Music Almanac: February 20, 2018

Birthdays 

• 1937 - Nancy Wilson (81)
• 1937 - David Ackles (d. 1999)
• 1940 - Barbara Ellis (Fleetwoods) (78)
• 1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie (77)
• 1942 - Charlie Gillett (writer, The Sound of the City) (d. 2010)
• 1944 - Lew Soloff (Blood, Sweat & Tears) (74)
• 1945 - Alan Hull (Lindifarne) (d. 1995)
• 1946 - Jerome Geils (J. Geils Band) (d. 2017)
• 1948 - Billy Zoom (born Tyson Kindell) (X) (70)
• 1950 - Walter Becker (Steely Dan) (d. 2017)
• 1951 - Kathie Baillie (Baillie & the Boys) (67)
• 1951 - Randy California (Spirit) (d. 1997)
• 1953 - Poison Ivy (born Kristy Wallace) (Cramps) (65)
• 1954 - Claire Lynch (64)
• 1955 - Jon Brant (Cheap Trick) (63)
• 1960 - Robert Boustead (King Kurt) (58)
• 1960 - Kee Marcello (Europe) (58)
• 1963 - Ian Brown (Stone Roses) (55)
• 1967 - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) (d. 1994)
• 1972 - Neil Primrose (Travis) (46)
• 1972 - k-os (born Kevin Brerton) (46)
• 1975 - Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys) (43)
• 1977 - Ed Graham (Darkness) (41)
• 1981 - Chris Thile (Nickel Creek) (37)
• 1985 - Julia Vulkova (t.A.t.U.) (33)
• 1988 - Rihanna (born Robyn Fenty) (30)

Deaths

• 1998 - Bob McBride (Lighthouse) - Heart failure (51)
• 2003 - Ty Longley (Great White) - The Station nightclub fire (31)
• 2008 - Bobby Lee Trammell (Rockabilly singer, Arkansas state senator) (74)

On This Day

• 1960 - Jimi Hendrix made his live debut at a high school in Seattle, WA.
• 1969 - The film Goodbye Cream, shot at the group's 1968 farewell concert, debuts.
• 1969 - The X-rated film Candy premiers. One of the stars is Ringo Starr in his first non-music role.
• 1976 - The footprints of all four members of Kiss were implanted in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
• 1988 - Louis Armstrong, who passed away in 1971, has the highest debuting song in Billboard with What a Wonderful World.
• 1992 - Paula Abdul and Emilio Estevez announced their engagement.
• 1998 - The first of two concerts honoring the late-Nicolette Larson is held.
• 2002 - James Brown was found not guilty of sexually harassing a former employee; however, he was found guilty of wrongful termination and ordered to pay the ex-employee $40,000.
• 2003 - 99 people were killed in a fire at the West Warwick, RI nightclub The Station. Sparks from a pyrotechnics display by Great White caused the fire. The group's guitarist, Ty Longley, was one of the victims.
• 2004 - Brian Wilson kicked off a four-night run at London's Royal Albert Hall playing the Smile album.
• 2005 - Edwyn Collins was rushed to a hospital with a brain hemorrhage.
• 2007 - Britney Spears opened a U.S. tour in Houston, TX.

Marriages

• 1965 - Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton
• 1982 - Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo.

Divorces

• 1974 - Cher and Sonny Bono (Cher filed)
• 2007 - Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra
• 2008 - Pink and Carey Hart (separated)

Recorded

• 1964 -  Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys

Released

• 1970 - Instant Karma - Plastic Ono Band (single)
• 1976 - A Trick of the Tail - Genesis (First album after the departure of Peter Gabriel)
• 1989 - Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul (single)

Awards

• 1991 - Grammy Awards
• Record of the Year - Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
• Album of the Year - Back on the Block - Quincy Jones
• Song of the Year - From a Distance - Julie Gold (Bette Midler)
• New Artist - Mariah Carey
• Female Pop Vocal - Vision of Love - Mariah Cary
• Male Pop Vocal - Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
• Pop Performance Duo or Group - All My Life - Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt
• Female Rock Vocal - Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
• Male Rock Vocal - Bad Love - Eric Clapton
• Rock Performance Duo or Group - Janie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith
• Hard Rock Performance - Time's Up - Living Colour
• Metal Performance - Stone Cold Crazy - Metallica
• Female R&B Vocal - Compositions - Anita Baker
• Male R&B Vocal - Here and Now - Luther Vandross
• R&B Performance Duo or Group - I'll Be Good to You - Ray Charles & Chaka Khan
• Rap Solo - U Can't Touch This - M.C. Hammer
• Rap Performance Duo or Group - Back to the Block - Big Daddy Kane, Ice T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Quincy D. III & Quincy Jones
• Female Country Vocal - Where've You Been - Kathy Mattea
• Male Country Vocal - When I Call Your Name - Vince Gill
• Duo or Group Country Performance - Pickin' on Nashville - Kentucky Headhunters
• Blues Traditional Album - Live at San Quentin - B.B. King
• Blues Contemporary Blues Album - Family Style - Jimmy Vaughan & Stevie Ray Vaughan
• 2002 - Brit Awards
• British Male - Robbie Williams
• British Female - Dido
• British Group - Travis
• British Breakthrough - Blue
• British Single - Don't Stop Movin' - S Club 7
• British Album - No Angel - Dido
• British Video - 21 Seconds - So Solid Crew
• International Male - Shaggy
• International Female - Kylie Minogue
• International Group - Destiny's Child
• International Breakthrough - Strokes
• International Album - Fever - Kylie Minogue
• Outstanding Contribution - Sting
• 2003 - Brit Awards
• British Male - Robbie Williams
• British Female - Ms. Dynamite
• British Group - Coldplay
• British Breakthrough - Will Young
• British Single - Just a Little - Liberty X
• British Album - A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
• International Male - Eminem
• International Female - Pink
• International Group - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• International Breakthrough - Norah Jones
• International Album - The Eminem Show - Eminem
• Lifetime Achievement Award - Tom Jones
• 2008 - Brit Awards
• British Male - Mark Ronson
• British Female - Kate Nash
• British Group - Arctic Monkeys
• British Breakthrough - Mika
• British Single - Shine - Take That
• British Album - Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
• International Male - Kanye West
• International Female - Kylie Minogue
• International Group - Foo Fighters
• International Album - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
• Outstanding Contribution - Sir Paul McCartney

Broadcasts

• 1949 - Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet - Ricky Nelson (joined the cast of his parents' radio show)
• 1996 - Home Improvement (ABC) - Alan Jacksonuar

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1965 - This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & the Playboys (2 weeks)
• 1988 - Seasons Change - Expose
• 2016 - Pillowtalk - Zayn (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums 

• 1971 - Jesus Christ Superstar - Various Artists (1 week)
• 1999 - ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (3 weeks)
• 2016 - Anti - Rihanna (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles

• 1971 - Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone - Johnnie Taylor (2 weeks)
• 1982 - That Girl - Stevie Wonder (9 weeks)
• 1988 - Girlfriend - Pebbles (2 weeks)
• 1993 - Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty By Nature (1 week)
• 2016 - Summertime - Drake (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles

• 1954 - Slowly - Webb Pierce (17 weeks)
• 1965 - I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Buck Owens (5 weeks)
• 1982 - Only One You - T.G. Sheppard (1 week)
• 1988 - Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star - Merle Haggard (1 week)
• 1999 - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Mark Chestnutt (2 weeks)
• 2010 - Why Don't We Just Dance - Josh Turner (4 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Adult Contempoary Singles

• 1971 - If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot (1 week)
• 1982 - Somewhere Down the Road - Barry Manilow (2 weeks)
• 1988 - Seasons Change - Expose (1 week)
• 2010 - Fallin' For You - Colbie Caillat (3 weeks (1 previous week))

Number Ones – U.K. Singles

• 1959 - As I Love You - Shirley Bassey (4 weeks)
• 1964 - Diane - Bachelors (1 weeks)
• 1988 - I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogure (5 weeks)
• 1999 - Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz (1 week)
• 2010 - Everybody Hurts - Helping Haiti (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.K. Albums 

• 1993 - Words of Love - Buddy Holly & the Crickets (1 week)
• 1999 - I've Been Expecting You - Robbie Williams (1 week (1 previous week))