Archive for February, 2008

1792 – Composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini was born.

1852 – Composer Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen was born.

1932 – Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers teamed up to record “Shine.”

1972 – John Lennon’s U.S. immigration visa expired. It was the beginning of a 3 1/2 year fight for Lennon to stay in the U.S.

1980 – Buddy Holly’s glasses and the Big Bopper’s wristwatch were found in old police files by the Mason City Sheriff. The items were worn by the men when their plane crashed of February 3, 1959.

2000 – In Guilford, Surrey, Eric Clapton had his driving privileges suspended for six months and was fined about $570 dollars for speeding.

2000 – Puff Daddy plead not guilty to charges that he had attempted to bribe a professional driver to take responsibility for a 9mm handgun that had been found in a vehicle with Puff Daddy following a shooting in 1999.

2000 – The city of Autlan de Navarro, Mexico announced plans to build a public monument to tribute Carlos Santana.

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1876 – Composer John Alden Carpenter was born.

1877 – Composer Sergei Bortkiewicz was born.

1930 – Ted Lewis and his orchestra recorded “On the Sunny Side of the Street.”

1959 – “Cash Box” magazine began using a red ‘bullet’ on its record charts to indicate the records that have the strongest upward movement each week.

1968 – Frankie Lymon died of a heroin overdose.

1970 – Led Zeppelin performed as the Nobs in Denmark after the family of Ferdinand von Zeppelin threatened a lawsuit.

1974 – Bobby Bloom shot himself to death at the age of 28.

1977 – Ray Charles was attacked by an audience member onstage.

1984 – Michael Jackson won a record eight Grammy awards connected to the album “Thriller.”

1991 – The Record Plant in Hollywood closed.

1991 – In Los Angeles, “Curtis Mayfield Day” was held.

1996 – The original members of Kiss appeared at the Grammy Awards. It was the first time in 17 years that the band had appeared in full make-up and costumes.

2000 – Songwriter Stan Penrige sued the members of Kiss, the band’s publishing company, and Universal Music Group. Penrige charged that he had been shortchanged millions in publishing royalties for the song “Beth.”

2000 – In a Los Angeles Superior Court, Celine Dion filed a suit against the “National Enquirer”. The papers claimed an “intentional infliction of emotion distress, invasion of privacy, and unfair business practices.” The headline that brought the suit was “Celine: I’m Pregnant With Twins”.

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1848 – Composer Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry was born.

1956 – Specialty Records released Little Richard’s “Slippin’ and Slidin’.”

1960 – The Miracles made their first TV appearance on “American Bandstand.”

1967 – Pink Floyd recorded their first single, “Arnold Layne.”

1970 – Jefferson Airplane was fined $1,000 for using profanity during a concert in Oklahoma City.

1976 – Mick Jagger was hospitalized in New York with a respiratory infection.

1977 – Keith Richards’ Toronto hotel suite was raided by Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Richards was arrested and charged possession of heroin with the intent to traffic and possession of cocaine. He was release on $25,000 bail.

1984 – A Pepsi commercial featuring the Jackson’s premiered on MTV.

1990 – Milli Vanilli’s Rob Pilatus shared his perspective on life with Time magazine. In the interview he said, “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 was paroled from prison after serving two years. He had been sentenced to six years in prison after leading police on an interstate car chase.

1997 – James Brown asked talk show hostess Rolanda White to marry him during the taping of one of her shows. She didn’t marry him.

1998 – Tommy Lee was released on $500,000 bail after pleading innocent to the charge of abusing his wife and son.

1998 – Vince Neil of Motley Crue announced an agreement with Internet Entertainment Group and Vivid Video to distribute a 60-minute home video of him having sex with two adult film models in Hawaii.

2000 – ABC-TV aired the “The Beach Boys” TV movie.

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