Oldies Daysheet: Tuesday, January 12

MUSIC NEWS:

Ringo Starr is back with the release of his latest LP, "Y Not." Billboard.com reports that Starr credits good luck with playing a role in the album's production, citing big-name collaborations. The LP received press in the lead-up to its release in connection with its first single, "Walk With You." The track features Starr's fellow surviving Beatle Paul McCartney. Also making guest appearances on the album are Joss Stone, Ben Harper, Van Dyke Parks, Don Was, Richard Marx, and Joe Walsh.

BIRTHDAYS:

Sly and the Family Stone trumpet player Cynthia Robinson is 64.

Orleans guitarist Larry Hoppen is 59.

Paul McCartney's ex-wife, Heather Mills, is 42.
 
MUSIC HISTORY:

1957: Elvis Presley recorded the song "All Shook Up."

1959:  Berry Gordy founded Tamla Records, the future Motown, on this date. It was the first record label owned by an African-American to feature primarily African-American artists.

1963: The Beatles' single "Please Please Me" backed with "Ask My Why" was released in the UK. It was the group's second single.

1965: The Zombies and Gerry and the Pacemakers appeared in a segment from London on the TV show "Hullabaloo."

1968: The Supremes appeared as a group of nuns on the TV show "Tarzan."

1968: The Doors album "Strange Days" was certified Gold.

1969: The movie "Wonderwall," featuring a soundtrack by George Harrison, had its premiere in London.

1974: Steve Miller Band's single "The Joker" hit number one on the pop singles chart.

1977: Keith Richards received fines of more than 18-hundred-dollars for cocaine possession in connection with a car accident eight months earlier. During the same court appearance, he was found not guilty of possession of LSD.

1978: Player's single "Baby Come Back" was certified Gold.

1979: Drummer Aynsley Dunbar joined the Jefferson Starship, replacing John Barbata, who left the group after being injured in a car accident.

1981: The Recording Industry Association of America donated 800 rock albums to the Library of Congress, including Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" and Kiss' "Alive!"

1992: Mick Jagger and wife Jerry Hall celebrated the birth of their daughter Georgia.

1993: Cream, The Doors, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sly and the Family Stone, Frankie Lymon, and Van Morrison were among the artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1995: Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers Band, Neil Young, Martha and the Vandellas, Janis Joplin, Al Green, and Frank Zappa were among the artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1998: The Eagles, Santana, the Mamas and the Papas, Gene Vincent, and Fleetwood Mac were among the artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

2003: Bee Gee Maurice Gibb died a few days following emergency surgery for an abdominal blockage. He was 53.

2005: Paul McCartney gave a donation of nearly one-point-nine-million-dollars to the International Rescue Committee for tsunami relief.

2006: A public viewing for the late Lou Rawls took place at the Angelus Funeral Home in Los Angeles. Rawls died six days earlier following a battle with brain and lung cancer. He was 72.

2009: The Four Tops' Duke Fakir and Martha and the Vandellas' Rosalind Ashford were among the stars who took part in the 50th anniversary celebration for Motown Records in Detroit.

DISTANT REPLAY:

1966: "Batman" debuted on ABC television. Adam West and Burt Ward portrayed the caped crusaders Batman and Robin.

1969: Joe Namath and the AFL's New York Jets defeated the NFL's Baltimore Colts 16-to-seven in Super Bowl Three. It is regarded as one of the most shocking upsets in professional football history.

1971: "All in the Family" debuted on CBS television.