This Day in Music: January 5th

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Born on this day:

1895, Elizabeth Cotten, folk and blues singer, guitarist
1923, Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records
1950, Chris Stein, guitar, Blondie
1961, Iris DeMent, singer-songwriter
1964, Grant Young, drums, Soul Asylum
1968, Troy Van Leeuwen, guitar, Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle
1969, Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner), singer
1976, Matthew Wachter, bass, 30 Seconds to Mars

1967, Pink Floyd appeared at The Marquee Club, London, England.

1968, Jimi Hendrix was jailed for one day in Stockholm, Sweden, on drinking charges after going berserk and destroying everything in his room at the Goteberg Hotel.

1973, Bruce Springsteen released his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ.

1976, Mal Evans, longtime Beatles road manager, was shot dead in Los Angeles. For more on this story, see This Day in Music Spotlight.

1979, Prince made his live debut at the Capri Theatre, Minneapolis.

1989, Winners were announced in the Melody Maker Readers Poll. The Mission won best band, best live act, best single and best album. Morrissey won best male singer, Julianne Regan from All About Eve best female singer and best new band was won by House Of Love.

1991, Iron Maiden went to #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter.” It became the lowest-selling #1 since 1960, with just over 42,000 copies sold in its first week.

1997, Sonny Bono was killed in a skiing accident at a resort near Lake Tahoe, at age 62. Bono who was one half on Sonny and Cher scored the 1965 U.K. and U.S. #1 single “I Got You Babe” and had become a U.S. Congressman.

2004, Kinks singer Ray Davies was shot in the leg while on holiday in New Orleans. The 59-year-old singer-songwriter was shot when running after two men who stole his girlfriend’s purse at gunpoint. Davies was admitted to the Medical Center of Louisiana but his injuries were not considered serious. New Orleans police said one person had been arrested, and police were still searching for the second.

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