Thinks happen: Music Monday

Birthdays today include:
1795 - Composer Heinrich August Marschner was born.
1863 - Composer Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne was born.
1908 - Orlando Cole (classical cellist, educator) Died 25.Jan.2010.
1915 - Al Hibbler (Jazz, pop, singer; Duke Ellington's band/solo) Died 24.April.2001.
1915 - Melvin 'Lil Son' Jackson (electric blues guitarist) Died 30.May.1976.
1915 - Murray McEachern (jazz and swing trombonist) Died 28.April.1982.
1922 - Ernie Freeman (session pianist) Died 16.May.1981.
1928 - Carl Perkins jazz pianist 17.March.1958.
1929 - Bill Evans (jazz pianist, bandleader) 15.Sept.1980.
1931 - Eydie Gormé (American latin pop artist, bolero performer).
1934 - Ketty Lester (American singer).
1942 - Barbara George/Barbara Ann Smith (singer/songwriter) Died 10.Aug.2006.
1942 - Florin Amedeo Bogardo (Romanian composer and singer) Died 15.Aug.2009.
1942 - Robert 'Squirrel' Lester ( founder member; Chi-Lites) Died 22.Jan.2010.
1945 - Gary Loizzo (singer; American Breed).
1945 - Gordon "Snowy" Fleet (drummer; Easybeats)?
1945 - Kevin Ayers (singer, songwriter; The Wilde Flowers/Soft Machine).
1948 - Barry Hay (singer, guitar, flute, saxophone; Golden Earring).
1949 - Scott Asheton (drummer; Iggy Pop's Stooges/Scots Pirates).
1949 - William "Sputnik" Spooner ( guitarist, singer, songwriter; The Tubes/Folks-Up).
1953 - James "J.T." Taylor (lead singer; Kool & The Gang).
1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford (singer and actress).
1957 - Tim Farriss (Australian lead guitar; INXS).
1958 - Angela Bassett (portrayed Tina Turner in film What's Love Got to Do with It?).
1958 - Madonna/Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (singer, actress).
1960 - Chris Pedersen (drummer; Camper Van Beethoven/Monks Of Doom).
1964 - Matt Lukin (bassist; The Melvins/Mudhoney).
1966 - Barry Lather (choreographer, musician and actor).
1972 - Emily Erwin (singer, songwriter; Dixie Chicks).
1976 - Dave Ockun (American concert producer).
1977 - Tamer Hosny (Egyptian singer/actor).
1980 - Robert Hardy (UK bassist; Franz Ferdinand).
1980 - Venessa Carlton (singer, songwriter, piano).
1983 - Colin Griffiths (English TV presenter and DJ).

1876 - Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth
1986 - "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks

1986 - Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks
1984 - RCA Victor Records released the Elvis Presley single "Baby, Let's Play House."
1940 - Frankie Masters and his orchestra recorded "Marching Along Together."

1966 - The Monkees' first single, "Last Train to Clarksville," was released.

1974 - The Ramones played their first concert at New York's CBGB.

1962 - Ringo Starr was picked to replace Pete Best as the drummer for the Beatles. Best had been with the group for about 2 1/2 years.

1975 - Peter Gabriel announced that he was leaving the group Genesis. Phil Collins would be the new lead singer after the group auditioned more than 400 potential musicians.

2003 - A U.S. postage stamp featuring Henry Mancini was unveiled. The design showed Mancini conducting while titles of his works scroll past on a screen behind him.

2005 - "Tommy Lee Goes to College" debuted on NBC-TV. The classes were taken at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

From the police blotter:

1983 - Paul Simon and Carrie Fisher were married. They divorced in 1985.

1985 - Madonna and Sean Penn were married in Malibu, CA. They were divorced in 1989.

1977 - Elvis Presley died at the age of 42 in Memphis, TN. He died of coronary arrhythmia.

2005 - At her home outside London, Madonna suffered serveral broken bones in a horse riding accident. She was treated and released after cracking three ribs and breaking her collarbone and hand.