January 14 Born –
Russ Columbo (aka Ruggiero Colombo, 1908) – singer/violinist
(“Prisoner Of Love”).
Billy Butterfield (1917) – Jazz trumpeter/cornetist with Artie Shaw
("Stardust").
Billy Walker (1929) – Country music singer.
Johnny Grande (1930) – keyboardist for Bill Haley and His Comets.
Caterina Valente (1931) – Italian singer (“The Breeze And I”).
Clarence Carter (1936) – R&B singer (“Slip Away”).
Billie Jo Spears (1937) – Country music singer (“Blanket On The
Ground”).
Allen Toussaint (1938) – R&B singer/songwriter/producer.
Jack Jones (1938) – singer.
Hubert Johnson (1941) – The Contours.
T-Bone Burnett (aka Joseph Henry Burnett, 1948) – songwriter/guitarist/
producer.
Tim Harris (1948) – The Foundations.
Lamar Williams (1949) – bassist for The Allman Brothers Band.
Bob Bradbury (1956 – singer/guitarist for Hello.
Chas Smash (aka Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth, 1959) – singer and
trumpet for Madness.
Geoff Tate (aka Jeffrey Wayne Tate, 1959) – singer for Queensrÿche.
Mike Tramp (1961) – vocalist for White Lion.
Patricia Morrison (1962) – bassist/vocalist for The Gun Club, and The
Sisters Of Mercy.
Zakk Wylde (aka Jeff Wielandt, 1967) – guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne.
Steve Bowman (1967) – drummer for Counting Crows.
LL Cool J (aka James Todd Smith, 1968) – rapper/actor.
Dave Grohl (1969) – drummer for Nirvana, singer/guitarist for Foo
Fighters.
Anthony Followill (1982) – singer/guitarist for Kings Of Leon.
January 14 R.I.P. –
Jeanette MacDonald (1965) – heart disease. Age 61. Actress/singer
(Rose-Marie).
Jerry Nolan (1992) – stroke. Age 45. Drummer for The New York Dolls.
Ruby Starr (1995) – brain tumor. Age 44. Singer with Black Oak
Arkansas.
Solly McElroy (1995) – Age 61. The Flamingos.
Bobby Charles (2010) – natural causes. Age 71. Songwriter ("See You
Later, Alligator").
January 14 album releases –
Billy Preston – I Wrote A Simple Song (1971) UK
Paul Simon – Paul Simon (1972)
David Bowie – Low (1977)
Nena – Nena (1983)
Smokey Robinson – Smoke Signals (1986)
Lou Reed – Magic And Loss (1992)
Eric Clapton – Rush (Soundtrack) (1992)
Enigma – The Screen Behind The Mirror (2000)
Ringo Starr – Liverpool 8 (2008)
January 14 events –
1936 – Harriet Hilliard records “Get Thee Behind Me Satan” for
Brunswick Records.
1955 – Alan Freed puts on his first Rock 'N' Roll Ball at the St.
Nicholas Arena in Harlem, featuring Joe Turner, Fats Domino, The
Drifters, The Harptones, and The Clovers.
1957 – Tommy Sands records “Teen-Age Crush” at the Capitol Tower in
L.A.
1960 – U.S. Army Corporal Elvis Presley, #53310761, is promoted to
Sergeant.
1963 – The Rolling Stones appear at the Flamingo Jazz Club in Soho.
1964 – The New Christy Minstrels perform at the White House for
President and Mrs. Johnson.
1964 – The Beatles travel to Paris for a three week run at the Olympia
Theatre.
1964 – Chuck Berry records “Nadine (Is It You?)” and “You Can Never
Tell” at Chess in Chicago.
1965 – Jr. Walker and The All-Stars release their single, “Shotgun” b/
w “Hot Cha” on Motown.
1966 – David Jones changes his last name to Bowie to avoid confusion
with the Monkee.
1967 – Sonny and Cher's "The Beat Goes On" debuts on the Billboard Hot
100 chart.
1967 – The Human Be-In, also known as The Gathering of the Tribes,
takes place in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Counter-culture
figures Timothy Leary, Dick Gregory, Richard Alpert and poet Alan
Ginsburg (among others) preside over the event, with music provided by
The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Big Brother and The Holding
Company.
1967 – Cliff Richard informs the New Musical Express that he is
retiring from show biz to be a religious studies teacher.
1967 – The Rolling Stones release their single “Let’s Spend The Night
Together” b/w “Ruby Tuesday” in the U.S.
1968 – Vanilla Fudge performs “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” on The Ed
Sullivan Show.
1969 – The film Monterey Pop premieres at the Fine Arts Theater in
L.A.
1970 – John Lennon's erotic "Bag One" lithographs go on exhibit in
London.
1970 – Diana Ross performs for the last time with The Supremes at the
Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1971 – The Temptations release their single, “Just My Imagination
(Running Away With Me)” b/w “You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right
Here On Earth” on Gordy Records.
1972 – Stevie Wonder kicks off a 15-date UK tour at London's
Hammersmith Odeon.
1973 – Elvis Presley's "Aloha From Hawaii" concert is held at the
Honolulu International Center and airs via satellite in over 40
countries across Europe and Asia.
1973 – Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is arrested for drug possession
in California.
1973 – Paul Gadd (aka Gary Glitter) lowers a coffin filled with
recordings by his stage persona, Paul Raven, into the Thames River,
drowning and killing off his Raven character.
1978 – The Sex Pistols play their last live gig at the Winterland
Ballroom in San Francisco.
1984 – Madonna appears on American Bandstand, lip-synching to her hit
“Holiday.” During her interview afterward with host Dick Clark, she
kisses his ring.
1986 – CBS broadcasts The 60th Anniversary of The Grand Ole Opry:
taped on November 21, 1985 in Nashville.
1997 – The Spice Girls release their debut single, “Wannabe” b/w
“Bumper To Bumper” in the U.S.
1997 – The Beach Boys appear on the television sitcom Home
Improvement.
1999 – Model Jerry Hall files for divorce from Mick Jagger.
2002 – Adam Ant is committed to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation
after his January 12 arrest for gun possession.
2003 – Linda Gail Lewis, sister of Jerry Lee Lewis, drops her sexual
discrimination lawsuit against Van Morrison after discussions with her
lawyer. Lewis claimed that Morrison had “publicly humiliated” her on
stage and had tried to ruin her life by asking her for sex. Morrison
denied all the allegations.
2005 – An eight-foot, $100,000 bronze statue of late Ramones guitarist
Johnny Ramone is unveiled at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los
Angeles by Johnny's wife, Linda.
2010 – The BBC admits their coverage of the launch of U2's album No
Line On The Horizon in 2009 went too far, giving "undue prominence" to
the band, after Radio Centre, the trade body for commercial radio
companies, files a formal complaint over the coverage, saying the BBC
had given U2 "the sort of publicity money can't buy.”
