January 3rd Born on this day in Music History Victor Borge (1909), Herbie Nichols (1919), Geezil Minerve (1922), George Martin (1926), Danny Overbea (1926), Dianne Brooks (1939), Van Dyke Parks (1943), Michael Zager (1943), Steve Rubell, cofounder of Studio 54. (1943~), Stephen Stills - Crosby Stills Nash & Young (1945), Robert John (1946), James Mtume (1946), John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin (1946), Zulema Cusseaux (1947), David 'Dave' Joseph Dobbyn (1957), Raymond McGinley - Teenage Fanclub (1964), Nicole C. Mullen (1967), James Carter (1969), Thomas Bangalter - Daft Punk (1975), Kimberley Locke (1978)
Chart News
1957 Guy Mitchell at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Singing The Blues'
1963 Cliff Richard at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Next Time / Bachelor Boy'
1967 The Bee Gees at No.1 on the Australian singles chart with 'Spickes and Speckes'
1970 B J Thomas at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head'
1976 The Bay City Rollers at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Saturday Night'
1999 Steps at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Tragedy.'
2010 Paolo Nutini at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Sunny Side Up'
2015 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars at No.1 on the UK Chart with 'Uptown Funk'
2015 Taylor Swift at No.1 on the US chart with 'Blank Space'
2019 Ava Max at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Sweet but Psycho'
Gig News
1955 Elvis Presley appeared in Boonesville, Virginia
1963 The Beatles performed at the Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin.
1964 The Rolling Stones appeared at Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill, England, supported by The Detours (later to become The Who).
1973 Bruce Springsteen played at The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
1979 The Hype (later to be known as U2) appeared at McGonagils in Dublin, Ireland
1982 Adam and the Ants appeared at The Apollo, Manchester
Music News
2014 Phil Everly died
2021 Gerry Marsden died