Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day

DateArtist/GroupDescriptionImage
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 Jan1,1953Hank 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 Jan1,1962Beatles#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 Jan1,1965New 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 Jan1,1966Beach 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 Jan1,1977Soul 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