TODAY IN HISTORY – JANUARY 9TH
1920 - Born this day, Clive Dunn, UK comic actor, (Dad's Army), singer, 1970 UK No.1 single Grandad. (Died 2012)
1941 - Born on this day, Joan Baez, US folk rock singer, songwriter, (1971 US No.3 & UK No.6 single 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down').
1944 - Born this day, Jimmy Page, guitarist, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, their 4th album released in 1971 features Stairway To Heaven, also as a session guitarist played on Here Comes The Night by Them, Shout by Lulu and also The Who's Can't Explain.
1951 - Born this day, Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb), in Kentucky, singer, 1977 US No.2 and UK No.5 single Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue, Half the Way. Loretta Lynn’s sister.
1961 - Bob Newhart went to No.1 on the US album chart with The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!.
1963 - Drummer Charlie Watts joined The Rolling Stones after leaving Blues Incorporated.
1967 - Born this day, Dave Matthews, guitarist, vocals, Dave Matthews Band, 1998 US No.1 album Before These Crowded Streets, 2001 US No.1 album Everyday, 2001 UK No.35 single The Space Between.
1970 - During a UK tour Led Zeppelin appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London, the night of Jimmy Page's 26th birthday. (John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck were all in the audience). The two and a quarter hour set was recorded and filmed but shelved for several decades, eventually seeing a release on a 2003 official DVD.
1971 - TV's Dads Army star Clive Dunn was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Grandad.
1973 - Lou Reed married a cocktail waitress called Betty, in New York.
1973 - Mick Jagger was refused a Japanese visa on an account of a 1969 drug conviction causing the band to cancel a tour.
1976 - Queen were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. The single enjoyed a nine week run on the chart selling more than a million copies by the end of the month. It reached No.1 again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third best selling single of all time.
1978 - Born this day, Alex Mclean, Backstreet Boys, 1996 UK No.3 single We've Got It Going On, 1997 US No.2 single Quit Playing Games With My Heart, 1999 UK No.1 single I Want It That Way.
1981 - Terry Hall and Jerry Dammers from The Specials were both fined £400 ($680) after being found guilty of using threatening words during a gig in Cambridge, England.
1982 - The Human League went back to No.1 on the UK album chart for three weeks with Dare.
1987 - Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a singer/songwriter from Paisley, Scotland. His father is of Italian descent, from Barga, Tuscany and his mother is Glaswegian, although his father's family have been in Scotland for four generations[1].
1988 - Whitney Houston scored her sixth consecutive No.1 in the US with 'So Emotional'.
1997 - David Bowie performed his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, New York with guests Frank Black, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, The Foo Fighters, Lou Reed, and Billy Corgan and Placebo. Proceeds from the concert went to the Save The Children fund.
2000 - The chauffeur who drove Puff Daddy and his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez from a night-club after a shooting was reported to be co-operating with prosecutors. Puff Daddy faced up to 15 years in jail for allegedly pulling a gun in a New York club.
2000 - The chauffeur who drove Puff Daddy and his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez from a night-club after a shooting was reported to be co-operating with prosecutors. Puff Daddy faced up to 15 years in jail for allegedly pulling a gun in a New York club.
2005 - Elvis Presley went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Jailhouse Rock.' The single sold just 21,262 copies to reach No.1, the lowest sales ever for a UK chart topper since data began in 1969. The single was released to celebrate the 70th anniversary of his birth, a previous Elvis chart topper was re-released each week.
2008 - Sugababes singer Amelle Berrabah was arrested after an alleged attack on a car in Aldershot, Hampshire. She was bailed to appear at Aldershot police station later in the month.
2008 - Spice Girl Victoria Beckham was named the worst dressed celebrity in an annual list of fashion disasters. Fashion critic Richard Blackwell, who had compiled the poll every year since 1960, said Beckham stepped out in "one skinny-mini monstrosity after another". Amy Winehouse's trademark beehive and tattoos helped earn her second place in the list.
2009 - Dave Dee died at the age of 65, following a three-year battle with cancer. The UK singer had eight top 10 hits, with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich including a UK number one single in 1968 with 'The Legend of Xanadu', in which Dee famously cracked a whip. The singer, whose real name was David Harman, was originally a police officer and as a police cadet was called to the scene of the car crash that killed Eddie Cochrane during a UK tour in 1960.
2014 - Rolling Stone magazine published their Readers Poll: The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time. The top 5 were: 5. Led Zeppelin - 'Physical Graffiti', 4. Bruce Springsteen - 'The River', 3. The Rolling Stones - 'Exile on Main Street', 2. Pink Floyd - 'The Wall', and winning the poll was The Beatles - 'The White Album'.
1920 - Born this day, Clive Dunn, UK comic actor, (Dad's Army), singer, 1970 UK No.1 single Grandad. (Died 2012)
1941 - Born on this day, Joan Baez, US folk rock singer, songwriter, (1971 US No.3 & UK No.6 single 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down').
1944 - Born this day, Jimmy Page, guitarist, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, their 4th album released in 1971 features Stairway To Heaven, also as a session guitarist played on Here Comes The Night by Them, Shout by Lulu and also The Who's Can't Explain.
1951 - Born this day, Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb), in Kentucky, singer, 1977 US No.2 and UK No.5 single Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue, Half the Way. Loretta Lynn’s sister.
1961 - Bob Newhart went to No.1 on the US album chart with The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!.
1963 - Drummer Charlie Watts joined The Rolling Stones after leaving Blues Incorporated.
1967 - Born this day, Dave Matthews, guitarist, vocals, Dave Matthews Band, 1998 US No.1 album Before These Crowded Streets, 2001 US No.1 album Everyday, 2001 UK No.35 single The Space Between.
1970 - During a UK tour Led Zeppelin appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London, the night of Jimmy Page's 26th birthday. (John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck were all in the audience). The two and a quarter hour set was recorded and filmed but shelved for several decades, eventually seeing a release on a 2003 official DVD.
1971 - TV's Dads Army star Clive Dunn was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Grandad.
1973 - Lou Reed married a cocktail waitress called Betty, in New York.
1973 - Mick Jagger was refused a Japanese visa on an account of a 1969 drug conviction causing the band to cancel a tour.
1976 - Queen were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. The single enjoyed a nine week run on the chart selling more than a million copies by the end of the month. It reached No.1 again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third best selling single of all time.
1978 - Born this day, Alex Mclean, Backstreet Boys, 1996 UK No.3 single We've Got It Going On, 1997 US No.2 single Quit Playing Games With My Heart, 1999 UK No.1 single I Want It That Way.
1981 - Terry Hall and Jerry Dammers from The Specials were both fined £400 ($680) after being found guilty of using threatening words during a gig in Cambridge, England.
1982 - The Human League went back to No.1 on the UK album chart for three weeks with Dare.
1987 - Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a singer/songwriter from Paisley, Scotland. His father is of Italian descent, from Barga, Tuscany and his mother is Glaswegian, although his father's family have been in Scotland for four generations[1].
1988 - Whitney Houston scored her sixth consecutive No.1 in the US with 'So Emotional'.
1997 - David Bowie performed his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, New York with guests Frank Black, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, The Foo Fighters, Lou Reed, and Billy Corgan and Placebo. Proceeds from the concert went to the Save The Children fund.
2000 - The chauffeur who drove Puff Daddy and his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez from a night-club after a shooting was reported to be co-operating with prosecutors. Puff Daddy faced up to 15 years in jail for allegedly pulling a gun in a New York club.
2000 - The chauffeur who drove Puff Daddy and his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez from a night-club after a shooting was reported to be co-operating with prosecutors. Puff Daddy faced up to 15 years in jail for allegedly pulling a gun in a New York club.
2005 - Elvis Presley went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Jailhouse Rock.' The single sold just 21,262 copies to reach No.1, the lowest sales ever for a UK chart topper since data began in 1969. The single was released to celebrate the 70th anniversary of his birth, a previous Elvis chart topper was re-released each week.
2008 - Sugababes singer Amelle Berrabah was arrested after an alleged attack on a car in Aldershot, Hampshire. She was bailed to appear at Aldershot police station later in the month.
2008 - Spice Girl Victoria Beckham was named the worst dressed celebrity in an annual list of fashion disasters. Fashion critic Richard Blackwell, who had compiled the poll every year since 1960, said Beckham stepped out in "one skinny-mini monstrosity after another". Amy Winehouse's trademark beehive and tattoos helped earn her second place in the list.
2009 - Dave Dee died at the age of 65, following a three-year battle with cancer. The UK singer had eight top 10 hits, with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich including a UK number one single in 1968 with 'The Legend of Xanadu', in which Dee famously cracked a whip. The singer, whose real name was David Harman, was originally a police officer and as a police cadet was called to the scene of the car crash that killed Eddie Cochrane during a UK tour in 1960.
2014 - Rolling Stone magazine published their Readers Poll: The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time. The top 5 were: 5. Led Zeppelin - 'Physical Graffiti', 4. Bruce Springsteen - 'The River', 3. The Rolling Stones - 'Exile on Main Street', 2. Pink Floyd - 'The Wall', and winning the poll was The Beatles - 'The White Album'.