December 2014 in Music History

Events in Music

Dec 3 Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, resigns

Music History

Dec 4 NBC airs musical "Peter Pan Live!" starring Allison Williams and Christopher Walken; substantially revised from the earlier Mary Martin productions

Weddings in Music

Elton John

Dec 21 British pop piano player and singer Elton John (67) weds Canadian filmmaker David Furnish (52) at their estate in Windsor, England on the 9th anniversary of their civil partnership

Divorces in Music

Idina Menzel

Dec 3 "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" actor Taye Diggs (44) and Broadway actress Idina Menzel (43) file for divorce after 11 years of marriage

Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon

Dec 12 American comedian ans TV host Nick Cannon (37) files for divorce from American pop singer Mariah Carey (48) after 6 years of marriage

Deaths in Music

Dec 1 (Moisés) "Mario" Abramovich, Argentinian tango and classical violinist (Sexteto Major, 1974-2014), dies at 88
Dec 2 Bobby Keyes, American Saxophonist, dies at 70
Dec 3 Ian McLagan, English rock keyboardist (Small Face; Faces), dies from a stroke at 69
Dec 5 Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Mexican pianist, conductor (Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, 1954-72), and composer, dies at 90
Dec 5 Manuel De Sica, Italian composer, chiefly of film scores, dies of a heart attack at 65
Dec 8 Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist, choral composer, and conductor, dies at 99
Dec 9 José Feghali, Brazilian concert pianist (Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, 1985) takes his own life at 53
Dec 9 Winfred "Blue" Lovett, American singer (Manhattans - "One Life to Live"), dies at 71
Dec 11 Hans Wallat, German opera conductor, dies at 85
Dec 13 Raoul Cita, American R&B pianist and songwriter (Harptones), dies at 86
Dec 15 Ray Steadman-Allen, British choral and brass band composer, dies at 92
Dec 21 Udo Jürgens [Bockelmann], Austrian-Swiss pop singer-songwriter (Eurovision Song Contest, 1966), dies of heart failure at 80

Joe Cocker (1944-2014)

Dec 22 English rock vocalist ("With A Little Help From My Friends"; "Cry Me A River"; "You Are So Beautiful"), dies of lung cancer at 70

Dec 23 Jerzy Semkow, Polish-French conductor and educator, dies at 86
Dec 24 Boniface "Buddy" DeFranco, Italian-American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra), dies at 91
Dec 29 Claude Frank, German-American concert pianist and pedagogue, dies at 89
Dec 30 Patrick Gowers, British choral and film score composer (Viri Galilaei; Hamlet; Smiley's People), dies at 78