It was on this date, January 28, 1968, that Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She started singing at age four. Not only does her voice attract fans, with songs like “Adia,” “Angel,” “Hold On,” and…
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September 27: Stephan Jenkins
Stephan Jenkins (1964) It was on this date, September 27, 1964, that Stephan Jenkins, the front man for the pop music group Third Eye Blind, was born Stephan Douglas Jenkins in Oakland, California. After overcoming childhood dyslexia, and earning a…
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August 22: Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy (1862) It was on this date, August 22, 1862, that French Impressionist composer Claude Debussy was born Achille-Claude Debussy, the eldest of five children, in St. Germain-en-Laye. A prodigy, he entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of…
May 9: Billy Joel (1949)
It was on this date, May 9, 1949, that American singer/songwriter and pianist Billy Joel was born William Martin Joel in the Bronx, New York City, but reared in Hicksville. His father was born in Germany and was a classical…
Tagged with: Christie Brinkley, Religion of Billy Joel, Tell Her About It, William Martin Joel
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Posted in Entertainer, Musician
May 7: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
“I have found some astonishing answers to my questionings as to God and religion in [Flaubert’s] book,” wrote Tchaikovsky. Flaubert was an Atheist.
Tagged with: Gustave Flaubert, Modest Tchaikovsky, Religion of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphonie Pathetique
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Posted in Entertainer, Famous Freethinkers, Musician
May 7: Johannes Brahms
“For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts, as the one dieth, so dieth the other; … so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast,” quoted Brahms.
Tagged with: Four Serious Songs, Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Religion of Johannes Brahms
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Posted in Entertainer, Famous Freethinkers, Musician
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