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2002 Mickey Newbury, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music, dies
1994 Karel Kryl, folk singer, songwriter, guitarist, wrote protest songs critical of the Communist regime, dies at 49 1989 Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Songs for Life), dies at 91 1985 Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million 1976 Wings release "Silly Love Songs" 1976 "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1 1975 Casual, born in Oakland, California, born Jon Owens, rapper, hip hop, vocalist, songs use a verse-chorus-verse arrangement, member of Hieroglyphics 1969 Vernon Duke, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', dies at 65 1965 Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide 1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1960 Nancy Martinez, born in Montreal, Quebec, rocker, musician, singer, known for dance-pop music hit songs 'For Tonight', 'Move Out' 1957 Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair' 1954 Chris Hughes, born in London, England, drummer, musician, record producer, played drums for Dalek I Love You, The Blitz Brothers, member, Adam and the Ants, produced Tears for Fears, The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair, co-produced Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain' 1954 Dziga Vertov, Kaufman, Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58 1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" 1952 Cliff Adams, born in London, England, rocker, formed Cliff Adams Singers, known for ballads and novelty songs 1951 Raden Mas Noto Suroto, Indonesian poet (Wayang Songs), dies at 63 1951 Dean Pitchford, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, prolific songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, Oscar, Golden Globe award-winner, wrote with composers Alan Menken, Rupert Holmes, collaborated on songs for movie, Fame, wrote screenplay for movie, 'Footloose' 1950 Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London 1946 Barry Manilow, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/pianist, Mandy, I Write the Songs 1945 John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies 1945 John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine' 1944 John Abercrombie, born in Port Chester, New York, jazz guitarist, know for songs with jazz-rock band, Dreams 1944 Bruce Johnston, born in Peoria, Illinois, born Benjamin Baldwin, rocker, musician, singer, record producer, Grammy-Award winning songwriter, member of The Beach Boys, composed I Write The Songs 1944 Karel Kryl, born in Kromenz, Czechoslovakia, folk singer, songwriter, guitarist, wrote protest songs critical of the Communist regime 1942 Paul McCartney, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, Beatles, writes love songs 1940 Mickey Newbury, born in Houston, Texas, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music 1939 Bob James, born in Marshall, Missouri, rocker, smooth jazz, fusion, arranger, producer, wrote "Nautilus" and "Take Me To Mardi Gras", two of the most sampled songs in hip hop history 1934 Joep Straesser, composer, Blossom songs, Ramasasiri 1930 Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer, Hangman's Songs 1924 Joan Aiken, Romania, writer of children's songs 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 1917 Johnny Andrews, born in Boston, singer and host, Songs at Twilight 1913 Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1 1911 Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50 1905 Rudolf Baumbach, writer of German student drinking songs, dies at 64 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 1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life 1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life 1894 Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer, 3 Songs for Chinese 1894 Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues, over 200 songs 1890 Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author, Songs of Jamaica, Banjo 1889 William Allingham, Irish poet (Day and Night Songs), dies at 68 1884 Sara Teasdale, U.S., poet, 1st Pulitzer Prize-1918-Love Songs 1882 Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs 1873 Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs 1873 Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs 1840 Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs 1765 Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author, Sea Songs 1757 William Blake, English poet/painter, Songs of Innocence and Experience 1746 Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet, church songs 1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright and poet, Sacred Odes and Songs 1593 George Herbert, English metaphysical poet, 5 Mystical Songs |
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