THIS DATE IN MUSIC HISTORY (January 20th): 1943: Rick Evans was born -- will he and Denny Zager live to see what happens In The Year 2525? 1947: George Grantham (Poco, drums) was born 1965: Alan Freed, the American disc jockey that proclaimed himself father of rock and roll, died at age 42 (kidney failure) -- his career was significantly impacted by the payola scandal of the early 1960s 1966: Keep On Running is #1 in the UK on the singles charts for The Spencer Davis Group 1968: Judy In Disguise begins a two-week run at #1 on the US singles charts for John Fred & The Playboy Band 1982: Thinking it was a rubber fake, Ozzy Osbourne starts to bite the head off a bat thrown onto the stage at a concert in Des Moines, Iowa -- the startled bat, previously dazed and confused by the stage lights, began to flap its wings and is let go (Ozzy is taken to the hospital for rabies shots after the show) 1985: Foreigner gets their only #1 single in the UK with I Want To Know What Love Is 1988: The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Paul McCartney did not attend because of ongoing business differences with the other ex-Beatles) -- please note The Beatles did get into the RRHOF before Abba ow.ly/HHtFg
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