Sunday January 24

• Aaron Neville ("Tell It Like It Is") is 69
  
    
• James "Shep" Sheppard of Shep & the Limelites ("Daddy's Home") and the Heartbeats ("A Thousand Miles Away") is found murdered in his car on a New York expressway, 1970
• Diana Ross sings the national anthem at Superbowl XVI, 1982

Monday January 25

• Etta James ("At Last") is 72
• Sam Cooke records "Chain Gang", 1960

Tuesday January 26

• Jean Knight ("Mr. Big Stuff") is 67

Wednesday January 27

• Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi TV commercial, 1984
• Gene McFadden of McFadden & Whitehead ("Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now") dies of cancer, 2006
• The Bee Gees make their first-ever appearance in the U.S., at the Anaheim, California Convention Center (then head immediately back to England), 1968

Thursday January 28

• "We Are The World" is recorded in Hollywood by a plethora of stars raising money for hunger relief in Africa, 1985
• Aaron Neville sings the national anthem at Super bowl XXIV in New Orleans, 1990 - San Francisco 55, Denver 10.
• Ray Charles sings "America the Beautiful" at Super bowl XXXV 2001 Baltimore 34, N.Y. Giants 7.
• James Brown is arrested for domestic violence at his home in Beech Island, South Carolina, 2004

 Friday January 29

• Mary Wilson of the Supremes is injured and her son is killed in a California auto accident, 1994
• Billy Joel sings the national anthem at Super Bowl XXIII in Miami, 1989 The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16

Saturday January 30

• Natalie Cole sings the national anthem at Super bowl XXVIII, 1994 Dallas 30, Buffalo13. Super Bowl