Rock Music History For January 20

Happy Birthday Star Child!



Musicians Born On January 20

1889 Leadbelly (Huddy Ledbetter)
1945 Eric Stewart (10CC)
1947 George Grantham (Poco)
1947 Malcolm McLaren
1948 Melvin Pritchard (Barclay James Harvest)
1952 Paul Stanley (Kiss)
1955 Michael Anthony (Van Halen)
1957 Anita Baker


Deaths On January 20

1965 Alan Freed (US DJ)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 20

1956 T.E. Ford: 16 Tons UK 45
1957 Ricky Nelson: Ricky US LP
1966 Spencer Davis Group: Keep On Runnin' UK 45
1968 John Fred: Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) US 45
1973 Gilbert O'Sullivan: Back to Front UK LP
1997 White Town : Your Woman : UK single

Various Music Events On January 20

1958 Silhouettes release Get a Job in US. The definitive one-hit wonders, it is their only hit and a No. 1!

1958 The USA rock and roll backlash continues. St. Louis radio station KWK announces that it will no longer play rock and roll, having smashed all R&R and R&B records in the station library.

1964 Meet the Beatles LP released in US.

1966 Bill Graham puts on three-day 'Trips Festival' at Longshoremen's Hall, San Francisco.

1967 Spencer Davis Group release I'm a Man in the UK.

1968 Bob Dylan plays tribute concert for Woody Guthrie at Carnegie Hall, New York

1973 Thin Lizzy debut on UK chart with Whiskey in the Jar.

1974 Stevie Wonder returns to the stage at London's Rainbow Theatre following his recovery from a serious car crash.

1982 Ozzy Osbourne hospitalised with rabies after he bites the head off a dead bat thrown on to the stage at concert in Des Moines.

1988 Mike Love of the Beach Boys insulted just about everybody in the music business, including Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger.The occasion was the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.The Beach Boys were inducted along with the Beatles, the Drifters, Bob Dylan, Berry Gordy, Jr., Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Les Paul and the Supremes.


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December 20 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Peter Criss!



Musicians Born On December 20

1944 Bobby Colombi (Blood, Sweat and Tears)
1947 Peter Criss (original drummer, Kiss)
1957 Anita Baker
1958 Billy Bragg (Sexuality)
1966 Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes)

Deaths On December 20

1973 Bobby Darin (Dream Lover)

Number 1 In The Charts On December 20

1969 Rolf Harris: 'Two Little Boys' UK 45
1969 Peter, Paul & Mary: 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' US 45
1986 Housemartins: 'Caravan of Love' UK 45
1986 Bangles: 'Walk like an Egyptian' US 45
1997 Celine Dion : Let's Talk About Love : UK LP
1998 Spice Girls : Goodbye : UK single

Various Music Events On Decemberr 20

1967 First Czechoslovakian rock festival begins in Prague. Featured are Plastic People of the Universe

1967 Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick form Jethro Tull, named after an eighteenth-century inventor of farming implements

1969 Rolling Stones enter UK charts with 'Let it Bleed' LP

1975 Paul Simon hits US chart with '50 Ways to leave Your Lover', his only solo No. 1 single

1975 Guitarist Joe Walsh, formerly with the James Gang, joins Eagles as replacement for Bernie Leadon


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August 25 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Gene Simmons!



Musicians Born On August 25

1933 Wayne Shorter (Weather Report)
1949 Gene Simmons (Kiss)
1954 Elvis Costello (Declan McManus)
1961 Billy Ray Cyrus
1962 Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard)
1966 DJ Terminator X (Public Enemy)

Happy Birthday Elvis Costello!



Number 1 In The Charts On August 25

1958 Elegants: 'Little Star' US 45
1960 Shadows: 'Apache' UK 45
1973 Donny Osmond: 'Young Love' UK 45
1973 Stories: 'Brother Love' US 45
1979 Cliff Richard: 'We Don't Talk Any More' UK 45
1979 Knack: 'My Sharona' US 45
1990 Bombalurina: 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' UK 45


Various Music Events On August 25

1962 'Sherry' by Four Seasons enters US charts

1967 Traffic release 'Hole in My Shoe' in UK

1967 Brian Wilson makes rare appearance on stage with Beach Boys in Hawaii

1970 Elton John plays his first-ever American show at the Troubador in Los Angeles

1970 Emerson, Lake and Palmer make their concert debut in Plymouth

1973 Henry Mccullough leaves Wings

1973 Allman Brother, Butch Trucks breaks his leg in an auto accident in Macon, Georgia, only yards from the spot where Duane Allman was killed two years earlier

1979 Nick Lowe hits UK chart with 'Cruel to be Kind'

1994 Robert Plant and Jimmy Page reunite in a London studio to record their MTV "Unplugged" show, which they call, "Unledded."


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April 27 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Ace!



Musician's Born On April 27

1932 Maxine Brown (Browns)
1932 Casey Kasem
1947 Anne Peebles (I Can't Stand The Rain)
1948 Kate Pierson (B-52s)
1951 Paul 'Ace' Frehley (Kiss)
1959 Sheena Easton (9 to 5/Morning Train)
1959 Marco Pirroni (Adam and the Ants)



Deaths On April 27

1972 Phil King (Blue Oyster Cult)



Number 1 In The Charts On April 27

1963 Little Peggy March: I Will Follow Him US 45
1967 Sandie Shaw: Puppet on a String UK 45
1974 Chicago: Chicago VII US LP
1985 USA for Africa: We are the World US LP
1991 Amy Grant: Baby Baby : US 45
1998 Boyzone : All That I Need : UK single

Various Music Events On April 27

1961 Del Shannon debuts on UK chart with Runaway

1967 Bee Gees debut on UK chart with New York Mining Disaster

1967 Traffic enters US charts with debut LP Mr. Fantasy

1968 Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson released in the US



1975 511 pot-smokers busted over course of five-night series of concerts by Pink Floyd at a sports arena in Los Angeles

1976 David Bowie delayed for several hours when his special train is stopped on the Russian-Polish border. Customs confiscate Nazi books, memorabilia, etc. Bowie states Britain would benefit from a fascist leader and says he would eventually like the job himself.

1977 Southside Johnny and Asbury Jukes make their movie debut in Behind the Lines, the story of a struggling underground newspaper

1981 Ringo Starr marries Barbara Bach at Marylebone Registry Office

1990 The American leg of David Bowie's "Sound and Vision" world tour starts. Bowie says this tour will be the last time he will perform his old hits like "Golden Years" and "Fame."

1990 Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses marries Don Everly's daughter, Erin. The marriage lasts 27 days.

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