Rock and Metal history, January 3
1946: Led Zeppelin bass player John Paul Jones is born in Sidcup, Kent, England.
1954: Ross Friedman was born, also known as Ross the Boss, is a guitarist, known as a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators, and the heavy metal band Manowar
1957: Fats Domino records "I'm Walking."
1970: The Madcap Laughs was released. It is the debut solo album by the English singer-songwriter Syd Barrett. It was recorded after Barrett had left Pink Floyd in April 1968.
1970: Four days after learning that their movie Let It Be will be released in theaters, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr meet at Abbey Road Studios and record "I Me Mine" for the film and soundtrack.
1970: Davy Jones announces he's leaving The Monkees, essentially dissolving the group, which had dwindled to a duo.
1976: Nazareth reaches #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their hit (cover) power ballad: Love Hurts. This great song was originally written by Boudleaux Bryant and recorded first by The Everly Brothers in 1960.
1980: Rob Arnold was born. He is an American musician, best known for performing as the lead guitarist of the metal band Chimaira and later the rhythm guitarist of the death metal band Six Feet Under.
2012: British musician Bob Weston died age 64. He had a brief role as guitarist and songwriter with Fleetwood Mac in the early 1970s. He also recorded and performed with a number of other musicians, including Graham Bond, Long John Baldry, Murray Head, Sandy Denny and Danny Kirwan.
2014: Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers died at age 74.
