January 10

Events
 * 1949 - RCA introduced the "single". A 7-inch diameter 45 rpm record.A single could play eight minutes of sound per side


 * 1946 - U.S. Army Project Diana team detected radar signals reflected off the moon's surface, proving that radio waves could penetrate Earth's atmosphere.

Births


 * 1910 -, French conductor, composer (d. 1976)
 * 1915 -, U.S. conductor (d. 1976)
 * 1917 -, American record producer (d. 2008)
 * 1927 -, American singer (d. 1990)
 * 1939 -, American singer
 * 1940 -, Indian playback singer and classical musician
 * 1944 -, Jr., American singer
 * 1945 -, Scottish singer
 * 1946 -, English musician
 * 1948 -, American keyboardist, singer and songwriter (Steely Dan)
 * 1952 -, American musician
 * 1953 -, American singer
 * 1955 -, German guitarist (UFO)
 * 1956 -, American singer
 * 1960 -, Moroccan singer
 * 1961 -, Italian-American violinist
 * 1964 -, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies)
 * 1974 -, Japanese composer
 * 1981 -, Korean-American singer