Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Dec22,1944 | Barry Jenkins | #BTD Dec22,1944 #BarryJenkins drummer The #NashvilleTeens 1964 UK #6 & US #14 single "Tobacco Road" then with The #Animals 1966 UK #6 & US #12 "Don't Bring Me Down" and now owner of Lukes Guitars in Ramsgate, England | |
| BTD Dec22,1946 | Rick Nielsen | #BTD Dec22,1946 #RickNielsen guitarist, songwriter #Cheaptrick @cheaptrick 1979 UK #29 & US #7 "I Want You To Want Me", 1988 US #1 "The Flame" #HBday @CheapTrickRick | |
| BTD Dec22,1949 | Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | #BTD Dec22,1949 #RobinGibb RIP & #MauriceGibb (Robin was 1 hour older) RIP singers, songwriters, producers The #BeeGees @BeeGees 1st UK #1 1967 "Massachusetts", +31 UK Top40s with 4 more #1s; 1st US #1 1971 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", +30 US Top40 singles with 8 more #1s | |
| BTD Dec22,1950 | Alan Williams | #BTD Dec22,1950 #AlanWilliams guitarist, vocals The #Rubettes 1974 UK #1 & US #37 "Sugar Baby Love", +8 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Dec22,1957 | Ricky Ross | #BTD Dec22,1957 #RickyRoss guitarist, piano, lead singer #DeaconBlue 1988 UK #8 "Real Gone Kid", +15 UK Top40 singles #HBday @rickyaross | |
| OTD Dec22,1945 | Harry James | #OTD Dec22,1945 #HarryJames & His Orchestra are back at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "It's Been A Long, Long Time" Vocal chorus by #KittyKallen. The song spent 2wks at #1 on Nov24, for a total of 3wks at #1 | |
| OTD Dec22,1958 | Chipmunks | #OTD Dec22,1958 Charts issue date. The #Chipmunks With The Music Of #DavidSeville start a 3wk run at #1 for the week ending Dec28 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)" | |
| OTD Dec22,1962 | Bob Dylan | #OTD Dec22,1962 #BobDylan performs at the Singers Club in London. @bobdylan second UK gig | |
| OTD Dec22,1962 | Tornadoes | #OTD Dec22,1962 The #Tornadoes start a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Telstar" an instrumental written and produced by #JoeMeek. The 1st major hit of an UK act on the US charts | |
| OTD Dec22,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Dec22,1963 The #Beatles at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool. A preview of their "The Beatles' Christmas Show" | |
| OTD Dec22,1972 | Jimmy Osmond | #OTD Dec22,1972 Little #JimmyOsmond is at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" written by #ChristopherKingsley (credited as Christopher Dowden on UK release) @jimmyosmond is 9yrs 8months the youngest artist with a #1 song | |
| OTD Dec22,1973 | Charlie Rich | #OTD Dec22,1973 #CharlieRich is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with the country/western ballad "The Most Beautiful Girl" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Dec22,1973 | EltonJ ohn | #OTD Dec22,1973 #EltonJohn starts a 2wk run at #1 on the UK album chart with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" @eltonofficial | |
| OTD Dec22,1976 | Blondie | #OTD Dec22,1976 #Blondie releases their debut album "Blondie" on #PrivateStock Records, then @BlondieOfficial will re-release the LP in September 1977 on #Chrysalis Records | |
| OTD Dec22,1978 | Harry Nilsson | #OTD Dec22,1978 The stage version of #HarryNilsson's "The Point" opens in London starring #DavyJones & @TheMickyDolenz1 @OfficialNilsson's The Point! is a fable of a boy named Oblio, the only round-headed person in the Pointed Village, by law everything must have a point | |
| OTD Dec22,1979 | Rupert Holmes | #OTD Dec22,1979 #RupertHolmes starts 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" written by Rupert Holmes and produced by Rupert Holmes and #JimBoyer | |
| OTD Dec22,1984 | Madonna | #OTD Dec22,1984 #Madonna starts a 6wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Like A Virgin" written by #TomKelly and #BillySteinberg. @Madonna's first US #1 | |
| OTD Dec22,1990 | Stevie B | #OTD Dec22,1990 #StevieB is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" for the 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Dec22,2002 | Joe Strummer | #OTD Dec22,2002 #JoeStrummer lead singer of The #Clash, dies at the age of 50; the victim of an undiagnosed congenital heart defect. A defect in the structure of the heart present at birth |