January 28th - On this day in history - music
Born on this day
Anna Gordy Gaye (1922), Ronnie Scott (1927), Acker Bilk (1929), King Tubby (1941), Dick Taylor - The Pretty Things (1943), Robert Wyatt - Soft Machine (1945), Rick Allen - The Box Tops (1946), Gene McFadden (1949), William Nelson - Funkadelic (1951), Dave Sharpe - The Alarm (1959), Marvin Sapp (1967), DJ Muggs - Cypress Hill (1968), Rakim (1968), Sarah McLachlan (1968), Mario Biondi (1971), Anthony Hamilton (1971), Monifah (1972), Lee Latchford-Evans - Steps (1975), Joseph Fatone - *NSYNC (1977), Nicolas Carter - Backstreet Boys (1980)
Chart News
1965 The Moody Blues at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Go Now!'
1974 Ringo Starr at No.1 in Australia with ‘Photograph’
1978 Fleetwood Mac at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Rumours'
1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Relax!' Banned by the BBC the record was in the chart for 48 weeks
1990 Paula Abdul at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Forever Your Girl'
1995 TLC at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Creep'
2001 Limp Bizkit sat No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Chocolate Starfish'
2001 Shaggy feat Ricardo Rikrot at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'It Wasn't Me'
2007 Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture at No.1 on the US album chart.
2016 Shawn Mendes at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Stitches’
2017 Ed Sheeran at No.1 in the US chart with 'Shape of You'
Gig News
1963 The Beatles played at the Majestic Ballroom in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
1967 The Four Tops appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London
1990 Faith No More played Newcastle Mayfair
1998 Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher played a 20-minute solo gig at the King Head, an English pub in Santa Monica
Music News
1983 Billy Fury died
1985 The recording took place for 'We Are The World' the US equivalent of Band Aid. Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie the all star cast included Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry and Bob Geldof
2016 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) died