THIS DAY IN HISTORY OF MUSIC
THIS DAY IN HISTORY OF MUSIC
JANUARY 13
BIRTHS
1884: Sophie Tucker
1909: Butter Jackson
1930: Liz Anderson, Robert "Squirrel" Lester (The Moonglows, The Flamingos, The Chi-Lites)
1955: Fred White (Earth, Wind and Fire)
DEATHS
1979: Donny Hathaway
EVENTS
1941: The Modernaires vocal group joins the Glenn Miller Orchestra on a permanent basis.
1968: Dr. K.C. Pollack of the University of Florida audio laboratory reports that tests have determined rock and roll concerts cause noise damage in teenagers' ears.
1969: After his triumphant '68 "comeback" special, Elvis Presley decides to take more control of his career and begins recording in Memphis for the first time since he left Sun Records. Over the next three weeks at Chips Moman's American Recording Studios, Elvis records the songs that would return him to the top of the charts ("Suspicious Minds" and "In The Ghetto" chief among them).
1970: John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their hair cut and donate it to a charity auction.
1973: Eric Clapton, having recently kicked a debilitating heroin habit, makes his stage comeback at London's Rainbow Theater. He both opens and closes with "Layla." The two sold-out shows are a major success.
1976: Seven employees of Brunswick Records and Dakar Records are tried on charges of withholding more than $184,000 in artist royalties. The case is eventually thrown out, but the reputations of the defendants are irreparably damaged.
1979: The YMCA organization sues the Village People for copyright infringement over their song of the same name. The suit is eventually dropped.
2003: British police arrest Who guitarist Pete Townshend for possessing indecent images of children. Townshend had been discovered to have visited kiddie porn sites, but claims he was researching an upcoming book on his own experience with sexual abuse. The guitarist is placed on watch and cautioned but otherwise goes without punishment.
RELEASES
1958: Little Richard, "Good Golly Miss Molly"
1964: The Beatles, "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
1965: Bob Dylan, "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
1969: The Beatles, Yellow Submarine
RECORDING
1938: Allan Jones, "The Donkey Serenade"
1957: Elvis Presley: "Mean Woman Blues," "Peace in the Valley," "I Beg of You," "That's When Your Heartaches Begin," "Take My Hand, Precious Lord"
1969: Elvis Presley: "Long Black Limousine," "This Is the Story "
CERTIFICATIONS
1978: Elvis Presley's "My Way" is certified gold
CHARTS
1968: Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" enters the pop charts
1962: Chubby Checker's "The Twist" hits #1 for the second time
1973: Carly Simon's album No Secrets hits #1
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EVENTS
1882 - Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal"
1908 - Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, PA killing 171 people.
1914 - IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia
1948 - 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cin
1967 - Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
1969 - Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
1976 - Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
2003 - Rock musician Pete Townshend of The Who was arrested in London on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. He was later cleared.
BIRTHS
1683 - Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer
1690 - Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer
1727 - Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer
1734 - Luca Sorkocevic, composer
1778 - Anton Fischer, composer
1788 - Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer
1824 - Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer
1850 - Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer
1866 - Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer
1870 - Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko)
1884 - Sophie Tucker, [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas
1893 - Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer
1895 - Fortunio Bonanova, Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer
1900 - Yasuji Kiyose, composer
1904 - Richard Addinsell, London England, composer (Taming of Shrew)
1905 - Percy Humphrey, musician
1906 - Maxime Jacob, composer
1909 - Danny Barker, jazz guitarist
1917 - Felix Guerro Diaz, composer
1918 - Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer
1923 - Danil Shafran, cellist
1925 - Gwen Verdon, LA, actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity)
1929 - Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist
1930 - Liz Anderson, rocker
1936 - Ami Maayani, composer
1938 - Paavo Johannes Heininen, composer
1943 - William Duckworth, composer
1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
1947 - John Lees, England, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man)
1948 - T Bone' Burnett, rocker
1952 - Cornelius Bumpus, keyboardist (Doobie Bros-Minute by Minute)
1955 - Fred White, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
1955 - Trevor Rabin, rocker (Yes)
1955 - Paul Kelly, Australian singer
1956 - Malcolm Foster, rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement)
1957 - Don Snow, rocker (Squeeze)
1959 - James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth)
1961 - Graham "Suggs" McPherson, Sussex, rock vocalist (Madness-Our House)
1961 - Suggs, English singer
1963 - Tim Patrick Kelly, Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
1967 - George Paterson, Scottish singer/songwriter DMP
1968 - Chara, Japanese singer and actress
1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
1981 - Jason James, Welsh musician (Bullet for My Valentine)
1989 - Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer
DEATHS
1762 - Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68
1795 - Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73
1828 - Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, dies at 80
1838 - Ferdinand Ries, German composer dies at 53
1864 - Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY
1892 - Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62
1901 - Carlo Angeloni, composer, dies at 66
1914 - Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer, dies 76
1954 - Roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69
1971 - Robert Still, composer, dies at 60
1971 - Robert Still, English composer (b. 1910)
1979 - Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
1979 - Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
1980 - Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78
1993 - Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
1994 - Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
1995 - Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44
2001 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
2005 - Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
2007 - Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949)
2009 - Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and lyricist (b. 1925)
2010 - Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950)
2010 - Jay Reatard, American garage punk musician (b. 1980)
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1962, Chubby Checker went back to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Twist'. The song first went to No.1 in Sept 1960 and became the only record in American chart history to top the charts on two separate occasions.
1962, Cliff Richard scored his second UK No.1 album with 'The Young Ones', which spent six weeks at the top of the charts.
1963, The Beatles recorded a TV appearance on the ABC Television program "Thank Your Lucky Stars" in Birmingham playing their new single, 'Please Please Me' The show was broadcast on January 19.
1965, The first day of recording sessions for Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home album were held at Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. Dylan recorded 'Subterranean Homesick Blues', and 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue'.
1966, George Harrison and his girlfriend Patti Boyd met up with Mick Jagger and Chrissie Shrimpton at Dolly's nightclub on Jermyn Street in London's west End.
1967, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr both went to the Bag O'Nails Club, London, England to see the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
1968, Johnny Cash played a show, which was recorded, for his forthcoming live album at Folsom Prison, near Sacramento, California in-front of 2,000 inmates.
1969, Elvis Presley began a ten day recording session that would produce his final US number one record, 'Suspicious Minds'. The tracks were laid down at American Sound Studios in Memphis and marked the first time Presley had recorded in his hometown since his Sun Records days in 1956.
1970, Steel Mill, (featuring Bruce Springsteen) played at The Matrix in San Francisco, California. Boz Scaggs was the scheduled headliner but he cancelled at that last minute due to illness. Rock critic Philip Elwood, who turned up intending to review Scaggs ended up writing a highly favorable review of Steel Mill for The San Francisco Examiner.
1973, Carly Simon started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'No Secrets'.
1973, Eric Clapton made his stage comeback at the Rainbow Theatre, London, with Pete Townsend, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Rebop, Jim Capaldi and support from The Average White Band. The night's two shows were recorded for the 'Rainbow Concert' album. The Who's Pete Townshend had organised the concert to help Clapton kick his heroin addiction.
1973, Slade scored their first UK No.1 album with 'Slayed'.
1977, Queen kicked off a 59-date world tour at Dane County Coliseum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Opening act was Thin Lizzy.
1978, With a budget of only £1,500 borrowed from Stewart Copeland's brother Miles Copeland III, The Police started recording their debut album at Surrey Sound Studios, Surrey, England with producer Nigel Gray. The album 'Outlandos d'Amour' which was released in November of this year featured the hits 'So Lonely', 'Roxanne' and 'Can't Stand Losing You'.
1980, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band appeared at the Birmingham Odeon, England.
1984, BBC Radio 1 announced a ban on 'Relax' by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, after DJ Mike Read called it 'obscene', a BBC TV ban also followed. The song went on to become a UK No.1 and spent a total of 48 weeks on the UK chart.
1986, Sex Pistol members John Lydon, Steve Jones and Paul Cook, as well as the mother of Sid Vicious, sued former manager Malcom McClaren for £1 million ($1.7 million). They settled out of court.
1990, New Kids On The Block had their second and last No.1 UK single with 'Hangin' Tough.' They had a further 7 Top 10 hits by the end of 1991. They broke up after that, but set the scene for numerous boy bands throughout the 90s.
1999, Steps were at No.1 o the UK singles chart with 'Heartbeat / Tragedy.' The five-piece pop dance outfit were put together by producer Pete Waterman. Tragedy was a hit for The Bee Gees in 1979.
2000, Christina Aguilera had the US No.1 single with 'What A Girl Wants'.
2003, Diana Ross appeared in a US court charged with driving while twice over the drink driving limit. Police in Tucson reported that Miss Ross could not walk in a straight line, touch her nose or count to 30 after she had been stopped for swerving across the road.
2003, Who guitarist Pete Townshend was arrested on suspicion of child porn offences. Police officers impounded seven computers from his £15 million ($25.5 million) home in Richmond, Surrey.
2005, A report showed that more songs had been written about Elvis Presley than any other artist. It listed over 220 songs including: ‘Graceland’ by Paul Simon, ‘A Room At The Heartbreakhotel’ by U2, ‘Calling Elvis’, Dire Straits, ‘Happy Birthday Elvis’, Loudon Wainwright III, ‘There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis’, Kirsty MacColl, ‘I Saw Elvis in a UFO’, Ray Stevens. ‘Elvis Has Left the Building’ by Frank Zappa and 'My Dog Thinks I'm Elvis' by Ray Herndon.
2010, Beyonce and Jay-Z were named Hollywood's top-earning couple by Forbes magazine. The pair earned an estimated $122m (£75.1m) between June 2008 and June 2009 - more than any other couple married or unmarried.
2010, A plaque of the Beatles' iconic yellow submarine, which was stolen six months ago from Liverpool's Albert Dock, was set to be replaced by a new creation. The 5ft (1.5m) design featured the faces of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison peering through its portholes. The new submarine would hang outside the museum dedicated to the band, The Beatles Story. The former plaque has never been found and the thieves had never been caught.
BIRTHS
1948, Born on this day, John Lees, Barclay James Harvest, eight UK Top 40 albums from 1974-87.
1957, Born on this day, Don Snow, keyboards, Squeeze, (1979 UK No.2 single 'Up The Junction').
1957, Born on this day, Jim Paris, bass, Carmel, (1983 UK No.15 single 'Bad Day').
1961, Born on this day, Graham McPherson, (Suggs), vocals, Madness, (1982 UK No.1 single 'House Of Fun' plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles. Solo, 1995 UK No.7 single with cover of The Beatles 'I'm Only Sleeping').
1961, Born on this day, Wayne Coyne, guitar, vocals, Flaming Lips, (2002 UK No. 32 single 'Do You Realize').
1964, Born on this day, David McClusky, drums, The Bluebells, (1993 UK No.1 single with the re-issued 'Young At Heart').
DEATHS
1979, Soul singer Donny Hathaway committed suicide falling from a 15th floor New York hotel window. (1972 UK No.29 single with Roberta Flack 'Where Is The Love', 1978 US No.2 single 'The Closer I Get.')
2010, Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass died at the age of 59 following a difficult recovery from colon cancer surgery. Pendergrass enjoyed early success with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, whose hits included If You Don't Know Me By Now, before going solo in 1976. He was the first black male singer to record five consecutive multi-platinum albums in the US.