April 15

Events



 * 1935 - The first Hammond organ is exhibited at the Industrial Arts Exhibition, New York City.

Births

 * 1688 –, German composer (d. 1758)
 * 1894 –, American blues singer (d. 1937)
 * 1908 –, American songwriter (d. 1995)
 * 1933 –, American musician
 * 1937 –, American country singer (d. 1978)
 * 1939 –, British singer
 * 1944 –, Welsh musician
 * 1948 –, American composer (d. 2003)
 * 1949 –, American singer
 * 1949 –, Russian singer
 * 1965 –, American musician
 * 1966 –, English singer
 * 1967 –, British musician (The Darkness)
 * 1968 –, British musician (Radiohead)
 * 1972 –, American voice actor
 * 1974 –, American musician (Buckcherry)
 * 1982 –, American musician
 * 1991 –, Japanese Actor and Singer
 * 1992 –, Swedish singer

Deaths

 * 1788 –, Austrian composer (b. 1711)
 * 1974 –, Italian songwriter (b. 1906)
 * 1988 –, Soviet classical pianist (b. 1954)
 * 1989 –, American record executive (b. 1917)
 * 2001 –, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b. 1951)
 * 2004 –, Canadian musician (b. 1950)
 * 2005 –, American singer (b. 1941)
 * 2008 –, American blues musician (b. 1979)