Birthdays:
Billy Cobham - jazz drummer (1946)
Robert Fripp – King Crimson (1946)
Nirvana bassist Chris Novoselic was born in 1965.
Janet Jackson (1966)
Simon Katz – Jamiroquai (1971)
Ralph Tresvant - New Edition (1968)
Jonathan Richman - Modern Lovers (1951)
Barbara Lee - The Chiffons (1947)
Isaac "Red" Holt of Young-Holt Unlimited and the Ramsey Lewis Trio is 77.
They Are Missed:
Born on this day in 1919 Wladziu Valentinon Liberace. He died on 4th February 1997.
US soul singer Marv Johnson died of a stroke in 1993. He had the US Top 10 single “I Love The Way You Love” and his recording of Berry Gordy's song “Come To Me” became Motown Records first ever-single (released in May 1959).
Born on this day in 1947, Darrell Sweet – Nazareth. He died on April 30, 1999 after suffering a fatal heart attack before a show in New Albany, Indiana.
The late Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson of the Dell-Vikings (sang lead on "Whispering Bells") was born in 1935.
Sammy Davis, Jr. ("Candy Man") died of throat cancer in 1990.
Jim Henson (the voice of the Muppets' Ernie on "Rubber Duckie" and Kermit on "Rainbow Connection") died of pneumonia in 1990.
Ernie Freeman ("Raunchy" and the piano player on B. Bumble & the Stingers' "Bumble Boogie") died of a heart attack in 1981.
History:
Randy Bachman left the Guess Who in 1970.
In 1980, Dr. George C. Nichopoulous was indicted in Memphis on 14 counts of overprescribing drugs to Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and nine other patients.
Mary Wells started a two week run at #1 in 1964 with “My Guy.”
Pete Townshend spent the night in a jail in 1969 for assaulting a man during a Who gig at The Fillmore East. What Townshend didn't know was the man who jumped onto the stage was a plainclothes policeman trying to warn the audience that a fire had broken out. The Who guitarist was later fined $30 for the offense.
U2 started a three week run at #1 in 1987 with the cut “With Or Without You.”
Former New Christy Minstrels member Kim Carnes started a nine week run at #1 on the singles chart with “Bette Davis Eyes.”
Former Buggles members Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes joined Yes in 1980, replacing Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson.
Motown Records was formed in 1960.
In 1965, driving away from a gig at the Civic Hall, Long Beach, California, the limo taking the Rolling Stones back to their hotel was besieged by fans who caved in the roof by standing on it. The band attempted to hold the roof up while their chauffeur drove off with bodies falling onto the road.
The Beach Boys released their "Pet Sounds" album in 1966. The album is now regarded as the masterpiece of composer-producer Brian Wilson, and is often hailed as one of the best and most influential albums in popular music.
Tony Joe White recorded "Polk Salad Annie" in 1968.
The television special "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today and Forever" aired in 1983. It was a taping of the first time that Michael Jackson performed the moonwalk for a live audience.
The Britney Spears album "Oops!..I Did It Again" was released in 2000.
Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to #1 on the US album chart in 1970 with “Déjà vu.”
Thanks to Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation, in 1990 the former Chess Records Office and Studio at 2120 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago was officially recognized as a protected Chicago Landmark.
Buddy Holly signed with Coral Records in 1957.
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