February 8 Born –
Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (1899) – Blues/jazz singer/guitarist.
Buddy Morrow (aka Muni Zudekoff, 1919) – trombonist, bandleader
(“Night Train”).
John Williams (1932) – composer and conductor.
Larry Verne (1936) – novelty song singer ("Mr. Custer").
Ray Sharpe (1938) – Rockabilly singer/songwriter ("Linda Lu").
Tom Rush (1941) – Folk singer.
Terry Melcher (1942) – singer/producer, The Rip Chords.
Creed Bratton (1943) – guitarist for The Grass Roots.
Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra (1946) – drummer for Canned Heat.
Paul Wheatbread (1946) – drummer for Gary Puckett and The Union Gap.
Dan Seals (1948) – England Dan and John Ford Coley.
Vince Neil (1961) – singer for Mötley Crüe.
Sam Llanas (1961) – The BoDeans
Ken McCluskey (1962) – The Bluebells.
Will Turpin (1971) – bassist for Collective Soul.
Guillaume "Guy-Manuel" de Homem-Christo (1974) – Daft Punk.
David “Phoenix” Farrell (1974) – bassist for Linkin Park.
Jeremy Davis (1985) – bassist for Paramore.February 8 R.I.P. – Tony Destra (1987) – car accident. Age 36. Drummer for Cinderella and Britny Fox. Del Shannon (1990) – suicide. Age 55. Mercer Ellington (1996) – heart attack. Age 76. Trumpeter/bandleader/ composer. Bob Wooler (2002) – Age 76. DJ at the Cavern Club. Keith Knudsen (2005) – pneumonia. Age 55. Drummer for The Doobie Brothers. Jimmy Smith (2005) – natural causes. Age 79. Jazz organist. February 8 album releases – Jimmy Smith – Root Down (1972) Peter Hammill – Silent Corner And The Empty Stage (1974) Television – Marquee Moon (1977) Richard Marx – Paid Vacation (1994) 3 Doors Down – The Better Life (2000) Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now (2000) Asia – Live At The Town & Country Club (2000) February 8 events – 1956 – Buddy Holley signs with Decca Records, who misspells his last name on his contract as “Holly.” Buddy will adopt the misspelling as his stage name. 1959 – Johnny Cash appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first and only time, performing his hit single “Don't Take Your Guns To Town.” 1960 – The "payola" hearings begin in Washington, D.C. 1962 – Mary Wells releases her single, “The One Who Really Loves You” b/w “I’m Gonna Stay” on Motown. 1963 – The Four Tops sign with Motown. 1964 – On The Beatles’ first full day in New York City, John, Paul and Ringo attend a photo shoot in Central Park. George is sick in bed with the flu. 1964 – John Leyton, Mike Berry, The Innocents, Jet Harris, Don Spencer, The Leroys and The Rolling Stones appear at The Regal in Edmonton on the first night of their package tour. 1964 – The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" debuts on the Hot 100 chart. 1965 – The Supremes release their single, “Stop! In The Name Of Love” b/w “I’m In Love Again.” 1965 – The Dave Clark 5 begins filming their movie, Catch Us If You Can. 1967 – Peter and Gordon split up. 1967 – The Beatles begin recording the John Lennon song “Good Morning, Good Morning.” 1968 – Band Of Joy, featuring John Bonham and Robert Plant, make their first London appearance opening for Edwin Starr at the Marquee Club. 1969 – Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker form Blind Faith with Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. 1970 – Bobby Goldsboro and Boot Randolph appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1971 – The Bob Dylan documentary chronicling his 1966 tour of the UK, Eat The Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. 1972 – Frank Zappa's concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London is canceled when promoters discover "obscene" lyrics in Zappa's 200 Motels score. 1972 – The Official Beatles Fan Club closes up shop forever. 1980 – The divorce between David and Angie Bowie becomes final. David wins custody of their son Zowie (now known as Joe), and Angie receives a $51,000 settlement. 1981 – R.E.M. holds their first ever recording session at Bombay Studios in Smyrna, Georgia, recording “Gardening At Night,” “Radio Free Europe” and “(Don't Go Back To) Rockville.” 1982 – Cher makes her Broadway debut in Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean at the Martin Beck Theater. 1982 – The Olivia Newton-John television special, Let’s Get Physical, airs on ABC. 1988 – The three remaining members of The Who reunite for a three-song set at the Royal Albert Hall for the British Phonographic Industry awards. 1993 – Julian Cope raises over £2,500 for anti-fur campaigners Lynx, after selling raffle tickets to win his trade-mark microphone stand. 1993 – Tom Jones and Quincy Jones appear as themselves in “The Alma Mater” episode of NBC's The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. 1994 – Oasis is forced to cancel their first European tour when they are deported from Holland after being involved in a drunken brawl on a cross-channel ferry, resulting in members of the band being arrested and locked in the brig on the ferry. 1994 – Barry Manilow sues Los Angeles radio station KBIG, seeking $13 million in damages and $15 million in punitive damages for their ad that people listen to KBIG because it does not play Manilow's music, causing irreparable damage to his professional reputation. 2001 – Rapper Eminem makes his live UK concert debut at the Manchester Arena amid protests by 100 gay rights advocates that his lyrics incite bigotry, and controversy that he took Ecstacy on stage and encouraged his audience to take the drug as well. Following the concert, police review tapes of the show to see if he did indeed take drugs while on stage. 2005 – Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman of The Guess Who are inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame. 2006 – Sly Stone makes a rare appearance at the Grammy Awards for a tribute to The Family Stone. 2009 – R&B singer/rapper Chris Brown is arrested and charged with two felonies in the beating of his girlfriend Rihanna in a parked Lamborghini in Hollywood. The incident forces Brown to drop out of the Grammy Awards. 2010 – E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg successfully undergoes a massive 12-hour open heart surgery operation. 2010 – Bassist Dave Ellefson re-joins Megadeth after an eight year absence due to a financial dispute with leader Dave Mustaine. 2010 – Ringo Starr receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2011 – Robbie Robertson and Jack Scott are inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. -- 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.
