On This Day in Music: January 18

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Louis Armstrong

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers were...

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1

The Beatles

Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)

The Rolling Stones

Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations & Stevie Wonder

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Born on January 18

Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier

Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) was born

Alfonso Ferrabosco

Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born

Benji Schwimmer

Benji Schwimmer, American dancer was born

Berthold Goldschmidt

Berthold Goldschmidt, German/British (opera)composer (Beatrice Cenci) was born

Bob Rosenberg

Bob Rosenberg, rocker (Will To Power) was born

Bobby Goldsboro

Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna Fla, singer (Honey) was born

Bohuslav Jeremias

Bohuslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 58 was born

Caesar A Cui

Caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer was born

Christian Burns

Christian Burns, English musician (BBMak) was born

Claudia de Colombia

Claudia de Colombia, Bogato Columbia, spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti) was born

Crispian Mills

Crispian Mills, London, vocalist/guitarist (Kula Shaker) was born

DJ Quik

DJ Quik, American rapper was born

Dave Greene

Dave Greene, rocker was born

David Ruffin

David Ruffin, Whynot Mississippi, early lead singer for The Temptations ("My Girl") was born

Ernst Rudorff

Ernst Rudorff, composer was born

Estelle Swaray

Estelle Swaray, English singer was born

Ferdinand Kauer

Ferdinand Kauer, composer was born

Gabor Darvas

Gabor Darvas, composer was born

Jacques Gregoir

Jacques Gregoir, composer was born

Janos Ferencsik

Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera) was born

Jay Chou

Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer and producer was born

Jean-Guillain Cardon

Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer was born

Jesse L. Martin

Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer was born

John Hyatt Brewer

John Hyatt Brewer, composer was born

John Lawrence Seymour

John Lawrence Seymour, composer was born

Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Davis, American singer (KoЯn) was born

Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas

Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer was born

Larry "Legs" Smith

Larry "Legs" Smith, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman) was born

M C Tab

M C Tab, [Sharon Richard], NYC, rapper was born

Maarja Kivi

Maarja Kivi, Estonian singer was born

Mark Collie

Mark Collie, Waynesboro Tn, country singer (Another Old Soldier) was born

R. Stevie Moore

R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer was born

Raymond Huntington Woodman

Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born

Richard Archer

Richard Archer, British singer (lead singer of Hard-Fi) was born

Ronald Guglielmone Jr.

Ronald Guglielmone Jr., American singer-songwriter was born

Samantha Mumba

Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress was born

Tom Bailey

Tom Bailey, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor) was born

Vassilis Tsitsanis

Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (d. 1984) was born

William Henry Havergal

William Henry Havergal, composer was born

Yehezkiel Braun

Yehezkiel Braun, composer was born

Died on January 18

Albert Conti

Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79

Antonio Scandello

Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63

Arthur Altman

Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83

Benedikt Lechler

Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64

Brent Liles

Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. 1963)

Burnet Corwin Tuthill

Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93

Charles Baskerville

Charles Baskerville, vocalist, dies at 54

Claire van Kampen

Claire van Kampen died

Claudio Casciolini

Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62

Claudio Roditi

Claudio Roditi died

Cyril Mockridge

Cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82

Dave Bargeron

Dave Bargeron died

David Crosby

David Crosby died

David Olney

David Olney died

Dick Halligan

Dick Halligan died

Elliot Ingber

Elliot Ingber died

Filippo Marchetti

Filippo Marchetti, composer, dies at 70

Frank Lewin

Frank Lewin, American composer and music theorist (b. 1925)

Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky

Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer, dies at 68

Ivan Moody

Ivan Moody died

Jimmie Rodgers

Jimmie Rodgers died

Josep Maria Mestres i Quadreny

Josep Maria Mestres i Quadreny died

Joseph Philbrick Webster

Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55

Marcel Zanini

Marcel Zanini died

Maria Koterbska

Maria Koterbska died

Melanie Appleby

Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23

Paavo Heininen

Paavo Heininen died

Paul Nordoff

Paul Nordoff, US composer (Frog Prince), dies at 67

Ralph Towner

Ralph Towner died

Raymond Moulaert

Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86

Rudolf Wittelsbach

Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69

Sándor Kallós

Sándor Kallós died

Vassilis Tsitsanis

Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1915)

Releases & milestones on January 18

Danny Apolinar

Hester & Appolinar's musical "Your Own Thing" premieres in NYC

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovitch' opera "The Nose" premieres in Leningrad

Louis Armstrong

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers were Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1

The Beatles

Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)

The Rolling Stones

Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations & Stevie Wonder

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