On This Day in Music: January 10

1974 Birth

Akari Kaida

Akari Kaida, Japanese composer was born

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1933 Birth

Akira Miyoshi

Akira Miyoshi, composer was born

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1897 Birth

Albert Moeschinger

Albert Moeschinger, composer was born

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1946 Birth

Aynsley Dunbar

Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship) was born

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1946 Birth

Bob Lang

Bob Lang, rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders) was born

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1964 Birth

Brad Roberts

Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies) was born

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1978 Birth

Brent Smith

Brent Smith, American singer (Shinedown) was born

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1981 Birth

Brian Joo

Brian Joo, Korean-American singer was born

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1930 Birth

Byron "Wild Child" Gipson

Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer was born

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1979 Birth

Chris H E Smith

Chris H E Smith, [Daddy Mack], Atlanta, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up) was born

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1950 Birth

Cyril Neville

Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers) was born

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1915 Birth

Dean Dixon

Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor was born

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1959 Birth

Don Letts

Don Letts, rocker (Big Audio Dynamite) was born

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1948 Birth

Donald Fagen

Donald Fagen, Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg) was born

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1969 Birth

Doug E Doug

Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever) was born

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1944 Birth

Frank Sinatra Jr

Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, American singer/bandleader (Golddigers) was born

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1683 Birth

Gasparo Visconti

Gasparo Visconti, composer was born

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1935 Birth

Georg Katzer

Georg Katzer, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Gisele MacKenzie

Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade) was born

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1884 Birth

James Philip Dunn

James Philip Dunn, composer was born

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1910 Birth

Jean Martinon

Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer was born

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1903 Birth

Jean Morel

Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor was born

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1917 Birth

Jerry Wexler

Jerry Wexler, music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan) was born

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1904 Birth

Jesus Garcia Leoz

Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer was born

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1942 Birth

Jim Croce

Jim Croce, Philadelphia Pennsylvania,, rock vocalist (Time in a Bottle) (d. 1973) was born

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1701 Birth

Johann Caspar Simon

Johann Caspar Simon, composer was born

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1760 Birth

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Johnnie Ray

Johnnie Ray, Dallas OR, pop singer (Cry) was born

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1886 Birth

Jose Antonio de Donostia

Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer was born

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1959 Birth

Kirk & Curtwood

Kirk & Curtwood, musician (Meat Puppets) was born

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1766 Birth

Louis Massonneau

Louis Massonneau, composer was born

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1955 Birth

Luci Martin

Luci Martin, rocker vocalist (Chic) was born

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1924 Birth

Ludmilla Chiraeff

Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer was born

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1925 Birth

Maxwell Roach

Maxwell Roach, composer was born

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1955 Birth

Michael Schenker

Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker (MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions) was born

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1967 Birth

Micky Michelle

Micky Michelle, [Ingrid Hankers], Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown) was born

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1948 Birth

Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist was born

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1961 Birth

Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg

Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome Italy, concert violinist was born

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1965 Birth

Nathan

Nathan, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret) was born

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1953 Birth

Pat Benatar

Pat Benatar, [Andrezejewski], Brooklyn New York, American singer (Hell Is for Children) was born

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1901 Birth

Pauline Starke

Pauline Starke, Joplin MO, actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic) was born

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1854 Birth

Peter Gast

Peter Gast, composer was born

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1904 Birth

Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger, Dorchester Mass, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz) was born

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1945 Birth

Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart, London, British singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy) was born

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1935 Birth

Ronnie Hawkins

Ronnie Hawkins, American musician was born

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1909 Birth

Rudolf Kubin

Rudolf Kubin, composer was born

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1960 Birth

Samira Said

Samira Said, Moroccan singer was born

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1939 Birth

Scott McKenzie

Scott McKenzie, American singer ('San Francisco;), (d. 2012) was born

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1952 Birth

Scott Thurston

Scott Thurston, keyboardist/guitarist (Motels-Only the Lonely) was born

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1975 Birth

Shannon Kavanaugh

Shannon Kavanaugh, Boston Mass, rocker (Ivory Soul) was born

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1958 Birth

Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin, singer/guitarist was born

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1928 Birth

Wallace Berry

Wallace Berry, composer was born

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1972 Death

Al Goodman

Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81

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1985 Death

Anton Karas

Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)

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1833 Death

Antonio da Silva Leite

Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer, dies at 73

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1951 Death

Athos Palma

Athos Palma, composer, dies at 59

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1895 Death

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45

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2026 Death

Bob Weir

Bob Weir died

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2022 Death

Burke Shelley

Burke Shelley died

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1876 Death

Charles EH de Coussemaker

Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70

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1976 Death

Chester Arthur Burnett

Chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65

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2021 Death

David Stypka

David Stypka died

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2023 Death

Dennis Budimir

Dennis Budimir died

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1978 Death

Don Gillis

Don Gillis, American composer (b. 1912)

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1780 Death

Francesco Antonio Vallotti

Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist/composer, dies at 82

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2022 Death

Francis Jackson

Francis Jackson died

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1941 Death

Frank Bridge

Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61

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1954 Death

Fred Raymond

Fred Raymond, composer, dies at 53

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1892 Death

Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn

Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer, dies at 91

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1976 Death

Howlin' Wolf

Howlin' Wolf, singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65

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1792 Death

Jean-Louis Laruette

Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60

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2023 Death

Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck died

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1800 Death

Johan Wikmanson

Johan Wikmanson, composer, dies at 46

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2022 Death

Jordi Sabatés

Jordi Sabatés died

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1968 Death

Josue Teofilo Wilkes

Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer, dies at 85

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1939 Death

Julius Bittner

Julius Bittner, Austria composer (Missa Austriaca), dies at 64

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2022 Death

Khan Jamal

Khan Jamal died

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1905 Death

Kārlis Baumanis

Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)

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1982 Death

Lazar Weiner

Lazar Weiner, composer, dies at 84

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1968 Death

Louis-Francois-Marie Aubert

Louis-Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer (La Momie), dies at 90

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2011 Death

Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)

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2005 Death

Margherita Carosio

Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)

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1987 Death

Marion Hutton

Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)

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1889 Death

Martin Andreas Udbye

Martin Andreas Udbye, composer, dies at 68

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1972 Death

Sverre Jordan

Sverre Jordan, composer, dies at 82

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1963 Death

Tadeusz Szeligowski

Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer, dies at 66

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2024 Death

Tamara Milashkina

Tamara Milashkina died

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1953 Death

Theo Mackeben

Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56

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1967 Death

Vilem Petrzelka

Vilem Petrzelka, composer, dies at 77

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2020 Death

Wolfgang Dauner

Wolfgang Dauner died

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2026 Death

Yeison Jiménez

Yeison Jiménez died

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2020 Event

Apocalyptica

Apocalyptica released the album 'Cell-0'

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1938 Event

Eduard A van Beinum

Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall

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2025 Event

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand released the album 'The Human Fear'

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1928 Event

George Gershwin

G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie," premieres in NYC

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2020 Event

Poppy

Poppy released the album 'I Disagree'

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2025 Event

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr released the album 'Look Up'

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2020 Event

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez released the album 'Rare'

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2020 Event

various artists

various artists released the album 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Soundtrack'

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