1927-12-03
Birth
Andy Williams
Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show) (d. 2012) was born
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1883-12-03
Birth
Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm) von Webern
Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm) von Webern, Vienna Aust, 12-tone composer was born
1969-12-03
Birth
Bill Steer
Bill Steer, British guitarist was born
1896-12-03
Birth
Boleslaw Szabelski
Boleslaw Szabelski, composer was born
1668-12-03
Birth
Casimir Schweizelsperg
Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born
1919-12-03
Birth
Charles Craig
Charles Craig, opera singer was born
1907-12-03
Birth
Connee Boswell
Connee Boswell, New Orleans La, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue) was born
1932-12-03
Birth
Corry Brokken
Corry Brokken, Dutch singer was born
1975-12-03
Birth
Csaba Czébely
Csaba Czébely, Hungarian drummer (Pokolgép) was born
1911-12-03
Birth
Dana Suesse
Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures) was born
1979-12-03
Birth
Daniel Bedingfield
Daniel Bedingfield, English singer was born
1948-12-03
Birth
Diane Kurys
Diane Kurys, [Emir Kusturica], Sarajevo, bass guitarist was born
1952-12-03
Birth
Don Barnes
Don Barnes, rock guitarist (38 Special) was born
1952-12-03
Birth
Duane Roland
Duane Roland, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet) was born
1826-12-03
Birth
Edmond van der Straeten
Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist was born
1925-12-03
Birth
Ferlin Husky
Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose, Gone) was born
1752-12-03
Birth
Georg-Friederich Fuchs
Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer was born
1908-12-03
Birth
Halsey Stevens
Halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion) was born
1926-12-03
Birth
Hans Otte
Hans Otte, German composer/pianist (The Book of Sounds, Book of Hours) was born
1888-12-03
Birth
Ion Nonna Otescu
Ion Nonna Otescu, composer was born
1914-12-03
Birth
Irving Fine
Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata) was born
1927-12-03
Birth
Isabelle Harriet Lucas
Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics) was born
1982-12-03
Birth
Jaycee Chan
Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor was born
1931-12-03
Birth
Jaye P Morgan
Jaye P Morgan, Mancos Colo, singer/actress (Gong Show, Night Patrol) was born
1963-12-03
Birth
Joe Lally
Joe Lally, American musician (Fugazi) was born
1750-12-03
Birth
Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel
Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer was born
1938-12-03
Birth
Jose Serebrier
Jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon) was born
1758-12-03
Birth
Josef Gelinek
Josef Gelinek, composer was born
1945-12-03
Birth
Laura Dean
Laura Dean, Staten Island NYC, composer/choreographer (Drumming) was born
1898-12-03
Birth
Lev Konstantinovich Knipper
Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer was born
1576-12-03
Birth
Marsilio Casentini
Marsilio Casentini, composer was born
1975-12-03
Birth
Mickey Avalon
Mickey Avalon, American rapper was born
1949-12-03
Birth
Mickey Thomas
Mickey Thomas, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Starship) was born
1951-12-03
Birth
Mike Stock
Mike Stock, rocker (Stock, Aitken & Waterman-Road Block) was born
1968-12-03
Birth
Montell Jordan
Montell Jordan, American singer and record producer was born
1951-12-03
Birth
Nicky Stevens
Nicky Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man) was born
1911-12-03
Birth
Nino Rota
Nino Rota, Milan Italy, composer (Torquemada) was born
1948-12-03
Birth
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne, Aston, Birmingham,, rock vocalist (Black Sabbath-Bark at the Moon) was born
1729-12-03
Birth
Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler
Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born
1954-12-03
Birth
Paul Gregg
Paul Gregg, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels) was born
1929-12-03
Birth
Paul Harris Turok
Paul Harris Turok, composer was born
1930-12-03
Birth
Phyllis Curtin
Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg WV, soprano (NYC Opera) was born
1983-12-03
Birth
Sherri DuPree
Sherri DuPree, American vocalist was born
1978-12-03
Birth
Trina
Trina, American rapper was born
1929-12-03
Birth
Werner Rackwitz
Werner Rackwitz, German musicologist (Handel-Renaissance) was born
1902-12-03
Birth
Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe
Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe, composer was born
1889-12-03
Death
Baltasar Saldoni
Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82
1972-12-03
Death
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson, American musician (b. 1872)
1955-12-03
Death
Cow Cow Davenport
Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (b. 1894)
1973-12-03
Death
Emile Christian
Emile Christian, American musician (b. 1895)
1706-12-03
Death
Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)
1954-12-03
Death
Enrique Soro Barriga
Enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70
1876-12-03
Death
Hermann Goetz
Hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35
1960-12-03
Death
Hermann Stephani
Hermann Stephani, composer, dies at 83
2000-12-03
Death
Hoyt Curtin
Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (b. 1922)
1961-12-03
Death
Jekabs Graubins
Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75
1941-12-03
Death
Johann Christian August Sinding
Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85
1866-12-03
Death
Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda
Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65
1823-12-03
Death
Joseph Pouteau
Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84
1994-12-03
Death
Lesley Peacock
Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies
2006-12-03
Death
Logan Whitehurst
Logan Whitehurst, American musician (b. 1977)
1998-12-03
Death
Pierre Hétu
Pierre Hétu, Quebec conductor and pianist (b. 1936)
1933-12-03
Death
Richard Henry Warren
Richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74
1999-12-03
Death
Scatman John
Scatman John, American singer (b. 1942)
1942-12-03
Death
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75
1978-12-03
Death
William Grant Still
William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83
1907-12-03
Event
George M Cohan
George Cohan's musical "Talk of the Town" premieres in NYC
1930-12-03
Event
Lorenz Hart
Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's musical "Evergreen" premieres in London
1965-12-03
Event
The Beatles
Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow
1954-12-03
Event
William Walton
William Walton's opera "Troilus & Cressida," premieres in London
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