Today in Oldies Music History: January 10

Births

1912: Buddy Johnson
1917: Jerry Wexler
1925: Max Roach
1927: Gisele MacKenzie, Johnnie Ray
1935: Ronnie Hawkins
1939: Scott McKenzie, Sal Mineo
1943: Jim Croce
1944: Frank Sinatra Jr.
1945: Ronny Light, Rod Stewart, Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash)
1946: Aynsley Dunbar (John Mayall, Jefferson Starship), Bob Lang (Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders)
1948: Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers)

Deaths

1976: Howlin' Wolf

Events

1949: RCA announces its newest creation, the seven-inch vinyl record to be played at 45 rpm. The "45," as it would soon be known, would become the driving force of the record business in the early days of rock and roll.
1963: Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday film premieres in London.
1965: American promoter Sid Bernstein, having already presented the Beatles at Carnegie Hall, calls group manager Brian Epstein about a possible Shea Stadium concert. It would be the first stadium concert by a rock group.
1969: George Harrison quits the Beatles for a short while, making him the second Beatle to do so (Ringo had left the group for a brief period a year earlier).
1971: The suit to officially dissolve the Beatles as a group gets underway in court.
1971: Bob Dylan appears on an NBC documentary accompanying bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs on Dylan's "East Virginia Blues" and "Nashville Skyline Rag."
1979: Richard Carpenter of the Carpenters duo enters into rehab in a Topeka, KS facility.
1997: James Brown receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2003: British and Dutch police recover 500 Beatles master tapes missing since a theft some thirty or so years earlier.

Releases

1964: The Beatles, Introducing The Beatles
1966: Peter and Gordon, "Woman"

Recording

1945: Erskine Hawkins, "Tippin’ In"
1956: Elvis Presley: "Heartbreak Hotel," "I Got A Woman," "Money Honey"
1967: The Beatles, "Penny Lane"

Certifications

1968: Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" is certified gold
1975: Al Green's album Al Green Explores Your Mind is certified gold

Charts

1953: Perry Como's "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" hits #1
1976: C.W. McCall's "Convoy" hits #1