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What happened in history on this day: January 10?
On January 10 in ...
- 1928 - G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie" premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the country and rhythm and blues charts, #2 on the pop chart.
- 1972 - Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in United Kingdom.
- 1997 - James Brown gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Births on January 10
- 1927 - Birth of Marie LaFeche AKA Gisele MacKenzie in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; singer and program host (CBC radio show, Your Hit Parade TV show, Jack Benny Show TV show, "Hard to Get" song).
- 1927 - Birth of Johnnie Ray in Oklahoma, USA; singer ("Cry", "Please Mr. Sun", "The Little White Cloud That Cried", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Just Walking in the Rain").
- 1935 - Birth of Ronnie Hawkins in Arkansas, USA; rocker (The Band - "Who Do You Love?").
- 1939 - Birth of Sal Mineo in The Bronx, New York, USA; actor/singer (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause film, The Gene Krupa Story film).
- 1943 - Birth of Jim Croce in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer/songwriter ("You Don't Mess Around with Jim", "Time in a Bottle", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", "I've Got a Name").
- 1944 - Birth of Frank Sinatra Junior in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; singer/bandleader (Golddiggers).
- 1945 - Birth of Rod Stewart in London, England; singer ("Maggie Mae", "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy").
- 1946 - Birth of Aynsley Dunbar; rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship).
- 1946 - Birth of Bob Lang; rock bassist (Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders).
- 1948 - Birth of Cyril Neville; American singer/percussionist (Neville Bros - "Yellow Moon").
- 1948 - Birth of Donald Fagen in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan - "Peg").
- 1952 - Birth of Scott Thurston; keyboardist/guitarist (Motels - "Only the Lonely").
- 1953 - Birth of Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("Hit Me With Your Best Shot", "Hell Is for Children").
- 1955 - Birth of Luci Martin; rocker vocalist (Chic).
- 1955 - Birth of Michael Schenker; heavy metal rocker (McAuley Schenker Groups - "Coming on Strong", Scorpions).
- 1959 - Birth of Curt Kirkwood; singer, guitarist (Meat Puppets).
- 1959 - Birth of Don Letts; rocker (Big Audio Dynamite).
- 1959 - Birth of Kirk and Curtwood; musician (Meat Puppets).
- 1964 - Birth of Brad Roberts; musician (Crash Test Dummies).
- 1965 - Birth of Nathan; rocker (Brother Beyond - "Can You Keep a Secret").
- 1975 - Birth of Shannon Kavanaugh in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (Ivory Soul).
- 1978 - Birth of Matt Roberts; guitarist (3 Doors Down).
- 1979 - Birth of Chris Smith AKA Daddy Mack in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; rapper (Kris Kross - "Warm it Up").
Deaths on January 10
- 1941 - Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at age 61.
- 1953 - Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at age 56.
- 1972 - Death of Al Goodman at age 81; Russian/American orchestra leader (Fred Allen radio show, NBC Comedy Hour TV show, Colgate Comedy Hour TV show).
- 1976 - Death of Chester Arthur Burnett AKA Howlin' Wolf at age 65 of complications from kidney disease, following brain surgery in a hospital near Chicago, Illinois, USA; American blues pianist/harmonica player ("How Many More Years" (1951)).
- 1978 - Don Gillis, US composer (Symphony #5 1/2), dies at age 65.
- 1989 - Death of Donald Voorhees of pheumonia at age 85; orchestra leader, musical director (Bell Telephone Hour on radio and TV).
- 1999 - Death of Frank Parker at age 95; singer (The Jack Benny Radio Show, Arthur Godfrey troupe).
- 2023 - Death of Jeff Beck at age 78 of bacterial meningitis; guitarist (The Yardbirds).
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