Music Almanac: December 29, 2017

Birthdays 

• 1935 - Virgil Johnson (Velvets) (d. 2013)
• 1939 - Ed Bruce (78)
• 1941 - Ray Thomas (Moody Blues) (76)
• 1942 - Jerry Summers (Dovells) (75)
• 1942 - Rick Danko (Band) (d. 1999)
• 1946 - Marianne Faithfull (71)
• 1947 - Cozy Powell (Rainbow, Whitesnake, Emerson Lake & Palmer) (d. 1998)
• 1948 - Charlie Spinosa (John Fred & the Playboy Band) (69)
• 1951 - Yvonne Elliman (66)
• 1951 - Laurel Massé (Manhattan Transfer) (66)
• 1954 - Roger Voudouris (d. 2003)
• 1955 - Neil Giraldo (62)
• 1961 - Jim Reid (Jesus and Mary Chain) (56)
• 1961 - Mark Day (Happy Mondays) (56)
• 1963 - Alex Gifford (Propellerheads) (54)
• 1965 - Dexter Holland (Offspring) (52)
• 1966 - Chris Barnes (Cannibal Corpse) (51)
• 1967 - Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard) (50)
• 1970 - Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) (47)
• 1970 - Aled Jones (47)
• 1970 - Dallas Austin (producer) (47)
• 1973 - Pimp C (born Chad Butler) (Underground Kingz (UGK)) (d. 2007)
• 1983 - Jessica Andrews (34)

Deaths

• 1967 - Paul Whiteman (77)
• 1980 - Tim Hardin - Heroin overdose (39)
• 1994 - Eugene Tanner, Jr. (5 Royales) (58)
• 2011 - Robert Lee Dickey (aka Bobby Purify in James & Bobby Purify) (72)

On This Day

• 1956 - Elvis Presley set a record at the time by having ten songs in the Top 100.
• 1963 - WMCA in New York is the first American station to play I Want to Hold Your Hand.
• 1963 - The Weavers played a farewell concert at Chicago's Orchestra Hall.
• 1967 - Dave Mason quit the group Traffic.
• 1982 - Vinnie Vincent replaced Ace Frehley in KISS.
• 1982 - Jamaica issued commemorative stamps for Bob Marley.
• 1994 - Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes plead guilty for setting fire to her boyfriend's $1 million Atlanta mansion which was destroyed.
• 2000 - John Michael Montgomery falls while hunting and suffers a compound fracture of his right leg.
• 2000 - Bryan Ferry was on a jet that was overtaken by a man who wanted to fly the plane into the ground. He was overtaken by the crew.
• 2000 - Janet Jackson's former husband, Rene Elizondo, Jr., sues her for more than $10 million saying they had an agreement to split her assets.
• 2001 - Aretha Franklin filed a suit against the U.S. newspaper The Star for claiming she was having trouble with alcohol.

Marriages

• 1957 - Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

Divorces

• 1975 - Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (both Jefferson Airplane)
• 2006 - Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese (filed by Von Teese)

Recorded

• 1966 - Penny Lane - Beatles
• 1972 - Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett

Released

• 1969 - Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard (album)

Broadcasts

• 1966 - Top of the Pops (U.K. BBC) - Jimi Hendrix Experience

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1951 - Cry - Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads (11 weeks)
• 1973 - Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums 

• None

Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles

• 1951 - Flamingo - Earl Bostic & His Orchestra (4 weeks)
• 1973 - Living For the City - Stevie Wonder (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles

• 1962 - Don't Let Me Cross Over - Carl Butler and Pearl
• 2001 - Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) - Alan Jackson (5 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Adult Comtemporary Singles

• 1973 - Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.K. Singles

• 1960 - I Love You - Cliff Richard and the Shadows (2 weeks)
• 1990 - Savior's Day - Cliff Richard (1 week)
• 2007 - When You Believe - Leon Jackson (3 weeks)
• 2012 - Impossible - James Arthur (3 weeks)

Number Ones – U.K. Albums 

• 1962 - The Black and White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels (2 weeks)
• 2012 - Our Version of Events - Emeli Sande (2 weeks)