TODAY IN HISTORY – JANUARY 23rd
1948 - Born this day, Anita Pointer, singer, (group: The Pointer Sisters: Fairy Tale, Fire, He’s So Shy, 1981 US No.2 single Slow Hand, Jump [For My Love], 1984 UK No.2 single Automatic, Neutron Dance, I’m So Excited, Dare Me).
1950 - Born this day, Patrick Simmons, singer, musician, guitar, The Doobie Brothers, Listen to the Music, Black Water, 1979 US No.1 single What A Fool Believes, Real Love, 1993 UK No.7 single Long Train Runnin, and solo, So Wrong.
1952 - Born this day, Robin Zander, singer, musician, guitar, Cheap Trick, 1979 UK No.29 and US No.17 single I Want You To Want Me, 1988 US No.1 single The Flame, Ain’t That a Shame, Voices, Dream Police.
1965 - 'Downtown' made Petula Clark the first UK female singer to have a No.1 on the US singles chart since Vera Lynn in 1952. The song was also a No.2 hit in the UK.
1969 - Elvis Presley recorded Suspicious Minds, his last song to hit number one on the US charts.
1971 - Steel Mill played their final show when they appeared at the Upstage Club, Ashbury Park, New Jersey. Singer Bruce Springsteen formed new bands during the rest of the year known under such names as the Bruce Springsteen Jam, Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom, and finally the Bruce Springsteen Band
1971 - George Harrison became the first solo Beatle to have a No.1 when 'My Sweet Lord' went to the top of the UK single charts. The song from his 'All Things Must Pass' album stayed at No.1 for five weeks. The track returned to the top of the UK charts in 2002, following his death.
1974 - Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells opened the credits of the movie, The Exorcist, based on the book by William Peter Blatty. The song received a gold record this day. Mr. Oldfield was a bit surprised when he cracked open the wooden frame and removed the gold-plated disk. When he put it on his stereo, the record went around the OTHER way all by itself and the only sound he heard was that of Linda Blair throwing up pea soup. We heard that the flip side was Sympathy for the Devil, by the Rolling Stones.
1977 - Carole King’s landmark album, Tapestry, became the longest-running album to hit the charts, as it reached its 302nd week on the US album lists.
1978 - Died this day, Terry Kath, member of the rock group Chicago, in Los Angeles, while trying to prove a gun he was cleaning was not loaded. Kath's last words were "Don't worry it's not loaded" as he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger, killing himself instantly. The gruesome accident was witnessed by his horrified wife and a member of the band's sound crew.
1979 - Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys divorced his wife Marilyn. (She was a member of the Honeys and is mother of Wilson Phillips' Wendy and Carnie Wilson).
1986 - Buddy Holly was post-humously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at it's inagural ceremony. Other first inductees included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino.
1988 - Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Way You Make Me Feel' which was also a No.3 hit in the UK.
1990 - Died this day, Allen Collins from Lynyrd Skynyrd, of pneumonia after being ill for several months. Collins had survived a plane crash in 1977 that killed two other band members.
1990 - David Bowie announced his forthcoming and final world tour, Sound And Vision 1990, during which he will invite each local audience to decide on a 'greatest hits' running order, organised through local radio stations.
1991 - John Sebastian, owner and general manager of KLSK FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico, played Led Zeppelins 'Stairway To Heaven' for twenty-four solid hours to inaugurate a format change to Classic Rock. Police showed up with guns drawn: once after a listener reported that the DJ had apparently suffered a heart attack, and later because of suspicion that, this being eight days into the Gulf War, the radio station had been taken hostage by terrorists dispatched by Zeppelin freak Saddam Hussein.
2000 - Santana started a three week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Supernatural', the album which went on to win eight Grammy awards spent a total of nine weeks at No.1 during this year.
2001 - An English coroner criticised the rap singer Eminem's lyrics as depressing at an inquest into the death of a school boy who threw himself in front of a train. The 17 year old boy had printed out the lyrics to Rock Bottom before his death.
2003 - R Kelly was arrested on new child pornography charges. The singer was detained in Miami after police said digital sex pictures were discovered at his home in Florida last June. The singer was already facing 21 charges relating to producing child pornography and appearing in a video having sex with an underage girl. He was charged with a further 12 counts of possession of child pornography.
2014 - Justin Bieber was arrested after racing his yellow Lamborghini against another sports car on a Miami Beach street. Police said the singer did not co-operate when pulled over also charged him with resisting arrest without violence and having an expired driving licence. The 19-year-old singer was granted bail set at $2,500 (£1,500).
1948 - Born this day, Anita Pointer, singer, (group: The Pointer Sisters: Fairy Tale, Fire, He’s So Shy, 1981 US No.2 single Slow Hand, Jump [For My Love], 1984 UK No.2 single Automatic, Neutron Dance, I’m So Excited, Dare Me).
1950 - Born this day, Patrick Simmons, singer, musician, guitar, The Doobie Brothers, Listen to the Music, Black Water, 1979 US No.1 single What A Fool Believes, Real Love, 1993 UK No.7 single Long Train Runnin, and solo, So Wrong.
1952 - Born this day, Robin Zander, singer, musician, guitar, Cheap Trick, 1979 UK No.29 and US No.17 single I Want You To Want Me, 1988 US No.1 single The Flame, Ain’t That a Shame, Voices, Dream Police.
1965 - 'Downtown' made Petula Clark the first UK female singer to have a No.1 on the US singles chart since Vera Lynn in 1952. The song was also a No.2 hit in the UK.
1969 - Elvis Presley recorded Suspicious Minds, his last song to hit number one on the US charts.
1971 - Steel Mill played their final show when they appeared at the Upstage Club, Ashbury Park, New Jersey. Singer Bruce Springsteen formed new bands during the rest of the year known under such names as the Bruce Springsteen Jam, Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom, and finally the Bruce Springsteen Band
1971 - George Harrison became the first solo Beatle to have a No.1 when 'My Sweet Lord' went to the top of the UK single charts. The song from his 'All Things Must Pass' album stayed at No.1 for five weeks. The track returned to the top of the UK charts in 2002, following his death.
1974 - Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells opened the credits of the movie, The Exorcist, based on the book by William Peter Blatty. The song received a gold record this day. Mr. Oldfield was a bit surprised when he cracked open the wooden frame and removed the gold-plated disk. When he put it on his stereo, the record went around the OTHER way all by itself and the only sound he heard was that of Linda Blair throwing up pea soup. We heard that the flip side was Sympathy for the Devil, by the Rolling Stones.
1977 - Carole King’s landmark album, Tapestry, became the longest-running album to hit the charts, as it reached its 302nd week on the US album lists.
1978 - Died this day, Terry Kath, member of the rock group Chicago, in Los Angeles, while trying to prove a gun he was cleaning was not loaded. Kath's last words were "Don't worry it's not loaded" as he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger, killing himself instantly. The gruesome accident was witnessed by his horrified wife and a member of the band's sound crew.
1979 - Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys divorced his wife Marilyn. (She was a member of the Honeys and is mother of Wilson Phillips' Wendy and Carnie Wilson).
1986 - Buddy Holly was post-humously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at it's inagural ceremony. Other first inductees included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino.
1988 - Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Way You Make Me Feel' which was also a No.3 hit in the UK.
1990 - Died this day, Allen Collins from Lynyrd Skynyrd, of pneumonia after being ill for several months. Collins had survived a plane crash in 1977 that killed two other band members.
1990 - David Bowie announced his forthcoming and final world tour, Sound And Vision 1990, during which he will invite each local audience to decide on a 'greatest hits' running order, organised through local radio stations.
1991 - John Sebastian, owner and general manager of KLSK FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico, played Led Zeppelins 'Stairway To Heaven' for twenty-four solid hours to inaugurate a format change to Classic Rock. Police showed up with guns drawn: once after a listener reported that the DJ had apparently suffered a heart attack, and later because of suspicion that, this being eight days into the Gulf War, the radio station had been taken hostage by terrorists dispatched by Zeppelin freak Saddam Hussein.
2000 - Santana started a three week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Supernatural', the album which went on to win eight Grammy awards spent a total of nine weeks at No.1 during this year.
2001 - An English coroner criticised the rap singer Eminem's lyrics as depressing at an inquest into the death of a school boy who threw himself in front of a train. The 17 year old boy had printed out the lyrics to Rock Bottom before his death.
2003 - R Kelly was arrested on new child pornography charges. The singer was detained in Miami after police said digital sex pictures were discovered at his home in Florida last June. The singer was already facing 21 charges relating to producing child pornography and appearing in a video having sex with an underage girl. He was charged with a further 12 counts of possession of child pornography.
2014 - Justin Bieber was arrested after racing his yellow Lamborghini against another sports car on a Miami Beach street. Police said the singer did not co-operate when pulled over also charged him with resisting arrest without violence and having an expired driving licence. The 19-year-old singer was granted bail set at $2,500 (£1,500).