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Band Dynamics (2)
28 января


1966 : Brian Poole announces his departure from The Tremeloes.

2008 : Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix confirms drummer, Dave Buckner, has left the band. A statement released by the frontman says: "For y'all that don't know, we had to split with Dave, our drummer. It was one of the hardest things we have ever had to do. He's taking this time to get his life together. We are still friends and still talk on a regular basis."

28 января 1973
Led Zeppelin выступают в шотландском Эдинбурге

January 28, 1973
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
King's Theatre
Setlist:
includes: Rock and Roll, Over the Hills and Far Away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (medley), Heartbreaker, Thank You.

28 января 1977,
Pink Floyd's tenth studio album 'Animals' entered the UK charts at #2. The sleeve concept was that of Roger Waters, who lived at the time near Clapham Common, and regularly drove past Battersea Power Station.

28 января 1985,
The recording took place for We Are The World the US equivalent of Band Aid at A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie the all star cast included Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, (who contributed four lines to the charity single), Ray Charles, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry and Bob Geldof. The session was produced by Quincy Jones.

28 января 1988,
Стал золотым в США альбом The Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols'(через 11 лет после релиза)


Eleven years after it was released, The Sex Pistols album 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols' went Gold in the US with sales over 500,000.

28 января 1994,
Paul and Linda McCartney attended the premiere of Wayne's World II in London.
The couple then went on to Hard Rock Cafe, where the film star Mike Myers presented them with a cheque for LIPA (the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) for £25,000 ($42,500) from the sale of Linda's vegetarian burgers.

Concerts and Festivals (3)
28 января


1955 : The "Top 10 R&B Show" package tour kicks off its 42-date, 60-day national excursion in New York City, featuring The Clovers, Faye Adams, The Charms, Joe Turner, The Moonglows, Lowell Fulson, and The Bill Doggett Trio.

1996 : Diana Ross performs at the Superbowl XXX halftime show in Tempe, AZ.

2001 : Ray Charles sings "America The Beautiful" at Superbowl XXXV in Tampa. The Backstreet Boys sing the US National Anthem.

Legal Issues (3)
28 января


1953 : Derek Bentley is hanged for the murder of Police Constable Sidney Miles, who on November 2, 1952, was shot dead on a Croydon rooftop by 16-year-old Christopher Craig. Christopher Craig, too young to be executed, was paroled in 1963. The murder and trial later become the topic of the Ewan MacColl song "Ballad Of Derek Bentley."

1968 : Jim Morrison (The Doors) is arrested after threatening a security guard at an adult movie theater.
http://www.examiner.com/article/jim-morrison-arrested-las-vegas-with-author-robert-gover

2004 : James Brown is arrested on charges of domestic violence in Beech Island, SC.

Miscellaneous (2)
28 января


1978 : By request, Ted Nugent carves his autograph into the arm of a fan using his bowie knife.

1990 : Aaron Neville performs the US national anthem at Superbowl XXIV in New Orleans, Louisiana.

29 ЯНВАРЯ

Сегодня родились:

1944, Born on this day, Andrew Loog Oldham, producer, manager and the first Rolling Stones manager. Oldham launched the Immediate label in 1965 which enjoyed 24 UK Top 50 hits. Also worked with Small Faces, John Mayall, Rod Stewart, The Nice, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and the Amen Corner.

1947, Born on this day, David Byron, singer, with Uriah Heep who had the 1975 UK Hit album 'Return To Fantasy'. Byron died on 28th February 1985.

1949, Born on this day, Thomas Erdelyi, (Tommy Ramone), Hungarian drummer with the Ramones, who had the 1977 UK Hit single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'. Erdelyi also worked as a record producer and was an assistant engineer for the production of the Jimi Hendrix album Band of Gypsys.

1953, Born on this day, Louie Perez, American songwriter, percussionist and guitarist with Los Lobos who had the 1987 UK & US No.1 single 'La Bamba'.

1954, Born on this day, Rob Manzoli singer from Right Said Fred who had the 1991 US No.1 & UK Hit single 'I'm Too Sexy', 1993 UK No.1 album 'Up'.

1961, Born on this day, Dave Baynton-Power, drummer withs James who had the 1991 UK Hit single 'Sit Down'. Also worked with The Alarm.

1961, Born on this day, Eddie Jackson bassist with American progressive heavy metal band Queensryche. Their 1994 album 'Promised Land' went top 3 in the US,

1961, Born on this day, Pauline Henry, singer. who had the 1993 UK solo Hit single with the Bad Company song 'Feel Like Making Love', and the 1990 UK Hit single with The Chimes, 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For'.

1964, Born on this day, Roddy Frame, guitarist, singer, songwriter with British group Aztec Camera, who had the 1988 UK Hit single 'Somewhere In My Heart'.


Ушли из жизни:

1980: Jimmy Durante

1981: Cozy Cole

1992: Willie Dixon

2005: David Lerchey (The Del-Vikings)

2009: John Martyn

29 ЯНВАРЯ(продолжение)

События:
1961, Bob Dylan achieved his dream of meeting his idol Woody Guthrie when Guthrie was on weekend release from hospital where he was being treated for Huntington's Chorea. Dylan told him; ‘I was a Woody Guthrie jukebox’. Guthrie gave Dylan a card which said: ‘I ain't dead yet’.

1964, The Beatles spent the day at Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, France, The Beatles' only studio recording session for EMI held outside the UK. They recorded new vocals for ‘She Loves You’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and ‘Can't Buy Me Love’, after EMI's West German branch persuaded Brian Epstein that they would be unable to sell large quantities of records in Germany unless they were recorded in the German language. A translator coached John, Paul, and George, although their familiarity with the German language from their Hamburg days made things much easier.

1967, Jimi Hendrix and The Who appeared at The Saville Theatre, London, England. 20 year-old future Queen guitarist Brian May was in the audience.

1968, During a tour of Australia and New Zealand, The Who, The Small Faces and Paul Jones appeared at the Town Hall, Wellington in New Zealand.

1968, The Doors appeared at The Pussy Cat A Go Go, Las Vegas. 
After the show singer Jim Morrison taunts a security guard in the parking lot by pretending to smoke a joint, resulting in a fight. The police arrive who arrest Morrison and charge him with vagrancy, public drunkenness, and failure to possess sufficient identification.

1982, Flying Back from Cannes, France, Gary Numan made a forced landing after running low on fuel at an RAF base outside Southampton, the press ran stories that he had in fact crash landed on the A3057.

2001, A New York based data company issued a chart listing sales of posthumous albums. What to call the chart. The Top 5 chart had The Doors at No.5, Eva Cassidy at 4, Jimi Hendrix at 3, Bob Marley at 2 and 2Pac at No.1.

29 января
В этот день

Стали первыми в чартах:

1972, The triple album 'The Concert For Bangladesh' went to No.1 on the UK album chart. Organised by George Harrison to raise funds for the people caught up in the war and famine from the area. The set featured; Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and members from Badfinger.

1977, Gwen Dickey former backing band for The Temptations, went to No.1 on the US singles chart as Rose Royce with 'Car Wash', a No.9 hit in the UK.


Релиз:

1970: Elvis Presley, "Kentucky Rain"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Rain


Записывались:

1964: The Beatles: "Can't Buy Me Love," "Sie Liebt Dich," "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand"

1969: Peggy Lee, "Is That All There Is?"

1974: Grand Funk, "The Loco-Motion"


Получили золотой диск:

1973: Johnny Rivers' "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" is certified gold

Сегодня родились:

29 января 1944,
Born on this day, Andrew Loog Oldham, producer, manager and the first Rolling Stones manager. Oldham launched the Immediate label in 1965 which enjoyed 24 UK Top 50 hits. Also worked with Small Faces, John Mayall, Rod Stewart, The Nice, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and the Amen Corner.

Rolling Stones producer and manager Andrew Loog Oldham demonstrates a musical idea to guitarist Keith Richards

Andrew Loog Oldham & Rolling Stones