December, 22 Playlist based on the events that happened on this day in music...

  1. 1901-12-22 - [Birth] Andre Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrari) was born
  2. 1984-12-22 - [Birth] Basshunter, popular Swedish singer was born
  3. 1723-12-22 - [Birth] Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer was born
  4. 1985-12-22 - [Death] D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)
  5. 2003-12-22 - [Death] Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928)
  6. 1958-12-22 - [Birth] David Heavener, American actor and musician was born
  7. 1953-12-22 - [Birth] David Leisner, composer was born
  8. 2006-12-22 - [Death] Dennis Linde, American songwriter (b. 1943)
  9. 1991-12-22 - [Death] Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91
  10. 1958-12-22 - [Birth] Frank Gambale, Australian musician was born
  11. 1874-12-22 - [Birth] Franz Schmidt, composer was born
  12. 1858-12-22 - [Birth] Giacomo Puccini, Lucca Italy opera composer (La bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly), (d. 1924) was born
  13. 1821-12-22 - [Birth] Giovanni Bottesini, composer was born
  14. 1925-12-22 - [Birth] Gunther Schuller, NYC, jazz composer was born
  15. 1921-12-22 - [Birth] Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington WV, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) was born
  16. 1745-12-22 - [Death] Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66
  17. 1874-12-22 - [Death] Johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86
  18. 1997-12-22 - [Death] Johnny Coles, trumpeter, dies at 71
  19. 1989-12-22 - [Birth] Jordin Sparks, American singer and American Idol winner was born
  20. 1939-12-22 - [Death] Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer/composer, dies at 53
  21. 1976-12-22 - [Event] German DR banishes singer Nina Hagen
  22. 1957-12-22 - [Birth] Ricky Ross, British rock vocalist (Deacon Blue-Raintown) was born
  23. 1949-12-22 - [Birth] Robin Gibb, Manchester England, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever), (d. 2012) was born
  24. 2002-12-22 - [Event] Joe Strummer, lead singer of the British punk band The Clash, dies at age 50
  25. 1978-12-22 - [Event] Kenny Jones becomes The Who's new drummer
  26. 1988-12-22 - [Death] Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies