This Day in Music History
April 15

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What happened in history on this day: April 15?

On April 15 in ...

  • 1729 - Johann S Bachs "Matthäus Passion" premieres in Leipzig.

Births on April 15

  • 1891 - Birth of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter in Maces Springs, Virginia, USA; vocalist (Carter Family).
  • 1898 - Birth of Nini de Boël; Flemish operette singer (White Horse).
  • 1924 - Birth of Neville Marriner in Lincoln, England; conductor (Minnesota Orchestra 1978).
  • 1931 - Birth of Florian Zabach in Chicago, Illinois, USA; violinist ("Hot Canary", "Club Embassy").
  • 1933 - Birth of Roy Clark in Meherrin, Virginia, USA; country singer (Hee Haw).
  • 1940 - Birth of Phil Lesh in Berkeley, California, USA; bassist (Grateful Dead - "Truckin'").
  • 1943 - Birth of Riem de Wolff; Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds).
  • 1944 - Birth of Dave Edmunds in Cardiff, Wales; singer/guitarist (Rockpile - "Baby I Love You").
  • 1944 - Birth of Gerard Schoenaker; Dutch singer ("Les Baroques").
  • 1947 - Birth of Michael DeBello; singer (Maniac).
  • 1947 - Birth of Mike Chapman; Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn and Chapman).
  • 1947 - Birth of Wooly Wolstenholme; keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest).
  • 1958 - Birth of Matt Reid; rock keyboardist (Berlin - "Take My Breath Away").
  • 1966 - Birth of Graeme Clark; bassist (Wet Wet Wet - "Angel Eyes", "Love is All Around").
  • 1966 - Birth of Samantha [Karen] Fox in East End, London, England; model/singer ("Touch Me", "I Wanna Have Some Fun").
  • 1982 - Birth of Mark Mizzark [Marlis Pugh] in Akron, Ohio; rapper (Another Bad Creation).

Deaths on April 15

  • 2001 - Death of Joey Ramone AKA Jeffrey Hyman at age 49 of lymphoma; punk rocker (The Ramones - "Beat on the Brat" (1976), "Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue").
  • 2022 - Death of Art Rupe at age 104; American music executive (Little Richard, Sam Cooke).

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