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Today In R&R History January 10th
Daily Rock and Roll History, Birthday and short music clips.
A year long, day by day look back at this date in Rock History in 3-5 minute segments. Now airing WRGG in Greencastle, PA, weekday mornings on KSRQ in Three River Falls, Minnesota, KIYU in Galena, Alaska
Craig Maher / Exo-X-Xeno Wax Museum Interview
Craig Maher from Exo-X-Xeno talking about the 2025 album "Luminous Voyage"
- Click picture to listen to the interview with Craig talking about the Exo-X-Xeno project with Yes members Billy Sherwood, Jay Shellen and Patrick Moraz.
Rock and Roll Birthdays
January 10th
- January 10th Birthday, R&B vocalist and harmonica player Ronnie Hawkins, born in 1935 in Huntsville, Arkansas. Hawkins died on May 29th, 2022.
- January 10th Birthday, Pop singer Scott McKenzie is born Philip Wallach Blondheim in Jacksonville, Florida in 1939. He passed away on August 18th, 2012 at the age of 73.
- January 10th Birthday, Singer, songwriter Jim Croce, born James Joseph Croce in 1943 in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Croce died in a plane crash on September 20th, 1973 at the age of 30.
- January 10th Birthday, Singer, songwriter Rod Stewart, solo artist and a member of Steampacket, The Jeff Beck Group and Faces, born in 1945 in Highgate, London, England.
- January 10th Birthday, Drummer Aynsley Dunbar, best known for his work with Frank Zappa and The Mothers, David Bowie, early Journey, Jeff Beck, John Mayall, the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and the Jefferson Starship; born in 1946 in Liverpool, England.
- January 10th Birthday, Steely Dan singer, songwriter, keyboardist and solo artist Donald Fagen, born in 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey.
- January 10th Birthday, The youngest of the Neville Brothers, singer and percussionist Cyril Neville, born in 1948 in Brooklyn, New York.
- January 10th Birthday, Iggy & The Stooges guitarist and keyboard player Scott Thurston, born in 1952.
- January 10th Birthday, Rock singer Pat Benatar is born Patricia Andrzejewski in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City in 1953.
- January 10th Birthday, Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker, born in 1955 in Sarstedt, West Germany.
Nektar Wax Museum interview 4/11/25
Nektar interviewed on the second night of the 2025 "Mission To Mars" Tour
- Click image to hear the exclusive the Wax Museum interview with Nektar discussiing the current tour, future plans and group history.
Today In Rock and Roll History
January 10th
- January 10th, 1955 Alan Freed hosted his first New York stage show, featuring The Clovers, The Drifters and Fats Domino.
- January 10th, 1956 Elvis Presley records his first sides for RCA Records, “Heartbreak Hotel” and “I Got A Woman,” at The Methodist, Radio and TV Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Backed by drummer, D.J. Fontana, guitarist Chet Atkins and piano player Floyd Cramer, the tracks were finished in an eight-hour recording session, with producer Stephen H. Sholes.
- January 10th, 1956 “Why Do Fools Fall In Love” by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers enters the singles charts, released as a 45 and 78 RPM single the previous December. Recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City in November 1955 with producer and label owner George Goldner, the song was co-written by Lymon, Herman Santiago and Jimmy Merchant. “Why Do Fools Fall In Love” went to No. 7 in the US on March 24th, No. 1 in Britain, in July.
- January 10th, 1964 Columbia Records in Britain release “I’m The One” by Gerry and The Pacemakers, where it went to No. 2. Written by Gerry Marsden and produced by George Martin at EMI Studios in London. Laurie Records in the US would release the track as a single in July where it peaked at No. 82 on July 18th.
- January 10th and 11th, 1964 During sessions over two days, Roger Miller records “Dang Me,” and “Chug-A-Lug” with music producer Jerry Kennedy, music arranger Bill Justis and session musicians Ray Edenton and Harold Bradley on guitars, Hargus “Pig” Robbins on piano, bassist Bob Moore and drummer Buddy Harman at the Quonset Hut Studio on Nashville, Tennessee’s Music Row. “Dang Me” spent twenty-five weeks on the country-music chart, reaching No. 1 and peaked at No. 7 on the Pop Singles charts on August 1st. “Chug-A-Lug” went to No. 9 on November 7th.
- January 10th, 1964 Decca Records in Britain release the four song self-titled EP by The Rolling Stones. It reached No. 1 in the UK EP charts in February 1964 and featured two songs that remained unreleased in America, “Bye Bye Johnny” and “Money,” until they were issued on the 1972 “Hot Rocks” collection.
- On the same day, The Stones record a cover version of Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” with producer Andrew Loog Oldham at Olympic Studios in London. The track was released as the band’s third single in Britain on February 21st and peaked at No. 3. Released in the US on March 6thas the band’s first American 45, “Not Fade Away” peaked at No. 48 on July 18th.
- January 10th, 1964 The Vee Jay Records label out of Chicago release “Introducing The Beatles,” the first album to be issued by The Beatles in America, originally scheduled for a July 1963 release. Quickly the subject of lengthy court battles with Capitol Records, Vee Jay were permitted to sell the record until late 1964, by then moving a million and a half copies of the LP.
- January 10th, 1967 Cream record a radio session for the BBC show Saturday Club at the BBC Playhouse Theatre. The group taped “I Feel Free,” “N.S.U.” and “Four Until Late.” The program aired on January 14th. The songs were released on the “BBC Sessions” CD on April 14th, 2003.
- January 10th, 1968 The Bee Gees record “Jumbo,” “Gena’s Theme” and Bridges Crossing Rivers” during sessions for the album “Idea,” “Jumbo” was issued as a single on March 30th, 1968 by Atco Records. Co-written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and produced by Robert Stigwood, the record peaked at No. 57 on April 20th, No. 25 in Britain.
- January 10th, 1969 Frustrations begin to mount during the Beatles “Get Back” sessions. George Harrison briefly quits during filming telling the others he’d “See them round the clubs.”
- January 10th, 1969 Phillips Records release “Come In You’ll Get Pneumonia” by Gary Walker and The Rain. The song was written by Harry Vanda and George Young from The Easybeats. The record’s B-side, “Francis” was a Gary Leeds (Walker), Joey Molland, John Lawson and Paul Crane co-composition.
- January 10th, 1969 CBS Records in Britain release “Little Boy” backed with “When I’m Five” by The Beatstalkers on 45. The A-side was written by Reg King. “When I’m Five” was written by David Bowie. Both tracks were produced by Tony Reeves.
- January 10th, 1971 Minit Records release Ike and Tina Turner’s version of “Proud Mary” on 45. Written by John Fogerty for Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Turners’ version was produced by Ike Turner. The record peaked at No. 4 on March 27th and earned the duo a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group in 1972.
- January 10th, 1972 Epic records release “Sophisticated Lady” by R.E.O. Speedwagon. The song was co-written by R.E.O.’s Terry Luttrell, Gary Richrath, Gregg Philbin, Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer. The track was co-produced by Paul Leka and Billy Rose II.
- January 10th, 1972 Asylum Records release the self-titled debut album by Jackson Browne. The album reached No. 53 on May 27th and featured two hit singles “Doctor My Eyes” and “Rock Me On The Water.”
- January 10th, 1973 Epic Records release “Hanging Around” backed with “Frankenstein” on 45. “Hangin’ Around” was co-written by Dan Hartman and Edgar Winter. The track entered the charts twice, on December 15th again on January 26th, 1974 and peaked at No. 65 on January 12th. Epic Records re-released “Frankenstein” as a single A-side on February 21st, 1973. Produced by Rick Derringer, the instrumental track had been over-dubbed and patched so many times in the studio, the band ended up calling it “Frankenstein.” Written by Edgar Winter, Winter played many of the instruments on the track, including keyboards, saxophone and timbales. The single went gold for over a million copies sold. The 45 was an edited version of the full-length album track. The single entered the charts in March and hit No. 1 on May 26th.
- January 10th, 1974 Warner Brothers Records released the live album “Coast To Coast: Overture and Beginners,” credited to Rod Stewart/Faces. Recorded in October 1973 at the Anaheim Convention Center and Hollywood Palladium, the LP was mixed at Island Studios in London, the record went to No. 63 in America on February 9th.
- January 10th, 1975 Al Green picked up his twelfth Gold Record for the LP “Explores Your Mind.” Released in October 1974, the album featured the Top Ten hit “Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy),” and the original version of “Take Me to the River.” The record peaked at No. 15 on January 4th.
- January 10th, 1976 “Junk Food Junkie” by Larry Groce enters the singles charts. A live recording that tells the tale of a health food fanatic with a secret late yearning for junk food, the record charted for fifteen weeks and reached the Top Ten in America, peaking at No. 9 on March 20th.
- January 10th, 1976 Rod Stewart’s “This Old Heart Of Mine” enters the singles charts, released from the Tom Dowd produced “Atlantic Crossing” album. Originally a hit for The Isley Brothers in 1966, Stewart would chart again with the song in 1989 as a duet with Ronnie Isley that went to No. 10. The 1976 version peaked at No. 83 on January 31st.
- January 10th, 1976 Black Oak Arkansas “Strong Enough To Be Gentle” enters the singles charts on MCA Records. Co-written collectively by the band, the track was produced by Richard Podolor. The record peaked at No. 89 its first week on the charts.
- January 10th, 1977 Capitol Records release “Playing The Fool,” the double live album by Gentle Giant. The record featured performances from the band’s European Tour of 1976 in Dusseldorf, Paris, Munich and Brussels. The LP peaked at No. 89 on March 12th.
- January 10th, 1977 Blue Sky Records release the Johnny Winter produced “Hard Again” LP by Muddy Waters. The album reached No. 143 and won the Grammy a year later for Best Traditional Folk Album including Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.
- January 10th, 1977 Sire Records release “Leave Home,” the second studio album by The Ramones. The record was co-produced by Tony Bongiovi and Tommy Erdelyi at Sundragon Studios in New York City. “Leave Home” reached No. 148 on April 9th.
- January 10th, 1983 Island Records release “Arc Of A Diver,” the second solo album by Steve Winwood. The album was recorded at Winwood’s Netherturkdonic Studios, built at his farm in Gloucestershire, England. Winwood played all the instruments, wrote all the music and produced and engineered it himself. Viv Stanshall from The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band wrote the lyrics for the record’s title track. The album reached No. 3 on April 18th.
- January 10th, 1983 Island Records in Britain release “New Years Day” by U2 as both a single and double disc five-song EP. The second disc featured three live tracks taped in Belgium the previous July. All the songs were co-written by U2. With lyrics referencing the Polish Solidarity movement, “New Years Day” and its B-side “Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop)” were produced by Steve Lilliwhite. The single came out in America in February, becoming U2’s first chart single in the US, peaking at No. 53 on May 14th.
- January 10th, 1985 Warner Brothers Records release “Silvertone,” the debut album by Chris Isaak. The LP was produced by Erik Jacobsen and featured the song “Gone Ridin’,” which appeared in the David Lynch film, Blue Velvet. Amongst the session players on the album were drummers Jim Keltner and Prairie Prince, from the Tubes.
- January 10th, 1989 Sire Records release “New York,” the fifteenth solo album by Lou Reed. The LP was co-produced by Reed and Fred Maher at Mediasound Studio B in New York City from May through October 1988. The record reached No. 40 on April 8th, No. 14 in Britain.
- January 10th, 1989 Elektra Records release “One” by Metallica on 45. Co-written by Metallica’s James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, “One” reached No. 35 on April 8th, the band’s first charting single.
- January 10th, 1989 Atlantic Records release “Watermark,” the second studio album by former Clannad vocalist Enya. The record peaked at No. 25 on April 22nd.
- January 10th, 2010 Ringo Starr releases the album “Y Not.” The album peaked at No. 58 on January 30th.
Miscellaneous January
- January 1959 Del Fi Records release “Fast Freight” backed with Big Baby Blues” by Arvee Allens on 45. Both instrumentals, the name was a pseudonym for Ritchie Valens, who wrote the songs. Rereleased later under his real name, it was Valens’ last single issued in his lifetime.
- January 1967 Verve Folkways Records release “More Than A New Discovery,” the first album by Laura Nyro. The LP was produced by Milton Okun from July through November 1966 at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. Verve reissued the tracks as “The First Songs” in 1969 on their Verve Forecast imprint and Columbia did the same in 1973, reissued with a new cover, when it peaked at No. 97 on March 24th.
- January 1968 CBS Records in Britain release “Come Out Fighting Genghis Smith,” the second album by Roy Harper. The LP was produced by Shel Talmy.
- January 1969 CBS Records in Britain release “Love Chronicles,” the second album by Al Stewart. The LP was co-produced by Roy Guest, John Wood and Al Stewart. Session musicians included Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and four members of Fairport Convention, Simon Nicol, Richard Thompson, Martin Lamble and Ashley Hutchings.
- January 1971 Warner Brothers Records release the self-titled debut album by Little Feat. Produced by Russ Titelman, the LP didn’t chart. Little Feat were formed by guitarist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne in Los Angeles in 1969.
- January 1972 Reprise Records release “The Spotlight Kid,” the sixth studio album by Captain Beefheart. The album was recorded in the Autumn of 1971 with Beefheart and Phil Schier co-producing.
- January 1972 Buddah Records release “City Of New Orleans” by songwriter Steve Goodman. Although Goodman’s version didn’t chart, two subsequent cover versions did. Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson both had hits with the song. Goodman received a posthumous Grammy award for best Country Song at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985 for Nelson’s cover of the song.
- January 1973 Palladium Records release “Back In ‘72” by Bob Seger. The album contains the original studio version of one of Seger’s signature songs, “Turn the Page.”
- January 1974 Warner Brothers Records release “Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath” by Black Sabbath on 45. The single version of the song was edited to three minutes and thirty-three seconds from the album version that was nearly six minutes long.
- January 1974 Ardent Records release “Radio City,” the second album by Big Star. Down to the three-piece unit of Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel, former guitarist Chris Bell did contribute to the writing of a few songs on the LP before departing in late 1972. A few of the songs were completed by Chilton with session players. Sales were hampered by poor distribution of the album when Ardent’s parent company had disagreements with Columbia Records, who otherwise would have placed the album in stores.
- January 1975 Wilco Johnson’s band, Dr. Feelgood, release their first LP “Down The Jetty” on United Artists Records in Britain.
- January 1976 Mercury Records release “Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed” by Thin Lizzy on 45. The song was co-written by Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham and Brian Downey. The track was produced by John Alcock from the band’s “Johnny The Fox” LP.
- January 1977 Private Stock Records release the eponymous first album by Blondie. Produced by Richard Gottehrer, the group bought back their contract with Private Stock and re-signed with Chrysalis Records, wrote re-released the album the following September.
- January 1981 Full Moon/Epic Records release “Outside” by Ambrosia as a single backed with the Eagles song “I Can’t Tell You Why” on the flip side. Both songs were featured in the 1980 Richard Donner film soundtrack Inside Moves. The record peaked at No. 102 in the US.
- January 1981 Sire Records release Talking Heads “Once In A Lifetime” on 45. Co-produced and written by the band and Brian Eno. It was the lead single from Talking Heads’ fourth studio album, “Remain In Light.” The LP went to No. 19 on December 6thbut the single never entered the Top One Hundred despite significant airplay on early MTV broadcasts. A live version released in 1986 peaked at No. 91.
The Paul Bielatowicz Band Wax Museum interview 4/11/25
The Paul Bielatowicz Band interviewed on their 2025 Spring Tour
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Music and conversation with Andy Tillison of The Tangent
Wax Museum interview May 2024
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This Week In Rock and Roll History
This Week In Rock and Roll History week of January 4th
This Week In Rock and Roll History is a weekly one hour look back at the songs, the artists, and the stories behind the music of the rock and roll era.
Jonas Reingold Interview
Jonas Reingold in The Wax Museum
Click image to hear Chris Palladino's Wax Museum Interview with Jonas Reingold
Carl Giammarese / The Buckinghams Interview
The Buckinghams Radio Show
Click image to hear Chris Palladino's interviews on WRGG with Carl Giammarese from The Buckinghams in 2022 and 2024
The Cool Song Of The Week
Cool Song Of The Week January 4th Status Quo
Cool songs from the Rock and Roll Era, Closet Classics and more.
Robert Fripp Radio Oz interview 7/25/85
King Crimson guitarist Radio Oz interview
- Click Fripp's image to hear the King Crimson guitarist, record producer, solo artist in this 1985 interview for the WARX Sunday night Radio Oz program. Fripp discusses his then current Guitar Craft courses, King Crimson stories, his start in the music business, and more.
Annie Haslam 2019 Wax Museum interview
Annie Haslam "In Words and Music"
- Click picture to hear Annie Haslam "In Words and Music". The iconic Renaissance singer talks at length about music, her life, and artwork for an exclusive interview in The Wax Museum.
Tommy James Wax Museum Interview January 2019
Tommy James
- Click picture to hear Tommy promoting all his planned 2019 activities; new album, Sirius XM radio show, touring, new movie, etc.
From the Radio Oz interview archives
Firesign Theatre interview 1980
- Click picture to listen to this archival interview with The Firesign Theatre recorded during their 1980 Fighting Clowns tour of the US for Radio Oz now available for purchase in the Firesign Theatre's "Fighting Clowns" of Hollywood" collection! Also check out this Tiny Ossman interview from 1995 -
Woody Lissauer Wax Museum Interview 2/22/20
Baltimore based Woody Lissauer steps up to the Wax Museum microphones for this in depth interview!
- Click picture to listen to the Wax Museum interview with Woody Lissauer and his latest album "Trouble The Water" with Barbara Ireland and Steve Caplan.
