JANUARY Jan 1 1963: Michael Hanson, original drummer for Glass Tiger is born in Newmarket, Ont. 1970: Joni Mitchell is among the artists signed to David Geffen's upstart Asylum Records. 1980: Rush rings in the new year by releasing PERMANENT WAVES. 1981: April Wine play in London, England. The show is filmed and subsequently released as the video Nature Of The Beast Live, back in the good old VHS days. 1990: BARNEY BENTALL & THE LEGENDARY HEARTS, Bentall's debut is released in the US. 1990: Capitol Records releases OVER 60 MINUTES WITH HELIX. 1997: Hagood Hardy dies in his Toronto home at the age of 59. Jan 2 1955: Glenn Gould makes his US debut at the Phillips Gallery in Washington, DC 2005: Chilliwack releases the ANTHOLOGY collection on Renassaince Records. Jan3 1974: The Band kick off a six-week tour with Bob Dylan at Chicago Stadium. It's Dylan's first American tour in eight years. Jan 4 1932: James F. "Jimmy" Arnold of The 4 Lads is born in Toronto. 1967: Benjamin Darvill, harmonica player with the Crash Test Dummies, is born. Jan 5 1959: Buddy Holly releases "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," written by Paul Anka. The song is the last released by Holly, and goes on to number #3 in the UK, and #13 in the US. 1978: The Blues Brothers, featuring more Canadians than Americans, top the charts with Briefcase Full of Blues. The album goes on to sell two million copies. 1991: "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" by Celine Dion is released. It comes as no surprise to anyone it sounds a lot like everything else she's done. 2003: Avril Lavigne hits No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut release LET GO. 2003: Crowbar's King Biscuit Boy dies in his Hamilton, home. 2009: Blue Rodeo plays the first of two nights in Calgary to push their new record, ALL THE THINGS WE LEFT BEHIND. Jan 6 1958: "Put A Light In The Window," by The 4 Lads peaks on the Canadian charts at #4. 1970: Crosby Stills Nash & Young make their UK live debut at the Royal Albert Hall, London. 1971: Neil Young performs in Vancouver, the first Canadian show since he joined Buffalo Springfield in 1965. 1979: Loved more by the US than her homeland, Celine Dion gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1999: Alanis Morissette spends the day working at an Ottawa soup kitchen. Peeling potatoes and dicing onions attracts the needy, and of course the press. January 7 1943: Bruce Innes of The Original Caste is born in Calgary. 1950: Hank Snow makes his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. 1981: The Police play the first night of a North American tour at The University of Montreal, Quebec, during their Zenyatta Mondatta world tour. 2006: Lee Aaron and her husband John welcome their second child into the world, Jeff Forrester Cody Armstrong. 2009: Drummer Pat Pengelly announces he's leaving Bedouin Soundclash. Jan 8 1955: Mike Reno of Moxy and Loverboy is born as Joseph Michael Rynoski in New Westminster, BC. 1989: The Canadian government declares Rush the country's official "Ambassadors of Music," 1997: The TV sitcom "Ellen" starring Ellen DeGeneres features a cameo by Jann Arden. Jan 9 1989: Rush release their third live double album, A SHOW OF HANDS. 2003: Now with Massacre Records, Anvil re-releases, PLUGGED IN PERMANENT, POUND FOR POUND, SPEED OF SOUND and ABSOLUTELY NO ALTERNATIVE on the same day. Hypnotic Records, their old label that still owns WORTH THE WEIGHT. Jan 10 1932: "River Stay 'Way From My Door," Guy Lombardo's tune featuring Kate Smith on vocals, tops Billboard's chart. 1935: Ronnie Hawkins, former employer of The Band, and a thousand others once he'd relocated to Toronto in the mid '50's, is born in Huntsville, Arkansas. 1964, Brad Roberts, of Crash Test Dummies is born in Toronto. 1974: Bob Dylan and The Band drop by The Nickelodeon on Yonge Street in Toronto, where Ronnie Hawkins is playing a birthday show. 2000: While on tour in Kelowna, BC, Def Leppard have their tour bus broken into. The thief made off with nearly $5000 worth of the band's personal items, including singer Joe Elliott's videotape collection. to top Jan 11 1936: Bill Reed of The Diamonds is born in Toronto. 1975: Gino Vannelli appears on the longest running US soul show, Soul Train. He's one of only a few white artists ever to do so to that point. 2000: Blue Rodeo releases THE DAYS IN BETWEEN. 2000: The Pursuit of Happiness releases SEX AND FOOD - BEST OF TPOH. Jan 12 1970: The Band appear on the cover of Time magazine. The headline reads "The New Sound of Country Rock," which hails Garth Hudson as, "beyond question, the most brilliant organist in the rock world. 1993: Triumph releases EDGE OF EXCESS on Victory Records in the US. 1993: Windham Hill Records releases BEST OF THE NYLONS. 1995: Neil Young is inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH. 1998: Robbie Robertson is the presenter as Allen Toussaint is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 2000: Sarah Mclaughlin is appointed to the Order of Canada. 2002: Jimi B re-releases THROUGH THE EYES OF VINCENZO on CD. Jan 13 1965: The Band are with Bob Dylan for the first day of recording sessions for the BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME album Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. 'Subterranean Homesick Blues', and 'It's All Over Now," and "Baby Blue" are recorded. 1983: Neil Young kicks off his association with a new label, Geffen Records, with 'Trans,' an album of heavily synthesized, computer-generated songs interspersed with breezy love songs. It reaches #17, his best showing until 'Harvest Moon' peaks at #16 in 1992. 2004: A Toronto furniture store apologizes to the widow of Frank Zappa for using his song "Watermelon in Easter Hay" without consent in a TV commercial, and settle the lawsuit out of court. Jan 14 1935: The Montreal Symphony Orchestra, then known as Le Societe des Concerts de Montreal, play their first concert at Plateau Hall. 1960: Paul Anka releases "It's Time To Cry." 1974: The Band play at The Boston Garden. Jan 15 1975: Rush play with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. 1989: "Live in Belgium," filmed during Bryan Adams' late 1987 tour of Europe airs on CBC. Jan 16 1965: The first Guess Who record (under that name) is released, Johnny Kidd's composition "Shakin' All Over." To help break the stigma of being coined another British rip-off band though, The 45 is sent to radio stations, unmarked for the band title. It only says, "Guess Who?" in what would turn out to be a stroke of marketing genius. 1971: In a move to help promote Canadian musicians in their own country, Canada passes a law known as CanCon, that requires that from 6 am to 12 am, 30% of all music aired on the radio must be by a Canadian artist. 1987: Triumph plays the Metro Centre in Halifax, NS. The lineup features Rick Santers on guitars/keyboards, and the show is filmed as a live concert special. It finds its way to DVD in 2005 as "A Night Of Triumph." 1994: "All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting tops Billboard's chart. 2001: A Foot In Cold Water's 1972 debut is re-released on CD. Jan 17 1929: Guy Lombardo's "Sweethearts on Parade" tops Billboard's chart. 1946: Mandala, James Gang, The Guess Who and Black Market is born in Modugno, Italy. 1974: Bob Dylan's 'Planet Waves,' which reunites him with The Band as his backing group, is released. Dylan and The Band undertake a six-week, 40-date tour together. 1976: The Blues Brothers, featuring mostly a Canadian cast, make their first appearance on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live." 1990: BB Gabor hangs himself in his Toronto home. 2000: Shania Twain wins two American Music Awards at the ceremony. Jan 18 1969: Blood, Sweat & Tears release their second album, self-titled, and the first with David Clayton-Thomas. It tops the charts, helped by the singles "Spinning Wheel" and "And When I Die." 1971: CRTC regulations take effect, forcing Canadian radio stations to play at least 30% Canadian content from 6 am to 12 am. A song is considered 'Canadian' if two of the following four characteristics are met; the music is composed entirely by a Canadian, the artist is Canadian, the song is produced in Canada, or the lyrics are written entirely by a Canadian. 1982: LA mayor Tom Bradley declares today "Bob & Doug McKenzie Day," in honour of our hosers. Back bacon sandwiches and Moson Ale are served at the celebration. 2001: Unidisc re-releases Ocean's two studio lps, PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND and GIVE TOMORROW'S CHILDREN A CHANCE on cd. 2009: Styx, featuring Lawrence Gowan, perform the American national anthem at the NFL's American Conference championship game in Pittsburgh. Jan 19 1944: The Lovin' Spoonful's Zalman Yanovsky is born in Toronto. 1994: The Band is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH. 1995: Singer/songwriter Gene MacLellan, who penned "Snowbird" and "Put Your Hand In The Hand," and sparked the careers of Anne Murray and Ocean, is found dead in his PEI home after an apparent suicide. 2007: Denny Doherty of Mamas and Papas fame passes away from an abdominal aneurism in a Mississauga, ON hospital, . Jan 20 1958: "The Stroll," by The Diamonds peaks at #3 on the Canadian charts, and sparks a dance craze of the same name. 1968: The Band, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins and Richie Havens perform at a tribute concert to folksinger Woody Guthrie in New York's Carnegie Hall. 1991: Stan Szelest, onetime member of The Hawks (The Band) dies of a heart attack in a Woodstock, NY recording studio. 2008: The late Jeff Healey and his band won seven out of 17 awards handed out at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, including best entertainer, electric artist, guitarist and recording of the year for his posthumous album MESS OF BLUES. to top Jan 21 1931: Rudi Maugeri of The Crew Cuts is born. 1963: The first recording of a Joni Mitchell song, fellow Canadian and country legend George Hamilton IV's version of "Urge for Going," enters Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. Mitchell's own version would later appear as the B side of the 1972 single "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio." 2000: The makings of a nasty lawsuit begin when The National Enquirer reports that Celine Dion is pregnant with twins, but Dion's people deny the story. Mankind in general doesn't care one way or the other. 2006: Following a show in Hamilton, ON, a plane carrying Bon Jovi skids off the runway at Hamilton International Airport. No one is injured and not one hair is found out of place. 2008: The Eleventh Annual Maple Blues Awards Gala is held in Toronto, ON, showcasing the country's top blues musicians. Jan 22 1966: Big Brother & the Holding Company, which is coprised mostly of Canadian musicians, play their first ever live gig on the second day of the Trips Festival at San Francisco's Longshoreman's Hall, without Janis Joplin. 2008: Blue Rodeo make their first ever appearance in Alberta's Lakeland. Their show in Bonnyville features opening act Luke Doucet and the White Falcon, who coincidentally borrow drummer Glenn Milchem for their set. Jan 23 1963: Neil Young releases his self-titled debut. It fails to make the top 200. 1970: While playing in New York, Neil Young is handed a piece of paper onstage and announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. The audience goes crazy for ten minutes. Young then broke into "Southern Man." 1995: Jann Arden embarks on a three week tour of Europe, following her LIVING UNDER JUNE CD selling 100,000 copies. Jan 24 1991: Randy Murray plays his first show as the new guitarist in BTO at a show in North Dakota. Jan 25 1952: Kenny MacLean of Deserters and Platinum Blonde is born in Toronto. 2000: Trooper re-releases HOT SHOTS on CD in the US. 2005: Triumph re-releases JUST A GAME, from '79 in the US. Jan 26 1977: Max Webster play their first live gig outside of Canada, the first of two nights in Columbus, Ohio. 1986: Corey Hart sells over a million copies in Canada for BOY IN THE BOX. Jan 27 1961: Margo Timmins, leader of The Cowboy Junkies, is born in Montreal. 1967: Susan Aglukark is born in Churchill, MB. 1988: Rush is in New Orleans, LA. The show is taped for the SHOW OF HANDS album. Jan 28 1948: Corky Laing, drummer with Mountain, is born in Montreal. 2005: Nickelback's Ryan Vikedal, drummer since 1996, leaves the band. 2006: Holly Woods & Toronto play to a packed house in Cold Lake. But it's actully Holly with the majority of Sweeney Todd lineup at the time. Jan 29 2006: The first major concert by a Western pop star, let alone Canadian, happens in Pakistan when Bryan Adams plays for 10,000 screaming fans in Karachi to benefit earthquake relief. Jan 30 1958: Paul Anka performs the first night of a six date Australian tour at the Sydney Stadium in Sydney, New South Wales. 1974: The Band play at Madison Square Garden for the first time. 1989: Sheriff's "When I'm With You" tops Billboard's chart. Jan 31 1947: Matt Minglewood is born Roy Alexander Batherson in Moncton, NB. 1949: Rick Dudley, WHA and NHL player, and former coach of the Buffalo Sabres is born. He also released a '45 in 1975 called "Natural Man," b/w "I Don't Want To Cry." 1963: A 17 year-old Neil Young performs his first professional date at a Winnipeg country club. 1972: Aengus Finnan, artistic director of the Shelter Valley Folk Festival, is born in Dublin, Ireland. 1991: Vancouver's Annihilator open a 45 date tour of Europe in London, opening for Judas Priest. 2009: Dewey Martin, most notable for his work with Buffalo Springfield, is found dead in his Van Nuys, California home. He apparently died of natural causes. 2010: Neil Young takes home his first ever Grammy Award for his boxset or limited edition release for NEIL YOUNG ARCHIVES VOL. 1.