February 7 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On February 7, 1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton
1989 Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
1988 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago
1988 Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
1988 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6
1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1987 "Ronnies Rap" by Ron and DC Crew peaks at #93
1987 Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
1987 Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1
1987 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1986 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
1986 Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
1986 Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos
1985 "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York City
1985 Marshall U's Bruce Morris scores a basket from 92'5"
1985 New York Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
1984 Bruce McCandless, U.S., makes 1st untethered space walk
1984 Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS
1983 Elizabeth Dole, 1st female secretary of transportation, is sworn-in
1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1982 Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC
1979 Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds President Boumedienne in Algeria
1979 Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI vs. India at Kanpur
1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles
1978 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
1977 Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts
1976 Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9
1976 World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (U.S.S.R.)
1975 NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak
1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1974 Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters
1973 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1973 Senate createse Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
1971 Swiss men accept female suffrage
1970 "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV
1970 "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
1970 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
1970 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1970 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 "This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV
1969 Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
1969 Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major U.S. racetrack (Hialeah)
1968 Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York City
1968 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls
1968 WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 George Harrison has his tonsils removed
1965 Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao
1965 U.S. begins regular bombing and strafing of North Vietnam
1965 WVIZ TV channel 25 in Cleveland, Ohio (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream
1964 Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for 1st U.S. tour
1964 Roger Sessions' 5th Symphony, premieres
1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298
1962 President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba
1962 Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational
1961 Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"
1960 Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 "Whoop-Up" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 56 performances
1959 Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution
1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)
1959 Dorothy Rigney sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M
1958 1st showing of DAF 600 auto
1958 Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc
1958 Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced
1956 Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled
1950 Georges Bidault forms French government
1950 Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in U.S. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1950 U.S. and Great Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime


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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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Beatles History - February 6

1962
Lunch at the Decca's session executive club on Albert Enbankment, of Brian, Dick Rowe and Beecher Stevens; Rowe and Stevens communicate Brian Decca's rejection.

1963
Concert at the Granada, Bedford (Helen Shapiro tour).

1964
Tickets for the Ed Sullivan Show sell out.

1965
'Rolling Stones II' replaces 'Beatles For Sale' as number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).

1967
It is announced that the Beatles have signed contracts with EMI until 1976.

1968
Studio 1. 2.30-8.00pm. Tape copying: 'The Inner Light' (of take 5, numbered take 6). Recording: 'The Inner Light' (overdub onto take 6). Mono mixing: 'The Inner Light' (remix 1, from take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Jerry Boys.
Recording of George vocal for 'The Inner Light'.
About 6.30pm. Harry Klein is contacted at home for the 'Lady Madonna' session.
8.00-9.00pm. Ringo appears on Cilla Black's live programme 'Cilla', at the BBC Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London. The recording session is interrupted to see the show.
Studio 1. 9.00pm-2.00am. Recording: 'Lady Madonna' (tape reduction take 3 into take 4, overdub onto take 4, tape reduction take 4 into take 5, overdub onto take 5). Mono mixing: 'Lady Madonna' (remixes 1, 2, from take 5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Jerry Boys.
Recording of vocal brass impersonation and brasses for 'Lady Madonna'.

Royal Garden Hotel, London. Paul participates in a press conference announcing the Leicester University's art festival.

1970
UK single release: 'Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'/'Who Has Seen The Wind'.

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Retro History for February 6 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 6, 1973 "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1987 100th U.S. Congress convenes
1987 Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy
1986 British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
1986 Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg
1986 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
1986 STS-61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem
1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41 B mission
1984 Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee
1981 50th hat trick in Islander history - John Tonelli scored 5 goals
1980 "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 105 performances
1980 Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India
1980 Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 1st postage stamp copyrighted by U.S. (Carl Sandburg stamp)
1978 U.S. hand over St. Stephan crown to Hungary
1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
1976 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
1975 "AM America," premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
1975 "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-TV
1974 "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio
1974 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike
1973 "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock
1972 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1972 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley
1972 Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from U.S.S.R.
1971 Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones
1971 Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"
1969 WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks
1968 Dr. N E Shumway performs 1st U.S. adult cardiac transplant operation
1968 Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by U.S. for soft-landing on Moon
1967 "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV
1967 KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140
1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling
1964 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville
1964 Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)
1963 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
1963 "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 774 performances

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings
1958 Gibson patents Flying V Guitar
1958 WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
1957 Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow, Russia
1956 KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group
1953 WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 100 performances
1951 Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes
1950 "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 3 performances
1950 Britain recognizes Communist government of China

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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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Beatles History - February 5

1963
Concert at the Gaumont, Doncaster (Helen Shapiro tour).

1964
'She Loves You', 23rd week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Please Please Me' LP, 46th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'With The Beatles' number 1, 11th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

1965
Baroness Erisso approaches Brian about the possibility of his signing her daughter, Marianne Faithfull, to NEMS Enterprises.

1967
Shooting of 'Penny Lane' clip.
12.00 noon approx. The Beatles meet behind the Royal Theatre, Stratford, London.
Shooting of horse scenes and others, standing in front of the Theatre Royal, and of John walking up and down Angel Lane.
4.00pm. The Beatles leave Stratford.

End of the Four Tops British tour, at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester .
Billy Stewart performance at the Saville Theatre.
Brian presents Cream on a Sunday performance at the Saville Theatre.

1968
Francie Schwarz meets with an Apple employee at the Speakeasy.She finds Michael McCartney there.

1969
US gold certification: 'Yellow Submarine' LP.
'Yellow Submarine' LP, 3rd week in the ranking (UK New Musical Express chart).

Apple Studios. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: 'I've Got A Feeling' (2 versions); 'Don't Let Me Down'; 'Get Back' (2 versions);'The One After 909'; 'Dig A Pony'.
Mixing of the roof performances.

'Yellow Submarine' LP, 3rd week in the ranking (UK New Musical Express chart).

1993
Paul's performance in London, for 400 reporters and 2500 people more. 20 themes. 'Previous' concert, start of the 'New World Tour'.

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Retro History for February 5 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 5, 1971 The Harlem Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak.

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test
1989 Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990
1987 Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, New Jersey
1985 Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
1985 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS-51-C mission
1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws
1984 Greg Chappell scores 182* in his last Test innings
1982 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
1981 "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 minutes to 30 minutes
1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1977 Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament
1976 MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS
1976 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
1976 Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies
1975 "Wiz" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1672 performances
1975 Charlie Smalls' "Wiz," premieres in New York City
1975 Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks
1974 Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother"
1973 Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel
1973 Netherlands recognizes East Germany
1972 Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
1972 NASA announces development of space shuttle
1972 New York City transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents
1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle
1972 West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed
1971 1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG
1971 Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak
1971 U.S. heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found
1970 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
1970 KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 "Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 82 performances
1969 Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl Shapiro
1969 Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed
1969 U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
1968 Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law
1968 Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia
1967 KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, California (IND) begins
1964 Pope Paul VI visits Jordan and Israel
1964 San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
1963 "Camelot" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 873 performances
1963 "Carnival!" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 719 performances
1963 San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game
1962 Tony Sheridan and Beatles produce "My Bonnie" and "The Saints"
1961 U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1960 Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV
1959 Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"
1957 Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New York Giants
1957 Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1955 KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast
1953 Passenger ships Willem Ruys and Orange collide in the Red Sea
1953 Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in Paris
1952 Flying Enterprise sinks
1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open
1950 Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres in New York City

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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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Beatles History For February 4

1965
Shepperton Film Studios. Brian tele-recording for 'Hullabaloo', interviewing and presenting the Searchers, Billy J. Kramer, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Georgie Fame, Joe Brown, and the Moody Blues.

Maclen (Music) Limited, publishing company for Lennon and McCartney, is incorporated, with Brian one of its opening directors.

1966
Garrick Theatre, London. George and Pattie, with Brian, see the play 'Little Malcolm And His Struggle Against The Eunuchs'.

1967
Manager Gordon Mills considers Epstein's offer for a Tom Jones season at the Saville Theatre.
Brian is set for a holiday in Mexico next month.
A Rolls-Royce Pahntom V is the last Brian's pride and joy.
In a new ruling at the Saville Theatre, comperes must not mention Epstein's name.

1968
Studio 3. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: 'Across The Universe' (takes 1-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Studio 3. 8.00pm-2.00am. Recording: 'Across The Universe' (overdub onto take 7, tape reduction take 7 into take 8, overdub onto take 8, sound effects takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Martin Benge; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
Recording of female harmonies (1st and only fans invited---by Paul---to contribute to a session) and of (not used) effects.

The Black Centre, London. Roof of a single storey workshop to the rear. John and Yoko give Michael X a bag with their recently shorn hair in exchange for a pair of Muhammed Ali boxing shorts.

US Attorney General John Mitchell receives a secret memo from Senator Strom Thurmond, suggesting that John be deported.

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February 4 - Retro Events From The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 4, 1966 The Who play their first headline show at Finsbury Park Astoria, supported by Fortunes and Merseys.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Dean Jones scores 216 vs. WI at the Adelaide Oval
1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
1987 President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress
1987 Stars and Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup
1987 Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954
1986 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (OT) at Hartford
1986 Israeli fighters intercept Libyan passenger plane
1985 20 countries (but not U.S.) sign United Nations treaty outlawing torture
1985 Naval exercises canceled when U.S. refuses to tell New Zealand of nuclear weapons
1984 "9" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 739 performances
1984 "Backstage Magic" opens at CommuniCore
1984 Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas
1983 Jose Happart becomes mayor of Voeren Belgium
1983 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
1982 "Pump Boys and Dinettes" opens at Princess Theater New York City for 573 performances
1982 Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash
1982 Musical "Pump Boys and Dinettes," premieres in New York City
1982 Suriname premier Chin A Sen flees
1980 Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran
1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 "Co-Ed Fever," TV Comedy, debut and cancelled that outing on CBS
1979 End of last 3+day D/N game for 15 years (WSC, SCG)
1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
1977 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver
1977 Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto a Chicago Street (11 die, 200 hurt)
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" released
1977 Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed"
1976 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria
1976 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala and Honduras
1976 Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 Benzine rationing ends in Netherlands
1974 Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2 months
1974 Gas rationing ends in Netherlands
1974 Patricia Hearst (19) kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army
1973 "No, No Nanette" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 861 performances
1973 Islanders and Sabres had a penalty free game
1973 Manfred Kokot runs world record 50m indoor (5.61 sec)
1973 Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled
1972 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria
1972 Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported
1971 Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard and Mitchell)
1971 Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks
1971 British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
1971 Government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil
1971 National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC
1970 "Charles Aznavour" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 23 performances
1970 "Gantry" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City for 1 performance
1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cincinnati - Detroit, San Diego - Boston
1969 Beatles appoint Eastman and Eastman, as general cousel to Apple
1969 John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders
1969 Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in New York City
1969 Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO
1968 "Golden Rainbow" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 355 performances
1968 Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball
1967 "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
1967 U.S. launches Lunar Orbiter 3
1966 All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133
1965 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax
1964 FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City
1962 "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 113 performances
1962 Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
1962 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles
1962 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt
1961 Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
1960 BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member
1960 Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park
1960 Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be," premieres

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Israel begins exporting copper ore
1958 "Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 192 performances
1958 Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950
1957 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse New York)
1956 AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training
1952 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York)
1951 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer
1951 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button

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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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Beatles History For February 3

1962
Performance at the Cavern, with The Saints Jazz Band, and Gerry and the Pacemakers.

1963
Performance at the Cavern.

1964
Brian announces his concerts series 'Pops Alive!' for the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, 2 houses a night.
Brian announces that Subafilms will produce for worldwide release through United Artists the Gerry and the Pacemakers film 'Ferry Cross The Mersey'.

US gold certification: 'Meet The Beatles!'
US gold certification: 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'/'I Saw Her Standing There'.

1965
'I Feel Fine', 10th and last week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).

Shepperton Film Studios. Brian tele-recording for 'Hullabaloo', interviewing and presenting the Searchers, Billy J. Kramer, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Georgie Fame, Joe Brown, and the Moody Blues.

1966
Performance of Stevie Wonder at the Scotch Of St James night-club, London. Paul attends.
After the show, Paul and Stevie have a a long conversation.

1967
Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.15am. Recording: 'A Day In The Life' (overdub onto take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Re-recording of Paul's vocal.

1968
Studio 3. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: 'Lady Madonna' (takes 1-3). Studio 3. 7.00pm-1.30am. Recording: 'Lady Madonna' (overdub onto take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Start of sessions for next single (eventuallly Lady Madonna'/'The Inner Light').

1969
Recording of 'My Dark Hour', by Steve Miller, in London. Paul plays bass, sings backing vocals and plays some drums.

Allen Klein is appointed Apple business advisor of Apple.

1996
'Abbey Road' number 3 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard).
'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' number 5 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard).
'The Beatles 1967-1970' number 10 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard).

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February 3 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On February 3, 1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart




Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1989 Start 1st Test Cricket, New Zealand vs. Pak, washed out
1987 Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton
1987 San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
1986 President Reagan announces formation of Commission on Challenger Accident
1985 "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 5 performances
1985 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched
1983 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
1982 Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission
1982 Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, U.S.S.R.
1982 John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
1981 Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway
1980 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 Mohammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
1979 Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
1979 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1979 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1978 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445
1977 Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame
1976 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
1975 Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame
1974 "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 65 performances
1974 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1973 Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6
1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1972 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 122 performances
1969 The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO
1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1966 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched U.S.
1966 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1965 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams
1965 Geraldine McCullough wins Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture
1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)
1965 Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
1964 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold
1964 Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1962 John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm
1962 President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs
1961 6th largest snowfall in New York City history (17.4" (44.2cm))

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65
1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart and peaks at #3
1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot
1956 Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events
1954 Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32)
1953 J. Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show
1951 "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV
1951 Dick Button wins U.S. skating title for 6th time
1951 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
1951 Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in New York City
1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges


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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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Beatles History for February 2

1955
Brian is appointed a director of NEMS Enterprises.

1962
Performance at Manchester. 2nd performance under Brian's management.

1963
'Please Please Me' number 47 (UK Melody Market chart).

Start of Helen Shapiro Tour, with Danny Williams, Kenny Linch, Kestrels, and the Red Price Orchestra. 1st Beatles British tour. Concert at the Gaumont, Bradford. Performance filmed for complete transmision on ABC-TV and, later, partial transmision on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars'.

1966
'We Can Work It Out', 9th week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Rubber Soul' number 1, 9th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

End of D'Oyly Carte Opera performances at the Saville Theatre.

1967
Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.45am. Recording: 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (overdub onto take 9, tape reduction take 9 into take 10). Mono mixing: 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (remix 1, from take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.

Paul poses for photographers at his house.

1968
Neil Aspinall and Stephen Maltz become Dandie Fashion's directors.

BBC Television Rehearsal Rooms, Victoria Road, London. Ringo rehearses his appearance on the 'Cilla' TV show.

1969
Yoko is divorced from Tony Cox. Yoko is granted custody of Kyoko.


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February 2 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On February 2, 1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) or below in 15 U.S. states
1989 FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader
1989 NL announces Yankees' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president
1988 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* vs. England at Sydney
1987 Kansas City Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires
1987 Philippines adopts constitution
1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz New York City after 13 performances
1986 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
1986 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 28-24
1986 Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica
1985 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1984 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards
1984 Lebanese army fight in Beirut
1983 Chicago Absp Joseph L. Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested
1983 Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals
1982 Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria
1982 San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead
1980 FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1977 Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (U.S.S.R.)
1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
1977 Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman
1976 "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV
1976 "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1976 Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame
1975 Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea Ethiopia
1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1975 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1975 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
1974 Barbra Striesand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"
1974 Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary"
1974 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641)
1973 "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV
1973 James R. Schlesinger, becomes 9th director of CIA
1973 Richath Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA
1973 Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, New Zealand vs. Pakistan, Wellington
1972 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame
1972 Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers," premieres in London
1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda
1970 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, California (CBS) begins broadcasting
1969 Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame
1968 Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed
1967 Bolivia adopts its constitution
1967 Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
1965 Joe Ortons "Loot," premieres in Brighton
1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy
1964 Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) wins Olympic gold for figure skating
1964 Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame
1963 Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of undercard)
1962 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16', Melrose Games)
1962 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1961 Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam
1960 Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Buddy Holly's last performance
1959 Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers
1958 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Havana Biltmore Golf Open
1958 Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic
1958 WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, Puerto Rico (PTC) begins broadcasting
1957 "Candide" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 73 performances
1957 United Nations adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
1956 Coasters sign with Atlantic Records
1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC
1954 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game
1954 President Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb, done in 1952
1954 Snow falls on Gibraltar
1951 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)
1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1950 "Arms and the Girl" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 134 performances
1950 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV


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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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Beatles History - February 1

1962
Start of validity of contract with Brian.
Performance at the Thistle Cafe, West Kirkby, Wirral. 1st gig under Brian's management.

1963
Preparation for 1st British tour.

3 concert promoters, Arthur Howes, Paul Cave and Harold Fielding, contact Brian, vying for the chance to present Beatles shows at seaside resorts in the summer.

1964
'With The Beatles' number 1, 9th week (UK Record Retailer chart).
'I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 1st week; 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'She Loves You', 2nd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'Please Please Me', 1st week in the Top 100 (Billboard).

Celebration dinner, with Brian, at the George V Hotel, Paris.

1965
US EP release: '4 By The Beatles'.

Brian announces new plans for Cilla Black: performances on 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium' and at the Persian Room, at the Plaza Hotel, New York.

1966
Merger of the Vic Lewis Organization and NEMS Enterprises commences legally. Vic Lewis becomes a director of NEMS Enterprises.

1967
Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.30am. Recording: 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (takes 1-9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Recording of rythm track of 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. 1st use of DI (Direct Injection) in Beatles recordings: Paul's bass. Start of proper sessions for 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.

1968
John sends his Rolls Royce to USA, for his personal use.

BBC Television Rehearsal Rooms, Victoria Road, London. Ringo rehearses his appearance on the 'Cilla' TV show.

1969
'Yellow Submarine' LP, 3rd week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

1988
Clive Epstein dies, in Austria.

1990
Paul's concert in Detroit ('Get Back Tour').

1993
UK CD release: 'Off The Ground'.



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February 1 - Retro Events From The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 1, 1982 "Late Night With David Letterman," debuts on NBC-TV



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion
1989 Princess Diane of Wales visits New York City
1987 163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze
1987 38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit
1987 Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1987 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6
1986 KHJ-AM in Los Angeles, California changes call letters to KRTH
1986 Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland
1985 -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell, Colorado (state record)
1985 -69 degrees F (-56 degrees C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record)
1985 Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 vs. Eng)
1985 Cards trade D Green, Jose Uribe, Dave LaPoint to Giants for Jack Clark
1985 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin
1984 China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
1984 Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner
1984 Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)
1983 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1982 "Late Night With David Letterman," debuts on NBC-TV
1982 Senegal and Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)
1981 11th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 21-7
1981 31st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-120 at Cleveland
1981 Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York City
1981 Dutch Antilles census is 231,932
1981 French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
1981 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-7
1981 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
1981 Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG
1980 Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
1980 Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run


Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile
1979 Patricia Hearst is released from a San Francisco prison for bank robbery
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1978 Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp
1978 Director Roman Polanski skips bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl
1977 Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives
1977 Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
1976 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1976 Sonny and Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
1976 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Michigan State University after he is warned not to
1975 "Hoppy, Gene and Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65
1975 "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater New York City after 5 performances
1975 1st successful Washington Capitals penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks
1975 Lorne Henning scores on 3rd Islander penalty shot
1975 Otis Francis Tabler is 1st open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department
1974 "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV
1973 Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1972 1st scientific hand-held calculator, the HP-35, introduced for $395
1972 Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK
1970 Ford Frick, Earle Combs and Jesse Haines elected to Hall of Fame
1970 Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die
1970 WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 West-Germany and U.S.S.R. sign gas contract
Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert
1969 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1969 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
1969 WPGH TV channel 53 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting
1968 Former Vice President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for presidency
1968 Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of Green Bay Packers
1968 World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi
1968 Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head
1967 Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives
1967 WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama
1965 Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news
1965 NL adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster
1964 "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert New York City after 556 perf
1964 Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit, stays #1 for 7 weeks
1964 Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity
1964 Suriname River dammed
1963 Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda
1962 "New Faces of '62" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances
1962 NL releases its 1st 162-game schedule
1961 1st full-scale test of U.S. Minuteman ICBM is successful
1961 British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive
1961 Mackay and Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies
1960 34th Australian Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (75 62)
1960 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro North Carolina Woolworth
1960 48th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats N Fraser (57 36 63 86 86)
1960 Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women
1959 Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)
1959 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
1959 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
1959 WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament
1959 Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1958 1st U.S. satellite, Explorer I, launched
1958 Egypt and Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
1958 WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a U.S. scheduled passenger airline
1957 Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam
1956 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
1956 WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 HC Hansen appointed premier of Denmark
1954 1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres
1954 Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire
1954 Soccer team The County froms in Doetinchem
1953 "General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts
1953 "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television
1953 Dr. A de Waal appointed as Netherlands 1st female Assistant Secretary of State
1953 Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835
1953 WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia
1952 SN Behrman's "Jane," premieres in New York City
1951 -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record)
1951 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
1951 1st telecast of atomic explosion
1951 Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed
1951 United Nations condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1950 U.S.S.R. demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
1950 Urko Kekkonen elected president of Finland

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