On This Day in Music: December 12

1963 Birth

Ai Orikasa

Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer was born

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1945 Birth

Alan Ward

Alan Ward, rock musician was born

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1911 Birth

Anna Russell

Anna Russell, composer was born

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1959 Birth

Belouis Some

Belouis Some, rock musician (Neville Keighley-Some People) was born

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1936 Birth

Bengt Emil Johnson

Bengt Emil Johnson, composer was born

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1953 Birth

Bruce Kulick

Bruce Kulick, rock guitarist/singer (KISS) was born

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1946 Birth

Clive Bunker

Clive Bunker, rock drummer (Jethro Tull) was born

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1938 Birth

Connie Francis

Connie Francis, Newark NJ, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are) was born

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1957 Birth

Cy Curnin

Cy Curnin, Londo, England, rock vocalist (Fixx-Sign of Fire) was born

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1976 Birth

Dan Hawkins

Dan Hawkins, English guitarist (The Darkness) was born

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1961 Birth

Daniel O'Donnell

Daniel O'Donnell, Donegal, Ireland, singer/Television presented was born

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1943 Birth

Dave Munden

Dave Munden, rock drummer (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes) was born

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1943 Birth

Dickey Betts

Dickey Betts, West Palm Beach Fl, guitarist (Allman Bros-Ramblin' Man) was born

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1940 Birth

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick, East Orange NJ, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose) was born

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1913 Birth

Eve Lister

Eve Lister, actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park) was born

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1978 Birth

Evren Genis

Evren Genis, Turkish composer was born

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1924 Birth

Francis Miroglio

Francis Miroglio, composer was born

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1915 Birth

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra, Hoboken New Jersey, American singer/actor (old blue eyes), (d. 1998) was born

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1907 Birth

Fred Elizalde

Fred Elizalde, composer was born

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1930 Birth

Friedrich Voss

Friedrich Voss, composer was born

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1715 Birth

Gennaro Manna

Gennaro Manna, composer was born

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1835 Birth

Georges Jean Pfeiffer

Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Grover Washington Jr

Grover Washington Jr, jazz artist (Mr Magic) was born

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1934 Birth

Habib Hassan Touma

Habib Hassan Touma, composer was born

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1913 Birth

Hal Dickinson

Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires) was born

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1579 Birth

Heinrich Steuccius

Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born

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1960 Birth

Jaap van Sweden

Jaap van Sweden, Dutch violinist/concert master was born

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1918 Birth

Joe Williams [Joseph Goreed]

Joe Williams [Joseph Goreed], Cordele, Georgia, American jazz singer (Everyday I have the Blues) was born

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1938 Birth

Joel Chadabe

Joel Chadabe, composer was born

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1983 Birth

Katrina Elam

Katrina Elam, American singer was born

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1972 Birth

Kevin Parent

Kevin Parent, French Canadian singer and songwriter was born

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1887 Birth

Kurt Magnus Atterberg

Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer was born

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1941 Birth

Liesbeth List

Liesbeth List, Dutch actress/vocalist (Theodorakis) was born

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1685 Birth

Lodovico Giustini

Lodovico Giustini, composer was born

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1928 Birth

Lonesome Sundown

Lonesome Sundown, blues singer/guitarist was born

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1978 Birth

Louis (artist)

Louis (artist), Korean singer ("Jung Hwa Ban Jum") was born

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1943 Birth

Mike Smith

Mike Smith, rock musician was born

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1924 Birth

Nevit Kodali

Nevit Kodali, composer was born

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1630 Birth

Olof Rudbeck

Olof Rudbeck, composer was born

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1879 Birth

Percy Fletcher

Percy Fletcher, composer was born

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1942 Birth

Peter Sarstedt

Peter Sarstedt, British musician (Where do you go to my lovely?) was born

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1947 Birth

Ralph Scala

Ralph Scala, rock musician was born

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1948 Birth

Ray Jackson

Ray Jackson, rock musician was born

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1941 Birth

Robert Covington

Robert Covington, drummer/singer was born

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1964 Birth

Rockin' Jeff

Rockin' Jeff, rock musician (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train) was born

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1907 Birth

Roy Douglas

Roy Douglas, English composer and arranger (Tomorrow We Live-At Dawn We Die) was born

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1900 Birth

Sammy Davis

Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (d. 1988) was born

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1979 Birth

Sharin Foo

Sharin Foo, Danish singer and bassist was born

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1957 Birth

Sheila E.[scovedo]

Sheila E.[scovedo], Oakland, California, American singer, drummer and percussionist (Krush Grove, Holly Rock) was born

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1913 Birth

Stanley Bate

Stanley Bate, composer was born

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1967 Birth

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer was born

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1968 Birth

Tatianna

Tatianna, Phila Pa, spanish singer (Baile Commigo, Chicad de Hoy) was born

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1941 Birth

Terry Kirkman

Terry Kirkman, Salina Ks, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Association) was born

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1941 Birth

Tim Hauser

Tim Hauser, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction) was born

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1945 Birth

Tony Williams

Tony Williams, jazz musician was born

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1929 Birth

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese musician was born

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1889 Birth

Vaclav Stepan

Vaclav Stepan, composer was born

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1925 Birth

Vladimir Shainsky

Vladimir Shainsky, Soviet and Russian composer was born

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1967 Birth

Yuzo Koshiro

Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer was born

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2020 Death

Charley Pride

Charley Pride died

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1978 Death

Clifton Chenier

Clifton Chenier, US accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53

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1987 Death

Enrique Jorrín

Enrique Jorrín, Cuban musician and composer (b. 1926)

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1836 Death

Giuseppe Farinelli

Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67

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1927 Death

Heinrich Reitsch

Heinrich Reitsch, composer, dies at 67

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1985 Death

Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47

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2007 Death

Ike Turner

Ike Turner, American singer, former husband of Tina Turner (b. 1931)

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2022 Death

Jim Carr

Jim Carr died

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1772 Death

Johann Gottfried Seyfert

Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41

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1812 Death

John Malchair

John Malchair, composer, dies at 82

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1788 Death

Joseph Gibbs

Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88

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2006 Death

Kenny Davern

Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1935)

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1991 Death

Lex Karsemeijer

Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor/choral dir (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies

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1956 Death

Lorenzo Perosi

Lorenzo Perosi, composer, dies at 83

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1987 Death

Louis de Meester

Louis de Meester, composer, dies at 83

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2025 Death

Magda Umer

Magda Umer died

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2025 Death

Marilyn Mazur

Marilyn Mazur died

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2024 Death

Martial Solal

Martial Solal died

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1995 Death

Mary Bruce

Mary Bruce, dance Teacher, dies at 95

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1951 Death

Mildred Bailey

Mildred Bailey, American jazz singer (b. 1907)

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2020 Death

Nicolas Chumachenco

Nicolas Chumachenco died

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2023 Death

Ole Paus

Ole Paus died

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1920 Death

Paul Lacome

Paul Lacome, composer, dies at 82

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2022 Death

Remy Sylado

Remy Sylado died

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1957 Death

Robert Frank Kurka

Robert Frank Kurka, composer, dies at 35

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2025 Death

Stepan Hiha

Stepan Hiha died

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1933 Death

Theodore Moses Tobani

Theodore Moses Tobani, composer, dies at 78

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2020 Death

Valentin Gaft

Valentin Gaft died

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2021 Death

Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández died

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1976 Death

Vinko Zganec

Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (b. 1890)

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1527 Event

Adrian Willaert

Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice

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1792 Event

Joseph Haydn

In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn

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1912 Event

Rudolf Friml

The "Firefly" operetta, written by composer Rudolf Friml, with a libretto by Otto Harbach premieres in NYC

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1965 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' last concert in Great Britain (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales)

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1968 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired

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