This Day in Music History: January 29
January 29, 2017We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: January 29.
1961: Bob Dylan achieved his dream when he met his idol, Woody Guthrie. This happened when Guthrie was on weekend release from hospital, where he was being treated for Huntington's Chorea. Bob Dylan told him: ‘I was a Woody Guthrie jukebox’. In return, Guthrie gave Dylan a card that said: ‘I ain't dead yet’.
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1968: The Doors appeared at The Pussy Cat A Go Go in Las Vegas. After the concert, Jim Morrison taunted a security guard in the parking lot when he pretended to smoke a joint. This resulted in a fight that had the police arrive and arrest Morrison, charging him with vagrancy, public drunkenness, and failure to possess sufficient identification.
1969: Fleetwood Mac had their only UK No.1 single with the instrumental 'Albatross'. The song was composed by guitarist Peter Green and it is the only Fleetwood Mac composition with the distinction of having inspired a Beatles song, 'Sun King' from 1969's Abbey Road.
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1972: The triple album 'The Concert For Bangladesh' topped the UK album chart. It was organised by George Harrison in order to raise funds for the people who were caught up in the war and famine from the area. The set featured: Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Ravi Shankar and members from Badfinger.
1983: Australian group Men At Work topped the British and American singles and album charts simultaneously with 'Down Under' and 'Business As Usual'. The last artist that was able to achieve this, was Rod Stewart back in 1971.
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1989: Marc Almond started a four-week run at the top of the UK singles chart with 'Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart' with guest vocals from Gene Pitney.
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1996: George Michael topped the UK singles chart with 'Jesus To A Child', his sixth UK No.1 as a solo artist and the first single from his come-back album 'Older', (after lengthy litigation with his record company).
2006: Arctic Monkeys topped the UK album chart with 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not', their debut album. This album became the fastest-selling debut in chart history after selling more than 360,000 copies in its first week of release. The album's title was taken from a line from the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning written by Alan Sillitoe.
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