January 13 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Trevor Rabin!



Musicians Born On January 13

1948 John Lees (Barclay James Harvest)
1954 Trevor Rabin (Yes)
1955 Fred White (Earth, Wind and Fire)
1961 Suggs (Graham McPherson - Madness)

Deaths On January 13

1979 Donny Hathaway

Number 1 In The Charts On January 13

1962 Cliff Richard: The Young Ones UK LP
1962 Chubby Checker: The Twist US 45
1973 Carly Simon: No Secrets US LP
1973 Slade: Slayed UK LP
1990 New Kids on the Block: Hanging Tough UK 45
1997 Tori Amos : Professional Widow : UK single

Various Music Events On January 13

1957 Elvis Presley records All Shook Up

1958 Little Richard releases Good Golly Miss Molly in US

1965 Bob Dylan releases The Times They Are A-Changing as a single. His first hit in the UK, it never makes the American chart.

1967 Cliff Richard tells NME that after 43 hits he's retiring from show business to teach religious instruction in secondary schools,

1968 Cream debut on US chart with Sunshine of Your Love. Their biggest American hit, it peaks at No. 5.

1968 Dr. K.C. Pollack of the University of Florida reports that tests have found that the noise generated at rock & roll concerts is harmful to hearing.

1969 Elvis Presley returns to Memphis to record there for the first time for over twelve years. At American Recording Studios he cuts In the Ghetto, Suspicious Minds and others.

1973 Free's Wishing Well hits UK chart

1973 Eric Clapton makes his stage comeback after drug addiction with concert at London's Rainbow Theatre. PeteTownsend is also on stage

1978 Elvis Presley's version of Paul Anka's "My Way" goes gold five months after his death.

1978 The Police begin recording their debut album.

1979 The Y.M.C.A. files a lawsuit against the Village People over their song, "Y.M.C.A." The suit was later dropped.

1980 Beach Boys and Starship play Los Angeles benefit concert for the people of Kampuchea.

1984 Radio 1 bans Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

1986 Members of Sex Pistols file a High Court claim against former manager, Malcolm McLaren for £1 million in unpaid royalties.

1993 Singer Bobby Brown is arrested for the second time in Augusta, for simulating a sex act onstage.


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October 25 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Jon Anderson!



Musicians Born On October 25

1942 Helen Reddy (Angie Baby)
1944 Jon Anderson (Yes)
1947 John Hall (Orleans)
1948 Glen Tipton (Judas Priest)
1956 Matthias Jabs (Scorpions)
1961 Pat Sharp (DJ)
1962 Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1965 Nick Thorpe (Curiosity Killed the Cat)
1968 Speech (Arrested Development)
1970 Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies)

Deaths On October 25

1991 Bill Graham (Concert Promoter)

Number 1 In The Charts On October 25

1969 Archies: 'Sugar Sugar' UK 45
1975 Art Garfunkel: 'I Only Have Eyes for You' UK 45
1975 Jim Reeves: '40 Golden Greats' UK LP
1980 Barbra Streisand: 'Woman in Love' UK 45
1980 Barbra Streisand: 'Woman in Love' US 45
1980 Barbra Streisand: 'Guilty' US LP
1986 Cyndi Lauper: 'True Colours' US 45
1986 Bon Jovi: 'Slippery When Wet' US LP
1998 Cher : Believe : UK single

Various Music Events On October 25

1958 Cliff Richard makes his radio debut on BBC 'Saturday Club'

1959 DJ Scott Muni presents big charity rock-and-roll event at the Coliseum in New York

1964 British music industry presents Beatles with five Ivor Novello awards

1973 John Lennon files law suit at Manhattan Federal Court, alleging that wiretaps and surveillance were used against him and his lawyer Leon Wildes in connection with this application against deportation

1980 Dire Straits' 'Makin' Movies' hits UK LP chart

1986 Swing Out Sister debut on UK chart with 'Breakout'

1998 For the first time in chart history, all the top 5 songs are new entries : 1) Cher, Believe : 2) George Michael, Outside : 3) U2, Sweetest Thing : 4) Culture Club, I Just Wanna Be Loved : 5) Alanis Morissette, Thank U

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September 4 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On September 4, 1980 Yes performs its last concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1989 Jerry Lewis' 24th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $42,737,219
1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills, New York
1988 Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game
1986 189.42 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1986 Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos
1985 Igor Paklin of U.S.S.R. set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12
1985 New York Mets Gary Carter's 2 home runs ties record of 5 home runs in 2 games
1984 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
1983 "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale New York City after 747 performances
1983 83rd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
1983 Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship
1983 Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)
1982 Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die
1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1981 Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7
1981 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
1981 Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3)
1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 Yes performs its last concert (MSG)

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 India need 438 to win vs. England, game ends at 8-429
1979 Iran army conquerors Baneh
1978 Jerry Lewis' 13th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $29,074,405
1978 New York Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)
1978 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1977 "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 527 performances
1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Rail Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
1976 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
1974 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
1973 William E. Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA
1972 U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals
1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1971 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)
1970 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single
1970 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum
1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra
1967 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200
1967 Jerry Lewis' 2nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1967 Train crash at Arnhem, Netherlands, kills 5
1966 Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7
1966 Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)
1965 Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks
1965 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 Rock group Who's wan is vandalized with $10,000 in equipment stolen
1964 Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile
1964 Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge)
1964 NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
1962 Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI
1962 French president De Gaulle visits West Germany
1961 Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
1961 U.S. authorizes Agency for International Development
1960 Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean and US

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel
1957 Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
1954 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed
1954 Peter B Cortese of U.S. achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania
1953 WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins
1953 WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Yankees become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship
1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by President Truman
1951 71st U.S. Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas, Jr. (64 61 61)
1951 NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network
1951 President Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference
1950 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
1950 D McI Hodgson of St. Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna
1950 Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250

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