2014 Event Joan Rivers dies at age 81; the outspoken comedienne passed after complications from surgery on her vocal cords 2014 Event Celine Dion announces that she will not be performing for the indefinite future; the singer will be focusing on taking care of her husband as he recovers from throat cancer surgery; she is also recovering from an illness affecting her vocal cords 1995 Death Lavad "Dr. Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano, dies at 82 1994 Death Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79 1994 Death Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60 1994 Death Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47 1990 Event Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 1977 Event 19th Grammy Awards: This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band 1976 Death Jan Kunc, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal, dies at 93 in Brno, Czech Republic 1975 Event Rock vocal Neil Young undergoes throat surgery 1959 Birthday Beverly Lee, born in Passaic, New Jersey, singer, member, trademark holder for The Shirelles, an all girl vocal pop group 1958 Birthday David Sylvian, vocal/guitar, Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex 1957 Birthday Margot Chapman, born in Hawaii, vocals, Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight 1957 Birthday Jon Carroll, born in Washington D.C., vocalist, Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight 1955 Birthday Pete Shelley, vocal/guitar, Buzzcocks-Going Steady, Love Bites 1953 Birthday Peter Bergman, actor, All My Children, Starland Vocal Band 1950 Birthday Patrick Simmons, guitarist/vocal, Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute 1949 Birthday John Miles, vocal/guitar/keyboards, John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon 1949 Birthday Kalevi Aho, born in Forssa, Finland, composer, large-scale works, symphonies, vocal works, concertos, operas, including 'The Key', 'Insect Life' 1948 Birthday Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music 1947 Birthday Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer 1946 Birthday Bill Danoff, Springfield Massachusetts, vocalist, Starland Vocal Band 1944 Birthday Kathy "Taffy" Danoff, Washington D.C., vocalist, Starland Vocal Band 1941 Birthday Jackson Hill, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer, vocal music, teacher, Ph.D. Musicology, teacher, Duke University, Bucknell University 1938 Birthday 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 1934 Birthday Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar 1928 Birthday Colleen Summers, born in Pasadena, California, vocal overdubber 1926 Birthday 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 1923 Birthday Milt Okun, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Starland Vocal Band Show 1921 Birthday 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 1914 Birthday Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, Mississippi 1913 Birthday Lavad "Dr. Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano 1901 Birthday 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 1883 Birthday Jan Kunc, born in Doubravice na Svitavou, Czech Republic, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal
