On This Day in Music: January 4

1717-01-04 Birth

Antonio Maria Mazzoni

Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer was born

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1946-01-04 Birth

Arthur Conley

Arthur Conley, McIntosh County, Georgia, US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music), (d. 2003) was born

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1807-01-04 Birth

Baltasar Saldoni

Baltasar Saldoni, composer was born

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1956-01-04 Birth

Barney Sumner

Barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) was born

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1956-01-04 Birth

Bernard Albrecht

Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division) was born

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1946-01-04 Birth

Bernard Sumner

Bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round) was born

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1965-01-04 Birth

Beth Gibbons

Beth Gibbons, English singer (Portishead) was born

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1965-01-04 Birth

Cait O'Riordan

Cait O'Riordan, British musician (The Pogues) was born

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1947-01-04 Birth

Chris Cutler

Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) was born

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1965-01-04 Birth

David Glasper

David Glasper, rocker (Breathe-All I Need) was born

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1966-01-04 Birth

Deana Carter

Deana Carter, country singer was born

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1954-01-04 Birth

Eugene Chadbourne

Eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician was born

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1923-01-04 Birth

Flavio Testi

Flavio Testi, composer was born

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1922-01-04 Birth

Frank Wess

Frank Wess, flutist/saxophonist/composer, (d. 2013) was born

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1877-01-04 Birth

Gibson Gowland

Gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera) was born

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1710-01-04 Birth

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo) was born

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1937-01-04 Birth

Grace Bumbry

Grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser) was born

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1974-01-04 Birth

Ian Moor

Ian Moor, English singer was born

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1604-01-04 Birth

Jacob Balde

Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe) was born

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1945-01-04 Birth

Jay Dee Maness

Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born

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1979-01-04 Birth

Jeph Howard

Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used) was born

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1720-01-04 Birth

Johann Friedrich Agricola

Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist was born

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1773-01-04 Birth

Johann Peter Heuschkel

Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer was born

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1941-01-04 Birth

John Bennett Perry

John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest) was born

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1942-01-04 Birth

John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy) was born

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1939-01-04 Birth

Jon Appleton

Jon Appleton, composer was born

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1874-01-04 Birth

Josef Suk

Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael) was born

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1955-01-04 Birth

Kathy Forester

Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) was born

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1916-01-04 Birth

Lionel Newman

Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) was born

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1978-01-04 Birth

Mai Meneses

Mai Meneses, Spanish singer was born

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1893-01-04 Birth

Manuel Palau Boix

Manuel Palau Boix, composer was born

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1759-01-04 Birth

Maria Rosa Coccia

Maria Rosa Coccia, composer was born

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1955-01-04 Birth

Mark Hollis

Mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl) was born

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1962-01-04 Birth

Martin McAloon

Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) was born

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1995-01-04 Birth

María Isabel

María Isabel, Spanish singer was born

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1960-01-04 Birth

Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe, US rock vocalist (REM-Losing My Religion, Stand) was born

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1956-01-04 Birth

Nels Cline

Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born

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1962-01-04 Birth

Patrick Cassidy

Patrick Cassidy, Los Angeles California, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall) was born

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1957-01-04 Birth

Patty Loveless

Patty Loveless, [Ramey], Pikeville Ky, singer (Blue Side of Town) was born

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1869-01-04 Birth

Percy Pitt

Percy Pitt, composer was born

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1951-01-04 Birth

Peter Haycock

Peter Haycock, rock guitarist (All Along the Watchtower), (d. 2013) was born

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1962-01-04 Birth

Peter Steele

Peter Steele, American musician (Type O Negative) was born

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1898-01-04 Birth

Roger Vuataz

Roger Vuataz, composer was born

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1916-01-04 Birth

Slim Gaillard [Bulee]

Slim Gaillard [Bulee], Edinburgh, Scotland, American Jazz singer/songwriter (d. 1991) was born

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1805-01-04 Birth

Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh

Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer was born

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1946-01-04 Birth

Susannah McCorkle

Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001) was born

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1844-01-04 Birth

Thomas H. Rollinson

Thomas H Rollinson, composer was born

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1963-01-04 Birth

Till Lindemann

Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein) was born

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1977-01-04 Birth

Tim Wheeler

Tim Wheeler, Irish singer (Ash) was born

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1944-01-04 Birth

Volker Hornback

Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born

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1894-01-04 Birth

Wesley La Violette

Wesley La Violette, composer was born

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1956-01-04 Death

Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov

Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91

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1924-01-04 Death

Alfred Grünfeld

Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)

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1809-01-04 Death

Bartolomeo Giacometti

Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67

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1972-01-04 Death

Carl-Olof Anderberg

Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57

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1955-01-04 Death

Dominicus Johner

Dominicus Johner, composer, dies at 80

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1885-01-04 Death

Eduard Yosif Kotek

Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29

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1995-01-04 Death

Eduardo Mata

Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52

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1955-01-04 Death

Francois Rasse

Francois Rasse, composer, dies at 81

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1898-01-04 Death

Frantisek Pivoda

Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73

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2011-01-04 Death

Gerry Rafferty

Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter (b. 1947)

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2004-01-04 Death

Jake Hess

Jake Hess, American singer (b. 1927)

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1998-01-04 Death

John Gary

John Gary, singer, dies at 65

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1765-01-04 Death

Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder

Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39

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1974-01-04 Death

Karel Janacek

Karel Janacek, composer, dies at 70

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1991-01-04 Death

Leo N Wright

Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57

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1942-01-04 Death

Leon Jessel

Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70

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1995-01-04 Death

Leonard Hirsch

Leonard Hirsch, Brit violinist/conducter (BBC Empire Orch), dies at 92

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2001-01-04 Death

Les Brown

Les Brown, American bandleader (b. 1912)

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1985-01-04 Death

Lovro von Matacic

Lovro von Matacic, Croatian conductor (b. 1899)

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1864-01-04 Death

Mateo Ferrer

Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75

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2011-01-04 Death

Mick Karn

Mick Karn, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan) (b. 1958)

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1969-01-04 Death

Montague Fawcett Phillips

Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at 83

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1883-01-04 Death

Nicolas Ledesma

Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91

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1986-01-04 Death

Phil Lynott

Phil Lynott, rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34

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1994-01-04 Death

RD Burman

RD Burman, Indian musician (b. 1939)

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2010-01-04 Death

Sandro

Sandro, Argentine songwriter (b. 1945)

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2003-01-04 Death

Yfrah Neaman

Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (b. 1923)

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1843-01-04 Event

Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris

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1970-01-04 Event

The Beatles

Beatles last recording session at EMI studios

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2001-01-04 Event

Vanilla Ice

Rapper Vanilla Ice spends night in jail after allegedly ripping out some of his wife's hair during a row

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