*January 8 –*
Born –
Luther Perkins (1928) – Country music guitarist with The Tennessee Three.
Bill Graham (aka Wolodia Grajonca, 1931) – concert promoter.
Elvis Aron Presley (1935) – singer.
Shirley Bassey (1937) – singer.
Anthony Gourdine (1941) – Little Anthony and The Imperials.
John Petersen (1942) – drummer for The Beau Brummels.
Lee Jackson (1943) – The Nice.
Marcus Hutson (1943) – The Whispers.
Jimmy Elledge (1943) – Country music artist (“Funny How Time Slips Away”).
Joel "Taz" DiGregorio (1944) – keyboardist for The Charlie Daniels Band.
Robbie Krieger (1946) – The Doors.
Terry Sylvester (1947) – The Swinging Blue Jeans.
David Bowie (1947) – singer/songwriter.
Mike Reno (aka Joseph Michael Rynoski, 1955) – singer for Loverboy.
Paul Hester (1959) – drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House.
Chris Marion (1962) – session keyboardist, Little River Band.
Andrew Wood (1966) – vocalist for Mother Love Bone.
R. Kelly (aka Robert Sylvester, 1967) – R&B singer/songwriter/producer.
Jeff Abercrombe (1969) – bassist for Fuel.
R.I.P. –
Georgie Auld (1990) – Age 71. Jazz saxophonist, Georgie Auld and His
Hollywood All Stars.
Steve Clark (1991) – multiple drug and alcohol overdose. Age 30. Guitarist
for Def Leppard.
George Handy (1997) – Age 76. Jazz composer/arranger.
Laura Webb (2000) – colon cancer. Age 59. The Bobbettes.
David McWilliams (2002) – heart attack. Age 56. Irish singer (“Days Of
Pearly Spencer”).
Clyde Otis (2008) – Age 83. Songwriter/producer (“It’s Just A Matter Of
Time”).
Cornelia Ellis Wallace (2009) – cancer. Age 69. Country music
singer/songwriter with Roy Acuff.
Steve Mancha (2011) – liver and lung disease. Age 65. 100 Proof (Aged In
Soul).
Tandyn Almer (2013) – Age 70. Songwriter (“Along Comes Mary”).
Album releases –
Marvin Gaye – That’s The Way Love Is (1970)
The Beach Boys – Holland (1973)
Yoko One – Approximately Infinite Universe (1973) U.S.
Elvis Presley – Promised Land (1975)
Bette Midler – Songs For The New Depression (1976)
Elvis Presley – Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 (1976)
Peter Frampton – When All The Pieces Fit (1989)
Gwar – Scumdogs Of The Universe (1990)
Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – Fly Me Courageous (1991)
Sarah Brightman – La Luna (2001) UK
Patti Smith – iTunes Originals (2008)
Events –
1940 – Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra record the third version of Lopez'
theme song, "Nola," in Hollywood for Bluebird Records.
1944 – Billboard magazine publishes their first country music chart under
the title The Most Played Juke Box Folk Records, with the #1 song being
“Pistol Packin’ Mama” by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters.
1946 – Elvis Presley receives a guitar from his mother for his 11th
birthday. The guitar is purchased at the Tupelo Hardware Store for $12.95.
1957 – Bill Haley and His Comets play their first date outside the U.S.
when they begin their Australia tour with two sold-out shows in Newcastle.
Also on the tour are LaVern Baker, The Platters, Big Joe Turner, and
Freddie Bell and The Bellboys.
1957 – The Memphis Draft Board announces that Elvis Presley is classified
"A1" and fit for service.
1958 – The Everly Brothers kick off a 17-date North American tour at the
Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. Also on the bill are Buddy Holly,
The Rays, The Royal Teens, The Shepherd Sisters, Paul Anka, Margie Rayburn,
and Danny and The Juniors.
1960 – Eddie Cochran holds his final recording session, and records "Three
Steps To Heaven" at Gold Star in Hollywood, with The Crickets as his
backing band.
1960 – On his 25th birthday, Elvis Presley does a telephone interview with
Dick Clark for American Bandstand while stationed in Germany. During his
career, Presley never once appeared on Bandstand.
1961 – Robert Goulet makes his first of 17 appearances on The Ed Sullivan
Show. Also performing on the show are Gogi Grant and Damita Jo.
1962 – Brenda Lee releases her single, “Break It To Me Gently” b/w “So
Deep,” on Decca Records.
1963 – The Beatles appear on the Scottish children’s television show,
Roundup, lip-synching to “Please Please Me,” which is due to be released in
the UK in three days. The show is filmed at Scottish Television Studios in
Glasgow and broadcast live.
1966 – Shindig airs its last episode on ABC-TV, with guests Jackie
DeShannon, The Wellingtons, The Blossoms, The Knickerbockers, Bobby
Sherman, Dick and Dee Dee, and Billy Preston.
1966 – Lou Christie records "Rhapsody In The Rain" at Olmstead Sound
Studios in New York City.
1968 – Otis Redding's single, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" b/w "Sweet
Lorene," is posthumously released on the Volt label.
1969 – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are barred from the exclusive Hotel
Crillón in Lima, Peru, for wearing "op art" pants only, and refusing to put
on shirts or change clothes.
1972 – Mott The Hoople appears for the last time on the BBC radio show, In
Concert. The show was recorded the week before, on December 30, 1971.
1974 – After seeing one show, Neil Bogart signs KISS to Casablanca Records.
1974 – The city of Memphis celebrates "Elvis Presley Day" with a parade
down Elvis Presley Boulevard. Also, Georgia governor Jimmy Carter declares
it “Elvis Presley Day” in his state, as well.
1975 – Led Zeppelin sells out three up-coming shows at Madison Square
Garden in barely four hours, setting a new ticket sales record for the
venue.
1979 – Rush is named Canada's official "Ambassadors of Music" by the
Canadian government.
1981 – “Elvis Presley Day” is declared in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Kansas, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
1982 – The Johnny Cash Parkway is dedicated in Hendersonville, Tennessee,
making the singer the town's first living inhabitant to have a road named
after him.
1983 – CBS & Sony demonstrate the "Video 45," a new 4-song video cassette.
It doesn’t catch on.
1985 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp on what would
have been the singer's 50th birthday.
1989 – Singer Richard Marx marries actress/singer/dancer Cynthia Rhodes.
They are still married.
1993 – Loudon Wainwright III appears at The Bottom Line in New York City,
and records the show for album release.
1996 – In a Los Angeles courtroom, Robert Hoskins is found guilty on five
counts of stalking, assault and making terrorist threats by threatening to
kill Madonna.
2001 – Karen McNeil is arrested for the second time for stalking Guns ‘N
Roses singer Axl Rose when she is spotted loitering outside his house.
McNeil believes that Rose communicates with her via telepathy.
2002 – Fabian gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2004 – George Harrison's estate sues Dr. Gilbert Lederman of Staten Island
University Hospital for $10 million, alleging he forced a dying Harrison to
sign souvenirs for him.
2010 – Jimmy Page launches a new set of stamps in the UK which feature
classic album covers from the last 40 years, including Led Zeppelin IV,
Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, The Division Bell by Pink Floyd, A Rush Of
Blood To The Head by Coldplay, Power, Corruption And Lies by New Order, Let
It Bleed by The Rolling Stones, London Calling by The Clash, Screamadelica
by Primal Scream, The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From
Mars by David Bowie, and Parklife by Blur.
*January 9 –*
Born –
Dick Jurgens (1910) – swing bandleader.
Vic Mizzy (1916) – television and movie theme composer (“Green Acres”).
Domenico Modugno (1928) – Italian singer ("Volare").
Jimmy Boyd (1939) – American singer.
"Big" Al Downing (1940) – singer/songwriter ("Mr. Jones").
Joan Baez (1941) – Folk music singer/songwriter.
Jerry Yester (1943) – New Christy Minstrels and Modern Folk Quartet.
Scott Walker (aka Noel Engel, 1943) – The Walker Brothers.
Roy Head (1943) – American singer ("Treat Her Right").
Dick Yount (1943) – guitarist for Harper's Bizarre.
Ken "Wally" Kelley (1943) – The Manhattans.
Jimmy Page (1944) – session guitarist, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin.
Cassie Gaines (1948) – backing singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Bill Cowsill (1948) – The Cowsills.
Tim Hart (1948) – singer/guitarist for Steeleye Span.
Paul King (1948) – Mungo Jerry.
David Johansen (aka Buster Poindexter, 1950) – singer for The New York
Dolls.
Steve McRay (1950) – keyboardist for .38 Special.
Crystal Gayle (aka Brenda Webb, 1951) – Country music singer.
Eric Erlandson (1963) – guitarist for Hole.
Rocky George (1964) – guitarist for Suicidal Tendencies.
Haddaway (aka Nestor Haddaway, 1965) – singer (“What Is Love”).
Carl Bell – guitarist for Fuel.
Dave Matthews (1967) – singer/songwriter/guitarist.
Steve Harwell (1967) – singer for Smash Mouth.
R.I.P. –
Cozy Cole (1981) – cancer. Age 71. Jazz drummer.
Vido Musso (1982) – Age 68. Clarinetist/saxophonist with Benny Goodman and
Tommy Dorsey.
Dave Dee (2009) – prostate cancer. Age 65. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and
Tich.
Jon Hager (2009) – died in his sleep. Age 67. Country music singer, The
Hager Twins.
Frank Page (2013) – respiratory infection. Age 87. DJ, voice of the
Louisiana Hayride.
Album releases –
The Young Rascals – Collections (1967)
The Monkees – More Of The Monkees (1967)
Badfinger – Magic Christian Music (1970)
The Jeff Beck Group – Rough And Ready (1972) UK
Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973) U.S.
Van Halen – 1984 (1984)
Rush – A Show Of Hands (1989)
The Specials – The Singles Collection (1991)
John Waite – Downtown: Journey Of A Heart (2007)
Events –
1941 – Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra records “Until Tomorrow” for Victor
Records.
1956 – Still unknown, Buddy Holley and The Two Tones start a two week tour
of the South, opening for George Jones and Hank Thompson.
1956 – Frank Sinatra records “You Make Me Feel So Young” at KHJ Studios in
Hollywood.
1958 – Pat Boone records "A Wonderful Time Up There" and "It's Too Soon To
Know" at the Annex in Hollywood.
1959 – Dion and The Belmonts debut their hit, "Teenager In Love," on
American Bandstand.
1960 – Eddie Cochran departs for England and his ill-fated tour.
1960 – Patsy Cline joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1961 – Brenda Lee records "You Can Depend On Me" at Owen Bradley's Quonset
Hut studio in Nashville.
1961 – Connie Francis is the surprise “honoree” on NBC's This Is Your Life.
1962 – Sam Cooke releases his single, "Twistin' The Night Away" b/w "You
Send Me," in the U.S.
1962 – Roy Orbison records "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" at RCA
Studio B in Nashville.
1963 – Drummer Charlie Watts quits Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated to
join The Rolling Stones.
1964 – The Temptations record "The Way You Do The Things You Do" at
Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit.
1965 – The U.S. Beatles album, Beatles '65, jumps from #98 to #1 in one
week on the Billboard chart, where it will stay for 9 weeks.
1965 – Porter Wagoner’s singing partner, Norma Jean, joins the Grand Ole
Opry.
1966 – Roger Miller records "Husbands And Wives" at Columbia Studios in
Nashville.
1968 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Guitar Man” b/w “High Heeled
Sneakers.”
1968 – George Harrison begins recording the Wonderwall Music album in India.
1970 – Led Zeppelin appears at the Royal Albert Hall on Jimmy Page’s 26th
birthday. The show is recorded and filmed.
1970 – The Originals release their single, “The Bells” b/w “I’ll Wait For
You.”
1971 – Elvis Presley is voted Outstanding Man of the Year by the U.S.
Jaycees.
1973 – Mick Jagger is refused a Japanese visa due to a 1969 drug
conviction, causing The Rolling Stones to cancel their forthcoming tour
there.
1973 – Lou Reed marries cocktail waitress Bettye Kronstadt. They stay
married for six years.
1975 – The Beatles are officially dissolved as a group.
1977 – Singer Emmylou Harris marries record producer Brian Ahern in
Halifax, Nova Scotia. They stay married for seven years.
1979 – The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song is held at the United
Nations General Assembly, featuring Rod Stewart, ABBA, The Bee Gees, Olivia
Newton-John and others.
1981 – Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall of The Specials are fined £400 each in
London for inciting violence at a concert in Cambridge the previous fall.
1997 – David Bowie celebrates his 50th birthday (the day after his
birthday) with a concert at Madison Square Garden, with guests Frank Black,
Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Foo Fighters, Lou Reed, and Billy
Corgan and Placebo. Proceeds from the concert go to the Save The Children
fund.
1998 – Sonny Bono's funeral is held in Palm Springs, and is televised live
on CNN.
2002 – Elton John is honored in London by the UK Coalition of People Living
with HIV and AIDS, presenting him with their Hero Award.
2003 – A white Knabe grand piano once owned by Elvis Presley is sold at an
auction for $685,000.
2005 – On what would have been Elvis' 70th birthday, the song "Jailhouse
Rock" is re-released in the UK.
2005 – 44-year-old Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil marries his fourth wife,
Playboy Playmate Lia Gherardini in Las Vegas. The ceremony is officiated by
ordained
minister MC Hammer. The couple is still married.
2007 – Britain’s Royal Mail issues a set of stamps commemorating The
Beatles.
2008 – Sugababes singer Amelle Berrabah is arrested after launching a
frenzied attack on a woman's car in Aldershot, Hampshire. Charges are later
dropped.
2008 – Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is named the worst dressed celebrity in
the annual list of fashion disasters by fashion critic Richard Blackwell.
Amy Winehouse's trademark beehive and tattoos helps earn her second place
on the list.
*January 10 –*
Born –
Buddy Johnson (aka Woodrow Wilson Johnson, 1915) – Jazz pianist/bandleader.
Jerry Wexler (1917) – music journalist/producer.
Max Roach (1924) – Jazz drummer/percussionist with Charlie Parker and Miles
Davis.
Gisèle MacKenzie (1927) – singer on Your Hit Parade ("Hard To Get"), The
Gisele MacKenzie Show.
Johnny Ray (1927) – singer.
Lyle Ritz (1930) – session bassist with the Wrecking Crew.
Ronnie Hawkins (1935) – Rockabilly singer/songwriter/musician.
Bobby Relf (1937) – R&B singer, Bob & Earl (“Harlem Shuffle”).
Scott McKenzie (1939) – singer (“San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In
Your Hair)”).
Sal Mineo (1939) – actor/singer ("Start Movin' (In My Direction)").
Jim Croce (1943) – singer/songwriter.
Frank Sinatra, Jr. (1944) – singer/entertainer.
Rod Stewart (1945) – The Jeff Beck Group, Faces.
Ronny Light (1945) – producer.
Aynsley Dunbar (1946) – drummer for Frank Zappa and Journey.
Bob Lang (1946) – bassist for The Mindbenders.
Fayette Pinkney (1948) – The Three Degrees ("When Will I See You Again").
Cyril Neville (1948) – The Neville Brothers.
Donald Fagen (1948) – Steely Dan.
Pat Benatar (1953) – singer/songwriter.
Michael Schenker (1955) – guitarist for UFO.
Luci Martin (1955) – Chic.
Shawn Colvin (1956) – singer/songwriter (“Sunny Came Home”).
Curt Kirkwood (1959) – guitarist/songwriter for The Meat Puppets.
Brad Roberts (1964) – singer/guitarist for Crash Test Dummies.
R.I.P. –
Howlin' Wolf (aka Chester Burnett, 1976) – kidney disease. Age 65. Blues
musician.
Joe Farrell (1986) – bone cancer. Age 48. Jazz saxophonist for Chick
Corea’s Return To Forever.
Marion Hutton (1987) – cancer. Age 67. Singer with Glenn Miller and His
Orchestra.
Kenny Pickett (1997) – heart attack. Age 54. Singer for The Creation.
Ken Forssi (1998) – brain tumor. Age 54. Bassist for Love.
Sonny Forriest (1999) – Age 64. Guitarist for The Coasters.
Bryan Gregory (2001) – multiple systems failure. Age 49. Guitarist for The
Cramps.
Rod Allen Bainbridge (2008) – liver cancer. Age 63. Singer/guitarist for
The Fortunes.
Margaret Whiting (2011) – natural causes. Age 86. Singer ("That Old Black
Magic").
Claude Nobs (2013) – skiing accident. Age 76. Founder of the Montreux Jazz
Festival.
Album releases –
The Beatles – Introducing…The Beatles (1964) U.S.
Faces – Coast To Coast: Overture And Beginners (1974)
The Ramones – Leave Home (1977)
Muddy Waters – Hard Again (1977)
Dire Straits – ExtendedancEPlay (1983) (EP)
Chris Isaak – Silvertone (1985)
Lou Reed – New York (1989)
Brenda Lee – The Definitive Collection (2006)
Events –
1945 – The Erskine Hawkins Orchestra records “Tippin’ In” for Victor
Records.
1948 – Atlantic Records is launched by Herb Abramson & Ahmet Ertegun.
1948 – 15-year-old Loretta Webb marries Oliver “Mooney” Lynn. Loretta Lynn
will have four of her six children by the age of 18, and will become a
grandmother at age 29. Loretta and Mooney will stay married for 48 years,
until his death in 1996.
1949 – RCA introduces the 7" 45 RPM record.
1950 – Hank Williams, recording under the name “Luke the Drifter,” records
the religious-themed “Everything’s OK.” Williams chose the pseudonym to
protect his Country image, and will go on to record 14 other
religious-based “talking blues” songs as Luke the Drifter.
1952 – Nat “King” Cole and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra records “Somewhere
Along The Way” at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
1956 – Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers release their single, “Why Do Fools
Fall In Love” b/w “Please Be Mine,” on Gee Records.
1956 – Elvis holds his first session under his new RCA contract, recording
"Heartbreak Hotel," "I Got A Woman" and "Money Honey."
1958 – The Quarrymen – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Rod Davis, Len Garry,
Eric Griffiths and Colin Hanton – appear at the New Clubmoor Hall in
Liverpool.
1960 – Frankie Avalon sings “Why” on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show
are Birgit Nilsson, Peter Palmer, Susan Barrett, and Earl Grant.
1963 – Cliff Richard’s musical film, Summer Holiday, premieres in London
and in South Africa.
1964 – The Rolling Stones record "Not Fade Away" at Olympic Studios in
London.
1965 – Promoter Sid Bernstein contacts Beatles manager Brian Epstein about
doing a concert at Shea Stadium in New York.
1966 – Peter and Gordon release their single, “Woman” b/w “Wrong From The
Start,” in the U.S.
1967 – The Beatles At Shea Stadium, a 50-minute documentary of the group’s
August 15, 1965 concert, airs for the first time in the U.S. on ABC-TV.
1969 – George Harrison quits The Beatles after a blow out argument with
John Lennon (and two days after an argument with McCartney, which was
caught on film) during recording sessions at Twickenham Studios. Harrison
leaves Twickenham, telling the group, “See around the clubs,” and drives
straight to his parents’ house in Liverpool. He will return in a week.
1971 – Court proceedings officially get under way in the lawsuit to
dissolve The Beatles as a group.
1971 – Bob Dylan appears on an NBC bluegrass documentary, performing "East
Virginia Blues" and "Nashville Skyline Rag" with Earl Scruggs.
1973 – Cliff Richard appears on The Cilla Black Show, singing the six
entries chosen to represent Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest. TV
viewers pick “Power To All Our Friends.”
1978 – The Sex Pistols make their U.S. television debut on the show,
Variety. In the evening, the group plays the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas,
Texas.
1979 – Richard Carpenter enters rehab in Topeka, Kansas, for sleeping pill
addiction.
1984 – Ozzy Osbourne plays the first night of his Bark At The Moon Tour in
Portland, Maine, with opening act Mötley Crüe.
1985 – Cyndi Lauper becomes the first female recording artist since Bobbie
Gentry in 1967 to be nominated for five Grammy Awards: Album of the Year,
Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), Record of the Year,
and Song of the Year.
1990 – Bon Jovi plays the first of seven sold-out nights at the Hammersmith
Odeon in London.
1991 – Clint Black joins the Grand Ole Opry, becoming its 66th member.
1995 – Country music singer Johnny Rodriguez marries the second of his
three wives, Willie Nelson's oldest daughter, Lana. The marriage lasts
seven months.
1997 – James Brown gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2000 – Melissa Etheridge announces that David Crosby is the sperm donor of
her two children with girlfriend Julie Cypher.
2003 – British and Dutch police working together recover 500 reel-to-reel
tapes of The Beatles' Get Back/Let It Be sessions, stolen 30 years earlier
in London and Amsterdam.
2003 – Bee Gee Maurice Gibb is hospitalized in critical condition after
suffering a heart attack in his Miami home.
2005 – Georgeann Walsh Ward of New York sues KISS’s Gene Simmons for
slander, claiming a documentary made her out to be a "sex-addicted
nymphomaniac." Ms. Walsh Ward, who dated Simmons for three years when he
was a student, chose to sue when her photo was flashed on screen as Simmons
talked about his past sexual encounters.
2006 – An Australian woman appears in a Perth courtroom on charges of
stabbing her boyfriend with a pair of scissors because he played Elvis
Presley’s song “Burning Love” over and over and over. The man survived his
injuries.
2007 – Fire destroys the Clio, Michigan, home of Rudy Martinez, singer for
? and The Mysterians. Martinez, who has no insurance, loses all of his
memorabilia and possessions.
2009 – Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie marries actor Josh Duhamel at the
Church Estate Vineyards in Malibu, California. They are still married.
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