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1958, the first Flying V is shipped from Gibson’s factory in Kalamazoo …

1963, teen idol Paul Anka, marries fashion model Anne de Zogheb in Paris … Anka’s "Having My Baby" would later earn the distinction of number 1 worst song of all time (as voted by CNN.com users) … Anka, who has five daughters with Anne, apparently had the good sense not to sing it in the delivery room while she was in labor … hence his name does not appear on our "Departures" list below …

1965, Keith Moon of The Who, former plaster salesman who upon hitting the big time spent the rest of his days plastered, breaks his manager’s dishwasher when he uses it to wash fruit … don’t ask …

1968, Pink Floyd cofounder, the oft confounded but brilliant Syd Barrett succumbs to mental illness and is replaced on guitar by David Gilmour …

1969, singer Vicky Jones is arrested on fraud charges after impersonating Aretha Franklin at a concert in Fort Meyers, Florida … apparently the charade was impressive … no one in the audience asked for their money back …

1972, preceding a very bright future, Pink Floyd premieres the album Dark Side of the Moon live in London during a four-day gig a full year prior to the album’s release …

1980, soon after reaching stardom, Bon Scott of AC/DC bites it in the back of a friend’s car after a long night of very heavy drinking … in a classic, if not clichéd rock 'n' roll crash-and-burn, the 33-year-old singer passes out and dies by choking on his own vomit …

1981, in one of the most absurd events in the history of music, George Harrison is ruled to be liable for "subconscious plagiarism" in a civil case regarding his 1970 song "My Sweet Lord," and the Chiffons’ 1963 hit "He’s So Fine" … the judge orders that $587,000 be paid to ABKCO Music …

1987, illicit substances take Sly Stone higher but his different strokes turn into three strikes when police bring him down … two outstanding warrants on drug charges land him in the pokey in LA … by the end of the year he’ll be doing hard time on cocaine charges …

1995, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee puts his 1986 marriage with the lovely Heather Locklear behind him and marries Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancun … according to onlookers, Anderson, clad only in a formal white bikini, could barely contain her increasingly buoyant spirits … Diane Warren receives the Voice of Music Award, one of the American Society of Composers and Performers’ (ASCAP) highest honors … Warren has written songs for Whitney Houston, Elton John, Diana Ross, Ace of Bass, and Ziggy Marley, among a hundred others …

1996, Barry Manilow is involved in a five-car collision on the I-10 freeway in Los Angeles … Manilow, who never actually penned the hit "I Write the Songs" for which he won a Grammy 19 years earlier to the day, found more immediate use for his writing skills by signing autographs for police, accident victims, and fans … apparently Dianne Warren writes the songs while Barry’s out cruising in his Land Rover …

1998, country singer Lorrie Morgan issues a strongly worded statement over an article in the tabloid Star magazine that claims she had a "wild ride" in the back seat of a limousine with President Bill Clinton … Morgan retorts, "The only accurate information in regard to my relationship with President Clinton was that I joined him onstage for the Christmas tree lighting in Washington - I have never met him in a private situation" … at the BRIT Awards in London, Danber Nobacon of Chumbawamba dumps a bucket of ice water on U.K. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott … Nobacon later claims he was making a political statement but nobody is quite able to decipher what the statement is … in retrospect, perhaps the non-statement could have been issued in a more tuxedo-friendly fashion with a Chumbawamba performance of "Ice Ice Baby," which certainly would have been equally chilling … no, theirs goes ding, ding, ding, dingy ding-ding; ours goes ding, ding, ding, ding, dingy Danber …

1999, In response to a multimillion dollar lawsuit filed by former Spin magazine editor Craig Marks charging that he was beaten by two of Marilyn Manson’s bodyguards, Marilyn Manson files a countersuit for defamation of character … apparently a legal menu choice since defining "character" might prove a tad difficult for the alleged devil-worshipping Goth rocker who takes his last name from mass-murderer Charles Manson … rumor has it that in an effort to promote a more benign image for judge and jury, Manson, whose first name honors Marilyn Monroe, is considering changing his last name to Mansfield thus evoking the image of both of Hollywood’s favorite blond bombshells of yesterday … after all, he’s got the lips for it, and the rest is just an implant or two away … number one with a bullet must have taken on new meaning for Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who, in an apparent attempt to prevent his initials changing from ODB to DOA, is arrested for wearing body armor … a forbidden garment thanks to his previous arrest record … fortunately for the hip-hop community, monitors with Kevlar speaker cones are not on ODB’s forbidden list … though they are difficult to hide behind … Aretha Franklin issues a statement taking responsibility for a "handful of suits … (she has) paid responsibly and in a timely way." She attacks as "malicious and vicious" a story in the Detroit Free Press saying that 30 lawsuits have been filed against her since 1988 by creditors seeking payment … where’s Vicky Jones’ Aretha impersonation now, when the queen of soul could really use a stand-in? …

2003, a crowded nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, at which Great White is performing, goes up in flames, ignited by onstage pyrotechnics … 100 are killed and nearly 200 are injured … it’s the worst concert tragedy in rock history …

2005, finding a new way to crank out the hits after a lull in his career, Kid Rock is arrested for punching a DJ at a Nashville strip club and is released on $3,000 bail … DJ Jerry Campos reports the assault after Kid Rock (in town to perform the song "I Saw the Light" at a memorial service for songwriter Merle Kilgore), tried to punch out Campos’ lights, hitting him twice in the face and breaking his glasses … "Everything is wonderful. It was a beautiful night," is the Kid’s response as he leaves the justice center in Music City … we hear that Kid Rocky is in training for his next tour … hey, don’t laugh, some of those strip club DJs are pretty tough

1962, Ray Charles records Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music in Los Angeles and New York … it's an album that breaks musical boundaries with R&B-flavored versions of country tunes using big band arrangements … Ray records live in the studio, six or seven tunes a day, at a total cost of $22,000 … the strings in Los Angeles are cut by Marty Paich, whose son David would form the group Toto some 15 years later …

1963, The Beatles record their first album Please Please Me at London's Abbey Road Studios with producer George Martin … the marathon session starts at 10 am and ends 12 hours and 10 songs later with John Lennon, fighting a cold, roaring through a single take of the throat-ripping dance rocker "Twist and Shout" … most of the songs are recorded "live" to a two-track recorder with just a few overdubs …

1964, responding to claims that the Kingsmen's incomprehensible "Louie Louie" is pornographic, the song's publisher, Max Firetag, offers $1,000 to anyone who can point out the lyrics' supposedly "suggestive" elements … in the '70s, Iggy Pop goes beyond mere suggestive and records a version that puts the leer in lyrics …

1965, in New York City, Bob Dylan finishes recording his fifth album Bringing It All Back Home … one side has acoustic songs, but on the other he is backed by an electric band for such songs as "Subterranean Homesick Blues," a rocker featuring a proto-rap similar to Chuck Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business" … in typical Dylan style, the tune has no chorus, no bridge, no solos, and the title is never sung … one of the acoustic songs "Mr. Tambourine Man" is released in the summer by The Byrds using a full electric rock band arrangement …

1967, the British pop duo Peter & Gordon ("I Go To Pieces") decides to split up … Peter Asher goes on to manage Linda Rondstandt and sign up-and-coming singer-songwriter James Taylor to The Beatles' Apple records … heavy metal pioneers Blue Cheer ("Summertime Blues") perform at a "Tribute to J. Edgar Hoover" in San Francisco … from the One Hit Wonders Department, Blues Magoos reach #5 with "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" from the group's first album Psychedelic Lollypop … in live performance, the band members wear wired outfits that flash on and off while they play …

1968, Jimi Hendrix returns to Garfield High School in Seattle to receive his diploma … he is introduced to the student body, which is 85% black and barely knows who he is … after an embarrassingly long pause, a student asks Jimi how he writes a song … Jimi replies that he's going to say goodbye, go out the door and the assembly will be over and the bell will ring, and as he's getting in his limousine and he hears the bell ring, he'll probably write a song … and then, his reply finished, Jimi thanks the students and walks straight out of the building … Jimi does not get his diploma and, because it is Lincoln's birthday and city hall is closed, he does not get the keys to the city either … "Love Is Blue" by Frenchman Paul Mauriat tops the charts in the USA for five weeks … the song is so popular that four other versions hit the top 100 over the next few weeks … even Jeff Beck records a version, the idea foisted on him by his manager … Jeff hates doing the song so much that he allegedly plays it out of tune on purpose …

1971, the Bob Dylan documentary Eat the Document premieres at New York's Academy of Music … proceeds from the screening go toward ending strip mining in Pike County, Kentucky … unlike the previous Dylan documentary Don't Look Back from 1966, this film is rarely seen, having only been given two other commercial showings …

1974, Canadian radio newsman Byron MacGregor hits #4 on the U.S. charts with his recitation of "Americans" … it happens after he reads an opinion piece on the air that defends his much-maligned neighbors to the south … listener reaction is so overwhelmingly positive that he makes a record …

1975, Phil Spector's office releases a statement saying that the producer has suffered multiple head and body wounds in a car crash between Los Angeles and Phoenix … he is also going to require plastic surgery …

1977, the B-52's play their first gig in Athens, Georgia …

1983, the NBA All-Star Game opens with a performance of the national anthem by Marvin Gaye …

1990, Del Shannon, best known for his hit "Runaway," commits suicide by shooting himself in his Santa Monica, California, home … Del had recently remarried and had just finished his first album in almost nine years …

1999, Elton John appears as himself (in cartoon form, if that's not redundant) on a special Valentine's Day edition of The Simpsons …

2000, David Bowie announces that his wife, Iman, is pregnant with his baby … back in the '70s, he names his son Zowie … Iggy Pop's suggestion of Louie Louie Bowie goes unheeded …

2004, producer Steve Lillywhite says he's leaving his job as joint managing director of Mercury UK to oversee the new U2 album … as well as producing U2's Boy and October albums, Lillywhite has made records with The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, and Morrissey …

2005, The Who's Roger Daltrey is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace … quips Daltrey, the Queen would "probably fall off her podium if she heard The Who's songs" … Genius Loves Company by the late Ray Charles wins in two of the biggest categories, Album of the Year and Record of the Year at the 47th annual Grammy Awards … Uncle Ray is remembered with a performance by Jamie Foxx and Alicia Keys, who perform "Georgia on My Mind" … Foxx is nominated for—and later in the year wins—an Oscar for playing the musician in the movie Ray … Genius Loves Company is an album of duets that—even after a career of more than 50 years—stands as Charles' best-selling album, overtaking classics such as Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music and The Genius Hits the Road …

2006, U2 wins five Grammy awards including Album of the Year for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb … Best New Artist award goes to Kanye West protege John Legend, and for the first time since 1993, Sly Stone appears onstage … Les Paul is released from a New Jersey hospital after a nine-day stay resulting from a bout of pneumonia...the illness causes the 90-year-old electric-guitar guru to miss the Grammies where his album Les Paul and Friends wins two awards.

1935, musical chameleon Johnny "Guitar" Watson is born in Houston, Texas … throughout his career the monstrously talented singer, guitarist, and keyboardist constantly reinvents his persona … in 1952 he cuts a reverb-drenched instrumental called "Space Guitar" that anticipates psychedelic guitar by 15 years … as a West Coast bluesman he is known as a blazing, inventive soloist with a stinging tone and a penchant for double-entendre lyrics … his "Gangster of Love" will be covered by Steve Miller … in the 1970s Watson recasts himself as a pimped-out hipster waxing smash disco hits like "A Real Mother for Ya" … after dropping out sight in the late '80s, Watson makes a triumphant return with his 1994 album, Bow Wow … in 1996 he dies onstage during a Japanese tour …

1958, 14-year-old George Harrison demonstrates his guitar prowess by playing the Bill Justus instrumental "Raunchy" for an impressed John Lennon and Paul McCartney while the three are riding a Liverpool bus … he’s invited to join their group, The Quarrymen, thus forming the front line of what will become The Beatles … 30 years to the day later, Harrison’s last American chart single "When We Was Fab," a remembrance of the Beatles era, enters the Top 100 …

1959, the world of pop music takes a big hit when a small plane crashes into an Iowa cornfield killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.J. "The Big Bopper" Richardson … the three pop stars, who were in the midst of a tour dubbed the Winter Dance Party, had chartered the plane to get to their next gig in Fargo, North Dakota, as an alternative to making the long haul in their tour bus with its defective heater …

1960, "Money (That’s What I Want)" by Barrett Strong enters the Billboard Pop Chart and ultimately rises to #23 … the song will be covered successfully by The Beatles, The Kingsmen, Junior Walker and the Allstars, The Flying Lizards, and badly, in countless karaoke bars worldwide …

1967, British pop producer Joe Meek, who developed many innovative recording techniques, fatally shotguns his landlady following an argument, then turns the gun on himself with equally deadly results … a British tabloid, News of the World, publishes a breathless account of drug use among the day's rockers under the headline, "Pop Stars and Drugs - Facts that Will Shock You" … the article reports on LSD parties hosted by The Moody Blues and attended by Pete Townshend, Ginger Baker, and other rock luminaries … the story quotes Mick Jagger as admitting to the use of LSD and Benzedrine and claims the Stones singer had shown the reporter a chunk of hash … it is later revealed that the reporter wrote his story after overhearing Brian Jones talking about drugs in a London disco and mistaking him for Jagger … a couple of Stones drug busts are later attributed to continued hostilities between the scandal sheet and the band …

1973, working those good old rock 'n' roll changes, Elton John scores his first #1 hit in the U.S. with the infectiously hook-laden "Crocodile Rock" …

1975, Louis Jordan dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles … the alto sax-playing singer and band leader cut a series of novelty jump blues in the 1940s including "Choo Choo Ch’Boogie" and "Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby)" … a decade later Jordan’s highly swinging syncopated style is married to hillbilly music and spawns the rock 'n' roll revolution … Jordan still holds the record for having occupied the #1 slot on the Billboard R&B Chart for a total of 113 weeks …

1977, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is released … the LP races to the #1 slot on the album chart where it remains for 31 weeks … it ultimately moves over 17 million platters … 1977, ABC-TV’s American Bandstand celebrates its 25th birthday with a TV special hosted by Dick Clark … a strangely constituted all-star band that includes Chuck Berry, Gregg Allman, Johnny Rivers, Donald Byrd, Chuck Mangione, Seals & Crofts, Junior Walker, The Pointer Sisters, Charlie Daniels, Doc Severenson, Les McCann, and three-quarters of Booker T and the MGs plays "Roll Over Beethoven" …

1979, Stephen Stills is the first rock act to record on digital gear at L.A.’s Record Plant … the tracks are never released however and guitarist Ry Cooder’s rockabilly-inflected album Bop 'til You Drop becomes the first ones-and-zeroes pop record …

1980, commemorating the first anniversary of Sid Vicious’ death, 1,000 punks stage a march in London … the dead Sex Pistol’s mother, Ann Beverly, had been slated to head the parade, but she’s in hospital recovering from a drug overdose …

1999, breaking with other record companies, Rykodisk endorses distribution of music via MP3s …

2000, ABBA spurns a $100 million offer to reunite for a world tour …

2003, noted child-rearing authority Ozzy Osbourne, reacting to reports that Michael Jackson was beaten as a child by his father, observes, "If he'd been my kid, I would have whacked him too. Because he's nuts." … meanwhile in L.A., producer Phil Spector is arrested in connection with the murder of starlet Lana Clarkson … meanwhile somewhere over the Atlantic, Courtney Love raises a ruckus on a Virgin Air flight by refusing to sit down and fasten her seatbelt … she is arrested upon touchdown in London …

2005, Peter Yarrow, formerly of Peter, Paul and Mary is reunited with his Larrivee acoustic guitar that went missing on a flight in December 2000 … an instrument looking much like Yarrow’s missing axe turns up for sale on eBay … the FBI investigates and restores the guitar to its rightful owner … "I'm very delighted, and so is Puff the Magic Dragon," Yarrow says … this same week, Emmy-winning makeup artist Kylie Bell files suit against Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and ABC-TV owner Walt Disney, seeking $25 million in damages stemming from an alleged rape by the rapper and four members of his entourage following the taping of the talk show in 2003 … the case will later be settled "amicably" out of court … also this week, it is announced that Guns n’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has entered into a publishing deal with Sanctuary Music Group worth $20 million … former band members Slash and Duff McKagan argue through their attorneys that Rose had no right to cut the deal … meanwhile there is still no sign of Chinese Democracy, the comeback album Axl has been threatening to release for more than seven years …

2006, the management firm representing singer Avril Lavigne provides defense money for an Arlington, TX, man who has been sued by the recording industry for sharing downloaded music … Lavigne’s "Sk8er Boi" is among the songs he is charged with stealing …

Feb Musical History
George Harrison of The Beatles

Musical Deaths
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