This Day in Rock & Roll History for January 5

Laven Baker's "Tweedle Dee" enters the R&B chart. It will later peak at #4 and become the first of Baker's 13 R&B Top Twenty hits. (1955)

Coral Records releases what will be Buddy Holly's last record before his death, "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" backed by "Raining in My Heart." The first tune was one of the few he recorded that he didn't write. It was penned by Paul Anka. It peaked at #13 two months after he passed away. (1959)

The co-founder of Chess records, Leonard Chess, tells Billboard, "As it stands today, there's virtually no difference between rock & roll, pop and rhythm & blues. The music has completely overlapped." (1963)

"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" goes gold just nine months after its release. The album package includes an award-winning poster by graphic adrtist Milton Glaser. (1968)

The Carpenters' greatest-hits collection, "The Singles 1969-1973," hits #1 The brother-and-sister duo had, by this year, charted eight Top Ten hits, including a pair of Number Ones. (1974)

"The Wiz," a souled-out resetting of "The Wizard of Oz," opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater in New York City. (1975)

The Blues Brothers-known better as Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, ruffle some feathers with their tongue-in-cheek renderings of classic soul songs. However, their biggest supporters are the covered artists themselves. The Blues Brothers album, "Briefcase of Blues" goes to Number One and goes platinum on this date and give the Sam and Dave song, "Soul Man," a new life. (1979)

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