January 27

Events
 * 1948 - Wire Recording Corporation of America announced the first magnetic wire recorder

Births


 * 1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)
 * 1806 - Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826)
 * 1823 - Edouard Lalo, French composer (d. 1892)
 * 1885 - Jerome Kern, American composer (d. 1945)
 * 1885 - Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. 1953)
 * 1908 - Oran Page, American musician (d. 1954)
 * 1918 - Elmore James, American blues musician (d. 1963)
 * 1919 - Ross Bagdasarian, American musician (d. 1972)
 * 1920 - Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (d. 2002)
 * 1930 - Bobby Blue Bland, American singer
 * 1937 - John Ogdon, English pianist (d. 1989)
 * 1944 - Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd)
 * 1946 - Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes)
 * 1947 - Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer (d. 1999)
 * 1948 - Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist
 * 1951 - Brian Downey, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy)
 * 1957 - Janick Gers, British guitarist (Iron Maiden)
 * 1961 - Margo Timmins, Canadian singer (Cowboy Junkies)
 * 1961 - Gillian Gilbert, British musician (New Order)
 * 1968 - Mike Patton, American singer (Faith No More)
 * 1968 - Tricky, English rapper
 * 1969 - Cornelius, Japanese musician and producer (Flipper's Guitar)
 * 1969 - Michael Kulas, Canadian singer (James)
 * 1971 - Lil Jon, American rapper and producer
 * 1972 - Mark Owen, English pop singer
 * 1974 - ZP Theart, South African-born English singer (Dragonforce)
 * 1987 - Katy Rose, American pop singer