Today in Rock (Feb 23)
Sorry I missed yesterday - work was busy.
- 1950 - Steve Priest (Sweet - bass) was born.
- 1950 - Brad Whitford (Aerosmith - guitar) was born.
- 1955 - Howard Jones (solo - Things Can Only Get Better) was born.
- 1962 - Michael Wilton (Queensryche - guitar) was born.
- 1972 - Elvis and Pricilla Presley seperate after four years of marriage. They had one child, Lisa-Marie.
- 1993 - Little Richard gets a Lifetime Achievement Award from NARAS (the Grammys). Richard grouses that he’s getting the award the night before the annual Grammy show rather than at the ceremony itself.
- 1995 - Melvin Franklin (The Temptations) died.
- 2000 - Carlos Santana picks up several Grammys for his comeback album, “Supernatural.” Elton John gets a Living Legend Award and says the whole awards thing is B.S. Elton gets it right
- 2009 - Ticketmaster reaches a settlement with the New Jersey Attorney General’s office regarding its controversial handling of sales of Bruce Springsteen concert tickets. As part of the deal, the company pays the state $350,000 in legal fees and promises, for one year, to stop automatically linking to its TicketsNow subsidiary, which re-sells ducats at inflated prices. Ticketmaster also offers restitution to Springsteen fans who had filed complaints about their difficulties buying tickets
