• December 1 –
John Densmore Born
Billy Paul Born
Gilbert O’Sullivan Born
Lou Rawls Born

• December 3 –
Ozzy Osbourne Born
Rubber Soul Released

• December 4 –
Fire At The Casino Montreux inspires Deep Purple‘s “Smoke on the Water”
Dennis Wilson Born
Chris Hillman Born

• December 5 –
Little Richard Born
Jim Messina Born

• December 7 –
Harry Chapin Born

• December 8 –
Jim Morrison Born
Gregg Allman Born

• December 9 –
Junior Wells Born

• December 10 –
Otis Redding Dies
Chad Stuart Born

• December 11 –
Sam Cook Dies
David Gates Born
Jermaine Jackson Born

• December 12 –
Dickey Betts Born

• December 15 –
Cindy Birdsong Born
Dave Clark Born
Carmine Appice Born

• December 17 –
Paul Rodgers Born
Paul Butterfield Born

• December 18 –
Keith Richards Born
Chas Chandler Born

• December 19 –
Alvin Lee Born

• December 21 –
Frank Zappa Born
Carl Wilson Born

• December 23 –
Jorma Kaukonen Born
Tim Hardin Born

December 25 –
Noel Redding Born
Henry Vestine Born

• December 26 –
Phil Spector Born

• December 27 –
Mike Pinder Born

• December 28 –
Johnny Otis Born
Edgar Winter Born

• December 29 –
Rick Danko Born
Ray Thomas Born

• December 30 –
Jeff Lynne Born
Clive Bunker Born
Bo Diddley Born
Davy Jones Born
Del Shannon Born

• December 31 –
Pete Quaife Born
John Denver Born