December in Rock History

Last Updated on 14 February 2026

Birthdays: Billy Paul (1934), Lou Rawls (1935), Diane Lennon (1939), Eric Bloom (1944), John Densmore (1944), Bette Midler (1945), Gilbert O’Sullivan (1946), “Jaco” Pastorius (1951), Jon Theodore (1973), Brad Delson (1977)
Birthdays: Tom McGuinness (1941), Ted Bluechel (1942), Dave Munden (1943), Rick Savage (1960), Nate Mendel (1968), Chris Wolstenholme (1978), Nelly Furtado (1978), Britney Spears (1981), Tal Wilkenfeld (1986)
Birthdays: Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Mickey Thomas (1949), Kimberley Rew (1951), Nicky Stevens (1951), Don Barnes (1952), Duane Roland (1952), Joe Lally (1963), Brian Bonsall (1981)
Birthdays: Freddy Cannon (1940), Bob Mosley (1942), Chris Hillman (1944), Dennis Wilson (1944), Gary Rossington (1951), Danny Weinkauf (1963), Rob Smits (1965), Justin Welch (1972), Racci Shay (1973)
Birthdays: Little Richard (1932), Eduardo Serrato (1945), Andy Kim (1946), Jim Messina (1947), Rick Wills (1947), Bobby Barth (1952), John Molo (1953), Jack Russell (1960), Les Nemes (1960), Johnny Rzeznik (1965)
Birthdays: Steve Alaimo (1939), Mike Smith (1943), Marius Müller-Westernhagen (1948), Rick Buckler (1955), Peter Buck (1956), Randy Rhoades (1956), Ulf Ekberg (1970)
Birthdays: Harry Chapin (1942), Tom Waits (1949), Craig Scanlon (1960), Louise Post(1966)
Birthdays: Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), Bobby Elliot (1942), Jim Morrison (1943), Bertie Higgins (1944), Mike Botts (1944), Gregg Allman (1947), Ray Shulman (1949), Dan Hartman (1950), Jimmy Farrar (1950), Warren Cuccurullo (1956), Phil Collen (1957), Paul Rutherford (1959), Marty Friedman (1962), Sinead O’Connor (1966), Corey Taylor (1973)
Birthdays: Kenny Vance (1943), Bill Church (1946), Dennis Dunaway (1946), Screamin’ Scott Simon (1948), Jack Sonni (1954), Donny Osmond (1957), Paul Landers (1964), Brian Lane Bell (1968), Tré Cool (1972), Vincent Accardi (1982)
Birthdays: Eric Boom (1945), Walter Orange (1946), Susan Dey (1952), Jack Hues (1954), Garth Smith (1955), “J” Mascis (1965)
Birthdays: David Gates (1940), Brenda Lee (1944), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Nikki Sixx (1958), Justin Currie (1964), Martin Blunt (1966), Terry Sharpe (1966), Zacky Vengeance (1981)
Birthdays: Connie Francis (1938), Dionne Warwick (1940), Tim Hauser (1941), Dickey Betts (1943), Rob Tyner (1944), Alan Ward (1945), Denny Dias (1946), Ralph Scala (1947), Bruce Kulick (1953), Cy Curnin (1957), Eric Schenkman (1963), Rockin’ Jeff (1964), Dan Hawkins (1976)
Birthdays: Tony Gomez (1940), Robert Martinez (1945), Davy O’List (1948), Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter (1948), Ted Nugent (1948), Tom Verlaine (1949), Berton Averre (1953), Tom DeLonge (1975), Ryo Kawakita (1978), Amy Lee (1981), Matt Deis (1983), Taylor Swift (1989)
Birthdays: Charlie Rich (1932), Warren Ryanes (1937), Joyce Vincent-Wilson (1946), Patty Duke (1946), Cliff Williams (1949), Jan Dijksma (1958), Mike Scott (1958), C.J. Snare (1964), Tim Sköld (1966), Justin Furstenfeld (1975)
Birthdays: Cindy Birdsong (1939), Dave Clark (1942), Carmine Appice (1946), Paul Simonon (1955), Tim Reynolds (1957), Doug Phelps (1960), Sergio Pizzorno (1980), Ronnie Radke (1983), Joshua Hayward (1984)
Birthdays: Tony Hicks (1943), Benny Andersson (1946), Billy Gibbons (1949), Robben Ford (1951), Stephen Irvine (1959), Michael McCary (1971), Benjamin Kowalewicz (1975), Jake Cinninger (1975)
Birthdays: Art Neville (1937), Eddie Kendricks (1939), Jim Hodder (1947), Jim Bonfanti (1948), Paul Rodgers (1949), Carlton Barrett (1950), Wanda Hutchison (1951), Mike Mills (1958), Bob Stinson (1959), Sara Dallin (1961), Sam Loeffler (1974), Neil Sanderson (1978), Ryan Key (1979), Taylor York (1989)
Birthdays: Chas Chandler (1938), Keith Richards (1943), “Deke” Leonard (1944), Randy Castillo (1950), Elliot Easton (1953), Jim “Kimo” West (1953), Ken Foreman (1961), Mille Petrozza (1966), Roman Glick (1970), Euroboy (1974), Maria Brink (1977), Christina Aguilera (1980), Billie Eilish (2001)
Birthdays: Little Jimmy Dickens (1920), Joseph Byrd (1937), Maurice White (1941), Alvin Lee (1944), Zal Yanovsky (1944), John McEuen (1945), Walter Murphy (1952), Doug Johnson (1957)
Birthdays: Bobby Colomby (1944), Peter Criss (1947), Alan Parsons (1948), Anita Ward (1956), Guy Babylon (1956), Mike Watt (1957), Chris Robinson (1966), Chris Edwards (1981)
Birthdays: Frank Zappa (1940), Ray Hildebrand (1940), Carl Wilson (1946), Nick Gilder (1951), Brett Scallions (1971), Shaun Morgan (1978)
Birthdays: James Gurley (1939), Colin “Barry” Jenkins (1944), Rick Nielson (1946), Maurice Gibb (1949), Michael Osborne (1949), Robin Gibb (1949), Ricky Ross (1957), Richey James Edwards (1967), Meghan Trainor (1993)
Birthdays: Johnny Kidd (1935), Eugene Record (1940), Jorma Kaukonen (1940), Derek Small (1943), Ron Bushy (1945), Robbie Dupree (1946), Graham Bonnet (1947), Luther Grosvenor (1949), Anthony Phillips (1951), Doug Stegmeyer (1951), Johnny Contardo (1951), Dave Allen (1955), Dave Murray (1956), Dan Bigras (1957), Eddie Vedder (1964), Chad Szeliga (1976), Finn Wolfhard (2002)
Birthdays: Lee Dorsey (1926), Lemmy Kilmister (1945), Tom “T-Bone” Wolk (1951), Ian Burden (1957), Darren Wharton (1961), Mary Ramsey (1963), Ricky Martin (1971), Louis Tomlinson (1991)
Birthdays: Billy Horton (1929), Chris Kenner (1929), O’Kelly Isley (1937), Henry Vestine (1944), Noel Redding (1945), Jimmy Buffett (1946), Annie Lennox (1954), Shane MacGowan (1957), Jason Thirsk (1967), Dido (1971), Josh Freese (1972)
Birthdays: Abdul Fakir (1935), Bob Carpenter (1946), Peter Woods (1954), Rubén Valtierra (1954), James Kottak (1962), Lars Ulrich (1963), James Mercer (1970), Chris Daughtry (1979)
Birthdays: Scotty Moore (1931), Les Maguire (1941), Mike Pinder (1941), Mick Jones (1947), Larry Byrom (1948), Terry Bozzio (1950), David Knopfler (1952), Matt Slocum (1972), Terji Skibenæs (1982), Hayley Williams (1988)
Birthdays: Charles Neville (1938), Dwight Bement (1945), John Till (1945), Edgar Winter (1946), Mary Weiss (1948), “Ziggy” Modeliste (1948), Alex Chilton (1950), Kenneth Gant (1956)
Birthdays: Ray Thomas (1941), Rick Danko (1942), Cozy Powell (1947), Robert Parissi (1950), Yvonne Elliman (1951), Alan Myers (1954), Jan Pijnenburg (1955), Neil Giraldo (1955), Dexter Holland (1965), Glen Phillips (1970), Evan Seinfeld (1972)
Birthdays: Bo Diddley (1928), Del Shannon (1934), Mike Nesmith (1942), Robert Quine (1942), Davy Jones (1945), Clive Bunker (1946), Jeff Lynne (1947), Duglas T. Stewart (1964), Jon Theodore (1973)
Birthdays: Bobby Notkoff (1940), Andy Summers (1942), John Denver (1943), Pete Quaife (1943), Burton Cummings (1947), Donna Summer (1948), Fermin Goytisolo (1951), Tom Hamilton (1951), Paul Westerberg (1959), Scott Ian (1963), Bob Bryar (1979)