Birthdays:
Folksinger Phil Ochs (1940)
Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire is 67.
Ten Years After guitarist Alvin Lee (1944)
They Are Missed:
Zal Yanovsky of the Lovin' Spoonful was born in 1944.
The late Charlie Ryan ("Hot Rod Lincoln") was born in 1915.
In 2000, Pops Staples of the Staple Singers died following a concussion.
Michael Clarke of the Byrds died of liver failure in 1993.
Later hailed as the father of New Orleans R&B, singer and pianist Professor Longhair was born in Bogalusa, La. in 1918. Died January 30, 1980.
History:
In 1957, Elvis Presley was served with his draft notice while home at Graceland for the Christmas holidays. He was sworn in as a private in the U.S. Army on March 24, 1958, and later sent to basic training in Fort Hood, Texas. Shipped to Germany, he served in Company D, 32nd Tank Battalion, 3rd Armor Corps, from October 1, 1958, to March 1, 1960.
"Over and Over" (The Dave Clark Five) was a hit in 1965.
Bobby Darin recorded "Mack The Knife" in 1958.
Today in 1964, the song "Come See About Me" by the Supremes topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks.
"Beatles for Sale" spends its first week at #1 in the U.K. album charts in 1964. It knocked "A Hard Day's Night" off the top spot, where it had spent the last 21 weeks.
Neil Sedaka’s "Calendar Girl" was released in 1960.
In 1960, Frank Sinatra recorded his first session with his very own record company, Reprise Records. Frank did "Ring-A-Ding-Ding" and "Let’s Fall in Love."
Ron Woods joined the Rolling Stones in 1974.
In 2006, the FBI released documents related to their investigation of John Lennon in the early ‘70s. The Nixon administration thought Lennon, an anti-war (Vietnam) advocate, was aiding left wing causes and therefore an undesirable alien. Unsuccessful deportation efforts ensued. While Lennon had contact with representatives from radical organizations the FBI could find no evidence that he was a member or financially supported these groups.
Carl Perkins recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" in 1955, a song that he wrote after seeing a young man get angry at his date for scuffing his shoes. Even though we often remember the Elvis Presley version the most, it only made it to number 20 on the US chart, while was Perkins' original went to number 2.
In 1956, Elvis Presley made US chart history by having 10 songs on Billboard's Top 100.
As if Disco wasn't bad enough, the US Pop chart reached a new all time low in 1975 when "Convoy" by C.W. McCall earned a Gold record. The novelty tune tells the story of interstate truck drivers and their run-ins with the law.
In 1979, Elvis Presley's personal physician, George Nichopoulos, was charged with 'illegally and indiscriminately' prescribing over 12,000 tablets of uppers, downers, and painkillers for the Rock and Roll star during the 20 months preceding his untimely death. Although he was acquitted this time, he was charged again in 1980 and again in 1992 and was stripped of his medical license in July 1995.
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