On This Day in Music: December 3

On December 3 in music history, 46 artists were born, 29 died and 6 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1965), Ozzy Osbourne (1948) and Mickey Avalon (1975).

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The Beatles

Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow

Ozzy Osbourne

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

Mickey Avalon

Mickey Avalon, American rapper was born

Montell Jordan

Montell Jordan, American singer and record producer was born

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Born on December 3

Andy Williams

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

Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm) von Webern

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

Bill Steer

Bill Steer, British guitarist was born

Boleslaw Szabelski

Boleslaw Szabelski, composer was born

Casimir Schweizelsperg

Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born

Charles Craig

Charles Craig, opera singer was born

Connee Boswell

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

Corry Brokken

Corry Brokken, Dutch singer was born

Csaba Czébely

Csaba Czébely, Hungarian drummer (Pokolgép) was born

Dana Suesse

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

Daniel Bedingfield

Daniel Bedingfield, English singer was born

Diane Kurys

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

Don Barnes

Don Barnes, rock guitarist (38 Special) was born

Duane Roland

Duane Roland, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet) was born

Edmond van der Straeten

Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist was born

Ferlin Husky

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

Georg-Friederich Fuchs

Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer was born

Halsey Stevens

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

Hans Otte

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

Ion Nonna Otescu

Ion Nonna Otescu, composer was born

Irving Fine

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

Isabelle Harriet Lucas

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

Jaycee Chan

Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor was born

Jaye P Morgan

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

Joe Lally

Joe Lally, American musician (Fugazi) was born

Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer was born

Jose Serebrier

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

Josef Gelinek

Josef Gelinek, composer was born

Laura Dean

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

Lev Konstantinovich Knipper

Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer was born

Marsilio Casentini

Marsilio Casentini, composer was born

Mickey Avalon

Mickey Avalon, American rapper was born

Mickey Thomas

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

Mike Stock

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

Montell Jordan

Montell Jordan, American singer and record producer was born

Nicky Stevens

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

Nino Rota

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

Ozzy Osbourne

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

Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler

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

Paul Gregg

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

Paul Harris Turok

Paul Harris Turok, composer was born

Phyllis Curtin

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

Sherri DuPree

Sherri DuPree, American vocalist was born

Trina

Trina, American rapper was born

Werner Rackwitz

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

Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe

Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe, composer was born

Died on December 3

Baltasar Saldoni

Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82

Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson, American musician (b. 1872)

Cow Cow Davenport

Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (b. 1894)

Emile Christian

Emile Christian, American musician (b. 1895)

Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

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

Enrique Soro Barriga

Enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70

Gina Romand

Gina Romand died

Hermann Goetz

Hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35

Hermann Stephani

Hermann Stephani, composer, dies at 83

Hoyt Curtin

Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (b. 1922)

Jan Bloukaas

Jan Bloukaas died

Jekabs Graubins

Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75

Johann Christian August Sinding

Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65

Joseph Pouteau

Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84

Lesley Peacock

Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies

Logan Whitehurst

Logan Whitehurst, American musician (b. 1977)

Man Arai

Man Arai died

Mirco Nontschew

Mirco Nontschew died

Myles Goodwyn

Myles Goodwyn died

Pierre Hétu

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

Richard Henry Warren

Richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74

Scatman John

Scatman John, American singer (b. 1942)

Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper died

Svenne Hedlund

Svenne Hedlund died

Thanga Darlong

Thanga Darlong died

Volodymyr Huba

Volodymyr Huba died

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75

William Grant Still

William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83

Releases & milestones on December 3

George M Cohan

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

Lorenz Hart

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

The Beatles

Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow

Tini Stoessel

Tini Stoessel released the album 'Tini Tini Tini'

Volbeat

Volbeat released the album 'Servant of the Mind'

William Walton

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

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