This Date In Music History- February 6

Birthdays:

Fabian turns 66.

Natalie Cole is 59.

W. Axl Rose (1962)

Barrett Strong, songwriter who wrote many Motown hits with Norman Whitfield (1941)

Corey Wells- Three Dog Night (1942)

Duff McKagan- Guns ‘n’ Roses (1964)

Chris Barron- Spin Doctors (1968)

Bobby Brown (1969)


They Are Missed:

Frankie Laine suffered complications after hip-replacement surgery and died at the age of 93 in 2007. The big voiced singer sold over 100 million records and placed seven songs on Billboard's Top 40.

27 year-old Jesse Belvin, who scored a 1956 hit with "Goodnight, My Love,” was killed in an auto accident in Hope, Arkansas in 1960. His wife and the car's driver also died of their injuries. The three were trying to make a fast get-a-way from the first ever mixed race audience Pop concert in the town of Little Rock, after threats had been made against Belvin's life. The accident remains a contentious point, with many suspecting foul play.

In 1998, "Rock Me Amadeus" singer Falco was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic.

Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys died of complications from cancer in 1998.

Hugo Montenegro, who is best remembered for scoring a #2 hit with the instrumental theme to Clint Eastwood's movie, "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly," died of emphysema in 1981. He was 55.

Bob Marley was born in St. Ann’s Parish in Jamaica in 1945.


History:

In 1943, Frank Sinatra made his debut as vocalist on radio's "Your Hit Parade."

Paul Simon released “Mother and Child Reunion,” in 1972, his first single since the split of Simon and Garfunkel.

In 2003, the Rolling Stones performed a free concert in Los Angeles to draw attention to global warming.

Today in 1982, the song "Centerfold" by the J. Geils Band topped the charts and stayed there for 6 weeks.

In 1981, former Beatles, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison teamed up to record a musical tribute to John Lennon. The song "All Those Years Ago" was the result.

Elvis Presley met his future manager in 1955, the already legendary Col. Tom Parker. The encounter took place between Memphis shows.

Van Halen’s remake of Roy Orbison`s “Oh, Pretty Woman” peaks at #12 in 1982 becoming the group’s biggest hit to date. In ’64, Orbison topped the charts with the song.

In 2008, Pearl Jam members (guitarist/vocalist Stone Gossard, guitarist Mike McCready, bassist Jeff Ament and drummer Matt Cameron – but no Eddie Vedder) released "Rock Around Barack" in support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The track is set to the tune of the ‘50’s hit "Rock Around The Clock."

In a rare feat, a Country song crossed over to the Pop charts and became the best selling single in America when Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden" climbed to the top of the Cash Box hit parade in 1971.

In 1988, Dusty Springfield returned to the US Top 10 for the first time in nineteen years with a duet with Pet Shop Boys called "What've I Done To Deserve This". Her last big hit in America was "Son Of A Preacher Man" in December, 1968.