On This Day in Music: January 16

1979-01-16 Birth

Aaliyah

Aaliyah, American singer (d. 2001) was born

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1815-01-16 Birth

Adolph Trube

Adolph Trube, composer was born

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1942-01-16 Birth

Barbara Lynn

Barbara Lynn, US singer (You'll Lose a Good Thing), was born

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1942-01-16 Birth

Bill Francis Mobile Al

Bill Francis Mobile Al, rocker (Dr Hook) was born

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1937-01-16 Birth

Bob Bogle

Bob Bogle, Portland, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme) was born

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1919-01-16 Birth

Bob Boucher

Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orchestra leader (Music on Ice) was born

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1943-01-16 Birth

Brian Ferneyhough

Brian Ferneyhough, composer was born

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1937-01-16 Birth

Conny Vandenbos

Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose) was born

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1868-01-16 Birth

Cyril Metodej Hrazdira

Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer was born

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1893-01-16 Birth

Daisy Kennedy

Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981) was born

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1950-01-16 Birth

Damo Suzuki

Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can) was born

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1950-01-16 Birth

Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen, Houston Texas, dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame) was born

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1922-01-16 Birth

Ernesto Bonino

Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008) was born

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1905-01-16 Birth

Ernesto Halffter

Ernesto Halffter, composer was born

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1902-01-16 Birth

Evelyn Levine

Evelyn Levine, composer was born

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1928-01-16 Birth

Ezra Sims

Ezra Sims, composer was born

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1672-01-16 Birth

Francesco Mancini

Francesco Mancini, composer was born

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1943-01-16 Birth

Gavin Bryars

Gavin Bryars, composer was born

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1972-01-16 Birth

Greg Page

Greg Page, Australian musician and actor was born

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1872-01-16 Birth

Henri-Paul Busser

Henri-Paul Busser, composer was born

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1894-01-16 Birth

Irving Mills

Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (d. 1985) was born

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1962-01-16 Birth

Jan Koster

Jan Koster, Dutch drummer (Sleeze Beez-Powertool) was born

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1984-01-16 Birth

Jared Slingerland

Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician was born

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1961-01-16 Birth

Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter was born

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1944-01-16 Birth

Jim Stafford

Jim Stafford, Eloise Fla, singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill) was born

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1971-01-16 Birth

Josh Evans

Josh Evans, actor (Ricochett, The Doors) was born

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1938-01-16 Birth

Jô Soares

Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality was born

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1804-01-16 Birth

Karl August Krebs

Karl August Krebs, composer was born

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1980-01-16 Birth

Lin Manuel Miranda

Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist (In The Heights) was born

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1934-01-16 Birth

Marilyn Horne

Marilyn Horne, Bradford, Pa, mezzo-soprano was born

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1904-01-16 Birth

Max Vredenburg

Max Vredenburg, composer was born

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1962-01-16 Birth

Maxine Jones

Maxine Jones, Paterson, New Jersey, American R&B singer (En Vogue) was born

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1728-01-16 Birth

Niccolo Piccinni

Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Buona Figliuola) was born

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1981-01-16 Birth

Nick Valensi

Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes) was born

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1961-01-16 Birth

Paul Raven

Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke) (d. 2007) was born

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1962-01-16 Birth

Paul Webb

Paul Webb, rocker (TalkTalk) was born

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1928-01-16 Birth

Pilar Lorengar

Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996) was born

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1942-01-16 Birth

René Angélil

René Angélil, Canadian music executive was born

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1951-01-16 Birth

Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express) was born

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1934-01-16 Birth

Richard Wernick

Richard Wernick, Boston Mass, composer was born

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1914-01-16 Birth

Roger Wagner

Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992) was born

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1944-01-16 Birth

Ronnie Milsap

Ronnie Milsap, Robbinsville NC, country singer (Legend in My Time) was born

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1923-01-16 Birth

Roy Lanham

Roy Lanham, rocker (Sons of the Pioneers) was born

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1959-01-16 Birth

Sade

Sade, Nigerian-born singer was born

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1982-01-16 Birth

Samuel Preston

Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys) was born

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1929-01-16 Birth

Tage Nielsen

Tage Nielsen, composer was born

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1942-01-16 Birth

William Francis

William Francis, rocker was born

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1886-01-16 Death

Amilcare Ponchielli

Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51

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1934-01-16 Death

Annie Patterson

Annie Patterson, composer, dies at 65

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1864-01-16 Death

Anton Schindler

Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68

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1817-01-16 Death

Antonin Josef Alois Volanek

Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55

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1957-01-16 Death

Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini, Italian US conductor (NBC), dies in NYC at 89

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1997-01-16 Death

Charlie Alfred Galbraith

Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76

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1891-01-16 Death

Clement Philibert Leo Delibes

Clement Philibert Leo Delibes, composer (Lakmé), dies at 54

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1998-01-16 Death

David "Junior" Kimbrough

David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67

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1972-01-16 Death

David Seville

David Seville, singer (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52

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2002-01-16 Death

Eddie Meduza

Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (b. 1948)

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1979-01-16 Death

Fred Elizalde

Fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71

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1963-01-16 Death

Gilardo Gilardi

Gilardo Gilardi, composer, dies at 73

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2012-01-16 Death

Gustav Leonhardt

Gustav Leonhardt, Master Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor,dies at 87

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1994-01-16 Death

Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52

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1961-01-16 Death

Janos Viski

Janos Viski, composer, dies at 54

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1919-01-16 Death

Jaroslav Jeremias

Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19

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2012-01-16 Death

Jimmy Castor

Jimmy Castor, American pop and funk musician, died of heart failure at 71.

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2000-01-16 Death

John Morris Rankin

John Morris Rankin, musical entertainer (b. 1959)

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1901-01-16 Death

Jules Barbier

Jules Barbier, French opera librettist (b. 1825)

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1996-01-16 Death

Marcia Davenport

Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903)

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1703-01-16 Death

Matteo Coferati

Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64

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1920-01-16 Death

Reginald De Koven

Reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60

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1935-01-16 Death

Richard Wetz

Richard Wetz, composer, dies at 59

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1969-01-16 Death

Vernon Duke

Vernon Duke, composer, dies at 65

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2000-01-16 Death

Will "Dub" Jones

Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928)

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1995-01-16 Death

William Dillard

William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83

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1976-01-16 Event

Acid Black Cherry

"Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV

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1938-01-16 Event

Benny Goodman

1st jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall (Benny Goodman)

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1978-01-16 Event

Fleetwood Mac

5th American Music Award: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac & C Twitty

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1966-01-16 Event

Lincoln Center

Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center

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1984-01-16 Event

Michael Jackson

11th American Music Award: Pat Benatar & Michael Jackson win

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1957-01-16 Event

The Beatles

Cavern Club opens on Matthews Street in Liverpool, England, home of The Beatles' 1st appearance

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