On This Day in Music: January 8

1922-01-08 Birth

Abbey Simon

Abbey Simon, NYC, pianist was born

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1988-01-08 Birth

Adam T. Siska

Adam T. Siska, American musician was born

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1846-01-08 Birth

Albert Cahen

Albert Cahen, composer was born

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1902-01-08 Birth

Alexander Gray

Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music) was born

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1822-01-08 Birth

Alfredo Carlo Piatti

Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer was born

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1911-01-08 Birth

Andrej Ocenas

Andrej Ocenas, composer was born

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1966-01-08 Birth

Andrew Wood

Andrew Wood, Columbus Mississippi, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990) was born

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1924-01-08 Birth

Antai Ribari

Antai Ribari, composer was born

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1991-01-08 Birth

Asuka Hinoi

Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer was born

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1924-01-08 Birth

Benjamin Lees

Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer was born

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1914-01-08 Birth

Charles Borromeo Mills

Charles Borromeo Mills, composer was born

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1962-01-08 Birth

Chris Marion

Chris Marion, American musician was born

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1940-01-08 Birth

Cristy Lane

Cristy Lane, US, country/gospel singer was born

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1947-01-08 Birth

David Bowie

David Bowie, [Jones], London, singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust) was born

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1935-01-08 Birth

Elvis Aaron Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley, Tupelo Miss, singer (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog) was born

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1788-01-08 Birth

Erik Drake

Erik Drake, composer was born

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1926-01-08 Birth

Evelyn Lear

Evelyn Lear, [Shulman], Brooklyn, NY, soprano, (d. 2012) was born

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1983-01-08 Birth

Felipe Colombo

Felipe Colombo, Argentine-Mexican actor and singer was born

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1777-01-08 Birth

Filippo Traetta

Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist was born

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1905-01-08 Birth

Giacinto Scelsi

Giacinto Scelsi, composer was born

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1902-01-08 Birth

Gret Palucca

Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Silent Song) was born

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1830-01-08 Birth

Hans von Bülow

Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. 1894) was born

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1975-01-08 Birth

Harris Jayaraj

Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer was born

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1935-01-08 Birth

Ian Bargh

Ian Bargh, Prestwick, Scotland, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (d.2012) was born

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1926-01-08 Birth

Jani Christou

Jani Christou, composer was born

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1896-01-08 Birth

Jaromir Weinberger

Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera) was born

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1668-01-08 Birth

Jean Gilles

Jean Gilles, composer was born

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1969-01-08 Birth

Jeff Abercrombie

Jeff Abercrombie, American musician was born

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1787-01-08 Birth

Johann Ludwig Bohner

Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer was born

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1945-01-08 Birth

John Peters

John Peters, rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre) was born

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1942-01-08 Birth

John Peterson

John Peterson, rocker was born

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1779-01-08 Birth

John White

John White, composer was born

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1883-01-08 Birth

Josue Teofilo Wilkes

Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer was born

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1926-01-08 Birth

Kelucharan Mohapatra

Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004) was born

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1943-01-08 Birth

Lee Jackson

Lee Jackson, rocker (Nice) was born

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1940-01-08 Birth

Little Anthony [Gourdine]

Little Anthony [Gourdine], rocker (& Imperials) was born

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1792-01-08 Birth

Lowell Mason

Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) was born

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1873-01-08 Birth

Lucien Capet

Lucien Capet, composer was born

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1990-01-08 Birth

Maci Wainwright

Maci Wainwright, American singer was born

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1943-01-08 Birth

Marcus Hutson

Marcus Hutson, rock vocalist (Whispers) was born

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1955-01-08 Birth

Mike Reno

Mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy) was born

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1957-01-08 Birth

Nacho Duato

Nacho Duato, Spanish classical dancer and choreographer was born

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1951-01-08 Birth

Paul Dresher

Paul Dresher, composer was born

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1959-01-08 Birth

Paul Hester

Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005) was born

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1824-01-08 Birth

Per August Olander

Per August Olander, composer was born

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1964-01-08 Birth

Peter [Ped] Gill

Peter [Ped] Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or 3/5] was born

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1969-01-08 Birth

R. Kelly [Robert Sylvester Kelly]

R. Kelly [Robert Sylvester Kelly], Chicago, Illinois, American R&B singer (I Wish I Could Fly) was born

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1985-01-08 Birth

Rachael Lampa

Rachael Lampa, American singer was born

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1946-01-08 Birth

Robbie Krieger

Robbie Krieger, Los Angeles California, Guitarist and Songwriter (The Doors - Light My Fire) was born

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1946-01-08 Birth

Robby Krieger

Robby Krieger, Los Angeles, California, American guitarist (Doors-Light My Fire) was born

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1937-01-08 Birth

Robert Moran

Robert Moran, composer was born

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1924-01-08 Birth

Robert Starer

Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer was born

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1912-01-08 Birth

Rudolf G Escher

Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace) was born

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1906-01-08 Birth

Serge Poliakoff

Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist was born

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1937-01-08 Birth

Shirley Bassey

Shirley Bassey, Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker) was born

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1812-01-08 Birth

Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg

Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer was born

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1947-01-08 Birth

Terry Sylvester

Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe) was born

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1952-01-08 Birth

Vladimir Feltsman

Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist was born

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1892-01-08 Birth

Werner Wehrli

Werner Wehrli, composer was born

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1812-01-08 Birth

William Henry Holmes

William Henry Holmes, composer was born

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1846-01-08 Birth

William Wallace Gilchrist

William Wallace Gilchrist, composer was born

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1936-01-08 Birth

Zdeněk Mácal

Zdeněk Mácal, Czech conductor was born

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1982-01-08 Birth

wiL Francis

wiL Francis, American singer was born

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1971-01-08 Death

Adriano Lualdi

Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85

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1965-01-08 Death

Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod

Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74

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1713-01-08 Death

Arcangelo Corelli

Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59

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1942-01-08 Death

Arvo Hannikainen

Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44

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1997-01-08 Death

Carole Carr

Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68

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1819-01-08 Death

Christian Gottlob Saupe

Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55

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2008-01-08 Death

Clyde Otis

Clyde Otis, American song writer and music producer (b. c. 1924)

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1928-01-08 Death

Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu

Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61

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1926-01-08 Death

Emile Paladilhe

Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81

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1831-01-08 Death

Franz Vinzenz Krommer

Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71

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1891-01-08 Death

Fredrik Pacius

Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81

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1858-01-08 Death

Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt

Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48

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1651-01-08 Death

Giovanni Battista Gagliano

Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56

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1953-01-08 Death

Heinrich Kaspar Schmid

Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78

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1996-01-08 Death

Howard Taubman

Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (b. 1907)

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1567-01-08 Death

Jacob Vaet

Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37

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1994-01-08 Death

Jay Blackton

Jay Blackton, US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84

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1937-01-08 Death

John Felix August Korling

John Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72

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1989-01-08 Death

Johnny Jordaan

Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64

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1997-01-08 Death

Joseph George Handy Hendleman

Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76

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1921-01-08 Death

Luis Villalba Munoz

Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48

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1918-01-08 Death

Michael Hertz

Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73

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1998-01-08 Death

Michael Tippett

Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93

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1696-01-08 Death

Michael de Ronghe

Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75

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1986-01-08 Death

Pierre Fournier

Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b. 1906)

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2003-01-08 Death

Ron Goodwin

Ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. 1925)

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1991-01-08 Death

Steve Clark

Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30

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1993-01-08 Death

Theo Bruins

Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63

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1864-01-08 Death

Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen

Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83

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2005-01-08 Death

Warren Spears

Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer

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1996-01-08 Death

William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud

William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52

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1974-01-08 Event

Earl Wilson

Earl Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come" premieres in NYC

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1734-01-08 Event

George Frideric Handel

Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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1982-01-08 Event

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee

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2001-01-08 Event

Kid Rock

28th American Music Award: Faith Hill & Kid Rock win

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1966-01-08 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks

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