This Day in Rock & Roll History for January 10

Jim Croce is born. (1943)

Rod Stewart of Faces & the Jeff Beck Group is born. (1945)

Donald Fagen of Steely Dan is born. (1948)

Singer Pat Benatar is born. (1952)

Aretha Franklin earns her fourth gold single with "Chain of Fools." The record goes on to win the 1968 Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a female. (1968)

Making a rare public appearance, Bob Dylan accompanies country star Earl Scruggs on "East Virginia Blues" and "Nashville Skyline Rag" for a public documentary. (1971)

Al Green earns his 12th gold record for the album "Al Green Explores Your Mind." Twelve days later, he earns his 13th gold record for the album's hit single, "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)." (1975)

John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Double Fantasy" goes platinum, a little over a month after Lennon's assassination. The album is Number One for eight weeks. (1981)

The Gilbert and Sullivan musical "The Pirates of Penzance" opens at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring pop singers Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith. The production will move from the Uris to the Minskoff Theatre to complete a run of 772 performances, then be made into a movie starring Smith and Ronstadt. (1981)

James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (1997)

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