This edition of Feature Year looks at the hits and music from 2006
Year of Mozart, marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
January 6 – Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933) Died
January 19 – Wilson Pickett, American singer (b. 1941) Died
January 30 – Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1927) Died
February 10 – J Dilla, American music producer (b. 1974) Died
February 22 – Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961) Died
March 4 – The final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 receives no response
March 6 – King Floyd, American singer (b. 1945) Died
April 5 – Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941) Died
April 11 – Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973) Died
April 11 – June Pointer, American singer (b. 1953) Died
May 13 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American R&B singer (b. 1949) Died
May 19 – Freddie Garrity, English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers) (b. 1940) Died
May 25 – Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. 1941) Died
June 6 – Billy Preston, American artist and musician (b. 1946) Died
June 6 – Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican jazz pianist (b. 1952) Died
June 18 – Former Beatle Paul McCartney turns 64 after writing “When I’m Sixty-Four” at age 16.
June 25 – Arif Mardin, Turkish-born music producer (b. 1932) Died
Syd Barrett, English singer, Pink Floyd, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1946) Died
July 15 – Twitter is launched.
August 3 – Arthur Lee, American musician (b. 1945) Died
August 24 – The International Astronomical Union defines ‘planet’ at its 26th General Assembly, demoting Pluto to the status of ‘dwarf planet’ more than 70 years after its discovery.
September 9 – Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (b. 1955) Died
September 20 – John W. Peterson, American composer (b. 1921) Died
October 14 – Freddy Fender, American singer (b. 1937) Died
November 5 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death by hanging by the Iraqi Special Tribunal
November 8 – Windows Vista Release to Manufacturing is released
November 8 – Basil Poledouris, American composer (b. 1945) Died
November 10 – Gerald Levert, American singer (b. 1966) Died
November 17 – Ruth Brown, American singer (b. 1928) Died
November 22 – John Allan Cameron, Canadian musician (b. 1938) Died
November 23 – Anita O’Day, American singer (b. 1919) Died
November 24 – Walter Booker, American jazz bassist (b. 1933) Died
November 27 – Alan Freeman, Australian-born broadcaster and disc jockey (b. 1927)
December 13 – “Homesick” James Williamson, American blues musician (b. 1910) Died
December 25 – James Brown, American singer (b. 1933) Died
December 26 – Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913) Died
December 30 – Saddam Hussein, 5th President of Iraq (executed by hanging) (b. 1937)
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