January 25 - Retro Events From The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On January 25, 1985 "We are the World" is recorded by Pop stars in Los Angeles



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Augusto Alcalde, 1st South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
1989 Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
1989 New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II
1988 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston
1988 George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab"
1988 Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
1988 Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname
1988 Vice President Bush and Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair
1987 75th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Pat Cash (63 64 36 57 63)
1987 Superbowl XXI: New York Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Phil Simms, New York Giants, quarterback
1986 General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda
1985 "Black and Blue," premieres in Paris
1985 "We are the World" is recorded by Pop stars in Los Angeles
1985 Test debut of Wasim Akram, vs. New Zealand at Auckland (2-105)
1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia
1982 9th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers win
1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US
1981 Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death
1981 Superbowl XV: Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Jim Plunkett, Oakland, quarterback
1980 Bani Sadr elected president of Iran
1980 Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics
1980 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
1980 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail and deported

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan
1979 Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff
1978 Muriel Humphrey (D-Mn) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat
1978 Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin and $125,000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award)
1976 Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut Ind vs. New Zealand Auckland
1975 10th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin's 1st
1975 Parliament disposes of premier sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
1974 Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey
1974 Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old
1974 Ray Kroc, CEO of McDonald's, buys San Diego Padres for $12 million
1972 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota
1972 7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota
1971 Charles Manson and 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders
1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state
1971 Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada
1971 Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of Eisenhower dollar
1971 WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis, IN (IND) begins broadcasting
1970 Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H," premieres

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
1968 Risse St. in Bronx named
1968 Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City
1966 WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, New Jersey (NBC) 1st broadcast
1964 Beatles 1st U.S. #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)
1964 Echo 2, U.S. communications satellite launched
1961 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (John F. Kennedy)
1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1961 Military coup in El Salvador
1961 Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 1st transcontinental coml jet flight (American) (LA to New York for $301)
1959 Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council
1957 FBI arrests Jack and Myra Sobel, charged with spying for U.S.S.R.
1956 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record)
1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race
1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany
1955 United States and Panama sign canal treaty
1955 Columbia U scientists develope an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years
1953 WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 sec
1952 Test debut of Richie Benaud, vs. West Indies at the SCG
1951 U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea
1950 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January

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Rock Music History For January 24

Happy Birthday Neil Diamond!



Musicians Born On January 24

1936 Doug Kershaw (country violinist)
1941 Neil Diamond (I Am I Said)
1941 Aaron Neville (Neville Brothers)
1941 Ray Stevens (The Streak)
1947 Warren Zevon (Werewolves of London)
1949 John Belushi (Blues Brothers)
1958 Jools Holland (Squeeze)

Deaths On January 24

1970 James 'Shep' Shepherd (Shep and the Limelites)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 24

1958 Elvis Presley: Jailhouse Rock UK 45
1963 Shadows: Dance On UK 45
1968 Georgie Fame: Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde UK 45
1976 Diana Ross: Theme From Mahogany/Do You Know Where You're Going To US45
1981 Adam and the Ants: Kings of the Wild Frontier UK LP
1987 Steve 'Silk' Hurley: Jack Your Body UK 45
1999 The Offspring : Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) : UK single

Various Music Events On January 24

1962 Beatles sign their management contract with Brian Epstein.

1968 Status Quo begin UK chart career with Pictures of Matchstick Men

1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival's Green River hits UK LP chart.

1979 Brian Wilson and Marilyn Rovell divorce.

1981 John Lennon hits UK chart at No. 3 with Woman.

1981 Styx hit USA Hot 100 at No. 31 with The Best of Times.

1981 Blondie's Rapture hits UK chart.

1987 Open Your Heart leaps to No. 4 on the USA Hot 100, giving Madonna her tenth straight Top 5 single, more than any other female singer of the rock era. (Previously the most successful had been Donna Summer.)

1992 The producer of the New Kids on the Block LP "Hangin' Tough"sues for a few million dollars for creative contributions and royalties. claiming that they only sang about 20% of the lyrics. The claim is eventually dropped.

1995 "Balance" becomes the last Van Halen album with lead singer Sammy Hagar when it is released today



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Beatles History For January 24

1962
Signing of a management contract of Brian and the Beatles, at Brian's office at the NEMS record store in Whitechapel.

1964
Studio 1 (control room only). 10.00-10.45am. Tape copying: 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' (of take 17). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: A. B. Lincoln/Geoff Emerick.
Copy of rythm track of 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', for sessions in Paris.

Brian signs Sounds Incorporated to a management and agency contract with NEMS Enterprises. First 'Southern' signing. He clinches for them a deal with EMI, and adds them to the Gerry and the Pacemakers tour.

NEMS Enterprises announces plans to move from Liverpool to offices in Sutherland House, Argyll Street, London.

1965
'Ferry Cross The Mersey' Liverpool premiere, at the Odeon Cinema, on aid of the Variety Club of Great Britain.

1967
Brian writes to Nat Weiss about his next trip to Mexico.

1969
Apple Studios. Time unknown. Recording: 'On Our Way Home' (working title of 'Two Of Us'); 'Teddy Boy'; 'Maggie Mae'; 'On Our Way Home' (working title of 'Two Of Us'); 'Dig It' (version 1) ; 'Dig A Pony'; 'I've Got A Feeling'. Producer: George Martin?; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Neil Richmond.
'Dig It' (version 1) includes John's child like spoken message.

1970
'Live Peace In Toronto', 3rd week in the ranking (Billboard).


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January 24 - Retro Events From The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On January 24, 1979 Brian Wilson and Marilyn Rovell divorce.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
1988 1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins
1988 76th Australian Mens Tennis: M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86)
1988 9th ACE Cable Awards
1988 Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1988 Cerebral Palsy telethon
1987 61st Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76)
1986 43th Golden Globes: Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win
1986 New York Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point
1986 South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president
1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons
1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched
1984 Apple Computer unveils its Macintosh personal computer
1983 Hulk Hogan pins Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title
1982 Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, quarterback
1982 Superbowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21 in Pontiac, Michigan
1981 Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques
1981 Kim Hughes scores 213 vs. India at Adelaide

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 31st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 3-2 (OT) at Buffalo
1978 Carter Executive Order on Intelligence
1977 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid
1976 Cleveland Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
1976 George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest
1975 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
1975 Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England
1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1972 WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast
1971 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-6
1970 3rd ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana
1970 Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 sec)

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa
1969 Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency
1966 WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million
1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking
1964 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes
1963 Buddy Rogers and Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Rogers becomes WWF wrestling champ and Thesz becomes NWA champ
1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany
1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles
1962 Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1962 Mickey Wright/Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1961 Edward Albee's "American Dream," premieres in New York City
1961 Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68
1960 Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 38 performances
1959 Dmitri Shostakovich's comedy "Cheryomushk," premieres in Moscow
1959 WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford, CT (IND) begins broadcasting
1958 After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion
1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)
1954 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter
1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1952 1st NFL team in Texas, Dallas Texans formerly New York Yankees
1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base
1951 Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns
1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history


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January 23 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Robin Zander!



Musicians Born On January 23

1944 Jerry Lawson (Persuasions)
1948 Anita Pointer (Pointer Sisters)
1950 Pat Simmons (Doobie Brothers)
1950 Bill Cunningham (Box Tops)
1953 Robin Zander (Cheap Trick)
1959 Earl Falconer (UB40)

Deaths On January 23

1972 Big Maybelle (blues singer)
1973 Edward 'Kid' Ory (jazz legend)
1978 Terry Kath (Chicago)
1997 Richard Berry (Louie Louie)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 23

1959 Jane Morgan: The Day the Rains Came UK 45
1965 Petula Clark: Downtown US45
1971 Dawn: Knock Three Times US 45
1988 John Hates Jazz: Turn Back the Clock UK LP
1988 Michael Jackson: The Way You Make Me Feel US 45
1993 Genesis : Live- The Way We Walk Volume 2- The Longs : UK LP

Various Music Events On January 23

1959 Everly Brothers hit UK chart with Problems

1964 Manfred Mann debut on UK chart with 5-4-3-2-1, the theme tune to TV show Ready Steady Go.

1971 Free's Highway hits UK LP chart.

1971 Creedence Clearwater Revival's Pendulum hits UK LP chart

1971 Wishbone Ash takes band on to UK LP chart for first time

1971 Elton John debuts on UK chart with Your Song.

1979 Toto awarded platinum disc for debut LP.

1988 Tiffany becomes first teenager to top USA LP chart since thirteen-year old Stevie Wonder hit No. 1 in 1963.

1988 Randy Travis's Always and Forever becomes the longest running No. 1 LP in history of USA country chart, with 29 weeks at the top.

1988 Kylie Minogue debuts on UK chart with I Should Be So Lucky.

1996 After several town residents had complained that the band advocated Satan worship,White Zombie were refused permission to stage a show in Johnson City, Tennessee.


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Beatles History For January 23

1965
'Beatles For Sale' number 1, 6th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

1969
Apple Studios. Time unknown. Recording: 'Get Back'; 'Blues'. Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.
Alan Parsons debut as Beatles second engineer.

1978
End of 'London Town' LP sessions at Abbey Road Studios (2nd period).


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January 23 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On January 23, 1983 The "A-Team" with Mr. T premieres on NBC




Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
1989 NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak
1988 45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas
1988 62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76)
1988 Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
1988 Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands
1987 Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
1987 Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion)
1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 13 performances
1986 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
1986 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis and Elvis Presley)
1985 Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised
1984 Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game
1984 Greatest unpaced 1-hour bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km
1984 Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ
1983 "A-Team" with Mr. T premieres on NBC
1983 Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis
1983 Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $14,700,000
1983 In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96
1983 Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean
1983 Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:40.97)
1982 Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date)
1982 World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2
1981 1st Richard Nixon museum opens in San Clemente, California
1981 Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin
1981 Mike Bossy becomes 1st in NHL to score 50 goals in 50 games
1981 Red Sox trade Fred Lynn to Angels for Frank Tanana and Joe Rudi

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1978 Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris
1978 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 14-13
1977 $1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris
1977 Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC
1976 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide
1976 Washington Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat New York Rangers 7-5
1975 "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV
1975 Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
1974 1st edition of women's magazine "Story"
1973 23rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 104-84 at Chicago
1973 Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs
1973 Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims
1973 President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War
1972 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13
1972 Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champ
1972 Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi
1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
1972 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-13
1971 -80 degrees F (-62 degrees C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (U.S. record)
1971 4th ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina
1971 UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
1970 Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
1970 Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam
1970 U.S. launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1
1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Cream releases their last album "Goodbye"
1968 Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1968 Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea
1967 Stan Musial is named General Manager of Cards
1965 "King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV
1965 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Dick Weber
1965 Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to Philadelphia Warriors led by Wilt Chamberlain
1964 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections
1964 Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City
1962 Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1962 British spy Kim Philby defects to U.S.S.R.
1962 Libya, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb
1961 Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films
1961 Venezuela adopts constitution
1960 Bathosphere "Trieste" reach bottom of Pacific (10,900 m)

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1958 "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 60 performances
1958 Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power
1958 Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs. West Indies
1955 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1955 KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
1954 Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP
1954 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)
1953 Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 years 357 days
1953 NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts)
1953 NFL's National and American conference become Eastern and Western conf
1951 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg
1950 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published
1950 AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset
1950 Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel
1950 NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense and defense)
1950 Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung


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January 22 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Steve Perry!



Musicians Born On January 22

1935 Sam Cooke (You Send Me)
1940 Addie 'Mickie' Harris (Shirelles)
1953 Steve Perry (Journey)
1960 Michael Hutchence (INXS)
1965 Andrew Roachford (Roachford)
1965 Steve Adler (Guns N'Roses)
Jazzy Jeff (DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince)


Number 1 In The Charts On January 22

1972 Don MacLean: American Pie US LP
1977 Stevie Wonder: I Wish US 45
1977 Wings: Wings Over America US LP
1977 Slim Whitman: Red River Valley UK LP
1994 Bryan Adams/Rod Stewart/Sting: All For Love: US single
1994 D-Ream: Things Can Only Get Better: UK single
1994 Diana Ross : One Woman - The Ultimate Collection : UK LP
1996 Babylon Zoo : Spaceman : UK single

Various Music Events On January 22

1889 Columbia Phonograph Company, later to become CBS formed in Washington.

1959 UK singer Terry Dene conscripted. He is soon to suffer much-publicised nervous breakdown.

1960 Eddie Cochran's Hallelujah I Love Her So hits UK chart

1960 Sam Cooke signs with RCA Victor.

1963 George Martin produces Gerry and the Pacemakers version of How Do You Do It.

1965 Hollies release Yes I Will in the UK.

1966 Nancy Sinatra releases These Boots Are Made for Walking in US.

1967 Rolling Stones refuse to go on to revolving stage which characterised the finale of UK TV show Sunday Night at the London Palladium.

1971 Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour film, starring Leon Redbone and Joe Cocker, premiers in London.

1983 Jam have nine singles in UK Top 75.

1990 Viewers swamped the ABC-TV switchboard with irate calls after Guns N'Roses guitarist Slash swore numerous times on live television while accepting an American Music Award. The network later apologized.



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Beatles History For January 22

1963
First session of Gerry and the Pacemakers. Recording: 'How Do You Do It?'.

The Playhouse Theatre, London. 4.00-5.00pm. Recording for BBC's 'Saturday Club': 'Some Other Guy'; 'Love Me Do'; 'Please Please Me'; 'Keep Your Hands Off My Baby'; 'Beautiful Dreamer'.
BBC Paris Studio, London. 7.00-8.00pm. Recording for BBC's 'The Talent Spot': 'Please Please Me'; 'Ask Me Why'; 'Some Other Guy'.

1964
Brian, Lionel Bart and Alun Owen go to the Cavern Club, looking for an actress for Bart-Owen's play 'Maggie Mae'.

'She Loves You', 21st and last week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Please Please Me' LP, 44th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'With The Beatles' number 1, 9th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

Performances at the Olympia, Paris. Filmed by French television.

1966
'We Can Work It Out' number 2 (Billboard).

1968
Apple Corps opens first London headquarters at 95 Wigmore Street, Marylebone, London, 4th floor.

1969
'Yellow Submarine' LP, 1st week in the ranking (UK New Musical Express chart).

Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row. Time unknown. Recording: 'Going Up The Country'; 'All I Want Is You' (working title of 'Dig A Pony'); 'I've Got A Feeling'; 'Don't Let Me Down'; 'Rocker'; 'Save The Last Dance For Me'; 'Bathroom Window' (working title of 'She Came In Through The Bathroom Window'. Producer: George Martin?; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: not assigned.
Start of 'Let It Be' sessions.
Start of shootings at 3 Savile Row.
Billy Preston is casually at the Apple reception area, and is convinced by George to join the sessions.


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January 22 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On January 22, 1968 "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1989 Superbowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 20-16 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR
1988 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad and Tobago vs. Leeward Is
1988 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS vs. Transvaal
1988 Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands
1987 Blizzard in New Jersey, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, New Jersey wins 7-5
1986 Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
1985 -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
1985 Cold wave damages 90 percent of Florida's citrus crop
1985 Kelly Hu, 16, of Hawaii, crowned 3rd Miss Teen USA
1985 Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) marries Sarah Menikides
1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts
1984 Hilbert van de Thumb becomes European all-round skates
1984 Superbowl XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders beat Washington Red Skins, 38-9 in Tampa Superbowl MVP: Marcus Allen, Los Angeles Raiders, RB
1983 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds
1983 Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 and win 113-96
1982 75% of North America is covered by snow
1981 40th Islander shut-out opponent-3-0 vs Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th
1981 O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of New Orleans Saints
1980 Dissidents Andrei Sacharov and Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki
1980 PGA begins a senior golf tour
1980 West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1976 Bank robbery in Beirut nets a record $20-50 million
1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
1973 George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1973 Roe vs Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions
1973 US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord
1972 "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV
1972 22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at LA
1971 John and Yoko record "Power to the People"
1970 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, New York to London in 6 hours
1970 Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa vs. Australia, Cape Town

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 "Celebration" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 110 performances
1969 Billy Preston becomes 5th Beatle
1969 Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit
1969 Roy Campanella and Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1968 "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC
1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made
1968 NBA announces it will expand to Milwaukee and Phoenix
1967 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10
1965 U.S. launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
1964 Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of North-Rhodesia (Zambia)
1964 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
1963 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament
1960 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia
1960 Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die
1960 French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu
1960 Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects
1958 KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
1957 Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula
1957 Mad Bomber (George P. Metesky) accused of 30 explosions, arrested
1956 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles
1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1956 Canadian Football Council forms
1955 Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms
1953 Arthur Miller's "Crucible," premieres in New York City
1951 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom
1951 Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter
1950 Polly Riley wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open


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Rock Music History For January 21

Happy Birthday Richie Havens!



Musicians Born On January 21

1925 Benny Hill (Ernie - The Fastest Milkman in the West)
1938 Wolfman Jack
1941 Richie Havens (USA folk/protest singer)
1942 Edwin Starr (War)
1948 Peter Kircher (Status Quo)
1952 Billy Ocean
1965 Jason Mizell (Run-DMC)
1966 Wendy James (Transvision Vamp)
1976 Emma Bunton (Spice Girls)

Deaths On January 21

1984 Jackie Wilson
1997 Col. Tom Parker (Elvis Presley's manager)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 21

1978 Bee Gees: Saturday Night Fever US LP
1984 Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart US 45
1989 Roy Orbison: Legendary Roy Orbison UK LP
1989 Phil Collins: Two Hearts US 45

Various Music Events On January 1


1955 For the first time since NME founded the original UK sales chart, four versions of one song - Mr. Sandman (Chordettes, Max Bygraves, Dickie Valentine and Four Aces) - dominate chart.

1956 Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock LP becomes first rock-and-roll album to enter US charts.

1965 Rolling Stones arrive in Australia for tour.

1966 George Harrison marries Patti Boyd at Epsom Registry Office.

1967 The Rolling Stones hit USA chart with Ruby Tuesday on way to No. 1

1982 Blues guitarist B.B. King donates his entire record collection, including 7,000 rare blues records (which he played on air when he was a Mississippi DJ in the 40s) to the University of Mississippi's Centre for Study of Southern Culture.

1984 John Lennon hits USA Hot 100 at No. 36 with Nobody Told Me.

1985 Chaka Khan begins UK tour.

1987 Roy Orbison inducted into USA rock and roll Hall of Fame.

1989 Guns N'Roses become first act for six years to have two Top 10 American LPs, with Appetite for Destruction at No. 2 and Guns N'Roses Lies at No. 10

1989 Lou Reed releases New York LP in USA.

1991 Squeeze are the first performers as the MTV show "Unplugged" makes its debut.


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Beatles History For January 21

1963
EMI House. Promotional photographic session with Angus McBean.

EMI House, ground floor studio. Recording for Radio Luxembourg's 'The Friday Spectacular'.

1966
Marriage of George and Pattie Boyd, at the Esher Register Office, Surrey. Brian and Paul attend.
Evening: Brian throws a party at Chapel Street, in honour of George and Pattie. Guests: Paul, Jane, John, Cynthia, Geoffrey Ellis, Wendy Hanson, George Martin, Judy Martin.

1967
Chris Curtis returs to the Tito Burns Organization.

''Yesterday'... And Today', 31st and last week in the Top 200 (Billboard).

1970
'Daily Express' publishes that John cut his hair to be able to travel without being recognized.

1971
John is interviewed by Jann Wenner, published in 2 issues of 'Rolling Stone', under the title 'Working Class Hero'. [?]
The 2nd part of John's interview for 'Rolling Stone' is published. [?]

1972
US single release: 'Mid Train'/'Listen The Snow Is Falling'.

1990
Paul's concert in Wembley ('Get Back Tour').


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January 21 - Retro Events From The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On January 21, 1956 Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock LP becomes first rock-and-roll album to enter US charts.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer
1988 U.S. accept immigration of 30,000 U.S. - Vietnamese children
1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of Mississippi
1986 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38 degrees F (3 degrees C), Indiana
1986 Allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA
1986 Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed
1985 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record)
1985 -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (state record)
1985 Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java
1985 Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals
1984 U.S. male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
1983 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht
1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid
1982 "Little Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 36 performances
1982 New York Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak
1981 "Shakespeare's Cabaret" opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 54 performances
1981 Bernhard Goetz is assault for 1st time on a New York subway train
1980 Gold hits record $850 an ounce
1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
1979 Price of gold increases to record $875 troy oz
1979 Superbowl XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 35-31 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, quarterback
1978 Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks
1977 Italy legalizes abortion
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain and France
1975 28th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-1 at Montreal
1974 Gold hits record $161.31/silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London
1973 3rd NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 33-28
1973 Leslie Nielson appears on M*A*S*H in "Ringbanger"
1972 Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr
1972 Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms
1972 Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of Indian union
1972 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory
1971 "Alias Smith and Jones" premieres on ABC TV
1970 World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight
1970 Panama Boeing 747 1st flight NY-London

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 22nd NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 3-3 at Montreal
1968 AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 25-24
1968 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-20
1968 U.S. B-52 bomber with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland
1967 AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23
1967 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1967 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
1966 Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd
1965 Persians premier Ali Mansoer injured
1964 Carl T. Rowan named director of U.S. Information Agency
1962 John F. Kennedy arrives in Uruguay
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1962 Snow falls in San Francisco
1961 "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 8 performances
1961 KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls, Idaho (NBC) begins broadcasting
1961 Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria
1960 Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km
1960 Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1958 KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
1958 Phillies agree to televise 78 games into New York City (doesn't happen)
1957 KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock LP becomes first rock-and-roll album to enter US charts.
1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City after 849 performances
1956 William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of New Yorker
1954 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City)
1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State
1952 Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India
1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1950 "Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater New York City after 460 performances
1950 NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury
1950 T. S. Eliot's "Cocktail Party," premieres in New York City


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Rock Music History For January 20

Happy Birthday Star Child!



Musicians Born On January 20

1889 Leadbelly (Huddy Ledbetter)
1945 Eric Stewart (10CC)
1947 George Grantham (Poco)
1947 Malcolm McLaren
1948 Melvin Pritchard (Barclay James Harvest)
1952 Paul Stanley (Kiss)
1955 Michael Anthony (Van Halen)
1957 Anita Baker


Deaths On January 20

1965 Alan Freed (US DJ)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 20

1956 T.E. Ford: 16 Tons UK 45
1957 Ricky Nelson: Ricky US LP
1966 Spencer Davis Group: Keep On Runnin' UK 45
1968 John Fred: Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) US 45
1973 Gilbert O'Sullivan: Back to Front UK LP
1997 White Town : Your Woman : UK single

Various Music Events On January 20

1958 Silhouettes release Get a Job in US. The definitive one-hit wonders, it is their only hit and a No. 1!

1958 The USA rock and roll backlash continues. St. Louis radio station KWK announces that it will no longer play rock and roll, having smashed all R&R and R&B records in the station library.

1964 Meet the Beatles LP released in US.

1966 Bill Graham puts on three-day 'Trips Festival' at Longshoremen's Hall, San Francisco.

1967 Spencer Davis Group release I'm a Man in the UK.

1968 Bob Dylan plays tribute concert for Woody Guthrie at Carnegie Hall, New York

1973 Thin Lizzy debut on UK chart with Whiskey in the Jar.

1974 Stevie Wonder returns to the stage at London's Rainbow Theatre following his recovery from a serious car crash.

1982 Ozzy Osbourne hospitalised with rabies after he bites the head off a dead bat thrown on to the stage at concert in Des Moines.

1988 Mike Love of the Beach Boys insulted just about everybody in the music business, including Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger.The occasion was the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.The Beach Boys were inducted along with the Beatles, the Drifters, Bob Dylan, Berry Gordy, Jr., Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Les Paul and the Supremes.


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Beatles History For January 20

1964
US LP release: 'Meet The Beatles!'.

Epstein returs to England from Paris.

Brian is appointed a director of Subafilms Limited, a new film production company.

Norman Weiss of the GAC agency flies from the US to meet Brian.

1965
'I Feel Fine', 8th and last week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

Broadcast of the programme 'Shindig' in the US (recorded 9 October).

1966
Robert and Jean-Claude Lambot say they would wish to change the Beatles haircut style.

1967
Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.10am. Recording: 'A Day In The Life' (tape reduction take 4 into takes 5-7, overdub onto take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
Recording of Paul's vocal for 'A Day In The Life'.

1969
'Let It Be' shootings move to the 3 Savile Row basement, where a new studio has been installed.

'Wonderwall' premiere in London.

1970
John and Yoko cut their hair in Denmark.


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January 20 - Retro Events From The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On January 20, 1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Bush inaugurated as 41st president and Quayle becomes 44th vice pres
1989 Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
1989 Reagan becomes 1st President elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive
1988 Andre Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
1988 Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Governor Evan Mecham
1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
1987 Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera and Beaters' "At This Moment"
1986 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
1986 Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under Canal)
1986 Military coup in Lesotho under general-major Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan
1985 Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago)
1985 Superbowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, quarterback
1984 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
1982 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor, Kentucky
1982 Honduras constitution goes into effect
1982 Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament
1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days are freed
1981 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA
1981 Frank C Carlucci, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1981 Islander Glenn Resch's 25th and last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0
1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as president
1980 President Jimmy Carter announces U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow
1980 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1980 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1980 Superbowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, quarterback
1980 Superbowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"
1977 George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA
1977 Mr. Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA
1976 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia
1975 5th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-10
1975 Terrence McNally's "Ritz," premieres in New York City
1974 4th NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-13
1974 7th ABA All-Star Game: East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia
1974 A college basketball game ends 210-67
1974 Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball
1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8)
1971 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan
1970 20th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia
1970 23rd NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 4-1 at St. Louis
1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali and Marciano

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as president
1969 University of Arizona reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)
1968 Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69
1968 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1968 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
1965 Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)
1965 Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"
1965 JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return
1965 Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain
1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US
1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances
1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury
1961 Francis Poulenc's "Gloria," premieres in Boston
1961 Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration
1961 Yugoslav ex-vice-president Milovan Djilas flees
1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' Moscow-Tsjerjomoesjki, premieres in Moscow
1958 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1957 Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election
1957 Morton Gould's "Declaration," premieres in Washington, D.C.
1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
1955 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn
1954 -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (U.S. 48 state record)
1954 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' "Concertino opus 94," premieres
1953 1st U.S. telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY
1953 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
1952 British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone
1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 35 performances
1950 Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands

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Rock Music History For January 19

Happy Birthday Janis Joplin! Your Spirit Lives On...



Musicians Born On January 19

1939 Phil Everly (Everly Brothers)
1943 Janis Joplin (Me and Bobby McGee)
1945 Rod Evans (Deep Purple - original lead singer)
1946 Dolly Parton (country singer)
1949 Robert Palmer (Addicted to Love)
1952 Dewey Bunnell (America)
1957 Mickey Virtue (UB40)
1963 Caron Wheeler (Soul II Soul)

Deaths On January 19

1998 Carl Perkins

Number 1 In The Charts On January 19

1959 Platters: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes US 45
1967 Monkees I'm a Believer UK 45
1974 New Seekers: You Won't Find Another Fool like Me UK 45
1974 Al Wilson: Show and Tell US 45
1980 Pretenders: Brass in Pocket UK 45
1980 Michael Jackson: Rock with You US 45
1980 Pink Floyd: The Wall US LP
1980 Pretenders: Pretenders UK LP
1985 Foreigner: I Want to Know What Love Is UK 45
1985 Alison Moyet: Alf UK LP
1991 Enigma: Sadness (Part 1) UK 45
1991 Janet Jackson: Love Will Never Do Without You : US single
1998 Oasis : All Around The World : UK single

Various Music Events On January 19

1961 Gary 'US' Bonds hits UK chart with New Orleans

1970 Road movie Easy Rider starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, released. Soundtrack LP features Jimi Hendrix, Steppenwolf and Byrds.

1976 John, Paul, George and Ringo offered thirty million dollars to reform by promoter Bill Sergent.

1980 Prince debuts on UK chart with I Wanna Be Your Lover.

1985 Prince hits UK chart with 1999

1993 Fleetwood Mac reunites to perform at Bill Clinton's inauguration. The band's"Don't Stop" was used as the theme for his campaign.

1993 The Supreme Court allows Tom Waits to keep the $2.5 million that a judge awarded him after he sued Frito-Lay for using a sound alike in a commercial.

1994 The Band, Rod Stewart,The Animals, The Grateful Dead, Elton John, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Duane Eddy are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.


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Beatles History - January 19

1932
Richard Lester is born in Philadelphia.

1963
Transmision of performance in 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' (recorded 13 January 1963)

1964
Performances at the Olympia, Paris. Recorded by French radio.

1965
Brian flies to New York to negotiate dates and details for the next Beatles North American tour. Also for promotional visits of Cilla Black and Gerry and the Pacemakers.

1966
'We Can Work It Out', 7th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Rubber Soul' number 1, 7th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

1967
Studio 2. 7.30pm-2.30am. Recording: 'In The Life Of...' (working title of 'A Day In The Life') (takes 1-4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
Recording of rythm track, John's vocal and clock alarm for 'A Day In The Life'.

1971
End of trial after Paul's action.

1990
Paul's concert in Wembley ('Get Back Tour').

1994
Evening: ceremony in New York; John is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Yoko, Sean and Paul attend.


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January 19 - Retro Events From The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On January 12, 1955 "Scrabble" debuts on the board game market.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
1988 "48 Hours" premiers on CBS-TV
1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
1986 Cerebral Palsy telethon
1986 Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands
1986 Spain recognizes Israel
1985 "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9
1985 4 die in a car and train crash in Buda Ill
1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
1984 California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital
1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia
1982 Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case
1982 Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Okla, kills 6 kids and teacher
1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
1981 U.S. and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison
1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Hall of Fame
1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI
1977 Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame
1977 President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
1977 World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
1975 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq
1975 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Colgate Golf Triple Crown
1974 Belgium government of Leburton falls
1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, and Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
1971 "No, No Nanette" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 861 performances
1971 24th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 2-1 at Boston
1971 Beatles' "Helter Skelter" is played at Charles Manson trial
1971 NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association
1970 Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest
1970 Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails)
1970 UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25
1969 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1969 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7
1968 WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)
1966 Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
1966 Neil Simons, Coleman and Fields' musical "Sweet Charity," premieres
1966 Tippetts cantate "Vision of St. Augustine," premieres in London
1964 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24
1964 KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 1st episode for "Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed
1960 Eisenhower and Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1958 Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League
1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field
1955 "Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market
1955 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary
1952 NFL takes control of New York Yankees
1952 PGA approves allowing black participants
1950 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane


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January 18 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday David Ruffin!! Your Spirit Lives On...



Musicians Born On January 18

1941 Bobby Goldsboro (Money)
1941 David Ruffin (Temptations)
1943 Dave Greenslade (UK keyboardist)
1944 'Legs' Larry Smith (Bonzo Dog Do-Dah Band)
1957 Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 18

1960 Johnny Preston: Running Bear US 45
1975 Barry Manilow: Mandy US 45
1975 Status Quo: Down Down UK 45
1986 Dionne and Friends: That's What Friends Are For US 45

Various Music Events On January 18

1962 Everly Brothers' Crying in the Rain hits UK chart

1973 Pink Floyd complete sessions for Dark Side of the Moon at EMI studios, Abbey Road

1973 Rolling Stones hold benefit for Nicaraguan earthquake victims at Los Angeles Forum.

1974 Bad Company is formed, featuring Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke from Free, Mick Ralphs from Mott the Hoople, and Boz Burrell from King Crimson.

1975 Minnie Ripperton releases Love' You in US.

1981 Wendy O'Williams, lead singer of Plasmatics, arrested during performance in Milwaukee for 'simulating masturbation with a sledgehammer in front of an audience'.

1986 Aretha Franklin's Who's Zoomin Who hits UK LP chart

1986 Talk Talk's Life's What You Make It hits UK chart

1989 Ink Spots, Soul Stirrers, Bessie Smith, Phil Spector, Stevie Wonder, Rolling Stones, Dion, Otis Redding and Temptations join the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1991 At an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City, three people are crushed to death when the audience rushes the stage.

1991 Joe Cocker, Prince and Guns N' Roses are among the performers as the10 day "Rock In Rio Two" festival opens in Brazil.

1995 Jerry Garcia escapes without a scratch as he crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California.

1996 Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson


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