1971: The Rolling Stones released their classic album Sticky Fingers in the UK. The band's first release on their own label via Atlantic Records, the cover was designed by Andy Warhol, who was paid $15,000 for his efforts. The LP sleeve featured a close-up of a pair of jeans with a working zip. Widely assumed to be that of Mick Jagger, the crotch photographed for the cover was actually that of actor Joe Dallesandro.
1994: Pink Floyd debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with their final studio album The Division Bell which spent four weeks on top of the chart and went on to sell three million copies in the U.S.
1956: Elvis Presley made his live debut in Las Vegas at the New Frontier Hotel. The audience response was so poor that Presley’s scheduled two week run was called off after the first week.
1960: The Nerk Twins appeared at The Fox And Hounds in Caversham, Berkshire, England. The Nerk Twins being John Lennon and Paul McCartney who were staying at Paul's aunt's pub.
1976: Ramones released their eponymous debut album. The front cover depicts the band members standing in a line leaning against a brick wall, taken by Roberta Bayley. The cover was ranked No.58 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Album Covers.
1975: Peter Ham (Badfinger) hung himself in his London garage at the age of 27.
1981: Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins reunited in Stuttgart, Germany and recorded "The Survivors."
1976: The Rolling Stones album "Black and Blue" was released.
1997: The Four Tops received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1979: American bassist Doug Rauch died of a heroin overdose in San Francisco, at the age of 28. He was most famous for his work with Carlos Santana during his jazz fusion period in the early 1970s and had also worked with Carly Simon, John McLaughlin and David Bowie.
1987: Carole King sued record company owner Lou Adler for breach of contract. King claimed that she was owed over $400,000 in royalties. She also asked for all rights to her old recordings.
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1936: American singer-songwriter Roy Orbison "the Big O" who had a 1964 UK & US No.1 single with ‘Pretty Woman’ plus over 20 US & 30 UK Top 40 singles including 'Only the Lonely' (1960), 'Running Scared' (1961) and 'Crying'. With the Traveling Wilburys he had a 1988 UK hit single ‘Handle With Care’. Orbison died of a heart attack on 6 December 1988.
1939: American pop singer Ray Peterson, who scored the 1960 US No.7 single 'Tell Laura I Love Her'. The song was recorded and released by Ricky Valance in the United Kingdom, where it went to No.1. Peterson died on 25 January 2005 aged 65.
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