January 1991 in Music History

Events in Music

Jan 1 Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Australia

Music History

Jan 5 Revival of George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Kay!" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 77 performances

Jan 6 "Gypsy" closes at St James Theater NYC after 477 performances

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Jan 16 6th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: LaVern Baker; The Byrds; John Lee Hooker; The Impressions; Wilson Pickett; Jimmy Reed; Ike and Tina Turner; Howlin' Wolf; Dave Bartholomew; and Ralph Bass

Golden Globes

Jan 19 48th Golden Globes: Dances with Wolves, Jeremy Irons, & Kathy Bates win

Jan 20 "Black & Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 829 performances
Jan 20 "Les Miserables" opens at Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Jan 20 "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 72 performances
Jan 20 Revival of Leigh, Charlap, Styne, Comden and Green's musical "Peter Pan", starring Cathy Rigby, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 45 performances
Jan 24 "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre St Denis, Montreal
Jan 26 "A Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 497 performances

American Music Awards

Jan 28 18th American Music Awards: M.C. Hammer & Janet Jackson win

Jan 29 "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 320 performances

Birthdays in Music

Jan 7 (Michaela) "Mj" Rodriguez, American actress and singer, born in Newark, New Jersey
Jan 8 Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer, born in Osaka, Japan
Jan 25 Ariana DeBose, American actress and singer (West Side Story), born in North Carolina
Jan 30 Erik Valdemar Sköld, Swedish contemporary classical composer (Isolation), born in Malmö, Sweden
Jan 30 Rebecca Lovell, American singer & guitarist (Larkin Poe), born in Atlanta, Georgia

Deaths in Music

Jan 4 Leo Wright, American jazz saxophone and flute player (Dizzy Gillespie; "Blues Shout"; "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"), dies of a heart attack at 57
Jan 6 Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer, dies at 83
Jan 8 Steve Clark, English rock guitarist (Def Leppard), dies at 30
Jan 16 Cladys "Jabbo" Smith, American jazz trumpet pioneer, dies at 82
Jan 24 Harold "Shot" Jackson, American country dobro player, and pedal steel guitarist (Roy Acuff), and guitar designer and builder (Sho-Bud), dies after his second stroke at 70
Jan 26 Karen Young, American disco singer ("Hot Shot"), dies at 39