TODAY IN HISTORY - January 29th
1889 - Born this day, Leadbelly [Hurrdi William Ledbetter], blues musician. Died 6 December 1949. Wrote Goodnight Irene, The Rock Island Line, The Midnight Special, was once jailed for shooting a man dead during an argument over a woman.
1944 - Born on this day, Andrew Loog Oldham, producer, manager and the first Rolling Stones manager. Oldham launched the Immediate label in 1965 which enjoyed 24 UK Top 50 hits. Also worked with Small Faces, John Mayall, Rod Stewart, The Nice, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and the Amen Corner.
1947 - Born this day, David Byron, singer, Uriah Heep, 1975 UK No.7 album Return To Fantasy, Gypsy, Salisbury, July Morning, Easy Livin’, Stalkers and Spice. Died 28 February 1985.
1952 - Born on this day, Thomas Erdelyi, (Tommy Ramone), Hungarian drummer with the Ramones, who had the 1977 UK No.22 single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'. Erdelyi also worked as a record producer and was an assistant engineer for the production of the Jimi Hendrix album Band of Gypsys.
1953 - Born this day, Louie Perez, Los Lobos, 1987 UK and US No.1 single La Bamba.
1954 - Born on this day, Rob Manzoli singer from Right Said Fred who had the 1991 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'I'm Too Sexy', 1993 UK No.1 album 'Up'.
1961 - Bob Dylan achieved his dream of meeting his idol Woody Guthrie when Guthrie was on weekend release from hospital where he was being treated for Huntington's Chorea. Dylan told him; ‘I was a Woody Guthrie jukebox’. Guthrie gave Dylan a card which said: ‘I ain't dead yet’.
1968 - Born this day, Heather Mills, model. More famous for being married to Paul McCartney and then splitting.
1968 - The Doors appeared at The Pussy Cat A Go Go, Las Vegas. After the show singer Jim Morrison taunts a security guard in the parking lot by pretending to smoke a joint, resulting in a fight. The police arrive who arrest Morrison and charge him with vagrancy, public drunkenness, and failure to possess sufficient identification.
1969 - Fleetwood Mac had their only UK No.1 single with the instrumental 'Albatross' which was composed by guitarist Peter Green. 'Albatross' is the only Fleetwood Mac composition with the distinction of having inspired a Beatles song, 'Sun King' from 1969's Abbey Road.
1972 - The triple album The Concert For Bangladesh went to No.1 on the UK album chart, organised by George Harrison to raise funds for the people caught up in the war and famine from the area.
1977 - Former backing band for the Temptations, Rose Royce, went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Car Wash, it made No.9 in the UK. It came from the movie of the same name. The song stayed at the peak of the pop charts for one week, then faded away.
1979 - Teenager Brenda Spencer made national US headlines when she suddenly started shooting at people with a gun at school killing two people. When asked why she did it, she answered 'I Don't like Mondays' which would inspire the hit song from The Boomtown Rats.
1982 - Flying Back from Cannes, France, Gary Numan made a forced landing after running low on fuel at an RAF base outside Southampton, the press ran stories that he had in fact crash landed on the A3057.
1982 - Shakin' Stevens was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Oh Julie', the Welsh singers third UK No.1. Barry Manilow covered the song in the US.
1983 - Australian group Men At Work went to No.1 on the British and American singles and album charts simultaneously with Down Under, and Business As Usual. The last artist to achieve this was Rod Stewart in 1971.
1983 - Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks married Kim Anderson, a Warner Brothers records promotion man.
1989 - Marc Almond started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart, with guest vocals from Gene Pitney.
1994 - The Supremes' Mary Wilson was injured when her jeep crashed on a freeway and turned over just outside of Los Angeles, California. Wilson's 14-year old son was killed in the accident.
1996 - George Michael had the UK No.1 single with 'Jesus To A Child', the singers sixth UK No.1 as a solo artist and the first single from his come-back album 'Older', (after lengthy litigation with his record company).
2009 - Singer-songwriter John Martyn died in hospital in Ireland at the age of 60. The folk, blues and funk artist was widely regarded as one of the most soulful and innovative singer-songwriters of his generation and had been cited as an influence by artists as varied as U2, Portishead and Eric Clapton.
2009 - Former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson made the largest ever leap to number one in US chart history, rising 96 places. Her single, My Life Would Suck Without You, rose from 97 to the top of the Billboard chart after selling 280,000 downloads in its first week of release. A clip from the video for the single was premiered in the commercial break of that week's episode of American Idol.
2010 - Sly Stone filed a $50m (£30.9m) legal claim against his former manager, alleging fraud and 20 years of stolen royalties. The 66-year-old funk musician of the 1970s group Sly and the Family Stone, claimed in the Los Angeles Superior Court that Jerry Goldstein diverted millions in royalties to fund a lavish lifestyle.
2014 - More than 100,000 people signed a petition to deport Canadian citizen Justin Bieber out of America. The campaign followed his arrest earlier this month for drunk driving and driving without a valid license. According to US Government protocol, once a petition has over 100,000 signatures, it must be reviewed by White House staff, who will have to respond to it.
1889 - Born this day, Leadbelly [Hurrdi William Ledbetter], blues musician. Died 6 December 1949. Wrote Goodnight Irene, The Rock Island Line, The Midnight Special, was once jailed for shooting a man dead during an argument over a woman.
1944 - Born on this day, Andrew Loog Oldham, producer, manager and the first Rolling Stones manager. Oldham launched the Immediate label in 1965 which enjoyed 24 UK Top 50 hits. Also worked with Small Faces, John Mayall, Rod Stewart, The Nice, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and the Amen Corner.
1947 - Born this day, David Byron, singer, Uriah Heep, 1975 UK No.7 album Return To Fantasy, Gypsy, Salisbury, July Morning, Easy Livin’, Stalkers and Spice. Died 28 February 1985.
1952 - Born on this day, Thomas Erdelyi, (Tommy Ramone), Hungarian drummer with the Ramones, who had the 1977 UK No.22 single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'. Erdelyi also worked as a record producer and was an assistant engineer for the production of the Jimi Hendrix album Band of Gypsys.
1953 - Born this day, Louie Perez, Los Lobos, 1987 UK and US No.1 single La Bamba.
1954 - Born on this day, Rob Manzoli singer from Right Said Fred who had the 1991 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'I'm Too Sexy', 1993 UK No.1 album 'Up'.
1961 - Bob Dylan achieved his dream of meeting his idol Woody Guthrie when Guthrie was on weekend release from hospital where he was being treated for Huntington's Chorea. Dylan told him; ‘I was a Woody Guthrie jukebox’. Guthrie gave Dylan a card which said: ‘I ain't dead yet’.
1968 - Born this day, Heather Mills, model. More famous for being married to Paul McCartney and then splitting.
1968 - The Doors appeared at The Pussy Cat A Go Go, Las Vegas. After the show singer Jim Morrison taunts a security guard in the parking lot by pretending to smoke a joint, resulting in a fight. The police arrive who arrest Morrison and charge him with vagrancy, public drunkenness, and failure to possess sufficient identification.
1969 - Fleetwood Mac had their only UK No.1 single with the instrumental 'Albatross' which was composed by guitarist Peter Green. 'Albatross' is the only Fleetwood Mac composition with the distinction of having inspired a Beatles song, 'Sun King' from 1969's Abbey Road.
1972 - The triple album The Concert For Bangladesh went to No.1 on the UK album chart, organised by George Harrison to raise funds for the people caught up in the war and famine from the area.
1977 - Former backing band for the Temptations, Rose Royce, went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Car Wash, it made No.9 in the UK. It came from the movie of the same name. The song stayed at the peak of the pop charts for one week, then faded away.
1979 - Teenager Brenda Spencer made national US headlines when she suddenly started shooting at people with a gun at school killing two people. When asked why she did it, she answered 'I Don't like Mondays' which would inspire the hit song from The Boomtown Rats.
1982 - Flying Back from Cannes, France, Gary Numan made a forced landing after running low on fuel at an RAF base outside Southampton, the press ran stories that he had in fact crash landed on the A3057.
1982 - Shakin' Stevens was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Oh Julie', the Welsh singers third UK No.1. Barry Manilow covered the song in the US.
1983 - Australian group Men At Work went to No.1 on the British and American singles and album charts simultaneously with Down Under, and Business As Usual. The last artist to achieve this was Rod Stewart in 1971.
1983 - Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks married Kim Anderson, a Warner Brothers records promotion man.
1989 - Marc Almond started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart, with guest vocals from Gene Pitney.
1994 - The Supremes' Mary Wilson was injured when her jeep crashed on a freeway and turned over just outside of Los Angeles, California. Wilson's 14-year old son was killed in the accident.
1996 - George Michael had the UK No.1 single with 'Jesus To A Child', the singers sixth UK No.1 as a solo artist and the first single from his come-back album 'Older', (after lengthy litigation with his record company).
2009 - Singer-songwriter John Martyn died in hospital in Ireland at the age of 60. The folk, blues and funk artist was widely regarded as one of the most soulful and innovative singer-songwriters of his generation and had been cited as an influence by artists as varied as U2, Portishead and Eric Clapton.
2009 - Former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson made the largest ever leap to number one in US chart history, rising 96 places. Her single, My Life Would Suck Without You, rose from 97 to the top of the Billboard chart after selling 280,000 downloads in its first week of release. A clip from the video for the single was premiered in the commercial break of that week's episode of American Idol.
2010 - Sly Stone filed a $50m (£30.9m) legal claim against his former manager, alleging fraud and 20 years of stolen royalties. The 66-year-old funk musician of the 1970s group Sly and the Family Stone, claimed in the Los Angeles Superior Court that Jerry Goldstein diverted millions in royalties to fund a lavish lifestyle.
2014 - More than 100,000 people signed a petition to deport Canadian citizen Justin Bieber out of America. The campaign followed his arrest earlier this month for drunk driving and driving without a valid license. According to US Government protocol, once a petition has over 100,000 signatures, it must be reviewed by White House staff, who will have to respond to it.