On This Day In Music

[MrPete]

It was good seeing Peter on the CBS Sunday Morning this morning.

[Lakers Fan]

Feb.14:

Magic Sam was born in 1937
Vic Briggs-1945

Mike Bloomfield died in 1981
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Twist and Shout charted for the Beatles in 1964
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Jack Benny was born in 1894
Hugh Downs-1921

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Brian Holland was born in 1941
Mick Avory-1944
Melissa Manchester is 60 today

Nat King Cole died in 1965
Little Walter in 1968

Glad All Over charted for The Dave Clark Five in 1964

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John Barrymore was born in 1882

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Feb.16:

Sonny Bono was born in 1935
Andy Taylor-1961

Paul Anka married Ann Dezogheb in 1963
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Edgar Bergen was born in 1903

The first radio newscast was in 1923

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Feb.17:

Gene Pitney was born in 1941

Thelonious Monk died in 1982

Surfin hit the chart for the Beach Boys in 1962
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Geronimo died in 1909

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Feb.18:

Yoko Ono is 78 today
Rob Bachman born in 1953
John Travolta -1954

Psycho Killers by The Talking Heads charted in 1978
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The first opera opened in the USA in 1735

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Feb.19:

William "Smokey" Robinson is 71 today
Lou Christie was born in 1943
Mama Cass Elliot-aka Naomi Cohen was born in 1943
Tommy Iommi -1948
Mark Andes-1948

Kris Kristopherson married Lisa Meyers in 1983
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Lee Marvin was born in 1924

The phonograph was patented in 1878

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Feb.20:

The GREAT Buffy Ste-Marie is 70 today
Jerome "J" Geils was born in 1946
Walter Becker-1950

Go Now was the first chart maker for The Moody Blues-1965
Ringo Starr appeared in his first not Beatles movie -Candy -1968
Pat Benatar and Neil Geraldo are married 29 years today

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Patricia Hearst is 57 today
John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth-1962

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Nina Simone was born in 1933
David Geffen in 1943
Jerry Harrison-1949

Murray "The K" Kauffman died in 1982

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Malcolm X aka Malcolm Little was assassinated in 1965

Nixon arrived in China-1972 and 1976

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Feb.22 :

Carl Perkins first hit :Blue Suede Shoes made the charts in 1956
Elvis Presley's first hit Heartbreak Hotel made the charts in 1956 as well

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George Washington was born in 1732
Robert Young-1907
Edward Kennedy-1932

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Feb.23 :
George Frederick Handel-1685
Johnny Winter was born in 1944
Brad Whitford-1952

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Peter Fonda is 72 today

The Russian Revolution bgean in St.Petersburg in 1917

Herschel Walker signed with the USFL 's New Jersey Generals for $8million in 1983

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Feb.24:

Michel Legrand was born in 1932
Nicky Hopkins-1944
Paul Jones-1944

Sidney Poitier is 87 today

The first Sherlock Holmes film starring Clive Brook was released in 1929

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Feb.25:

Enrico Caruso was born in 1873
George Harrison-1943
Stuart Wood-1957

Buddy Holly recorded That'll Be The Day-1957
The Beatles released Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields in 1967
Blondie released Plastic Letters in 1978
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Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston in 1964

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Feb.26:

Fats Domino was born in 1928
Johnny Cash-1932
Paul Cotton-1943
Bob "Bear" Hite-1945

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Buffalo Bill Cody-1846
Jackie Gleason-1916
Godfrey Cambridge-1933

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Feb.27:

I'm Walking by Fats Domino charted in 1957
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John Steinbeck was born in 1902
Elizabeth Taylor ,considered by many to be the most beautiful woman to ever live is 79 today
Joanne Woodward is 79
Ralph Nader is 77

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Feb. 28:

Brian Jones was born in 1942
Joe South-1942

The Cavern Club where the Beatles got their start closed in 1966
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Zero Mostel-1926

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March 1:

Fredric Chopic was born in 1809
Dinah Shore-1917
Harry Belafonte is 84 today
Roger Daltrey is 67

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March 2:

Kurt Weill was born in 1900
Desi Arnaz-1917
Willie Chambers-1938
George Benson-1943
Lou Reed is 69 today

The Sound of Music opened in 1965
Wooly Bully became the first chartmaker for Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs'-1965
Havana Jam featured Billy Joel,Stephen Stills and others-1979
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Sam Houston was born in 1793
Dr.Seuss-1904

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March 3:

Herman "Jr." Parker was born in 1927
Janice Garfat-1944

Bits and Pieces by Thec Dave Clark Five charted in 1964
Buffalo Springfield officially formed in 1966
Something Stupid by Frank and Nancy Sinatra charted in 1967

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Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847
Vincent Van Gogh-1853

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March 4 :

Eric Allandale was born in 1936
Ron Carter-1937
Chris Squire-1948\
Bobby Womack-1948
Chris Rea-1951

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini-1961
The first Congress convened in 1789
Grerta Garbo's first talkie ,Anna Christie premiered in 1930

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March 5:

Andy Gibb was born in 1958

Rex Harrison-1908
Samantha Eggar-1939

Joseph Stalin died in 1953
Jay Silverheels-1980
THE GREAT JOHN BELUSHI -1982

Director John Ford received his first Oscar for The Informer-1936

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March 6:

Furry Lewis (father of the blues) was born in 1893
Mary Wilson-1944
Randy Meisner-1945
Hugh Grundy-1945
Kiki Dee-1947
David Gilmour-1947

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Michaelangelo-1475
EdMcMahon-1923

The Alamo fell in 1836
The first Women's Lib demonstration was held in London ,England in 1971

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March 7:

King Curtis was born in 1934
Chris White-1943
Matt Fisher-1946
Peter Wolf is 65 today

The first jazz rexcord was released in 1917-The Dixie Jazz Band One -Step

Needles and Pins by The Searchers charted in 1964
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Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone-1876

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March 8:Mississippi John Hurt was born in 1892
Keith Jarrett-1945
Gary Numan-1958

Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan died in 1973

Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard charted in 1958

Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In by The Fifth Dimension charted in 1969

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Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in 1841
Jim Bouten is 72 today
Lynn Redgrave -1943

Joe Frazier defeated Muhammed Ali in 1971 :"the fight of the century"

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March 9:

Llpyd Price was born in 1933
Mickey Dolenz-1943
Mark Lindsay-1944
Robin Trower-1945
Jimmy Fadden-1948
Trevor Burton-1949

Monday ,Monday by the Mamas and Papas charted in 1966

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Amerigo Vespucci was born in 1451
Bobby Fisher-1943

CBS-TV cancelled the Smothers Brothers Show because the brothers refused to censor Joan Baez when she dedicated a song to her husband Davidwho was about to go to jail for his opposition to the draft during the Vietnam war-1969 .

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March 10:

Bix Biederbecke was born in 1903
Dean Torrence-1940
Tom Scholz-1947
Ted McKenna-1950

Zelda Sayre (Mrs.F.Scott Fitzgerald) died in 1948

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March 11:

Mike Hugg was born in 1940
Mark Stein-1967

Van Halen released their first LP in 1978

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March 12:Al Jarreau was born in 1940
Paul Kantner-1942
Liza Minelli is 65 today
James Taylor is 63
Bill Payne born in 1949
LaBamba aka Richard Rosenberg-1953

Charlie "Bird" Parker died in 1955

Del Shannon's first record-Runaway charted in 1961
The Rascals Good Lovin charted-1966

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Edward Albee born in 1928
The Girl Scouts were founded in 1955

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March 13 :

Neil Stoller was born in 1933
Neil Sedaka is 72 today
Donald York-1949
Adam Clayton is 51 today

Tired Of Waiting For You by The Kinks charted in 1965
The first Van Halen tour began in Chicago-1978
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The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781
Standard time was established in 1884

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March 14:

Quincy Jones is 78 today
The first Gold record-Catch A Falling Star by Perry Como -1958
The Beatles Yellow Submarine album becomes their 14th .gold LP-1969

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Albert Einstein was born in 1879

Karl Marx died in 1883

The cotton gin was patented in 1793