Almanac: February 19, 2011
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Birthdays:- Smokey Robinson (71)
- Bobby Rogers (Miracles) (71)
- Lou Christie (68)
- Pierre Van Den Linden (Focus) (65)
- Mark Andes (Canned Heat, Firefall, Heart, JoJo Gunne, Spirit) (63)
- Toni Iommi (Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell) (63)
- Eddie Harden (Spencer Davis Group) (62)
- Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash) (61)
- Dave Wakeling (English Beat, General Public) (55)
- Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) (51)
- Prince Markie Dee (Fat Boys) (51)
On This Day in:- 1878 - Thomas Edison was granted the patent for the phonograph.
- 1938 - Roy Acuff made his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
- 1953 - Tex Ritter recorded High Noon.
- 1956 - At the end of a show at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, FL, Elvis Presley jokingly said "Girls, I'll see you backstage." A riot ensued with Presley chased to his dressing room while having his clothes ripped off.
- 1956 - The Platters recorded The Magic Touch.
- 1958 - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles released their first single, Got a Job.
- 1958 - Carl Perkins signs with Columbia Records, leaving Sun.
- 1964 - Simon & Garfunkel finished the original acoustic version of Sounds of Silence.
- 1965 - The Beatles record You're Going to Lose That Girl in two takes.
- 1966 - Lou Christie was at number 1 in the U.S. with Lightnin' Strikes.
- 1968 - Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers premiered in the London West End show Charlie's Girl. He would stay in the role for 3-1/2 years.
- 1970 - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart appeared on Bewitched.
- 1972 - Harry Nilsson had his only number 1 in the U.S. with Without You.
- 1972 - Paul McCartney released the single Give Ireland Back to the Irish. It was banned by the BBC.
- 1974 - Kiss made their TV debut on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.
- 1974 - The first American Music Awards were held.
- 1974 - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton announced that they were ending their partnership.
- 1976 - Rich Stevens, formerly of Tower of Power, was arrested on the drug related murders of three men.
- 1977 - Manfred Mann's Earth Band hit number 1 in the U.S. with Bruce Springsteen's Blinded By the Light.
- 1977 - Stevie Wonder wins his third Best Album award of the decade at the Grammys for Songs in the Key of Life.
- 1980 - Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, died from acute alcohol poisoning at the age of 33.
- 1981 - George Harrison was ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for plagiarizing his song My Sweet Lord from the Chiffons' He's So Fine.
- 1981 - Diana Ross' accountant, Glenn Kannry, plead guilty to taking money from the singer's bank account.
- 1982 - Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio, TX for urinating on the Alamo.
- 1983 - Patti Austin and James Ingram were at number 1 in the U.S. with Baby, Come to Me.
- 1985 - Mick Jagger released his first solo album, She's the Boss.
- 1987 - Taj Mahal plays the Palimino Club in Los Angeles where he is joined on stage by George Harrison, Bob Dylan and John Fogerty.
- 1995 - Tommy Lee of Motley Crue married Pamela Anderson.
- 1995 - Roxette was the first western artist to play Beijing, China since George Michael eleven years earlier.
- 1996 - Paul Weller took Male Solo Artist, Annie Lennox won Female Solo Artist, Bon Jovi won International Group, David Bowie was given the Outstanding Contribution to Music and Michael Jackson was named Artist of a Generation at the Brits.
- 1997 - Motley Crue was cleared in a lawsuit by a concert goer who blamed the band for hearing loss.
- 1997 - Miles Davis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1998 - The Stray Cats reunited for one show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles to benefit the Carl Perkins Foundation.
- 1998 - Country's Grandpa Jones passed away after a series of strokes at the age of 84.
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