On This Day in Music: January 9

1978 Birth

AJ McLean

AJ McLean, American singer (Backstreet Boys) was born

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1940 Birth

Al Downing

Al Downing, American singer (d. 2005) was born

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1968 Birth

Al Schnier

Al Schnier, American rock guitarist (moe.) was born

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1970 Birth

Alex Staropoli

Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboardist (Rhapsody Of Fire) was born

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1940 Birth

Barbara Buczek

Barbara Buczek, composer was born

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1948 Birth

Bill Cowsill

Bill Cowsill, Newport RI, rock guitarist/vocals (Cowsills-We Can Fly) was born

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1843 Birth

Christiaan A Ulder

Christiaan A Ulder, Curacao, composer (waltzes/tumbas) was born

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1574 Birth

Christoph Buel

Christoph Buel, composer was born

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1959 Birth

Cristi Minculescu

Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician was born

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1951 Birth

Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle, Ky, country singer (Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue) was born

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1967 Birth

Dave Matthews

Dave Matthews, singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band) was born

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1950 Birth

David Johansen

David Johansen, [Buster Poindexter], NY, singer (Hot! Hot! Hot!) was born

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1910 Birth

Dick Henry Jurgen

Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader was born

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1943 Birth

Dick Yount

Dick Yount, rocker (Harpers Bizarre) was born

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1928 Birth

Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno, Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare) was born

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1965 Birth

Eric Erlandson

Eric Erlandson, American musician was born

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1974 Birth

Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar, Indian Bollywood Director, Actor, Producer, Singer. was born

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1943 Birth

Freddie Starr

Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer was born

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1851 Birth

Giuseppi Gallignani

Giuseppi Gallignani, composer was born

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1898 Birth

Gracie Fields

Gracie Fields, [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer was born

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1909 Birth

Herva Nelli

Herva Nelli, soprano was born

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1867 Birth

Jacques Urlus

Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth) was born

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1940 Birth

Jimmy Boyd

Jimmy Boyd, McComb Mo, singer/actor (Howard-Bachelor Father) was born

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1944 Birth

Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page, London, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven) was born

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1941 Birth

Joan Baez

Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate was born

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1620 Birth

Johann Weichmann

Johann Weichmann, composer was born

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1839 Birth

John Knowles Paine

John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer was born

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1900 Birth

Joseph Frederick Wagner

Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer was born

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1934 Birth

Julian B Coco

Julian B Coco, Antilles, guitarist/tutor (Princess Christina) was born

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1935 Birth

Kenneth "Buddy" Scott

Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer was born

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1943 Birth

Kenneth Kelley

Kenneth Kelley, US singer (Manhattans, One Life to Live) was born

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1914 Birth

Kenny [Klook] Clarke

Kenny [Klook] Clarke, Pittsburgh, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop) was born

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1975 Birth

Kimberley Ann Scott Mathers

Kimberley Ann Scott Mathers, former wife of Eminem was born

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1954 Birth

Lance Hoppens

Lance Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me) was born

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1970 Birth

Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian, Belgian singer was born

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1997 Birth

Lauryn McClain

Lauryn McClain, American actress and singer was born

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1897 Birth

Luis Gianneo

Luis Gianneo, composer was born

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1987 Birth

Paolo Nutini

Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer/songwriter was born

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1948 Birth

Paul King

Paul King, Dagenham Essex, English rocker (Blue Oyster Cult) was born

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1820 Birth

Pavel Krizkovsky

Pavel Krizkovsky, composer was born

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1936 Birth

Peter Fletcher

Peter Fletcher, music teacher was born

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1962 Birth

Phil Lewis

Phil Lewis, London England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now) was born

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1950 Birth

Rio Reiser

Rio Reiser, rock singer was born

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1943 Birth

Rob Hoeke

Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed) was born

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1902 Birth

Rudolph Bing

Rudolph Bing, opera manager (NY Metropolitan Opera) was born

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1944 Birth

Scott Engel

Scott Engel, vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore) was born

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1973 Birth

Sean Paul

Sean Paul, Kingston Jamaica, reggae singer was born

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1921 Birth

Seymour Barab

Seymour Barab, composer was born

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1748 Birth

Stefan Paluselli

Stefan Paluselli, composer was born

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1856 Birth

Stevan Mokranjac

Stevan Mokranjac, composer was born

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1967 Birth

Steven Harwell

Steven Harwell, American singer and musician (Smash Mouth) was born

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1979 Birth

Tomiko Van

Tomiko Van, Japanese singer was born

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1916 Birth

Vic Mizzy

Vic Mizzy, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show) was born

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1896 Birth

Warwick Braithwaite

Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-born British conductor (d. 1971) was born

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1815 Birth

William Jackson

William Jackson, composer was born

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1977 Death

Alexey Kozlovsky

Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71

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1949 Death

Amilcare Zanella

Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75

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1979 Death

Avery Claflin

Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80

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2012 Death

Bridie Gallagher

Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer, dies at 87

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1911 Death

Edwin Arthur Jones

Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57

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1863 Death

Ferdinand Huber

Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71

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1854 Death

Filippo Traetta

Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77

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1971 Death

Giannis Christou

Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)

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1966 Death

Haro Levoni Step'anyan

Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68

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1886 Death

Jakob Eduard Schmolzer

Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73

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2024 Death

James Kottak

James Kottak died

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2022 Death

James Mtume

James Mtume died

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1939 Death

Johann Strauss

Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72

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2023 Death

José Evangelista

José Evangelista died

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1981 Death

Kazimierz Serocki

Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58

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1969 Death

Ladislav Vycpalek

Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86

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1962 Death

Leroy B Shield

LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68

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1968 Death

Louis-Francois-Marie Aubert

Louis-Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90

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1987 Death

Marion Hutton

Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)

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1957 Death

Mary Carr Moore

Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83

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2024 Death

Michael Z. Gordon

Michael Z. Gordon died

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2025 Death

P. Jayachandran

P. Jayachandran died

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1959 Death

Paul Malengreau

Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71

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2024 Death

Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan died

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2012 Death

Ruth Fernandez

Ruth Fernandez, Puerto Rican singer and politician, dies from septic shock and pneumonia at 92

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1979 Death

Sara Carter

Sara Carter, vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80

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1994 Death

Silas Hogan

Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82

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1972 Death

Ted Shawn

Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80

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1679 Death

Werner Fabricius

Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45

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2023 Death

Yoriaki Matsudaira

Yoriaki Matsudaira died

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1976 Event

C.W. McCall

CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts

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2002 Event

Lenny Kravitz

29th American Music Award: Janet Jackson & Lenny Kravitz win

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2002 Event

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson receives the Artist of the Century award at the American music awards

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1929 Event

Ray Henderson

Ray Henderson (composer), Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown's (lyricists) musical "Follow Thru" premieres in NYC

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1965 Event

The Beatles

Beatles' 65 album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks

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