December 1980 in Music History

Events in Music

Dec 4 Two months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin announces they will disband

Dec 8 Annie Leibovitz has a photo-shoot with John Lennon, the last person to professionally photograph him before he is murdered on the same day

Dec 13 Musical revue "Perfectly Frank", featuring songs by Frank Loesser, closes at Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 16 performances
Dec 14 At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon

Dec 19 Comedy film "9 to 5" starring Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin is released

Dec 31 Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band's "The River Tour" concert at Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, New York) clocks in at almost 4 hours

Dec 2 Bartosz Koziak, Polish classical cellist, born in Zakopane, Poland
Dec 5 Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-born French trumpeter, born in Beirut, Lebanon
Dec 10 Massari [Sari Abboud], Lebanese-born Canadian R&B singer (Be Easy), born in Beirut, Lebanon
Dec 10 Sarah Chang, Korean-American classical violinist child prodigy, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 14 Tata Young, Thai-American singer, born in Bangkok, Thailand
Dec 15 Sergio Pizzorno, British rock guitarist, songwriter, and singer (Kasabian; Loose Tapestries), born in Newton Abbot, Devon, England

Dec 18 American singer ("Genie in a Bottle"; "What a Girl Wants"), and TV personality (The Voice, 2011-16), born in Staten Island, New York

Dec 24 Tomas Kalnoky, American musician (Streetlight Manifesto), born in Prague, Czech Republic
Dec 27 Cas Haley, American roots, rock, and reggae singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, born in Paris, Texas
Dec 30 Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer (Boy'z), and actor (Banana Boys), born in The Philippines

Dec 8 British musician, pop star and member of The Beatles (Imagine), shot and murdered outside of his home in NYC by Mark David Chapman at 40

Dec 11 Ignacio Prieto [Arrizubieta], Spanish composer, dies at 80
Dec 24 Alec Wilder, American classical, jazz, and pop music composer (The Churkendoose), and musicologist (American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950), dies at 73 [1]
Dec 24 Siggie Nordstrom, American singer (The Nordstrom Sisters), dies at 87
Dec 25 (Ludwig) "Louis" Neefs, Belgian pop singer (Eurovision, 1967 & 1969), dies, along with his wife, in a car accident at 43
Dec 29 Tim Hardin, American singer (If I Were a Carpenter, Reason to Believe), dies of a drug overdose at 39