January 4

Events
 * 1923 - The first wired simulcast conducted by WEAF and WNAC.

Births


 * 1710 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. 1736)
 * 1720 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (d. 1774)
 * 1870 - Percy Pitt, English organist and conductor (d. 1932)
 * 1874 - Josef Suk, Czech composer (d. 1935)
 * 1916 - Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)
 * 1937 - Grace Bumbry, American singer
 * 1942 - John McLaughlin, English jazz guitarist
 * 1946 - Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001)
 * 1946 - Arthur Conley, American singer (d. 2003)
 * 1947 - Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
 * 1954 - Eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician
 * 1955 - Mark Hollis, English musician and composer (Talk Talk)
 * 1956 - Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer
 * 1956 - Bernard Sumner, English musician (Joy Division, New Order, Electronic)
 * 1957 - Patty Loveless, American singer
 * 1960 - Michael Stipe, American singer (R.E.M.)
 * 1962 - Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist (Cocteau Twins)
 * 1962 - Peter Steele, American musician (Type O Negative)
 * 1963 - Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein)
 * 1965 - Beth Gibbons, English singer (Portishead)
 * 1965 - Cait O'Riordan, British musician (The Pogues)
 * 1966 - Deana Carter, American singer
 * 1967 - David Berman, American poet and singer/songwriter (Silver Jews)
 * 1974 - Ian Moor, English singer
 * 1977 - Tim Wheeler, Irish singer (Ash)
 * 1978 - Mai Meneses, Spanish singer
 * 1979 - Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used
 * 1995 - María Isabel, Spanish singer