December 1982 in Music History

Events in Music

Dec 8 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" opens at Ambassador NYC for 6 performances
Dec 12 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador NYC after 6 performances

Dec 29 Jamaican Post issues commemorative postage stamp featuring reggae singer Bob Marley

Dec 1 Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed, British-Pakistani actor (The Night Of), rapper (Swet Shop Boys) and activist, born in Wembley, London
Dec 2 Pizon [Michael Scala], Italian-American rapper and producer, born in Queens, New York
Dec 3 Jaycee Chan, American-born Hong Kong singer and actor, born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 5 Keri Hilson, American singer and songwriter (The Way I Are), born in Decatur, Georgia
Dec 8 Chrisette Michele [Payne], American R&B and soul singer-songwriter ("Be OK"; "Epiphany"), born in Central Islip, New York,

Dec 8 Trinidadian-American rapper and singer (Super Bass, Starships), born in Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Dec 9 Vincent Accardi, American rock guitarist (Brand New), born in Wantagh, New York
Dec 10 Tim Deegan, Canadian MuchMusic VJ, born in Oshawa, Ontario
Dec 13 Anthony Callea, Australian singer and songwriter, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Dec 14 Anthony Way, English singer and actor, born in London
Dec 17 Onur Ozsu, Turkish music artist, born in Izmir
Dec 18 Dave Luetkenhoelter, American Christian-rock bassist (Kutless, 2005-13), born in Medford, Oregon
Dec 20 David Cook, American singer and American Idol winner, born in Houston, Texas
Dec 24 Aiba Masaki, Japanese singer & actor, born in Chiba, Japan
Dec 24 Robert Schwartzman, American actor & musician, born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 25 Shystie [Chanel Cali], British rapper-songwriter, born in London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom
Dec 27 James Mead, American Christian rock guitarist (Kutless), born in Danbury, Connecticut
Dec 27 Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist, (Týr), born in Skipanes, Faroe Islands
Dec 29 Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Québécois singer, born in Québec, Canada
Dec 30 Wesley Schultz, American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter (The Lumineers - "Submarines"), born in Ramsey, New Jersey

Dec 1 Dorothy James, American composer, dies on her 81st birthday
Dec 2 David Blue [Cohen], American folk musician, dies of a heart attack while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
Dec 2 Isador Goodman, South African-Australian composer, dies at 73
Dec 8 Marty Robbins, American country singer (Devil Woman; I Walk Alone), dies of complications following cardiac surgery at 57
Dec 9 Paul Godwin, Polish-Dutch violinist, dies at 80
Dec 9 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, Hammond organ player, and bandleader, dies at 55
Dec 10 Roy Webb, American film score composer (films of Val Lewton), dies at 94
Dec 17 Leonid Kogan, Soviet Russian violinist (Lenin Prize, 1952), dies of a heart attack at 58
Dec 17 Philipp Jarnach, French pianist, composer, and music educator (Hamburg Music Academy, 1949-70), dies at 90
Dec 18 Tibor de Machula, Hungarian-Dutch cellist, dies at 70
Dec 19 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist and composer, dies at 71
Dec 19 Lawrance Collingwood, English composer, dies at 95
Dec 20 Artur Rubinstein, Polish-American concert pianist, dies in Geneva at 95
Dec 20 Milan Ristić, Serbian composer, dies at 76
Dec 23 Norman Dinerstein, American composer, dies of a heart attack at 45
Dec 28 Frederick Douglass Hall, American composer, dies at 84