This Day in Music: January 24th

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Born on this day:

1939, Ray Stevens, singer-songwriter
1941, Neil Diamond, singer-songwriter
1941, Aaron Neville, singer
1947, Warren Zevon, singer-songwriter
1958, Jools Holland, keyboards, Squeeze
1967, John Myung, bass, Dream Theater

1953, Eddie Fisher was at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “Outside is Heaven.”

1958, Elvis Presley was at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “Jailhouse Rock.” It became the first-ever single to enter the chart at #1 and was Presley’s second U.K. #1. It went on to sell more than 4 million copies in the U.S. For more on this story, see This Day in Music Spotlight.

1962, Brian Epstein signed a management deal with The Beatles. Epstein was to receive 25 percent of the band’s gross earnings. The normal management deal was 10 percent.

1969, New Jersey state prosecutors issued a warning to U.S. record dealers that they would be charged with distributing pornography if they were caught selling the John Lennon/Yoko Ono LP Two Virgins. The front cover of the album showed the pair frontally nude, while the back cover showed them from behind. The album still managed to reach #124 on the U.S., but failed to chart at all in the U.K., where only 5,000 copies were pressed.

1970, James Sheppard, the lead singer from the Heartbeats and Shep and the Limelites, was found murdered in his car on the Long Island Expressway. The U.S. singer had been beaten and robbed. The Limelites reached #2 in the U.S. in 1961 with “Daddy’s Home.”

1976, Bob Dylan started a five-week run at #1 on the U.S. album chart with Desire, his third U.S. #1.

1979, The Clash released their first single in the U.S., “I Fought the Law” (written by Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly’s Crickets).

1981, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith was hospitalized after being involved in a crash on his motorbike.

1992, Nirvana played their first-ever show in Australia at the Phoenician Club in Sydney.

1995, David Cole, producer and keyboardist in C & C Music Factory, died of meningitis at age 32. He produced music for Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin.

1998, Oasis went to #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “All Around the World.” It had the longest running time for a U.K. #1 with a total duration of 9 minutes, 38 seconds. It was one of the first songs to be written by Noel Gallagher, with the band rehearsing it as early as 1992.

2007, Record producer Dave Shayman (also known as Disco D) was found dead at his home in New York City. 26-year-old Shayman was famous for his production work on hip-hop records and was a rising star in the business. His death was being treated as a potential suicide after he was recently diagnosed with manic depression.

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