Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Jan9,1920 | Clive Dunn | #BTD Jan9,1920 #CliveDunn RIP actor, comedian, artist, author, singer many singles biggest 1971 UK #1 "Grandad"; played the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the BBC sitcom "Dad's Army" from 1968 to 1977 | |
| BTD Jan9,1929 | Billy Cowsill | #BTD Jan9,1929 #BillyCowsill (William Cowsill Jr) RIP lead singer The #Cowsills 1967 US #2 "The Rain, The Park & Other Things", 1968 US #10 "Indian Lake", 1969 US #2 "Hair" #PartridgeFamily TV series loosely based the #Cowsills Family | |
| BTD Jan9,1935 | Bob Denver | #BTD Jan9,1935 #BobDenver actor TV and film RIP The 1959 movie "A Private's Affair" as MacIntosh. Many TV series such as playing Maynard G. Krebs in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" 1959–1963 and Gilligan the first mate of the S.S. Minnow in "Gilligan's Island" from 1964-1967 | |
| BTD Jan9,1941 | Joan Baez | #BTD Jan9,1941 #JoanBaez folk rock singer, songwriter in 1971 US #3, UK #6 & #1 AC "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", +4 UK and 5 AC (Adult Contemporary) Top40 singles #HBday @joancbaez | |
| BTD Jan9,1943 | Dick Yount | #BTD Jan9,1943 #DickYount RIP bass guitarist, vocals #HarpersBizarre 1967 US #13 & UK #34 "The 59th Street Bridge Song, Feelin' Groovy", 1967 US #45 & #1 "Chattanooga Choo Choo", +4 AC (Adult Contemporary) Top40 singles | |
| BTD Jan9,1943 | Scott Walker | #BTD Jan9,1943 #ScottWalker (Noel Scott Engel) singer, songwriter, composer, producer The #WalkerBrothers 1965 UK #1 & US #16 "Make It Easy on Yourself", 1966 UK #1 & US #13 "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", +8 UK Top40 Singles and solo UK #7 "Joanna" | |
| BTD Jan9,1943 | Wally Kelley | #BTD Jan9,1943 #WallyKelley (Kenneth Kelley) RIP singer with The #Manhattans 1976 US #1, R&B #1 & UK #4 "Kiss And Say Goodbye", +2 US and 32 R&B Top40 singles. Kelley left in 1990 to return to college to pursue his PhD | |
| BTD Jan9,1944 | Jimmy Page | #BTD Jan9,1944 #JimmyPage songwriter, producer, guitarist, founder #LedZeppelin 1969 US #4 "Whole Lotta Love" @ledzeppelin often did not release singles but had 6 #1 US and 7 UK #1 LPs & a member of the #Yardbirds 1965 UK #3 & US #6 single "For Your Love" #HBday @JimmyPage | |
| BTD Jan9,1948 | Tim Hart | #BTD Jan9,1948 #TimHart RIP guitarist, vocals, a founding member of British folk rock band #SteeleyeSpan 1975 UK #5 single "All Around My Hat" | |
| BTD Jan9,1950 | David Johansen | #BTD Jan9,1950 #DavidJohansen singer, songwriter, actor The #NewYorkDolls 1973 album "New York Dolls" and solo artist. Played under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter in Saturday Night Live House band | |
| BTD Jan9,1951 | Crystal Gayle | #BTD Jan9,1951 #CrystalGayle (Brenda Gail Gatzimos) singer, songwriter 1977 US #2, US Country #1 & UK #5 "Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue", +39 US Country Top40 singles with 16 #1s #HBday @TheCrystalGayle | |
| OTD Jan9,1941 | Sammy Kaye | #OTD Jan9,1941 #SammyKaye and his orchestra record "Until Tomorrow (Goodnight My Love)" vocal refrain by The #ThreeKadets | |
| OTD Jan9,1953 | Al Martino | #OTD Jan9,1953 #AlMartino is still at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Here In My Heart" for the last week of a 9wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan9,1957 | Guy Mitchell | #OTD Jan9,1957 #GuyMitchell is still at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Singing The Blues" for the 7th week of a 9wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan9,1961 | Bob Newhart | #OTD Jan9,1961 #BobNewhart went to #1 on the US LP chart with "The Button Down Mind Strikes Back!" a 1960 stand-up comedy album recorded at the "hungry i" nightclub in San Francisco and "Freddie's" in Minneapolis. The LP was also the 1961 album of year @BobNewhart | |
| OTD Jan9,1962 | Sam Cooke | #OTD Jan9,1962 #SamCooke's single "Twistin' the Night Away" is released with The #WreckingCrew as session musicians. The song will enter the US Top40 Singles chart at #70 on Feb3 and peak at #9 on on Mar24,1962 | |
| OTD Jan9,1963 | Charlie Watts | #OTD Jan9,1963 Drummer #CharlieWatts joins The #RollingStones after leaving #BluesIncorporated & work as a designer @RollingStones | |
| OTD Jan9,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Jan9,1965 The #Beatles are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "I Feel Fine" This is The Beatles last week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan9,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Jan9,1965 The #Beatles start a 9wk run at #1 on the US album chart with "Beatles 65" Released as the North American alternative to "Beatles for Sale" their 5th studio album on @CapitolRecords in the US from the Beatles #EMI releases. The group's fourth #1 US LP | |
| OTD Jan9,1967 | Monkees | #OTD Jan9,1967 The #Monkees TV series S1 E17 "The Case of the Missing Monkee" The #Monkees #PeterTork becomes involved with the disappearance of the respected Professor Milo Schnitzler and then disappears himself @TheMonkees | |
| OTD Jan9,1970 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD Jan9,1970 #LedZeppelin is playing at the Royal Albert Hall. In the audience are #JohnLennon, #EricClapton and #JeffBeck for #JimmyPage's 26th birthday @JimmyPage @ledzeppelin @RoyalAlbertHall | |
| OTD Jan9,1971 | George Harrison | #OTD Jan9,1971 #GeorgeHarrison is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "My Sweet Lord / Isn’t It a Pity" @GeorgeHarrison's 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan9,1982 | Olivia Newton John | #OTD Jan9,1982 #OliviaNewtonJohn s still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Physical" @olivianj's 8th week of a 10 week run at #1 | |
| OTD Jan9,1983 | Phil Collins | #OTD Jan9,1983 #PhilCollins starts a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with his version of "You Can't Hurry Love" originally written & produced by @motown production team Holland–Dozier–Holland a 1966 US #1 for the #Supremes. Phil Collins 1st UK #1 single @PhilCollinsFeed | |
| OTD Jan9,1988 | Whitney Houston | #OTD Jan9,1988 #WhitneyHouston scores her 6th consecutive #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "So Emotional" written by #BillySteinberg and #TomKelly | |
| OTD Jan9,2018 | Paul Goresh | #OTD Jan9,2018 #PaulGoresh RIP dies at the age of 58. He was a freelance photographer who became famous for taking a picture of #JohnLennon in 1980 when the musician signed an autograph for Mark David Chapman. 5 hours later, Chapman would kill Lennon with four shots |