Time to take a look back into this day in rock history: January 2
Then you’re outta here! NBC’s Jack Paar bans the folk group the Weavers from his show when they refuse to sign a pledge that they have never been members of the Communist party.
New Jersey authorities swoop in and seize the entire shipment of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Two Virgins album because of a full frontal nude photograph of the two on the cover. It’s eventually put on sale wrapped in plain brown paper.
Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” is covered by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and stays on the Billboard Top 40 100 for thirty-six weeks.
The leader of the band Spirit, 45-year old Randy California, drowns off the coast of Molokai, Hawaii, after being swept away in an undertow. He was still able to save his 12-year old son Quinn.
