On This Day in Music: December 18

1910-12-18 Birth

Abe Burrows

Abe Burrows, Brooklyn New York, American Broadway composer (Guys & Dolls 1951 TONY) was born

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1873-12-18 Birth

Adolf Vogl

Adolf Vogl, composer was born

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1968-12-18 Birth

Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer was born

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1931-12-18 Birth

Allen Klein

Allen Klein, American rock and roll business manager was born

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1987-12-18 Birth

Ayaka

Ayaka, Japanese singer was born

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1948-12-18 Birth

Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson, English musician (Be Bop Deluxe) was born

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1943-12-18 Birth

Bobby Keyes

Bobby Keyes, rocker was born

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1948-12-18 Birth

Bryan "Chas" Changler

Bryan "Chas" Changler, Newcastle, rock bassist (Animals) was born

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1788-12-18 Birth

Camille Pleyel

Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer was born

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1980-12-18 Birth

Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera, American singer (Genie in a Bottle, What a Girl Wants) was born

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1970-12-18 Birth

Cowboy Troy

Cowboy Troy, American rapper was born

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1970-12-18 Birth

DMX

DMX, American rapper and actor was born

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1982-12-18 Birth

Dave Luetkenhoelter

Dave Luetkenhoelter, American bassist (Kutless) was born

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1913-12-18 Birth

Donald Phillips

Donald Phillips, pianist/composer was born

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1860-12-18 Birth

Edward Alexander MacDowell

Edward Alexander MacDowell, US, composer (Indian Suite) was born

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1906-12-18 Birth

Edwin H "Buddy" Morris

Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher was born

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1953-12-18 Birth

Elliot Easton

Elliot Easton, [Elliot Shapiro], Brooklyn NY, rock guitarist (Cars) was born

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1974-12-18 Birth

Euroboy

Euroboy, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro) was born

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1897-12-18 Birth

Fletcher Henderson

Fletcher Henderson, American arranger and composer (d. 1952) was born

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1852-12-18 Birth

Gaetano Coronaro

Gaetano Coronaro, composer was born

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1939-12-18 Birth

Henrica M L "Wiesje" Backer

Henrica M L "Wiesje" Backer, Dutch dancer/actress/playwright was born

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1569-12-18 Birth

Jakob Hassler

Jakob Hassler, composer was born

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1734-12-18 Birth

Jean-Baptiste Rey

Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer was born

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1957-12-18 Birth

John Webster

John Webster, rocker (Red Ryder-Light in the Tunnel) was born

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1848-12-18 Birth

Karl Schroder

Karl Schroder, composer was born

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1943-12-18 Birth

Keith Richards

Keith Richards, England, rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) was born

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1961-12-18 Birth

Ken Foreman

Ken Foreman, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm) was born

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1948-12-18 Birth

Laurent Voulzy

Laurent Voulzy, French singer and composer was born

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1861-12-18 Birth

Lionel Monckton

Lionel Monckton, composer was born

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1950-12-18 Birth

Martha Johnson

Martha Johnson, Toronto Canada, rocker (M+M) was born

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1965-12-18 Birth

Mick Collins

Mick Collins, American musician (The Gories, The Dirtbombs) was born

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1966-12-18 Birth

Mille Petrozza

Mille Petrozza, German singer (Kreator) was born

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1971-12-18 Birth

Noriko Matsueda

Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer was born

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1963-12-18 Birth

Pauline Ester

Pauline Ester, French singer was born

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1562-12-18 Birth

Philipp Dulichius

Philipp Dulichius, composer was born

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1950-12-18 Birth

Randy Castillo

Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne) (d. 2002) was born

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1972-12-18 Birth

Raymond Herrera

Raymond Herrera, American drummer (Fear Factory) and businessman was born

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1962-12-18 Birth

Renaldo Lapuz

Renaldo Lapuz, Filipino-American Singer was born

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1905-12-18 Birth

Richard Sturzenegger

Richard Sturzenegger, composer was born

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1920-12-18 Birth

Rita Streich

Rita Streich, German singer was born

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1964-12-18 Birth

Robson Green

Robson Green, English actor and singer was born

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1913-12-18 Birth

Saburo Takata

Saburo Takata, composer was born

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1941-12-18 Birth

Sam Andrew

Sam Andrew, rocker (Big Brother & Holding Company-Cheap Thrills) was born

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1983-12-18 Birth

Steph Jones

Steph Jones, American R&B singer was born

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1966-12-18 Birth

Steve Dullaghan

Steve Dullaghan, rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal) was born

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1966-12-18 Birth

Tracy Byrd

Tracy Byrd, country singer was born

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1941-12-18 Birth

Wadada Leo Smith

Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpeter and composer was born

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1667-12-18 Birth

Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt

Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer was born

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1812-12-18 Birth

Wiktor Kazynski

Wiktor Kazynski, composer was born

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1904-12-18 Birth

Wilf Carter

Wilf Carter, country singer was born

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1938-12-18 Birth

[Bryan] Chas Chandler

[Bryan] Chas Chandler, rocker (The Animals-House of the Rising Sun) was born

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1911-12-18 Death

Alberto Randegger

Alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79

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1996-12-18 Death

Arthur Jacobs

Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74

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1995-12-18 Death

Brian Brockless

Brian Brockless, English organist (b. 1926)

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1993-12-18 Death

Charizma

Charizma, American rapper (b. 1973)

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1839-12-18 Death

Charles-Henri Plantade

Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75

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1987-12-18 Death

Conny Plank

Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940)

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2001-12-18 Death

Dimitris Dragatakis

Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (b. 1914)

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1841-12-18 Death

Felice Blangini

Felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60

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1865-12-18 Death

Francisco Manuel da Silva

Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70

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2001-12-18 Death

Gilbert Bécaud

Gilbert Bécaud, French singer (b. 1927)

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1973-12-18 Death

Giulio Cesare Brero

Giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64

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1918-12-18 Death

Henryk Jarecki

Henryk Jarecki, composer, dies at 72

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1919-12-18 Death

Horatio William Parker

Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56

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1835-12-18 Death

Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus

Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82

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1732-12-18 Death

Johann Valentin Eckelt

Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59

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1899-12-18 Death

John William Glover

John William Glover, composer, dies at 84

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1858-12-18 Death

Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees

Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81

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2000-12-18 Death

Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (b. 1959)

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1869-12-18 Death

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40

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1928-12-18 Death

Lucien Capet

Lucien Capet, composer, dies at 55

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1990-12-18 Death

Paul Tortelier

Paul Tortelier, composer, dies at 76

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1982-12-18 Death

Tibor de Machula

Tibor de Machula, Hungary/Neth cellist, dies at 70

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1963-12-18 Death

Winifried P I Zillig

Winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58

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1961-12-18 Event

The Beatles

Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles

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