On This Day in Music: January 17

On January 17 in music history, 69 artists were born, 38 died and 10 other milestones happened, among them Eminem (2020), Led Zeppelin (1969) and The Beatles (1969).

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Eminem

Eminem released the album 'Music to Be Murdered By'

Led Zeppelin

Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US

The Beatles

Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK

Shania Twain

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

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Born on January 17

Alex Varkatzas

Alex Varkatzas, American Singer (Atreyu) was born

Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev

Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St Petersburg Russia, composer was born

Amanda Wilkinson

Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer was born

Anne Queffélec

Anne Queffélec, French pianist was born

Annie Delorie

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

Antonio Pace

Antonio Pace, composer was born

Antonio Scandello

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

Antonio Veracini

Antonio Veracini, composer was born

Chris Montez

Chris Montez, rocker was born

Dalida

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

Dame Gillian Weir

Dame Gillian Weir, New Zealand organist was born

Donald Erb

Donald Erb, Youngstown, Ohio, composer was born

Eartha Kitt

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

Eduard Remenyi

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

Francois Rasse

Francois Rasse, composer was born

Francois-Joseph Gossec

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

Françoise Hardy

Françoise Hardy, French singer was born

Frederick Alfred Fox

Frederick Alfred Fox, composer was born

Hans Jelmoli

Hans Jelmoli, composer was born

Harry Reser

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

Henk H Badings

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

Henry Charles Tonking

Henry Charles Tonking, composer was born

Hermann Pfrogner

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

Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter was born

Jean Barraqué

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

Jean-Joseph Vade

Jean-Joseph Vade, composer was born

Jez Strode

Jez Strode, rocker (Kajagoogoo) was born

Joel Herron

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

Johan Filip von Schantz

Johan Filip von Schantz, composer was born

Johann Gottfried Muthel

Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer was born

John Stanley

John Stanley, composer was born

Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte

Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer was born

Joseph George Handy Hendleman

Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician was born

Julie Budet

Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician was born

Kai Hansen

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

Kang-In

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

Ken Hirai

Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter was born

Kid Rock

Kid Rock, American singer was born

Leonardo Ciampa

Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician was born

Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer was born

Mick Taylor

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

Momoe Yamaguchi

Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress was born

Nicolas Roze

Nicolas Roze, composer was born

Ole Andreas Lindeman

Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer was born

Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov

Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer was born

Oskar Morawetz

Oskar Morawetz, Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer was born

Paul Young

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

Rami Yacoub

Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter/producer was born

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

Rexton Gordon

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

Riyu Kosaka

Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU was born

Robert Ceely

Robert Ceely, composer was born

Robert Fludd

Robert Fludd, composer was born

Ryuichi Sakamoto

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

Shabba Ranks

Shabba Ranks, reggae singer was born

Sheila Hutchinson

Sheila Hutchinson, rocker was born

Simone Simons

Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica) was born

Steve Earle

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

Susanna Hoffs

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

Sydney Phillip Hodkinson

Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer was born

Thomas Linley

Thomas Linley, composer was born

Tom Jenkinson

Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher) was born

Ulf Hoelscher

Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist was born

Ulyses Simpson Kay

Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer was born

Ulysses Dove

Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer was born

Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky

Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer was born

Vesko Kountchev

Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian musician was born

Wilhelm Kienzl

Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born

William Hart

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

Died on January 17

Alessio Prati

Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37

Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky

Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55

Alexandre Levy

Alexandre Levy, composer, dies at 27

Armando Gama

Armando Gama died

Balint Vazsonyi

Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)

Betty Smith

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

Billy Stewart

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

Carl Baermann

Carl Baermann, composer, dies at 73

Charlie Ventura

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

Czeslaw Niemen

Czeslaw Niemen, Polish musician (b. 1939)

Don Kirshner

Don Kirshner, American composer (b. 1934)

Frederick Jerome Work

Frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61

Frutolf

Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies

Ghulam Mustafa Khan

Ghulam Mustafa Khan died

Gottfried Rudinger

Gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59

Grazyna Bacewicz

Grazyna Bacewicz, composer, dies at 59

Herbert Henck

Herbert Henck died

Jean-Francois Dandrieu

Jean-Francois Dandrieu, composer, dies

Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst

Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74

Johnny Otis

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

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806)

Junior Mance

Junior Mance died

Manana Doidjashvili

Manana Doidjashvili died

Mostafa Sid Ahmed

Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)

Nicolo Rubini

Nicolo Rubini, composer, dies at 50

Noel Chiboust

Noel Chiboust, trumpeter/sax, dies at 84

Philip Jones

Philip Jones, British trumpeter (b. 1928)

Pier Francesco Cavalli

Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, dies at 73

Renée Geyer

Renée Geyer died

Richard Oesterreicher

Richard Oesterreicher died

Robert Covington

Robert Covington, drummer/singer, dies at 54

Salomon Sulzer

Salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85

Sammy Nestico

Sammy Nestico died

Santino Garsi

Santino Garsi, composer, dies at 61

Stéphane Venne

Stéphane Venne died

Thomas Attwood Walmisley

Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41

Thérèse Dion

Thérèse Dion died

Tomaso Albinioni

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

Releases & milestones on January 17

Eminem

Eminem released the album 'Music to Be Murdered By'

Gabrielle Aplin

Gabrielle Aplin released the album 'Dear Happy'

Halsey

Halsey released the album 'Manic'

Jule Styne

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

Led Zeppelin

Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US

Mac Miller

Mac Miller released the album 'Circles'

Morgenshtern

Morgenshtern released the album 'Legendarnaya Pyl'

Olivia Newton-John

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

Shania Twain

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

The Beatles

Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK

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