Oldies Daysheet: Weekend Edition

Saturday, January 9

BIRTHDAYS:

Singer Joan Baez is 69. (Born 1941)

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jimmy Page is 66. (Born 1944)

Late singer Bill Cowsill. (Born 1948) He was a member of the group The Cowsills.

Late singer Cassie Gaines. (Born 1948) She was a back-up singer for the group Lynyrd Skynyrd.






MUSIC HISTORY:


1968: John Lennon was on the cover of "Look" magazine.

1971: Santana's "Black Magic Woman" peaked at number four on the pop singles chart.

1973: The Rolling Stones had to cancel its plans for a tour of the Orient. The Japanese government denied the Mick Jagger a visa because of a 1969 drug bust.

1978: Jackson Browne released the album "Running On Empty."

1979: Rod Stewart, the Bee Gees, and John Denver were among those participating in the "Music for UNICEF" fundraising concert in New York.

1981: John Lennon's "Imagine" hit number one on the UK pop singles chart.

1984: The John Lennon song "Nobody Told Me" was released.

1987: EMI announced plans to begin reissuing Beatles albums on CD.

1992: Protesters bombed the office of the music promoter who was handling Paul Simon's South Africa tour. Simon's tour went on without further incident.

1997: David Bowie celebrated his 50th birthday a day late with a star-studded concert at Madison Square Garden. Lou Reed, Foo Fighters, and Sonic Youth were among the guest performers.

2001: Peter Frampton's album "Frampton Comes Alive: 25th Anniversary Special Edition" was released.
In 2003

2003: Bee Gee Maurice Gibb collapsed at his home in Miami with severe abdominal pain. He was rushed to the hospital and underwent emergency surgery for an intestinal blockage, but died three days later.

2007: Britain's Royal Mail honored The Beatles with a series of postage stamps. The six stamps features the cover designs from the albums "With The Beatles," "Help!," "Revolver," "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Abbey Road," and "Let It Be."

2007: Question Mark and the Mysterians frontman Question Mark lost all his material possessions -- including his stage clothes, Gold records, and other band memorabilia -- and four of his seven Yorkies were killed in a fire that destroyed the Clio, Michigan house the rocker had called home for nearly 40 years.

DISTANT REPLAY:

Actor Bob Denver was born on this day in1935. He's best remembered for his portrayal of the title character on the TV series "Gilligan's Island." His other credits include the TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" and "Dusty's Trail."

Sunday, January 10, 2010

BIRTHDAYS:
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rod Stewart  is 65. (Born 1945)

Singer-songwriter Scott McKenzie is 71. (Born 1939) He's best known for the 1967 hit "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)."

Singer and actor Frank Sinatra Jr. is 66. (Born 1944)

Drummer Aynsley Dunbar is 64. (Born 1946) He has worked with many groups including Journey and Jefferson Starship.

Musician Donald Fagen is 62. (Born 1948) He's a member of the group Steely Dan.

Grammy Award-winning singer Pat Benatar is 57. (Born 1953)

Late Rock and Roll Hall of Fame producer Jerry Wexler. (Born 1917) He's a co-founder of Atlantic Records.

Late singer-songwriter Jim Croce. (Born 1943)

MUSIC HISTORY:

1956: Elvis Presley recorded his first tunes for RCA Victor.

1972: George Harrison's  triple album set "The Concert For Bangledesh" was released in the UK.

1976: David Bowie's single "Golden Years" broke into the Top 40 chart.

2000: Melissa Etheridge revealed that David Crosby was the biological father of her two children with Julie Cypher.

2004: Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, and Chaka Khan were among the performers at the "An Evening of Stars 25th Anniversary Celebration - A tribute to Lou Rawls." The salute to the veteran R&B performer also served as Rawls' annual fundraiser for the United Negro College Fund.

2005: The Isley Brothers' Ronald Isley was in court in Los Angeles, where he plead not guilty to charges of tax evasion.

2008: Air Supply, Tony Orlando, Doobie Brothers sax player Marc Russo, and Santana percussionist Karl Perrazo were among the performers at the Stars to the Rescue gala in in Walnut Creek, California in support of St. Louis Cardinal's manager Tony LaRussa's charity the Animal Rescue Foundation.

2008: The Fortunes singer-bassist Rod Allen died of liver cancer. The Fortunes are best known for the 1965 hit "You've Got Your Troubles" and the 1971 hit "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again." Allen was 63.

DISTANT REPLAY:

1969: The final issue of "The Saturday Evening Post" was published. The magazine had been published for 147 years.