Today in Music & more (January 8)

Singers / Musicians

1935, Elvis Presley 

1937, Shirley Bassey 

1941, Little Anthony / Jerome Anthony Gourdine (LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS)

1943, Marcus Hutson (THE WHISPERS / And The Beat Goes On, 1979)

1946, Robby Krieger (THE DOORS / guitar)

1947, David Bowie 

1947, Terry Sylvester (THE HOLLIES / He Ain't heavy He's My Brother, 1969)

1955, Mike Reno (LOVERBOY)

1967, R. Kelly 

1969, Teresa Salgueiro (MADREDEUS)

Various

1910, Galina Ulanova (ballerina)

1912, José Ferrer (actor)

1936, Κώστας Κακκαβάς (ηθοποιός)

1942, Yvette Mimieux (actress)

1942, Stephen Hawking 

1951, John McTiernan (filmmaker)

1969, Ami Dolenz (actress, She's Out Of Control)

1979, Adrian Mutu (football - Romania)

1982, Kim Jong-un (Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011)

1992, Koke (football - Spain)

Died

1642, Galileo Galilei 

1996, François Mitterrand 

2017, Peter Sarstedt (Where Do You Go To, My Lovely, 1969)

2021, Ed Bruce (Ever Never Lovin' You, 1982)

Important Dates

1991, Δολοφονία Νίκου Τεμπονέρα

1991, Jeremy Wade Delle suicide (see: Jeremy by Pearl Jam)

1996, Official release of "Jesus To A Child"