November 5

Events



 * 1846 	Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C, premieres

Births

 * 1895 – Walter Gieseking, French pianist (d. 1956)
 * 1919 – Myron Floren, American accordianist The Lawrence Welk Show (d. 2005)
 * 1921 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 1994)
 * 1931 – Ike Turner, American musician (d. 2007)
 * 1941 – Art Garfunkel, American musician
 * 1942 – Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
 * 1946 – Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)
 * 1947 – Peter Noone, English musician (Herman's Hermits)
 * 1948 – Peter Hammill, British musician (Van der Graaf Generator)
 * 1949 – Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
 * 1959 – Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
 * 1961 – David Bryson, American guitarist and vocalist (Counting Crows)
 * 1963 – Brian Wheat, American musician (Tesla)
 * 1967 – Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper
 * 1971 – Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
 * 1971 – Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
 * 1974 – Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy)
 * 1975 – Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter
 * 1976 – Jeff Klein, American musician
 * 1985 – Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer (Young Divas)
 * 1985 – Koki Tanaka, Japanese rapper (KAT-TUN)
 * 1986 – BoA, Korean singer
 * 1987 – Paul Kevin Jonas II, American guitarist (Jonas Brothers)

Deaths

 * 1942 – George M. Cohan, American musician, actor, writer, and composer (b. 1878)
 * 1956 – Art Tatum, American musician (b. 1909)
 * 1960 – Johnny Horton, American country music singer (b. 1925)
 * 1964 – Buddy Cole, American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
 * 1977 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (b. 1902)
 * 1986 – Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925)
 * 1989 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
 * 1996 – Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
 * 1997 – Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. *1959)
 * 2002 – Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)2003 – Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)