Music History: February 3
Births (15)
1809 : Felix Mendelssohn
1922 : Russell Arms
1928 : Frankie Vaughan
1935 : Johnny "Guitar" Watson
1940 : Angelo D'Aleo (Dion & The Belmonts)
1943 : Dennis Edwards (The Temptations)
1943 : Eric Haydock (The Hollies)
1943 : Shawn Phillips
1945 : Johnny Cymbal
1947 : Dave Davies (The Kinks)
1947 : Melanie
1949 : Arthur Kane (New York Dolls)
1956 : Lee Renaldo (Sonic Youth)
1959 : Laurence Tolhurst (The Cure)
1990 : Sean Kingston
Deaths (2)
1959 : Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash. Don McLean would call it "The Day the Music Died" in his 1971 hit "American Pie."
1967 : Joe Meek
Charts (4)
1950 : The Ames Brothers' "Rag Mop" hits #1.
1968 : The Lemon Pipers' "Green Tambourine" hits #1.
1973 : Elton John's reptile rocker "Crocodile Rock" hits #1 for the first of three weeks.
1979 : The Blues Brothers' album Briefcase Full of Blues hits #1.
Certifications and Milestones (4)
1960 : Frank Sinatra forms his own label, Reprise Records.
1964 : The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" b/w "I Saw Her Standing There" and their Meet The Beatles! album are both certified gold.
1971 : Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden" is certified gold.
1989 : "Wild Thing" by Tone Loc becomes the first rap single certified Platinum.
Recordings (6)
1941 : Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra: "Amapola"
1956 : Elvis Presley: "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "Shake, Rattle And Roll"
1961 : Bob Dylan makes his first recordings, versions of "San Francisco Bay Blues" and "Jesus Met the Woman at the Well," at the home of friends Sid and Bob Gleason in East Orange, New Jersey.
1967 : The Beatles: "A Day In The Life"
1969 : The Steve Miller Band: "My Dark Hour"
1976 : Elvis Presley: "Solitaire"
Releases (1)
2006 : Nick Lachey: "What's Left Of Me"
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