Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Jan14,1950 | Andrews 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 Jan14,1964 | Beatles | #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 Jan14,1967 | Pow 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 Jan14,1997 | Beach 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 |