On This Day, January 14 in Music History
EVENTS ON JANUARY 14 IN MUSIC HISTORY
On this day January 14 in 1955 – Rosemary Clooney and The Mellomen topped the UK Singles chart with ‘Mambo Italiano’.
1961 – Elvis Presley started a seven-week stint at the top of the UK Albums chart with the soundtrack to the film of the same name ‘G.I. Blues’.
1965 – With their rendition of the Latin soul tune ‘Yeh, Yeh’, Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames topped the UK Singles chart.
1966 – English singer David Jones released his first single ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’ under the name David Bowie. He changed his stage name to avoid confusion with another popular singer – Davy Jones from The Monkeys.
1970 – Diana Ross performed live for the last time with The Supremes at The Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas on this day January 14. She introduced her replacement Jean Terrel during the show.
1973 – Over one billion people from forty countries around the world tuned in to watch Elvis Presley‘s TV special ‘Aloha From Hawaii’ on this day January 14. Interestingly, the concert wasn’t broadcast in the United States and the United Kingdom.
1975 – The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded Joe Walsh a Gold disc for his third studio album ‘So What’ which sold more than 500,000 copies.
1977 – David Bowie released his eleventh studio album ‘Low’ through RCA Records on this day January 14. This was the first album of his Berlin Trilogy and it peaked at No.2 in the UK.
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1978 – With ‘Baby Come Back’, rock band Player hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks.
1984 – With ‘Pipes of Peace’, Paul McCartney reached No.1 in the UK on this day January 14 in music history and became the first musician to top the Singles chart as a solo artist, a member of a duo, trio, and a group.
1989 – The number one single in the United States on this day was ‘My Prerogative’ by the singer-songwriter Bobby Brown.
1989 – Synth-pop duo Erasure scored their first number one album in the United Kingdom on this day January 14 with ‘The Innocents’, their third studio release.
1992 – American drummer Gerald “Jerry” Nolan died at the age of 45 from a stroke. Best known as a member of the bands The Heartbreakers and the New York Dolls.
1995 – Swedish Eurodance group Rednex hit number one on the UK Singles chart for the first of three consecutive weeks with ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ on this day January 14.
2006 – The hip hop group D4L reached the top spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with the single ‘Laffy Taffy’.
2006 – With their third studio album ‘First Impressions of Earth’, American rock band The Strokes went to number one in the UK on this day January 14.
2006 – Actor and singer-songwriter Jamie Foxx started a two-week run at No.1 in the US with his second studio album ‘Unpredictable’.
2011 – American rapper Flo Rida went to number one on the UK Singles chart with ‘Good Feeling’ on this day January 14 in music history. The song was an international hit and it also reached the top spot in Austria, Germany, and Ireland, while in the US it peaked at No.3.
2012 – British singer-songwriter Adele hit number one on the US Billboard 200 with her second studio album ’21’ for the first of ten consecutive weeks.
2012 – British drummer, arranger, record producer, and music educator Robbie France died on this day January 14, aged 52.
2012 – Taylor Swift scored her sixth consecutive number one album in the UK with ‘Evermore’, her ninth studio release.
2021 – With ‘Sweet Melody’, girl group Little Mix reached the top spot on the UK Singles chart on this day January 14.
BORN ON JANUARY 14 IN MUSIC HISTORY
1908 – American singer, songwriter, and violinist Ruggiero Colombo also known professionally as Russ Columbo was born in Camden, New Jersey.
1916 – American jazz and R&B saxophonist, bandleader, producer, and arranger Maxwell Davis was born in Independence, Kansas.
1917 – Jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader William “Billy” Butterfield was born in Middletown, Ohio.
1929 – Country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist William “Billy” Walker was born in Ralls, Texas. Best known for his 1962 hit song ‘Charlie’s Shoes’.
1931 – Multilingual singer, dancer, and guitarist Caterina Valente was born in Paris, France.
1936 – American singer-songwriter and guitarist Clarence Carter was born in Montgomery, Alabama. Best known for songs such as ‘Slip Away’, ‘Patches’, and ‘Back Door Santa’.
1938 – Country music singer and songwriter Billie Jo Spears was born in Beaumont, Texas. Best known for the chart-topping single ‘Blanket on the Ground’.
1938 – American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, producer and arranger Allen Toussaint was born in Gert Town, Louisiana.
1948 – Guitarist, songwriter, and record producer Joseph Henry “T Bone” Burnett was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
1951 – Jazz bass guitarist and composer Mark Egan was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. Best known for his work with the Pat Metheny Group, the Gil Evans Orchestra, and the band Elements.
1959 – American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Geoff Tate was born Jeffrey Wayne Tate in Stuttgart, Germany. He came to prominence as the co-founder and frontman of the metal band Queensrÿche.
1959 – Founding member and multi-instrumentalist of the band Madness, Cathal “Chas Smash” Smyth was born in London, England.
1962 – Bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter Patricia Anne Rainone also known professionally as Patricia Morrison was born in Los Angeles, California.
1965 – English-American rapper, songwriter, and producer Richard Walters better known by his stage name Slick Rick was born in London.
1967 – Heavy metal singer-songwriter and guitarist Zachary “Zakk” Wylde was born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt in Bayonne, New Jersey. Best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne and for leading his band Black Label Society.
1968 – American rapper, songwriter, and producer James Todd Smith better known by his stage name LL Cool J was born in Islip, New York.
1969 – Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dave Grohl was born in Warren, Ohio. Best known as a member of Nirvana and for fronting the rock band Foo Fighters.