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Today in Rock (Jan 30)

• 1942 - Marty Balin (Jefferson Starship) was born
• 1951 - Phil Collins was born
• 1973 - Kiss make their live stage debut at Coventry Club, Queens, New York.

Today in rock (Jan 29)

• 1949 - Tommy Ramone (Ramones) was born
• 1961 - Eddie Jackson (Queensryche) was born
• 1982 - Gary Numan crashlands his Cessna light aircraft but escapes unhurt (no wonder “Here in my car, I feel safest of all”).
• 1985 - Mikhial Gorbachev succeeds Konstantin Chernenko as Chairman of the Communist party (setting up the end of the cold war).
• 1996 - Garth Brooks said that Hootie and the Blowfish had done more for music that year than he did, so he refused to accept his American Music Award for Favorite Overall Artist.

Today in Rock (Jan 28)

• 1956 - Elvis Presley makes his US national TV debut on The Dorsey Brothers Stage show.
• 1968 - Sarah McLachlan was born
• 1977 - Joseph Fatone (’N Sync) was born
• 1980 - Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) was born
• 1984 - Van Halen’s album 1984 hits US LP chart.
• 1985 - We Are The World was recorded.
• 1986 - The space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after takeoff.

Today in Rock (Jan 27)

• 1919 - David Sevelle (The Chipmunks) was born
• 1945 - Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) was born
• 1951 - Seth Justman (J Geils Band) was born
• 1968 - Mike Patton (Faith No More) was born
• 1984 - Michael Jackson was burned on the head during the filming of a Pepsi commercial
• 1990 - The town of Gainsville, Florida declares today will become “Tom Petty Day”.

Question #5 has been answered.

Question #5: What do Barak Obama and Paul & Young Ron (Paul said “that’s us”) have in common?
Day 72 (Jan 26, 2009 - Mary): They both have appeared on public television show “Check Please”

Question #6: I (Paul Castronovo) have seven of these, what are they?

Today in Rock (Jan 26)

• 1957 - Edward (Eddie) Van Halen was born
• 1958 - Norman Hassan (UB40) was born

Happy birthday Paul!

Tomorrow is Paul’s birthday - don’t forget to wish him a happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Paul!!!

Today in Rock (Jan 23)

• 1950 - Pat Simmons (Doobie Brothers) was born
• 1953 - Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) was born
• 1978 - Terry Kath (Chicaco) died (Chicaco has never been the same since)
• 1986 - Chuck Berry is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the first induction dinner, held in New York City. He is inducted by Rolling Stone Keith Richards, who said, “It’s hard for me to induct Chuck Berry, because I lifted every lick he ever played!”
• 1986 - Ray Charles, James Brown, Buddy Holly, Jerry lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Little Richard, are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the first induction dinner.

Terry Kath was the soul to the band Chicago. He brought blues and jazz into rock which became the real sound of Chicago (even today).
Some tributes to Terry Kath:

Today in Rock (Jan 22)

• 1953 - Steve Perry (Journey) was born
• 1965 - Steve Adler (Guns N’Roses) was born
• 1965 - Jazzy Jeff (DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince) was born

Today in Rock (Jan 21)

• 1952 - Billy Ocean was born
• 1965 - Jason Mizell (Run-DMC) was born
• 1987 - Roy Orbison was inducted into USA rock and roll Hall of Fame.
• 1989 -Guns N’Roses become first act for six years to have two Top 10 American LPs, with Appetite for Destruction at No. 2 and Guns N’Roses Lies at No. 10.
• 1989 - MTV world premieres Metallica’s first video, “One.”
• 1990 - MTV launches season premiere of “MTV Unplugged,” an acoustic music series. The first episode features performances by Squeeze, Syd Straw, and Elliot Easton from the Cars.