1628 - Christoph Bernhard, German composer 1652 - Johann Krieger, composer 1697 - Johann Pfeiffer, composer 1723 - Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer 1748 - Giovanni Furno, composer 1777 - Micah Hawkins, composer 1784 - William Beale, composer 1800 - Sydney Nelson, composer 1800 - Vaclav Horak, composer 1831 - William Joseph Westbrook, composer 1843 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer 1853 - Hans Koessler, composer 1862 - Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) 1865 - Giuseppe Ferrata, composer 1874 - Hugo Leichtentritt, composer 1878 - Edwin Franko Goldman, composer 1885 - Roland Diggle, composer 1889 - Alexander Smallens, St Petersburg, Russia, conductor 1889 - Tadeusz Jarecki, composer 1892 - Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer 1892 - Miklos Radnai, composer 1895 - Nathaniel Shilkret, conductor, born in NYC, New York 1896 - Maurice Jacobson, composer 1896 - Yitzhak Edel, composer 1898 - Viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) 1899 - Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer 1899 - Raymond Loucheur, composer 1900 - Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo) 1902 - Dimiter Nenov, composer 1906 - Giovanni D’Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) 1907 - Erich Schmid, composer 1911 - Endre Szervanszky, composer [or Dec 27] 1916 - Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman’s Goodyear Revue) 1919 - Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader (Devil’s Wheel) 1920 - Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) 1926 - Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist 1927 - Juliusz Luciuk, composer 1930 - Werner Heiden, composer 1931 - Carel Brons, composer 1933 - Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer 1935 - Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor 1936 - Eve Queler, conductor, born in NYC, New York 1940 - Laszlo Sary, composer 1940 - Richard Henry Orton, composer 1942 - Country Joe McDonald, California, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish) 1942 - George Couroupos, composer 1942 - Judy Stone, Australian pop singer 1947 - Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer 1947 - Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer 1949 - Daniel E Gawthrop, American composer 1950 - Morgan Fisher, rock keyboardist (British Lions) 1953 - Alpha Blondy, [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem) 1953 - Kevin Hangon, composer 1953 - Rochelle S Abramson, violinist 1953 - Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy) 1954 - Fr David, Paris France, rocker 1958 - Grandmaster Flash, [Joseph Saddler], rocker (Message), born in NYC, New York 1962 - Ari Up, German musician (The Slits) 1967 - Tim Dog, American rapper 1968 - Miki Higashino, Japanese composer 1972 - DJ Shadow, American DJ and songwriter 1978 - Tarik O’Regan, British composer 1979 - Brody Dalle, Australian singer (The Distillers) 1987 - Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
2. januar
1732 - Franz Xaver Brixi, composer 1807 - Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer 1809 - Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer 1837 - Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) 1846 - Sandor Erkel, composer 1889 - Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine) 1896 - Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer 1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer 1904 - James Melton, Moultrie Ga, opera tenor (Ford Festival) 1904 - Sally Rand, Hickory County MO, stripper (fan dance) 1905 - Michael Kemp Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) 1907 - Salvador Ley, composer 1908 - Janis Kepitis, composer 1912 - Andre Ameller, composer 1912 - Barbara Pentland, Winnipeg Canada, composer 1913 - Gardner Read, Evanston, Illinois, composer 1917 - Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) 1922 - Nico Schuyt, composer 1922 - Renata Tebaldi, Pesaro Italy, lyric soprano 1925 - Andry Maryanovich Nikodemovich, composer 1928 - Tiberiu Olah, composer 1929 - Art Prysock, jazz musician 1930 - Julius LaRosa, Brooklyn New York, American singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air) 1936 - Roger Miller, Fort Worth Tx, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me) 1943 - Barış Manço, Turkish singer and television producer (d. 1999) 1944 - Peter Eotvos, composer 1948 - Kerry Minnear, Dorset, English rocker (Gentle Giant) 1949 - Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I’m Going Home) 1950 - David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist 1952 - Ricky Van Shelton, Grit Va, country singer (Wild-Eyed Dream) 1952 - Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer (Skyhooks) (d. 2001) 1954 - Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk) 1958 - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist 1970 - Robert Fertitta, American opera singer 1970 - Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian singer 1972 - Christopher Lennertz, American composer 1975 - Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End) 1975 - Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank) 1987 - Syesha Mercado, American singer
3. januar
1757 - Johann Abraham Sixt, composer 1786 - Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer 1802 - Feliks Ostrowski, composer 1806 - Henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854) 1823 - Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer 1828 - Karl Collan, Finnish composer 1830 - Alexander Ewing, composer 1853 - Iwan Knorr, composer 1865 - Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936) 1869 - Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer 1870 - Henry Eichheim, composer 1884 - Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer 1895 - Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns’ky, composer 1895 - Mihail Andricu, composer 1900 - Maurice Jaubert, composer 1904 - Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte) 1909 - Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian 1914 - Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer 1916 - Antonio Estevez, composer 1916 - Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist 1918 - Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) 1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001) 1922 - Jacques Wildberger, Swiss composer (In My End is My Beginning) 1923 - Dragutin Gostuski, composer 1924 - Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005) 1926 - Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist 1926 - George Martin, record producer (The Beatles) 1929 - Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer 1934 - Bryan George Kelly, composer 1936 - Jos Kunst, composer 1941 - Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) 1944 - David Atherton, English conductor 1945 - Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash) 1946 - John Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven) 1948 - Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour) 1950 - Beth Anderson, composer 1954 - Ross The Boss, rocker 1955 - Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats) 1959 - Rusty Golden, rocker (Boys Band) 1961 - Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) 1966 - Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer 1969 - Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) 1972 - Jacques Wildberger, composer 1972 - Nichole Nordeman, American singer 1978 - Kimberley Locke, American singer 1980 - Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira) 1986 - Lloyd Polite, American R&B singer
4. januar
1604 - Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe) 1710 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo) 1717 - Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer 1720 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist 1759 - Maria Rosa Coccia, composer 1773 - Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer 1805 - Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer 1807 - Baltasar Saldoni, composer 1844 - Thomas H Rollinson, composer 1869 - Percy Pitt, composer 1874 - Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael) 1877 - Gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera) 1893 - Manuel Palau Boix, composer 1894 - Wesley La Violette, composer 1898 - Roger Vuataz, composer 1916 - Slim Gaillard [Bulee], Edinburgh, Scotland, American Jazz singer/songwriter (d. 1991) 1916 - Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) 1922 - Frank Wess, flutist/saxophonist/composer, (d. 2013) 1923 - Flavio Testi, composer 1937 - Grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser) 1939 - Jon Appleton, composer 1941 - John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest) 1942 - John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy) 1944 - Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream) 1945 - Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) 1946 - Bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round) 1946 - Arthur Conley, McIntosh County, Georgia, US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music), (d. 2003) 1946 - Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001) 1947 - Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) 1951 - Peter Haycock, rock guitarist (All Along the Watchtower), (d. 2013) 1954 - Eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician 1955 - Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) 1955 - Mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl) 1956 - Barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) 1956 - Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division) 1956 - Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer 1957 - Patty Loveless, [Ramey], Pikeville Ky, singer (Blue Side of Town) 1960 - Michael Stipe, US rock vocalist (REM-Losing My Religion, Stand) 1962 - Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) 1962 - Patrick Cassidy, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall), born in Los Angeles, California 1962 - Peter Steele, American musician (Type O Negative) 1963 - Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein) 1965 - David Glasper, rocker (Breathe-All I Need) 1965 - Beth Gibbons, English singer (Portishead) 1965 - Cait O’Riordan, British musician (The Pogues) 1966 - Deana Carter, country singer 1974 - Ian Moor, English singer 1977 - Tim Wheeler, Irish singer (Ash) 1978 - Mai Meneses, Spanish singer 1979 - Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used) 1995 - María Isabel, Spanish singer
5. januar
1560 - William Cobbold, composer 1596 - Henry Lawes, English composer 1661 - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer 1667 - Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740) 1679 - Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer 1710 - Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer 1762 - Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842) 1778 - Fortunato Santini, composer 1788 - Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer 1810 - Auguste Mermet, composer 1823 - William Rockstro, composer 1835 - Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer 1871 - Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer 1880 - Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer 1881 - Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer 1891 - Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893] 1893 - Friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik) 1895 - Elizabeth Cotten, American musician (d. 1987) 1897 - Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami) 1902 - Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist 1903 - Leighton Lucas, composer 1904 - Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist (d. 1995) 1915 - Uta Graf, singer/teacher 1917 - Reginald Smith Brindle, composer 1917 - Wieland Wagner, German opera director 1920 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist 1923 - Sam [Samuel] Phillips, Florence Alabama, record producer and founder of Sun Records (launched Elvis Presley’s career) 1929 - Wilbert Harrison, American R&B singer (Kansas City) 1930 - Frederick Charles Tillis, composer 1930 - Richard Hayes, Passaic NJ, singer/emcee (Name That Tune) 1931 - Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist 1931 - Alvin Ailey, choreographer (American Dance Theater) 1940 - Athol Guy, Australian singer, member of The Seekers 1941 - Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) 1942 - Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist 1948 - Thom Mooney, rocker 1949 - George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) 1950 - Chris Stein, rock guitarist and co-founder of Blondie (Heart of Glass, Call Me) born in Brooklyn, New York 1953 - Steve Archer, American singer (The Archers) 1954 - Bryan Hitt, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You) 1963 - Rick Ambrose, singer (Jewel) 1964 - Ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It) 1966 - Kate Schellenbach, musician (Luscious Jackson) 1968 - DJ Bobo, Swiss singer 1968 - Carrie Ann Inaba, American dancer and choreographer 1969 - Marilyn Manson, singer/musician 1972 - Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer 1973 - Phil Joel, Australian bassist (Newsboys) 1974 - John Drew Nichols, Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See) 1976 - Matt Wachter, American bassist (30 Seconds to Mars) 1986 - Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer 1988 - Pauline, French singer
6. januar
1486 - Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor 1683 - Francois de La Croix, composer 1692 - Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer 1695 - Giuseppe Sammartini, composer 1702 - Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer 1728 - Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer 1791 - Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer 1794 - Kaspar Masek, composer 1798 - Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer 1803 - Henri Herz, composer 1807 - Ludwig Erk, composer 1838 - Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer 1850 - Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) 1856 - Giuseppe Martucci, composer 1861 - Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer 1867 - Georges Martin Witkowski, composer 1868 - Vittorio Monti, composer 1872 - Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus) 1873 - Karl Straube, German organist/conductor 1880 - Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer 1900 - Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse) 1902 - Mark Brunswick, composer 1902 - Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer 1903 - Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament) 1903 - Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer 1903 - Stanley Smith, KC MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts) 1908 - Menahem Avidom, composer 1911 - Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer 1914 - Arnold Richardson, composer 1916 - Philip Bezanson, composer 1918 - Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party) 1920 - Earl Kim, composer 1922 - Finn Einar Mortensen, composer 1924 - Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett), (d. 2012) 1932 - Sacha Distel, French singer 1934 - Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) 1935 - Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple) 1935 - Paul Wilson, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye) 1937 - Doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss) 1937 - Paolo Conte, Italian singer 1938 - Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor 1940 - Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979) 1944 - Van McCoy, US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle) 1946 - Syd Barrett, Cambridge England, musician (early Pink Floyd band member) 1947 - Sandy Denny, country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go), born in London, England 1949 - Richard Horowitz, composer 1951 - Kim Wilson, rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds) 1953 - Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) 1959 - Kathy Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) 1961 - Dirk de Vries, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff) 1962 - Michael Houser, Boone North Carolina, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) 1963 - Paul Brindley, English pop bassist (Sundays, Can’t Be Sure) 1964 - Mark O’Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) 1964 - Yuri, Mexican actress and singer 1966 - A. R. Rahman, Indian composer 1967 - Peter Loran, Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good) 1971 - Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer 1972 - Nek, Italian singer 1978 - Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer 1981 - Mike Jones, American rapper 1986 - Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys)
7. januar
1612 - Paul de La Pierre, composer 1634 - Adam Krieger, German composer 1710 - Josef Antonin Sehling, composer 1842 - Johan Lindegren, composer 1853 - Nikolai Arkas, composer 1860 - Emanuil Mandlov, composer 1876 - William Yeates Hurlstone, composer 1892 - Rudolf Moser, composer 1894 - Jose Rozo Contreras, composer 1895 - Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist (d. 1960) 1898 - Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, composer 1898 - Al Bowlly, British jazz singer (d. 1941) 1899 - Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches) 1903 - Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer 1903 - Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, composer 1908 - Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967) 1912 - Günter Wand, German conductor, composer (d. 2002) 1917 - Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer 1923 - Charles Russell Woolen, composer 1935 - Noam Sheriff, composer 1935 - Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (d. 2006) 1935 - Tommy Johnson, American tubist (d. 2006) 1936 - Eldee Young, US bassist (Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy) 1938 - Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders) 1939 - David Buchan, ethno-musicologist 1941 - Robert Hicks, rocker (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) 1941 - Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (d. 2004) 1943 - Leona Williams, singer/songwriter (Ladies Get the Blues) 1943 - Sir Richard Armstrong, British conductor 1944 - Mike McGear, Liverpool, singer (Paul McCartney’s brother) 1946 - Andy Brown, rock drummer (Fortunes Birmingham) 1946 - Jann S Wenner, publisher (Rolling Stone) 1947 - David Porcelijn, Dutch composer/conductor 1948 - Kaz Lux, Poland/Netherland, singer 1948 - Kenny Loggins, Everett WA, American singer (Loggins and Messina-This is it, Footloose) 1949 - John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) 1949 - Marshall Chapman, Spartanburg SC, country singer 1953 - Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo, rocker (Bob Marley & the Wailers) 1959 - Kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go’s-We Got the Beat) 1963 - Clint Mansell, English musician and composer 1966 - Ehab Tawfik, Egyptian singer 1973 - Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish singer 1979 - Ryan Tedder, American singer 1988 - Haley Bennett, American Singer and Actress
8. januar
1668 - Jean Gilles, composer 1777 - Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist 1779 - John White, composer 1787 - Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer 1788 - Erik Drake, composer 1792 - Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) 1812 - Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer 1812 - William Henry Holmes, composer 1822 - Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer 1824 - Per August Olander, composer 1830 - Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. 1894) 1846 - Albert Cahen, composer 1846 - William Wallace Gilchrist, composer 1873 - Lucien Capet, composer 1883 - Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer 1892 - Werner Wehrli, composer 1896 - Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird’s Opera) 1902 - Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music) 1902 - Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Silent Song) 1905 - Giacinto Scelsi, La Spezia, Italy, composer and surrealist poet 1906 - Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist 1911 - Andrej Ocenas, composer 1912 - Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace) 1914 - Charles Borromeo Mills, composer 1922 - Abbey Simon, pianist, born in NYC, New York 1924 - Antai Ribari, composer 1924 - Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer 1924 - Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer 1926 - Evelyn Lear, [Shulman], Brooklyn, NY, soprano, (d. 2012) 1926 - Jani Christou, composer 1926 - Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004) 1935 - Elvis Presley, Tupelo Miss, American singer and King of Rock and Roll (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog) 1935 - Ian Bargh, Prestwick, Scotland, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (d.2012) 1936 - Zdeněk Mácal, Czech conductor 1937 - Robert Moran, composer 1937 - Shirley Bassey, Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker) 1940 - Cristy Lane, US, country/gospel singer 1940 - Little Anthony [Gourdine], rocker (& Imperials) 1942 - John Peterson, rocker 1943 - Lee Jackson, rocker (Nice) 1943 - Marcus Hutson, rock vocalist (Whispers) 1945 - John Peters, rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre) 1945 - Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies) 1946 - Robby Krieger, American guitarist (Doors-Light My Fire), born in Los Angeles, California 1946 - Robbie Krieger, Guitarist and Songwriter (The Doors - Light My Fire) , born in Los Angeles, California 1947 - David Bowie, [Jones], singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust), born in London, England 1947 - Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe) 1951 - Paul Dresher, composer 1952 - Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist 1955 - Mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy) 1957 - Nacho Duato, Spanish classical dancer and choreographer 1959 - Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005) 1962 - Chris Marion, American musician 1964 - Peter [Ped] Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or 3/5] 1966 - Andrew Wood, Columbus Mississippi, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990) 1969 - R. Kelly [Robert Sylvester Kelly], American R&B singer (I Wish I Could Fly), born in Chicago, Illinois 1969 - Jeff Abercrombie, American musician 1975 - Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer 1982 - wiL Francis, American singer 1983 - Felipe Colombo, Argentine-Mexican actor and singer 1985 - Rachael Lampa, American singer 1988 - Adam T. Siska, American musician 1990 - Maci Wainwright, American singer 1991 - Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer
9. januar
1574 - Christoph Buel, composer 1620 - Johann Weichmann, composer 1748 - Stefan Paluselli, composer 1815 - William Jackson, composer 1820 - Pavel Krizkovsky, composer 1839 - John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer 1843 - Christiaan A Ulder, Curacao, composer (waltzes/tumbas) 1851 - Giuseppi Gallignani, composer 1856 - Stevan Mokranjac, composer 1867 - Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth) 1896 - Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-born British conductor (d. 1971) 1897 - Luis Gianneo, composer 1898 - Gracie Fields, [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer 1900 - Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer 1902 - Rudolph Bing, opera manager (NY Metropolitan Opera) 1909 - Herva Nelli, soprano 1910 - Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader 1914 - Kenny [Klook] Clarke, Pittsburgh, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop) 1916 - Vic Mizzy, Brooklyn New York, American orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show) 1921 - Seymour Barab, composer 1928 - Domenico Modugno, Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare) 1934 - Julian B Coco, Antilles, guitarist/tutor (Princess Christina) 1935 - Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer 1936 - Peter Fletcher, music teacher 1940 - Barbara Buczek, composer 1940 - Jimmy Boyd, McComb Mo, singer/actor (Howard-Bachelor Father) 1940 - Al Downing, American singer (d. 2005) 1941 - Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate 1943 - Dick Yount, rocker (Harpers Bizarre) 1943 - Kenneth Kelley, US singer (Manhattans, One Life to Live) 1943 - Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed) 1943 - Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer 1944 - Jimmy Page, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven), born in London, England 1944 - Scott Engel, vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore) 1948 - Bill Cowsill, Newport RI, rock guitarist/vocals (Cowsills-We Can Fly) 1948 - Paul King, Dagenham Essex, English rocker (Blue Oyster Cult) 1950 - David Johansen, [Buster Poindexter], NY, singer (Hot! Hot! Hot!) 1950 - Rio Reiser, rock singer 1951 - Crystal Gayle, Ky, country singer (Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue) 1954 - Lance Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me) 1957 - Phil Lewis, lead singer of L.A. Guns 1959 - Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician 1962 - Phil Lewis, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It’s Over Now), born in London, England 1965 - Eric Erlandson, American musician 1967 - Dave Matthews, singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band) 1967 - Steven Harwell, American singer and musician (Smash Mouth) 1968 - Al Schnier, American rock guitarist (moe.) 1970 - Lara Fabian, Belgian singer 1970 - Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboardist (Rhapsody Of Fire) 1973 - Sean Paul, Kingston Jamaica, reggae singer 1974 - Farhan Akhtar, Indian Bollywood Director, Actor, Producer, Singer. 1975 - Kimberley Ann Scott Mathers, former wife of Eminem 1978 - AJ McLean, American singer (Backstreet Boys) 1979 - Tomiko Van, Japanese singer 1987 - Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer/songwriter 1997 - Lauryn McClain, American actress and singer
10. januar
1683 - Gasparo Visconti, composer 1701 - Johann Caspar Simon, composer 1760 - Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer 1766 - Louis Massonneau, composer 1854 - Peter Gast, composer 1884 - James Philip Dunn, composer 1886 - Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer 1897 - Albert Moeschinger, composer 1901 - Pauline Starke, Joplin MO, actress (Dante’s Inferno, Dance Magic) 1903 - Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor 1904 - Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer 1904 - Ray Bolger, Dorchester Mass, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz) 1909 - Rudolf Kubin, composer 1910 - Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer 1915 - Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor 1917 - Jerry Wexler, music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan) 1924 - Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer 1925 - Maxwell Roach, composer 1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade) 1927 - Johnnie Ray, Dallas OR, pop singer (Cry) 1928 - Wallace Berry, composer 1930 - Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer 1933 - Akira Miyoshi, composer 1935 - Georg Katzer, composer 1935 - Ronnie Hawkins, American musician 1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer (’San Francisco;), (d. 2012) 1942 - Jim Croce, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, rock vocalist (Time in a Bottle) (d. 1973) 1944 - Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, American singer/bandleader (Golddigers) 1945 - Rod Stewart, British singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I’m Sexy), born in London, England 1946 - Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship) 1946 - Bob Lang, rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders) 1948 - Cyril Neville, US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon) 1948 - Donald Fagen, Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg) 1948 - Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist 1950 - Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers) 1952 - Scott Thurston, keyboardist/guitarist (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1953 - Pat Benatar, [Andrezejewski], Brooklyn New York, American singer (Hell Is for Children) 1955 - Luci Martin, rocker vocalist (Chic) 1955 - Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker (MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions) 1956 - Shawn Colvin, American singer 1958 - Shawn Colvin, singer/guitarist 1959 - Don Letts, rocker (Big Audio Dynamite) 1959 - Kirk & Curtwood, musician (Meat Puppets) 1960 - Samira Said, Moroccan singer 1961 - Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome Italy, concert violinist 1964 - Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies) 1965 - Nathan, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret) 1967 - Micky Michelle, [Ingrid Hankers], Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown) 1969 - Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever) 1974 - Akari Kaida, Japanese composer 1975 - Shannon Kavanaugh, rocker (Ivory Soul), born in Boston, Massachusetts 1978 - Brent Smith, American singer (Shinedown) 1979 - Chris H E Smith, [Daddy Mack], rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up), born in Atlanta, Georgia 1981 - Brian Joo, Korean-American singer
11. januar
1703 - Columban Praelisauer, composer 1727 - Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer 1746 - Frantisek Adam Mica, composer 1750 - Johann Jakob Walder, composer 1801 - John Lodge Ellerton, composer 1856 - Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer 1872 - Paul Graener, composer 1875 - Reinhold Gliere, composer 1880 - Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer 1894 - Jaroslav Vogel, composer 1902 - Maurice Durufle, French organist/composer 1906 - Johannes Paul Thilman, composer 1909 - Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer 1910 - Izler Solomon, St Paul, Minn, conductor 1918 - Albert Weisser, composer 1924 - Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show) 1924 - Slim Harpo [James Moore], Lobdell, Louisiana, American blues musician 1926 - Alexander Gibson, conductor 1927 - Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist 1929 - Wanda Wilkomirska, Warsaw, Poland, violinist 1933 - Goldie Hill, Karnes County Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 1935 - Chuck Barksdale, US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow) 1940 - Mark DeVoto, composer 1942 - Clarence Clemons, rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen’s E St Band) 1943 - William Albert Penn, composer 1944 - York Georg Holler, composer 1946 - Naomi Judd, [Diana Ellen], Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me) 1946 - Tony Kaye, rocker (Yes) 1949 - Tom Netherton, Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show) 1949 - [Frederick] Dennis Greene, rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon) 1949 - Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer 1952 - Lee Ritenour, jazz musician, born in Los Angeles, California 1956 - Robert Earl Keen, American singer 1958 - Vicki Peterson, rock guitarist/vocalist (Bangles), born in Los Angeles, California 1968 - Tom Dumont, American musician 1970 - Joy Nilo, Filipino Composer 1971 - Mary Jane Blige, New York, American R&B singer-songwriter 1977 - Nadia Turner, American singer 1979 - Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer 1981 - Jamelia Niela Davis, Birmingham, English singer 1981 - Tom Meighan, British singer (Kasabian) 1982 - Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer 1985 - Rie fu, Japanese singer 1985 - Newton Faulkner, British singer
12. januar
1674 - Reinhard Keiser, composer 1711 - Gaetano Latilla, composer 1715 - Jacques Duphly, composer 1730 - Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer 1737 - Brizio Petrucci, composer 1804 - Hippolyte Monpou, composer 1821 - Nikolai Afanisev, composer 1837 - Adolf Jensen, composer 1837 - Carlos Troyer, composer 1856 - John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) 1876 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer 1884 - Louis Horst, composer 1888 - Claude Delvincourt, composer 1898 - Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer 1900 - Vaino Hannikainen, composer 1904 - Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist 1906 - Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind) 1908 - Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus) 1916 - Jay McShann, American musician (d. 2006) 1916 - William Pleeth, British cellist (d. 1999) 1917 - Walter Hendl, West New York NJ, conductor 1921 - Leo Smit, Phila Penn, pianist/composer 1925 - Laurentiu Profeta, composer 1926 - Morton Feldman, composer, born in NYC, New York 1926 - Ray Price, country singer (Good Times), (d. 2013) 1927 - Salvatore Martirano, composer 1928 - Ruth Brown, American singer (d. 2006) 1930 - Glenn Yarborough, singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee) 1935 - William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys) 1941 - Long John Baldry, England, blues vocalist (Don’t try to Lay No Boogie) 1944 - Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist 1945 - Maggie Bell, Glasgow Scotland, rocker 1946 - George Duke, San Rafael Ca, rocker, (d. 2013) 1949 - Wayne Wang, director (Chan is Missing, Slamdance) 1949 - Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007) 1951 - Chris Bell, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Big Star) 1951 - Larry Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me) 1952 - Ricky Van Shelton, country musician 1959 - Per Helmstad Gessle, Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love) 1959 - Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) 1965 - Mark Moore, rocker (S’Express-Winter Course) 1965 - Rob Zombie, American musician 1968 - Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer 1970 - Raekwon, American rapper 1970 - Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine) 1973 - Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay) 1973 - Matt Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish) 1973 - Hande Yener, Turkish singer 1974 - Melanie Jayne Chisholm, "Sporty Spice", Widnes, vocalist (Spice Girls) 1975 - Chase Hampton, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That’s Why) 1975 - Jason Freese, American musician 1976 - Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer 1978 - Amerie, American singer and songwriter 1978 - Jeremy Camp, American musician 1978 - Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris) 1995 - Laurel McGoff, American singer
13. januar
1683 - Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer 1690 - Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer 1727 - Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer 1734 - Luca Sorkocevic, composer 1778 - Anton Fischer, composer 1788 - Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer 1824 - Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer 1850 - Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer 1866 - Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer 1870 - Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko) 1884 - Sophie Tucker, [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas 1893 - Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer 1895 - Fortunio Bonanova, Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer 1900 - Yasuji Kiyose, composer 1904 - Richard Addinsell, composer (Taming of Shrew), born in London, England 1905 - Percy Humphrey, jazz trumpet player and bandleader, born in New Orleans, Louisiana 1906 - Maxime Jacob, composer 1909 - Danny Barker, jazz guitarist 1917 - Felix Guerro Diaz, composer 1918 - Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer 1923 - Danil Shafran, cellist 1925 - Gwen Verdon, LA, actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity) 1929 - Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist 1930 - Liz Anderson, rocker 1936 - Ami Maayani, composer 1938 - Paavo Johannes Heininen, composer 1943 - William Duckworth, composer 1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician 1947 - John Lees, England, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man) 1952 - Cornelius Bumpus, keyboardist (Doobie Bros-Minute by Minute) 1955 - Fred White, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover) 1955 - Trevor Rabin, rocker (Yes) 1955 - Paul Kelly, Australian singer 1956 - Malcolm Foster, rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement) 1957 - Don Snow, rocker (Squeeze) 1959 - James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth) 1961 - Graham "Suggs" McPherson, Sussex, rock vocalist (Madness-Our House) 1961 - Suggs, English singer 1963 - Tim Patrick Kelly, Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live) 1967 - George Paterson, Scottish singer/songwriter DMP 1968 - Chara, Japanese singer and actress 1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist 1981 - Jason James, Welsh musician (Bullet for My Valentine) 1989 - Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer
14. januar
1451 - Franchinus Gaffurius, composer 1566 - Angelo Notari, composer 1655 - Angelo Predieri, composer 1722 - Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer 1751 - Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer 1780 - Francois-Joseph Dizi, composer 1800 - Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Köchel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1877) 1804 - John Park, composer 1812 - Carl Gradener, composer 1814 - Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer 1819 - Fabio Campana, composer 1822 - Nicholas Mori, composer 1824 - Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906) 1834 - William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer 1839 - Emil Bohn, composer 1844 - Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer 1875 - Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954) 1889 - Vincenzo Davico, composer 1906 - Walter Knape, composer 1908 - Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo, US singer/actor (Miracle of Women) 1910 - Renier van der Velden, composer 1911 - George Amadee Tremblay, composer 1911 - Helmut Degen, composer 1921 - Mark Lawrence, Wash DC, pianist (Alice Pearce) 1927 - Zuzana Ruzickova, Czech harpsichordist 1929 - Billy Walker, Ralls Tx, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) 1930 - Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan, composer 1931 - Juraj Pospisil, composer 1932 - Caterina Valente, Paris France, singer (Entertainers) 1936 - Clarence Carter, US singer (Thread the Needle) 1937 - Billie Jo Spears, country singer 1938 - Allen Toussaint, [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter (Ride Your Pony) 1938 - Jack Jones, singer (Love Boat Theme), born in Los Angeles, California 1943 - Jose Luis Rodriguez, Caracas Venezuala, singer (Dueno De Nada) 1943 - Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor 1945 - Maina Gielgud, British ballet dancer and administrator 1948 - Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett, St. Louis, Missouri, American musician and producer 1948 - Tim Harris, rocker (Foundations) 1951 - William Risrook, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express) 1956 - Étienne Daho, French singer and songwriter 1956 - Ben Heppner, Canadian singer 1959 - Carl Chas Smash Smyth, rock bassist (Madness-Our House) 1959 - Geoff Tate, vocalist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence) 1961 - Mike Tramp (Trempenau), Denmark, Copenhagen Denmark, heavy metal rocker (White Lion-Mane Attraction) 1962 - Patrica Morrison, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet) 1967 - Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society) 1968 - LL Cool J, [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer) 1969 - Dave Grohl, drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) 1972 - Predrag Gosta, Yugoslav-born conductor 1981 - Rosa López, Spanish singer 1981 - Pitbull, American rapper 1988 - Jordy, French singer 1988 - Mikalah Gordon, American singer
15. januar
1730 - John Malchair, composer 1733 - Joseph Lederer, composer 1742 - Eugene Godecharle, composer 1845 - Heinrich Vogl, composer 1871 - Bertram Shapleigh, composer 1878 - Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer 1892 - Frank Hutchens, composer 1893 - Ivor Novello (David Ivor Davies, Cardiff Wales, composer/writer/actor (Truth Game) 1896 - Jacobo Ficher, composer 1906 - Rezso Kokai, composer 1908 - Roberta Bitgood, composer 1909 - Elie Siegmeister, composer (Plough & the Stars), born in NYC, New York 1909 - Enrique Sasal y Chapi, composer 1909 - Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman’s drummer (Sing Sing Sing) 1913 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. 2005) 1925 - Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist 1927 - Francis Routh, composer 1929 - "Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music 1929 - Eva Badura-Skoda, composer 1931 - Murad Kazhlayev, composer 1932 - Enrique Raxach, composer 1935 - Malcolm Frager, St Louis, Missouri, pianist 1939 - Charles Christopher Steel, composer 1941 - Captain Beefheart, [Don Van Vliet], rocker (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast) 1942 - Edward "Sonny" Bivins, US singer (Manhattans-Kiss & Say Goodbye) 1947 - Pete Waterman, rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block) 1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1950 - David Lynn Jones, Bexar Ark, country singer (Bonnie Jean) 1951 - Charo [Maria Baeza], Spanish-American actress, comedienne and flamenco guitarist (Chico and the Man, Love Boat) 1951 - Martha Davis, California, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame) 1952 - Melvyn Gale, rocker (ELO) 1953 - Boris Blank, rocker (Yello) 1956 - Darko Rundek (Haustor) 1959 - Pete Trewavas, Middlesbrough, bassist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws) 1960 - Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer 1961 - Iris DeMent, Paragould Ar, country singer (Our Town) 1962 - Conrad Lant, English musician 1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer 1965 - Derek B, rocker (Bullet from a Gun) 1967 - Lisa Lisa, [Velez], rock vocalist (& Cult Jam) 1979 - Young Dro, American rapper 1979 - Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer-actor and taichi champ 1981 - Howie Day, American singer 1987 - Aria C Jalali, American musician
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