December 6

Events
 * 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the first playback of any sound recording.


 * 1923 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge makes the first presidential address on U.S. radio

Births


 * 1550 - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (baptism) (d. 1605)
 * 1642 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)
 * 1805 - Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)
 * 1887 - Joseph Lamb, American ragtime composer (d. 1960)
 * 1913 - Karl Haas, German-American music educator (d. 2005)
 * 1920 - Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer
 * 1921 - Piero Piccioni, Italian musician and composer (d. 2004)
 * 1928 - Bobby Van, American singer (d. 1980)
 * 1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor
 * 1933 - Henryk Górecki, Polish composer
 * 1947 - Miroslav Vitous, Czech jazz musician
 * 1949 - Linda Creed, American songwriter (d. 1986)
 * 1950 - Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer
 * 1955 - Rick Buckler, British drummer (The Jam)
 * 1956 - Peter Buck, American guitarist (R.E.M.)
 * 1956 - Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (d. 1982)
 * 1957 - Adrian Borland, English musician (The Sound) (d. 1999)
 * 1970 - Ulf Ekberg, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
 * 1995 - Joy Gruttmann, German singer