1695 – Henry Purcell (English composer & organist)
1863 – Joseph Mayseder (Austrian violinist & composer)
1907 – Gaetano Braga (Italian composer & cellist)
1920 – William James Robjohn [Caryl Florio] (English actor, composer, singer, organist & critic, active in the United States)
1938 – Leopold Godowsky (Polish pianist, composer & teacher, active in the United States)
1953 – Larry Shields (American jazz clarinetist, Original Dixieland Jazz Band)
1954 – Karol Rathaus (Polish-born American composer & teacher)
1972 – Karel Hába (Czech violinist & composer, brother of Alois)
1974 – Frank Martin (Swiss composer, active in the Netherlands)
1988 – Pál Kalmár (Hungarian singer, first artist to record "Vége a világnak" ("Gloomy Sunday"))
1995 – Peter Grant (English rock manager & record executive, Led Zeppelin, Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Bad Company, Stone the Crows)
2002 – Hadda Brooks (American jazz, blues & R&B singer, pianist & composer, "Queen of the Boogie")
2006 – Robert Lockwood, Jr. (American blues guitarist & singer, student of Robert Johnson)
Well, we've seen this sort of thing happen before, haven't we? Weren't we just remembering Czech microtonalist Alois Hába two or three days ago? Turns out he passed away just two or three days shy of the one-year anniversary of his brother Karel's death. Somehow, the memorialization of the day a relative or close associate passed puts us in the mood to poop. It's a fascinating phenomenon.
Today's videos on our YouTube page feature Robert Lockwood, Jr., Hadda Brooks, and Peter Grant, the original Ian Faith. Check 'em out.