1926-12-11 - Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt) was born
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Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt) was born
Booker T Jones, US organist (Booker T & MGs-Green Onions) [or Nov 12] was born
Brenda Lee, [Brenda Mae Tarpley], Lithonia Ga, singer (I'm Sorry) was born
Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer was born
Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935) was born
Charles Wesley, composer was born
Cosy Sheridan, American singer was born
Curtis Williams, rocker was born
DJ Yella, American DJ and music producer (N.W.A) was born
David Ashley White, composer was born
David Gates, Tulsa Ok, rock vocalist (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You) was born
David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic) was born
Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989) was born
Elliott Cook Carter Jr, NYC, composer (Tom & Lily), (d. 2012) was born
Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer was born
Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer was born
Gina Miele, American singer and actress was born
Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (d. 2005) was born
Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869) was born
Jermaine Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Jackson 5-ABC) was born
Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born
Jon Brion, American musician/record producer was born
Julian Edwards, composer was born
Justin Currie, Scottish rock vocalist/bassist (Del Amitri) was born
Koos van de Griend, composer was born
Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer (Bio in Sonata Form) was born
Leon Lai, Hong Kong Cantonese singer/actor was born
Leonard Friedman, violinist was born
Manuel Cardoso, composer was born
McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist was born
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer was born
Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer was born
Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer was born
Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe) was born
Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937) was born
Norbert Rosseau, composer was born
Paul Haslinger, Austrian-born composer was born
Pietro Coppola, composer was born
Rachel Portman, English film composer was born
Rita Moreno, [Rosita Dolores AlverÃo], Humacao, Puerto Rico, singer, dancer and actress (West Side Story) was born
Robert Pickett, rocker was born
Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor was born
Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek composer was born
Terry Sharpe, rocker (The Adventures, Starjets-Starjets) was born
Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer was born
Yoh Miyamori, Japanese musician (Orange Range) was born
Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer was born
Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold) was born
Christie Hennessy, Irish singer (b. 1945)
Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73
Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51
Headman Tshabala, musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at 44
John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55
John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75
Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908)
Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot) (b. 1968)
M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b. 1916)
Ravi Shankar, Indian musician, dies at 92
Richard Stohr, composer, dies at 93
Sam Cooke, Clarksdale, Mississippi, US musician ('A Change is Gonna Come') shot to death at 33
Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82
Thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92
Victor De Sabata, composer, dies at 75
Coleman/Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in NYC
Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label
Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit
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