1981-01-21
Birth
Alex Ubago
Alex Ubago, Spanish-Basque singer-songwriter was born
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1823-01-21
Birth
Alexandre Edouard Goria
Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer was born
1887-01-21
Birth
Alfred Henry Ackley
Alfred Henry Ackley, composer was born
1981-01-21
Birth
Andy Lee
Andy Lee, Korean singer (Shinhwa) was born
1859-01-21
Birth
Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski
Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer was born
1898-01-21
Birth
Avery Claflin
Avery Claflin, composer was born
1950-01-21
Birth
Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean, [Leslie S Charles], Trinidad, singer (Caribbean Queen) was born
1956-01-21
Birth
Bob Brill
Bob Brill, NYC, drummer (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away) was born
1926-01-21
Birth
Brian Brockless
Brian Brockless, English organist (d. 1995) was born
1972-01-21
Birth
Cat Power (Chan Marshall)
Cat Power (Chan Marshall), American musician was born
1945-01-21
Birth
Chris Britton
Chris Britton, rocker (Troggs-Rock & Roll Goldmine) was born
1986-01-21
Birth
Coffin Joe
Coffin Joe, English drummer ( The Horrors) was born
1965-01-21
Birth
Cordell Crockett
Cordell Crockett, rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad) was born
1941-01-21
Birth
Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr, [Charles Hatcher], US singer (War) was born
1976-01-21
Birth
Emma Lee Bunton
Emma Lee Bunton, "Baby Spice", Finchley London, vocalist (Spice Girls) was born
1910-01-21
Birth
Eua Sunthornsanan
Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981) was born
1926-01-21
Birth
Franco Evangelisti
Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer was born
1981-01-21
Birth
Gillian Chung Yan-tung
Gillian Chung Yan-tung, Hong Kong singer (Twins) was born
1762-01-21
Birth
Giuseppe Antonio Silvani
Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer was born
1848-01-21
Birth
Henri Duparc
Henri Duparc, French composer was born
1947-01-21
Birth
Jimmy Ibbotson
Jimmy Ibbotson, Penn, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) was born
1735-01-21
Birth
Johann Gottfried Eckard
Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born
1751-01-21
Birth
Josephus Andreas Fodor
Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer was born
1925-01-21
Birth
Lola Flores
Lola Flores, Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona) was born
1942-01-21
Birth
Mac Davis
Mac Davis, Lubbock, Texas, American country music singer-songwriter, actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40) was born
1775-01-21
Birth
Manuel Garcia
Manuel Garcia, composer was born
1970-01-21
Birth
Mark Trojanowski
Mark Trojanowski, American musician (Sister Hazel) was born
1939-01-21
Birth
Mary Ellen McAnally
Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet (Dance of the Zygotes) was born
1947-01-21
Birth
Michel Jonasz
Michel Jonasz, French singer and composer was born
1980-01-21
Birth
Nana Mizuki
Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer was born
1944-01-21
Birth
Neely Bruce
Neely Bruce, composer was born
1891-01-21
Birth
Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov
Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer was born
1941-01-21
Birth
Placido Domingo
Placido Domingo, Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly) was born
1947-01-21
Birth
Pye Hastings
Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan) was born
1801-01-21
Birth
Ramon Vilanova y Barrera
Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer was born
1941-01-21
Birth
Richie Havens
Richie Havens, Bkln, folk singer (Here Comes the Sun), (d. 2013) was born
1950-01-21
Birth
Richie Ranno
Richie Ranno, rocker was born
1977-01-21
Birth
Rick Ross
Rick Ross, American rapper was born
1979-01-21
Birth
Spider Loc
Spider Loc, American rapper, member of G-Unit was born
1978-01-21
Birth
Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin
Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin, American Singer was born
1814-01-21
Birth
Thomas Attwood Walmisley
Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer was born
1891-01-21
Birth
Timothy Mather Spelman
Timothy Mather Spelman, composer was born
1921-01-21
Birth
Todor Popov
Todor Popov, composer was born
1909-01-21
Birth
Todor Skalovski
Todor Skalovski, composer was born
1920-01-21
Birth
Torsten Nilsson
Torsten Nilsson, composer was born
1988-01-21
Birth
William Johansson
William Johansson, Swedish composer was born
1972-01-21
Birth
Yasunori Mitsuda
Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer was born
1916-01-21
Birth
[JW] Al James Woodie exander
[JW] Al James Woodie exander, songwriter/vocalist was born
1882-01-21
Death
Anton Emil Titl
Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72
1884-01-21
Death
Auguste Franchomme
Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75
1985-01-21
Death
Barbara Cowsill
Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
1989-01-21
Death
Billy Tipton
Billy Tipton, American musician (b. 1914)
1891-01-21
Death
Calixa Lavallee
Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48
1999-01-21
Death
Charles Brown
Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist (b. 1920)
1665-01-21
Death
Domenico Mazzocchi
Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72
1948-01-21
Death
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72
1931-01-21
Death
Felix Blumenfeld
Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67
1991-01-21
Death
Frank Mitchell
Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies
1746-01-21
Death
Gottfried Kirkhoff
Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60
1894-01-21
Death
Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu
Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24
1851-01-21
Death
Gustav Albert Lortzing
Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49
1942-01-21
Death
Henryk Opienski
Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72
1638-01-21
Death
Ignazio Donati
Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570)
1984-01-21
Death
Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49
1883-01-21
Death
Jacopo Tomadini
Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62
1626-01-21
Death
John Dowland
John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62
1961-01-21
Death
John Joseph Becker
John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday
1977-01-21
Death
John Vincent
John Vincent, composer, dies at 74
1959-01-21
Death
Lamar Stringfield
Lamar Stringfield, composer, dies at 61
1943-01-21
Death
Otakar Sini
Otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61
2010-01-21
Death
Paul Quarrington
Paul Quarrington, Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator (b. 1953)
2002-01-21
Death
Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
1888-01-21
Death
Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh
Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83
1992-01-21
Death
William T "Champion Jack" Dupree
William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/pianist, dies at 81
1977-01-21
Death
Zoltan Vasarhelyi
Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer, dies at 76
1987-01-21
Event
B.B. King
BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to U of Mississippi
1927-01-21
Event
Charles Gounod
1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Gounod's 'Faust', Chicago)
1993-01-21
Event
Fela Kuti
Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder
1904-01-21
Event
LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek
Leos Janacek's opera "Jenufa," premieres in Brno
1956-01-21
Event
Victor Borge
"Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden NYC after 849 perfs
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