On This Day in Music: December 14

1932-12-14 Birth

Abbe Lane

Abbe Lane, Bkln, aka Mrs Xavier Cugat/singer (Xavier Cugat Show) was born

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1970-12-14 Birth

Anna Maria Jopek

Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer was born

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1982-12-14 Birth

Anthony Way

Anthony Way, English singer and actor was born

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1970-12-14 Birth

Beth Orton

Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter was born

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1900-12-14 Birth

Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov

Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer was born

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1964-12-14 Birth

C[arl] J[eff] Snare

C[arl] J[eff] Snare, Wash DC, vocalist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime) was born

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1730-12-14 Birth

Capel Bond

Capel Bond, composer was born

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1932-12-14 Birth

Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich

Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich, Colt Ark, vocalist (Behind Closed Doors) was born

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1947-12-14 Birth

Christopher Parkening

Christopher Parkening, Los Angeles California, guitarist (transcribed sacred music) was born

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1920-12-14 Birth

Clark Terry

Clark Terry, American trumpeter was born

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1915-12-14 Birth

Clay Warnick

Clay Warnick, Tacoma Wash, choral director (Jimmie Rodgers Show) was born

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1949-12-14 Birth

Cliff Williams

Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) was born

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1915-12-14 Birth

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey, New York City, New York, American dancer and actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ) was born

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1875-12-14 Birth

Dobri Khristov

Dobri Khristov, composer was born

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1972-12-14 Birth

Eric Anderson

Eric Anderson, American musical theatre actor was born

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1959-12-14 Birth

Franco Iglesia

Franco Iglesia, Cuba, spanish singer was born

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1943-12-14 Birth

Frank Allen

Frank Allen, rock vocalist (Searchers-Needles & Pins) was born

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1980-12-14 Birth

Frankie J

Frankie J, American singer was born

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1898-12-14 Birth

Frederick Douglass Hall

Frederick Douglass Hall, composer was born

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1906-12-14 Birth

Helmut Bornefeld

Helmut Bornefeld, composer was born

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1954-12-14 Birth

Ib Anderson

Ib Anderson, Copenhagen, ballet dancer was born

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1946-12-14 Birth

Jackie McCauley

Jackie McCauley, North Ireland, rock pianist (Them Coleraine) was born

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1958-12-14 Birth

Jan Dijksma

Jan Dijksma, Dutch bassist (Weekend at Waikiki) was born

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1894-12-14 Birth

Joaquin Zamacois Soler

Joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer was born

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1738-12-14 Birth

Johann Antonin Kozeluch

Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer was born

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1783-12-14 Birth

Johann Christoph Kienlen

Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer was born

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1946-12-14 Birth

Joyce Vincent Wilson

Joyce Vincent Wilson, Detroit Mich, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn) was born

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1975-12-14 Birth

Justin Furstenfeld

Justin Furstenfeld, American rock singer was born

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1933-12-14 Birth

Leo N Wright

Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I left my heart in SF) was born

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1877-12-14 Birth

Lieven Duvosel

Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys) was born

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1883-12-14 Birth

Manolis Kalomiris

Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer was born

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1789-12-14 Birth

Maria Agata Szymanowska

Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer was born

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1779-12-14 Birth

Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma

Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer was born

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1873-12-14 Birth

Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen

Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer was born

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1924-12-14 Birth

Marion Morgan

Marion Morgan, singer (Stop the Music) was born

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1958-12-14 Birth

Mike Scott

Mike Scott, Scottish rocker (Blues Inc, Waterboys-Rainbow Warrior) was born

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1978-12-14 Birth

Radu Sârbu

Radu Sârbu, Moldovan singer (O-Zone) was born

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1985-12-14 Birth

Ren Yagami

Ren Yagami, Japanese actor and singer was born

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1953-12-14 Birth

René Eespere

René Eespere, Soviet-born Estonian composer was born

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1868-12-14 Birth

Richard Batka

Richard Batka, composer was born

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1929-12-14 Birth

Ron Nelson

Ron Nelson, composer was born

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1914-12-14 Birth

Rosalyn Tureck

Rosalyn Tureck, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Bach & Rock) was born

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1979-12-14 Birth

Sophie Monk

Sophie Monk, Australian actress, singer, and model was born

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1958-12-14 Birth

Spider Tracy

Spider Tracy, English rock vocalist (The Pogues) was born

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1911-12-14 Birth

Spike Jones

Spike Jones, Long Beach California, composer (In a Secluded Rendesvous) was born

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1905-12-14 Birth

Sydney Lipton

Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin was born

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1952-12-14 Birth

Tamara Danz

Tamara Danz, singer was born

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1980-12-14 Birth

Tata Young

Tata Young, Thai-American singer was born

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1973-12-14 Birth

Tia Texada

Tia Texada, American actress and singer was born

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1966-12-14 Birth

Tim Skold

Tim Skold, Swedish/American musician was born

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1992-12-14 Birth

Tori Kelly

Tori Kelly, American singer was born

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1988-12-14 Birth

Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Hudgens, American singer and actress was born

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1886-12-14 Death

Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski

Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27

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1788-12-14 Death

Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach

Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74

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1849-12-14 Death

Conradin Kreutzer

Conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69

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1945-12-14 Death

Constantino Gaito

Constantino Gaito, composer, dies at 67

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1963-12-14 Death

Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington, singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39

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1995-12-14 Death

Don Anthony

Don Anthony, bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85

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1914-12-14 Death

Giovanni Sgambati

Giovanni Sgambati, composer, dies at 73

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1923-12-14 Death

Giuseppi Gallignani

Giuseppi Gallignani, composer, dies at 72

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1861-12-14 Death

Heinrich August Marschner

Heinrich August Marschner, composer, dies at 66

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1965-12-14 Death

Hermann Sandby

Hermann Sandby, composer, dies at 84

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1732-12-14 Death

Johann Philipp Fortsch

Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer, dies at 80

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1997-12-14 Death

Kurt Winter

Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (The Guess Who) (b. 1946)

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1829-12-14 Death

Luigi Marchesi

Luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74

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1938-12-14 Death

Marie FM Emmanuel

Marie FM Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76

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1994-12-14 Death

Mary Ann McCall

Mary Ann McCall, singer, dies at 75

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1993-12-14 Death

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy, [Williams], US actress (Jazz Singer), dies at 88

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1948-12-14 Death

Reginald Owen Morris

Reginald Owen Morris, composer, dies at 62

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1973-12-14 Death

Yitzhak Edel

Yitzhak Edel, composer, dies at 77

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1918-12-14 Event

Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico" premieres in NYC

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