Music Events:

• 07-31 - Home Sweet Home recorded by Alice Nielsen begins a run of 2 weeks at #1 on the US charts.


• 08-14 - My Bird of Paradise recorded by the Peerless Quartet begins a run of 4 weeks at #1 on the US charts.

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Sheet Music:

Classical Music:

• Sibelius, Jean - op. 82 Symphony No. 5 in E flat major

Musician Birthdays:

• 01-31 - Alan Lomax - Anthropologist


• 02-14 - Ray Evans - Songwriter


• 03-20 - Sviatoslav Richter - Pianist


• 03-28 - Jay Livingston - Songwriter


• 04-04 - Muddy Waters - Musician


• 04-07 - Billie Holiday - Singer


• 05-06 - George Perle - Composer


• 06-01 - Bart Howard - Songwriter


• 06-06 - Vincent Persichetti - Composer


• 06-11 - Arnold Jacobs - Musician


• 07-01 - Willie Dixon - Bassist


• 07-09 - David Diamond - Composer


• 07-31 - George Forrest - Songwriter


• 08-16 - Al Hibbler - Singer


• 08-18 - Moura Lympany - Pianist


• 08-26 - Humphrey Searle - Composer


• 09-03 - Knut Nystedt - Composer


• 11-02 - Douglas Lilburn - Composer


• 11-29 - Harold C. Schonberg - Critic


• 11-29 - Billy Strayhorn - Composer


• 12-09 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Singer


• 12-12 - Frank Sinatra - Singer


• 12-19 - Edith Piaf - Singer


• 12-21 - Werner von Trapp - Singer

Musician Deaths:

• 01-02 - Karl Goldmark
- Composer

• 02-12 - Fanny Crosby
- Songwriter

• 02-12 - Emile Waldteufel
- Composer

• 04-27 - Alexander Scriabin
- Composer

• 06-19 - Sergei Taneyev
- Composer