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The Beatles

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

The Rolling Stones

Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones

Led Zeppelin

1000 Led Zeppelin fans, waiting overnight inside the lobby of the Boston Garden for tickets to the group's...

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop released the album 'Every Loser'

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Born on January 6

A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman, Indian composer was born

Adriano Celentano

Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor was born

Alex Turner

Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys) was born

Alexander N Scriabin

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

Arnold Richardson

Arnold Richardson, composer was born

Bobby Lord

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

Boris Blacher

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

Buddy Weed

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

Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier

Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer was born

Dirk de Vries

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

Doris Troy

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

Earl Kim

Earl Kim, composer was born

Earl Scruggs

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

Ferdinand Simon Gassner

Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer was born

Finn Einar Mortensen

Finn Einar Mortensen, composer was born

Francois de La Croix

Francois de La Croix, composer was born

Franz Xaver Scharwenka

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

Gary Wiseman

Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer was born

Georges Martin Witkowski

Georges Martin Witkowski, composer was born

Giuseppe Martucci

Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born

Giuseppe Sammartini

Giuseppe Sammartini, composer was born

Heinrich Gottlieb Noren

Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born

Henri Herz

Henri Herz, composer was born

Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu

Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer was born

Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer

Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer was born

Karl Straube

Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born

Kaspar Masek

Kaspar Masek, composer was born

Kathy Sledge

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

Kim Wilson

Kim Wilson, rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds) was born

Ludwig Erk

Ludwig Erk, composer was born

Malcolm Young

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

Mark Brunswick

Mark Brunswick, composer was born

Mark O'Toole

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

Martin Agricola

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

Maurice Abravanel

Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer was born

Max Bruch

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

Menahem Avidom

Menahem Avidom, composer was born

Michael Houser

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

Mike Jones

Mike Jones, American rapper was born

Nek

Nek, Italian singer was born

Nikki Einfeld

Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer was born

Nino Tempo

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

Paolo Conte

Paolo Conte, Italian singer was born

Paul Brindley

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

Paul Wilson

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

Peter Loran

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

Philip Bezanson

Philip Bezanson, composer was born

Pierre-Octave Ferroud

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

Richard Horowitz

Richard Horowitz, composer was born

Rynoldus Popma van Oevering

Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer was born

Sacha Distel

Sacha Distel, French singer was born

Sandy Denny

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

Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte

Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer was born

Stanley Smith

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

Syd Barrett

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

Van McCoy

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

Vittorio Monti

Vittorio Monti, composer was born

Wilbert Harrison

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

Yannis Andreou Papaioannou

Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer was born

Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg

Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer was born

Yuri

Yuri, Mexican actress and singer was born

Died on January 6

Amparo Rubín

Amparo Rubín died

Aygün Beyler

Aygün Beyler died

Carlo Mannelli

Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56

Emma Calvé

Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)

Franz Xaver Murschhauser

Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74

Gloria Piedimonte

Gloria Piedimonte died

James Clay

James Clay, saxophonist, dies at 59

Johann Georg Reinhardt

Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies

Johann Trier

Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73

John B "Dizzy" Gillespe

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

Jose Enrique Pedreira

Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54

Lou Rawls

Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)

Malachias Siebenhaar

Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68

Ria Irawan

Ria Irawan died

Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise

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

Rodolphe Kreutzer

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

Rudolph Nureyev

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

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier died

Sneaky Pete Kleinow

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

Stella Greka

Stella Greka died

Vladimir de Pachmann

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

William Jones

William Jones, composer, dies at 73

William McBeth

William McBeth, American composer, dies at 78

Yoram Taharlev

Yoram Taharlev died

Releases & milestones on January 6

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop released the album 'Every Loser'

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

The Beatles

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

The Rolling Stones

Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones

The Weeknd

The Weeknd released the album 'Dawn FM'

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