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What happened in history on this day: January 1?
On January 1 in ...
- 1879 - John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig.
- 1952 - Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 5th string quartet.
- 1960 - Johnny Cash plays his first free concert for inmates, at a show at San Quentin Prison in California.
- 1962 - Music group The Beatles fail an audition in London, England for a recording contract with Decca Records.
- 1976 - "Musical Jubilee" closes at Saint James Theater New York City, New York after 92 performances.
- 1979 - United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the International Year of the Child. Many musicians donate to the Music for UNICEF Concert fund including ABBA, who wrote the song "Chiquitita" to commemorate the event.
- 1982 - Abba makes their final live appearance as a group in a concert in Stockholm.
- 1985 - VH-1 premieres on US cable as an adult contemporary music video channel.
- 1995 - Rod Stewart sets a new record for the largest attendance for an open-air concert, as 3.5 million people turn out for his New Year's concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Births on January 1
- 1884 - Birth of George W Meyer in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; composer/lyricist ("Bells of St. Mary's", "Broadway Babies").
- 1900 - Birth of Xavier Cugat [Francisco de Asís Javier Cugat Mingall de Brue y Deulofeo] in Tirona, Catalonia, Spain; bandleader ("Perfidia") (married Abbe Lane, Charo) (dies 1990).
- 1916 - Birth of Earl Wrightson in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; American singer/actor (The At Home Show, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) (dies 1993).
- 1919 - Birth of Bernard Drukker; Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader (Devil's Wheel).
- 1923 - Birth of Milton Jackson in the USA; vibraphonist (Milt of Bags).
- 1942 - Birth of Country Joe McDonald in California, USA; rock guitarist/vocalist (Country Joe and the Fish).
- 1950 - Birth of Morgan Fisher; rock keyboardist (British Lions).
- 1950 - Birth of Steve Ripley; country singer (The Tractors).
- 1953 - Birth of Alpha Blondy [Seydou Kone] in the Ivory Coast; reggae singer (Jerusalem).
- 1958 - Birth of Joseph "Grandmaster Flash" Saddler in New York City, New York, USA; rocker (Message).
- 1986 - Birth of Lee Sungmin; Korean singer (Super Junior).
Deaths on January 1
- 1782 - Death of Johann Christian Bach at age 46 in London, England; son of Johann Sebastion Bach, composer at the King's Theater, tutor of Mozart.
- 1948 - Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at age 66.
- 1953 - Hank Williams, legendary country singer ("Cold Cold Heart", "Half as Much", "Jambalaya", "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Hey, Good Lookin", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Die"), dies at age 29 from a drug/alcohol-related heart attack.
- 1953 - Ludomir Rózycki, Polish composer/conductor (Casanova), dies at age 68.
- 1958 - David Broekman, musician ("Think Fast"), dies at age 55.
- 1972 - Death of Maurice A Chevalier at age 83; French singer, actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at age 83.
- 1995 - Jess Stacy, US jazz pianist ("Great Gatsby"), dies at age 90.
- 1995 - Ted Hawkins, US blues singer ("Watch Your Step", "The Next Hundred Years"), dies at age 58 after a stroke, in Los Angeles, California.
- 2007 - Death of Del Reeves AKA Franklin Delano Reeves at age 72; country singer and songwriter ("Girl on the Billboard" (1965), Del Reeves Country Carnival TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Fred White at age 67; drummer (Earth, Wind & Fire).
- 2023 - Death of Gangsta Boo at age 43; hip-hop artist (Three 6 Mafia).
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