Musicians Born on December 6

Ira Gershwin (1896-1983)

American lyricist ("Embraceable You"; "I Got Rhythm"; "They Can't Take That Away From Me"), born in New York City

1897 John Fernström, Swedish violinist, conductor (Nordic Youth Orchestra), and composer (Concertino for Flute, Women's Choir and Chamber Orchestra), born in Yichang, China (d. 1961)
1902 Virgilio Mortari, Italian composer, born in Passirana, Italy (d. 1993)
1916 Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer ("Shout"; "Twistin' The Night Away"), born in New York City (d. 1986)
1919 Gideon Klein, Moravian pianist and composer, born in Přerov, Czechoslovakia (d. 1945)
1920 Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist ("Take Five") and composer (Gates of Justice), born in Concord, California (d. 2012)
1921 Piero Piccioni, Italian jazz pianist, lawyer, film score composer (Swept Away), and conductor, born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 2004)
1927 Akira Miyazawa, Japanese jazz saxophonist, born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan (d. 2000)
1927 Jacques Bondon, French composer, born in Boulbon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (d. 2008)
1928 Bobby Van [Stein], American stage and screen musical singer and actor (The Affairs of Dobie Gillis; Small Town Girl), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1980)
1929 Mark Kopytman, Russian-Israeli composer (Voices of Memory), musicologist, and pedagogue (Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. 1974-94), born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (d. 2011)
1929 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (Early Music Movement), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)
1931 Zeki Müren, Turkish actor, singer, and composer (Game of Silence), born in Bursa, Turkey (d. 1996)
1933 Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (Symphony No. 3 - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), born in Czernica, Poland (d. 2010)
1935 George Williams, American soul singer (The Tymes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
1935 Jean Lapointe, Quebecois-Canadian comedian, singer and senator, born in La Matanie, Quebec
1938 Oxana Yablonskaya, Russian concert pianist, and music professor (Juilliard School, 1978-2009), born in Moscow, USSR
1939 Steve Alaimo, American pop singer ("Mashed Potatoes"; "Every Day I Have To Cry"), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1939 Tomés Svoboda, Czech composer (Etude), born in Paris, France
1940 Jay Leonhart, American session and touring jazz and pop double bassist and songwriter (The Bass Lesson), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1941 Helen Cornelius, American country singer (Nashville on the Road), born in Monroe City, Missouri
1941 John Nelson, American conductor (Berlioz's Les Troyens), born in San José, Costa Rica
1943 Mike Smith, British rock singer and keyboardist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), born in London, England (d. 2008)
1944 David "Fritz" Fryer, British pop guitarist and songwriter (The Four Pennies -"Juliet"), born in Oldham, Lancashire, England (d. 2007)
1944 Jonathan King, English singer and songwriter ("Everyone's Gone To The Moon") and record producer, born in London
1946 Dean Parks, American session guitarist (Kenny Loggins; Steely Dan; Lyle Lovett), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1947 Miroslav Vitouš, Czech jazz bassist (Weather Report), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1948 Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German rocker (Stinker), born in Düsseldorf, Germany
1949 Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter ("The Greatest Love Of All"; "You Make Me Feel Brand New"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986) [1]
1950 Daniël Sahuleka, Moluks-Dutch singer and guitarist (Viva la Libertad), born in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
1950 Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer and music director, born in Nakano, Nagano, Japan
1953 Joe "King" Carrasco [Teutsch], American new wave and Tex-Mex guitarist, and singer-songwriter ("Party Weekend"), born in Dumas, Texas
1954 Chris Stamey, American musician, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1955 Bill Lloyd, American country music singer (Foster & Lloyd - "Crazy Over You"), born in Bowling Green, Kentucky
1955 Bright Sheng, Chinese-American concert pianist, composer (Never Far Away; Hot Pepper), conductor, and music teacher, born in Shanghai, China
1955 Rick Buckler, British rock drummer (The Jam), born in Woking, Surrey, England
1955 Tish Hinojosa, American country singer ("Something in the Rain"), born in San Antonio, Texas
1956 Peter Buck, American rock guitarist (R.E.M. - Murmur), born in Berkeley, California
1956 Randy Rhoads, American heavy metal guitarist (Quiet Riot), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 1982)
1960 Diederik Wissels, Dutch jazz pianist and composer ("The Hillock Songstress"; "Secrecy"), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
1961 David Lovering, American drummer (Pixies), born in Burlington, Massachusetts
1962 Ben Watt, British rocker (Everything But the Girl - "I Don't Want To Talk About It"; Idlewood), born in Marylebone, London
1966 Armin Kircher, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor, born in Kufstein, Austria (d. 2015)
1967 Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer (House of Cards), born in British Hong Kong
1970 Ulf Ekberg, Swedish pop singwriter and keyboardist (Ace of Base - "All That She Wants"), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
1971 Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor, born in Ōshū, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
1973 Jolyon Dixon, English session and touring guitarist (Rachel Fuller; Pete Townsend; Toyah Willcox; Illingworth), born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
1978 K. D. Aubert, American actress and singer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1985 Dulce María, Mexican actress and singer, born in Mexico City