Dion commenting on the "Winter Dance Party" tour
http://www.spinner.com/2012/01/24/dion-tank-full-of-blues/
On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:49:01 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
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> January 23 Born –
> Jean Baptiste “Django” Reinhardt (1910) – virtuoso guitarist.
> Marty Paich (1925) – L.A. session musician.
> Ken Errair (1930) – The Four Freshmen.
> Cyril Davies (1932) – Blues harmonica player.
> Chita Rivera (aka Dolores del Rivero, 1933) – Broadway actress/singer
> (Guys And Dolls).
> Eugene Church (1938) – The Cliques, Eugene Church & The Fellows
> (“Pretty Girls Everywhere”).
> Joe Dowell (1940) – American pop singer ("Wooden Heart").
> Johnny Russell (1940) – Country singer/songwriter ("Act Naturally").
> Sam George (1942) – The Capitols.
> Jerry Lawson (1944) – The Persuasions.
> Anita Pointer (1948) – The Pointer Sisters.
> Bill Cunningham (1950) – bassist for The Box Tops.
> Danny Federici (1950) – keyboardist for The E Street Band.
> Robin Zander (1953) – Cheap Trick.
> Richard Finch (1954) – producer and bassist for KC and The Sunshine
> Band.
> Reggie Calloway (1955) – trumpeter for Calloway, and Midnight Star.
> Earl Falconer (1957) – bassist for UB40.
> Marc K. Nelson (1971) – R&B singer/songwriter, Boyz II Men.
> Sampsa Astala (aka Kita, 1974) – former drummer for Lordi, vocalist
> for Stala & So.
> Nicholas Harmer (1975) – bassist for Death Cab For Cutie.
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> January 23 R.I.P. –
> Big Maybelle (1972) – diabetic coma. Age 47. R&B singer/pianist.
> Edward “Kid” Ory (1973) – pneumonia. Age 86. Jazz trombonist,
> bandleader.
> Paul Robeson (1976) – stroke. Age 77. Singer ("Ol' Man River").
> Terry Kath (1978) – accidental self inflicted gunshot. Age 31.
> Chicago.
> Vic Ames (1978) – car crash. Age 52. The Ames Brothers.
> Allen Collins (1990) – chronic pneumonia due to paralysis. Age 37.
> Lynyrd Skynyrd.
> Thomas A. Dorsey (1993) – Age 93. Gospel songwriter (“Peace In The
> Valley”).
> Bill Horton (1995) – Age 66. The Silhouettes.
> Richard Berry (1997) – heart failure. Age 61. The Flairs and The
> Robins, wrote "Louie Louie."
> Johnny Funches (1998) – emphysema. Age 62. Singer for The Dells.
> “Brother” Jack McDuff (2001) – heart failure. Age 74. Jazz organist.
> Lou Levy (2001) – heart attack. Age 72. Jazz pianist for Ella
> Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee.
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> January 23 album releases –
> The Supremes – The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland (1967)
> Family – A Song For Me (1970)
> Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (1973)
> David Bowie – Station To Station (1976)
> Pink Floyd – Animals (1977)
> Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Trust (1981)
> David Crosby – Oh Yes I Can (1989)
> John Mellencamp – Freedom’s Road (2007)
> Little Feat – Rocky Mountain Jam (2007)
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> January 23 events –
> 1941 – Artie Shaw and His Orchestra records “Moonglow.”
> 1943 – Duke Ellington plays the first of his annual black-tie concerts
> at Carnegie Hall. The concert is recorded, but the recordings are not
> released until 1977.
> 1956 – Rock and roll fans in Cleveland, under 18 years of age, are
> banned from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult, thanks
> to an archaic municipal law dating back to 1931.
> 1956 – Producer and talent scout Ralph Bass travels to Macon, Georgia
> to sign James Brown to the King/Federal label.
> 1957 – Andy Williams records “Butterfly.”
> 1957 – Two days after winning on Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts, Patsy
> Cline appears on Godfrey’s morning show, Arthur Godfrey Time. While
> she is on the show, her husband Gerald Cline files for divorce.
> 1958 – The Rock Party Tour plays the Cincinnati Gardens in Ohio,
> featuring The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Eddie
> Cochran, The Tune Weavers, Paul Anka, The Shepherd Sisters, The Rays,
> Jimmie Rodgers, Danny and The Juniors, The Royal Teens and others.
> 1958 – Dean Martin records “Return To Me” at Capitol in Hollywood.
> 1958 – The Crickets release their single, “Maybe Baby” b/w “Tell Me
> How” on Brunswick Records.
> 1959 – The first concert of the ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour,
> featuring Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper, takes place
> at Devine's Million Dollar Ballroom in Milwaukee. Also on the tour are
> Dion and The Belmonts and Frankie Sardo.
> 1962 – Tony Bennett records “Once Upon A Time” at CBS Studios in New
> York City.
> 1963 – 20-year old Janis Joplin and her friend Chet Helms leave Port
> Arthur, Texas and hitchhike to San Francisco.
> 1963 – The Kingston Trio records “Reverend Mr. Black” at the Capitol
> tower in Hollywood.
> 1964 – The Temptations release their single, "The Way You Do The
> Things You Do" b/w “Just Let Me Know” on the Gordy label.
> 1965 – The King Family Show, featuring The King Sisters, debuts on ABC-
> TV, replacing the sci-fi show The Outer Limits. The King’s variety
> show will last one year.
> 1965 – Billboard reinstates its R&B Singles chart after doing away
> with it on November 30, 1963, because of the similarities of the songs
> charting on both the R&B and Pop charts.
> 1965 – Petula Clark becomes the first British female to hit the top of
> the American charts when her smash "Downtown" hits #1 on the Billboard
> Hot 100.
> 1966 – Stevie Wonder appears at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
> 1967 – Pink Floyd begins recording “Arnold Layne” and “Candy And A
> Currant Bun” at Sound Techniques Studios in London.
> 1969 – Elvis Presley records "Suspicious Minds" at American Studios in
> Memphis.
> 1969 – The Beatles, along with Billy Preston, spend the day recording
> numerous takes of “Get Back,” none of which will be released.
> 1970 – Marty Robbins releases his single, “My Woman, My Woman, My
> Wife” b/w “Martha Ellen Jenkins” on Columbia Records.
> 1970 – At the trial of the Chicago Seven - accused of starting a riot
> during the 1968 Democratic National Convention - singers Judy Collins,
> Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe McDonald, Phil Ochs and Pete Seeger are
> denied the right to sing a relevant song during Judy Collins’
> testimony.
> 1971 – Bruce Springsteen’s band Steel Mill plays their final show at
> the Upstage Club in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
> 1971 – George Harrison’s single “My Sweet Lord” enters the UK singles
> chart at # 7.
> 1971 – Dawn’s single “Knock Three Times” hits #1 on the Billboard Hot
> 100, where it will stay for three weeks.
> 1973 – While on stage at Madison Square Garden, Neil Young is handed a
> note declaring "an accord has been reached for peace in Vietnam."
> Young immediately tells the crowd, "Peace has come," then launches
> into "Southern Man."
> 1976 – The Sex Pistols appear at the Watford Technical College in
> Watford.
> 1977 – Patti Smith accidently dances off the stage at a concert at
> Curtis-Hixon Hall in Tampa, Florida, and falls 15 feet to the concrete
> floor, breaking several vertebrae in her neck.
> 1980 – Marvin Gaye appears at the Liverpool Philharmonic, with opening
> act Edwin Starr.
> 1986 – Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino,
> Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, The Everly Brothers and
> Elvis Presley are all inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at
> the first induction ceremony.
> 1988 – Nirvana records a ten-song demo at Reciprocal Recording Studios
> in Seattle.
> 1989 – James Brown is sentenced to six years in prison for his
> notorious two-state police chase, as well as having an unlicensed
> handgun, drug possession, assaulting a police officer, and other
> charges. He will serve only three years.
> 1990 – 45-year old Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson, along with husband
> movie director and former rock writer Cameron Crowe, gives birth to
> twin boys. They are her only children.
> 1991 – John Sebastian, owner and general manager of KLSK-FM in
> Albuquerque, New Mexico, plays Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" for
> twenty-four solid hours to inaugurate a format change to Classic
> Rock.
> 1994 – Rage Against The Machine headlines the Rock For Choice benefit
> at the Palladium in Hollywood, with opening acts Screaming Trees,
> Eddie Vedder, Mary's Danish, 7 Year Bitch and Green Apple Quick Step.
> 2002 – Virgin Records pays Mariah Carey $28 million to buy her out of
> her contract and end their association.
> 2003 – R&B singer R. Kelly is arrested on 12 new counts of possession
> of child pornography in Miami, Florida. The singer is already facing
> 21 charges relating to producing child pornography and appearing in a
> video having sex with an underage girl.
> 2009 – U2 releases their single, “Get On Your Boots” b/w “No Line On
> The Horizon 2.”
> 2011 – Ringo Starr, as Richard Starkey, files a U.S. trademark
> registration for "Ringo" under the goods and services description of
> "computer game software" and “downloadable computer games via the
> Internet and wireless devices.” It’s unclear what his plans and
> intentions are.
> 2012 – Aretha Franklin calls off her planned summer wedding to long-
> time partner Willie Wilkerson.
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