This Day in Music: January 7th

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Born on this day:
1906, Red Allen, jazz trumpeter
1942, Danny Williams, singer
1948, Kenny Loggins, singer-songwriter
1959, Kathy Valentine, bass, The Go- Go's
1974, John Rich, vocals, guitar, Big & Rich
1975, Tift Merritt, singer-songwriter

1955, “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and his Comets, entered the U.K. chart for the first time.

1964, Harmonica player Cyril Davies died of leukemia at age 32. Davies was a driving force in the early ’60s blues movement, forming Blues Incorporated with Alexis Korner.

1973, David Bowie appeared at the Newcastle City Hall, England.

1974, Aerosmith played at the Michigan Theatre in Detroit, the first date on their 56-date North American Get Your Wings Tour.

1980, Singer Larry Williams was found dead from a gunshot wound to his head in his Los Angeles, California, home at age 45. Williams had the 1957 U.S. #5 and U.K. #21 single “Short Fat Fannie.” He also is known for “Bony Moronie” and “Dizzy Miss Lizzy.”For more on this story, see This Day in Music Spotlight.

1981, The Police played the first night of a North American tour at The University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, during their Zenyatta Mondatta World Tour.

1993, R.E.M. played a Greenpeace Benefit show at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, for 500 people. The show was recorded on a solar-powered mobile recording studio.

1994, Oasis started recording their debut album Definitely Maybe at Monrow Studios in South Wales.

2003, The Beatles Book Monthly closed down after 40 years. Author Sean O’Mahony, who set up the magazine in 1963, said there was nothing more to say as the number of things the former Beatles were doing got to be less and less as the years went on.

2004, Drummer John Guerin died of pneumonia at age 64. He worked with Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa, Linda Rondstadt, Gram Parsons, Todd Rundgren. He also played on the original title tune for the television series Hawaii Five-O.

2006, Pink married her motocross racer boyfriend Carey Hart on a beach in Costa Rica. More than 100 people attended the singer’s big day, including Lisa-Marie Presley. Pink proposed to him during one of his races in Mammoth Lakes, California, by holding up a sign that read “Will you marry me?” Hart pulled out of the race to say yes.

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