This Day in Music History
January 22

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What happened in history on this day: January 22?

On January 22 in ...

  • 1859 - Brahms' first piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover.
  • 1969 - Billy Preston becomes the fifth member of The Beatles.

Births on January 22

  • 1911 - Birth of Bruno Kreisky in Austria; bandleader/chancellor (1970-83).
  • 1920 - Birth of William Warfield; singer (Show Boat).
  • 1931 - Birth of Sam Cooke in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA; American gospel and blues singer ("You Send Me", "Another Saturday Night", "Twisting The Night Away") (dies 1964).
  • 1940 - Birth of Addie "Micki" Harris in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; singer (Shirelles - "Soldier Boy").
  • 1949 - Birth of James P Pennington; rocker (Exile).
  • 1949 - Birth of Steve Perry in Hanford, California, USA; vocalist (Journey - "Open Arms", "Oh Sherry").
  • 1952 - Birth of Teddy Gentry in Fort Payne, Alabama, USA; country music star (Alabama - "Mountain Music", "Take Me Down").
  • 1960 - Birth of Michael Hutchence in Australia; rock vocalist/actor (INXS - "Need You Tonight", Dogs in Space).
  • 1965 - Birth of Jazzy Jeff Townes; rapper ("Parents Just Don't Understand").
  • 1965 - Birth of Ray Mayhew; rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik - "Love Missile F-111").
  • 1965 - Birth of Steven Adler in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; drummer (Guns and Roses - "Sweet Child").
  • 1965 - Birth of Regina Nicks; country singer (Regina Regina).
  • 1969 - Birth of Marc Gay; singer (Shai).
  • 1981 - Birth of Kelton Kessee; singer (Immature).
  • 1981 - Birth of Ben Moody; American guitarist (The Fallen, Evanescence).

Deaths on January 22

  • 1969 - Judy Garland, singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at age 48 of an overdose.
  • 1997 - Death of Ron Holden at age 57 in Mexico; rhythm-and-blues singer ("Love You So" (1960)).
  • 2004 - Death of Billy May at age 87; big band leader (Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney).

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