December 1956 in Music History

Events 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, American pop guitarist (REM-Murmur), born in Berkeley, California
Dec 6 Randy Rhoads, American heavy metal guitarist (Quiet Riot), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 1982)
Dec 8 Warren Cuccurullo, rock guitarist (Missing Persons)
Dec 9 Sylvia, American country singer (Nobody), born in Kokoma, Indiana
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

Dec 28 Singer Patti Page (29) weds choreographer Charles O'Curran in Las Vegas, Nevada