| 1967, The Beatles started recording a new John Lennon song 'Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite' at Abbey Road studio's, London. John's lyrics for the song came almost entirely from an antique poster advertising a circus performance scheduled to take place in Rochdale, Lancashire, in February 1843. John had purchased the poster in Sevenoaks on January 31 while The Beatles were on location for the filming of the 'Strawberry Fields Forever' promotional film. | 1968, Diana Ross And The Supremes 'Greatest Hits' started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart. |  | 1969, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash recorded 'Girl From The North Country' together in Nashville at CBS Studios. The track appeared on Dylan's 'Nashville Skyline' album.  | 1970, Joni Mitchell announced she was retiring from live performances during a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Joni was on stage again by the end of the year. | | | 1971, James Taylor made his TV debut on The Johnny Cash Show. Other guests included Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt and Tony Joe White. | | | 1972, At the end of a 14 date UK tour, Pink Floyd started a four night run at London's Rainbow Theatre. Tickets cost £1 ($1.70). | | | 1972, Los Angeles radio station KDAY played two new Rolling Stones tracks non-stop for a day after obtaining stolen tapes from a producer's home. | | | 1973, War started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The World Is A Ghetto.' | | 1975, John Lennon's 'Rock 'n' Roll' album was released in the US.  1979, Blondie scored their first UK No.1 album when 'Parallel Lines' started a four-week run at the top of the charts, featuring the singles 'Heart Of Glass', 'Hanging On The Telephone' and 'Sunday Girl.'
 | | | 1979, The Clash opened the US leg of their 'Pearl Harbour '79', North American tour at New York's Palladium. | | | 1980, US country singer Kenny Rogers was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Coward Of The County', his second and last UK chart topper. | | | 1989, The Stone Roses appeared at JB's in Dudley, West Midlands on the first night of an 8-date UK tour. | | | 1989, R.E.M. Hoodoo Gurus and The Go-Betweens all appeared at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia. | | | 1996, A Platinum American Express card once belonging to Bruce Springsteen was sold for $4,500 (£2,650) at a New York memorabilia sale. The singer had given the expired card to a waiter in a LA restaurant by mistake and let them keep it as a souvenir. | 2000, John Lennon's Steinway piano, on which he composed 'Imagine', went on display at the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool, England. The piano was set to be auctioned on the Internet later in the year and was expected to fetch more than £1 million ($1.7 million).  | 2002, Westlife went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'World Of Our Own.' The Irish boy band's 10th UK No.1 single. | | 2002, 'Always On Time' by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart.  | 2003, The man behind the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC was being investigated over complaints that aspiring stars paid $1,500 (£882) to feature on his website. Lou Pearlman was accused by Florida authorities of getting young actors and models to pay upfront to appear on his Trans Continental company's website by saying he would also help them to find work. | | 2004, Prosecutors in the murder case of producer Phil Spector demanded that a fingernail overlooked by police investigating Lana Clarkson's shooting should be put forward as evidence. They claimed the fingernail, blackened with gunpowder, could indicate that the 40- year old actress killed herself at Spector's Los Angeles mansion. Spector, had denied murdering Clarkson.  2004, Winners at this years Brit awards included, Daniel Bedingfield who won Best British male, Dido won Best British Female, The Darkness won Best British group, Best Rock group and Best British album with 'Permission To Land', Busted won British Breakthrough act and Duran Duran won Outstanding Contribution to Music 2005, A 1965 Fender Stratocaster guitar belonging to Jimi Hendrix sold for £100,000 at an auction in London. Other Hendrix items sold included a poem written two weeks after his appearance at the Monterey Festival which went for £10,000 and the first Jimi Hendrix Experience's single 'Hey Joe', signed by all the band sold for £2,000.  2005, Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand made music history after taking two top prizes at the NME Awards. The band, who won best album and best single, became the first act ever to win the Mercury Music Prize, Brit Awards and NME awards in the same year.  | 2008, Swedish and Dutch Club DJ's, Basshunter ft DJ Mental Theo started a five week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Now You're Gone'. | | | 2008, British soul singer Duffy started a five week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Mercy', from the Welsh singers debut album 'Rockferry'. 'Mercy' was the UK'S best selling single of 2008, and won Duffy a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. | | | | February 17th: Born on this day | | | 1905, Born on this day, Orville "Hoppy" Jones, bass singer and cello player with the Ink Spots, who had a 1955 UK No.10 single with 'Melody Of Love'. He Died 18th October 1944.
| 1922, Born on this day, Tommy Edwards, singer (1958 US & UK No.1 single with 'Its All In The Game'). The song was written by US Vice President Charles Dawes. Edwards died on October 22nd 1968, aged 47. | | 1933, Born on this day, Bobby Lewis, US singer, (1961 US No.1 single 'Tossin' and Turnin').  | 1939, Born on this day, John Leyton, UK singer, actor, (1961 UK No.1 single 'Johnny Remember Me'). | | | 1941, Born on this day, Gene Pitney, singer, (1962 US No.4 single 'Only Love Can Break A Heart'. 1967 solo UK No.5 & 1989 UK No.1 single with Marc Almond 'Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart', plus over 15 other US & UK Top 40 hits). Pitney was found dead aged 65 in his bed in a Cardiff hotel on 5th April 2006. The American singer was on a UK tour and had shown no signs of illness. | | | 1966, Born on this day, Melissa Brooke-Bellard, Voice Of The Beehive, (1988 UK No.15 single 'Don't Call Me Baby'). | | 1972, Born on this day, Billie Joe Armstrong, guitarist and vocalist with Green Day, (1995 UK No.7 single with 'Basket Case'). 1994 album Dookie has sold over 10 million copies. Top Modern Rock Act in US in 1985.  | 1977, Born on this day, Chris Gentry, Menswear, (1996 UK No.10 single 'Being Brave'). | | | 1981, Born on this day, John Hassall, bassist, The Libertines, (2004 UK No.1 album 'The Libertines'). | | | Died on this day 1998, Songwriter Bob Merrill committed suicide aged 77. He wrote 'How Much Is That Doggie In The Window'' and Barbra Streisand's 'People.' | | | | | | | | |
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