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Charts
1990 : After being featured prominently in the smash hit film Ghost, The Righteous Brothers' version of Unchained Melody returns to the top of the UK charts after 25 years. |
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Awards and Honors (4)
| 2001 : Phil Vassar is named songwriter-artist of the year at the 39th annual ASCAP Country Music Awards at Nashville's Opryland Hotel. |
| 2004 : Eric Clapton is made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace. |
| 2005 : Colombian vocalist Juanes adds more statues to his mantel with three wins during the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Juanes, who is the all-time leader with nine wins going into the event, takes home awards for best rock solo vocal album for Mi Sangre, best rock song for "Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor" and best music video for "Volverte a Ver." |
| 2005 : At the MTV Europe Music Awards in Lisbon, Coldplay and Green Day each win two awards. |
Band Dynamics (1)
| 1977 : Elton John announces his retirement during a concert at London's Empire Pool. He would return to the music business within a year and a half. |
Banned (1)
| 1964 : Mayor Ralph Locker of Cleveland, OH, bans The Rolling Stones from playing the city ever again after a teenager falls from a balcony during the group's concert. Locker is quoted as commenting, "Such groups do not add to the community's culture or entertainment." |
Births (8)
Certifications and Milestones (1)
| 1976 : Firefall's self-titled LP is certified gold |
Charts (6)
| 1951 : Tony Bennett's Cold, Cold Heart hits #1 |
| 1956 : Elvis Presley's Love Me Tender hits #1 |
| 1962 : The Crystals' He's A Rebel hits #1 |
| 1969 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Wedding Bell Blues by The 5th Dimension |
| 1979 : The Eagles LP The Long Run hits #1 |
| 1990 : After being featured prominently in the smash hit film Ghost, The Righteous Brothers' version of Unchained Melody returns to the top of the UK charts after 25 years. |
Concerts and Festivals (1)
Deaths (5)
| 1991 : Legendary rock promoter Bill Graham's funeral in San Francisco is attended by over 300,000 people, though the many musical acts that perform -- Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Santana and Joan Baez -- may have helped the turnout. |
1993 : Leon Theremin dies. Leon Theremin (1896-1993) was a Russian inventor, most famous for the Theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments.
Becoming popular in the 1960s it was and is used in numerous live and studio recordings from The Rolling Stones (Please Go Home), over Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love), to Goldfrapp (Train).
The most famous use was probably in the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations |
| 1996 : William Clarke |
| 2002 : Lonnie Donegan |
| 2006 : Paul Mauriat |
Good Deeds (2)
| 2005 : Alicia Keys hosts and performs at a fundraiser for the AIDS charity Keep a Child Alive at New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center. She is joined by fellow music heavyweights Usher, Paul Simon, John Mayer and Common, as well as African acts Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Femi Kuti and the Agape Children's Choir from Durban, South Africa. |
| 2010 : UB40 performs a gig at the Rainbow pub in Digbeth, Birmingham, helping the club raise money to sound proof their roof after a series of noise complaints. 500 fans are given a rare chance to see the band play up close and personal in this intimate setting. |
Legal Issues (2)
| 1995 : Hootie & the Blowfish settle out of court with Bob Dylan, who sees their lifting of lyrics from Tangled Up In Blue on their hit Only Want To Be With You as more plagiarism than tribute. |
| 1997 : In Santa Monica, CA, Billy Preston is sentenced to three years in prison for cocaine possession and violating parole. |
Marriages and Breakups (1)
| 1972 : Carly Simon and James Taylor get married, creating a musical power-couple not seen until Jay-Z and Beyonce tied the knot. The marriage lasts 11 years. |
Miscellaneous (3)
| 1958 : PFC Elvis Presley goes on maneuvers for the first time, with the 32nd Tank regiment near the border of Germany and Czechoslovakia. |
| 1992 : Grateful Dead tell stunned fans that they will not play their traditional New Year's Eve concert in San Francisco. |
| 2003 : Coldplay Live 2003, a forthcoming DVD release from Coldplay, receives big screen premieres across the U.S. |
Movies (1)
| 1967 : The Beatles complete filming on their ill-fated movie Magical Mystery Tour. |
Recordings (3)
| 1941 : Glenn Miller, "String Of Pearls" |
| 1963 : Gale Garnett, "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" |
| 1965 : The Beatles, Michelle |
Releases (4)
| 1957 : Jerry Lee Lewis, Great Balls of Fire |
| 1957 : Danny and the Juniors, At The Hop |
| 1965 : Elvis Presley, Harum Scarum |
| 1998 : In one of the last years for major album sales, several highly anticipated releases come out on this day, including Alanis Morissette's followup to Jagged Little Pill, Beck's Mutations, Celine Dion's These Are Special Times, U2's Greatest Hits set, and John Lennon's boxed set. |
TV, Radio, Press (3)
| 1957 : CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show accidentally cuts off Sam Cooke mid-song when You Send Me isn't given enough time at the end of tonight's show. Sullivan invites the singer back the next month to make up for it. |
| 1962 : Billboard magazine drops the "Western" from its "Country and Western" chart title. |
| 2006 : Donny Osmond guest stars on ABC's soap opera All My Children. |
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