https://youtube/watch?v=02lCMESXwsQ JANUARY 15: 1991, Sean Lennons updated version of his father Johns Give Peace A Chance was released to coincide with the United Nations midnight deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. 1992, Dee Murray bass player with the Elton John band died after suffering a stroke aged 45. He first appeared with Elton on the 1970 album Tumbleweed Connection and the milestone albums Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. 1994, American singer songwriter Harry Nilsson died in his sleep of heart failure after spending the previous day in the recording studio. He recorded Everybodys Talkin from the film Midnight Cowboy and wrote hits for Three Dog Night and The Monkees. Had the UK & US No.1 single with his version of Badfinger Evans & Ham song Without You. When John Lennon and Paul McCartney held a press conference in 1968 to announce the formation of Apple Corps, John was asked to name his favorite American artist. He replied, Nilsson. Paul was then asked to name his favorite American group. He replied, Nilsson. 1994, Bryan Adams began a two night stand at the Le Let Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Adams was the first major Western artist to perform in Vietnam since James Brown in 1971. 1998, Harmonica player Junior Wells died, (born Amos Blakemore). Worked with Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt and The Rolling Stones. JANUARY 15 BIRTHDAYS: Chad Lowe (1/15/1968) (47) Mario Van Peebles (1/15/1957) (58) Charo (1/15/1951) (64) JANUARY 15 HISTORY: 1992 – The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 1993 – Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as The Beast, is arrested in Sicily, Italy after three decades as a fugitive.
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