On This Day in Music: December 13

1938-12-13 Birth

Alvin Curran

Alvin Curran, composer was born

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1981-12-13 Birth

Amy Lee

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

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1982-12-13 Birth

Anthony Callea

Anthony Callea, Australian singer/songwriter was born

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1903-12-13 Birth

Carlos Montoya

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

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1929-12-13 Birth

Christopher Plummer

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

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1889-12-13 Birth

Clarence Loomis

Clarence Loomis, composer was born

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1958-12-13 Birth

Dana Strum

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

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1898-12-13 Birth

Daniel Lazarus

Daniel Lazarus, composer was born

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1917-12-13 Birth

Dave Street

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

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1950-12-13 Birth

Davey O'List

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

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1819-12-13 Birth

Edwin George Monk

Edwin George Monk, composer was born

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1740-12-13 Birth

Franz Xaver Schnitzer

Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer was born

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1920-12-13 Birth

Frits Noske

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

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1901-12-13 Birth

Georg M Rimski-Korssakov

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

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1914-12-13 Birth

George "Tiger" Haynes

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

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1843-12-13 Birth

George Stephanescu

George Stephanescu, composer was born

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1865-12-13 Birth

Gustav Luders

Gustav Luders, composer was born

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1961-12-13 Birth

Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams, English composer was born

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1797-12-13 Birth

Heinrich Heine

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

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1906-12-13 Birth

Ingemar Liljefors

Ingemar Liljefors, composer was born

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1850-12-13 Birth

Iver Paul Fredrik Holter

Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer was born

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1858-12-13 Birth

Jakab Gyula Major

Jakab Gyula Major, composer was born

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1991-12-13 Birth

Jay Greenberg

Jay Greenberg, American composer was born

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1732-12-13 Birth

Jean-Claude Trial

Jean-Claude Trial, composer was born

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1948-12-13 Birth

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter

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

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1913-12-13 Birth

Jimmy Carroll

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

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1954-12-13 Birth

John Anderson

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

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1770-12-13 Birth

John Clarke-Whitfeld

John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer was born

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1900-12-13 Birth

Jonel Perlea

Jonel Perlea, composer was born

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1853-12-13 Birth

Joseph Sickman Corsen

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

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1910-12-13 Birth

Lillian Roth

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

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1956-12-13 Birth

Majida El Roumi

Majida El Roumi, Lebanese singer was born

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1838-12-13 Birth

Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor

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

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1983-12-13 Birth

Matt Deis

Matt Deis, American bassist was born

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1957-12-13 Birth

Morris Day

Morris Day, American singer (The Time) was born

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1969-12-13 Birth

Murat Nasyrov

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

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1877-12-13 Birth

Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych

Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer was born

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1974-12-13 Birth

Nicholas McCarthy

Nicholas McCarthy, English guitarist (Franz Ferdinand) was born

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1902-12-13 Birth

Paul Kurzbach

Paul Kurzbach, composer was born

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1835-12-13 Birth

Phillips Brooks

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

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1949-12-13 Birth

Randy Owen

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

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1978-12-13 Birth

Ryo Kawakita

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

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1954-12-13 Birth

Steve Forbert

Steve Forbert, rocker was born

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1989-12-13 Birth

Taylor Swift

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

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1948-12-13 Birth

Ted Nugent

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

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1975-12-13 Birth

Tom DeLonge

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

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1949-12-13 Birth

Tom Verlaine

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

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1938-12-13 Birth

Tony Gomez

Tony Gomez, rocker (Foundations) was born

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1908-12-13 Birth

Victor Babin

Victor Babin, composer was born

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1949-12-13 Birth

Walter "Clyde" Owen

Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker was born

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1899-12-13 Birth

Yusef Greiss

Yusef Greiss, composer was born

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1919-12-13 Death

Amintore Galli

Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74

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1992-12-13 Death

Bernard Drukker

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

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2001-12-13 Death

Chuck Schuldiner

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

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1981-12-13 Death

Cornelius Cardew

Cornelius Cardew, composer, dies at 45

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1942-12-13 Death

Eleanor Everest Freer

Eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78

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2010-12-13 Death

Enrique Morente

Enrique Morente, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1942)

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1898-12-13 Death

George Frederick Bristow

George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72

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1738-12-13 Death

Gotthard Wagner

Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59

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1962-12-13 Death

Harry Barris

Harry Barris, American popular singer (b. 1905)

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1622-12-13 Death

Jan Campanus

Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50

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1793-12-13 Death

Johann Joachim Christoph Bode

Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63

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1929-12-13 Death

Knut Algot Hakanson

Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42

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1996-12-13 Death

Mae Barnes

Mae Barnes, singer, dies at 89

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1812-12-13 Death

Marianne von Martinez

Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68

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1995-12-13 Death

Nancy LaMott

Nancy LaMott, singer, dies at 43

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1951-12-13 Death

Selim Palmgren

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

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1968-12-13 Death

Siegfried Reda

Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52

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2005-12-13 Death

Timothy Jordan II

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

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1945-12-13 Death

Vittorio Mario Vanzo

Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer, dies at 83

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2002-12-13 Death

Zal Yanovsky

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

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1950-12-13 Event

Benjamin Britten

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

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1961-12-13 Event

Jimmy Dean

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

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1963-12-13 Event

The Beatles

Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles

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