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Concerts and Festivals
1960 : Johnny Cash plays the first of his jailhouse shows when he performs at San Quentin prison in San Rafael, California. Among those in the captive audience is Merle Haggard, who was serving time for burglary. |
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Awards and Honors (3)
| 1980 : Cliff Richard is honored with an MBE (Member of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II, only the third rocker to be so honored, behind The Beatles and Elton John. |
| 2004 : Charles Aznavour is named a Commander in the French Legion of Honor. |
| 2011 : Hugh Laurie, a blues artist and actor best known for his role on TV drama House, wins the fourth Golden Mouth Organ Award on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Hugh earns the award by playing "Oh Susanna." |
Band Dynamics (1)
| 1968 : Berkeley, CA rock group The Golliwogs (previously The Blue Velvets) makes the momentous decision to change its name to Creedence Clearwater Revival. |
Births (6)
Certifications and Milestones (1)
| 2003 : Michigan's first female governor, Jennifer Granholm, is sworn into office, with special guest Aretha Franklin performing the US National Anthem. |
Charts (6)
| 1936 : Billboard magazine publishes its very first record sales chart, with the first Number One listed as Joe Venuti's "Stop! Look! Listen!" |
| 1955 : Joan Weber's "Let Me Go Lover" hits #1 |
| 1965 : The Beatles (on Capitol Records) have three albums in the Billboard Top 10. |
| 1966 : Simon & Garfunkel's the Sound Of Silence hits #1. |
| 1972 : Carole King's LP Music hits #1. |
| 1993 : Elton John cracks the Top-40 with The Last Song, making it 23 consecutive years he's had a song on the charts. It breaks Elvis Presley's previous record of 22. |
Concerts and Festivals (3)
| 1960 : Johnny Cash plays the first of his jailhouse shows when he performs at San Quentin prison in San Rafael, California. Among those in the captive audience is Merle Haggard, who was serving time for burglary. |
| 1967 : The San Francisco chapter of the Hell's Angels holds the first annual New Year's Wail, a goodwill concert for the Haight-Ashbury hippies who bailed one of their members out of jail. Musical guests include Grateful Dead and Big Brother & the Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin. |
| 1972 : A rock band (Three Dog Night) rides a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade for the first time. |
Deaths (7)
| 1782 : Johann Christian Bach |
| 1953 : Hank Williams |
| 1984 : Alexis Korner |
| 1991 : Buck Ram |
| 1995 : Ted Hawkins |
| 1997 : Townes Van Zandt |
| 2007 : Del Reeves |
Debuts (1)
| 1962 : The Beatles and The Tremeloes both audition for Decca Records. Decca signs The Tremeloes, reasoning that "Guitar groups are on the way out." |
Health Issues (3)
| 1976 : Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant walks for the first time following his horrible car accident in Greece the previous year. |
| 1987 : Elton John is admitted to a hospital in Sydney, Australia, for emergency throat surgery, and is forbidden from performing for four months |
| 2000 : George Harrison is informed that he will be able to play guitar again following knife injuries to his hand during Michael Abram's recent home invasion. |
Incidents (1)
| 1959 : While on furlough from his Army outfit, Elvis Presley takes his new BMW out for a spin on Germany's famed Autobahn highway and totals it (fortunately leaving the scene of the accident without a scratch). |
Legal Issues (1)
| 1965 : British acts The Zombies, The Nashville Teens, and The Hullabaloos -- all currently in the US as part of a package tour -- have their work visas denied by the US State Department. |
Marriages and Breakups (1)
| 2002 : At the christening of his daughter, Julie Rose, Eric Clapton surprises the attendees by marrying the mother, Melia McEnery, a woman almost half his age. |
Miscellaneous (2)
| 1950 : Sam Phillips, a 26-year-old disc jockey, opens his new Memphis Recording Service -- later to be immortalized as Sun Studios -- in Memphis, TN, at the corner of Union and Marshall streets. |
| 2012 : During celebrations in Times Square, Lady GaGa shares a kiss with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg just after the ball drops. |
Releases (3)
TV, Radio, Press (6)
| 1940 : W2XDG in New York becomes the first licensed FM station, and begins broadcasting from the Empire State Building. |
| 1957 : BBC-TV premieres its new musical variety show Cool For Cats. |
| 1959 : For the first time, ABC-TV's teen dance program American Bandstand leads the US daytime television ratings. |
| 1964 : BBC-TV premieres a new musical variety show entitled Top Of The Pops, kicked off by Dusty Springfield's I Only Want to Be With You, followed by lip-synced performances from The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies and The Swinging Blue Jeans. |
| 1966 : CBS-TV's Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, a mainstay on television for 14 years, and 12 before that on NBC radio, as well as the launching pad for Rick Nelson's stardom, films its very last episode. |
| 1990 : Florida's WKRL-FM switches to an all-Led Zeppelin format, kicking off the change with 24 straight hours of Stairway To Heaven. |
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