The keyboardist and composer Donald Smith Airey was born on this day in 1948. Don Airey onstage with Rainbow. I've used this photo before to illustrate Airey and most certainly … Continue reading On This Day (June 21)…Happy Birthday, Don Airey!
The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky was born on this day in 1882. Photo of a young Stravinsky. Retrieved from here. While studying law to please his family in St. Petersburg, … Continue reading On This Day (June 17)…Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky!
The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg was born on this day in 1843. Photo and signature of Edvard Grieg in 1888. Retrieved from here. A child prodigy, Grieg entered the Leipzig … Continue reading On This Day (June 15)…Happy Birthday, Edvard Grieg!
The pianist, actress and activist Hazel Scott was born on this day in 1920. Retrieved from here. A bona fide child prodigy, Scott was raised primarily by her mother Alma, … Continue reading On This Day (June 11)…Happy Birthday, Hazel Scott!
The keyboardist and composer Jon Douglas Lord was born on this day in 1941. Jon Lord with the fourth lineup of Deep Purple. Retrieved from here. Born in Leicester, Lord … Continue reading On This Day (June 9)…Happy Birthday, Jon Lord!
The musician Edgar Froese was born on this day in 1944. On the day Froese was born in Tilsit, a part of East Prussia (now a part of Russia), the … Continue reading On This Day (June 6)…Happy Birthday, Edgar Froese
The English composer Edward Elgar was born on this day in 1857. Photo of Elgar in the early 1900s. Retrieved from here. To simply know Elgar as “the graduation guy” … Continue reading On This Day (June 2)…Happy Birthday, Sir Edward Elgar
The inventor Robert Moog was born on this day in 1934. Retrieved from here. At fourteen, Moog built his first theremin. By the time he was thirty, his company released … Continue reading On ThisDay (May 23)…Happy Birthday, Robert Moog!
The guitarist Robert Fripp was born on this day in 1946 in Wimbourne Minster, a small town in Dorset, England. Retrieved from here. Starting out as a young guitarist in … Continue reading On This Day (May 16)…Happy Birthday, Robert Fripp!
The singer Candice Night was born on this day in 1971. Retrieved from here. As a child into her teenage years, Night worked as a model while taking vocal and … Continue reading On This Day (May 8)…Happy Birthday, Candice Night!
