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What happened in history on this day: April 19?
On April 19 in ...
- 1945 - Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel opens on Broadway.
- 1967 - The Beatles sign a contract to stay together for ten years (they don't).
- 1972 - Micki Grant's musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope opens at Playhouse theater in New York City for 1,065 performances.
- 1980 - Johnny Logan wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song, "What's Another Year".
- 1981 - William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos", premieres in New York City.
Births on April 19
- 1868 - Birth of Max Von Schillings; German composer/conductor (Der Pfeifertag).
- 1927 - Birth of Don Barbour in Greencastle, Indiana, USA; singer ("Four Freshmen").
- 1928 - Birth of Alexis Korner in Paris, France; musician (Blues Inc - "Bootleg Him").
- 1934 - Birth of Dickie Goodman; parody singer ("Flying Saucer").
- 1936 - Birth of Ruby Johnson; American singer ("I'll Run Your Hurt Away").
- 1941 - Birth of Alan Price in Fatfield, Durham, England; rock keyboardist (The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun").
- 1942 - Birth of Alan Price; keyboardist (The Animals).
- 1943 - Birth of Mike Kelly; rocker (Duprees).
- 1944 - Birth of Bernard Worrell; American keyboardist (Funkadelic - "Cosmic Slop").
- 1944 - Birth of Mark "Flo" Volman; rocker (Flo and Eddie, Turtles - "Eleanor")/DJ (WKRK).
- 1947 - Birth of Murray Perahia in New York City, New York, USA; pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988).
- 1957 - Birth of Belinda Lipscomb; vocalist (Midnight Star - "No Parking").
- 1957 - Birth of Rod Morgenstein; rocker (Winger).
- 1957 - Birth of [Boaz] Boo Watson; keyboardist (Midnight Star - "No Parking").
- 1968 - Birth of Bekka Bramlett; country singer (Bekka and Billy).
Deaths on April 19
- 1799 - Death of Pieter Hellendaal at age 78; violinist/organist/composer (Glees).
- 1985 - Death of Willie Mabon at age 59 in Paris, France; rhythm-and-blues singer ("I Don't Know", "I'm Mad", "Poison Ivy").
- 1992 - Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at age 26 in a car crash.
- 1992 - Death of Robert Paul Haynes at age 26 in a car crash; bassist (Jody Grind).
- 1993 - Death of Steve Douglas at age 55 of heart failure in Los Angeles during a recording session with Ry Cooder; saxophonist (Ritchie Valens, Duane Eddy and the Rebels).
- 1997 - Death of El Duce; American singer/drummer (The Mentors) (born 1958).
- 2023 - Death of Moonbin at age 25, found dead in his home in Seoul, Korea; musician (ASTRO band).
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