Today in Rock History
1962, RCA Records release Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away," which will become the soul singer's 15th top 40 hit.
1963, Janis Joplin performs in San Francisco for the first time, singing at the North Beach coffeehouse.
1967, The Beatles made a last-minute remix of ‘Penny Lane’ before the pressing of their next double A sided single ‘Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane’. Both songs were originally intended for forthcoming Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
1971, Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick and Paul Kantner have a daughter, whom they name China. Rejected monikers included "God."
1975, The Carpenters went to No.1 on the singles chart with their version of The Marvelettes 1961 hit 'Please Mr. Postman'.
1980, Following his prison ordeal in Tokyo after he was busted with a half-pound of marijuana, Paul McCartney is released and flies from Japan to ... Amsterdam.
1983, The Allman Brothers bassist Lamar Williams died of lung cancer age 34. He joined the band in 1972 after the death of original bassist Berry Oakley.
1984, Yoko Ono donated £250,000 ($425,000) to Liverpool old people’s home Strawberry Fields.
1986, US manager Albert Grossman died of a heart attack while flying on Concorde from New York to London. He managed Bob Dylan, (between 1962 and 1970), Peter, Paul and Mary, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren. Grossman built the Bearsville Recording Studio near Woodstock in 1969 and in 1970 he founded Bearsville Records.
1991, Paul McCartney records a performance for MTV's Unplugged.
2006, Immortal hair rockers Motley Crue receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Birthdays.....
1954, Richard Finch (K.C. and the Sunshine Band)
1956, Andy Cox (English Beat/Fine Young Cannibals)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Today in Rock History