Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day

DateArtist/GroupDescriptionImage
BTD Jan14,1924 Guy Williams#BTD Jan14,1924 #GuyWilliams (Armando Joseph Catalano) RIP actor many roles such as nobleman Don Diego de la Vega and his masked alter ego #Zorro and Dr. Professor John Robinson on the @CBS network science fiction series "Lost In Space"
BTD Jan14,1936 Clarence Carter#BTD Jan14,1936 #ClarenceCarter blind singer, guitarist 1969 US #6 "Slip Away", 1970 US #4 & UK #2 "Patches", +17 Top40 US R&B singles
BTD Jan14,1937 Billie Jo Spears#BTD Jan14,1937 #BillieJoSpears (Billie Joe Moore) RIP singer 1975 US Country #1 & UK #6 "Blanket on the Ground", +19 US Country Top40 singles with 4 in the Top10
BTD Jan14,1938 Allen Toussaint#BTD Jan14,1938 #AllenToussaint RIP singer, songwriter, producer, worked with #PaulSimon, #JoeCocker, The #Band, #LeeDorsey, #NevilleBrothers; as a songwriter he had two #1 hits 1961 "Mother-in-Law" by Ernie K-Doe and 1977 "Southern Nights" by Glen Campbell
BTD Jan14,1948 Tim Harris#BTD Jan14,1948 #TimHarris RIP. drummer for The #Foundations 1967 UK #1 & US #11 "Baby Now That I've Found You", 1967 UK #1 "Baby Now That I've Found You", 1969 UK #2 & US #3 "Build Me Up A Buttercup", +2 UK Top40 singles
BTD Jan14,1956 Bob Bradbury#BTD Jan14,1956 #BobBradbury lead vocals, rhythm guitarist #Hello 1971-1979. 1974 UK #6 "Tell Him" and 1975 UK #9 "New York Groove" #HBday @BobBradbury
BTD Jan14,1959 Chas Smash#BTD Jan14,1959 #ChasSmash (Cathal Joseph "Carl" Smyth) singer, songwriter, trumpet #Madness 1982 UK #1 "House Of Fun", 1983 UK #2 "Wings of a Dove", +27 UK Top40 singles #HBday @CathalSmyth
BTD Jan14,1968 L L Cool J#BTD Jan14,1968 #LLCoolJ (Ladies Love Cool James) #JamesToddSmith rapper, actor 1987 US R&B #1, UK #8 & US #14 I Need Love, +13 US Top40, 8 US Rap #1 and 12 UK Top40 singles. Plays Special Agent Sam Hanna on @CBS TV series NCIS: Los Angeles @NCISLA #HBday @llcoolj
OTD Jan14,1892 James Naismith#OTD Jan14,1892 #JamesNaismith #Canadian 1st publication of basketball rules in #YMCA’s “Triangle” magazine Springfield, Mass. The @NBA owes him big time
OTD Jan14,1950Andrews Sisters#OTD Jan14,1950 The #AndrewsSisters with #GordonJenkins and His Orchestra start a 4wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "I Can Dream, Can't I?" written by #SammyFain with lyrics by #IrvingKahal originally published in 1937
OTD Jan14,1954 Alan Freed#OTD Jan14,1954 1st document to use the term “rock `n’ roll” during a promotion for #AlanFreed’s “Rock `n’ Roll Jubilee"
OTD Jan14,1955 Rosemary Clooney#OTD Jan14,1955 #RosemaryClooney and The Mellomen start a 2wk run at #1 on UK singles chart with "Mambo Italiano" written by #BobMerrill. The song is Rosemary Clooney's 2nd #1 single
OTD Jan14,1961 Elvis Presley#OTD Jan14,1961 #ElvisPresley is promoted to Acting-Sergeant in the @USArmy @ElvisPresley also receives a pay increase of $22.94 per month
OTD Jan14,1961 Elvis Presley#OTD Jan14,1961 #ElvisPresley's album "GI Blues" starts a 7wk run at #1 on the UK chart. The LP will fall to #2 Mar3 then return to #1 for 3 more weeks. At #2 the following week and return to #1 on Apr8 for @ElvisPresley's for another 12wks at #1. Total weeks at #1 ends at 22
OTD Jan14,1964Beatles#OTD Jan14,1964 The #Beatles (minus #RingoStarr who was in Liverpool fogged in) go to Paris, France. Ringo will catch up for an 18-day run at Olympia Theatre
OTD Jan14,1965 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames#OTD Jan14,1965 #GeorgieFame & The #BlueFlames start a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Yeh Yeh" Originally written as an instrumental by #RodgersGrant and #PatPatrick and 1st recorded by #MongoSantamaría; later lyrics were written by #JonHendricks
OTD Jan14,1966 David Jones#OTD Jan14,1966 #DavidJones changes his name to #DavidBowie to avoid confusion with #DavyJones of The #Monkees
OTD Jan14,1967 Cliff Richard#OTD Jan14,1967 #CliffRichard told the music paper the #NME (New Musical Express) that he's retiring from show business to teach religious education. Obliviously this did not happen since he is still going!
OTD Jan14,1967Pow Pow Gathering Of The Tribes Human Be-In#OTD Jan14,1967 Pow Pow Gathering Of The Tribes Human Be-In at #SanFrancisco's Golden Gate Park. The fore runner to rock concerts
OTD Jan14,1968 Green Bay Packers, Super Bowl#OTD Jan14,1968 Green Bay @packers win @SuperBowl #SuperBowl II (called the second #AFL-#NFL World Championship Game) beating the Oakland @Raiders 33-14 Giving GB HC #VinceLombardi his 3rd straight @NFL Championship Halftime show @Grambling1901 State University Band
OTD Jan14,1970 Diana Ross#OTD Jan14,1970 #DianaRoss has her last show with the #Supremes at the #FrontierHotel in #LasVegas & they also introduce Ross' replacement #JeanTerrell @DianaRoss
OTD Jan14,1972 Badfinger#OTD Jan14,1972 "Day After Day" is released in the UK by #Badfinger, written by #PeteHam and produced by #GeorgeHarrison. The song will reach #4 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart on Feb5,1972 & #10 on the UK Singles Chart Jan20,1972
OTD Jan14,1973 Elvis Presley#OTD Jan14,1973 #ElvisPresley's TV special "Elvis Aloha From Hawaii" is beamed by satellite to 1Billion viewers in over 40 countries
OTD Jan14,1977 Player#OTD Jan14,1977 #Player starts a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Baby Come Back" written and performed by #PeterBeckett and #JCCrowley the founders of the band Player
OTD Jan14,1989 Bobby Brown#OTD Jan14,1989 #BobbyBrown is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "My Prerogative" written by #BobbyBrown, #AaronHall and #TeddyRiley. Brown indicated the song was a response to the criticism he received for his departure from #NewEdition
OTD Jan14,1997Beach Boys#OTD Jan14,1997 The #BeachBoys are guest stars on the #ABC Network TV series "Home Improvement" episode "The Karate Kid Returns" Wilson's cousins visit, @TheBeachBoys, only to reveal resentment between them and Wilson because the group never used any of Wilson's song ideas