Let's take a look at what was happening in the world of music during this month and year.
The weeks of January 3rd & January 10th, "Abbey Road" by The Beatles was #1 on the Billboard Album Charts.
The week of January 17th, "Led Zeppelin II" by Led Zeppelin was #1 on the Billboard Album Charts.
The week of January 24th, "Abbey Road" by Beatles was #1 on the Billboard Album Charts.
The week of January 31st, "Led Zeppelin II" was #1 on the Billboard Album Charts.
From January 3rd through January 24th, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" by B.J Thomas was 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts
The week of January 31st, "I Want you Back: by The Jackson 5 was 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts.
The Band of Gypsys perform 2 shows on January 2nd & 3rd at The Fillmore east in NYC. The call it quits on January 28th.
Zeppelin played The Royal Albert Hall on January 9th
Notable albums (At Least To Me
) released in January of 1970 are Simon & Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water, Syd Barrett-The Madcap Laughs, MC5- Back In The USA, Chicago- II, Marvin Gaye- That's The Way Love Is, Badfinger- Magic Christian Music, BB King- Indianola Mississippi Seeds, The Guess Who- American Woman, Attila- Atilla, Taste- On The Boards, James Brown- Ain't It Funky, Willie Dixon- I Am The Blues, Bob Dylan- Nashville Skyline, Redbone- Redbone, Charlie Daniels- Charlie Daniels, and Edison Lighthouse- Love Grows where My Rosemary Goes.
Rhythm & Blues Pianist and Singer Billy Stewart died January 17th, Blues guitarist L.C McKinley died January 17th, and Slim Harpo (James Moore) died on January 31rst.
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