January 31

Events

 * 1948 - Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway
 * 1955 RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer

Births

 * 1759 -, French composer (d. 1803)
 * 1797 -, Austrian composer (d. 1828)
 * 1892 -, American actor and singer (d. 1964)
 * 1894 -, American musician (d. 1956)
 * 1915 -, American musicologist (d. 2002)
 * 1921 -, American singer (d. 1959)
 * 1928 -, American singer and songwriter (d. 1958)
 * 1937 -, American composer
 * 1939 -, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * 1944 -, American musician
 * 1946 -, American musician (Chicago) (d. 1978)
 * 1951 -, Aruban-born singer
 * 1951 -, American singer and musician (KC and the Sunshine Band)
 * 1954 -, Dutch musician (Whitesnake)
 * 1961 -, British singer
 * 1964 -, American musician (Slayer)
 * 1964 -, Swedish singer
 * 1967 -, American musician
 * 1975 -, Australian radio host
 * 1982 -, Greek singer

Deaths

 * 1954 –, American electrical engineer and inventor of the FM radio (b. 1890)
 * 1970 –, American singer (b. 1924)
 * 1981 –, American jazz drummer (b. 1909)
 * 1999 –, Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity. (b. 1943)
 * 2007 –, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
 * 2011 –, 51, British musician (Adam and the Ants) (b. 1959)