16. decembar

1652 - Giovanni Maria Casini, composer
1734 - Georg Peter Weimar, composer
1748 - Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer
1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn, Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy), (d. 1827)
1775 - Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer
1777 - Janos Fusz, composer
1822 - Charles Edward Horsley, composer
1825 - Robert Prescott Stewart, composer
1847 - Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer
1882 - Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (d. 1967)
1893 - Vladimir Golschmann, Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat
1910 - Robert Noehren, composer
1910 - Stanojlo Rajicic, composer
1915 - Georgy Sviridov, Soviet neoromantic composer (The Blizzard, Time, Forward!)
1915 - Turk Murphy, American trombonist (d. 1987)
1918 - Pierre Delanoë, French songwriter and lyricist (d. 2006)
1919 - Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy)
1922 - Cy Leslie, American music and video executive (d. 2008)
1923 - Werner Haentjes, composer
1926 - Alfred Koerppen, composer
1932 - Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin, Moscow, composer (Humpback Horse)
1937 - Jim Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
1937 - Joe Farrell, rocker
1940 - Dimitri van Toren, Dutch vocalist/composer
1943 - Anthony ’Tony’ Hicks, Nelson Lancashire, British rock guitarist (The Hollies)
1944 - John Abercrombie, rocker
1946 - Benny Andersson, Stockholm Sweden, singer (ABBA-Money! Money! Money!)
1946 - Trevor Pinnock, English conductor and harpsichordist
1949 - Billy Gibbons, Houston Texas, jazz/rock guitarist (Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top)
1951 - Robben Ford, American guitarist
1959 - Steven Irvine, rock drummer (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
1963 - Jeff Carson, American singer
1971 - Michael S McCary, [Boss], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)
1971 - Paul van Dyk, German DJ
1975 - Nawo Kawakita, Japanese drummer (Maximum the Hormone)
1975 - Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician (Billy Talent)
1978 - Kaine, American rapper (Ying Yang Twins)
1979 - Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer
1981 - Flo Rida, American rapper
1981 - Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer

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17. decembar

1638 - Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer
1749 - Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto)
1770 - Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
1838 - Berthold Tours, composer
1840 - Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer
1848 - Frederick Grant Gleason, composer
1861 - Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer
1863 - Ion Vidu, composer
1864 - John Felix August Korling, composer
1869 - Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer
1894 - Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)
1900 - Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor
1903 - Ray Noble, English bandleader and actor (d. 1978)
1906 - Fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer
1908 - William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer
1910 - Sy Oliver, American jazz arranger and bandleader (d. 1988)
1915 - André Claveau, French singer (d. 2003)
1917 - Louis Salvador Palange, composer
1920 - Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tilsit East Prussia, actor (Kafka, Music Box)
1922 - Hubert H A Beckers, Curacaoan opera singer
1930 - Makoto Moroi, composer
1937 - Art Neville, New Orleans LA, vocalist (Neville Brothers)
1938 - Carlo Little, English drummer (d. 2005)
1939 - Eddie Kendricks, Alabama, rocker (Temptations-My Girl, Boogie Down)
1939 - James Booker, New Orleans, R & B musician (Gonzo)
1942 - Paul Butterfield, Chicago, blues musician (Better Days)
1943 - Dave Dee, rocker
1943 - William Brooks, composer
1943 - Ron Geesin, Scottish musician and composer
1948 - Jim Alexander, rocker
1948 - Jim Bonfanti, rocker (Raspberries-Go All the Way)
1949 - Paul Rodgers, Engl, rocker (Bad Company-Feel Like Makin Love, Firm)
1950 - Carlton Barrett, Jamaicans reggae drummer (Bob Marley & Wailers)
1951 - Wanda Hutchison, rocker
1952 - Mickey Jones, Wash DC, rock bassist
1953 - Ikue Ile Mori, rocker
1953 - Mark Gane, Toronto Canada, rocker (M+M)
1958 - Mike Mills, US pop bassist (REM-One I Love)
1959 - Albert King, actor (BB King & Friends, Blues Alive)
1961 - Sarah Dallin, rocker (Bananarama-Venus)
1964 - Ginger, English singer and guitarist (The Wildhearts)
1967 - Gigi D’Agostino, Italian DJ and musician
1978 - Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer (Three Days Grace)
1979 - Ryan Key, American musician and songwriter (Yellowcard)
1994 - Nat Wolff, American actor, and singer-songwriter

18. decembar

1562 - Philipp Dulichius, composer
1569 - Jakob Hassler, composer
1667 - Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer
1734 - Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer
1788 - Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer
1812 - Wiktor Kazynski, composer
1848 - Karl Schroder, composer
1852 - Gaetano Coronaro, composer
1860 - Edward Alexander MacDowell, US, composer (Indian Suite)
1861 - Lionel Monckton, composer
1873 - Adolf Vogl, composer
1897 - Fletcher Henderson, American arranger and composer (d. 1952)
1904 - Wilf Carter, country singer
1905 - Richard Sturzenegger, composer
1906 - Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher
1910 - Abe Burrows, Brooklyn New York, American Broadway composer (Guys & Dolls 1951 TONY)
1913 - Donald Phillips, pianist/composer
1913 - Saburo Takata, composer
1920 - Rita Streich, German singer
1931 - Allen Klein, American rock and roll business manager
1938 - Bryan Chas Chandler, rocker (The Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1939 - Henrica M L "Wiesje" Backer, Dutch dancer/actress/playwright
1941 - Sam Andrew, rocker (Big Brother & Holding Company-Cheap Thrills)
1941 - Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpeter and composer
1943 - Bobby Keyes, rocker
1943 - Keith Richards, England, rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
1948 - Bryan "Chas" Changler, Newcastle, rock bassist (Animals)
1948 - Bill Nelson, English musician (Be Bop Deluxe)
1948 - Laurent Voulzy, French singer and composer
1950 - Martha Johnson, Toronto Canada, rocker (M+M)
1950 - Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne) (d. 2002)
1953 - Elliot Easton, [Elliot Shapiro], Brooklyn NY, rock guitarist (Cars)
1957 - John Webster, rocker (Red Ryder-Light in the Tunnel)
1961 - Ken Foreman, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate’s Hymm)
1962 - Renaldo Lapuz, Filipino-American Singer
1963 - Pauline Ester, French singer
1964 - Robson Green, English actor and singer
1965 - Mick Collins, American musician (The Gories, The Dirtbombs)
1966 - Steve Dullaghan, rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal)
1966 - Tracy Byrd, country singer
1966 - Mille Petrozza, German singer (Kreator)
1968 - Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer
1970 - Cowboy Troy, American rapper
1970 - DMX, American rapper and actor
1971 - Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer
1972 - Raymond Herrera, American drummer (Fear Factory) and businessman
1974 - Euroboy, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)
1980 - Christina Aguilera, American singer (Genie in a Bottle, What a Girl Wants)
1982 - Dave Luetkenhoelter, American bassist (Kutless)
1983 - Steph Jones, American R&B singer
1987 - Ayaka, Japanese singer

19. decembar

1676 - Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist
1797 - Josef Theodor Krov, composer
1825 - George Frederick Bristow, composer
1864 - Adolf Sandberger, composer
1876 - Carlo Gatti, composer
1878 - Anton Lajovic, composer
1879 - Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer
1880 - Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer
1882 - Walter Braunfels, composer
1884 - Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer
1888 - Fritz Reiner, Budapest Hungary, US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch)
1894 - Paul Dessau, Hamburg Germany, composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33)
1895 - Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Jazz Player)
1902 - Leonard Hirsch, British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch)
1905 - Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer
1916 - Hal Hastings, NYC, orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway)
1918 - ’Professor Longhair’ Henry Roeland Byrd, Bogalusa, Louisiana, New Orleans blues singer and pianist
1920 - Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer
1921 - Ludvik Podest, composer
1925 - Jimmy Dickens, Bolt WV, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1925 - Robert Sherman, New York City, New York, songwriter (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book), (d. 2012)
1928 - Galt MacDermot, Montreal Canada, composer (Letting Down My Hair)
1928 - Michael Hurd, composer
1935 - Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974)
1940 - Phil Ochs, El Paso Tx, anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill, War is Over)
1941 - Maurice White, Memphis TN, rock vocalist (Earth, Wind & Fire-Spirit)
1944 - Alvin Lee, Nottingham England, rock vocals/guitarist (10 Years After), (d. 2013)
1944 - Maurice White, rocker
1944 - Zal Yanovsky, rock guitarist (Lovin’ Spoonful-Do You Believe in Magic)
1945 - John McEuen, rocker (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1946 - Marianne Faithfull, Hampstead England, singer (Money, As Tears Go By)
1947 - Janie Fricke, South Whitley In, singer (It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Easy)
1949 - Lenny White, rocker
1949 - Sebastian, Danish musician
1957 - Doug Johnson, rock keyboardist (Loverboy-Get Lucky)
1958 - Limahl, British rocker (Kajagoogoo-Too Shy)
1963 - Jennifer Beals, Chicago Ill, actress (Flashdance, Bride)
1965 - Chuckii Booker, rocker
1967 - Criss Angel [Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos], Hempstead, New York, American magician and illusionist (Criss Angel Mindfreak)
1970 - Zac Foley, rock bassist (EMF-Unbelievable)
1974 - Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM)
1975 - Casual, [Jon Owens], rapper
1979 - Kevin Devine, American musician
1982 - Vincent Accardi, American musician
1985 - Lady Sovereign, English musician
1991 - Declan Galbraith, English singer

20. decembar

1539 - Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer
1594 - Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer
1606 - Christoph Schultze, composer
1729 - Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer
1758 - Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer
1774 - Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer
1786 - Pietro Raimondi, composer
1809 - Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer
1812 - Achille Peri, composer
1867 - Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer
1871 - Henry Kimball Hadley, composer
1872 - Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer
1886 - Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer
1889 - Bozidar Sirola, composer
1907 - Paul Francis Webster, songwriter (d. 1984)
1908 - Giulio Cesare Brero, composer
1909 - Vagn Holmboe, composer
1925 - Vlastimir Nikolovski, composer
1928 - Charles Donald Adams, singer
1938 - John Harris Harbison, Orange NJ, composer
1939 - Agatha N "Kim" Weston, US gospel/singer (It Takes Two)
1939 - Klaus Schweizer, composer
1940 - Larry Willis, rock keyboardist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1944 - Robert Colomby, NYC, rock drummer (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die)
1945 - Peter Criss [George Peter John Criscuola], Brooklyn NY, American drummer and singer (Kiss)
1947 - Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer
1948 - "Little" Stevie Wright, rocker (Easybeats)
1951 - Gilbert Montagné, French musician
1955 - Ed Kuepper, German/Australian, singer/songwriter (Saints)
1957 - Billy Bragg, British rocker (It Says Here, Ideology)
1957 - Mike Watt, US bassist (Rockband Firehose)
1957 - Anna Vissi, Greek-Cypriot singer
1961 - Mohammad Fouad, Arab singer and actor
1966 - Chris Robinson, Atlanta, rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)
1966 - Myrra Malmberg, Swedish singer
1972 - Anders Odden, Norwegian musician
1974 - Die, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
1977 - Saukrates, Canadian rapper
1981 - Chris Edwards, British musician (Kasabian)
1982 - David Cook, American singer, winner of American Idol.
1983 - Adrián Varela, Mexican singer
1984 - David Tavaré, Spanish singer
1990 - JoJo, American singer

21. decembar

1616 - Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer
1628 - Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer
1728 - Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer
1756 - Thomas Anton Kunz, composer
1810 - Ludwig Schuncke, composer
1826 - Ernst Pauer, composer
1848 - Edward Everett Rice, composer
1850 - Zdenek Fibich, composer
1867 - John Winter Thompson, composer
1873 - Blagoje Bersa, Croatian composer (d. 1934)
1886 - George Norman Peterkin, composer
1895 - Paul Hoffer, composer
1896 - Leroy Robertson, composer
1911 - Paul Burkhard, composer
1915 - Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers (d. 2007)
1921 - Joan Dickson, cellist
1924 - Rita Reys, [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer, (d. 2013)
1926 - John Herbert McDowell, composer
1928 - Thomas Rajna, composer
1929 - Jack Philip Cannon, composer
1931 - Caroline Kaart, [Paterson Raitt], Dutch alto singer
1931 - David Baker, Indianapolis Indiana, composer (Reflections)
1932 - Ilja Zeljenka, composer
1933 - Miklos Kocsar, composer
1940 - Frank Zappa, Baltimore, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Catholic Girls)
1940 - Paul, [Ray Hildebrand], Tx, singer (Hey Paula)
1942 - Carla Thomas, US singer (Let Me Be Good to You)
1942 - Reinhard Mey, German singer
1943 - Albert Lee, rocker
1944 - Michael Tilson Thomas, Los Angeles California, conductor (NY Phil Young People)
1946 - Carl Dean Wilson, Hawthorne California, rock vocalist (Beach Boys-Barbie)
1946 - Christopher Keene, Berkeley California, conductor (La Traviata)
1947 - Paco de Lucía, Spanish musician
1948 - Willi Resetarits, Austrian musician
1950 - Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1953 - Andras Schiff, Budapest Hungary, pianist (Tchaikovsky-1974)
1953 - Betty Wright, US gospel/singer/TV hostess (Little Miss Broadway)
1955 - Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese musician
1956 - Lee Roy Parnell, Abilene Texas, country singer (Oughta be a Law)
1960 - Louis Demetrius Alvanis, London-based pianist
1961 - Ryuji Sasai, Japanese composer
1962 - Christy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
1964 - Ed Jongsma, Dutch pop bassist (Sleeze Beez-Look Like Hell)
1965 - Gabrielle Glaser, musician (Luscious Jackson)
1971 - Mathieu Chedid, French musician
1971 - Brett Scallions, American singer (Fuel, The X’s)
1972 - Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer
1973 - Karmen Stavec, German-born Slovenian singer
1975 - Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer
1979 - Tuva Novotny, Swedish actress and singer
1981 - Lynda Thomas, Mexican singer

22. decembar

1624 - Tomas Micieres, composer
1723 - Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer
1815 - Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader
1819 - Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor
1821 - Giovanni Bottesini, composer
1842 - Nicola d’ Arienzo, composer
1844 - Izydor Lotto, composer
1846 - Andreas Hallen, composer
1853 - Maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor
1858 - Giacomo Puccini, Lucca Italy opera composer (La bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly), (d. 1924)
1859 - Cecil [James] Sharp, London England, collector of English folk music and dance
1866 - Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer
1874 - Franz Schmidt, composer
1875 - Antoine Mariotte, composer
1883 - , gard Varèse French-born composer (d. 1965)
1885 - Joseph Deems Taylor, NYC, composer (Peter Ibbetson)
1900 - Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher
1901 - Andre Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrari)
1903 - Marc Lavry, composer
1907 - Yoshio Hasegawa, composer
1921 - Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington WV, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1921 - Robert Frank Kurka, composer
1924 - Frank Corsaro, NY harbor, opera director
1925 - Gunther Schuller, NYC, jazz composer
1925 - Thomas Christian David, composer
1939 - James Gurley, American musician
1944 - Barry Jenkins, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1946 - Rick Nielsen, Rockford Il, rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick)
1949 - Maurice Gibb, Douglas Isle of Man, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever)
1949 - Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe)
1949 - Robin Gibb, Douglas Isle of Man, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever), (d. 2012)
1953 - David Leisner, composer
1957 - Ricky Ross, British rock vocalist (Deacon Blue-Raintown)
1958 - Frank Gambale, Australian musician
1958 - David Heavener, American actor and musician
1960 - Wakin Chau, Chinese singer
1960 - Luther Campbell (Luke), American rap artist (2 Live Crew)
1966 - Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, German singer and bassplayer (Destruction)
1967 - Richey James Edwards, Welsh musician (Manic Street Preachers) (disappeared in 1995)
1984 - Basshunter, popular Swedish singer
1989 - Jordin Sparks, American singer and American Idol winner

23. decembar

1582 - Severo Bonini, composer
1644 - Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
1689 - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
1699 - Joseph Gibbs, composer
1709 - Jean-Noel Hamal, composer
1714 - Johann Siebenkas, composer
1716 - Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer
1749 - Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer
1763 - John Davy, composer
1812 - William Hauser, composer
1823 - Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer
1830 - Adam Minchejmer, composer
1855 - Alan Gray, composer
1896 - Alberto Hemsi, composer
1905 - Arn Bjornsson, composer
1906 - Ross Lee Finney, Wells Minnesota, composer (Landscapes Remembered)
1913 - Hans Henkemans, composer
1913 - Leo A Ketelaars, Dutch oratorio vocalist
1914 - Dezider Kardos, composer
1918 - Jose Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer (Holiday for Lovers)
1923 - Milt Okun, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Starland Vocal Band Show)
1923 - Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist
1923 - Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor
1926 - Dusan Kostic, composer
1927 - Joseph Castaldo, composer
1928 - Chronis Aidonidis, Greek singer
1929 - Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1988)
1932 - Revjames Cleveland, rocker
1935 - Esther Phillips, [EM Jones], US singer (When a Woman Loves a Man)
1936 - Claude Albert Coppens, composer
1936 - Frederic Forrest, Waxahachie TX, actor (Music Box, Lonesone Dove)
1939 - Johnny Kidd, [Frederick Heath], London, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates)
1940 - Eugene Record, US singer (Chi Lites-Give it Away)
1940 - Jorma Kaukonen, Wash DC, rock guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
1941 - Tim Hardin, Eugene, Oregon, American singer (If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire)
1941 - Ron Bushy, American musician
1942 - Friedrich Schenker, composer
1943 - Derek Small, rocker (Spinal Tap)
1943 - Peter Quaife, Devon England, rock bassist (Kinks-Long Tall Sally)
1943 - Ross Edwards, composer
1945 - Georges Aperghis, composer
1945 - Ronald Bushy, rocker (Iron Butterfly-Ina gada davida)
1946 - Edita Gruberova, Slovak operatic soprano
1949 - Luther Grosvenor, rocker (Spooky Tooth)
1949 - Adrian Belew, American musician
1951 - Johnny Contardo, singer (Sha Na Na)
1952 - Hans Abrahamsen, composer
1956 - Dave Murray, London, English heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Iron Maiden)
1957 - Dan Bigras, Canadian singer
1958 - Victoria Williams, American singer
1960 - William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen-Move Any Mountain)
1964 - Eddie Vedder, Evanston, Illinois, American heavy metal singer (Pearl Jam-Justine)
1967 - Carla Bruni, Italian-French model and singer
1968 - Quincy Jones III, Swedish-American musician
1971 - Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1977 - Jari Mäenpää, Finnish guitarist and singer
1978 - Esthero, Canadian musician and singer
1981 - Beth, Spanish singer
1985 - Harry Judd, British drummer (McFly)
1988 - Eri Kamei, Japanese singer
1990 - Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress, model, and singer

24. decembar

1653 - Georg Motz, composer
1679 - Domenico Natale Sarro, composer
1719 - Johann Christoph Altnikol, composer
1726 - Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer
1761 - Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808)
1773 - Joseph Wolfl, composer
1812 - Henry Russell, composer
1813 - Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer
1824 - Peter Cornelius, composer
1826 - Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer
1829 - Benjamin Ipavec, composer
1829 - Jose Rogel, composer
1859 - Roman Statkowski, composer
1870 - Rosario Scalero, composer
1879 - Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer
1881 - Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer
1881 - Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer
1898 - Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (d. 1959)
1904 - Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist
1906 - Franz Waxman, German film composer (d. 1967)
1909 - Adam Popovich, composer
1910 - Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee Wisc, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace)
1913 - Karl Michael Komma, composer
1920 - Dave Bartholomew, La, jazz artist/songwriter (Blueberry Hill)
1921 - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer
1924 - [Irving] Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist (Working in the Coal Mines)
1924 - Lee Dorsey, American singer (d. 1986)
1925 - Mohd. Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer (d. 1980)
1925 - Yafa Yarkoni, Israel, singer (Road to Jerusalem, Don’t Say Goodbye, Say I will see You) (d.2012)
1927 - Teresa Stich-Randall, US soprano (Vienna State Opera)
1929 - Noel Da Costa, composer
1930 - Robert Joffrey, [Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan], US, dancer
1931 - Mauricio Kagel, Argentina/German composer
1944 - Mike Curb, Savannah Ga, singer (Mike Curb Congregation)
1945 - Lemmy, [Ian Kilminster], rocker (Hawkwind, Motorhead-Built for Speed)
1946 - John Akkerman, Dutch guitarist/composer (Focus-Can’t Stand Noise)
1950 - Libbi Larsen, composer
1950 - Peter te Bos, Dutch singer (Claw Boys Claw)
1951 - Johnny Contardo, rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
1957 - Ian Burden, S Yorks England, rock bassist (Human League-Only Human)
1957 - Diane Tell, Quebec singer
1958 - Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer
1962 - Michael Ray, rocker
1963 - Mary Ramsey, singer (10,000 Maniacs)
1965 - Millard Powers, American musician and songwriter
1968 - Doyle Bramhall II, American guitarist
1969 - Kenny "Damn" Kelly, Paterson NJ, rapper (Riff-Judy had a Boyfriend)
1970 - Will Oldham, American singer and songwriter
1971 - Ricky Martin, San Juan, Puerto Rico, singer (Menudo)/actor (General Hospital)
1971 - Giorgos Alkaios, Greek singer
1980 - Tomas Kalnoky, American musician (Streetlight Manifesto)
1982 - Aiba Masaki, Japanese singer and actor
1982 - Robert Carmine, American singer
1986 - Edward Southall, British composer

25. decembar

1583 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized
1601 - Jose Ximenez, composer
1646 - Harald Vallerius, composer
1665 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (d. 1746)
1686 - Giovanni Battista Somis, composer
1711 - Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer
1728 - Johann Adam Hiller, composer
1750 - John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer
1765 - Joseph Mazzinghi, composer
1775 - Antun Sorkocevic, composer
1815 - Temistocle Solera, composer
1825 - Esteban Salas y Castro, composer
1829 - Patrick S Gilmore, composer
1831 - Johann Herbeck, composer
1837 - Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner
1859 - Raoul Gunsbourg, composer
1868 - Eugenie Besserer, Watertown NY, actress (Jazz Singer)
1874 - Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (d. 1944)
1883 - Fran Lhotka, composer
1886 - Kid Ory, American musician (d. 1973)
1891 - Earle Foxe, Oxford OH, actor (Dance Fools Dance)
1900 - Gladys Swarthout, Deepwater Missouri, mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda)
1903 - Antiochos Evanghelatos, composer
1907 - Cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader (Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball)
1908 - Jan Seidel, composer
1910 - David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US dancer (Make Mine Music)
1912 - Leighton Noble, singer/bandleader
1912 - Werner Fussan, composer
1913 - Tony Martin [Alvin Morris], San Francisco, California, American singer (It’s a Blue World, To Each),
1915 - Noelle de Mosa, Neth/British dancer/teacher (Brigadoon)
1915 - Pete Rugolo, bandleader/arranger (Fugitive)
1916 - Daniel Devoto, composer
1918 - Eddie Safranski, Pitts Pa, orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show)
1919 - Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006)
1922 - Kitty Kallen, Phila Pa, singer (Judge For Yourself)
1923 - Louis Lane, Eagle Pass Texas, conductor (Oere Orch 1968-73)
1926 - Enrique Jorrín, Cuban composer and musician (d. 1987)
1929 - Billy Horton, rocker (The Silhouettes-Get a Job)
1929 - Chris Kenner, rocker
1934 - McKinley Mitchell, US gospel/singer (The Town I Live In)
1935 - Gunter Friedrichs, composer
1937 - O’Kelly Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout)
1938 - David Borden, composer
1939 - Bob James, rocker
1940 - Peter Brown, Chicago Il, rocker
1941 - Don Pullen, pianist/composer
1941 - Ronald Perera, composer
1943 - Trevor Lucas, rocker (Fairport Convention)
1944 - Henry Vestine, rock guitarist (Canned Heat-On the Road Again)
1945 - Noel Redding, rocker (The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze)
1945 - Steve Mancha, [Clyde Wilson], US singer/songwriter (Too Many Cooks)
1946 - Jimmy Buffet, Mobile Alabama, vocalist (Margaritaville)
1948 - Barbara Mandrell, Houston Texas, singer/TV host (Mandrell Sisters)
1948 - Merry Clayton, rocker
1949 - Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Singer and icon of the Brazilian music
1949 - Joe Louis Walker, American musician
1951 - Ria Thielsch, Dutch singer (Luv)
1952 - Desireless, French singer
1954 - Annie Lennox, Aberdeen Scotld, vocalist (Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Why)
1954 - Robin Campbell, British reggae vocalist/guitarist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1954 - Steve Wariner, Noblesville Indiana, country singer (Small Town Girl)
1955 - Alannah Myles, Canadian singer
1957 - Jan Rot, Dutch composer/writer (Wrong Nights)
1957 - Shane McGowan, rock vocalist (Pogues-Red Roses For Me)
1957 - Shane MacGowan, Irish musician
1962 - Darren Wharton, British Keyboardist (Thin Lizzy and Dare)
1964 - , m Royes - Music Video Director and Editor
1971 - Noel Hogan, musician (Cranberries)
1971 - Dido, Kensington, London, pop singer and rap/dance music vocalist (Eminem’s ’Stan’, ’No Angel’)
1972 - Fantasia, [Tonya Manley], Detroit Mich, dancer/actress (Pump it Up)
1972 - Josh Freese, American drummer
1976 - Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboardist and songwriter
1982 - Shystie, British rapper-songwriter
1984 - Jessica Origliasso, Australian Singer (The Veronicas)
1984 - Lisa Origliasso, Australian Singer (The Veronicas)
1985 - Leon Pisani, Welsh singer

26. decembar

1687 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer
1762 - Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer
1793 - Franz Hunten, composer
1797 - Hans Skramstad, composer
1805 - Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer
1808 - Albert Grisar, composer
1812 - Wilhelm Volkmar, composer
1826 - Franz Coenen, composer
1845 - Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer
1855 - Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer
1869 - Harry Redman, composer
1873 - Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels)
1873 - Karel Moor, composer
1879 - Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer
1879 - Julius Weismann, composer
1893 - Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer
1893 - Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin, composer
1894 - Antonio Molina, composer
1901 - Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer [NS]
1901 - Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer
1906 - Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003)
1915 - Una Mae Carlisle, US pianist/vocalist (Walkin’ at the River)
1916 - Helmut Eder, composer
1920 - Gote Carlid, composer
1926 - Earle Brown, composer
1926 - Zlatko Pibernik, composer
1929 - Régine, French singer and nightclub owner
1931 - Thomas Eden Binkley, musician
1935 - Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Detroit MI, rock vocalist (Four Tops)
1942 - Earl Cate, Ark, country singers (Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks)
1942 - Ernie Cate, Ark, country singers (Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks)
1942 - Rob de Nijs, Dutch singer (Put a candle in your window)
1946 - Gordon Edwards, rocker
1949 - Ira Newborn, NYC, orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer)
1950 - Michael Jones, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
1952 - Andre-Michel Schub, Paris France, pianist (Van Cliburn-1981)
1953 - Henning Schmitz, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1954 - Peter Woods, rocker (Romeo Void-Girl in Trouble)
1963 - Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer (Metallica-Kill ’em All)
1970 - James Mercer, American musician (The Shins)
1970 - Krissada Terrence, Thai singer and actor
1979 - Chris Daughtry, American singer
1979 - Mzbel, Ghanaian singer

27. decembar

1748 - William Marshall, composer
1752 - Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer
1800 - John Goss, composer
1822 - John Roberts, composer
1825 - Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer
1845 - Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer
1856 - Andre Gedalge, composer
1859 - William Henry Hadow, composer
1874 - Max Ettinger, composer
1884 - Bernard van Dieren, composer
1890 - Maurice Schoemaker, composer
1892 - Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer
1901 - Marlene Dietrich [Maria Losch], Berlin Germany, singer/actress (Blue Angel), (d. 1992)
1902 - Ferenc Szabo, composer
1906 - Ivan Brkanovic, composer
1906 - Oscar Levant, Pittsburgh, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life)
1907 - Jan Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer
1907 - Nils-Eric Ringbom, composer
1907 - Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor (Melbourne 1967-71)
1911 - Endre Szervanszky, composer [or Jan 1]
1925 - Allan Blank, composer
1930 - Jacqueline Fontijn, Flemish composer
1931 - Scotty Moore, guitarist (for Elvis)
1940 - Pete Brown, rocker
1941 - Leslie Maguire, rocker (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersey)
1941 - Michael ’Mike’ Pinder, Birmingham UK, rocker (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
1942 - Mike Heron, Edinburgh Scotland, rock musician
1943 - Dave Rowberry, Newcastle, rocker (Animals)
1943 - Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish musician
1944 - Mick Jones, rock guitarist (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love is)
1944 - Tracy Nelson, Madison Wisconsin, American singer
1947 - Janet Perry, American soprano
1948 - Larry Byrom, rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World)
1950 - Terry Bozzio, rock drummer (Missing Persons-Hello I Love You)
1952 - Karla Bonoff, rock singer (New World, Restless Nights)
1960 - Donald Nally, American choral conductor
1967 - Niels Meijer, Dutch rock keyboardist (Bob Color)
1972 - Matt Slocum, American musician (Sixpence None the Richer)
1973 - Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer
1980 - Cas Haley, American singer and guitarist
1981 - Javine, British singer
1982 - James Mead, American guitarist (Kutless)
1982 - Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist, (Týr)
1984 - Pleasure P, American R&B Singer. Former member of Pretty Ricky (band)

28. decembar

1694 - Ceslav Vanura, composer
1731 - Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master
1738 - Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer
1751 - Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer
1753 - Johan Wikmanson, composer
1783 - Robert Gallenberg, composer
1805 - Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer
1812 - Julius Reitz, composer
1837 - Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer
1842 - Calixa Lavallee, composer
1845 - Homer Newton Bartlett, composer
1859 - Gerard Brucken Fock, composer
1860 - Alexander von Fielitz, composer
1888 - Gabriel von Wayditch, composer
1896 - Roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks)
1903 - Earl Hines, American musician (d. 1983)
1905 - Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne Pa, jazz pianist (Deep Forest)
1907 - Roman Palester, Polish composer: The Weichsel
1909 - Billy Williams, Waco Tx, singer (Your Show of Shows)
1915 - Roebuck "Pops" Staples, US gospel/singer (Staple Singers)
1919 - Inocenti Carreno, composer
1921 - Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist
1921 - Johnny Otis, (Alexandres Veliotes) Vallejo California, US R & B musician, producer and talent scout
1928 - Kamillo Lendvay, composer
1928 - Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (d. 2001)
1931 - John de Mol, Dutch vocalist/composer/producer
1932 - Dorsey Burnette, Memphis, rocker (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One)
1932 - Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer
1938 - Charles Neville, US rock vocalist/saxophonist (Neville Brothers)
1938 - Richard Sudhalter, British(?) writer/jazz musician
1940 - Alvin Elliot Singleton, composer
1940 - Lonnie Liston Smith, US jazz performer (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady)
1943 - Bobby Comstock, rocker
1945 - Dwight Bement, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
1946 - Edgar Winter, Beaumont Tx, rocker (They Only Come Out at Night)
1947 - Dick Diamonde, [Van Der Sluys], Hilversum, rock bassist (Easybeats)
1950 - Alex Chilton, Memphis Tenn, rock guitarist/vocalist (Box Tops)
1953 - Richard Clayderman, pianist (Amour, Romantic America)
1954 - Rosie Vela, British singer (Zazu, Fools Paradise)
1956 - Kenneth Grant, bass/vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking, Operator)
1956 - Michael Gibbons, rocker (Bo Donaldson & Heywoods-Billy Don’t be a Hero)
1956 - Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
1958 - Joe Diffie, Tulsa Ok, country singer/guitarist (Home)
1958 - Mike McGuire, Haleyville Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
1959 - Ana Torroja, Spanish singer (Mecano)
1960 - Marty Roe, Lebanon Ohio, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1962 - Rachel Z, American pianist
1963 - Mel Stottlemyre Jr, pitcher (Toronto Blues Jays)
1973 - Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress
1978 - John Legend, American musician
1979 - Senna Guemmour, German Singer (Monrose)
1990 - David Archuleta, American Idol runner-up, American Singer

29. decembar

1563 - Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer
1678 - Gotthard Wagner, composer
1767 - Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer
1813 - Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer
1850 - Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer
1876 - Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, cellist/conductor/composer
1880 - Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer
1887 - Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer
1897 - Hermann Heiss, composer
1898 - Jeanne Leleu, composer
1900 - Willie Humphrey, jazz Clarinetist
1903 - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter/bandleader
1912 - Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad)
1914 - Billy Tipton, American musician (d. 1989)
1919 - Roman Vlad, composer
1930 - Willy Giefer, composer
1933 - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist
1936 - Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky, composer
1939 - Ed Bruce, Keiser Arkansas, country singer
1940 - Peter Koelewijn, Dutch writer/vocalist (Come off that Roof)
1941 - Ray Thomas, England, rock vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
1942 - Rick Danko, Blayney Ontario, Canadain musician (The Band)
1942 - Jerry Summers, rocker
1946 - Marianne Faithfull, Hampstead England, vocalist (Money)
1947 - Cozy Powell, England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP)
1951 - Laurel Masse, Holland Mich, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Operator)
1951 - Yvonne Elliman, US actress/singer (I Don’t Know How to Love Him)
1951 - Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (d. 2007)
1953 - Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress
1954 - Roger Voudouris, Sacramento Ca, rock vocalist
1955 - Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch rock drummer (Doe Maar-Bomb)
1955 - Neil Giraldo, rocker (Pat Benatar Band)
1956 - Dolf de Vries, Dutch musical/director/arranger (Josephine)
1961 - Jim Reid, Scottish singer (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat)
1965 - Dexter Holland, American musician (The Offspring)
1970 - Aled Jones, Welsh singer
1970 - Glen Phillips, American musician (Toad The Wet Sprocket)
1972 - Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor
1978 - LaToya London, American singer
1982 - Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Quebec singer
1983 - Jessica Andrews, American country/pop singer

30. decembar

1566 - Alessandro Piccinini, composer
1569 - Georg Quitschreiber, composer
1678 - William Croft, composer
1741 - Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer
1756 - Pavel Vranicky, composer
1775 - Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer
1848 - Mary Frances Allitsen, composer
1853 - Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer
1859 - Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer
1864 - Alessandro Longo, composer
1880 - Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein
1884 - Karl Heinrich David, composer
1887 - Henry George Ley, composer
1892 - Jaromir Fiala, composer
1898 - Vincent Lopez, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard)
1904 - Dmitry B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS 17 Dec]
1907 - Christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers)
1910 - Paul Frederic Bowles, US composer/writer (Shelting Sky)
1913 - Svend Simon Schultz, composer
1919 - David Valentine Willcocks, composer
1926 - Stanley Tracey, Denmark Hill, London, jazz composer, (d. 2013)
1931 - Skeeter Davis, [Mary Penick], Dry Ridge Ky, singer (End of World)
1934 - Del Shannon, [Charles Westover], Coopersville Mich, rocker (Runaway)
1935 - Bruno Canino, composer
1937 - John Hartford, NYC, country singer (Gentle on My Mind)
1937 - Paul Stookey, singer/musician (Peter, Paul, & Mary)
1942 - Michael Nesmith, Houston, rocker (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville)
1942 - Robert Quine, rocker
1943 - Rolf Gehlhaar, composer
1945 - Davy Jones, Manchester England, singer (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville), (d. 2012)
1945 - Preston Andrew Trombly, composer
1946 - Patti Smith, Chicago Il, rock vocalist (Radio Ethiopia)
1947 - Jeff Lynne, rocker (ELO-Telephone Line, Travelling Wilburys)
1951 - Nancy LaMott, singer
1952 - June Anderson, American soprano
1955 - Dindo Yogo, Congolese musician (d. 2000)
1956 - Suzy Bogguss, Aledo Ill, singer (I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart)
1959 - Tracey Ullman, Slough England, singer/actress (Tracey Ullman Show)
1962 - Paul Crowder, rocker (The Adventures-Sea of Love)
1964 - Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits)
1969 - Jay Kay, English musician (Jamiroquai)
1978 - Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
1978 - Tyrese, American singer and actor
1980 - Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer
1988 - Leon Jackson, Scottish singer

31. decembar

1724 - Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer
1799 - Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer
1826 - Henry Hiles, composer
1846 - Richard Kleinmichel, composer
1859 - Max Fiedler, composer
1874 - Ernest Austin, composer
1894 - Ernest John Moeran, British composer
1899 - Silvestre Revueltas, Santiago Papasquiaro Mexico, composer (Sensemaya)
1902 - Lionel Daunais, Quebec singer and composer (d. 1982)
1904 - Nathan Milstein, Odessa Russia, concert violinist (Phila Orch 1942)
1904 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer and actress (d. 1975)
1905 - Jule Styne, England, songwriter/composer (1954 Acad Award, 1968 Tony)
1908 - Marko Rothmuller, composer
1920 - Rex Allen, American actor, singer, and songwriter (d. 1999)
1922 - Rex Allen, Wilcox Az, cowboy singer (Dr Baxter-Frontier Doctor)
1928 - Ross Barbour, Columbus Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
1930 - Ala Odetta, [Odetta Holmes], Birmingham, folk singer/actress
1930 - Odetta, [Holmes], Birmingham Ala, folk singer (Sanctuary)
1940 - Mani Neumeier, German musician (Guru Guru)
1942 - Andy Summers, Blackpool England, rock guitarist (Police-Roxanne)
1943 - John Denver, NM, American country singer (Rocky Mt High), thank God he’s a country boy
1943 - Pete Qualfe, rocker
1947 - Burton Cummings, rock guitarist (Guess Who-These Eyes)
1947 - Rita Lee, Brazilian Rock Star
1948 - Donna Summer, Boston, singer (Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio), (d. 2012)
1951 - Fermin Goytisolo, rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It)
1951 - Tom Hamilton, Colorado Springs Co, rock bassist (Aerosmith-Dream On)
1959 - Paul Westerberg, singer (The Replacements)
1959 - Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician and musician
1963 - Scott Ian, Queens, New York, American heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-I’m the Man)
1970 - Michel Brunet, Gatineau Quebec, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd)
1972 - Joseph Mulrey McIntyre, rocker (New Kids-Lovin’ You Forever)
1973 - Malcolm Middleton, Scottish musician (Arab Strap)
1978 - Papoose, American rapper
1979 - Bob Bryar, American drummer (My Chemical Romance, Gerardolopoly)

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