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On this day in music history

Posted by Supercharts on Friday, December 25, 2009 Under: Music news on this day

Friday December 25
Jimmy Buffett ("Come Monday") is 63
The late Chris Kenner ("Land Of 1000 Dances") is born in 1929
James Brown ("Papa's Got A Brand New Bag") dies of congestive heart failure, 2006
Dean Martin ("Volare") dies of acute respiratory failure in 1995
Johnny Ace ("Pledging My Love") dies playing Russian roulette backstage at a Houston concert, 1954
Eartha Kitt ("Santa Baby") dies of colon cancer, 2008
Damita Jo (DuBlanc-- recorded the "answer songs" "I'll Save The Last Dance For You" and "I'll Be There") dies from a respiratory illness, 1998
Phil Spector, Jr. (one of the producer's twin children) dies of leukemia at the age of nine, 1991
Ronnie Rice of the New Colony Six breaks his leg on an icy parking lot, 2008
Paul McCartney announces his engagement to Jane Asher (they break up eight months later without ever getting married), 1967
James Taylor receives his first guitar for Christmas, at the age of 12, 1960
Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive gets his first drum set for Christmas, 1969

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