Events in Music
Music Concert
Jan 2 Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in NY
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Jan 7 Gibson issued US patent for the Flying V Guitar
#1 in the Charts
Jan 10 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the UK pop charts
Jerry Lee Lewis
- Jan 23 "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 1 Grandmaster Flash, [Joseph Saddler], American rocker (Message), born in NYC, New York
- Jan 2 Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
- Jan 11 Vicki Peterson, rock guitarist/vocalist (Bangles), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jan 17 Jez Strode, British musician (Kajagoogoo), born in London, United Kingdom
- Jan 24 Jools Holland, British musician & TV presenter, born in Blackheath, London
- Jan 25 Gary Brian Tibbs, English rock bassist (Adam & The Ants, Roxy Music), born in London, England
- Jan 26 Anita Baker, American singer (Giving You the Best That I Got), born in Toledo, Ohio
- Jan 26 B. James Lowry, rocker (Boys Band)
- Jan 26 Norman Lamont Hassan, British reggae musician (UB40-Red Red Wine), born in Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Jan 27 Charles Waltz, rocker (Shooting Star)
- Jan 30 Rob van Zandvoort, Dutch rock vocalist & keyboardist (Jack of Hearts), born in Kerkrade, Netherlands
- Jan 31 Tom Schuman, American pianist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), born in Buffalo, New York
