Music Almanac: February 28

Cindy Wilson of the B-52's

Birthdays

• 1921 - Saul Zaentz (executive, Fantasy Records) (91)
• 1923 - Audrey Williams (d. 1975)
• 1939 - John Fahey (d. 2001)
• 1940 - Joe South (72)
• 1941 - Marty Sanders (Jay & the Americans) (71)
• 1942 - Brian Jones (d. 1969)
• 1943 - Donny Iris (Wild Cherry) (69)
• 1943 - Barbara Acklin (d. 1998)
• 1945 - Ronnie Rosman (Tommy James & the Shondells) (67)
• 1952 - Eddie Manion (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes) (60)
• 1957 - Phil Gould (Level 42) (55)
• 1957 - Ian Stanley (Tears for Fears) (55)
• 1957 - Cindy Wilson (B-52's) (55)
• 1963 - Ian Brown (Stone Roses) (49)
• 1969 - Patrick Monahan (Train) (43)
• 1972 - Danny McCormack (Wildhearts) (40)
• 1977 - Jason Aldean (born Jason Williams) (35)
• 1985 - Fefe Dobson (27)

Deaths

• 1974 - Bobby Bloom - Suicide (28)
• 1985 - David Byron (Uriah Heep) - Alcohol related liver disease & seizures (38)
• 2005 - Chris Curtis (Searchers) (63)
• 2008 - Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) - Pneumonia (64)

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On This Day

• 1930 - Huddie Leadbetter (Leadbelly) began his last prison sentence in Angola, LA. He was pardoned four years later.
• 1959 - Cashbox magazine began using the red “bullet” to indicate records with the strongest upward movement.
• 1966 - The police were called when over 100 people barricaded themselves in Liverpool's Cavern Club. The club had announced it was going to close because of debts.
• 1970 - Matthew Fisher left Procol Harum.
• 1972 - Patti and George Harrison were injured in a car accident with Patti being unconscious for a number of days.
• 1977 - Ray Charles was attacked by an audience member who tried to strangle him with a rope.
• 1982 - Scott Gorham, guitarist for Thin Lizzy, collapsed during a stop on the band's European tour from a heroin withdrawal.
• 1986 - George Michael announce the break-up of Wham! over the coming summer.
• 1988 - k.d. lang performed at the closing of the Winter Olympics.
• 1991 - The Record Plant recording studios in Hollywood closed.
• 1991 - Los Angeles declares it Curtis Mayfield Day.
• 1994 - Eric Clapton played his 100th show at London's Royal Albert Hall.
• 1997 - Marion “Suge” Knight was sentenced to nine years in prison for perole violation.
• 2000 - Stan Penrige, who wrote the Kiss hit Beth, sues the group for unpaid royalties.
• 2005 - Michael Jackson's trial for child molestation opens.
• 2005 - A 24-year-old member of 50 Cent's entourage was shot during an interview with the rapper at a West Village radio station.
• 2008 - Boy George plead not guilty to a charge of imprisoning a male prostitute at his home.

Recorded

• 1989 - Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan (first session)

Released

• 1995 - Pieces of You - Jewel (debut album)

Awards

• 1984 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year, Male Pop Vocal, Male Rock Vocal - Beat It - Michael Jackson
• Album of the Year - Thriller - Michael Jackson
• Song of the Year - Every Breath You Take - Sting
• New Artist - Culture Club
• Female Pop Vocal - Flashdance...What a Feeling - Irene Cara
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Every Breath You Take - Police
• Female Rock Vocal - Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Synchronicity - Police
• Female R&B Vocal - Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan
• Male R&B Vocal - Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - Ain't Nobody - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
• Female Country Vocal - A Little Good News - Anne Murray
• Male Country Vocal - I.O.U. - Lee Greenwood
• Duo or Group Country Performance - The Closer You Get - Alabama
• Blues Traditional Record - Blues n' Jazz - B.B. King
• 1996 - Grammy Award
• Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Male Pop Vocal - Kiss From a Rose - Seal
• Album of the Year - Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
• New Artist - Hootie & the Blowfish
• Female Pop Vocal - No More I Love Yous - Annie Lennox
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Let Her Cry - Hootie & the Blowfish
• Female Rock Vocal - You Outghta Know - Alanis Morissette
• Male Rock Vocal - You Don't Know How It Feels - Tom Petty
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Run-Around - Blues Traveler
• Hard Rock Performance - Spin the Black Circle - Pearl Jam
• Rock Album - Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
• Metal Performance - Happiness in Slavery - Nine Inch Nails
• Female R&B Vocal - I Apologize - Anita Baker
• Male R&B Vocal - For Your Love - Stevie Wonder
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - Creep - TLC
• R&B Album - CrazySexyCool - TLC
• Rap Solo - Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
• Rap Duo or Group - I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need to Get By - Mary J. Blige & Method Man
• Rap Album - Poverty's Paradise - Naughty By Nature
• Female Country Vocal - Baby, Now That I've Found You - Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Male Country Vocal - Go Rest High On the Mountain - Vince Gill
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Here Comes the Rain - Mavericks
• Country Album - Woman in Me - Shania Twain
• Alternative Performance - MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
• Blues Traditional Album - Chill Out - John Lee Hooker
• Blues Contemporary Album - Slippin' In - Buddy Guy

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Music Almanac: February 27

Josh Groban

Birthdays

• 1927 - Guy Mitchell (d. 1999)
• 1936 - Chuck Glaser (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers) (76)
• 1948 - Eddie Gray (Tommy James & the Shondells) (64)
• 1950 - Robert Balderrama (? & the Mysterians) (62)
• 1951 - Steve Harley (Cockney Rebel) (61)
• 1952 - Kevin Raleigh (Michael Stanley Band) (60)
• 1954 - Neil Schon (Journey, Santana) (58)
• 1955 - Garry Christian (Christians) (57)
• 1955 - Peter Christopherson (Throbbing Gristle) (d. 2010)
• 1957 - Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) (55)
• 1960 - Johnny Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (55)
• 1960 - Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) (52)
• 1964 - Ewen Vernal (Deacon Blue) (48)
• 1964 - Derke McKenzie (Shamen) (48)
• 1971 - Chilli (born Rozonda Thomas) (TLC) (41)
• 1972 - Jeremy Dean (Nine Days) (40)
• 1973 - Peter Andre (39)
• 1973 - Roderick "Pooh" Clark (High-5) (39)
• 1980 - Bobby V (born Bobby Valentino) (32)
• 1981 - Josh Groban (31)

Deaths

• 1968 - Frankie Lymon (Teenagers) - Heroin overdose (25)

On This Day

• 1955 - Billboard announced that, for the first time, 45's were outselling 78's.
• 1970 - The Jefferson Airplane is fined $1,000 for using profanity during their show in Oklahoma City.
• 1976 - Mick Jagger was hospitalized with a respiratory infection.
• 1977 - Rolling Stone Keith Richards is arrested at the Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto for possession of heroin and cocaine.
• 1977 - Led Zeppelin is forced to cancel the first date of their world tour after Robert Plant develops tonsillitis.
• 1984 - A Pepsi commercial with the Jacksons debuts on MTV.
• 1990 - Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli told Time magazine “Musically, we're more talented than any Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney. Mick Jagger can't produce a sound. I'm the new Elvis."
• 1991 - James Brown is released from prison after serving two-years of a six-year sentence for resisting arrest after a car chase.
• 2001 - Carlos Santana returns to his boyhood home town of Autlan De Navarro, Mexico where he is presented with a plaque, he is given the key to the town and a street is named after him.
• 2002 - LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Robinson sue their former group, Destiny's Child, saying that the lyrics for Survivor have disparaging remarks against them.
• 2003 - Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington has emergency heart surgery.
• 2004 - Police were called to an Aspen, CO supermarket by a worker who saw a man in a mask. It turned out to be Michael Jackson.
• 2007 - Bobby Brown received 30 days in jail for $19,000 in unpaid child support.
• 2010 - Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy was named a spokesman for UNICEF.

Divorces

• 1974 - Cher and Sonny Bono (filed by Cher)

Recorded

• 1967 - Arnold Layne - Pink Floyd

Released

• 1954 - Secret Love - Moonglows (single)
• 1954 - Work With Me Annie - Royals (single)
• 1956 - Slippin' & Slidin'/Long Tall Sally - Little Richard (single)
• 2001 - Everyday - Dave Mathews Band

Awards

• 1980 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year - What a Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers
• Album of the Year, Male Pop Vocal - 52nd Street - Billy Joel
• Song of the Year - What a Fool Believes - Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald
• New Artist - Rickie Lee Jones
• Female Pop Vocal - I'll Never Love This Way Again - Dionne Warwick
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Minute by Minute - Doobie Brothers
• Female Rock Vocal - Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
• Male Rock Vocal - Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Heartache Tonight - Eagles
• Female R&B Vocal - Deja Vu - Dionne Warwick
• Male R&B Vocal - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - After the Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire
• Female Country Vocal - Blue Kentucky Girl - Emmylou Harris
• Male Country Vocal - The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
• Duo or Group Country Performance - The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band

Broadcasts

• 1960 - American Bandstand (ABC) - Miracles (first TV appearance)
• 1964 - Top of the Pops (BBC) - Rolling Stones (2nd appearance)
• 2000 - The Beach Boys (ABC) (Made for TV biopic)

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Music Almanac: February 24

George Thorogood

Birthdays

• 1932 - Michel Legrand (80)
• 1933 - David "Fathead" Newman (d. 2009)
• 1941 - Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost) (71)
• 1942 - Paul Jones (born Paul Pond) (Manfred Mann) (70)
• 1943 - George Harrison (d. 2001)
• 1944 - Nicki Hopkins (d. 1994)
• 1947 - Rupert Holmes (65)
• 1947 - Lonnie Turner (Steve Miller Band) (65)
• 1948 - Tim Staffell (Smile) (64)
• 1950 - George Thorogood (62)
• 1955 - Bob Abrams (Buckinghams) (57)
• 1958 - Sammy Kershaw (54)
• 1959 - Colin Farley (Cutting Crew) (53)
• 1962 - Michele Shocked (50)
• 1974 - Chad Hugo (The Neptunes) (38)
• 1976 - Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio) (36)

Deaths

• 1990 - Johnnie Ray - Liver failure (63)
• 1991 - Webb Pierce - Pancreatic cancer (69)
• 1994 - Dinah Shore - Ovarian cancer (77)
• 2004 - Estelle Axton (co-founder of Stax Records (85)
• 2005 - Goldie Hill - Cancer (72)

On This Day

• 1956 - Cleveland, OH used an ordinance from 1931 to stop people under the age of 18 from dancing in public.
• 1965 - The first full day of filming on the Beatles' film Help!
• 1967 - The Bee Gees signed a management deal with Robert Stigwood.
• 1969 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience played London's Royal Albert Hall. It was the last appearance for Hendrix in the U.K.
• 1973 - The Byrds performed their final show in Passaic, NJ.
• 1976 - The Eagles' Greatest Hits became the first album to be certified platinum by the RIAA.
• 1988 - Alice Cooper announces he is running for governor of Arizona.
• 1990 - Bob Dylan joins Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and David Crosby on stage at a tribute to Roy Orbison to sing Mr. Tambourine Man.
• 1998 - Elton John received his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth.
• 1998 - Virgin Records America sued the Smashing Pumpkins for breach of contract and non-delivery of albums.
• 2000 - Georgie Fame lost his driver's license for a year after being charged with drunk driving.
• 2002 - Bon Jovi, Kiss, Christina Aguilera, N Sync and Moby perform at the closing ceremonies for the Winter Olympics.
• 2004 - Janet Jackson was dropped from a Lena Horne biopic after the singer objected to Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl.
• 2004 - Eminem sued Apple after they used his Lose Yourself in their iPod advertisements.
• 2010 - Natavia Lowry was convicted in the murder of Ramones manager Linda Stein.
• 2011 - Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Jamie Foxx, Sheryl Crow and Nick Jonas saluted Motown at the White House.

Marriages

• 1992 - Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love

Recorded

• 1957 - That'll Be the Day - Buddy Holly (new version)
• 1965 - Help Me Rhonda - Beach Boys
• 1969 - At San Quentin - Johnny Cash

Released

• 1975 - Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin

Awards

• 1982 - Brit Awards
• Best Selling Album - Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam Ant
• Female Solo Artist - Toyah
• Male Solo Artist - Cliff Richard
• Group - Police
• Breakthrough Act - Human League
• Outstanding Contribution - John Lennon
• 1982 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year - Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
• Album of the Year - Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
• Song of the Year - Bette Davis Eyes - Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (Kim Carnes)
• New Artist - Sheena Easton
• Female Pop Vocal - The Lady and Her Music - Lena Horne
• Male Pop Vocal - Breakin' Away - Al Jarreau
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - The Boy From New York City - Manhattan Transfer
• Female Rock Vocal - Fire & Ice - Pat Benatar
• Male Rock Vocal - Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Don't Stand So Close to Me - Police
• Female R&B Vocal - Hold On, I'm Comin' - Aretha Franklin
• Male R&B Vocal - One Hundred Ways - James Ingram
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - The Dude - Quincy Jones
• Female Country Vocal - 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
• Male Country Vocal - (There's) No Gettin' Over Me - Ronnie Milsap
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys
• 1987 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year, Male Pop Vocal - Higher Love - Steve Winwood
• Album of the Year - Graceland - Paul Simon
• Song of the Year - That's What Friends Are For - Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
• New Artist - Bruce Hornsby & the Range
• Female Pop Vocal - The Broadway Album - Barbra Streisand
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder
• Female Rock Vocal - Back Where You Started - Tina Turner
• Male Rock Vocal - Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Missionary Man - Eurythmics
• Female R&B Vocal - Rapture - Anita Baker
• Male R&B Vocal - Living in America - James Brown
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - Kiss - Prince & the Revolution
• Female Country Vocal - Whoever's in New England - Reba McEntire
• Male Country Vocal - Lost in the Fifties Tonight - Ronnie Milsap
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days) - Judds
• Traditional Blues Album - Showdown! - Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland & Robert Cray
• 1993 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year, Male Pop Vocal - Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
• Album of the Year, Male Rock Solo Vocal - Unplugged - Eric Clapton
• Song of the Year - Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton & Will Jennings
• New Artist - Arrested Development
• Female Pop Vocal - Constant Craving - k.d. lang
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Beauty and the Beast - Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson
• Female Rock Solo Vocal - Ain't It Heavy - Melissa Etheridge
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Achtung Baby - U2
• Hard Rock Performance - Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Metal Performance - Wish - Nine Inch Nails
• Female R&B Vocal - The Woman I Am - Chaka Khan
• Male R&B Vocal - Heaven and Earth - Al Jarreau
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - End of the Road - Boyz II Men
• Rap Solo - Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-Lot
• Rap Performance Duo or Group - Tennessee - Arrested Development
• Female Country Vocal - I Feel Lucky - Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Male Country Vocal - I Still Believe in You - Vince Gill
• Duo or Group Country Performance - At the Ryman - Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers
• Alternative Album - Bone Machine - Tom Waits
• Blues Traditional Album - Goin' Back to New Orleans - Dr. John
• Blues Contemporary Blues Album - The Sky is Crying - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
• 1997 - Brit Awards
• British Male - George Michael
• British Female - Gabrielle
• British Group - Manic Street Preachers
• British Breakthrough - Kula Shaker
• British Single - Wannabe - Spice Girls
• British Album - Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
• British Video - Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls
• International Male - Beck
• International Female - Sheryl Crow
• International Group - Fugees
• International Breakthrough Act - Robert Miles
• Outstanding Contribution - Bee Gees
• 1998 - Orville E. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
• John Fogerty
• 1999 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year, Female Pop Vocal - My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
• Album of the Year, R&B Album - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
• Song of the Year - My Heart Will Go On - James Horner & Will Jennings
• New Artist - Lauryn Hill
• Male Pop Vocal - My Father's Eyes - Eric Clapton
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Jump Jive an' Wail - Brian Setzer Orchestra
• Female Rock Solo Vocal - Uninvited - Alanis Morissette
• Male Rock Solo Vocal - Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Pink - Aerosmith
• Hard Rock Performance - Most High - Robert Plant & Jimmy Page
• Metal Performance - Better Than You - Metallica
• Rock Album - The Globe Sessions - Sheryl Crow
• Alternative Performance - Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys
• Female R&B Vocal - Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
• Male R&B Vocal - St. Louis Blues - Stevie Wonder
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - The Boy is Mine - Brandy & Monica
• Rap Solo - Gettin' Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith
• Rap Performance Duo or Group - Intergalactic - Beastie Boys
• Rap Album - Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z
• Female Country Vocal - You're Still the One - Shania Twain
• Male Country Vocal - If You Ever Have Forever in Mind - Vince Gill
• Duo or Group Country Performance - There's Your Trouble - Dixie Chicks
• Country Album - Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks
• Blues Traditional Album - Any Place I'm Going - Otis Rush
• Blues Contemporary Blues Album - Slow Down - Keb' Mo'

Broadcasts

• 1964 - Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) - Beatles (3rd appearance)
• 1978 - The Second Barry Manilow Special (ABC)
• 1980 - Harper Valley P.T.A. (NBC) (based on Jeanie C. Riley's 1968 hit)

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Music Almanac: February 22

James Blunt

Birthdays

• 1933 - Louise Lopez (Odyssey) (79)
• 1936 - Ernie K-Doe (born Ernest Kador, Jr.) (d. 2001)
• 1938 - Bobby Hendricks (Drifters, Swallows) (74)
• 1942 - Robert Edwards (Intruders) (70)
• 1944 - Mick Green (Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas) (d. 2010)
• 1945 - Oliver (born William Oliver Swofford) (d. 2000)
• 1953 - John B. Sparks (Dr. Feelgood) (59)
• 1953 - Graham Lewis (Wire) (59)
• 1962 - Michael Wilton (Queensryche) (50)
• 1968 - Bradley Nowell (Sublime) (d. 1996)
• 1973 - Scott Phillips (Creed, Alter Bridge) (39)
• 1974 - James Blunt (38)
• 1979 - Tom Higgenson (Plain White T's) (33)

Deaths

• 1976 - Florence Ballard (Supremes) - Cardiac arrest (32)
• 1987 - Andy Warhol (artist, producer (Velvet Underground)) - Post operative cardiac arrhythmia (58)
• 1994 - Papa John Creach - Pneumonia after a heart attack (76)
• 2001 - John Fahey - Complications from bypass surgery (61)

On This Day

• 1963 - The Beatles formed Northern Music Publishing Company.
• 1965 - Filming for the Beatles movie Help! began in the Bahamas.
• 1968 - Johnny Cash proposed to June Carter on stage during a show in London, Ontario
• 1969 - Flatt & Scruggs made their final appearance together at the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1978 - The Police die their hair blonde for a Wrigley's chewing gum commercial.
• 1978 - Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen were arrested in New York for drug possession.
• 1979 - Journey became one of the first rock groups to enter a sponsorship deal with a company, in this case Budweiser.
• 1988 - Stevie Wonder was given the MusiCares Person of the Year award.
• 1993 - Bruce Dickinson left Iron Maiden for a solo career. He came back six years later.
• 1999 - Jimmy Chamberlin announced he was returning to Smashing Pumpkins.
• 2000 - Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and Lauryn Hill join together at an L.A. church to salute the late Curtis Mayfield.
• 2002 - Little Richard received the NAACP Image Award. He also announces his retirement.
• 2004 - Bobby Vinton collapsed during a concert in Lancaster, PA. He was revived backstage and refused hospitalization.
• 2005 - The Queens of the Stone Age had to call off a European tour when Josh Homme came down with a serious lung infection.
• 2005 - Brian “Head” Welch left Korn.
• 2005 - Blink-182 went on an “indefinite hiatus.”
• 2006 - Sheryl Crow had surgery for breast cancer.

Marriages

• 2003 - Cerys Matthews (Catatonia) and Seth Riddle (producer)

Recorded

• 1951 - Don't You Know I Love You - Clovers
• 1969 - Abbey Road - Beatles (first session)
• 1971 - Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys (first session for Rebel Records)

Released

• 1968 - The Silent Sun - Genesis (debut single)
• 1993 - Pablo Honey - Radiohead (debut album)

Awards

• 1989 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Male Pop Vocal - Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
• Album of the Year - Faith - George Michael
• New Artist - Tracy Chapman
• Female Pop Vocal - Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Brasil - Manhattan Transfer
• Female Rock Vocal - Tina Live in Europe - Tina Turner
• Male Rock Vocal - Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Desire - U2
• Hard Rock/Metal Performance - Crest of the Knave - Jethro Tull
• Female R&B Vocal - Giving You the Best That I've Got - Anita Baker
• Male R&B Vocal - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby - Terence Trent D'Arby
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - Love Overboard - Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Rap Performance - Parents Just Don't Understand - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
• Female Country Vocal - Hold Me - K.T. Oslin
• Male Country Vocal - Old 8x10 - Randy Travis
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Give a Little Love - Judds
• Blues Traditional Album - Hidden Charms - Willie Dixon
• Blues Contemporary Blues Album - Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - Robert Cray Band

Broadcasts

• 1986 - Monkees Marathon (MTV) - 20th anniversary of show including airing of all 45 episodes of their series.

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Music Almanac: February 21

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Birthdays

• 1927 - Don Reno (d. 1984)
• 1933 - Nina Simone (d. 2003)
• 1943 - David Geffin (69)
• 1948 - Paul Newton (Uriah Heep) (64)
• 1949 - Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) (63)
• 1951 - Vince Welnick (Tubes) (d. 2006)
• 1952 - Jean-Jacques Burnel (Stranglers) (60)
• 1958 - Mary Chapin Carpenter (54)
• 1960 - Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate) (52)
• 1961 - Ranking Roger (born Roger Charlery) (English Beat) (51)
• 1966 - Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) (46)
• 1966 - Wendy James (Transvision Vamp) (46)
• 1967 - Michael Ward (Wallflowers) (45)
• 1969 - James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers) (43)
• 1970 - Eric Wilson (Sublime) (42)
• 1975 - Wish Bone (born Charles Schruggs) (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) (37)
• 1986 - Charlotte Church (26)

Deaths

• 1980 - Jacob Miller (Inner Circle) - Car accident (27)
• 1980 - Janet Vogel (Skyliners) - Suicide (37)
• 1982 - Murray the K (DJ) - Cancer (60)
• 2001 - Ronnie Hilton - Stroke (75)
• 2001 - Malcolm Yelvington (82)
• 2003 - Tom Glazer (88)
• 2004 - Les Gray (Mud) - Heart attack (57)

On This Day

• 1958 - The first Gibson Flying V Guitar was shipped.
• 1964 - Billy Joel joined the New York band The Echoes.
• 1968 - McGraw-Hill wins the publishing rights for the book The Beatles by Hunter Davies.
• 1981 - Boxcar Willie joined the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1987 - Sly Stone was jailed on drug charges.
• 1995 - Bruce Springsteen performed with the E-Street Band for the first time in seven years.
• 2001 - Robbie Williams was thrown from the stage during a concert in Stuttgart, Germany by a man who was arrested and taken to a psychiatric clinic.
• 2001 - Tom Morello denied that Chris Cornell was the new lead singer of Rage Against the Machine (even though it turned out to be true).
• 2002 - Elton John said the music industry was doing a disservice to young talent by using too many manufactured groups.
• 2002 - Venezuelan actor Juan carlos Diaz, who had been accused of stalking Gloria and Emilio Estefan, was arrested for trespassing on their estate.
• 2008 - A record collector in the U.S. sold his three-million albums, singles and CDs to an Irish man for over $3 million.
• 2009 - Some of James Brown's personal items were put on display at South Carolina State University.
• 2009 - Rihanna thanked her fans for their support during her recovery from the attack prior to the Grammys allegedly by Chris Brown.
• 2011 - The Monkees announced their 45th anniversary tour featuring Mickey Dolenz, Davey Jones and Peter Tork.

Released

• 1964 - Not Fade Away - Rolling Stones
• 1964 - Just One Look - Hollies
• 1964 - Little Children - Billy J. Kramer

Awards

• 1990 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year - Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
• Album of the Year, Female Rock Vocal - Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
• Song of the Year - Wind Beneath My Wings - Jeff Silbar & Larry Henley (Bette Midler)
• New Artist - Milli Vanilli
• Female Pop Vocal - Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
• Male Pop Vocal - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You - Michael Bolton
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Don't Know Much - Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt
• Male Rock Vocal - The End of the Innocence - Don Henley
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1 - Traveling Wilburys
• Hard Rock Performance - Cult of Personality - Living Colour
• Metal Performance - One - Metallica
• Female R&B Vocal - Just Because - Anita Baker
• Male R&B Vocal - Every Little Step - Bobby Brown
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - Back to Life - Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler
• Rap Performance - Bust a Move - Young MC
• Female Country Vocal - Absolute Torch & Twang - k.d. lang
• Male Country Vocal - Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - Lyle Lovett
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume II - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Blues Traditional Album - I'm in the Mood - Bonnie Raitt & John Lee Hooker
• Blues Contemporary Blues Album - In Step - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
• 2001 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Rock Performance Duo or Group - Beautiful Day - U2
• Album of the Year - Two Against Nature - Steely Day
• New Artist - Shelby Lynn
• Female Pop Vocal - I Try - Macy Gray
• Male Pop Vocal - She Walks This Earth - Sting
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Cousin Dupree - Steely Dan
• Female Rock Vocal - There Goes the Neighborhood - Sheryl Crow
• Male Rock Vocal - Again - Lenny Kravitz
• Hard Rock Performance - Guerrilla Radio - Rage Against the Machine
• Metal Performance - Elite - Deftones
• Female R&B Vocal - He Wasn't Man Enough - Toni Braxton
• Male R&B Vocal - Untitled (How Does It Feel) - D'Angelo
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - Say My Name - Destiny's Child
• R&B Album - Voodoo - D'Angelo
• Rap Solo - The Real Slim Shady - Eminem
• Rap Performance Duo or Group - Forget About Dre - Dr. Dre and Eminem
• Rap Album - The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
• Female Country Vocal - Breathe - Faith Hill
• Male Country Vocal - i - Johnny Cash
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Cherokee Maiden - Asleep at the Wheel
• Country Album - Breathe - Faith Hill
• Alternative Album - Kid A - Radiohead
• Blues Traditional Album - Riding With the King - B.B. King & Eric Clapton
• Blues Contemporary Blues Album - Shoutin' in Key - Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band

Broadcasts

• 1970 - American Bandstand (ABC) - Jackson 5 (TV debut)
• 1977 - Neil Diamond concert (NBC)
• 1981 - Saturday Night Live (NBC) - Prince

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Music Almanac: February 20

Birthdays

• 1937 - Nancy Wilson (75)
• 1937 - David Ackles (d. 1999)
• 1940 - Barbara Ellis (Fleetwoods) (72)
• 1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie (71)
• 1942 - Charlie Gillett (writer, The Sound of the City) (d. 2010)
• 1944 - Lew Soloff (Blood, Sweat & Tears) (68)
• 1945 - Alan Hull (Lindifarne) (d. 1995)
• 1946 - Jerome Geils (J. Geils Band) (66)
• 1948 - Billy Zoom (born Tyson Kindell) (X) (64)
• 1950 - Walter Becker (Steely Dan) (62)
• 1951 - Kathie Baillie (Baillie & the Boys) (61)
• 1951 - Randy California (Spirit) (d. 1997)
• 1953 - Poison Ivy (born Kristy Wallace) (Cramps) (59)
• 1954 - Claire Lynch (58)
• 1955 - Jon Brant (Cheap Trick) (57)
• 1960 - Robert Boustead (King Kurt) (52)
• 1960 - Kee Marcello (Europe) (52)
• 1963 - Ian Brown (Stone Roses) (49)
• 1967 - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) (d. 1994)
• 1972 - Neil Primrose (Travis) (40)
• 1975 - Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys) (37)
• 1977 - Ed Graham (Darkness) (35)
• 1981 - Chris Thiele (Nickel Creek) (31)
• 1985 - Julia Vulkova (t.A.t.U.) (27)
• 1988 - Rihanna (born Robyn Fenty) (24)

Deaths

• 1998 - Bob McBride (Lighthouse) - Heart failure (51)
• 2003 - Ty Longley (Great White) - The Station nightclub fire (31)
• 2008 - Bobby Lee Trammell (Rockabilly singer, Arkansas state senator) (74)

On This Day

• 1960 - Jimi Hendrix made his live debut at a high school in Seattle, WA.
• 1969 - The film Goodbye Cream, shot at the group's 1968 farewell concert, debuts.
• 1969 - The X-rated film Candy premiers. One of the stars is Ringo Starr in his first non-music role.
• 1976 - The footprints of all four members of Kiss were implanted in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
• 1988 - Louis Armstrong, who passed away in 1971, has the highest debuting song in Billboard with What a Wonderful World.
• 1988 - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton perform together for the first time since their 1974 split.
• 1992 - Paula Abdul and Emilio Estevez announced their engagement.
• 1998 - The first of two concerts honoring the late-Nicolette Larson is held.
• 2002 - James Brown was found not guilty of sexually harassing a former employee; however, he was found guilty of wrongful termination and ordered to pay the ex-employee $40,000.
• 2003 - 99 people were killed in a fire at the West Warwick, RI nightclub The Station. Sparks from a pyrotechnics display by Great White caused the fire. The group's guitarist, Ty Longley, was one of the victims.
• 2004 - Brian Wilson kicked off a four-night run at London's Royal Albert Hall playing the Smile album.
• 2005 - Edwyn Collins was rushed to a hospital with a brain hemorrhage.
• 2007 - Britney Spears opened a U.S. tour in Houston, TX.

Marriages

• 1965 - Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton
• 1982 - Pat Benatar married Neil Giraldo.

Divorces

• 1974 - Cher and Sonny Bono (Cher filed)
• 2008 - Pink and Carey Hart (separated)

Recorded

• 1964 -  Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys

Released

• 1970 - Instant Karma - Plastic Ono Band

Awards

• 1991 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year - Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
• Album of the Year - Back on the Block - Quincy Jones
• Song of the Year - From a Distance - Julie Gold (Bette Midler)
• New Artist - Mariah Carey
• Female Pop Vocal - Vision of Love - Mariah Cary
• Male Pop Vocal - Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - All My Life - Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt
• Female Rock Vocal - Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
• Male Rock Vocal - Bad Love - Eric Clapton
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Janie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith
• Hard Rock Performance - Time's Up - Living Colour
• Metal Performance - Stone Cold Crazy - Metallica
• Female R&B Vocal - Compositions - Anita Baker
• Male R&B Vocal - Here and Now - Luther Vandross
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - I'll Be Good to You - Ray Charles & Chaka Khan
• Rap Solo - U Can't Touch This - M.C. Hammer
• Rap Performance Duo or Group - Back to the Block - Big Daddy Kane, Ice T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Quincy D. III & Quincy Jones
• Female Country Vocal - Where've You Been - Kathy Mattea
• Male Country Vocal - When I Call Your Name - Vince Gill
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Pickin' on Nashville - Kentucky Headhunters
• Blues Traditional Album - Live at San Quentin - B.B. King
• Blues Contemporary Blues Album - Family Style - Jimmy Vaughan & Stevie Ray Vaughan
• 2002 - Brit Awards
• British Male - Robbie Williams
• British Female - Dido
• British Group - Travis
• British Breakthrough - Blue
• British Single - Don't Stop Movin' - S Club 7
• British Album - No Angel - Dido
• British Video - 21 Seconds - So Solid Crew
• International Male - Shaggy
• International Female - Kylie Minogue
• International Group - Destiny's Child
• International Breakthrough - Strokes
• International Album - Fever - Kylie Minogue
• Outstanding Contribution - Sting
• 2003 - Brit Awards
• British Male - Robbie Williams
• British Female - Ms. Dynamite
• British Group - Coldplay
• British Breakthrough - Will Young
• British Single - Just a Little - Liberty X
• British Album - A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
• International Male - Eminem
• International Female - Pink
• International Group - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• International Breakthrough - Norah Jones
• International Album - The Eminem Show - Eminem
• Lifetime Achievement Award - Tom Jones
• 2008 - Brit Awards
• British Male - Mark Ronson
• British Female - Kate Nash
• British Group - Arctic Monkeys
• British Breakthrough - Mika
• British Single - Shine - Take That
• British Album - Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
• International Male - Kanye West
• International Female - Kylie Minogue
• International Group - Foo Fighters
• International Album - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
• Outstanding Contribution - Sir Paul McCartney

Broadcasts

• 1949 - Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet - Ricky Nelson (joined the cast of his parents' radio show)

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Music Almanac: February 17

Billie Joe Armstrong

Birthdays

• 1902 - Orville "Hoppy" Jones (Ink Spots) (d. 1944)
• 1922 - Tommy Edwards (d. 1969)
• 1925 or 1933 - Bobby Lewis (79 or 87)
• 1935 - Johnny Bush (77)
• 1937 - Mickey McGill (Dells) (75)
• 1938 - Buck Trent (inventor electric banjo) (74)
• 1939 - John Leyton (73)
• 1941 - Gene Pitney (d. 2006)
• 1949 - Fred Firth (Henry Cow) (63)
• 1950 - Rick Medlocke (Blackfoot, Lynyrd Skynyrd) (62)
• 1952 - Bruce Ruffin (60)
• 1954 - Lou Ann Barton (58)
• 1957 - Loreena McKennitt (55)
• 1965 - Samuel Bayer (video director (Smells Like Teen Spirit, No Rain, American Idiot) (47)
• 1966 - Melissa Brooke Bellard (Voice of the Beehive) (46)
• 1967 - Chanté Moore (45)
• 1970 - Tim Mahoney (311) (42)
• 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) (40)
• 1972 - Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) (40)
• 1974 - Bryan White (38)
• 1981 - John Hassall (Libertines) (31)

Deaths

• 1982 - Jazz great Thelonious Monk - Stroke (64)
• 1998 - Songwriter Bob Merrill (How Much is That Doggie in the Window, People) committed suicide.
• 2006 - Ray Barretto - Heart failure (76)

On This Day

• 1955 - Little Richard submitted an audition tape to Specialty Records.
• 1960 - Elvis Presley received his first gold album for Elvis.
• 1960 - The Everly Brothers signed with Warner Brothers Records for $1 million
• 1964 - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass put on their first concert in Los Angeles.
• 1965 - Tennessee Waltz was named the Tennessee state song.
• 1970 - Joni Mitchell announced that she was retiring from live performing. She was back to it by the end of the year.
• 1970 - Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees opened in London's West End in Sing a Rude Song.
• 1972 - Radio stations KDAY in Los Angeles played two stolen Rolling Stone songs over-and-over for a day.
• 1976 - Bette Midler is named Woman of the Year by the Harvard Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society.
• 1979 - The Clash opened the U.S. leg of their Pearl Harbor '79 Tour in New York.
• 2001 - Brad Paisley joined the Grand Ole Opry.
• 2003 - Lou Pearlman, the man behind the Backstreet Boys and, later, *NSYNC, was accused in Florida of getting actors and singers to pay up front for appearing on his company's website while promising to help them find work.
• 2005 - Franz Ferdinand became the first artist to win the British Mercury Music Prize, Brit Awards and NME Awards in the same year.

Marriages

• 1989 - David Coverdale of Whitesnake and Twany Kitaen were married.
• 2006 - Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood

Divorces

• 2007 - Hank Williams, Jr. and Mary Jane (filed)

Recorded

• 1966 - Good Vibrations - Beach Boys (Brian Wilson started working on the recording)
• 1969 - Girl From the North Country - Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash

Released

• 1975 - High Voltage - AC/DC (debut album)
• 1976 - Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - Eagles
• 1998 - Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (debut album)

Awards

• 2004 - Brit Awards
• British Male - Daniel Bedingfield
• British Female - Dido
• British Group, British Rock Act - Darkness
• British Breakthrough Act - Busted
• British Pop Act - Busted
• British Urban Act - Lemar
• British Dance Act - Basement Jaxx
• British Single - White Flag - Dido
• British Album - Permission to Land - Darkness
• International Male - Justin Timberlake
• International Female - Beyonce
• International Group - White Stripes
• International Breakthrough Act - 50 Cent
• International Album - Justified - Justin Timberlake
• Outstanding Contribution - Duran Duran

Broadcasts

• 1971 -  Johnny Cash Show - James Taylor (TV debut)
• 1979 - Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion had its first broadcast as part of NPR's Folk Festival America.
• 1990 -  Saturday Night Live - Aerosmith (Wayne's World sketch)

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Music Almanac: February 16

Ice-T

Birthdays

• 1914 - Jimmy Wakeley (d. 1982)
• 1916 - Bill Doggett (d. 1996)
• 1918 - Patty Andrews (Andrews Sisters) (94)
• 1931 - Otis Blackwell (d. 2002)
• 1934 - Hal Kalin (Kalin Twins) (d. 2005)
• 1934 - Herbert Kalin (Kalin Twins) (d. 2006)
• 1934 - Ted Taylor (Cadets, Jacks) (d. 1987)
• 1935 - Sonny Bono (d. 1998)
• 1949 - Lyn Paul (New Seekers) (63)
• 1953 - Acklee King (Jr. Walker & the All-Stars) (59)
• 1956 - James Ingram (56)
• 1958 - Ice-T (born Tracy Morrow) (54)
• 1961 - Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) (51)
• 1962 - John Balance (Coil) (50)
• 1962 - Tony Kylie (Blow Monkeys) (50)
• 1965 - Dave Lombardo (Slayer) (47)
• 1967 - Damon Reece (Spiritualized, Echo & the Bunnymen) (45)
• 1977 - Brad Walst (Three Days Grace) (35)
• 1982 - Lupe Fiasco (born Wasalu Jaco) (30)

Deaths

• 1996 - Walter "Brownie" McGhee - Stomach cancer (80)
• 2004 - Doris Troy - Emphysema (67)
• 2008 - Charlie Ryan (93)
• 2008 - Bobby Lord (74)

On This Day

• 1968 - The city of Detroit declares it Aretha Franklin Day.
• 1971 - The Rolling Stones are sued by the Hell's Angels who say that their privacy was invaded by showing the fatal attack at Altamont in the documentary Gimme Shelter.
• 1972 - Led Zeppelin made their Australian live debut.
• 1972 - Ricky Nelson started his first British tour.
• 1972 - Charlie Watts' wife was arrested at Nice Airport after an altercation with a customs official.
• 1974 - Bob Dylan hit the top of the Album chart for the first time in his career with Planet Waves.
• 1974 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer were arrested in Salt Lake City for swimming naked in their hotel pool.
• 1975 - Marty Robbins was involved in a crash at the Daytona 500.
• 1984 - Jerry Lee Lewis surrenders to face charges of tax evasion (he is acquitted).
• 1988 - Billy Vera received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1990 - Ike Turner is sent to prison for four years on cocaine charges.
• 1993 - Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan, Kenny Jones and Bill Wyman (in for Ronnie Lane) reunite as Faces for the Brit Awards.
• 1999 - Ol' Dirty Bastard was arrested for wearing body armor after being stopped for a traffic infraction.
• 2002 - George Michael's house was robbed of $170,000 worth of paintings.  The robbers drove away in Michael's Aston Martin D87.
• 2005 - Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) was awarded an undisclosed amount from both The Sunday Times and the Sun in Britain after they had falsely reported that he was a terrorist.
• 2005 - Kid Rock was arrested in Nashville for allegedly punching a DJ at a strip club.
• 2006 - Elton John was awarded an undisclosed amount after suing Britain's Daily Mail over a false story.
• 2007 - The infamous incident where Britney Spears shaved her head, caught in detail by the paparazzi.
• 2009 - Trent Reznor said that the upcoming Nine Inch Nails tour would be the last “for a while.”

Marriages

• 1963 - Paul Anka and Marie Ann Alison Dezogheb
• 1969 - George Jones and Tammy Wynette

Divorces

• 2007 - Terri Clark and Greg Kaczor (filed)

Recorded

• 1971 - Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin
• 1971 - Man in Black - Johnny Cash

Awards

• 1993 - Brit Awards
• British Male - Mick Hucknall
• British Female - Annie Lennox
• British Group - Simply Red
• British Breakthrough Act - Tasmin Archer
• British Single - Could It Be Magic - Take That
• British Album - Diva - Annie Lennox
• British Video - Stay - Shakespear's Sister
• British Producer - Peter Gabriel
• International Solo Artist - Prince
• International Breakthrough Act - Nirvana
• International Group - R.E.M.
• Outstanding Contribution - Rod Stewart
• 1999 - Brit Awards
• British Male - Robbie Williams
• British Female - Des'ree
• British Group - Manic Street Preachers
• British Breakthrough Act - Belle & Sebastian
• British Single - Angels - Robbie Williams
• British Album - This is My Truth, Tell Me Yours - Manic Street Preachers
• British Video - Millennium - Robbie Williams
• International Male - Beck
• International Female, International Breakthrough Act - Natalie Imbruglia
• International Group - Corrs
• Outstanding Contribution - Eurythmics
• 2010 - Brit Awards
• British Male - Dizzee Rascal
• British Female - Lily Allen
• British Group - Kasabian
• British Newcomer - JLS
• British Single - Beat Again - JLS
• British Album - Lungs - Florence & the Machine
• International Male - Jay-Z
• International Female, International Newcomer - Lady Gaga
• International Album - The Fame - Lady Gaga
• Outstanding Contribution - Robbie Williams

Broadcasts

• 1964 - Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) - Beatles (Second appearance)
• 1972 - Mike Douglas Show - John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Chuck Berry
• 1986 - The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (NBC) - Johnny Cash and Kris Kristopherson

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Music Almanac: February 15

Melissa Manchester

Birthdays

• 1918 - Hank Locklin (d. 2009)
• 1941 - Brian Holland (Holland-Dozier-Holland) (71)
• 1942 - Glyn Johns (audio engineer & producer) (70)
• 1944 - Mick Avory (Kinks) (68)
• 1945 - John Helliwell (Supertramp) (67)
• 1950 - David Brown (Santana) (d. 2000)
• 1951 - Melissa Manchester (61)
• 1957 - Jake E. Lee (born Jake Williams) (Ozzy Osbourne) (55)
• 1959 - Ali Campbell (UB40) (53)
• 1960 - Mikey Craig (Culture Club) (52)
• 1963 - Andy Ginn (Perfect Stranger) (49)
• 1967 - Jane Child (45)
• 1969 - Birdman (born Bryan Williams) (43)
• 1974 - Stuart Richardson (Lostprophets) (38)
• 1976 - Brandon Boyd (Incubus) (36)
• 1976 - Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (Killers) (36)
• 1977 - Brooks Wackerman (Bad Religion) (35)
• 1980 - Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) (32)
• 1981 - Olivia (born Olivia Longott) (31)

Deaths

• 1965 - Nat King Cole - Lung cancer (45)
• 1968 - Little Walter (born Marion Jacobs) - Coronary thrombosis the morning after a bar fight (37)
• 1981 - Mike Bloomfield - Accidental heroin overdose (37)
• 1999 - Big L (born Lamont Coleman) - Drive-by shooting (24)

On This Day

• 1961 - Jackie Wilson was treated for a gunshot wound to the stomach after an altercation with a female fan.
• 1964 - Meet the Beatles! became the Fab Four's first number 1 album in the U.S.
• 1968 - John and Cynthia Lennon and George and Patti Harrison go to India to study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
• 1969 - Vickie Jones was arrested for impersonating Aretha Franklin at a Fort Myers, FL concert.
• 1970 - The Daughters of the American Revolution banned rock shows from Constitution Hall in Washington after a riot at a Sly & the Family Stone concert was touched off by the group being five hours late.
• 1976 - Bette Midler has to bail out members of her crew after they are arrested for cocaine and marijuana possession.
• 1977 - Glen Matlock was fired from the Sex Pistols. He was replaced by Sid Vicious.
• 1988 - Def Leppard cancelled a show in El Paso after Jo Elliott referred to the town as "the place with all those greasy Mexicans."
• 1991 - A $25 million palimony suit was filed against Rod Stewart by ex-girlfriend Kelly Emberg.
• 1998 - The Rolling Stones played the last show of their Bridges to Babylon tour in Las Vegas.
• 2001 - David Lee Roth sued VanHalenStore.com to stop them from selling products that have his image.
• 2001 - George Harrison took part in the first ever on-line chat on Yahoo Chat.
• 2002 - Tommy Lee was sued by the parents of a child who drowned in Lee's pool.
• 2002 - Waylon Jennings was laid to rest in Mesa, AZ.
• 2005 - Michael Jackson was taken to the hospital suffering from the flu. His trial on child molestation charges is put on hold.
• 2006 - The gravesite of Bon Scott of AC/DC was given heritage status.
• 2008 - Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was announced.

Recorded

• 1941 - Take the A Train - Duke Ellington (First version)
• 1954 - Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
• 1961 - Blue Moon - Marcels

Released

• 1965 -  Eight Days a Week - Beatles

Awards

• 1979 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year, Song of the Year - Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
• Album of the Year - Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
• New Artist - A Taste of Honey
• Female Pop Vocal - You Needed Me - Anne Murray
• Male Pop Vocal - Copacabana (At the Copa) - Barry Manilow
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Saturday Night Fever - Bee Gees
• Female R&B Vocal - Last Dance - Donna Summer
• Male R&B Vocal - On Broadway - George Benson
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - All 'n All - Earth, Wind & Fire
• Female Country Vocal - Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
• Male Country Vocal - Georgia On My Mind - Willie Nelson
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
• 1995 - ASCAP
• Voice of Music Award - Diane Warren

Broadcasts

• 1958 - Dick Clark Show (ABC) - Jerry Lee Lewis, Pat Boone and Connie Francis
• 1975 - Soul Train - Gino Vannelli (first time a white artist appeared on show)
• 1993 - The Tonight Show (NBC) - Duran Duran

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Music Almanac: February 14

Rob Thomas

Birthdays

• 1931 - Phyllis McGuire (McGuire Sisters) (81)
• 1937 - Magic Sam (born Samuel Maghett) (d. 1969)
• 1939 - Razzy Bailey (73)
• 1943 - Maceo Parker (69)
• 1943 - Eric Andersen (69)
• 1945 - Vic Briggs (Steampacket, the Animals) (67)
• 1946 - Doug Simril (Steve Miller Band, Boz Scaggs) (66)
• 1947 - Tim Buckley (d. 1975)
• 1950 - Roger Fisher (Heart) (62)
• 1951 - Kenny Hyslop (Slik, Skids, Simple Minds) (61)
• 1963 - D'wayne Wiggins (Tony! Toni! Tone!) (49)
• 1972 - Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty) (40)
• 1978 - Dwele (born Andwele Gardner) (34)
• 1988 - Asia Nitollano (Pussycat Dolls) (24)

Deaths

• 1989 - Vincent Crane (Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster) - Overdose of painkillers (45)
• 1994 - Gary B.B. Coleman (47)
• 1999 - Buddy Knox - Lung cancer (65)
• 1999 - Doug Weston (owner of L.A.s Troubadour) - Pneumonia (72)
• 2002 - Mick Tucker (Sweet) - Leukemia (54)
• 2010 - Doug Fieger (Knack) - Cancer (57)

On This Day

• 1953 - Al Silver started Herald Records who released music by the Mello-Kings, the Nutmegs and others.
• 1958 - The Iranian government bans rock-and-roll saying it is against the concepts of Islam.
• 1961 - The Platters sued Mercury Records when the label refused to release any records that weren't sung by ex-lead Tony Williams.
• 1968 - Frank Zappa announces he is working on two movies, Uncle Meat and a Japanese monster film.
• 1969 - Over 100 concert goers were injured at a show by Love Affair and Amen Corner in Glasgow, Scotland.
• 1972 - In Los Angeles, it was Steppenwolf Day.
• 1972 - Grease opened on Broadway.
• 1973 - David Bowie collapsed while performing at Radio City Music Hall.
• 1974 - The New Seekers split up.
• 1977 - The B-52's made their first public appearance in Athens, GA.
• 1977 - Janis Ian received 461 Valentine's Day cards after talking in the lyrics to At Seventeen about “Valentines that never came.”
• 1981 - Billy Idol went solo from his band Generation X.
• 1992 - The movie Wayne's World had its premier. The film included appearances by Meat Loaf and Alice Cooper and revived Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.
• 1995 - Tupac Shakur was sentenced to 1-1/2 to 4-1/2 years in prison for sexual abuse.
• 1998 - Madonna performed at New York's Roxy, her first club date in ten years.
• 1999 - The Deftones equipment was stolen from their truck in Dearborn, MI.
• 2000 - Kiss announce their farewell tour. It didn't take.
• 2001 - Prince treads into internet entrepreneurial endeavors with the opening of the NPGMusicClub.
• 2004 - Dave Holland of Judas Priest was sentenced to eight years in prison for indecent assault and attempted rape of a 17-year-old boy.

Marriages

• 1974 - Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille
• 1980 - Lou Reed and Sylvia Morales
• 1980 - Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) and Caroline Crowther
• 1984 - Elton John and Renate Blauer
• 1988 - Kathy Mattea and Jon Vezner
• 1992 - Jon Farris (INXS) and Leslie Bega
• 1994 - Jerry Garcia and Deborah Koons
• 1996 - Prince and Mayte Garcia
• 2008 - Liam Gallagher (Oasis) and Nicole Appleton (All Saints)

Recorded

• 1967 - Respect - Aretha Franklin
• 1970 - Live at Leeds - Who
• 1970 - The Fightin' Side of Me - Merle Haggard
• 1978 - Dire Straits started recording their first album.

Released

• 1963 - In Dreams - Roy Orbison (single)
• 2006 - Cowboys Are Secretly, Frequently (Fond of Each Other) - Willie Nelson (single)

Awards

• 1998 - NAACP Awards
• Entertainer of the Year - Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds
• 2006 - Brit Awards
• British Male - James Blunt
• British Female - K.T. Tunstall
• British Group - Kaiser Chiefs
• British Breakthrough Act - Artic Monkeys
• British Rock Act - Kaiser Chiefs
• British Urban Act - Lemar
• Pop Act - James Blunt
• British Single - Speed of Sound - Coldplay
• British Album - X & Y - Coldplay
• International Male - Kanye West
• International Female - Madonna
• International Group - Green Day
• International Breakthrough Act - Jack Johnson
• International Album - American Idiot - Green Day
• Outstanding Contribution - Paul Weller
• 2007 - Brit Awards
• British Male - James Morrison
• British Female - Amy Winehouse
• British Group - Arctic Monkeys
• British Breakthrough Act - Fratellis
• British Single - Patience - Take That
• British Album - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
• International Male - Justin Timberlake
• International Female - Nelly Furtado
• International Group - Killers
• International Breakthrough Act - Orson
• International Album - Sam's Town - Killers
• Outstanding Contribution - Oasis

Broadcasts

• 1964 - Patty Duke Show - Chad & Jeremy
• 1972 - Mike Douglas Show - John Lennon and Yoko Ono (first day of week as co-hosts)
• 1986 - Miami Vice (NBC) - Frank Zappa
• 1999 - The Simpsons (FOX) - Elton John
• 2001 - Barbra Streisand: Timeless (FOX)

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Music Almanac: February 13

Peter Gabriel

Birthdays

• 1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (d. 1991)
• 1920 - Boudleaux Bryant (songwriter, Bye Bye Love, All I Have to Do is Dream) (d. 1987)
• 1923 - Gene Ames (Ames Brothers) (d. 1997)
• 1927 - Jim McReynolds (Jim & Jesse) (d. 2002)
• 1928 - Dorothy McGuire (McGuire Sisters) (84)
• 1943 - Bill Szymczyk (Producer of Eagles, Who, B.B. King) (69)
• 1942 - Peter Tork (Monkees) (68)
• 1944 - Nathanial Mayer (d. 2008)
• 1945 - King Floyd (d. 2006)
• 1945 - Roy Dyke (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) (67)
• 1950 - Peter Gabriel (62)
• 1950 - Roger Christian (Christians) (d. 1998)
• 1948 - Rod Deas (Showaddywaddy) (64)
• 1952 - Ed Gagliardi (Foreigner) (60)
• 1955 - Scott Smith (Loverboy) (57)
• 1956 - Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order) (56)
• 1957 - Tony Butler (Big Country) (55)
• 1957 - Doris King (Girls Next Door) (55)
• 1958 - Marc Fox (Haircut 100) (54)
• 1961 - Henry Rollins (51)
• 1961 - Les Warner (Cult) (51)
• 1966 - Freedom Williams (C+C Music Factory) (46)
• 1971 - Sonia (41)
• 1974 - Robbie Williams (38)
• 1976 - Feist (born Leslie Feist) (36)
• 1978 - Hamish Glencross (My Dying Bride) (34)

Deaths

• 2002 - Waylon Jennings - Complications of diabetes (64)

On This Day

• 1914 - The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) was formed.
• 1961 - Frank Sinatra launched Reprise Records.
• 1967 - The Monkees announced that they would play all of their own instruments on their albums from now on.
• 1969 - A launch party for Mary Hopkin in London includes guests Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman and Donovan.
• 1972 - Led Zeppelin canceled a Singapore appearance after officials wouldn't let them off their plane, objecting to their long hair.
• 1974 - David Bowie turned down an offer to write the "Gay National Anthem" from the Gay Liberation group.
• 1978 - In Los Angeles, it was Al Green Day.
• 1980 - The home of John Lydon was raided by police but the only illegal item found was a canister of tear gas.
• 1981 - Island Records introduced the "one-plus-one" cassette with an album on one side and the other side blank for recording.
• 1981 - Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon becomes the longest running album in Billboard chart history (402 weeks).
• 1982 - The stone was stolen from Ronnie Van Zandt's grave. It was found two weeks later.
• 1983 - Marvin Gaye performed the National Anthem at the NBA All-Star Game.
• 1988 - Michael Jackson finalizes the deal to buy what would become Neverland Ranch.
• 1989 - Michael Jackson fired his manager after he tried to extort $60 million from the singer to not reveal his lifestyle tot he press.
• 1992 - Motley Crue said that Vince Neil was leaving the group.
• 1997 - Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe had Prince Michael Jackson, Jr.
• 2001 - Peter Frampton picked up the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the most important prizes in the guitar world.
• 2002 - Julian and Stephen Marley, sons of Bob Marley, were arrested in Florida for marijuana possession.
• 2003 - Australian police find stolen material from the Beatles White Album and Abbey Road sessions that were taken in 1969.
• 2004 - Black Cycle Motorcycle Club canceled the balance of their British Isles tour after guitarist Peter Hayes broke his thumb.
• 2007 - Rod Stewart was paid $1 million to play at billionaire Steve Schwarzman's birthday party in New York.

Recorded

• 1946 - Back in the Saddle Again - Gene Autrey
• 1965 - Count Me In - Gary Lewis
• 1969 - Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan

Released

• 1967 - Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane - Beatles (single)
• 1970 - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Debut album)
• 1976 - A Trick of the Tail - Genesis (First album after the departure of Peter Gabriel)

Awards

• 1989 - Brit Awards
• British Male Solo Artist - Phil Collins
• British Female Solo Artist - Annie Lennox
• British Group - Erasure
• British Breakthrough Act - Bros
• British Single - Perfect - Fairground Attractions
• British Album - The First of a Million Kisses - Fairground Attractions
• International Male - Michael Jackson
• International Female, International Breakthrough Act - Tracy Chapman
• International Group - U2
• Music Video - Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
• Outstanding Contribution - Cliff Richard
• 2005 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year - Here We Go Again - Ray Charles & Norah Jones
• Album of the Year - Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles & Various Artists
• Song of the Year - Daughters - John Mayer
• New Artist - Maroon 5
• Female Pop Vocal - Sunrise - Norah Jones
• Male Pop Vocal - Daughters - John Mayer
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
• Rock Solo Vocal - Code of Silence - Bruce Springsteen
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Vertigo - U2
• Hard Rock Performance - Slither - Velvet Revolver
• Metal Performance - Whiplash - Motorhead
• Female R&B Vocal - If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys
• Male R&B Vocal - Call My Name - Prince
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - My Boo - Usher Featuring Alicia Keys
• R&B Album - The Diary of Alicia Keys - Alecia Keys
• Rap Solo - 99 Problems - Jay-Z
• Rap Performance Duo or Group - Let's Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas
• Rap Album - The College Dropout - Kanye West
• Female Country Vocal - Redneck Woman - Gretchen Wilson
• Male Country Vocal - Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Top of the World - Dixie Chicks
• Country Album - Van Leer Rose - Loretta Lynn
• Alternative Album - A Ghost is Born - Wilco
• Blues Traditional Album - Blues to the Bone - Etta James
• Blues Contemporary Blues Album - Keep it Simple - Keb' Mo'
• 2011 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year - Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
• Album of the Year - The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
• Song of the Year - Need You Now - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hilary Scott
• New Artist - Esperanza Spalding
• Female Pop Vocal - Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
• Male Pop Vocal - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Hey, Soul Sister - Train
• Rock Solo Vocal - Helter Skelter - Paul McCartney
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Tighten Up - Black Keys
• Hard Rock Performance - New Fang - Them Crooked Vultures
• Metal Performance - El Dorado - Iron Maiden
• Female R&B Vocal - Bittersweet - Fantasia
• Male R&B Vocal - There Goes My Baby - Usher
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - Soldier of Love - Sade
• R&B Album - Wake Up! - John Legend & the Roots
• Rap Solo - Not Afraid - Eminem
• Rap Performance Duo or Group - On to the Next One - Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
• Rap Album - Recovery - Eminem
• Female Country Vocal - The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert
• Male Country Vocal - Til Summer Comes Around - Keith Urban
• Duo or Group Country Performance -  Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
• Country Album -  Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
• Alternative Album - Brothers - Black Keys
• Blues Traditional Album - Joined at the Hip - Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
• Blues Contemporary Blues Album - Living Proof - Buddy Guy

Broadcasts

• 1959 - American Bandstand - Skyliners
• 1965 - Bill Anderson's syndicated TV show debuted.
• 1966 - Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) - Rolling Stones

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Music Almanac: February 10

Robert Flack

Birthdays

• 1914 - Larry Adler (d. 2001)
• 1937 - Roberta Flack (75)
• 1937 - Don Wilson (Ventures) (75)
• 1940 - Jimmy Merchant (Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers) (72)
• 1943 - Ral Donner (d. 1984)
• 1944 - Peter Allen (d. 1992)
• 1944 - Clifford T. Ward (d. 2001)
• 1944 - Nathaniel Mayer (d. 2008)
• 1947 - Norman Harris (producer (Delfonics, Trammps, MFSB)) (d. 1987)
• 1949 - Nigel Olsson (Elton John) (63)
• 1958 - Robbie Nevil (54)
• 1960 - Lionel Cartwright (52)
• 1962 - Cliff Burton (Metallica) (d. 1986)
• 1977 - Rosanna Tavarez (Eden's Crush) (35)
• 1978 - Don Omar (34)
• 1979 - Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw) (33)

Deaths

• 1975 - Dave Alexander (Stooges) - Pulmonary Edema (27)
• 1986 - Art Satherley (country & blues producer, member of the Country Music Hall of Fame) (96)
• 2002 - Dave Van Ronk (65)
• 2006 - J Dilla (born James Yancy) - TTP (32)

On This Day

• 1942 - Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo-Choo became the first gold record recipient.
• 1955 - The movie Hired Guns starring Faron Young debuted.
• 1955 - The Louvin Brothers became members of the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1958 - The Annette series began running on the Mickey Mouse Club.
• 1972 - David Bowie opened his Ziggy Stardust Tour in London.
• 1974 - Phil Spector was in a serious car accident that led to his needing extensive plastic surgery.
• 1974 - Deep Purple opened a North American tour in Los Angeles
• 1976 - Elvis Presley became a police reserve in Memphis.
• 1990 - Eric Clapton completed his 18-night run at London's Royal Albert Hall.
• 1998 - Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses was charged with disorderly conduct after a fight with a baggage handler in Arizona.
• 1999 - Musician magazine stopped publication after 21 years.
• 2001 - Eminem was investigated for drug use after he appeared to take ecstasy during a show in Manchester.
• 2003 - The Rolling Stones play a free show in Los Angeles with help from Bill Clinton to raise awareness of global warming.
• 2004 - Diana Ross was given a sentence of two days in jail for a DUI charge.
• 2005 - Roger Daltrey was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
• 2011 - The video game series Guitar Hero was discontinued.

Marriages

• 1966 - Bob Marley and Rita Anderson (Soulettes)
• 2006 - Scott Stapp (Creed) and Jaclyn Nesheiwat

Recorded

• 1956 - Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
• 1973 - Ring Ring - ABBA
• 1977 - The Clash began recording their first album.

Released

• 1958 - The Fires Burn No More - Chesters (debut single - Would become Little Anthony & the Imperials)
• 1971 - Tapestry - Carole King
• 1976 - Dream On - Aerosmith (single, re-release)
• 1978 - Van Halen - Van Halen (debut album)
• 1978 - Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits (single)
• 1987 - Exposure - Expose (debut album)
• 2004 - The College Dropout - Kanye West (solo debut album)

Awards

• 2008 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Female Pop Vocal - Rehab - Amy Winehouse
• Album of the Year - River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock
• New Artist - Amy Winehouse
• Male Pop Vocal - What Goes Around Comes Around - Justin Timberlake
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
• Rock Solo Vocal - Gravity - Radio Nowhere - Bruce Springsteen
• Rock Performance Duo or Group, Alternative Album - Icky Thump - White Stripes
• Hard Rock Performance - The Pretender - Foo Fighters
• Metal Performance - Final Six - Slayer
• Female R&B Vocal - No One - Alicia Keys
• Male R&B Vocal - Future Baby Mama - Prince
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - Disrespectful - Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
• R&B Album - Funk This - Chaka Khan
• Rap Solo - Stronger - Kanye West
• Rap Performance Duo or Group - Southside - Common Featuring Kanye West
• Rap Album - Graduation - Kanye West
• Female Country Vocal - Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
• Male Country Vocal - Stupid Boy - Keith Urban
• Duo or Group Country Performance - How Long - Eagles
• Country Album - These Days - Vince Gill
• Blues Traditional Album - Last of the Great Mississippi Bluesmen: Live in Dallas - Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr., David Honeyboy Edwards
• Blues Contemporary Blues Album - The Road to Escondido - J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton

Broadcasts

• 1993 - Oprah Winfrey - Michael Jackson (first interview in 14 years)

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