On This Day in Music: January 24

1941-01-24 Birth

Aaron Neville

Aaron Neville, US singer/keyboardist (Neville Brothers) was born

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1859-01-24 Birth

Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky

Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer was born

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1936-01-24 Birth

Daniel Goode

Daniel Goode, composer was born

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1924-01-24 Birth

David Craighead

David Craighead, composer was born

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1920-01-24 Birth

Don Saddler

Don Saddler, Van Nuys California, dancer (Holiday Hotel) was born

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1776-01-24 Birth

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine) was born

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1918-01-24 Birth

Gottfried von Einem

Gottfried von Einem, Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer (Dantons Tod) was born

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1956-01-24 Birth

Hanne Krogh

Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer (Bobbysocks) was born

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1931-01-24 Birth

Ib Norholm

Ib Norholm, composer was born

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1936-01-24 Birth

Jack Scott

Jack Scott, Canada, rocker (My True Love) was born

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1758-01-24 Birth

Johann Chrysostomus Drexel

Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer was born

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1949-01-24 Birth

John Belushi

John Belushi, Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (SNL, Blues Brothers) was born

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1967-01-24 Birth

John Myung

John Myung, American musician (Dream Theater) was born

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1958-01-24 Birth

Jools Holland

Jools Holland, British musician was born

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1955-01-24 Birth

Julian Holland

Julian Holland, rocker (Squeeze) was born

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1938-01-24 Birth

Julius Arthur Hemphill

Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist was born

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1774-01-24 Birth

Karl Moser

Karl Moser, composer was born

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1828-01-24 Birth

Karol Studzinski

Karol Studzinski, composer was born

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1924-01-24 Birth

Klaus George Roy

Klaus George Roy, composer was born

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1944-01-24 Birth

Klaus Nomi

Klaus Nomi, German singer (d. 1983) was born

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1919-01-24 Birth

Leon Kirchner

Leon Kirchner, Brooklyn NY, opera composer (Lily) was born

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1956-01-24 Birth

Lounès Matoub

Lounès Matoub, a famous Berber Kabyle singer (d. 1998) was born

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1941-01-24 Birth

Michael Chapman

Michael Chapman, Leeds England, rocker (Looking for 11) was born

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1948-01-24 Birth

Michael Des Barres

Michael Des Barres, British actor and rock singer was born

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1968-01-24 Birth

Michael Kiske

Michael Kiske, German musician was born

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1972-01-24 Birth

Naoshi Mizuta

Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer was born

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1941-01-24 Birth

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond, Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer) was born

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1913-01-24 Birth

Norman Dello Joio

Norman Dello Joio, [Dello Ioio], NYC, composer was born

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1939-01-24 Birth

Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens, Clarksdale Ga, singer (Ahab the Arab, Streak) was born

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1933-01-24 Birth

Ron Townson

Ron Townson, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Aquarius) [or Jan 29] was born

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1923-01-24 Birth

Simeon ten Holt

Simeon ten Holt, composer was born

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1909-01-24 Birth

Tiny Winters

Tiny Winters, musician was born

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1915-01-24 Birth

Vitezslava Kapralova

Vitezslava Kapralova, composer was born

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1947-01-24 Birth

Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon, Chicago, rocker (Excitable Boy) was born

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1932-01-24 Birth

Werner Steger

Werner Steger, composer was born

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1829-01-24 Birth

William Mason

William Mason, composer was born

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1984-01-24 Birth

Witold Kiełtyka

Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated) (d. 2007) was born

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1933-01-24 Birth

Zeke Carey

Zeke Carey, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Only Have Eyes For You) was born

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1911-01-24 Death

Carl Eilhardt

Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67

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1473-01-24 Death

Conrad Paumann

Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies

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1812-01-24 Death

Eligio Celestino

Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72

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2006-01-24 Death

Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers (b. 1914)

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1904-01-24 Death

Franz Coenen

Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77

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1883-01-24 Death

Friedrich von Flotow

Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70

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1851-01-24 Death

Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini

Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76

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1805-01-24 Death

Giacomo Conti

Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50

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1986-01-24 Death

Gordon MacRae

Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64

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1913-01-24 Death

Gustav Luders

Gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47

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2009-01-24 Death

Gérard Blanc

Gérard Blanc, French singer (b. 1947)

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1970-01-24 Death

James "Shep" Shepherd

James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death

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1666-01-24 Death

Johann Andreas Herbst

Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77

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1884-01-24 Death

Johann Christian Gebauer

Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75

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2005-01-24 Death

June Bronhill

June Bronhill, Australian singer (b. 1929)

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1864-01-24 Death

Otto Jonas Lindblad

Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54

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2011-01-24 Death

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian Musician, Bharat Ratna Laureate (b. 1922)

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2012-01-24 Death

Patricia Neway

Patricia Neway, American opera and musical theatre singer, dies at 83

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1969-01-24 Death

Pauline Hall

Pauline Hall, composer, dies at 78

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2010-01-24 Death

Pernell Roberts

Pernell Roberts, American actor & singer, last surviving star of Bonanza (b. 1928)

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1901-01-24 Death

Simon Hassler

Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68

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1942-01-24 Event

Lester Lee

Musical "Star & Garter," premieres in NYC

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1874-01-24 Event

Modest Mussorgsky

Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St Petersburg

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1948-01-24 Event

Morris Stoloff

"Music in My Heart" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 124 perfs

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1962-01-24 Event

The Beatles

Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles

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1914-01-24 Event

Victor Herbert

Opera "Madeleine," premieres in NYC

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