On This Day in Rock History (Feb 19)
 

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2010 – A rare JIMI HENDRIX cover recorded over 40 years ago is set to be released as a digital release on March 1 and a seven-inch vinyl release seven

2010 – Aerosmith announced yesterday that they will be adding more European dates to its summer itinerary to follow up the booking at this year’s Download Festival in England. Effectively [...]

2008 – two releases by Oasis were voted the best British albums ever recorded in a poll of 11,000 people. Their 1994 album Definitely Maybe came top, while their 1995 [...]

2004 – Johnny Cash’s family blocked an attempt by advertisers to use his hit song ‘Ring of Fire’ to promote haemorrhoid-relief products. The idea is said to have been [...]

2004 – Courtney Love plays a rare solo show at Los Angeles’ Viper Room. As well as airing Hole’s “Celebrity Skin” and “Plump,” she plays material from her [...]

2002 – Napster says they have still not settled the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America, in spite of a judge’s ruling that [...]

2002 – A Los Angeles Superior Court jury finds James Brown not guilty of sexually harassing a former employee, rejecting four of the five counts brought against the singer.

2002 – A California court finds that James Brown did not sexually harass a former employee, but that she was wrongfully fired from his company James Brown Enterprises.

2001 – The Backstreet Boys are forced to take the stage at Denver’s Pepsi Center without group member Kevin Richardson, who never makes it to the gig thanks [...]

2001 – Singer/songwriter Charles Trenet, a legend in his native France whose best-known international hit was “La Mer” _ which Bobby Darin made famous as “Beyond the Sea” _ dies [...]

2000 – Savage Garden went back to No.1 on the US singles chart for the second time with ‘I Knew I Loved You.’

1999 – Spice Girl Melanie B gave birth to a baby daughter and named her Phoenix Chi.

1999 – Marilyn Manson files a defamation countersuit against former Spin executive editor Craig Marks. Manson’s action is in response to a multimillion-dollar suit Marks filed the month before against [...]

1998 – Los Angeles’ House of Blues plays host to a one-off reunion of the Stray Cats. Proceeds from the sold-out show go to the Carl Perkins Foundation. [...]

1998 – Grandpa Jones, a country music favorite and regular on comedy show “Hee-Haw,” dies in Hermitage, Tenn., of complications from a series of strokes. He is 84. Born Louis [...]

1998 – Country singer Lorrie Morgan issues a strongly worded denial over an article in the tabloid Star magazine that claims she had “a wild ride in the back seat [...]

1997 – Motley Crue are cleared of responsibility for a concertgoer’s hearing loss. The fan sued the band for $7 million, but a judge ruled that he [...]

1996 – winners at this year’s Brit Awards included Paul Weller who won British Male Solo Artist, British Female Solo Artist went to Annie Lennox, Oasis won British Group, [...]

1996 – Bjork was shown on UK breakfast TV attacking a news reporter as she arrived at Thailand Airport. The footage showed the singer pulling the female reporter to the [...]

1995 – Roxette performs in Beijing celebrating the Chinese New Year. It’s the first time a western artist has performed a commercial concert in China since George [...]

1995 – “Baywatch’s” Pamela Anderson marries Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee on a Cancun beach. The bride wears a white bikini.

1994 – Mariah Carey had her first UK No.1 with her version of the Peter Ham Tom Evans song ‘Without You’. Nilsson also took the song to No.1 in [...]

1994 – John Michael Montgomery went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Kickin’ It Up’.

1991 – Rap group Public Enemy joins Irish singer Sinead O’Connor in boycotting the

1989 – billed as “The 1989 World Tour Starts Here”, Simply Red played the Edinburgh Playhouse. Tickets cost £10 ($17).

1987 – Neo-bluesman Taj Mahal plays Hollywood’s Palimino Club. By the end of the gig, he’s been joined onstage by George Harrison, Bob Dylan, John Fogerty, and Jesse [...]

1984 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Jump,” Van Halen. The song is the first top 10 single for the group, which has already placed 11 songs on [...]

1983 – Patti Austin and James Ingram started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Baby Come To Me’, a No.11 hit in the UK.

1983 – Kajagoogoo had their only UK No.1 single with ‘Too Shy’. The group had four other top 40 hits.

1982 – Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio, Texas for urinating on a statue in front of the Alamo. After he made bail, the Black Sabbath [...]

1982 – Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio, Texas for urinating on the Alamo. Osbourne was wearing a dress at the time of his arrest.

1981 – accountant Glenn Kannry pleaded guilty to taking cash from Diana Ross’s bank account.

1977 – Leo Sayer had his only UK No.1 single with ‘When I Need You.’

1977 – ’20 Golden Greats’ by The Shadows started a six-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart.

1977 – At tonight’s Grammy Awards, Stevie Wonder wins Best Album for Songs in the Key of Life.

1977 – No. 1 on the American pop singles chart today is Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Blinded by the Light.” Ironically, Springsteen himself hasn’t [...]

1977 – Natalie Cole wins a Grammy for “Sophisticated Lady,” Best R&B Female Vocal Performance. Barry Manilow wins a Grammy for “I Write the Songs,” Song of the Year.

1976 – Former lead singer with Tower Of Power, Rich Stevens was arrested in connection with the drug related murders of three men in San Jose, California. Stevens was found [...]

1975 – Born on this day, Daniel Adair, drummer, 3 Doors Down, (2003 US No.4 single ‘When I’m Gone’). Joined Nickelback in 2005.

1974 – At the first American Music Awards, Al Green’s Livin’ for You wins the Favorite Album, Soul/R&B award. The hosts are Roger Miller, Helen Reddy, and Smokey [...]

1972 – Led Zeppelin appeared at the Memorial Drive, Adelaide in Australia.

1972 – Harry Nilsson started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with his version of the Badfinger song ‘Without You.’

1972 – Paul McCartney releases the controversial single “Give Ireland Back to the Irish” in the U.K. Predictably, the BBC bans it.

1966 – Lou Christie went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Lighnin’ Strikes’, a No.11 hit in the UK. Nancy Sinatra held the UK No.1 single position with [...]

1965 – working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles recorded a new John Lennon song ‘You’re Going To Lose That Girl’ in two takes. The [...]

1963 – On This Day in Rock, The Beatles, Freddie Starr & The Midnighters, The Pathfinders and Curtis & The All Stars all appeared at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England. [...]

1963 – Singer Seal (“Kiss From a Rose”) is born Sealhenry Samuel in Paddington, England.

1960 – Frankie Goes to Hollywood lead singer Holly Johnson is born in Khartoum, Sudan.

1958 – Smokey Robinson turns 18 the same day that his group the Miracles release their first single, “Got a Job.” The Robinson composition was a riposte [...]

1958 – Rockabilly hero Carl Perkins leaves the Sun Records label for Columbia. But Elvis-size success continues to elude him.

1957 – Tab Hunter goes No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Young Love’, on This Day in Rock Music History. Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931) [...]

1956 -Elvis Presley performs shows where a large riot breaks out on This Day in Rock Music history! A riot breaks out while performing at Fort Homer Armory in Tampa, [...]

1956 – Peter Holsapple, who went from dB’s main man to R.E.M.’s sideling to Continental Drifter, is born today.

1955 – Actor and guitar player Jeff Daniels is born in Georgia. In 1989, Daniels plays guitar on fellow actor Don Jonson’s album, “Let It Roll.”

1950 – Born on this day, Andy Powell, guitar, Wishbone Ash, (1972 UK No.3 album ‘Argus’, plus eight other Top 40 albums).

1948 – Tony Iommi, the tin-fingered guitarist with Black Sabbath, is born in Birmingham, England.

1940 – Smokey Robinson (William Robinson) is born in Detroit. He forms the Miracles, then called the Matadors, in 1955.The group hits No. 1 in 1970