01-19: Carl Perkins Palo Alto 1977 - The Exciting Wilson Pickett 1966 | The Wicked Pickett 1966 - Janáček : The Makropulos Case / Söderström | Mackerras 1978

Not shown: Erhard Buttner, Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier & Ferdinand Pour

1576 – Hans Sachs (German Meistersinger, poet, playwright & shoemaker)
1625 – Erhard Buttner (German composer)
1795 – Maria Teresa Agnesi (Italian composer, harpsichordist & singer)
1805 – Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier (German singer, teacher, composer & music journalist)
1830 – Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (Czech-born Austrian composer, guitarist, pianist & teacher)
1833 – Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold (French composer & pianist)
1839 – Georg Abraham Schneider (German hornist, woodwind player, composer & conductor)
1893 – Julius Eichberg (German composer, conductor, teacher & violinist, active in the United States)
1934 – Armand Parent (French violinist, composer & teacher)
1939 – Ferdinand Pour (French bass-baritone, created roles of Harašta & Dr Kolenatý in Janáček's Cunning Little Vixen & Makropulos Affair)
1944 – Harold Fraser-Simson (English composer of light music)
1951 – Constantin C. Nottara (Romanian composer, son of actor Constantin I. Nottara)
1971 – Harry Shields (American jazz clarinetist & baritone saxophonist, younger brother of Larry Shields)
1972 – Michael Rabin (American violinist)
1980 – Richard Franko Goldman (American conductor, teacher, author, music critic & composer)
1981 – Iva Pacetti (Italian operatic soprano & teacher)
1982 – Elis Regina (Brazilian pop, samba, bossa nova, jazz & rock singer, known also as "Pimentinha" or "Furacão")
1990 – Semprini (English pianist, composer, conductor, cellist & radio personality of Italian descent)
1995 – Gene MacLellan (Canadian country singer & songwriter, "Snowbird", "Put Your Hand in the Hand")
1998 – Carl Perkins (American rockabilly & country guitarist, songwriter & singer)
2006 – Wilson Pickett (American R&B, soul & rock singer & songwriter)
2007 – Denny Doherty (Canadian folk & pop singer & songwriter, The Mamas & the Papas, The Halifax III)
2007 – Murat Nasyrov [Мурат Насыров] (Russian pop singer & songwriter of Uyghur ethnicity)
2008 – John Stewart (American folk & pop songwriter, singer, guitarist & banjoist, The Kingston Trio)

Well, that was kind of interesting. The Carl Perkins concert was in Palo Alto. The Kingston Trio was formed in Palo Alto. But I couldn't find any of them... not with John Stewart, anyway. Ah well, Semprini it all... oh dear, pardon my French...

 

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