1968
Event
The Beatles
Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
On This Day in Music: January 6
On January 6 in music history, 61 artists were born, 24 died and 5 other milestones happened, among them The Beatles (1968), The Rolling Stones (1993) and Led Zeppelin (1975).
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Born on January 6
1966
Birth
A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman, Indian composer was born
1938
Birth
Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor was born
1986
Birth
Alex Turner
Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys) was born
1872
Birth
Alexander N Scriabin
Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) was born
1914
Birth
Arnold Richardson
Arnold Richardson, composer was born
1934
Birth
Bobby Lord
Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) was born
1903
Birth
Boris Blacher
Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament) was born
1918
Birth
Buddy Weed
Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) was born
1728
Birth
Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier
Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer was born
1961
Birth
Dirk de Vries
Dirk de Vries, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff) was born
1937
Birth
Doris Troy
Doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss) was born
1920
Birth
Earl Kim
Earl Kim, composer was born
1924
Birth
Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett), (d. 2012) was born
1798
Birth
Ferdinand Simon Gassner
Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer was born
1922
Birth
Finn Einar Mortensen
Finn Einar Mortensen, composer was born
1683
Birth
Francois de La Croix
Francois de La Croix, composer was born
1850
Birth
Franz Xaver Scharwenka
Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) was born
1971
Birth
Gary Wiseman
Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer was born
1867
Birth
Georges Martin Witkowski
Georges Martin Witkowski, composer was born
1856
Birth
Giuseppe Martucci
Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born
1695
Birth
Giuseppe Sammartini
Giuseppe Sammartini, composer was born
1861
Birth
Heinrich Gottlieb Noren
Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born
1803
Birth
Henri Herz
Henri Herz, composer was born
1702
Birth
Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu
Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer was born
1791
Birth
Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer
Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer was born
1873
Birth
Karl Straube
Karl Straube, German organist/conductor was born
1794
Birth
Kaspar Masek
Kaspar Masek, composer was born
1959
Birth
Kathy Sledge
Kathy Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) was born
1951
Birth
Kim Wilson
Kim Wilson, rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds) was born
1807
Birth
Ludwig Erk
Ludwig Erk, composer was born
1953
Birth
Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) was born
1902
Birth
Mark Brunswick
Mark Brunswick, composer was born
1964
Birth
Mark O'Toole
Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) was born
1486
Birth
Martin Agricola
Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born
1903
Birth
Maurice Abravanel
Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer was born
1838
Birth
Max Bruch
Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer was born
1908
Birth
Menahem Avidom
Menahem Avidom, composer was born
1962
Birth
Michael Houser
Michael Houser, Boone North Carolina, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) was born
1981
Birth
Mike Jones
Mike Jones, American rapper was born
1972
Birth
Nek
Nek, Italian singer was born
1978
Birth
Nikki Einfeld
Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer was born
1935
Birth
Nino Tempo
Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple) was born
1937
Birth
Paolo Conte
Paolo Conte, Italian singer was born
1963
Birth
Paul Brindley
Paul Brindley, English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure) was born
1935
Birth
Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye) was born
1967
Birth
Peter Loran
Peter Loran, Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good) was born
1916
Birth
Philip Bezanson
Philip Bezanson, composer was born
1900
Birth
Pierre-Octave Ferroud
Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse) was born
1949
Birth
Richard Horowitz
Richard Horowitz, composer was born
1692
Birth
Rynoldus Popma van Oevering
Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer was born
1932
Birth
Sacha Distel
Sacha Distel, French singer was born
1947
Birth
Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny, London UK, country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go) was born
1902
Birth
Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte
Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer was born
1903
Birth
Stanley Smith
Stanley Smith, KC MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts) was born
1946
Birth
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett, Cambridge England, musician (early Pink Floyd band member) was born
1944
Birth
Van McCoy
Van McCoy, US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle) was born
1868
Birth
Vittorio Monti
Vittorio Monti, composer was born
1929
Birth
Wilbert Harrison
Wilbert Harrison, R & B singer (Kansas City) was born
1911
Birth
Yannis Andreou Papaioannou
Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer was born
1880
Birth
Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg
Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer was born
1964
Birth
Yuri
Yuri, Mexican actress and singer was born
Died on January 6
2024
Death
Amparo Rubín
Amparo Rubín died
2024
Death
Aygün Beyler
Aygün Beyler died
1697
Death
Carlo Mannelli
Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56
1942
Death
Emma Calvé
Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)
1738
Death
Franz Xaver Murschhauser
Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74
2022
Death
Gloria Piedimonte
Gloria Piedimonte died
1995
Death
James Clay
James Clay, saxophonist, dies at 59
1742
Death
Johann Georg Reinhardt
Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies
1790
Death
Johann Trier
Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73
1993
Death
John B "Dizzy" Gillespe
John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75
1959
Death
Jose Enrique Pedreira
Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54
2006
Death
Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)
1685
Death
Malachias Siebenhaar
Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68
2020
Death
Ria Irawan
Ria Irawan died
1996
Death
Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise
Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80
1831
Death
Rodolphe Kreutzer
Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64
1993
Death
Rudolph Nureyev
Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
2022
Death
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier died
2007
Death
Sneaky Pete Kleinow
Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
2025
Death
Stella Greka
Stella Greka died
1933
Death
Vladimir de Pachmann
Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)
1800
Death
William Jones
William Jones, composer, dies at 73
2012
Death
William McBeth
William McBeth, American composer, dies at 78
2022
Death
Yoram Taharlev
Yoram Taharlev died
Releases & milestones on January 6
2023
Event
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop released the album 'Every Loser'
1975
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
1968
Event
The Beatles
Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
1993
Event
The Rolling Stones
Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones
2022
Event
The Weeknd
The Weeknd released the album 'Dawn FM'