I haven’t been online in a while and I am very sorry.  There have been some health issues that have interrupted my daily schedule.  I will be offline until January 1 when things will start back up - maybe slowly, but I’ll get back into it.  Here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful holiday season and opens up 2010 with all the gusto that the year deserves!

Jan

It is now Tuesday night and I have been in bed with the flu since yesterday afternoon.  I’ll be back with you in just a few days!

What happens after one year of daily blogs of “This Day in Rock & Roll History?” Where do we go from here?  It has been a process of listening, researching and soul-searching.

The blog will make some significant changes over the next few weeks and months.

• We will change from a daily spot to a three times a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday).
• A new look that ties in with sister websites Gosinta and Gosintamystore.
• Industry product reviews
• Artist and album discussions
• Music trivia
• A chance of product  you to respond with opinions and comments
• Interviews with not only artists and “backstage” music industry business people.

We look forward to continuing  the Vinyl Record Talk journey.  Please feel free to send in any and all ideas and comments.  See you Tuesday!

1937 - Tom Paxton is born on this day.

1947 - Russ Ballard of A in rock historyrgent (”Hold Your Head Up”) is born today.

1951 - John Ford Coley (partner of England Dan) is born on this day.

1952 - Bernard Edwards, producer and member of Chic (”Le Freak”) is born.

1958 - The Flamingos record “I Only Have Eyes For You.”

1960 - The Everly Brothers record “Ebony Eyes.”

1961 - Larry Mullen of U2 is born on this day.

1961 - Bobby Darin records “Irresistible You.”

1963 - Johnny Marr of The Smiths is born today.

1963 - Mikkey Dee of Motorhead is born.

1964 - Ray Charles was arrested by Logan Airport customs officials in Boston and charged with possession of heroin.  Since this was his third drug charge, Charles avoided prison by kicking the habit in a Los Angeles clinic but spent a year on parole in 1966.

1965 - Wayne Fontana leaves the Mindbenders.

1966 - Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz) of the Beastie Boys is born on this day.

1968 - Vanilla Ice is born.

1970 - Malin Berggren of Ace of Base is born today.

1993 - River Phoenix died today.

1996 - Slash announced that he was no longer in Guns ‘n’ Roses.

#1 Songs This Week:

1948 - Dinah Shore: “Buttons and  Bows”

1954 - Vera Lynn: “My Son, My Son,” UK

1959 - Bobby Darin: “Mack the Knife”

1961 - Jimmy Dean: “Big Bad John”

1963 - Gerry and the Pacemakers: “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” UK

1964 - Barbra Streisand: ‘People,’ LP

1964 - Supremes: “Baby Love”

1970 - ‘Led Zeppelin III,’ LP

1970 - ‘Motown Chartbusters No 4,’ LP

1971 - Cher: “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves”

1981 - Human League: ‘Dare,’ UK LP

1985 - Stevie Wonder: “Part-Time Lover”

1990 - Vanilla Ice: “Ice Ice Baby”

1992 - Boyz II Men: “End of the Road,” UK & US

1998 - Cher: “Believe,” UK

2004 - Rod Stewart: ‘Stardust,’ LP

2004 - Usher and Alicia Keys: “My  Boo”

1930 - Eddie Holland of songwriting team Holland/Dozier/Holland on this day.

1937 - Frank Ifield: “I Remember You”

1939 - Grack Slick of Jefferson Airplane is born on this day.

1939 - Otis Williams of  the Temptations is born.

1945 - Henry Winkler (’The Fonz’) is born today.

1947 - Timothy B Schmitt of Poco and the Eagles is born on this day.

1949 - David Green of  Air Supply is born today.

1960 - Joey Belladonna of Anthrax is born.

1960 - Elvis Presley records “Surrender” and and “Crying in the Chapel” (not released for 5 years).

1967 - Gavin Rossdale of Bush is born on this day.

1967 - Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana and for allowing his flat to be used for the smoking of the drug.

1970 - Jim Morrison of the Doors was fined and sentenced to six months in jail for exposing himself on stage at a gig in Miami.

#1 Songs This Week:

1959 - Cliff Richard & the Shadows: “Travelin Light”

1971 - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band: ‘Imagine,’ UK LP

1982 - Men at Work: “Who Can It Be Now”

1983 - Culture Club: “Karma Chameleon,”

1993 - Meatloaf: ‘Bat Out of Hell II, Back to Hell,’ LP

2005 - Robbie  Williams: ‘Intensive Care,’ LP

1944 - Denny Lane of the Moody Blues is born on this day.

1946 - Peter Green of John Mayall’s  Bluesbreakers is born today.

1955 - Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot is born.

1955 - Roger O’Donnell of The Cure is born on this day.

1957 - Bobby Helms records “Jingle Bell Rock.”

1961 - Randy Jackson of the Jackson is born.

1965 - Peter Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies is born today.

1970 - Toby Smith of Jamiroquai is born.

1971 - Duane Allman of the Allman Brother Band dies in a motorcycle crash near Macon, Georgia.

#1 Songs This Week:

1946 - Frankie Carle: “Rumors Are Flying”

1951 - Tony Bennett: “Cold Cold Heart”

1955 - Roger Williams: “Autumn Leaves”

1966 - ? & the Mysterians: “96 Tears”

1978 - Anne Murray: “You Needed Me”

1979 - Lena Martell: “One Day at a Time,” UK

1983 - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers: “Island in the Stream”

1988 - Dire Straits: ‘Money for Nothing,’ UK

1988 - Enya: “Orinoco Flow,” UK

1996 - Los del Rio: “Macarena”

2000 - Limp Bizkit: ‘Chocolate Starfish’

2000 - Spice Girls: “Holler/Let Love Lead the Way,” UK

2991 - Mary J Blige: “Family Affair”

19s Day27 - Jazz singer Cleo Laine is born on this day.

1936 - Charlie Daniels is born today.

1939 - Jim Post of Friend & Lover (”Reach Out of the Darkness”) is born on this day.

1940 - Wayne Fontana (”Groovy Kind of Love”) is born.

1941 - Curtis Lee (”Pretty Little Angel Eyes”) is born today.

1948 - Telma Hopkins (Dawn) is born on this day.

1948 - Rickie Lee Reynolds of Black Oak Arkansas is born.

1957 - The Four Lads record “Put a Light in the Window.”

2007 - Country singer Porter Waggoner died in Nashville at age 80 of  lung cancer.

2007 - Robert  Goulet dies of intestinal pulmonary fibrosis.

#1 Songs This Week:

1973 - David  Cassidy: “Daydreamer/The Puppy  Song,” UK

1978 - Nick  Gilder: “Hot Child in the City”

1989 - Janet Jackson: ‘Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814,’ LP

1995 - Coolio featuring LV: “Gangsta’s Paradise,” UK

2001 - Mary J Blige: “Family Affair”

2206 - Rod Stewart: ‘Still the  Same…Great Rock Classics of Our Time,’ LP

1933 - Floyd Cramer is born today.

1934 - Bonnie Lou (”Daddy-O”) is born today.

1949 - Byron Allred of the Steve Miller Band is born on this day.

1949 - Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band is born today.

1951 - Ken Downing of Judas Priest is born.

1953 - Peter Dodd of the Thompson Twins is born on this day.

1958 - Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran is born today.

1960- - Ben E King records “Spanish Harlem” and “Stand By Me”

1967 - Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots is born.

1875 - Bruce Springsteen is featured on the cover of both Time and Newsweek on the same day.

1984 - Kelly Osbourne is born on this day.

#1 Songs This Day:

1949 - Frankie Laine: “That Luck Old Sun”

1952 - Patti Page: “I Went To Your Wedding”

1957 - The Crickets: “That’ll  Be The Day,” UK

1962 - The Shadows: ‘Out of the Shadows,’ UK

1964 - The Supremes: “Baby Love”

1966 - The Four Tops: “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” UK

1973 - Gladys Knight & the Pips: “Midnight Train to Georgia”

1973 - Status Quo: “Hello,” UK

1977 - Baccara: “Yes, Sir I Can Boogie,” UK

1982 - Men at Work: “Who Can It Be Now?”

1990 - Janet Jackson: “Black Cat”

1990 - Paul Simon: ‘The Rhythm of the Saints,’ UK LP

1997 - Elton John: “The Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind (1997)”

2007 - Soulja Boy (Tell ‘Em): Crank That (Soulja Boy)”

1911 - The great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson is born.

1946 - Keith Hopwood of Herman’s Hermits is born on this day.

1953 - Keith Strickland of the B-52’s is born today.

1961 - Bob Dylan signs his first recording contract with Columbia Records.

1963 - Natalie Merchant of 10,000  is born.

1994 - Wilbert Harrison (”Kansas City”) dies from a stroke.

1999 - Hoy Axton dies of a heart attack.

#1 Songs This Week:

1948 - Pee Wee Hunt: “Twelfth Street Rag”

1957 - Elvis Presley: “Jailhouse Rock/Treat Me Nice”

1960 - Drifters: “Ssave the Last Dance For Me”

1974 -  Ken Boothe: “Everything I Own,” UK

1974 - Dionne Warwick and the Spinners: “Then Came You”

1974 - Barry White: ‘Can’t Get Enough,’ LP

1985 - Whitney Houston: “Saving All My Love For You”

1988 - Phil Collins: “Groovy Kind of Love”

1990 - Janet Jackson: “Black Cat”

1991 - U2: “The Fly,” UK

2008 - T.I.: “Whatever You Like”

1942 - Helen Reddy is born today.

1944 - Jon Anderson of Yes is born on this day.

1944 - Taffy Danoff of Starland Vocal Band is born today.

1948 - Glen Tipton of  Judas Priest is born.

1955 - Matthias Jabs of the Scorpions is born on this day.

1962 - Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is born today.

1963 - Rock Nelson’s daughter Tracy is born on this day.

1970 - Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies is born.

1974 - Al Green was taking a shower at his Memphis home when his ex- girlfriend Mary Woodson poured a pot of boiling hot grits over him and then killer herself .  Green suffered second degree burns.

1984 - Katy Perry (”I Kissed a Girl”) is born on this day.

1985 - Ciara Princess Harris (”Goodies”) is born.

1991 - Concert promoter Bill Graham died in a helicopter crash north of San Francisco today.

1992 - Roger Miller dies of lung and throat cancer in a Los Angeles hospital.

2000 - Wiliam Martin of Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs dies from a heart attack.

2002 - Richard Harris dies of cancer.

#1 Songs This Week:

1942 - Bing Crosby: “White Christmas”

1950 - Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers: “Goodnight Irene”

1966 - ? & the Mysterians: “96 Tears”

1969 - The Archies: “Sugar, Sugar,” UK

1975 - Art Garfunkel: “I Only Have Eyes For You,” UK

1978 - Nick Gilder: “Hot Child in the City”

1980 - Barbra Streisand: ‘Guilty,’ LP

1983 - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton: “Islands in the Stream”

1986- Bon Jovi: ‘Slippery When Wet,’ LP

1986 - Cyndi Lauper: “True Colors”

1997 - Spice Girls: “Spice Up the World,” UK

1998 - Beautiful South: ‘Quench,’ UK LP

1998 - Monica: “The First Night”

2001 - Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule: “I’m Real”