1987-12-07
Birth
Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter, American singer and actor was born
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1604-12-07
Birth
Ambrosius Reiner
Ambrosius Reiner, composer was born
1921-12-07
Birth
Arne Dorumsgaard
Arne Dorumsgaard, composer was born
1963-12-07
Birth
Barbara Weathers
Barbara Weathers, vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) was born
1637-12-07
Birth
Barnardo Pasquini
Barnardo Pasquini, composer was born
1960-12-07
Birth
Craig Scanlon
Craig Scanlon, English guitarist (The Fall) was born
1944-12-07
Birth
Daniel Chorzempa
Daniel Chorzempa, American organist was born
1912-12-07
Birth
Daniel Jones
Daniel Jones, composer was born
1835-12-07
Birth
Dom Joseph Pothier
Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist was born
1977-12-07
Birth
Dominic Howard
Dominic Howard, English drummer (Muse) was born
1964-12-07
Birth
Duncan Miller
Duncan Miller, rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous) was born
1910-12-07
Birth
Edmundo Ros
Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader was born
1887-12-07
Birth
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre) was born
1978-12-07
Birth
Frankie J
Frankie J, Mexican-born American singer was born
1948-12-07
Birth
Gary Morris
Gary Morris, Fort Worth Tx, country singer/actor (Colbys) was born
1906-12-07
Birth
George Richard James
George Richard James, saxophonist was born
1648-12-07
Birth
Giovanni Maria Capelli
Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer was born
1557-12-07
Birth
Girolamo Trombeti
Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born
1942-12-07
Birth
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin, NYC, American rock vocalist (Taxi, Cat's in the Cradle) was born
1889-12-07
Birth
Heathcote Dicken Statham
Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer was born
1951-12-07
Birth
Henk Temming
Henk Temming, Dutch vocalist/keyboardist (Good Cause) was born
1840-12-07
Birth
Hermann Goetz
Hermann Goetz, composer was born
1935-12-07
Birth
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Jean-Claude Casadesus, composer was born
1863-12-07
Birth
John Ebenezer West
John Ebenezer West, composer was born
1942-12-07
Birth
Jonathan D Kramer
Jonathan D Kramer, composer was born
1918-12-07
Birth
Jorunn Vidar
Jorunn Vidar, composer was born
1772-12-07
Birth
Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz
Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer was born
1896-12-07
Birth
Juan Maria Thomas Sabater
Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer was born
1904-12-07
Birth
Konstantin Sokolsky
Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian singer (d. 1991) was born
1961-12-07
Birth
Lisa Fischer
Lisa Fischer, American R&B singer was born
1910-12-07
Birth
Louis Prima
Louis Prima, New Orleans Luisiana, American musician (That Old Black Magic) was born
1876-12-07
Birth
Ludwig Schiedermair
Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv) was born
1948-12-07
Birth
Mads Vinding
Mads Vinding, Danish bassist was born
1945-12-07
Birth
Marion Rung
Marion Rung, Finnish singer was born
1964-12-07
Birth
Mike Nolan
Mike Nolan, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) was born
1857-12-07
Birth
Nicola van Westerhout
Nicola van Westerhout, composer was born
1974-12-07
Birth
Nicole Appleton
Nicole Appleton, Canadian-born singer was born
1863-12-07
Birth
Pietro Mascagni
Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer/fascist (Cavalleria Rusticana) was born
1928-12-07
Birth
Raymond Henry Charles Warren
Raymond Henry Charles Warren, composer was born
1930-12-07
Birth
Richard Felciano
Richard Felciano, composer was born
1910-12-07
Birth
Richard Franko Goldman
Richard Franko Goldman, composer was born
1879-12-07
Birth
Rudolf Friml
Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite) was born
1979-12-07
Birth
Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles, American singer was born
1949-12-07
Birth
Tom Waits
Tom Waits, California, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine) was born
1927-12-07
Birth
Vlastimir Pericic
Vlastimir Pericic, composer was born
1926-12-07
Birth
Wolfgang Ludewig
Wolfgang Ludewig, composer was born
1899-12-07
Death
Antoni Katski
Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82
1941-12-07
Death
Cecil Forsyth
Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71
1960-12-07
Death
Clara Haskil
Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)
1980-12-07
Death
Darby Crash
Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22
1990-12-07
Death
Delecta "Dee" Clark
Delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52
2004-12-07
Death
Frederick Fennell
Frederick Fennell, American conductor (b. 1914)
1948-12-07
Death
Godfrey Turner
Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35
1811-12-07
Death
Ignaz Spangler
Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54
1839-12-07
Death
Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek
Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69
2006-12-07
Death
Jay McShann
Jay McShann, American musician (b. 1910)
2004-12-07
Death
Jerry Scoggins
Jerry Scoggins, American singer (b. 1913)
1829-12-07
Death
Johann Christoph Kienlen
Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer, dies at 45
1841-12-07
Death
Johann Daniel Ferstenberg
Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83
1823-12-07
Death
Johann Gottlieb Schwencke
Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79
1998-12-07
Death
John Addison
John Addison, British composer (b. 1920)
1962-12-07
Death
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67
1917-12-07
Death
Leon Minkus
Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91
1834-12-07
Death
Ludwig Schuncke
Ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23
2008-12-07
Death
Marky Cielo
Marky Cielo, Filipino and Igorot dancer and actor (b. 1988)
1867-12-07
Death
Rudolf Viole
Rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42
1989-12-07
Event
Cy Coleman
C Coleman & D Zippel's musical "City of Angels" premieres in NYC
1911-12-07
Event
Leslie Stuart
Leslie J Stuart's musical "Betsy" premieres in NYC
1939-12-07
Event
William Walton
William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland
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