On This Day in Music: December 9

1934 Birth

Alan Ridout

Alan Ridout, composer was born

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1859 Birth

Algernon Ashton

Algernon Ashton, composer was born

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1974 Birth

Canibus

Canibus, American rapper was born

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1955 Birth

Chamras Saewataporn

Chamras Saewataporn, Thai composer and musician was born

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1895 Birth

Conchita Supervía

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

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1941 Birth

Dan Hicks

Dan Hicks, American rocker was born

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1938 Birth

David Houston

David Houston, rocker was born

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1948 Birth

Dennis Dunaway

Dennis Dunaway, rocker was born

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1957 Birth

Donny Osmond

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

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1915 Birth

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

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

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1850 Birth

Emma Abbott

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

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1754 Birth

Etienne Ozi

Etienne Ozi, composer was born

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1899 Birth

Frans van Amelsvoort

Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor was born

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1906 Birth

Freddy Martin

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

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1715 Birth

Georg Gottfried Petri

Georg Gottfried Petri, composer was born

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1944 Birth

George Baker

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

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1906 Birth

Greet Koeman

Greet Koeman, Dutch singer was born

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1897 Birth

Hermione Gingold

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

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1977 Birth

Imogen Heap

Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter was born

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1932 Birth

Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill

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

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1950 Birth

Joan Armatrading

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

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1882 Birth

Joaquín Turina

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

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1970 Birth

Kara DioGuardi

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

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1862 Birth

Karel Kovarovic

Karel Kovarovic, composer was born

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1943 Birth

Kenny Vance

Kenny Vance, rocker was born

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1990 Birth

LaFee

LaFee, German singer was born

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1968 Birth

Michael Foster

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

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1945 Birth

Michael Nouri

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

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1929 Birth

Michel Fano

Michel Fano, composer was born

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1979 Birth

Olivia Lufkin

Olivia Lufkin, Japanese singer was born

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1964 Birth

Paul Landers

Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein) was born

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1854 Birth

Pekka Hannikainen

Pekka Hannikainen, composer was born

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1791 Birth

Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner

Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Pierre Henry

Pierre Henry, composer was born

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1728 Birth

Pietro Alessandro Guglieli

Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer was born

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1796 Birth

Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley

Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer was born

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1958 Birth

Rikk Agnew

Rikk Agnew, American guitarist (The Adolescents) was born

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1940 Birth

Sammy Strain

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

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1864 Birth

Sidney Homer

Sidney Homer, composer was born

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1956 Birth

Sylvia

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

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1972 Birth

Tre Cool

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

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1982 Birth

Vincent Accardi

Vincent Accardi, American guitarist Brand New was born

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1938 Birth

William Thomas McKinley

William Thomas McKinley, composer was born

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1916 Birth

Wolfgang Hildesheimer

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

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1934 Birth

[Amos] Junior Wells

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

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1837 Birth

Émile Waldteufel

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

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1924 Death

Bernard Zweers

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

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1925 Death

Eugene Gigout

Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81

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1996 Death

Faron Young

Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64

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1827 Death

Francois Leonard Rouwyzer

Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90

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1982 Death

Fritz Usinger

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

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1994 Death

Garnet Silk

Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28

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1893 Death

George Elvey

George Elvey, composer, dies at 77

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1770 Death

Gottlieb Theophil Muffat

Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80

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2005 Death

György Sándor

György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (b. 1912)

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1956 Death

Hans Barth

Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59

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1905 Death

Henry Holmes

Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66

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2022 Death

Herbert Deutsch

Herbert Deutsch died

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2010 Death

James Moody

James Moody, American jazz musician (b. 1925)

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2020 Death

Jason Slater

Jason Slater died

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2012 Death

Jenni Rivera

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

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1974 Death

Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos

Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at 64

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2025 Death

Jorge Ilegal

Jorge Ilegal died

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1814 Death

Jose Angel Lamas

Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39

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1982 Death

Marty Robbins

Marty Robbins, country singer, dies

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2002 Death

Mary Hansen

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

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2022 Death

Mermen Qamar Gul

Mermen Qamar Gul died

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1996 Death

Patty Donahue

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

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1984 Death

Razzle

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

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2022 Death

Ruth Madoc

Ruth Madoc died

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2020 Death

Sean Malone

Sean Malone died

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1997 Death

Tamara Geva

Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91

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1981 Death

Tonny Til

Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56

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1966 Death

Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin

Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79

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1954 Event

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad

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1842 Event

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

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

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1905 Event

Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss' opera "Salome" premiers in Dresden

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2022 Event

Roger Waters

Roger Waters released the album 'The Lockdown Sessions'

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2022 Event

SZA

SZA released the album 'SOS'

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2022 Event

various artists

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

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