Here are some birthdays and other events of interest in the music world.
Some are more related to music than others...
JANUARY 1
Country Joe McDonald (1942)
Hank Williams dies from heart failure (1953)
The Beatles have their first record company audition. A record company executive tells their manager "These boys won't make it. Guitar groups are out. Go back to Liverpool, Mister Epstein. You have a good business there." (1962)
Simon And Garfunkel's "Sounds Of Silence" reaches #1 (1966)
JANUARY 2
Roger Miller (1936)
JANUARY 3
George Martin (Beatles producer) (1926)
Van Dyke Parks (1941)
Stephen Stills (1945)
John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) (1945)
New Jersey declares John and Yoko's "Two Virgins" LP cover obscene, 30000 copies are confiscated (1969)
Jimi Hendrix plays on "Lulu Show" BBC (1969)
Elvis Costello releases "Armed Forces" (1979)
JANUARY 4
Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) (1960)
Bernard Sumner (New Order) (1956)
First top 100 chart published by Billboard (1936)
Elvis Presley cuts two demos, his first ever, for his mother at Sun Studios (1954)
Mick Jagger's first film "Performance" is released in the UK (1971)
JANUARY 5
Marilyn Manson (1969)
Sam Phillips, Sun Records owner (1923)
Chris Stein (Blondie) (1950)
Kate Schellenbach (Luscious Jackson) (1966)
Charles Mingus dies of Gerhig's disease (1979)
JANUARY 6
Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) (1946)
The Rolling Stones begin their first US tour (1964)
JANUARY 7
Kenny Loggins (1948)
JANUARY 8
Elvis Presley (1935)
Shirley Bassey (1937)
"Little Anthony" Gourdine (1941)
Robbie Krieger (Doors) (1946)
David Bowie (1947)
JANUARY 9
Joan Baez (1941)
Jimmy Page (1944)
David Johanson (1950)
Dave Matthews (1967)
Lou Reed marries a waitress named Betty (1973)
JANUARY 10
Ronnie Hawkins (1935)
Jim Croce (1942)
Rod Stewart (1945)
Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) (1948)
Pat Benatar (1952)
Shawn Colvin (1958)
Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) (1959)
Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago (1976)
Bob Dylan appears on television with Earl Scruggs (1971)
JANUARY 11
Bobby Goldsboro (1941)
Clarence Clemons (E Street Band) (1942)
Maggie Bell (1945)
JANUARY 12
George Duke (1946)
"Please Please Me" is released in the UK by The Beatles (1963)
Frank Zappa spends $300,000 of his own money to record with the London Symphony Orchestra for his Barking Pumpkin label (1983)
Maurice Gibb dies (Bee Gees) (2003)
JANUARY 13
Suggs (Madness) (1961)
Donny Hathaway dies (1979)
Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert in London (1973)
JANUARY 14
Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) (1969)
Jack Jones (1938)
Alain Toussaint (1938)
LL Cool J (1968)
T-Bone Burnette (1948)
The Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (1964)
The Doors' first LP is released (1967)
The last Sex Pistols concert, at San Francisco's Winterland (until the Filthy Lucre reunion tour) (1978)
JANUARY 15
Gene Krupa (1909)
Chuck Berry (1926)
Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) (1941)
Ronnie Van Zandt (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (1948)
The Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan and are forced to change their lyrics to Let's Spend Some Time Together (1965)
JANUARY 16
Sandy Denny (1947)
Paul McCartney is busted for possessing six ounces of pot in Tokyo. He spends ten days in jail (1980)
JANUARY 17
Mick Taylor (ex-Rolling Stone) (1948)
JANUARY 18
Elmore James (1918)
David Ruffin (Temptations) (1941)
The Rolling Stones do a benefit concert for Nicaraguan earthquake victims (1973)
JANUARY 19
Phil Everly (1939)
Janis Joplin (1943)
Dolly Parton (1946)
Robert Palmer (1949)
Dire Straits first LP is released (1979)
JANUARY 20
Paul Stanley (Kiss) (1952)
Alan Freed, Rock & Roll's first DJ, dies (1965)
Jackie Wilson dies (1984)
"Meet The Beatles" is released (1964)
Ozzy Ozbourne reportedly bites the head off a dead bat a fan had thrown on stage (1982)
JANUARY 21
Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (1885)
Richie Havens (1941)
George Harrison and Patricia Anne Boyd wed (1966)
JANUARY 22
Sam Cooke (1931)
Steve Perry (Journey) (1953)
JANUARY 23
Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) (1953)
Terry Kath (Chicago) accidentally shoots himself (1978)
JANUARY 24
Doug Kershaw (1936)
Ray Stevens (1941)
Neil Diamond (1944)
Warren Zevon (1947)
The Beatles sign their management contract with Brian Epstein (1962)
JANUARY 25
JANUARY 26
Huey "Piano" Smith (1934)
Buddy Holly and the Crickets appear on the Ed Sullivan show (1958)
JANUARY 27
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756)
Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) (1945)
JANUARY 28
Arthur Rubenstein (1886)
Sam Phillips (1962)
Sarah McLachlan (1968)
The Rolling Stones release "Between The Buttons" (1967)
JANUARY 29
Stevie Nicks weds Kim Anderson (1983)
Chrissie Hynde and Ray Davies have their first baby (1983)
JANUARY 30
Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane/Starship) (1945)
Steve Marriot (Humble Pie) (1947)
Professor Longhair dies (1980)
Lightning Hopkins dies of cancer (1982)
The Beatles rooftop concert atop Abbey Road studios (1969)
