This Day in Music History
February 13

What happened in history on this day: February 13? On February 13 in ... 1973 - Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola" premieres in New York City, New York. 1982 - Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album is on the Billboard album chart for its 402nd week. 1983 - E Bernstein, Levinson and Link's musical Merlin premieres in New York City, New York. 1996 - Rock musical "Rent", by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway. Births on February 13 1919 - Birth of Joan Edwards in New York City, New York, USA; singer (Joan Edwards Show). 1919 - Birth of Tennessee Ernie Ford in Bristol, Tennessee, USA; country singer/actor (pea picker). 1920 - Birth of Eileen Farrell in Willimantic, Connecticut, USA; opera soprano (Interrupted Melody). 1930 - Birth of Dotty McGuire in Middletown, Ohio, USA; singer (McGuire Sisters). 1934 - Birth of George Segal; actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick and Jane). 1942 - Birth of Peter Tork AKA Peter Halsten Thorkelson in Washington DC, USA; singer/actor (Monkees - "Last Train to Clarksville"). 1945 - Birth of Roy Dyke in Liverpool, England; rock drummer (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke). 1947 - Birth of Tony Butler; rock bassist (Big Country - "It's a Big Country", "Wonderland"). 1950 - Birth of Peter Gabriel in Surrey, England; rock vocalist (Genesis - "In Your Eyes"). 1952 - Birth of Ed Gagliardi in New York City, New York, USA; rock bassist (Foreigner - "Cold As Ice"). 1955 - Birth of Jan de Ligt; Dutch saxophonist ("I've Got the Bullets"). 1955 - Birth of Scott Smith; rock bassist (Loverboy - "Get Lucky"). 1956 - Birth of Peter Hook; English rock bassist (New Order - Round and Round, Run). 1957 - Birth of Doris King in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; vocalist (Girls Next Door - "Don't Be Cruel"). 1961 - Birth of Henry Rollins; US vocalist/poet (Black Flagg, Rollins Band). 1961 - Birth of Les Warner; rocker (Cult - "Fire Woman"). 1966 - Birth of Freedom Williams; rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory - "Everybody Dance Now"). Deaths on February 13 1965 - Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies. 1976 - Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Metropolitan Opera), dies at age 71. 2002 - Death of Waylon Jennings at age 64 of diabetes-related illness; country singer/songwriter (recorded 60 albums, had 16 No. 1 country singles, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, narrated and sang the theme song for the TV series Dukes of Hazzard). vvv advertisement vvv ^^^ advertisement ^^^ You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. Bookmark this URL:   http://kpolsson.com/thisday/music/   and revisit each day. (this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events) Or, visit my Timelines of History page.

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