Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jan1,1906 | Louis W Parker | #BTD Jan1,1906 #LouisWParker (Lazlo Kolozsy) RIP Inventor of intercarrier sound system for TV sets, coordinating sound and pictures; oxygen level monitor for the #Apollo program. 1988 Parker was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame @InventorsHOF | |
| BTD Jan1,1942 | Country Joe McDonald | #BTD Jan1,1942 #CountryJoeMcDonald (Joseph Allen McDonald) lead singer for Country Joe and the Fish, 1968 US hit "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die" #HBday @CountryJoe1969 | |
| BTD Jan1,1950 | Morgan Fisher | #BTD Jan1,1950 #MorganFisher (Stephen Morgan Fisher) keyboards #MottTheHoople 1972 UK #3 & US #37 single "All The Young Dudes" a song #DavidBowie offered the band | |
| BTD Jan1,1952 | Andy Johns | #BTD Jan1,1952 #AndyJohns (Jeremy Andrew Johns) RIP sound engineer, producer, worked on several well-known rock LPs such as 1972 the #RollingStones Exile on Main Street, 1977 #Television's Marquee Moon and a series of albums by #LedZeppelin during the 1970s | |
| OTD Jan1,1953 | Hank Williams | #OTD Jan1,1953 singer, songwriter #HankWilliams dies of a heart attack brought on by a lethal cocktail of pills and alcohol at the age of 29. Williams is regarded as one of the most important country music artists of all time. Scored 36 Top10 US #Country Hits, 11 of them #1 | |
| OTD Jan1,1955 | Bob Neal | #OTD Jan1,1955 #BobNeal officially became #ElvisPresley's second manager, he was preceded by the band's guitarist #ScottyMoore; he also managed #JohnnyCash, #SonnyJames, Tom T. Hall, & more. He started Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE, Inc.) | |
| OTD Jan1,1959 | Johnny Cash | #OTD Jan1,1959 #JohnnyCash has a free concert for inmates of San Quentin prison. In the crowd #MerleHaggard in jail for grand theft auto | |
| OTD Jan1,1961 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Jan1,1961 #ElvisPresley is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" @ElvisPresley's 5th week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan1,1962 | Beatles | #OTD Jan1,1962 The #Beatles & The #Tremeloes audition for @DeccaRecords #MikeSmith. They sign #BrianPoole & the #Tremeloes. Head of A&R at #Decca #DickRowe with Smith say because The #Beatles live outside London, travel costs higher and could meet easier with the #Tremeloes | |
| OTD Jan1,1965 | New Musical Express magazine, Billy Fury | #OTD Jan1,1965 Swing in the new year with this great new disc from #BillyFury "I'm Lost Without You" on the front of the New Musical Express #NME magazine | |
| OTD Jan1,1966 | Beach Boys | #OTD Jan1,1966 The #BeachBoys enter the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart at #81 with "Barbara Ann" written by #FredFassert of the #Regents. @TheBeachBoys will peak at #2 for 2wks on Jan29,1966. The Regents originally called "Barbara-Ann" peaked at #13 for 2wks Jun18,1961 | |
| OTD Jan1,1966 | Simon and Garfunkel | #OTD Jan1,1966 #SimonandGarfunkel are at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "The Sounds Of Silence" for 1wk then fall to #2 for 2wks, returning on Jan22 for another week. The song was written by #PaulSimon @PaulSimonMusic | |
| OTD Jan1,1969 | Marmalade | #OTD Jan1,1969 #Marmalade is at #1 on the UK singles chart with their version of "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" for 1wk, drops to #3 next week and returns to #1 on Jan15 for an additional 2wks. The #Beatles song originally written by #PaulMcCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney | |
| OTD Jan1,1971 | Radio Luxembourg | #OTD Jan1,1971 #RadioLuxembourg airs over 7hrs of continuous #Beatles music celebrating their 10th yr in the music industry | |
| OTD Jan1,1972 | Carole King | #OTD Jan1,1972 #CaroleKing starts a 3wk run at #1 on the US album chart with "Music" @Carole_King's second US chart topper | |
| OTD Jan1,1976 | Mel Bush | #OTD Jan1,1976 #MelBush presents #ProcolHarum, @Status_Quo, #BadCompany @officialbadco and more at the four day Great British Music Festival at London's Olympia | |
| OTD Jan1,1977 | Soul Train | #OTD Jan1,1977 204th episode of #SoulTrain airs. Series created by #DonCornelius 1st host & executive producer | |
| OTD Jan1,1978 | Paul McCartney | #OTD Jan1,1978 #PaulMcCartney & #Wings still at #1 on UK singles chart with "Mull Of Kintyre" for the 6th week of a 9wk run at #1. @PaulMcCartney's single is the 1st single to sell 2M copies in the UK | |
| OTD Jan1,1980 | Cliff Richard | #OTD Jan1,1980 #CliffRichard is included in the Queen's New Year list, being awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) | |
| OTD Jan1,1983 | Hall and Oates | #OTD Jan1,1983 #HallandOates are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Maneater" @realdarylhall @JohnOates 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan1,2013 | Patti Page | #OTD Jan1,2013 Singer #PattiPage (Clara Ann Fowler) dies at the age of 85. Best-selling female artist of 1950s sold over 100M records and sang song such as "How Much is The Doggie in the Window" and four #1 hit singles |