February 5 Born –
Claude King (1923) – Country western star ("Wolverton Mountain").
Hal Blaine (aka Harold Belsky, 1929) – session drummer with the
Wrecking Crew.
Don Goldie (1930) – Jazz trumpeter.
Alex Harvey (1935) – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
Derek Wadsworth (1939) – British session trombonist.
Barrett Strong (1941) – singer.
Henson Cargill (1941) – Country music singer ("Skip A Rope").
Corey Wells (1942) – Three Dog Night.
Chuck Winfield (1943) – trumpet for Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Sven Johnson (1943) – Tangerine Dream.
Larry Tamblyn (1943) – keyboardist for The Standells.
Al Kooper (aka Alan Kuperschmidt, 1944) – The Royal Teens and Blood,
Sweat & Tears.
J. R. Cobb (1944) – guitarist for Classics IV and Atlanta Rhythm
Section.
David Denny (1948) – guitarist for Frumious Bandersnatch.
Nigel Tufnel (aka Christopher Guest, 1948) – Spinal Tap.
Michael "Duff" McKagan (1964) – bassist for Guns ‘N Roses and Velvet
Revolver.
Sally Still (1964) – bassist for Furniture.
Chris Barron (1968) – singer for The Spin Doctors.
Bobby Brown (1969) – R&B singer, New Edition.February 5 R.I.P. – Rudy Pompilli (1976) – lung cancer. Age 51. Saxophonist for Bill Haley and His Comets. Al De Lory (2012) – Age 82. Session keyboardist with the Wrecking Crew. February 5 album releases – Barclay James Harvest – Once Again (1971) Minnie Ripperton – Stay In Love (1977) The Bee Gees – Spirits Having Flown (1979) The Cure – Boys Don't Cry (1980) Queen – Innuendo (1991) Nirvana – Hormoaning (1992) (EP) Belinda Carlisle – Voila (2007) Europe February 5 events – 1931 – Eddie Cantor makes his radio debut on Rudy Vallee's The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour. 1940 – Glenn Miller and His Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction" for RCA Victor's Bluebird label. 1955 – New York City radio station WNEW-AM announces the winners of its annual music popularity poll: Perry Como - male singer, Patti Page - female singer, The Crew-Cuts - vocal group, and Ray Anthony - orchestra. 1957 – 5,000 fans greet Bill Haley when he arrives from New York on the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth for his first UK concert tour. 1958 – The Kingston Trio record “Tom Dooley,” “Scotch And Soda,” “Three Jolly Coachmen,” “Hard, Ain’t It Hard” and “(The Wreck Of The) ‘John B’” at Capitol Studios for their first album. 1960 – Neil Sedaka records “Stairway To Heaven” and “Run Sampson Run” at RCA Studios in New York City. 1960 – Cowboy Copas records "Alabam" at Owen Bradley's Quonset Hut studio in Nashville. 1960 – George Hamilton IV joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1961 – Gene Pitney releases his single, “(I Wanna) Love My Life Away” b/w “I Laughed So Hard” on Musicor Records. 1962 – Ringo Starr fills in for a sick Pete Best and plays with The Beatles for the first time at two shows - a lunch time gig at the Cavern, and an evening gig at the Kingsway Club in Southport. 1963 – Patsy Cline records “Sweet Dreams (Of You)” at Columbia’s studio in Nashville. 1965 – Martha and The Vandellas release their single, “Nowehere To Run” b/w “Motoring” on the Gordy label. 1967 – The British tabloid News Of The World runs an article called "Pop Stars and Drugs – Facts that Will Shock You." In it, everyone from The Moody Blues to Pete Townshend is labeled as an LSD user, and Mick Jagger is said to be hooked on Benzedrine and hashish. Jagger immediately slaps the tabloid with a defamation lawsuit that very day. The suit ignites a feud between the tabloid and the band that will last for years. 1967 – The Beatles begin filming their video for “Penny Lane” - riding horses and walking around Angel Lane in London. 1970 – David Bowie records four songs at the BBC Paris Cinema in London for the John Peel Sunday Concert radio show with guitarist Mick Ronson: his first appearance with Bowie. 1971 – Black Sabbath begins recording their third album, Master Of Reality, at Island Studios in London. 1972 – Paul Simon releases his single, “Mother And Child Reunion” b/w “Paranoia Blues.” 1972 – Neil Young’s “Heart Of Gold” enters the Billboard Hot 100 at #62. 1986 – Prince releases his single “Kiss” b/w “Love Or Money.” 1991 – Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty of the UK hip-hop act KLF are arrested in Battersea, London, for painting a giant “K” on a Sunday Times billboard ad. 1992 – Nirvana appears at the ANU Bar in Canberra, Australia, on their Nevermind Pacific Rim Tour. 1998 – Elton John and Stevie Wonder perform at the White House for President and Mrs. Clinton, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife. 2001 – Juliet Peters appears in a London courtroom accused of making death threats against singer Billie Piper, with the court listening to tapes of 13 calls she has made to the singer’s record company threatening to decapitate her and burn her body. 2003 – Courtney Love is released from Heathrow’s police station following an “air rage” incident the previous day on a transatlantic flight from the U.S. When asked to comment, Love says, “I cussed at a lady. My daughter always said I had a potty mouth." 2004 – Janet Jackson's right breast becomes the most searched for image in Internet history after her Super Bowl appearance with Justin Timberlake. 2006 – Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone, and The Four Tops perform at the pre- game show, Aretha Franklin, Aaron Neville and Dr. John perform the National Anthem, and The Rolling Stones are the halftime entertainment at Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan. 2007 – Producer Phil Spector wins $900,000 in his embezzlement lawsuit against former assistant Michelle Blaine after being charged with removing $425,000 from his pension and not repaying a $635,000 loan. Blaine claimed the loan was a gift, and the pension funds were for a film aimed at improving Spector's image. As part of the settlement, she also drops a counter-claim of sexual harassment. 2008 – Amy Winehouse is detained by police and questioned about a video of her that surfaced on the Internet showing her smoking crack cocaine. 2008 – Sometime guru for The Beatles and The Beach Boys, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi passes away in his sleep at age 91. 2012 – Kelly Clarkson sings “The Star Spangled Banner,” and Madonna, along with M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj, performs the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. -- 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.
