29 JANUARY
In Music History
1970 Johnny Cash's album Hello, I'm Johnny Cash is certified Gold.
1969 Peggy Lee records "Is That All There Is."
1964 The Beatles record German versions of their hits "She Loves You" ("Sie Liebt Dich") and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" ("Komm gib mir deine Hand").
1962 Peter, Paul and Mary sign with Warner Brothers Records.
1962 Marcus Vere (of Living In A Box) is born in the UK.
1961 Eddie Jackson (bassist for Queensryche) is born in Robstown, Texas.
1953 Louie Perez (drummer, lyricist for Los Lobos) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1949 Tommy Ramone (drummer for Ramones) is born Tamas Erdelyi in Budapest, Hungary, but is raised in Queens, New York.
1947 David Byron of Uriah Heep is born David Garrick in Epping, England.
1942 Claudine Longet is born in Paris. The French singer is the subject of the Rolling Stones song "Claudine."
1936 James Jamerson, the bass player in Motown's house band The Funk Brothers, is born in South Carolina. His distinctive grooves form the bedrock of many hits released on the label; good examples of his work are "My Girl" by The Temptations and "Where Did Our Love Go" by The Supremes.
1933 R&B singer Ron Townson (of The 5th Dimension) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.
1917 Singer/actor John Raitt, known for his roles in the stage musicals Carousel and Oklahoma!, among others, is born in Santa Ana, California.
1862 Composer Frederick Delius is born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
1728 The Beggar's Opera by John Gay premieres in London.
Bob Dylan Meets Woody Guthrie
1961Five days after arriving in New York from Minnesota, Bob Dylan meets his ailing folk hero, Woody Guthrie, tracking him down in East Orange, New Jersey. Dylan pays tribute with "Song To Woody," which appears on his first album the following year.
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2011 Former teen stars Tiffany and Debbie Gibson team up to star in the movie Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid, which airs on the Syfy network.More
1997 The Paul Simon musical The Cape Man opens on Broadway. It lasts only 68 performances.
1991 At the American Music Awards, Gloria Estefan performs live for the first time since a tour bus accident 10 months earlier where she seriously injured her back. She debuts her new single, "Coming Out Of The Dark," which is inspired by her recovery.
1983 Stevie Nicks marries Kim Anderson in a union she later describes as "a terrible, terrible mistake."More
1979 16-year-old Brenda Spencer opens fire on Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, from her home across the street, killing two adults and injuring nine kids. When asked why she did it, she replies, "I don't like Mondays," which the Boomtown Rats use as the title for a song about the incident.
1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour debuts on CBS. A homey variety show with Steve Martin on board as a writer, it lasts three seasons and draws impressive ratings. Campbell, who had been a regular guest on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, gets even more exposure later in 1969 when he stars in the John Wayne movie True Grit.
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