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What happened in history on this day: February 4?
On February 4 in ...
- 1960 - Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be" premieres.
- 1982 - Musical Pump Boys and Dinettes premieres at Princess Theater in New York City for 573 performances.
Births on February 4
- 1932 - Birth of Ivan Davis in Electra, Texas, USA; pianist/writer ("Hunger", "Corn is Green").
- 1941 - Birth of John Steel; rock drummer (The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun").
- 1942 - Birth of Johnny Gamble; rocker (Classics).
- 1944 - Birth of Florence LaRue in Gordon, Pennsylvania, USA; rocker (The 5th Dimension - "One Less Bell").
- 1946 - Birth of Roy Yeager in Doraville, Georgia, USA; rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section).
- 1948 - Birth of Alice Cooper [Vincent Furnier] in Detroit, Michigan, USA; rocker ("School's Out").
- 1950 - Birth of James Dunn; US vocalist (Stylistics - "You make me feel Brand New").
- 1950 - Birth of Philip Ehart; rock drummer (Kansas - "Point of Know Return").
- 1950 - Birth of Robert-John Stips; rock keyboardist/singer (The Nits).
- 1952 - Birth of Jerry Shirley; rock drummer (Humble Pie - "Hot N Nasty", "Eat It").
- 1962 - Birth of Clint Black in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA; country vocalist ("A Better Man").
- 1966 - Birth of Dave Buchanan; country bassist (Yankee Grey).
- 1975 - Birth of Rick Burch; bassist (Jimmy Eat World).
- 1982 - Birth of Kimberly Wyatt; singer (The Pussycat Dolls).
Deaths on February 4
- 1975 - Death of Louis Jordan at age 66; jazz alto saxophonist and singer (Tympany Five, "Caldonia", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie").
- 1983 - Death of Karen Carpenter of chronic aneorexia at age 32; singer/drummer (The Carpenters - Close to You, We've Only Just Begun, Top of the World, Please Mr. Postman).
- 1987 - Death of Liberace AKA Wladziu Valentino Liberace at age 67 of AIDS-related conditions; pianist (Liberace Show), actor (Evil Chandell - Batman).
- 1989 - Death of Kenneth "Jethro" Burns at age 69; country singer (Homer and Jethro).
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