Today In Rock History – January 23 1910 – The great jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt (Jean Baptiste Reinhardt), was born in Liverchies, Belgium. 1948 – Vocalist for the Pointer Sisters, Anita Pointer, was born today in Oakland, CA. 1950 – Bruce Springsteen’s The E Street Band’s keyboardist, Danny Federici, was born. 1950 – Box Tops bassist Bill Cunningham was born in Memphis, TN. 1953 – Robin Zander, the front man with Cheap Trick, was born in Rockford, Ill. 1978 – Founder and guitarist of Chicago, Terry Kath, dies after a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 1981 – Stone City Attractions presents Cheap Trick and the Michael Stanley Band at the San Antonio Convention Center Arena. 1984 – Stone City Attractions presents Dokken at the Cardi’s Club in Houston, TX. 1986 – The first annual induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is held in New York. Among those inducted are Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. 1987 – Stone City Attractions presents Iron Maiden and the Vinnie Vincent Invasion at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, TX. 1988 – Stone City Attractions presents the McAuley Schenker Group and Armored Saint at The Arcadia in Dallas, TX. 1990 – Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins dies in Jacksonville, Fl., of complications from pneumonia. The 37-year-old had been paralyzed from the waist down since 1986 after crashing his car and killing his girlfriend. 1994 – Stone City Attractions presents Anne Murray at Texas Hall in Arlington, TX.
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