Oldies Daysheet: Friday, January 15

BIRTHDAYS:


Former Electric Light Orchestra  cellist Melvyn Gale is 58.

The Dixie Cups' Joan Johnson is 65.

The Manhattans' Edward Bivens is 68.

MUSIC HISTORY:

1958: The Everly Brothers made their first appeared on British TV on "The Perry Como Show."

1958: Elvis Presley was in the studio in Hollywood, working on the songs "Hard Headed Woman," "Don't Ask Me Why," "King Creole," and "Trouble."

1961: The Supremes signed with Motown Records.

1964: Vee Jay Records filed a lawsuit against Capitol and Swan Records over the manufacturing and distribution rights to The Beatles material.

1964: The Beatles played their first concert in Versailles, France.

1965: The Who released their first single, "I Can't Explain," in the UK.

1966: The Vogues' "Five O' Clock World" peaked at number four on the pop singles chart.

1966: The Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann" broke into the Top 40.

1966: Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels appeared on "American Bandstand."

1967: The Rolling Stones appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show," performing the song "Let's Spend The Night Together." Censors wanted Mick Jagger to change the controversial lyrics to, quote, "Let's Spend Some Time Together," but Jagger instead mumbled the real words to the song. The band also performed the hit "Ruby Tuesday.

1967: The Buckinghams were in the studio working on the song "Don't You Care."

1967: The movie "The Fastest Guitar Alive," featuring Roy Orbison and Sheb Wooley, had its premier in New York.

1969: Creedence Clearwater Revival released the album "Bayou Country" and the single "Proud Mary."

1971: George Harrison released the single "My Sweet Lord."

1972: Don McLean's "American Pie - Parts 1 and 2" hit number one on the pop singles chart.

1972: Jonathan Edwards' "Sunshine" peaked at number four on the pop singles chart.

1972: The New Seekers' "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" peaked at number seven on the pop singles chart.

1972: Nilsson's "Without You" broke into the Top 40.

1973: The Rolling Stones announced they would perform a benefit concert for the people of Managua, Nicaragua, which had been devastated by an earthquake a few weeks earlier. Jagger's then-wife Bianca is from Nicaragua.

1975: Barry Manilow's "Mandy" hit number one on the pop singles chart.

1977: Bob Seger's "Night Moves" broke into the Top 40.

1992: Elton John Band bassist Dee Murray died in Nashville, Tennessee, from a stroke brought on by malignant melanoma. He was 45.

1992: Judy Collins' son was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in St. Paul, Minnesota.

1992: Jimi Hendrix and the Yardbirds were among the artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1993: Stevie Wonder ended his boycott of Arizona by appearing at a rally in Phoenix, marking the state's first official observance of the Martin Luther King Junior holiday.

1994: Singer Harry Nilsson died of heart disease. He was known for such hits as "Everybody's Talkin'," "Without You," and "Coconut." He was 53.

1999: Model Jerry Hall filed for divorce from husband Mick Jagger after a 21-year relationship, including eight years of marriage and four children together.

2002: George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" was rereleased in the U.S., on the 31st anniversary of its original issue.

2003: The late Bee Gee Maurice Gibb was laid to rest at a private funeral in Miami Beach. Michael Jackson, KC and the Sunshine Band frontman Harry Casey, and '60s British pop singer Lulu -- who was once married to Gibb -- were among the mourners.

2003: Lou Rawls was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and charged with domestic violence.

2003: The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand," and Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" were in the top ten of "Q" magazine's list of the 100 Songs that Changed the World. Elvis Presley's "That's All Right" was number one on the list.

2005: Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, and Brian Wilson were among those who participated in the NBC telethon "Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope."

2009: Brian Wilson was the first subject for the new "An Evening With" program at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, which featured a live interview before an audience along with a performance.