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Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 12: Basketball Hall-of-Famer Bob Pettit is 92. Singer Connie Francis is 87. Larry Mercey, lead singer with the Canadian country music trio The Mercey Brothers, is 85. Singer Dionne Warwick is 84.

Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 14: Singer-actress Abbe Lane is 92. Actor Hal Williams ("227," ''Sanford and Son") is 90. Singer Joyce Vincent-Wilson of Tony Orlando and Dawn is 78. Entertainment executive Michael Ovitz is 78. Actress Dee Wallace is 76.

Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 13: Actor-comedian Dick Van Dyke is 99. Country singer Buck White of The Whites is 94. Music/film producer Lou Adler is 91. Actor-singer John Davidson is 83. Trombonist, arranger and composer Russ Little is 83.

Today in Music History for Dec. 19: In 1808, Horatius Bonar, Scottish clergyman, poet and hymn writer, was born. He authored several missionary biographies and penned over 600 hymns, including "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say.

Today in Music History for Dec. 20: In 1944, drummer Bobby Colomby of the big band rock group "Blood, Sweat and Tears" was born.

Today in Music History for Dec. 15: In 1846, mezzo-soprano and actress Rosita del Vecchio, known as the Sarah Bernhardt of Canada, was born in Montreal.

Today in Music History for Dec. 21: In 1672, Benjamin Schmolck, German Lutheran clergyman and prolific hymn writer, was born. Though a busy pastor, he found time to pen 900 hymns, the best remembered of them being "My Jesus, As Thou Wilt.

Today in Music History for Dec. 18: In 1707, English hymn writer Charles Wesley was born. He wrote more than 6,500 hymns, including "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.

Today in Music History for Dec. 17: In 1857, the Sacred Harmonic Choir, conducted by John Carter, performed Handel's Messiah in Toronto. It is thought to have been the first complete oratorio presented in Upper Canada.

Today in Music History for Dec. 16: In 1770, German composer Ludvig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn.