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Events In Music On This Day Of History 

1787 - Opera “Don Giovanni” is produced (Prague)
 

1982 - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release “Girl is Mine”

Birthdays In Music History

1898 - Emmanuel Bondeville, composer
 

1901 - Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer
 

1903 - Vivian Ellis, composer
 

1922 - Neal Hefti, Hastings Neb, orch leader (Kate Smith Show)
 

1923 - Dietrich Manicke, composer
 

1925 - Zoot Sims, rocker
 

1926 - Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor
 

1930 - Peter Stampfel, rocker
 

1934 - Ramon Sender, composer
 

1934 - Robert E Hughes, NYC, orch leader (Rich Little Show)
 

1937 - Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist (Boston Competition 1964)
 

1944 - Denny Laine, [Brian Hines], rock guitarist (Moody Blues, Wings)
 

1944 - Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist (Shocking Blue)
 

1946 - Peter Green, [Peter Greenbaum], London, rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
 

1948 - Ricky Reynolds, rocker
 

1951 - Rick Bordia, rock guitarist (Mink Deville)
 

1951 - Guy Gelso, rock drummer (Zebra)
 

1952 - Arnell Carmichael, rock keyboardist (Raydio)
 

1954 - Anita Meijer, Dutch singer (Just a Disillusion)
 

1955 - Kevin DuBrow, rocker
 

1961 - Randy Jackson, Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC)

Deaths In Music History

1802 - Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer, dies at 95
 

1829 - Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies
 

1853 - Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer, dies at 68
 

1853 - William Richard Bexfield, composer, dies at 29
 

1876 - Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59
 

1882 - Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64
 

1883 - Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68
 

1920 - Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74
 

1922 - George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79
 

1931 - Luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38
 

1934 - Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71
 

1947 - Theodore Samuel Holland, composer, dies at 69
 

1962 - Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77
 

1968 - Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78
 

1971 - Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24
 

1973 - Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83
 

1975 - John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67
 

1983 - Sten Broman, composer, dies at 81
 

1987 - Woody Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74
 

1994 - Evelyn Anderson, dancer, dies at 87
 

1994 - Pearl Primus, dancer, dies at 44

It is official that Mr. Samuel L. Jackson is in for Iron Man 2. He did a short cameo at the end of the credits as Nick Fury as head of  S.H.E.L.D. To check out the cameo scene click here.

Mr. Soul Train Don Cornelius has been arrested for felony demostic violence this past Friday night at his house in L.A., Cali and has been released today on a $50,000 dollar bail.

If you or you know anybody that has been through this type of crap here is a website to go to:

http://feminist.org/911/crisis.html

hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224 (TDD)

What the hell happned to Fergi!!!???

Kevin Smtih (Clerks 1-2, Chasing Amy, and a bomb called Jersey Girl) is in the works to make a sci-fi movie. This movie has a buget of 50 million dollars which is Smith’s biggest budget to work with.  Kevin is a big correction a huge nerd for Star Wars so will this movie be a spoof only the choosen will know. May be the force be with you Kevin. 

Events In Music History Today 

1752 - Premiere of Rousseau’s opera “Le Devin du Village”
 

1948 - Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army
 

1954 - WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (NYC)
 

1968 - John Lennon and Yoko One fined œ150 for marijuana possession
 

1979 - “Beatlemania” opens in London

Birthdays

1611 - Valentin Strobel, composer
 

1706 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera’s buffa)
 

1789 - Giovanni Tadolini, composer
 

1794 - Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer
 

1833 - Johannes Habert, composer
 

1844 - Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer
 

1850 - Francis Thome, composer
 

1879 - Grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer
 

1891 - Vaclav Kalik, composer
 

1898 - Shin’ichi Suzuki, composer
 

1901 - Vladimir Grigor’yevich Zakharov, composer
 

1903 - Emile Enthoven, composer
 

1910 - Vojislav Vuckovic, composer
 

1922 - Camillo Togni, composer
 

1924 - Allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)
 

1924 - Egil Hovland, composer
 

1925 - Wim van Gennep, Dutch singer/keyboardist (Heikrekels)
 

1926 - Chuck Berry, St Louis, rocker (Roll over Beethoven)
 

1935 - Jorge Cervello, composer
 

1938 - Ronnie Bright, rocker (Coasters)

Deaths In Music On This Day

1545 - John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55
 

1634 - Pierre De La Barre, composer, dies at 42
 

1767 - Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45
 

1771 - Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62
 

1788 - Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56
 

1817 - Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, opera composer (Chant du d‚part), dies at 54
 

1832 - Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73
 

1864 - Jacques Fran‡ois Gallay, composer, dies at 68
 

1893 - Charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75
 

1943 - Benedictus H Dancer, botanist, dies at 52
 

1953 - Federico Gerdes, composer, dies at 80
 

1963 - Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68
 

1965 - Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
 

1994 - Lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68
 

1943 - Russ Giguere, Portsmouth NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Association)
 

1949 - Gary Richrath, Peoria IL, rock guitarist (REO Speedwagon)
 

1952 - Ketih Knudsen, Ames IA, rocker (Doobie Brothers)
 

1961 - Wynton Marsalis, New Orleans La, jazz trumpeter (Grammy 1983)
 

An American musician named Samuel Bartley Steele is suing the band for his (Steele) song “(Man I Really) Love This Team.” The song was used as an athem for the Boston Red Sox. GOOD LUCK STEELE AND SHARE THE WEALTH TO US POOR FOLKS!

Are thay getting too old for this shit? Probably not, rumor has it that that Warner Bros. may make a Lethal Weapon 5. The last film came out in 1998 (10 years ago! boy how time flies!) Will keep you updated

Events On This Day Of In History 

1870 - Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert
 

1953 - Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno
 

1963 - “Beatlemania” is coined after Beatles appear at Palladium
 

1967 - CBS radio cancels “House Party”
 

1975 - 9th Country Music Assn Award: John Denver wins
 

1975 - Rock vocal Neil Young undergoes throat surgery
 

1978 - Pres Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio
 

1980 - 14th Country Music Assn Award:[approx]
 

1986 - 20th Country Music Assn Award:

Birthdays In Music On This Day In Histroy

 1652 - Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer
 

1783 - Frantiszek Soltyk, composer
 

1792 - Moritz Hauptmann, composer
 

1794 - Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer
 

1822 - Karl Reinthaler, composer
 

1823 - Immanuel Faisst, composer
 

1824 - Henry Stephen Cutler, composer
 

1879 - Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie)
 

1890 - Gosta Nystroem, composer
 

1891 - Ludwig Weber, composer
 

1899 - Marcelle de Manziarly, composer
 

1900 - Marius-Fran‡ois Gaillard, composer
 

1903 - Jens Bjerre, composer
 

1910 - Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer
 

1910 - Otto Joachim, composer
 

1911 - Ticker Freeman, Paterson NJ, pianist (Dinah Shore Show)
 

1912 - Hugo David Weisgall, Ivancice Moravia, composer (4 Impressions)
 

1921 - Harper MacKay, Boston Mass, orch leader (NBC Follies)
 

1922 - Gilberto Mendes, composer
 

1924 - Terry Gibbs, Bkln NY, orch leader (Steve Allen Comedy Hour)
 

1926 - Ray Brown, US, bandleader
 

1927 - Anita Kerr, Memphis TN, singer (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour)
 

1933 - Adam Kaczynski, composer
 

1934 - Nana Mouskouri, Crete Greece, singer (Try to Remember) [or 10/10/36]
 

1940 - Chris Farlowe, rocker
 

1944 - Robert Lamm, NYC, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
 

1945 - Karen Akers, NYC, singer (On Stage at Wolf Trap)
 

1946 - Bram Vermeulen, Dutch singer (Neerlands Hoop)
 

1947 - Sammy Hagar, Monterey CA, rock vocalist (Van Halen-Jump)
 

1948 - Lacy J Dalton, Bloomsburg Pa, country singer (Crazy Blue Eyes)
 

1948 - Leona Mitchell, Enid Okla, soprano (Musetta-La Boh‚me)
 

1949 - Craig McGregor, rocker (Foghat)
 

1951 - John Ford Coley, rocker (England Dan and John Ford Coley)
 

1951 - Olympia-Ann Sylvers, rocker
 

1958 - Joseph Richard Sylvers, rocker
 

1960 - Joey Belladonna, Oswego NY, heavy metal vocalist (Anthrax-Protest)
 

1965 - Cherelle, rocker (Affair-First Bite)

Deaths In Music On This Day In History

1680 - Fran‡ois Roberday, composer, dies at 56
 

1701 - Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer, dies at 47
 

1777 - Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52
 

1805 - Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer, dies at 70
 

1819 - Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer, dies at 61
 

1855 - Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91
 

1958 - Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59
 

1959 - K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67
 

1970 - Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
 

1979 - Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93