Born: January 15, 1893

Died: March 06, 1951

Welsh composer, singer, stage and screen actor and popular entertainer, namesake for annual British music awards, died on 3/6/51, age 58

Born: January 15, 1909

Died: October 16, 1973

Renowned jazz and big band drummer, composer, bandleader, drum kit developer, mentor and influencer, died from leukemia and heart failure on 10/16/1973, age 64

Born: January 15, 1920

Died: December 13, 2009

Vocalist for complex and sophisticated four-part harmony 30s, 40s and 50s Big Band/pop sibling singing group The King Sisters, "The Hut-Sut Song" (Top 30, 1944), recorded with her sisters on hundreds of albums and numerous radio specials over three decades and in the musical-variety TV program The King Family Show (1966-1969) and holiday specials thereafter, died following a fall at home on 12/13/2009, age 89

Born: January 15, 1929

Died: April 21, 1970

Non-singing, commercially less successful but heralded blues slide guitar virtuoso, both as a sideman and on numerous instrumental albums under his own name, died from tuberculosis on 4/21/1970, age 41

Born: January 15, 1941

Died: December 17, 2010

Innovative, offbeat, satirical, visionary and influential art rock multi-instrumentalist, composer, frontman for The Magic Band and solo, album Trout Mask Replica (1969), died of complications from multiple sclerosis on 12/17/2010, age 69

Born: January 15, 1942

Died: December 03, 2014

Founding member and songwriter in R&B/doo wop then sweet soul vocal quintet The Manhattans, "Kiss And Say Goodbye" (#1, 1976), the only member to sing on every hit and appear on every one of the band's albums, remained with the group and was its de facto leader at the time of his death on 12/3/2014, age 72.

Born: January 15, 1944

Died: October 02, 2016

With her cousins, Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins, founding member of pop musical trio The Dixie Cups, their hit "Chapel Of Love" (#1, UK #22, 1964) knocked The Beatles' "Love Me Do" off the U.S. top spot in June 1964, left the group to become a Jehovah's witness but returned for occasional reunions on the oldies circuit, died from congestive heart failure on 10/2/2016, age 72

Born: January 15, 1947

Died: 0000-00-00

Member of the multi-hit UK songwriting and production trio Stock-Aitken-Waterman (SAW), wrote "Respectable" (#1 for Rick Astley, 1987)

Born: January 15, 1948

Died: October 20, 1977

Lead singer and primary lyricist for raunchy Southern rock Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama" (#8, 1974), died in a plane crash along with other bandmembers on 10/20/1977, age 29

Born: January 15, 1951

Died: 0000-00-00

Curvy, zesty and provocative Spanish-American singer, comedienne, dancer and flamenco guitarist with a number of dance-pop hits including "Dance A Little Bit Closer" (Dance #18, 1977) and "España Cañi" (Dance #14, 2008), a long list of film credits and TV appearances, and the signature phrase "cuchi-cuchi"

Born: January 15, 1951

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocalist and frontwoman for L.A.-based New Wave smooth pop-rock The Motels, "Only The Lonely" (#9, 1982)

Born: January 15, 1952

Died: 0000-00-00

Strings for pop-rock Electric Light Orchestra, "Don't Bring Me Down" (#4, 1979) and 26 other Top 40 hits

Born: January 15, 1953

Died: 0000-00-00

Founding member, composer and multi-instrumentalist for Swiss electronic dance-pop Yello, "Oh Yeah" (#51, 1987)

Born: January 15, 1953

Died: 0000-00-00

Founding member and guitarist for Scottish-American alt rock Garbage, "Stupid Girl" (Dance/Club #5, 1996)

Born: January 15, 1959

Died: 0000-00-00

Bassist and backing vocals for Brit prog-rock revival group Marillion, "Kayleigh" (Mainstream Rock #14, 1985)

Born: January 15, 1961

Died: 0000-00-00

Guitarist for Irish punk/New Wave pop-rock The Undertones, "My Perfect Cousin" (UK #9, 1980), co-founded hard/alt rock That Petrol Emotion, "Groove Check" (Dance/Club #12, 1989)

Born: January 15, 1965

Died: 0000-00-00

Grammy-winning Welsh-American songwriter and guitarist (Rolling Stone #75) for Tool, "Schism" (Mainstream Rock #2, 2001), visual artist

Born: January 15, 1967

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocals and frontwoman for 80s dance-pop/proto-hip hop Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, "Head To Toe" (#1, 1987)

Born: January 15, 1974

Died: 0000-00-00

Scottish music critic, TV hostess and BBC 1 weekend morning radio DJ

Born: January 15, 1975

Died: 0000-00-00

Singer in pre-fab Aussie all-girl pop vocal quintet Bardot, "Poison" (Aus. #1, 2000)

Born: January 15, 1942

Died: July 11, 2022

British-born American writer and music critic, co-founding editor of Rolling Stone magazine, author of over 20 rock music books, including the now cult-classic James Dean, The Mutant King and biographies of Paul Anka, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Sid Vicious, Andy Warhol and multiple other rock music luminaries, his uncanny ability to live the rock-star lifestyle and mingle with the stars afforded unprecedented access to the core of his material, continued to write and offer his commentary of radio until his death from cancer on 7/11/2022, age 80.

Born: January 15, 1954

Died: April 14, 2025

Legendary Los Angeles FM radio DJ, started at largely unknown KROQ in 1978 and helped build the station into a market powerhouse by targeting a younger audience and showcasing New Wave, synth-pop and alt rock acts, particularly new and up-and-coming artists, hosted the afternoon drive slot from 1978 to 2012, launched the nationally syndicated hits countdown show Out of Order in 1995 and presented the program until 2013, left in 2012 and moved to two other local FM stations but returned in 2019 to host Roq of the ‘80s program on KROQ’s HD2 station, died from small-cell lung cancer on 4/14/2025, age 69.