Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jan28,1910 | John Banner | #BTD Jan28,1910 #JohnBanner (Johann Banner) actor RIP in over 40 feature films such as 1942 "Once Upon a Honeymoon" as German Capt. Von Kleinoch and more than 70 TV appearances from 1950-1970 best known as Master Sergeant Hans Georg Schultz on the TV series "Hogan's Heroes" | |
| BTD Jan28,1911 | Johan Willem van Hulst | #BTD Jan28,1911 Johan Willem van Hulst RIP Dutch school director, professor, author, politician. 1943 with #Dutch resistance & students at University of Amsterdam saved >600 Jewish children from the nursery of the Hollandsche Schouwburg deportation to Nazi concentration camps | |
| BTD Jan28,1929 | Acker Bilk | #BTD Jan28,1929 #AckerBilk (Bernard Bilk) RIP clarinet, bandleader 1962 instrumental tune US #1 & UK #2 "Stranger On The Shore", +9 other UK Top40 singles. He had the first #1 single in the US by a British artist in the era of the modern #Billboard Hot100 pop chart | |
| BTD Jan28,1943 | Dick Taylor | #BTD Jan28,1943 #DickTaylor guitarist, singer, early bassist for the #RollingStones, left the band to resume his studies at Sidcup Art College. Then formed The #PrettyThings 1964 UK #10 "Don't Bring Me Down", +2 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jan28,1945 | Robert Wyatt | #BTD Jan28,1945 #RobertWyatt (Robert Wyatt-Ellidge) drummer, vocals, keyboards, bass, founding member #SoftMachine 1970 UK #18 LP "Third" & distinguished solo career 1983 UK #35 "Shipbuilding" Jun1,1973 Wyatt fell from a 4th-floor window. He was paralyzed from the waist down | |
| BTD Jan28,1946 | Rick Allen | #BTD Jan28,1946 #RickAllen keyboards, backing vocals with The #BoxTops 1967 US #1 & UK #5 "The Letter" | |
| BTD Jan28,1950 | Barbi Benton | #BTD Jan28,1950 #BarbiBenton (Barbara Lynn Klein) model, actress, singer 1975 US Country #5 "Brass Buckles" & #32 "Roll You Like a Wheel" with #MickeyGilley. Known as a regular on the TV variety show #HeeHaw. Also featured on the cover of #Playboy magazine several times @Playboy | |
| BTD Jan28,1951 | Billy Bass Nelson | #BTD Jan28,1951 #BillyBassNelson (William Nelson) original bass guitarist for #Funkadelic then Parliament-Funkadelic #PFunk 1978 US #16 album "One Nation Under A Groove" Member of the @rockhall of Fame, inducted 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic | |
| BTD Jan28,1959 | Dave Sharpe | #BTD Jan28,1959 #DaveSharpe guitarist, co-founder with #MikePeters the punk/new wave band The #Alarm 1983 UK #17 & #39 US Main Rock "68 Guns", +8 UK & 10 US Main Rock Top40 singles @thealarm | |
| OTD Jan28,1904 | Enrico Caruso | #OTD Jan28,1904 #EnricoCaruso signs his 1st contract with #VictorRecords. His debut was at the Metropolitan Opera two months before | |
| OTD Jan28,1927 | Jean Goldkette | #OTD Jan28,1927 #JeanGoldkette and His Orchestra record "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" written by #HarryMWoods with lyrics by #MortDixon and vocal refrain by #BillyMurray | |
| OTD Jan28,1956 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Jan28,1956 #ElvisPresley has his 1st appearance on national TV. Elvis is on "The #DorseyBrothers Stage Show" on the @CBS TV Network @ElvisPresley | |
| OTD Jan28,1959 | Green Bay Packers | #OTD Jan28,1959 Green Bay #Packers sign #VinceLombardi to a 5yr contract as head coach & general manager. By 1960 he is in the #NFL championship a loss (1st & only in playoffs) to the @Eagles He would win 5 @NFL Championships by 1969 (3 consecutive 1965, 1966, 1967) @packers | |
| OTD Jan28,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Jan28,1963 Touring the UK The #Beatles play their 1st live show at the Majestic Ballroom in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | |
| OTD Jan28,1965 | Moody Blues | #OTD Jan28,1965 The #MoodyBlues are at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Go Now!" originally written by #LarryBanks and #MiltonBennett and first recorded in by #BessieBanks but did not chart. This is the Moody Blues only UK #1 | |
| OTD Jan28,1965 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Jan28,1965 The #RollingStones album "Rolling Stones No.2" starts a 3wk run at #1 on the UK LP charts. @RollingStones would return to #1 on Feb28 for 6wks and again on Apr18 for an additional 1 wk for a total of 10 weeks at #1 | |
| OTD Jan28,1965 | Who | #OTD Jan28,1965 The #Who made their first appearance on the British TV rock show "Ready Steady Go!" @TheWho | |
| OTD Jan28,1966 | Brian Poole | #OTD Jan28,1966 #BrianPoole & the #Tremeloes announce that they are going to break-up. #Decca Records originally signed them over The #Beatles in 1962 @DeccaRecords | |
| OTD Jan28,1967 | Four Tops | #OTD Jan28,1967 The #FourTops are at The Royal Albert Hall in London. Also playing are The #Dakotas, #MadelineBell, The #RemoFour & #JohnnyWatson @RoyalAlbertHall | |
| OTD Jan28,1967 | Monkees | #OTD Jan28,1967 The #Monkees are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with ''I'm a Believer" @TheMonkees 5th week of a 7wk run at #1. The single is simultaneously a #1 in the UK as well | |
| OTD Jan28,1967 | Monkees | #OTD Jan28,1967 The #Monkees photograph for the Saturday Evening Post and The Saturday Evening Post’s 1967 article “When Four Nice Boys Go Ape!” by Richard Warren Lewis is published | |
| OTD Jan28,1968 | Jim Morrison | #OTD Jan28,1968 11:50pm #JimMorrison is arrested. On Jan29,1968 12:16am he will be booked in Las Vegas, along with author #RobertGover for being drunk in public. They stopped in at the Pussycat-A-Go-Go, and had a run-in with security | |
| OTD Jan28,1969 | Beatles | #OTD Jan28,1969 The #Beatles with #BillyPreston are at #Apple Studios recording the singles "Get Back" and "Don't Let Me Down" | |
| OTD Jan28,1973 | Sweet | #OTD Jan28,1973 The #Sweet is still at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Blockbuster" Sweet is at #1 for the 2nd week of a 5wk run @SweetOfficial | |
| OTD Jan28,1976 | George Harrison | #OTD Jan28,1976 #GeorgeHarrison announces that he would participate in a #Beatles reunion concert. All agreed but the concert never materializes | |
| OTD Jan28,1977 | Player | #OTD Jan28,1977 #Player are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Baby Come Back" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan28,1978 | Styx | #OTD Jan28,1978 #Styx peaks at #8 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Come Sail Away" written by #DennisDeYoung and produced by Styx @STYXtheBand DeYoung lead vocals, piano; #TommyShaw lead guitar; #JamesYoung rhythm guitar; #ChuckPanozzo bass; #JohnPanozzo drums | |
| OTD Jan28,1978 | Doobie Brothers | #OTD Jan28,1978 The #DoobieBrothers make an appearance on the #ABC Network TV series "What's Happening" Season 2 Ep16 Doobie or Not Doobie Part 1. Raj, Rerun, & Dwayne are desperate to see the Doobie Brothers in concert. Rerun gets roped into illegally recording the concert | |
| OTD Jan28,1979 | Blondie | #OTD Jan28,1979 #Blondie starts a 4wk run at #1 on the UK Singles Chart with "Heart Of Glass" written by #DebbieHarry and #ChrisStein. Taken from album "Parallel Lines" Blondie's 1st of 6 UK #1 singles @BlondieOfficial | |
| OTD Jan28,1983 | Billy Fury | #OTD Jan28,1983 #BillyFury (Ronald Wycherley) singer, actor dies at the age of 42. Fury had 25 UK Top40 singles, spent 57wks in the Top10 & 281wks on the UK singles chart; Played Stormy Tempest in the movie "That'll Be The Day" with #RingoStarr | |
| OTD Jan28,1984 | Phil Collins | #OTD Jan28,1984 #PhilCollins is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Two Hearts" Collins 2nd and last week of a 2wk run at #1 @PhilCollinsFeed | |
| OTD Jan28,1984 | Yes | #OTD Jan28,1984 #Yes is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" Yes' 2nd and last week of a 2wk run at #1 @yesofficial | |
| OTD Jan28,1985 | Michael Jackson | #OTD Jan28,1985 The song "We Are the World" is recorded at A&M Recording Studios Los Angeles. A charity single recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa; written by #MichaelJackson and #LionelRichie and produced by #QuincyJones and #MichaelOmartian. Over 40 artists are involved | |
| OTD Jan28,1990 | Paula Abdul | #OTD Jan28,1990 #PaulaAbdul starts a 10wk run at #1 on the US album chart with "Forever Your Girl" @PaulaAbdul | |
| OTD Jan28,1991 | Gloria Estefan | #OTD Jan28,1991 #GloriaEstefan has her 1st live performance at The American Music Awards since injuring her back in bus accident on tour @GloriaEstefan @AMAs | |
| OTD Jan28,1999 | Pat Boone | #OTD Jan28,1999 #PatBoone forms the record company The Gold Label, The #GoldLabel is designed for legendary artists over 45 @_GoldLabel_ @Pat_Boone |