... and more January 26 birthdays -
Ashley Hutchings (1945) - bassist for Fairport Convention.
Derek Holt (1949) - guitarist for The Climax Blues Band.
David Briggs (1951) - guitarist for The Little River Band.
Edward Van Halen (1955)
Norman Hassan (1958) - percussionist for UB40.
Anita Baker (1958)
Andrew Ridgeley (1963) - Wham!
Susannah Melvoin (1964) - vocalist for Prince.
January 26 R.I.P. -
Donnie Elbert (1989) stroke. Age 52. Soul singer ("A Little Piece Of
Leather").
January 26 album releases -
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Chicago - Chicago (aka Chicago II) (1970)
Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are (1973) U.S.
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (1973)
David Lee Roth - Skyscraper (1988)
Events -
1958 - Buddy Holly and The Crickets appeared on Ed Sullivan for the
second and final time.
1968 - Pink Floyd played their first gig without Syd Barrett at
Southampton University.
1977 - Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green was committed to a
mental hospital.
1980 - Prince made his TV debut on American Bandstand.
1986 - Allen Collins, guitarist from Lynyrd Skynyrd, crashed his car,
paralyzing him from the waist down and killing his girlfriend Debra
Jean Watts.
2003 - Billy Joel was airlifted to a hospital after his car smashed
into a tree.
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Event correction -
Buddy Holly's first recordings were done in his home in 1949. He
signed with Decca Records in February 1956 and made his initial
recordings with them sometime afterward. He was dropped by Decca on
January 22, 1957 after his two singles, "Blue Days, Black Nights" and
"Modern Don Juan" failed to chart.
