MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSIC

MUSICIANS

• Barrueco, Manuel (1952-)
  
  Born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, December 16, 1952

• Blake, Eubie [James Hubert] (1887*-1983)
  *(government records show that Blake's birthdate was 1887, though he later listed 1883)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 7, 1887
  Died in Brooklyn, New York, February 12, 1983
  

  Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute & Cultural Center
  847 North Howard St. Baltimore, MD 21201

Street musician, Baltimore Farmers' Market, near Holliday St., Baltimore, Maryland, August 2012. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Bowie, Lester (1941-1999)

Born in Frederick, Maryland, October 11, 1941

Died in Brooklyn, New York, November 8, 1999

Brown, Anne Wiggins (1912-2009)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 19, 1912

Died in Oslo, Norway, March 13, 2009

Byrne, David (1952-)

Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, May 14, 1952. Moved to Arbutus, Maryland at age seven.

• Cassidy, Eva (1963-1996)
  Born in Oxon Hill, Maryland, February 2, 1963
  Died in Bowie, Maryland, November 2, 1996
• Joshua Coyne (1993-)
  
  Born in Kansas City, Missouri, March 5, 1993
• Fahey, John (1939-2001)
  
  Born in Takoma Park, Maryland, February 28, 1939
  Died in Salem, Oregon, February 22, 2001
• Fleisher, Leon (1928-)
  
  Born in San Francisco, California, July 23, 1928

High school musicians, Annapolis, Maryland, April 2017. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Hahn, Hilary (1979-)

Born in Lexington, Virginia, November 27, 1979. Moved to Baltimore, Maryland at age three

Hines, Brendan P. (1976-)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 28, 1976

Holiday, Billie [Eleanora Fagan] (1915-1959)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 7, 1915

Died in New York, New York, July 17, 1959

Ponselle, Rosa (1897-1981)

Born in Meriden, Connecticut, January 22, 1897

Died in Baltimore, Maryland, May 25, 1981

• Snowden, Elmer (1900-1973)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 9, 1900
  
  Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1973
• Webb, Chick [William Henry] (1909-1939)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 10, 1909
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, June 16, 1939
• Zappa, Frank (1940-1993)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 21, 1940
  Died in Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1993

Frank Zappa "Born in Baltimore" bust at Southeast Anchor Library, Eastern Ave. & South Conkling St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. The bust was a gift in 2009 to City of Baltimore from Lithuanian nonprofit organization ZAPPART. It is a replica. The original, the work of sculptor Konstantinas Bogdanas, stands in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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