2003
Event
Eminem
30th American Music Award: Sheryl Crow & Eminem win
On This Day in Music: January 13
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Born on January 13
1936
Birth
Ami Maayani
Ami Maayani, composer was born
1778
Birth
Anton Fischer
Anton Fischer, composer was born
1788
Birth
Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz
Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born
1968
Birth
Chara
Chara, Japanese singer and actress was born
1952
Birth
Cornelius Bumpus
Cornelius Bumpus, keyboardist (Doobie Bros-Minute by Minute) was born
1923
Birth
Danil Shafran
Danil Shafran, cellist was born
1909
Birth
Danny Barker
Danny Barker, jazz guitarist was born
1957
Birth
Don Snow
Don Snow, rocker (Squeeze) was born
1946
Birth
Eero Koivistoinen
Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician was born
1917
Birth
Felix Guerro Diaz
Felix Guerro Diaz, composer was born
1895
Birth
Fortunio Bonanova
Fortunio Bonanova, Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer was born
1955
Birth
Fred White
Fred White, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover) was born
1967
Birth
George Paterson
George Paterson, Scottish singer/songwriter DMP was born
1690
Birth
Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel
Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer was born
1961
Birth
Graham "Suggs" McPherson
Graham "Suggs" McPherson, Sussex, rock vocalist (Madness-Our House) was born
1925
Birth
Gwen Verdon
Gwen Verdon, LA, actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity) was born
1870
Birth
Henryk Opienski
Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko) was born
1824
Birth
Ignacy Marceli Komorowski
Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer was born
1959
Birth
James Lomenzo
James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth) was born
1893
Birth
Jan Evangelista Zelinka
Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer was born
1981
Birth
Jason James
Jason James, Welsh musician (Bullet for My Valentine) was born
1683
Birth
Johann Christoph Graupner
Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer was born
1727
Birth
Johann Christoph Schmugel
Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer was born
1947
Birth
John Lees
John Lees, England, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man) was born
1929
Birth
Joseph Anthony Pass
Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist was born
1980
Birth
Krzysztof Czerwinski
Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist was born
1850
Birth
Leon Francis Victor Caron
Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer was born
1918
Birth
Lester Sill
Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer was born
1930
Birth
Liz Anderson
Liz Anderson, rocker was born
1734
Birth
Luca Sorkocevic
Luca Sorkocevic, composer was born
1956
Birth
Malcolm Foster
Malcolm Foster, rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement) was born
1906
Birth
Maxime Jacob
Maxime Jacob, composer was born
1938
Birth
Paavo Johannes Heininen
Paavo Johannes Heininen, composer was born
1955
Birth
Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly, Australian singer was born
1905
Birth
Percy Humphrey
Percy Humphrey, musician was born
1904
Birth
Richard Addinsell
Richard Addinsell, London England, composer (Taming of Shrew) was born
1884
Birth
Sophie Tucker
Sophie Tucker, [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas was born
1961
Birth
Suggs
Suggs, English singer was born
1963
Birth
Tim Patrick Kelly
Tim Patrick Kelly, Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live) was born
1955
Birth
Trevor Rabin
Trevor Rabin, rocker (Yes) was born
1989
Birth
Triinu Kivilaan
Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer was born
1866
Birth
Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov
Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer was born
1943
Birth
William Duckworth
William Duckworth, composer was born
1900
Birth
Yasuji Kiyose
Yasuji Kiyose, composer was born
Died on January 13
1828
Death
Alexandre-Auguste Robineau
Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, dies at 80
1980
Death
Andre Kostelanetz
Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78
2025
Death
André Sollie
André Sollie died
1993
Death
Camargo Guarnieri
Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
1901
Death
Carlo Angeloni
Carlo Angeloni, composer, dies at 66
1892
Death
Charles Albert White
Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62
1979
Death
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
2025
Death
Elgar Howarth
Elgar Howarth died
1838
Death
Ferdinand Ries
Ferdinand Ries, German composer dies at 53
1795
Death
Francois-Joseph Krafft
Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73
2022
Death
Fred Van Hove
Fred Van Hove died
1994
Death
Frederick William Sternfield
Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
2010
Death
Jay Reatard
Jay Reatard, American garage punk musician (b. 1980)
2024
Death
Jo-El Sonnier
Jo-El Sonnier died
1762
Death
Leonhard Trautsch
Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68
2009
Death
Mansour Rahbani
Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and lyricist (b. 1925)
1979
Death
Marjorie Lawrence
Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
2007
Death
Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949)
2001
Death
Michael Cuccione
Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
2005
Death
Nell Rankin
Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
1971
Death
Robert Still
Robert Still, English composer (b. 1910)
1954
Death
Roland Diggle
Roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69
2024
Death
Romuald Twardowski
Romuald Twardowski died
1995
Death
Ruby Starr
Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44
1864
Death
Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY
2021
Death
Sylvain Sylvain
Sylvain Sylvain died
2010
Death
Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950)
2021
Death
Tim Bogert
Tim Bogert died
1914
Death
Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea
Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer, dies 76
Releases & milestones on January 13
2003
Event
Eminem
30th American Music Award: Sheryl Crow & Eminem win
1976
Event
Giuseppe Verdi
Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
1914
Event
Joe Hill
IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia
1882
Event
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal"
1969
Event
The Beatles
Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
1967
Event
The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
2003
Event
The Who
Rock musician Pete Townshend of The Who was arrested in London on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. He was later cleared.
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