Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jan2,1936 | Roger Miller | #BTD Jan2,1936 #RogerMiller RIP singer, guitarist, TV star 1964 US Country #1, US #7 "Dang Me", 1965 US Country & UK #1, US #4 "King Of The Road", +26 US Country, 10 US and 4 UK Top40 singles. 4 #Grammy awards in 1965 including Best Country & Western Album | |
| BTD Jan2,1942 | Chick Churchill | #BTD Jan2,1942 #ChickChurchill (Michael George Churchill) keyboards #TenYearsAfter 1970 UK #10 "Love Like A Man", + 4 Top10 UK Albums @TenYearsAfterUK toured US 28x's in 7yrs more than any UK band | |
| BTD Jan2,1954 | Glenn Goins | #BTD Jan2,1954 #GlennGoins RIP guitarist, vocals Parliament-Funkadelic 1978 US #16 album 'One Nation Under A Groove' Member of the @rockhall of Fame, posthumously inducted 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic | |
| OTD Jan2,1926 | Melody Maker Magazine | #OTD Jan2,1926 The 1st issue of The #MelodyMaker magazine went on sale. The monthly magazine was for all who are interested in the production of popular music. In the first issue, Dance Band news, a feature on Ukuleles and how to read music by sight | |
| OTD Jan2,1954 | Eddie Fisher | #OTD Jan2,1954 #EddieFisher starts an 8wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Oh! My Pa-pa (O Mein Papa)" | |
| OTD Jan2,1957 | Guy Mitchell | #OTD Jan2,1957 #GuyMitchell is still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Singing The Blues" for the 6th week of a 9wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan2,1965 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Jan2,1965 #ElvisPresley went to #1 on US album chart with the soundtrack from "Roustabout" @ElvisPresley's 8th US #1 LP | |
| OTD Jan2,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Jan2,1965 The #Beatles still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "I Feel Fine" @thebeatles are on the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan2,1969 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD Jan2,1969 #LedZeppelin plays the 1st of 4 nights at Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles on the Sunset Strip. Supporting group #AliceCooper band @ledzeppelin @RealAliceCooper | |
| OTD Jan2,1969 | John Lennon | #OTD Jan2,1969 30,000 copies of #JohnLennon & #YokoOno's Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins are seized by police at Newark Airport on the grounds that its cover photograph is pornographic. The album was eventually wrapped in plain brown paper in record stores @yokoono @johnlennon | |
| OTD Jan2,1969 | Beatles | #OTD Jan2,1969 Filming began at Twickenham studios of the #Beatles rehearsal during the "Let It Be" LP. The project ran into many problems | |
| OTD Jan2,1971 | George Harrison | #OTD Jan2,1971 #GeorgeHarrison is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "My Sweet Lord / Isn’t It a Pity" @GeorgeHarrison's 2nd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan2,1971 | George Harrison | #OTD Jan2,1971 #GeorgeHarrison's album "All Things Must Pass" starts a 7wk run at #1 on the US album chart. @GeorgeHarrison is the 1st former #Beatles member with a #1 solo LP. The LP would reach #1 on 11 album charts | |
| OTD Jan2,1971 | It's Cliff Richard | #OTD Jan2,1971 The #BBC TV's 1st show of a 13wk series "It's Cliff Richard" Hosted by #CliffRichard featuring #UnaStubbs & The #Shadows guitarist #HankMarvin | |
| OTD Jan2,1971 | Osmonds | #OTD Jan2,1971 The #Osmonds enter the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart at #78 with "One Bad Apple" written by #GeorgeJackson who had the Jackson 5 in mind; @donnyosmond was told by #MichaelJackson they chose to record "ABC" instead. The song will be #1 on Feb13,1971 for 5wks | |
| OTD Jan2,1976 | Great British Music Festival, Mel Bush | #OTD Jan2,1976 #MelBush presents the 3rd day of The Great British Music Festival at London's Olympia with #BadCompany, #Nazareth, #RonnieLane's Slim Chance, #PrettyThings, Be-Bop Deluxe and #Charlie with Compere #AlanFreeman @officialbadco | |
| OTD Jan2,1981 | ABBA | #OTD Jan2,1981 #ABBA is on their sixth week at #1 on the UK album chart with "Super Trouper" | |
| OTD Jan2,1982 | Olivia Newton John | #OTD Jan2,1982 #OliviaNewtonJohn is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Physical" @olivianj's 7th week of a 10 week run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan2,1983 | Ringo Starr | #OTD Jan2,1983 #RingoStarr's TV special “Ringo" airs in UK almost 5yrs after its US premiere on Apr26,1978. Ringo plays himself & his fictional half-brother "Ognir Rrats", the cast includes #ArtCarney, #CarrieFisher and #GeorgeHarrison @ringostarrmusic | |
| OTD Jan2,1985 | Paul McCartney | #OTD Jan2,1985 #PaulMcCartney turns down an offer to appear in the TV show "Dallas" McCartney is offered $1M for eight episodes @PaulMcCartney | |
| OTD Jan2,1990 | Alan Hale | #OTD Jan2,1990 #AlanHale Jr (Alan Hale MacKahan) actor dies in LA at the age of 68. Appearing in over 200 films & TV roles. His most famous as Captain Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby, the captain of the S.S. Minnow on the TV sitcom "Gilligan's Island" | |
| OTD Jan2,1994 | Meat Loaf | #OTD Jan2,1994 #MeatLoaf starts a 3wk run at #1 on UK album chart with "Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell" @RealMeatLoaf | |
| 1958 | QuarryMen | 1958 winter, The #QuarryMen brainstorming name changes at 20 Forthlin Road (Pauls home) such as the Polecats, the Ravens, the Jackdaws; settle on the Japage 3 pronounced Jaypage; J for #JohnLennon, Pa for #PaulMcCartney and Ge for #GeorgeHarrison the ‘3’ because they were a trio |