January 16

Events

 * 1877 - The first U.S. patent for a color organ was issued
 * 1938 - The famous jazz concert by the Benny Goodman Orchestra and special guests takes place at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the first jazz performance in that venue.

Births

 * 1728 - Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (d. 1800)
 * 1872 - Henri Busser, French composer (d. 1973)
 * 1893 - Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)
 * 1894 - Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (d. 1985)
 * 1905 - Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
 * 1908 - Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
 * 1914 - Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992)
 * 1922 - Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008)
 * 1934 - Marilyn Horne, American opera singer
 * 1942 - René Angélil, Canadian music executive
 * 1942 - Barbara Lynn, American singer
 * 1943 - Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist
 * 1943 - Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
 * 1944 - Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter
 * 1946 - Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter
 * 1950 - Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can)
 * 1961 - Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke) (d. 2007)
 * 1961 - Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter
 * 1962 - Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk, .O.rang)
 * 1965 - Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
 * 1969 - Dead, Swedish black metal vocalist (Mayhem) (d. 1991)
 * 1979 - Aaliyah, American singer (d. 2001)
 * 1982 - Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys)