This Day in Music: January 22nd

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Born on this day:
1931, Sam Cooke, soul singer
1940, Addie Harris, vocals, The Shirelles
1949, Steve Perry, vocals, Journey
1960, Michael Hutchence, vocals, INXS
1965, Steven Adler, drums, Guns N’ Roses
1965, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ
1981, Willa Ford, singer
1981, Ben Moody, guitar, Evanescence

1959, Alone with an acoustic guitar and tape recorder in his New York City apartment, Buddy Holly made his last recordings, including “Peggy Sue Got Married,” “Crying, Waiting, Hoping,” “That’s What They Say,” “What to Do,” “Learning the Game” and “That Makes it Tough.” The recordings would be overdubbed posthumously and were later released by Coral Records.

1966, The Beach Boys went into the studio to record “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” which would be the opening track on their forthcoming album Pet Sounds. For more on this story, see This Day in Music Spotlight.

1967, The Monkees performed live for the very first time at The Cow Palace, San Francisco, to a sell-out crowd.

1968, During the band’s first Australian tour, The Who played the first of two nights at Sydney Stadium with The Small Faces and Paul Jones.

1969, The Beatles moved from Twickenham Film Studios to Apple studios in London to start recording the “Get Back” LP. Billy Preston was brought into the sessions. The Beatles were determined to record the album “live,” flaws and all.

1972, David Bowie “came out” as bisexual during an interview in the British music weekly Melody Maker.

1977, Wings went to #1 on the U.S. album chart with Wings Over America, Paul McCartney’s sixth U.S. #1 after The Beatles.

1980, During their 22-date U.K. tour The Clash appeared at the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland.

1983, The new 24-hour music video network MTV started broadcasting to the West Coast of America after being picked up by Group W Cable, Los Angeles.

1993, Metallica kicked off their 77-date Nowhere Else to Roam world tour at Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

2004, Ryan Adams broke a wrist after falling during a gig at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool. Adams fell from the stage and suffered a fractured wrist. A fan said, “One minute he was on the stage and the next he had disappeared. He went down with a thud and we couldn’t believe he was trying to continue singing.”

2006, Arctic Monkeys scored their second U.K. #1 single with “When the Sun Goes Down,” from their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. The song contains the line, “and he told Roxanne to put on her red light,” a reference to The Police song, “Roxanne.”

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