On This Day in Music: December 16

On December 16 in music history, 40 artists were born, 40 died and 7 other milestones happened, among them Jimi Hendrix (1966), The Beatles (1966) and Benny Andersson (1946).

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Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK

The Beatles

Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas" in UK

Benny Andersson

Benny Andersson, Stockholm Sweden, singer (ABBA-Money! Money! Money!) was born

Flo Rida

Flo Rida, American rapper was born

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Born on December 16

Alfred Koerppen

Alfred Koerppen, composer was born

Anna Sedokova

Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer was born

Anthony 'Tony' Hicks

Anthony 'Tony' Hicks, Nelson Lancashire, British rock guitarist (The Hollies) was born

Augusta Mary Anne Holmes

Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer was born

Benjamin Kowalewicz

Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician (Billy Talent) was born

Benny Andersson

Benny Andersson, Stockholm Sweden, singer (ABBA-Money! Money! Money!) was born

Billy Gibbons

Billy Gibbons, Houston Texas, jazz/rock guitarist (Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top) was born

Charles Edward Horsley

Charles Edward Horsley, composer was born

Cy Leslie

Cy Leslie, American music and video executive (d. 2008) was born

Dimitri van Toren

Dimitri van Toren, Dutch vocalist/composer was born

Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes

Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer was born

Flo Rida

Flo Rida, American rapper was born

Francois-Adrien Boieldieu

Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer was born

Georg Peter Weimar

Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born

Georgy Sviridov

Georgy Sviridov, Soviet neoromantic composer (The Blizzard, Time, Forward!) was born

Giovanni Maria Casini

Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born

Janos Fusz

Janos Fusz, composer was born

Jeff Carson

Jeff Carson, American singer was born

Jim Glaser

Jim Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again) was born

Joe Farrell

Joe Farrell, rocker was born

John Abercrombie

John Abercrombie, rocker was born

Kaine

Kaine, American rapper (Ying Yang Twins) was born

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn, Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy), (d. 1827) was born

Manke Nelis

Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy) was born

Michael S McCary

Michael S McCary, [Boss], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men) was born

Mihai Trăistariu

Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer was born

Nawo Kawakita

Nawo Kawakita, Japanese drummer (Maximum the Hormone) was born

Paul van Dyk

Paul van Dyk, German DJ was born

Pierre Delanoë

Pierre Delanoë, French songwriter and lyricist (d. 2006) was born

Robben Ford

Robben Ford, American guitarist was born

Robert Noehren

Robert Noehren, composer was born

Robert Prescott Stewart

Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born

Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin

Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin, Moscow, composer (Humpback Horse) was born

Stanojlo Rajicic

Stanojlo Rajicic, composer was born

Steven Irvine

Steven Irvine, rock drummer (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions) was born

Trevor Pinnock

Trevor Pinnock, English conductor and harpsichordist was born

Turk Murphy

Turk Murphy, American trombonist (d. 1987) was born

Vladimir Golschmann

Vladimir Golschmann, Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat was born

Werner Haentjes

Werner Haentjes, composer was born

Zoltán Kodály

Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (d. 1967) was born

Died on December 16

Abd El Gadir Salim

Abd El Gadir Salim died

Anita Bryant

Anita Bryant died

Blanche Calloway

Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76

Boris Semyonovich Shekhter

Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61

Carl Mann

Carl Mann died

Carlos Lyra

Carlos Lyra died

Cato Engelen-Sewing

Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93

Charles Camille Saint-Saens

Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, dies at 86

Charlie Gracie

Charlie Gracie died

Dan Fogelberg

Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (b. 1951)

Diana McIntosh

Diana McIntosh died

Friedrich August Kanne

Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55

Gary Stewart

Gary Stewart, American musician and songwriter (b. 1945)

Georg Simon Lohlein

Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56

Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller, US jazz composer/orchestra leader (Danny boy), dies at 40

Henri-Jean Rigel

Henri-Jean Rigel, composer, dies at 80

Hugh Archibald Clarke

Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88

Ivan Zajc

Ivan Zajc, composer, dies at 82

Johann Adolf Hasse

Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84

Juan de Padilla

Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68

Karol Joseph Lipinski

Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71

Ludwig August Lebrun

Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38

Naa Amanua

Naa Amanua died

Nicolette Larson

Nicolette Larson, singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45

Nina Verchinina

Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85

Otto Vrieslander

Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70

Patricia Johnson

Patricia Johnson died

Pavle Dešpalj

Pavle Dešpalj died

Pnina Salzman

Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922)

Pongrac Kacsoh

Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50

Samuel Lipman

Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60

Stanislaw Duniecki

Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31

Stuart Adamson

Stuart Adamson, English-born Scottish musician (The Skids, Big Country) (b. 1958)

Sylvester

Sylvester, American singer (b. 1948)

Taliep Petersen

Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950)

Terry Uttley

Terry Uttley died

Thomas Berly

Thomas Berly died

Vincenzo Galeotti

Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73

William Wallace

William Wallace, composer, dies at 80

Óscar Agudelo

Óscar Agudelo died

Releases & milestones on December 16

Benjamin Britten

"Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 perfs

Christoph Willibald Gluck

von Gluck's opera "Alceste" premiers

Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud's opera "Le Pauvre Matelot" premieres in Paris

Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer released the album 'Wonder Woman 1984 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK

The Beatles

Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas" in UK

The Who

Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding

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