Today in Music & more (January 4)

Singers / Musicians

1942, John McLaughlin 

1946, Arthur Conley (Sweet Soul Music, 1967)

1955, Mark Hollis (TALK TALK)

1956, Bernard Sumner (JOY DIVISION, NEW ORDER)

1956, Bruno Grünberg Jr. (HONGKONG SYNDIKAT / Too Much, 1985)

1957, Marcel King (SWEET SENSATION, Sad Sweet Dreamer, 1977)

1959, Vanity (VANITY 6)

1960, Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)

1962, Martin McAloon (PREFAB SPROUT / bass)

1962, Robin Guthrie (COCTEAU TWINS / guitar, bass, keyboards)

1965, Beth Gibbons (PORTISHEAD)

1963, Till Lindemann (RAMMSTEIN)

1965, Cait O'Riordan (THE POGUES / bass)

1965, David Glasper (BREATHE)

1977, Tim Wheeler (ASH)

Various

1785, Jacob Grimm (Gebrüder Grimm)

1809, Louis Braille (σύστημα γραφής και ανάγνωσης)

1930, Sorrell Booke (actor, played Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard)

1941, George P. Cosmatos (film director)

1948, Κώστας Δαβουρλής (ποδόσφαιρο)

1957, Σώτη Τριανατφύλλου (συγγραφέας)

1958, Corinna Everson (bodybuilding, actress)

1961, Cliff Levingston (basketball)

1961, Graham McTavish (actor)

1961, Lee Curreri (actor, Bruno Martelli in "Fame")

1990, Toni Kroos (football)

Died

1943, Γεώργιος Ιβάνωφ (όρα Ιβανώφειο)

1960, Albert Camus (writer)

1965, T.S. Eliot (poet, playwright)

1986, Phil Lynott (THIN LIZZY)

2011, Gerry Rafferty (STEALERS WHEEL / see: Baker Street)

2011, Mick Karn  / Andonis Michaelides (JAPAN, DALIS CAR / bass)

2013, Νίκος Σαμαράς (πετοσφαιριστής)

2016, Robert Stigwood (impresario, manager of musicians)

2023, Rosi Mittermaier (ski, Germany)

2024, David Soul 

Important Dates

1972, Ο Βασίλης Λυμπέρης καίει ζωντανούς τα 2 παιδιά του, τη σύζυγο και την πεθερά του και γίνεται ο τελευταίος θανατοποινίτης που εκτελείται.

1988, Party Μουσικού Δίαυλου Θεσσαλονίκης στη L'Apogee