February 19 Born –
Lee Marvin (1924) – actor/singer (“Wand’rin’ Star”).
Mike Sammes (1928) – British singer, The Mike Sammes Singers
("Delilah").
Bob Engemann (1936) – The Lettermen.
Bobby Rogers (1940) – The Miracles.
William “Smokey” Robinson (1940) – The Miracles.
Lenny Citrin (1942) – Vito and The Salutations.
Lou Christie (aka Luigi Alfredo Giovanni Sacco, 1943) – singer.
Paul Dean (1946) – guitarist for Loverboy.
Pierre van der Linden (1946) – drummer for Focus.
Schuyler Larsen (1947) – bassist for Every Mother’s Son.
Mark Andes (1948) bassist for Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne.
Tony Iommi (1948) – guitarist for Jethro Tull and Black Sabbath.
Eddie Hardin (1949) – keyboardist for The Spencer Davis Group.
Andy Powell (1950) – guitarist for Wishbone Ash.
Francis Buchholz (1954) – bassist for The Scorpions.
Dave Wakeling (1956) – singer/songwriter/guitarist for The English
Beat and General Public.
Falco (aka Johann Hölzel, 1957) – Austrian singer (“Rock Me Amadeus”).
Seal (aka Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, 1963) – British
singer/songwriter.
Doug Aldrich (1964) – guitarist for Dio and Whitesnake.
Jon Fishman (1965) – drummer for Phish.
Kate Radley (1967) – keyboardist for Spiritualized.
Prince Markie Dee (aka Mark Morales, 1968) – The Fat Boys.
Daniel Adair (1975) – drummer for 3 Doors Down.February 19 R.I.P. – Bon Scott (1980) – acute alcohol poisoning. Age 33. Singer for AC/DC. Louis “Grandpa” Jones (1998) – stroke. Age 84. Country singer/banjo player, Hee Haw. Johnny Paycheck (2003) – emphysema and asthma. Age 64. Country singer. Kelly Groucutt (2009) – heart attack. Age 63. Bassist for Electric Light Orchestra. February 19 album releases – The Rascals – Once Upon A Dream (1968) Yes – The Yes Album (1971) Split Enz – Frenzy (1979) Dinosaur Jr. – Green Mind (1991) The Fixx – Ink (1991) Joni Mitchell – Night Ride Home (1991) Ace Of Base – Happy Nation (1993) Humble Pie – Back On Track (2002) February 19 events – 1878 – Thomas Edison patents his “music player,” the phonograph. 1938 – Roy Acuff joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1952 – 17-year old Eugene Craddock joins the U.S. Navy. Shortly after his discharge in 1955, he will change his name to Gene Vincent and form a band. 1952 – Tex Ritter records “High Noon (Do Note Forsake Me)” for the movie of the same name. 1955 – Pat Boone releases his single “Two Hearts, Two Kisses” b/w “Tra La La-a.” 1956 – Elvis Presley performs three shows at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida, billed as “Country Music’s Mr. Rhythm.” 1956 – The Platters record “Magic Touch.” 1958 – Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records to sign with Columbia as their first rockabilly act. 1958 – The Miracles release their first single, “Got A Job” b/w “My Momma Done Told Me.” 1958 – Larry Williams records “Dizzy Miss Lizzy.” 1962 – Chuck Berry begins serving his jail sentence at the Indiana Federal Penitentiary for violation of the Mann Act, which deals with the transportation a minor across state lines. Berry will 20 months. 1963 – With their single “Please Please Me” at #1 on the chart, The Beatles appear at the Cavern Club with opening acts Lee Curtis and The All Stars, The Pathfinders, and Freddie and The Midnighters. Former Beatles drummer Pete Best is in the audience. 1964 – Simon and Garfunkel record the original version of “The Sounds Of Silence.” 1964 – A British company ships a half ton of Beatle wigs to the U.S. 1965 – Rod Stewart and his group The Soul Agents play their first major gig at a club in Harrow. 1965 – Joni Mitchell gives birth to her daughter, Kelly, who she gives up for adoption. 1967 – The Four Tops, Boots Randolph, Pat Boone and Pearl Bailey all appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1968 – Former leader of The Pacemakers, Gerry Marsden begins a 3 1/2 year run in the London stage production of Charlie's Girl. 1969 – Elvis Presley records "Kentucky Rain" at American Sound in Memphis. 1970 – Songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart appear as themselves in the “Serena Stops The Show” episode of Bewitched. 1971 – In London's Royal Courts of Justice, Paul McCartney's lawsuit against his fellow ex-Beatles, to remove Allen Klein as manager of the group's financial affairs, begins. 1972 – Led Zeppelin appears at Memorial Drive in Adelaide, Australia, playing a re-scheduled concert from the day before which was cancelled due to heavy rain. 1972 – Sammy Davis Jr. appears in the “Sammy’s Visit” episode of All In The Family, and gives bigot Archie Bunker a big kiss on the cheek. 1972 – Wings releases their single, “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” b/ w “Give Ireland Back To The Irish (instrumental)” in the U.S. 1974 – KISS films their segment for Dick Clark's In Concert TV show. The March 29 air date will become the band's television debut. 1974 – The first American Music Awards, Dick Clark's answer to the Grammys, is broadcast on ABC-TV, and features Smokey Robinson, Helen Reddy and Roger Miller. 1976 – Kilburn and The High Roads, featuring pre-Blockheads Ian Dury, appear at Dingwalls in Camden Town, London. 1976 – Lead singer for Tower Of Power, Rick Stevens, is arrested for the drug-related murder of three people in San Jose, California. He will plead guilty and be sentenced to death in November, but will end up serving 36 years in prison when the death penalty is repealed in 1977. 1981 – Five years after George Harrison is found guilty of “subconscious plagiarism” in appropriating the melody of The Chiffons' "He's So Fine" in his own hit "My Sweet Lord," Judge Richard Owen of New York State Supreme Court awards the plaintiff, ABKCO Music, the sum of $587,000 in damages. 1982 – Ozzy Osbourne is arrested in San Antonio for urinating on the Alamo. 1987 – Bob Dylan, George Harrison, John Fogerty and Jesse Ed Davis join bluesman Taj Mahal and The Graffiti Band onstage during their concert at the Palomino Club in Hollywood. 1992 – Guns ‘N Roses plays the first of three nights at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. 1995 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress and Playboy model Pamela Anderson. 1996 – Björk attacks a news reporter as she arrives at the Thailand airport, pulling the female reporter to the floor and banging her head on the ground. She will later apologize for the attack. 1997 – Miles Davis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1998 – The Stray Cats reunite for a charity show for the Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse at the House Of Blues in L.A. 1998 – Country music singer Lorrie Morgan issues a denial concerning an article in the Star tabloid magazine about "a wild ride in the back seat of a limousine with U.S. President Bill Clinton." 2004 – Johnny Cash's family blocks an attempt by advertisers to use his hit song “Ring Of Fire” to promote hemorrhoid-relief products. Cash's daughter Rosanne says the family "would never allow the song to be demeaned like that." 2010 – Cirque du Soleil’s seventh event, Viva Elvis, premieres at the Aria Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. 2010 – Gloria and Emilio Estefan, along with Carlos Santana, Jose Feliciano, David Archuleta, and Jon Secada record a Spanish language version of “We Are The World” for the Haitian earthquake relief effort. -- 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.
