1684 - Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Nymburk, Bohemia, Czech monk/composer 1709 - Charles Avison, composer 1774 - Pierre Rode, composer 1790 - Chretien Urhan, composer 1813 - Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer 1826 - Franz von Holstein, composer 1836 - Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer 1847 - Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) 1854 - Oscar Fetras, composer 1856 - Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam) 1866 - Johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King) 1874 - Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935) 1878 - Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl) 1890 - Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer 1896 - Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin) 1901 - Wayne King, Savannah Ill, saxophonist/bandleader (Waltz King) 1905 - José Muñoz Molleda, a Spanish composer, journalist, jurist and politician 1907 - Fernando Previtali, composer 1910 - Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer 1912 - Machito "Frank Grillo", Florida, bandleader (created salsa music) 1914 - Jimmy Wakely, Mineola Ark, country vocalist (5 Star Jubilee) 1916 - William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician 1918 - Patty Andrews, Minneapolis, Minnesota, American vocalist (Andrews Sisters) 1920 - Lee Russell, vocalist (Vincent Lopez), born in Cleveland, Ohio 1921 - Vera-Ellen [Westmeier Rohe], Norwood, Ohio, American actress/dancer (Wonder Man) 1922 - Geraint Evans, British opera vocalist (Knaben Wunderhorn) 1930 - Peggy King, Greensburg Pa, vocalist/actress (George Gobel Show) 1932 - Otis Blackwell, composer/singer 1934 - Austin "Ted" Taylor, US gospel/R&B-singer (Be Ever Wonderful) 1935 - Sonny Bono, vocalist (Sonny & Cher)/(Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98), born in Detroit, Michigan 1938 - John Corigliano, composer (Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles), born in NYC, New York 1939 - Harold Kalin, singer 1942 - Gabriel Brncic, composer 1943 - Anthony Dowell, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet), born in London, England 1950 - Kazuki Tomokawa, Japanese acid-folk singer 1950 - Roman Tam, Hong Kong famous singer (d. 2002) 1952 - James Ingram, Akron, Ohio, American vocalist (Just Once) 1955 - Jeff Clayton, US jazz saxophonist/composer (Groove Shop) 1958 - Ice-T [Tracy Marrow], Newark, New Jersey, American rapper and actor (New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six) 1961 - Andy Taylor, England, rock guitarist (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf) 1962 - Tony Kiley, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) 1962 - John Balance, English musician (Coil, Psychic TV) (d. 2004) 1965 - Dave Lombardo, Cuban drummer (Slayer) 1970 - Serdar Ortac, Turkish popstar 1974 - Kimberly Dawn Whipany, Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See) 1975 - Nanase Aikawa, Japanese singer 1976 - Kyo, Japanese singer (Dir en grey) 1979 - Eric Mun, Korean rapper (Shinhwa) 1982 - Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, American rapper
17. februar
1444 - Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist 1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) 1667 - Georg Bronner, composer 1675 - Johann Melchior Conradi, composer 1696 - Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer 1697 - Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer 1747 - Narciso Casanovas, composer 1754 - Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer 1796 - Giovanni Pacini, composer 1816 - Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer 1820 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) 1821 - Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861) 1831 - Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer 1850 - Anton Urspruch, composer 1850 - Ludwig Bonvin, composer 1858 - Ernest Ford, composer 1862 - Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer 1882 - Kurt Schindler, composer 1887 - Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer 1906 - Ramon Tapales, composer 1907 - Alec Wilder, composer (1973 ASCAP award), born in Rochester, New York 1909 - Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannhäuser) 1913 - Oskar Danon, composer 1913 - Rene Leibowitz, composer 1915 - Homer Keller, composer 1920 - Paul Fetler, composer 1922 - Tommy Edwards, rock vocalist (It’s All in the Game) 1924 - Margaret Truman, Mo, pres daughter/writer (Murder at FBI)/pianist 1925 - Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003) 1926 - Friedrich Cerha, composer 1926 - Lee Hoiby, Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts & Letters) 1928 - Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer 1930 - Usko Merilainen, composer 1932 - Buck Trent, Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw) 1933 - Bobby Lewis, rocker (Tossin’ & Turnin’) 1935 - Johnny Bush, country singer 1937 - Mickey McGill, US vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue) 1939 - John Leyton, British singer 1941 - Gene Pitney, Hartford Ct, vocalist/songwriter (Town Without Pity) 1944 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer 1947 - Ben Cramer, Dutch vocalist (Clown) 1948 - José José, Mexican singer and actor 1949 - Fred Frith, English guitarist/violinist/bassist (Skeleton Crew) 1950 - Rick Medlocke, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blackfoot) 1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician 1962 - David McComb, Australia, vocalist/songwriter (Triffids) 1962 - Samuel Bayer, American music video director 1963 - Dan Reed, rocker/actor (HOTS, Lake Consequence) 1966 - Melissa Brooke-Belland, rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee) 1966 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004) 1966 - Michael Lepond, American musician 1967 - Chanté Moore, American singer 1968 - Patrick Uterwijk, pop guitarist (Pestilence, Consuming Impulse) 1970 - Tim Mahoney, American musician (311) 1971 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005) 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, singer/musician (Green Day), born in Oakland, California 1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters) 1972 - Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary) 1974 - Kaoru, Japanese musician 1974 - Bryan White, American singer 1975 - Wish Bone, American rapper 1975 - Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress 1982 - Lupe Fiasco, American rapper 1991 - Edward (Ed) Sheeran, Halifax England, singer-songwriter 1992 - Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer
18. februar
1632 - Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer 1716 - Gaspard Fritz, composer 1751 - Karl Haack, composer 1770 - Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer 1771 - Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer 1776 - John Parry, composer 1819 - Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer 1841 - Samuel Prowse Warren, composer 1850 - George Henschel, composer 1880 - Eric De Lamarter, composer 1902 - Walter Herbert, German-born conductor and impresario (d. 1975) 1914 - Pee Wee King, Milwaukee Wisc, country vocalist (Pee Wee King Song) 1915 - Marcel Landowsky, composer 1926 - Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer & Eddie) 1927 - Tabe Bas, actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka) 1929 - André Mathieu, Quebec composer (d. 1968) 1931 - Dieter Schonbach, composer 1933 - Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling, Dutch soprano 1933 - Yoko Ono Lennon, [Mrs John Lennon], Tokyo Japan, singer and artist 1934 - [Clyde] Skip Battin, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003) 1934 - Aldo Ceccato, Milan Italy, conductor (Detroit Symph Orch 1973-77) 1939 - Marlos Nobre, composer 1939 - Marek Janowski, Polish-born conductor 1941 - David Blue, [Cohen], Providence RI, rocker (Cupid’s Arrow) 1941 - Herb Santiago, vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall) 1941 - Irma Thomas, [Lee], US vocalist (It’s Raining) 1947 - Dennis De Young, vocalist (Styx-Babe), born in Chicago, Illinois 1948 - Ketih Knudsen, Ames IA, rocker (Doobie Brothers) 1952 - Juice Newton, [Judy Cohen], Virginia, vocalist (Angel of the Morning) 1952 - Veronica "Randy" Crawford, US vocalist (One Day I’ll Fly Away) 1953 - Derek Pellicci, rock drummer (Little River Band-Help Is On It’s Way) 1953 - Nico Arzbach, rock guitarist/singer (Stampei, Dike) 1953 - Robin Bachman, Winnipeg, guitarist (BTO-You Aint Seen Nothing Yet) 1956 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (d. 1997) 1958 - Gar Samuelson, American drummer (d. 1999) 1964 - Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers) 1965 - Dr. Dre, [Andre Romelle Young], Compton, California, American rapper and record producer 1970 - Raine Maida, Canadian musician (Our Lady Peace) 1977 - Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter 1980 - Regina Spektor, Russian-born singer and songwriter 1983 - Juelz Santana, American rapper 1984 - Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail)
19. februar
1616 - Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer 1671 - Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer 1687 - Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer 1743 - [Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer, cellist (Minuet) 1762 - Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer 1763 - Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer 1812 - Lauro Rossi, composer 1841 - Felipe Pedrell, composer 1843 - Adelina Patti, opera soprano (Lucio), born in Madrid, Spain 1863 - Emanuel Moor, composer 1877 - Louis Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera) 1880 - Arthur Shepherd, composer 1881 - Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle) 1886 - George Luther Foote, composer 1902 - John Bubbles, Louisville Ky, rhythm tap dancer (No Maps on My Taps) 1906 - Grace Mary Williams, composer 1906 - Hendrik W C Spruit, Dutch conductor 1911 - Nikola Hercigonja, composer 1912 - Stan Kenton, [Newcomb], Wichita Ks, jazz musician (Music 55) 1912 - Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997) 1913 - Alvin Derold Etler, composer 1921 - Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer 1922 - Josef Matej, composer 1923 - Donald Lybbert, composer 1925 - Jindrich Feld, composer 1926 - Gyorgy Kurtag, composer 1932 - Jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana) 1936 - Bob Engemann, singer 1940 - Smokey Robinson, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (The Miracles-Tears of a Clown) 1940 - Bobby Rogers, US vocalist (Miracles-You Really Got a Hold on Me), (d. 2013) 1940 - William "Smokey" Robinson, Det, vocalist (& Miracles-Being With You) 1941 - Carlos Roque Alsina, composer 1943 - Lou Christie [Lugee Sacco], Glenwillard, Pennsylvania, American singer-songwriter (Lightning Striking Again) 1946 - Paul Dean, rock guitarist/vocalist (Loverboy) 1946 - Pierre van der Linden, Dutch drummer (Brainbox) 1948 - Mark Andes, rock bassist (Spirit, Heart, Fireball), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1948 - Tony Iommi, rock guitarist (Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Iron Man) 1949 - Eddie Hardin, English rock pianist and singer (Spencer Davis Group), born in London, England 1950 - Andy Powell, rocker (Wishbone Ash) 1954 - Frances Bucholz, rocker (Scorpions-Wind of Change) 1954 - Jamie West-Oram, rock guitarist (Fixx) 1956 - Dave Wakeling, rock singer/guitarist 1956 - Peter Holsapple, rocker (Continental Drifters) 1957 - Falco, [John Hoelcel], rock vocalist (Rock Me Amadeus) 1957 - Johann Hoelzel Falco, musician 1957 - Paul Dean, guitarist 1963 - Seal, English vocalist/songwriter (Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose) 1964 - Doug Aldrich, rocker 1966 - Prince Markie D, [Mark Morale], rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock) 1968 - Frank Watkins, US heavy metalist bass (Obituary, Cause of Death) 1969 - Burton C. Bell, American vocalist 1971 - Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist 1977 - Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark) 1978 - Immortal Technique, American rapper 1979 - Mariska, Finnish rapper 1979 - Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress 1981 - Beth Ditto, American singer (The Gossip) 1981 - Vitas, Russian singer 1981 - Daniel Letterle, American Actor and Singer 1983 - Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress 1985 - Haylie Duff, American singer/actress 1986 - Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
20. februar
1656 - Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised 1734 - Franz Ignaz Beck, composer 1745 - Johann Peter Salomon, composer 1752 - Charles Broche, composer 1763 - Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer 1770 - Ferdinando Carulli, composer 1791 - Carl Czerny, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen), born in Vienna, Austria 1802 - Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer 1803 - Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer 1816 - Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer 1854 - Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) 1874 - Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star 1876 - Fyodor Akimenko, composer 1887 - David McKinley Williams, composer 1889 - Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer 1899 - Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes) 1900 - Antonio Veretti, composer 1903 - Karel Janacek, composer 1904 - Armin Loos, composer 1907 - Nadine Conner, California, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute) 1911 - Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody) 1913 - Jozef Kresanek, composer 1916 - Julius Juzeliunas, composer 1920 - Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace) 1921 - Nurv Shiner, singer 1921 - Ruth Gipps, British(?) conductor/composer 1929 - Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme) 1937 - David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter (American Gothic) 1937 - Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love) 1939 - Barbara Ellis, Olympia Wa, rocker (Fleetwoods) 1939 - Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher 1940 - Barbara Laine Ellis, singer 1940 - Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor 1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone) 1944 - Lew Soloff, Brooklyn New York, American rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears) 1945 - Alan Hull, singer/composer 1946 - J[erome] Geils, rock guitarist (J Geils Band-Centerfold), born in NYC, New York 1948 - Barry Wordsworth, conductor 1948 - Billy Zoom, musician 1950 - Walter Becker, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg), born in NYC, New York 1951 - Kathy Baillie, Morristown NJ, country vocalist (Baille Boys-Oh Heart) 1951 - Randy California, [Wolfe], Cal, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You) 1953 - Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch) 1953 - Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps) 1954 - Jon Brant, rock bassist (Cheap Trick) 1960 - Kee Marcello, rocker (Europe-Final Countdown) 1960 - Mark Reilly, [Matt Bianco], rocker (Indio-Big Harvest) 1960 - Kee Marcello, Swedish guitarist 1962 - Joel Ellis, rocker 1963 - Ian Brown, English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone) 1964 - Terry Ilous, rock vocalist (XYZ, Cannibal Jacket) [or Jun 28] 1967 - Kurt Cobain, Aberdeen Washington, rock vocalist (Nirvana) 1972 - K-OS, Canadian musician/rapper 1975 - Brian Littrell, singer (Backstreet Boys) 1976 - Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness) 1977 - Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model 1981 - Chris Thile, American musician 1985 - Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.) 1988 - Rihanna, Barbadian singer
21. februar
1556 - Sethus Calvisius, composer 1674 - Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer 1690 - Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer 1776 - Vincenzo Lavigna, composer 1795 - Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer 1801 - Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer 1814 - Nicolo Gabrielli, composer 1821 - Charles Scribner, US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog) 1831 - Eduard Rappoldi, composer 1836 - Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer 1836 - Emil Hartmann, composer 1844 - Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory) 1861 - Pierre Breville, composer 1867 - Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co 1878 - Fritz Cortolezis, composer 1893 - Andres Segovia, Linares Spain, classical guitarist, (d. 1987) 1898 - Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh) 1902 - Bob [Hijman] Scholte, Dutch vocalist [or 1909] 1903 - Eric Fogg, composer 1904 - Armand Preud’homme, Flemish organist/poet 1909 - George G F van Renesse, Dutch pianist/music director 1912 - Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert) 1922 - Uros Krek, composer 1923 - Lucille Bremer, Amsterdam, New York, American actress/dancer (Meet Me in St. Louis, Ziegfeld Follies) 1923 - Zvi Zeitlin, Dubrovnik Yugoslavia, violinist/prof (Eastman School) 1927 - Pierre Mercure, composer 1933 - Nina Simone, [Eunice Waymon], Tyron NC, vocalist/pianist (Porgy) 1943 - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist 1945 - Paul Newton, rock bassist 1949 - Jerry Harrison, Milwaukee, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads) 1951 - Vince Welnick, rock keyboardist (Tubes) 1952 - Jean-Jacques Brunel, rock bassist (Stranglers-Dreamtime) 1958 - Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton NJ, country vocalist (This Shirt) 1959 - José María Cano, Spanish musician 1960 - Steve Wynn, American singer ( 1961 - Ranking Roger, rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning) 1966 - Tommy Hendricks, rocker 1966 - Wendy James, vocalist (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen), born in London, England 1969 - James Dean Bradfield, Welsh musician 1969 - Eric Wilson, American musician 1971 - Randy Blythe, American musician 1972 - Seo Taiji, Korean musician 1973 - Heri Joensen, Faroese musician 1973 - Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer and TV host 1974 - Wish Bone, American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) 1980 - Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer 1982 - Chantal Claret, American musician 1986 - Charlotte Church, Welsh singer 1989 - Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
22. februar
1542 - Santino Garsi, composer 1573 - Gemignano Capilupi, composer 1745 - Joao de Sousa Carvalho, composer 1749 - Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist/1st biographer of Bach 1761 - Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer 1761 - Jacob Kimball, composer 1764 - Alexander Campbell, composer 1770 - Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer 1772 - Joseph Lipavsky, composer 1772 - Karl Jacob Wagner, composer 1779 - Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer 1810 - Holger Simon Paulli, composer 1814 - Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer 1817 - Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist/composer/conductor 1819 - Bernardo Calvo Puig, composer 1821 - Giovanni Bottesini, composer 1833 - Josef Foerster, composer 1834 - Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer 1836 - Eduard Wachmann, composer 1842 - Carl Rosa, Hamburg Germany, founder (Rosa opera company) 1844 - Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer 1883 - Jaroslav Kocian, composer 1891 - Lucien Cailliet, composer 1894 - Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer 1896 - Nacio Herb Brown, US composer 1900 - Evald Aav, composer 1905 - Luis Sandi, Mexico City, a musician, teacher and composer 1906 - Edmund von Borck, composer 1907 - Rex Stewart (d. 1967), Trumpet Player, Songwriter, Publisher, Disc Jockey, Journalist 1910 - Al Sears, jazz performer 1919 - Jiri Pauer, composer 1920 - Bettina Vernon-Warren, dancer 1920 - Del Wood, singer 1922 - Andre Asriel, composer 1922 - Felix Werder, composer 1925 - Gerard Hoffnung, artist/humorist/musician, born in Berlin, Germany 1927 - David Ahlstrom, composer 1929 - Marni Nixon, singer (for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood & Deborah Kerr) 1934 - Thomas Paul, bass (NYC Opera 1963-70), born in Chicago, Illinois 1936 - Ernie K-Doe [Ernest Kador Jr], African-American R&B singer (Mother-in-Law"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana 1937 - Dubravko Detoni, composer 1938 - Bobby Hendricks, US soul vocalist (Itchy Twitchy Feeling) 1943 - Louise Lopez, singer 1945 - Oliver, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, American pop singer (Good Morning Starshine, Jean) 1950 - Ellen Greene, Brooklyn New York, American vocalist/actress (Little Shoppe of Horrors) 1950 - Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer 1953 - Graham Lewis, English musician (Wire) 1961 - Don Van Spall, guitarist (Sleeze Beez) 1961 - Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist 1962 - Michael Wilton, singer 1966 - Suave, singer 1968 - Bradley Nowell, American ska musician (Sublime) (d. 1996) 1969 - Joaquín Cortés, Spanish dancer 1969 - Byron Stroud, American bassist 1971 - Lea Salonga, Philippines, singer/actress (Miss Siagon)
23. februar
1633 - Samuel Pepys, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs), born in London, England 1649 - John Blow, composer of 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized) 1685 - George Frideric Handel, Halle Germany, baroque composer and (Messiah, Water Music) 1730 - Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer 1811 - George Washington Hewitt, composer 1848 - Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer 1873 - Dmitri Arakishvili, composer 1876 - Wadi’ Sabra, composer 1880 - Edgar Istel, composer 1882 - Ladislav Vycpalek, composer 1886 - Albert Edward Sammons, composer 1887 - Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer 1900 - Elinor Remick Warren, composer 1905 - Leonidas Zoras, French composer 1916 - Martindale Sidwell, organist/conductor 1920 - Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree) 1924 - Lejaren Hiller, composer 1926 - Regine Crespin, French vocalist (Sheherazade, Les Nuits D’ete) 1927 - Ivan Hrusovsky, composer 1929 - Richard Moryl, composer 1944 - Johnny Winter, [John Dawson], American blues guitarist (Silver Train), born in Leland Miss, (d. 2014) 1944 - Mike Maxfield, rocker (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas) 1946 - Rusty Young, California, rock steel guitarist (Poco-Heat of the Night) 1949 - Larry Demps, US R&B vocalist (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones) 1949 - Terry "Tex" Comer, bassist/guitarist 1950 - Steve Priest, rock bassist (Sweet Hayes), born in London, England 1952 - Brad Whitford, Mass, rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun) 1955 - Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better) 1958 - Ria Brieffies, Dutch vocalist (Dolly Dots) 1962 - Michael Wilton, rock guitarist (Queensrijche-Warning) 1964 - John Norum, rocker 1967 - Chris Vrenna, American musician, producer and sound engineer Nine Inch Nails, Tweaker 1972 - Steve Holy, American country singer 1973 - Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) 1974 - Jaime Villarreal, Mexican musician 1975 - Robert Lopez, American composer 1978 - René Pérez, Puerto Rican musician (Calle 13) 1979 - D-Roc, American rapper (Ying Yang Twins) 1986 - Holly Brook, American musician 1986 - Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese pop star (KAT-TUN) 1989 - Evan Bates, American ice dancer
24. februar
1679 - Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer 1704 - Hubert Renotte, composer 1717 - Bernhard Hupfeld, composer 1766 - Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo) 1771 - Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher 1797 - Samuel Lover, composer 1842 - Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer 1846 - Luigi Denza, composer 1858 - Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician 1876 - Jean Poveigh, composer 1877 - Rudolf Ganz, composer 1890 - Antonio Massana, composer 1905 - Guillaume Landre, The Hague, Dutch composer 1911 - Konrad Lechner, composer 1912 - Julius Kowalski, composer 1921 - Ingvar Lidholm, composer 1923 - David Soyer, American cellist 1924 - Lionel Dakers, director (Royal School of Church Music) 1932 - Michel Legrand, composer (Summer of ’42, Windmills of Your Mind) 1934 - Renata Scotto, Savona, Italy, soprano and opera director (Violetta-La Traviata) 1934 - Shuko Mizuno, composer 1941 - Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress 1942 - Paul Jones, England, rocker (Manfried Mann-Mighty Quinn) 1943 - Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician 1944 - Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver) 1947 - Lonnie Turner, bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra) 1947 - Rupert Holmes, English musician 1948 - Tim Staffell, English singer 1950 - George Thorogood, Wilmington, Delaware, American singer and guitarist (The Delaware Destroyers-Bad to the Bone) 1955 - Bob Abrams, Ohio, rocker (Buckinghams) 1957 - Lan Burden, rocker 1958 - Sammy Kershaw, Kaplan LA, country vocalist (Cadillac Style) 1958 - Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer 1961 - Persijn "Dakota" Joling, Dutch rock guitarist/singer (Pilgrims-Red) 1962 - Michelle Shocked, singer/musician 1973 - James Michael Kennedy, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), born in Boston, Massachusetts 1974 - Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes) 1974 - Bonnie Somerville, American actress and singer 1976 - Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio, Heavens) 1976 - Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist 1977 - Alexis Jose Grullon, vocalist (Menudo-Cannonball), born in NYC, New York 1978 - Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) 1978 - John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run) 1980 - Anton Gustafsson, Swedish rock music fan (d. 2003) 1987 - Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress
25. februar
1680 - Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer 1727 - Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer and organist (Notre Dame) 1732 - Robert Hudson, composer 1735 - Ernst William Wolf, composer 1788 - Mateo Ferrer, composer 1811 - Carl Schuberth, composer 1840 - Alexis Hollander, composer 1877 - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935) 1879 - Otakar Ostrcil, composer 1890 - Myra Hess, concert pianist, born in London, England 1895 - Henri Martelli, composer 1901 - Federico Ghisi, composer 1906 - Boris Papandopulo, composer 1918 - Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist (d. 1994) 1922 - Matti Rautio, composer 1927 - Jacques Monod, composer 1927 - Ralph Stanley, country singer 1929 - Tommy Newsom, Va, musician/bandleader/saxophonist (Tonight Show) 1932 - Faron Young, country singer/actor (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone) 1932 - Martin William Karlins, composer 1936 - Norman Orville Scribner, composer 1941 - Ramon Pagayon Santos, composer 1943 - George Harrison, rocker (Beatle/Travelling Willberries-My Sweet Lord) 1943 - Maryann Amacher, composer 1945 - Elkie Brooks, Manchester England, rocker (Pearl’s a Singer) 1950 - Emitt Rhodes, musician (Merry-go-Round) 1952 - Jerry Chamberlain, American musician 1954 - John Doe, American musician 1957 - Stuart "Woody" Wood, Scot, guitarist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night) 1959 - Mike Peters, rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime) 1962 - Foster Emerson Sylvers, rocker 1965 - Brian Baker, American guitarist 1968 - Evridiki, Greek Cypriot singer 1973 - Justin Jeffre, American singer (98 Degrees) 1973 - Julio José Iglesias, Spanish singer 1976 - Chris Pitman, rocker (Zaum, Tool) 1976 - Rashida Jones, American actress, writer, model, and musician 1977 - Sarah Jezebel Deva, English singer 1982 - Bert McCracken, American singer (The Used) 1984 - Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer (CSS) 1986 - Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer 1987 - Eva Avila, Canadian singer
26. februar
1587 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) 1588 - Nicolaus Erich, composer 1675 - Johann Philipp Treiber, composer 1677 - Nicola Fago, composer 1717 - John Randall, composer 1770 - Antoine Reicha, composer 1772 - Caspar Furstenau, composer 1825 - Hans Balatka, composer 1831 - Filippo Marchetti, composer 1834 - Aleksander Zarzycki, composer 1838 - Wendelin Weissheimer, composer 1845 - Aleksander Rozycki, composer 1868 - Leonard Borwick, British(?) pianist 1874 - Carl Vogler, composer 1875 - Richard Wetz, composer 1877 - Russell Alexander, composer 1879 - Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten 1884 - Christina A A [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer 1884 - Dina Appeldoorn, composer 1885 - Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer 1896 - Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer 1902 - Rudolf Moralt, German conductor (Vienna Philharmonic) 1914 - Witold Rowicki, composer 1916 - Mordecai Seter, composer 1919 - Luc-Andre Marcel, composer 1924 - Mark Bucci, composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award), born in NYC, New York 1925 - James Moody, US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader 1926 - Arsene Souffriau, composer 1928 - Aldonis Kalnins, composer 1928 - Antione "Fats" Domino, NO LA, rhythm & blues pianist (Blueberry Hill) 1928 - Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer and actress 1930 - Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956) 1931 - Francisco Kroepfl, composer 1932 - Johnny Cash, Kingsland Arkansas, American country singer (I Hear the Train Coming) 1937 - Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997) 1943 - Bob "Bear" Hite, California, vocalist (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country) 1943 - Paul Cotton, rocker (Poco), born in Los Angeles, California 1945 - Mitch Ryder, rocker (& Detroit Wheels-Devil With the Blue Dress) 1947 - Sandie Shaw [Sandra Goodrich], Dagenham, Essex, English rocker (Girl Don’t Come) 1949 - Emma Kirkby, British(?) soprano 1950 - Jonathan Cain, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Journey, Babys), born in Chicago, Illinois 1953 - Michael Bolton, Ct, rock vocalist (That’s What Love Is All About) 1956 - Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer 1960 - Jaz Coleman, British musician 1966 - Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer 1969 - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer 1971 - Erykah Badu, singer 1971 - Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer 1971 - Hélène Ségara, French singer 1976 - Chad Urmston, American musician 1979 - Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer 1979 - Shalim Ortiz, Puerto Rican singer/actor 1980 - Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer 1984 - Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer 1986 - Crystal Kay, Japanese singer 1987 - Juliet Simms, Guitarist and vocals for the band Automatic Loveletter
27. februar
1649 - Johann Philipp Krieger, composer 1702 - Johann Valentin Gorner, composer 1745 - Silverius Muller, composer 1746 - Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer 1759 - Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer 1784 - Job Plimpton, composer 1822 - Eugene Gautier, composer 1846 - Joaquin Valverde, composer 1848 - Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem) 1867 - Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer 1870 - Louis Coerne, composer 1879 - Jose Sancho Marraco, composer 1888 - Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello) 1890 - Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933) 1891 - Georges E Migot, French composer 1893 - Joseph Messner, composer 1894 - Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer 1898 - Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer 1899 - Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer 1907 - Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951) 1909 - Elisabeth Welch, singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon) 1919 - Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, composer 1920 - Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orchestra leader (Jack Paar Program) 1921 - Andras Szollosy, composer 1923 - Dexter Gordon, US, tenor saxophonist/actor (Connection) 1923 - Viktor Kalabis, composer 1927 - Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernik], American singer and actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1999) 1935 - Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer 1935 - Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly) 1936 - Chuck Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again) 1943 - Morten Lauridsen, American composer 1947 - Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970) 1948 - Eddie Gray, rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) 1951 - Steve Harley, rocker (Come Up & See Me) 1952 - Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer (Good Cause) 1952 - Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band) 1954 - Neal Schon, rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English) 1955 - Garry Christian, rocker 1955 - Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director 1957 - Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High) 1959 - Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1960 - Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC) 1964 - Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town) 1965 - Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist 1969 - Brad Vander Ark, American musician 1970 - Patricia Petibon, French opera singer 1971 - Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC) 1973 - "Pooh" Clark, rocker (High-5) 1980 - Bobby Valentino, American singer 1981 - Josh Groban, American singer (You Raise Me Up), born in Los Angeles, California 1984 - Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer 1989 - Kelly Breeding, American singer from B5
28. februar
1616 - Kaspar Forster, composer 1747 - Justin Morgan, composer 1854 - Juliusz Zarebski, composer 1857 - Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer 1875 - Viliam Figus, composer 1876 - John Alden Carpenter, composer (Sea Drift), born in Chicago, Illinois 1877 - Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer 1878 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952) 1882 - Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer) 1882 - Richard Heinrich Stein, composer 1887 - William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance) 1890 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS) 1895 - Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit) 1910 - Roman Maciejewski, composer 1920 - Edward Kassner, music publisher 1921 - Vladimir Sommer, composer 1926 - Seymour Shifrin, composer 1926 - Stanley Glasser, composer 1929 - Joseph Rouleau, French Canadian bass opera singer 1934 - Willie Bobo, jazz drummer (Cos), born in NYC, New York 1939 - John Fahey, singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death) 1939 - Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend) 1940 - Joe South, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Games People Play), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2012) 1941 - Marty Sanders, rock vocalist 1942 - Brian Jones, [Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones], English rock guitarist (Rolling Stones) 1943 - Barbara Acklin, [Allen], R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman), born in Chicago, Illinois 1943 - Donnie Iris [Dominic Ierace}, Ellwood City Pennsylvania, rock musician 1943 - Charles Bernstein, American composer 1945 - Ronnie Rosman, rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion) 1950 - Stephen Chatman, composer 1951 - Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer (d. 1998) 1952 - Eddie Manion, saxophonist 1952 - William Finn, American composer 1955 - Randy Jackson, guitarist (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want), born in New Orleans, Louisiana 1957 - Cindy Wilson, Athens Georgia, rock vocalist (B-52’s-Love Shack) 1957 - Ian Stanley, keyboardist 1957 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer (d. 1996) 1958 - Jeanne Mas, French singer and actress 1967 - Marcus Lillington, rock guitarist (Breathe-All I Need) 1969 - Elisa Fiorillo, singer (Forgive Me For Dreaming) 1969 - Patrick Monahan, American singer (Train) 1971 - Junya Nakano, Japanese composer 1977 - Jason Aldean, American country singer 1978 - Jeanne Cherhal, French Singer-songwriter 1984 - Ben Fagan, American musician and reality show contestant 1985 - Fefe Dobson, Canadian singer 1988 - Markéta Irglová, Czech songwriter and actress 1989 - Zhang Liyin, Chinese R&B singer
29. februar
1696 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer 1724 Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d. 1822) 1792 Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) 1812 Hermann Hirschboch, German composer 1820 Adolf Schimon, composer 1884 Alfred Sendrey, composer 1896 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer 1904 Alan Richardson, composer 1904 Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah Pa, orchestra leader (Stage Show) 1904 Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra (d. 1986) 1928 Alan Loveday, British(?) violinist 1932 Reri Grist, African-American coloratura soprano 1940 Gretchen Christopher, British(?) pop singer 1944 David Briggs, record producer 1956 Randy Jackson, rocker (Zebra-I Don’t Know, I Don’t Care) 1960 Ian McKenzie Anderson, British musician 1960 Khaled, Algerian raï musician 1964 Jahred Shane, Afro-Brazilian rapper/singer of Hed PE 1972 Dave Williams, American singer (Drowning Pool) (d. 2002)
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