January 23, 2012

90 years ago
1922

At the movies
Peacock Alley, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and staring Mae Murray, Monte Blue, and Edmund Lowe, opened in theatres.

50 years ago
1962

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Case of M.J.H., starring Robert Loggia, Barbara Baxley, and Richard Gaines

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K.: The Land of Make Believe--Bucks Fizz (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Physical--Olivia Newton-John (8th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates (2nd week at #1)
2 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
3 Centerfold--J. Geils Band
4 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
5 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind and Fire
6 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash
7 Turn Your Love Around--George Benson
8 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham
9 Comin' In and Out of Your Life--Barbra Streisand
10 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks (with Don Henley)

Singles entering the chart were Tonight I'm Yours by Rod Stewart (#80); Bobbie Sue by the Oak Ridge Boys (#84); If Looks Could Kill by Player (#86); Wanna Be with You by Earth, Wind and Fire (#87); 867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tutone (#89); and We Got the Beat by the Go-Go's (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (6th week at #1)
2 Centerfold--J. Geils Band
3 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
4 Our Lips are Sealed--Go-Go's
5 Under Pressure--Queen and David Bowie
6 Oh No--Commodores
7 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
8 Shake it Up--The Cars
9 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates
10 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner

Singles entering the chart were I Believe by Chilliwack (#44); Super Freak by Rick James (#45); and Turn Your Love Around by George Benson (#47).

10 years ago
2002

Terrorism
Daniel Pearl, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty.