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Post by admin on Feb 2, 2023 23:35:09 GMT
3 Feb 2008 Tom Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) and the Heartbreakers performed during the halftime-show of Super Bowl XLII at the University of Phoenix Stadium. They played 'American Girl', 'I Won't Back Down', 'Free Fallin'' and 'Runnin' Down a Dream'. SuperBowl 42-Halftime Show-Tom Petty - American Girl - I Won't Back Down, Free Fallin SuperBowl 42-Halftime Show-Tom Petty - Running Down A Dream |
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Post by admin on Feb 3, 2023 23:35:19 GMT
born 4 Feb 1948 American singer, songwriter Alice Cooper, (Vincent Furnier), who formed the Earwigs, and then the Alice Cooper Band, who had the 1972 UK No.1 & US No.7 single 'School's Out', the 1972 hit 'Elected' and the 1973 US & UK No.1 album Billion Dollar Babies. Cooper's live shows featured guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, deadly snakes, baby dolls, and dueling swords. Cooper is now also a radio presenter. - @uklabour policy. - I'd vote for Cooper in 2024  |
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Post by admin on Feb 3, 2023 23:39:55 GMT
4 Feb 1978 'Up Town Ranking' by Althia and Donna was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. It was the Jamaican duo's only hit, making the teenagers One Hit Wonders.
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Post by admin on Feb 3, 2023 23:41:43 GMT
4 Feb 1978 The Bee Gees started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Staying Alive'. From the film soundtrack Saturday Night Fever, it gave the brothers their fifth US No.1, also No.1 in the UK.
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Post by admin on Feb 3, 2023 23:47:58 GMT
4 Feb 1983 Karen Carpenter died aged 32 of a cardiac arrest at her parent's house in Downey, California; the coroner's report gave the cause of death of imbalances associated with anorexia nervosa. The Carpenters 1970 album Close to You, featured two hit singles: ‘(They Long to Be) Close to You’ and ‘We've Only Just Begun.’ They peaked at No.1 and No.2, on the US chart. In 1975 - in Playboy's annual opinion poll; its readers voted Karen Carpenter the Best Rock Drummer of the year.
4 Feb 1982 Scottish singer Alex Harvey died of a heart attack while waiting to take a ferry back to shore after performing a concert with his new band, the Electric Cowboys. In an ambulance on the way to the hospital, he suffered a second heart attack, this one fatal. It occurred on the day before his 47th birthday, in Zeebrugen, Belgium. Formed Alex Harvey Big Soul Band in 1959 and then mid 1960s band Tear Gas. Had the 1975 UK No.7 single with Sensational Alex Harvey Band 'Delilah' and 1973 album 'Next'.
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Post by admin on Feb 3, 2023 23:51:41 GMT
born 4 Feb 1951 Phil Ehart, from American rock band Kansas, who scored the 1978 US No.3 single 'Dust In The Wind', and the 1978 hit single 'Carry On Wayward Son'. which was the second-most-played track on US classic rock radio in 1995 and No.1 in 1997.
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Post by admin on Feb 4, 2023 0:00:03 GMT
4 Feb 1975 Natalie Imbruglia, actress, singer, who had the 1997 UK No.2 single 'Torn', from the 1997 UK No.5 album 'Left Of The Middle'. Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours.
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Post by admin on Feb 12, 2023 21:11:14 GMT
born 12 Feb 1952 Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter Michael McDonald, who with The Doobie Brothers had the 1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes', and the 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin'. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan and has also worked with Kenny Loggins, David Cassidy, Van Halen, Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin and Toto.
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Post by admin on Feb 12, 2023 21:28:47 GMT
12 Feb 2015 Welsh singer Steve Strange, (born Steven Harrington) lead singer of Eighties pop band Visage, died aged 55 following a heart attack in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. His band, Visage, formed in 1979 (with Rusty Egan and Midge Ure from Rich Kids, Billy Currie from Ultravox, and Barry Adamson, John McGeoch and Dave Formula from Magazine), and their breakthrough single, 'Fade To Grey', peaked at No.8 in the UK in 1981. Strange appeared in the video for David Bowie's No.1 hit ‘Ashes to Ashes’.
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Post by admin on Feb 12, 2023 21:31:20 GMT
12 Feb 2017 Adele was the biggest winner at The 59th Annual Grammy Awards with five trophies, including Album of the Year for 25, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year for 'Hello'.
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Post by Hodgy on Feb 12, 2023 21:58:13 GMT
12 Feb 2017 Adele was the biggest winner at The 59th Annual Grammy Awards with five trophies, including Album of the Year for 25, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year for 'Hello'. Amazing voice - but another that has disappeared up their own aris. |
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Post by admin on Feb 12, 2023 22:25:49 GMT
born 13 Feb 1950 English singer-songwriter, record producer Peter Gabriel, with Genesis who had the 1974 UK No.21 single 'I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe'. Gabriel left Genesis in 1975 to launch his solo career and had the 1986 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'Sledgehammer' from the 1986 UK No.1 & US No.2 album So. Gabriel has been a champion of world music for much of his career. He co-founded the WOMAD festival in 1982.
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Post by admin on Feb 12, 2023 22:41:48 GMT
born 13 Feb 1959 Tony Butler, bassist with Scottish rock band Big Country, who had the 1983 UK No.10 single 'Fields Of Fire' plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. Butler has also worked with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend and The Pretenders.
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Post by Hodgy on Feb 12, 2023 22:56:05 GMT
Voted one of the best videos ever.
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You missed this classic.
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Post by admin on Feb 12, 2023 23:03:21 GMT
born 13 Feb 1974 Robbie Williams, vocalist with Take That who had the 1995 UK No.1 single with 'Back For Good' and seven other UK No.1 singles. He left to pursue a solo career and since then has had a 1998 UK No.1 single with 'Millennium' and six other UK No.1 singles. His 1997 UK No.1 album 'Life Thru A Lens' spent 123 weeks on the UK chart. Re joined Take That in 2010.
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Post by admin on Feb 12, 2023 23:13:06 GMT
13 Feb 1978 Dire Straits began recording their first album at Basing Street Studios, London (Dire Straits was released on 9 June 1978. The whole project cost £12,500 ($21,250) to produce.  The album which featured the group's breakthrough single 'Sultans of Swing' went on to enjoy a 132 week run on the UK chart. The inspiration for 'Sultans of Swing' came from Mark Knopfler witnessing a mediocre jazz band playing in the corner of a practically deserted pub. At the end of their performance, the lead singer came up to the microphone and announced that they were the "Sultans of Swing." |
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Post by admin on Feb 20, 2023 22:56:17 GMT
born 20 Feb 1946 J Geils, American guitarist, with The J. Geils Band who had the 1982 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Centerfold', which was taken from their US No.1 1981 album Freeze Frame. On April 11, 2017, Groton Police conducted a well-being check on Geils and found him unresponsive at his home. He was pronounced dead from natural causes at age 71.
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Post by admin on Feb 20, 2023 23:02:26 GMT
20 Feb 1972 Chicory Tip were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Son Of My Father.' Written by Giorgio Moroder, it was the first UK number one single to prominently feature a synthesizer, in this case a Moog synthesizer.
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Post by admin on Feb 20, 2023 23:04:43 GMT
Jeez 20 Feb 2003 100 people died after pyrotechnics ignited a club during a gig by Great White in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Great White guitarist Ty Longley was also killed in the accident. Two brothers who owned the club were charged, along with the former tour manager with involuntary manslaughter. Foam soundproofing material at the edge of the stage set alight and the blaze spread quickly in the one-storey wooden building as fans all tried to escape through the same exit. Great White began a tour in July 2003 to raise money for the survivors and families of victims. |
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Post by admin on Feb 21, 2023 23:05:31 GMT
born 22 Feb 1953 English actor Nigel Planer, (who played Neil in the BBC comedy The Young Ones) and had the 1984 UK No.2 single with his version of the 1967 hit for Traffic, 'Hole In My Shoe'. Neil, Neil, Orange Peel, hits 70 - what an entrance |
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Post by admin on Feb 21, 2023 23:15:12 GMT
22 Feb 1975 Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel had their only UK No.1 single with 'Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me). Singer Steve Harley said the lyrics were vindictively directed at the former band members, whom he felt had abandoned him.
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Post by admin on Feb 21, 2023 23:18:27 GMT
22 Feb 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.
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Post by admin on Feb 21, 2023 23:28:07 GMT
22 Feb 1981 One Hit Wonder Joe Dolce was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Shaddap You Face,' famously keeping the legendary Ultravox song, Vienna, off the UK No.1 slot. 'Shaddap You Face' was Number 1 in 11 countries with over 35 different foreign language cover versions, selling over 4 million copies.
Not going to waste energy searching for Dolce!
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Post by admin on Feb 24, 2023 23:37:21 GMT
25 Feb 1977 The Jam signed to Polydor Records UK for £6,000 ($10,200). They went on to have 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the UK, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 1982, including four No.1 hits. As of 2007, 'That's Entertainment' and 'Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?' remained the best-selling import singles of all time in the UK.
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Post by admin on Feb 24, 2023 23:43:15 GMT
25 Feb 1984 'Jump', by Van Halen started a five-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart, (a No.7 hit in the UK). Singer David Lee Roth wrote the lyrics after seeing a television news report about a man who was threatening to commit suicide by jumping off a high building. Roth thought that one of the onlookers of such a scene would probably shout "go ahead and jump".
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The album which featured the group's breakthrough single 'Sultans of Swing' went on to enjoy a 132 week run on the UK chart. The inspiration for 'Sultans of Swing' came from Mark Knopfler witnessing a mediocre jazz band playing in the corner of a practically deserted pub. At the end of their performance, the lead singer came up to the microphone and announced that they were the "Sultans of Swing."