Musical birthdays today include filmmaker Richard Lester [who directed the Beatles in 'A Hard Day's Night' and Help!] (84), former Audience bassist Trevor Williams (71), Dolly Parton (70), original Deep Purple lead singer Rod Evans (69), producer and songwriter Tony Mansfield (61), conductor Simon Rattle (61), Foreigner bassist Jeff Pilson (57), Ugly Kid Joe lead singer Whit Crane (48), Trey Lorenz (47), Marcy Playground frontman John Wozniak (45), and Japanese pop singer Risha Ishikawa (31).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Broadway musical performer John Raitt, born on this day in 1917... for Phil Everly, who would have been 77 today... for Janis Joplin, who would have been 73... for Robert Palmer, who would have been 66... for Carl Perkins, who died on this date in 1998... for Wilson Pickett, who passed away in 2006... and for Denny Doherty, who left us in 2007.
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Broadway musical performer John Raitt, born on this day in 1917... for Phil Everly, who would have been 77 today... for Janis Joplin, who would have been 73... for Robert Palmer, who would have been 66... for Carl Perkins, who died on this date in 1998... for Wilson Pickett, who passed away in 2006... and for Denny Doherty, who left us in 2007.
Also on January 19th: Verdi's Il Trovatore premieres in Rome (1853)... The Platters' 'Smoke gets in Your Eyes' goes to № 1
on the US charts (1959)... The Beatles make their first national TV
appearance in the UK, performing 'Please Please Me' on the variety show
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1963)... The Monkees are at № 1 on the UK singles chart with 'I'm Believer', the group's only British № 1... The
Beatles begin recording 'A Day In The Life' at Abbey Road Studios,
recording four takes of the new song. According to John Lennon, the
inspiration for the first two verses was the death of Tara Browne, the
21-year-old heir to the Guinness fortune who ran a red light and crashed
his Lotus Elan on the 18th of December 1966 in Redcliffe Gardens,
London (1967)...
Tracks
from the White Album (including 'Helter Skelter') are played in the
courtroom at the Sharon Tate murder trial to determine if any of the
songs could have influenced Charles Manson and his followers to commit
murder (1971)... Johnny Rotten is fired from the Sex Pistols for 'not
being weird enough anymore' (1978)... Pink Floyd's The Wall becomes the № 1 album
in the US ~ it will occupy the top spot for the next 4 months... The
Pretenders self-titled debut album is released (1980)... Fleetwood Mac
reunite to rehearse for their performance at Bill Clinton's first
inaugural tomorrow. 'Don't Stop Dreaming about Tomorrow' was the Clinton
campaign's principal theme song (1993)... The New Musical Express
reports that Paul McCartney is set to become the world's first English
pop star billionaire in pounds. The NME estimates that McCartney is
worth £725 million and is expected to become a Sterling billionaire
thanks to sales from the forthcoming Beatles compilation hits album
(2001).
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