On This Day in Music: January 10

1974-01-10 Birth

Akari Kaida

Akari Kaida, Japanese composer was born

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1933-01-10 Birth

Akira Miyoshi

Akira Miyoshi, composer was born

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1897-01-10 Birth

Albert Moeschinger

Albert Moeschinger, composer was born

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1946-01-10 Birth

Aynsley Dunbar

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

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1946-01-10 Birth

Bob Lang

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

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1964-01-10 Birth

Brad Roberts

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

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1978-01-10 Birth

Brent Smith

Brent Smith, American singer (Shinedown) was born

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1981-01-10 Birth

Brian Joo

Brian Joo, Korean-American singer was born

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1930-01-10 Birth

Byron "Wild Child" Gipson

Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer was born

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1979-01-10 Birth

Chris H E Smith

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

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1950-01-10 Birth

Cyril Neville

Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers) was born

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1915-01-10 Birth

Dean Dixon

Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor was born

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1959-01-10 Birth

Don Letts

Don Letts, rocker (Big Audio Dynamite) was born

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1948-01-10 Birth

Donald Fagen

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

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1969-01-10 Birth

Doug E Doug

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

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1944-01-10 Birth

Frank Sinatra Jr

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

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1683-01-10 Birth

Gasparo Visconti

Gasparo Visconti, composer was born

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1935-01-10 Birth

Georg Katzer

Georg Katzer, composer was born

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1927-01-10 Birth

Gisele MacKenzie

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

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1884-01-10 Birth

James Philip Dunn

James Philip Dunn, composer was born

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1910-01-10 Birth

Jean Martinon

Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer was born

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1903-01-10 Birth

Jean Morel

Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor was born

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1917-01-10 Birth

Jerry Wexler

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

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1904-01-10 Birth

Jesus Garcia Leoz

Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer was born

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1942-01-10 Birth

Jim Croce

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

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1701-01-10 Birth

Johann Caspar Simon

Johann Caspar Simon, composer was born

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1760-01-10 Birth

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer was born

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1927-01-10 Birth

Johnnie Ray

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

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1886-01-10 Birth

Jose Antonio de Donostia

Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer was born

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1959-01-10 Birth

Kirk & Curtwood

Kirk & Curtwood, musician (Meat Puppets) was born

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1766-01-10 Birth

Louis Massonneau

Louis Massonneau, composer was born

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1955-01-10 Birth

Luci Martin

Luci Martin, rocker vocalist (Chic) was born

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1924-01-10 Birth

Ludmilla Chiraeff

Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer was born

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1925-01-10 Birth

Maxwell Roach

Maxwell Roach, composer was born

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1955-01-10 Birth

Michael Schenker

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

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1967-01-10 Birth

Micky Michelle

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

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1948-01-10 Birth

Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist was born

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1961-01-10 Birth

Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg

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

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1965-01-10 Birth

Nathan

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

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1953-01-10 Birth

Pat Benatar

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

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1901-01-10 Birth

Pauline Starke

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

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1854-01-10 Birth

Peter Gast

Peter Gast, composer was born

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1904-01-10 Birth

Ray Bolger

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

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1945-01-10 Birth

Rod Stewart

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

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1935-01-10 Birth

Ronnie Hawkins

Ronnie Hawkins, American musician was born

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1909-01-10 Birth

Rudolf Kubin

Rudolf Kubin, composer was born

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1960-01-10 Birth

Samira Said

Samira Said, Moroccan singer was born

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1939-01-10 Birth

Scott McKenzie

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

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1952-01-10 Birth

Scott Thurston

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

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1975-01-10 Birth

Shannon Kavanaugh

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

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1958-01-10 Birth

Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin, singer/guitarist was born

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1928-01-10 Birth

Wallace Berry

Wallace Berry, composer was born

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1972-01-10 Death

Al Goodman

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

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1985-01-10 Death

Anton Karas

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

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1833-01-10 Death

Antonio da Silva Leite

Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer, dies at 73

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1951-01-10 Death

Athos Palma

Athos Palma, composer, dies at 59

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1895-01-10 Death

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45

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1876-01-10 Death

Charles EH de Coussemaker

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

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1976-01-10 Death

Chester Arthur Burnett

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

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1978-01-10 Death

Don Gillis

Don Gillis, American composer (b. 1912)

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1780-01-10 Death

Francesco Antonio Vallotti

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

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1941-01-10 Death

Frank Bridge

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

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1954-01-10 Death

Fred Raymond

Fred Raymond, composer, dies at 53

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1892-01-10 Death

Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn

Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer, dies at 91

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1976-01-10 Death

Howlin' Wolf

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

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1792-01-10 Death

Jean-Louis Laruette

Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60

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1800-01-10 Death

Johan Wikmanson

Johan Wikmanson, composer, dies at 46

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1968-01-10 Death

Josue Teofilo Wilkes

Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer, dies at 85

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1939-01-10 Death

Julius Bittner

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

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1905-01-10 Death

Kārlis Baumanis

Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)

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1982-01-10 Death

Lazar Weiner

Lazar Weiner, composer, dies at 84

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1968-01-10 Death

Louis-Francois-Marie Aubert

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

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2011-01-10 Death

Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)

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2005-01-10 Death

Margherita Carosio

Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)

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1987-01-10 Death

Marion Hutton

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

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1889-01-10 Death

Martin Andreas Udbye

Martin Andreas Udbye, composer, dies at 68

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1972-01-10 Death

Sverre Jordan

Sverre Jordan, composer, dies at 82

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1963-01-10 Death

Tadeusz Szeligowski

Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer, dies at 66

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1953-01-10 Death

Theo Mackeben

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

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1967-01-10 Death

Vilem Petrzelka

Vilem Petrzelka, composer, dies at 77

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1938-01-10 Event

Eduard A van Beinum

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

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1928-01-10 Event

George Gershwin

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

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