December 13th 1952, Born on this day, Berton Averre, lead guitarist with the Los Angeles rock band The Knack who scored the 1979 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'My Sharona'.
December 14th 1963, American blues and jazz singer Dinah Washington died aged 39. Known as the ‘Queen of the Blues’ she scored the 1959 US No.8 Grammy Award wining single 'What A Diff'rence A Day Makes' and the 1961 hit 'September In The Rain'.