Archive for February, 2010

EVENTS ..
1956 – looking for a legal loophole with which to shut down rock and roll shows, police in Cleveland, OH enforce a 1931 ordinance forbidding minors from dancing without adult supervision
1963 – the THE ROLLING STONES get their first steady gig at London’s Station Hotel, performing on Sundays in the Crawdaddy room for a grand total of $67 a week
1965 – the THE BEATLES begin shooting their second movie, Help!, in the Bahamas as director Richard Lester films them riding bicycles near the airport
1967 – the THE BEE GEES sign their first management contract with Robert Stigwood
1973 – the THE BYRDS break up for the first time after playing one last gig at The Capitol Theatre, in Passaic, NJ
1976 – the THE EAGLES‘ Their Greatest Hits LP (1971–1975) becomes the first album to be awarded a platinum disc for sales of one million copies – it would eventually go on to be the best-selling US album of all time
1988 – as a joke, the ALICE COOPER runs for Governor of his native Arizona, as a member of the “Wild” Party
1992 – the KURT COBAIN and the COURTNEY LOVE marry in Hawaii
1992 – the US Postal Service’s infamous “Elvis stamps” are unveiled, with the institution allowing fans to vote for which of two versions -a thin, ’50s Elvis or a fat ’70s one- will make the final cut, eventually, thin wins by 3 to 1
1998 – England’s Queen Elizabeth II knights the ELTON JOHN during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace
1998 – the TOMMY LEE is arrested and charged with hitting his wife the PAMELA ANDERSON LEE
1999 – the LAURYN HILL wins five Grammy awards for her debut solo album “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”
2004 – singer Lena Horne threatens to withdraw permission for a TV movie of her life after star the JANET JACKSON suffers her shocking “wardrobe malfunction” at Super Bowl XXXVIII – the JACKSON quits the project
2004 – after EMI refuses to let the DJ DANGER MOUSE release his Grey Album, a mash-up of the JAY-Z‘s Black Album with samples from the the THE BEATLES‘ “White Album,” the DJ makes the album available as a download, for free, on his website for one day (pictured)

BIRTHS ..
1947 – the RUPERT HOLMES
1948 – the SMILE‘s TIMOTHY STAFFELL
1950 – the GEORGE THOROGOOD
1958 – the SAMMY KERSHAW
1962 – the MICHELLE SHOCKED
1972 – the SLIPKNOT‘s CHRIS FEHN
1974 – CHAD HUGO of the NERD slash the THE NEPTUNES
1976 – the ALKALINE TRIO‘s MATT SKIBA
1976 – the MURDERDOLLS‘ ERIC GRIFFIN
1978 – the STRAYLIGHT RUN‘s lead singer JOHN NOLAN
1983 – the GYM CLASS HEROES‘ MATT MCGINLEY

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