On This Day in Music: January 6

1966-01-06 Birth

A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman, Indian composer was born

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1938-01-06 Birth

Adriano Celentano

Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor was born

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1986-01-06 Birth

Alex Turner

Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys) was born

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1872-01-06 Birth

Alexander N Scriabin

Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) was born

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1914-01-06 Birth

Arnold Richardson

Arnold Richardson, composer was born

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1934-01-06 Birth

Bobby Lord

Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) was born

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1903-01-06 Birth

Boris Blacher

Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament) was born

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1918-01-06 Birth

Buddy Weed

Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) was born

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1728-01-06 Birth

Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier

Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer was born

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1961-01-06 Birth

Dirk de Vries

Dirk de Vries, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff) was born

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1937-01-06 Birth

Doris Troy

Doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss) was born

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1920-01-06 Birth

Earl Kim

Earl Kim, composer was born

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1924-01-06 Birth

Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett), (d. 2012) was born

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1798-01-06 Birth

Ferdinand Simon Gassner

Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer was born

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1922-01-06 Birth

Finn Einar Mortensen

Finn Einar Mortensen, composer was born

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1683-01-06 Birth

Francois de La Croix

Francois de La Croix, composer was born

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1850-01-06 Birth

Franz Xaver Scharwenka

Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) was born

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1971-01-06 Birth

Gary Wiseman

Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer was born

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1867-01-06 Birth

Georges Martin Witkowski

Georges Martin Witkowski, composer was born

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1856-01-06 Birth

Giuseppe Martucci

Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born

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1695-01-06 Birth

Giuseppe Sammartini

Giuseppe Sammartini, composer was born

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1861-01-06 Birth

Heinrich Gottlieb Noren

Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born

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1803-01-06 Birth

Henri Herz

Henri Herz, composer was born

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1702-01-06 Birth

Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu

Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer was born

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1791-01-06 Birth

Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer

Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer was born

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1873-01-06 Birth

Karl Straube

Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born

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1794-01-06 Birth

Kaspar Masek

Kaspar Masek, composer was born

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1959-01-06 Birth

Kathy Sledge

Kathy Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) was born

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1951-01-06 Birth

Kim Wilson

Kim Wilson, rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds) was born

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1807-01-06 Birth

Ludwig Erk

Ludwig Erk, composer was born

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1953-01-06 Birth

Malcolm Young

Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) was born

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1902-01-06 Birth

Mark Brunswick

Mark Brunswick, composer was born

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1964-01-06 Birth

Mark O'Toole

Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) was born

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1486-01-06 Birth

Martin Agricola

Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born

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1903-01-06 Birth

Maurice Abravanel

Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer was born

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1838-01-06 Birth

Max Bruch

Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer was born

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1908-01-06 Birth

Menahem Avidom

Menahem Avidom, composer was born

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1962-01-06 Birth

Michael Houser

Michael Houser, Boone North Carolina, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) was born

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1981-01-06 Birth

Mike Jones

Mike Jones, American rapper was born

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1972-01-06 Birth

Nek

Nek, Italian singer was born

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1978-01-06 Birth

Nikki Einfeld

Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer was born

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1935-01-06 Birth

Nino Tempo

Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple) was born

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1937-01-06 Birth

Paolo Conte

Paolo Conte, Italian singer was born

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1963-01-06 Birth

Paul Brindley

Paul Brindley, English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure) was born

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1935-01-06 Birth

Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye) was born

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1967-01-06 Birth

Peter Loran

Peter Loran, Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good) was born

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1916-01-06 Birth

Philip Bezanson

Philip Bezanson, composer was born

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1900-01-06 Birth

Pierre-Octave Ferroud

Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse) was born

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1949-01-06 Birth

Richard Horowitz

Richard Horowitz, composer was born

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1692-01-06 Birth

Rynoldus Popma van Oevering

Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer was born

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1932-01-06 Birth

Sacha Distel

Sacha Distel, French singer was born

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1947-01-06 Birth

Sandy Denny

Sandy Denny, London UK, country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go) was born

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1902-01-06 Birth

Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte

Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer was born

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1903-01-06 Birth

Stanley Smith

Stanley Smith, KC MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts) was born

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1946-01-06 Birth

Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett, Cambridge England, musician (early Pink Floyd band member) was born

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1944-01-06 Birth

Van McCoy

Van McCoy, US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle) was born

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1868-01-06 Birth

Vittorio Monti

Vittorio Monti, composer was born

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1929-01-06 Birth

Wilbert Harrison

Wilbert Harrison, R & B singer (Kansas City) was born

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1911-01-06 Birth

Yannis Andreou Papaioannou

Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer was born

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1880-01-06 Birth

Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg

Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer was born

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1964-01-06 Birth

Yuri

Yuri, Mexican actress and singer was born

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1697-01-06 Death

Carlo Mannelli

Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56

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1942-01-06 Death

Emma Calvé

Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)

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1738-01-06 Death

Franz Xaver Murschhauser

Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74

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1995-01-06 Death

James Clay

James Clay, saxophonist, dies at 59

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1742-01-06 Death

Johann Georg Reinhardt

Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies

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1790-01-06 Death

Johann Trier

Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73

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1993-01-06 Death

John B "Dizzy" Gillespe

John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75

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1959-01-06 Death

Jose Enrique Pedreira

Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54

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2006-01-06 Death

Lou Rawls

Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)

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1685-01-06 Death

Malachias Siebenhaar

Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68

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1996-01-06 Death

Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise

Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80

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1831-01-06 Death

Rodolphe Kreutzer

Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64

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1993-01-06 Death

Rudolph Nureyev

Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54

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2007-01-06 Death

Sneaky Pete Kleinow

Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)

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1933-01-06 Death

Vladimir de Pachmann

Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)

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1800-01-06 Death

William Jones

William Jones, composer, dies at 73

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2012-01-06 Death

William McBeth

William McBeth, American composer, dies at 78

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1975-01-06 Event

Led Zeppelin

1000 Led Zeppelin fans, waiting overnight inside the lobby of the Boston Garden for tickets to the group's February 4th gig to go on sale, cause a riot and an esimated $30,000 damage

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1968-01-06 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks

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1993-01-06 Event

The Rolling Stones

Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones

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