Rock and Metal history, January 22
1949: Steve Perry, elite lead singer of Journey and a solo artist, was born in Hanford, California.
1957: Elvis Presley recorded “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear” at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. The single reached #1 on US singles charts for seven weeks that summer as well as #1 on R&B and country charts.
1959: Steve Perry, drummer of Small Faces and Uriah Heep, was born in North Wales.
1959: Alone with an acoustic guitar and tape recorder in his New York City apartment Buddy Holly made his last recordings, including ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’, ‘Crying, Waiting, Hoping’, ‘That's What They Say’, ‘What To Do’, ‘Learning The Game’ and ‘That Makes It Tough’.
1960: Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS, was born in Sydney, Australia; found dead in his hotel suite in Sydney on November 22, 1997 at age 37, after apparently hanging himself.
1965: Steve Adler (real name Michael Coletti), drummer with Guns N' Roses, was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
1967: The Monkees performed live for the very first time at The Cow Palace, San Francisco to a sell-out crowd.
1968: Kenny Rogers & the First Edition released their first single--"Just Dropped In".
1968: Los Angeles band Spirit released their self-titled debut album.Spirit is the debut album by rock band Spirit, first released on January 22, 1968 by Ode Records. The experimental album was commercially successful, spending more than six months on the Billboard album charts,peaking at #31. It was voted number 658 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000).
1980: Benjamin Moody, singer-songwriter and guitarist of Evanescence and also a producer, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.
1982: Huey Lewis & the News released their breakthrough single "Do You Believe In Love".
1983: The new 24-hour music video network MTV started broadcasting to the West Coast of America after being picked up by Group W Cable, Los Angeles.
2002: English keyboardist Peter Bardens died from lung cancer aged 57. He was a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel and during his career, Bardens also worked alongside Rod Stewart, Mick Fleetwood and Van Morrison, and recorded solo albums.
2017: German drummer Jaki Liebezeit died of pneumonia aged 78. He was best known as a founding member of the experimental rock band Can who were hailed as pioneers of the German krautrock scene. He also worked with Jah Wobble, Depeche Mode and Brian Eno.
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