On This Day in Music: December 9

On December 9 in music history, 46 artists were born, 28 died and 6 other milestones happened, among them Canibus (1974), Donny Osmond (1957) and Imogen Heap (1977).

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Canibus

Canibus, American rapper was born

Donny Osmond

Donny Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) was born

Imogen Heap

Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter was born

SZA

SZA released the album 'SOS'

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Born on December 9

Alan Ridout

Alan Ridout, composer was born

Algernon Ashton

Algernon Ashton, composer was born

Canibus

Canibus, American rapper was born

Chamras Saewataporn

Chamras Saewataporn, Thai composer and musician was born

Conchita Supervía

Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (d. 1936) was born

Dan Hicks

Dan Hicks, American rocker was born

David Houston

David Houston, rocker was born

Dennis Dunaway

Dennis Dunaway, rocker was born

Donny Osmond

Donny Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) was born

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Jarotschin Germ, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier) was born

Emma Abbott

Emma Abbott, American soprano (d. 1891) was born

Etienne Ozi

Etienne Ozi, composer was born

Frans van Amelsvoort

Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor was born

Freddy Martin

Freddy Martin, Cleve Oh, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin) was born

Georg Gottfried Petri

Georg Gottfried Petri, composer was born

George Baker

George Baker, [Hans Bouwens], Dutch vocalist (G B Selection) was born

Greet Koeman

Greet Koeman, Dutch singer was born

Hermione Gingold

Hermione Gingold, London England, actress (Gigi, Music Man) was born

Imogen Heap

Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter was born

Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill

Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician was born

Joan Armatrading

Joan Armatrading, St Kitts, singer (Back to the Night) was born

Joaquín Turina

Joaquín Turina, Seville Spain, composer (Rima) was born

Kara DioGuardi

Kara DioGuardi, American songwriter, record producer, and singer was born

Karel Kovarovic

Karel Kovarovic, composer was born

Kenny Vance

Kenny Vance, rocker was born

LaFee

LaFee, German singer was born

Michael Foster

Michael Foster, Richmond Va, drummer (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime) was born

Michael Nouri

Michael Nouri, Wash DC, actor (Beacon Hill, Bay City Blues) was born

Michel Fano

Michel Fano, composer was born

Olivia Lufkin

Olivia Lufkin, Japanese singer was born

Paul Landers

Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein) was born

Pekka Hannikainen

Pekka Hannikainen, composer was born

Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner

Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer was born

Pierre Henry

Pierre Henry, composer was born

Pietro Alessandro Guglieli

Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer was born

Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley

Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer was born

Rikk Agnew

Rikk Agnew, American guitarist (The Adolescents) was born

Sammy Strain

Sammy Strain, US singer (Imperials-Hurt So Bad) was born

Sidney Homer

Sidney Homer, composer was born

Sylvia

Sylvia, Kokomo Indiana, country singer (Nobody) was born

Tre Cool

Tre Cool, German-born American drummer (Green Day) was born

Vincent Accardi

Vincent Accardi, American guitarist Brand New was born

William Thomas McKinley

William Thomas McKinley, composer was born

Wolfgang Hildesheimer

Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog) was born

[Amos] Junior Wells

[Amos] Junior Wells, Memphis Tn, blues singer (In My Younger Days) was born

Émile Waldteufel

Émile Waldteufel, French composer (d. 1915) was born

Died on December 9

Bernard Zweers

Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70

Eugene Gigout

Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81

Faron Young

Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64

Francois Leonard Rouwyzer

Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90

Fritz Usinger

Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87

Garnet Silk

Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28

George Elvey

George Elvey, composer, dies at 77

Gottlieb Theophil Muffat

Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80

György Sándor

György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (b. 1912)

Hans Barth

Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59

Henry Holmes

Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66

Herbert Deutsch

Herbert Deutsch died

James Moody

James Moody, American jazz musician (b. 1925)

Jason Slater

Jason Slater died

Jenni Rivera

Jenni Rivera, American singer-songwriter, dies in a plane crash at 43

Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos

Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at 64

Jorge Ilegal

Jorge Ilegal died

Jose Angel Lamas

Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39

Marty Robbins

Marty Robbins, country singer, dies

Mary Hansen

Mary Hansen, Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab) (b. 1966)

Mermen Qamar Gul

Mermen Qamar Gul died

Patty Donahue

Patty Donahue, American singer (The Waitresses) (b. 1956)

Razzle

Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960)

Ruth Madoc

Ruth Madoc died

Sean Malone

Sean Malone died

Tamara Geva

Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91

Tonny Til

Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56

Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin

Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79

Releases & milestones on December 9

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Mikhail Glinka's opera "Russlan Ludmilla" premieres in Petersburg

Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss' opera "Salome" premiers in Dresden

Roger Waters

Roger Waters released the album 'The Lockdown Sessions'

SZA

SZA released the album 'SOS'

various artists

various artists released the album 'FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Official Soundtrack'

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