December 1925 in Music

Events in Music

Dec 1 Jaime Mendoza-Nava, composer
Dec 3 Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose, Gone)
Dec 8 James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side)
Dec 8 Samuel "Sammy" Davis Jr., American singer/dancer/actor (Ocean's 11, Candy Man), born in NYC, New York (d. 1990)
Dec 12 Vladimir Shainsky, Soviet and Russian composer, born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 2017)
Dec 17 Rijk de Gooyer, Dutch actor, comedian and singer (Black Rider, Rififi in Amsterdam), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 2011)
Dec 19 Robert Sherman, songwriter (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
Dec 20 Vlastimir Nikolovski, Macedonian composer, born in Prileb, Macedonia
Dec 22 Thomas Christian David, Austrian composer, born in Wels, Austria (d. 2006)
Dec 24 Mohammed Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer, born in Kotla Sultan Singh, India (d. 1980)
Dec 24 Yafa Yarkoni, Israeli singer (Road to Jerusalem, Don't Say Goodbye, Say I will see You), born in Mandatory Palestine (d. 2012)
Dec 27 Allan Blank, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
Dec 28 Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (Touch of Class, Mozambique), born in Ulm, Germany (d. 2002)