Music History for
February 2
Today's:
1714 - Composer Gottfried August Homilius was born.
1937 - Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded "Boo Hoo."
1949 - The first 45 RPM record was released.
1956 - The Coasters signed with Atlantic Records.
1957 - Fats Domino sang "Blueberry Hill" and "Blue Monday" on the "Perry Como Show" on television.
1959 - Frankie Avalon's "Venus" was released.
1959 - The Coasters song "Charlie Brown" was released.
1963 - The Beatles began their first British tour supporting Helen Shapiro.
Today in Beatles History
1973 - NBC-TV debuted Midnight Special.
1973 - Keith Emerson injures his hands when a rigged piano prematurely explodes during a concert in San Francisco.
1978 - Van Halen signed with Warner Brothers Records.
1979 - At the age of 21, ex-Sex Pistol bass player Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in the New York City apartment of his present girlfriend, Michelle Robinson.
1993 - Willie Nelson and the IRS settle their longstanding tax feud. The U.S. government kept $3.6 million in assets it had already seized and Nelson would have to pay $5.4 million of the $13.1 million balance.
1999 - Prince released "1999 New Master." It was a re-release and re-done version of the 1982 version of the song "1999."
Today in Prince history
2002 - Britney Spears was the host and musical guest on NBC's Saturday Night Live.
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