December 1958 in Music History

Events in Music

Dec 1 Lisa Fischer, American vocalist and songwriter ("How Can I Ease the Pain"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Dec 8 Bird McIntyre, Thai pop singer, musician
Dec 9 Rikk Agnew, American guitarist (The Adolescents), born in Newport Beach, California

Dec 11 Jr.], American rock bassist and songwriter (Mötley Crüe - "Girls, Girls, Girls"), born in San Jose, California

Dec 13 Dana Strum [Strumwasser], American rock bassist (Slaughter - "Up All Night"; "Days Gone By"), born in Washington, D.C.
Dec 14 Jan Dijksma, Dutch rock bassist (Weekend at Waikiki)
Dec 14 Mike Scott, Scottish rocker (Blues Inc; Waterboys - "Rainbow Warrior"), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Dec 14 Peter "Spider" Tracy, English rock tin whistle player and vocalist (The Pogues - "Fairy Tale Of New York"), born in Eastbourne, England
Dec 17 Mike Mills, American rock bassist (R.E.M. - "The One I Love"), born in Berkeley, California
Dec 19 Limahl [Christopher Hamill], English pop singer (Kajagoogoo - "Too Shy"), born in Pemberton, Lancashire, England
Dec 19 Steven Isserlis, British cellist, born in London, United Kingdom
Dec 22 David Heavener, American actor and country musician, born in Louisville, Kentucky
Dec 22 Frank Gambale, Australian jazz fusion guitarist, born in Canberra, Australia
Dec 23 Victoria Williams, American folk-rock-country singer (Loose), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Dec 24 Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer, born in Nara Prefecture, Japan
Dec 25 Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (Rockinghorse, Black Velvet), born in Toronto, Ontario
Dec 28 Joe Diffie, American country singer and guitarist (Home), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2020)
Dec 28 Mike McGuire, American country music songwriter and drummer (Shenandoah - "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)"), born in Hamilton, Alabama

Dec 1 Patricia "Boots" Mallory, American dancer and actress (Handle With Care), dies from chronic throat disease at 45
Dec 6 Erwin Bodky, German-American composer, dies at 62
Dec 26 Harry Redman, American composer, writer, and artist, dies on 89th birthday
Dec 29 Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63
Dec 31 Gustav Hermann Unger, German composer, dies at 72