Music Almanac: January 28

Robert Wyatt

Birthdays

• 1929 - Aker Bilk (83)
• 1936 - Bill Phillips (d. 2010)
• 1941 - King Tubby (born Osbourne Ruddock) (d. 1989)
• 1943 - Dick Taylor (Rolling Stones, Pretty Things) (69)
• 1943 - Brian Keenan (Chambers Brothers) (d. 1985)
• 1944 - Marty Fried (Cyrkle) (68)
• 1945 - Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine) (67)
• 1946 - Rick Allen (Box Tops) (66)
• 1949 - Eddie Bayers (session drummer) (63)
• 1951 - Billy Bass Nelson (Funkadelic) (61)
• 1954 - Shawn Murray (Mink DeVille) (58)
• 1956 - Peter Schilling (56)
• 1959 - Dave Sharp (The Alarm) (53)
• 1962 - Sam Phillips (50)
• 1963 - Dan Spitz (Anthrax) (49)
• 1965 - Greg Cook (Ricochet) (47)
• 1968 - Sarah McLachlan (44)
• 1968 - Rakim (Eric B. & Rakim) (44)
• 1968 - DJ Muggs (born Lawrence Muggerud) (44)
• 1970 - Donald Tardy (Obituary) (42)
• 1975 - Lee Latchford-Evans (Steps) (37)
• 1976 - Raphael "Tweet" Brown (Next) (36)
• 1976 - Jarron Montague (Taproot) (36)
• 1977 - Joey Fatone (N'Sync) (35)
• 1977 - Matt DeVries (Chimera) (35)
• 1980 - Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) (32)

Deaths

• 1972 - T. Texas Tyler - Stomach cancer (55)
• 1983 - Billy Fury (born Ronald Wycherley) - Heart failure (42)
• 1984 - Al Dexter (78)
• 2000 - Thomas "Beans" Bowles (Funk Brothers) - Prostate cancer (73)
• 2003 - Keven Conner (H-Town) - Car accident (28)
• 2005 - Jim Capaldi - Stomach cancer (60)
• 2009 - Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - Heart attack (56)

On This Day

• 1963 - Elvis Presley's Fun in Acapulco begins filming.
• 1966 - Brian Poole and the Tremeloes announce they are breaking up.
• 1966 - The Cavern Club in Liverpool closed due to debts.
• 1968 - Jim Morrison was arrested for being drunk in public and harassing a security guard in a Las Vegas movie theater.
• 1970 - An anti-war benefit concert was held at Madison Square Garden in New York with Judy Collins, Blood, Sweat and Tears, the Rascals, Harry Belafonte, Dave Brubeck and the cast of Hair.
• 1978 - Ted Nugent is asked to sign a fans arm with a bowie knife and does so.
• 1980 - The original Ants split with Adam Ant.
• 1982 - Jimmy Fortune performed for the first time with the Statler Brothers.
• 1984 - Tommy Lee of Motley Crue assaulted a fan at a show in Buffalo, NY after the fan told him he had seen Lee's girlfriend in the latest issue of Penthouse. It was true but Lee was not aware of it.
• 1988 - Pink Floyd floated a large inflatable bed down the Themes to promote their album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
• 1990 - Aaron Neville performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXIV.
• 1991 - Gloria Estefan performs live for the first time since injuring her back in a bus accident on the American Music Awards.
• 1996 - Diana Ross performs in half time show at Super Bowl XXX.
• 1998 - Country's Tracey Lawrence was ordered to pay $500 to a Las Vegas women's shelter as his sentence for battery. He had been arrested in September after an argument with his wife.
• 1999 - Pat Boone formed Gold Records who will only sign artists 45 and older. The first artist aboard is Jack Jones.
• 2004 - James Brown is arrested and charged with domestic violence after pushing his wife to the floor.
• 2005 - Ryan Vikedal left Nickelback.

Recorded

• 1963 - Five track demo - Rolling Stones
• 1964 - Together Again - Buck Owens
• 1985 - We Are the World - Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Al Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Dan Akyroyd, Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Sheila E., Bob Geldof, Janet Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Bette Midler, John Oates, Jeffrey Osbourne, Pointer Sisters and Smokey Robinson.

Released

• 2002 - Plenty Good Lovin’: The Lost Solo Album - Sam Moore

Awards

• 1991 - American Music Awards
• Pop/Rock Male - Phil Collins
• Pop/Rock Female, Soul/R&B Female, Dance Artist - Janet Jackson
• Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group, Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist - Aerosmith
• Pop/Rock Album - ...But Seriously - Phil Collins
• Pop/Rock Single - Blaze of Glory - Bon Jovi
• Pop/Rock New Artist, Rap/Hip-Hop New Artist - Vanilla Ice
• Soul/R&B Male, Rap/Hip-Hop Artist, MC Hammer
• Soul/R&B Band, Duo or Group - Tony! Toni! Tone!
• Soul/R&B Album, Rap/Hip-Hop Album - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - MC Hammer
• Soul/R&B Single - U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
• Soul/R&B New Artist, Dance New Artist - Bel Biv DeVoe
• Country Male - George Strait
• Country Female - Reba McEntire
• Country Band, Duo or Group - Alabama
• Country Album - Reba Live - Reba McEntire
• Country Single - If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks
• Country New Artist - Kentucky Headhunters
• Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album - Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
• Heavy Metal/Hard Rock New Artist - Slaughter
• Dance Single - Vogue - Madonna
• Award of Merit - Merle Haggard

Broadcasts

• 1956 - Stage Show (Dorsey Brothers) - Elvis Presley (first national TV appearance)
• 1965 - Ready, Steady, Go (U.K.) - Who
• 1978 - What's Happening (ABC) - Doobie Brothers
• 1996 - Friends (NBC) - Chris Issak