On January 12, 1963, Bob Dylan took the stage in a BBC radio play titled “The Madhouse of Castle Street,” portraying a folk singer in London.
The year 1965 marked the debut of the rock and roll TV series “Hullabaloo” on NBC, featuring performances by the New Christy Minstrels and comedian Woody Allen.
In 1966, the ABC network premiered “Batman,” starring Adam West and Burt Ward.
Fast forward to 1968, and The Supremes made an appearance as a group of nuns in an episode of NBC’s “Tarzan.”
The year 1971 saw the premiere of the iconic TV sitcom “All in the Family” on CBS.
Jumping to 1981, ABC introduced the popular series “Dynasty.”
In 1991, country singer Johnny Paycheck was released from an Ohio prison after serving two years of a seven-year sentence for a barroom shooting, thanks to Ohio Governor Richard Celeste’s commutation.
The original members of Cream reunited in 1993 for their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, alongside other inductees like Ruth Brown, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Etta James, Van Morrison, Sly and the Family Stone, and Dinah Washington.
1995 witnessed the induction of members from Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers Band, Martha and the Vandellas, Neil Young, and Al Green into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa were also honored.
In the year 2000, Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne’s wife, announced her resignation as the manager of Smashing Pumpkins, citing medical reasons and humorously stating, “Billy Corgan was making me sick!”
2003 marked the passing of Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees after surgery for an intestinal blockage at a Miami hospital. He was 53.
Birthdays for today include country singer William Lee Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys turning 85, actor Anthony Andrews at 76, country singer Ricky Van Shelton at 72, radio and TV personality Howard Stern at 70, director John Lasseter (“Toy Story,” “Cars”) at 67, news correspondent Christiane Amanpour at 66, actor Oliver Platt at 64, and singer-director Rob Zombie at 59. Other notable birthdays include rapper TBird of B-Rock and the Bizz (57), model Vendela (57), actor Rachael Harris (56), singer Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine (54), rapper Raekwon of Wu Tang Clan (54), and singer Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice) of the Spice Girls (50). Meanwhile, contemporary Christian singer Jeremy Camp is 46, actor Issa Rae is 39, singer Zayn (One Direction) is 31, and singer Ella Henderson is 28.
