Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jan5,1914 | George Reeves | #BTD Jan5,1914 #GeorgeReeves RIP (George Brewer) actor, best known for his role as #ClarkKent & #Superman in the 1950s TV program Adventures of Superman. Acting began in 1939 as Stuart Tarleton one of Scarlett O'Hara's suitors in "Gone with the Wind" | |
| BTD Jan5,1923 | Sam Phillips | #BTD Jan5,1923 #SamPhillips RIP played an important role in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s, founder of #SunRecords & Sun Studios, in Memphis, Tn, where he produced recordings by #ElvisPresley, #JerryLeeLewis, #CarlPerkins, #JohnnyCash and Howlin' Wolf | |
| BTD Jan5,1940 | Athol Guy | #BTD Jan5,1940 #AtholGuy bass guitarist, singer The #Seekers 1965 UK #1 & US #4 single 'I'll Never Find Another You' and UK #1 "The Carnival Is Over" 1st #Australian pop group with big success in the UK & the US | |
| BTD Jan5,1941 | Grady Thomas | #BTD Jan5,1941 #GradyThomas bass guitarist, vocalist Parliament-Funkadelic #PFunk 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 | |
| BTD Jan5,1949 | George Brown | #BTD Jan5,1949 #GeorgeBrown singer, drummer Kool & The Gang 1981 US #1 & UK #7 "Celebration", 1984 UK & US #2 "Joanna", +15 Top40 UK singles | |
| BTD Jan5,1950 | Chris Stein | #BTD Jan5,1950 #ChrisStein guitarist #Blondie @BlondieOfficial 5 UK #1 singles such as 1979 UK & US #1 single "Heart Of Glass" & 1978 world-wide #1 LP "Parallel Lines" #HBday @chrissteinplays | |
| OTD Jan5,1946 | Freddy Martin | #OTD Jan5,1946 #FreddyMartin & His Orchestra start a 2wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Symphony" vocal refrain by #ClydeRogers | |
| OTD Jan5,1959 | Coral Records | #OTD Jan5,1959 #CoralRecords releases the song "It Doesn't Matter Anymore/Raining in My Heart" by #BuddyHolly This would turn out to be #BuddyHolly's last release before his death on Feb3,1959 | |
| OTD Jan5,1959 | Chipmunks, David Seville | #OTD Jan5,1959 The #Chipmunks with The Music Of #DavidSeville is still at #1 for the week ending Jan11 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)" The Charts issue date was Jan5,1959. This is the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan5,1961 | Beatles | #OTD Jan5,1961 The #Beatles are at Litherland Town Hall. In the audience #JohnnyGuitar and #RingoStarr from Rory Storm & the #Hurricanes | |
| OTD Jan5,1962 | Tony Sheridan | #OTD Jan5,1962 The UK release of #TonySheridan & The #Beatles "My Bonnie / The Saints" 1st #Beatles credited recording. Beatles sounded dangerously close to a German euphemism for male genitalia (peedle). So, producer #BertKaempfert changed #Beatles name to 'The Beat Brothers' | |
| OTD Jan5,1963 | Tornadoes | #OTD Jan5,1963 The #Tornadoes are still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Telstar" for the last and final week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan5,1964 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Jan5,1964 The #RollingStones perform at the Ricky Tick club in the Olympia Ballroom Reading, England @RollingStones | |
| OTD Jan5,1966 | Beatles | #OTD Jan5,1966 The #Beatles fix the soundtrack of their concert at #SheaStadium They re-record songs while synchronizing play with film footage of the concert; similar to #ADR Automated Dialog Replacement | |
| OTD Jan5,1967 | Pink Floyd | #OTD Jan5,1967 #PinkFloyd & #EyesOfBlue appear at The Marquee Club London. Review in Queen magazine said "Two guitarist looked moody, the drummer thrashed wildly about, the lights kept flashing. After about twenty minutes it became boring and after half an hour I left" | |
| OTD Jan5,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Jan5,1967 During the #Beatles Sgt. Pepper recording sessions @AbbeyRoad #PaulMcCartney records vocal track on "Penny Lane" | |
| OTD Jan5,1968 | Beatles | #OTD Jan5,1968 The #Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" movie is broadcast on TV. This 2nd showing is on the color channel #BBC 2 | |
| OTD Jan5,1969 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD Jan5,1969 #LedZeppelin is on the last of 4 nights at the Whisky A Go-Go in LA with #AliceCooper on the Sunset Strip @alicecooper @ledzeppelin | |
| OTD Jan5,1969 | Scaffold | #OTD Jan5,1969 The #Scaffold back at #1 on UK singles chart with "Lily The Pink" This time for 1 additional week at #1 for a total of 4wks at #1. The Scaffold a comedy trio from Liverpool with #RogerMcGough, JohnGorman and #MikeMcGear @_MikeMcCartney_ | |
| OTD Jan5,1973 | Bruce Springsteen | #OTD Jan5,1973 #BruceSpringsteen releases his debut LP "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ" @springsteen sold about 25k copies the 1st yr | |
| OTD Jan5,1974 | Jim Croce | #OTD Jan5,1974 #JimCroce is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles charts with "Time In A Bottle" for the last and final week of a 2wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan5,1978 | Sex Pistols | #OTD Jan5,1978 The #SexPistols start a US tour in Atlanta, Georgia before an estimated audience of 500 people @pistolsofficial | |
| OTD Jan5,1980 | Donna Summer | #OTD Jan5,1980 #DonnaSummer scores her third US #1 album with "On The Radio- Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & II" | |
| OTD Jan5,1980 | K.C. and the Sunshine Band | #OTD Jan5,1980 K.C. and the Sunshine Band have their 5th US #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Please Don't Go" written and produced by #HarryWayneCasey and #RichardFinch. The single is the 1st #1 of the 1980s @kcandsunshineb | |
| OTD Jan5,1985 | Madonna | #OTD Jan5,1985 #Madonna is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Like A Virgin" This is @Madonna's 3rd week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan5,1986 | Pet Shop Boys | #OTD Jan5,1986 #PetShopBoys start a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "West End Girls" written by #NeilTennant and #ChrisLowe. 1st version of the song produced by #BobbyOrlando released Apr 1984 & this version produced by #StephenHague released Oct 1985 | |
| OTD Jan5,1998 | Sonny Bono | #OTD Jan5,1998 #SonnyBono RIP dies at the age of 62 from injuries when he hit a tree while skiing. Songwriter, singing & TV show The Sonny & Cher show. He was mayor of Palm Springs, CA 1988 to 1992 and congressman for California's 44th district from 1995 until his death in 1998 | |
| OTD Jan5,2018 | Jerry Van Dyke | #OTD Jan5,2018 #JerryVanDyke RIP dies at the age of 86 actor, stand up comedian in many movies and TV shows such as playing assistant coach Luther Van Dam on the long-running series "Coach" He is Dick Van Dyke's younger brother |