What Happened Today In Music, January 24th 1949 was born John Belushi, actor and singer who played Joliet 'Jake' Blues in The Blues Brothers who had the 1990 UK No.12 single 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love'. Belushi died of a drug overdose on 5th March 1982. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHV0zs0kVGg&ab_channel=Movieclips