Born: January 13, 1887

Died: February 09, 1966

Ukrainian-born singer, comedienne, actress, radio personality and a widely popular recording artist in the early 20th century, best known for her of comedic and risqué deliveries of popular songs, known as the "Last of the Red Hot Mamas," died of kidney failure on 2/9/1966, age 79

Born: January 13, 1927

Died: October 31, 2011

Early female country singer and songwriter with several minor hits for herself but wrote songs for others, including "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive" for Merle Haggard (Country #1, 1966), mother of country-pop singer Lynn Anderson ("(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden," #3, Country #1, 1970), died from complications of heart and lung disease on 10/31/2011, age 84

Born: January 13, 1930

Died: October 15, 1980

Lead vocals and founding member of important 50s R&B/doo wop The Moonglows, "Sincerely" (R&B #1, 1955), left in the 60s to front and tour with his own groups, died from lung cancer-caused pneumonia on 10/15/1980, age 50

Born: January 13, 1938

Died: October 20, 2004

Original member of Grammy-winning R&B/soul quintet The Spinners, left to join heralded Motownn session vocalists The Voice Masters and The Originals, the latter having a string of 70s charting singles, including "The Bells" (#12, R&B #4, 1970) and "Down To Love Town" (#47, Dance/Club #1, 1976), died from a heart attack on 10/20/2004, age 66

Born: January 13, 1938

Died: March 13, 2015

Australian guitarist, poet, composer, performance artist and founding member of psychedelic rock Soft Machine in 1966 and progressive rock Gong in 1967, founded and performed with various Gong spin-offs and reunions over the years until his death from lung cancer on 3/13/2015, age 77

Born: January 13, 1948

Died: 0000-00-00

Founder, guitarist and songwriter for underappreciated Brit prog-folk-rock Barclay James Harvest, "Mockingbird" (1971), solo, continues with incarnations of the band in the 00s

Born: January 13, 1954

Died: 0000-00-00

South African born guitarist and frontman for power pop Rabbitt, then with seminal prog-rock band Yes, "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" (#1, 1983), left in 1995 to score movie soundtracks for over three dozen mainstream films

Born: January 13, 1955

Died: January 01, 2023

Session drummer on numerous albums and on tour with Little Feat in the early 70s, joined brothers Maurice and Verdine in 1974 at age 19 in R&B/soul-dance-pop Earth, Wind & Fire and stayed though the group’s peak years and widely popular hits, including "Shining Star" (#1, R&B #1, 1975) and the enduing “September” (#8, R&B #1, 1978), left in 1983 and largely dropped out of sight for 40 years except for an appearance when Earth, Wind & Fire was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. died of undisclosed causes on 1/1/2023, age 67.

Born: January 13, 1956

Died: 0000-00-00

Bass guitarist with brother Graham in pop-rock The Foster Brothers, replaced Pete Farndon in The Pretenders ("Don't Get Me Wrong," #10, 1986), session bass player for Simple Minds ("Let There Be Love," UK #6, 1991) from 1989-95, continues with both groups plus session work.

Born: January 13, 1957

Died: 0000-00-00

Keyboards for New Wave synth-pop Squeeze, "Tempted" (Mainstream Rock #8, 1981)

Born: January 13, 1957

Died: 0000-00-00

Founding member and bassist for Brit jazz-pop-rock Carmel, "Bad Day" (UK #15, 1983)

Born: January 13, 1959

Died: 0000-00-00

Heavy metal session and touring bassist with White Lion, former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley, David Lee Roth, Megadeth ("Trust," Mainstream Rock #5, 1997), Zakk Wylde, Black Label Society and others

Born: January 13, 1961

Died: 0000-00-00

Vocals for Brit punk/ska revival Madness, "Our House" (#7, 1982) and over 20 other UK Top 40 singles, solo, "I'm Only Sleeping" (UK #7, 1995)

Born: January 13, 1961

Died: 0000-00-00

Guitar and vocals for neo-psych alt rock The Flaming Lips, "She Don't Use Jelly" (#55, 1995)

Born: January 13, 1962

Died: 0000-00-00

Jamaican roots reggae/dancehall singer, songwriter and DJ with over 10 solo albums and several singles, founder and CEO of Flames Records and organizer of the annual Rebel Salute music festival

Born: January 13, 1963

Died: February 05, 1998

Guitarist, singer and songwriter for pop-glam metal Slaughter, "Fly To The Angels" (#19, 1990), died in a car crash on 2/, age 355/1998

Born: January 13, 1964

Died: 0000-00-00

Drummer for Scottish jangle-pop-rock The Bluebells, "Young At Heart" (UK #1, 1983)

Born: January 13, 1971

Died: 0000-00-00

Scottish drummer and son of Pete Agnew, co-founder and bassist for hard rock Nazareth, "Love Hurts" (#8, 1976), joined the band in 1999 to replace deceased drummer Darrell Sweet