January 2

Births

1936: Roger Miller (Singer / Songwriter)

1946: Chick Churchill (Keyboards for Ten Years After)

1954: Glenn Goins (Guitar & Vocals for Parliament-Funkadelic)

1975: Douglas Robb (Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar for Hoobastank)

Events

1926: The first edition of the legendary British music magazine Melody Maker is published, promising news and information for "all who are interested in the production of popular music."

1941: The Andrews Sisters recorded "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."

1968: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's new experimental album, Two Virgins, is seized by New Jersey authorities after viewing the front cover, a non-sexual full-frontal nude shot of the couple. Apple eventually gets around the problem by issuing the LP in a plain brown wrapper, like pornography.

1969: Filming began at Twickenham studios in England of The Beatles rehearsing for the 'Let It Be' album. The project ran into several problems including George Harrison walking out on the group on January 10th.

1974: US country singer, actor and radio presenter Tex Ritter died of a heart attack when he was trying to bail a member of his band from a jail in Nashville.

1976: "Austin City Limits" premieres on PBS with Willie Nelson as the first featured guest. The set list includes "Good Hearted Woman," "Whiskey River," "Okie From Muskogee" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken".

1979: Sex Pistol's bass player Sid Vicious went on trial in New York accused of murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen three months earlier.

1981: American singer David Lynch of The Platters died of cancer.

1985: Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones marries his second wife, Jo Karslake, in Buckinghamshire, England, with guests Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck, and the other members of the Stones (except Mick).

1997: Guitarist Randy California from the rock group Spirit drowned when rescuing his 12-year old son when he was sucked into a riptide in surf off Hawaii.

1999: Isaac Hayes suddenly finds himself with his first UK hit in years when the novelty song "Chocolate Salty Balls," done under the pseudonym Chef, his character on TV's South Park, hits Number One.

2003: Rapper 50 Cent was arrested by police in New York after guns were found in his vehicle, after his SUV was searched when it had been left in a no-parking zone. Police found a .25-calibre handgun and a .45-calibre pistol in the vehicle, officers said both guns were loaded.

2008: Despite his best attempts to keep the operation a secret, Paul McCartney is revealed by Billboard magazine to have undergone a recent coronary angioplasty.

2013: It is announced the R&B singer Bobby Womack has Alzheimer’s.