On This Day in Music: December 7

On December 7 in music history, 46 artists were born, 26 died and 3 other milestones happened, among them Harry Chapin (1942), Tom Waits (1949) and Louis Prima (1910).

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Harry Chapin

Harry Chapin, NYC, American rock vocalist (Taxi, Cat's in the Cradle) was born

Tom Waits

Tom Waits, California, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine) was born

Louis Prima

Louis Prima, New Orleans Luisiana, American musician (That Old Black Magic) was born

Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles, American singer was born

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Born on December 7

Aaron Carter

Aaron Carter, American singer and actor was born

Ambrosius Reiner

Ambrosius Reiner, composer was born

Arne Dorumsgaard

Arne Dorumsgaard, composer was born

Barbara Weathers

Barbara Weathers, vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) was born

Barnardo Pasquini

Barnardo Pasquini, composer was born

Craig Scanlon

Craig Scanlon, English guitarist (The Fall) was born

Daniel Chorzempa

Daniel Chorzempa, American organist was born

Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones, composer was born

Dom Joseph Pothier

Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist was born

Dominic Howard

Dominic Howard, English drummer (Muse) was born

Duncan Miller

Duncan Miller, rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous) was born

Edmundo Ros

Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader was born

Ernst Toch

Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre) was born

Frankie J

Frankie J, Mexican-born American singer was born

Gary Morris

Gary Morris, Fort Worth Tx, country singer/actor (Colbys) was born

George Richard James

George Richard James, saxophonist was born

Giovanni Maria Capelli

Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer was born

Girolamo Trombeti

Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born

Harry Chapin

Harry Chapin, NYC, American rock vocalist (Taxi, Cat's in the Cradle) was born

Heathcote Dicken Statham

Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer was born

Henk Temming

Henk Temming, Dutch vocalist/keyboardist (Good Cause) was born

Hermann Goetz

Hermann Goetz, composer was born

Jean-Claude Casadesus

Jean-Claude Casadesus, composer was born

John Ebenezer West

John Ebenezer West, composer was born

Jonathan D Kramer

Jonathan D Kramer, composer was born

Jorunn Vidar

Jorunn Vidar, composer was born

Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz

Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer was born

Juan Maria Thomas Sabater

Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer was born

Konstantin Sokolsky

Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian singer (d. 1991) was born

Lisa Fischer

Lisa Fischer, American R&B singer was born

Louis Prima

Louis Prima, New Orleans Luisiana, American musician (That Old Black Magic) was born

Ludwig Schiedermair

Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv) was born

Mads Vinding

Mads Vinding, Danish bassist was born

Marion Rung

Marion Rung, Finnish singer was born

Mike Nolan

Mike Nolan, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) was born

Nicola van Westerhout

Nicola van Westerhout, composer was born

Nicole Appleton

Nicole Appleton, Canadian-born singer was born

Pietro Mascagni

Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer/fascist (Cavalleria Rusticana) was born

Raymond Henry Charles Warren

Raymond Henry Charles Warren, composer was born

Richard Felciano

Richard Felciano, composer was born

Richard Franko Goldman

Richard Franko Goldman, composer was born

Rudolf Friml

Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite) was born

Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles, American singer was born

Tom Waits

Tom Waits, California, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine) was born

Vlastimir Pericic

Vlastimir Pericic, composer was born

Wolfgang Ludewig

Wolfgang Ludewig, composer was born

Died on December 7

Antoni Katski

Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82

Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah died

Cecil Forsyth

Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71

Clara Haskil

Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)

Darby Crash

Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22

Delecta "Dee" Clark

Delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52

Dick Allen

Dick Allen died

Frederick Fennell

Frederick Fennell, American conductor (b. 1914)

Godfrey Turner

Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35

Howard Wales

Howard Wales died

Ignaz Spangler

Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54

Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek

Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69

Jay McShann

Jay McShann, American musician (b. 1910)

Jerry Scoggins

Jerry Scoggins, American singer (b. 1913)

Johann Christoph Kienlen

Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer, dies at 45

Johann Daniel Ferstenberg

Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83

Johann Gottlieb Schwencke

Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79

John Addison

John Addison, British composer (b. 1920)

Kirsten Flagstad

Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67

Leon Minkus

Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91

Ludwig Schuncke

Ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23

Marky Cielo

Marky Cielo, Filipino and Igorot dancer and actor (b. 1988)

Rudolf Viole

Rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42

Steve Bronski

Steve Bronski died

Vadim Petrov

Vadim Petrov died

Vera Molnár

Vera Molnár died

Releases & milestones on December 7

Cy Coleman

C Coleman & D Zippel's musical "City of Angels" premieres in NYC

Leslie Stuart

Leslie J Stuart's musical "Betsy" premieres in NYC

William Walton

William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland

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