On This Day in Music: January 1

1889-01-01 Birth

Alexander Smallens

Alexander Smallens, St Petersburg, Russia, conductor was born

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1953-01-01 Birth

Alpha Blondy

Alpha Blondy, [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem) was born

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1933-01-01 Birth

Anders Bo Leif Linde

Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer was born

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1962-01-01 Birth

Ari Up

Ari Up, German musician (The Slits) was born

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1892-01-01 Birth

Artur Rodzinski

Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer was born

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1919-01-01 Birth

Bernard Drukker

Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader (Devil's Wheel) was born

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1979-01-01 Birth

Brody Dalle

Brody Dalle, Australian singer (The Distillers) was born

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1931-01-01 Birth

Carel Brons

Carel Brons, composer was born

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1723-01-01 Birth

Christian Friedrich Gregor

Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer was born

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1628-01-01 Birth

Christoph Bernhard

Christoph Bernhard, German composer was born

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1926-01-01 Birth

Claire Polin [Schaff]

Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist was born

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1942-01-01 Birth

Country Joe McDonald

Country Joe McDonald, California, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish) was born

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1972-01-01 Birth

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow, American DJ and songwriter was born

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1949-01-01 Birth

Daniel E Gawthrop

Daniel E Gawthrop, American composer was born

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1902-01-01 Birth

Dimiter Nenov

Dimiter Nenov, composer was born

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1916-01-01 Birth

Earl Wrightson

Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born

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1878-01-01 Birth

Edwin Franko Goldman

Edwin Franko Goldman, composer was born

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1911-01-01 Birth

Endre Szervanszky

Endre Szervanszky, composer [or Dec 27] was born

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1907-01-01 Birth

Erich Schmid

Erich Schmid, composer was born

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1936-01-01 Birth

Eve Queler

Eve Queler, NYC, conductor was born

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1954-01-01 Birth

Fr David

Fr David, Paris France, rocker was born

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1947-01-01 Birth

Gary "BB" Coleman

Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer was born

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1942-01-01 Birth

George Couroupos

George Couroupos, composer was born

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1906-01-01 Birth

Giovanni D'Anzi

Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born

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1748-01-01 Birth

Giovanni Furno

Giovanni Furno, composer was born

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1865-01-01 Birth

Giuseppe Ferrata

Giuseppe Ferrata, composer was born

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1958-01-01 Birth

Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash, [Joseph Saddler], NYC, rocker (Message) was born

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1953-01-01 Birth

Greg Carmichael

Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy) was born

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1853-01-01 Birth

Hans Koessler

Hans Koessler, composer was born

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1935-01-01 Birth

Harold Martina

Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor was born

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1874-01-01 Birth

Hugo Leichtentritt

Hugo Leichtentritt, composer was born

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1951-01-01 Birth

Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius, rocker was born

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1652-01-01 Birth

Johann Krieger

Johann Krieger, composer was born

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1697-01-01 Birth

Johann Pfeiffer

Johann Pfeiffer, composer was born

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1942-01-01 Birth

Judy Stone

Judy Stone, Australian pop singer was born

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1927-01-01 Birth

Juliusz Luciuk

Juliusz Luciuk, composer was born

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1899-01-01 Birth

Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa

Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer was born

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1953-01-01 Birth

Kevin Hangon

Kevin Hangon, composer was born

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1940-01-01 Birth

Laszlo Sary

Laszlo Sary, composer was born

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1896-01-01 Birth

Maurice Jacobson

Maurice Jacobson, composer was born

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1987-01-01 Birth

Meryl Davis

Meryl Davis, American ice dancer was born

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1777-01-01 Birth

Micah Hawkins

Micah Hawkins, composer was born

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1968-01-01 Birth

Miki Higashino

Miki Higashino, Japanese composer was born

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1892-01-01 Birth

Miklos Radnai

Miklos Radnai, composer was born

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1950-01-01 Birth

Morgan Fisher

Morgan Fisher, rock keyboardist (British Lions) was born

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1895-01-01 Birth

Nathaniel Shilkret

Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor was born

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1843-01-01 Birth

Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky

Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer was born

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1947-01-01 Birth

Paula Tsui

Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer was born

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1899-01-01 Birth

Raymond Loucheur

Raymond Loucheur, composer was born

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1940-01-01 Birth

Richard Henry Orton

Richard Henry Orton, composer was born

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1953-01-01 Birth

Rochelle S Abramson

Rochelle S Abramson, violinist was born

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1885-01-01 Birth

Roland Diggle

Roland Diggle, composer was born

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1862-01-01 Birth

Snitz Edwards

Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) was born

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1800-01-01 Birth

Sydney Nelson

Sydney Nelson, composer was born

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1889-01-01 Birth

Tadeusz Jarecki

Tadeusz Jarecki, composer was born

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1978-01-01 Birth

Tarik O'Regan

Tarik O'Regan, British composer was born

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1967-01-01 Birth

Tim Dog

Tim Dog, American rapper was born

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1800-01-01 Birth

Vaclav Horak

Vaclav Horak, composer was born

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1898-01-01 Birth

Viktor Ullmann

Viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) was born

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1920-01-01 Birth

Virgilio Savona

Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) was born

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1930-01-01 Birth

Werner Heiden

Werner Heiden, composer was born

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1784-01-01 Birth

William Beale

William Beale, composer was born

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1831-01-01 Birth

William Joseph Westbrook

William Joseph Westbrook, composer was born

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1900-01-01 Birth

Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo) was born

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1896-01-01 Birth

Yitzhak Edel

Yitzhak Edel, composer was born

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1984-01-01 Death

Alexis Korner

Alexis Korner, British blues musician (b. 1928)

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2006-01-01 Death

Bryan Harvey

Bryan Harvey, American musician (House of Freaks) (b. 1956)

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1789-01-01 Death

Christleib Siegmund Binder

Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer, dies at 65

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1992-01-01 Death

Constantin Poustochkine

Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies

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1992-01-01 Death

Corky Geil

Corky Geil, dancer, dies in Long Beach CA at 64

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1907-01-01 Death

Cyrill Kistler

Cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58

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1958-01-01 Death

David Broekman

David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55

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2007-01-01 Death

Del Reeves

Del Reeves, American country singer (b. 1932)

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1777-01-01 Death

Emanuele Barbella

Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58

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1818-01-01 Death

Fedele Fenaroli

Fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87

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1816-01-01 Death

Francois Alexander Sallantin

Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60

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2012-01-01 Death

Fred Milano

Fred Milano, American doo-wop singer, member of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, dies from lung cancer at 72

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1997-01-01 Death

Hagood Hardy

Hagood Hardy, Canadian composer and musician (b. 1937)

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1996-01-01 Death

Hamish Imlach

Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic, dies at 55

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1953-01-01 Death

Hank Williams

Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29

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1981-01-01 Death

Hephzibah Menuhin

Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Jewish concert pianist (b. 1920)

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1948-01-01 Death

Hermann K J Zilcher

Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66

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1942-01-01 Death

Jaroslav Jezek

Jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35

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1768-01-01 Death

Jean-Laurent Krafft

Jean-Laurent Krafft, composer, dies at 73

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1995-01-01 Death

Jess Stacy

Jess Stacy, US jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90

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1782-01-01 Death

Johann Christian Bach

Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46

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1906-01-01 Death

Joseph Miroslav Weber

Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51

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1965-01-01 Death

Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo

Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer, dies at 66

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2007-01-01 Death

Julius Hegyi

Julius Hegyi, American conductor (b. 1923)

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1753-01-01 Death

Louis-Maurice de La Pierre

Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer, dies at 55

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2011-01-01 Death

Marin Constantin

Marin Constantin, Romanian composer and conductor (b. 1925)

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1967-01-01 Death

Moon Mullican

Moon Mullican, rocker, dies at 58

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1964-01-01 Death

Otto Emanuel Olsson

Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer, dies at 84

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1701-01-01 Death

Pietro Sanmartini

Pietro Sanmartini, composer, dies at 64

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1850-01-01 Death

Raphael G Kiesewetter

Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76

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2007-01-01 Death

Tad Jones

Tad Jones, American jazz music historian (b. 1952)

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1995-01-01 Death

Ted Hawkins

Ted Hawkins, US blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at 58

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1997-01-01 Death

Townes Van Zandt

Townes Van Zandt, musician, dies at 52

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1945-01-01 Death

Vit Nejedly

Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33

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1948-01-01 Death

Willem Landre

Willem Louis Frederic Landre, composer, dies at 73

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2012-01-01 Death

Yafa Yarkoni

Yafa Yarkoni, Israeli Singer, dies after years of Alzheimer's disease at 86

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1976-01-01 Event

Cole Porter

"Musical Jubilee" closes at St James Theater NYC after 92 performances

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1863-01-01 Event

Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert's "Missa Solemnis," premieres in Leipzig

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1960-01-01 Event

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars

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1962-01-01 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful

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1770-01-01 Event

Victor Herbert

Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"

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