January 28

Births

1941: King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock) (Reggae Producer)

1943: Dick Taylor (Bass for The Pretty Things)

1945: Robert Wyatt (Drums & Vocals for Soft Machine)

1951: Billy Base Nelson (William Nelson) (Bass for Funkadelic)

1959: Dave Sharp (Guitar for The Alarm)

1963: Dan Spitz (Guitar for Anthrax)

1968: DJ Muggs (Lawrence Muggerud) (DJ for Cypress Hill)

1968: Sarah McLachlan (Singer / Songwriter)

1968: Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr.) (Rapper)

1971: Anthony Hamilton (R&B Singer)

1976: Rick Ross (William Leonard Roberts II) (Rapper)

1977: Joey Fatone (Singer in N’Sync)

1980: Nick Carter (Singer in Backstreet Boys)

1985: J. Cole (Jermaine Lamarr Cole) (Rapper / R&B Singer)

Events

1956: Elvis Presley makes his television debut on CBS' Dorsey Brothers Stage Show. Backed by the house band, he sings "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel." The national furor over Presley would not erupt, however, until subsequent appearances on Milton Berle and Steve Allen's shows.

1965: The Who make their first UK television appearance on BBC's Ready Steady Go!, which helps place their debut single "I Can't Explain" in the British Top Ten.

1968: During their tour in Australia, members of The Who and the Small Faces, among others, are escorted off their flight from Adelaide to Essendon for drinking beer on the plane, being rowdy, and using "very bad language." Two of the flight's four attendants are said to be in tears.

1968: Jim Morrison of The Doors was arrested and charged with public drunkenness after harassing a security guard at a Las Vegas adult movie theatre.

1978: The Doobie Brothers guest star on an episode of ABC's What's Happening!

1978: By request, Ted Nugent carves his autograph into the arm of a fan using his bowie knife.

1982: Jackson Browne and his second wife, Lynne Sweeney, become the proud parents of their first child, Ryan Daniel.

1984: Backstage after a Motley Crue show in Buffalo, New York, Tommy Lee found out that his girlfriend has posed for the current issue of Penthouse magazine without his knowledge, after a fan passes comment on the pictures. Tommy punched the fan unconscious with one hit, Motleys manager Doug Thaler convinced the fan not to press any charges.

1985: The recording took place for We Are The World, the US equivalent of Band Aid, at A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, the all star cast included Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan (who contributed four lines to the charity single), Ray Charles, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry and Bob Geldof. The session was produced by Quincy Jones.

1995: TLC started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Creep' the group's first US No.1, it made No.6 in the UK the following year.

2003: H-Town singer Keven Conner was killed in a car crash in Houston aged 28. Conner died when an SUV ran a red light and crashed into the car he was a passenger in, which had just picked him up from the recording studio.

2004: James Brown is arrested on charges of domestic violence in Beech Island, SC.

2005: Traffic Drummer and singer/songwriter Jim Capaldi died of stomach cancer aged 60.