What happened on January 18
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196462 yrs ago
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" enters the Hot 100
The Beatles' single came in at No. 45. Two weeks later it was No. 1, the band's first chart-topper in the US.
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198640 yrs ago
"That's What Friends Are For" goes to No. 1
Billed as Dionne and Friends, Dionne Warwick's all-star recording held No. 1 for four weeks, tied for the longest run of 1986.
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200917 yrs ago
Pete Seeger leads "This Land Is Your Land" at the Lincoln Memorial
At the free concert celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration, the folk legend sang Woody Guthrie's anthem with Bruce Springsteen, on a bill that also included Beyoncé, U2 and Stevie Wonder.
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20206 yrs ago
Roddy Ricch's "The Box" hits No. 1
Roddy Ricch's breakout hit took over the Hot 100 and stayed there for eleven weeks, longer than any other song that year.
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1841185 yrs ago
Emmanuel Chabrier is born in Ambert, France
He spent nearly twenty years as a civil servant at France's Interior Ministry before composing full time. A trip to Spain inspired España, the sparkling rhapsody he is best known for.
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1915111 yrs ago
Rebetiko great Vassilis Tsitsanis is born
The Greek bouzouki master wrote more than 500 songs and helped bring rebetiko to a much wider Greek audience. He died in London on his 69th birthday in 1984.
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194185 yrs ago
Temptations singer David Ruffin is born
Born in Whynot, Mississippi, Ruffin sang lead on "My Girl," the Temptations' first No. 1, plus "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" and "I Wish It Would Rain."
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197947 yrs ago
Jay Chou is born in Taiwan
Known as the King of Mandopop, he has sold more than 30 million albums, and his 2022 album Greatest Works of Art was the world's best-selling album in pure sales that year.
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201610 yrs ago
Eagles star Glenn Frey dies at 67
His songs with the Eagles included "Take It Easy" and "Tequila Sunrise," and in the 1980s he scored solo hits with "The Heat Is On" and "You Belong to the City."
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20233 yrs ago
David Crosby dies in California at 81
A member of the Byrds and of Crosby, Stills & Nash, he earned two places in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, one with each group.
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