On This Day in Music: January 26

1930-01-26 Birth

A N Solomons

A N Solomons, chairman (Singer & Friedlander) was born

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1924-01-26 Birth

Alice Babs

Alice Babs, Swedish singer was born

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1963-01-26 Birth

Andrew Ridgeley

Andrew Ridgeley, England, rock guitarist (Wham-Wake Me Up) was born

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1951-01-26 Birth

Andy Hummell

Andy Hummell, Memphis Tn, rock bassist (Big Star) was born

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1958-01-26 Birth

Anita Baker

Anita Baker, Toledo Oh, singer (Giving You the Best That I Got) was born

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1855-01-26 Birth

Arthur Hervey

Arthur Hervey, composer was born

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1958-01-26 Birth

B James Lowry

B James Lowry, rocker (Boys Band) was born

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1953-01-26 Birth

Bert Heerink

Bert Heerink, Amsterdam, rock vocalist was born

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1960-01-26 Birth

Charlie Gillingham

Charlie Gillingham, American musician (Counting Crows) was born

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1948-01-26 Birth

Corky Laing

Corky Laing, rocker (Mountain) was born

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1951-01-26 Birth

David Briggs

David Briggs, rock guitarist (Little River Band-Help is on it's Way) was born

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1949-01-26 Birth

Derek Holt

Derek Holt, rocker (Climax Blues Band) was born

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1907-01-26 Birth

Eddie Ballantine

Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orchestra leader (Don McNeill TV Club) was born

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1955-01-26 Birth

Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen, Nijmegan Neth, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984) was born

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1748-01-26 Birth

Emmanuel Aloys Forster

Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer was born

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1901-01-26 Birth

Ervin Major

Ervin Major, composer was born

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1921-01-26 Birth

Frantisek Chaun

Frantisek Chaun, composer was born

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1852-01-26 Birth

Frederick Corder

Frederick Corder, composer was born

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1934-01-26 Birth

Huey "Piano" Smith

Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist (Having a Good Time) was born

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1945-01-26 Birth

Jacqueline du Pré

Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987) was born

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1963-01-26 Birth

Jazzie B

Jazzie B, [Beresford Romeo], English rapper (Soul II Soul-Feel Free) was born

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1943-01-26 Birth

Jean Knight

Jean Knight, vocalist (Mr Big Stuff) was born

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1913-01-26 Birth

Jimmy Van Heusen

Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter (Love & Marriage) was born

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1742-01-26 Birth

Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers

Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer was born

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1613-01-26 Birth

Johann Jakob Wolleb

Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer was born

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1921-01-26 Birth

Johannes Driessler

Johannes Driessler, composer was born

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1900-01-26 Birth

Karl Ristenpart

Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967) was born

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1970-01-26 Birth

Kirk Franklin

Kirk Franklin, American singer was born

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1956-01-26 Birth

Lisa Boray

Lisa Boray, [Schulte Nordholt], Dutch singer (Lovers Until the End) was born

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1916-01-26 Birth

Lothar Jensch

Lothar Jensch, composer was born

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1955-01-26 Birth

Lucia Mendez

Lucia Mendez, Mexico, spanish singer (Lucia es Luna Moreno) was born

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1953-01-26 Birth

Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams, singer was born

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1905-01-26 Birth

Maria Augusta von Trapp

Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music" was born

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1910-01-26 Birth

Marijan Lipovsek

Marijan Lipovsek, composer was born

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1939-01-26 Birth

Marshall Lieb

Marshall Lieb, rocker (Teddy Bears) was born

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1986-01-26 Birth

Matt Heafy

Matt Heafy, American musician (Trivium) was born

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1988-01-26 Birth

Mia Rose

Mia Rose, British-Portuguese singer was born

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1947-01-26 Birth

Michel Sardou

Michel Sardou, French singer was born

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1911-01-26 Birth

Norbert Schultze

Norbert Schultze, composer was born

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1958-01-26 Birth

Norman Lamont Hassan

Norman Lamont Hassan, British reggae musician (UB40-Red Red Wine) was born

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1943-01-26 Birth

Peter Kenton Winkler

Peter Kenton Winkler, composer was born

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1935-01-26 Birth

Peter Ronnefeld

Peter Ronnefeld, composer was born

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1967-01-26 Birth

Pradip Somasundaran

Pradip Somasundaran, Indian playback singer was born

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1926-01-26 Birth

Ronnie Hilton

Ronnie Hilton, singer (Moonraker) was born

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1908-01-26 Birth

Stephane Grappelli

Stephane Grappelli, French jazz/violinist was born

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1962-01-26 Birth

Tom Keifer

Tom Keifer, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station) was born

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1924-01-26 Birth

Warren Frank Benson

Warren Frank Benson, composer was born

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1708-01-26 Birth

William Hayes

William Hayes, composer was born

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1976-01-26 Birth

Willie Adler

Willie Adler, American guitar player was born

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1935-01-26 Birth

Zbigniew Penherski

Zbigniew Penherski, composer was born

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1870-01-26 Death

Cesare Pugni

Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67

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2011-01-26 Death

Charlie Louvin

Charlie Louvin, American musician (b. 1927)

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1798-01-26 Death

Christian Gottlob Neefe

Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49

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1962-01-26 Death

Fran Lhotka

Fran Lhotka, composer, dies at 78

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1803-01-26 Death

Georg von Pasterwiz

Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72

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2011-01-26 Death

Gladys Horton

Gladys Horton, American musician and singer, member of the group The Marvelettes (b. 1944)

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1947-01-26 Death

Grace Moore

Grace Moore, American soprano/actress (One Night of Love), dies at 48

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1706-01-26 Death

Guillaume Poitevin

Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59

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1996-01-26 Death

Henry Jay Lewis

Henry Jay Lewis, conductor, dies at 63

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1948-01-26 Death

Ignaz Friedman

Ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65

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1973-01-26 Death

Jay C. Higginbotham

Jay C. Higginbotham, American musician (b. 1906)

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1795-01-26 Death

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62

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1975-01-26 Death

Lubov Orlova

Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72

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1922-01-26 Death

Luigi Denza

Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75

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1998-01-26 Death

S P Leary

S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67

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1998-01-26 Death

Shinichi Suzuki

Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99

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1996-01-26 Death

Stevie Plunder

Stevie Plunder, Australian musician (b. 1963)

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1974-01-26 Death

Wiktor Labunski

Wiktor Labunski, composer, dies at 78

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1988-01-26 Event

Andrew Lloyd Webber

"Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ perfs

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1996-01-26 Event

Claude-Michel Schonberg

"Les Miserables" opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg

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1957-01-26 Event

Francis Poulenc

Bernanos & Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites," premieres

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1833-01-26 Event

Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan

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1911-01-26 Event

Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden

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1998-01-26 Event

Spice Girls

25th American Music Award: Spice Girls & Babyface win

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1991-01-26 Event

The Good Men

"Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 497 performances

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1987-01-26 Event

Whitney Houston

14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie & Alabama

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1790-01-26 Event

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna

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