February 2 Born – Jascha Heifetz (1901) – violinist. Burton Lane (1912) – Broadway composer (On A Clear Day You Can See Forever). Bert Pearl (1913) – pianist and host of CBC's The Happy Gang. Stan Getz (1927) – Jazz saxophonist. Arthur Lyman (1932) – vibraphone player. Tommy Smothers (1937) – The Smothers Brothers. Clarence Quick (1937) – The Del-Vikings. Gene MacLellan (1938) – songwriter (“Snowbird”). Alan Caddy (1940) – arranger/producer, guitarist for The Tornadoes. Mickey Lee Lane (1941) – Brill songwriter/arranger (“Shaggy Dog”). Graham Nash (1942) – The Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Peter Macbeth (1943) – bassist for The Foundations. Ronnie Goodson (1945) – trumpet for John Fred and His Playboy Band. Homer Bellamy (1946) – The Bellamy Brothers. Peter Lucia (1947) – drummer for Tommy James and The Shondells. Alan McKay (1948) – guitarist for Earth, Wind & Fire. Ross Valory (1949) – bassist for Journey. Eva Cassidy (1963) – Jazz/blues/R&B singer/guitarist. Charlie Heather (1964) – drummer for The Levellers. Robert DeLeo (1966) – bassist for Stone Temple Pilots. Ben Mize (1971) – drummer for Counting Crows. Billy Mohler (1975) – singer/songwriter/producer, The Calling. Shakira (aka Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, 1977) – Colombian singer/ songwriter.
February 2 R.I.P. – Sid Vicious (1979) – heroin overdose. Age 21. Bassist for The Sex Pistols. Mel Lewis (1990) – melanoma. Age 60. Jazz drummer. Gene Kelly (1996) – died in his sleep. Age 83. Dancer/singer. Hal Blair (2001) – Age 85. Songwriter (“Please Help Me, I’m Falling”). Billy Henderson (2007) – diabetes. Age 67. The Spinners. Joe Hunter (2007) – Age 79. Keyboardist with the Funk Brothers. February 2 album releases – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Back My Bullets (1976) Genesis – A Trick Of The Tail (1976) UK Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material (1979) Exposé – Exposure (1987) Lita Ford – Lita (1988) Brian May – Back To The Light (1993) U.S. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994) Built To Spill – Keep It Like A Secret (1999) February 2 events – 1932 – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, with vocalist Ivie Anderson, record "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)." 1937 – Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians record "Boo Hoo" in New York. 1955 – Ten years before "Downtown," Petula Clark scores her first UK hit when her single “Majorca” reaches #12 on the charts. 1956 – The Coasters sign with Atlantic Records. 1956 – Perry Como records “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)” at Webster Hall in New York. 1957 – Dale Hawkins records “Susie-Q” at the KWKH radio studio in Shreveport, Louisiana, with James Burton on guitar. 1957 – Fats Domino appears on The Perry Como Show, singing "Blue Monday" and "Blueberry Hill." 1959 – Pat Boone is featured on the cover of Life magazine. 1959 – Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper make their final concert appearances at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. 1960 – Bobby Darin records "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" and "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" in Los Angeles. 1962 – The Beatles appear at the Oasis Club in Manchester. Aside from the trips to Hamburg, this is their first professionally organized gig outside of Liverpool. 1963 – The Beatles play at the Gaumont Cinema in Bradford on the opening night of their debut nationwide UK tour. The group is on the bottom of the bill of six acts, all opening for Helen Shapiro. 1964 – Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas record “Little Children” at Abbey Road, with George Martin producing. 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience performs “Purple Haze” live on Top Of The Pops, broadcast from the Imperial Club in Darlington. 1968 – Simon and Garfunkel record “Mrs. Robinson.” 1969 – Jackson, Tennessee celebrates “Carl Perkins Day” with a banquet for over 500 people, including Johnny Cash, Sonny James, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chet Atkins, Eddy Arnold and Marty Robbins. 1969 – Yoko Ono divorces her first husband Tony Cox, and is granted custody of their daughter, Kyoko. 1973 – The Midnight Special television series premieres on NBC-TV. 1973 – Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s Keith Emerson injures his hands when a rigged piano explodes prematurely during a concert in San Francisco, leaving him with minor cuts. 1973 – Elvis Presley meets Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas, and presents the boxer with a robe emblazoned with "The People's Champion." Ali responds by giving Elvis boxing gloves inscribed with "You're the greatest" (left) and "To Elvis, my main man, from Muhammad Ali" (right). Ali will later recollect: "I felt sorry for him because he didn't enjoy life the way he should. He stayed indoors all the time. I told him he should go out and see people." 1978 – Van Halen signs with Warner Brothers Records. 1984 – Duran Duran appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine on the day they begin their first major U.S. tour, appearing at the Seattle Center Coliseum in Washington. 1988 – Country music singer Tanya Tucker checks into the Betty Ford Clinic seeking treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, after being confronted by family and friends. 1988 – Pat Boone appears as a future version of Bruce Willis’ character David in the “Tracks Of My Tears” episode of ABC’s Moonlighting. 1989 – George Michael receives undisclosed damages in excess of £100,000 in his libel suit against The Sun newspaper over articles stating that Michael gate crashed a party given by Andrew Lloyd Weber and was drunk and abusive. 1992 – Todd Rundgren and his wife Michele Gray welcome the arrival of their son Rebop. 1993 – Willie Nelson settles his $17 million tax debt with the I.R.S., paying them $9 million in cash to go along with assets already seized. 2001 – Bad Manners singer Buster Bloodvessel is told he is “too fat” to survive an urgently needed operation, after collapsing on stage during a show in Italy. 2002 – The Phonographic Performance Ltd. launches performersmoney.com for artists to check to see if they are owed any of the £10 million ($17 million) in unclaimed money. It shows that Michael Jackson is owed over £100,000 ($170,000) for “Say, Say, Say,” Stevie Wonder has money owing for “Ebony And Ivory,” and Ray Davies of The Kinks is owed six-figures for “You Really Got Me.” 2002 – Britney Spears is the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live. 2005 – Babyshambles singer Pete Dougherty is arrested after an altercation with documentary film maker Max Carlish, who is making a rockumentary about the singer and sold pictures of Dougherty smoking heroin to the tabloids. Dougherty will be held in jail for five days, and be charged with robbery and blackmail. 2008 – After only two months of performances on their Reunion World Tour, The Spice Girls cancel the remainder of the tour citing “family and personal commitments.” 2009 – The tribute concert 50 Winters Later takes place at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa to mark the 50th anniversary of the last shows by Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper, featuring performances by Graham Nash, Los Lobos, Joe Ely, Wanda Jackson, Delbert McClinton, Peter and Gordon, Dave Mason, and The Crickets. 2010 – Paul Anka sues his wife Anna for libel and defamation of character in his battle with her over their pre-nuptial agreement when she tells reporters that he forged her name on the document. 2011 – The White Stripes announce they have split up. 2012 – Singer for The Troggs, Reg Presley announces his retirement after being diagnosed with lung cancer. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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