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Significant Events In Music This Week - 2.21 - 2.27
February 21st In Music
1974 - Kool and the Gang's "Jungle Boogie" is certified Gold.
1976 - The Four Seasons hit No. 1 on the American charts with with "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)." It's the only UK No. 1 for the group, but they also topped the American charts with the song, where it was their fifth No. 1.
1981 - REO Speedwagon's ninth album, Hi Infidelity, goes to No. 1 in America.
Birthdays:
1948 - Paul Newton. Bassist for Uriah Heep. Born in Andover, Hampshire, England.
February 22nd In Music
1975 - Scottish group The Average White Band went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Pick Up The Pieces', the bands album AWB also went to No. 1 on the US chart.
1977 - The Eagles released 'Hotel California' the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name. Written by Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey its long guitar coda was voted the best guitar solo of all time by readers of Guitarist in 1998. The song was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978.
1983 - Styx release ‘Kilroy Was Here’, a concept album about a dystopian future where rock and roll is banned and technology has run amok.
February 23rd In Music
1970 - The Doors' ‘Morrison Hotel’ is certified as the band's fifth consecutive Gold album.
Birthdays:
1946 - Rusty Young. American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, with American group Poco who had the 1979 US No. 17 single 'Crazy Love'. A virtuoso on pedal steel guitar, Young was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2013. Born in Long Beach, California.
1948 - Steve Priest. Bassist with English group Sweet, who scored four top-ten hits in the US: 'Little Willy', 'Ballroom Blitz', 'Fox On The Run', and 'Love Is Like Oxygen'. Born in Middlesex, England. He died on 6.4.2020 at the age of 72.
1952 - Brad Whitford. American musician, guitarist with Aerosmith who scored the 1993 US No. 1 album Get A Grip and the 1998 US No. 1 single 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing', Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. Born in Winchester, Massachusetts.
February 24th In Music
1968 - Fleetwood Mac released their debut studio album (also known as Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac), a mixture of blues covers and originals penned by guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer which stayed on the charts 37 weeks. This is the only album by the band not to feature keyboardist, vocalist Christine McVie in any capacity.
1973 - Roberta Flack had her second US No. 1 when 'Killing Me Softly With His Song', started a five-week run at the top of the charts. The song was written in collaboration with singer songwriter Lori Lieberman and was born of a poem she wrote after experiencing a strong reaction to the Don McLean song 'Empty Chairs.
1975 - Led Zeppelin released their sixth album Physical Graffiti in the UK. The group decided on a double album so they could feature songs left over from their previous albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy.
1976 - The Eagles 'Greatest Hits (1971–1975)' became the first album to be certified platinum by the R.I.A.A. New certification's represented sales of 1 million copies for albums and two million for singles.
Birthdays:
1942 - Paul Jones. English singer, actor, harmonica player, radio personality and television presenter, from British group Manfred Mann who had the 1964 US No. 1 single 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy. Jones is also a member of The Blues Band. Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
1944 - Nicky Hopkins. English pianist and organist, who worked with The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, The Beatles, John Lennon, The Who and The Small Faces. Born in Perivale, Middlesex, England. Hopkins died on 9.6.1994 age 50.
1947 - Rupert Holmes. British-American composer, singer-songwriter, who had the 1980 US No. 1 single 'Escape, (The Pina Colada Song). Born in Northwich, Cheshire, England.
1947 - Lonnie Turner. American bassist with the Steve Miller Band who had the 1974 US No. 1 single 'The Joker', the 1976 hit 'Fly Like an Eagle' and the 1982 US No. 1 hit 'Abracadabra'.
1950 - George Thorogood. American musician, singer and songwriter. His high-energy boogie-blues sound became a staple of 1980s rock radio, with hits like his original songs 'Bad to the Bone' and 'I Drink Alone'. Born in Wilmington, Delaware.
February 25th In Music
1957 - Buddy Holly recorded 'That'll Be The Day' with his band, The Crickets, at Norman Petty Recording Studio in Clovis, New Mexico. The title being taken from a phrase used by John Wayne in the film 'The Searchers.'
1970 - Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie" on Sesame Street. It goes over so well that the song is released as a single, which in September reaches No. 16 on the Hot 100.
Birthdays:
1943 - George Harrison. Guitarist and vocalist with The Beatles. The all-time bestselling album in the UK is The Beatles’ 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band', with over 4.5 million copies sold. Harrison wrote the 1969 US No. 1 Beatles single ’Something’. As a solo artist he had the 1971 US No. 1 album 'All Things Must Pass' and the 1970 worldwide No. 1 single ‘My Sweet Lord’. He was also a member of the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Harrison died on 11.29.2001 age 58.
1957 - Stewart Wood. From Scottish group Bay City Rollers who had the 1976 US No. 1 single 'Saturday Night’, the 1975 UK No. 1 single 'Bye Bye Baby' plus 11 other UK Top 20 singles’.
February 26th In Music
1977 - The Eagles went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'New Kid in Town', the group's third US No. 1. The single written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther was released as the first single from their fifth album Hotel California.
Birthdays:
1928 - Fats Domino. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1932 - Johnny Cash. US country singer, songwriter who was considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is remembered as a country icon, his songs spanned other genres including rock and roll and rockabilly and blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Born in Kingsland, Arkansas.
1943 - Paul Cotton. American guitarist and singer-songwriter, most notable as a member of the band Poco and as the writer of the international hit song from that band, 'Heart of the Night'. Born in Fort Rucker, Alabama.
1950 - Jonathan Cain. Keyboardist, rhythm guitarist for Journey. Born in Chicago, Illinois.
February 27th In Music
1981 - The Who release "You Better You Bet," their first single since the death of their drummer, Keith Moon, in 1978. Their new stickman is Kenney Jones, formerly of the Faces.
Birthdays:
1948 - Eddie Gray. American rock band, Tommy James & The Shondells who had the 1966 US No. 1 single 'Hanky Panky', and the hit 'I Think We're Alone Now'.
1954 - Neal Schon. The guitarist does time in Santana before founding the groups Journey and Bad English. Born on an Air Force base in Oklahoma.
1960 - Johnny Roy Van Zant. American musician and the current lead vocalist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Born in Jacksonville, Florida.
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