\♬/ ✪ January 15th: On this Day in Music History! ✪ \♬/ 1949: Born, Ronald Wayne Ronnie Van Zant was an American lead vocalist and founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. ---------------- 1951: Born, Peter Rodney Biff Byford is an English singer best known as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Saxon. ---------------- 1961: The Supremes signed a world wide recording contract with Motown Records. Originally founded as the Primettes, they became the most commercially successful of Motowns acts and are, to date, Americas most successful vocal group with 12 No.1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. ---------------- 1965: The Who released their debut single “I Can’t Explain” in the U.K., With Jimmy Page on guitar and The Ivy League on backing vocals it would reach #8 on the U.K. Singles Chart. ---------------- 1967: Ed Sullivan (CBS) - Rolling Stones (Sullivan forced the group to change Lets Spend the Night Together to Lets Spend Some Time Together. ---------------- 1974: Brownsville Station received their only Gold record for their song “Smokin’ in the Boys Room”, which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart & later covered by Motley Crue in 1985, which became the Crue’s first top 40 single. ---------------- 1972: Led Zeppelins Black Dog made its debut on the US singles chart. The groups third single peaked at No.15 and spent 8 weeks on the chart. The songs title is a reference to a nameless, black Labrador retriever that wandered around the Headley Grange studios during recording. ---------------- 1976: Paul Simonon auditions for what would eventually become the Clash. ---------------- 1976: Guitarist Joe Walsh makes his debut with the Eagles. He’s onboard for the group’s Australia/Japan tour. ---------------- 1977: The Eagles reached number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart for the third time with Hotel California which spent eight non-consecutive weeks at number one. ---------------- 1982: The Police kicked off the North American leg of their tour in support of Ghost in the Machine at Boston Garden. The Go-Go’s were the opening act. ---------------- 1983: Men At Work started a four week run at No.1 in the US singles chart with Down Under the Australian act groups second US No.1, also a No.1 in the UK. ---------------- 1992: Longtime bassist for Elton John, Dee Murray died in Nashville after suffering a stroke. He was 45 years old. ---------------- 1994: Bryan Adams began a two night stand at the Le Let Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Adams was the first major Western artist to perform in Vietnam since James Brown in 1971. ---------------- 2000: Ralph Stanley became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. ---------------- 2002: The Statler Brothers announced they would be retiring from touring after their current dates. ------------ 2006: James Blunt was at No.1 on the UK album chart with his debut album and biggest selling UK album of 2005 Back To Bedlam. ------------ Recorded 1965 - Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan (second and last day of recording) 1967 - Dont You Care - Buckinghams 1971 - Get It On - Chase Released 1965 - I Cant Explain - Who (debut single) 1971 - My Sweet Lord - George Harrison 1991 - Give Peace a Chance - Sean Lennon Broadcasts 1958 - Perry Como Show (British broadcast of U.S. show) - Everly Brothers (U.K. TV debut) 1980 - Old Gray Whistle Test (U.K.) - Ramones 1983 - Gastank (U.K. Channel 4) (debut) - Rick Wakeman, Tony Ashton (hosts) 2005 - Benefit for Tsunami Victims (NBC owned networks) - Sheryl Crow, Christina Aguilera, Tim McGraw ----------------------- Birthdays: 1893 - Ivor Novello (d. 1951) 1909 - Gene Krupa (d. 1973) 1929 - Earl Hooker (d. 1970) 1941 - Captain Beefheart (born Don Van Vliet) (d. 2010) 1942 - Edward Bivins (Manhattans) 1945 - Joan Johnson (Dixie Cups) 1947 - Peter Waterman (producer) 1950 - David Lynn Jones 1951 - Charo (born Maria Rasten) 1951 - Duke Erikson (born Doug Erickson) (Garbage) 1952 - Boris Blank (Yello) 1952 - Melvyn Gale (Electric Light Orchestra) 1959 - Pete Trewaves (Marillion) 1961 - Damian ONeill (Undertones) 1963 - Conrad Lant (Venom) 1965 - Adam Jones (Tool) 1966 - Lisa Lisa (born Lisa Valez) (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam) 1979 - Young Dro (born DJuan Hart) 1981 - Pitbull 1981 - Howie Day 1988 - Skrillex (born Sonny Moore) ---------------- Deaths 1993 - Sammy Cahn (79) 1994 - Harry Nilsson - Heart failure (52) 1995 - John “Vic” Willis (Willis Brothers, Hank Williams) - Car accident (73) 1996 - Les Baxter (73) 1996 - Artie Dunn (Three Suns) (73) 1998 - Junior Wells (born Amos Blakemore, Jr.) - Lymphoma (63) 1999 - Marion Ryan - Pneumonia and heart failure (68)
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