January 24 Born –
Ezekial “Zeke” Carey (1933) – The Flamingos.
Ann Cole (aka Cynthia Coleman, 1934) – R&B/gospel singer (“Got My Mojo
Working”).
Doug Kershaw (1936) – singer/songwriter/fiddler.
Jack Scott (aka Giovanni Scafone, Jr., 1936) – Canadian singer ("My
True Love").
Ray Stevens (1939) – singer/songwriter (“Everything Is Beautiful”).
Bill Dees (1939) – songwriter (“Oh, Pretty Woman”).
Neil Diamond (1941)
Aaron Neville (1941) – The Neville Brothers.
Michael Chapman (1941) – British folk musician.
Warren Zevon (1947)
John Belushi (aka Jake Blues, 1949) – The Blues Brothers.
Nigel Glockler (1953) – drummer for Saxon.
Matthew Wilder (1953) – singer/songwriter/producer (“Break My
Stride”).
Jools Holland (aka Julian Miles Holland, 1958) – Squeeze.
Keech Rainwater (1963) – drummer for Lonestar.
January 24 R.I.P. –
Otto Harbach (1963) Age 89. Songwriter ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes").
James "Shep" Sheppard (1970) – murdered. Age 34. Shep and The
Limelites.
Gordon McRae (1986) – mouth cancer. Age 64. Actor/singer (Oklahoma!).
David Cole (1995) – AIDS. Age 32. Producer, C+C Music Factory.
Justin Tubb (1998) – Age 62. Country music singer/songwriter.
January 24 album releases –
Cass Elliot – Cass Elliot (1972)
Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted And Black (1972)
Michael Jackson – Got To Be There (1972)
Debbie Gibson – Electric Youth (1989)
Skid Row – Skid Row (1989)
David Crosby – It’s All Coming Back To Me Now… (1995)
Van Halen – Balance (1995)
January 24 events –
1936 – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra records "Stompin' At The Savoy"
for Victor Records.
1953 – Fledgling singer and guitarist Carl Perkins marries Valda
Crider. They will stay married until his death in 1998.
1957 – Elvis Presley records “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear.”
1958 – Elvis Presley’s single “Jailhouse Rock” enters the UK singles
chart at #1: the first ever single to do so in the UK.
1958 – The Quarrymen play at the Cavern Club for the first and only
time.
1961 – Bob Dylan performs for the first time at Café Wha? in Greenwich
Village, New York.
1961 – Del Shannon records “Runaway” at Bell Sound studios in New York
City.
1962 – The Beatles sign their first and only management contract with
Brian Epstein. Epstein, who will receive a quarter of their earnings,
doesn’t sign his name to the document until October.
1962 – Danny Peppermint, singer of the original version of "Peppermint
Twist," is hospitalized after being electrocuted by live microphone
during a gig at the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas.
1962 – Ray Stevens records "Ahab The Arab" at Owen Bradley's Quonset
Hut studio in Nashville.
1965 – Gerry and The Pacemakers' film, Ferry Cross The Mersey,
premieres at the Liverpool Odeon.
1965 – The Animals perform “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” on The Ed
Sullivan Show.
1967 – Aretha Franklin records her first single for Atlantic Records,
“I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You),” at Fame Studios in Muscle
Shoals, Alabama.
1969 – Led Zeppelin plays the second night of their four night stay at
the Boston Tea Party concert venue.
1969 – New Jersey state prosecutors issue a warning to U.S. record
dealers that they will be charged with distributing pornography if
they are caught selling John Lennon’s and Yoko Ono’s Two Virgins
album.
1969 – Jethro Tull makes their U.S. stage debut, opening for Blood,
Sweat & Tears at Fillmore East in New York.
1969 – The Doors appear at Madison Square Garden.
1970 – Led Zeppelin plays a show at Leeds Metropolitan University,
afterwards meeting up with fine arts lecturer Zacron - also known as
Richard Drew - to discuss ideas for the album sleeve of the band's
next album, Led Zeppelin III.
1970 – Inventor Dr. Robert Moog unveils a miniaturized, portable
synthesizer known as the mini-moog.
1971 – B.J. Thomas sings a medley of his hits on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1977 – The Buzzcocks appear at the Roxy in London, with opening act
Chelsea.
1978 – Workers at EMI's record pressing plant refuse to press copies
of The Buzzcocks’ forthcoming single “What Do I Get” because of the
title on the B-side, “Oh Shit.”
1979 – After 15 years of marriage, Brian and Marilyn Wilson divorce.
1980 – Pink Floyd advertises their upcoming four-city world tour for
their album The Wall with a special billboard on L.A.'s Sunset Strip
that is gradually covered up each day with a brick until an entire
“wall” is covering it.
1980 – Spandau Ballet appears at The Blizt club in London.
1981 – Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler is seriously injured in a motorcycle
accident and is hospitalized for two months. His injuries keep him off
tour for most of 1981.
1982 – Diana Ross sings “The Star Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XVI
in Detroit, Michigan.
1992 – Nirvana plays their first ever show in Australia at the
Phoenician Club in Sydney, with opening act Tumbleweed and The
Meanies.
2000 – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young begin their first tour together
in 25 years with a show at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit.
2002 – Freddy Fender undergoes successful kidney transplant surgery –
donated by his daughter, Marla Garcia - at San Antonio’s University
Hospital.
2005 – Country singer Lynn Anderson is arrested for shoplifting after
being caught stealing a Harry Potter DVD from a New Mexico supermarket
and punching a police officer during her arrest.
2008 – Amy Winehouse checks into a rehab facility on the advice of
family, doctors and her record label to address her drug addiction
after a video of her smoking crack surfaced on the Internet.
