December 1993 in Music History

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

Music History

Dec 7 American singer Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery

Music Awards

Dec 8 4th Billboard Music Awards: Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard Soundtrack win

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 Marsha Norman, Bob Merrill, and Jule Styne's fairy tale musical "Red Shoes", directed by Stanley Donen, closes at Gershwin Theater, NYC, after 5 performances; loses nearly $8 million
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; runs for 7 performances

Music Concert

Dec 28 Andrea Bocelli makes his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia

Music History

Dec 29 Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment

Dec 30 "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" closes at Palace NYC after 7 performances

Music Concert

Dec 31 Barbra Streisand performs her 1st public concert in 20 years before a sell-out crows of over 25,000 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

Birthdays in Music

Dec 8 Anna Sophia Robb, American actress (Bridge to Terabithia; The Carrie Diaries), born in Denver, Colorado
Dec 22 Meghan Trainor, American Grammy Award-winning pop singer-songwriter ("All About That Bass"), born in Nantucket, Massachusetts

Weddings in Music

Billy Ray Cyrus

Dec 28 Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus (32) weds Leticia "Tish" Finley (26)

Dec 30 Singer Deni Hines (22) weds INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly (35)

Deaths in Music

Dec 1 Peter John Wood, British session and touring rock keyboardist, and songwriter, dies at 43

Frank Zappa

Dec 4 Frank Zappa, American rock guitarist, composer, (Mothers of Invention - "Peaches en Regalia"; "Baby Snakes"), activist, and filmmaker (200 Motels), 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 16 Charizma [Charles Hicks], American rapper, killed in a mugging at 20
Dec 19 Michael Clarke, American rock drummer (The Byrds, 1964-67 - "Turn! Turn! Turn!"; Flying Burrito Brothers, 1969-71; Firefall, 1974-80), dies of liver failure at 47
Dec 29 Yvonne Desportes, French composer (Seven Abstract Poems), dies at 86 [1]
Dec 30 Mack David, American songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81
Dec 30 Arthur "Schneeze" Rollini, American big band jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at 81