On This Day in Music: January 17

1982-01-17 Birth

Alex Varkatzas

Alex Varkatzas, American Singer (Atreyu) was born

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1850-01-17 Birth

Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev

Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St Petersburg Russia, composer was born

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1982-01-17 Birth

Amanda Wilkinson

Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer was born

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1948-01-17 Birth

Anne Queffélec

Anne Queffélec, French pianist was born

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1925-01-17 Birth

Annie Delorie

Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias) was born

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1545-01-17 Birth

Antonio Pace

Antonio Pace, composer was born

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1517-01-17 Birth

Antonio Scandello

Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes) was born

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1659-01-17 Birth

Antonio Veracini

Antonio Veracini, composer was born

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1943-01-17 Birth

Chris Montez

Chris Montez, rocker was born

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1933-01-17 Birth

Dalida

Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day) was born

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1941-01-17 Birth

Dame Gillian Weir

Dame Gillian Weir, New Zealand organist was born

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1927-01-17 Birth

Donald Erb

Donald Erb, Youngstown, Ohio, composer was born

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1927-01-17 Birth

Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman) was born

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1828-01-17 Birth

Eduard Remenyi

Eduard Remenyi, Hungarian violinist (d. 1898) was born

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1873-01-17 Birth

Francois Rasse

Francois Rasse, composer was born

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1734-01-17 Birth

Francois-Joseph Gossec

Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs, Mirza) was born

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1944-01-17 Birth

Françoise Hardy

Françoise Hardy, French singer was born

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1931-01-17 Birth

Frederick Alfred Fox

Frederick Alfred Fox, composer was born

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1877-01-17 Birth

Hans Jelmoli

Hans Jelmoli, composer was born

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1896-01-17 Birth

Harry Reser

Harry Reser, Ohio, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show) was born

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1907-01-17 Birth

Henk H Badings

Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes) was born

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1863-01-17 Birth

Henry Charles Tonking

Henry Charles Tonking, composer was born

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1911-01-17 Birth

Hermann Pfrogner

Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus) was born

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1945-01-17 Birth

Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter was born

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1928-01-17 Birth

Jean Barraqué

Jean Barraqué, French composer (d. 1973) was born

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1719-01-17 Birth

Jean-Joseph Vade

Jean-Joseph Vade, composer was born

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1958-01-17 Birth

Jez Strode

Jez Strode, rocker (Kajagoogoo) was born

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1916-01-17 Birth

Joel Herron

Joel Herron, Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show) was born

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1835-01-17 Birth

Johan Filip von Schantz

Johan Filip von Schantz, composer was born

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1728-01-17 Birth

Johann Gottfried Muthel

Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer was born

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1712-01-17 Birth

John Stanley

John Stanley, composer was born

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1836-01-17 Birth

Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte

Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer was born

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1920-01-17 Birth

Joseph George Handy Hendleman

Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician was born

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1983-01-17 Birth

Julie Budet

Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician was born

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1963-01-17 Birth

Kai Hansen

Kai Hansen, German singer and guitarist (Gamma Ray) was born

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1985-01-17 Birth

Kang-In

Kang-In, South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ(Super Junior) was born

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1972-01-17 Birth

Ken Hirai

Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter was born

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1971-01-17 Birth

Kid Rock

Kid Rock, American singer was born

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1971-01-17 Birth

Leonardo Ciampa

Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician was born

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1980-01-17 Birth

Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer was born

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1948-01-17 Birth

Mick Taylor

Mick Taylor, rock bassist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) was born

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1959-01-17 Birth

Momoe Yamaguchi

Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress was born

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1745-01-17 Birth

Nicolas Roze

Nicolas Roze, composer was born

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1769-01-17 Birth

Ole Andreas Lindeman

Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer was born

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1912-01-17 Birth

Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov

Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer was born

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1917-01-17 Birth

Oskar Morawetz

Oskar Morawetz, Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer was born

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1956-01-17 Birth

Paul Young

Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Every Time You Go Away) was born

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1975-01-17 Birth

Rami Yacoub

Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter/producer was born

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1981-01-17 Birth

Ray J [William Ray Norwood Jr.]

Ray J [William Ray Norwood Jr.], McComb, Mississippi, American singer and actor (Everything You Want, Sex tape) was born

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1966-01-17 Birth

Rexton Gordon

Rexton Gordon, Jamaican dj/rapper (Shabba Ranks-Extra Naked) was born

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1985-01-17 Birth

Riyu Kosaka

Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU was born

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1930-01-17 Birth

Robert Ceely

Robert Ceely, composer was born

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1574-01-17 Birth

Robert Fludd

Robert Fludd, composer was born

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1952-01-17 Birth

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jap, rocker (Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orch) was born

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1966-01-17 Birth

Shabba Ranks

Shabba Ranks, reggae singer was born

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1953-01-17 Birth

Sheila Hutchinson

Sheila Hutchinson, rocker was born

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1985-01-17 Birth

Simone Simons

Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica) was born

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1955-01-17 Birth

Steve Earle

Steve Earle, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Guitar Town) was born

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1959-01-17 Birth

Susanna Hoffs

Susanna Hoffs, actress/rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian) was born

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1934-01-17 Birth

Sydney Phillip Hodkinson

Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer was born

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1733-01-17 Birth

Thomas Linley

Thomas Linley, composer was born

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1975-01-17 Birth

Tom Jenkinson

Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher) was born

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1942-01-17 Birth

Ulf Hoelscher

Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist was born

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1917-01-17 Birth

Ulyses Simpson Kay

Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer was born

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1947-01-17 Birth

Ulysses Dove

Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer was born

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1901-01-17 Birth

Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky

Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer was born

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1974-01-17 Birth

Vesko Kountchev

Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian musician was born

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1857-01-17 Birth

Wilhelm Kienzl

Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born

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1945-01-17 Birth

William Hart

William Hart, US singer (4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry) was born

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1788-01-17 Death

Alessio Prati

Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37

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1869-01-17 Death

Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky

Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55

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1892-01-17 Death

Alexandre Levy

Alexandre Levy, composer, dies at 27

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2003-01-17 Death

Balint Vazsonyi

Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)

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1972-01-17 Death

Betty Smith

Betty Smith, American writer and singer (b. 1896)

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1970-01-17 Death

Billy Stewart

Billy Stewart, singer (I Do Love You), dies in auto-accident at 32

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1913-01-17 Death

Carl Baermann

Carl Baermann, composer, dies at 73

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1992-01-17 Death

Charlie Ventura

Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer

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2004-01-17 Death

Czeslaw Niemen

Czeslaw Niemen, Polish musician (b. 1939)

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2011-01-17 Death

Don Kirshner

Don Kirshner, American composer (b. 1934)

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1942-01-17 Death

Frederick Jerome Work

Frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61

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1103-01-17 Death

Frutolf

Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies

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1946-01-17 Death

Gottfried Rudinger

Gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59

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1969-01-17 Death

Grazyna Bacewicz

Grazyna Bacewicz, composer, dies at 59

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1738-01-17 Death

Jean-Francois Dandrieu

Jean-Francois Dandrieu, composer, dies

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1891-01-17 Death

Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst

Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74

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2012-01-17 Death

Johnny Otis

Johnny Otis, R&B musician and talent scout, known as the godfather of rhythm and blues, dies at 90.

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1826-01-17 Death

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806)

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1996-01-17 Death

Mostafa Sid Ahmed

Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)

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1625-01-17 Death

Nicolo Rubini

Nicolo Rubini, composer, dies at 50

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1994-01-17 Death

Noel Chiboust

Noel Chiboust, trumpeter/sax, dies at 84

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2000-01-17 Death

Philip Jones

Philip Jones, British trumpeter (b. 1928)

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1676-01-17 Death

Pier Francesco Cavalli

Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, dies at 73

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1996-01-17 Death

Robert Covington

Robert Covington, drummer/singer, dies at 54

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1890-01-17 Death

Salomon Sulzer

Salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85

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1604-01-17 Death

Santino Garsi

Santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61

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1856-01-17 Death

Thomas Attwood Walmisley

Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41

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1750-01-17 Death

Tomaso Albinioni

Tomaso Albinioni, Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 78

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1974-01-17 Event

Jule Styne

Styne, Comdem & Green's musical "Lorelei" premieres in NYC

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1969-01-17 Event

Led Zeppelin

Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US

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1983-01-17 Event

Olivia Newton-John

10th American Music Award: John Cougar & Rick Springfield, Olivia Newton-John

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2000-01-17 Event

Shania Twain

27th American Music Award: Shania Twain & Will Smith win

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1969-01-17 Event

The Beatles

Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK

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