Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jan29,1913 | Victor Mature | #BTD Jan29,1913 #VictorMature actor RIP. In many movies such as 1940 One Million B.C., 1947 Kiss of Death, 1949, Samson and Delilah, 1953 The Robe (1953) and many musicals with #RitaHayworth & #BettyGrable. 1968 played The Big Victor, in "Head" the movie by The #Monkees | |
| BTD Jan29,1933 | Ron Townson | #BTD Jan29,1933 #RonTownson RIP singer, actor, original member of The #5thDimension (#FifthDimension) 1969 US #1s "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" & "Wedding Bell Blues", +20 US Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jan29,1933 | Sacha Distel | #BTD Jan29,1933 #SachaDistel (Alexandre Distel) RIP. French singer and guitarist 1970 UK #10 single with cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" He appeared on The #EdSullivan Show in the late 1950s the French crooner | |
| BTD Jan29,1938 | James Jamerson | #BTD Jan29,1938 #JamesJamerson RIP bass guitarist with The #FunkBrothers and as a session musician on many @motown hits by artists such as The #Temptations, #MarvinGaye, The #FourTops. In 2000 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame | |
| BTD Jan29,1943 | Tony Blackburn | #BTD Jan29,1943 #TonyBlackburn DJ on Radio Caroline & 1st DJ @BBC Radio 1. The first song played was "Flowers In The Rain" by The #Move. In a group called Tony Blackburn and the Rovers 1968 UK #31 "So Much For Love" and 1969 UK #42 "It's Only Love" #HBday @tonyblackburn | |
| BTD Jan29,1944 | Andrew Loog Oldham | #BTD Jan29,1944 #AndrewLoogOldham record producer, talent manager, impresario and The #RollingStones 1st manager from 1963-67. Launched the #Immediate Records label in 1965 & produced 24 UK Top50 hits, the record company was one of the 1st independent labels in the UK | |
| BTD Jan29,1945 | Tom Selleck | #BTD Jan29,1945 #TomSelleck actor TV and film, producer. Played private investigator Thomas Magnum in the TV series Magnum, P.I. 1980–1988, Lance White sorta partner of Jim Rockford in The #RockfordFiles & NYPD Commissioner Frank Reagan in the drama @BlueBloods_CBS | |
| BTD Jan29,1947 | David Byron | #BTD Jan29,1947 #DavidByron (David Garrick) RIP lead vocalist with #UriahHeep 1975 UK #7 album "Return To Fantasy" Byron recorded 3 solo albums 1975 Take No Prisoners, 1978 Baby Faced Killer and 1984 That Was Only Yesterday | |
| BTD Jan29,1949 | Tommy Ramone | #BTD Jan29,1949 #TommyRamone (Tamás Erdélyi) RIP. Producer, musician, songwriter, drummer The #Ramones He played in the 1st 4yrs of the bands existence and wrote "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" and the majority of "Blitzkrieg Bop" @RamonesOfficial | |
| BTD Jan29,1953 | Louie Perez | #BTD Jan29,1953 #LouiePerez (Louis Frausto Pérez Jr) songwriter, percussionist and guitarist with #LosLobos 1987 UK & US #1 single "La Bamba" @LosLobosBand | |
| OTD Jan29,1944 | Glen Gray | #OTD Jan29,1944 #GlenGray and The Casa Loma Orchestra start a 5wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" written by #HarryWarren with lyrics by #MackGordon with vocal chorus by #EugenieBaird | |
| OTD Jan29,1962 | Peter, Paul, Mary | #OTD Jan29,1962 Warner Bros. Records Inc. sign the folk group #PeterPaulMary; the group Peter Paul and Mary is made up of #PeterYarrow, #PaulStookey & #MaryTravers @warnermusic | |
| OTD Jan29,1963 | NFL | #OTD Jan29,1963 The first members of the #NFL Pro Football Hall of fame were named in Canton, Ohio. The @ProFootballHOF induction will be on Sept7,1963 @NFL | |
| OTD Jan29,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Jan29,1964 #Beatles record Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand & Sie Liebt Dich German vocals over original tracks of I Want to Hold Your Hand & She Loves You. German division of #EMI convinces #BrianEpstein to record songs. German lyrics by #CamilloFelgen, #LeeMontague & #HeinzHellmer | |
| OTD Jan29,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Jan29,1964 The #Beatles are at Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, France. Only studio recording at #EMI music held outside of the UK @emimusic | |
| OTD Jan29,1966 | BeachBoys | #OTD Jan29,1966 The #BeachBoys peak at #2 for 2wks on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Barbara Ann" @TheBeachBoys Written by #FredFassert of the #Regents. The Regents originally called "Barbara-Ann" peaked at #13 for 2wks Jun18,1961 | |
| OTD Jan29,1966 | Beatles | #OTD Jan29,1966 The #Beatles return to the #1 spot on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "We Can Work It Out" The Beatles are at #1 for a total of 3wks. Started on Jan8 for 2wks & today for an additional 1wk @thebeatles | |
| OTD Jan29,1967 | Monkees | #OTD Jan29,1967 The #Monkees self-titled debut album "The Monkees" starts a 7wk run at #1 on the UK album chart. @TheMonkees LP would be certified Quintuple platinum @RIAA | |
| OTD Jan29,1968 | Jim Morrison | #OTD Jan29,1968 12:16am #JimMorrison is booked in Las Vegas, along with author #RobertGover for being drunk in public. They stopped in at the Pussycat-A-Go-Go, and had a run-in with security, leading to their arrest. The arrest took place on Jan28,1968 11:50pm | |
| OTD Jan29,1968 | Monkees | #OTD Jan29,1968 The #Monkees TV series S2 E19 "The Monkee's Paw" A broken-down magician's magical monkey's paw starts to bring the equally broken Monkees luck ... unfortunately, all bad @TheMonkees | |
| OTD Jan29,1969 | Fleetwood Mac | #OTD Jan29,1969 #FleetwoodMac is at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Albatross" composed by #PeterGreen. The @fleetwoodmac composition inspired the #Beatles song, "Sun King" on the 1969 LP #AbbeyRoad | |
| OTD Jan29,1969 | Glen Campbell | #OTD Jan29,1969 The #GlenCampbell Goodtime Hour debuts on the @CBS network. A music/comedy variety show hosted by Glen Campbell | |
| OTD Jan29,1972 | Don Mclean | #OTD Jan29,1972 #DonMclean is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "American Pie" 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 @donmclean | |
| OTD Jan29,1972 | George Harrison | #OTD Jan29,1972 The Triple LP "The Concert For Bangladesh" by #GeorgeHarrison & Friends is at #1 on the UK album chart. Organized by George Harrison to raise funds for people of war & famine @GeorgeHarrison | |
| OTD Jan29,1977 | Rose Royce | #OTD Jan29,1977 #RoseRoyce are at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Car Wash" written and produced #NormanWhitfield. The song is the theme of the 1976 motion picture "Car Wash" | |
| OTD Jan29,1978 | ABBA | #OTD Jan29,1978 #ABBA starts a 7wk run at #1 on the UK album chart with "The Album" their third #1 LP. The album jumps straight to #1 as it entered the chart | |
| OTD Jan29,1978 | Althea and Donna | #OTD Jan29,1978 #AltheaandDonna (Althea Forrest and Donna Reid) is at #1 on UK singles chart with "Up Town Ranking" The song is the only hit by The Jamaican duo Althea & Donna | |
| OTD Jan29,1981 | Stray Cats | #OTD Jan29,1981 #StrayCats release their single "Rock This Town" in the UK. The song will peak at #9 on the UK singles chart Feb15,1981 & will be released in the US Aug31,1982, peaking at #9 Dec11,1982. Listed by @rockhall of Fame as one of 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll | |
| OTD Jan29,1983 | Men At Work | #OTD Jan29,1983 #MenAtWork are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Down Under" for the last week of a 3wk run. The single will fall to #2 on Feb5 but return to #1 for an additional 1wk on Feb12. #MenAtWork will spend a total of 4wks at #1 | |
| OTD Jan29,1983 | Billy Fury | #OTD Jan29,1983 The Daily Mail newspaper reports on #BillyFury's death on Jan28,1983 | |
| OTD Jan29,1989 | Roy Orbison | #OTD Jan29,1989 #RoyOrbison is still at #1 on the UK Album chart with "The Legendary Roy Orbison" Orbinson's last week of a posthumous 3wk run at #1 @ROYORBISON | |
| OTD Jan29,2020 | Hilton Valentine | #OTD Jan29,2020 #HiltonValentine RIP dies at the age of 77, original guitarist The #Animals 1964 UK & US #1 "The House of the Rising Sun", +12 UK & 13 US Top40 singles. 1994 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame | |
| 1960s | Rogues | 1960s The #Rogues a local band out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; The #Soo @CitySSM |