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DICK POWELL = AMERICAN = = Singer, Actor, = = Film Producer, Film Director and Studio Head = |
Born: RICHARD EWING POWELL 14 November 1904 Mountain View, Arkansas, USA | Died: 2 January 1963 West Los Angeles, California, USA |
58 | Cancer |
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LINA ABARBANELL = GERMAN-AMERICAN = = Soprano Singer and Actress = |
Born: 3 January 1879 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 6 January 1963 The Bronx, New York, USA |
84 | After a Short Illness |
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OTTO HARBACH = AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: OTTO ABELS HAUERBACH 18 August 1873 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | Died: 24 January 1963 New York City, New York, USA |
89 | |
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FRANCIS POULENC = FRENCH = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: FRANCIS JEAN MARCEL POULENC 7 January 1899 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 30 January 1963 Jardin du Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG |
64 | Heart Attack |
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BENNY MORÉ = CUBAN = = Singer, Bandleader and Songwriter = |
Born: BARTOLOMÉ MAXIMILIANO MORÉ GUTIÉRREZ 24 August 1919 Santa Isabel de las Lajas, CUBA | Died: 19 February 1963 Havana, CUBA |
43 | Cirrhosis of the Liver |
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FERENC FRICSAY = HUNGARIAN-born AUSTRIAN = = Conductor = |
Born: 9 August 1914 Budapest, HUNGARY | Died: 20 February 1963 Basel, SWITZERLAND |
48 | Cancer of the Stomach |
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PATSY CLINE = AMERICAN = = Country/Pop Singer = |
Born: VIRGINIA PATTERSON HENSLEY 8 September 1932 Winchester, Virginia, USA | Died: 5 March 1963 near Camden, Tennessee, USA |
30 | Plane Crash |
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LIZZIE MILES = AMERICAN = = Creole Blues Singer = |
Born: ELIZABETH MARY LANDREAUX 31 March 1895 The Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 17 March 1963 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
67 | Heart Attack |
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ALEC TEMPLETON = WELSH = = Composer, Pianist and Satirist = |
Born: ALEC ANDREW TEMPLETON 4 July 1910 Cardiff, WALES | Died: 28 March 1963 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA |
52 | Undisclosed Illness |
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ALEKSANDR GAUK = RUSSIAN/SOVIET = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: ALEKSANDR VASSILIEVICH GAUK 15 August [O.S. 3 August] 1893 Odessa, RUSSIA | Died: 30 March 1963 |
69 | |
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HARRY AKST = AMERICAN = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: 15 August 1894 New York, USA | Died: 31 March 1963 Hollywood, California, USA |
68 | |
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EDDIE EDWARDS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trombonist = |
Born: EDWIN BRANFORD EDWARDS 22 May 1891 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 9 April 1963 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
71 | |
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BENNO MOISEIWITSCH = RUSSIAN JEWISH-UKRAINIAN born BRITISH = = Pianist = |
Born: 22 February 1890 Odessa, RUSSIAN EMPIRE, in present-day UKRAINE | Died: 9 April 1963 |
73 | |
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HERBIE NICHOLS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: HERBERT HORATIO NICHOLS 3 January 1919 San Juan Hill, Manhattan, USA | Died: 12 April 1963 New York City, New York, USA |
44 | Leukemia |
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TED WEEMS = AMERICAN = = Bandleader and Musician = |
Born: WILFRED THEODORE WEMYES 26 September 1901 Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 6 May 1963 Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA |
61 | |
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IRVING A. AARONSON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist and Big Band Leader = |
Born: 7 February 1895 New York, USA | Died: 10 May 1963 Hollywood, California, USA |
68 | Heart Attack |
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ELMORE JAMES = AMERICAN = = Blues Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter and Bandleader = |
Born: ELMORE BROOKS 27 January 1918 Richland, Holmes County, Mississippi, USA | Died: 24 May 1963 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
45 | Heart Attack |
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JOHN POWELL = AMERICAN = = Pianist, Composer and Ethnomusicologist = |
Born: 6 September 1882 Richmond, Virginia, USA | Died: 15 August 1963 Richmond, Virginia, USA |
80 | |
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GLENN GRAY = AMERICAN = = Saxophonist and Conductor = |
Born: GLEN GRAY KNOBLAUCH 7 June 1906 Roanoke, Illinois, USA | Died: 23 August 1963 Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA |
57 | Cancer |
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FRICO KAFENDA = SLOVAK = = Composer = |
Born: 2 October 1883 Mošovce, SLOVAKIA | Died: 3 September 1963 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA |
79 | |
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MODEST ALTSCHULER = BELARUSIAN-JEWISH AMERICAN = = Cellist, Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 15 February 1873 Mogilev, then part of the RUSSIAN EMPIRE, now in BELARUS | Died: 12 September 1963 Los Angeles, USA |
90 | |
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ALEXANDER SAKHAROFF = RUSSIAN = = Dancer and Choreographer = |
Born: 13 May 1886 Mariupol, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 25 September 1963 Siena, ITALY |
77 | |
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ÉDITH PIAF = FRENCH = = Cabaret Singer, Songwriter and Actress = |
Born: ÉDITH GIOVANNA GASSION 19 December 1915 Belleville, Paris, FRANCE | Died: 10 October 1963 Plascassier, Grasse, FRANCE |
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ROGER DÉSORMIÈRE = FRENCH = = Conductor = |
Born: 13 September 1898 Vichy, FRANCE | Died: 25 October 1963 Paris, FRANCE |
65 | |
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ELSA MAXWELL "the hostess with the mostest" = AMERICAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: 24 May 1883 Keokuk, Iowa, USA | Died: 1 November 1963 New York City, New York, USA |
80 | |
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FRITZ REINER = HUNGARIAN = = Conductor = |
Born: FREDERICK MARTIN REINER 19 December 1888 Budapest, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 15 November 1963 New York City, USA |
74 | |
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CARMEN AMAYA = SPANISH = = Flamenco Dancer and Singer = |
Born: 2 November 1913 Barcelona, SPAIN | Died: 19 November 1963 Begur, SPAIN |
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AMELITA GALLI-CURCI = ITALIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: AMELITA GALLI 18 November 1882 Milan, ITALY | Died: 26 November 1963 La Jolla, California, USA |
81 | |
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ERNESTO LECUONA = CUBAN = = Composer, Pianist and Bandleader = |
Born: ERNESTO LECUONA Y CASADO 6 August 1895 Guanabacoa, Havana, CUBA | Died: 29 November 1963 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the CANARY ISLANDS |
68 | Asthma Attack |
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KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN = GERMAN = = Composer = |
Born: 2 August 1905 Munich, GERMANY | Died: 5 December 1963 Munich, GERMANY |
58 | Stomach Cancer |
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DINAH WASHINGTON = AMERICAN = = Singer and Pianist = |
Born: RUTH LEE JONES 29 August 1924 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA | Died: 14 December 1963 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
39 | Lethal Combination of Secobarbital and Amobarbital |
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ROY PALMER = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trombonist = |
Born: 2 April 1892 Carrollton neighborhood of uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 22 December 1963 Chicago, USA |
71 | |
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PAUL HINDEMITH = GERMAN = = Composer, Violist, Violinist, Teacher and Conductor = |
Born: 16 November 1895 Hanau, near Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY | Died: 28 December 1963 Frankfurt, GERMANY |
68 | Pancreatitis |
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NAFTULE BRANDWEIN = JEWISH = = Clarinettist and influential Klezmer Musician = |
Born: or NAFTULI BRANDWINE 1884 Przemyslany, POLAND-GALICIA (now UKRAINE) | Died: 1963 Borscht Belt, New York, USA |
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