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Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath born on February 18, 1946



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Rock Music History For February 17

On February 18, 1971 Captan Beefheart and his Magic Band make their live New York debut at Unganos.



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Rock Music History For February 13

Happy Birthday Peter Tork!



Musicians Born On February 13

1919 Tennessee Ernie Ford (16 tons)
1925 Gene Ames (Ames Brothers)
1945 King Floyd (New Orleans)
1946 Peter Tork (Monkees)
1950 Peter Gabriel (Sledgehammer)
1952 Edward John Gagliardi (Foreigner)
1956 Peter Hook (New Order)
1961 Les Warner (Cult)
1961 Tony Butler (Big Country)
1961 Henry Rollins
1971 Sonia (You'll Never Stop me Loving You)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 13

1961 Lawrence Welk: Calcutta US 45
1971 Osmonds: One Bad Apple US 45
1982 Jam: A Town Called Malice UK 45
1993 2 Unlimited : No Limit : UK single
1993 Cult : Pure Cult : UK LP
1999 Monica : Angel Of Mine : US single

Various Music Events On February 13

1954 Guitar Slim enjoys only major hit with The Things that I Used to Do at No. 1 in US R&B chart.

1956 Alan Freed signs with Coral Records.

1957 Filming completed on first UK rock-and-roll movie, Rock You Sinners with Rory Blackwell, Tony Crombie and Joan Collins!

1960 Frank Sinatra launches his Reprise label.

1980 Phil Lynott marries Caroline Crowther.

1981 Chris Blackwell's Island Label introduces controversial 'one plus one' cassettes with blank side for taping.

1982 Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon celebrates 402 weeks in US Top 200 LP chart - longest run in chart history.

1988 John 'Cougar' Mellencamp's The Lonesome Jubilee achieves certified sales of two million.

1988 Michael Jackson buys "Neverland", a ranch in Santa Ynez, California.

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Rock Music History For February 12

Happy Birthday Ray Manzerak!



Musicians Born On February 12

1867 Len Spencer (First US recording star)
1935 Ray Manzerak (Doors)
1935 Gene McDaniels (Tower of Strength)
1949 Stanley Knight (Black Oak Arkansas)
1950 Steve Hackett (Genesis, 1970-9)
1968 Chynna Phillips (Wilson Phillips)
1970 Jim Creegan (Barenaked Ladies)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 12

1969 Amen Corner: If Paradise Is Half as Nice UK 45
1972 Al Green: Let's Stay Together US 45
1977 Julie Covington: Don't Cry for Me, Argentina UK 45
1977 Barbra Streisand: A Star Is Born US LP
1994 Celine Dion : The Power Of Love : US single
1994 Tori Amos : Under the Pink : UK LP

Various Music Events On February 12

1956 Screaming Jay Hawkins records I Put a Spell on You, for Okeh Records in New York.

1957 Coasters record Young Blood with Leiber and Stoller.

1958 Monotones' Book of Love released by Argo, US.

1961 Miracles' Shop Around becomes first Motown million-seller.

1964 Beatles round off American visit with gig at Carnegie Hall, New York.

1967 Keith Richards' home, 'Redlands', in West Wittering raided for drugs.

1968 Jimi Hendrix awarded an honorary high-school diploma from Garfield School (he dropped out aged fourteen).

1968 Traffic play gig at Grenoble during Winter Olympics.

1971 Deep Purple release Strange Kind of Woman in UK

1972 Michael Jackson debuts solo on UK chart with Got to Be There.

1973 Elton John wins gold disc for Don't Shoot Me.

1975 Bob Dylan releases Blood on the Tracks.

1981 Debbie Harry confirms her departure from Blondie.

1989 Tiny Tim stands as a candidate for mayor of New York City.



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Rock Music History For February 11

Happy Birthday Gene Vincent! Your Spirit Lives On...



Musicians Born On February 11

1908 Josh White (blues singer)
1935 Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock)
1939 Gerry Goffin (US songwriter)
1940 Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (Monster Mash)
1953 Alan Rubin (Blues Brothers)
1963 Sheryl Crow
1974 D'Angelo
1979 Brandy

Deaths On February 11

Number 1 In The Charts On February 11

1967 More of the Monkees US LP
1978 Brotherhood of Man: Figaro UK 45
1989 New Order: Technique UK LP
1989 Paula Abdul: Straight Up US 45

Various Music Events On February 11

1961 Adam Faith's Beat Girl hits UK LP chart.

1963 Beatles record all tracks for their first LP with George Martin at Abbey Road between 10 a.m. and 11 p.m.

1964 Beatles play their first US concert at Washington Colosseum.

1964 The Swans' single, Boy With the Beatle Hair, released in UK.

1965 Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox at Caxton Hall.

1966 Graham Gouldman debuts as solo singer with Stop Stop Stop on Decca.

1970 Film The Magic Christian starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr and featuring Badfinger Come and Get It premieres in New York.

1978 Billy Joel scores debut UK hit with Just the Way You Are.

1986 In an episode of "The A-Team." Boy George plays a singer mistakenly booked into a country dance hall.

1989 The Joshua Tree becomes the first CD to sell a million copies.

1989 An inevitable result of glasnost - the wholesale exportation of Western pop - begins with shipments of many big sellers from the CBS catalogue to Soviet stores.



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Rock Music History For February 10

Happy Birthday Roberta Flack!



Musicians Born On February 10

1937 Don Wilson (Ventures)
1939 Roberta Flack
1943 Ral Donner (Chicago)
1962 Robbie Neville

Deaths On February 10

1997 Brian Connolly ( Sweet )

Number 1 In The Charts On February 10

1958 Elvis Presley: Don't/I Beg of You US 45
1968 Four Tops: Greatest Hits UK LP
1968 Paul Mauriat Orchestra: Love Is Blue US 45
1973 Elton John: Don't Shoot Me, I'm Just the Piano Player UK LP
1979 Rod Stewart: Do Ya Think I'm Sexy US 45
1979 Rod Stewart: Blondes Have More Fun US LP
1997 U2 : Discotheque : UK single

Various Music Events On February 10

1954 The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart, has its US premiere in New York.

1967 Hollies release On a Carousel in UK

1968 Sly and the Family Stone debut on US chart with Dance to the Music.

1968 Beatles close 'Beatles USA' their American office and fan club.

1972 T. Rex depart for first headline tour of US.

1973 Steely Dan's LP Can't Buy a Thrill hits US chart.

1974 Phil Spector injured in serious car crash.

1978 Nick Lowe released I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass and Generation X release Ready Steady Go in UK.

1979 Pretenders debut on UK chart with Stop Your Sobbing.

1979 Elvis Costello hits UK chart with Oliver's Army.

1982 Mick Moody quits Whitesnake.

1982 Kenny Hyslop quits Simple Minds.

1990 Eric Clapton completes his eighteen date seasonat London's Royal Albert Hall.

1993 In his first TV interview in 15 years, Michael Jackson claims that he has a disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin. He also claims he's had very little plastic surgery.

1997 Liam Gallagher of Oasis blames the media for what he calls "obsessive and intrusive" attention.His wedding to actress Patsy Kensit is called off ; instead they get married in a quiet ceremony two months later.



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Rock Music History For February 9

Happy Birthday Carole King!



Musicians Born On February 9

1939 Barry Mann (Who Put the Bomp)
1941 Bruce Bennett (Shadows)
1942 Carole King (Tapestry)
1942 Mark Mathis (Newbeats)
1944 Barbara Lewis (Baby I'm Yours)
1951 Dennis 'Dee Tee' Thomas (Kool and the Gang)
1960 Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69)

Deaths On February 9

1981 Bill Haley (Rock Around the Clock)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 9

1957 Elvis Presley: Too Much US 45
1959 Lloyd Price: Stagger Lee US 45
1963 Paul and Paula: Hey Paula US 45
1974 Love Unlimited Orchestra; Love Theme US 45
1985 Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson: I Know Him So Well UK 45
1985 Madonna: Like a Virgin US LP
1991 Jesus Jones : Doubt : UK LP
1991 C.C. Music Factory: Gonna Make You Sweat US 45

Various Music Events On February 9

1964 Beatles make their US TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1972 Paul McCartney appears live for first time with Wings at Nottingham University.

1974 Hall and Oates debut on US chart with She's Gone on way to becoming most successful duo of all time.

1978 Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights hits UK chart.

1997 The Simpsons,which has featured such guest stars as Aerosmith, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Peter Frampton. becomes the longest-running prime-time animated series. The record was previously held by "The Flintstones."




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Rock Music History For February 8

Happy Birthday Vince Neil!



Musicians Born On February 8

1931 James Dean (James Byron)
1941 Tom Rush
1944 Jim Capaldi (Traffic)
1946 Adolpho 'Fito' de la Para (Canned Heat)
1950 Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash)
1961 Vince Neil (Motley Crue)

Deaths On February 8

1990 Del Shannon (Runaway)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 8

1960 Mark Dinning Teen Angel US 45
1975 Ohio Players: Fire US 45
1969 Supremes & Temptations: TCB US LP
1986 Billy Ocean: When the going Gets Tough UK 45
1992 Wet Wet Wet : High on the Happy Side : UK LP
1992 Right Said Fred : I'm Too Sexy : US single

Various Music Events On February 8

1957 Little Richard's Long Tall Sally hits UK chart.

1960 Hearings begin into payola in the US radio and record industries, Alan Freed and Dick Clark are among the accused.

1965 Dave Clark Five begin filming Catch Us if You Can.

1967 Peter and Gordon split.

1969 Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Steve Winwood announce plans for Blind Faith.

1971 Bob Dylan's film Eat the Documentary premiers at the New York Academy of Music. ABC TV buys it, then rejects the project when they discover that it is not a Dylan concert film.

1972 A Frank Zappa concert at the Albert Hall is cancelled because of 'obscene lyrics' in the score of 200 Motels.

1972 The Beatles Fan Club goes out of business.

1973 Max Yasgur dies of a heart attack in Florida. His dairy farm was the site of Woodstock Festival.

1980 Peter Gabriel's Games Without Frontiers hits UK chart.

1980 Angie and David Bowie are divorced.

1986 INXS debut on UK LP chart with Listen Like Thieves.




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Rock Music History For February 7

Happy Birthday Alan!



Musicians Born On February 7

1949 Alan Lancaster (Status Quo)
1959 Brian Travers (UB40)
1960 Steve Bronski (Bronski Beat)
1962 David Bryan (Bon Jovi)
1962 Garth Brooks

Deaths On February 7

1959 Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones (influence on Jimi Hendrix)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 7

1976 Paul Simon: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover US 45
1976 Bob Dylan: Desire US LP
1981 John Lennon Woman UK 45
1981 John Lennon: Double Fantasy UK LP
1987 Aretha Franklin and George Michael: I Knew You Were Waiting UK 45
1987 Madonna: Open Your Heart US 45
1999 Blondie : Maria : UK single

Various Music Events On February 7

1964 Beatles visit America for first time. I Want to Hold Your Hand is No. 1, and thousands of screaming fangs greet them at Kennedy airport.

1964 Kinks appear on Ready, Steady, Go performing Long Tall Sally.

1965 George Harrison has his tonsils removed at University College Hospital, London.

1966 First edition of the first rock magazine, Crawdaddy, published in US.

1979 Stephen Stills completes the first digitally recorded rock LP, which is never released.

1980 Pink Floyd premiere their concert The Wall in Los Angeles.

1981 Talking Heads debut on UK chart with Once in a Lifetime.

1983 Led Zeppelin go platinum with Coda LP.

1984 CBS hold a party for Michael Jackson at Museum of Natural History, New York.

1987 Luther Vandross finally hits US Top 20 singles chart for the first time as Stop to Love moves to No. 19

1987 Open Your Heart becomes Madonna's third straight No. 1 single from her latest LP True Blue - only Whitney Houston has achieved this before, when Greatest Love of All hit the top.

1994 Blind Melon's singer Shannon Hoon is thrown out of the American Music Awards for loud and disruptive behavior.He is later charged with assault, battery, resisting arrest and destroying a police station phone.

1995 Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to one-to-four-and-a-half years in jail for sexual abuse.


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Rock Music History For February 6

Happy Birthday Bob Marley!

Musicians Born On February 6

1943 Fabian
1945 Bob Marley
1941 Dave Berry (The Crying Game)
1950 Mike Batt (writer and producer)
1950 Natalie Cole (Unforgettable)
1962 Axl Rose (William Bailey) (Guns N'Roses)
1966 Rick Astley (Never Gonna Give You Up)

Deaths On February 6

1960 Jesse Belvin (Goodnight My Love)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 6

1965 Rolling Stones: No. 2 UK LP
1965 Righteous Brothers: You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling US 45
1970 Led Zeppelin : Led Zeppelin 2 UK LP
1982 Kraftwerk: The Model UK 45
1982 J. Geils Band: Centrefold US 45
1993 Little Angels : Jam : UK LP

Various Music Events On February 6

1961 Doo-Wop returns to US R&B chart as Capris score with There's a Moon out Tonight.

1965 Billboard publishes first Hot Rhythm & Blues singles chart, with temptations' My Girl at No. 1.

1971 Richard Thompson leaves Fairport Convention.

1981 Paul McCartney joins Ringo Starr and George Harrison in recording All Those Years Ago, a tribute to Lennon.

1982 Joan Jett debuts on US Hot 100 at No. 63 with I Love Rock & Roll.

1987 Sonny Bono (of Sonny and Cher) announces that he will stand as a candidate for mayor of Palm Springs.

1988 Tiffany scores double top No. 1 in UK chart with I Think We're Alone Now and on US chart with Could've Been.

1988 What've I Done To Deserve This returns Dusty Springfield to US Hot 100 Top 10 (with Pet Shop Boys), nineteen years after her last Top 10 hit, Son of a Preacher Man.

1990 Billy Idol has to give up a major role in Oliver Stone's film "The Doors" after he breaks several bones in a serious motorcycle accident.

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Rock Music History For February 5

Happy Birthday Al!

Musicians Born On February 5

1919 Red Buttons (Baron Chewatt)
1935 Alex Harvey (Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
1941 Barrett Strong (hit charts with Money, then became Motown producer)
1942 Corey Wells (Three Dog Night)
1943 Sven Johannson (early Tangerine Dream)
1944 Al Kooper (Blues Project)
1944 JR Cobb (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1949 Nigel Olsson (Elton John band)
1964 Duff McKagan (Guns N'Roses)
1968 Chris Barron (Spin Doctors)
1969 Bobby Brown (My Perogative)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 5

1960 Anthony Newley: Why UK 45
1966 Petula Clark: My Love US 45
1969 Move: Blackberry Way UK 45
1972 T. Rex: Telegram Sam UK 45
1975 Engelbert Humperdinck: Greatest Hits UK LP
1977 Mary MacGregor: Torn Between Two Lovers US 45
1983 Toto: Africa US 45

Various Music Events On February 5

1965 Screaming Jay Hawkins arrives in UK for tour. Stage props include a coffin.

1965 Dusty Springfield releases Your Hurtin' Kind Of Love in UK.

1968 Beatles go gold with Yellow Submarine

1972 Sly and the Family Stone hit UK LP chart with There's A Riot Going On.

1972 Paul Simon releases Mother and Child Reunion, his first single since the split of Simon and Garfunkel.

1977 Iggy Pop signs to RCA.

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Rock Music History For February 4

Happy Birthday Alice!



Musicians Born On February 4

1941 John Steel (Animals)
1948 Alice Cooper (Vince Fournier)
1952 Jerry Shirley (Humble Pie)

Deaths On February 4

1894 Adolph Sax (inventor of saxophone)
1975 Louis Jordan (jazz musician0
1982 Alex Harvey (Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
1983 Karen Carpenter (Carpenters)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 1

1965 Righteous Brothers: You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling UK 45
1977 Althea and Donna Uptown Top Rankin' UK 45
1978 Abba: The Album UK LP
1978 Bee Gees: Staying Alive US 45
1984 Eurythmics: Touch UK LP
1984 Culture Club: Karma Chameleon US 45
1995 Celine Dion : Think Twice : UK single

Various Music Events On February 1

1957 NME publishes one-off magazine entitled Rock-and-Roll Personality Parade, thought to be first UK pop magazine.

1966 The Who play their first headline show at Finsbury Park Astoria, supported by Fortunes and Merseys.

1966 Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown by Rolling Stones released.

1969 Beatles appoint Eastman and Eastman (Linda's father's law firm) as general counsel to Apple.

1974 John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin trial separation.

1977 Evita¸ the follow-up to Jesus Christ Superstar, is released on MCA.

1977 US TV show American Bandstand celebrates its 25th anniversary with a bumper show featuring Chuck Berry, Greg Allman, Booker T. and the MGs, Pointer Sisters and John Rivers.

1979 A month-long rock memorabilia auction begins in San Francisco to benefit the Save the Whales campaign. Among the items sold are John Travolta's black leather jacket from Grease, and a Paul Kantner guitar.

1989 Guns N'Roses become the first act for fiteen years to place two LPs in US Top 5 - Appetite for Destruction (2) and Funs N'Roses Lies (5). The last act was Jim Croce.

1996 Rob Pilatus (formerly of Milli-Vanilli) is injured when a man hits him over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood. Pilatus was attempting to steal the man's car.

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Rock Music History For February 3

Happy Birthday Ozzy!



Musicians Born On February 3

1928 Frankie Vaughan (Green Door)
1935 John 'Guitar' Watson (I Need It)
1940 Angel d'Aleo (Belmonts)
1943 Eric Haydocks (Hollies)
1943 Dennis Edwards (Temptations)
1943 Shawn Phillips
1947 Dave Davies (Kinks)
1948 Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
1957 Tony Butler (Big Country)
1959 Lol Tolhurst (Cure)

Deaths On February 3

1967 Joe Meek (record producer)
1959 Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and Big Bopper die in aircrash after their Beechcraft Bonanza light aircraft takes off from Mason City, Iowa, on its way to Faro, North Carolina.

Number 1 In The Charts On February 3

1968 Lemon Pipers: Green Tambourine US 45
1973 Elton John Crocodile Rock US 45
1979 Blondie: Heart of Glass UK 45
1979 Blues Brothers: Briefcase Full of Blues US LP
1990 Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U : UK 45
1990 Phil Collins : ..But Seriously : UK LP
1997 LL Cool J : Ain't Nobody : UK single

Various Music Events On February 3

1961 Bob Dylan's first recording session - at the home of his friends Sid and Bob Gleason at East Orange, New Jersey, Dylan sings San Franciso Bay Blues and Jesus Met the Woman at the Well.

1966 Stevie Wonder debuts on UK Chart with Uptight.

1968 Paul McCartney records Lady Madonna without the other Beatles.

1969 Beatles (with the exception of McCartney) hire Allen Klein as business manager of Apple.

1978 Gerry Rafferty releases Baker Street in UK.

1979 Wolfman Jack Introduces Del Shannon, Drifters and Jimmy Clanton in a twenteith-anniversary show in memory of the 'Three Stars' at the Surf Ballroom, Clearance, Iowa.

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Rock Music History For February 2

Happy Birthday Graham Nash!



Musicians Born On February 2

1889 Lonnie Johnson (pioneer of 'bending-string' type of guitar playing)
1934 Skip Battin (Byrds)
1942 Graham Nash (Hollies, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
1948 Alan McKay (Earth Wind and Fire)

Deaths On February 2

1979 Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 2

1963 Cliff Richard: Summer Holiday UK LP
1974 Carpenters: The Singles 69-73 UK LP
1974 Barbra Streisand: The Way We Were US 45
1980 Specials: Live EP UK 45
1985 Foreigner: I Want to Know What Love Is US 45
1991 Sting : The Soul Cages : UK LP
1991 KLF: 3 am Eternal UK 45
1998 Aqua : Doctor Jones : UK single

Various Music Events On February 2

1956 Atlantic Records sign Coasters

1957 Fats Domino appears on The Perry Como Show (singing Blue Monday and Blueberry Hill).

1959 Coasters' Charlie Brown single is released.

1959 Buddy Holly plays his last show, at the Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa.

1960 Gary Glitter (under his previous stage name of Paul Raven) makes his first TV appearance on Cool For Cats single Alone in the Night.

1961 Ben E. King debuts on UK chart with First Taste of Love.

1963 Craig Douglas advertises a new kind of jukebox, the 'Scopitone' which has a short colour film to accompany each disc. The idea flops and they are all withdrawn.

1963 Beatles begin touring with Helen Shapiro at the Bradford Gaumont, following their debut appearance on Thank Your Lucky Stars.

1968 The first Genesis single, The Silent Sun,, is released in UK.

1981 Duran Duran release first single Planet Earth.


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Rock Music History For February 1

Happy Birthday Rick James! Your Spirit Lives On...



Musicians Born On February 1

1934 Bob Shane (Kingston Trio)
1937 Don Everly (Everly Brothers)
1937 Ray Sawyer (Dr. Hook)
1938 Jimmy Carl Black (Mothers of Invention)
1944 Tommy Duffy (Echoes)
1948 Rick James
1968 Lisa Marie Presley (only child of Elvis)

Deaths On February 1

1986 Dick James (music publisher)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 1

1964 Beatles: I Want to Hold Your Hand US 45
1975 Pilot January UK 45
1975 Neil Sedaka: Laughter in the Rain US 45
1992 George Michael/Elton John : Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Me : US single

Various Music Events On February 1

1949 RCA unveils the first 45-rpm record-playing system. It is the first time a record and record changer are made for each other.

1956 The Rock and Roll Ice Revue, billed as 'the hottest production ever staged on ice', opens at the New York Roxy.

1964 Kingsmen's Louie Louie banned in Indiana following speculation that some of the almost unintelligible lyrics are obscene. Subsequently publisher Max Firetag offers $1000 to anyone who could find an obscene lyric in the song, which was originally recorded by Richard Berry and the Pharoahs in the late 1950s.

1965 P.J. Proby banned by the UK ABC theatre chain after his trousers split for the third time on stage.

1967 Beatles record title song for Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP.

1969 Tommy Roe hits US chart with original version of Dizzy on his way to No. 1.

1974 Health problems force guitarist Eric Bell to leave Thin Lizzy.

1978 Bob Dylan film Renaldo and Clara premieres in LosAngeles


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January 31 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Johnny!



Musicians Born On January 31

1914 Cyril Stapleton (UK band leader)
1921 Mario Lanza (tenor)
1928 Chuck Willis (C.C. Rider)
1946 Terry Kath (Chicago)
1951 Harry Wayne Casey (KC and the Sunshine Band)
1951 Phil Manzannera (Roxy Music)
1956 John Lydon (Johnny Rotten - Sex Pistols)
1961 Lloyd Cole (Commotions)
1966 Alan Jaworski (Jesus Jones)
1967 Jason Cooper (The Cure)


Deaths On January 31

1970 Slim Harpo (US blues performer)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 31

1968 Love Affair: Everlasting Love UK 45
1970 Edison Lighthouse: Love Grows UK 45
1970 Jackson Five: I Want You Back US 45
1976 Abba: Mamma Mia UK 45
1976 Roy Orbison: The Very Best of Roy Orbison UK LP
1981 Blondie: The Tide Is High US 45
1998 Janet : Together Again : US single
1999 Armand Van Helden : You Don't Know Me : UK single

Various Music Events On January 31

1965 P.J. Proby's trousers split onstage at Ritz Cinema, Luton.

1970 The Band LP hits UK chart.

1970 Jackson Five debut on UK chart with I Want You Back.

1971 Aretha Franklin sings memorial song at the funeral of Mahalia Jackson.

1972 Joan Baez awarded gold record for three-year-old LP Any Day Now, an LP of Bob Dylan songs.

1976 10CC's How Dare You hits UK LP chart.

1979 Clash begin major American tour, with Bo Diddley supporting.

1981 Neil Diamond hits US Hot 100 at No. 32 with Hello Again (on way to No. 6)

1998 The "Come Together" benefit concert becomes an E Street Band reunion, with Max Weinberg, Danny Federici and Clarence Clemons joining in. The show, held at a small New Jersey theatre, was a benefit for the family of Sgt. Patrick King, a Long Branch, NJ, police officer killed in the line of duty. It turns into a 3 1/2 hour jam with Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny, Little Steven and other New Jersey musicians.


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January 30 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Phil Collins!



Musicians Born On January 30

1928 Ruth Brown
1941 Joe Terranova (Danny and the Juniors)
1942 Marty Balin (Jefferson Starship)
1947 Steve Marriott (Small Faces)
1951 Phil Collins (Genesis)
1961 Jody Watley (Shalamar)

Deaths On January 30

1980 Professor Longhair (blues musician)
1982 Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins (blues musician)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 30

1961 Shirelles: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow US 45
1964 The Searchers: Needles and Pins UK 45
1971 George Harrison: My Sweet Lord UK 45
1982 Barbra Streisand: Love Songs UK LP
1982 Hall and Oates: I Can't Go For That US 45
1988 Tiffany: I Think We're Alone Now UK 45
1988 INXS; Need You Tonight US 45
1999 Britney Spears : ..Baby One More Time : US single

Various Music Events On January 30

1954 Big Joe Turner hits US R&B chart with TV Mama.

1956 Elvis Presley records Blue Suede Shoes at RCA Studios in New York

1956 Jerry Lee Lewis backs country and western/rockabilly singer Billy Lee Riley at Sun session for Red Hot, his biggest hit.

1969 Beatles film and record Get Back on the roof of the Apple Building in Baker Street, London

1973 Kiss make their live stage debut at Coventry Club, Queens, New York.

1974 Greg Lake arrested for swimming nude in a Salt Lake City hotel pool, clearly visible from the street!

1988 Moving to No. 18, Everywhere gives Fleetwood Mac their fourth Top 10 single from Tango in the Night LP in US.

1990 Bob Dylan is honoured in France and becomes a commander in the Order of Arts and Letters.


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Rock Music History For January 29

Happy Birthday Tommy Ramone!



Musicians Born On January 29

1943 Tony Blackburn (DJ)
1947 David Byron (Uriah Heap)
1949 Tommy Ramone (Ramones)
1962 Marcus Verne (Living in a Box)
1961 Eddie Jackson (Queensryche)
1964 Roddy Frame (Aztec Camera)

Deaths On January 29

1992 Willie Dixon

Number 1 In The Charts On January 29

1960 Michael Holliday Starry Eyed UK 45
1969 Fleetwood Mac: Albatross UK 45
1972 Various: Concert for Bangladesh UK LP
1977 Rose Royce: Car Wash US 45
1983 Men at Work: Down Under UK 45
1983 Men at Work: Business as Usual UK LP
1994 Chaka Demus and Pliers : Tease Me : UK LP

Various Music Events On January 29

1942 First Desert Island Discs programme broadcast.

1958 Champs release Tequila in US; it reaches No. 1

1960 Bobby Darin's Beyond The Sea hits UK chart.

1962 Peter, Paul and Mary sign with Warner Brothers

1966 Bobby Fuller hits US chart with I Fought the Law, their only top 10 hit.

1967 Who and Jimi Hendrix play tribute concert to Brian Epstein at Marquee Club.

1972 Henry McCulloch joins Wings.

1978 Whitesnake formed by David Coverdale.

1979 Emerson, Lake and Palmer disband following financially disastrous tour of America.

1979 San Diego schoolgirl Brenda Spencer shoots and kills several of her school mates. Asked why, she says I Don't Like Mondays

1982 Gary Numan crashlands his Cessna light aircraft but escapes unhurt.

1983 Prince hits UK chart with Little Red Corvette.

1983 Stevie Nicks marries Kim Anderson.

1992 The14-year old son of Supremes singer Mary Wilson is killed when her jeep flipped over while driving outside of Los Angeles.

1996 Garth Brooks said that Hootie and the Blowfish had done more for music that year than he did, so he refused to accept his American Music Award for Favorite Overall Artist.


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January 28 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Sarah McLachlan!



Musicians Born On January 28

1929 Acker (Bernard) Bilk (Stranger on the Shore)
1933 Sacha Distel (The Good Life)
1944 Brian Keenhan (Chambers Brothers)
1946 Rick Allen (Box Tops)
1959 Dave Sharp (Alarm)
1968 Sarah McLachlan
1977 Joseph Fatone ('N Sync)
1980 Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys)

Deaths On January 28

1983 Billy Fury

Number 1 In The Charts On January 28

1965 Moody Blues: Go Now UK 45
1978 Fleetwood Mac: Rumours UK LP
1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax UK 45
1989 Marc Almond and Gene Pitney: Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart UK 45
1995 Celine Dion : The Colour of my Love : UK LP
1995 TLC : Creep: US single

Various Music Events On January 28

1954 The film The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart, opens in London.

1955 The Top 10 R&B show package begins 42-date tour in New York, featuring Joe Turner, Moonglows, Faye Adams, Clovers, Amos Milburn and Fats Domino.

1956 Elvis Presley makes his US national TV debut on The Dorsey Brothers Stage show.

1965 The Who make their first UK TV appearance on Ready Steady, Go.

1967 Between The Buttons by Rolling Stones hits UK LP chart.

1967 Brian Poole leaves the Tremeloes.

1968 The Who are escorted from a plane for misbehaving and 'making the hostesses cry' on tour in Australia.

1976 Gary Glitter announces his retirement , age 31.

1984 Van Halen's album 1984 (including the hit Jump) hits US LP chart.

1985 Top US stars (and Bob Geldof) record charity single, We are the World.

1989 Bangles release Eternal Flame in US.

1989 Travelling Wilburys LP hits US Top 3.

1996 Chris Isaak makes a guest appearance on "Friends."


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January 27 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Nick Mason!



Musicians Born On January 27

1914 Elmore James (blues guitarist)
1919 David Seville (Chipmunks)
1930 Bobby 'Blue' Bland (blues performer)
1931 Rudi Mauger (Crew Cuts)
1944 Kevin Coyne (Marlene)
1945 Nick Mason (Pink Floyd)
1947 Nedra Talley (Ronettes)
1951 Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy)
1951 Seth Justman (J Geils Band)
1961 Gillian Gilbert (New Order)
1961 Martin Deguille (Sigue Sigue Sputnik)
1961 Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
1964 Migi (Curiosity Killed the Cat)
1968 Mike Patton (Faith No More)

Deaths On January 27

1972 Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 27

1962 Joey Dee: Peppermint Twist US 45
1966 Overlanders: Michelle UK 45
1973 Sweet: Blockbuster UK 45
1973 Stevie Wonder: Superstition US 45
1979 Ian Dury and the Blockheads: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick UK 45
1990 Kylie Minogue: Tears on My Pillow : UK 45
1990 Christians : Colour : UK LP
1997 Blur : Beetlebum : UK single

Various Music Events On January 27

1956 Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley released in US.

1956 Bill Haley, Platters, Lavern Baker, Shirley and Lee, Drifters, Joe Turner, Bo Diddley, Roy Hamilton and others begin the biggest US package tour to date, promoted by Irvin Field.

1960 Gary Glitter (as Paul Raven) releases his first single, Alone in the Night/Too Proud.

1968 Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding hits US chart. It is his only Top 10 single in the States and goes on to reach No. 1.

1968 Bee Gees make their US stage debut, earning $50,000 for their appearance at Anaheim Convention Centre, California.

1969 Ivy's, subsequently known as Badfinger, release Maybe Tomorrow in the UK

1971 David Bowie arrives in US for his first visit. He does not play live but garners much publicity by wearing a dress in Texas.

1984 Michael Jackson injured while filming for Pepsi advert.

1990 The town of Gainsville, Florida declares today will become "Tom Petty Day"

1993 "After controversy over Ice-T's song, "Cop Killer.", Warner Brothers Records announces that it is releasing him from his contract due to "creative differences".


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