1841-01-18
Birth
Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier
Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) was born
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1543-01-18
Birth
Alfonso Ferrabosco
Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born
1984-01-18
Birth
Benji Schwimmer
Benji Schwimmer, American dancer was born
1903-01-18
Birth
Berthold Goldschmidt
Berthold Goldschmidt, German/British (opera)composer (Beatrice Cenci) was born
1959-01-18
Birth
Bob Rosenberg
Bob Rosenberg, rocker (Will To Power) was born
1941-01-18
Birth
Bobby Goldsboro
Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna Fla, singer (Honey) was born
1918-01-18
Birth
Bohuslav Jeremias
Bohuslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 58 was born
1835-01-18
Birth
Caesar A Cui
Caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer was born
1974-01-18
Birth
Christian Burns
Christian Burns, English musician (BBMak) was born
1950-01-18
Birth
Claudia de Colombia
Claudia de Colombia, Bogato Columbia, spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti) was born
1973-01-18
Birth
Crispian Mills
Crispian Mills, London, vocalist/guitarist (Kula Shaker) was born
1970-01-18
Birth
DJ Quik
DJ Quik, American rapper was born
1943-01-18
Birth
Dave Greene
Dave Greene, rocker was born
1941-01-18
Birth
David Ruffin
David Ruffin, Whynot Mississippi, early lead singer for The Temptations ("My Girl") was born
1840-01-18
Birth
Ernst Rudorff
Ernst Rudorff, composer was born
1980-01-18
Birth
Estelle Swaray
Estelle Swaray, English singer was born
1751-01-18
Birth
Ferdinand Kauer
Ferdinand Kauer, composer was born
1911-01-18
Birth
Gabor Darvas
Gabor Darvas, composer was born
1817-01-18
Birth
Jacques Gregoir
Jacques Gregoir, composer was born
1907-01-18
Birth
Janos Ferencsik
Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera) was born
1979-01-18
Birth
Jay Chou
Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer and producer was born
1732-01-18
Birth
Jean-Guillain Cardon
Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer was born
1969-01-18
Birth
Jesse L. Martin
Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer was born
1856-01-18
Birth
John Hyatt Brewer
John Hyatt Brewer, composer was born
1893-01-18
Birth
John Lawrence Seymour
John Lawrence Seymour, composer was born
1971-01-18
Birth
Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis, American singer (KoЯn) was born
1919-01-18
Birth
Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas
Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer was born
1944-01-18
Birth
Larry "Legs" Smith
Larry "Legs" Smith, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman) was born
1967-01-18
Birth
M C Tab
M C Tab, [Sharon Richard], NYC, rapper was born
1984-01-18
Birth
Maarja Kivi
Maarja Kivi, Estonian singer was born
1956-01-18
Birth
Mark Collie
Mark Collie, Waynesboro Tn, country singer (Another Old Soldier) was born
1952-01-18
Birth
R. Stevie Moore
R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer was born
1861-01-18
Birth
Raymond Huntington Woodman
Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born
1977-01-18
Birth
Richard Archer
Richard Archer, British singer (lead singer of Hard-Fi) was born
1988-01-18
Birth
Ronald Guglielmone Jr.
Ronald Guglielmone Jr., American singer-songwriter was born
1983-01-18
Birth
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress was born
1957-01-18
Birth
Tom Bailey
Tom Bailey, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor) was born
1915-01-18
Birth
Vassilis Tsitsanis
Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (d. 1984) was born
1793-01-18
Birth
William Henry Havergal
William Henry Havergal, composer was born
1922-01-18
Birth
Yehezkiel Braun
Yehezkiel Braun, composer was born
1967-01-18
Death
Albert Conti
Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79
1580-01-18
Death
Antonio Scandello
Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63
1994-01-18
Death
Arthur Altman
Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83
1659-01-18
Death
Benedikt Lechler
Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64
2007-01-18
Death
Brent Liles
Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. 1963)
1982-01-18
Death
Burnet Corwin Tuthill
Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93
1995-01-18
Death
Charles Baskerville
Charles Baskerville, vocalist, dies at 54
1760-01-18
Death
Claudio Casciolini
Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62
1979-01-18
Death
Cyril Mockridge
Cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82
1902-01-18
Death
Filippo Marchetti
Filippo Marchetti, composer, dies at 70
2008-01-18
Death
Frank Lewin
Frank Lewin, American composer and music theorist (b. 1925)
1978-01-18
Death
Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky
Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer, dies at 68
1875-01-18
Death
Joseph Philbrick Webster
Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55
1990-01-18
Death
Melanie Appleby
Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
1977-01-18
Death
Paul Nordoff
Paul Nordoff, US composer (Frog Prince), dies at 67
1962-01-18
Death
Raymond Moulaert
Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86
1972-01-18
Death
Rudolf Wittelsbach
Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69
1984-01-18
Death
Vassilis Tsitsanis
Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
1968-01-18
Event
Danny Apolinar
Hester & Appolinar's musical "Your Own Thing" premieres in NYC
1930-01-18
Event
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovitch' opera "The Nose" premieres in Leningrad
1944-01-18
Event
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.
1980-01-18
Event
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1
1964-01-18
Event
The Beatles
Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)
1989-01-18
Event
The Rolling Stones
Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations & Stevie Wonder
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