On This Day in Music: January 15

1929 Birth

"Queen Ida" Guillory

"Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music was born

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1960 Birth

Aaron Jay Kernis

Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer was born

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1987 Birth

Aria C Jalali

Aria C Jalali, American musician was born

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1871 Birth

Bertram Shapleigh

Bertram Shapleigh, composer was born

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1953 Birth

Boris Blank

Boris Blank, rocker (Yello) was born

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1941 Birth

Captain Beefheart

Captain Beefheart, [Don Van Vliet], rocker (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast) was born

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1939 Birth

Charles Christopher Steel

Charles Christopher Steel, composer was born

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1951 Birth

Charo [Maria Baeza]

Charo [Maria Baeza], Spanish-American actress, comedienne and flamenco guitarist (Chico and the Man, Love Boat) was born

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1962 Birth

Conrad Lant

Conrad Lant, English musician was born

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1950 Birth

David Lynn Jones

David Lynn Jones, Bexar Ark, country singer (Bonnie Jean) was born

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1965 Birth

Derek B

Derek B, rocker (Bullet from a Gun) was born

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1942 Birth

Edward "Sonny" Bivins

Edward "Sonny" Bivins, US singer (Manhattans-Kiss & Say Goodbye) was born

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1909 Birth

Elie Siegmeister

Elie Siegmeister, NYC, composer (Plough & the Stars) was born

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1932 Birth

Enrique Raxach

Enrique Raxach, composer was born

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1909 Birth

Enrique Sasal y Chapi

Enrique Sasal y Chapi, composer was born

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1742 Birth

Eugene Godecharle

Eugene Godecharle, composer was born

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1929 Birth

Eva Badura-Skoda

Eva Badura-Skoda, composer was born

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1927 Birth

Francis Routh

Francis Routh, composer was born

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1892 Birth

Frank Hutchens

Frank Hutchens, composer was born

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1909 Birth

Gene Krupa

Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman's drummer (Sing Sing Sing) was born

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1845 Birth

Heinrich Vogl

Heinrich Vogl, composer was born

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1981 Birth

Howie Day

Howie Day, American singer was born

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1961 Birth

Iris DeMent

Iris DeMent, Paragould Ar, country singer (Our Town) was born

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1893 Birth

Ivor Novello (David Ivor Davies

Ivor Novello (David Ivor Davies, Cardiff Wales, composer/writer/actor (Truth Game) was born

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1896 Birth

Jacobo Ficher

Jacobo Ficher, composer was born

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1878 Birth

Johanna Muller-Hermann

Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer was born

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1730 Birth

John Malchair

John Malchair, composer was born

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1733 Birth

Joseph Lederer

Joseph Lederer, composer was born

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1979 Birth

Ken Chu

Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer-actor and taichi champ was born

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1967 Birth

Lisa Lisa

Lisa Lisa, [Velez], rock vocalist (& Cult Jam) was born

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1935 Birth

Malcolm Frager

Malcolm Frager, St Louis, Missouri, pianist was born

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1951 Birth

Martha Davis

Martha Davis, California, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame) was born

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1952 Birth

Melvyn Gale

Melvyn Gale, rocker (ELO) was born

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1913 Birth

Miriam Hyde

Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. 2005) was born

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1931 Birth

Murad Kazhlayev

Murad Kazhlayev, composer was born

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1964 Birth

Osmo Tapio Räihälä

Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer was born

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1959 Birth

Pete Trewavas

Pete Trewavas, Middlesbrough, bassist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws) was born

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1947 Birth

Pete Waterman

Pete Waterman, rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block) was born

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1906 Birth

Rezso Kokai

Rezso Kokai, composer was born

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1908 Birth

Roberta Bitgood

Roberta Bitgood, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Ronnie Van Zant

Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd) was born

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1925 Birth

Ruth Slenczynska

Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist was born

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1979 Birth

Young Dro

Young Dro, American rapper was born

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1967 Death

Albert Szirmai

Albert Szirmai, composer, dies at 86

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1998 Death

Amos "Junior" Wells

Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63

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1755 Death

Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia

Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83

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1765 Death

Carlmann Kolb

Carlmann Kolb, composer, dies at 61

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2022 Death

Carmela Corren

Carmela Corren died

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1744 Death

Charles-Hubert Gervais

Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer, dies at 72

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1992 Death

Dee Murray

Dee Murray, English bassist (b. 1946)

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2025 Death

Diane Langton

Diane Langton died

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1987 Death

Dolores Hawkins

Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58

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2023 Death

Doris

Doris died

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2003 Death

Doris Fisher

Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b. 1915)

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1904 Death

Eduard Lassen

Eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73

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1926 Death

Enrico Toselli

Enrico Toselli, composer, dies at 42

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1909 Death

Ernest Reyer

Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85

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1961 Death

Francesco Maria Saraceni

Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer, dies at 49

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1788 Death

Gaetano Latilla

Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77

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1924 Death

Geza Zichy

Geza Zichy, composer, dies at 74

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1775 Death

Giovanni Battista Sammartini

Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies

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1915 Death

Guillaume Couture

Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63

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1994 Death

Gyorgy Cziffra

Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72

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1994 Death

Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson, rock vocalist (Everybody's Talkin'), dies at 52

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1816 Death

Henry Harington

Henry Harington, composer, dies at 88

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1864 Death

Isaac Nathan

Isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)

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1973 Death

Jef Alpaerts

Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68

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1812 Death

Johannes Herbst

Johannes Herbst, composer, dies at 76

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2022 Death

Jon Lind

Jon Lind died

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1844 Death

Joseph Mazzinghi

Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78

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1998 Death

Junior Wells

Junior Wells, blues harpist, dies at 63

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1974 Death

Karel Salmon

Karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76

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2026 Death

Kenny Morris

Kenny Morris died

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1996 Death

Les Baxter

Les Baxter, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73

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2025 Death

Linda Nolan

Linda Nolan died

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2025 Death

Melba Montgomery

Melba Montgomery died

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1994 Death

Philippe Brun

Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at 85

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2026 Death

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark died

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1987 Death

Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz), dies at 83

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2025 Death

Raymond Thompson

Raymond Thompson died

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1993 Death

Sammy Cahn

Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)

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1995 Death

Sollie McElroy

Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61

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2023 Death

Vakhtang Kikabidze

Vakhtang Kikabidze died

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2005 Death

Victoria de los Angeles

Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923)

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1953 Death

Viktor Patrick Vretblad

Viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer, dies at 76

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1964 Death

Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden

Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58

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1911 Death

Wilhelm Berger

Wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49

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2021 Event

Ashnikko

Ashnikko released the album 'Demidevil'

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1866 Event

Bedřich Smetana

Bedrich Smetana's opera "Branibori v Cechach," premieres in Prague

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1919 Event

Ignace Jan Paderewski

Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland

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1915 Event

Jerome Kern

Sydney, Kern & Smith's musical "Love o' Mike" premieres in NYC

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1785 Event

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres

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