Today in music & more (January 3)

Singers / Musicians

1916, Maxene Andrews (ANDREWS SISTERS / Rum & Coca-Cola, 1944)

1919, Herbie Nichols (songwriter / Lady Sings The Blues, 1956)

1920, Renato Carosone (Tu Vuò Fà L'americano, 1956)

1926, George Martin (record producer)

1943, Michael Zager (MICHAEL ZAGER BAND / Let's All Chant, 1977 / arranger: I Go Crazy)

1945, Stephen Stills (singer, guitarist)

1946, John Paul Jones (LED ZEPPELIN / bass)

1946, James Mtume (MTUME / Juicy Fruit, 1983)

1962, Guy Pratt (bass player / songwriter of Jimmy Nail's "Ain't No Doubt", 1992)

1975, Thomas Bangalter (DAFT PUNK)

Various

1892, J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord Of The Rings)

1929, Sergio Leone (film director)

1930, Robert Loggia (actor)

1932, Dabney Coleman (actor)

1946, Μιχάλης Κρητικόπουλος (ποδοσφαιριστής)

1953, Victoria Principal (actress)

1956, Mel Gibson 

1969, Michael Schumacher (Formula 1)

1976, Άγγελος Μπασινάς (ποδοσφαιριστής)

2000, Greta Thunberg (environmental activist)

Died

1911, Αλέξανδρος Παπαδιαμάντης 

2014, Phil Everly (THE EVERLY BROTHERS)

2021, Gerry Marsden (GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS) 

2023, Alan Rankine (THE ASSOCIATES / keyboards, guitar)

2023, Νότης Μαυρουδής (συνθέτης)

Άκρη Δεν Έχει Ο Ουρανός - ΝΟΤΗΣ ΜΑΥΡΟΥΔΗΣ feat. ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΟΣ (1964)

Ερωτικό - ΝΟΤΗΣ ΜΑΥΡΟΥΔΗΣ feat. ΑΡΛΕΤΑ (1977)

Πρωϊνό Τσιγάρο - ΝΟΤΗΣ ΜΑΥΡΟΥΔΗΣ feat. ΑΡΛΕΤΑ (1988)

Θα Βρεθούμε Ξανά - ΝΟΤΗΣ ΜΑΥΡΟΥΔΗΣ feat. ΘΑΝΑΣΗΣ ΓΚΑΪΦΥΛΙΑΣ (1993)

Important Dates

1959, Alaska was admitted as the 49th state of the U.S.A.