January 14

Births

1936: Clarence Carter (R&B Singer)

1948: T-Bone Burnett (Singer & Producer)

1959: Geoff Tate (Singer for Queensryche)

1962: Patricia Morrison (Bass for Sisters Of Mercy & The Damned)

1967: Zakk Wylde (Guitar for Ozzy Osbourne & Black Label Society)

1968: LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) (Rapper)

1969: Dave Grohl (Drums for Nirvana, Vocals & Guitar for Foo Fighters)

1982: Caleb Followill (Singer & Guitar for Kings Of Leon)

Events

1955: Legendary disc jockey and promoter Alan Freed debuts his first Rock and Roll Ball in New York City. Staged at the 6,000-seat Saint Nicholas Arena in Harlem, both shows sell out well in advance. Featured at the gig are Big Joe Turner, the Clovers, Fats Domino, the Moonglows, the Drifters and the Harptones.

1966: Singer David Jones changes his last name to Bowie in order to avoid confusion with the Monkees' Davy Jones.

1970: At the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Diana Ross performs her last show with the Supremes. Miss Ross also introduces her replacement, Jean Terrell.

1970: John Lennon's erotic "Bag One" lithographs are exhibited publicly in London (and removed by Scotland Yard two days later).

1973: The Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh is arrested for possession of drugs in California.

1973: Elvis Presley draws the largest single television event audience ever for his "Aloha From Hawaii" concert, broadcast live via satellite to over one billion people in forty countries throughout the world. Originating from Honolulu's International Center Arena, the show is a major success, and is released as a hit double-album set later that year. However, the United States doesn't get to see the show until NBC airs it on April 4th.

1978: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album logs a record 31st week at the top of Billboard's album chart.

1978: The Sex Pistols played their last live gig at Winterland, San Francisco, (they re-formed in 96).

1988: Paul McCartney releases his album CHOBA B CCCP (translation: Back In The U.S.S.R.) exclusively in Russia, causing bootleg copies stateside to fetch upwards of $1000. (The album, a collection of oldies covers, is eventually released worldwide.)

1989: The soundtrack to the film Dirty Dancing, which consists mainly of classic oldies, reaches sales of ten million copies (now known as Diamond certification).

1992: Jerry Nolan drummer with The New York Dolls died from a fatal stroke.

1997: The Beach Boys guest star on an episode of the ABC sitcom Home Improvement.

1999: Model Jerry Hall files for divorce from her husband, the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger.

1999: Metallica sued Victoria's Secret, claiming that the manufacturer infringed on its trademark by marketing a line of "Metallica" lip pencils.

2003: Linda Gail Lewis the sister of Jerry Lee Lewis, dropped a claim of sex discrimination against Van Morrison. Lewis had claimed that Morrison had 'publicly humiliated' her on stage and had tried to ruin her life by asking her for sex. She withdrew her claim after discussions with her lawyer. Morrison denied all the allegations.

2005: A $100,000 statue honoring the late punk guitarist Johnny Ramone was unveiled by his widow Linda at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.