This Day in Music History
August 18

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What happened in history on this day: August 18?

On August 18 in ...

Births on August 18

  • 1873 - Birth of Otto Harbach; songwriter ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes").
  • 1900 - Birth of Walter O'Keefe in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood).
  • 1907 - Birth of Enoch Light in Canton, Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith).
  • 1916 - Birth of Moura Lympany in Saltash, England; pianist (Order of the British Empire-1979).
  • 1930 - Birth of Johnny Preston in Port Arthur, Texas, USA; rocker ("Feel So Fine").
  • 1945 - Birth of Nona Hendryx in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; rocker (LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade").
  • 1955 - Birth of Steve Wilkinson; country singer (The Wilkinsons).
  • 1967 - Birth of Blas Elias Gomez in Kennedy, Texas, USA; rock drummer (Slaughter - "Stick it Live").
  • 1967 - Birth of Tracy Tracy; rocker (Primitives - "Lovely, Lump of Coal").
  • 1968 - Birth of Zac Maloy; singer (The Nixons).
  • 1969 - Birth of Everlast; musician (House of Pain).
  • 1969 - Birth of Masta Killa; rapper (Wu-Tang Clan).

Deaths on August 18

  • 1968 - Cy Walter, pianist (Three's Company), dies at age 52.

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