Births and Deaths on 12 January

• 1905
• Tex Ritter(High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)) was born in Texas, US
• 1906
• Mississippi Fred McDowell(You Gotta Move) was born in Tennessee, US
• 1916
• Jay McShann(Hands Off) was born in Oklahoma, US
• 1926
• Ray Price(Crazy Arms) was born in Texas, US
• 1928
• Ruth Brown(Lucky Lips) was born in Virginia, US
• 1930
• Glenn Yarbrough(All My Sorrows) was born in Wisconsin, US
• 1931
• Roland Alphonso(Back Beat) was born in Cuba
• 1932
• Des O'Connor(I Pretend) was born in England, UK
• 1934
• Lew Williams(Bop Bop Ba Doo Bop) was born in Tennessee, US
• 1939
• William Lee Golden(The Oak Ridge Boys) was born in Alabama, US
• 1941
• Long John Baldry(Let The Heartaches Begin) was born in England, UK
• 1944
• Cynthia Robinson(Sly & The Family Stone) was born in California, US
• 1945
• Maggie Bell(After Midnight) was born in Scotland, UK
• Abrim Timon(The Detroit Emeralds) was born in Arkansas, US
• 1946
• George Duke(Shine On) was born in California, US
• 1947
• Mike Blakley(Christie) was born in England, UK
• 1951
• Chris Bell(Big Star) was born in Tennessee, US
• 1952
• Ricky Van Shelton(I'll Leave This World Loving You) was born in Virginia, US
• Phil Perry(The Montclairs) was born in Illinois, US
• 1954
• Felipe Rose(The Village People) was born in New York, US
• 1955
• Johnny Clarke(None Shall Escape The Judgement) was born in Jamaica
• 1959
• Per Gessle(Roxette) was born in Sweden
• Blixa Bargeld(The Bad Seeds) was born in Germany
• 1962
• Claudia Church(What's The Matter With You Baby) was born in North Carolina, US
• 1963
• Guy Chambers(World Party/The Mission/Stress/The Waterboys) was born in England, UK
• 1965
• Greg Kriesel(The Offspring) was born in California, US
• Rob Zombie(Dragula) was born in Massachusetts, US
• 1968
• Keith Anderson(I Still Miss You) was born in Oklahoma, US
• 1970
• Zack de la Rocha(Rage Against The Machine) was born in California, US
• Raekwon(Incarcerated Scarfaces) was born in New York, US
• 1972
• Sid Owen(Good Thing Going) was born in England, UK
• 1974
• Melanie C(Never Be The Same Again) was born in England, UK
• 1980
• Amerie(1 Thing) was born in Massachusetts, US
• 1983
• Rebop Kwaku Baah(Traffic) died in Sweden
• 1991
• Pixie Lott(All About Tonight) was born in England, UK
• 1993
• Zayn(Pillow Talk) was born in England, UK
• 1996
• Ella Henderson(Ghost) was born in England, UK
• 1998
• Phyllis Nelson(Move Closer) died in California, US
• 2002
• Hoagy Lands(The Next In Line) died in New Jersey, US
• 2003
• Maurice Gibb(The Bee Gees) died in Florida, US
• 2004
• Randy Vanwarmer(Just When I Needed You Most) died in Washington, US
• 2008
• Betty McGlown(The Supremes/The Primettes) died in Michigan, US
• 2019
• Bonnie Guitar(Dark Moon) died in Washington, US
• 2022
• Ronnie Spector(Try Some, Buy Some) died in Connecticut, US
• 2023
• Lisa Marie Presley(Lights Out) died in California, US
• Robbie Bachman(Bachman-Turner Overdrive) died in Canada