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This Week In Rock & Roll History
January 13 - 19
145 events that created the soundtrack of YOUR life How many do YOU remember?
ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END
THE "LAST" WEEK IN ROCK & ROLL HISTORY WITH A FINAL THOUGHT AT "THE END"
SUNDAY January 13
The late Robert ‘Squirrel’ Lester of the Moonglows (“Sincerely”) was born in 1930
Fred White (drummer with Earth, Wind & Fire – “Shining Star”) is 53
Trevor Rabin (guitarist with Yes – “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”) is 54
Carl Dobkins, Jr. (“My Heart Is An Open Book”) is 67
Stephen Foster, known as the “father of American music” (“Oh! Susanna”, “Camptown Races”, “My Old Kentucky Home”, “Beautiful Dreamer” “Old Folks at Home” {“Swanee River”}) died destitute in a New York City hospital---1864 Rock Factoid: Foster, confined to bed with a fever, had fallen after trying to get up. He fell over a washbasin next to his bed, shattering it and gouged his head. It took three hours to get him to the hospital, and in that era before transfusions and antibiotics, he passed away after three days.
Elvis Presley recorded “Peace In The Valley”---1957
Little Richard released “Good Golly Miss Molly”---1958
After borrowing $800, Berry Gordy, Jr. founded Motown Records---1959
Bob Dylan released “The Times They Are A-Changin’” as a single. While it became his first hit in England, it never made the American charts---1965
The Rolling Stones released “Let’s Spend The Night Together”---1967
The Beatles released the “Yellow Submarine” album in the U.S.---1969
Elvis Presley began recording the “Memphis Sessions” album---1969
John Lennon and Yoko Ono cut their hair and donated it to a charity auction---1970
The Police began recording their debut album (“Outlandos d’Amour”)---1978
The YMCA organization sued the Village People for copyright infringement over their song of the same name. (The suit was eventually dropped)---1979
Donny Hathaway (“Where Is The Love” with Roberta Flack) fell to his death from the 15th floor of a New York hotel room (ruled a suicide, though evidence suggested it was accidental)---1979
British police arrested the Who’s Pete Townshend on suspicion of possession of child pornography (He said it was “research” and received an official caution)---2003
Doyle Holly (bassist with Buck Owens’ Buckaroos – “Act Naturally”) died (prostate cancer)---2007
MONDAY January 14 Dave Grohl (drummer with Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and guitarist/lead singer with the Foo Fighters – “Learn To Fly”) is 39
Tim Harris (drummer with the Foundations – “Build Me Up Buttercup”) is 60
T-Bone Burnett (born Joseph Henry Burnett – singer/songwriter, but best known as record producer for the Wallflowers, Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, Roy Orbison and many others) is 60
Jack Jones (“Wives And Lovers”) is 70
Clarence Carter (“Patches”) is 72
Harriet Hilliard (stage name of Harriet Nelson) recorded “Get Thee Behind Me Satan” for the film Follow The Fleet---1936
Alan Freed’s first New York stage show included the Clovers, the Drifters and Fats Domino---1955
Little Richard hit the US charts for first time with “Tutti Frutti”---1956
Corporal Elvis Presley was promoted to the rank of Sergeant---1960
Singer David Jones changed his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of the Monkees---1966 The first “Human Be-In” was held in San Francisco, with Big Brother & The Holding Company and Jefferson Airplane---1967
The Monterey Pop film opened in Los Angeles---1969
Diana Ross performed for the last time in concert with the Supremes---1970
John Lennon's erotic "Bag One" lithographs went on display in London---1970
Elvis Presley’s ‘Aloha From Hawaii’ concert was broadcast live to a billion people around the world (but not the U.S., where it aired on TV three months later)---1973 Rock Factoid: The entire concert can be heard in our music library (at Elvis Presley in the All Groups/Individuals section).
Jerri Hall filed for divorce from Mick Jagger---1999
TUESDAY January 15
The late Gene Krupa (jazz drummer – “Drum Boogie”) was born in 1909
The late Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist with Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”) was born in 1948
Melvyn Gale (cellist with ELO – “Roll Over Beethoven”) is 56
Hank Williams recorded “Your Cheatin’ Heart”---1952
Colonel Tom Parker first witnessed Elvis Presley when the singer performed on the Louisiana Hayride---1955
Elvis Presley recorded “Hard Headed Woman”---1958
The Supremes signed with Motown Records---1961
Gerry & The Pacemakers signed a movie contract (with the ensuing film being Ferry Cross The Mersey)---1964
The Who released their first single (“I Can’t Explain”)---1965
Roy Orbison’s ‘The Fastest Guitar Alive’ movie premiered in New York---1967 Rock Factoid: The plot (such as it was) for this western centered around confederate spy Orbison’s bullet shooting guitar.
The Buckinghams recorded “Don’t You Care”---1967
The Rolling Stones performed a cleaned-up “Let’s Spend The Night Together” (changing the lyrics to “Let’s spend some time together”) on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ (at Ed’s insistence)---1967 George Harrison released “My Sweet Lord”---1971
Chase recorded “Get It On”---1971
Harry Casey (KC of KC & the Sunshine Band) was partially paralyzed in a Hialeah, Florida auto crash (recovery took a year)---1982
Inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame included Bobby “Blue” Bland, Booker T. & The MGs, Johnny Cash, The Isley Brothers, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Sam and Dave, and The Yardbirds---1992
Dee Murray (bassist for Elton John) died (stroke)---1992
Songwriter Sammy Cahn (“Three Coins In The Fountain,” “All The Way,” “High Hopes” and “Call Me Irresponsible”) died (congestive heat failure)---1993
Harry Nilsson (“Everybody’s Talkin’”) died (heart failure)---1994
Junior Wells (harmonica ace and blues vocalist – “Little By Little”) died (lymphoma)---1998
WEDNESDAY January 16
The late Aaliyah (born Aailyah Dana Haughton – “Try Again”) was born in 1979
Sade (born Helen Folasade Adu – “Smooth Operator”) is 49
Jim Stafford (“Spiders & Snakes”) is 64
Ronnie Milsap (“Any Day Now”) is 64
Bill Francis (keyboards with Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show – “Cover Of The Rolling Stone”) is 66
Barbara Lynn (“You’ll Lose A Good Thing”) is 66
Bob Bogle (bassist with the Ventures – “Walk—Don’t Run”) is 72
Little Richard recorded “Lucille”---1957
The Cavern Club (home to many early Beatles performances) opened in Liverpool---1957
“I Want To Hold Your Hand” debuted on Billboard’s singles chart at #45. On the Cash Box chart, it had already reached #1---1964
The first Guess Who record (under that name) was released (“Shakin’ All Over”)---1965
As part of George Harrison’s agreement to return to the Beatles, the band agreed to drop any discussion of a major concert (which had been Paul McCartney’s idea) and ended rehearsals at Twickenham Film Studios for the ‘Let It Be’ project---1969 Rock Factoid: All future work on the film was done in the basement of Apple Headquarters at 3 Savile Row and not Abbey Road Studios, as many think.
Later in the month, the band took the stairs up to the Apple roof for the now famous Rooftop Concert.
Citing them as “obscene,” Scotland Yard confiscated eight John Lennon lithographs from a London art gallery---1970
David Seville (born Ross Bagdasarian - “Witch Doctor” and the man behind the Alvin & The Chipmunks) died (heart attack)---1972 Rock Factoid: Bagdasarian played minor roles in several films, including Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, in which he played a pianist who composes, plays and sings a song called “Lisa”.
Paul McCartney & Wings began recording the “Venus And Mars” album in New Orleans---1975
Peter Frampton released the legendary “Frampton Comes Alive!” album---1976Donny and Marie debuted on ANC---1976
The divorce of Cher and Gregg Allman was finalized---1979
Paul McCartney was jailed in Tokyo for possession of a half pound of marijuana. He spent ten days behind bars before being kicked-out of the country by Japanese authorities---1980
Inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame included LaVern Baker, The Byrds, John Lee Hooker, The Impressions, Wilson Pickett, Jimmy Reed, and Ike & Tina Turner---1991
Mick Jagger’s Freejack film premiered---1992
Bryan Adams played in front of a crowd of 2,500 people in Ho Chi Minh City. He was the first Western entertainer to perform in Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975---1994
Jimmy Buffett's plane was shot at by Jamaican police---1996
Rock Factoid: The ‘Hemisphere Dancer’ was carrying Buffett, U2’s Bono, and Island Records CEO Chris Blackwell. Police suspected it was smuggling drugs. No one was hurt, although there were a few bullet holes in the plane. Rock Factoid #2: Buffett used the incident as the inspiration for a song titled“Jamaica Mistaica”. “Come back
Come back
Back to Jamaica
Don't you know we made a big mistaica
We’d be so sad if you told us goodbye
And we promise not to shoot you out of the sky”
Will Jones (Coasters – “Searchin’”) died (complications from diabetes)---2000
THURSDAY January 17
Susanna Hoffs (lead vocalist with the Bangles – “Eternal Flame” and “My Side Of The Bed” as a solo artist) is 49
Paul Young (“Everytime You Go Away”) is 52
Mick Taylor (guitarist who replaced Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones) is 60
William Hart of The Delfonics – “La-La (Means I Love You)” is 63
Chris Montez (“Call Me”) is 65
Eartha Kitt (“C’est Si Bon”) is 81
The Rolling Stones recorded “The Last Time” and “Play With Fire”---1965
After working on it for almost two weeks, the Beatles finished recording “Penny Lane”---1967
While reading ‘The London Daily Mail’, John Lennon noticed an article about a series of potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire. He used it as the inspiration for one of the lines in “A Day In The Life”---1967
Elvis Presley recorded “U.S. Male”---1968
The first Led Zeppelin album (self-titled) was released---1969
Elton John released “Lady Samantha”---1969
Billy Stewart (“Summertime”) died (along with three members of his band) in an auto accident in Smithfield, North Carolina---1970 Rock Factoid: Early in his career, Stewart was the piano player in blues legend Bo Diddley’s band.
The Doors recorded the Los Angeles portion of “Absolutely Live” album---1970 Rock Factoid: Producer Paul Rothchild painstakingly edited the album from many different shows to create one cohesive concert. The best part of a song from the Detroit show may have been spliced together with another part of the same song from the Boston show, again trying to create the perfect concert. “I couldn't get complete takes of a lot of songs, so sometimes I’d cut from Detroit to Philadelphia in midsong. There must be 2,000 edits on that album” … Paul Rothchild
Highway 51 South in Memphis was renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard---1972
Charlie Rich recorded “Behind Closed Doors”---1973
Dino Martin (singer with Dino, Desi & Billy and the son of Dean Martin) was arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of two machine guns---1974
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees included The Who, Hank Ballard, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, Simon and Garfunkel, the Platters and The Kinks---1990
Blues singer (and drummer) Robert Covington (“I Know”) died (kidney failure)---1996
Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, Velvet Underground, Gladys Knight & the Pips, David Bowie, Pete Seeger, The Shirelles, Tom Donahue and Little Willie John were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame---1996FRIDAY January 18
The late David Ruffin of the Temptations (“My Girl”) was born in 1941
Brett Hudson (The Hudson Brothers – “So You Are A Star”) is 55
“Legs” Larry Smith (drummer with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – “I’m The Urban Spaceman”) is 64 Rock Factoid: George Harrison wrote and recorded a song about Smith called “His Name is Legs (Ladies and Gentlemen)” on Harrison’s “Extra Texture (Read All About It)” album. Rock Factoid #2: Smith did the graphic design work for the cover of Harrison’s “Gone Troppo” album.
Bobby Goldsboro (“Honey”) is 67
Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the classic “Jeepers Creepers”---1939
New York City's Metropolitan Opera House held its first jazz concert, featuring a Who’s Who collection of the genre’s biggest names (Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden)---1944
Johnny Horton released “Sink The Bismarck”---1960
Paul Simon dropped out of law school to become a full-time musician---1965
At a White House luncheon to discuss the rise in urban crime, Eartha Kitt was involved in an infamous spat with First Lady ‘Lady Bird’ Johnson---1968 Rock Factoid: Kitt’s argument (“Vietnam is the main reason we are having trouble with the youth of America. It is a war without explanation or reason”) subsequently led to her being blackballed throughout the U.S.
Former Beatle Pete Best won his eight-million-dollar defamation suit against his former group, but settles for considerably less money. (Ringo Starr had implied Best was fired from the band because of drug use)---1969
In an interview with Disc and Music Echo, John Lennon discussed the deteriorating financial situation with the Beatles’ Apple Records---1969 “Apple is losing money. If it caries on like this, we'll be broke in six months.” Rock Factoid: In reality, it was Apple’s other divisions (Apple Electronics, Apple Films, Apple Publishing, and Apple Retail) that was causing the financial drain. Apple Records was the only profitable division.
A Rolling Stones benefit concert raised $200,000 for Nicaraguan earthquake relief (Mick Jagger donated $150,000 more)---1973
Pink Floyd completed sessions for “Dark Side Of The Moon” at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios---1973
Former members of Free (Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople (Mick Ralphs) and King Crimson (Boz Burrell) formed Bad Company---1974
Minnie Riperton released “Lovin’ You”---1975
Capricorn Records, home of several prominent Southern rock acts of the 1970’s, filed for bankruptcy---1980
Inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame included Dion, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, and Stevie Wonder---1989 Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson---1996
HBO aired a live Rolling Stones concert from New York’s Madison Square Garden---2003
SATURDAY January 19 The late Janis Joplin (“Me & Bobby McGee”) was born in 1943
The late Robert Palmer (“Addicted to Love”) was born in 1949
Desi Arnaz, Jr. (Dino, Desi & Billy – “I’m A Fool”) is 55
Dewey Bunnell (America - “A Horse With No Name”) is 57
Martha Davis (The Motels – “Only The Lonely”) is 57
Harvey Hinsley (guitarist with Hot Chocolate – “You Sexy Thing”) is 60
Dolly Parton (“9 To 5”) is 62
Shelley Fabares (“Johnny Angel”) is 64
Laurie London (“He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands”) is 64 Rock Factoid: He was just 13 years old when he recorded that #1 song. Rock Factoid #2: London was truly a one-hit wonder. Not only did he never have another Top 40 hit, he never again hit the Top 100.
Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers is 69
Marty Robbins made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry---1953
Carl Perkins left Sun Records and signed with Columbia---1958
Pat Boone performed at the inaugural ball for President Dwight D. Eisenhower---1967
Johnny Cash made his national television debut on The Jackie Gleason Show---1957
The Beatles began recording “A Day In The Life”---1967
The Beatles turned down a $30 million offer to reunite---1976
Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band performed at the inaugural ball for President Jimmy Carter---1977
Fleetwood Mac reunited to perform for President Bill Clinton's inauguration ceremonies---1993
Carl Perkins (“Blue Suede Shoes”) died (series of strokes)---1998The Band, Rod Stewart, The Animals, The Grateful Dead, Elton John, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Duane Eddy were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame---1994
Adriana Caselotti, who provided the voice behind the lead character in Walt Disney's Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (including “Someday My Prince Will Come”), died (respiratory failure)---1997
Pat Boone received an award from the National Association of Chiefs of Police for his efforts in support of officers killed in the line of duty---1998
Wilson Pickett (“In The Midnight Hour”) died (heart attack)---2006
‘This Week In Music History’ ended when Ray Lemire (much like Forrest Gump, who, after running for three years, two months, fourteen days and sixteen hours, suddenly decided he was tired) came to the conclusion it was time to stop typing after two years, six months, eight days and seven hours. So he calmly stepped away from his computer keyboard and simply walked outside---2008
Listen To: WHAT REALLY MATTERSThanks for reliving the memories.
I hope we all learned something along the way.
PEACE, LOVE and HAPPINESS
Another great article! .... I'll miss these "This Week In Rock & Roll History" ... they make great reading :-)
Re: RAY LEMIRE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING (Score: 1) by Louise on Saturday, January 12 @ 18:03:18 EST (User Info | Send a Message)
Thank you, Ray, for all the enjoyable reading you've given us : )
Re: RAY LEMIRE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING (Score: 1) by HeatherRose on Sunday, January 13 @ 08:42:00 EST (User Info | Send a Message)
I too, have found "This Week In Music History" to be an enjoyable read each and every week. Always informative, not only bringing back great memories but learning new things about how music and the people involved have made such a huge impact on all of our lives.
Thank you for sharing this "labor of love".
Re: RAY LEMIRE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING (Score: 1) by moe on Saturday, January 19 @ 14:05:46 EST (User Info | Send a Message)
all i can say is for those who have come to know and love Ray Lemire,we all know that Ray has never left the building--he'll just sit in a differnet room.
love you brother and thanks from all the ducks
Re: RAY LEMIRE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING (Score: 1) by Louise on Tuesday, August 03 @ 21:07:20 EDT (User Info | Send a Message)
I'm really glad you changed your mind! : )
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