February 18 Born –
Pee Wee King (1914) – Country music singer/songwriter ("The Tennessee
Waltz").
Yoko Ono (1933)
Clyde "Skip" Battin (1934) – The Byrds and The Flying Burrito
Brothers.
Bobby Hart (1939) – songwriter.
Herman Santiago (1941) – The Premiers.
Irma Thomas (1941) – R&B singer.
David Blue (1941) – Folk singer/songwriter (“Outlaw Man”).
Denny Zager (1943) – Zager and Evans.
Dennis DeYoung (1947) – singer for Styx.
Keith Knudsen (1948) – drummer for The Doobie Brothers.
Juice Newton (aka Judy Kay Newton, 1952) – singer/songwriter.
Veronica “Randy” Crawford (1952) – R&B singer, The Crusaders.
Derek Pellicci (1953) – drummer for Little River Band.
Robbie Bachman (1953) – drummer for Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
John Travolta (1954) – actor/singer (“You’re The One That I Want”).
Brian James (aka brian Robertson, 1955) – guitarist for The Damned.
Gary "Gar" Samuelson (1958) – drummer for Megadeth.
Dr. Dre (aka Andre Young, 1965) – rapper.February 18 R.I.P. – Patrick Waite (1993) – hereditary heart condition. Age 24. Musical Youth. Bob Stinson (1995) – organ failure from prolonged drug use. Age 35. Guitarist for The Replacements. Denny Cordell (1995) – lymphoma. Age 51. Record producer. Bill Cowsill (2006) – emphysema and Cushing syndrome. Age 58. Fird “Snooks” Eaglin (2009) – heart attack. Age 73. Singer/guitarist. February 18 album releases – Brenda Lee – All Alone Am I (1963) Tony Bennett – I Wanna Be Around (1963) The Supremes – I Hear A Symphony (1966) Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1972) Rory Gallagher – Blueprint (1973) KISS – KISS (1974) The Damned – Damned Damned Damned (1977) Sham 69 – Tell Us The Truth (1978) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Somewhere In Afrika (1983) Yoko Ono – Starpeace (1985) Jackson Browne – Lives In The Balance (1986) Live – Secret Samadhi (1997) Radiohead – The King Of Limbs (2011) February 18 events – 1927 – Jessica Dragonette, the "first great voice of the air," makes her radio debut on the Cities Service Concerts program, on the NBC Radio network. 1942 – The Mills Brothers record “Paper Doll” for the Decca label. 1958 – The Kingston Trio record "The Tijuana Jail" at Capitol Studios in New York City. 1959 – On leave from the U.S. Army in Paris, France, Elvis Presley performs a short impromptu set after hours at the Lido Club. 1959 – Ray Charles records "What'd I Say" at Atlantic Studios. 1960 – The Everly Brothers record "When Will I Be Loved" and "Like Strangers" at RCA in Nashville. 1962 – The Everly Brothers appear on The Ed Sullivan Show while on leave from the Marines, and perform “Crying In The Rain” in their uniforms. 1964 – The Beatles meet soon-to-be heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay for a campy photo shoot at his training camp in Florida. In the evening, the group goes to a drive-in movie to see Elvis’ latest film, Fun In Acapulco. 1965 – The Beatles’ song publishing company, Northern Songs, goes up on the British stock exchange, with 1,170,000 shares becoming available to the public, and the bulk of the shares remaining within the group’s circle. Initially intended as a tax break for Lennon and McCartney, it will ultimately cost them control and rights to the company. 1966 – The Rolling Stones play the first night of their nine-date Australian tour at the Commemorative Auditorium Showgrounds in Sydney, with opening act The Searchers. 1968 – David Gilmour officially replaces Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd. 1968 – Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, and Ringo and Maureen Starr fly to Rishikesh, India to see the Maharishi. 1968 – Paul Mauriat performs “Love Is Blue” on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show is Bobbie Gentry. 1969 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience appears at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 1969 – Bee Gee Maurice Gibb marries Lulu at St. James Church in Gerards Cross, Buckinghamshire. 1970 – Rare Earth releases their single, “Get Ready” b/w “Magic Key.” 1971 – Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band make their live New York debut at Unganos. 1971 – Karen and Richard Carpenter are the surprised honorees on the television series This Is Your Life. 1972 – Chuck Berry appears on The Mike Douglas Show, which is being hosted by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Berry, along with Lennon, Ono and their band Elephant’s Memory, jam on “Memphis” and “Johnny B. Goode.” 1973 – Four men rush to climb on stage during an Elvis Presley concert in Las Vegas to shake his hand. Fearing a threat, Elvis and bassist Jerry Scheff immobilize the men with karate moves. The four rowdy men are led off and no charges are filed, but a riled up Elvis tells the audience, "I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen. I'm sorry I didn't break his goddamned neck, is what I'm sorry about!" 1973 – The King Biscuit Flower Hour premieres, featuring Blood, Sweat & Tears, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Bruce Springsteen. 1974 – Ringo Star releases his single, “Oh My My” b/w “Step Lightly” in the U.S. 1974 – Yes appears at Madison Square Garden for the first time on their Tales From Topographic Oceans tour. 1978 – The Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" debuts on the Hot 100 chart. 1980 – Bill Wyman announces that he will be leaving The Rolling Stones by 1983. He’s convinced to stay even longer. 1980 – Filming begins in Durango, Mexico on Ringo Starr's new stone- age comedy, Caveman. 1985 – Chuck Berry plays a benefit show for Ethiopian relief at the Hard Rock Café in Los Angeles. 1987 – Prince releases his single, “Sign ‘O’ The Times” b/w “La, La, La, He, He, Hee.” 1990 – Freddie Mercury makes his final public appearance on stage at the Dominion Theatre in London when he joins the rest of Queen to collect the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. 1997 – The Trinity Broadcasting Network, a U.S. Christian television network, cancels Pat Boone’s weekly gospel music show, Gospel America, after he appears in black leather and fake tattoos on the American Music Awards show. Boone later explains that his garb was a parody designed to promote his album In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy. He soon gets his show back. 2004 – A civil lawsuit accusing Marilyn Manson of sexual assault is dismissed when the two sides reach an out-of-court settlement. Security guard Joshua Keasler sued Manson after the star allegedly put his legs around Keasler's neck and gyrated against him on stage at a gig in Detroit, Michigan in 2001. Manson was also ordered to pay $4,000 in fines and court costs. 2006 – The Rolling Stones play a free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro for more than a million people. 2008 – Carpenters fans petition to save the pop duo's former family home, south of L.A. in Downey, and immortalized on the cover of The Carpenters' 1973 album Now & Then, from being torn down by the current owners, who object to fans looking in the windows and leaving floral tributes. 2009 – Michael Jackson puts a portion of his personal memorabilia up for sale, including his gold and platinum albums, a Rolls Royce limousine, a Harley Davidson, and his American Music Award for “Thriller.” 2009 – Sam & Dave’s Sam Moore files suit against the producers of the film Soul Men, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, for misappropriating the history, trademarks and trade names of Moore and his late singing partner Dave Prater. 2010 – Singer Gordon Lightfoot is on the way to the dentist when news reports come on the radio that he is dead. A dumbfounded Lightfoot comments, “It seems like a bit of a hoax or something. I was quite surprised to hear it myself.” 2012 – Whitney Houston’s invitation-only memorial service is held at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, after which she is buried. -- 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.
