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What happened in history on this day: January 12?
On January 12 in ...
- 1959 - NBC premieres The Bell Telephone Hour, a 60-minute music program.
- 1965 - NBC-TV debuts the pop-music TV show Hullabaloo. Guests on the first show include the New Christy Minstrels, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Zombies, and Woody Allen.
Births on January 12
- 1901 - Birth of Kurt Jooss in Wasseralfingen, Germany; musician and choreographer, ballet master at the Essen Opera House.
- 1905 - Birth Woodward Maurice Ritter AKA Tex Ritter in rural Texas, USA; country singer ("Five Star Jubilee", "The Wayward Wind", theme song to High Noon movie (1952), disk jockey (Nashville radio).
- 1926 - Birth of Ray Price; country singer ("For The Good Times").
- 1930 - Birth of Glenn Yarborough; singer (Limeliters - "Honey and Wine", "Jubilee").
- 1939 - Birth of William Lee Golden in Brewton, Alabama, USA; country singer (Oak Ridge Boys).
- 1941 - Birth of Long John Baldry in England; blues singer ("Let the Heartaches Begin" (1967), "Don't try to Lay No Boogie"), voice actor (Dr. Robotnik - Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog TV show).
- 1943 - Birth of Ray Manzarek; rock pianist (Doors - "Light my Fire", "People are Strange").
- 1946 - Birth of Cynthia Robinson; rock trumpeter (Sly and Family Stone - "Everyday People").
- 1951 - Birth of Chris Bell in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rock guitarist (Big Star).
- 1951 - Birth of Larry Hoppens; rocker (Orleans - "Still the One", "Dance With Me").
- 1952 - Birth of Ricky Van Shelton in Danville, Virginia, USA; country musician ("Somebody Lied", "From a Jack to a King", "Rockin' Years", "Wild-Eyed Dream").
- 1957 - Birth of Tom Ardolino; drummer (NRBQ).
- 1959 - Birth of Per Gessle in Halmstad, Sweden; singer (Roxette - "Must Have Been Love").
- 1960 - Birth of Charlie Gillingham; keyboardist (Counting Crows).
- 1965 - Birth of Mark Moore; rocker (S'Express - "Winter Course").
- 1967 - Birth of TBird; rapper (B-Rock and the Bizz).
- 1970 - Birth of Zack de la Rocha; singer ("Rage Against The Machine").
- 1970 - Birth of Raekwon; rapper (Wu Tang Clan).
- 1973 - Birth of Dan Haseltine; singer (Jars of Clay).
- 1973 - Birth of Matt Wong; bassist (Reel Big Fish).
- 1974 - Birth of Melanie Jayne Chisholm in Widnes, England; vocalist ("Sporty Spice" - Spice Girls).
- 1975 - Birth of Chase Hampton in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; rocker (Party - "Rodeo", "That's Why").
Deaths on January 12
- 1674 - Giacomo Carissimi Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at age 68.
- 2003 - Death of Maurice Gibb at age 53 after surgery for intestinal blockage at a hospital in Miami, Florida, USA; British singer-songwriter (The Bee Gees).
- 2022 - Death of Ronnie Spector at age 78; American singer (The Ronettes - "Be My Baby", "Walking in the Rain").
- 2023 - Death of Lisa Marie Presley at age 54 of cardiac arrest at home in Calabasas, California, USA; daughter of Elvis Presley, married to Michael Jackson, singer-songwriter.
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