ON JANUARY 28^TH…

In 1956…Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national TV. He was a guest on Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey‘s Stage Show.

In 1965…The Who appeared on the British TV show Ready Steady Go! for the first time.

In 1978…A Ted Nugent fan asked him to autograph an arm with a Bowie knife. Nugent obliged.

In 1978…The Doobie Brothers made an appearance on the ABC sitcom What’s Happening!!

In 1980…Adam and The Ants split up.

In 1982…Jackson Browne and Lynne Sweeney had their first child, Ryan Daniel Browne.

In 1985…After the American Music Awards, some of the biggest stars in music, including Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Ray Charles, recorded “We Are the World” under the eye of producer Quincy Jones. Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote the song to benefit famine relief.

In 1988…To promote the latest leg of their Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, Pink Floyd set afloat a giant inflatable bed down the Thames River in London.

In 1991…At the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Gloria Estefan made her first live performance since injuring her back in a bus accident while on tour.

In 1995…Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page turned up at a Black Crowes show in London. Page joined the band four years later for a joint tour playing old Zeppelin tunes.