February 26 Born –
Jackie Gleason (1916) – The Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
Antoine “Fats” Domino (1928) – pianist/singer/songwriter.
Chic Hetti (aka Carl Cicchetti, 1930) – pianist for The Playmates
(“Beep Beep”).
Johnny Cash (1932) – singer/songwriter.
Jimmy Ferguson (1940) – The Irish Rovers.
Paul Cotton (1943) – Poco.
Bob "The Bear" Hite (1943) – singer for Canned Heat.
Mitch Ryder (aka William Levise, Jr., 1945) – singer/songwriter with
The Detroit Wheels.
Sandie Shaw (1947) – British singer.
Jonathan Cain (aka Jonathan Friga, 1950) – keyboardist for The Babys
and Journey.
Michael Bolton (aka Michael Bolotin, 1953) – singer.
Jaz Coleman (1960) – singer/songwriter/producer, Killing Joke.
Jon Jon Foster (aka John Foster, 1961) – vocalist for Bronski Beat.
Tim Commerford (1968) – bassist for Rage Against The Machine and
Audioslave.
Timothy Brown (1969) – bassist for The Boo Radleys.
Max Martin (aka Martin Sandberg, 1971) – Swedish producer/songwriter.
Erykah Badu (aka Erica Wright, 1971) – R&B singer/songwriter.
February 26 R.I.P. –
Harry Lauder (1950) – Age 79. Scottish singer/entertainer (“Roamin’ In
The Gloamin’”).
Sherman Garnes (1977) – heart attack. Age 36. Frankie Lymon and The
Teenagers.
Bukka White (1977) – cancer. Age 67. Delta blues musician.
Roy Eldridge (1989) – Age 78. Jazz trumpeter with Gene Krupa.
Cornell Gunter (1990) – murdered. Age 53. The Platters and The
Coasters.
Ben Raleigh (1997) – fire. Age 83. Songwriter ("Tell Laura I Love
Her").
Buddy Miles (2008) – congestive heart disease. Age 60.
Mark Tulin (2011) – Age 62. Bassist for The Electric Prunes.
February 26 album releases –
The Beatles – The Beatles Again (aka Hey Jude) (1970) U.S.
Anne Murray – Straight, Clean And Simple (1971)
Judas Priest – Point Of Entry (1981)
Great White – Hooked (1991)
Billy Idol – Billy Idol: VH1 Storytellers (2002)
Roy Buchanan – Before And After (2003)
February 26 events –
1917 – The Original Dixieland Jazz Band records "The Dixie Jazz Band
One-Step."
1954 – Due to public outrage over the lascivious nature of several
recent "race" recordings, the U.S. Congress tries to pass a bill
forbidding distribution of any "obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy
publication, picture, disc, transcription, or other article capable of
producing sound." The bill does not pass.
1955 – Billboard reports that 45s are now outselling 78s.
1955 – LaVern Baker appeals to Congress in a letter to Michigan
Representative Charles Digges Jr., requesting the revision of a 1954
decision denying black artists a revision of the 1909 Copyright Act, a
move which will make it harder for white pop artists to record exact
copies of R&B hits. Her appeal is turned down.
1962 – Trumpet player Al Hirt records “Java” at RCA Studios in
Nashville.
1964 – Elvis Presley reports to Paramount for pre-production of his
16th movie, Roustabout.
1965 – The Rolling Stones, Peggy March, Jett Harris and Tony Meehan
appear on Ready, Steady, Go!
1965 – Jimmy Page releases his first solo single, "She Just Satisfies"
b/w “Keep Moving” in the UK.
1966 – Nancy Sinatra’s single “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” hits
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100 just four days after its release.
1966 – David Bowie gives his first interview to New Musical Express,
and in the evening appears with his band The Buzz at the Corn Exchange
in Chelmsford.
1967 – Due to horseback-riding saddle sores, Elvis Presley delays his
trip to Hollywood for the second time, once again putting the filming
his 25th movie, Clambake, on hold.
1975 – Harry Chapin's Broadway revue, The Night That Made America
Famous, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
1979 – In an attempt to divide the spoils evenly amongst all parties
via a court case between The Sex Pistols and their manager Malcolm
McLaren, it is revealed that only £30,000 is left of the £800,000 the
band had earned.
1980 – Following U2’s concert at Dublin's National Boxing Stadium, Rob
Partridge and Bill Stewart of Island Records offer the band a
recording contract.
1985 – Chuck Berry receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the
Grammys.
1987 – The first four UK Beatles albums - Please Please Me, With The
Beatles, A Hard Day's Night and Beatles For Sale - are all released on
CD for the first time, in mono only.
1997 – Despite having broken up 27 years earlier, The Beatles are
awarded three Grammys for their multimedia Anthology, and new single
"Free As A Bird," including Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group,
and both short- and long-form categories of Best Music Video.
1997 – Rock band Rush becomes the first rock group to be inducted into
the Order of Canada.
1998 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee appears in a Malibu Municipal
courtroom, charged with domestic spousal and child abuse after beating
up wife Pamela Anderson the night before and being arrested. He is
held on $1 million bail. Anderson files for divorce.
2002 – John Fogerty, Elton John, The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel
and others perform at the multi-venue Los Angeles charity benefit Four
Concerts For Artists' Rights in L.A.
2005 – The wife of Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt is rushed to the
hospital after slashing her wrists in a suicide attempt after a Sunday
newspaper runs a story claiming that Rick has been cheating on her.
2006 – George Michael is found slumped over in a car in Hyde Park,
London. A concerned person spots the singer and calls police, and
after being checked by paramedics, is arrested for drug possession.
2007 – Marie Osmond's son, Michael Blosil, commits suicide by jumping
out an 8th floor apartment window.
2008 – Two original members of UK boy band Busted, Ki McPhail and Owen
Doyle, go to court claiming an estimated £10 million in unpaid
royalties for songs they wrote with James Bourne and Matt Willis when
the group formed in 2001, but were threatened and forced to sign away
their rights after they were sacked from the band later that year.
2009 – A 10-minute version of The Beatles' “Revolution 1” is leaked
onto the Internet. Only two copies of the take were made when the song
was completed on June 4, 1968: one copy left the studio with Lennon,
and the other remained behind. It is unclear which copy appeared on
the Internet, or who acquired it.
2010 – Cape Cod declares the day “Patti Page Day” in honor of the
singer, and re-names a street after her, Patti Page Way.
2011 – According to a survey by the royalty distribution service BMI,
Queen's “We Will Rock You” is the most-played song at U.S. sporting
events.
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