January 19

1981: Chris Wright, the chairman of the British Phonograph Industry, predicts the new cassette format will cause the death of vinyl

1943: Janis Lynn Joplin is born

January 20

1964: Meet The Beatles, the group’s U.S. debut, is released

1982: Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off of a live bat

January 27

2012: Atmosphere headline the first-ever winter show at Red Rocks for the inaugural Icelantic Winter On The Rocks.

1984: Michael Jackson suffers second and third-degree burns to his head and neck after his hair catches fire from sparks from pyrotechnic effects during the filming of a Pepsi commercial

1968: Six weeks after his death in a plane crash, Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” is released