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Hear Today In Rock and Roll History
Today In R&R History January 24th
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 24th
- January 24th Birthday, Early rockabilly star Jack Scott, born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada in 1936.
- January 24th Birthday, Cajun fiddler and actor Doug Kershaw, born in 1936 in Tiel Ridge, Louisiana.
- January 24th Birthday, Singer, songwriter Ray Stevens, born Harold Ray Ragsdale in 1939 in Clarkdale, Georgia.
- January 24th Birthday, Neville Brothers drummer and vocalist Aaron Neville, born in 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- January 24th Birthday, Singer, songwriter Neil Diamond, born in 1941 in Brooklyn, New York City.
- January 24th Birthday, Singer and songwriter Warren Zevon, born in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. He died from cancer on September 7th, 2003 at the age of 56.
- January 24th Birthday, Singer and actor Michael Des Barres, born in Hove, Sussex, England in 1948.
- January 24th Birthday, Blues Brothers singer, comedian, actor John Belushi, aka Jake Blues, born in 1949 in Chicago, Illinois.
- January 24th Birthday, Squeeze keyboardist, solo artist and television personality Jools Holland, born Julian Holland in 1958 in Blackheath, London, England.
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 24th
- January 24th, 1957 Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” becomes his second No. 1 in Britain and the first single ever to enter the UK charts at the top.
- January 24th, 1965 Gerry and the Pacemakers’ film Ferry Cross The Mersey premieres in the UK at the Liverpool Odeon Theater. It’s the first rock musical filmed on location in Liverpool and the era’s only film document of the Merseybeat scene. The hit title track was written specifically for the movie.
- January 24th, 1966 Capitol Records release “Woman” by Peter and Gordon on 45. Credited to Bernard Webb, the song was actually written by Paul McCartney. Some Capitol Records pressings list the writer as A. Smith. The track was recorded in December 1965 at EMI Studios in London with producer John Burgess. A No. 1 record in Canada, the single entered the charts in the US in February and peaked at No. 14 on April 2nd.
- January 24th and 25th, 1966 Two days’ recording sessions for The Byrds’ “Eight Miles High” take place at Columbia Studios in Hollywood with producer Allen Stanton. The four note electric twelve-string motif Roger McGuinn plays in the song was inspired by the same phrase in John Coltane’s song “India.” Co-written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn and David Crosby, the song reached No. 14 on May 21st. Released on March 17th, 1966, it became The Byrds third and final Top Twenty single and was their last release before the departure of Clark, who was the band’s principal songwriter at the time.
- January 24th, 1967 After receiving at $25,000 signing bonus, Aretha Franklin records her first session for Atlantic Records, “(I Never Loved A Man) The Way That I Love You,” at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Over her career, she would have twenty No. 1 singles and ten No. 1 albums in the US. “(I Never Loved A Man) The Way That I Love You” peaked at No. 9 on April 15th.
- January 24th, 1968 Georgie Fame was at No. 1 on the British singles chart with “The Ballad Of Bonnie and Clyde,” the singer’s third and final UK No. 1. The song was co-written by Mitch Murray and Pete Callendar and produced by Decca Records’ Mike Smith. “The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde” entered the US singles charts in February and went to No. 7 on April 13th.
- January 24th, 1969 During the January Get Back sessions, The Beatles improvised the recording of a jam session later titled “Dig It” with Billy Preston on organ. “Dig It” was again improvised on January 26th. Released versions on the “Let It Be” LP and later reissues include elements of both days’ recordings. Also recorded that day, another improvised tune, a brief version of “Maggie May.” The song was also released on the “Let It Be” soundtrack album in April 1970. The Beatles also taped the song “Teddy Boy”. Initially demo’d in 1968 and considered for the group's double LP “The Beatles”, the song was again included in the Get Back project. Additional takes were recorded on January 28th. Passed on for The Beatles’ “Let t Be” LP, by then it had been released on Paul McCartney's eponymous first solo LP. A version of “Teddy Boy” appeared in 1996 on the “Anthology 3” album, combining takes from both days’ sessions, January 24th and 28th.
- January 24th, 1969 Jethro Tull began their first US tour at New York City’s Fillmore East as the opening act for Blood Sweat and Tears.
- January 24th, 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival release “Travelin’ Band” backed with “Who’ll Stop The Rain” on 45. With both tracks written by John Fogerty, “Travelin’ Band” was inspired, both musically and for Fogerty’s vocal delivery, by 1950’s rock ‘n’ roll songs, particularly those of Little Richard. Musically, it has also been described as nearly identical to The Monkees’ 1967 song, “No Time.” “Who’ll Stop The Rain” has lyrical references to Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” and the pouring rain when Creedence played the outdoor Woodstock festival in 1969. The single peaked at No. 2 on March 7th and was awarded a Gold Record for a million copies sold on March 17th.
- January 24th, 1970 “You Got Me Hummin” by Cold Blood enters the singles charts, originally co-written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter for Sam and Dave. Cold Blood was a R&B horn funk band founded by Larry Field in 1968, originally based in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The band has also performed and recorded under the name Lydia Pense and Cold Blood. “You Got Me Hummin” spent six weeks on the charts and peaked at No. 52 on February 14th.
- January 24th, 1970 “Ma Belle Amie” by The Tee Set enters the singles charts. The band were formed in 1966 in Delft, Netherlands. Released in The Netherlands in 1969 where it sold over one hundred thousand copies, “Ma Belle Amie” spent twelve weeks on the US charts and peaked at No. 5 on March 14th. The version of “Ma Belle Amie” released in 1970 on Major Minor records in the UK is a different studio version of the song, slower in tempo and beginning in a lower key than the hit US version.
- January 24th, 1970 The self-titled debut album by The Allman Brothers Band enters the album charts following a November release on Capricorn Records. The album charted for five weeks and peaked at No. 188 on March 7th.
- January 24th, 1972 Polydor Records release the self-titled “Manfred Mann’s Earth Band” LP. The record was recorded at Maximum Sound Studios and IBC Studios in London, co-produced by the band with Dave Hadfield and David MacKay. Mixing three cover versions with group originals, the record peaked at No. 138 on March 18th.
- January 24th, 1972 Atlantic Records release “Young, Gifted and Black” by Aretha Franklin. The album was co-produced by Tom Dowd, Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin at both Atlantic Studios in New York City and Criteria in Miami. The album was a mix of Franklin originals and covers of songs by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Lennon and McCartney, Otis Redding and Jerry Butler, Bacharach and David and others. The record peaked at No. 11 on April 15th.
- January 24th, 1972 Columbia Records release the self-titled album by Paul Simon. Sessions for the album took place from January through March 1971 at several studios, CBS Studios in both San Francisco and New York City, Western Studios in Hollywood, California, Dynamic Sound in Kingston, Jamaica (with Leslie Knog producing) and Studio CBE in Paris, France, co-produced by Simon and Roy Halee with Phil Ramone engineering. A large cast of session players worked on the record that included Hal Blaine, Larry Knectel, David Spinozza, Joe Osborn, Stefen Grossman and Stephanie Grapelli. The LP reached No. 4 in the album charts on April 1stand featured the hit singles “Mother and Child Reunion” and “Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard.”
- January 24th, 1972 Atlantic Records release “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack on 45. Written in 1957 by Scottish folksinger Ewan MacColl and produced by Joel Dorn, the track was a huge international hit for Roberta Flack, winning Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Flack’s version was used by Clint Eastwood in his 1971 directorial film debut Play Misty for Meto score a love scene featuring Eastwood and actress Donna Mills. The single went to No. 1 on April 15th, No. 1 in Canada and Australia and No. 14 in Britain.
- January 24th, 1972 RCA Victor Records release the self-titled Cass Elliot album. Recorded at RCA’s Music Center Of The World Studios in Hollywood, California with producer Lewis Merenstein, the songs were mostly standards performed live in the studio with the backing musicians. There were two singles released from the LP but neither one, or the album, her first for RCA, charted.
- January 24th, 1974 “You’re Sixteen” by Ringo Starr was the No. 1 single in the US. The track featured a kazoo solo by Paul McCartney and Harry Nilsson on backing vocals.
- January 24th, 1976 RCA Victor Records release “Coney Island Baby,” the sixth solo album by Lou Reed. Sessions at Mediasound Studios in New York City took place over ten days from October 18th through the 28th with Reed and Godfrey Diamond producing. The record reached No. 41 on March 6th.
- January 24th, 1976 Mercury Records release “How Dare You!” the fourth album by 10cc. The record was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England during 1975. It was the last album issued by the group as a quartet, with Lol Creme and Kevin Godley leaving for a recording career as Godley and Creme. The album reached No. 47 on March 27th.
- January 24th, 1976 The self-titled debut album by Crack The Sky enters the LP charts on Lifesong Records. The band were John Palumbo on keyboards and acoustic guitar, guitarists Rick Witkowski and Jim Griffiths, bassist Joe Macre and drummer Joey D’Amico. Co-produced by Terrance P. Minogue, Marty Nelson and William Kirkland, the LP peaked at No. 161 on February 21st.
- January 24th, 1977 Dark Horse Records release the George Harrison single “Crackerbox Palace” on 45. The song’s lyrics were inspired by Harrison’s meeting with George Greif. Greif had been comedian Lord Buckley’s manager and he invited Harrison to Buckley’s old Los Angeles home which Buckley had named Crackerbox Palace. The record went to No. 19 on March 26th.
- January 24th, 1978 Asylum Records release “Excitable Boy,” the third studio album by Warren Zevon. The LP was co-produced in 1977 by Jackson Browne and Waddy Wachtell at The Sound Factory Studios in Los Angeles. Among the studio musicians that appear on the record were Browne and Wachtell, Karla Bonoff, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Jim Horn, Rick Marotta, Jeff Porcaro, Linda Ronstadt, Leland Sklar, J. D. Souther and Jennifer Warnes. Featuring the No. 21 hit single “Werewolves Of London,” the LP went to No. 8 on May 13th.
- January 24th, 1979 RSO Records release “Spirits Having Flown” by the Bee Gees. The LP was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida with the Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson co-producing. The album featured three No. 1 singles and went to No. 1 on the album charts on March 3rd.
- January 24th, 1986 Capitol Records release “Live In New York” by John Lennon on LP. Recorded at two shows on August 30th, 1972, the concerts were originally billed as the One To One shows to benefit the children of Willowbrook Institution for Retarded Children in New York. It was Lennon’s last fully rehearsed concert appearance. The album came out a month later in Britain. The record peaked at No. 41 on April 5th.
- January 24th, 1989 Atlantic Records release the self-titled debut from album Toms River, New Jersey band Skid Row. The LP was produced by Michael Wagener at Royal Recorders in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The record peaked at No. 6 on September 23rd.
- January 24th, 1995 Warner Brothers Records release “Balance,” the tenth studio album by Van Halen and the fourth and last, recorded the Sammy Hagar fronted line-up of the band. The LP reached No. 1 on February 11th.
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 18th
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 18th - The Barbarians
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.
