This Day In Music: 1/14/12

Musician Birthdays: Zakk Wylde (Guitarist for Ozzy solo, Guitarist/singer for Black Label Society, born in 1967), Dave Grohl (Drummer for Nirvana, Them Crooked Vultures, Queen of the Stone Age, singer/guitarist for the Foo Fighters, born in 1969), Caleb Folowill (singer/guitarist for Kings of Leon, born in 1982)

– In 1963: Charlie Watts made his live debut with The Rolling Stones at The Flamingo Jazz Club, Soho, London.

– In 1964: The Beatles (minus Ringo Starr, who was fog-bound in Liverpool) departed from Liverpool for Paris, France for an 18-day run at the Olympia Theatre. Arriving in Paris, John, Paul, and George were met by 60 fans. Ringo, accompanied by roadie Neil Aspinall, arrived the next day.

– In 1970: Diana Ross made her last appearance with The Supremes at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas.

– In 1978: The Sex Pistols played their last live gig at Winterland, San Francisco, (they re-formed in 96).

– In 1989: Bobby Brown went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘My Prerogative.’

– In 2006: American actor and stand-up comic Jamie Foxx started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with his second album ‘Unpredictable.’

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