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)