On This Day in Music: January 4

On January 4 in music history, 51 artists were born, 35 died and 3 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1970), Michael Stipe (1960) and Arthur Conley (1946).

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The Beatles

Beatles last recording session at EMI studios

Michael Stipe

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

Arthur Conley

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

John McLaughlin

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

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Born on January 4

Antonio Maria Mazzoni

Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer was born

Arthur Conley

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

Baltasar Saldoni

Baltasar Saldoni, composer was born

Barney Sumner

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

Bernard Albrecht

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

Bernard Sumner

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

Beth Gibbons

Beth Gibbons, English singer (Portishead) was born

Cait O'Riordan

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

Chris Cutler

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

David Glasper

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

Deana Carter

Deana Carter, country singer was born

Eugene Chadbourne

Eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician was born

Flavio Testi

Flavio Testi, composer was born

Frank Wess

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

Gibson Gowland

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

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

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

Grace Bumbry

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

Ian Moor

Ian Moor, English singer was born

Jacob Balde

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

Jay Dee Maness

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

Jeph Howard

Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used) was born

Johann Friedrich Agricola

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

Johann Peter Heuschkel

Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer was born

John Bennett Perry

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

John McLaughlin

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

Jon Appleton

Jon Appleton, composer was born

Josef Suk

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

Kathy Forester

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

Lionel Newman

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

Mai Meneses

Mai Meneses, Spanish singer was born

Manuel Palau Boix

Manuel Palau Boix, composer was born

Maria Rosa Coccia

Maria Rosa Coccia, composer was born

Mark Hollis

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

Martin McAloon

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

María Isabel

María Isabel, Spanish singer was born

Michael Stipe

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

Nels Cline

Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born

Patrick Cassidy

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

Patty Loveless

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

Percy Pitt

Percy Pitt, composer was born

Peter Haycock

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

Peter Steele

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

Roger Vuataz

Roger Vuataz, composer was born

Slim Gaillard [Bulee]

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

Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh

Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer was born

Susannah McCorkle

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

Thomas H. Rollinson

Thomas H Rollinson, composer was born

Till Lindemann

Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein) was born

Tim Wheeler

Tim Wheeler, Irish singer (Ash) was born

Volker Hornback

Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) was born

Wesley La Violette

Wesley La Violette, composer was born

Died on January 4

Abdallah ag Oumbadougou

Abdallah ag Oumbadougou died

Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov

Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91

Alfred Grünfeld

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

Ayla Algan

Ayla Algan died

Bartolomeo Giacometti

Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67

Bernhard Lewkovitch

Bernhard Lewkovitch died

Carl-Olof Anderberg

Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57

David Soul

David Soul died

Dominicus Johner

Dominicus Johner, composer, dies at 80

Ed Askew

Ed Askew died

Eduard Yosif Kotek

Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29

Eduardo Mata

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

Elias Rahbani

Elias Rahbani died

Francois Rasse

Francois Rasse, composer, dies at 81

Frantisek Pivoda

Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73

Gerry Rafferty

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

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns died

Jake Hess

Jake Hess, American singer (b. 1927)

John Gary

John Gary, singer, dies at 65

Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder

Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39

Karel Janacek

Karel Janacek, composer, dies at 70

Leo N Wright

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

Leon Jessel

Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70

Leonard Hirsch

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

Les Brown

Les Brown, American bandleader (b. 1912)

Lovro von Matacic

Lovro von Matacic, Croatian conductor (b. 1899)

Mateo Ferrer

Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75

Mick Karn

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

Montague Fawcett Phillips

Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at 83

Nicolas Ledesma

Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91

Phil Lynott

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

RD Burman

RD Burman, Indian musician (b. 1939)

Sandro

Sandro, Argentine songwriter (b. 1945)

Yfrah Neaman

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

Zoran Kalezić

Zoran Kalezić died

Releases & milestones on January 4

Gaetano Donizetti

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

The Beatles

Beatles last recording session at EMI studios

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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