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2003 Don Gibson, songwriter/singer, I Can't Stop Loving You, dies at 75

2003 Elliott Smith, singer/songwriter, Miss Misery, dies at 34

2003 Warren Zevon, singer/songwriter, Werewolves of London, dies at 57

2003 Felice Bryant, Songwriter, ", Wake Up, Little Susie, ", dies at 77

2003 Maurice Gibb, singer/songwriter, the Bee Gees, dies at 53

2002 Waylon Jennings, singer/songwriter, dies at 64

2000 Robert Buck, rock guitarist/songwriter, ", 10,000 Maniacs, ", dies at 42

2000 Kirsty MacColl, singer/songwriter, Tropical Brainstorm, dies at 41

1999 Hoyt Axton, singer/actor/songwriter, Joy to the World, dies at 61

1999 Mel Torme, "singer, songwriter", Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, dies at 73

1999 Bobby Troup, actor/songwriter, Emergency!, dies at 80

1998 Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76

1998 Bob Merrill, songwriter, Funny Girl, dies at 76

1998 Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65

1997 Townes Van Zandt, singer and songwriter, dies at 52

1996 Mireille Hartuch, singer/songwriter, dies at 90

1996 Irving Caesar, songwriter, dies at 101

1996 Irving Gordon, songwriter, dies at 81

1996 Silas Roy Crain, singer/songwriter, dies at 85

1996 James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80

1996 George M Tindley, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 57

1996 Larry Laprise, songwriter, dies at 83

1996 Wes Farrell, songwriter, dies at 56

1996 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52

1995 Don Anthony, bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85

1995 Smilin' Jim Eames, singer/songwriter, dies at 71

1995 Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter, dies at 81

1995 Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88

1995 Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter, dies at 72

1995 Jeremiah Jerry Patrick Lordam, songwriter/compser, dies at 61

1995 Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85

1995 Dick Curless, singer/songwriter, dies at 63

1995 Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter, dies at 61

1995 Eden Ahbez, songwriter, dies at 86

1995 Francis Lopez, songwriter, dies at 77

1994 Harry Tobias, songwriter, dies at 99

1994 Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce and Hart), dies at 55

1994 Tommy Boyce, U.S. songwriter (Be My Guest), commits suicide at 55

1994 Chester Dino Powers Valenti, singer/Songwriter, dies at 57

1994 Dan Hartman, U.S. singer/songwriter (Love Sensations), dies at 42

1994 Willie Mae Ford Smith, gospel Singer/Songwriter, dies at 89

1994 Stanley Adams, songwriter, dies at 86

1994 Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83

1994 Harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52

1993 Mack David, U.S. songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81

1993 Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53

1993 Sammy Cahn, [Cohen], U.S. songwriter (Bei Mir Bist Du Schon), dies at 79

1992 Mort Greene, U.S. songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80

1992 Titti Sotto, latin songwriter, dies at 48 of aids

1992 Tony LeMans, singer/songwriter, dies in a car crash at 29

1989 Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51

1988 Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43

1987 Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), dies at 75

1986 Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer

1984 Larry Stock, songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies

1984 Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies

1983 Bo Gentry, songwriter/producer, dies

1983 Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82

1981 Hoagy Carmichael, U.S. actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82

1979 Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr. DJ, Hustle), dies at 35

1976 Johnny Mercer, U.S. songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66

1975 Nick Kenny, U.S. columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80

1970 Songwriter Sammy Cahn marries Tita Curtis in California

1969 Frank H Loesser, U.S. songwriter/composer (Guys and Dolls), dies at 59

1967 Bert Berns, U.S. songwriter/producer (Twist and Shout), dies at about 38

1966 Kristin Hersch, U.S. singer and songwriter, Throwing Muses

1965 Cindy Lee Berryhill, U.S. singer and songwriter, Baby

1965 Black Francis, [Charles Thompson], U.S. singer and songwriter, Pixies

1964 Sam Brown, English singer and songwriter, Stop!

1964 Tracy Chapman, U.S. singer and songwriter, Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car

1963 Eros Ramazotti, Italian pop musician/songwriter, Adesso Te

1963 Natalie Merchant, U.S. singer and songwriter, 10,000 Maniacs

1963 Seal, English vocalist/songwriter, Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose

1962 David McComb, Australia, vocalist/songwriter, Triffids

1961 Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies

1961 Melissa Etheridge, U.S. singer, songwriter and guitarist, Never Enough

1961 Dan Stuart, U.S. singer and songwriter, Green on Red

1960 Rick de Leeuw, Dutch singer, Trockener Kecks, /songwriter/producer

1960 Bob Mould, U.S. singer/guitarist/songwriter, Husker Du

1960 Jennifer Rush, singer and songwriter, Destiny, Ring of Ice

1960 Guy Chadwick, English singer and songwriter, House of Love

1960 Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress and singer Phyllis Newman in New York City

1958 Kate Bush, born in Plumstead, England, singer and songwriter, Wild Things

1958 Thurston Moore, U.S. guitarist/songwriter, Sonic Youth

1958 Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer and songwriter, Gun Club

1958 Nik Kershaw, singer and songwriter, Wouldn't it be Good

1957 Billy Bragg, singer and songwriter

1957 Nick Cave, Australian singer and songwriter, Bath Seeds-Murder Ballads

1956 Freddie Jackson, U.S. R&B singer and songwriter, Rock Me Tonight

1956 David Grant, Jamaica, singer and songwriter, Stop and Go, Heaven Knows

1956 Chris Isaak, born in Stockton, California, rock singer and songwriter, Wicked Game

1955 Ed Kuepper, German/Australian, singer and songwriter, Saints

1955 Kevin Welch, California, country songwriter/actor, Thing Called Love

1954 Edward Ka-spel, English singer and songwriter, Legendary Pink Dots

1953 Jim Diamond, Scotish singer and songwriter, I Should Have Known Better

1953 Ge Reinders, Dutch singer and songwriter, Girls walk by

1953 Robert Cray, Columbus, Georgia, blues singer and songwriter, 1987 Grammy

1953 Nanci Griffith, U.S. singer and songwriter, Poet in My Window

1953 David Thomas, U.S. singer and songwriter, Pere Ubu

1952 John Hiatt, U.S. singer and songwriter, Have a Little Faith in Me

1951 Dan Hartman, U.S. singer, songwriter and producer, Instant Replay

1951 Nils Lofgren, Chicago, guitarist, singer and songwriter, East Street Band

1950 Stevie Wonder, singer and songwriter, You are the Sunshine of My Love

1949 Elliott Murphy, U.S. singer and songwriter

1948 Peter Hammill, English singer and songwriter, Patient

1948 Daryl Hall, rocker/songwriter, Hall and Oates-Sara Smile

1948 Steve Goodman, Chicago, singer and songwriter, Somebody Elses Trouble

1947 Laura Nyro, Bronx, singer and songwriter, Eli's Coming, Stoney End

1947 Dave Mason, Worcester, England, singer and songwriter, We Just Disagree

1947 Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman

1947 Melanie, [Safka], Astoria, vocalist/songwriter, Candles in Rain

1946 Patti Smith, singer and songwriter

1946 Jimmy Webb, born in Elk City, Oklahoma, songwriter, MacArthur Park, Up Up and Away

1946 Brenda Holloway, U.S. singer and songwriter, When I'm Gone

1946 Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78

1945 Steve Mancha, [Clyde Wilson], U.S. singer and songwriter, Too Many Cooks

1945 Neil Young, Toronto, singer and songwriter, Cosby, Sills and Young

1945 Don McLean, New Rochelle, New York, singer and songwriter, American Pie, Vincent

1945 Donny Hathaway, Chicago, singer and songwriter, Where is the Love

1945 Jose Feliciano, Lares PR, singer and songwriter, Light my Fire

1945 Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman

1945 Giorgio Moroder, producer, singer and songwriter, 150 gold discs

1945 Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53

1945 Stephen Stills, born in Dallas, Texas, songwriter/guitarist, Cosby Stills and Nash

1944 Luther T Ingram, U.S. singer and songwriter, I'll Be Your Shelter

1944 Timmy Thomas, U.S. singer and songwriter, Why Can't We Live Together

1944 Tommy Boyce, songwriter, Boyce and Hart, Monkees

1944 Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter, Traffic-Something So Strong

1944 Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, singer and songwriter, Ode to Billy Joe

1944 Townes Van Zandt, born in Texas, singer and songwriter, Kathleen, Loretta

1944 Jesse Winchester, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer and songwriter, Learn to Love it

1944 Carolyn Franklin, U.S. singer and songwriter, Baby Baby Baby, Angel

1944 Van McCoy, U.S. soul singer and songwriter, Hey Mr. DJ, Hustle

1943 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter

1943 Kenny Gamble, U.S. songwriter, Me and Mrs. Jones

1943 Norman Johnson, singer and songwriter

1943 Vivian Stanshall, songwriter/comic

1943 Leona Williams, singer and songwriter, Ladies Get the Blues

1942 Peter Handke, Austrian songwriter, Ritt uber den Bodensee

1942 Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter

1942 Taj Mahal, New York City, singer and songwriter, Real Thing

1941 David Porter, U.S. songwriter, Soul Man

1941 Dan Penn, U.S. songwriter/producer/gospel singer, Out in Left Field

1941 Steve Cropper, Tennessee, guitarist/songwriter, Booker T and MGs

1941 Homer Banks, U.S. singer and songwriter, Be What You Are

1941 Bobby Hebb, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer and songwriter, Sunny

1941 Lamont Dozier, born in Detroit, songwriter, Dozier-Holland-Dozier

1941 Bob Dylan, [Zimmerman], Minnesota, singer and songwriter, Blowin' in Wind

1941 Gene Pitney, Hartford, Connecticut, vocalist/songwriter, Town Without Pity

1940 Arthur Alexander, U.S. singer and songwriter, Lonely Just Like Me

1940 Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer, Games People Play

1939 Eddie Holland, U.S. singer and songwriter, Jamie, Leaving Here

1939 Charlie Foxx, U.S. songwriter/soul singer, Mockingbird

1939 Tommy Boyce, songwriter, Boyce and Hart

1939 Gary Bonds, born in Florida, singer and songwriter, New Orleans

1939 Ernie Maresca, singer and songwriter, Runaround Sue, Wanderer

1939 Neil Sedaka, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and songwriter, Breaking Up is Hard to Do

1938 Allen Toussaint, [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter, Ride Your Pony

1937 Tom Paxton, Chicago, folk singer and songwriter, Forest Lawn

1937 Jack Nitzsche, composer/songwriter, An Officer and a Gentleman

1937 David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter, American Gothic

1937 Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter, Sesame Street

1937 Doris Troy, [Payne], U.S. soul singer and songwriter, Just One Kiss

1935 Les Reed, songwriter, Heroin

1934 Leonard Cohen, Montreal, singer and songwriter, Death of Ladies Man

1934 Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer and songwriter

1933 Joe Tex, singer and songwriter, Hold What You've Got

1933 Jerry Leiber, songwriter, Leiber and Stoller

1933 Freddie Scott, U.S. songwriter/singer, Cry to Me

1932 Carl Perkins, born in Jackson, Tennessee, singer and songwriter, Blue Suede Shoes

1932 Dick Curless, singer and songwriter

1930 Jerry Ragavoy, U.S. songwriter/producer, Wonderful Dream

1929 Lee Hazelwood, born in Oklahoma, country singer and songwriter, Summer Wine, Jackson

1929 Cy Coleman, [Seymour Kaufman], songwriter, Witchcraft, Sweet Charity

1926 Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51

1926 Oscar Brown, Jr., U.S. songwriter, Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit

1924 Allan Sherman, parody singer and songwriter, Hello Muddah, Hello Fardah

1923 Richard Adler, composer/songwriter, Damn Yankees, Pajama Game

1923 Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer and songwriter

1922 Alan Scott, Haddonfield, New Jersey, TV host/songwriter, Spin the Picture

1922 Dave Appell, singer/musician/songwriter, In the Midnight Hour

1921 Nicolas A. Pina, Venezulian/Aruban songwriter

1921 Billy Ward, U.S. songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger, Dominoes

1921 Junior Parker, born in Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter, Mystery Train

1920 Dave Bartholomew, Louisiana, jazz artist/songwriter, Blueberry Hill

1919 "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer

1916 [JW] Al James Woodie exander, songwriter/vocalist

1915 Adolph Green, songwriter, married to Phyllis Newman

1915 Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder

1915 Irving Gordon, songwriter

1914 Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter

1914 IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia

1913 Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter, Love and Marriage

1911 Dana Suesse, songwriter, You Ought to be in Pictures

1911 Silas Roy Crain, singer/arranger/songwriter

1910 Arthur Altman, songwriter

1910 Franc Henry Loesser, U.S. songwriter/composer, Most Happy Fella

1909 Dave Clark, music promoter and songwriter

1908 Eden Ahbez, songwriter

1908 Louis Gaste, songwriter

1907 Stanley Adams, songwriter

1907 Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario

1905 Jule Styne, England, songwriter/composer, 1954 Acad Award, 1968 Tony

1902 Jimmie Davis, singer, songwriter and gov-LA, 1944-48, 60-64

1900 Walter O'Keefe, Hartford, Connecticut, songwriter/TV host, Mayor of Hollywood

1899 Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington, Indiana, actor/songwriter, Stardust

1898 Vincent, Miller, Youmans, U.S. composer/songwriter, Tea for Two

1896 Antonin Artaud, Marseilles France, songwriter/dir, Theatre Seraphin

1895 Harry Tobias, songwriter

1895 Irving Caesar, songwriter

1895 Nick Kenny, Astoria New York City, columnist/songwriter, Nick Kenny Show

1895 Eva A. Jessye, U.S. singer/actress/songwriter, Hallelujah

1891 Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter, Tiptoe Thru the Tulips

1886 Charles Walter Stansby Williams, songwriter

1879 Joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer, IWW, /songwriter, Union Scab, /martyr

1877 Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter, Under the Snow

1873 Otto Harbach, songwriter, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

1868 Patty Smith Hill, author and songwriter, Happy Birthday To You

1867 Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter/writer, Legenden Der Zeit

1862 Carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville Wisconsin, songwriter, I Love You Truly

1852 Dom Joao G da Camara, Portuguese journalist/songwriter

1847 Guiseppe Giacosa, Italian songwriter, libretti opera Puccini

1779 Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/songwriter/archbishop, Dodens Engel

1774 Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies

1700 James Thomson, songwriter, Rule Britannia

1666 Gottfried Arnold, German theologist/historian/songwriter



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