1957, Buddy Holly and the Crickets appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show', performing 'That'll Be The Day' and 'Peggy Sue'. Sam Cooke was also a guest on the same show performing 'You Send Me'.
1958, The Teddy Bears were at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘To Know Him is to Love Him.’ The title of the Phil Spector song came from words on his father’s tombstone.
1961, The Beatles performed a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. That night they headlined a six-group Big Beat Session at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton in Wallasey.
1964, The Who played the first of 22 consecutive Tuesday night gigs at The Marquee Club in London, the band were paid £50 for each gig.
1965, During a North America tour The Rolling Stones appeared at the Vancouver Auditorium, British Columbia.
1967, During a 15 date UK tour Jimi Hendrix Pink Floyd, The Move, Nice and Amen Corner all played two shows at Chatham Town Hall.
1973, The Carpenters went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Top Of The World', their second US No.1.
1977, During a North American tour Queen appeared at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1980, Talking Heads supported by U2 appeared at the Hammersmith Palais, London, England.
1982, Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' album was released. It spent 190 weeks on the album charts and became the biggest selling pop album of all time, with sales over 50 million copies.
1983, Neil Young was sued by Geffen Records because his new music for the label was “not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums.”
1987, A Kentucky teacher lost her appeal in the US Supreme Court over being fired for showing Pink Floyd's film 'The Wall' to her class. The court decided that the film was not suitable for minors with its bad language and sexual content.
1990, Vanilla Ice started a four-week run at No.1 in the UK with the single 'Ice Ice Baby'. The track sampled the bass intro to the Queen and David Bowie No.1 'Under Pressure'. 'Ice Ice Baby' was initially released as the B-side to the rapper's cover of 'Play That Funky Music', and became the A-side after US DJ's started playing it.
Happy Rock-n-Roll Birthdays to...
1936, Lou Rawls, died from lung cancer January 6, 2006 aged 72.
1944, Bette Midler
1944, Eric Bloom, Blue Oyster Cult
1944, John Densmore, The Doors
1951, Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report, died September 21, 1987 aged 35.
1963, Sam Reid, Glass Tiger
1971, Greg Upchurch, 3 Doors Down
1977, Brad Delson, Linkin Park
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