*January 5 –*
Born –
Hugh Brannum (1910) – actor/singer with The Fred Waring Orchestra, Uncle
Lumpy, Mr. Green Jeans.
Bob Keane (aka Robert Kuhn, 1922) – producer, owner of Del-Fi Records.
Sam Phillips (1923) – owner of Sun Records.
Lenny Dee (aka Leonard DeStoppelaire, 1923) – organist (“Plantation
Boogie”).
Jack Brokensha (1926) – Jazz vibraphonist for Motown.
Wilbert Harrison (1929) – R&B singer ("Kansas City").
Johnny Adams (1932) – Blues/jazz singer, The Tan Canary.
Phil Ramone (1934) – record producer.
Athol Guy (1940) – bassist for The Seekers.
George Malone (1940) – The Monotones.
Grady Thomas (1941) – Parliament-Funkadelic.
George "Funky" Brown (1949) – Kool & The Gang.
Rick Westfield (1949) – keyboardist for Kool & The Gang.
Chris Stein (1950) – Blondie.
Peter “Biff” Byford (1951) – vocalist for Saxon.
Vincent Calloway (1957) – Midnight Star, and Calloway.
Philip Thornally (1960) – songwriter/producer, The Cure.
Iris DeMent (1961) – singer/songwriter.
Grant Young (1963) – drummer for Soul Asylum.
Kate Schellenbach (1966) – drummer for The Beastie Boys and Luscious
Jackson.
Marilyn Manson (aka Brian Warner, 1969) – singer/songwriter.
R.I.P. –
Mal Evans (1976) – shot to death by Los Angeles police. Age 40. Beatles
roadie.
Charles Mingus (1979) – Lou Gehrig's disease. Age 56. Jazz bassist.
Burton Lane (1997) – Age 84. Broadway composer (Finian’s Rainbow).
Sonny Bono (1998) – skiing accident. Age 62. Singer/songwriter/politician,
Sonny and Cher.
Ken Forssi (1998) – brain tumor. Age 54. Bassist for Love.
John Guerin (2004) – influenza. Age 64. Session and tour drummer.
Alex St. Clair (2006) – heart attack. Age 64. Guitarist for Captain
Beefheart and The Magic Band.
Willie Mitchell (2010) – cardiac arrest. Age 81. Producer, arranger, owner
of Hi Records.
Album releases –
The Kingston Trio – …From The Hungry I (1959)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country (1969)
Loretta Lynn – Wings Upon Your Horns (1970)
Laura Nyro – The First Songs (1973)
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band – Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
(1973)
Bob Dylan – Desire (1976)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Armed Forces (1979)
Joe Jackson – Look Sharp! (1979)
Hüsker Dü <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsker_D%C3%BC> – Warehouse:
Songs And Stories (1987)
They Might Be Giants – Flood (1990)
Jeff Beck and Jed Leiber – Frankie’s House (1992) (soundtrack)
The The – Dusk (1993)
Cell – Slo-Blo (1993)
Hawkwind – In Your Area (1999)
Events –
1941 – Carmen Miranda records "Chica Chica Boom Chic" for Decca Records.
1955 – Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black begin a three-day tour of
Texas at the City Auditorium in San Angelo.
1957 – Pat Boone begins filming his movie, Bernadine.
1958 – Pat Boone is the celebrity “mystery guest" on the CBS quiz show, What's
My Line?
1959 – Buddy Holly releases his final single, "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
b/w "Raining In My Heart."
1961 – The Beatles make their second appearance at the Litherland Town Hall
in Liverpool since returning from Hamburg. The gig marks the debut of Paul
McCartney on bass guitar. In the audience are Johnny Guitar and Ringo Starr
from Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, having just returned from Hamburg as
well.
1963 – In an interview in Billboard magazine, co-founder of Chess Records,
Leonard
Chess, says, "As it stands today, there's virtually no difference between
rock 'n' roll, pop and rhythm and blues. The music has completely
overlapped.”
1964 – The Count Basie Orchestra, Keely Smith, Jane Powell and the Singing
Nun all appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1964 – The Rolling Stones appear at the Ricky Tick Club in Reading.
1965 – The Four Tops release their single, “Ask The Lonely” b/w “Where Did
You Go,” on Motown.
1965 – The Supremes begin recording "Stop! In The Name Of Love" at
Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit.
1967 – Pink Floyd and Eyes Of Blue appear at the Marquee Club in London.
1967 – Paul McCartney records his vocals for “Penny Lane,” after which The
Beatles record an experimental instrumental piece called “Carnival Of
Light.” The song has never been released.
1967 – Folk singer Jesse Winchester moves to Canada to avoid the draft.
1968 – Jimi Hendrix is jailed for one day on drunk and disorderly charges
after going berserk and destroying everything in his hotel room in
Stockholm, Sweden.
1969 – Diana Ross and The Supremes perform “Love Child” on The Ed Sullivan
Show. Also on the show are Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini and his orchestra,
and Shani Wallis.
1975 – The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical Wonderful Wizard of Oz opens at the
Majestic Theatre on Broadway. The production will move to The Broadway
Theatre in May 1977, and close in January 1979 after 1,672 performances.
1978 – The Sex Pistols begin their first U.S. tour at the Great Southeast
Music Hall in Atlanta, Georgia.
1979 – The double-album soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever reaches sales of
25 million worldwide, making it the best-selling LP in history.
1979 – Prince makes his live stage debut at the Capri Theatre in
Minneapolis.
1983 – Everything But The Girl makes their live debut as a duo at the ICA
in London.
1984 – After nine years together, The Police announce they are disbanding
following a farewell concert on March 2 in Australia.
1988 – CBS sells Columbia Records to Japan’s Sony Corporation.
2001 – A private funeral service is held for Kirsty MacColl in London.
2003 – Little Richard "appears" as himself in the "Special Edna" episode of
The Simpsons.
2003 – Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is arrested and jailed in Berkeley
for drunk driving after being pulled over for speeding.
*January 6 –*
Born –
Earl Scruggs (1924) – banjo player, bluegrass musician.
Bobby Lord (1934) – Country music artist, Grand Ole Opry performer.
Paul Wilson (1935) – The Flamingos.
Nino Tempo (aka Antonino LoTempio, 1935) – singer, session
saxophonist/clarinetist (“Deep Purple”).
Doris Troy (1937) – R&B singer (“Just One Look”).
Van McCoy (1940) – songwriter/arranger/producer.
Syd Barrett (aka Roger Keith Barrett, 1946) – Pink Floyd.
Sandy Denny (aka Alexandra Elene Denny, 1947) – Fairport Convention.
Kim Wilson (1951) – singer/harmonica player for The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Malcolm Young (1953) – AC/DC.
Kathy Sledge (1959) – Sister Sledge.
Neil Simpson (1959) – bassist for Climax Blues Band.
Muzz Skillings (aka Manuel Skillings, 1960) – bassist for Living Colour.
Michael Houser (1962) – guitarist for Widespread Panic.
Mark O’Toole (1964) – bassist for Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
R.I.P. –
Georgeanna Tillman (1980) – sickle cell anemia. Age 36. The Marvelettes.
Dizzy Gillespie (1993) – pancreatic cancer. Age 75. Jazz
trumpeter/composer/bandleader.
Harold Lucas (1994) – lung cancer. Age 61. The Clovers.
Johnnie Mae Matthews (2002) – cancer. Age 79. Singer/songwriter/producer,
“The Godmother of Detroit Soul.”
Lou Rawls (2006) – lung and brain cancer. Age 72.
Singer/songwriter/producer.
"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow (2007) – Alzheimer's disease. Age 72. Pedal steel
guitarist.
Tom Ardolino (2012) – diabetes. Age 56. Drummer for NRBQ.
Album releases –
Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me (1958)
Paul McCartney and George Martin – The Family Way (1967) (soundtrack)
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles – LIVE! (1969)
Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive! (1976) U.S.
Ginger Baker – Horses & Trees (1986)
Neil Young – Lucky Thirteen (1993)
Humble Gods – Born Free (2004)
Phantom Planet – Phantom Planet (2004)
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
Events –
1955 – Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black record “Fool, Fool, Fool”
and “Shake, Rattle And Roll” at an afternoon demo session at the KDAV radio
station in Lubbock, Texas. In the evening, the trio performs for the first
time at Ralph Lowe’s Cotton Club in Lubbock.
1956 – Lonnie Donegan's version of "Rock Island Line" hits the UK singles
chart.
1956 – Elvis Presley performs in the gym at Randolph High School in
Mississippi: his last ever appearance in a small auditorium.
1957 – Elvis Presley makes his third and final appearance on The Ed
Sullivan Show.
1957 – Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra appear at Peacock Lane in
Hollywood, and record the show for album release.
1958 – Gibson Guitars launch their Flying V line.
1958 – Johnny Cash releases his single, “Ballad Of A Teenage Queen” b/w
“Big River,” on Sun Records.
1958 – Carl Perkins releases his single, “Glad All Over” b/w “Lend Me Your
Comb,” on Sun Records.
1958 – Appearing as himself, singer Bobby Helms films his musical segment
for the film, A Case Against Brooklyn.
1961 – Saxophonists Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Johnny Griffin appear
together at Minton’s Playhouse in New York City, and record the show for
album release.
1961 – The cast and crew of Elvis Presley’s current production, Wild In The
Country, throw the singer a birthday party.
1963 – Little Peggy March records “I Will Follow Him” for RCA.
1964 – Marvin Gaye records “You’re A Wonderful One” at Hitsville U.S.A. in
Detroit.
1964 – The Rolling Stones begin their first tour as headliners as part of
the Group Scene 1964 package tour at the Granada Theatre in Harrow on The
Hill, Middlesex. Also on the tour are The Ronettes, Marty Wilde, The
Swinging Blue Jeans and Dave Berry and The Cruisers.
1965 – The Righteous Brothers, Bobby Sherman, The Blossoms, Donna Loren,
Adam Faith and Sal Mineo all appear on Shindig!
1966 – The Who, The Kinks, Ian Whitcomb, Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas,
Sandie Shaw, and The Barron Knights all appear on Shindig!
1967 – The Who appear at the Central Pier in Morecambe.
1968 – The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour album hits #1 in the U.S. for an
eight-week stay.
1968 – Dick Clark’s new program, Happening '68, debuts on ABC-TV, starring
Paul Revere and The Raiders.
1969 – Ray Stevens releases his single, “Gitarzan” b/w “Bagpipes (That’s My
Bag).”
1970 – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young make their UK stage debut at the
Royal Albert Hall in London.
1973 – Stoneground plays their final concert together at Memorial
Auditorium in Sacramento, California, with opening acts Cold Blood, and
Sylvester and The Hot Band. The show is recorded for album release.
1975 – While waiting to buy tickets for a February 4th concert by Led
Zeppelin at the Boston Gardens, 2,000 people begin to riot and destroy the
facility, causing $30,000 in damages. The concert is immediately cancelled.
1977 – The Jacksons release their single, “Show You The Way To Go” b/w
“Blues Away.”
1977 – EMI drops The Sex Pistols from their roster, giving the band £40,000
to release them from their contract.
1978 – The Bee Gees release their single, “Stayin’ Alive” b/w “If I Can’t
Have You,” in the UK.
1982 – Prince releases his single, “Let’s Work” b/w “Ronnie, Talk To
Russia.”
1983 – R.E.M. begins recording their first album at Reflection Studios in
Charlotte, North Carolina.
1984 – Yoko Ono releases the John Lennon single, “Nobody Told Me” b/w Ono’s
“O’ Sanity.”
1987 – Eric Clapton starts what will become an annual event, playing the
first of six nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Clapton will
continue this tradition until 2009.
1987 – Elton John cancels all concert appearances for a year to recover
from his recent throat surgery.
1993 – Bill Wyman announces he is quitting The Rolling Stones.
1993 – Reports surface that David Bowie has lost over £2.5 million in
unpaid royalties in an Italian Mafia-linked bootleg fraud.
1994 – Nirvana makes their only appearance ever in Spokane, Washington, at
the Coliseum.
1996 – Gov’t Mule appears at the Cotton Club in Atlanta, Georgia.
1996 – James Brown's wife, Adrienne, dies in a Los Angeles hospital at age
47 after suffering a heart attack during a major plastic surgery operation.
Her death causes spousal abuse charges against the singer to be dropped.
1997 – Two bronze busts worth £50,000 are stolen from a garden at George
Harrison's Friar Park estate in Oxfordshire when thieves scale a ten foot
wall and cut the figures from their stone plinths.
1998 – Pearl Jam releases their single, “Given To Fly” b/w “Pilate” and
“Leatherman.”
2001 – Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour wins the right to his dot com
name after taking legal action to reclaim davidgilmour.com from Andrew
Herman, who had registered the URL and was selling Pink Floyd merchandise
through the site.
2006 – Rapper Ms. Dynamite is arrested after kicking in the door to the
Paragon Lounge nightclub in London. While being questioned by police, she
punches a female officer in the face, adding the charge of assaulting a
police officer to her initial arrest of disorderly conduct.
2006 – A collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia bought by Sleaford council
worker Julie Wall, who embezzled nearly £600,000 to purchase the
collection, is set to be sold by a High Court to compensate the local
authority. The collection includes rare recordings and foreign pressings of
Elvis records.
*January 7 –*
Born –
Jack Greene (1930) – Country musician ("There Goes My Everything").
Eldee Young (1936) – bassist for The Ramsey Lewis Trio.
Paul Revere Dick (1938) – organist, Paul Revere and The Raiders.
Lefty Baker (aka Eustace Britchforth, 1939) – guitarist for Spanky and Our
Gang.
Jim West (1941) – Kathy Young and The Innocents.
Danny Williams (1942) – South African pop singer ("White On White").
Leona Williams (1943) – bassist/singer with Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard.
Mike "McGear" McCartney (1944) – singer/songwriter/photographer, The
Scaffold.
Dave Cousins (1945) – singer/songwriter for The Strawbs.
Andy Brown (1946) – The Fortunes ("You've Got Your Troubles").
Jann Wenner (1946) – publisher of Rolling Stone magazine.
Kenny Loggins (1948) – singer/songwriter, Loggins and Messina.
Kathy Valentine (1959) – bassist for The Go-Gos.
Clint Mansell (1963) – guitarist for Pop Will Eat Itself.
R.I.P. –
Cyril Davies (1964) – inflammation of the heart. Age 31. Blues Incorporated.
Carl White (1980) – acute tonsillitis. Age 47. The Rivingtons.
Larry Williams (1980) – suicide. Age 44. Singer/songwriter (“Dizzy Miss
Lizzy”).
Owen Bradley (1998) – Age 83. Songwriter/arranger/producer, Nashville
studio owner.
James Carr (2001) – lung cancer. Age 58. R&B singer ("The Dark End Of The
Street").
Phil Kennemore (2011) – lung cancer. Age 57. Bassist for Y&T.
Album releases –
Black Sabbath – Paranoid (1971) U.S.
Nicky Hopkins <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Hopkins>, Ry Cooder
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry_Cooder>, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman and Charlie
Watts <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Watts> – Jamming With Edward!
(1972)
Jefferson Airplane – Flight Log (1966-1976) (1977)
Smokey Robinson – Touch The Sky (1983)
Rick Wakeman – Words & The Gospels (1994)
Incubus – Enjoy Incubus (1997) EP
Alex Lloyd – Black The Sun (1999)
Events –
1924 – At 26 years of age, George Gershwin begins writing "Rhapsody In
Blue."
1940 – CBS radio begins broadcasting Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch. The show
will air for 16 years.
1946 – On the day before his 11th birthday, Elvis Presley and his mother
Gladys seek refuge in their home’s cellar when a tornado rips through
Tupelo, Mississippi, in the early morning hours.
1950 – Hank Snow makes his debut appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
1954 – Muddy Waters records "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" at Chess in
Chicago.
1955 – Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock" debuts on the UK charts.
1955 – Opera singer Marian Anderson makes her debut appearance at the
Metropolitan Opera House in New York City: the first African-American to do
so.
1956 – Columbia Pictures begins film production on Rock Around The Clock,
featuring the song of the same name by Bill Haley and His Comets.
1958 – Sarah Vaughan records the Hal David/Sherman Edwards tune,
“Broken-Hearted Melody.”
1958 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Don’t” b/w “I Beg Of You.”
1959 – Sam Cooke records “Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha” at Radio
Recorders in Hollywood.
1960 – Johnny Horton records "Sink The Bismarck" at Owen Bradley's Quonset
Hut studio in Nashville.
1960 – Johnny Burnette records “Dreamin’” at United in Hollywood.
1961 – Faron Young records Willie Nelson’s “Hello Walls” at the Bradley
Quonset Hut studio on Nashville's Music Row.
1963 – Gary U.S. Bonds sues Chubby Checker for $100,000 for copyright
infringement, charging that Checkers' "Dancing Party" is a re-write of
Bonds' "Quarter To Three."
1963 – Bobby Vee records “Charms.”
1964 – The Beatles record seven songs for the BBC radio program Saturday
Club at the Playhouse Theatre in London, performing “All My Loving,”
“Money,” “The Hippy Hippy Shake,” “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “Roll Over
Beethoven,” “Johnny B. Goode,” and “I Wanna Be Your Man.” The show will be
broadcast on February 15, while the Beatles are in the U.S. In the evening
of this day, The Beatles perform their 12th date of their Christmas Show at
the Finsbury Park Astoria.
1967 – Charlie Pride debuts at the Grand Ole Opry, becoming the first black
solo artist to do so.
1968 – San Francisco FM radio station KMPX holds a "grass ballot" vote for
national offices. Listeners elect Bob Dylan for President, Paul
Butterfield for Vice-President, and George Harrison as U.S. Ambassador to
the UN. Jefferson Airplane is elected Secretaries of Transportation, and
The Grateful Dead are elected Attorneys General.
1968 – Dionne Warwick performs “I Say A Little Prayer” on The Ed Sullivan
Show. Also on the show are The Young Americans, Julia Mead, and Sandler and
Young.
1970 – Led Zeppelin plays the first night of an eight-date UK tour at
Birmingham Town Hall. They are the only act on the bill.
1970 – Woodstock farmer Max Yasgur is sued for $35,000 by his neighbors for
damages from the Woodstock concert event five months ago.
1970 – The Friends Of Distinction begins recording “Love Or Let Me Be
Lonely.”
1974 – Singers James Taylor and Carly Simon welcome the birth of their
daughter, Sarah.
1974 – Aerosmith appears at the Michigan Palace in Detroit.
1976 – Record exec Ken Moss is sentenced to 120 days in jail for providing
the cocaine that killed Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh.
1980 – Hugh Cornwall of The Stranglers is found guilty of possession of
heroin, cocaine and marijuana, and is fined £300 and sentenced to three
months in Pentonville prison.
1981 – The Police play the first night of the second leg of their North
American tour at the University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, during their
Zenyatta Mondatta World Tour.
1992 – Capitol Records drops singer Anne Murray from their roster after 23
years.
1997 – Fire breaks out in the apartment of vibraphonist Lionel Hampton,
destroying everything. Hampton escapes unhurt.
1999 – Rod Stewart and model Rachel Hunter split up.
2003 – The Beatles Book Monthly closes down publication after 40 years.
Author Sean O'Mahony, who set up the magazine in 1963, said there was
nothing more to say as the number of things the former Beatles were doing
gets less and less as the years go by.
2005 – James Brown's former publicist, 48-year-old Jacque Hollander, files a
lawsuit against the singer claiming he raped her at gunpoint in 1988. A
judge will later dismiss the case because the statute of limitations had
run out.
2006 – Gary Glitter is formally charged with committing obscene acts with
two girls, aged 11 and 12, in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau in
Vietnam, and faces a prison term of three to seven years.
2006 – Singer Pink marries her motocross racer boyfriend Carey Hart on the
beach at the Four Seasons resort in Costa Rica. They are still married.
2008 – Thieves steal two rings, a necklace, a pair of earrings and a Rolex
watch worth more than $100,000 total from Dionne Warwick’s hotel room at
the luxurious Hotel De Russie in Rome, Italy.
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