January

January 1:
Born: Country Joe McDonald (1942)
Events: Hank Williams dies age 29. (1953)
The Beatles hve their first record company audition. A record executive told their manager "These boys
won't make it. Guitar groups are out. Go back to Liverpool, Mr. Epstein. You have a good business their."
(1962)
Simon and Garfunkle's "Sound of Silence" reaches No. 1
(1966).
January 2:
Born: Roger Miller (1936)
Events: Senator John F. Kennedy announces his candidacy for U.S. President (1960)
The AFL first championship
football game played: Houston Oilers beat the San Diego Chargers 24- 16
(1961)
David Lynch, The
Platters, dies. (1981)
Tex Ritter dies age 67 (1974)
January 3:
Born: George Mitchell, The Beatles producer (1926)
Stephen Stills (1945
Events: 1st electric watch introduced. (1957)
Alaska admitted to union as
the 49th U. S. state. (1959)
Ground is broken for the Houston
Astrodome (1962)
Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of
the Beatles singing "She Loves You" (1964)
Carl Wilson of the Beach
Boys is indicted for draft evasion (1967)
John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album
declared pornographic in New Jersey (Ono and John
Lennon are shown naked on the cover)
30,000 copies are confiscated. (1969)
Jimi Hendrix plays on
LuLu's Show BBC, (1969)
Pat Hingle, stage, TV, movie
actor ("Hang "Em High", "On The Waterfront') dies age 89 (2009)
January 4:
Events: Elvis Presley records a ten minute
demo in Nashville. (1954)
1st
automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City NY) (1962)
Beatles last recording session at EMI studios (1970)
January 5:
Born: Sam Phillips, Owner of Sun Records (1926)
Wilbert Harrison, (Kansas
City) singer (1929)
Events: Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter" (1959)
US breaks diplomatic relations
with Cuba (1961)
Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for
conspiring to violate draft law. (1968)
Sonny Liston, former heavyweight champion who lost title to Muhammed Ali found dead at age 36 (1971)
January 6:
Events: "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on
NBC. (1963)
The Rolling Stones begin
their first tour headlining with The Ronettes. (1964)
"Milton Berle Show" last airs on
ABC-TV. (1967)
Beatles' "Magical
Mystery Tour" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks. (1968)
Dr N E Shumway
performs 1st US adult cardiac transplant operation. (1968)
Lou Rawls,
singer dies. (2006)
January 7:
Born: Paul Revere, Boise ID,
keyboardist (Paul Revere & Raiders ) (1942)
Events: 1st class postage raised from
4¢ to 5¢ (1963)
"Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" LP is released by The Royal Guardsmen
(1967)
Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV (1967)
1st
class postage raised from 5¢ to 6¢ (1968)
Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon (1968)
"GE
College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC
TV (1968)
January 8:
Born: Soupy Sales, actor, comedian, tv-radio personality (1926)
Elvis Presley (1935)
Shirley Bassey (1937)
Bob Eubanks, TV host (Newlywed Game) (1937)
"Little Anthony" Gourdine, Little Anthony and the Imperials (1941)
Robbie Krieger , The Doors (1946)
Terry Sylvester, The Hollies (1947
David Bowie (1947)
Events: Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs,
"Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" (1954)
Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance,
he came in 50th (1962)
Who & the Kinks
perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC (1966)
Pat Buttram actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78 (1994)
January 9:
Born: Joan Baez (1941)
Jimmy Page (1944)
Events: All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous
to your health" (1966)
Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
(1971)
Maurice A Chevalier French actor (Can Can,
Gigi), dies at 83 (1972)
January 10:
Born: Rod Stewart (1945)
Events: US version of "That Was The Week That Was" premieres (1964)
Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia
legislature for opposing Vietnam War (1966)
Richard Boone actor
(Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63 (1981)
Paul Lynde comedian/actor (Uncle
Arthur-Bewitched, Bye Bye Birdie) dies at 55 (1982)
Rod Allen, bass player for The Fortunes
(Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again) dies at age 63 (2008)
January 11:
Born: Bobby Goldsboro (1941)
Events: The first disco, The Whiskey-A-Go-Go, opens in Los Angeles (1963)
January 12:
Born: Glenn
Yarborough singer (1930)
Events: Ernie Kovacs comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in
auto crash at 42 (1962)
"Please Please Me"
is released by The Beatles in the United Kingdom. A month later it reaches No. 1, their first. (1963)
"Hullabaloo," hosted by Johnny Holliday, premieres
on NBC-TV (1965)
"Batman" with
Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV (1966)
Red
Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics (1966)
Louisville KY, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali (1967)
Super
Bowl III New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami; Super Bowl MVP Joe Namath, New York Jets, Quarterback
(1969)
Agatha
Christie mystery writer dies at age 85 (1976)
Maurice Gibb, The
Bee Gees dies. (2003)
January 13:
Events: Wham-O Company produces the 1st
Frisbee (1957)
"Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler charts (1962)
First
black selected for Presidential cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD) (1966)
Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show (1967)
Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam (1968)
"Sunshine
of Your Love" by Cream charts - their first hit (1968)
Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album (1969)
Patrick McGoohan, actor, (The Prisoner), dies age 80 (2009)
Teddy Pendergrass, singer (Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes) dies age 59 (2010)
January 14:
Born: Clarence Carter, singer (Slip Away)
(1936)
Jack Jones,
singer (1938)
Tim Harris,
The Foundations (1948)
Events: "The Twist" by Chubby
Checker charts for the second time. (1962)
Ricardo Montalban, actor,
director (Fantasy Island) dies age 88 (2009)
January 15:
Born: Chuck Berry (1926)
Events: Supremes signed with Motown Records (1961)
The Who's first
single, "I Can't Explain/Bald Headed Woman" is released by Decca. Only 1,000 are pressed, but within six weeks more
than 100,000 are sold. (1965)
The Rolling Stones on
"The Ed Sullivan Show" sing "Let's Spend Some Time Together." The song is
"Let's Spend the Night Together." Ed Sullivan wanted the lyrics changed for live TV. (1967)
Super Bowl I Green
Bay Packers beat Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10 in Los Angeles; Super Bowl MVP Bart Starr, Green Bay, Quarterback
(1967)
January 16:
Born: Bob Vogle, The
Ventures (1937)
Events: "Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens at St
James Theater New York City NY for 2,844 performances (1964)
Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV (1965)
January 17:
Born: Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], heavyweight
champ boxer (1942)
William Hart,
The Delfonics (1945)
Mick
Taylor, ex-Rolling Stone (1948)
Events: Billy Stewart singer (I Do Love You),
dies in auto-accident at 32 (1970)
Bobby
Fishcher, American Chess Grandmaster, World Chess Champion dies at age 64 (2008)
January 18:
Born: David Ruffin, The Temptations (1941)
Events: Plans for the World Trade Center announced (New York City
NY) (1964)
Reese "Goose" Tatum,
basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45 (1967)
Albert DeSalvo
(Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison (1967)
Expanded 4 party
Vietnam peace talks began in Paris (1969)
January 19:
Born: Phil Everly (1939)
Janis Joplin, rock
singer (1943)
Rod Evans rocker
(Deep Purple) (1945)
Events: Carl Perkins singer/songwriter, dies at 65 (1998)
Suzanne Pleshette
(Bob Newhart Show) dies at 70 (2008)
January 20:
Died: Allan Freed, Rock 'n Roll's first DJ. He coined the
phrase "Rock ' Roll" (1965)
Peter John [Johnny]
Weissmuller actor (Tarzan, Jungle Jim), dies after a series of strokes in Acapulco at 79 (1984)
Jackie Wilson rocker, dies at 49
from a heart attack (1984)
Barbara Stanwyck [Ruby Stevens],
actress (Big Valley), dies at 82 (1990)
Audrey Hepburn actress
(Breakfast at Tiffany's, Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer in Tolochenaz, Switzerland at 63 (1993)
Events: The Beatles first United States album "Meet The
Beatles" is released (1964)
The Beatles
appear on Shindig (ABC-TV) (1965)
January 21:
Born: Richie Havens (1941)
Edwin Starr (1942)
Mac Davis Lubbock TX, song
writer/singer/actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40) penned Elvis' "In The Ghetto" and "Daddy Don't
Cry" (1942)
Events: Barbara Cowsill rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
(1985)
Colonel Tom Parker,
Elvis Presley's only manager dies. (1997)
January 22:
Born: Sam
Cooke, singer, songwriter (1931)
Events: "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC (1968)
Judy Garland
singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose (1969)
President Lyndon
Baines Johnson (LBJ) dies. (1973)
Jean Simmons actor
(Guys and Dolls, Spartacus) dies age 80 (2010)
January 23:
Events: Supreme Court rules cities & states
have right to censor films (1961)
Bob Feller
& Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame (1962)
"The King
Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV (1965)
Spy ship
USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea (1968)
Bob Keeshan [Captain
Kangeroo] dies. (2004)
Johnny Carson
dies. (2005)
January 24:
Born: Ray Stevens, singer, songwriter,
comedian (1941)
Neil Diamond, singer,
songwriter (1944)
Events: The Beatles sign their first management contract with
Brian Epstein (1962)
James "Shep"
Shepherd rocker (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death (1970)
J Carrol Naish actor
(Charlie Chan-Adventures of Charlie Chan), dies at 72 (1973)
Larry Fine actor (3
Stooges), dies at 72 (1975)
Gordon MacRae singer
(Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64 (1986)
George Gobel comedian,
dies of a heart attack at 71 (1991)
Thurgood Marshall 1st
black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84 (1993)
Pernell Roberts
actor (Bonanza, Trapper John, MD) dies age 81 (2010)
January 25:
Born: Ronnie
Brandon rocker (McCoys) (1946)
Events: 1st live, nationally televised Presidential
news conference (JFK) (1961)
Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released (1961)
"Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival charts (1969)
US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris (1969)
January 26:
Events: Edward G Robinson
[Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79 (1973)
Paul
"Bear" Bryant college football coach, dies in Alabama at 69 (1983)
January 27:
Born: Kim Gardner
rocker, The Byrds
(1938)
Nadra
Talley, The Ronettes (1947)
Events: "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller]
premieres on NBC TV (1961)
Apollo
1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee (1967)
Treaty
banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed (1967)
Mahalia
Jackson gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60 (1972)
Claude Akins
actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo), dies of cancer at 75 (1994)
J.D. Salinger,
author, (Catcher in the Rye) dies at age 91 (2010)
January 28:
Born: Acker Bilk clarinetist (Stranger on the Shore) (1929)
Martin
Fried rocker (Cyrkle-"Red Rubber Ball") (1944)
Events: "Between The Buttons" by The
Rolling Stones is released. (1967)
"For What
It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield charts (1967)
January 29
Events: Walt Disney's
"Sleeping Beauty" released (1959)
US
female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming (1966)
Jimi
Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars (1969)
Jimmy Durante New York City NY, singer/comedian (Ink-a-dink-a-doo, Palooka, The Jimmy Durante Show), dies at
86 (1980)
Leif Erickson actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74 (1986)
January 30:
Born: Gene Hackman
California, actor (1931)
Events: The Beatles film and
record "Let It Be" at top Apple Records' Abbey Roads studio (1969)
Beatles perform their last gig together, a 42-minute free concert on the roof of Apple HQs (1969)
January 31:
Born: Terry Kath, Chicago (1948)
Events: US report "Smoking & Health" connects smoking to lung
cancer (1964)

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