On This Day in Music: December 13

1938 Birth

Alvin Curran

Alvin Curran, composer was born

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1981 Birth

Amy Lee

Amy Lee, American singer/songwriter (Evanescence) was born

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1982 Birth

Anthony Callea

Anthony Callea, Australian singer/songwriter was born

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1903 Birth

Carlos Montoya

Carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966) was born

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1929 Birth

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor (Sound of Music, Doll's House) was born

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1889 Birth

Clarence Loomis

Clarence Loomis, composer was born

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1958 Birth

Dana Strum

Dana Strum, Wash DC, rock bassist (Slaughter-Stick it Live) was born

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1898 Birth

Daniel Lazarus

Daniel Lazarus, composer was born

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1917 Birth

Dave Street

Dave Street, Los Angeles California, actor/singer (Broadway Open House) was born

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1950 Birth

Davey O'List

Davey O'List, rocker (Roxy Music) was born

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1819 Birth

Edwin George Monk

Edwin George Monk, composer was born

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1740 Birth

Franz Xaver Schnitzer

Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer was born

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1920 Birth

Frits Noske

Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist (Signifier & the Signified was born

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1901 Birth

Georg M Rimski-Korssakov

Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS] was born

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1914 Birth

George "Tiger" Haynes

George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor) was born

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1843 Birth

George Stephanescu

George Stephanescu, composer was born

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1865 Birth

Gustav Luders

Gustav Luders, composer was born

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1961 Birth

Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams, English composer was born

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1797 Birth

Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt) was born

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1906 Birth

Ingemar Liljefors

Ingemar Liljefors, composer was born

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1850 Birth

Iver Paul Fredrik Holter

Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer was born

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1858 Birth

Jakab Gyula Major

Jakab Gyula Major, composer was born

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1991 Birth

Jay Greenberg

Jay Greenberg, American composer was born

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1732 Birth

Jean-Claude Trial

Jean-Claude Trial, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist (Steely Dan-Deacon Blues) was born

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1913 Birth

Jimmy Carroll

Jimmy Carroll, NYC, pianist (Most Important People) was born

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1954 Birth

John Anderson

John Anderson, Apopka Fla, country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade) was born

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1770 Birth

John Clarke-Whitfeld

John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer was born

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1900 Birth

Jonel Perlea

Jonel Perlea, composer was born

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1853 Birth

Joseph Sickman Corsen

Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter was born

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1910 Birth

Lillian Roth

Lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers) was born

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1956 Birth

Majida El Roumi

Majida El Roumi, Lebanese singer was born

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1838 Birth

Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor

Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer was born

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1983 Birth

Matt Deis

Matt Deis, American bassist was born

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1957 Birth

Morris Day

Morris Day, American singer (The Time) was born

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1969 Birth

Murat Nasyrov

Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer (d. 2007) was born

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1877 Birth

Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych

Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer was born

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1974 Birth

Nicholas McCarthy

Nicholas McCarthy, English guitarist (Franz Ferdinand) was born

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1902 Birth

Paul Kurzbach

Paul Kurzbach, composer was born

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1835 Birth

Phillips Brooks

Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem) was born

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1949 Birth

Randy Owen

Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music) was born

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1978 Birth

Ryo Kawakita

Ryo Kawakita, Japanese guitarist (Maximum the Hormone) was born

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1954 Birth

Steve Forbert

Steve Forbert, rocker was born

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1989 Birth

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift, Reading, Pennsylvania, American singer/songwriter (Our Song) was born

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1948 Birth

Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent, Detroit, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees) was born

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1975 Birth

Tom DeLonge

Tom DeLonge, American guitarist,(blink-182, Angels & Airwaves) was born

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1949 Birth

Tom Verlaine

Tom Verlaine, [Miller], Mt Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television) was born

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1938 Birth

Tony Gomez

Tony Gomez, rocker (Foundations) was born

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1908 Birth

Victor Babin

Victor Babin, composer was born

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1949 Birth

Walter "Clyde" Owen

Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker was born

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1899 Birth

Yusef Greiss

Yusef Greiss, composer was born

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2025 Death

Abraham Quintanilla

Abraham Quintanilla died

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1919 Death

Amintore Galli

Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74

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1992 Death

Bernard Drukker

Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies

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2001 Death

Chuck Schuldiner

Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death) (b. 1967)

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1981 Death

Cornelius Cardew

Cornelius Cardew, composer, dies at 45

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1942 Death

Eleanor Everest Freer

Eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78

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2010 Death

Enrique Morente

Enrique Morente, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1942)

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1898 Death

George Frederick Bristow

George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72

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1738 Death

Gotthard Wagner

Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59

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1962 Death

Harry Barris

Harry Barris, American popular singer (b. 1905)

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1622 Death

Jan Campanus

Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50

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2021 Death

Joe Simon

Joe Simon died

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1793 Death

Johann Joachim Christoph Bode

Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63

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2022 Death

Kim Simmonds

Kim Simmonds died

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1929 Death

Knut Algot Hakanson

Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42

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2022 Death

Lalo Rodríguez

Lalo Rodríguez died

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1996 Death

Mae Barnes

Mae Barnes, singer, dies at 89

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1812 Death

Marianne von Martinez

Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68

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1995 Death

Nancy LaMott

Nancy LaMott, singer, dies at 43

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1951 Death

Selim Palmgren

Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73

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1968 Death

Siegfried Reda

Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52

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2005 Death

Timothy Jordan II

Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (b. 1981)

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2025 Death

Tonny Eyk

Tonny Eyk died

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1945 Death

Vittorio Mario Vanzo

Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer, dies at 83

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2002 Death

Zal Yanovsky

Zal Yanovsky, Canadian musician (The Lovin' Spoonful) (b. 1945)

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1950 Event

Benjamin Britten

"Let's Make an Opera" by Benjamin Britten opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 perfs

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1961 Event

Jimmy Dean

Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller

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2024 Event

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg released the album 'Missionary'

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1963 Event

The Beatles

Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles

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