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Browsing Archive: February, 2010
Friday February 26 Fats Domino ("Blueberry Hill") is 82 Mitch Ryder ("Jenny Take A Ride") is 65 The late Johnny Cash ("A Boy Named Sue") is born in 1932 Cornell Gunter of the Coasters ("Charlie Brown") is shot to death in his car in Las Vegas, 1990 Buddy Miles ("Them Changes") dies of congestive heart failure, 2008 Harry Chapin's revue, "The Night That Made America Famous" opens on Broadway, 1975 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" (his first million-seller) debuts on the Billboard charts, 1956... Continue reading ...
Friday February 26
- Fats Domino ("Blueberry Hill") is 82
- Mitch Ryder ("Jenny Take A Ride") is 65
- The late Johnny Cash ("A Boy Named Sue") is born in 1932
- Cornell Gunter of the Coasters ("Charlie Brown") is shot to death in his car in Las Vegas, 1990
- Buddy Miles ("Them Changes") dies of congestive heart failure, 2008
- Harry Chapin's revue, "The Night That Made America Famous" opens on Broadway, 1975
- Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" (his first million-seller) debuts on the Billbo...
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Thursday February 25 James Brown receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award, 1992 Bo Diddley and Roy Orbison receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Grammys, 1998 "Elvis Presley Day" is declared in Memphis and the state of Tennessee as the King performs his first post-Army concert (and first since 1957), a charity benefit in Memphis, 1961 Steve Wonder is given the Library of Congress award by President Barack Obama at the White House, 2009 Frank Sinatra guests on an episode of "Magnum, P.... Continue reading ...
Wednesday February 24 The late George Harrison ("My Sweet Lord") is born in 1943 Joanie Sommers ("Johnny Get Angry") is 69 Rupert Holmes ("Escape" and member of the Street People-- "Jennifer Thompkins") is 63 Johnnie Ray ("Cry") dies of liver failure in 1990 Arthur Lyman ("Yellow Bird") dies of throat cancer in 2002 Larry Norman, vocalist with People ("I Love You"), dies of heart failure, 2008 Diana Ross files for divorce from her husband of five weeks, but they later reconcile (though they fi... Continue reading ...
Monday February 22 The late Ernie K-Doe ("Mother-In-Law"-- his real last name was "Kador") is born in 1936 The late Oliver ("Jean"-- his real last name was "Swofford") is born in 1945 Bobby Hendricks ("Itchy Twitchy Feeling" and one-time member of the Drifters) is born in 1938 The late Norman "Hurricane" Smith ("Oh Babe, What Would You Say") is born in 1923 Florence Ballard of the Supremes ("Back In My Arms Again") dies of cardiac arrest, 1976 Earth, Wind & Fire perform at a dinner for U.S. go... Continue reading ...
Sunday February 21 New York DJ Murray-the-K (Kaufman-- called himself the "Fifth Beatle") dies of cancer, with Tony Orlando at his bedside, 1982 Janet Vogel of the Skyliners ("Since I Don't Have You") dies of carbon monoxide poisoning, 1980 Jerry Lee Lewis marries his first wife at the age of seventeen, 1952 Johnny Cash is released from a Nashville hospital after recovering from pneumonia, then wins a Grammy that night for Best Male Vocal Country Performance, 2001 Crystal Gayle is inducted int... Continue reading ...
Saturday February 20 Walter Becker of Steely Dan ("Peg") is 60 Jerome Geils of the J. Geils Band ("Must Of Got Lost") is 64 Cher files for divorce from from Sonny, 1974 Ricky Nelson joins the cast of his parents' radio show, 1949 "Johnny Cash Day" is declared in Los Angeles, 1975 Kiss immortalize their hand prints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, 1976 The biographical TV movie, "Little Richard" airs on NBC, 2000 Ringo Starr's X-rated film, "Candy" premieres in 1969 The Beach Boys rec... Continue reading ...
Saturday February 20 Walter Becker of Steely Dan ("Peg") is 60 Jerome Geils of the J. Geils Band ("Must Of Got Lost") is 64 Cher files for divorce from from Sonny, 1974 Ricky Nelson joins the cast of his parents' radio show, 1949 "Johnny Cash Day" is declared in Los Angeles, 1975 Kiss immortalize their hand prints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, 1976 The biographical TV movie, "Little Richard" airs on NBC, 2000 Ringo Starr's X-rated film, "Candy" premieres in 1969 The Beach Boys rec... Continue reading ...
Friday February 19 Lou Christie ("Lightnin' Strikes") is 67 Smokey Robinson ("The Way You Do The Things You Do") is 70 Unwed Joni Mitchell gives birth to a daughter who is given up for adoption, 1965 Gene Vincent joins the U.S. Navy, 1952 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records, 1958 Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers begins a 3 1/2 year run in the London stage production of "Charlie Girl", 1968 Tower of Power member Rich Stevens (he sang lead on "You're Still A Young Man") i... Continue reading ...
Thursday February 18 Yoko Ono is 77 Dennis DeYoung of Styx ("Babe") is 63 Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive ("Takin' Care Of Business") is 57 John Travolta ("Let Her In") is 56 Irma Thomas ("Wish Someone Would Care") is 69 Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees marries Lulu in London (Robin Gibb is the Best Man-- the marriage lasts four years), 1969 James Taylor marries his second wife, Caroline, in 2001 The New Jersey State Legislature passes a resolution hooring Denise LaSalle, 2009 Sam Moore... Continue reading ...
Sunday February 14 Lillie Bryant of Billy & Lillie ("La Dee Dah") is 70 Phyllis McGuire of the McGuire Sisters ("Sincerely") is 79 Buddy Knox ("Party Doll") dies of cancer in 1999 The Captain & Tennille ("Love Will Keep Us Together") marry in Virginia City, Nevada, 1974 Rod Stewart and Olivia Newton-John attend Elton John's first wedding (the one to wife Renate) in Sydney, Australia (it lasts less than five years), 1984 Harry Nilsson suffers a heart attack (he recovers this time, but another e... Continue reading ...
Music news on this day in historySaturday February 13 Peter Tork of the Monkees ("Words") is 66 The late "Tennessee" Ernie Ford ("Sixteen Tons") is born in 1919 The late King Floyd ("Groove Me") is born in 1945 Peter Gabriel ("Games Without Frontiers" and one-time member of Genesis) is 59 Miss Toni Fisher ("The Big Hurt") dies of a heart attack in 1999 Waylon Jennings (country star and the person who, as a member of the Crickets, gave up his seat to the Big Bopper on "the day the music d... Continue reading ...
Friday February 12
Gene McDaniels ("Chip Chip") is 75
The late Lorne Greene ("Ringo") is born in 1915
Ray Manzarek of the Doors ("Touch Me") says he's 71
Eldee Young of the Ramsey Lewis Trio ("Hang On Sloopy") and Young/Holt Unlimited ("Soulful Strut") dies of a heart attack, 2007
Sal Mineo ("Start Movin'") is stabbed to death during an apparent robbery, 1976
Sammi Smith ("Help Me Make It Through The Night") dies after a long illness, 2005
"Screamin'" Jay Hawkins ("I Put A Spell On You") dies ... Continue reading ...
Wednesday February 10 Roberta Flack ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face") is 71 The late Ral Donner ("You Don't Know What You've Got") is born in 1943 Freddie Bell ("Giddy Up A Ding Dong") dies, 2008 Producer Phil Spector is seriously burned in a car crash, but recovers, 1974 The Oklahoma State Senate passes a resolution hooring Wanda Jackson, 2009 The San Diego school board apologizes to Pete Seeger for asking him to sign a loyalty oath before performing at a school there 49 years earlier ,... Continue reading ...
Tuesday February 9
Carole King ("It's Too Late") is 69
Barry Mann ("Who Put The Bomp" and prolific songwriter) is 71
Barbara Lewis ("Hello Stranger") is 67
Major Harris ("Love Won't Let Me Wait") is 63
Bill Haley ("Rock Around The Clock") dies of a heart attack in 1981
Tyrone Davis ("Can I Change My Mind") dies after a stroke, 2005
Percy Faith ("Theme From A Summer Place") dies of cancer in 1976
Bobby Darin enters a Los Angeles hospital for surgery to replace a faulty heart valve (he survives ... Continue reading ...
Monday February 8 The late "England" Dan Seals ("I'd Really Love To See You Again") is born in 1950 Ray Sharpe ("Linda Lu") is 72 Larry Verne ("Please Mr. Custer") is 74 Del Shannon ("Hats Off To Larry") dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, 1990 Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood form Blind Faith, 1969 Peter and Gordon split up, 1967 Buddy Holly signs a recording contract with Decca Records (the contract leaves off the "E" in his last name, "Holley" so he drops it from his stage name, as well),... Continue reading ...
Saturday February 6 Fabian ("Turn Me Loose") is 67 Natalie Cole ("This Will Be") is 60 The late Donnie Brooks ("Mission Bell") is born, 1936 Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys ("God Only Knows") dies of complications from cancer, 1998 Jesse Belvin ("Goodnight My Love") dies in an auto accident in Hope, Arkansas (his wife dies of her injuries a week later), 1960 Frankie Laine ("Moonlight Gambler") dies of cardiovascular disease, 2007 Hugo Montenegro ("The Good, The Bad & The Ugly") dies of emphysema... Continue reading ...
Thursday February 4 Alice Cooper ("Eighteen") is 62 Florence LaRue Gordon of the Fifth Dimension ("Up- Up And Away") is 66 Karen Carpenter ("Close To You") dies of a heart attack brought on by anorexia nervosa, 1983 John Lennon and Yoko Ono separate (for about a year), 1974 Frankie Avalon and Jimmy Clanton are hired to take over headlining the Winter Dance Party after Buddy Holly's death, 1959 Johnny Burnette undergoes an emergency appendectomy in Hollywood (forcing him to cancel a tour of Eng... Continue reading ...
Wednesday February 3 Melanie ("Brand New Key") is 63 The late Johnny Cymbal ("Mr. Bass Man") AKA Derek ("Cinnamon") is born in 1945 Dave Davies of the Kinks ("Well Respected Man") is 63 Dennis Edwards of the Temptations ("Cloud Nine") is 67 "The Day The Music Died"-- Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper die in a plane crash north of Mason City, Iowa, 1959 British producer Joe Meek ("Telstar", "Have I The Right" and more) shoots his landlady, then himself, to death, 1967 Producer Phil ... Continue reading ...
Tuesday February 2 Graham Nash of the Hollies ("Stop Stop Stop") and Crosby, Stills & Nash ("Marakesh Express") is 68 The late Clyde "Skip" Battin of Skip & Flip ("It Was I") is born in 1934 The late Arthur Lyman ("Yellow Bird") is born in 1933 Todd Rundgren names his newborn son "Rebop", 1992 Keith Emerson's hands are injured during an Emerson, Lake and Palmer concert when a rigged piano explosion goes off prematurely, 1973 "Carl Perkins Day" is celebrated in Jackson, Tennessee, 1969 RCA rele... Continue reading ...
Monday February 1 Don Everly of the Everly Brothers ("Walk Right Back") is 73 Ray Sawyer (Dr. Hook-- "Cover Of Rolling Stone") is also 73 Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio ("Tijuana Jail") is 76 The late Rick James (the original "Super Freak") is born in 1952 Mongo Santamaria ("Watermelon Man") dies in 2003 Diana Ross weds a Norwegian businessman (it lasts almost 14 years), 1986 Elvis Presley daughter, Lisa Marie, is born (exactly 9 months to the day after the King marries Priscilla), 1968 The Ca... Continue reading ...
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