Events in Music
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Jan 1 American singer Barbra Streisand and hairdresser/film producer Jon Peters' romantic relationship ends
#1 in the Charts
Jan 18 AIDS charity record "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne Warwick with Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder, hits #1
Music History
Jan 23 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 performances
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Jan 23 Inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Chuck Berry; James Brown; Ray Charles; Sam Cooke; Fats Domino; The Everly Brothers; Buddy Holly; Jerry Lee Lewis; Elvis Presley; Little Richard; Robert Johnson; Jimmie Rodgers; Jimmy Yancey; Alan Freed; John Hammond; and Sam Phillips
American Music Awards
Jan 27 13th American Music Awards: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis & C Gayle
- Jan 28 "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 24 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 2 Trombone Shorty [Troy Andrews], American jazz musician and producer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Jan 3 Lloyd [Polite], American R&B singer ("Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)"; "You"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Jan 5 Teppei Koike, Japanese actor & singer, born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Jan 6 Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys), born in High Green, Sheffield
- Jan 18 Maarja Roxx [Kivi], Estonian hard rock singer and bassist (Vanilla Ninja - "When Indians Cry"; solo - "Could You"), born in Tallinn, Estonia
- Jan 20 Kevin Parker, Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer (Tame Impala - The Slow Rush), born in Sydney
- Jan 21 "Coffin" Joe [Spurgeon], British rock drummer (The Horrors), born in Clare, England
- Jan 26 Matt Heafy, American-Japanese musician (Trivium), born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Jan 30 Sam Duckworth, British singer-songwriter, born in Essex, England
Deaths in Music
- Jan 2 Benny Payne, American jazz pianist (Cab Calloway; Billy Daniels Show), dies at 78
- Jan 2 Herbert Magidson, American lyricist, winner of first Academy Award for Best Original Song ("The Continental"; "Gone With The Wind"; "The Masquerade Is Over"), dies at 79
- Jan 3 Jens Bjerre, Danish composer, dies at 82
- Jan 4 Phil Lynott, Irish rock musician (Thin Lizzy), dies of an overdose at 36 [1]
- Jan 8 Mansel Treharne Thomas, Welsh composer, dies at 76
- Jan 8 Pierre Fournier, French cellist, and teacher (Paris Conservatoire, 1937-49), dies at 79
- Jan 9 Lucia Chase, American ballerina and co-founder of American Ballet Theater, dies at 88
- Jan 10 Joe Farrell, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 48
- Jan 14 Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter, dies in a helicopter crash at 33
- Jan 24 Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (Oklahoma!, Carousel), dies of pneumonia at 64
- Jan 30 Ticker Freeman, American pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74
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