All Born on January 17th...

1943: Chris Montez...

1945: William Hart...

1948: Mick Taylor...

 

 

IT'S ONLY:

 AND WE LIKE IT!!!

It Happened on January 16th…

1942: Barbara Lynn hits the planet in Beaumont, Texas…

1956: The Cadillacs hit #17 with their classic “SPEEDO”…

1957: Little Richard is in the studio recording “LUCILLE”…

1959: Bobby “Blue” Bland’s Duke Records release

“I’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU”

hits #2 on the R ‘n B Chart…

1962: The Orlons reach #4 with

 “DON’T HANG UP”…

1965: The Marvelettes’ “TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA” charts at #25...

AND IT’S ALL ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!

It happened on January 15th…

January 15, 1965:

The Who's first single, "I Can't Explain", was released. While oldies stations in America still give it a fair amount of air-play, the song only made it to number 93 on Billboard's Hot 100, although it hit number 8 in the UK…

January 15, 1966:

The Rolling Stones receive their third Gold record for the album "December's Children". It contains, "Get Off My Cloud", "As Tears Go By" and "I'm Free"

January 15, 1967:

The Rolling Stones were booked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show on the condition that they change the words to their new song, "Let's Spend The Night Together" to "Let's Spend Some Time Together". The song hit number 3 in the UK a month later, but couldn't crack the Top 50 in America…Check out the REAL DEAL in concert!!!

January 6, 1962: The “Girls” Hit Big on the Charts…

“Baby It’s You” written by Burt Bacharack and Hal David and sung by The Shirells entered the Top Forty…

 
The record eventually topped out at #8…

“There’s No Other (Like My Baby)” by The Crystals peaked at #20…

The Angels’ “Til” hit #14…

Not a bad day for “The Girls”…

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