This Date In Music History-February 14

Welcome to a special Valentines edition of This Date In Music History!

They Got Hitched:

In 2008, Oasis singer Liam Gallagher married his long-term partner, the ex-All Saints singer Nicole Appleton at a civil ceremony in London.

In 1996, Prince (or a symbol of him) married Mayte Garcia in a Minneapolis church, he also composed a special song for his wife, “Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife,” which she heard for the first time when they had their first wedding dance. The couple split in 1998.

In 1980, Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott married Caroline Crowther.

Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia married moviemaker Deborah Koons in 1994.

Jon Farriss (INXS) married actress Leslie Bega in 1992.

In 1984, Elton John married recording engineer Renate Blauer (a female) in Sydney, Australia. The couple divorced three years later. Ya Think?

Mike Barson (Madness) married his girlfriend Sandra in 1981.

Lou Reed married Sylvia Morales in 1980.

In 1974, Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille (Captain And Tennille) married in Virginia City.

Awwwww- In 1977, US singer songwriter Janis Ian received 461 Valentine's day cards after indicating in the lyrics of her song “At Seventeen,” she had never received any.

Awwww-2- In 1998, T.G. Sheppard was best man for 35 different bridegrooms at a hotel in Las Vegas. The event was held for the winners of a national radio promotion for Sheppard's song "She's Gettin' the Rock."


Birthdays:

Phyllis McGuire- McGuire Sisters is 78.

Saxophonist Maceo Parker, one of James Brown's most acclaimed sidemen, was born in 1943.

Rob Thomas- Matchbox 20 (1972)

Ice- T (1959)


They Are Missed:

In 1989, Vincent Crane, former keyboardist for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, died of an overdose of painkillers. His work can be heard on Brown's biggest hit, "Fire.”

Buddy Knox, who scored a #1 hit in 1957 with "Party Doll,” died in 1999 (age 65).

Blues guitarist "Magic" Sam Maghett was born in 1937 (died Dec. 1969). His delirious guitar playing helped define the modern Chicago blues sound in the mid-60s.

Multi-octaved singer Tim Buckley was born in 1947. Before his tragic overdose in 1975, he fathered Jeff Buckley, who went on to develop a devoted following of his own before drowning at the age of 30.

Mick Ticker, drummer with glam rockers the Sweet ("Fox on the Run") died in 2002 (age 52).


History:

In 1992, Wayne's World, the motion picture starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, with a brief cameo appearance from Meat Loaf, opened in movie theaters across the US. The soundtrack included cuts from Queen, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix.

Neil Diamond recorded "Cherry Cherry" in 1966.

The Who recorded their "Live At Leeds" album in Yorkshire, England in 1970.

In 1958, CBS television anchor Walter Cronkite reported that the Iranian government had banned rock & roll because it is against the concepts of Islam and also a hazard to health.

In 1961, the Beatles played at Liverpool, England's Casanova Club and were captured on film for the first time. Apparently they just invented film that day.

In 1967, at the Atlantic Studios in New York, Aretha Franklin recorded her cover of Otis Redding's "Respect."

The B-52's played their first gig in Athens, Georgia in 1977.

In 2000, Kiss announced their farewell tour. The reunited foursome will don the makeup one last time, then sell off the stage props from a 30-year career in an auction. Uh, it’s reported (2009) that they are working on a new album.

In 2003, Australian police uncovered Beatles album art and reel-to-reel tapes in a raid. All the material appeared to be from the White Album and Abbey Road sessions, which were stolen from the band's London studio in 1969.

Whitney Houston's self-titled debut album was released in 1985. The LP produced four giant Billboard hits, "You Give Good Love" (#3), "Saving All My Love For You" (#1), "How Will I Know" (#1), and "Greatest Love Of All" (#1).

In 1970, The Jaggerz, a six-piece group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, entered the Billboard chart with a song called "The Rapper.” Although the tune would rise to #2 during an eleven week run, it would be the band's only chart appearance.

In 1931, Ted Lewis' version of "Just A Gigolo" was the most popular tune in America. David Lee Roth would score a #12 hit with the same song in 1985.

In 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono began a week long stint as guest hosts on US TV's Mike Douglas Show. For the next five days the pair welcomed the likes of Chuck Berry, The Chambers Brothers, activist Ralph Nader, comedian Louis Nye and the US Surgeon General.

Dire Straits began recording their first album in 1978.