On This Day in Music: December 3

1927 Birth

Andy Williams

Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show) (d. 2012) was born

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1883 Birth

Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm) von Webern

Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm) von Webern, Vienna Aust, 12-tone composer was born

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1969 Birth

Bill Steer

Bill Steer, British guitarist was born

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1896 Birth

Boleslaw Szabelski

Boleslaw Szabelski, composer was born

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1668 Birth

Casimir Schweizelsperg

Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born

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1919 Birth

Charles Craig

Charles Craig, opera singer was born

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1907 Birth

Connee Boswell

Connee Boswell, New Orleans La, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue) was born

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1932 Birth

Corry Brokken

Corry Brokken, Dutch singer was born

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1975 Birth

Csaba Czébely

Csaba Czébely, Hungarian drummer (Pokolgép) was born

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1911 Birth

Dana Suesse

Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures) was born

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1979 Birth

Daniel Bedingfield

Daniel Bedingfield, English singer was born

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1948 Birth

Diane Kurys

Diane Kurys, [Emir Kusturica], Sarajevo, bass guitarist was born

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1952 Birth

Don Barnes

Don Barnes, rock guitarist (38 Special) was born

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1952 Birth

Duane Roland

Duane Roland, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet) was born

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1826 Birth

Edmond van der Straeten

Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist was born

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1925 Birth

Ferlin Husky

Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose, Gone) was born

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1752 Birth

Georg-Friederich Fuchs

Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer was born

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1908 Birth

Halsey Stevens

Halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion) was born

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1926 Birth

Hans Otte

Hans Otte, German composer/pianist (The Book of Sounds, Book of Hours) was born

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1888 Birth

Ion Nonna Otescu

Ion Nonna Otescu, composer was born

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1914 Birth

Irving Fine

Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata) was born

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1927 Birth

Isabelle Harriet Lucas

Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics) was born

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1982 Birth

Jaycee Chan

Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor was born

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1931 Birth

Jaye P Morgan

Jaye P Morgan, Mancos Colo, singer/actress (Gong Show, Night Patrol) was born

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1963 Birth

Joe Lally

Joe Lally, American musician (Fugazi) was born

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1750 Birth

Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer was born

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1938 Birth

Jose Serebrier

Jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon) was born

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1758 Birth

Josef Gelinek

Josef Gelinek, composer was born

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1945 Birth

Laura Dean

Laura Dean, Staten Island NYC, composer/choreographer (Drumming) was born

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1898 Birth

Lev Konstantinovich Knipper

Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer was born

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1576 Birth

Marsilio Casentini

Marsilio Casentini, composer was born

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1975 Birth

Mickey Avalon

Mickey Avalon, American rapper was born

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1949 Birth

Mickey Thomas

Mickey Thomas, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Starship) was born

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1951 Birth

Mike Stock

Mike Stock, rocker (Stock, Aitken & Waterman-Road Block) was born

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1968 Birth

Montell Jordan

Montell Jordan, American singer and record producer was born

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1951 Birth

Nicky Stevens

Nicky Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man) was born

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1911 Birth

Nino Rota

Nino Rota, Milan Italy, composer (Torquemada) was born

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1948 Birth

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne, Aston, Birmingham,, rock vocalist (Black Sabbath-Bark at the Moon) was born

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1729 Birth

Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler

Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born

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1954 Birth

Paul Gregg

Paul Gregg, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels) was born

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1929 Birth

Paul Harris Turok

Paul Harris Turok, composer was born

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1930 Birth

Phyllis Curtin

Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg WV, soprano (NYC Opera) was born

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1983 Birth

Sherri DuPree

Sherri DuPree, American vocalist was born

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1978 Birth

Trina

Trina, American rapper was born

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1929 Birth

Werner Rackwitz

Werner Rackwitz, German musicologist (Handel-Renaissance) was born

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1902 Birth

Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe

Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe, composer was born

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1889 Death

Baltasar Saldoni

Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82

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1972 Death

Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson, American musician (b. 1872)

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1955 Death

Cow Cow Davenport

Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (b. 1894)

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1973 Death

Emile Christian

Emile Christian, American musician (b. 1895)

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1706 Death

Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)

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1954 Death

Enrique Soro Barriga

Enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70

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2022 Death

Gina Romand

Gina Romand died

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1876 Death

Hermann Goetz

Hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35

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1960 Death

Hermann Stephani

Hermann Stephani, composer, dies at 83

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2000 Death

Hoyt Curtin

Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (b. 1922)

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2024 Death

Jan Bloukaas

Jan Bloukaas died

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1961 Death

Jekabs Graubins

Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75

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1941 Death

Johann Christian August Sinding

Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85

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1866 Death

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65

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1823 Death

Joseph Pouteau

Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84

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1994 Death

Lesley Peacock

Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies

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2006 Death

Logan Whitehurst

Logan Whitehurst, American musician (b. 1977)

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2021 Death

Man Arai

Man Arai died

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2021 Death

Mirco Nontschew

Mirco Nontschew died

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2023 Death

Myles Goodwyn

Myles Goodwyn died

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1998 Death

Pierre Hétu

Pierre Hétu, Quebec conductor and pianist (b. 1936)

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1933 Death

Richard Henry Warren

Richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74

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1999 Death

Scatman John

Scatman John, American singer (b. 1942)

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2025 Death

Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper died

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2022 Death

Svenne Hedlund

Svenne Hedlund died

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2023 Death

Thanga Darlong

Thanga Darlong died

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2020 Death

Volodymyr Huba

Volodymyr Huba died

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1942 Death

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75

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1978 Death

William Grant Still

William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83

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1907 Event

George M Cohan

George Cohan's musical "Talk of the Town" premieres in NYC

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1930 Event

Lorenz Hart

Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's musical "Evergreen" premieres in London

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1965 Event

The Beatles

Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow

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2020 Event

Tini Stoessel

Tini Stoessel released the album 'Tini Tini Tini'

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2021 Event

Volbeat

Volbeat released the album 'Servant of the Mind'

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1954 Event

William Walton

William Walton's opera "Troilus & Cressida," premieres in London

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