On This Day in Music: December 16

1926-12-16 Birth

Alfred Koerppen

Alfred Koerppen, composer was born

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1981-12-16 Birth

Anna Sedokova

Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer was born

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1943-12-16 Birth

Anthony 'Tony' Hicks

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

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1847-12-16 Birth

Augusta Mary Anne Holmes

Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer was born

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1975-12-16 Birth

Benjamin Kowalewicz

Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician (Billy Talent) was born

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1946-12-16 Birth

Benny Andersson

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

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1949-12-16 Birth

Billy Gibbons

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

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1822-12-16 Birth

Charles Edward Horsley

Charles Edward Horsley, composer was born

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1922-12-16 Birth

Cy Leslie

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

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1940-12-16 Birth

Dimitri van Toren

Dimitri van Toren, Dutch vocalist/composer was born

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1748-12-16 Birth

Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes

Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer was born

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1981-12-16 Birth

Flo Rida

Flo Rida, American rapper was born

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1775-12-16 Birth

Francois-Adrien Boieldieu

Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer was born

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1734-12-16 Birth

Georg Peter Weimar

Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born

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1915-12-16 Birth

Georgy Sviridov

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

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1652-12-16 Birth

Giovanni Maria Casini

Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born

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1777-12-16 Birth

Janos Fusz

Janos Fusz, composer was born

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1963-12-16 Birth

Jeff Carson

Jeff Carson, American singer was born

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1937-12-16 Birth

Jim Glaser

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

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1937-12-16 Birth

Joe Farrell

Joe Farrell, rocker was born

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1944-12-16 Birth

John Abercrombie

John Abercrombie, rocker was born

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1978-12-16 Birth

Kaine

Kaine, American rapper (Ying Yang Twins) was born

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1770-12-16 Birth

Ludwig van Beethoven

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

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1919-12-16 Birth

Manke Nelis

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

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1971-12-16 Birth

Michael S McCary

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

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1979-12-16 Birth

Mihai Trăistariu

Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer was born

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1975-12-16 Birth

Nawo Kawakita

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

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1971-12-16 Birth

Paul van Dyk

Paul van Dyk, German DJ was born

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1918-12-16 Birth

Pierre Delanoë

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

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1951-12-16 Birth

Robben Ford

Robben Ford, American guitarist was born

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1910-12-16 Birth

Robert Noehren

Robert Noehren, composer was born

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1825-12-16 Birth

Robert Prescott Stewart

Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born

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1932-12-16 Birth

Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin

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

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1910-12-16 Birth

Stanojlo Rajicic

Stanojlo Rajicic, composer was born

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1959-12-16 Birth

Steven Irvine

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

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1946-12-16 Birth

Trevor Pinnock

Trevor Pinnock, English conductor and harpsichordist was born

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1915-12-16 Birth

Turk Murphy

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

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1893-12-16 Birth

Vladimir Golschmann

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

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1923-12-16 Birth

Werner Haentjes

Werner Haentjes, composer was born

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1882-12-16 Birth

Zoltán Kodály

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

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1978-12-16 Death

Blanche Calloway

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

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1961-12-16 Death

Boris Semyonovich Shekhter

Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61

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1961-12-16 Death

Cato Engelen-Sewing

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

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1921-12-16 Death

Charles Camille Saint-Saens

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

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2007-12-16 Death

Dan Fogelberg

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

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1833-12-16 Death

Friedrich August Kanne

Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55

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2003-12-16 Death

Gary Stewart

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

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1781-12-16 Death

Georg Simon Lohlein

Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56

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1944-12-16 Death

Glenn Miller

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

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1852-12-16 Death

Henri-Jean Rigel

Henri-Jean Rigel, composer, dies at 80

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1927-12-16 Death

Hugh Archibald Clarke

Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88

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1914-12-16 Death

Ivan Zajc

Ivan Zajc, composer, dies at 82

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1783-12-16 Death

Johann Adolf Hasse

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

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1673-12-16 Death

Juan de Padilla

Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68

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1861-12-16 Death

Karol Joseph Lipinski

Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71

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1790-12-16 Death

Ludwig August Lebrun

Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38

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1997-12-16 Death

Nicolette Larson

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

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1995-12-16 Death

Nina Verchinina

Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85

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1950-12-16 Death

Otto Vrieslander

Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70

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2006-12-16 Death

Pnina Salzman

Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922)

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1923-12-16 Death

Pongrac Kacsoh

Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50

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1994-12-16 Death

Samuel Lipman

Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60

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1870-12-16 Death

Stanislaw Duniecki

Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31

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2001-12-16 Death

Stuart Adamson

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

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1988-12-16 Death

Sylvester

Sylvester, American singer (b. 1948)

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2006-12-16 Death

Taliep Petersen

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

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1816-12-16 Death

Vincenzo Galeotti

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

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1940-12-16 Death

William Wallace

William Wallace, composer, dies at 80

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1950-12-16 Event

Benjamin Britten

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

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1767-12-16 Event

Christoph Willibald Gluck

von Gluck's opera "Alceste" premiers

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1926-12-16 Event

Darius Milhaud

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

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1966-12-16 Event

Jimi Hendrix

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

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1966-12-16 Event

The Beatles

Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas" in UK

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1983-12-16 Event

The Who

Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding

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