11-10: Miriam Makeba in Tokyo 1968 - Carmen McRae Sings Great American Songwriters 1955-1959 - Show Boat Selections / Victor Young 1932

1665 – Samuel Friedrich Capricornus (Czech composer)
1821 – Andreas Romberg (German violinist & composer)
1909 – Ludvig Schytte (Danish composer, pianist & teacher)
1956 – Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor, "When I Fall in Love")
1960 – Isadore Freed (Belarusian composer, music theorist & author)
1973 – Stringbean [David Akeman] (American country & bluesgrass banjoist & comedian)
1990 – Lisa Kirk (American musical theater singer)
1990 – Ronnie Dyson (American R&B & soul singer & musical theater actor, Hair)
1994 – Carmen McRae (American jazz singer)
1997 – Tommy Tedesco (American jazz, rock & session guitarist)
2004 – Katy de la Cruz (Filipino jazz singer)
2006 – Gerald Levert (American R&B singer)
2008 – Miriam Makeba (South African folk, pop & jazz singer & anti-apartheid activist)
2008 – Wannes Van de Velde (Belgian singer, poet & artist)




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