Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Today in Music & more (January 12)


Singers / Musicians


1939, Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu (Have You Smoked Gauloises / Gaulois O Suttakoto Ga Arukai (with Tower Of Power), 1975)



1941, Long John Baldry (Let The Heartaches Begin, 1967)

1944, Cynthia Robinson (SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, trumpet)

1946, George Duke (Brazilian Love Affair, 1980)

1959, Per Gessle (ROXETTE)

1959, Blixa Bargeld (EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS)

1965, Rob Zombie (WHITE ZOMBIE)

1965, Mark Moore (S'EXPRESS)

1970, Zach De La Rocha (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE)

1974, Melanie C (SPICE GIRLS)

1993, Zayn Malik (ONE DIRECTION)




Various


1873, Σπύρος Λούης (Ολυμπιονίκης)

1876, Jack London (novelist)

1949, Joe Frazier (boxer)

1951, Kirstie Alley (actress)

1960, Dominique Wilkins (NBA)

1965, Jeff Bezos (Amazon)




Died


1998, Phyllis Nelson (Move Closer, 1985)

2004, Randy VanWarmer (Just When I Needed You Most, 1979)





Important Dates


1959, Motown was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tampla Records

1969, Release of the first Led Zeppelin Album



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