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Today in Rock (Feb 3)

• 1943 - Dennis Edwards (Temptations) was born.
• 1947 - David Davies (Kinks) was born.
• 1956 - Lee Renaldo (Sonic Youth - guitar) was born.
• 1957 - Tony Butler (Big Country) was born.
• 1959 - Lol Tolhurst (Cure) was born.
• 1959 - Today is the “day that music died”. Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and their pilot Roger Peterson are all killed in a plane crash while traveling between gigs for the Winter Dance Party Tour. Buddy Holly booked the flight for his band members. The Big Bopper had come down the flu and band member Waylon Jennings agreed to give him his seat. Buddy Holly commented (in jest) that he oped Waylon’s bus freezes and Jennings commented (again, in jest) “I hope your plane crashes”. The comment haunts Jennings for the rest of his life. Since he had never been on a plane before, Valens flipped a coins (at a dance despite what some movies show) with Tommy Allsup for the remaining seat.
• 1969 - Paul McCartney takes a break from the Beatles and plays drums & backing vocals for the Steve Miller Band’s “My Dark Hour” track.
• 1991 - INXS is named the best international group at the BRIT Awards in London.
• 1992- Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album officially passes 3 million sales. It will go on to sell over 9 million albums.
• 2004 - “The Beatles First U.S. Visit” DVD is out. The film contains Beatles` appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and their debut American concert at the Washington Coliseum. It commemorates the start of Beatlemania (in the U.S.) 40 years earlier.
• 2008 - Alice Cooper and Richard Simmons appear in a Bridgestone Tire commercial that is aired during the Super Bowl. Cooper is dark and menacing but Simmons steals the spot.