TODAY IN HISTORY – JANUARY 16th
1944 - Born this day, Jim Stafford, singer, (My Girl Bill, Spiders and Snakes, Wildwood Weed, [w/John Hadley]: You Can’t Get the Hell out of Texas).
1946 - Born on this day, Ronnie Milsap, country music singer and pianist. He became country music's first well-known blind singer, and one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time scoring the crossover hits, 'It Was Almost Like a Song,' 'Smoky Mountain Rain,' and 'Stranger in My House.' He is credited with six Grammy awards.
1957 - The Cavern Club opened for business in Liverpool, England. The rock club was just a hangout for commoners. Then, things changed. It all started in the early ’60s when four kids from the neighbourhood popped in to jam. They, of course, turned out to be The Beatles.
1959 - Born this day, Sade [Helen Folasade Adu], in Ibadan, Nigeria, singer, (group: Sade: LPs: Diamond Life, Promise, Stronger than Pride, Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer, 1984 UK No.6 single Your Love Is King, 1985 US No.5 single Smooth Operator).
1970 - Two days after it opened, the Bag One Gallery in London, England was raided by Scotland Yard. The police remove eight John Lennon erotic lithographs under the Obscene Publications Act.
1973 - Bruce Springsteen appeared at Villanova University, Philadelphia, to an audience of 25 people. Due to a strike at the time by Villanova's school newspaper The Villanovan, this concert went unadvertised, so this is probably the smallest crowd Bruce and The E Street Band have ever played in front of.
1976 - The album, Frampton Comes Alive, was released by Herb Alpert’s A&M Records. The double LP soon reached the top spot of the album charts and stayed perched there for 17 weeks. It sold 19 million copies in its first year in the record racks.
1978 - Sid Vicious fell through a glass door at a San Francisco hotel, took a drug overdose and was rushed to hospital.
1979 - Born this day, Aaliya, singer, actress, 2000 US No.1 single Try Again, 2002 UK No.1 single More Than A Woman. Killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas 25 August 2001.
1979 - Cher's divorce from Gregg Allman was finalised.
1980 - Paul McCartney was jailed for nine days in Tokyo for marijuana possession, after being found with 219g on his arrival at Narita Airport.
1981 - Born on this day, Nick Valensi, guitarist with The Strokes who had the 2001 UK #14 single 'Last Nite' and the 2001 UK #2 album Is This It?' Valensi is married to TV presenter Amanda de Cadenet (who was formally married to Duran Duran bassist John Taylor).
1984 - Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested in Barbados for drug possession and were each fined $200.
1985 - David Bowie's schizophrenic half-brother Terry Burnes killed himself after laying down on the railway lines at Coulsdon South station, London. He was killed instantly by a passing train. He was 47.
1987 - TV presenter Jools Holland was suspended from Channel 4's UK music show The Tube for 6 weeks, after using the phrase 'groovy fuckers' during a live trailer broadcast in children's hour.
1988 - 24 years after The Beatles first topped the chart, George Harrison went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Got My Mind Set On You' an old favorite of George's that was originally recorded by James Ray in 1962. In the UK, Harrison's version spent four weeks at No.2.
1988 - George Michael started a 12 week run at No.1 in the US album charts with his debut solo album Faith, which went on to sell over 8 million copies.
1988 - Tina Turner gave herself a place in the record books when she performed in front of 182,000 people, the largest audience ever for a single artist, in Rio De Janerio.
1988 - Former Go-Go's singer Belinda Carlisle scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth.' The promotional video was directed by Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton and features an appearance of Carlisle's husband Morgan Mason.
1989 - Michael Jackson played the first of five nights at the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. These were the last shows on the singers Bad World Tour. Jackson donated more than $1m of the final concert's takings to an organisation fighting child cruelty.
1990 - Ike Turner was convicted of driving under the influence of cocaine and being under the influence of cocaine and sentenced to a four year prison sentence in California
1992 - Eric Clapton recorded his unplugged session for MTV.
1996 - Jamaican authorities opened fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono was also on the plane; neither singer was injured in the incident. The incident inspired Buffett to write a song called 'Jamaica Mistaica'.
1999 - Norman Cook scored his third UK No.1 single under the name of Fatboy Slim with 'Praise You'. The song features the prominent vocal sample "Praise You" from the opening of 'Take Yo' Praise' by Camille Yarbrough. Cook's other No.1's had been with The Housemartins and Beats International.
2000 - It was reported that Mick Jagger had lost the chance of a knighthood because of his errant ways. British Prime Minister Tony Blair had second thoughts about the message it would give about family values.
2003 - Steve Strange former front man of 1980's band Visage told a London court he was robbed of a bracelet given to him by Kylie Minogue after being beaten over the head in central London. A man had been arrested for the attack.
2004 - Michael Jackson appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to seven charges of child molestation. The singer who arrived 21 minutes late was told off by the Santa Barbara judge saying 'Mr Jackson, you have started out on the wrong foot here, it is an insult to the court.'
2005 - The Killers started a two week run at No.1 on the UK charts with their debut album 'Hot Fuss.' The Las Vegas band also entered the UK singles chart at No.3 with 'Somebody Told Me'. Green Day were at No.1 on the US album chart with 'American Idiot.'
2009 - Boy George was sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted of falsely imprisoning a male escort. The Culture Club frontman denied the charge at Snaresbrook crown court and claimed the victim, Norwegian Audun Carlsen, 29, had stolen photos from his laptop. The singer told police he invited Carlsen back to his home after a cocaine-fuelled pornographic photo shoot in January, 2007, because he suspected the Norwegian of stealing pictures from his computer. He admitted handcuffing Carlsen to a wall in April 2007 but said he did so in order to trace the missing property.
2013 - It was announced that Joe Strummer was to have a city square named after him in Spain following a Facebook campaign. More than 2,000 residents of Granada, where The Clash frontman became a frequent visitor, signed a petition calling for him to be honoured. City hall officials agreed to the proposals and a square in the area was set to be renamed Plaza de Joe Strummer.
2013 – Most played song on NZ radio in the past week is “I Knew You Were Trouble” by Taylor Swift.
1944 - Born this day, Jim Stafford, singer, (My Girl Bill, Spiders and Snakes, Wildwood Weed, [w/John Hadley]: You Can’t Get the Hell out of Texas).
1946 - Born on this day, Ronnie Milsap, country music singer and pianist. He became country music's first well-known blind singer, and one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time scoring the crossover hits, 'It Was Almost Like a Song,' 'Smoky Mountain Rain,' and 'Stranger in My House.' He is credited with six Grammy awards.
1957 - The Cavern Club opened for business in Liverpool, England. The rock club was just a hangout for commoners. Then, things changed. It all started in the early ’60s when four kids from the neighbourhood popped in to jam. They, of course, turned out to be The Beatles.
1959 - Born this day, Sade [Helen Folasade Adu], in Ibadan, Nigeria, singer, (group: Sade: LPs: Diamond Life, Promise, Stronger than Pride, Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer, 1984 UK No.6 single Your Love Is King, 1985 US No.5 single Smooth Operator).
1970 - Two days after it opened, the Bag One Gallery in London, England was raided by Scotland Yard. The police remove eight John Lennon erotic lithographs under the Obscene Publications Act.
1973 - Bruce Springsteen appeared at Villanova University, Philadelphia, to an audience of 25 people. Due to a strike at the time by Villanova's school newspaper The Villanovan, this concert went unadvertised, so this is probably the smallest crowd Bruce and The E Street Band have ever played in front of.
1976 - The album, Frampton Comes Alive, was released by Herb Alpert’s A&M Records. The double LP soon reached the top spot of the album charts and stayed perched there for 17 weeks. It sold 19 million copies in its first year in the record racks.
1978 - Sid Vicious fell through a glass door at a San Francisco hotel, took a drug overdose and was rushed to hospital.
1979 - Born this day, Aaliya, singer, actress, 2000 US No.1 single Try Again, 2002 UK No.1 single More Than A Woman. Killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas 25 August 2001.
1979 - Cher's divorce from Gregg Allman was finalised.
1980 - Paul McCartney was jailed for nine days in Tokyo for marijuana possession, after being found with 219g on his arrival at Narita Airport.
1981 - Born on this day, Nick Valensi, guitarist with The Strokes who had the 2001 UK #14 single 'Last Nite' and the 2001 UK #2 album Is This It?' Valensi is married to TV presenter Amanda de Cadenet (who was formally married to Duran Duran bassist John Taylor).
1984 - Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested in Barbados for drug possession and were each fined $200.
1985 - David Bowie's schizophrenic half-brother Terry Burnes killed himself after laying down on the railway lines at Coulsdon South station, London. He was killed instantly by a passing train. He was 47.
1987 - TV presenter Jools Holland was suspended from Channel 4's UK music show The Tube for 6 weeks, after using the phrase 'groovy fuckers' during a live trailer broadcast in children's hour.
1988 - 24 years after The Beatles first topped the chart, George Harrison went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Got My Mind Set On You' an old favorite of George's that was originally recorded by James Ray in 1962. In the UK, Harrison's version spent four weeks at No.2.
1988 - George Michael started a 12 week run at No.1 in the US album charts with his debut solo album Faith, which went on to sell over 8 million copies.
1988 - Tina Turner gave herself a place in the record books when she performed in front of 182,000 people, the largest audience ever for a single artist, in Rio De Janerio.
1988 - Former Go-Go's singer Belinda Carlisle scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth.' The promotional video was directed by Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton and features an appearance of Carlisle's husband Morgan Mason.
1989 - Michael Jackson played the first of five nights at the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. These were the last shows on the singers Bad World Tour. Jackson donated more than $1m of the final concert's takings to an organisation fighting child cruelty.
1990 - Ike Turner was convicted of driving under the influence of cocaine and being under the influence of cocaine and sentenced to a four year prison sentence in California
1992 - Eric Clapton recorded his unplugged session for MTV.
1996 - Jamaican authorities opened fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono was also on the plane; neither singer was injured in the incident. The incident inspired Buffett to write a song called 'Jamaica Mistaica'.
1999 - Norman Cook scored his third UK No.1 single under the name of Fatboy Slim with 'Praise You'. The song features the prominent vocal sample "Praise You" from the opening of 'Take Yo' Praise' by Camille Yarbrough. Cook's other No.1's had been with The Housemartins and Beats International.
2000 - It was reported that Mick Jagger had lost the chance of a knighthood because of his errant ways. British Prime Minister Tony Blair had second thoughts about the message it would give about family values.
2003 - Steve Strange former front man of 1980's band Visage told a London court he was robbed of a bracelet given to him by Kylie Minogue after being beaten over the head in central London. A man had been arrested for the attack.
2004 - Michael Jackson appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to seven charges of child molestation. The singer who arrived 21 minutes late was told off by the Santa Barbara judge saying 'Mr Jackson, you have started out on the wrong foot here, it is an insult to the court.'
2005 - The Killers started a two week run at No.1 on the UK charts with their debut album 'Hot Fuss.' The Las Vegas band also entered the UK singles chart at No.3 with 'Somebody Told Me'. Green Day were at No.1 on the US album chart with 'American Idiot.'
2009 - Boy George was sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted of falsely imprisoning a male escort. The Culture Club frontman denied the charge at Snaresbrook crown court and claimed the victim, Norwegian Audun Carlsen, 29, had stolen photos from his laptop. The singer told police he invited Carlsen back to his home after a cocaine-fuelled pornographic photo shoot in January, 2007, because he suspected the Norwegian of stealing pictures from his computer. He admitted handcuffing Carlsen to a wall in April 2007 but said he did so in order to trace the missing property.
2013 - It was announced that Joe Strummer was to have a city square named after him in Spain following a Facebook campaign. More than 2,000 residents of Granada, where The Clash frontman became a frequent visitor, signed a petition calling for him to be honoured. City hall officials agreed to the proposals and a square in the area was set to be renamed Plaza de Joe Strummer.
2013 – Most played song on NZ radio in the past week is “I Knew You Were Trouble” by Taylor Swift.