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Births

 * 1098 –, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179)
 * 1557 –, French composer (d. 1627)
 * 1916 –, Indian singer (d. 2004)
 * 1921 –, American jazz singer
 * 1925 –, American musician (d. 1999)
 * 1925 –, American musician
 * 1942 –, British musician (The Hollies)
 * 1944 –, Jamaican American drummer
 * 1946 –, Spanish singer
 * 1948 –, American bassist
 * 1948 –, English musician (The Small Faces; Faces; The Who)
 * 1953 –, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (d. 1995)
 * 1954 –, American jazz guitarist
 * 1954 –, English musician (Wire)
 * 1954 –, American singer (The Chi-Lites)
 * 1960 –, French singer
 * 1961 –, British singer (My Bloody Valentine)
 * 1963 –, American singer
 * 1968 –, American singer
 * 1969 –, English musician (Elastica)
 * 1970 –, American musician
 * 1972 –, Canadian Operatic Baritone
 * 1976 –, British singer (S Club)
 * 1978 –, American singer
 * 1979 –, French singer
 * 1984 –, Georgian-British singer
 * 1988 –, American singer
 * 1992 –, American singer (Jonas Brothers)

Deaths

 * 1782 –, Italian castrato singer (b. 1705)
 * 1896 –, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
 * 1965 –, Korean musician, composer, and conductor (b. 1906)
 * 1977 –, English musician (b. 1947)
 * 1977 –, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
 * 2005 –, Canadian composer and music educator (b. 1922)
 * 2009 –, American singer (Peter, Paul, and Mary) (b. 1936)