Rocking50s Blog

Thursday January 28
Mr. Acker Bilk (Stranger On The Shore) is 81
Chris Kenner ("Land Of 1000 Dances") dies of a heart attack in 1976
Jim Capaldi ("That's Love" and member of Traffic) dies of stomach cancer, 2005
Ted Nugent carves an autograph with a knife on a fan's arm (at the fan's request), 1978
Aaron Neville sings the national anthem at Superbowl XXIV in New Orleans, 1990
Ray Charles sings "America The Beautiful" at Superbowl XXXV (the Backstreet Boys sing the national anthem), 2001
James Brown is arrested for domestic violence at his home in Beech Island, South Carolina, 2004
Cher attends a Los Angeles City Council meeting to protest the construction of a new elephant habitat at the zoo there (her side loses), 2009
Elvis Presley makes his national TV debut on Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey's "Stage Show" on CBS, 1956
The Doobie Brothers guest-star on an episode of ABC-TV's "What's Happening", 1978
Production begins on the Elvis Presley movie "Fun In Acapulco", 1963
Pat Boone releases an album of heavy metal tunes (which eventually costs him his Christian TV program), 1997
"We Are The World" is recorded in Hollywood by a plethora of stars raising money for hunger relief in Africa, 1985
Del Shannon - Runaway.mp3

Thursday January 28
Mr. Acker Bilk (Stranger On The Shore) is 81
Chris Kenner ("Land Of 1000 Dances") dies of a heart attack in 1976
Jim Capaldi ("That's Love" and member of Traffic) dies of stomach cancer, 2005
Ted Nugent carves an autograph with a knife on a fan's arm (at the fan's request), 1978
Aaron Neville sings the national anthem at Superbowl XXIV in New Orleans, 1990
Ray Charles sings "America The Beautiful" at Superbowl XXXV (the Backstreet Boys sing the national anthem), 2001
James Brown is arrested for domestic violence at his home in Beech Island, South Carolina, 2004
Cher attends a Los Angeles City Council meeting to protest the construction of a new elephant habitat at the zoo there (her side loses), 2009
Elvis Presley makes his national TV debut on Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey's "Stage Show" on CBS, 1956
The Doobie Brothers guest-star on an episode of ABC-TV's "What's Happening", 1978
Production begins on the Elvis Presley movie "Fun In Acapulco", 1963
Pat Boone releases an album of heavy metal tunes (which eventually costs him his Christian TV program), 1997
"We Are The World" is recorded in Hollywood by a plethora of stars raising money for hunger relief in Africa, 1985
Del Shannon - Runaway.mp3