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What happened in history on this day: January 15?
On January 15 in ...
- 1785 - Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres.
- 1895 - Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 1915 - Sydney, Kern and Smith's musical "Love o' Mike" premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1919 - Pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes first premier of Poland.
Births on January 15
- 1909 - Birth of Gene Krupa in Chicago, Illinois, USA; drummer (Benny Gooodman, "Sing Sing Sing" (1934)).
- 1941 - Birth of Captain Beefheart AKA Don Van Vilet; rocker (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast).
- 1942 - Birth of Edward "Sonny" Bivins; American singer (Manhattans - "Kiss and Say Goodbye").
- 1947 - Birth of Pete Waterman; rocker (Stock Aitken and Waterman - "Road Block").
- 1948 - Birth of Ronnie Van Zant; rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (dies 1977).
- 1950 - Birth of David Lynn Jones in Bexar, Arkansas, USA; country singer (Bonnie Jean).
- 1951 - Birth of Charo in Murcia, Spain; actress (Chico and the Man, The Love Boat), singer.
- 1951 - Birth of Martha Davis in California, USA; vocalist/guitar (Motels - "Only the Lonely", "Shame").
- 1952 - Birth of Melvyn Gale; rocker (Electric Light Orchestra).
- 1953 - Birth of Boris Blank; rocker (Yello).
- 1959 - Birth of Pete Trewavas in Middlesbrough, England; rock bassist, (Marillion - "Clutching at Straws", "Real to Reel").
- 1961 - Birth of Iris DeMent in Paragould, Arkansas, USA; country singer (Our Town).
- 1965 - Birth of Derek B; rocker (Bullet from a Gun).
- 1967 - Birth of Lisa Lisa AKA Lisa Velez; rock vocalist (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam).
Deaths on January 15
- 1987 - Death of Dolores Hawkins at age 58; singer (Guy Mitchell Show).
- 1987 - Death of Ray Bolger AKA Raymond Wallace Bulcao at age 83 of cancer; singer, dancer, actor (Tin Woodsman - Wizard of Oz, host - Bell Telephone Hour, Grampa - The Partridge Family TV show).
- 1993 - Death of Sammy Cahn AKA Sammy Cohen at age 79 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, California, USA; songwriter ("Three Coins in the Fountain", "All the Way", "High Hopes, "Call Me Irresponsible", Academy Awards).
- 1994 - György Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at age 72.
- 1994 - Death of Harry Nilsson in his sleep at age 52; American singer, songwriter ("Without You" (1971), "Everybody's Talkin'", Grammy winner) (born 1941).
- 1996 - Death of Les Baxter at age 73 of heart and kidney problems; orchestra leader/composer (Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa" and "Too Young"), singer (the Meltones), music producer ("Ruby", "Unchained Melody", "The Poor People Of Paris"), musical director (The Halls Of Ivy, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello radio shows). writer ("Whistle" theme - Lassie TV show).
- 2005 - Death of Ruth Warrick at age 89 from pneumonia; singer, actress (Orson Welles' Mercury Players, Citizen Kane movie, The Guiding Light TV show, As the World Turns TV show, Peyton Place TV show, Phoebe Tyler - All My Children TV show).
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