Events in Music
- Dec 2 A Webster's musical "Sunset Promenade" premieres in Los Angeles, California
- Dec 5 "Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
Event of Interest
Dec 7 Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery
Robert Goulet
Music Awards
Dec 8 4th Billboard Music Awards: Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard Soundtrack win
Whitney Houston
- Dec 9 "My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 165 performances
- Dec 12 "Any Given Day" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 32 performances
- Dec 12 "Kentucky Cycle" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 34 performances
- Dec 13 "I Swear" single released by John Michael Montgomery (Billboard Song of the Year 1994)
- Dec 15 John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops
- Dec 16 "Red Shoes" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 5 performances
- Dec 19 "Red Shoes" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 5 performances
- Dec 21 "The Sign" single released in the US by Ace of Base (Billboard Song of the Year 1994)
- Dec 27 "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 7 performances
Music Concert
Dec 28 Andrea Bocelli makes his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia
Andrea Bocelli
Event of Interest
Dec 29 Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment
Courtney Love
- Dec 30 "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" closes at Palace NYC after 7 performances
Music Concert
Dec 31 Barbra Streisand does her 1st live public concert in 20 years
Barbra Streisand
Birthdays in Music
- Dec 8 Anna Sophia Robb, American actress and singer, born in Denver, Colorado
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Dec 28 Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus (32) weds Leticia Finley (26)
Billy Ray Cyrus
- Dec 30 Singer Deni Hines (22) weds INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly (35)
Deaths in Music
- Dec 4 Frank Zappa, American rocker, composer, activist and filmmaker (Mothers of Invention, Hot Rats), dies from prostate cancer at 52
- Dec 5 Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms), commits suicide using a pistol at 32
- Dec 10 Alice Tully, American singer and patroness (Carnegie Hall), dies at 91
- Dec 12 Mary Jarred, British mezzo-soprano and contralto singer (The Rake's Progress), dies at 94
- Dec 18 Charizma, American rapper (b. 1973)
- Dec 19 Michael Clarke, drummer (Byrds), dies of liver failure at 49
- Dec 29 Yvonne Desportes, French composer (Seven Abstract Poems), dies at 86 [1]
- Dec 30 Mack David, US songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81
- Dec 30 Arthur "Schneeze" Rollini, American big band jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at 81