January 12 Born –
Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904)
Tex Ritter (aka Woodward Maurice Ritter, 1905)
Jay "Hootie" McShann (1916) – Blues/jazz/swing bandleader.
Ray Price (1926) – Country singer/songwriter ("For The Good Times").
Ruth Brown (1928) – R&B singer, “The Queen of R&B.”
Glenn Yarbrough (1930) – Folk singer/songwriter.
Roland Alphonso (1931) – saxophonist for The Skatalites.
William Lee Golden (1939) – The Oak Ridge Boys.
Long John Baldry (1941) – British blues singer.
Maggie Bell (1945) – Scottish singer.
Abrim Tilmon (1945) – The Detroit Emeralds.
Cynthia Robinson (1946) – trumpet/vocals for Sly & The Family Stone.
George Duke (1946) – Jazz keyboardist.
Chris Bell (1951) – Big Star.
Ricky Van Shelton (1952) – Country singer/songwriter.
Felipe Rose (1954) – “Indian” for The Village People.
Tom Ardolino (1955) – drummer for NRBQ.
Blixa Bargeld (aka Hans Christian Emmerich, 1959) – guitarist for Nick
Cave and The Bad Seeds.
Per Gessle (1959) – Swedish singer/songwriter/guitarist for Roxette.
Rob Zombie (aka Robert Cummings, 1965)
Zack de la Rocha (1970) – singer for Rage Against The Machine.
Raekwon (aka Corey Woods, 1970) – rapper for Wu Tang Clan.
Melanie Chisholm (aka Mel C, aka Sporty Spice, 1974)
January 12 R.I.P. –
Anthony "Reebop" Kwaku Baah (1983) – cerebral hemorrhage. Age 38.
Percussionist for Traffic.
Richard “Dimples” Fields (2000) – stroke. Age 57. R&B singer ("If It
Ain't One Thing, It's Another").
Maurice Gibb (2003) – heart attack. Age 53. The Bee Gees.
Randy VanWarmer (2004) – leukemia. Age 48.
Brain Damage (aka Brian Keats, 2010) – colon cancer. Age 46. The
Misfits.
January 12 album releases –
Johnny Cash – Greatest! (1959)
The Kinks – Live At Kelvin Hall (1968) UK
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1969) UK
Alice Cooper – Love It To Death (1971)
Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser –
Wanted! The Outlaws (1976)
April Wine – The Nature Of The Beast (1981)
Deep Purple – The House Of Blue Light (1987)
Triumph – Edge Of Excess (1993)
The Black Crowes – By Your Side (1999)
Ringo Starr – Y Not (2010)
January 12 events –
1928 – Pianist Vladimir Horowitz makes his debut performance with the
New York Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
1939 – The Ink Spots record “If I Didn’t Care.” Released the following
month, the record will go on to sell more than 19 million copies
worldwide.
1955 – Etta James releases her single, “The Wallflower (Roll With Me,
Henry)” b/w “Hold Me, Squeeze Me” on Modern Records.
1956 – Frank Sinatra records “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” at KHJ
Studios in L.A.
1957 – Elvis Presley records "All Shook Up," “Got A Lot Of Livin’ To
Do,” “I Believe” and “Tell Me Why” at Radio Recorders in Hollywood.
1957 – Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper join the Grand Ole Opry.
1958 – Eddie Cochran records "Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie."
1959 – Berry Gordy borrows $800 from his family and rents an eight
room house at 2648 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit and starts Tamla Records.
1961 – Brenda Lee releases her single, “Emotions” b/w “I’m Learning
About Love” on Decca Records.
1963 – Charlie Watts plays his first show with The Rolling Stones at
the Ealing Blues Club.
1964 – Elvis Presley records “Memphis, Tennessee” at RCA in Nashville.
1964 – The Beatles appear for the second time on ATV's Sunday Night At
The London Palladium.
1965 – Hullabaloo premiers on NBC-TV, with guests The New Christy
Minstrels, The Zombies, Gerry and The Pacemakers and Joey Heatherton.
Jack Jones is the host.
1965 – The Supremes appear as three nuns in an episode of NBC’s
Tarzan.
1968 – George Harrison records "The Inner Light" in India.
1969 – The Chambers Brothers perform a medley of their hits on The Ed
Sullivan Show.
1975 – "The Warner Brothers Music Show" begins a nine city, 18 show
tour of Europe. The tour includes Little Feat, Tower Of Power, The
Doobie Brothers, Bonaroo, Montrose, and Graham Central Station.
1977 – EMI issues a statement explaining the reason for dropping The
Sex Pistols, saying they were unable to promote the group’s records in
view of the adverse publicity generated over the past two months.
1977 – The Police - Sting, Andy Summers, Stuart Copeland and Henri
Padovani - hold their first rehearsal at drummer Copeland's London
flat.
1979 – Drummer Aynsley Dunbar replaces Johnny Barbata in Jefferson
Starship.
1983 – Frank Zappa begins recording with the London Symphony
Orchestra, spending $300,000 of his own money to do so.
1991 – Johnny Paycheck is released from prison after serving only two
years of a seven-year sentence for a barroom shooting.
1992 – Bob Geldof is arrested and removed from a Boeing 727 which has
been grounded for 5 hours at Stansted Airport when passengers start to
complain about the wait. Despite the fact that all the passengers are
rebelling, only Geldof is arrested and taken away. Geldof is later
released and no charges are filed.
1993 – Cream reunites and performs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
induction concert in L.A. A reunited Creedence Clearwater Revival is
also scheduled to perform, but John Fogerty refuses to take the stage
with the other members, causing a huge fiasco. Also, Van Morrison
chooses not to attend, forcing the cancellation of his set.
1996 – AC/DC plays the first night of their Ballbreaker World Tour at
the Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina.
2001 – A British Airways stewardess files a complaint with the
airlines after Oasis singer Liam Gallagher grabs her bottom, refuses
to stop smoking and throwing objects around the cabin during a flight
from London to Rio de Janeiro.
2005 – Liverpool's Strawberry Fields orphanage announces they are
closing their doors for good.
2007 – Singer Toni Braxton files a lawsuit in U.S District Court in
Manhattan against her former manager Barry Hankerson for $10 million,
alleging "fraud, deception and double dealing" and using "double-talk"
to compromise the relationship between Braxton and her former
recording label, Arista Records.
2009 – A 1979 full-frontal black and white nude photo of 20-year old,
pre-fame Madonna sells at a Christie’s auction for $37,500.
2010 – Shakin' Stevens is found guilty of hitting a press photographer
with a microphone stand during a concert at a hotel in Ballymena, and
is fined £300 for assault and criminal damage, and £479 to compensate
for his damaged camera lens.
