Oldies Daysheet: Tuesday, January 26

MUSIC NEWS:

As The Who  gets ready to rock Super Bowl 44, the band's revealing its set list to fans. Guitarist Pete Townshend told "Billboard" that the Brit rockers are tightening up a medley of their well-worn classic rock. Townshend said, quote, "We're kinda doing a mashup of stuff. A bit of 'Baba O'Riley,' a bit of 'Pinball Wizard,' a bit of the close of 'Tommy,' a bit of 'Who Are You,' and a bit of 'Won't Get Fooled Again.' It works -- it's quite a saga. Hopefully it will hit the spot."



BIRTHDAYS:


Little River Band guitarist David Briggs is 59.

Climax Blues Band guitarist Derek Holt is 61.

Jean Knight is 67. She's best known for the 1971 hit "Mr. Big Stuff."

MUSIC HISTORY

1934: The Apollo Theater  in New York City opened. The venue proved to be the launching ground to a number of artists, including James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Dionne Warwick.

1956: Buddy Holly made his first recordings for Decca Records in Nashville, Tennessee.

1958: Buddy Holly and the Crickets made an appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

1962: The Catholic Diocese in Buffalo, New York, banned Chubby Checker's "The Twist" from school, parish, and youth events in its region.

1964: The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" hit number one on the pop singles chart.

1966: The Animals frontman Eric Burdon joined Manfred Mann in concert in London.

1969: Ringo Starr wrote the song "Octopus' Garden."

1970: John Lennon wrote and recorded the song "Instant Karma."

1973: The Creedence Clearwater Revival album "Creedence Gold" was certified Gold.

1974 : The Doobie Brothers kicked off their first European tour with a show at London's Rainbow Theater.

1975: The BBC aired a documentary on David Bowie called "Cracked Actor."

1975: Bob Dylan made a guest appearance at a Joni Mitchell concert in Austin, Texas.

1979: The Moody Blues' album "Octave" was certified Platinum.

1985: David Lee Roth's "California Girls" and REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling" broke into the Top 40 chart.

1986: Lynyrd Skynyrd's Allen Collins was involved in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down and killed his girlfriend.

1989: Paul McCartney took part in a live radio call-in program broadcast to the Soviet Union on the BBC's Russian service.

1997: James Brown and ZZ Top were among the halftime show performers for Super Bowl 31.

1999: The National Transportation Safety Board determined that John Denver's fatal plane crash was due to him taking off with too little fuel in one tank, his trouble with switching to his backup tank, and him accidentally putting the plane in a roll.

2003: Billy Joel was released from a New York hospital after spending the night at the facility following a car accident on Long Island.

2003: Carlos Santana performed with pop singers Michelle Branch and Beyonce Knowles at Super Bowl 37.

2006: Former Supreme Mary Wilson appeared before the Illinois Legislature to promote legislation making it illegal for "impostor" musical groups to pass themselves off as the real thing.

2008: Billy Joel made his first concert appearance with a major symphony orchestra, performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The show featured the world premiere of Joel's classical composition "Waltz No. 2 (Steinway Hall)."

2008: Diana Ross caused a stir in Jamaica when she refused to allow her performance at the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival to be projected on the video monitors. She was met with hissing and heckling from the 40-thousand member audience.

2009: Phil Spector's defense team began its presentation in his murder retrial in connection with the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson, who died of a gunshot wound to the mouth in the foyer of Spector's Los Angeles-area mansion.

2009: British-born Leo Sayer took part in an Australia Day citizenship ceremony to officially change his country of residence.

DISTANT REPLAY:

1965: the military ousted the government and seized power in South Vietnam.