ARTIST FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-30-12
JANUARY 30, 1969...The Beatles give their last public live performance on the roof of their own Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London. The band had come up with the idea of a rooftop performance a few days earlier, but the roof had to be shored up first in order to handle the weight of the group's equipment. Filmed for the movie that eventually became Let it Be, the set performed was as follows: "Get Back" (take 1), "Get Back" (take 2), "Don't Let Me Down," "I've Got A Feeling" (take 1), "One After 909," "Dig A Pony," "I've Got A Feeling" (take 2), "Don't Let Me Down" (take 2), "Get Back" (take 3). (The band also does a version of "God Save The Queen" that is not recorded.) The concert, which lasts 42 minutes, comes to an abrupt end when police, tipped off by the complaints of a nearby shop owner, shut the concert down.
JANUARY 30, 1973...KISS play their first concert, at the Coventry Club in Queens, New York. They wear makeup onstage, but not the look they would become known for.
JANUARY 30, 1994...Natalie Cole sings the national anthem at Superbowl XXVIII in Atlanta, GA.
***MARTY BALIN of JEFFERSON AIRPLANE/STARSHIP is 70
***WILLIAM KING of THE COMMODORES is 63
***PHIL COLLINS is 61
***JODY WATLEY is 53
Actor: GENE HACKMAN is 82
Actor: CHRISTIAN BALE is 38
Actress: BRETT BUTLER of GRACE UNDER FIRE is 54
Actor: WILMER VALDERRAMA is 32
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ARTIST FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-29-12
JANUARY 29, 1967...Jimi Hendrix makes his UK stage debut, performing at London's Saville Theatre. In the audience is a young Brian May, future guitarist for Queen.
JANUARY 29, 1968...After a show in Vegas, the Door's Jim Morrison pretends to smoke a joint in the club's parking lot, leading to a scuffle and arrest by police.
JANUARY 29, 1983...Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks marries Warner Brothers promo man Kim Anderson in Los Angeles. The marriage would last just over a year.
JANUARY 29, 1994...Tragedy strikes Mary Wilson of the Supremes when her Jeep hits the curb near Los Angeles and flips, injuring her and killing her 14-year-old son.
JANUARY 29, 2010...Sly Stone sues former manager Jerry Goldstein for $50 million dollars in what he claims are unpaid royalties.
***JOHNNY SPAMPINATO of NRBQ is 53
***TOMMY RAMONE of THE RAMONES is 60
***EDDIE JACKSON of QUEENSRYCHE is 51
***CHARLIE WILSON of THE GAP BAND is 59
Actor: TOM SELLECK of MAGNUM P.I. is 67
Actress: JUDY NORTON TAYLOR of THE WALTONS is 54
Actress: KATHERINE ROSS is 72
Actress: DIANE DELANO of NORTERN EXPOSURE is 55
Actress: SARA GILBERT is 37
Actor: NICHOLAS TURTURRO of NYPD BLUE is 50
Actor: ED BURNS is 44
Actress: HEATHER GRAHAM is 42
Media icon: OPRAH WINFREY is 58
Actor: ANDREW KEEGAN of PARTY OF FIVE is 33
FACT FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-29-12 BRAD PITT
Brad Pitt has been smoking since the sixth grade.
FACT FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-29-12 LION'S ROAR
A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away.
FACT FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-29-12 ADULT MOVIE STAR RON JEREMY
Adult movie star, Ron Jeremy, has a master's degree in Special Education.
77 WABC SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW GUEST INFORMATON...01-28-12
Mark's VIP guests this evening will include:
***Cousin Brucie
***Burton Cummings, lead singer, keyboardist, co-writer for The Guess Who. Hits: American Woman, These Eyes, No Sugar Tonight.
Listen from 6- 9p.m.
The first hour is commercial free and online.
Due to sports programming, stay with WABC online for information when this broadcast can be heard over 77 WABC.
FACT FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-29-12 1 BILLION SECONDS
In 32 years. there are about 1 billion seconds.
FACT FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-29-12 WINNING THE LOTTERY
Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot.
FACT FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-29-12 GASOLINE
No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
FACT FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-29-12 ON TELEVISION
One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
FACT FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-29-12 SMILE/FROWN
It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown.
ARTIST FILE FROM EYE THE TICKER...01-28-12
JANUARY 28, 1965...The Who make their first UK television appearance on BBC's 'Ready Steady Go!' which helps place their debut single "I Can't Explain" in the British Top Ten.
JANUARY 28, 1968...During their tour in Australia, members of The Who and the Small Faces, among others, are escorted off their flight from Adelaide to Essendon for drinking beer on the plane, being rowdy, and using "very bad language." Two of the flight's four attendants are said to be in tears.
JANUARY 28, 1985...Over 45 famous recording artists, including Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac), Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Hall and Oates, the Jacksons, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, Kenny Loggins, Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, The Pointer Sisters, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick, and Stevie Wonder, convene in a Los Angeles recording studio for an all-night session that would produce the single "We Are The World." Written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson, the all-star charity event was created to raise money for USA for Africa, a non-profit organization benefiting starving residents of Ethiopia. The idea was modeled after the UK's similar "Band Aid" phenomenon.
***BRANDON BUSH of TRAIN is 39
***SAM PHILLIPS is 50
***DAVE SHARP of THE ALARM is 53
***SARAH MCLACHLAN is 44
Actor: ALAN ALDA of M*A*S*H is 76
Actress: SUSAN HOWARD of 'DALLAS' is 70
Actor: ELIJAH WOOD is 31
Actor: NICHOLAS PRYOR is 77
Actress: BARBI BENTON is 62
Actress: KATHRYN MORRIS is 43
Actress: ARIEL WINTER of MODERN FAMILY is 14
January 2012
