1965, The Rolling Stones were each fined £5 ($8.50) for urinating in a public place. The incident took place at a petrol station after a gig in Romford, Essex, England.
1967, The UK music magazine New Musical Express announced that former Spence Davis Group member Steve Winwood was planning to form a new group with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. The ensemble would choose the name Traffic.
1978, The Bee Gees had the Top 3 on the US singles charts, ‘Night Fever’ at No.1, ‘(Love is) Thicker Than Water’, by brother Andy at No.2, co-written by Barry Gibb and ‘Emotion’ by Samantha Song written and produced by The Bee Gees at No.3.
2001, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter John Phillips of Mamas and The Papas died of heart failure aged 65. His first band, The Journeymen, were a folk trio, Mamas and The Papas had the US No.1 ‘Monday, Monday’. Phillips was married to Michelle Gilliam, they had one child together, Chynna Phillips, vocalist of the 1990’s pop trio Wilson Phillips. His second solo album was released on Rolling Stones records and featured Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood.
2011, Jet Harris, bass guitarist for The Shadows, died from throat cancer at the age of 71. Jet played on the hit ‘Apache’ and during their days as Cliff Richard’s backing band, performed on the chart-topper ‘Living Doll’. In 1962 he left the group and had solo hits with ‘Besame Mucho’ and ‘The Man With The Golden Arm’.
BORN TODAY
1938 – Charlie Pride, US singer
1941 – Wilson Pickett, US soul singer, (1965 UK No.12 & US No. 21 single ‘In The Midnight Hour’ plus 15 other US Top 40 singles). Pickett died of a heart attack on 19th Jan 2006 aged 64
1950 – John Hartman, The Doobie Brothers,
1959 – Irene Cara, US singer, actress,
1963 – Vanessa Williams, US singer, former model and beauty queen
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/g0_FvK51wOQ”]
