On This Day in Music: December 5

1880 Birth

Alexander Schmuller

Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Neth violinist/conductor was born

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1946 Birth

Andy Kim

Andy Kim, [Andrew Joachim], rocker was born

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1878 Birth

Arrigo Pedrollo

Arrigo Pedrollo, composer was born

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1888 Birth

Askell Snorrason

Askell Snorrason, composer was born

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1933 Birth

Bernard van Beurden

Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator was born

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1952 Birth

Bobby Barth

Bobby Barth, rocker vocalist/guitarist (Axe) was born

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1950 Birth

Camarón de la Isla

Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (d. 1992) was born

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1915 Birth

Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields

Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer was born

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1697 Birth

Carlo Arrigoni

Carlo Arrigoni, composer was born

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1884 Birth

Evert Cornelis

Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist was born

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1979 Birth

Evonne Hsu

Evonne Hsu, Taiwanese singer was born

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1666 Birth

Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti

Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer was born

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1687 Birth

Francesco Xaverio Geminiani

Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer was born

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1939 Birth

Frederik van Rossum

Frederik van Rossum, composer was born

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1967 Birth

Gary Allan

Gary Allan, American country musician was born

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1697 Birth

Giuseppe de Majo

Giuseppe de Majo, composer was born

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1898 Birth

Grace Moore

Grace Moore, Slabtown, Tennessee, American soprano (One Night of Love) was born

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1901 Birth

Hanns Jelinek

Hanns Jelinek, composer was born

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1895 Birth

Henriette H Bosmans

Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer was born

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1980 Birth

Ibrahim Maalouf

Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-born French trumpeter was born

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1960 Birth

Jack Russell

Jack Russell, rocker (Great White-Twice Shy) was born

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1947 Birth

Jim Messina

Jim Messina, rocker (Loggins & Messina-Your Mamma Don't Dance) was born

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1844 Birth

John Frederick Bridge

John Frederick Bridge, composer was born

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1938 Birth

John J Cale

John J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist (After Midnight), (d. 2013) was born

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1965 Birth

Johnny Rzeznik

Johnny Rzeznik, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Goo Goo Dolls) was born

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1953 Birth

Jonathan Lewis

Jonathan Lewis, trombonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) was born

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1946 Birth

Jose Carreras

Jose Carreras, Barcelona Spain opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors) was born

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1724 Birth

Joseph Friebert

Joseph Friebert, composer was born

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1956 Birth

Krystian Zimerman

Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist was born

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1960 Birth

Les Nemes

Les Nemes, rock bassist (Haircut 100) was born

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1932 Birth

Little Richard [Wayne Penniman]

Little Richard [Wayne Penniman], Macon, Georgia, American singer-songwriter (Tutti Frutti) was born

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1950 Birth

Osvaldo Golijov

Osvaldo Golijov, Argentine-born composer was born

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1966 Birth

Patricia Kaas

Patricia Kaas, French pop singer (Mademoiselle Chant) was born

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1967 Birth

René Shuman

René Shuman, [Shumans], rockabilly-bandleader/singer was born

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1899 Birth

Sonny Boy Williamson

Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player was born

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1852 Birth

Thomas Linnemann Laub

Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer was born

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1870 Birth

Vítězslav Novák

Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (d. 1949) was born

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1965 Birth

Wayne Smith

Wayne Smith, Jamaican reggae musician was born

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1911 Birth

Władysław Szpilman

Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist (d. 2000) was born

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1987 Death

"Fat" Larry James

"Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38

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2008 Death

Anca Parghel

Anca Parghel, Romanian jazz singer and composer (b. 1957)

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2007 Death

Andrew Imbrie

Andrew Imbrie, American composer (b. 1921)

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2025 Death

Camryn

Camryn died

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1986 Death

Carmol Taylor

Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer

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2024 Death

Christel Bodenstein

Christel Bodenstein died

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1938 Death

Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn

Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54

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1745 Death

Christoph Forster

Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52

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2012 Death

Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist, dies from heart failure at 91

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2023 Death

Denny Laine

Denny Laine died

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1993 Death

Douglas Hopkins

Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32

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2025 Death

Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry died

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2022 Death

Hamsou Garba

Hamsou Garba died

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1916 Death

Hans Richter

Hans Richter, composer, dies at 73

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1902 Death

Henry Stephen Cutler

Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78

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1940 Death

Jan Kubelik

Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60

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2022 Death

Jim Stewart

Jim Stewart died

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1758 Death

Johann Friedrich Fasch

Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70

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1853 Death

Johann Peter Heuschkel

Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80

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2022 Death

John Beckwith

John Beckwith died

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1989 Death

John M Pritchard

John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68

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2021 Death

John Miles

John Miles died

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1953 Death

Jorge Negrete

Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911)

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2024 Death

Jón Nordal

Jón Nordal died

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1963 Death

Karl Amadeus Hartmann

Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer, dies at 58

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2007 Death

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (b. 1928)

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1972 Death

Kenny Dorham [McKinley]

Kenny Dorham [McKinley], American jazz trumpeter, dies at 48

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1842 Death

MJ Auguste Vestrius

MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82

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1996 Death

Peter Hall

Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60

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2020 Death

Robert Castel

Robert Castel died

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1799 Death

Robert Kimmerling

Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61

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2025 Death

Sandro Giacobbe

Sandro Giacobbe died

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1663 Death

Severo Bonini

Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80

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1996 Death

Wilf Carter

Wilf Carter, country singer, dies at 91

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1791 Death

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35

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1890 Event

Hector Berlioz

Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens" premieres in Karlsruhe

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2025 Event

Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Rodrigo released the album 'Live from Glastonbury (A BBC Recording)'

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1967 Event

The Beatles

Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens

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1968 Event

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP

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