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JANUARY 9 ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY

 

On January ninth, 1959, “Rawhide” premiered on CBS.

In 1964, The Temptations recorded the song “The Way You Do The Things You Do” at Motown Studios in Detroit.

In 1965, “The Beatles ’65” album hit number one and stayed there for nine weeks.

In 1973, the Rolling Stones’ plans to tour Asia were halted when Japan refused to grant Mick Jagger a visa. The Japanese turned down Jagger’s request on account of his 1969 drug bust.

In 1977, country singer Emmylou Harris married Brian Ahern.

In 1979, “A Gift Of Song: The MusicĀ For UNICEF Concert” was held at the United Nations. Pop stars including ABBA, the Bee Gees and Rod Stewart performed, raising about $500,000 to fight world hunger. The concert was taped and broadcast by NBC.

In 1989, “The Pat Sajak Show” made its debut on late night TV, but was unable to compete with the likes of Johnny Carson and David Letterman.

In 1990, Madonna began auditioning dancers for her 1990 world tour. She had taken out a newspaper ad that said “wimps and wanna-bes need not apply.”

In 1991, actress Delta Burke filed suit against the producers of “Designing Women.” She claimed they wrote her out of a script.

In 2012, Jay-Z released the song “Glory” that featured the cries of his baby daughter, Blue Ivy. Because she was credited, she became the youngest person to appear on a Billboard chart when it debuted at number 74 on the R&B/hip-hop songs chart.

Today’s Birthdays: Author Judith Krantz is 85. Sports announcer Dick Enberg is 78. Singer Joan Baez is 72. Guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is 69. Singer Buster Poindexter is 63. Singer Crystal Gayle is 62. Guitarist Eric Erlandson (Hole) is 50. Actress Joely Richardson is 48. Guitarist Carl Bell of Fuel is 46. Singer Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth is 46. Singer Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews Band is 46. Singer A.J. McLean of the Backstreet Boys is 35. Guitarist Drew Brown of OneRepublic is 29. Singer Paolo Nutini is 26. Actress Nina Dobrev (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 24. Actor Tyree Brown (TV: “Parenthood”) is nine.

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