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2017 Janet Jackson gives birth to her first child, a baby boy named Eissa Al Mana, at age 50. The father is the singer's husband, Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana.
2004 Britney Spears marries her childhood friend Jason Alexander (not the actor) at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.More
2001 The Dave Matthews Band become the first major artist to release a song on Napster when "I Did It" debuts on the controversial file-sharing platform.More
1997 Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm publish an article called "Nitric Oxide And Inflammation: The Answer Is Blowing In The Wind" in the journal Nature Medicine. The article deals with the detection of mucosal inflammation, and while we can't speak to its medical efficacy, it does reveal a trend of biomedical researchers using Bob Dylan song titles and lyrics in their articles. The Swedish scientists had a friendly bet going to see how many Dylan references they could inject into their published work; a later study reveals hundreds of medical articles that had borrowed from Dylan, with the most popular song being "The Times They Are A-Changin'."
1987 The second class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced, and it includes the first woman: Aretha Franklin. The Coasters, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Marvin Gaye, Bill Haley, Clyde McPhatter, Rick Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Smokey Robinson, and Jackie Wilson also enter.
1926 Beatles producer George Martin is born in London. He signs the group to EMI in 1962 and his expertise as an arranger helps shape the band's unique sound. Upon Martin's death in 2016, Paul McCartney states: "If anyone earned the title of the fifth Beatle it was George."
3 JANUARY
In Music History
2021 Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers dies at 78.
2019 Lifetime airs the first installment of the six-part series Surviving R. Kelly, which documents the singer's alleged sex crimes. John Legend is among those speaking out against Kelly in the series.
2014 Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers dies of complications from lung disease at age 74.
2008 Britney Spears suffers from a mental breakdown in Beverly Hills, where she refuses to hand over her sons Jayden James and Sean Preston to their father, Kevin Federline. Britney is eventually taken to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center via ambulance and is admitted as a "special needs" patient.
1995 Canadian news anchor Byron MacGregor, who reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974 with his version of "Americans," dies of complications from pneumonia in Detroit, Michigan, at age 46.
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show debuts in syndication, bringing a spate of contemporary musical acts - including many hip-hop artists - to late night during its five-season run. Highlights include Mariah Carey's national TV debut in 1990, and a 1992 appearance by Bill Clinton, who uses his airtime to win over young voters on this way to the White House.
1981 David Bowie finishes his Broadway run as the title character in the play The Elephant Man.
1980 Mellow rocker Kurt Vile is born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
1980 R&B singer and pianist Amos Milburn dies after a series of strokes in Houston, Texas, at age 52. He is known for the 1953 hit "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer."
1976 American interest in The Bay City Rollers peaks as their song "Saturday Night" hits #1 for one week, which is good enough to get their faces on cereal boxes.
1974 Bob Dylan begins a 6-week tour in Chicago with The Band, who do double duty: backing Dylan and then playing their own set. In July, the double album Before The Flood is released, featuring highlights from the shows.
1970 Davy Jones announces he's leaving The Monkees, essentially dissolving the group, which had dwindled to a duo.
1970 Melody Maker names Al Stewart's Love Chronicles its folk album of the year.
1970 B.J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" hits #1 in the US for the first of four weeks.
1970 Four days after learning that their movie Let It Be will be released in theaters, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr meet at Abbey Road Studios and record "I Me Mine" for the film and soundtrack.
Jack Paar Introduces The Beatles On American TV
1964A month before The Beatles make their iconic live debut in the US on the Ed Sullivan Show, Americans get their first look at the Fab Four when Jack Paar shows a film clip of the band performing "She Loves You" on his TV show.
Anyone who was around in '64 knows Beatlemania exploded after the group made their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show that February, but contrary to popular belief, it wasn't the first time Americans laid eyes on The Beatles. In the fall of 1963, TV host Jack Paar was visiting England and witnessed the pandemonium surrounding the mop-headed lads from Liverpool. He wasn't terribly impressed by their performance, bringing back footage mostly for laughs. "I never knew that these boys would change the history of the world's music, which they did," recalls Paar. "I thought it was funny, and I had 'em filmed and brought it to America months before Sullivan." Paar's motive is clear at the end of the segment, as he quips: "It's nice to know that England has finally risen to our cultural level."
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Finally...there they were
From the very first bass drum intro BOOM ba BOOM!
& the harmonies
She Loves You!
YEAH! YEAH!! YEAH!!!
I was a goner