On This Day in Music: December 8

1930-12-08 Birth

Alain Weber

Alain Weber, composer was born

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1993-12-08 Birth

AnnaSophia Robb

AnnaSophia Robb, American actress and singer was born

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1958-12-08 Birth

Bird McIntyre

Bird McIntyre, Thai pop singer, musician was born

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1942-12-08 Birth

Bobby Elliot

Bobby Elliot, rock drummer (Hollies) was born

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1890-12-08 Birth

Bohuslav Jan Martinu

Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) was born

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1905-12-08 Birth

Charles Cushing

Charles Cushing, composer was born

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1903-12-08 Birth

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown, pianist was born

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1973-12-08 Birth

Corey Taylor

Corey Taylor, American singer (Slipknot, Stone Sour) was born

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1974-12-08 Birth

Cristian Castro

Cristian Castro, Mexican singer was born

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1950-12-08 Birth

Dan Hartman

Dan Hartman, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, American musician (Edgar Winter Group) was born

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1905-12-08 Birth

Ernst Hermann Meyer

Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer was born

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1731-12-08 Birth

Frantisek Xaver Dusek

Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer was born

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1947-12-08 Birth

Geoff Daking

Geoff Daking, rocker was born

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1946-12-08 Birth

Graham Knight

Graham Knight, rocker (Marmalade) was born

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1947-12-08 Birth

Gregg Allman

Gregg Allman, Nashville, guitarist/vocalist (Allman Brothers Band) was born

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1919-12-08 Birth

Hans-Dieter Hosalla

Hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer was born

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1903-12-08 Birth

Irene Eisinger

Irene Eisinger, singer was born

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1795-12-08 Birth

Jacques Francois Gallay

Jacques Francois Gallay, composer was born

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1899-12-08 Birth

James "Pigmeat" Jarrett

James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist was born

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1964-12-08 Birth

James Blundell

James Blundell, Australian country singer was born

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1925-12-08 Birth

James E "Jimmy" Smith

James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side) was born

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1939-12-08 Birth

James Galway

James Galway, Belfast Ireland, flutist (18k gold flute, Royal Phil) was born

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1951-12-08 Birth

Jan Eggum

Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter was born

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1922-12-08 Birth

Jean Ritchie

Jean Ritchie, rocker was born

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1865-12-08 Birth

Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia) was born

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1939-12-08 Birth

Jerry Butler

Jerry Butler, Sunflower Miss, rock vocalist (Never Give You Up) was born

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1943-12-08 Birth

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison, American poet, singer (The Doors) (d. 1971) was born

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1789-12-08 Birth

John Fawcett

John Fawcett, composer was born

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1946-12-08 Birth

John Rubinstein

John Rubinstein, Los Angeles California, actor/composer (Family, Boys from Brazil) was born

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1986-12-08 Birth

Kate Voegele

Kate Voegele, American musician was born

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1953-12-08 Birth

Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger, American actress was born

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1897-12-08 Birth

Leslie Heward

Leslie Heward, composer was born

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1811-12-08 Birth

Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser

Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer was born

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1882-12-08 Birth

Manuel Maria Ponce

Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) was born

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1962-12-08 Birth

Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman, American guitarist was born

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1959-12-08 Birth

Marty Raybon

Marty Raybon, Sanford Fla, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) was born

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1741-12-08 Birth

Maximilian JLP Gardel

Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine) was born

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1919-12-08 Birth

Moyssey Samuilovich Vaynberg

Moyssey Samuilovich Vaynberg, composer was born

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1976-12-08 Birth

Naimee Coleman

Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter was born

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1974-12-08 Birth

Nick Zinner

Nick Zinner, American guitarist (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) was born

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1911-12-08 Birth

Nikos Gatsos

Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist (d. 1992) was born

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1877-12-08 Birth

Paul Emile Ladmirault

Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer was born

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1959-12-08 Birth

Paul Rutherford

Paul Rutherford, vocalist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) was born

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1957-12-08 Birth

Phil Collen

Phil Collen, London UK, English heavy-metal guitarist (Def Leppard - Love Bites) was born

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1744-12-08 Birth

Pierre Joseph Candielle

Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer was born

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1949-12-08 Birth

Ray Shulman

Ray Shulman, rocker was born

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1952-12-08 Birth

Richie Morales

Richie Morales, drummer (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) was born

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1737-12-08 Birth

Robert Kimmerling

Robert Kimmerling, composer was born

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1931-12-08 Birth

Rudolf Komorous

Rudolf Komorous, composer was born

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1917-12-08 Birth

Rufo I Wever

Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ) was born

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1925-12-08 Birth

Sammy Davis Jr

Sammy Davis Jr, NYC, singer/dancer/actor (Ocean's 11, Candy Man) was born

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1966-12-08 Birth

Sinéad O'Connor

Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician was born

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1921-12-08 Birth

Terence Weil

Terence Weil, cellist/teacher was born

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1907-12-08 Birth

Tony Aubin

Tony Aubin, composer was born

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1887-12-08 Birth

Vicente Emilio Sojo

Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer was born

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1956-12-08 Birth

Warren Cuccurullo

Warren Cuccurullo, rock guitarist (Missing Persons) was born

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1903-12-08 Birth

Zoltan Szekely

Zoltan Szekely, composer was born

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1994-12-08 Death

Antonio Carlos Jobim

Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67

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1785-12-08 Death

Antonio Maria Mazzoni

Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68

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1934-12-08 Death

Bernhard Seklas

Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62

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1991-12-08 Death

Buck Clayton

Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies

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2004-12-08 Death

Dimebag Darrell

Dimebag Darrell, heavy metal guitarist in band Pantera is shot & killed while performing onstage in Columbus Ohio by crazed fan Nathan Gale

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1923-12-08 Death

Dom Joseph Pothier

Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88

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1956-12-08 Death

Edgar Leslie Bainton

Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76

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1939-12-08 Death

Ernest Schelling

Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63

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1924-12-08 Death

Franz X Scharwenka

Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74

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1975-12-08 Death

Gary Thain

Gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948)

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1900-12-08 Death

Henry Russell

Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87

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1988-12-08 Death

Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad

Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, US singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44

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1955-12-08 Death

Jacques Handschin

Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69

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1967-12-08 Death

John Mills

John Mills, Sr., American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1889)

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2009-12-08 Death

Luis Días

Luis Días, Dominican Composer (b. 1952).

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2006-12-08 Death

Martha Tilton

Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)

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1982-12-08 Death

Marty Robbins

Marty Robbins, country singer, dies at 57

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1990-12-08 Death

Pony Sherrell Metcalf

Pony Sherrell Metcalf, NY, singer, dies of heart attack

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1984-12-08 Death

Razzle

Razzle, English Musician and drummer for Hanoi Rocks (b.1960)

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2003-12-08 Death

Rubén González

Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1919)

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1982-12-08 Death

Shakey

Shakey, [Walter Horton], rocker, dies at 72

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1969-12-08 Death

Vincenzo Davico

Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80

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1961-12-08 Death

William Beatton Moonie

William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78

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1930-12-08 Event

Cole Porter

Cole Porter's musical "NYCers" premieres in NYC

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1849-12-08 Event

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller" premieres in Naples

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1956-12-08 Event

Guy Mitchell

Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks

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1914-12-08 Event

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step" premieres in NYC

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1997-12-08 Event

LeAnn Rimes

8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes & Spice Girls win

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1813-12-08 Event

Ludwig V. Beethoven

Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres

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1967-12-08 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in UK

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