VVN Music Almanac: Music Almanac: January 31

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Justin Timberlake

Birthdays

1906 - Roosevelt Sykes (d. 1983)
1915 - Alan Lomax (d. 2002)
1921 - Mario Lanza (d. 1959)
1928 - Chuck Willis (d. 1958)
1932 - Rick Hall (producer, owner of FAME Studios) (80)
1932 - Ottilie Patterson (Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (d. 2011)
1934 - Bobby Lee Trammell (d. 2008)
1936 - Marvin Junior (Dells) (76)
1937 - Philip Glass (75)
1944 - Charlie Musselwhite (68)
1946 - Terry Kath (Chicago) (d. 1978)
1951 - Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) (61)
1951 - Henry Wayne Casey (K.C. & the Sunshine Band) (61)
1952 - Curly Smith (Jo Jo Gunne) (60)
1954 - Adrian Vandenberg (Whitesnake) (58)
1956 - John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) (Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd.) (56)
1958 - Tom Schuman (Spyro Gyra) (54)
1961 - Lloyd Cole (Lloyd Cole & the Commotions) (51)
1963 - Scott Ian (born Scott Rosenfeld) (Anthrax) (49)
1964 - Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) (48)
1966 - Al Doughty (born Alan Jaworski) (Jesus Jones) (46)
1967 - Chad Channing (Nirvana) (45)
1967 - Jason Cooper (Cure) (45)
1967 - Fat Mike (born Michael Burkett) (NOFX, Me First & the Gimme Gimmies) (45)
1981 - Justin Timberlake (31)
1987 - Marcus Mumford (Muford & Sons) (25)

Deaths

On This Day

1957 - Decca Records in the U.K. said that Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & the Comets had sold a million copies in the U.K., mostly on 78's.
1969 - Bobby Darin walked off of The Jackie Gleason Show when they would not allow him to perform the song Long Line Rider.
1970 - The Grateful Dead are arrested for possession of LSD and barbiturates in New Orleans.
1970 - Creedence Clearwater filmed a television special.
1972 - Aretha Franklin sang at Mahalia Jackson's funeral.
1979 - The Clash opened their first U.S. tour. Bo Diddley was the opener.

Clash (1/31/79): Joe Strummer, Topper Headon, Paul Simonon, Mick Jones

1988 - Herb Alpert played the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXXIII.
1998 - The Presidents of the United States of America played their final show in Seattle, WA.
1999 - Reba McEntire closed her first European tour with a sold-out performance in Munich.
1999 - Cher sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXII.
2000 - Jay-Z was indicted on two assault charges from a December 1 stabbing of a record executive.
2000 - The Strokes played in the U.K. next time in Portsmouth.
2001 - It was announced Peter Criss would be leaving Kiss, to be replaced by Eric Singer.
2002 - Koko Taylor is released from the hospital after undergoing an angioplasty.
2008 - Britney Spears was taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluation.

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