January 31 Born –
Eddie Cantor (aka Edward Iskowitz, 1892) – singer/songwriter/actor
(“Makin’ Whoopee”).
Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes (1906) – Blues/boogie pianist.
Bobby Hackett (1915) – trumpeter/cornetist with Glenn Miller and Benny
Goodman.
Alan Lomax (1915) – musicologist.
Mario Lanza (aka Alfredo Cocozza, 1921) – singer/actor.
Carol Channing (1921) – singer/actress (“Hello, Dolly!”).
Chuck Willis (aka Harold Willis, 1928) – “King of The Stroll.”
Al De Lory (1930) – session keyboardist with the Wrecking Crew,
producer.
Charlie Musselwhite (1944) – Blues harmonica player.
Terry Kath (1946) – guitarist for Chicago.
Paul Jabara (1948) – singer/songwriter (“Last Dance”).
Harry Wayne Casey (1951) – KC & The Sunshine Band.
Phil Manzanera (1951) – guitarist for Roxy Music.
William "Curly" Smith (1952) – drummer for Jo Jo Gunne.
Adrian Vandenberg (1954) – guitarist for Whitesnake.
Johnny Rotten (aka John Lydon, 1956) – The Sex Pistols and PiL.
Lloyd Cole (1961) – Lloyd Cole and The Commotions.
Jeff Hanneman (1964) – guitarist for Slayer.
Al Doughty (1966) – bassist for Jesus Jones.
Chad Channing (1967) – original drummer for Nirvana.
Jason Cooper (1967) – drummer for The Cure.
Amelia “Minnie” Driver (1970) – singer/actress.
Justin Timberlake (1981) – ‘N Sync.
January 31 R.I.P. –
Slim Harpo (1970) – heart attack. Age 46. Blues harmonica player.
Buster Brown (1976) – Age 64. R&B singer ("Fannie Mae").
Greg Herbert (1978) – overdose. Age 30. Saxophonist for Blood, Sweat &
Tears.
Barbara Cowsill (1985) – emphysema. Age 56. The Cowsills.
Dewey Martin (2009) – natural causes. Age 68. Drummer for Buffalo
Springfield.
Leslie Carter (2012) – overdose. Age 25. Singer (“Like Wow!”).
January 31 album releases –
Tony Bennett – The Movie Song Album (1966)
Al Green – Let’s Stay Together (1972)
Christopher Cross – Another Page (1983)
The Afghan Whigs – Congregation (1992)
Tori Amos – Under The Pink (1994)
January 31 events –
1949 – Country music singer Kitty Wells records her first sides under
her new RCA Records contract, recording “Death In The Bar” and “Don’t
Wait For The Last Minute To Pray.” The subsequent single does not
chart, and she is dropped by the label the following year.
1954 – Edward H. Armstrong, prolific radio inventor and pioneer of
oscillation, circuitry and wide-band modulation, commits suicide by
jumping from his 13th floor apartment window in New York. Armstrong
was emotionally and financially devastated after 20 years of court
battles with RCA over his inventions. He was 63 years old.
1956 – Elvis Presley signs with the William Morris Agency in the hopes
of being offered movie roles. Later in the day, Elvis records "I'm
Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)" and "Tutti Frutti" at RCA in
New York City.
1957 – Decca Records announces that Bill Haley and His Comets’ “Rock
Around The Clock” has sold over a million copies in the UK, mostly on
10 inch 78s.
1959 – Buddy Holly's Winter Dance Party Tour plays the Duluth National
Guard Armory in Minnesota. 18-year old Bob Zimmerman is in the
audience.
1961 – The television special Bobby Darin And Friends airs on NBC. The
special - Darin’s first - is meant as a pilot for a variety series,
but doesn’t pan out.
1963 – Seventeen-year old Neil Young makes his stage debut at a
country club in Winnipeg, Canada.
1964 – The first night of a UK package tour featuring The Rolling
Stones, The Swinging Blue Jeans, John Leyton, Jet Harris, Billie Davis
and Mike Sarne kicks off at the Public Hall in Preston, Lancashire.
1967 – The Beatles spend a second day filming the "Strawberry Fields
Forever" promotional video. Taking time out from filming, John Lennon
buys an 1843 poster from an antiques shop in Surrey which provides him
with most of the lyrics for his song "Being For The Benefit Of Mr.
Kite."
1969 – Bobby Darin walks off the set of The Jackie Gleason Show when
he is not allowed to sing his new single "Long Line Rider."
1969 – Billy Preston signs with Apple Records before joining The
Beatles for the final recording session for the group’s Get Back/Let
It Be project, focusing on three tracks not performed on the roof the
previous day: “Let It Be,” “The Long And Winding Road” and “Two Of
Us.”
1969 – Led Zeppelin plays the first of two nights as opening act for
Iron Butterfly at Fillmore East in New York. Zeppelin’s performance is
so powerful that Iron Butterfly refuses to on.
1971 – The Jackson 5 are given the "Keys to the City" by hometown
Mayor Robert Pastrick of Gary, Indiana.
1971 – The Temptations make their final appearance on The Ed Sullivan
Show, performing “Get Ready,” “Just My Imagination” and a medley of
other Motown hits.
1972 – Mahalia Jackson's funeral is held at Chicago's Great Salem
Baptist Church. Over 40,000 mourners attend the open-casket service,
which features a closing version of "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"
performed by Aretha Franklin.
1974 – Stevie Wonder returns to performing with a show at London's
Rainbow Theatre after only five months of recovery from a near-fatal
car crash.
1978 – The Broadway show, Elvis: The Legend Lives! opens at the Palace
Theater in New York City for 101 performances.
1979 – The Clash begins their first North American tour at the
Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, Canada, with tour opening act Bo
Diddley.
1979 – Paul McCartney signs with CBS Records for a reported $20
million.
1985 – John Fogerty makes his first concert appearance in 14 years at
the Chaplin Stage in Hollywood.
1988 – Herb Alpert performs the National Anthem, and Chubby Checker
provides the halftime show at Super Bowl XXII in San Diego,
California.
1990 – Members of The Stone Roses are released from jail and granted
conditional bail by Wolverhampton Magistrates court after the band
trashed their record company's offices the previous day.
1993 – Garth Brooks performs “The Star Spangled Banner,” and Michael
Jackson, along with 3,500 local children, is the halftime
entertainment at Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, California.
1997 – David Bowie releases part of his holdings in intellectual
property for sale on the stock market, becoming the first rock star to
offer Wall Street stock options on his career.
1998 – Bruce Springsteen’s Come Together benefit concert - organized
for the family of a New Jersey police officer killed in the line of
duty - is held at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey. The
concert becomes an impromptu E Street Band reunion, with members of
Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes and Bon Jovi joining in on
stage.
1999 – Cher sings the National Anthem, and Stevie Wonder and Gloria
Estefan perform the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami,
Florida.
2000 – The Strokes play their first ever UK show at the Wedgewood
Rooms in Portsmouth.
2007 – At the Global Cool seminar on Downing Street in London, former
Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell presents Prime Minister Tony
Blair with a CD of his new band Satellite Party’s track, “Woman In The
Window,” featuring vocals by The Doors’ Jim Morrison. The “song” was a
poem written and recorded by Morrison shortly before his death in
1971, and later set to music by Farrell’s band.
2009 – David Gilmour appears at Coldfall Primary School in Muswell
Hill, London, for a cancer charity show with The Seat Of The Pants
Band.
Other January album releases –
1958 – Carl Perkins – Dance Album Of Carl Perkins
1960 – John Coltrane – Giant Steps
1964 – The Hollies – Stay With The Hollies (UK)
1968 – Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf
1968 – The Bee Gees – Horizontal
1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
1970 – Argent – Argent
1970 – John Sebastian – John B. Sebastian
1970 – Deep Purple – Concerto For Group And Orchestra (UK)
1970 – The Guess Who – American Woman
1971 – Mountain – Nantucket Sleighride
1971 – Uriah Heep – Salisbury (U.S.)
1972 – Mott The Hoople – Brain Capers (U.S.)
1972 – Blue Öyster Cult – Blue Öyster Cult
1972 – Jackson Browne – Saturate Before Using
1973 – Derek and The Dominos – In Concert
1973 – Gene Clark – Roadmaster
1975 – Mick Ronson – Play Don't Worry
1976 – Paris – Paris
1976 – Lou Reed – Coney Island Baby (UK)
1976 – Journey – Look Into The Future
1977 – Santana – Festival
1977 – Gene Clark – Two Sides To Every Story
1982 – The Kinks – Give The People What They Want (UK)
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