Welcome to another installment of my intermittent series Happy Musical Birthday. If this is your birthdate, best wishes. If you are just here for the music, welcome. Before we move on to birthday-related videos, let us pause a moment to mourn the fall of Troy, which occurred, by some accounts, 3197 years ago today:
Now, on to birthdays, below the fold:
Francesco Antonio Bonporti:
Francesco Antonio Vallotti:
Carlos Seixas:
Richard Strauss:
Risë Stevens:
Shelly Manne:
Hazel Scott:
Carlisle Floyd:
Jud Strunk:
Lynsey de Paul:
Chris Rice:
Josh Ramsay:
TiA:
Sherina Munaf: