December 25, 2016: Singer George Michael Dies
The hugely successful pop singer got his start in the hitmaking 1980s duo Wham and went on to a phenomenal career as a solo artist with 8 U.S. #1 hits
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December 24, 1974: Rock Stars Go Caroling
Details are sketchy to say the least, but On This Day James Taylor, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt and Joni Mitchell sang holiday carols to surprised LA crowds
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Dec 24, 2016: Rick Parfitt, Status Quo Guitarist—Obituary
The performer for the group best known in the U.S. for the 1968 hit “Pictures of Matchstick Men” had had several heart attacks, including one that year
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Dec 23, 2020: Leslie West, Hard Rock Guitar Hero—Obituary
When the history of heavy rock is traced today, it invariably points to him as one of the origin points—it was no accident that he called his band Mountain
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Dec 23, 1996: Nikki Sixx Marries 2nd Playmate
The Motley Crüe co-founder married the second of two Playboy Playmates. Both marriages ended in divorce and, sadly, both women have fallen on rough times
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Dec 23, 2018: Honey Lantree, ‘Have I the Right?’ Drummer, Dies
One of few female drummers in the early days of rock ‘n’ roll, she gave the Top 10 British Invasion hit its signature sound.
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Dec 22, 1967: ‘The Graduate’ Movie Release Date
A groundbreaking movie of its time catapulted Dustin Hoffman to stardom and earned 7 Academy Award nominations. Everybody say it together: “plastics”
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Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director, Dies
Among his greatest successes were ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ ‘Philadelphia’ and the Talking Heads concert film ‘Stop Making Sense.’
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Dec 22, 1985: Minutemen’s D Boon Dies in Van Accident
A van accident in the middle of the Arizona desert took the life of talented early ’80s punk rocker D. Boon of Minutemen. He wasn’t wearing a seatbelt
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Dec 21, 1988: Music Stars and Pan Am Flight 103
We might well have lost Motown singing stars the Four Tops and punk rock provocateur John Lydon pka Johnny Rotten in the notorious Lockerbie bombing
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