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20 января 2002,
George Harrison had the posthumous UK No.1 single with the re-release of the 1971 former No.1 'My Sweet Lord'. Harrison's single replaced Aaliyah's 'More Than A Woman', the only time in chart history that one deceased artist had taken over from another at No.1.

20 января 2002,
Stereophonics started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with their second No.1 'Just Enough Education To Perform

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20 января 1964: The Beatles, Meet the Beatles

20 января 1965,
American disc-jockey Alan Freed died from uraemia at the age of 42. Freed called himself the "father of rock and roll", appeared in the movies such as Rock Around The Clock and Don't Knock the Rock.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed

20 января 1968,
Fleetwood Mac, The Move, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown and Fairport Convention all appeared at the Roundhouse Chalk Farm in London, England.

20 января 1969,
Led Zeppelin выступают в Wheaton Youth Center, Wheaton,во время своего первого североамериканского тура.На концерте присутствовало только 55 их фана(самая маленькая аудитория перед которой они выступали).Группа получила 250 долларов за концерт.
Setlist: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed and Confused, As Long As I Have You, Killing Floor, White Summer / Black Mountainside, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, You Shook Me, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown, Pat's Delight (drum solo).

Marriages and Breakups


20 января 1971 : Diana Ross marries Bob Silberstein.

Movies


20 января 1958 :
Elvis Presley receives his draft notice in Memphis, TN. It allows a sixty-day deferment for the King to finish his film King Creole.

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20 января


1958 : The Silhouettes, Get A Job

1964 : The Beatles first American album is released: Meet the Beatles!

1967 : The Rolling Stones, Between The Buttons

2009 : Bon Iver releases Blood Bank, a four-track EP and follow up to the hugely-successful For Emma, Forever Ago. The song "Woods," which features on the EP, will go on to be sampled by Kanye West on his track "Lost in the World

TV, Radio, Press
20 января 1965 :
The Rolling Stones and The Kinks both make their debut on ABC's Shindig! along with guests Dave Clark Five, Petula Clark, Bobby Vee, Bobby Sherman and Gerry and the Pacemakers

20 января 1975,

The US Top 5 singles:
No.5, Stevie Wonder, 'Boogie On Reggae Woman',
No.4, Ohio Players, 'Fire',
No.3, Barry Manilow, 'Mandy',
No.2, Neil Sedaka, 'Laughter In The Rain',
No.1, The Carpenters, 'Please Mr Postman'.

21 ЯНВАРЯ

Сегодня родились:

1941, Born on this day, Placido Domingo, Spanish singer, (1994 UK Hit single with Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, 'Libiamo / La Donna E Mobile').

1941, Born on this day, Richie Havens, folk singer, (1971 US Hit single with his version of George Harrison's' 'Here Comes The Sun', appeared at Woodstock, Newport, and Isle Of Wight festivals).

1942, Born on this day, Edwin Starr, singer, 1970 US No.1 and UK Hit single 'War'). Starr died on 2nd April 2003 aged 61.

1945: Peter Kircher (Status Quo)

1950, Born on this day, Billy Ocean, singer, (1988 US No.1 & UK Hit single 'Get Out Of My Dreams Get Into My Car').

1956, Born on this day, Rob Brill, drums, Berlin, (1986 UK & US No.1 single 'Take My Breath Away').

1973, Born on this day, Chris Kilmore, Incubus, (2004 US and UK album 'A Crow Left of the Murder', 2006 US No.1 album 'Light Grenades').

1976, Born on this day, Emma Bunton, Baby Spice, The Spice Girls, (1996 UK No.1 & 1997 US No.1 single 'Wannabe', 2001 UK No.1 solo single 'What Took You So Long').

1980, Born on this day, Ben Moody, guitar, Evanescence, (2003 UK No.1 & US Hit single 'Bring Me To Life', 2003 UK No.1 & US Hit album 'Fallen').


Ушли из жизни:

1984: Jackie Wilson

1996: Francisco Garcia (Cannibal and the Headhunters)

1997: Colonel Tom Parker

1999: Charles Brown

2002: Peggy Lee

21 ЯНВАРЯ(продолжение)

События:

1963, The Beatles made their third appearance on the Radio Luxembourg program The Friday Spectacular. The Beatles were interviewed by the host and played two tracks, 'Please Please Me' and 'Ask Me Why.

1965, Over 3,000 screaming fans met The Rolling Stones and Roy Orbison at Sydney Airport when they arrived for a 16 date of tour in Australia and New Zealand.

1966, George Harrison married Patti Boyd at Leatherhead Register Office in Surrey with Paul McCartney as Best man. George had first met Patti on the set of The Beatles movie 'A Hard Days Night'.

1968, Jimi Hendrix recorded his version of the Bob Dylan song 'All Along the Watchtower' at Olympic Studios in London. Rolling Stone Brian Jones and Dave Mason from Traffic both played on the session. The track was released in the US as a single in 1968, peaking at #20.

1970, Elvis Presley's last film 'Change Of Habit' was released.

1970: ABC gives the "summer replacement" Johnny Cash Show a permanent home on the prime time schedule.

1973, The Rolling Stones kicked off an 11 date Pacific tour at Honolulu International Centre, Hawaii.

1974: Governor of Georgia (and future President) Jimmy Carter invites Bob Dylan to a party at the Governor's Mansion at the insistence of his son Chip. Afterwards, Carter declared that "He [Dylan] never intiates conversation, but he'll answer a question if you ask him."

1978, The soundtrack album 'Saturday Night Fever' started a 24 week run at No.1 on the US album charts, it went on to sell over 30 million copies world wide, making it the best selling soundtrack album of all time.


1982, B.B. King donated his entire record collection of over 20,000 discs to Mississippi University's centre for the Study of Southern Culture,

1996, Edem Ephraim and Dennis Fuller of The London Boys were killed in a car crash in The Alps, also killed was Edem's wife Bettina.

1997, 'Colonel' Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager and agent died of a stroke in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 87.

2002, American singer and actress Peggy Lee died of complications from diabetes and a heart attack at the age of 81. 1958 US No. 8 & UK No.5 single 'Fever.' Lee worked with Benny Goodman, Randy Newman, Quincy Jones

2004, David Palmer, former keyboard player for Jethro Tull changed his name to Dee Palmer after a successful sex change operation. Palmer was the keyboard player for Jethro Tull between 1969 and 1980. He played on all the Tull classics including 'Thick As A Brick' and 'Aqualung.'

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1978, The soundtrack album 'Saturday Night Fever' started a 24 week run at No.1 on the US album charts, it went on to sell over 30 million copies world wide, making it the best selling soundtrack album of all time.

1984, Yes started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart 'a No.28 hit in the UK.

1989, Phil Collins scored his seventh US No.1 single with 'Two Hearts'.

1989, Six weeks after his death Roy Orbison started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Legendary Roy Orbison' collection.

2001, Limp Bizkit started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)', taken from their album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water.



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1957: Chuck Berry, "School Day"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_Days_(song)

1965: The Byrds, "Mr. Tambourine Man"

Сегодня родились:

21 января 1941,
Born on this day, Placido Domingo, Spanish singer, (1994 UK Hit single with Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, 'Libiamo / La Donna E Mobile').