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M People
Album(s):
Elegant Slumming (1994)
Yo-Yo Ma
Ma & the Ramblers
Song(s):
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes (with Perry Como, 1952)
Galt MacDermot
Album(s):
Hair (composed with Gerome Ragni and James Rado, 1967/1979) cast/ST
Ballard MacDonald
Christie MacDonald
Song(s):
Sweethearts (1913)
Jeanette MacDonald
Song(s):
Indian Love Call (with Nelson Eddy, 1936)
About: Second only to Henry Burr among the great ballad singers of recordings’ pioneer pre-1920 era. (tenor – Edison Male Quartette: 1898; Haydn Quartet: 1898-1914; Orpheus Quartet: 1914-1919; Lyric Quartet; Victor Light Opera Co.). Was a top record company executive after World War I.
Born: John Scantlebury MacDonald in Ontario, Canada on 3/30/1871 Died: 9/26/1931
Song(s):
I Can’t Tell Why I Love You But I Do (1900)
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (with Grace Spencer, 1901)
The Tale of the Bumblebee (1901)
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (1901)
The Mansion of Aching Hearts (1902)
In the Sweet Bye and Bye (with John Bieling, 1903)
Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha) (1903)
Shine on, Harvest Moon (written by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, performed by Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton, 1909)
Where the River Shannon Flows (1910)
Every Little Moment (with Lucy Isabelle Marsh, 1910)
Down by the Old Mill Stream (1911)
They Didn't Believe Me (with Olive Kline; written by Jerome Kern and Herbert Reynods; 1915)
Smiles (with Joseph C. Smith, 1918)
About: Producer for Miles Davis.
George MacFarlane
Song(s):
A Little Bit of Heaven ("Shure, They Call It Ireland") (1915)
Member of The Pogues.
Mary MacGregor
Song(s):
Torn Between Two Lovers (1976)
Antonio Machin
Song(s):
The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) (with Don Azpiazu, 1930)
Uncle Dave Macon
Song(s):
Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy (1924)
Edward Madden
Johnny Maddox
Madness
Song(s):
My Girl (1980)
It Must Be Love (1981)
Links:
DMDB page
- official site
- Facebook
- Wikipedia
About: Dance-pop singer. To New York in the late ‘70’s; performed with the Alvin Ailey dance troupe. Short-lived member of the Breakfast Club in the early ‘80’s. Married to actor Sean Penn from 1985-89; later married British director Guy Ritchie.
Born: Madonna Louise Ciccone on 8/16/58 in Bay City, Michigan
Song(s):
Borderline (1984)
Like a Virgin (1984)
Material Girl (1985)
Into the Groove (1985)
Papa Don’t Preach (1986)
Like a Prayer (1989)
Express Yourself (1989)
Vogue (1990)
Justify My Love (1990)
Take a Bow (1994)
Ray of Light (1998)
Music (2000)
Don’t Tell Me (2000)
Hung Up (2005)
Album(s):
Madonna (1983)
Like a Virgin (1984)
True Blue (1986)
Like a Prayer (1989)
I’m Breathless (1990) ST
The Immaculate Collection (1983-1990) G
Erotica (1992)
Bedtime Stories (1994)
Something to Remember (1984-1995) G
Evita (1996) ST
Ray of Light (1998)
Music (2000)
GHV2 (Greatest Hits, Volume 2) (1992-2001) G
American Life (2003)
Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
The DMDB Blog:
Best-of List: Madonna’s Top 50 Songs (3/28/12)
Born: Samuel Gene Maghett on 2/14/1937 Died: 12/1/1969
Blues guitarist and singer.
Album(s):
West Side Soul (1967)
Black Magic (1968)
The DMDB Blog:
Madonna’s True Blue Debuts: July 19, 1986 (7/19/11)
Herb Magidson
The Magnetic Fields
Album(s):
69 Love Songs (1999)
Magnum
Album(s):
On a Storyteller’s Night (1985)
Born: Henry Saint Clair Fredericks on 5/17/1942 Died:
American blues singer/songwriter and guitarist.
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Album(s):
The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)
Born: 7/7/1860 Died: 5/18/1911
Classical composer.
Album(s):
Symphony No. 1 “Titan” (1888)
Symphony No. 2 (1894)
Symphony No. 5 (1904)
Das Lied Von Der Erde (The Song of the Earth) (1909)
Symphony No. 8 in E Flat major (The Symphony of a Thousand) (1910)
Born: 6/30/1963 Died:
Swedish rock guitarist.
Song(s):
California Dreamin’ (1966)
Monday, Monday (1966)
Born: 4/16/1924 Died: 6/14/1994
American composer, conductor, and arranger.
Song(s):
Peter Gunn (1959)
Moon River (with Audrey Hepburn, written by Johnny Mercer with Mancini, 1961)
The Days of Wine and Roses (written by Johnny Mercer with Mancini, 1963)
Album(s):
The Music from Peter Gunn (soundtrack, 1959)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (soundtrack, 1961)
Born: 12/25/1948 Died:
American country singer.
The Manhattans
Welsh rock group who were one of the buzz bands in the early days of Britpop. Richey James was the singer, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist through the band’s first three albums. He went missing in 1995 and is presumed dead. The other three members continued on with Bradfield at the helm, garnering the band even more commercial success than they had before.
Active: 1990- Members: James Dean Bradfield (v/g), Richey James (born Richey Edwards, v/g: 90-95), Nicky Wire (b), Sean Moore (d).
Song(s):
Motorcycle Emptiness (1992)
A Design for Life (1996)
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (1998)
Album(s):
The Holy Bible (1994)
Everything Must Go (1996)
This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours (1998)
Born: Barry Alan Pincus on 6/17/1946 Died:
Adult contemporary singer.
Song(s):
Mandy (1974)
I Write the Songs (1975)
Born: 2/9/1939 Died: --
American rock songwriter who often worked with Cynthia Weil.
Songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil:
On Broadway (performed by the Drifters, written with Jerry Leiber, 1963)
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (performed by the Righteous Brothers, 1964)
Born: 10/21/1940 Died:
Rock keyboardist who fronted Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (“Blinded by the Light”).
Song(s):
Do Wah Diddy Diddy (1964)
Born: 1/5/1969 Died: --
Shock-rock singer.
Born: Annunzio Paolo Mantovani on 11/15/1905 in Venice, Italy Died: 3/30/1980
Conductor, composer, violinist, and pianist.
Born: 2/12/1939 Died: --
Rock keyboardist with The Doors.
Doo-wop group.
Song(s):
Blue Moon (written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, 1961)
Teena Marie
Song(s):
Square Biz (1981)
Active: 1978-. Members: Doug Irvine (b: 78-80), Mick Pointer (d: 78-83), Steve Rothery (g – Marillion: 79-; Wishing Tree: 96), Brian Jelliman (k: 79-81), Fish (v: 81-88); Diz Minnett (b: 81-82), Mark Kelly (k: 82-); Pete Trewavas (b – Marillion 82-; Iris for Crossing the Desert: 96); Ian Mosley (d – Curved Air; Marillion: 83-; Iris for Crossing the Desert: 96); Steve Hogarth (v: 89-). Also added lyricist John Helmer in 1989.
Progressive rock group formed in Aylesbury, England. Name adopted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.
Song(s):
Script for a Jester’s Tear (1983)
Kayleigh (1985)
Album(s):
Script for a Jester’s Tear (1983)
Fugazi (1984)
Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Clutching at Straws (1987)
Seasons End (1989)
Holidays in Eden (1991)
Brave (1994)
Afraid of Sunlight (1995)
This Strange Engine (1997)
Radiation (1998)
marillion.com (1999)
Anoraknophobia (2001)
Marbles (2004)
Somewhere Else (2007)
Happiness Is the Road (2008)
Less Is More (2009)
The DMDB Blog:
Marillion Misplaced Childhood Hits #1 in UK: June 29, 1985 (6/29/11)
Johnny Marks
Born: 2/6/1945 in Rhoden Hall, Jamaica Died: brain cancer, 5/11/1981
Reggae singer/songwriter and guitarist. The Wailers (known first as The Teenagers and later The Wailing Rudeboys) included Peter Tosh (63-74), Bunny “Wailer” Livingstone (63-74), Junior Braithwaite (63-64), Beverly Kelso (63-66), and Cherry Smith (63-64). Later included Aston “Family Man” Barrett (b: 69-), Carlton Barrett (d: 69-), Rita Marley (72-), Marcia Griffiths (72-), Judy Mowatt (72-), Al Anderson (g: 74-). Recorded some 70 tracks for Coxsone Dodd’s legendary Studio One (1963-66). Recorded for Danny Sims on the JAD label (1968-70); also worked with Lee “Scratch” Perry and Upsetter Records (1970-71), independent label Tuff Gong (1971), Island Records (1972-81). Married Rita Anderson on 2/10/66. Wounded in an assasination attempt on 12/3/76. Father of David “Ziggy” Marley who formed Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers with siblings Cedelia, Stephen, and Sharon. Also father of Damian, Julian, and Ky-Mani, who all pursued music careers. Son Rohan Marley is a former football player for the University of Miami Hurricanes. In 1990, Marley’s birthday was proclaimed a national holiday in Jamaica.
Song(s):
Get Up, Stand Up (1973)
I Shot the Sheriff (1974)
No Woman, No Cry (1975)
Lively Up Yourself (1975)
One Love/People Get Ready (1977)
Album(s):
One Love at Studio One (also released as two albums: “Simmer Down” and “The Wailing Wailers”) (1963-66) archives x2
The Complete Wailers 1967-1972, Part 1 (1967-70) archives – box
Soul Rebels (1970)
African Herbsman/ Soul Revolution (1971)
Chances Are (archives, 1967-72)
Catch a Fire (1973)
Burnin’ (1973)
Natty Dread (1974)
Live! At the Lyceum (1975) live
Rastaman Vibration (1976)
Exodus (1977)
Kaya (1978)
Survival (1979)
Uprising (1980)
Confrontation (1983)
Legend (1973-1983) G
The DMDB Blog:
Bob Marley’s Legend was released: May 8, 1984 (5/8/12)
Maroon 5
Song(s):
She Will Be Loved (2002)
This Love (2004)
Misery (2010)
Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera, 2011)
One More Night (2012)
Album(s):
Songs about Jane (2002)
Born: 10/31/1963 Died:
Alternative rock guitarist and songwriter with the Smiths.
Song(s):
Nothin’ on You (B.o.B. with Bruno Mars, 2010)
Just the Way You Are (Amazing) (2010)
Grenade (2010)
The Lazy Song (2010)
Mirror (Lil Wayne with Bruno Mars, 2011)
Born: 10/18/1961 Died:
American jazz trumpeter and composer.
Lucy Isabelle Marsh
Song(s):
Every Little Moment (with Harry MacDonough, 1910)
My Hero (1910)
Italian Street Song (Zing, Zing) (with the Victor Light Opera Co., 1911)
Martha & the Muffins
Song(s):
Echo Beach (1980)
Martha & The Vandellas – see Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
Lead singer of Coldplay.
Born: 6/7/1917 Died: 12/25/1995
Adult contemporary singer.
Song(s):
That's Amore (1953)
Everybody Loves Somebody (1964)
Born: 12/9/1906 Died: 10/1/1983
Leader of one of the most popular “sweet” bands, his tenor saxophone style led to the nickname “Mr. Silvertone”. Pianist Jack Fina was a featured sideman. Merv Griffin was his late-1940s singing star.
Born: 1/3/1926 Died: --
Pop/rock producer best known for working with the Beatles.
Born: 8/11/1914 Died: 3/11/2011
American musical theater and film composer (1944’s Meet Me in St. Louis, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”), arranger, vocal coach, and playwright.
Song(s) Composed by Martin:
The Trolley Song (performed by Judy Garland, 1944)
Mary Martin
Song(s):
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1938)
Born: 12/24/1971 Died:
Puerto Rican Latin-pop singer.
Song(s):
Livin' La Vida Loca (1999)
Album(s):
Ricky Martin (1999)
Born: 12/25/1913 Died:
American traditional pop singer.
Ryan Martinie
Born: 10/7/1927 Died: 10/13/2009
Adult contemporary singer.
John Martyn
Album(s):
Solid Air (1973)
The Marvelettes
Song(s):
Please Mr. Postman (1961)
The DMDB Blog:
Motown achieved its first #1 with “Please Mr. Postman”: December 11, 1961 (12/11/11)
Born: 9/16/1963 Died:
Adult contemporary/pop singer/songwriter (“Don’t Mean Nothin’”, “Right Here Waiting”).
Born: 8/27/1975 Died:
Rap singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Mo Money, Mo Problems (with the Notorious B.I.G. & Puff Daddy) (1997)
Feel So Good (1997)
Barbara Mason
Born: 1/27/1945 Died: --
Rock drummer and songwriter with Pink Floyd.
Sully Mason
Song(s):
Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo) (Kay Kyser with Ginny Simms, Harry Babbitt, Sully Mason, & Ish Kabibble; 1939)
Michael Masser
Song(s):
Unfinished Sympathy (1991)
Album(s):
Blue Lines (1991)
Mezzanine (1998)
Born: 4/13/1926 in New Orleans, LA Died: --
About: Recording engineer and studio owner (J&M Recording Studio). Responsible for many R&B and early rock and roll recordings. Has worked with Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, and Professor Longhair.
Matchbox 20
Song(s):
If You’re Gone (2000)
Album(s):
Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)
Member of Catatonia.
Max Mathews
Song(s):
Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two) (1961)
Born: 9/30/35 in San Francisco, CA
Pop balladeer. Studied opera from age 13. Track scholarship at the San Francisco State College. Invited to Olympic tryouts; chose singing career instead. Discovered by George Avakian of Columbia Records. To New York City in 1956. Initially recorded as a jazz-styled singer. Columbia A&R executive Mitch Miller switched him to singing pop ballads. One of the top album artists of the rock era – has charted more than 60 albums.
Song(s):
Chances Are (1957)
It’s Not for Me to Say (1957)
Misty (1959)
Album(s):
Johnny’s Greatest Hits (1958) G
Kathy Mattea
Song(s):
Where’ve You Been (1989)
Born: 1/9/1967 Died: --
Alternative rock singer.
Song(s):
Crash into Me (1996)
Album(s):
Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
Crash (1996)
Paul Mauriat
Song(s):
Love Is Blue (1967)
Maxwell
Album(s):
Urban Hang Suite (1996)
Born: 7/19/1947 Died:
British rock guitarist with Queen.
Born: 11/29/1933 in Macclesfield, England Died:
Blues guitarist. Fronted the Bluesbreakers.
Album(s):
Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (with Eric Clapton, 1966)
Bare Wires (1968)
Born: 10/16/1977 Died:
Pop-rock singer/songwriter (“No Such Thing”, “Your Body Is a Wonderland”, “Waiting on the World to Change”).
Song(s):
Daughters (2004)
Album(s):
Continuum (2006)
Mayfield
– see Tears for Fears
Album(s):
Mayfield (1997)
Born: 6/3/1942 Died: 12/26/1999
R&B singer and guitarist.
Song(s):
Superfly (1972)
Album(s):
Curtis (1970)
Superfly (1972) ST
Percy Mayfield
Song(s):
Please Send Me Someone to Love (1950)
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
McAlmont & Butler
Song(s):
Yes (1995)
Nicko McBrain
Born: 7/29/1966 Died:
Country singer.
Joseph McCarthy
Born: 6/18/42 in Liverpool, England
Rock singer/songwriter with the Quarrymen and the Beatles (60-70) before going solo and recording with the Wings (71-79).
Song(s):
Maybe I'm Amazed (1970)
Band on the Run (with Wings, 1974)
Silly Love Songs (with Wings, 1976)
Mull of Kintyre (with Wings, 1977)
Ebony and Ivory (with Stevie Wonder, 1982)
Say, Say, Say (with Michael Jackson, 1983)
Album(s):
Band on the Run (1973)
The DMDB Blog:
Best-of List: Paul McCartney was born: June 18, 1942 / His Top 70 Songs (6/18/12)
John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time: July 6, 1957 (7/6/12)
Paul McCartney & Wings released Band on the Run: December 5, 1973 (12/5/11)
Born: 6/14/1884 Died: 9/16/1945
Singer.
Song(s):
I’m Falling in Love with Someone (1911)
Mother Machree (1911)
It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary (1915)
Somewhere a Voice Is Calling (1916)
Il Mio Tesoro (1916)
The Star-Spangled Banner (1917)
Moonlight and Roses (1925)
Charlie McCoy
Clyde McCoy
Paul McCoy
Song(s):
Bring Me to Life (with Evanescence, 2003)
Van McCoy
Song(s):
The Hustle (1975)
Jimmy McCracklin
Born: 10/19/1944 in West Palm Beach, FL Died: --
American soul singer whose hit “Rock Your Baby” was, according to Wikipedia, “one of the landmark recordings of early disco music.”
Song(s):
Rock Your Baby (1974)
About: Rock guitarist with Pearl Jam (90-), Temple of the Dog (91), Mad Season, and The Rockfords.
Born: 4/5/1966 in Pensacola, Florida Died:
Ellas Otha Bates McDaniel – see Bo Diddley
Born: 2/12/1952 Died: --
Rock singer and keyboardist with the Doobie Brothers who later became a solo artist.
Song(s):
On My Own (with Patti LaBelle, 1986)
Born: 1/12/1904 in Rossville, TN Died: 7/3/1972
Blues guitarist.
Album(s):
Mississippi Delta Blues (year?)
I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll (year?)
Born: 3/28/1955 in Chockie, OK Died: --
Country singer. The most successful female country performer of her generation. 20 #1 songs on the Billboard country charts from 1982-1996.
Bobby McFerrin
Song(s):
Don't Worry Be Happy (1988)
The MC5
Album(s):
Kick Out the Jams (1968) live
Back in the U.S.A. (1970)
Brownie McGhee
Blues musician born Walter Brown McGhee.
Born: 5/1/1967 Died:
American country singer (“Indian Outlaw”, “I Like It, I Love It”). Married to country singer Faith Hill.
Song(s):
Please Remember Me (1999)
Live Like You Were Dying (2004)
Barry McGuire
Song(s):
Eve of Destruction (1965)
The McGuire Sisters
Song(s):
Sincerely (1955)
Born: Stanley Kirk Burrell on 3/30/1962 Died:
Rap singer.
Song(s):
U Can't Touch This (1990)
Album(s):
Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (1990)
Jimmy McHugh
Hal McIntyre
Song(s):
My Funny Valentine (1945)
Lani McIntyre & His Hawaiians
Song(s):
Sweet Leilani (with Bing Crosby, 1937)
Duff McKagen
Scott McKenzie
Song(s):
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) (1967)
Born: 6/5/1969 Died:
American R&B singer.
Rod McKuen
Born: 1/28/1968 Died: --
Alternative rock singer/songwriter. Started Lilith Fair, a festival devoted to spotlighting female performers.
Song(s):
Building a Mystery (1997)
Album(s):
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
Surfacing (1997)
Born: 1/4/1942 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England Died: --
Jazz fusion guitarist with Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Born: 10/2/1945 Died:
American pop singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
American Pie (1971)
The DMDB Blog:
Don McLean’s “American Pie” hit #1: January 15, 1972 (1/15/12)
Lillian Shedd McMurry
Big Jay McNeely
Born: 11/15/1932 Died: 6/13/1972
American R&B singer who fronted two of the most influential R&B groups of all time – the Dominoes (1950-53) and the Drifters. Also had a successful solo career with #1 R&B hits “Treasure of Love” (1956), “Long Lonely Nights” (1957), and “A Lover’s Question” (1958).
The DMDB Blog:
Clyde McPhatter: An R&B Legend (6/13/2011)
Born: 1/12/1916 Died: 12/7/2006
American jazz/big band bandleader.
Born: 5/5/1898 Died: 8/19/1959
American blues singer/songwriter and guitarist.
Song(s):
Statesboro Blues (1927)
John McVie
Vaughn Meader
Album(s):
The First Family (1962) comedy
Born: 9/27/1947 Died:
Rock singer.
Song(s):
Paradise by the Dashboard Light (written by Jim Steinman, 1977)
Bat Out of Hell (written by Jim Steinman, 1979)
I’d Do Anything for Love, But I Won't Do That (written by Jim Steinman, 1993)
Album(s):
Bat Out of Hell (written by Jim Steinman, 1977)
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (written by Jim Steinman, 1993)
Meat Puppets
Album(s):
Meat Puppets II (1984)
Lauritz Mechior
Dudley Mecum
Song(s):
42nd Street (with Don Bestor, 1933)
Bill Medley
Song(s):
I've Had the Time of My Life (with Jennifer Warnes, 1987)
About: Producer for Ritchie Blackmore and Tom Jones.
Edward Meeker
Song(s):
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1908)
The DMDB Blog:
“Take Me Out to the Ball Game” – In Celebration of the All Star Game: July 10, 2012 (7/10/12)
Megadeth
Album(s):
Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? (1986)
Rust in Peace (1990)
Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Zubin Mehta
Born: 4/29/1936 Died: --
Indian classical conductor.
John Meikle
The Mekons
Album(s):
Fear and Whiskey (1985)
George Melachrino
Born: 10/7/1951 in Indiana Died:
Rock singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Jack and Diane (1982)
Authority Song (1984)
Album(s):
American Fool (1982)
Uh-Huh (1983)
Scarecrow (1985)
The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
Big Daddy (1989)
Whenever We Wanted (1991)
Human Wheels (1993)
Dance Naked (1994)
Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996)
John Mellencamp (1998)
Cuttin’ Heads (2001)
Trouble No More (2003)
Freedom’s Road (2007)
Life, Death, Love and Freedom (produced by T-Bone Burnett, 2008)
No Better Than This (produced by T-Bone Burnett, 2010)
The DMDB Blog:
John Cougar hit #1 with “Jack and Diane”: October 2, 1982 (10/2/11)
Lester Melrose
James Melton
Born: 6/25/1939 Died: 3/24/1997
Pop/R&B singer.
Song(s):
If You Don't Know Me By Now (written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff, 1972)
Memphis Jug Band
Song(s):
Stealin’ Stealin’ (1928)
Born: Lizzie Douglas on 6/3/1897 Died: 8/6/1973
Blues singer.
Memphis Slim
Men at Work
Song(s):
Down Under (1982)
Album(s):
Business As Usual (1982)
Born: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendessohn on 2/3/1809 in Hamburg, Germany Died: 11/4/1847
Classical composer and pianist.
Album(s):
Concerto for Violin in E minor (1926)
Born: 2/11/1941 Died: --
Brazilian bandleader.
Album(s):
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (1966)
Rafael Méndez
Song(s):
Mal Hombre (1934)
Alan Menken
Gian Carlo Menotti
Born: 4/22/1916 Died: 3/12/1999
American-born British violinist and conductor.
About: American lyricist, songwriter, and singer. Wrote lyrics to more than 1500 songs and more popular songs than any other songwriter in history. Received 19 Academy Award nominations. Also a co-founder of Capitol Records.
Born: John Herndon Mercer on 11/18/1909 Died: 6/25/1976
Song(s) performed by Mercer:
On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (with the Pied Pipers, 1945)
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1946)
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (with Margaret Whiting, 1949)
Song(s) written by Mercer:
And the Angels Sing (music by Ziggy Elfman, performed by Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton, 1939)
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) (music by Harold Arlen, performed by Woody Herman, 1941)
That Old Black Magic (music by Harold Arlen, performed by Glenn Miller with Skip Nelson, 1943)
Ac-Cent-Tchu-ate the Positive (music by Harold Arlen, performed by Mercer with the Pied Pipers, 1945)
Dream (performed by the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra, 1945)
Laura (music by David Raskin, performed by Woody Herman, 1945)
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (music by Harold Arlen, performed by Frank Sinatra, 1947)
Moon River (music by Henry Mancini, performed by Mancini with Audrey Hepburn, 1961)
The Days of Wine and Roses (music by Henry Mancini, performed by Mancini, 1963)
Born: 9/5/1946 Died: 11/24/1991
Rock singer/songwriter with Queen.
Mercury Rev
Album(s):
Deserter’s Songs (1998)
Born: 1/16/1908 Died: 2/15/1984
Singer.
Song(s):
I Got Rhythm (written by George Gershwin, 1930)
You’re the Top (written by Cole Porter; 1934)
I Get a Kick Out of You (written by Cole Porter; performed with Johnny Green’s Orchestra, 1934)
Bob Merrill
Songwriter.
Album(s):
Funny Girl (composed with Jule Styne, 1964) cast
Born: Moishe Miller on 6/4/1917 Died: 10/23/2004
American opera singer.
Major “Big Maceo” Merriweather
Song(s):
Worried Life Blues (1941)
Olivier Messiaen
Links:
official site
- Facebook
- Wikipedia
About: Heavy metal group formed in Los Angeles, CA.
Active: 1981- Members: Lars Ulrich (d), James Hetfield (v), Dave Mustaine (rhythm g – Metallica: 81-83, Megadeth), Kirk Hammett (rhythm g: 83-), Cliff Burton (b: 81-84; killed in bus crash on 9/27/84), and Jason Newsted (b: 86-02), Robert Trujillo (b: 03-)
Song(s):
Master of Puppets (1986)
One (1988)
Enter Sandman (1991)
Album(s):
Kill ‘Em All (1983)
Ride the Lightning (1984)
Master of Puppets (1986)
…And Justice for All (1988)
Metallica (aka 'The Black Album') (1991)
Load (1996)
Reload (1997)
Garage Inc. (1998) covers
S&M (live, 1999)
St. Anger (2003)
Death Magnetic (produced by Rick Rubin, 2008)
The Meters
Song(s):
Cissy Strut (1969)
Method Man
Song(s):
I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By (with Mary J. Blige, 1995)
George W. Meyer
Died: 5/3/1949 at age 71
About: Bass singer with thePeerless Quartet (1910-25), the Sterling Trio (1916-22), and the American Quartet (1920-25).
Joseph Meyer
MGMT
Song(s):
Time to Pretend (2008)
Album(s):
Oracular Spectacular (2008)
Born: 6/25/1963 Died:
Pop singer/songwriter with Wham! (“Wake Me Up Before You Go Go”) before becoming a solo artist.
Song(s):
Careless Whisper (1984)
Faith (1987)
Freedom ’90 (1990)
Album(s):
Faith (1987)
Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
Ladies and Gentlemen – Best of (1998) G
The DMDB Blog:
George Michael released Faith: November 3, 1987 (11/3/11)
Song(s):
Galang (2004)
Paper Planes (2008)
Album(s):
Kala (2007)
Mickey & Sylvia
Song(s):
Love Is Strange (1956)
Middle of the Road
Song(s):
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1971)
Born: 12/1/1945 Died:
American adult contemporary singer.
Song(s):
The Rose (1980)
Wind Beneath My Wings (aka "Hero") (1989)
From a Distance (1990)
The Midnighters - see Hank Ballard
Midnight Oil
Song(s):
Beds Are Burning (1988)
Album(s):
Diesel and Dust (1987)
Born: Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri on 4/19/1970 Died: --
Puerto Rican/Mexican pop singer.
Mika
Album(s):
Life in Cartoon Motion (2007)
Pop-rock group formed by Genesis’ Mike Rutherford as a side group.
Active: 1985-2004 Members: Mike Rutherford (g/b), Paul Carrack (v/k), Paul Young (v – Sad Café; Mike + the Mechanics: 85-00; died of a heart attack 7/15/00), Adrian Lee (k: 85-95), Peter Van Hooke (d: 85-95, 04-), Tim Renwick (g: 89-91, 95-96), Gary Wallis (d: 95-), James Moses (g: 99-), B.A. Robertson (k/songwriting)
Song(s):
The Living Years (1988)
Album(s):
Mike + The Mechanics (1985)
Living Years (1988)
Word of Mouth (1991)
Beggar on a Beach of Gold (1995)
M6 (1999)
Rewired (2004)
The Road (2011)
Born: 4/1/1927 in Texas Died: 1/3/1980
R&B keyboardist.
Song(s):
Let’s Have a Party (year?)
Military Band
Song(s):
Stars and Stripes Forever (1897)
Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers
Song(s):
Lovesick Blues (1928)
Born: 3/1/1904 in Clarinda, IA Died: 12/15/1944 in plane crash
Leader of the most universally beloved of all big bands. Played trombone for Ben Pollack, Red Nichols, Benny Goodman, & the Dorsey Brothers. Became de facto leader of Ray Noble’s 1935 American band and did arrangements for Glen Gray and others before starting his own band in 1937. It failed, as did a 1938 succesor, but in 1939 Glenn developed his trademark reed sound (four saxophones and clarinet) and soared to the top. Vital ingredients in the band’s staggering success were arrangers Jerry Gray and Bill Finegan, and featured soloists Bobby Hackett, Tex Beneke, Billy May, & Hal McIntyre. At the band’s peak after four years of extraordinary popularity, Glenn left to enlist in the Army Air Force in 9/42, and formed the war’s most famous service band. Died when his plane was lost over the English Channel. Tex Beneke carried on the legacy with a new Miller orchestra, and Hollywood’s 1954 Glenn Miller Story further immortalized the music and the man.
Song(s):
Moonlight Serenade (1939)
In the Mood (1939)
Tuxedo Junction (1940)
Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1940)
Chattanooga Choo Choo (with Tex Beneke/The Four Modernaires, 1941)
A String of Pearls (1942)
Moonlight Cocktail (with Ray Eberle/The Modernaires, 1942)
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me (with Marion Hutton/Tex Beneke/Modernaires, 1942)
I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo (with Tex Beneke/Marion Hutton, 1942)
That Old Black Magic (with Skip Nelson, written by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, 1943)
Album(s):
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1945)
Plays Selections from the Film ‘The Glenn Miller Story’ (1954)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
The DMDB Blog:
Glenn Miller charted with “In the Mood”: October 7, 1939 (10/7/11)
Glenn Miller was born: March 1, 1904 (3/1/12)
About: Producer for the Rolling Stones.
Marcus Miller
Born: 7/4/1911 Died: 7/31/2010
American jazz/big band leader.
Song(s):
The Yellow Rose of Texas (1955)
Ray Miller
Song(s):
Sheik of Araby (1922)
I'll See You in My Dreams (Isham Jones with Ray Miller & Frank Bessinger, 1925)
Rice Miller – see Sonny Boy Williamson #2
Born: 1/2/1936 Died: 10/25/1992
Country singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Dang Me (1964)
King of the Road (1965)
Little Green Apples (1968)
Born: 10/5/1943 Died:
Rock singer and guitarist.
Song(s):
The Joker (1973)
Fly Like an Eagle (1976)
Abracadabra (1982)
Album(s):
Fly Like an Eagle (1976)
Greatest Hits 1974-1978 (1974-1978) G
Milli Vanilli
Album(s):
Girl You Know It’s True (1989)
The DMDB Blog:
Milli Vanilli is stripped of its Best New Artist Grammy: November 19, 1990 (11/19/11)
Born: Lucius Millinder on 8/8/1900 Died: 9/28/1966
American jazz/big band leader.
About: No other vocal group in history turned out hit records over a longer span of time than the Mills Brothers (Herbert, Harry, & Donald Mills – all born 1912-15 in Piqua, OH). Began perfecting their distinctively smooth, relaxed sound on Cincinnati radio in the late 1920s. Accompanied by older brother John with bass-note vocals and guitar, they scored with the first of many hits in late 1931. John died in late 1935, replaced by father John Sr. until his retirement in 1956. Surving two generations of changing musical styles with their same patented sound, the Mills continued to hit the charts through the end of the 1960s. Harry Mills died on 6/28/1982.
Active: 1931-1968 Members: John (1931-35), Herbert, Harry, Donald, and John Sr. (1935-56).
Song(s):
Dinah (with Bing Crosby, 1932)
Paper Doll (1942)
You Always Hurt the One You Love (1944)
Stephanie Mills
Song(s):
Never Knew Love Like This (1980)
Born: 1/16/1944 Died: --
Country singer.
Song(s):
Smokey Mountain Rain (1980)
Stranger in My House (1983)
Born: 12/31/1903 in London, England Died: 12/21/1992
Violinist.
Roy Milton
Garnet Mimms
Song(s):
Where Them Girls At (David Guetta with Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj, 2011)
Turn Me On (David Guetta with Nicki Minaj, 2011)
Till the World Ends (Britney Spears with Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha, 2011)
Super Bass (2011)
Starships (2012)
Beauty and a Beat (with Justin Bieber, 2012)
Born: 4/22/1922 Died: 1/5/1979
American jazz pianist, bassist, and composer.
Song(s):
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (1959)
Album(s):
The Quintet (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, & Max Roach) – Jazz at Massey Hall (live, 1953)
Pithecantrophus Erectus (1956)
Mingus Ah Um (1959)
Mingus Dynasty (1959)
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
Born: 5/28/1968 Died:
Australian pop singer.
Song(s):
Can’t Get You Out of My Head (2001)
Album(s):
Fever (2001)
Minutemen
Album(s):
Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
About: R&B group formed at Northern High School in Detroit. First recorded for End in 1958.
Active: 1955- Members: William “Smokey” Robinson (lead: 55-72; solo), Emerson Rogers (tenor: 55-56), Bobby Rogers (tenor; married The Marvelettes’ Wanda Young), Ronnie White (baritone; died at age 57 of leukemia; 8/26/95), and Warren “Pete” Moore (bass), Claudette Rogers (56-64; Smokey Robinson’s wife), Billy Griffin (lead: 72-).
Carmen Miranda
Song(s):
Que é Que a Bahiana Tem? (1939)
The Mississippi Sheiks
Song(s):
Sittin’ on Top of the World (1930)
Miss Walton
Song(s):
Shine on, Harvest Moon (written by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, performed by Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton, 1909)
George Mitchell Minstrels
Album(s):
Black and White Minstrel Show (1961)
Born: 2/27/1927 Died: 7/1/1999
American pop singer.
Song(s):
Singing the Blues (1956)
Born: Roberta Joan Anderson on 11/7/43 in Fort McLeod, Alberta, Canada
Singer/songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. Raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Moved to NY in 1966. Wrote the hits “Both Sides Now” and “Woodstock.” Married her producer/bassist Larry Klein in 1982.
Song(s):
Big Yellow Taxi (1970)
A Case of You (1971)
Help Me (1974)
Album(s):
Blue (1971)
For the Roses (1972)
Court and Spark (1974)
Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Hejira (1976)
Turbulent Indigo (1994)
The DMDB Blog:
Joni Mitchell released Blue: June 22, 1971 (6/22/12)
Born: 7/9/1947 Died: 11/12/2008
Rock drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Mobb Deep
Song(s):
Shook Ones Part II (1995)
Born: 9/11/1965 Died:
American electronica musican and producer.
Album(s):
Everything Is Wrong (1995)
Play (1999)
Moby Grape
Song(s):
Omaha (1967)
Album(s):
Moby Grape (1967)
Zigaboo “Ziggy” Modeliste
The Modernaires
Song(s):
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me (Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, & the Modernaires, 1942)
Moonlight Cocktail (Glenn Miller Orchestra with Ray Eberle & The Modernaires, 1942)
Modern English
Song(s):
I Melt with You (1983)
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Song(s):
Django (1954)
The Modern Lovers
Album(s):
Modern Lovers (1973)
Song(s):
You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul (1985)
Modest Mouse
Album(s):
Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
Domenico Modugno
Song(s):
Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue) (1958)
Jimmy Monaco
Song(s):
Tightrope (Janelle Monáe with Big Boi, 2010)
We Are Young (Fun. with Janelle Monáe, 2011)
Album(s):
The ArchAndroid (2010)
Born: 10/24/1980 Died:
R&B singer.
Song(s):
The Boy Is Mine (with Brandy, 1998)
Born: 10/10/1917 Died: 2/17/1982
Jazz pianist.
Song(s):
I Surrender Dear (1931)
Round Midnight (1944)
Epistrophy (1948)
Misterioso (1948)
Bemsha Swing (1952)
Straight, No Chaser (1967)
Album(s):
Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (1947)
Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (1951)
Brilliant Corners (1956)
Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane (with John Coltrane, 1957)
About: Pop band formed in Los Angeles, CA. Members chosen from over 400 applicants for new Columbia TV series. Jones had been a racehorse jockey and appeared in London musicals Oliver and Pickwick. Nesmith had done session work for Stax/Volt. Tork had been in the Phoenix Singers. Dolenz had appeared in TV series Circus Boy, using the name Mickey Braddock, in 1956. Group starred in the 1968 movie Head and 58 episodes of The Monkees TV show from 1966-68. Reformed in 1986 and 1996.
Active: 1965-71, 1986, 1996 Members: Davy Jones (v: 65-69; 86-87; 96), Michael Nesmith (g/v: 65-69; 86-87; 96), Peter Tork (b/v: 65-68; 86-87; 96), and Micky Dolenz (d/v: 65-69; 86-87; 96).
Song(s):
Last Train to Clarksville (1966)
I'm a Believer (written by Neil Diamond, 1966)
Daydream Believer (1967)
Album(s):
The Monkees (1966)
More of the Monkees (1967)
The DMDB Blog:
The Monkees debuts on TV: September 12, 1966 (9/12/11)
The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer”: In Memory of Davy Jones (3/1/12)
The Monks
Album(s):
Black Monk Time (1966)
The Monotones
Song(s):
Book of Love (1958)
Born: 9/13/1911 Died: 9/6/1996
Country singer.
Song(s):
Mule Skinner Blues (1940)
Blue Moon of Kentucky (& His Blue Grass Boys, 1946)
Born: 10/7/1911 Died: 5/21/1973
Jazz/big band leader.
Song(s):
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (X) (1945)
There! I've Said It Again (1945)
Ballerina (1947)
Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) (1949)
The DMDB Blog:
Vaughn Monroe hit #1 with “Riders in the Sky”: May 14, 1949 (5/14/12)
Patsy Montana
Song(s):
I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart (with the Prairie Ramblers, 1936)
Rita Montaner
Song(s):
The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) (1927)
Pierre Monteux
Born: 5/15/1567 Died: 11/29/1643
Classical composer.
Album(s):
Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610)
Born: 1/20/1965 Died: --
American country singer.
Song(s):
I Swear (1993)
Born: 3/6/1923 Died: 6/15/1968
American jazz guitarist.
Song(s):
Bumpin’ on Sunset (1965)
Album(s):
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)
Montrose
Album(s):
Montrose (1973)
Song(s):
Nights in White Satin (1967)
Album(s):
Days of Future Passed (with the London Festival Orchestra, 1967)
In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
The DMDB Blog:
The Moody Blues charted with “Nights in White Satin”: November 10, 1967 (11/10/11)
James Moody
Song(s):
Moody’s Mood for Love (1952)
Born: 8/23/1946 Died: 9/7/1978
Rock drummer with the Who.
Born: 2/4/1911 in Lowell, MA Died: 1993
Jazz/big band leader.
Song(s):
I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover (1948)
The Moonglows
Song(s):
Sincerely (1955)
Gary Moore
Johnny Moore
Sam Moore
Born: 12/27/1931 Died:
American early rock ‘n’ roll guitarist with the Blue Moon Boys, Elvis Presley’s backing group.
Stanton Moore
Born: Thomas Baptiste Morello on 5/30/1964 in Harlem, New York Died:
Alternative-rock/rap-metal guitarist with Rage Against the Machine (1991-2000, 07-) and Audioslave (01-07). Has also worked solo as The Nightwatchman (03-).
Neil Moret
Corrine Morgan
Song(s):
Toyland (with Haydn Quartet, 1904)
Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”) (with Frank Stanley, 1904)
Dearie (with the Haydn Quartet, 1905)
How’d You Like to Spoon with Me? (with the Haydn Quartet, 1906)
So Long, Mary (1906)
Born: 6/28/1924 Died:
American country singer.
Helen Morgan
Song(s):
Bill (written by Jerome Kern and P.G. Wodehouse, 1928)
Lee Morgan
Song(s):
The Sidewinder (1963)
Album(s):
The Sidewinder (1963)
Born: 4/29/1904 Died: 8/7/1969
American big band leader and musical arranger.
Rod Morgenstein
Born: 6/1/1974 Died:
Canadian alternative rock singer.
Song(s):
You Oughta Know (1995)
Ironic (1996)
Uninvited (1998)
Album(s):
Jagged Little Pill (1995)
The DMDB Blog:
Alanis Morissette released Jagged Little Pill: June 13, 1995 (6/13/12)
Jerome Moross
Album(s):
The Big Country (soundtrack, 1958)
Ennio Morricone
Album(s):
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) ST
Stephen Morris
Born: 12/8/1943 in Melbourne, Florida Died: 7/3/1971 in Paris, France
Rock singer with the Doors.
Joe Morrison
Song(s):
The Last Round-Up (with George Olsen, 1933)
Links:
- official site
- Wikipedia
About: Blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter with the group Them (63-66) before becoming a solo artist (66-).
Born: George Ivan Morrison on 8/31/1945 in Belfast, Ireland Died: --
Song(s):
Brown-Eyed Girl (1967)
Madame George (1968)
Moondance (1970)
Album(s):
Astral Weeks (1968)
Moondance (1970)
The DMDB Blog:
Van Morrison Charts with “Brown-Eyed Girl”: July 15, 1967 (7/15/11)
Born: 5/22/1959 Died:
English alternative rock singer/songwriter with the Smiths (1983-87) before becoming a solo artist.
Album(s):
Vauxhall and I (1994)
Ella Mae Morse
Born: 7/28/1954 in Hamilton, Ohio Died:
Rock guitarist with the Dixie Dregs (75-83), Steve Morse Band (84-85), Kansas (86), Deep Purple (94-), Living Loud (03-), and Angelfire (07-).
Theodore Morse
Born: Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton 9/20/1885 near New Orleans, LA Died: 7/10/1941
Pioneering jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Called “one of the handful of Atlases upon whose shoulders rests the entire structure of our music” by jazz historian Orrin Keepnews.
Song(s):
King Porter Stomp (1923)
Black Bottom Stomp (1927)
Mr. Jelly Lord (1927)
Kansas City Stomp (1928)
Album(s):
Library of Congress Recordings: The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord (1950)
Jerry Moss
About: Seattle-based grunge-rock band. Gossard and Ament teamed with future Pearl Jam bandmates and Soundgarden members for the one-time project Temple of the Dog, a tribute to Wood, who died of a heroin overdose in 1990. Gossard, Ament, and Fairwather were all previously in Green River together.
Active: 1988-90 Members: Andrew Wood (v), Stone Gossard (g), Jeff Ament (b), Bruce Fairweather (g), Greg Gillmore (d).
Album(s):
Apple (1990)
The Mothers Of Invention - see Frank Zappa
About: American glam-metal rock band formed in Los Angeles, CA.
Active: 1981- Members: Vince Neil (v: 81-92, 96-), Micki Marrs (g: 81-), Nikki Sixx (b: 81-), Tommy Lee (d: 81-99, 04-), John Corabi (v: 92-96), Randy Castillo (d: 99-02), Samantha Maloney (d: 02-04)
Song(s):
Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
Album(s):
Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Motörhead
Song(s):
Ace of Spaces (1980)
Album(s):
Overkill (1979)
Ace of Spades (1980)
No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith (1981) live
Mott the Hoople
Song(s):
All the Young Dudes (1972)
Gary “Mani” Mounfield
Born: 10/13/1934 Died:
Greek pop singer.
Sylvia Moy
Born: 1/27/1756 Died: 12/5/1791
Classical composer and pianist.
Album(s):
Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” (1782)
Piano Concerto No. 20 (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 21 (1785)
Don Giovanni (1787) opera
Le Nozze di Figaro (“The Marriage of Figaro”) (1787)
Symphony No. 40 (1788)
Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” (1788)
Requiem (1791)
The DMDB Blog:
Mozart’s Don Giovanni performed for the first time: October 29, 1787 (10/29/11)
Jason Mraz
Song(s):
I’m Yours (2008)
Ms. Dynamite
Album(s):
A Little Deeper (2003)
Larry Mullen, Jr.
Born: 4/6/1927 in New York Died: 1/20/1996
Jazz saxophonist.
Song(s):
My Funny Valentine (with Chet Baker, 1953)
Album(s):
Sigh No More (2009)
Babel (2012)
Mungo Jerry
Song(s):
In the Summertime (1970)
Frank Munn
Song(s):
Dancing with Tears in My Eyes (Nat Shilkret with the Victor Orchestra & Frank Munn, 1930)
Lambert Murphy
Song(s):
Roses of Picardy (1918)
Born: 6/20/1945 Died:
Country singer.
Born: 5/25/1877 in Philadelphia, PA Died: 8/17/1954
The most sensational record seller of the entire pre-1920 pioneer era. Born to Irish parents. Raised in Denver (early nickname: The Denver Nightingale). Sang in vaudeville and honkytonks before making his first commercial recordings in 1903. Almost immediately, his clear tenor, rapid-fire style, and amiable humor sent him skyrocketing to the top of the music world. His many hit duets with Ada Jones made them the king and queen of the era’s popular recordings. Billy also established himself as the official interpreter of George M. Cohan, since he recorded the definitive hit version of nearly every Cohan song from 1905 on. No other performer sang lead on so many group hits: (tenor – Haydn Quartet: 1898-1914; solo: 1903-, Columbia Comedy Trio: 1907; with Ada Jones: 1907-22; American Quartet: 1910-25?, Heidelberg Quintet: 1911-15).
Song(s):
Navajo (1904)
Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis (1904)
Teasing (I Was Only Teasing You) (1904)
Alexander (Don’t You Love Your Baby No More?) (1904)
Come Take a Trip in My Air-Ship (1905)
In My Merry Oldsmobile (1905)
Yankee Doodle Boy (written by George M. Cohan, 1905)
Give My Regards to Broadway (written by George M. Cohan, 1905)
Everybody Works But Father (1905)
Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway (1906)
You're a Grand Old Flag (aka "The Grand Old Rag") (written by George M. Cohan, 1906)
Waltz Me Around Again Willie (‘Round, ‘Round, ‘Round) (with Haydn Quartet, 1906)
Harrigan (written by George M. Cohan, 1907)
When We Are M-A-R-R-I-E-D (with Ada Jones, 1908)
Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine (with Ada Jones, 1908)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (with the Haydn Quartet, 1908)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (with the Haydn Quartet, 1910)
Casey Jones (with the American Quartet, 1910)
Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine (with Ada Jones & the American Quartet, 1911)
Oh, You Beautiful Doll (with the American Quartet, 1911)
Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee (with Ada Jones, 1912)
Pretty Baby (1916)
K-K-K-Katy (The Stammering Song) (1918)
The DMDB Blog:
Billy Murray, the biggest selling sensation of the pioneer era, dies: August 17, 1954 (8/17/11)
“Take Me Out to the Ball Game” – In Celebration of the All Star Game: July 10, 2012 (7/10/12)
Born: 12/23/1956 in Edmonton, London, EnglandDied:
Heavy metal guitarist with Iron Maiden.
Edward R. Murrow
Album(s):
I Can Hear It Now, Vols. 1-3 (1950)
Muse
Album(s):
Origin of Symmetry (2001)
Absolution (2003)
Black Holes & Revelations (2006)
The Resistance (2009)
Charlie Musselwhite
Born: 3/21/1839 in Karevo, Russia Died: 3/28/1881
Classical composer.
Song(s):
Song of the Flea (composed by Mussorgsky, performed by Feodor Chaliapin, 1926)
Album(s):
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
The DMDB Blog:
Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition performed for first time: October 19, 1923 (10/19/11)
Born: 9/13/1961 in La Mesa, California. Died:
Heavy metal guitarist and songwriter with Metallica (81-83). Then formed Megadeth (84-) in which he also assumed lead vocals.
My Bloody Valentine
Song(s):
You Made Me Realise (1988)
Album(s):
Loveless (1991)
Born: John W. Myers in 1864 in Wales Died: 1919
The foremost baritone ballad singer of his era.
Song(s):
On a Sunday Afternoon (1902)
Way Down in Old Indiana (1902)
In the Good Old Summertime (1902)
Dear Old Girl (1903)
John Myung
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