Tuesday, January 19, 2010

January 19

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY 19
Phil Everly is 71; Rod Evans formerly with Deep Purple is 65; Martha Davis from the Motels is 59; Dewey Bunnell from America is 58; Jeff Pilson, currently with Foreigner is 52; Whitfield Crane from Ugly Kid Joe is 42; John Wozniak from Marcy Playground is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1943 Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas. Joplin died in 1970
1949 Robert Palmer is born in Batley, Yorkshire, England. Palmer died in 2003
1976 Bill Sargent offers the Beatles $30 million to perform one show. They declined
1994 John Lennon, The Animals, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Rod Stewart and Elton John are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
1998 Carl Perkins dies from throat cancer and a series of strokes

IN THE NEWS
DJ Condemned For Playing VAN HALEN's Jump As Woman Leaps From Bridge
Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi To Release Autobiography Later This Year
Zeppelin Star Beat Paul McCartney Out Of Them Crooked Vultures Gig

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