Events in Music
- Jan 1 "A Musical Jubilee" closes at St James Theater, NYC after 92 performances
- Jan 4 "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 740 performances
- Jan 9 C. W. McCall CB song "Convoy" hits #1 on the country music charts
- Jan 11 "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 193 performances
- Jan 11 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures" premieres in NYC
- Jan 13 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NYC Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
- Jan 16 "Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
#1 in the Charts
Jan 17 "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1
Barry Manilow
Album Release
Jan 23 RCA releases "Station to Station", David Bowie's 10th studio album, recorded in Los Angeles; it peaks in the U.S. charts at No.3, and No. 5 in the U.K.
David Bowie
- Jan 31 "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1
Music Awards
Jan 31 3rd American Music Awards: Olivia Newton-John & John Denver win
Olivia Newton-John
John Denver
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 5 Matt Wachter, American bassist (30 Seconds to Mars), born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
- Jan 9 Svitlana Azarova, Ukrainian-Dutch contemporary classical music composer (Momo and the Time Thieves), born in the Ukrainian SSR
- Jan 12 Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress & singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jan 17 Aga Zaryan [Agnieszka Skrzypek], Polish jazz singer (A Book of Luminous Things), born in Warsaw, Poland
- Jan 18 Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter (Australian Idol 2006), born in Dublin, Ireland
Emma Bunton
Jan 21 Emma Bunton [Baby Spice], English singer (Spice Girls), born in London
Emma Bunton
- Jan 23 Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress & singer, born in Alor Setar, Malaysia
- Jan 26 Willie Adler, American rock guitar player (Lamb Of God), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Jan 27 Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
- Jan 28 Jarrod Montague, American rock drummer (Taproot), born in Linden, Michigan
- Jan 28 Rick Ross [William Leonard Roberts II] American rapper and songwriter (Port Of Miami), born in Clarksdale, Mississippi
Deaths in Music
- Jan 3 Mateusz Glinski, Polish conductor, musicologist, and composer, dies at 83
- Jan 5 Malcom "Mal" Evans, British Beatles roadie and assistant, dies in a confrontation at his home with Los Angeles police at 40
- Jan 5 Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
- Jan 5 Georges Migot, French composer, and poet (Les Agrestide; L'Arche), dies at 84
- Jan 10 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], American blues musician (Smokestack Lightnin', Killing Floor), dies of complications during kidney surgery at 65
- Jan 23 Paul Robeson, American singer (Old Man River), actor and civil rights activist, dies in Philadelphia at 77
- Jan 28 Chris Kenner, American R&B singer-songwriter (I Like it Like That), dies at 46
- Jan 30 (Beau De Glen) "Mance" Lipscomb, American blues singer and guitarist ("Shine On, Harvest Moon"), dies of a stroke at 80