January 13 Born – Sophie Tucker (aka Sonya Kalish, 1886) Quentin "Butter" Jackson (1909) – Jazz trombonist. Lester Sill (1918) – record executive, Philles Records, Colgems Records. Joe Pass (aka Joseph Passalaqua, 1929) – Jazz guitarist for Ella Fitzgerald. Liz Anderson (1930) – Country music singer/songwriter. Bobby Lester (aka Robert Dallas, 1930) – The Moonglows. John Lees (1947) – founder, singer and guitarist for Barclay James Harvest. Trevor Rabin (1954) – keyboardist for Yes. Fred White (1955) – drummer for Earth, Wind & Fire. Don Snow (1957) – multi-instrumentalist for Squeeze. Suggs (aka Graham McPherson, 1961) – Madness. Wayne Coyne (1961) – singer and guitarist for The Flaming Lips. David McCluskey (1964) – drummer for The Bluebells.
January 13 R.I.P. – Donny Hathaway (1979) – suicide. Age 33. Soul singer (“Where Is The Love”). André Kostelanetz (1980) – Age 78. Russian conductor/arranger. Stan Freeman (2001) – emphysema. Age 80. Session keyboardist, band leader. Michael Brecker (2007) – leukemia. Age 57. American saxophonist. Teddy Pendergrass (2010) – respiratory failure. Age 59. R&B/soul singer. Phil Kraus (2012) – Age 93. Prolific session percussionist. January 13 album releases – Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964) Manfred Mann – Soul Of Mann (1967) The Beatles – Yellow Submarine (1969) U.S. Poco – Deliverin’ (1971) Aerosmith – Aerosmith (1973) Elton John – Empty Sky (1975) U.S. Peter Frampton – Premonition (1986) January 13 events – 1938 – Allan Jones records “The Donkey Serenade” for Victor Records. 1941 – Vocal group, The Modernaires, join the Glenn Miller Orchestra on a permanent basis. 1948 – Country music singer Buck Owens, age 18, marries his first of four wives, 15-year old Bonnie Campbell. 1958 – Little Richard releases his single, “Good Golly Miss Molly” b/w “Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey” on Specialty Records. 1962 – Gene Chandler's "Duke Of Earl" debuts on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. 1962 – Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” hits #1 for the second time in the U.S., for a two-week stay. The song initially went to #1 for one week on September 19, 1960. 1963 – The Beatles, seventh on the bill of seven acts, travel to the Alpha Television Studios in Aston, Birmingham, to film an appearance on the ITV music show Thank Your Lucky Stars, playing only one song, “Please Please Me.” The show airs on January 19. 1963 – BBC-TV airs the play The Madhouse Of Castle Street, which features Bob Dylan as a folk singer. In the play, Dylan performs an early version of "Blowin' In The Wind," and the only known performance of "Swan On The River." 1963 – Brenda Lee, Robert Goulet and Sophie Tucker appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1965 – Sessions begin for Bob Dylan’s next album, Bringing It All Back Home, at Columbia Studios in New York City. 1965 – Johnny Cash, Herman’s Hermits, The Righteous Brothers, Dick and Dee Dee, The Detergents, Paul Peterson, and The Paris Sisters all appear on Shindig! 1966 – George Harrison and his girlfriend Patti Boyd meet up with Mick Jagger and girlfriend Chrissie Shrimpton for a night out at Dolly's nightclub on Jermyn Street in London's West End. 1968 – Johnny Cash performs at Folsom State Prison in California and records the show for album release. 1968 – Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love" debuts on the charts, staying for 14 weeks. 1969 – Elvis Presley records “Long Black Limousine,” beginning 11 days of sessions (stretched over a three-month period) at American Sound Studios in Memphis: his sessions in Memphis since recording at Sun. 1970 – John and Yoko cut their hair and donate it to a charity auction. 1970 – New Jersey band Steel Mill, featuring Bruce Springsteen, appears at The Martix in San Francisco, scheduled as the opening act for Boz Scaggs, but when Scaggs cancels due to illness, Steel Mill carries the show, garnering rave reviews from critics. 1973 – Eric Clapton plays the first of two nights, making his first stage appearance after kicking a heroin habit, at the Pete Townshend organized "Rainbow Concert" at the Rainbow Theatre in London. Artists performing with Clapton include Townsend, Ron Wood, Stevie Winwood, Rebop, Jim Capaldi and The Average White Band. 1975 – Minnie Ripperton releases her single, “Lovin’ You” b/w “The Edge Of A Dream” on Epic Records. 1976 – The trial begins for seven employees of Brunswick Records and Dakar Records for withholding more than $184,000 in artist royalties. The case is eventually thrown out, but the careers of the accused seven are destroyed. 1977 – Queen, with opening act Thin Lizzy, begin their 59-date A Day At The Races World Tour at Dane County Coliseum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1978 – With a budget of only £1,500, borrowed from Stuart Copeland's brother Miles, The Police begin recording their debut album at Surrey Sound Studios, with producer Nigel Gray. 1979 – The YMCA sues The Village People for copyright infringement, but drops the suit after memberships dramatically increase. 1980 – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band appears at the Birmingham Odeon. 1984 – BBC radio and television bans on “Relax” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, after DJ Mike Read calls it “obscene.” Despite the ban, the song goes on to be a #1 hit in the UK, spending a total of 48 weeks on the chart. 1986 – Former Sex Pistol members John Lydon, Steve Jones and Paul Cook, as well as the mother of Sid Vicious, sue former manager Malcolm McLaren for £1 million for unpaid revenues. They will settle out of court. 1997 – Actress/singer Debbie Reynolds receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2003 – Diana Ross appears in a Tucson, Arizona courtroom and pleads not guilty to three charges of drunk driving. A trial date is set for January 31. 2003 – Pete Townshend is arrested on child pornography charges two days after publicly denying that he’s a pedophile when his name is linked to a police sting investigation. He is later cleared of all charges. 2009 – Country music singer "Little" Jimmy Dickens undergoes brain surgery to repair of a subdural hematoma.
