1996 Les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73
1995 Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and conducter (BBC Empire Orch), dies at 92
1993 Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34
1992 Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orch leader (duivelswiel), dies
1992 Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72
1991 Jo Budie, Dutch orch leader (KRO), dies
1991 H J of Royen, manager Dutch (Concertgebouw Orch), dies at 52
1987 Sammy Kaye, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1986 Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85
1986 Leroy Holmes, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
1985 George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis, Jr. Show), dies at 66
1985 Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84
1985 Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
1984 Fred Waring, orch leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84
1984 Gordon Jenkins, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73
1984 Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85
1984 Ina Ray Hutton, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66
1983 Freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76
1982 1st live orch on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony)
1981 Bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66
1980 Malando, [Arie Maasland], composer/orch leader (Ole Guapa), dies at 72
1980 ... Mantovani, orch leader (Mantovani), dies at 74
1979 Stan Kenton, orch leader (Music 55), dies at 67
1979 Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
1978 Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
1977 Guy Lombardo, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75
1977 Norman Paris, orch leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41
1977 Charles Sanford, orch leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1976 Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61
1975 Vincent Lopez, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76
1975 John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67
1975 Sammy Spear, orch leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65
1974 Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
1973 Hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66
1973 Vaughn Monroe, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61
1972 Alan Roth, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
1972 Denny Vaughn, orch leader, Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1972 Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
1970 George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73
1970 John Barbirolli, English conductor (New York Philharmonic Orch), dies at 70
1969 Mitchell Ayres, orch leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58
1969 Russ Morgan, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65
1968 Charles Munch, French/US conductor (Boston Symphony Orch), dies at 77
1968 Merle Kendrick, orch leader (Window on the World), dies at 72
1965 Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
1965 Harry Reser, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69
1964 Don Redman, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64
1964 Russ Case, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52
1964 Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
1963 Fritz Reiner, Hung/US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch), dies at 74
1963 Axel Stordahl, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50
1961 Jack Kane, orch leader (Steve and Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37
1957 "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2
1956 Victor Young, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
1956 Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
1955 Simon Rattle, born in England, orchestra conductor, Birmingham Symph Orch
1954 Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orch premieres in Haifa
1953 Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symph Orch
1952 Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orch), dies at 62
1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jap, rocker, Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orch
1949 Ira Newborn, New York City, orch leader, Manhattan Transfer
1949 Paul Shaffer, Thunder Bay Ont, orch leader, SNL, David Letterman
1949 Ralph Flanagan and his orch records "You're Breaking My Heart"
1947 Gerard Schwarz, born in Weehawken, New Jersey, trumpeter/conductor, LA Chamber Orch
1945 Arnold Schonberg's Prelude for orch and mixed choir, premieres
1944 Glenn Miller, U.S. jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40
1944 Leonard Slatkin, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, Concert Orch, Neth
1941 Riccardo Muti, born in Napoli, Italy, conductor, Philadelphia Orch
1941 Alf Clausen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, orch leader, Mary, Simpsons
1941 Jimmy Dorsey and Orch record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena"
1941 Xavier Cugat and Orch record "Babalu"
1941 Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey Orch record "Everything Happens to Me"
1940 Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orch)
1939 Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orch
1939 "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch
1937 Don Sebesky, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, orch leader, Jimmy Dean Show
1937 Peter Duchin, born in New York City, pianist/bandleader, Peter Duchin Orch
1936 Israel Philarmonic Orch forms
1936 Benny Goodman and orch record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records
1935 Jorge Mester, born in Mexico City, Mexico, conductor, Louisville Orch 1967-79
1934 Robert E Hughes, New York City, orch leader, Rich Little Show
1934 Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orch
1934 Aldo Ceccato, Milan Italy, conductor, Detroit Symph Orch 1973-77
1933 Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orch leader, Tony Orlando, Marie
1933 Perry Botkin, Jr., born in New York City, orch leader, Bert Convy Show
1932 Joseph Silverstein, born in Detroit, Michigan, violinist, Denver Symphony Orch
1931 Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czechoslovakia, conductor, East Berlin Orch
1931 Hal Kemp and his Orch record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis
1931 Barry Tuckwell, born in Melbourne, Australia, hornist, London Symph Orch 1955-68
1930 Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor, Aust Orch Sydney-1976
1930 Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orch leader, Eddie Fisher Show
1930 Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor, Bavarian State Orch 1968
1930 Richard Hayman, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, orch leader, Vaughn Monroe Show
1930 Lorin Maazel, born in Neuilly, France, conductor, NBC Symphony Orch 1941
1929 Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist, New York City Ballet Orch
1929 Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleve Orch
1929 Bernard Haitink, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, conductor, London Philharmonic Orch 1969-78
1928 Peter Matz, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Hullabaloo, Carol Burnette Show
1928 Byron "Yanks" Janis, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pianist, NBC Symphony Orch
1927 Raymond Leppard, born in London, England, conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orch
1927 Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist and orch leader, Jazz on a Summer Day
1927 Donn Trenner, born in New Haven, Connecticut, orch leader, ABC's Nightlife
1926 Alan Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, orch leader/singer, Your Hit Parade
1925 Elliot Lawrence, Philadelphia, orch leader, Guide Right, Howard Cosell
1925 Marty Paich, born in Oakland California, orch leader, Sonny and Cher, Glenn Campbell
1924 Allyn Ferguson, born in San Jose, California, orch leader, Andy Williams Show
1924 Colin Romoff, New York City, orch leader, Andy Williams Show
1924 Terry Gibbs, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1924 Louis Bellson, Rock Falls, Illinois, orch leader, Pearl Bailey Show
1924 Syd Lawrence, bandleader, Syd Lawrence Orch
1924 Neville Marriner, born in Lincoln, England, conductor, Minn Orch 1978
1924 Nick Perito, born in Denver, Colorado, orch leader, Don Knotts Show, Big Show
1924 Julian B Coco, Curacao guitarist/bassist, Utrecht Symphony Orch
1923 Louis Lane, Eagle Pass Texas, conductor, Oere Orch 1968-73
1923 Milt Okun, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Starland Vocal Band Show
1923 Anton Kersjes, violinist and conductor, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch
1923 Jack Parnell, born in London, England, orch leader, Englebert Humperdick Show
1923 Victor Hochhauser, British impresario, Israeli Philharmonic Orch
1923 Mort Lindsey, born in Newark, New Jersey, orch leader, Merv Griffin Show
1922 Neal Hefti, Hastings, Nebraska, orch leader, Kate Smith Show
1922 Frank Comstock, SD California, orch leader, Jimmie Rodgers Show
1922 Larry Elgart, born in New Haven, Connecticut, bandleader/alto sax, Elgart Orch
1922 Ray Anthony, Penn, orch leader, Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme
1921 Harper MacKay, born in Boston, Massachusetts, orch leader, NBC Follies
1921 Billy Taylor, born in Greenville, North Carolina, orch leader, David Frost Show
1921 Bernie Leighton, West Haven, Connecticut, orch leader, Chance of a Lifetime
1920 Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer, Arturo Toscanini NBC Orch
1920 Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orch leader, Jack Paar Program
1919 Akeo Watanabe, born in Tokyo, Japan, conductor, Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68
1919 Ralph Flanagan, born in Loraine, Ohio, orch leader, Let's Dance
1919 Luther Henderson, Jr., born in Kansas City, Missouri, orch leader, Polly Bergen Show
1919 Buddy Morrow, orch leader, Jimmie Rodgers Show
1919 Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orch leader, Music on Ice
1919 Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orch leader, Devil's Wheel
1918 Eddie Safranski, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Jonathan Winters Show
1918 Milton Delugg, born in Los Angeles, California, orch leader, Tonight Show
1918 Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader, Club Seven
1918 Ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader, Perry Como
1918 Gerald Wilson, Shelby Mississippi, orch leader, Redd Foxx
1918 Skitch Henderson, born in Birmingham, England, orch leader, Tonight Show
1917 Ted Steele, born in Hartford, Connecticut, orch leader, Cavalcade of Stars
1917 Buddy Rich, born in Brooklyn, New York, drummer/orch leader, Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go
1917 Ina Ray Hutton, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Ina Ray Hutton Show
1917 Thomas K Scherman, New York City, conductor, Little Orch Society 1947-75
1916 Hal Hastings, New York City, orch leader, Chevrolet on Broadway
1916 Billy May, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Milton Berle Show
1916 Vic Schoen, Brooklyn New York, orch leader, Patti Page Olds Show
1916 George Wyle, born in New York City, orch leader, Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show
1916 Joel Herron, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Jaye P Morgan Show
1916 Vic Mizzy, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Don Rickles Show
1915 Jack Fascinato, Bevier, Missouri, pianist/orch leader, Kukla Fran and Ollie
1915 Van Alexander, New York City, orch leader, Gordon MacRae Show
1915 Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist, VARA Orch, Orkestgebouw Orch
1915 Bobby Hackett, born in Providence, Rhode Island, trumpeteer/orch leader, Air Time '57
1915 Alvy West, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Andy Williams Show
1914 Glenn Osser, Munising, Michigan, orch leader, Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue
1914 Richard Maltby, orch leader, Vaughn Monroe Show
1914 Bobby Sherwood, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, orch leader, Milton Berle Show
1914 Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orch leader
1914 Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist, Glenn Miller Orch
1914 Ralph Herman, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orch leader, Circus Time
1913 Leroy Holmes, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Tonight Show, 1956-57
1913 Bob Crosby, Spokane, Washington, Bing's brother, orch leader, Bob Crosby Show
1913 Axel Stordahl, Staten Island, New York, orch leader, Frank Sinatra Show
1913 Bert Farber, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone
1913 Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, orch leader, Vic Damone Show
1912 Lou Brown, Brooklyn, orch leader, Jerry Lewis Show
1912 Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orch
1912 Russ Case, born in Hamburg, Iowa, orch leader, Julius La Rosa Show
1912 Paul Weston, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, orch leader, Jim Nabors Hour
1911 George Cates, New York City, orch leader, Lawrence Welk Show
1911 Vaughn Monroe, born in Akron, Ohio, singer/orch leader, Vaughn Monroe Show
1911 Frank Devol, Moundsville, West Virginia, orch leader, I'm Dickens He's Fenster
1911 Alvino Rey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orch leader, King Family
1911 Enrique Jorda, born in San Sebastian, Spain, conductor, SF Symphony Orch 1970
1910 Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orch leader, Hollywood Palace
1910 Ray McKinley, born in Ft. Worth, Texas, orch leader/drummer, Glenn Miller Time
1910 David Rose, born in London, England, orch leader, Red Skelton Show, Stripper
1910 Rudolf Kempe, born in Niederpoyritz, Germany, conductor, Tonhalle Orch 1965-72
1910 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1910 Sammy Kaye, born in Rocky River Ohio, orch leader, Sammy Kaye Show
1909 Archie Bleyer, born in Corona, New York, orch leader, Arthur Godfrey
1909 Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist and conductor, Netherlands Chamber orch
1909 Lionel Hampton, orch leader/vibraphone improviser, Depths Below
1909 Eddie Duchin, born in Massachusetts, society pianist and bandleader, Eddie Duchin Orch
1908 Ray Carter, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Arthur Murray Dance Party
1908 Bernie Green, born in New York City, orch leader, Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show
1908 Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Your Hit Parade
1908 John Scott Trotter, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, orch leader, George Gobel Show
1908 Hank Sylvern, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Jane Froman's USA Canteen
1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith
1907 Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader, Don McNeill TV Club
1906 Freddy Martin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orch leader, started Merv Griffin
1906 Harry Sosnik, born in Chicago, orch leader, Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade
1906 Kay Kyser, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, orch leader, Kay Kyser's Kollege
1905 Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Stage Show, Mahogany
1905 Boyd Neel, Blackheath, Kent England, conductor, Story of an Orch
1905 John Gart, Russia, orch leader, Paul Winchell Show
1905 Annunzio Mantovani, born in Venice, Italy, orch leader, Mantovani
1904 Nathan Milstein, Odessa Russia, concert violinist, Philadelphia Orch 1942
1904 Russ Morgan, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Welcome Aboard
1904 Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orch leader, Break the Bank
1904 Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Stage Show
1903 Frankie Carle, born in Providence, Rhode Island, orch leader, Golden Touch
1902 Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and orchestra leader, RAF Symph Orch
1902 Emanuel Feuermann, Kolomea Galicia, cellist, Chicago Symph Orch
1902 Eugen Jochum, Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor, Hamburg Orch
1902 Ray Block, born in France, orch leader, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason
1902 Guy Lombardo, orch leader, Auld Lang Syne
1902 Max Rudolf, born in Frankfurt, Germany, conductor, Goteberg Symphony Orch
1901 Jimmy Dale, born in Bronx, New York City, orch leader, Sonny and Cher
1901 Horace Heidt, Alameda California, orch leader, Swift Show Wagon
1900 Victor Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Milton Berle Show, In Old California
1900 Don Redman, Piedmont, West Virginia, orch leader, Sugar Hill Times
1899 Eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor, Philadelphia Orch
1898 Vincent Lopez, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Welcome Aboard
1896 Harry Reser, Ohio, orch leader, Sammy Kaye Show
1895 Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria, conductor, Tonhalle Orch Zurich
1895 Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor, Nippon Phil Orch 1936-41
1894 Roy Bargy, Michigan, orch leader, Jimmy Durante Show
1894 Bill Wirges, born in Buffalo, New York, orch leader, Growing Paynes
1894 Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79
1893 Fabien Sevitzky, Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor, Philadelphia Orch
1891 Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, Residence Orch
1890 Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1890 Paul Whiteman, born in Denver, Colorado, orch leader, Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club
1889 Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Sym Orch
1888 Fritz Reiner, Budapest Hungary, U.S. conductor, Chicago Symphony Orch
1887 Marcel Tabuteau, born in Compiegne, France, oboist, Philadelphia Orch 1915-54
1886 Rex Maupin, St. Joseph, Missouri, orch leader, Tin Pan Alley TV
1875 Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symph Orch 1919-24
1872 Frederick A Stock, Julich, Germany, conductor, Theodore Thomas Orch
1819 Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orch
1815 Klara Fey, German orch leader, Deutscher Arbeiterverein
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