1961, The Beatles performed at the Cavern Club, Liverpool playing two shows at lunchtime and then again at night. Decca Records' Mike Smith attended the night performance with a view to offering The Beatles a recording contract.
1962, Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the singles charts with 'Return To Sender.'
1966, Jimi Hendrix made his TV debut on ITV's 'Ready Steady Go!' (Marc Bolan was also on the show). The Jimi Hendrix Experience also recorded 'Foxy Lady' on this day.
1969, Bob Dylan was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents (2/6).
1975, Chicago started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Chicago IX-Chicago's Greatest Hits', the group's fifth No.1 album.
1986, Bruce Hornsby & The Range went to No.1 on the US singles chart, with 'The Way It Is'.
2000, Sir Paul McCartney held his first-ever London book signing at Waterstone's in Piccadilly. Sir Paul was in the store to sign copies of his new book, Paul McCartney Paintings.
2002, Canadian guitarist and singer Zal Yanovsky of The Lovin Spoonful died of a heart attack. Was a member of The Mugwumps with Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot. Formed Lovin Spoonful with John Sebastian in 1964, they scored the 1966 hit single 'Summer In The City'.
2005, A cheque signed by John Lennon made out to the Inland Revenue sold for £2,000 at a UK auction. It was sold by former madam Lindi St Clair, (formerly known as Miss Whiplash), after she decided she had no use for it. Clair who now runs a duck farm in Herefordshire had bought the cheque for £4,000 in 1988. It was signed by Lennon on 23rd January 1968 on a District Bank Limited form and made out for £6,946.
Happy Rock-n-Roll Birthdays to...
1949, Tom Verlaine, Television
1952, Berton Averre, The Knack
1967, Jamie Foxx
1970, Daniel Patrick, Nine Inch Nails, Tapeworm, Killing Joke, Methods of Mayhem.
1974, Nick McCarthy, Franz Ferdinand
1975, Tom Delonge, Blink 182
1981, Amy Lynn Lee, Evanescence
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