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TIME CAPSULE

Look Back In Time, To Music Milestones And Events of the

Month of JANUARY

1962 - The Beatles and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option of signing one group only. The Beatles are rejected, mainly as they come from Liverpool and the others are Dagenham-based nearer London.

1972- Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties, is halted during the song 'Money'. Dark Side of the Moon would be played in its entirety the next night. It would be a full year before the album was released.

1978 The Sex Pistols played their final show (until a 1996 reunion) at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom.

1970 Simon & Garfunkel release their final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water. The title track and album stay #1 on the Billboard charts for six weeks and go on to win a record six Grammys at the 13th Grammy Awards, including "Record of the Year", "Song of the Year", and "Album of the Year." In Britain it tops the album chart at regular intervals over the next two years, and becomes the best-selling album in Britain during the 1970s.

1960 Frank Sinatra forms his own record label, Reprise Records, which would later release recordings by The Beach Boys, Ella Fitzgerald, The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix.

In 1975 Approximately 1000 Led Zeppelin fans cause an estimated $30,000 in damage to the lobby of the Boston Garden. The fans had been waiting for tickets to go on sale for Led Zeppelin's February 4 concert. The fans reportedly broke chairs and doors and caused other damage to the building. Boston Mayor Kevin White cancels the upcoming show.

BIRTHDAYS

Jan-02	Tia Carrere, actress and singer (1967)
Jan-04	Robin Guthrie, The Cocteau Twins (1962)
Jan-05	Marilyn Manson, rock singer (1969)
Jan-05	Kate Schellenbach, Luscious Jackson (1966)
Jan-05	Grant Young, Soul Asylum (1964)
Jan-07	Mark Lamarr, presenter of radio and TV music programmes (1967
Jan-08	Dave Weckl (1960)
Jan-08	Andrew Wood, Mother Love Bone (1966)
Jan-09	Dave Matthews (1967)
Jan-15	January 15 - Adam Jones (Tool) (1965)
Jan-16	January 16 - Paul Webb, Talk Talk (1962)
Jan-16	January 16 - Maxine Jones, En Vogue (1966)
Jan-17	Stephin Merritt from The Magnetic Fields (1966)
Jan-20	Wes King, guitarist, singer (1966)
Jan-20	Scott Thunes, Frank Zappa (1960)
Jan-20	Heather Small, soul singer (1965)
Jan-20	Greg Kriesel of The Offspring (1965)
Jan-22	Michael Hutchence, vocalist for INXS (1960- 1997)

FAREWELLS

Jan-01	Moon Mullican, country singer	(d - 1967)
Jan-01	Michael Mann, violinist, son of Thomas Mann	(d - 1977)
Jan-02	Larry Williams (44), singer, songwriter and pianist	(d - 1980)
Jan-03	Mary Garden, operatic soprano	(d - 1967)
Jan-04	January 4 - Phil Lynott, bassist/singer	(d - 1986)
Jan-06	Poley McClintock, jazz musician	(d - 1980)
Jan-06	January 6 - Harold Sumberg, violinist	(d - 1994)
Jan-07	Carl Schuricht, conductor	(d - 1967)
Jan-08	Steve Clark, 30, guitarist of Def Leppard	(d - 1991)
Jan-10	Howlin' Wolf, blues musician	(d - 1976)
Jan-15	Albert Szirmai, composer	(d - 1967)
Jan-15	Andy Gibb, singer	(d - 1988)
Jan-15	January 15 - Harry Nilsson, singer	(d - 1994)
Jan-16	Clara Ward, gospel singer	(d - 1973)
Jan-17	January 17 - Georges Cziffra, pianist	(d - 1994)
Jan-18	Melanie Appleby of British duo Mel and Kim	(d - 1990)
Jan-21	Errol Garner, jazz pianist	(d - 1977)
Jan-21	Jackie Wilson, singer	(d - 1984)
Jan-23	Kid Ory, jazz trombonist and bandleader	(d - 1973)
Jan-23	Dick Burnett, folk songwriter, 94	(d - 1977)
Jan-23	Allen Collins, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist	(d - 1990)
Jan-27	Luigi Tenco, singer-songwriter and actor	(d - 1967)
Jan-28	Billy Fury, singer	(d - 1984)
Jan-29	Jimmy Durante (86), pianist & entertainer	(d - 1980)
Jan-30	Professor Longhair (61), pianist	(d - 1980)
Jan-31	Slim Harpo, blues musician	(d - 1973)
Jan-31	Luke Kelly, member of The Dubliners	(d - 1984)

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