On This Day in Music: December 15

1891-12-15 Birth

A. P. (Alvin) Carter

A. P. (Alvin) Carter, Virginia, American musician (Carter Family) was born

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1803-12-15 Birth

August Freyer

August Freyer, composer was born

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1821-12-15 Birth

Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil

Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer was born

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1946-12-15 Birth

Carmine Appice

Carmine Appice, NYC, musician (Have You Heard, Keep on Rolling) was born

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1567-12-15 Birth

Christoph Demantius

Christoph Demantius, composer was born

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1939-12-15 Birth

Cindy Birdsong

Cindy Birdsong, Camden NJ, rock vocalist (Labelle-Rainbow, Supremes) was born

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1942-12-15 Birth

Dave Clark

Dave Clark, London England, rock drummer (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over) was born

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1892-12-15 Birth

David Guion

David Guion, composer was born

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1960-12-15 Birth

Doug Phelps

Doug Phelps, Leachville Ar, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) was born

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1822-12-15 Birth

Edward Stephen

Edward Stephen, composer was born

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1932-12-15 Birth

Elaine Barkin

Elaine Barkin, composer was born

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1857-12-15 Birth

Eugeniusz Pankiewicz

Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer was born

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1905-12-15 Birth

Ferenc Farkas

Ferenc Farkas, composer was born

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1898-12-15 Birth

Fernando Remacha

Fernando Remacha, composer was born

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1830-12-15 Birth

Francesco D'Arcais

Francesco D'Arcais, composer was born

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1823-12-15 Birth

Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke

Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer was born

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1875-12-15 Birth

Friedrich Niggli

Friedrich Niggli, composer was born

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1946-12-15 Birth

Harry Ray

Harry Ray, Hackensack NJ, rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown) was born

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1842-12-15 Birth

Henry Gadsby

Henry Gadsby, composer was born

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1924-12-15 Birth

Ida Haendel

Ida Haendel, Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin) was born

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1932-12-15 Birth

Igor Stuhec

Igor Stuhec, composer was born

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1812-12-15 Birth

Isidor Dannstrom

Isidor Dannstrom, composer was born

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1928-12-15 Birth

Jerry Wallace

Jerry Wallace, American singer was born

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1933-12-15 Birth

Jesse Belvin

Jesse Belvin, Texarkana Arkansas, rock vocalist (Mr Easy) was born

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1910-12-15 Birth

John H. Hammond

John H. Hammond, NYC, American rock/jazz musician (I Can Tell, So Many Roads) was born

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1892-12-15 Birth

Jose Maria Castro

Jose Maria Castro, composer was born

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1984-12-15 Birth

Joshua Third

Joshua Third, British Guitarist in The Horrors. was born

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1951-12-15 Birth

Ken Knox

Ken Knox, rock vocalist (Chairmen of the Board) was born

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1904-12-15 Birth

Kermit Bloomgarden

Kermit Bloomgarden, producer (Diary of Anne Frank, Music Man) was born

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1534-12-15 Birth

Lucas Osiander

Lucas Osiander, composer was born

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1667-12-15 Birth

Ludwig Ernst

Ludwig Ernst, composer was born

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1978-12-15 Birth

Mark Jansen

Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist (Epica) was born

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1657-12-15 Birth

Michel-Richard Delalande

Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born

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1981-12-15 Birth

Najoua Belyzel

Najoua Belyzel, French singer was born

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1939-12-15 Birth

Nicolaus A Huber

Nicolaus A Huber, composer was born

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1955-12-15 Birth

Paul Simonon

Paul Simonon, English pop bassist (Clash-Havana 3 AM) was born

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1765-12-15 Birth

Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger

Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer was born

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1873-12-15 Birth

Pongrac Kacsoh

Pongrac Kacsoh, composer was born

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1983-12-15 Birth

Ronnie Radke

Ronnie Radke, American singer (Escape the Fate) was born

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1879-12-15 Birth

Rudolf von Laban

Rudolf von Laban, Czech/German choreographer (modern dance) was born

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1574-12-15 Birth

Samuel Besler

Samuel Besler, composer was born

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1980-12-15 Birth

Sergio Pizzorno

Sergio Pizzorno, English guitarist (Kasabian) was born

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1957-12-15 Birth

Tim Reynolds

Tim Reynolds, Wiesbaden, Germany, guitarist (Dave Matthews Band) was born

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1960-12-15 Birth

Walter Werzowa

Walter Werzowa, Austrian composer was born

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1892-12-15 Death

Charles Balmer

Charles Balmer, composer, dies at 75

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1901-12-15 Death

Elias Alvares Lobo

Elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67

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1974-12-15 Death

Erich Walter Sternberg

Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83

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1822-12-15 Death

Ferenc Verseghy

Ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65

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1909-12-15 Death

Francisco Tarrega y Eixea

Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57

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1944-12-15 Death

Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40

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1946-12-15 Death

Gordon Frederic Norton

Gordon Frederic Norton, composer, dies at 77

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1861-12-15 Death

Gualtiero Sanelli

Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45

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1994-12-15 Death

Hans de Jong

Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86

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1994-12-15 Death

Harry Tobias

Harry Tobias, songwriter, dies at 99

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1972-12-15 Death

Herbert Eimert

Herbert Eimert, German composer (Glockenspiel), dies at 75

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1991-12-15 Death

Horatio Luro

Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90

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1995-12-15 Death

James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn

James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88

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1816-12-15 Death

Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz

Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44

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1792-12-15 Death

Joseph Martin Kraus

Joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36

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1953-12-15 Death

Kishio Hirao

Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46

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1779-12-15 Death

Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila

Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62

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1975-12-15 Death

Mukhtar Ashrafi

Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63

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1973-12-15 Death

Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov

Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61

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1950-12-15 Death

Robert Muller-Hartmann

Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66

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2001-12-15 Death

Rufus Thomas

Rufus Thomas, American musician (b. 1917)

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1943-12-15 Death

Thomas W "Fats" Waller

Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri

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1944-12-15 Event

Glenn Miller

Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel

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1965-12-15 Event

John Taylor

D Heneker & J Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl," premieres in London

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1993-12-15 Event

John Williams

John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops

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1967-12-15 Event

The Beatles

Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again"

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