Here is what February 1, 2012 looked like... Feb 1 Born Clark Gable (well known rocker) (1901) Why is this here? Bob Shane (Kingston Trio) (1934) Ray "Dr. Hook" Sawyer (1937) Don Everly (born Isaac Donald Everly) (1937) Jimmy Carl Black (Mothers of Invention - Indian of the group) (1938) Tommy Duffy (The Echoes) (1944) Lisa Marie Presley (1968)
Event: 1964 The Beatles release I Want To Hold Your Hand climbs to #1 in the USA (My book says 1961, but as the song wasn't written or recorded yet, I thought 1964 seemed more apropriate...) 1965 PJ Proby is bannd by the British ABC theatre chain after several incidents of his trousers splitting on stage. 1967 Buick begins to offer 8-Track Stereo as a dealer oprtion in their vehicles. And this is what we got going in February 2013... February 1 Born – Bob Shane (1934) – The Kingston Trio. Don Everly (aka Isaac Donald Everly, 1937) – The Everly Brothers. Ray "Dr. Hook" Sawyer (1937) – singer for Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show. Jimmy Carl Black (aka James Inkanish, Jr., 1938) – drummer for The Mothers Of Invention. Joe Sample (1939) – Jazz keyboardist/songwriter, The Crusaders. Claude François (1939) – French pop singer. Del McCoury (1939) – Bluegrass musician. Tommy Duffy (1944) – The Echoes and Lindisfarne. Normie Rowe (1947) – Australian pop singer. Rick James (aka James Ambrose Johnson, Jr., 1948) – singer/songwriter (“Super Freak”). Mike Campbell (1950) – guitarist for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Rich Williams (1950) – guitarist for Kansas. Fran Christina (1951) – drummer for The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Dennis Brown (1957) – Jamaican reggae singer. Jani Lane (aka John Kennedy Oswald, 1964) – vocalist for Warrant. Lisa Marie Presley (1968) Patrick Wilson (1969) – drummer for Weezer. Ron Welty (1971) – drummer for The Offspring. Jeff Contad (1978) – drummer for Phantom Planet. February 1 R.I.P. – Dick James (1986) – heart attack. Age 65. Music publisher. Paul Robi (1989) – cancer. Age 57. The Platters. Julius Wechter (1999) – lung cancer. Age 63. Wrecking Crew percussionist, The Baja Marimba Band. Mongo Santamaria (2003) – Age 85. Cuban percussionist. Don Cornelius (2012) – suicide. Age 75. Creator of Soul Train. February 1 album releases – The Doors – Morrison Hotel (1970) The Doobie Brothers – What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974) Tesla – The Great Radio Controversy (1989) Paul McCartney – Off The Ground (1993) Accept – Objection Overruled (1993) The Fugees – Blunted On Reality (1994) Green Day – Dookie (1994) The Beach Boys – Greatest Hits Volume III: Best Of The Brother Years 1970-1986 (2000) Jack Johnson – Bushfire Fairy Tales (2001) Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static (2008) February 1 events – 1939 – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, with Martha Tilton on vocals, records “And The Angels Sing.” 1940 – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra hold their first session with new vocalist Frank Sinatra, recording “Too Romantic” and “The Sky Fell Down.” 1941 – Downbeat magazine reports that Glenn Miller has signed a new three-year contract with RCA Victor for the unprecedented sum of $750 per side. 1949 – RCA Records unveils their new 45 RPM record and 45 phonograph. The first RCA 45 single release will be in March. 1957 – The Everly Brothers sign with Cadence Records in New York. 1960 – Charlie Rich releases his single, “Lonely Weekends” b/w “Everything I Do Is Wrong” on Sun Records. 1962 – Columbia Records buys Owen Bradley's Quonset Hut recording studio in Nashville for $300,000. 1962 – Brian Epstein’s management contract with The Beatles goes into effect. 1963 – Paul Simon graduates from Queens College in New York City. 1964 – Indiana Governor Matthew Walsh attempts to ban The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" for allegedly containing obscene lyrics by requesting that the Indiana Broadcasters Association ban the record from airplay on all radio stations in the state. For his part, the song's publisher, Max Firetag, offers $1000 to anyone who can prove that the song contains obscene lyrics. 1964 – The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" goes to #1 in the U.S. 1965 – James Brown records “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” at Arthur Smith Studios in Charlotte, North Carolina. 1965 – The Beatles release their final EP, 4-By The Beatles, containing the songs "Honey Don't" and "I'm A Loser" b/w "Mr. Moonlight" and "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby." 1965 – P.J. Proby is banned by the UK's ABC theatre chain due to several pants-splitting incidences during his performances. 1966 – The Young Rascals record “Good Lovin’” in New York. 1967 – The Beatles begin recording their new song, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience appears at the Cellar Club in South Shields, with opening act The Bond. 1967 – Frank and Nancy Sinatra record “Somethin’ Stupid” in Hollywood. 1968 – Simon and Garfunkel record “America.” 1968 – The Who begin their third North American tour at the Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California. 1968 – The Doors announce that Universal film studios have offered them $500,000 to star in a feature film. They decline. Also in the planning stages are an ABC television special, a group "humor book," and a book of poetry by leader Jim Morrison. Only the poetry book will see the light of day. 1969 – Joni Mitchell plays Carnegie Hall for the first time. 1972 – Paul McCartney records his protest song “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” two days after Bloody Sunday, when 13 Catholics were killed by British paratroopers. 1973 – Gladys Knight and The Pips leave Motown's Soul label for Buddah Records. 1974 – Guitarist Eric Bell quits Thin Lizzy due to ill health brought on by alcohol abuse. 1975 – Lisa Marie Presley meets her favorite singer, Elton John, at Graceland for her 7th birthday, in a meeting arranged by Elvis. 1976 – Despite their very public divorce and two ill-fated solo variety shows, The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour reappears on CBS as The Sonny And Cher Show. The show will last 18 months. 1977 – Led Zeppelin’s North American tour, slated to begin on February 27 in Fort Worth, Texas, is postponed due to Robert Plant’s tonsillitis. 1977 – The film Genesis In Concert premieres in London. 1978 – Bob Dylan's film Renaldo And Clara, a documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour, premieres in Los Angeles. 1982 – Memphis mayor Wyeth Chandler declares the day "Bar-Kays Day," in honor of Otis Redding's backup band. 1985 – The Eagles' Glenn Frey makes his acting debut in the “Smuggler’s Blues” episode of NBC's Miami Vice. 1986 – Diana Ross marries her second husband, Norwegian shipping magnate Arne Naess, in Geneva, Switzerland. 1988 – The Cars announce they are breaking up. 1995 – Richey Edwards, guitarist with the Manic Street Preachers, vanishes without a trace after leaving The Embassy Hotel in London at 7am. His car is found on the Severn Bridge outside Bristol sixteen days later. Edwards has never been found despite constant searching, and in November 2008 was declared officially dead. 1997 – Boy George is beaten up by two bouncers after trying to force his way through the line of people waiting to get in to the Ministry Of Sound in London, where George has been a guest DJ. 1999 – Four hundred people are injured during a riot at a concert by Marilyn Manson in Perth, Australia, when Manson storms off stage after being bombarded with thrown objects and abuse. 2001 – A collection of Elton John's private photos on display at a museum in Atlanta, including snap shots of nude men, are withdrawn for being too explicit after school trips to the museum are cancelled. 2002 – The father of S Club 7's Paul Cattermole, Gerald Cattermole, age 50, is sent to jail for three years for sex acts with two 14- yearold girl fans of the group, after having been warned by police not to get involved with fans who often visited his house. 2004 – Beyoncé sings the National Anthem, and Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake perform the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII, causing huge controversy and fines for CBS-TV when Timberlake “accidently” pulls off part of Jackson’s outfit, exposing her breast. 2008 – U.S. space agency NASA sends The Beatles song “Across The Universe” into outer space: the first song ever to be beamed directly into space. The track is transmitted through the Deep Space Network - a network of antennas – and is aimed at the North Star, Polaris, which is 431 light-years from Earth. 2009 – Journey performs at the pre-game show, Jennifer Hudson sings the National Anthem, and Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band are the halftime entertainment at Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
