January 04 Music Diary

January 04
Events
1935 (Recording) Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra with "Hors D'Oevres"
1936 Billboard Magazine releases its first Hit Parade(monthly at first,it became weekly in 1941).
First No1 song Joe Venuti and His Orchestra with "Stop! Listen!Look!"
1954 (Recording) Elvis Presley with "I'll Never Stand In Your Way"
1957 (Recording) Louis Jourdan with "Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out"
1962 (Recording) Gene McDaniels with "Point Of No Return"
1967 (Recording) The Beatles with "Pennt Lane"
1967 (Release) The Doors debut with their self titled album
1972 (Release) Yes with "Roundabout"
No1 Songs
1957 Britain(1Week) Guy Mitchell with "Singing The Blues"
1960 United States(2 Weeks) Marty Robbins with "El Paso"
1964 United States(4Weeks) Bobby Vinton with "There,I Said It Again"
1969 Australia(2Weeks) Cream with "White Room/Those Were The Days"
1971 Australia(2Weeks) The Partridge Family with "I Think I Love You"
1975 United States(2Weeks) Sir Elton John with "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
2010 Australia(5Weeks) Owl City with "Fireflies"
2014 Britain(4Weeks) Pharrell Williams with "Happy"
Deaths
1986 Phil Lynott(Thin Lizzy)
2011 Gerry Rafferty(Stealers Wheel)
2011 Mick Karn(Japan)
2018 Ray Thomas(The Moody Blues)
Births
1937 John Gorman(The Scaffold)
1942 John Mclaughlin
1944 Volker Heinback(Tangerine Dream)
1946 Arthur Conley
1955 Mark Hollis(Talk Talk)
1956 Bernard Sumner(New Order)
1958 Macel King(Sweet Sensation
1960 Michael Stipe(REM)
1962 Robin Guthrie(The Cocteau Twins)
1962 Martin McAloon(Prefab Sprout)
1963 Till Lindermann(Rammstein)
1965 David Glasper(B:reathe)
1965 Beth Gibbons(Portishead)
1965 Cait O'Riordan(The Pogues)
1967 Bejamin darvill(Crash Test Dummies)