On This Day in Music: December 19

On December 19 in music history, 45 artists were born, 32 died and 6 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1969), The Rolling Stones (1975) and Marianne Faithfull (1946).

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Standout moments for this date.

The Beatles

The Beatles' 7th Christmas album is released

The Rolling Stones

Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones

Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull, Hampstead England, singer (Money, As Tears Go By) was born

Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs, El Paso Tx, anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill, War is Over) was born

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Born on December 19

Adolf Sandberger

Adolf Sandberger, composer was born

Alvin Lee

Alvin Lee, Nottingham England, rock vocals/guitarist (10 Years After), (d. 2013) was born

Anton Lajovic

Anton Lajovic, composer was born

Bobby Timmons

Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974) was born

Carlo Gatti

Carlo Gatti, composer was born

Casual

Casual, [Jon Owens], rapper was born

Charles Robert Owen Medley

Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer was born

Chuckii Booker

Chuckii Booker, rocker was born

Criss Angel

Criss Angel, Illusionist,Actor, Musician, etc. was born

Declan Galbraith

Declan Galbraith, English singer was born

Doug Johnson

Doug Johnson, rock keyboardist (Loverboy-Get Lucky) was born

Ferdinando Liuzzi

Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer was born

Fritz Reiner

Fritz Reiner, Budapest Hungary, US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch) was born

Galt MacDermot

Galt MacDermot, Montreal Canada, composer (Letting Down My Hair) was born

George Frederick Bristow

George Frederick Bristow, composer was born

Hal Hastings

Hal Hastings, NYC, orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway) was born

Janie Fricke

Janie Fricke, South Whitley In, singer (It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy) was born

Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals, Chicago Ill, actress (Flashdance, Bride) was born

Jimmy Dickens

Jimmy Dickens, Bolt WV, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) was born

John McEuen

John McEuen, rocker (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) was born

Josef Theodor Krov

Josef Theodor Krov, composer was born

Kevin Devine

Kevin Devine, American musician was born

Lady Sovereign

Lady Sovereign, English musician was born

Lenny White

Lenny White, rocker was born

Leonard Hirsch

Leonard Hirsch, British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch) was born

Limahl

Limahl, British rocker (Kajagoogoo-Too Shy) was born

Little Jimmy Dickens

Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer was born

Louis-Nicholas Clerambault

Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born

Ludvik Podest

Ludvik Podest, composer was born

Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull, Hampstead England, singer (Money, As Tears Go By) was born

Maurice Roelants

Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Jazz Player) was born

Maurice White

Maurice White, rocker was born

Michael Hurd

Michael Hurd, composer was born

Mikko Paananen

Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM) was born

Nemesio Otano y Eugenio

Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer was born

Otto Emanuel Olsson

Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer was born

Paul Dessau

Paul Dessau, Hamburg Germany, composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33) was born

Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs, El Paso Tx, anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill, War is Over) was born

Professor Longhair

'Professor Longhair' Henry Roeland Byrd, Bogalusa, Louisiana, New Orleans blues singer and pianist was born

Robert Sherman

Robert Sherman, New York City, New York, songwriter (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book), (d. 2012) was born

Sebastian

Sebastian, Danish musician was born

Vincent Accardi

Vincent Accardi, American musician was born

Walter Braunfels

Walter Braunfels, composer was born

Zac Foley

Zac Foley, rock bassist (EMF-Unbelievable) was born

Zal Yanovsky

Zal Yanovsky, rock guitarist (Lovin' Spoonful-Do You Believe in Magic) was born

Died on December 19

Arthur Arntzen

Arthur Arntzen died

Claudisabel

Claudisabel died

Elio Roca

Elio Roca died

Eric Fogg

Eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36

Francesco Antonio Bonporti

Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76

Gaboro

Gaboro died

Georg Peter Weimar

Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66

James Ransone

James Ransone died

Jean-Georges Kastner

Jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57

Jean-Jacques Grunenwald

Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71

Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers, American blues musician, dies at 73

Joe Cole

Joe Cole, American rock music roadie (b. 1961)

Johann Heinrich Egli

Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68

Jose Ignacio Quinton

Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44

Kenny Cox

Kenny Cox, American jazz musician (b. 1940)

Lawrence Collingwood

Lawrence Collingwood, composer, dies at 95

Marcel Mule

Marcel Mule, French saxophonist. (b. 1901)

Melchior Bischoff

Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67

Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke, drummer (Byrds), dies of liver failure at 49

Michel Magne

Michel Magne, composer, dies at 54

Michel Woldemar

Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65

Mick Abrahams

Mick Abrahams died

Milt Hinton

Milt Hinton, American jazz double bassist (b. 1910)

Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel

Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67

Noel Pointer

Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39

Pops Staples

Pops Staples, American singer (The Staple Singers) (b. 1915)

Renata Tebaldi

Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922)

Richard Barnes

Richard Barnes died

Rob Buck

Rob Buck, American guitarist (10,000 Maniacs) (b. 1958)

Robert Hudson

Robert Hudson, composer, dies at 83

Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes died

Trudy Pitts

Trudy Pitts, American jazz organist, pianist, and vocalist (b. 1932)

Releases & milestones on December 19

Jules Massenet

Opera "Hérodiade" is produced (Brussels)

Meredith Wilson

"Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances

New Jeans

New Jeans released the album 'NJWMX'

Noël Coward

Noel Coward's musical "Pacific 1860" premieres in London

The Beatles

The Beatles' 7th Christmas album is released

The Rolling Stones

Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones

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