Dec. 15 Born Alan Freed (rock'n'roll disc jockey, concert promoter) (1921) Cindy Birdsong (Patty LaBelle & the Bluebelles; the Supremes) (1939) Dave Clark (Dave Clark Five) (1942) Carmine Appice (1946) Paul Simonon (the Clash) (1955)
R.I.P. Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (*pneumonia*) (1943) Glenn Miller (missing in action, plane crash) (1944) Walt Disney (lung cancer) (1966) Event 1877 Thomas Edison files the patent for his "phonograph".
