Birthdays in Music
- Jan 2 Gardner Read, composer, born in Evanston, Illinois
- Jan 9 Dr. Hepcat [Albert Lavada Durst], American blues pianist, born in Austin, Texas (d. 1995)
- Jan 10 Haywood Frank Henry, American jazz baritone saxophonist, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1994)
- Jan 15 Miriam Hyde, Australian composer, born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2005)
- Jan 22 Verdina Shlonsky, composer
- Jan 24 Norman Dello Joio, [Dello Ioio], American composer, born in NYC, New York
- Jan 26 Jimmy Van Heusen [Edward Chester Babcock], American composer and songwriter (All the Way, Love & Marriage), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 1990)
- Jan 27 Milton Adolphus, composer
- Jan 27 Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky, composer
- Jan 28 Jan Masseus, Dutch composer, born in Rotterdam (d. 1999)
- Jan 31 Hector Iglesias Villoud, composer
About January 1913
How Old? 106 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No