Today in Music & more (January 21)

Singers / Musicians

1941, Plácido Domingo (Spanish Opera singer)

1941, Richie Havens (Going Back To My Roots, 1980)

1942, Mac Davis (singer, songwriter)

1942, Edwin Starr (War, 1970)

1944, Chris Britton (THE TROGGS / guitar)

1950, Billy Ocean / Leslie Sebastian Charles 

1956, Rob Brill (BERLIN / drums)

1965, Robert Del Naja (MASSIVE ATTACK / "I was looking back to see....")

1965, Jam Master Jay / Jason William Mizell (RUN-DMC / DJ)

1966, Wendy James (TRANSVISION VAMP)

1972, Cat Power / Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall (singer, songwriter)

1973, Chris Kilmore (INCUBUS / DJ)

1976, Emma Bunton (SPICE GIRLS)

Various

1905, Christian Dior 

1921, Αλέξης Δαμιανός (σκηνοθέτης / Ευδοκία, 1971)

1922, Telly Savalas 

1925, Benny Hill 

1939, Φαίδων Γεωργίτσης 

1945, Martin Shaw (actor, Doyle in The Professionals)

1951, José Marín (racewalker)

1956, Geena Davis (actress)

1963, Hakeem Olajuwon (NBA)

1989, Henrikh Mkhitaryan (football, Armenia)

Died

1924, Vladimir Lenin 

1950, George Orwell (English novelist)

1959, Cecil B DeMille (film director)

1984, Γιάννης Σκαρίμπας (λογοτέχνης / Σπασμένο Καράβι, 1975)

1984, Jackie Wilson 

1998, Jack Lord (actor, Steve McGarrett in Hawaii Five-O)

2002, Peggy Lee 

Important Dates

International Hugging Day