TODAY IN HISTORY – JANUARY 25th
1915 - Born on this day, Folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer Ewan MacColl, who was the composer of 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' a hit for Roberta Flack in 1971 for which he won a Grammy. MacColl died on 22nd October 1989. He was the father of singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl.
1931 - Born on this day, Stig Anderson, songwriter, producer and Abba's manager. Co-wrote some of Abba’s biggest hits, such as ‘Waterloo’, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘S.O.S’, ‘Fernando’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’. Anderson died of a heart attack on 12th Sept 1997.
1938 - Born on this day, Etta James, singer, who had 9 US Top 40 hits during the 60's including the 1996 UK No.5 single 'I Just Want To Make Love To You'. James died on January 20, 2012.
1944 - Born this day, long lanky Anita Pallenberg, in Rome, Italy. Her slight careers in modeling and acting, Candy, Barbarella (both 1968), led to intense drug-addled relationships with Rolling Stones guitarists Brian Jones and then Keith Richards.
1953 - Born on this day, Malcolm Green, drummer with Split Enz who had the 1980 UK No.12 single 'I Got You'.
1956 - Born this day, Andy Cox, musician, guitar, The Beat, Stand Down Margaret, Wha’appen, 1983 UK No.3 single Can't Get Used To Losing You, Fine Young Cannibals, 1989 US No.1 and UK No.5 single She Drives Me Crazy, Johnny Come Home.
1964 - The Beatles scored their first number one best seller in the US when "I Want To Hold Your Hand" reached the top of the Cash Box Magazine music chart. The Fab Four would eventually rack up 25 number ones in America.
1967 - Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick and Paul Kantner became the parents of a baby girl they name 'god', later they changed it to 'China'.
1973 - David Bowie finished a week of rehearsals at the Royal Ballroon, Tottenham, London, for the forthcoming UK leg of his Ziggy Stardust tour. Bowie had already played dates in North America and Japan, the tour saw the singer playing a total of 182 dates.
1980 - Paul McCartney was released after nine days in a Tokyo jail for marijuana possession.
1983 - The Allman Brothers bassist Lamar Williams died of lung cancer age 34. He joined the band in 1972 after the death of original bassist Berry Oakley.
1981 - Born this day, Alica Keys, singer, 2001 US No.1 single Fallin' and 2001 US No.1 album Songs In A Minor.
1984 - Yoko Ono donated £250,000 ($375,000) to Liverpool old people's home (retirement home) - Strawberry Fields. It was the inspiration for John Lennon's song.
1986 - A-Ha were at No.1 in the UK with The Sun Always Shines On TV.
1986 - US manager Albert Grossman died of a heart attack while flying on Concorde from New York to London. He managed Bob Dylan, (between 1962 and 1970), Peter, Paul and Mary, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren. Grossman built the Bearsville Recording Studio near Woodstock in 1969 and in 1970 he founded Bearsville Records.
1989 - Madonna started divorce proceedings for the second time from Sean Penn at Los Angeles County Court and moved into a new three bedroom house in Hollywood Hills.
1994 - Michael Jackson reached a multi-million dollar settlement with a boy who had accused him of sexual molestation.
1997 - White Town went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Your Woman.
2001 - Celine Dion gave birth to her first child, a boy weighing 6lb 8oz (2.94Kg). Born three weeks early he was named Renee George.
2001 - Millionaire pop impresario Jonathan King was charged with a further ten offences of sexually abusing children. The charges dated back to the 1970's, King was granted bail.
2003 - Billy Joel totaled his Mercedes on a Long Island highway, he only received facial cuts.
2004 - Bob Dylan was paid by ladies underwear company Victoria’s Secret to fly to Venice in Northern Italy, to film a TV advertisement in an ancient palazzo with a scantily dressed model. Some fans were upset while others empathized with Dylan.
2005 - Ray Peterson, the voice behind the June 1960, US No.7 hit, 'Tell Laura I Love Her' passed away at the age of 65. After the hit records stopped coming in the early '70s, Peterson became a Baptist Church minister and occasionally played the oldies music circuit.
2012 – The most played song on NZ radio this past week has been “It Will Rain” by Bruno Mars from the Twilight vampire flick “Breaking Dawn”. Also announced that Bruno had the 2 most downloaded songs of 2011 with “Just the way you are” (over 12 million) and “Grenade” (over 10 million).
2014 - Susan Boyle applied for a minimum wage, £6-an-hour cashier's job after spotting a job advert in the window of her local bookmakers, Ladbrokes, in Blackburn, west Lothian. Upon reading the advert the singer who is said to worth over £20m entered the premises and spent around five minutes talking to the shop's deputy manager David Corr about the role.
1915 - Born on this day, Folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer Ewan MacColl, who was the composer of 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' a hit for Roberta Flack in 1971 for which he won a Grammy. MacColl died on 22nd October 1989. He was the father of singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl.
1931 - Born on this day, Stig Anderson, songwriter, producer and Abba's manager. Co-wrote some of Abba’s biggest hits, such as ‘Waterloo’, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘S.O.S’, ‘Fernando’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’. Anderson died of a heart attack on 12th Sept 1997.
1938 - Born on this day, Etta James, singer, who had 9 US Top 40 hits during the 60's including the 1996 UK No.5 single 'I Just Want To Make Love To You'. James died on January 20, 2012.
1944 - Born this day, long lanky Anita Pallenberg, in Rome, Italy. Her slight careers in modeling and acting, Candy, Barbarella (both 1968), led to intense drug-addled relationships with Rolling Stones guitarists Brian Jones and then Keith Richards.
1953 - Born on this day, Malcolm Green, drummer with Split Enz who had the 1980 UK No.12 single 'I Got You'.
1956 - Born this day, Andy Cox, musician, guitar, The Beat, Stand Down Margaret, Wha’appen, 1983 UK No.3 single Can't Get Used To Losing You, Fine Young Cannibals, 1989 US No.1 and UK No.5 single She Drives Me Crazy, Johnny Come Home.
1964 - The Beatles scored their first number one best seller in the US when "I Want To Hold Your Hand" reached the top of the Cash Box Magazine music chart. The Fab Four would eventually rack up 25 number ones in America.
1967 - Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick and Paul Kantner became the parents of a baby girl they name 'god', later they changed it to 'China'.
1973 - David Bowie finished a week of rehearsals at the Royal Ballroon, Tottenham, London, for the forthcoming UK leg of his Ziggy Stardust tour. Bowie had already played dates in North America and Japan, the tour saw the singer playing a total of 182 dates.
1980 - Paul McCartney was released after nine days in a Tokyo jail for marijuana possession.
1983 - The Allman Brothers bassist Lamar Williams died of lung cancer age 34. He joined the band in 1972 after the death of original bassist Berry Oakley.
1981 - Born this day, Alica Keys, singer, 2001 US No.1 single Fallin' and 2001 US No.1 album Songs In A Minor.
1984 - Yoko Ono donated £250,000 ($375,000) to Liverpool old people's home (retirement home) - Strawberry Fields. It was the inspiration for John Lennon's song.
1986 - A-Ha were at No.1 in the UK with The Sun Always Shines On TV.
1986 - US manager Albert Grossman died of a heart attack while flying on Concorde from New York to London. He managed Bob Dylan, (between 1962 and 1970), Peter, Paul and Mary, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren. Grossman built the Bearsville Recording Studio near Woodstock in 1969 and in 1970 he founded Bearsville Records.
1989 - Madonna started divorce proceedings for the second time from Sean Penn at Los Angeles County Court and moved into a new three bedroom house in Hollywood Hills.
1994 - Michael Jackson reached a multi-million dollar settlement with a boy who had accused him of sexual molestation.
1997 - White Town went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Your Woman.
2001 - Celine Dion gave birth to her first child, a boy weighing 6lb 8oz (2.94Kg). Born three weeks early he was named Renee George.
2001 - Millionaire pop impresario Jonathan King was charged with a further ten offences of sexually abusing children. The charges dated back to the 1970's, King was granted bail.
2003 - Billy Joel totaled his Mercedes on a Long Island highway, he only received facial cuts.
2004 - Bob Dylan was paid by ladies underwear company Victoria’s Secret to fly to Venice in Northern Italy, to film a TV advertisement in an ancient palazzo with a scantily dressed model. Some fans were upset while others empathized with Dylan.
2005 - Ray Peterson, the voice behind the June 1960, US No.7 hit, 'Tell Laura I Love Her' passed away at the age of 65. After the hit records stopped coming in the early '70s, Peterson became a Baptist Church minister and occasionally played the oldies music circuit.
2012 – The most played song on NZ radio this past week has been “It Will Rain” by Bruno Mars from the Twilight vampire flick “Breaking Dawn”. Also announced that Bruno had the 2 most downloaded songs of 2011 with “Just the way you are” (over 12 million) and “Grenade” (over 10 million).
2014 - Susan Boyle applied for a minimum wage, £6-an-hour cashier's job after spotting a job advert in the window of her local bookmakers, Ladbrokes, in Blackburn, west Lothian. Upon reading the advert the singer who is said to worth over £20m entered the premises and spent around five minutes talking to the shop's deputy manager David Corr about the role.