Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jan16,1937 | Bob Bogle | #BTD Jan16,1937 #BobBogle RIP guitarist, co-founder The #Ventures from 1962 to 1996; 1966 US #8 "Walk Don't Run '64", 1968 US #4 "Hawaii Five-O", +3 US Top40 singles. 2008 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame as a member of The Ventures | |
| BTD Jan16,1939 | Ray Phillips | #BTD Jan16,1939 #RayPhillips (Ramon John Philips) lead vocals, bass guitarist The #NashvilleTeens 1962–73; 1980-pres. 1964 UK #6 & US #14 "Tobacco Road", +3 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jan16,1942 | Barbara Lynn | #BTD Jan16,1942 #BarbaraLynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby) R&B, guitarist, singer, songwriter 1962 #1 R&B and US #8 "You'll Lose A Good Thing", +5 US R&B Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jan16,1942 | Billy Francis | #BTD Jan16,1942 #BillyFrancis (William Francis Jr) RIP keyboards, singer Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (from 1975 #DrHook) 1972 US #5 & UK #2 Sylvia's Mother, 1975 US #6 Only Sixteen, 1976 UK #1 & US #6 When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman, +7 US Top40s @DrHookOfficial | |
| BTD Jan16,1944 | Katherine Anderson | #BTD Jan16,1944 #KatherineAnderson (Katherine Schaffner) singer The #Marvelettes (originally the #Casinyets) 1961 US & US R&B #1 "Please Mr. Postman", 1962 US #7 & R&B #4 "Playboy", +9 US and 20 R&B Top40s. She is the only member to survive the group's several incarnations | |
| BTD Jan16,1946 | Ronnie Milsap | #BTD Jan16,1946 #RonnieMilsap singer, pianist 52 Country Top40 singles with 35 #1 hits. Scoring crossover hits 1977 US #16 "It Was Almost Like a Song", 1981 US #5 "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", 1982 US #14 "Any Day Now" #HBday @ronniemilsap | |
| BTD Jan16,1959 | Sade Adu | #BTD Jan16,1959 #SadeAdu or #Sade (Helen Adu) singer, songwriter, producer. 1984 UK #6 "Your Love Is King", 1985 US #5 "Smooth Operator", +5 UK, 3 US and 9 R&B Top40 singles #HBday @SadeOfficial | |
| BTD Jan16,1962 | Paul Webb | #BTD Jan16,1962 #PaulWebb bass guitarist #TalkTalk 1986 UK #16 "Life's What You Make It", +5 UK Top40 singles | |
| OTD Jan16,1943 | Tommy Dorsey | #OTD Jan16,1943 #TommyDorsey & His Orchestra start a 4wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "There Are Such Things" written by #StanleyAdams, #AbelBaer and #GeorgeWMeyer with vocal refrain by #FrankSinatra & The Pied Pipers | |
| OTD Jan16,1953 | Jo Stafford | #OTD Jan16,1953 #JoStafford is at #1 on UK singles chart with "You Belong To Me" written by #ChiltonPrice, #PeeWeeKing and #ReddStewart. Stafford is the 1st female to have a #1 on the UK Chart | |
| OTD Jan16,1957 | Cavern Club | #OTD Jan16,1957 #CavernClub opens in Liverpool. Originally a jazz club, it later became famous as the place where the #Beatles began their climb to fame. The #Beatles began regular lunchtime gigs at the @cavernliverpool in 1961. They were paid 8 pounds ($12) per show | |
| OTD Jan16,1957 | Cavern Club | #OTD Jan16,1957 Grand Opening #CavernClub in Liverpool. Originally a jazz club. Home of many Liverpool bands. @cavernliverpool by The Earl of Wharncliffe featuring; The #Merseysippi Jazz Band, The Wall City JazzMen, Ralph Watmaoughs Jazz Band, Coney Island Skiffle Group & guests | |
| OTD Jan16,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Jan16,1963 The #Beatles are at the Playhouse Theatre taping a radio show for the #BBC program "Here We Go". The Beatles perform four songs | |
| OTD Jan16,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Jan16,1963 The #Beatles are on the Granada TV program "People and Places" They lip-sync performances of "Ask Me Why" and "Please Please Me" | |
| OTD Jan16,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Jan16,1963 The #Beatles hectic schedule for the day | |
| OTD Jan16,1964 | John Lennon | #OTD Jan16,1964 #JohnLennon playing guitar in his suite at The George V Hotel in Paris. The #Beatles are in Paris for a 3wk residency of matinées and evening shows at The Olympia Theatre | |
| OTD Jan16,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Jan16,1964 The #Beatles play two shows at the Olympia Theatre, Boulevard des Capucines, Paris, France. 1st day of an 18-night engagement | |
| OTD Jan16,1965 | Supremes | #OTD Jan16,1965 The #Supremes back at #1 for 1wk (2wk total) on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Come See About Me" knocking The Beatles off #1. Supremes spent 3wks at #2 behind #Beatles "I Feel Fine" which knocked The Supremes from #1 after their Dec19,1964 1wk run | |
| OTD Jan16,1967 | Monkees | #OTD Jan16,1967 The #Monkees TV series S1 E18 "I Was a Teenage Monster" A mad scientist hires the Monkees to teach his monster music and then transplants their musical talent into the monster @TheMonkees | |
| OTD Jan16,1969 | Fillmore West | #OTD Jan16,1969 At the #Fillmore West in #SanFrancisco #Fleetwoodmac, #CCR and #AlbertCollins @fleetwoodmac | |
| OTD Jan16,1971 | George Harrison | #OTD Jan16,1971 #GeorgeHarrison is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "My Sweet Lord / Isn’t It a Pity" @GeorgeHarrison's last week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan16,1972 | Ross Bagdasarian | #OTD Jan16,1972 #RossBagdasarian Sr dies, eleven days short of his 53rd birthday. Created The #Chipmunks As #DavidSeville and had a #1 hit in 1958 with "Witch Doctor" @officialalvinnn activity ceased until 1979, when #RossBagdasarian Jr released recordings | |
| OTD Jan16,1973 | Bruce Springsteen | #OTD Jan16,1973 #BruceSpringsteen plays at the #Villanova University only 25 attend. Due to a strike at The #Villanovan newspaper there was no advertising. Probably the smallest crowd to see Bruce @springsteen @VillanovaU @TheVillanovan | |
| OTD Jan16,1975 | Ironside | #OTD Jan16,1975 The last episode of the TV series "Ironside" airs. Season 8 Episode 16 "The Faded Image" Ed befriends the daughter of the judge presiding over his latest case. The show ran on the #NBC network until starring #RaymondBurr as Chief Robert T. Ironside | |
| OTD Jan16,1977 | David Soul | #OTD Jan16,1977 #DavidSoul (Hutch from the "Starsky & Hutch" TV series) is still at #1 on UK singles chart with "Don't Give Up On Us" @DavidRSoul's 2nd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan16,1980 | Paul McCartney | #OTD Jan16,1980 #PaulMcCartney is jailed for 9 days in Tokyo for marijuana possession. @PaulMcCartney had 219g at Narita Airport in Japan | |
| OTD Jan16,1982 | Olivia Newton John | #OTD Jan16,1982 #OliviaNewtonJohn is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Physical" @olivianj's 9th week of a 10 week run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan16,1983 | Phil Collins | #OTD Jan16,1983 #PhilCollins is still at #1 on the UK singles chart with his version of "You Can't Hurry Love" for the last week at #1. @PhilCollinsFeed's 1st UK #1 single. The single was a 1966 US #1 for the #Supremes | |
| OTD Jan16,1984 | Linda McCartney | #OTD Jan16,1984 #LindaMcCartney & #PaulMcCartney are arrested in the Barbados for drug possession. Each fined $200. Four years ago to the day Jan16,1980, Paul was jailed in Tokyo for marijuana possession | |
| OTD Jan16,1988 | George Harrison | #OTD Jan16,1988 #GeorgeHarrison is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Chart with a cover of "Got My Mind Set On You" 1962 originally written by #RudyClark & recorded by #JamesRay; Harrison 1st heard the song in 1963 when he purchased Ray's LP while visiting his sister in the US | |
| OTD Jan16,1988 | George Michael | #OTD Jan16,1988 #GeorgeMichael went to #1 on US album charts with his debut solo album 'Faith' Sold over 8M copies | |
| OTD Jan16,1996 | Wayne Newton | #OTD Jan16,1996 #WayneNewton performs his 25,000th show before a sold-out audience at the Sheraton Desert Inn in #LasVegas @WayneNewtonMrLV began having shows in 1957 and worked 6 shows a night/week. Most shows as a headliner in @Vegas. Now over 30,000 live shows and counting | |
| OTD Jan16,2014 | Dave Madden | #OTD Jan16,2014 #DaveMadden #Canadian actor dies at the age of 82. Many film/TV credits such as 26 episodes on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"; TV series "The Partridge Family" as the band’s manager Reuben Kincaid; as diner customer Earl Hicks on the sitcom "Alice" from 1978–1985 | |
| OTD Jan16,2021 | Phil Spector | #OTD Jan16,2021 #PhilSpector RIP dies at the age of 81. Guitarist, singer, producer, songwriter #TeddyBears US #1 1958 "To Know Him Is To Love Him" and produced many songs and LPs such as The #Beatles "Let It Be"; created wall of sound. 2013 convicted of murdering #LanaClarkson |