Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jan12,1926 | Ray Price | #BTD Jan12,1926 #RayPrice RIP singer, songwriter, guitarist 1st US Country #1 and US #27 1956 "Crazy Arms", +65 US Country Top40 single with 7 more #1s and 7 #2s. Among the best male voices of country music. 1966 inducted into the @countrymusichof Fame | |
| BTD Jan12,1928 | Ruth Brown | #BTD Jan12,1928 #RuthBrown (Ruth Weston) RIP singer, songwriter, actress, Queen of R&B. 5 US R&B #1s 1950 "Teardrops from My Eyes"; 1952 "5-10-15 Hours"; 1953 "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean"; 1954 "Oh What a Dream" & "Mambo Baby"; +19 R&B and 3 US Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jan12,1932 | Des O'Connor | #BTD Jan12,1932 #DesOConnor (Desmond O'Connor) singer, comedian, TV presenter 1968 UK #1 "I Pretend", +7 UK Top40 singles & toured in UK with #BuddyHolly in 1958 #HBday @DesOConnorCBE | |
| BTD Jan12,1939 | William Lee Golden | #BTD Jan12,1939 #WilliamLeeGolden baritone singer in the #OakridgeBoys 1st US Country #1 1978 "I'll Be True to You", 1981 US Country #1 & US #5 "Elvira", +35 US Country Top40 singles with 14 more #1s @oakridgeboys #HBday @wlgolden | |
| BTD Jan12,1941 | Long John Baldry | #BTD Jan12,1941 #LongJohnBaldry (John William Baldry) RIP vocals #Bluesology & solo 1967 UK #1 "Let The Heartaches Begin" one of the 1st UK blues singers. He sang with many British musicians such as #RodStewart and #EltonJohn; appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s | |
| BTD Jan12,1944 | Joe Frazier | #BTD Jan12,1944 #JoeFrazier boxer RIP. Nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1970 to 1973, won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Frazier was the first person to defeat the great #MuhammadAli | |
| BTD Jan12,1945 | Abe Tilmon | #BTD Jan12,1945 #AbeTilmon (Abrim Tilmon) RIP one of four brothers in the #DetroitEmeralds 1973 UK #4 & R&B #22 "Feel The Need In Me", +7 US R&B Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jan12,1945 | Maggie Bell | #BTD Jan12,1945 #MaggieBell singer The Power, Stone The Crows & solo with a UK #11 single "Hold Me" | |
| BTD Jan12,1946 | Cynthia Robinson | #BTD Jan12,1946 #CynthiaRobinson RIP trumpeter, vocals Sly and The Family Stone 3 US #1s 1968 "Everyday People", "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", 1971 US #1 & 1972 UK #15 "Family Affair", +7 US Top40 singles & featured in Dance To The Music | |
| BTD Jan12,1951 | Chris Bell | #BTD Jan12,1951 #ChrisBell RIP singer, songwriter, guitarist with #BigStar. Bell was killed in a car accident on Dec27,1978 at the age of 27 earning him a place in the infamous 27 Club | |
| BTD Jan12,1954 | Felipe Rose | #BTD Jan12,1954 #FelipeRose singer, represented the Native American (Indian), founding member of the disco group The #VillagePeople 1978 US #2 & UK #1 "Y.M.C.A.", 1978 US #25 "Macho Man" and 1979 US #3 & UK #2 "In the Navy", +5 UK Top40 singles @villagepeople | |
| BTD Jan12,1957 | Ricky Van Shelton | #BTD Jan12,1957 #RickyVanShelton country singer, 1st US Country #1 1987 "Somebody Lied", +21 US Country Top40 singles with 8 additional US Country #1's, including duets with #BrendaLee and in 1991 a US Country #1 with #DollyParton "Rockin' Years" | |
| OTD Jan12,1955 | Joan Weber | #OTD Jan12,1955 #JoanWeber starts a 2wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Let Me Go, Lover" written by #JennyLouCarson and #AlHill | |
| OTD Jan12,1957 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Jan12,1957 #ElvisPresley records the single "All Shook Up" and also records all the material from his forthcoming movie "Loving You" @ElvisPresley | |
| OTD Jan12,1959 | Berry Gordy | #OTD Jan12,1959 #BerryGordy Jr. borrows $800 from his family & rents an 8-room house in Detroit at 2648 W. Grand Boulevard, which becomes Hitsville USA; the home of @motown Records and its subsidiary labels. His first release "Come To Me" by #MarvJohnson on #Tamla Records | |
| OTD Jan12,1959 | Chipmunks | #OTD Jan12,1959 The #Chipmunks With The Music Of #DavidSeville is still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan12,1961 | Johnny Tillotson | #OTD Jan12,1961 Country singer #JohnnyTillotson starts a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Poetry In Motion" written by #PaulKaufman and #MikeAnthony; inspiration for song came from seeing a procession of young ladies pass by on the sidewalk outside each afternoon | |
| OTD Jan12,1963 | Lou Monte | #OTD Jan12,1963 #LouMonte (Louis Scaglione) peaks at #5 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Pepino The Italian Mouse" an Italian-themed novelty song written by #RayAllen and #WandraMerrell | |
| OTD Jan12,1963 | Steve Lawrence | #OTD Jan12,1963 #SteveLawrence starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Go Away Little Girl" written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. @donnyosmond will also reach #1 with the same song on Oct13,1971 | |
| OTD Jan12,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Jan12,1964 The #Beatles are on the ATV show Sunday Night At The London Palladium. The compere for evening was #BruceForsyth | |
| OTD Jan12,1965 | Hullabaloo | #OTD Jan12,1965 The dance TV show "Hullabaloo" premieres on the @nbc TV network. New shows ran until Apr11,1966 | |
| OTD Jan12,1966 | Batman | #OTD Jan12,1966 The TV series #Batman debuts on the @ABCNetwork episode 1 "Hi Diddle Riddle" with #AdamWest as Batman & #BurtWard as #Robin. The best portrayal of the dynamic duo | |
| OTD Jan12,1968 | Beatles | #OTD Jan12,1968 The #Beatles Film Productions Ltd is renamed #AppleFilms Ltd and #AppleMusic Ltd is renamed AppleCorps Ltd | |
| OTD Jan12,1968 | Supremes | #OTD Jan12,1968 The #Supremes appear in an episode of "Tarzan" on the @nbc TV network. The ladies play a group of nuns | |
| OTD Jan12,1969 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD Jan12,1969 #LedZeppelin's debut LP is released in the UK. The @ledzeppelin LP is recorded at Olympic Studios Barnes, London. The band took 36hrs to complete the album | |
| OTD Jan12,1969 | Joe Namath | #OTD Jan12,1969 New York Jets @nyjets beat heavily-favored Baltimore Colts @Colts 16-7 in @SuperBowl III (called the AFL–NFL Championship Game at that time) QB #JoeNamath wins the MVP fulfilling the most famous guarantee in sports history @RealJoeNamath | |
| OTD Jan12,1969 | Beatles | #OTD Jan12,1969 The #Beatles are at #RingoStarr's house to discuss their problems. A feud erupts between #GeorgeHarrison & #JohnLennon. Another wedge created in the group. 2 days before Harrison temporarily quit; Ringo quit Aug22,1968, Lennon Sep1969 & #PaulMcCartney Apr10,1970 | |
| OTD Jan12,1969 | Beatles | #OTD Jan12,1969 The #Beatles still at #1 on the UK album chart with "The Beatles" also called the White Album & The #RollingStones at #3 & climbing with the LP "Beggars Banquet", still at #2 "Best of the Seekers", #4 "The Graduate" and rounding out the Top 5 "The Sound of Music" | |
| OTD Jan12,1969 | George Harrison | #OTD Jan12,1969 The London premiere of the motion picture "Wonderwall" which features #GeorgeHarrison's musical score | |
| OTD Jan12,1970 | Bad Finger | #OTD Jan12,1970 #BadFinger releases the single "Come and Get It" in the US. The @Badfinger_Offcl single is written and produced by #PaulMcCartney. The song will enter the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #92 on Feb7,1970 and will peak at #7 for 2wks on Apr18,1970 @PaulMcCartney | |
| OTD Jan12,1972 | Ringo Starr | #OTD Jan12,1972 #RingoStarr has his US premiere of the movie "Blindman" in Chicago. A blind but deadly gunman is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands @ringostarrmusic plays Candy | |
| OTD Jan12,1974 | Jim Croce | #OTD Jan12,1974 #JimCroce starts a 5wk run at #1 on the @billboard album Chart with "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" A posthumous #1 for Croce who died on Sep20,1973 | |
| OTD Jan12,1974 | Steve Miller Band | #OTD Jan12,1974 The #SteveMillerBand is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "The Joker" written by #EddieCurtis, #AhmetErtegun and #SteveMiller. @SMBofficial group's first of 3 #1 hit singles | |
| OTD Jan12,1975 | Status Quo | #OTD Jan12,1975 #StatusQuo is at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Down Down" written by #FrancisRossi & #BobYoung and produced by Status Quo. This is @Status_Quo's only UK #1 | |
| OTD Jan12,1975 | Warner Brothers Music Show | #OTD Jan12,1975 1st night of a UK tour "The Warner Brothers Music Show" kicking off a 9 city, 18-show tour of Europe; the line-up featured Tower of Power, Montrose, Little Feat, Graham Central Station, the Doobie Brothers and Bonaroo | |
| OTD Jan12,1980 | Rupert Holmes | #OTD Jan12,1980 #RupertHolmes returns to #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Last week the single dropped to #2 then returned to #1 for the 3rd week in total at #1 | |
| OTD Jan12,1985 | Madonna | #OTD Jan12,1985 #Madonna is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Like A Virgin" This is @Madonna's 4th week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan12,2003 | Maurice Gibb | #OTD Jan12,2003 Singer, songwriter #MauriceGibb RIP dies at the age of 53 at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, FL; due to complications of a twisted intestine, which caused him to go into cardiac arrest @BeeGees | |
| OTD Jan12,1974 | Paul McCartney | #OTD Jan12,1974 #PaulMcCartney and #Wings peak at #10 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Helen Wheels" Named after Paul & Linda's nicknamed @LandRover #HelenWheels; the song peaked at #12 in the UK on Nov25,1973 |