Events in Music
Music History
Jan 1 Benjamin Britten's ballet "Prince & the Pauper," premieres in London
TV Show Appearance
Jan 6 Elvis Presley makes his 7th & final appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Sports History
Jan 10 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 4 Patty Loveless [Ramey], American country singer ("Blue Side of Town"), born in Pikeville, Kentucky
- Jan 5 Vincent Calloway, American trumpet player (Midnight Star - "No Parking On The Dance Floor"; "Operator"), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Jan 8 Nacho Duato, Spanish classical dancer & choreographer, born in Valencia, Spain
- Jan 9 Phil Lewis, British rock vocalist (L.A. Guns - "It's Over Now)", born in London, England
- Jan 13 Don Snow, British session and touring Hammond organ and keyboard player (Squeeze; Van Morrison), born in London, England
- Jan 14 Steve Jordan, American session and touring drummer (Blues Brothers; The World's Most Dangerous Band; X-pensive Winos; John Mayer Trio; The Rolling Stones), songwriter, and record producer, born in New York City
- Jan 19 Mickael Virtue, British rock keyboardist (UB40 - "Red Red Wine"), born in Birmingham, England
- Jan 24 Vladimir "Vlatko" Stefanovski, Macedonian guitarist, born in Prilep
- Jan 25 Edmund Theodore Sylvers, American singer-songwriter & musician (Sylvers), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Jan 29 Irlene Mandrell, country singer (Mandrell Sisters), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
- Jan 29 Jac Bico, Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine)
Deaths in Music
- Jan 9 Mary Carr Moore, American composer, dies at 83
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957)
Jan 16 Italian cellist and conductor (La Scala, 1898-1908 & 1921-29; Metropolitan Opera, 1908-15; New York Philharmonic, 1926-36; NBC Symphony Orchestra, 1937-41 & 1944-54), dies after a stroke in NYC at 89
