Events in Music
- Dec 1 "Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances
- Dec 6 "Happy Hunting" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 413 performances
- Dec 8 Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues" single goes #1 for 10 weeks
- Dec 16 "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 888 performances
- Dec 22 "New Faces of 1956" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Dec 1 Stuart Kimball, rock guitarist (Face To Face)
- Dec 1 Julee Cruise, American singer and actress
- Dec 5 Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist and conductor, born in Zabrze, Poland
- Dec 6 Peter Buck, US pop guitarist (REM-Murmur)
- Dec 6 Randy Rhoads, Heavy metal guitarist (Quiet Riot), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 1982)
- Dec 8 Warren Cuccurullo, rock guitarist (Missing Persons)
- Dec 9 Sylvia, Kokomo Indiana, country singer (Nobody)
- Dec 13 Majida El Roumi, Lebanese singer, born in Kfarshima, Lebanon
- Dec 20 Guy Babylon, American keyboard player (Elton John) and arranger, born in New Windsor, Maryland (d. 2009|)
- Dec 21 Lee Roy Parnell, American country singer (Oughta be a Law), born in Abilene, Texas
- Dec 23 Dave Murray, English heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Iron Maiden), born in London, England
- Dec 28 Kenneth Grant, bass/vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking, Operator)
- Dec 28 Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
- Dec 30 Suzy Bogguss, singer (I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart), born in Aledo, Illinois
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Dec 28 Singer Patti Page (29) weds choreographer Charles O'Curran in Las Vegas, Nevada
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