On This Day in Music: December 26

1935-12-26 Birth

Abdul "Duke" Fakir

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Detroit MI, rock vocalist (Four Tops) was born

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1808-12-26 Birth

Albert Grisar

Albert Grisar, composer was born

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1952-12-26 Birth

Andre-Michel Schub

Andre-Michel Schub, Paris France, pianist (Van Cliburn-1981) was born

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1894-12-26 Birth

Antonio Molina

Antonio Molina, composer was born

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1879-12-26 Birth

Armen Tigran Tigranyan

Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer was born

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1855-12-26 Birth

Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn

Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer was born

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1979-12-26 Birth

Chris Daughtry

Chris Daughtry, American singer was born

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1942-12-26 Birth

Earl Cate

Earl Cate, Ark, country singers (Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks) was born

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1926-12-26 Birth

Earle Brown

Earle Brown, composer was born

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1942-12-26 Birth

Ernie Cate

Ernie Cate, Ark, country singers (Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks) was born

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1893-12-26 Birth

Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky

Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer was born

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1826-12-26 Birth

Franz Coenen

Franz Coenen, composer was born

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1793-12-26 Birth

Franz Hunten

Franz Hunten, composer was born

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1762-12-26 Birth

Franz Wilhelm Tausch

Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer was born

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1901-12-26 Birth

Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov

Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer [NS] was born

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1946-12-26 Birth

Gordon Edwards

Gordon Edwards, rocker was born

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1920-12-26 Birth

Gote Carlid

Gote Carlid, composer was born

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1797-12-26 Birth

Hans Skramstad

Hans Skramstad, composer was born

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1869-12-26 Birth

Harry Redman

Harry Redman, composer was born

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1916-12-26 Birth

Helmut Eder

Helmut Eder, composer was born

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1953-12-26 Birth

Henning Schmitz

Henning Schmitz, German musician (Kraftwerk) was born

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1873-12-26 Birth

Hubert Cuypers

Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels) was born

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1906-12-26 Birth

Imperio Argentina

Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003) was born

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1949-12-26 Birth

Ira Newborn

Ira Newborn, NYC, orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer) was born

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1970-12-26 Birth

James Mercer

James Mercer, American musician (The Shins) was born

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1687-12-26 Birth

Johann Georg Pisendel

Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer was born

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1805-12-26 Birth

Joseph-Leon Gatayes

Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer was born

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1879-12-26 Birth

Julius Weismann

Julius Weismann, composer was born

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1873-12-26 Birth

Karel Moor

Karel Moor, composer was born

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1970-12-26 Birth

Krissada Terrence

Krissada Terrence, Thai singer and actor was born

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1963-12-26 Birth

Lars Ulrich

Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer (Metallica-Kill 'em All) was born

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1950-12-26 Birth

Michael Jones

Michael Jones, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express) was born

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1979-12-26 Birth

Mzbel

Mzbel, Ghanaian singer was born

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1954-12-26 Birth

Peter Woods

Peter Woods, rocker (Romeo Void-Girl in Trouble) was born

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1942-12-26 Birth

Rob de Nijs

Rob de Nijs, Dutch singer (Put a candle in your window) was born

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1929-12-26 Birth

Régine

Régine, French singer and nightclub owner was born

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1845-12-26 Birth

Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi

Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer was born

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1931-12-26 Birth

Thomas Eden Binkley

Thomas Eden Binkley, musician was born

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1915-12-26 Birth

Una Mae Carlisle

Una Mae Carlisle, US pianist/vocalist (Walkin' at the River) was born

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1901-12-26 Birth

Victor Hely-Hutchinson

Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer was born

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1812-12-26 Birth

Wilhelm Volkmar

Wilhelm Volkmar, composer was born

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1893-12-26 Birth

Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin

Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin, composer was born

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1926-12-26 Birth

Zlatko Pibernik

Zlatko Pibernik, composer was born

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2004-12-26 Death

Aki Sirkesalo

Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1962)

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1736-12-26 Death

Antonio Caldara

Antonio Caldara, composer, dies

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1957-12-26 Death

Artur Malawski

Artur Malawski, composer, dies at 53

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1916-12-26 Death

Bernhard Scholz

Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81

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1918-12-26 Death

Bertram Luard-Selby

Bertram Luard-Selby, composer, dies at 65

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1999-12-26 Death

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942)

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1950-12-26 Death

Emile Enthoven

Emile Enthoven, composer, dies at 47

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1974-12-26 Death

Farid al-Atrash

Farid al-Atrash, Arab composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor (b. 1915)

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2009-12-26 Death

Felix Wurman

Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (b. 1958)

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1836-12-26 Death

Hans Georg Nageli

Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63

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1958-12-26 Death

Harry Redman

Harry Redman, composer, dies on 89th birthday

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1977-12-26 Death

Ivan Rezak

Ivan Rezak, composer, dies at 53

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1937-12-26 Death

Ivor Gurney

Ivor Gurney, composer, dies at 47

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1827-12-26 Death

Jan David Holland

Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81

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2007-12-26 Death

Joe Dolan

Joe Dolan, Irish singer and entertainer (b. 1943)

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1887-12-26 Death

Jules Francois Blasini

Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40

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1966-12-26 Death

Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker

Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, singer (Armoede, Finale), dies at 91

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1974-12-26 Death

Knudage Riisager

Knudage Riisager, composer, dies at 77

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1989-12-26 Death

Lennox Berkeley

Lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86

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2004-12-26 Death

Mieszko Talarczyk

Mieszko Talarczyk, Lead singer/Guitarist of grindcore band, Nasum, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1974)

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2005-12-26 Death

Muriel Costa-Greenspon

Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1937)

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1992-12-26 Death

Nikita Magaloff

Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80

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1966-12-26 Death

Noel Gallon

Noel Gallon, composer, dies at 75

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1974-12-26 Death

Robert Levine Sanders

Robert Levine Sanders, composer, dies at 68

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2004-12-26 Death

Sigurd Køhn

Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian jazz musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1959)

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2010-12-26 Death

Teena Marie

Teena Marie, American singer and composer (b. 1956)

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1892-12-26 Event

Alberto Franchetti

Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala)

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1830-12-26 Event

Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan

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1931-12-26 Event

George Gershwin

Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Bdwy

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1871-12-26 Event

Gilbert & Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.

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1966-12-26 Event

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix writes "Purple Haze" backstage at the Upper Cut Club

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1960-12-26 Event

Jule Styne

Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in NYC

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1968-12-26 Event

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Denver as opener for Vanilla Fudge

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1976-12-26 Event

Richard Adler

"Music Is" closes at St James Theater NYC after 8 performances

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1964-12-26 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks

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1831-12-26 Event

Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan

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1935-12-26 Event

Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович

Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth"

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