive Dreams' with Tammy Wynette 1935 Elgar Howarth, born in Cannock, England, composer, conductor, educated at Manchester University, member of group, New Music Manchester 1935 Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1935 Julie Andrews, England, actress and singer, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins 1935 Lubos Fiser, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, wrote soundtracks, chamber music, studied at AMU, Prague Conservatory 1935 James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins 1935 Loren Rush, born in America, composer, works include, the drone piece 'Hard Music' 1935 Charles Shere, born in Berkeley, California, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp' 1935 Charles Shere, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp', dies 1935 Otto Zykan, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim' 1935 Aulis Sallinen, born in Finland, composer, contemporary classical music, studied with Joonas Kokkonen, works commissioned by Kronos Quartet 1935 Gordon Mumma, born in Framingham, Massachusetts, composer, musician, co-founder, the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1935 Georg Katzer, born in Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia, German composer, established electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic 1934 Gordon Getty, born in San Francisco, California, fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, sold Getty Oil to Texaco, became classical music composer, contributes to the San Francisco Opera 1934 Alan Ridout, born in West Wickham, England, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, worked with Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, prolific instrumental and choral music composer 1934 Ramon Sender, born in Madrid, Spain, composer, co-founder, San Francisco Tape Music Center, co-designed the first west coast synthesizer, the Buchla Box 1934 [Everett] LeRoi Jones, Amiri Baraka, U.S. writer, Black Music 1934 Lionel Bart, born in Stepney, England, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver! 1934 Samuel Lipman, music critic 1934 Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1934 Jan Klusak, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, author of incidental music, and music for television, film 1934 Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music 1934 "It Happened One Night," opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1934 Tammy Grimes, Lynn Massachusetts, actress, Can't Stop the Music 1933 Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator 1933 Garnett Mimms, born in Ashland, West Virginia, singer, songwriter, record producer, worked with Bert Berns, Jimi Hendrix, recorded on MGM, Verve Records, funk, rhythm and blues music 1933 Phill Niblock, born in Anderson, Indiana, composer, videographer, filmmaker, director, avente-garde music foundation, Experimental Media 1933 Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame 1933 Eric Salzman, born in America, author, composer, record producer, music critic, wrote for the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune 1933 Arne Mellnas, born in Stockholm, Sweden, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 1933 Philip Corner, born in America, composer, visual artist, taught by Fritz Jahoda, teacher, Modern Music at the New School for Social Research 1933 "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy New York City 1933 Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84 1933 Akira Miyoshi, born in Suginami, Tokyo, composer, influenced by Henri Dutilleux, professor, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Japan 1932 Radio City Music Hall opens (New York City) 1932 Igor Stuhec, born in Slovenia, composer, studied under Hanns Jelinek at Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, wrote orchestral works applying textural techniques, and two operas 1932 "Make Mine Music," debuts 1932 Wojciech Kilar, born in Lwow, Poland, composer of film, classical, symphonic music, won French Lili Boulanger Prize for composition 1960 1932 Per Norgard, born in Gentofte, Denmark, composer, famous 20th century Danish composer, music features use of infinity series for serializing melody, harmony, rhythm in musical composition 1932 Tod Dockstader, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, composer, musique concrete, electronic music, principle work, Quartermass 1932 Marek Kopelent, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, contemporary music, New Music movement pioneer 1932 Francois Bayle, born in Taomasina, Madagascar, composer, Musique concrete, acousmatic music, studied with Pierre Schaeffer, Karlheinz Stockhausen 1932 Karl Kroeger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, composer, studied with Claude Almand, head, American Music Collection, New York Public Library 1932 Max Schubel, born in America, composer, contemporary classical music, founder and owner of Opus One records, recorded new music 1932 Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1932 Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in New York City 1932 Jerome Lowenthal, Philadelphia, pianist and professor, Jerusalem Academy of Music 1931 Raoul Pleskow, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, studied with Otto Luenig, served on music faculty at C.W. Post College, Long Island University 1931 Boxcar Willie, born in Red Oak, Texas, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music 1931 Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance 1931 Ivo Petric, composer, classical music, toured with Slavko Osterc ensemble, Artistic Director, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1979 - 1995 1931 C. W. Stubblefield, music promoter 1931 Stikkan, Stig Anderson, music entrepreneur 1930 Toma Prosev, born in Macedonia, composer, professor, studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and professor L.M. Skerjanc at Ljubljana Music Academy 1930 Velio Tormis, born in Estonia, composed music based on traditional ancient Estonian folksongs, most important composer in 20th century Estonia 1930 Ryohei Hirose, born in Hakodate, Japan, composer, professor, Kyoto University of Arts 1977 - 1996, composes music for shakuhachi, recorder, viola da gamba 1930 Eino Tamberg, born in Estonia, composer, neoclassical Estonian music, teacher, Estonian Academy of Music, wrote ballet, 'Johanna tentate' 1930 Luis de Pablo, born in Bilbao, Spain, founder, Alea, Nueva Musica, teacher, composer, chamber music works include 'Ex voto for Violin and Viola' 1995 1930 Liz Anderson, born in Roseau, Minnesota, country music singer, songwriter, Grammy Award nominee, wrote hits for Merle Haggard 1929 Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor, Sound of Music, Doll's House 1929 Akio Yashiro, born in Tokyo, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957 1929 Dave King, born in Twickenham, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall 1929 Luc Ferrari, born in Paris, France, composer, concentrated on musical composition, collaborated with Pierre Schaeffer from 1957 - 1966, extended notion of abstract music, interested in breaking barriers that force musical tradition 1929 Harvey Lichtenstein, President, Brooklyn Academy of Music 1929 "Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music 1928 Johnny Mann, born in Baltimore, Maryland, music director, Johnny Mann Stand Up and Cheer 1928 James Wild, music teacher 1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen, born in Germany, composer, worked with electronic music, musical spatialization 1928 Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor, Kraft Music Hall 1928 Phil Jones, principal, Trinity College of Music 1928 Ezra Sims, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer of microtonal music, Joseph Maneri adopted his system of notation, composed in quarter tones, received Guggenheim Fellowship 1927 Barbara Cook, born in Atlanta, Georgia, stage singer and actress, Music Man 1927 John Downey, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, pianist, conductor, professor of composition and theory, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, founder, director of the Wisconsin Contemporary Music Forum 1927 Boris Porena, born in Rome, Italy, Italian composer, didactical expert, studied under Goffredo Petrassi, influenced by neoclassical poetics, wrote texts about music including Musica-Societa which includes social and political analysis 1927 Tzvi Avni, born in Saarbrucken, Germany, composer, Israeli emigrated to Palestine, student of Paul Ben-Haim, founded electronic studio at the Jerusalem Academy of Music 1927 John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer, Chamber Music for brass quintet 1926 Earle Brown, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, composer, known for reviving interest in classical music with musical improvisation, creating formal and notational systems, and open forum style of muscial construction 1926 Arthur Wills, born in England, composer, professor at Royal Academy of Music in London, Director of Music at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England, composed music for the organ and secular music based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1926 Betsy Jolas, born in Paris, France, composer, studied at the Conservatoire national superieur de Musique, wrote vocal music, works recorded on EMI, Erato, performed by London Sinfonietta 1926 Anatol Vieru, born in Romania, composer, music theoretician, studied with Aram Khachaturian, wrote symphonies, string quartets, concertos, chamber music, leading Romanian composer of the 20th century 1926 Wanda Lewis, Struther Ohio, actress, This is Music, Paul Dixon Show 1925 Robert Linn, born in America, composer, educator, University of Southern California, composed music for chorus and chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and wind orchestra 1925 Robert Heppener, composer, Hymns and Conversations, Movie Music 1925 Roy Haynes, U.S. jazz drummer, Trio Music with Chick Corea 1924 Marion Morgan, singer, Stop the Music 1924 Klaus Huber, born in Bern, Switzerland, composer, wrote music for chamber ensembles orchestra, choirs, soloists, politically conscious composer, received Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, 2009 1924 Arthur Frackenpohl, born in Irving, New Jersey, composer, Natural Superiority of Music 1924 Ikuma Dan, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, studied under famous opera composer Kosaku Yamada 1924 Lionel Dakers, director, Royal School of Church Music 1923 Dika Newlin, born in Portland, Oregon, composer, child prodigy, began composing music at age 7, completed high school at 12, studied with Schoenberg at University of California at Los Angeles 1923 Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author, Sky Music 1923 Henryk Czyz, born in Grudziadz, Poland, composer, wrote contemporary music, performed in Europe, America and South America 1923 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane) 1922 Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer, Music Express, North Sea Jazz 1922 Artie Malvin, U.S. music director, Julie LaRosa/Steve Lawrence 1922 Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, wrote symphonies, film scores, sonata for flute, choral works, art songs, piano concerto, opera titled Prince Arima 1922 Elmer Bernstein, born in New York City, movie music composer, Robot Monster 1921 Joan Dickson, born in England, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, studied with Enrico Mainardi in Paris, performed with Joyce Rathbone 1921 Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St. New York City 1921 Roger Nixon, born in California, musician, composer, professor of music, composed for orchestra, band, choir, opera, Professor Emeritus of Music, San Francisco State University 1921 Charles Scribner, Jr., music publisher, Scribner 1921 Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath 1920 Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tilsit East Prussia, actor, Kafka, Music Box 1920 Edward Kassner, music publisher 1919 Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer 1919 Bulent Arel, born in Istanbul, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, worked with Edgard Varese, designed, installed electronic music laboratory at Yale University 1919 Bob Boucher, born in Kent, Ohio, orchestra leader, Music on Ice 1918 Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music 1918 Eugene List, Philadelphia Penn, pianist and professor, Eastman School of Music 1918 Robert Preston, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actor, Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter 1918 Eddy Arnold, born in Tennessee, best-selling, longest-running, country music singer, helped create Nashville sound 1918 Norman Wisdom, born in London, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall 1918 Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer 1917 Claus Adam, born in America, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto 1917 Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister 1917 Isang Yun, born in Tongyeong, South Korea, composer, professor, son of renowned poet Yun Ki-hyon, exhiled from South Korea, taught at Hanover Academy of Music 1917 Els Aarne, born in Ukraine, Estonian composer, pianist, composed chamber music for violoncello and double bass, wrote two symphonies, studied with composer Heino Eller 1917 Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1916 Helmut Eder, born in Linz, Austria, composer, studied and later taught at the Linz Conservatory, conducted the Singakademie, founded electronic music studio in Linz in 1959 1916 Ben Weber, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, Thorne Music Award-1965 1916 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1915 Abel Ehrlich, born in Cranz, East Prussia, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 1915 Pedro Saenz, born in Spain, composer, composed music for classical guitar 1915 Jan Hanus, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, music expressed anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist, anti-Communist sentiments, studied with Otakar Jeremias a the Prague Conservatory 1914 Ivan Zajc, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855, dies at 82 in Zagreb, Croatia 1914 George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor, Land Without Music, Guv'nor 1914 Morton DaCosta, born in Philadelphia, director, Island of Love, Music Man 1914 Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist, Eternal Music 1913 Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music 1912 Daniel Jones, born in Pembroke, Wales, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 1912 Jerry Jerome, born in Brooklyn, New York, saxophonist, Words and Music 1912 Stan Kenton, Newcomb, Wichita, Kansas, jazz musician, Music 55 1912 Machito "Frank Grillo", Florida, bandleader, created salsa music 1911 Bernard Herrmann, New York City, composes film music 1910 David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music 1910 Louis Levy, Jr., music publisher 1910 Alan Frank, music publisher 1909 Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn 1909 Arnold Shaw, born in America, composer, songwriter, music business executive for Leeds Music Corporation, later MCA, wrote book on Harry Belafonte, series on 20th century American music 1909 Alfred Uhl, born in Austria, composer, professor, studied at Vienna Music Academy with Franz Schmidt, vibrant style combined neo-classicism, atonality, serialism, works include concerto for clarinet and orchestra 1909 Robin Orr, born in Brechin, Scotland, musician, composer, professor of music, composed three operas, Full Circle, Hermiston, On the Razzle, among other symphonies, church music, chamber works 1909 Dave Clark, music promoter and songwriter 1909 George G F van Renesse, Dutch pianist/music director 1908 Brooklyn Academy of Music, opens in New York City 1907 Helmut Walcha, German organist, church music 1907 Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66 1907 William Henry Swinburne, music teacher 1906 Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass) 1906 Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher 1906 Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Massachusetts, singer, Jacques Fray Music Room 1906 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian 1905 Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music" 1904 Kermit Bloomgarden, producer, Diary of Anne Frank, Music Man 1904 Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in New York City 1903 Max Adrian, Enniskillen Northern Ireland, actor, Devils, Music Lover 1903 Vernon Duke, born in Parafianovka, Belarus, Vladimir Dokelsky, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', music was performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra 1903 Rudolf Serkin, born in Eger, Bohemia, pianist, Marlboro Sch of Music 1902 David Burns, actor, Music Man, Hello Dolly! 1902 Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1902 [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer, Music Man 1902 Alexander Gray, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, actor, This is Music 1901 Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62 1901 Conrad Beck, born in Lohn, Switzerland, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, composed concertos, symphonies, oratorio, elegy, instrumental, vocal music, and one ballet 1901 Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer and music reviewer 1900 David Wynne, born in Penderyn, Wales, composer, studied at University of Wales, Cardiff, University of Bristol, Head of Music, Lewis School Pengam, professor of composition, Cardiff College of Music and Drama 1900 Evald Aav, born in Talinn, Estonia, composer, studied music with Artur Kapp, composed Estonian opera Vikerlased (The Vikings), modeled after Tchaikovsky's composition style 1898 Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher 1898 Gracie Fields, England, music hall/vaudeville performer 1897 Hermione Gingold, born in London, England, actress, Gigi, Music Man 1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin) 1897 Casper Howeler, Dutch music critic 1897 Kenneth Burke, born in America, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University 1896 Virgil Thomson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer/music critic, 4 Saints in 3 Acts 1896 Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher 1896 Premier of motion pictures (Koster and Bial's Music Hall, New York City) 1893 Willi Apel, German/U.S. musicologist, Harvard dictionary of music 1893 Arre Merikanto, Finnish composer, 12-tones music 1891 Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor, Nature of Music 1891 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor 1889 Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer, 1968 Academy of Country Music Award 1889 Ludwig Tugel, German author/novelist/writer, Horse Music 1888 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic 1887 Nadia Boulanger, Paris, composer/music teacher, Lasirene Ideology 1885 Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmed, Sudanese music reviewer, dies 1883 Jan Kunc, born in Doubravice na Svitavou, Czech Republic, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal 1882 John Lowry, Mount Vernon, New York, New York City builder, Radio City Music Hall 1882 Mart Saar, born in Hupassaare, Estonia, composer, organist, combined folk music with contemporary sounds, composed choir, solo, piano music 1882 Ida Moore, born in Altoona, Kansas, actress, Mr. Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki 1877 Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer, Leiecyclys 1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice and music 1866 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies 1863 Hugo Kaun, born in Berlin, Germany, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works 1860 Heinrich Florida Rellstab, German music theorist, dies 1859 Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher, found Inst of Music 1855 Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist, Still in the Music 1854 Hans Muller, music historian 1849 1st chamber music group in U.S. gives their 1st concert (Boston) 1848 Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer, Lexicon of Music 1846 Josef Sittard, music writer 1840 Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer 1833 Boston Academy of Music, 1st U.S. music school, established 1832 Ivan Zajc, born in Rijeka, Croatia, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855 1826 Hermann Kipper, music teacher/critic/composer 1821 Charles Scribner, U.S., music publisher, Scribner Catalog 1816 August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, History of Music 1799 Heinrich F L Rellstab, German music theorist 1795 Adolf B. Marx, German music theorist 1792 In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn 1791 Francis Hopkinson, U.S. writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 1791 Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder 1788 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist 1784 Andre-Georges-Louis Onslow, English/French composer, chamber music 1783 Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62 1779 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies 1776 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 1773 Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, Arab Music 1773 Jan Zach, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music, dies at 73 in Ellwangen, Germany 1769 Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer 1759 1st music store in America opens in Philadelphia 1741 Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80 1731 1st U.S. music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston) 1720 Martin Gerbert, von Hornau, prince-abbot/music historian 1719 John Hawkins, born in England, wrote 1st history of music 1710 William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music 1708 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer 1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies 1699 Jan Zach, born in Celakovice, Czech Republic, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music 1673 Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57 1662 Johann Cruger, German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at 63 1598 Johann Cruger, German organist, composer and music theorist 1575 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly 1571 Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer, Syntagma music 1548 Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies 1050 Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies |
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