On This Day in Music: December 23

1830-12-23 Birth

Adam Minchejmer

Adam Minchejmer, composer was born

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1949-12-23 Birth

Adrian Belew

Adrian Belew, American musician was born

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1855-12-23 Birth

Alan Gray

Alan Gray, composer was born

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1896-12-23 Birth

Alberto Hemsi

Alberto Hemsi, composer was born

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1823-12-23 Birth

Alexandru Flechtenmacher

Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer was born

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1990-12-23 Birth

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress, model, and singer was born

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1905-12-23 Birth

Arn Bjornsson

Arn Bjornsson, composer was born

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1981-12-23 Birth

Beth

Beth, Spanish singer was born

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1967-12-23 Birth

Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni, Italian-French model and singer was born

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1929-12-23 Birth

Chet Baker

Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1988) was born

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1928-12-23 Birth

Chronis Aidonidis

Chronis Aidonidis, Greek singer was born

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1936-12-23 Birth

Claude Albert Coppens

Claude Albert Coppens, composer was born

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1923-12-23 Birth

Claudio Scimone

Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor was born

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1957-12-23 Birth

Dan Bigras

Dan Bigras, Canadian singer was born

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1956-12-23 Birth

Dave Murray

Dave Murray, London, English heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Iron Maiden) was born

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1943-12-23 Birth

Derek Small

Derek Small, rocker (Spinal Tap) was born

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1914-12-23 Birth

Dezider Kardos

Dezider Kardos, composer was born

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1926-12-23 Birth

Dusan Kostic

Dusan Kostic, composer was born

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1964-12-23 Birth

Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder, Evanston, Illinois, American heavy metal singer (Pearl Jam-Justine) was born

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1946-12-23 Birth

Edita Gruberova

Edita Gruberova, Slovak operatic soprano was born

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1988-12-23 Birth

Eri Kamei

Eri Kamei, Japanese singer was born

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1935-12-23 Birth

Esther Phillips

Esther Phillips, [EM Jones], US singer (When a Woman Loves a Man) was born

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1978-12-23 Birth

Esthero

Esthero, Canadian musician and singer was born

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1940-12-23 Birth

Eugene Record

Eugene Record, US singer (Chi Lites-Give it Away) was born

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1936-12-23 Birth

Frederic Forrest

Frederic Forrest, Waxahachie TX, actor (Music Box, Lonesone Dove) was born

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1942-12-23 Birth

Friedrich Schenker

Friedrich Schenker, composer was born

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1945-12-23 Birth

Georges Aperghis

Georges Aperghis, composer was born

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1923-12-23 Birth

Günther Schifter

Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist was born

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1952-12-23 Birth

Hans Abrahamsen

Hans Abrahamsen, composer was born

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1913-12-23 Birth

Hans Henkemans

Hans Henkemans, composer was born

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1985-12-23 Birth

Harry Judd

Harry Judd, British drummer (McFly) was born

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1977-12-23 Birth

Jari Mäenpää

Jari Mäenpää, Finnish guitarist and singer was born

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1709-12-23 Birth

Jean-Noel Hamal

Jean-Noel Hamal, composer was born

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1716-12-23 Birth

Johann Heinrich Rolle

Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer was born

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1749-12-23 Birth

Johann Lukas Schubaur

Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer was born

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1714-12-23 Birth

Johann Siebenkas

Johann Siebenkas, composer was born

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1763-12-23 Birth

John Davy

John Davy, composer was born

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1951-12-23 Birth

Johnny Contardo

Johnny Contardo, singer (Sha Na Na) was born

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1939-12-23 Birth

Johnny Kidd

Johnny Kidd, [Frederick Heath], London, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates) was born

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1940-12-23 Birth

Jorma Kaukonen

Jorma Kaukonen, Wash DC, rock guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) was born

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1918-12-23 Birth

Jose Greco

Jose Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer (Holiday for Lovers) was born

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1689-12-23 Birth

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer was born

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1927-12-23 Birth

Joseph Castaldo

Joseph Castaldo, composer was born

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1699-12-23 Birth

Joseph Gibbs

Joseph Gibbs, composer was born

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1913-12-23 Birth

Leo A Ketelaars

Leo A Ketelaars, Dutch oratorio vocalist was born

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1949-12-23 Birth

Luther Grosvenor

Luther Grosvenor, rocker (Spooky Tooth) was born

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1971-12-23 Birth

Masayoshi Yamazaki

Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter was born

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1923-12-23 Birth

Milt Okun

Milt Okun, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Starland Vocal Band Show) was born

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1943-12-23 Birth

Peter Quaife

Peter Quaife, Devon England, rock bassist (Kinks-Long Tall Sally) was born

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1968-12-23 Birth

Quincy Jones III

Quincy Jones III, Swedish-American musician was born

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1932-12-23 Birth

Revjames Cleveland

Revjames Cleveland, rocker was born

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1941-12-23 Birth

Ron Bushy

Ron Bushy, American musician was born

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1945-12-23 Birth

Ronald Bushy

Ronald Bushy, rocker (Iron Butterfly-Ina gada davida) was born

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1943-12-23 Birth

Ross Edwards

Ross Edwards, composer was born

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1906-12-23 Birth

Ross Lee Finney

Ross Lee Finney, Wells Minnesota, composer (Landscapes Remembered) was born

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1582-12-23 Birth

Severo Bonini

Severo Bonini, composer was born

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1941-12-23 Birth

Tim Hardin

Tim Hardin, Eugene, Oregon, American singer (If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire) was born

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1644-12-23 Birth

Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco

Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer was born

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1958-12-23 Birth

Victoria Williams

Victoria Williams, American singer was born

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1812-12-23 Birth

William Hauser

William Hauser, composer was born

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1960-12-23 Birth

William Sinnot

William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen-Move Any Mountain) was born

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1951-12-23 Death

Alfreds Kalnins

Alfreds Kalnins, composer, dies at 72

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1964-12-23 Death

Arrigo Pedrollo

Arrigo Pedrollo, composer, dies at 86

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1971-12-23 Death

Carlo Jachino

Carlo Jachino, composer, dies at 84

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1994-12-23 Death

Charles Shirley

Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74

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1992-12-23 Death

Eddie Hazel

Eddie Hazel, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), dies at 42

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1908-12-23 Death

Eduard Wachmann

Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72

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1908-12-23 Death

Francois A Gevaert

Francois A Gevaert, Belg/Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68

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1891-12-23 Death

Holger Simon Paulli

Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81

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1688-12-23 Death

Jean-Louis Lully

Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21

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1793-12-23 Death

Johann Adolph Hasse

Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)

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1696-12-23 Death

Johann David Mayer

Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60

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1989-12-23 Death

Josef Alexander

Josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82

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1911-12-23 Death

Karl L Hoschna

Karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34

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1812-12-23 Death

Michel Delalande

Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73

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2000-12-23 Death

Noor Jehan

Noor Jehan, Indian singer and actress (b. 1926)

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1982-12-23 Death

Norman Dinnerstein

Norman Dinnerstein, composer, dies at 45

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2007-12-23 Death

Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1925)

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1967-12-23 Death

Richard Flury

Richard Flury, composer, dies at 71

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1996-12-23 Death

Rina Ketty

Rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85

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1996-12-23 Death

Ronnie Scott

Ronnie Scott, musician/club-owner, dies at 69

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2006-12-23 Death

Timothy J. Tobias

Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (b. 1952)

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2000-12-23 Death

Victor Borge

Victor Borge, Danish-born comedian and pianist (b. 1909)

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1950-12-23 Death

Vincenzo Tommasini

Vincenzo Tommasini, composer, dies at 72

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1943-12-23 Event

Engelbert Humperdinck

1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel & Gretel), Schenectady, NY

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1911-12-23 Event

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Opera "I Gioielli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin)

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1915-12-23 Event

Jerome Kern

J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie" premieres in NYC

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