Amy Winehouse made music history on January 14th with her album Back To Black, and this isn’t the only piece of interesting trivia from the list of events that have marked January 14th through the years. Here, we bring to you some of the most prominent occurrences that make this day yet another special one on the music calendar.
On this day in 1966 David Bowie changed his surname from Jones to Bowie as he didn’t want people confusing him with The Monkees’ Davy Jones. This change took place just before the release of Bowie’s single Can’t Help Thinking About Me. Later on, when Bowie was asked as to why he chose the name “Bowie”, he said that he had a liking for “that big American bear-killin’ knife.”
This day in 2006 witnessed Jamie Foxx’s second studio album, Unpredictable, soar to the No.1 spot on the U.S. album chart. The actor, rapper, writer and comedian’s album stayed on the top of the chart for two weeks.
On January 14th 2007, Back To Black by Amy Winehouse rose to the No.1 spot on the U.K. album chart, where it stayed for two weeks. Back to Black has been labeled U.K.’s second best seller of the 21st century, as it sold more than 3.58 million records in the U.K. The global sale of this album has crossed 20 million copies.
This day celebrates the birth of songwriter, producer and one of the most influential figures in R&B music, Allen Toussaint, who was born in 1938. Toussaint has worked with some of the most talented musicians such as Lee Dorsey, Paul Simon, Joe Cocker, The Band and Neville Brothers. He was 77 years old, when he died of a heart attack on November 10th 2015, after a concert performance at the Teatro Lara on Calle Corredera Baja de San Pablo in Madrid