On This Day in Music: December 19

1864 Birth

Adolf Sandberger

Adolf Sandberger, composer was born

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1944 Birth

Alvin Lee

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

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1878 Birth

Anton Lajovic

Anton Lajovic, composer was born

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1935 Birth

Bobby Timmons

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

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1876 Birth

Carlo Gatti

Carlo Gatti, composer was born

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1975 Birth

Casual

Casual, [Jon Owens], rapper was born

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1905 Birth

Charles Robert Owen Medley

Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer was born

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1965 Birth

Chuckii Booker

Chuckii Booker, rocker was born

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1967 Birth

Criss Angel

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

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1991 Birth

Declan Galbraith

Declan Galbraith, English singer was born

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1957 Birth

Doug Johnson

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

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1884 Birth

Ferdinando Liuzzi

Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer was born

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1888 Birth

Fritz Reiner

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

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1928 Birth

Galt MacDermot

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

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1825 Birth

George Frederick Bristow

George Frederick Bristow, composer was born

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1916 Birth

Hal Hastings

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

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1947 Birth

Janie Fricke

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

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1963 Birth

Jennifer Beals

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

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1925 Birth

Jimmy Dickens

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

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1945 Birth

John McEuen

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

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1797 Birth

Josef Theodor Krov

Josef Theodor Krov, composer was born

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1979 Birth

Kevin Devine

Kevin Devine, American musician was born

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1985 Birth

Lady Sovereign

Lady Sovereign, English musician was born

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1949 Birth

Lenny White

Lenny White, rocker was born

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1902 Birth

Leonard Hirsch

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

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1958 Birth

Limahl

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

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1920 Birth

Little Jimmy Dickens

Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer was born

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1676 Birth

Louis-Nicholas Clerambault

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

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1921 Birth

Ludvik Podest

Ludvik Podest, composer was born

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1946 Birth

Marianne Faithfull

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

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1895 Birth

Maurice Roelants

Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Jazz Player) was born

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1944 Birth

Maurice White

Maurice White, rocker was born

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1928 Birth

Michael Hurd

Michael Hurd, composer was born

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1974 Birth

Mikko Paananen

Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM) was born

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1880 Birth

Nemesio Otano y Eugenio

Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer was born

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1879 Birth

Otto Emanuel Olsson

Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer was born

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1894 Birth

Paul Dessau

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

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1940 Birth

Phil Ochs

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

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1918 Birth

Professor Longhair

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

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1925 Birth

Robert Sherman

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

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1949 Birth

Sebastian

Sebastian, Danish musician was born

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1982 Birth

Vincent Accardi

Vincent Accardi, American musician was born

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1882 Birth

Walter Braunfels

Walter Braunfels, composer was born

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1970 Birth

Zac Foley

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

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1944 Birth

Zal Yanovsky

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

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2025 Death

Arthur Arntzen

Arthur Arntzen died

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2022 Death

Claudisabel

Claudisabel died

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2021 Death

Elio Roca

Elio Roca died

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1939 Death

Eric Fogg

Eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36

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1749 Death

Francesco Antonio Bonporti

Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76

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2024 Death

Gaboro

Gaboro died

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1800 Death

Georg Peter Weimar

Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66

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2025 Death

James Ransone

James Ransone died

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1867 Death

Jean-Georges Kastner

Jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57

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1982 Death

Jean-Jacques Grunenwald

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

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1997 Death

Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers, American blues musician, dies at 73

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1991 Death

Joe Cole

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

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1810 Death

Johann Heinrich Egli

Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68

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1925 Death

Jose Ignacio Quinton

Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44

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2008 Death

Kenny Cox

Kenny Cox, American jazz musician (b. 1940)

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1982 Death

Lawrence Collingwood

Lawrence Collingwood, composer, dies at 95

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2001 Death

Marcel Mule

Marcel Mule, French saxophonist. (b. 1901)

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1614 Death

Melchior Bischoff

Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67

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1993 Death

Michael Clarke

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

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1984 Death

Michel Magne

Michel Magne, composer, dies at 54

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1815 Death

Michel Woldemar

Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65

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2025 Death

Mick Abrahams

Mick Abrahams died

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2000 Death

Milt Hinton

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

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1823 Death

Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel

Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67

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1994 Death

Noel Pointer

Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39

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2000 Death

Pops Staples

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

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2004 Death

Renata Tebaldi

Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922)

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2025 Death

Richard Barnes

Richard Barnes died

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2000 Death

Rob Buck

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

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1815 Death

Robert Hudson

Robert Hudson, composer, dies at 83

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2021 Death

Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes died

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2010 Death

Trudy Pitts

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

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1881 Event

Jules Massenet

Opera "Hérodiade" is produced (Brussels)

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1957 Event

Meredith Wilson

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

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2023 Event

New Jeans

New Jeans released the album 'NJWMX'

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1946 Event

Noël Coward

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

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1969 Event

The Beatles

The Beatles' 7th Christmas album is released

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1975 Event

The Rolling Stones

Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones

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