This Day in Rock & Roll History for January 7

Kenny Loggins, guitarist and vocalist with Loggins and Messina, is born. (1948)

Gary "U.S." Bonds files a $100,000 suit against Chubby Checker, charging Checker "stole" "Quarter to Three" and turned it into "Dancin' Party." The suit is settled out of court. (1963)

San Francicsco's KMPX-FM, one of America's pioneering "underground" radio stations, holds a "grass ballot" vote among its listeners. Among those elected are Bob Dylan (president), Paul Butterfield (vice-president), George Harrison (U.N. ambassador), Jefferson Airplane (Secretary of Transportation) and the Grateful Dead (attorney general). (1968)

Look magazine, in an issue devoted to relations between blacks and whites, has an article on Jimi Hendrix called "Jimi Hendrix Socks It to the White House." There is a picture of the black musician lounging beside a swimming pool surrounded by bikini-clad white women. The story reads, "...Jimi is not so much the Experience as a menace to public health. Plugged in and zonked, he only has to step across the stage to turn on their high-pitched passion." (1969)

Max Yasgur, on whose New York farm the August 1969 Woodstock Festival was held, is sued for $35,000 in property damages by neighboring farmers. (1970)

James Taylor and Carly Simon have their second child, Sarah Martin, in New York. (1974)

Kenneth Moss, former record company executive who already pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 1974 drug induced death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation. (1976)

The soundtrack album of the hit disco movie "Saturday Night Fever," featuring the Bee Gees, the Trammps, Tavares, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Kool & the Gang, MFSB and others enter the soul album chart. It will peak at Number One for six weeks starting February 18 in its 39 weeks on the chart. (1978)

Veteran Memphis soul band the Bar-kays, known backing the late Otis Redding, enter the soul chart with "Let's Have Some Fun." It peaks at #11. Also on this day, Stevie Wonder's 27th album, "Looking Back" enters the soul album chart and Roberta Flack enters the soul LP chart with "Blue Lights in the Basement." It will peak at #5. (1978)

Carl White, one of the four singers that made up the Rivingtons, dies in his Los Angeles home. The Rivingtons' claim to fame was in 1962 with "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow." He was 48 years old. (1980)

Led Zeppelin's "In Through the Out Door" turns platinum. It's the last album issued before the September 25th death of drummer John Bonham. (1980)

Foreigner's "Head Games" goes gold, but group leader Mick Jones is ticked. The album was a disapointment even to the band and Jones is forces to reconsider the current lineup. A big change will happen later in the year. (1980)

The "Eagles Live" album goes platinum. The two-record set will turn out to be the final Eagles album until 1994's comeback LP, "When Hell Freezes Over." The group dissolves next year. (1981)

"Hooked on Classics," using the extended medley format made popular by "Stars on 45," sets popular classical music to a disco beat. The result: It goes platinum on this date. (1982)

Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation after eight years of marriage. (1999)

Paul McCartney attends the debut of his step-daughter, Heather's, first housewares collection at the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market in Georgia. The collection features various housewares inspired by ancient art from Mexican Indian tribes [The Huichol and Tarahumara Indian nations]. (1999)

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