On This Day in Music: January 9

On January 9 in music history, 55 artists were born, 30 died and 5 other milestones happened, among them Michael Jackson (2002), The Beatles (1965) and Jimmy Page (1944).

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Michael Jackson

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

The Beatles

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

Jimmy Page

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

Joan Baez

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

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Born on January 9

AJ McLean

AJ McLean, American singer (Backstreet Boys) was born

Al Downing

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

Al Schnier

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

Alex Staropoli

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

Barbara Buczek

Barbara Buczek, composer was born

Bill Cowsill

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

Christiaan A Ulder

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

Christoph Buel

Christoph Buel, composer was born

Cristi Minculescu

Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician was born

Crystal Gayle

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

Dave Matthews

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

David Johansen

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

Dick Henry Jurgen

Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader was born

Dick Yount

Dick Yount, rocker (Harpers Bizarre) was born

Domenico Modugno

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

Eric Erlandson

Eric Erlandson, American musician was born

Farhan Akhtar

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

Freddie Starr

Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer was born

Giuseppi Gallignani

Giuseppi Gallignani, composer was born

Gracie Fields

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

Herva Nelli

Herva Nelli, soprano was born

Jacques Urlus

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

Jimmy Boyd

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

Jimmy Page

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

Joan Baez

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

Johann Weichmann

Johann Weichmann, composer was born

John Knowles Paine

John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer was born

Joseph Frederick Wagner

Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer was born

Julian B Coco

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

Kenneth "Buddy" Scott

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

Kenneth Kelley

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

Kenny [Klook] Clarke

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

Kimberley Ann Scott Mathers

Kimberley Ann Scott Mathers, former wife of Eminem was born

Lance Hoppens

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

Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian, Belgian singer was born

Lauryn McClain

Lauryn McClain, American actress and singer was born

Luis Gianneo

Luis Gianneo, composer was born

Paolo Nutini

Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer/songwriter was born

Paul King

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

Pavel Krizkovsky

Pavel Krizkovsky, composer was born

Peter Fletcher

Peter Fletcher, music teacher was born

Phil Lewis

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

Rio Reiser

Rio Reiser, rock singer was born

Rob Hoeke

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

Rudolph Bing

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

Scott Engel

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

Sean Paul

Sean Paul, Kingston Jamaica, reggae singer was born

Seymour Barab

Seymour Barab, composer was born

Stefan Paluselli

Stefan Paluselli, composer was born

Stevan Mokranjac

Stevan Mokranjac, composer was born

Steven Harwell

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

Tomiko Van

Tomiko Van, Japanese singer was born

Vic Mizzy

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

Warwick Braithwaite

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

William Jackson

William Jackson, composer was born

Died on January 9

Alexey Kozlovsky

Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71

Amilcare Zanella

Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75

Avery Claflin

Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80

Bridie Gallagher

Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer, dies at 87

Edwin Arthur Jones

Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57

Ferdinand Huber

Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71

Filippo Traetta

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

Giannis Christou

Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)

Haro Levoni Step'anyan

Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68

Jakob Eduard Schmolzer

Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73

James Kottak

James Kottak died

James Mtume

James Mtume died

Johann Strauss

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

José Evangelista

José Evangelista died

Kazimierz Serocki

Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58

Ladislav Vycpalek

Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86

Leroy B Shield

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

Louis-Francois-Marie Aubert

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

Marion Hutton

Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)

Mary Carr Moore

Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83

Michael Z. Gordon

Michael Z. Gordon died

P. Jayachandran

P. Jayachandran died

Paul Malengreau

Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71

Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan died

Ruth Fernandez

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

Sara Carter

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

Silas Hogan

Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82

Ted Shawn

Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80

Werner Fabricius

Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45

Yoriaki Matsudaira

Yoriaki Matsudaira died

Releases & milestones on January 9

C.W. McCall

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

Lenny Kravitz

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

Michael Jackson

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

Ray Henderson

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

The Beatles

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

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