1942
Birth
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin, NYC, American rock vocalist (Taxi, Cat's in the Cradle) was born
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Born on December 7
1987
Birth
Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter, American singer and actor was born
1604
Birth
Ambrosius Reiner
Ambrosius Reiner, composer was born
1921
Birth
Arne Dorumsgaard
Arne Dorumsgaard, composer was born
1963
Birth
Barbara Weathers
Barbara Weathers, vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) was born
1637
Birth
Barnardo Pasquini
Barnardo Pasquini, composer was born
1960
Birth
Craig Scanlon
Craig Scanlon, English guitarist (The Fall) was born
1944
Birth
Daniel Chorzempa
Daniel Chorzempa, American organist was born
1912
Birth
Daniel Jones
Daniel Jones, composer was born
1835
Birth
Dom Joseph Pothier
Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist was born
1977
Birth
Dominic Howard
Dominic Howard, English drummer (Muse) was born
1964
Birth
Duncan Miller
Duncan Miller, rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous) was born
1910
Birth
Edmundo Ros
Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader was born
1887
Birth
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre) was born
1978
Birth
Frankie J
Frankie J, Mexican-born American singer was born
1948
Birth
Gary Morris
Gary Morris, Fort Worth Tx, country singer/actor (Colbys) was born
1906
Birth
George Richard James
George Richard James, saxophonist was born
1648
Birth
Giovanni Maria Capelli
Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer was born
1557
Birth
Girolamo Trombeti
Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born
1942
Birth
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin, NYC, American rock vocalist (Taxi, Cat's in the Cradle) was born
1889
Birth
Heathcote Dicken Statham
Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer was born
1951
Birth
Henk Temming
Henk Temming, Dutch vocalist/keyboardist (Good Cause) was born
1840
Birth
Hermann Goetz
Hermann Goetz, composer was born
1935
Birth
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Jean-Claude Casadesus, composer was born
1863
Birth
John Ebenezer West
John Ebenezer West, composer was born
1942
Birth
Jonathan D Kramer
Jonathan D Kramer, composer was born
1918
Birth
Jorunn Vidar
Jorunn Vidar, composer was born
1772
Birth
Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz
Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer was born
1896
Birth
Juan Maria Thomas Sabater
Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer was born
1904
Birth
Konstantin Sokolsky
Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian singer (d. 1991) was born
1961
Birth
Lisa Fischer
Lisa Fischer, American R&B singer was born
1910
Birth
Louis Prima
Louis Prima, New Orleans Luisiana, American musician (That Old Black Magic) was born
1876
Birth
Ludwig Schiedermair
Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv) was born
1948
Birth
Mads Vinding
Mads Vinding, Danish bassist was born
1945
Birth
Marion Rung
Marion Rung, Finnish singer was born
1964
Birth
Mike Nolan
Mike Nolan, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) was born
1857
Birth
Nicola van Westerhout
Nicola van Westerhout, composer was born
1974
Birth
Nicole Appleton
Nicole Appleton, Canadian-born singer was born
1863
Birth
Pietro Mascagni
Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer/fascist (Cavalleria Rusticana) was born
1928
Birth
Raymond Henry Charles Warren
Raymond Henry Charles Warren, composer was born
1930
Birth
Richard Felciano
Richard Felciano, composer was born
1910
Birth
Richard Franko Goldman
Richard Franko Goldman, composer was born
1879
Birth
Rudolf Friml
Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite) was born
1979
Birth
Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles, American singer was born
1949
Birth
Tom Waits
Tom Waits, California, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine) was born
1927
Birth
Vlastimir Pericic
Vlastimir Pericic, composer was born
1926
Birth
Wolfgang Ludewig
Wolfgang Ludewig, composer was born
Died on December 7
1899
Death
Antoni Katski
Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82
2023
Death
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah died
1941
Death
Cecil Forsyth
Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71
1960
Death
Clara Haskil
Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)
1980
Death
Darby Crash
Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22
1990
Death
Delecta "Dee" Clark
Delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52
2020
Death
Dick Allen
Dick Allen died
2004
Death
Frederick Fennell
Frederick Fennell, American conductor (b. 1914)
1948
Death
Godfrey Turner
Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35
2020
Death
Howard Wales
Howard Wales died
1811
Death
Ignaz Spangler
Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54
1839
Death
Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek
Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69
2006
Death
Jay McShann
Jay McShann, American musician (b. 1910)
2004
Death
Jerry Scoggins
Jerry Scoggins, American singer (b. 1913)
1829
Death
Johann Christoph Kienlen
Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer, dies at 45
1841
Death
Johann Daniel Ferstenberg
Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83
1823
Death
Johann Gottlieb Schwencke
Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79
1998
Death
John Addison
John Addison, British composer (b. 1920)
1962
Death
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67
1917
Death
Leon Minkus
Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91
1834
Death
Ludwig Schuncke
Ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23
2008
Death
Marky Cielo
Marky Cielo, Filipino and Igorot dancer and actor (b. 1988)
1867
Death
Rudolf Viole
Rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42
2021
Death
Steve Bronski
Steve Bronski died
2020
Death
Vadim Petrov
Vadim Petrov died
2023
Death
Vera Molnár
Vera Molnár died
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