1926-12-11
Birth
Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt) was born
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1944-12-11
Birth
Booker T Jones
Booker T Jones, US organist (Booker T & MGs-Green Onions) [or Nov 12] was born
1944-12-11
Birth
Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee, [Brenda Mae Tarpley], Lithonia Ga, singer (I'm Sorry) was born
1758-12-11
Birth
Carl Friedrich Zelter
Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer was born
1890-12-11
Birth
Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935) was born
1757-12-11
Birth
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley, composer was born
1964-12-11
Birth
Cosy Sheridan
Cosy Sheridan, American singer was born
1962-12-11
Birth
Curtis Williams
Curtis Williams, rocker was born
1967-12-11
Birth
DJ Yella
DJ Yella, American DJ and music producer (N.W.A) was born
1944-12-11
Birth
David Ashley White
David Ashley White, composer was born
1939-12-11
Birth
David Gates
David Gates, Tulsa Ok, rock vocalist (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You) was born
1964-12-11
Birth
David Schools
David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic) was born
1916-12-11
Birth
Dámaso Pérez Prado
Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989) was born
1908-12-11
Birth
Elliott Cook Carter Jr
Elliott Cook Carter Jr, NYC, composer (Tom & Lily), (d. 2012) was born
1938-12-11
Birth
Enrico Macias
Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer was born
1868-12-11
Birth
Ernst Henrik Ellberg
Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer was born
1993-12-11
Birth
Gina Miele
Gina Miele, American singer and actress was born
1922-12-11
Birth
Grigoris Bithikotsis
Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (d. 2005) was born
1803-12-11
Birth
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869) was born
1954-12-11
Birth
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Jackson 5-ABC) was born
1676-12-11
Birth
Johann Georg Weichenberger
Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born
1963-12-11
Birth
Jon Brion
Jon Brion, American musician/record producer was born
1855-12-11
Birth
Julian Edwards
Julian Edwards, composer was born
1964-12-11
Birth
Justin Currie
Justin Currie, Scottish rock vocalist/bassist (Del Amitri) was born
1905-12-11
Birth
Koos van de Griend
Koos van de Griend, composer was born
1892-12-11
Birth
Leo Ornstein
Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer (Bio in Sonata Form) was born
1966-12-11
Birth
Leon Lai
Leon Lai, Hong Kong Cantonese singer/actor was born
1930-12-11
Birth
Leonard Friedman
Leonard Friedman, violinist was born
1566-12-11
Birth
Manuel Cardoso
Manuel Cardoso, composer was born
1938-12-11
Birth
McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist was born
1876-12-11
Birth
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer was born
1987-12-11
Birth
Natalia Gordienko
Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer was born
1962-12-11
Birth
Nele Karajlić
Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer was born
1958-12-11
Birth
Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe) was born
1910-12-11
Birth
Noel Rosa
Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937) was born
1907-12-11
Birth
Norbert Rosseau
Norbert Rosseau, composer was born
1962-12-11
Birth
Paul Haslinger
Paul Haslinger, Austrian-born composer was born
1793-12-11
Birth
Pietro Coppola
Pietro Coppola, composer was born
1960-12-11
Birth
Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman, English film composer was born
1931-12-11
Birth
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno, [Rosita Dolores AlverÃo], Humacao, Puerto Rico, singer, dancer and actress (West Side Story) was born
1945-12-11
Birth
Robert Pickett
Robert Pickett, rocker was born
1941-12-11
Birth
Rogier van Otterloo
Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor was born
1948-12-11
Birth
Stamatis Spanoudakis
Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek composer was born
1966-12-11
Birth
Terry Sharpe
Terry Sharpe, rocker (The Adventures, Starjets-Starjets) was born
1838-12-11
Birth
Whitney Eugene Thayer
Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer was born
1983-12-11
Birth
Yoh Miyamori
Yoh Miyamori, Japanese musician (Orange Range) was born
1823-12-11
Birth
Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin
Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer was born
1981-12-11
Birth
Zacky Vengeance
Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold) was born
2007-12-11
Death
Christie Hennessy
Christie Hennessy, Irish singer (b. 1945)
1857-12-11
Death
Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze
Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73
1955-12-11
Death
Franz Adolf Syberg
Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51
1991-12-11
Death
Headman Tshabala
Headman Tshabala, musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at 44
1831-12-11
Death
John George Schetky
John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55
1995-12-11
Death
John Heawood
John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75
1975-12-11
Death
Lee Wiley
Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908)
1998-12-11
Death
Lynn Strait
Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot) (b. 1968)
2004-12-11
Death
M.S. Subbulakshmi
M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b. 1916)
2012-12-11
Death
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar, Indian musician, dies at 92
1967-12-11
Death
Richard Stohr
Richard Stohr, composer, dies at 93
1964-12-11
Death
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke, Clarksdale, Mississippi, US musician ('A Change is Gonna Come') shot to death at 33
1983-12-11
Death
Szymon Laks
Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82
1911-12-11
Death
Thomas Ball
Thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92
1967-12-11
Death
Victor de Sabata
Victor De Sabata, composer, dies at 75
1960-12-11
Event
Cy Coleman
Coleman/Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in NYC
1946-12-11
Event
Hank Williams
Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label
1967-12-11
Event
The Beatles
Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit
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