On This Day in Music: December 22

1900-12-22 Birth

Alan Dudley Bush

Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher was born

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1901-12-22 Birth

Andre Kostelanetz

Andre Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrari) was born

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1846-12-22 Birth

Andreas Hallen

Andreas Hallen, composer was born

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1875-12-22 Birth

Antoine Mariotte

Antoine Mariotte, composer was born

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1944-12-22 Birth

Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) was born

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1984-12-22 Birth

Basshunter

Basshunter, popular Swedish singer was born

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1723-12-22 Birth

Carl Friedrich Abel

Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer was born

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1859-12-22 Birth

Cecil [James] Sharp

Cecil [James] Sharp, London England, folk musician was born

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1958-12-22 Birth

David Heavener

David Heavener, American actor and musician was born

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1953-12-22 Birth

David Leisner

David Leisner, composer was born

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1883-12-22 Birth

Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese

Edgar Varèse, French-born composer (d. 1965) was born

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1924-12-22 Birth

Frank Corsaro

Frank Corsaro, NY harbor, opera director was born

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1958-12-22 Birth

Frank Gambale

Frank Gambale, Australian musician was born

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1874-12-22 Birth

Franz Schmidt

Franz Schmidt, composer was born

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1819-12-22 Birth

Franz Wilhelm Abt

Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor was born

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1858-12-22 Birth

Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini, Lucca Italy opera composer (La bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly), (d. 1924) was born

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1821-12-22 Birth

Giovanni Bottesini

Giovanni Bottesini, composer was born

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1925-12-22 Birth

Gunther Schuller

Gunther Schuller, NYC, jazz composer was born

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1921-12-22 Birth

Hawkshaw Hawkins

Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington WV, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) was born

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1844-12-22 Birth

Izydor Lotto

Izydor Lotto, composer was born

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1939-12-22 Birth

James Gurley

James Gurley, American musician was born

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1989-12-22 Birth

Jordin Sparks

Jordin Sparks, American singer and American Idol winner was born

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1885-12-22 Birth

Joseph Deems Taylor

Joseph Deems Taylor, NYC, composer (Peter Ibbetson) was born

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1815-12-22 Birth

Lucien Petipa

Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader was born

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1960-12-22 Birth

Luther Campbell (Luke)

Luther Campbell (Luke), American rap artist (2 Live Crew) was born

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1903-12-22 Birth

Marc Lavry

Marc Lavry, composer was born

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1966-12-22 Birth

Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer

Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, German singer and bassplayer (Destruction) was born

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1853-12-22 Birth

Maria Teresa Carreno

Maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor was born

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1949-12-22 Birth

Maurice Gibb

Maurice Gibb, Manchester England, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever) was born

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1949-12-22 Birth

Michael Osborne

Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe) was born

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1866-12-22 Birth

Mieczyslaw Surzynski

Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer was born

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1842-12-22 Birth

Nicola d' Arienzo

Nicola d' Arienzo, composer was born

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1967-12-22 Birth

Richey James Edwards

Richey James Edwards, Welsh musician (Manic Street Preachers) (disappeared in 1995) was born

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1946-12-22 Birth

Rick Nielsen

Rick Nielsen, Rockford Il, rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick) was born

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1957-12-22 Birth

Ricky Ross

Ricky Ross, British rock vocalist (Deacon Blue-Raintown) was born

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1921-12-22 Birth

Robert Frank Kurka

Robert Frank Kurka, composer was born

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1949-12-22 Birth

Robin Gibb

Robin Gibb, Manchester England, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever), (d. 2012) was born

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1925-12-22 Birth

Thomas Christian David

Thomas Christian David, composer was born

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1624-12-22 Birth

Tomas Micieres

Tomas Micieres, composer was born

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1960-12-22 Birth

Wakin Chau

Wakin Chau, Chinese singer was born

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1907-12-22 Birth

Yoshio Hasegawa

Yoshio Hasegawa, composer was born

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1944-12-22 Death

Antoine Mariotte

Antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday

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1923-12-22 Death

Arthur H Bird

Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67

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1893-12-22 Death

Benedikt Randhartinger

Benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91

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1964-12-22 Death

Bonifacio Gil Garcia

Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66

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1990-12-22 Death

Cecil Effinger

Cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76

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1986-12-22 Death

Celius Dougherty

Celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84

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1985-12-22 Death

D. Boon

D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)

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2003-12-22 Death

Dave Dudley

Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928)

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2006-12-22 Death

Dennis Linde

Dennis Linde, American songwriter (b. 1943)

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1973-12-22 Death

Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia

Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87

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1991-12-22 Death

Ernst Krenek

Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91

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2006-12-22 Death

Galina Ustvolskaya

Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)

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1797-12-22 Death

Giovanni Marco Rutini

Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74

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1832-12-22 Death

Ishmail Spicer

Ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72

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1745-12-22 Death

Jan Dismas Zelenka

Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66

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1738-12-22 Death

Jean-Joseph Mouret

Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56

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1977-12-22 Death

Johann Nepomuk David

Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82

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1874-12-22 Death

Johann Peter Pixis

Johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86

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1997-12-22 Death

Johnny Coles

Johnny Coles, trumpeter, dies at 71

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1950-12-22 Death

Julius Weismann

Julius Weismann, composer, dies at 70

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1987-12-22 Death

Leonidas Zoras

Leonidas Zoras, composer, dies at 82

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1941-12-22 Death

Leopoldo Mugnone

Leopoldo Mugnone, composer, dies at 83

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1939-12-22 Death

Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer/composer, dies at 53

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1875-12-22 Death

Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov

Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75

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1951-12-22 Death

Powell Weaver

Powell Weaver, composer, dies at 61

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1988-12-22 Death

Tucker Smith

Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies

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1950-12-22 Death

Walter Johannes Damrosch

Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer, dies at 88

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1984-12-22 Event

Madonna

Madonna's "Like a Virgin" single goes #1 for 6 weeks

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1976-12-22 Event

Nina Hagen

German DR banishes singer Nina Hagen

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2002-12-22 Event

The Clash

Joe Strummer, lead singer of the British punk band The Clash, dies at age 50

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1978-12-22 Event

The Who

Kenny Jones becomes The Who's new drummer

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