1939
February 6
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon is released from the Parchman
Farm penitentiary after serving eight months of a three year
sentence for altering a check from 4 dollars to 40 dollars.
1942
February 10
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glen Miller and his Orchestra becomes
the first recording to be awarded a Gold record. It was actually
just a master copy of the disc sprayed with gold lacquer by RCA
as a publicity stunt. The actual award recognized today as a
Gold Record would not be initiated for another sixteen years
when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
borrowed the idea and trademarked the Gold Record. The first
Gold single was awarded to Perry Como in 1958 for "Catch A
Falling Star" and the first Gold album was given to Gordon McRae
for the soundtrack to Oklahoma.
1955
February 5
New York radio station WNEW announces the results of its annual
music popularity poll. The winners are Perry Como,
Patti Page, The Crew-Cuts and Ray Anthony.
1956
February 10
Little Richard records "Long Tall Sally", which will go on
be his highest charting record in the US, climbing to number 6
on Billboard's Pop chart and number 1 on the R&B chart by next
April. Rolling Stone magazine has listed the tune as #56
on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.
1957
February 5
Bill Haley arrived from New York on the ocean liner Queen
Elizabeth at Southampton for his UK concert debut and was
greeted by 5,000 fans. He was the first major American Rock
artist to tour the UK.
February 7
Iraq bans the films Rock Around The Clock and Bus Stop,
saying they are "dangerous to teenagers and youths."
February 9
After nine weeks, Guy Mitchell's "Singing The Blues" is pushed
out of Billboard's top spot by
Elvis Presley's "Too Much".
1958
February 8
The Diamonds had the best selling record in the United
States with their version of "The Stroll". The song also reached
number four on the Billboard Pop chart and number five on the
R&B chart.
February 9
A report by the American Research Bureau cites Dick Clark's
American Bandstand as the top-ranked daytime television
program, drawing an average of 8,400,000 viewers per day.
February 10
Elvis attains his ninth US number one single with the
double-sided hit "Don't" / "I Beg of You".
February 10
Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly With Me" rose to the top of the US
album chart, where it would stay for the next five weeks.
1959
February 7
Buddy Holly is buried in Lubbock, Texas. His tombstone reads
"Holley", the correct spelling of his given surname and includes
pictures of a guitar. Buddy's pallbearers were Joe Mauldin,
Jerry Allison, Niki Sullivan, Bob Montgomery, Sonny Curtis
and Phil Everly.
February 8
Johnny Cash performs his #1 Billboard Country chart hit, "Don't
Take Your Guns To Town" on The Ed Sullivan Show
February 9
Lloyd Price reached number one on the Billboard Pop chart with
"Stagger Lee", an up-dated version of an 1911 Folk song called
"Stack-O-Lee" that was based on the murder of William "Billy"
Lyons by Stagger Lee Shelton.
Wilson Pickett would take the song to number 22 in 1967.
February 10
Link Wray performs his controversial instrumental hit "Rumble"
on American Bandstand. Because of its title, many radio
stations refused to play the record, but it still managed to
sell over a million copies and reach #16 on the Billboard Pop
chart.
1960
February 6
27 year old Jesse Belvin, who scored a 1956 hit with "Goodnight,
My Love", is killed in an auto accident in Hope, Arkansas. His
wife and the car's driver also died of their injuries. The three
were trying to make a fast get-a-way from the first ever mixed
race audience Pop concert in the town of Little Rock after
threats had been made against Belvin's life. The accident
remains a contentious point, with many suspecting foul play.
February 8
Bobby Rydell's "Wild One" makes its debut on the Billboard
chart, where it will reach number 2. It also made the Top 10 in
the UK.
February 8
"Teen Angel" by Mark Dinning hit number 1 in the US. The song
had been written for him by his sister Jean, who also recorded
as one of The Dinning Sisters. Some radio stations banned the
song and in the UK, where it barely made the top 40, it was
called "the death record".
1962
February 5
Ringo Starr appeared live with
The Beatles for the first time when he filled in for an
ailing
Pete Best. They played two shows that day, a lunchtime date
at the Cavern Club and an evening show at the Kingsway Club in
Southport.
February 9
Neil Sedaka records "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", which will
become his fifth US Top Ten hit and first number one by the
following August. Neil's ballad version of the song would peak
at number eight in February 1976.
February 10
Henry Mancini had the #1 album in the US with the soundtrack
to the film Breakfast At Tiffany's.
1963
February 8
The Four Tops are inked to Berry Gordy's Motown label and
receive a $400 signing bonus.
February 9
Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson, who were billed as
Paul and Paula, had the top tune in the US with "Hey Paula".
It made #8 in the UK.
February 11
The Beatles spent ten hours at Abbey Road studios recording
the tracks that would make up the bulk of their first album.
Late in the session, despite suffering from a severe cold, John
tackles "Twist And Shout" as an afterthought. When it was
released as a single in the US, it rose to #2.
1964
February 9
The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed
Sullivan Show, which was watched by over 73 million people
(60% of the viewing audience). The Fab Four performed "All My
Loving", "Till There Was You", "She Loves You", "I Saw Her
Standing There" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand". Also performing
on the show is a future member of The Monkees,
Davy Jones, who appeared as part of the cast of Oliver.
February 10
American newspapers report that "millions of teenage boys are
spending extra time in front of the mirror trying to make their
hair look like Paul McCartney's", following an appearance of the
Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show the previous night.
1965
February 6
The Righteous Brothers led the US hit parade with "You've
Lost That Lovin' Feelin". According to the RIAA, the song has
now been played on US radio stations over 8 million times, more
than any other record in history.
February 8
The Dave Clark Five begin filming the movie Catch Us If
You Can. Although they perform the soundtrack music, the
members of the group (unlike The Beatles) do not play
themselves, but appear as a team of freelance movie stuntmen and
extras, led of course, by Dave Clark.
February 11
Ringo Starr marries his pregnant girlfriend, Maureen Cox in
London, England. She gave birth to son Zak the following
September. John Lennon, his wife Cynthia, Brian Epstein and
George Harrison attended, but Paul McCartney was away on
vacation in Tunisia.
1966
February 5
Petula Clark had the number one record in America with "My
Love". It made #4 in the UK.
February 5
An instrumental called "No Matter What Shape" by The T-Bones
reaches the US Top Ten after being featured in Alka-Seltzer
commercials. The group contained Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo
and Tom Reynolds, who would go on have a number four hit in 1971
called "Don't Pull Your Love" as Hamilton, Joe Frank and
Reynolds.
1967
February 8
English duo
Peter and Gordon announce their split up. Between 1964 and
1967, they placed ten songs on the Billboard Top 40. After
working for Apple, Peter Asher moved to Los Angeles and produced
records for Diana Ross, Linda Ronstadt and Cher. He was won
Rolling Stone magazine's "Producer of the Year" awards
twice. Gordon Waller would turn to acting and played the part of
Pharaoh in the musical Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat. The duo reunited on stage in August, 2005.
February 10
The Beatles and George Martin added the orchestral crescendos to
"A Day In The Life", using a 40-piece orchestra. Martin would
later recall that when he told some of Britain's finest
musicians that they were to play twenty-four bars of
cacophonous, improvised crescendo, "they all looked at me as
though I were completely mad."
February 11
The Monkees saw their second album, "More of The Monkees"
leap from position 122 to number 1. The Fabricated Four only
provided the vocals and were backed by some of the finest studio
musicians around, like Glen Campbell and Neil Sedaka. The L.P.
contained the hits, "I'm a Believer" and "(I'm Not Your) Steppin'
Stone" and was produced by Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager,
Tommy Boyce and others. After being pressured by the press, The
Monkees later announced that they would play their own
instruments on all future recordings.
February 11
The Turtles release their biggest hit, "Happy Together",
which will reach #1 in the US and #12 in the UK. Co-written by
Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon, the song had been rejected by
several other performers.
1968
February 10
The Beatles close Beatles USA, their American fan club and
business office and fire their US press agents, severing all
American business connections. They also withdraw from the late
Brian Epstein's NEMS Enterprises and turn all business affairs
over to their newly formed record company, Apple.
February 10
The Bubble Gum music craze gets its start when "Simon Says" by
The 1910 Fruitgum Company enters the US record charts, where
it will reach number 4. Over the next year and a half, the group
will have four more US Top 40 hits.
February 10
French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat pushed all Rock records
aside and reached Billboard's top spot with a harpsichord and
violin laden instrumental called "Love Is Blue". Mauriat was no
stranger to US success as he had written the music to Peggy
March's 1963 number one hit "I Will Follow Him".
1969
February 7
The ABC-TV program, This Is Tom Jones began its two year,
65 episode run in the US. The show, featuring Jones duetting
with different guests each week, would be nominated for a Golden
Globe Award later in the year.
February 8
George Harrison's tonsils are removed at London's University
College Hospital and are then destroyed so that they can not be
sold.
1970
February 7
Ian Anderson of
Jethro Tull married record company secretary Jennie Franks.
February 7
Shocking Blue, a three man, one woman band from Holland, had the
top single in America with "Venus". It made #8 in the UK.
February 11
John Lennon pays £1,344 in fines for protesting the South
African rugby team playing in Scotland.
1971
February 6
In a rare feat, a Country song crossed over to the Pop charts
and became the best selling single in America when Lynn
Anderson's "Rose Garden" climbed to the top of the Cash Box hit
parade.
February 8
Frank Zappa's concert at London's Royal Albert Hall is
cancelled after a representative of the venue found obscene
lyrics in the score of "200 Motels". In 1975, Zappa lost a
lawsuit against the Hall for breach of contract.
1972
February 5
Paul Simon releases his first new song without Art Garfunkel,
"Mother and Child Reunion", which will peak at number four in
the US. Simon got the idea for the song's title from a
chicken-and-egg dish called Mother and Child Reunion that he saw
on a Chinese restaurant's menu.
February 5
Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold" is released. The record will prove
to be his only US number one solo hit. Background vocals were
provided by
James Taylor and
Linda Ronstadt.
February 9
Paul McCartney's
Wings make their concert debut at Nottingham University in
England.
February 10
Britain's most popular Glam-rock act, T-Rex, kicks off their
first headlining tour of the US in support of their current hit
"Bang A Gong".
1973
February 5
Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" becomes his first US number
one hit. To date, Sir Elton has had twenty-seven US Top 10
records and has placed a total of fifty-eight songs on the
Billboard Top 40.
1974
February 7
Soul artist
Barry White is awarded four Gold records for the singles
"Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" (#7), "Love's Theme" (#1 by the
Love Unlimited Orchestra, conducted by White), and the albums
"Under the Influence of Love Unlimited" (#3) and "Sonte Gon'"
(#20).
1975
February 8
The Ohio Players top the Billboard singles chart with "Fire" and
the Hot 200 album chart with an LP of the same name.
February 8
Engelbert Humperdinck's "Greatest Hits" starts a three-week
run at the top of the UK album chart.
February 9
Cher's solo weekly TV show premieres on CBS with guest
Elton John.
February 10
Producer Phil Spector is involved in a car accident and suffers
multiple head and body injuries. He eventually made a full
recovery.
1976
February 5
51-year-old Rudy Pompilli, sax player for
Bill Haley's Comets, passed away after a long battle with
lung cancer, even though he himself was not a smoker. He had
been with the band for twenty years and had played on their
biggest selling records.
February 7
Paul Simon had his only solo number 1 hit in the US when "50
Ways to Leave Your Lover" made it to the top for the first of 3
weeks.
February 9
Percy Faith, who led his orchestra to the top of the Billboard
Pop chart with "Theme From A Summer Place" in 1960, died of
cancer at the age of 62. Between 1950 and 1973, Faith charted in
the US Top 40 sixteen times.
1977
February 5
An unknown singer named Mary MacGregor had the top tune in the
US with "Torn Between Two Lovers", a song that she would later
say that she has never liked. Peter Yarrow of
Peter, Paul and Mary co-wrote the song and chose MacGregor
to sing it over several other established artists. The song
reached #4 in the UK.
1979
February 9
A Birmingham, England band called UB40 play their first ever gig
at a pub in their hometown. The Reggae group took their name
from the UK unemployment benefit form.
February 10
Rod Stewart enjoyed his third Billboard number one hit with
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?". The record also went to the top in ten
other countries.
February 11
The TV movie Elvis, starring Kurt Russell, airs on ABC-TV
with an estimated audience of 43 million viewers.
1980
February 8
David Bowie and his wife Angie are divorced after nearly ten
years of marriage. David is awarded custody of their nine-year
old son, Zowie (now known as Joe), while Angie received a
£30,000 ($51,000) settlement.
1981
February 6
Hugo Montenegro, who is best remembered for scoring a #2 hit
with the instrumental theme to Clint Eastwood's movie, The
Good, The Bad And The Ugly, died of emphysema. He was 55.
February 7
Pink Floyd began The Wall Tour in the US when they
gave their first live performance of the new double album in Los
Angeles. A 30 foot high wall made of Styrofoam blocks was
constructed across the 160 foot stage in the first half of the
show, and then following the intermission, it was thoroughly
destroyed.
February 7
A Jersey City sextet called Kool And The Gang, which featured
Robert "Kool" Bell on lead vocals, had the top tune in America
with "Celebration".
February 7
The TV mini-series Elvis And Me, based on Priscilla
Presley's book, begins on ABC.
February 9
Rock and Roll pioneer,
Bill Haley died of a heart attack at the age of 55. He was
still a big star in Europe and in Mexico where his "Twist" album
was the best selling LP of all time for many years. Haley was
getting ready to release a new Country and Western album when he
passed away in Harlingen, Texas. He had been suffering from a
brain tumor and had given his last concert in South Africa in
April of 1980. During his career, Bill Haley sold over 60
million records.
1983
February 5
After cracking the US Top 10 in 1978 with "Hold The Line" (#5)
and again in 1982 with "Rosanna" (#2),
Toto has their first and only Billboard #1 hit with
"Africa". Over the next five years, they would reach the Top 40
five more times.
February 11
The Recording Industry Association of America awards
Bob Seger his seventh consecutive US platinum award for the
album, "The Distance".
1984
February 7
Michael Jackson is noted in the Guinness Book of Records
when his album "Thriller" passes the 25 million sales mark.
1986
February 11
Boy George, lead singer of Culture Club, guest-stars on an
episode of The A-Team. George played a singer mistakenly
booked into a Country dance hall.
1987
February 6
Sonny Bono declares his candidacy for mayor of Palm Springs,
which he later wins.
February 7
Aretha Franklin and
George Michael topped the UK singles chart with "I Knew You
Were Waiting (For Me)". The song gave Aretha her first UK #1
almost 20 years after her first hit.
1988
February 6
Dusty Springfield returns to the US Top 10 for the first
time in nineteen years with a duet with Pet Shop Boys called
"What've I Done To Deserve This". Her last big hit in America
was "Son Of A Preacher Man" in December, 1968.
February 8
The Who (minus the late Keith Moon) reunite for their 25th
anniversary at the televised British Phonographic Industry
Awards in London. Their three song medley of "My Generation /
Substitute / Who Are You" runs past their time slot, forcing
Rick Astley to accept his award for Best British Single,
off the air.
1989
February 11
Future American Idol judge Paula Abdul enjoys the first
of her six US number one hits with "Straight Up", a #3 hit in
the UK.
1990
February 6
Over 200 women filed court actions against
Chuck Berry, alleging that he had been secretly filming them
in the toilets of the restaurant he owned. Berry claimed that he
had the camera installed to catch an employee who was suspected
of stealing. Although the charges were never proven in court,
Berry agreed to settlement with 59 women that cost him over $1.2
million plus legal fees
February 8
50 year old
Del Shannon died of a self-inflicted gun shot wound at his
home in Santa Clarita, California . He had just appeared at the
annual Buddy Holly memorial concert in Fargo, North Dakota and
had recently completed recording a new album with the help of
Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne called "Rock On!" Shannon was rumored
to take Roy Orbison's place in The Traveling Wilburys at the
time of his death. He would be inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall Of Fame in 1999.
1993
February 5
Backed by his former band mate Ron Wood,
Rod Stewart records "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"
for MTV's Unplugged series. The resulting single will be
certified Gold and reach #5 in the US and #20 in the UK.
February 10
Oprah Winfrey interviews
Michael Jackson on her prime-time special on ABC-TV. In the
interview, Jackson claims that he has a disorder that destroys
the pigmentation of the skin. He also claims he's had very
little plastic surgery.
1995
February 6
After experiencing a succession of violent headaches, Spandau
Ballet's Martin Kemp has an emergency operation in London to
remove a brain tumor.
1996
February 6
Former Milli-Vanilli member Rob Pilatus was hospitalized after a
man hit him over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood,
California while the singer was allegedly attempting to steal
the man's car.
1997
February 10
Brian Connolly, vocalist for Sweet, who reached #3 in 1973 with
"Little Willy", died of kidney failure at the age of 52.
1998
February 6
Carl Wilson, lead guitarist and vocalist for
The Beach Boys, died of cancer at the age of 51. Although
Brian Wilson and Mike Love were featured on many of the band's
biggest hits, it was Carl's voice that took the lead on "God
Only Knows", "I Can Hear Music" and ""Good Vibrations".
2000
February 7
While battling cancer, Lonesome Dave Peverett, lead singer of
Savoy Brown and
Foghat died from double-pneumonia at the age of 56.
February 11
The Isley Brothers had their Valentine's Super Love Jam
concert cut an hour short after police officers returned fire on
a spectator seen shooting into the crowd. The suspect was killed
and three other people were injured.
February 11
Diana Ross is granted a divorce from her husband Arne Naess,
a shipping magnate that she married in October, 1985.
2001
February 6
Eagles' guitarist Don Felder receives a phone call from
manager Irving Azoff who tells him that the rest of the band has
"decided to go on without you." A shocked Felder will spend the
next few days pleading for another chance, but will be rebuffed
and soon after he will receive his official termination notice.
Felder would launch a $50 million law suit against guitarist
Glen Frey and drummer Don Henley, alleging wrongful termination
and breach of implied-in-fact contract. Henley and Frey then
countersued Felder for breach of contract, alleging that Felder
had written and attempted to sell the rights to a "tell-all"
book. Both parties settled out-of-court, but it took Felder
until early 2008 to finally issue his book, Heaven and Hell:
My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001).
2002
February 11
Elton John performs at the National Basketball Association
All-Star Game in Philadelphia.
2003
February 6
A British documentary on
Michael Jackson airs on ABC-TV's 20/20.
February 11
The British Phonographic Industry reported that the year 2002
saw the largest sales decline in decades, with the most severe
slump in a single year since the birth of the CD market in the
early 1980s. Piracy, illegal duplication and distribution of
CD's by international criminals were blamed for the decrease.
2004
February 9
Diana Ross began serving a two day jail sentence for an
Arizona drunk driving conviction at the Greenwich Police
Department in upscale Greenwich, where she lives. The former
lead singer for the Supremes was arrested December 30th, 2002,
after tests showed she had a blood-alcohol level of 0.20
percent. Arizona's legal limit for drivers is 0.08.
2005
February 5
Paul McCartney performed during the half-time show at Superbowl
XXXIX (39) in Jacksonville Florida and pocketed a cool $3.3
million for his 12 minute performance. That translates into
$278,000 per minute. Sir Paul played in front of an estimated TV
audience of one billion and sang the Beatles songs "Drive My
Car", "Get Back" and "Hey Jude", plus his Bond theme song "Live
and Let Die".
February 8
Keith Knudsen, long-time
Doobie Brothers drummer, died of pneumonia. The 56 year old
had been battling cancer and had been in the hospital for more
than a month. Knudsen was part of the band during their prime
hit making years and recorded "Black Water", "Taking it to the
Streets", "China Grove" and "Listen to the Music".
February 8
Burton Cummings and
Randy Bachman, core members of
The Guess Who, were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters
Hall Of Fame. The band placed 13 songs in the Top 40 of the
Billboard Hot 100 between 1965 and 1974. Cummings added 2 more
as a solo artist and Bachman contributed 7 others with
Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
February 9
Tyrone Davis, best known for his hits "Turn Back The Hands of
Time" and "Can I Change My Mind", died from complications
following a stroke. He was 66.
February 10
Roger Daltrey of
The Who was awarded the CBE by Queen Elizabeth II at
Buckingham Palace for services to the music industry.
2006
February 5
The Rolling Stones played three songs during the half-time
show of The Super Bowl in Detroit. After the event, The Stones
expressed their displeasure over having Mick Jagger's microphone
turned down during the song "Start Me Up". The line "you make a
dead man come" was cut short and a barnyard reference to "cocks"
in the new song "Rough Justice" also disappeared.
February 5
Barry Manilow topped the US album charts for the first time
in nearly 29 years when his "Greatest Songs of the Fifties" sold
156,000 copies during the first week of February.
February 8
Sly Stone made his first major public appearance since his
1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when he
appeared at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The 61 year old
Sly joined in briefly during a multi-artist tribute to his
music.
2007
February 6
Frankie Laine suffered complications after hip-replacement
surgery and died at the age of 93. The big voiced singer sold
over 100 million records and placed seven songs on Billboard's
Top 40 between 1955 and 1969, including "Moonlight Gambler" and
"Love Is A Golden Ring".
February 7
A Vietnamese court reduced Gary Glitter's child molestation
sentence, cutting his three-year term by three months as part of
a nationwide Lunar New Year prison amnesty. The 62 year-old
Glitter was convicted in March '06 of molesting two Vietnamese
girls, aged 10 and 11.
February 11
Artists who won awards at the 49th annual Grammy Awards in Los
Angeles included Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Frampton,
Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, George Benson and Ike Turner.
2008
February 5
The Indian guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced
The Beatles to ancient Hindu meditation methods, died in his
sleep at his home in the Netherlands. He was 91.
February 7
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas announced that
Cher has been signed to perform approximately 200 shows over
the next three years, beginning May 6. The 61 year old singer
signed to perform 90-minute concerts, four nights a week on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for shows range
between $95 and $250.
February 10
The Eagles won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance
by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "How Long". It was the band's
fifth Grammy Award.
February 11
An appellate court upheld a 37-month federal prison sentence
that was handed to Ronald Isley of
The Isley Brothers for income tax evasion. The three-judge
panel rejected the 66-year-old R&B singer's argument that his
sentence was unreasonable due to his age, poor health and lack
of proof that the federal prison system can provide him adequate
health care.
2009
February 11
Estelle Bennett, one of The Ronettes, the singing trio whose
1963 hit "Be My Baby" epitomized the famed "wall of sound"
technique of its producer, Phil Spector, was found dead in her
Englewood, New Jersey apartment. She was 67.
2010
February 5
Las Vegas star Wayne Newton was accused of abandoning his
personal airplane at the Oakland County International Airport in
Michigan. The plane, worth an estimated $2 million dollars, was
brought there for interior work three years earlier, but never
retrieved. Newton is most often remembered for his 1972 hit
"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" and the 1963 classic "Danke
Schoen".
February 6
Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was
charged with involuntary manslaughter in an attempt by L.A.
prosecutors to prove he caused the Pop star’s death. With
several members of the Jackson family in attendance, Dr. Murray
entered a plea of not guilty and was released on $75,000 bail.
February 6
Barbra Streisand turned down a $100 million offer to appear at a
Las Vegas hotel for a three year run. Instead, the 67 year old
singer opted for a summer tour of the United States.
February 9
Former
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr became the 2,401st person to be
added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame during a ceremony that
marked the 50th anniversary of the attraction's groundbreaking.
The Beatles as a group were given a star in 1998.
2011
February 6
Gary Moore, guitarist for the influential Irish rock band
Thin Lizzy was found dead in his hotel room in Spain
following a suspected heart attack. He was 58.
February 7
Janet Jackson told NBC's Today show that although she has
been holding back her grief for more than a year, she has
finally started to accept her brother Michael's death. "There's
still not a day that goes by where I don't think about him. Not
one day, not one day."
February 8
Nielsen SoundScan reported that since Steven Tyler started
appearing on American Idol on January 19th, sales of
Aerosmith's Greatest Hits collections have shot up more than
250%.
