Today in Music & more (January 6)

Singers / Musicians

1931, David Whitaker (composer, arranger / see: Bittersweet Symphony (The Last Time))

1935, Nino Tempo 

1935, Paul Wilson (THE FLAMINGOS / baritone)

1937, Paolo Conte 

1937, Doris Troy (Just One Look,  1963)

1938, Adriano Celentano 

1940, Van McCoy (The Hustle, 1975)

1946, Syd Barrett (PINK FLOYD / guitar)

1947, Sandy Denny (FAIRPORT CONVENTION)

1951, Kim Wilson (THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS)

1953, Malcolm Young (AC/DC / rhythm guitar)

1959, Kathy Sledge (SISTER SLEDGE)

1964, Mark O'Toole (FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD / bass)

1967, A.R. Rahman (Jai Ho, 2008)

1972, Nek / Filippo Neviani (Laura Non C'è, 1997 - Instabile, 2006)

1980, Αποστολία Ζώη (τραγουδίστρια)

1986, Alex Turner (ARCTIC MONKEYS, THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS)

Various

1822, Heinrich Schliemann (amateur archeologist / Troy)

1919, Ανδρέας Φιλιππίδης (ηθοποιός)

1937, Γιάννης Δημαράς (δημοσιογράφος)

1939, Γεώργιος Μπαμπινιώτης (φιλόλογος, γλωσσολόγος)

1939, Valeriy Lobanovskyi (football, Ukraine)

1953, Manfred Kaltz (football, Germany)

1954, Anthony Minghella (film director, playwright)

1955, Άκης Φλωρεντής (ηθοποιός)

1955, Rowan Atkinson (actor - Mr. Bean)

1958, Θέμος Αναστασιάδης ("τρωκτικό" τον ΜΜΕ)

1964, Henry Maske (box, Germany) 

1968, John Singleton (film director)

1986, Irina Shayk (model, ex-girlfriend of Cristiano Ronaldo & Bradley Cooper)

Died

1852, Louis Braille (σύστημα γραφής και ανάγνωσης)

1919, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909)

1933, Dizzy Gillespie (jazz trumpeter)

1980, Georgeanna Tillman (THE MARVELETTES)

1993, Rudolf Nureyev (ballet dancer & choreographer)

2006, Lou Rawls (singer)

2022, Sidney Poitier (actor)

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